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Mark Brader
May 26, 2020, 3:04:14 AM5/26/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-03-02,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5 and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-10-16
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
where all three are found.
Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
* Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
we describe.
1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
ought and six, result misery."
3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse
and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to
constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular
among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
ostentation".
4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and
MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
and emotion.
5. In "Bleak House", this woman is mistress of Chesney Wold and
married to Sir Leicester. She is wealthy and revered and has
kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life,
believing the child died at birth. This child, Esther Summerson,
actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out,
the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her.
She dies outside a cemetery.
6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship
onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him
food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and
transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
author of his great expectations.
7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
night's sleep.
8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
"repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
she is killed by her own pistol.
--
Mark Brader | "Ever wonder why they call the screen a vacuum tube?"
Toronto | -- Kent Paul Dolan
m...@vex.net | "Because it's neither rare nor well done."
| -- Peter Moylan, paraphrasing Ernie Kovacs
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5 and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-10-16
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
where all three are found.
Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
* Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
we describe.
1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
ought and six, result misery."
3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse
and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to
constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular
among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
ostentation".
4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and
MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
and emotion.
5. In "Bleak House", this woman is mistress of Chesney Wold and
married to Sir Leicester. She is wealthy and revered and has
kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life,
believing the child died at birth. This child, Esther Summerson,
actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out,
the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her.
She dies outside a cemetery.
6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship
onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him
food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and
transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
author of his great expectations.
7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
night's sleep.
8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
"repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
she is killed by her own pistol.
--
Mark Brader | "Ever wonder why they call the screen a vacuum tube?"
Toronto | -- Kent Paul Dolan
m...@vex.net | "Because it's neither rare nor well done."
| -- Peter Moylan, paraphrasing Ernie Kovacs
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Calvin
May 26, 2020, 5:56:57 AM5/26/20
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On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 5:04:14 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
>
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
>
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
Vienna
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
>
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
>
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Berlin, Munich
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
Stickholm
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
>
> Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
> novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
> we describe.
>
> 1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
> 2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
> father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
> into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
> His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
> 3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse
> and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to
> constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular
> among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
> referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
> ostentation".
> 4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and
> MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
> school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
> and emotion.
> 5. In "Bleak House", this woman is mistress of Chesney Wold and
> married to Sir Leicester. She is wealthy and revered and has
> kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life,
> believing the child died at birth. This child, Esther Summerson,
> actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out,
> the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her.
> She dies outside a cemetery.
> 6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship
> onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him
> food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
> 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
> 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
May 26, 2020, 11:42:15 AM5/26/20
to
> 1. Sch?nbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
Berlin
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estaci?, Catalunya.
Barcelona
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
Rio de Janeiro
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
Mumbai; Kolkata
> 5. G?ztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
Chicago
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
Cairo
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
London
> 9. Lufthavnen, ?restad, Trianglen.
Stockholm; Oslo
> 10. Crist?bal Col?n, San Jos? de la Estrella, San Pablo.
Madrid; Mexico City
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
> 3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse
> and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to
> constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular
> among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
> referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
> ostentation".
Bumbershoot
> 4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and
> MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
> school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
> and emotion.
Uriah Heep
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
Ebenezer Scrooge
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
Fagin
> 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
Miss Havisham
> 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
Madame de Farge
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Berlin
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estaci?, Catalunya.
Barcelona
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
> 5. G?ztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
> 9. Lufthavnen, ?restad, Trianglen.
Stockholm; Oslo
> 10. Crist?bal Col?n, San Jos? de la Estrella, San Pablo.
Madrid; Mexico City
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
> 1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
The Artful Dodger
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
> 3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse
> and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to
> constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular
> among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
> referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
> ostentation".
> 4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and
> MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
> school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
> and emotion.
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
> 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
> 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
May 26, 2020, 2:32:15 PM5/26/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
Vienna
Vienna
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
Barcelona
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
Copenhagen
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
Joshua Kreitzer
May 26, 2020, 8:09:57 PM5/26/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:D-OdnbpRVK_1IlHDnZ2dnUU7-
d3N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
>
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
Berlin; Munich
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
Barcelona
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
Lisbon; Rio de Janeiro
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
Kolkata; Delhi
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
Cairo
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
Sydney; Melbourne
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
Copenhagen
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
>
> Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
> novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
> we describe.
>
> 1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
Artful Dodger
> 2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
> father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
> into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
> His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
Mr. Micawber
> 6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship
> onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him
> food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
Abel Magwitch
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
Ebenezer Scrooge
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
Fagin
> 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
Miss Havisham
> 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
Madame Defarge
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
d3N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
>
Berlin; Munich
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
Chicago
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
Copenhagen
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
San Juan; Mexico City
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
>
> Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
> novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
> we describe.
>
> 1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
> 2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
> father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
> into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
> His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
> 6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship
> onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him
> food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
> 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
> 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde
May 26, 2020, 8:28:26 PM5/26/20
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-03-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of MI5 and are used here by
> permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-10-16
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
>
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
>
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
Vienna
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of MI5 and are used here by
> permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-10-16
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
>
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
>
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
Chicago
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
Sydney; Melbourne
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
Stockholm
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
>
> Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
> novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
> we describe.
>
> 1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
>
> 2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
> father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
> into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
> His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
>
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
>
> 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
>
> 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
>
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque
May 28, 2020, 7:26:51 AM5/28/20
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On 5/26/20 12:04 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
>
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
>
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
Vienna
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
>
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
>
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
>
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
Delhi
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
Boston
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
Copenhagen
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
Mexico City
>
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
>
> 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
>
> 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
>
--
Mark Brader
May 29, 2020, 2:02:06 PM5/29/20
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Mark Brader:
In the original game they were provided in the equivalent of ASCII,
so I've given you a little extra help here.
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
Vienna. 4 for Calvin, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
Barcelona. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua,
Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
Lisbon. 4 for Erland and Pete. 3 for Joshua.
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
Delhi (accepting New Delhi). 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque.
3 for Calvin. 2 for Erland and Joshua.
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
In proper Turkish writing, both instances of I in this question
are dotless.
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
Chicago. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
Since Chicago mostly names its stations after cross streets and
allows the names to repeat on different lines, it actually has
four Pulaski stations and two Jackson stations.
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
Tehran. 4 for Pete.
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
Sydney. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua and Pete.
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
Copenhagen. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
Santiago.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
> Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
> novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
> we describe.
> 1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
Jack Dawkins (or the Artful Dodger; in "Oliver Twist"). 4 for Calvin,
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
One of the pubs where the Canadian Inquisition plays is named the
Artful Dodger. Accordingly, one of the current teams in the league,
as you've seen, is named Bill Psychs, and they replaced a previous
team that was named All Over Twisted.
> 2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
> father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
> into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
> His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
Wilkins Micawber. (In "David Copperfield", of course.) 4 for Calvin
and Joshua.
> 3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse
> and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to
> constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular
> among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
> referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
> ostentation".
Sarah Gamp. 4 for Calvin.
> 4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and
> MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
> school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
> and emotion.
Thomas Gradgrind. 4 for Calvin.
> 5. In "Bleak House", this woman is mistress of Chesney Wold and
> married to Sir Leicester. She is wealthy and revered and has
> kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life,
> believing the child died at birth. This child, Esther Summerson,
> actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out,
> the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her.
> She dies outside a cemetery.
Lady Dedlock. 4 for Calvin.
> 6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship
> onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him
> food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
Abel Magwitch. (Yes, in "Great Expectations".) 4 for Joshua.
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
Ebenezer Scrooge. (In "A Christmas Carol", as if you didn't know.)
4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
Fagin. ("Oliver Twist" again.) 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Pete.
> 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
Miss Havisham. ("Great Expectations" again.) 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum,
and Joshua.
> 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
Therese Defarge. (In "A Tale of Two Cities".) 4 for Dan Blum
and Joshua. 3 for Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 24 28 52
Pete Gayde 31 15 46
"Calvin" 11 32 43
Dan Blum 12 20 32
Dan Tilque 24 4 28
Erland Sommarskog 22 0 22
--
Mark Brader | "I do not think about things that I do not think about."
Toronto | "Do you ever think about things that you *do* think about?"
m...@vex.net | --Inherit the Wind, Lawrence & Lee
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-03-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in their primary form.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
In the original game they were provided in the equivalent of ASCII,
so I've given you a little extra help here.
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
Vienna. 4 for Calvin, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
3 for Calvin. 2 for Erland and Joshua.
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
Istanbul. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
In proper Turkish writing, both instances of I in this question
are dotless.
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
Since Chicago mostly names its stations after cross streets and
allows the names to repeat on different lines, it actually has
four Pulaski stations and two Jackson stations.
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
Copenhagen. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
> Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
> novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
> we describe.
> 1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
One of the pubs where the Canadian Inquisition plays is named the
Artful Dodger. Accordingly, one of the current teams in the league,
as you've seen, is named Bill Psychs, and they replaced a previous
team that was named All Over Twisted.
> 2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
> father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
> into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
> His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
and Joshua.
> 3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse
> and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to
> constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular
> among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
> referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
> ostentation".
> 4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and
> MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
> school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
> and emotion.
> 5. In "Bleak House", this woman is mistress of Chesney Wold and
> married to Sir Leicester. She is wealthy and revered and has
> kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life,
> believing the child died at birth. This child, Esther Summerson,
> actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out,
> the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her.
> She dies outside a cemetery.
> 6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship
> onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him
> food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
and Pete.
> 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
and Joshua.
> 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
and Joshua. 3 for Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 24 28 52
Pete Gayde 31 15 46
"Calvin" 11 32 43
Dan Blum 12 20 32
Dan Tilque 24 4 28
Erland Sommarskog 22 0 22
--
Mark Brader | "I do not think about things that I do not think about."
Toronto | "Do you ever think about things that you *do* think about?"
m...@vex.net | --Inherit the Wind, Lawrence & Lee
Mark Brader
May 29, 2020, 2:05:56 PM5/29/20
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Sorry, for the answers see my previous posting in the thread, where
I forgot to change the subject line.
I'll just repeat the table of scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 24 28 52
Pete Gayde 31 15 46
"Calvin" 11 32 43
Dan Blum 12 20 32
Dan Tilque 24 4 28
Erland Sommarskog 22 0 22
--
Mark Brader | "...what can be asserted without evidence
Toronto | can also be dismissed without evidence."
m...@vex.net | --Christopher Hitchens
I forgot to change the subject line.
I'll just repeat the table of scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 24 28 52
Pete Gayde 31 15 46
"Calvin" 11 32 43
Dan Blum 12 20 32
Dan Tilque 24 4 28
Erland Sommarskog 22 0 22
--
Toronto | can also be dismissed without evidence."
m...@vex.net | --Christopher Hitchens
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