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QFTCIMI515 Game 1, Rounds 4,6: winds, AGO
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Mark Brader
26 февр. 2015 г., 08:50:5626.02.2015
–
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-12,
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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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 recent
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Names of Winds
Talking about the weather assumes a whole new aspect when you know
a wind so well that it has a name. Given a brief description,
including its location, name the wind from the following list:
Arctic Vortex | Levanter | Simoom
Bayamo | Maria | Sirocco
Chinook | Mistral | Sundowner
Doug Ford | Nor'easter | Tramontana
Haboob | Rob Ford | Williwaw
Harmattan | Shamal | Zephyros
1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
of Lions.
2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
storm off the coast of New England.
3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
rainy weather especially in winter.
5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
and by the Kingston Trio.
7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
Arabian deserts.
8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
light and beneficial.
9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
means "poison wind".
* Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have
drawn to a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and
those exhibits.
1. Name the subject of any one of the coins designed by Alex
Colville for the centennial year, 1967. Be sufficiently
specific.
2. During World War II, Colville was an official war artist.
What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
3. Colville's painting "Elm Tree at Horton Landing" was used as
a cover for a book written by a Canadian writer who is known
for focusing on the mystery of familiar places and people in
small towns. Name the writer.
4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
paintings appear.
5. Name the architect who designed the most recent addition to
the AGO.
6. Who donated a large collection of historical model ships to
the AGO?
7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
8. Why did Michelangelo never sell his drawings?
9. Which 19th-century French sculptor was powerfully influenced
by Michelangelo?
10. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
the previous question. Bar bs Ebqva'f zbfg znffvir jbexf
jnf n fphycgher zrzbevnyvmvat 6 pvgvmraf bs n gbja, gb ubabe
gurve fnpevsvpr sbe gur gbja qhevat gur Uhaqerq Lrnef' Jne.
Anzr gur gbja be gur fphycgher.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Canadian seals deal with creditors"
m...@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, July 1, 1997
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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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 recent
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Names of Winds
Talking about the weather assumes a whole new aspect when you know
a wind so well that it has a name. Given a brief description,
including its location, name the wind from the following list:
Arctic Vortex | Levanter | Simoom
Bayamo | Maria | Sirocco
Chinook | Mistral | Sundowner
Doug Ford | Nor'easter | Tramontana
Haboob | Rob Ford | Williwaw
Harmattan | Shamal | Zephyros
1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
of Lions.
2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
storm off the coast of New England.
3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
rainy weather especially in winter.
5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
and by the Kingston Trio.
7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
Arabian deserts.
8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
light and beneficial.
9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
means "poison wind".
* Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have
drawn to a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and
those exhibits.
1. Name the subject of any one of the coins designed by Alex
Colville for the centennial year, 1967. Be sufficiently
specific.
2. During World War II, Colville was an official war artist.
What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
3. Colville's painting "Elm Tree at Horton Landing" was used as
a cover for a book written by a Canadian writer who is known
for focusing on the mystery of familiar places and people in
small towns. Name the writer.
4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
paintings appear.
5. Name the architect who designed the most recent addition to
the AGO.
6. Who donated a large collection of historical model ships to
the AGO?
7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
8. Why did Michelangelo never sell his drawings?
9. Which 19th-century French sculptor was powerfully influenced
by Michelangelo?
10. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
the previous question. Bar bs Ebqva'f zbfg znffvir jbexf
jnf n fphycgher zrzbevnyvmvat 6 pvgvmraf bs n gbja, gb ubabe
gurve fnpevsvpr sbe gur gbja qhevat gur Uhaqerq Lrnef' Jne.
Anzr gur gbja be gur fphycgher.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Canadian seals deal with creditors"
m...@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, July 1, 1997
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
26 февр. 2015 г., 10:01:3926.02.2015
–
> 1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
Mistral
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> means "poison wind".
Harmattan; Sirocco
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
> 2. During World War II, Colville was an official war artist.
> What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
> in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
Auschwitz liberation; Hiroshima bombing
> What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
> in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
> 4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
> paintings appear.
> 7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
> most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
> 8. Why did Michelangelo never sell his drawings?
> 9. Which 19th-century French sculptor was powerfully influenced
> by Michelangelo?
> 10. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> the previous question. Bar bs Ebqva'f zbfg znffvir jbexf
> jnf n fphycgher zrzbevnyvmvat 6 pvgvmraf bs n gbja, gb ubabe
> gurve fnpevsvpr sbe gur gbja qhevat gur Uhaqerq Lrnef' Jne.
> Anzr gur gbja be gur fphycgher.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Pete
26 февр. 2015 г., 10:58:3726.02.2015
–
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:B7udnYTEqYIjuXLJnZ2dnUU7-
cGd...@vex.net:
Mistral
>
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
Nor'easter
>
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
Sirocco
>
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
>
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
Sundowner
>
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
Maria
>
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
Sirocco
>
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
Zephyros
>
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
>
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
> means "poison wind".
Simoom; Shamal
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
>
> As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have
> drawn to a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and
> those exhibits.
>
> 1. Name the subject of any one of the coins designed by Alex
> Colville for the centennial year, 1967. Be sufficiently
> specific.
>
> 2. During World War II, Colville was an official war artist.
> What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
> in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
Dresden bombing
>
> 3. Colville's painting "Elm Tree at Horton Landing" was used as
> a cover for a book written by a Canadian writer who is known
> for focusing on the mystery of familiar places and people in
> small towns. Name the writer.
>
> 4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
> paintings appear.
>
> 5. Name the architect who designed the most recent addition to
> the AGO.
>
> 6. Who donated a large collection of historical model ships to
> the AGO?
>
> 7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
> most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
Florence; Rome
>
> 8. Why did Michelangelo never sell his drawings?
>
> 9. Which 19th-century French sculptor was powerfully influenced
> by Michelangelo?
Rodin
>
> 10. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> the previous question. Bar bs Ebqva'f zbfg znffvir jbexf
> jnf n fphycgher zrzbevnyvmvat 6 pvgvmraf bs n gbja, gb ubabe
> gurve fnpevsvpr sbe gur gbja qhevat gur Uhaqerq Lrnef' Jne.
> Anzr gur gbja be gur fphycgher.
>
Pete
cGd...@vex.net:
>
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
>
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
>
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
>
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
>
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
>
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
>
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
>
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
>
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
> means "poison wind".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
>
> As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have
> drawn to a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and
> those exhibits.
>
> 1. Name the subject of any one of the coins designed by Alex
> Colville for the centennial year, 1967. Be sufficiently
> specific.
>
> 2. During World War II, Colville was an official war artist.
> What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
> in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
>
> 3. Colville's painting "Elm Tree at Horton Landing" was used as
> a cover for a book written by a Canadian writer who is known
> for focusing on the mystery of familiar places and people in
> small towns. Name the writer.
>
> 4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
> paintings appear.
>
> 5. Name the architect who designed the most recent addition to
> the AGO.
>
> 6. Who donated a large collection of historical model ships to
> the AGO?
>
> 7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
> most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
>
> 8. Why did Michelangelo never sell his drawings?
>
> 9. Which 19th-century French sculptor was powerfully influenced
> by Michelangelo?
>
> 10. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> the previous question. Bar bs Ebqva'f zbfg znffvir jbexf
> jnf n fphycgher zrzbevnyvmvat 6 pvgvmraf bs n gbja, gb ubabe
> gurve fnpevsvpr sbe gur gbja qhevat gur Uhaqerq Lrnef' Jne.
> Anzr gur gbja be gur fphycgher.
>
bbowler
26 февр. 2015 г., 14:21:4126.02.2015
–
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called the
> Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or Arabian
> deserts.
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature may
> exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name means
> "poison wind".
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
>
> As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have drawn to
> a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and those exhibits.
even going to try...
Erland Sommarskog
26 февр. 2015 г., 15:29:3526.02.2015
–
> 1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
Mistral
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
Maria
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
> means "poison wind".
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky
26 февр. 2015 г., 19:06:2326.02.2015
–
In article <B7udnYTEqYIjuXLJ...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
Nor'easter
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
Mistral
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
>
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
Chinook
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
Maria
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
Sirocco
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
Zephyros
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
Tramontana
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
> means "poison wind".
Simoom, Haboob
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
>
> As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have
> drawn to a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and
> those exhibits.
>
> 1. Name the subject of any one of the coins designed by Alex
> Colville for the centennial year, 1967. Be sufficiently
> specific.
>
> 2. During World War II, Colville was an official war artist.
> What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
> in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
>
> 3. Colville's painting "Elm Tree at Horton Landing" was used as
> a cover for a book written by a Canadian writer who is known
> for focusing on the mystery of familiar places and people in
> small towns. Name the writer.
>
> 4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
> paintings appear.
The Shining
> 5. Name the architect who designed the most recent addition to
> the AGO.
>
> 6. Who donated a large collection of historical model ships to
> the AGO?
>
> 7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
> most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
Florence
> * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Names of Winds
>
> Talking about the weather assumes a whole new aspect when you know
> a wind so well that it has a name. Given a brief description,
> including its location, name the wind from the following list:
>
> Arctic Vortex | Levanter | Simoom
> Bayamo | Maria | Sirocco
> Chinook | Mistral | Sundowner
> Doug Ford | Nor'easter | Tramontana
> Haboob | Rob Ford | Williwaw
> Harmattan | Shamal | Zephyros
>
> 1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
Mistral, Tramontana
>
> Talking about the weather assumes a whole new aspect when you know
> a wind so well that it has a name. Given a brief description,
> including its location, name the wind from the following list:
>
> Arctic Vortex | Levanter | Simoom
> Bayamo | Maria | Sirocco
> Chinook | Mistral | Sundowner
> Doug Ford | Nor'easter | Tramontana
> Haboob | Rob Ford | Williwaw
> Harmattan | Shamal | Zephyros
>
> 1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
>
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
> means "poison wind".
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
>
> As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have
> drawn to a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and
> those exhibits.
>
> 1. Name the subject of any one of the coins designed by Alex
> Colville for the centennial year, 1967. Be sufficiently
> specific.
>
> 2. During World War II, Colville was an official war artist.
> What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
> in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
>
> 3. Colville's painting "Elm Tree at Horton Landing" was used as
> a cover for a book written by a Canadian writer who is known
> for focusing on the mystery of familiar places and people in
> small towns. Name the writer.
>
> 4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
> paintings appear.
> 5. Name the architect who designed the most recent addition to
> the AGO.
>
> 6. Who donated a large collection of historical model ships to
> the AGO?
>
> 7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
> most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
Joshua Kreitzer
26 февр. 2015 г., 21:09:3526.02.2015
–
> * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Names of Winds
>
>
> 1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
Mistral; Tramontana
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
> means "poison wind".
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
>
> 4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
> paintings appear.
"The Shining"
> paintings appear.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Björn Lundin
28 февр. 2015 г., 14:33:3628.02.2015
–
On 2015-02-26 14:50, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Names of Winds
>
> Talking about the weather assumes a whole new aspect when you know
> a wind so well that it has a name. Given a brief description,
> including its location, name the wind from the following list:
>
> Arctic Vortex | Levanter | Simoom
> Bayamo | Maria | Sirocco
> Chinook | Mistral | Sundowner
> Doug Ford | Nor'easter | Tramontana
> Haboob | Rob Ford | Williwaw
> Harmattan | Shamal | Zephyros
>
> 1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
Mistral
>
> * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Names of Winds
>
> Talking about the weather assumes a whole new aspect when you know
> a wind so well that it has a name. Given a brief description,
> including its location, name the wind from the following list:
>
> Arctic Vortex | Levanter | Simoom
> Bayamo | Maria | Sirocco
> Chinook | Mistral | Sundowner
> Doug Ford | Nor'easter | Tramontana
> Haboob | Rob Ford | Williwaw
> Harmattan | Shamal | Zephyros
>
> 1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
>
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
>
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
>
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
>
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
>
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
>
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
>
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
>
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
>
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
> means "poison wind".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
>
> As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have
> drawn to a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and
> those exhibits.
>
>
> 7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
> most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
Florence
> most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
>
> 8. Why did Michelangelo never sell his drawings?
--
Björn
Mark Brader
1 мар. 2015 г., 10:51:3601.03.2015
–
Mark Brader:
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
Nor'easter -- much in the news this winter. 4 for Dan, Pete, Bruce,
Erland, Marc, and Joshua.
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
Harmattan.
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
Levanter. 4 for Bruce. 2 for Dan.
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
Chinook. 4 for Dan, Bruce, Marc, and Björn. 2 for Joshua.
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
Maria. 4 for Pete, Bruce, Marc, and Joshua.
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
Sirocco. 4 for Pete, Erland, Marc, and Björn.
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
Zephyros. 4 for everyone -- Dan, Pete, Bruce, Erland, Marc, Joshua,
and Björn.
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
Tramontana. 4 for Dan, Erland, Marc, and Joshua.
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
> means "poison wind".
Simoom. 3 for Pete, Bruce, and Marc. 2 for Joshua.
So there were 6 actual decoys besides the two that I added for fun
and to equalize the column lengths. Apologies for forgetting to
allow people to show off by identifying them. They are:
Arctic Vortex (or Polar Vortex) -- a semi-permanent system,
strongest in winter, with low pressure in the upper atmosphere
and cold air below. Typically it has two centers over Baffin
Island and northeast Siberia, but if it shifts or splits it can
bring sustained unusually cold weather over a wide area.
Bayamo -- a violent wind blowing off the coast of Cuba near the
like-named city.
Haboob -- Sudanese name for a wind in arid areas (such as the Sahara,
southwestern US, Arabia and Iraq, and central Australia) that
drives dust storms or sandstorms. It is formed from a downburst
turned horizontal when it hits the ground.
Shamal -- a summer wind blowing from Iraq onto the Persian Gulf.
Sundowner -- a warm wind blowing off the California coast near
Santa Barbara.
Williwaw -- a sudden blast of wind blowing off a mountainous coast,
such as in the Aleutians and the Strait of Magellan.
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
> As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have
> drawn to a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and
> those exhibits.
> 1. Name the subject of any one of the coins designed by Alex
> Colville for the centennial year, 1967. Be sufficiently
> specific.
Dove (1¢), rabbit (5¢), mackerel (10¢), lynx (25¢), wolf (50¢),
goose ($1).
> 2. During World War II, Colville was an official war artist.
> What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
> in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
The liberation of a Nazi concentration camp (it was Bergen-Belsen).
3 for Dan.
> 3. Colville's painting "Elm Tree at Horton Landing" was used as
> a cover for a book written by a Canadian writer who is known
> for focusing on the mystery of familiar places and people in
> small towns. Name the writer.
Alice Munro.
> 4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
> paintings appear.
"The Shining". 4 for Dan, Marc, and Joshua.
> 5. Name the architect who designed the most recent addition to
> the AGO.
Frank Gehry.
> 6. Who donated a large collection of historical model ships to
> the AGO?
Ken Thomson.
> 7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
> most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
Florence. 4 for Dan, Marc, and Björn. 3 for Pete.
> 8. Why did Michelangelo never sell his drawings?
His competitors might figure out his secret techniques.
> 9. Which 19th-century French sculptor was powerfully influenced
> by Michelangelo?
Rodin. 4 for Dan and Pete.
> 10. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> the previous question. One of Rodin's most massive works
> was a sculpture memorializing 6 citizens of a town, to honor
> their sacrifice for the town during the Hundred Years' War.
> Name the town or the sculpture.
(The Burghers of) Calais. 4 for Dan.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Mis Geo Can
Marc Dashevsky 36 40 30 8 114
Dan Blum 34 30 22 19 105
Bruce Bowler 36 40 23 0 99
Joshua Kreitzer 36 31 23 4 94
Pete Gayde 20 23 23 7 73
Björn Lundin 19 28 16 4 67
Dan Tilque 32 24 -- -- 56
"Calvin" 28 24 -- -- 52
Erland Sommarskog 4 28 20 0 52
Peter Smyth 16 20 -- -- 36
Jason Kreitzer 24 8 -- -- 32
--
Mark Brader | "And remember, my friends, future events such as
Toronto | these will affect you, in the future."
m...@vex.net | -- Ed Wood, Plan 9 from Outer Space
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-12,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Names of Winds
> Talking about the weather assumes a whole new aspect when you know
> a wind so well that it has a name. Given a brief description,
> including its location, name the wind from the following list:
> Arctic Vortex | Levanter | Simoom
> Bayamo | Maria | Sirocco
> Chinook | Mistral | Sundowner
> Doug Ford | Nor'easter | Tramontana
> Haboob | Rob Ford | Williwaw
> Harmattan | Shamal | Zephyros
> 1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
Mistral. 4 for Dan, Pete, Erland, and Björn. 3 for Marc and Joshua.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Names of Winds
> Talking about the weather assumes a whole new aspect when you know
> a wind so well that it has a name. Given a brief description,
> including its location, name the wind from the following list:
> Arctic Vortex | Levanter | Simoom
> Bayamo | Maria | Sirocco
> Chinook | Mistral | Sundowner
> Doug Ford | Nor'easter | Tramontana
> Haboob | Rob Ford | Williwaw
> Harmattan | Shamal | Zephyros
> 1. A cold, dry wind blowing from the north over the northwest
> coast of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly over the Gulf
> of Lions.
> 2. A wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong
> storm off the coast of New England.
Erland, Marc, and Joshua.
> 3. The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across
> the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called
> the Doctor, because of its supposed healthful properties.
> 4. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean, especially in
> the Strait of Gibraltar, attended by cloudy, foggy, and sometimes
> rainy weather especially in winter.
> 5. A wind in the Rocky Mountains also known as the Snow Eater.
> 6. A fictional wind popularized in the movie "Paint Your Wagon"
> and by the Kingston Trio.
> 7. A warm wind of the Mediterranean area, a hot southerly wind in
> advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara or
> Arabian deserts.
> 8. The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which was generally
> light and beneficial.
and Björn.
> 9. A northeasterly or northerly winter wind off the west coast
> of Italy. It is a fresh wind of the fine-weather type.
> 10. A strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the eastern
> Sahara, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Its temperature
> may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%. The name
> means "poison wind".
So there were 6 actual decoys besides the two that I added for fun
and to equalize the column lengths. Apologies for forgetting to
allow people to show off by identifying them. They are:
Arctic Vortex (or Polar Vortex) -- a semi-permanent system,
strongest in winter, with low pressure in the upper atmosphere
and cold air below. Typically it has two centers over Baffin
Island and northeast Siberia, but if it shifts or splits it can
bring sustained unusually cold weather over a wide area.
Bayamo -- a violent wind blowing off the coast of Cuba near the
like-named city.
Haboob -- Sudanese name for a wind in arid areas (such as the Sahara,
southwestern US, Arabia and Iraq, and central Australia) that
drives dust storms or sandstorms. It is formed from a downburst
turned horizontal when it hits the ground.
Shamal -- a summer wind blowing from Iraq onto the Persian Gulf.
Sundowner -- a warm wind blowing off the California coast near
Santa Barbara.
Williwaw -- a sudden blast of wind blowing off a mountainous coast,
such as in the Aleutians and the Strait of Magellan.
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana - Art Gallery of Ontario
> As the Alex Colville and Michelangelo exhibits at the AGO have
> drawn to a close, here are some questions inspired by the AGO and
> those exhibits.
> 1. Name the subject of any one of the coins designed by Alex
> Colville for the centennial year, 1967. Be sufficiently
> specific.
goose ($1).
> 2. During World War II, Colville was an official war artist.
> What specific event of 1945 was represented by several works
> in the exhibit? This experience haunted him in later years.
3 for Dan.
> 3. Colville's painting "Elm Tree at Horton Landing" was used as
> a cover for a book written by a Canadian writer who is known
> for focusing on the mystery of familiar places and people in
> small towns. Name the writer.
> 4. Name the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film in which four of Colville's
> paintings appear.
> 5. Name the architect who designed the most recent addition to
> the AGO.
> 6. Who donated a large collection of historical model ships to
> the AGO?
> 7. In what city would you find the Casa Buonarotti, which loaned
> most of the drawings in the Michelangelo exhibit?
> 8. Why did Michelangelo never sell his drawings?
> 9. Which 19th-century French sculptor was powerfully influenced
> by Michelangelo?
> 10. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> was a sculpture memorializing 6 citizens of a town, to honor
> their sacrifice for the town during the Hundred Years' War.
> Name the town or the sculpture.
(The Burghers of) Calais. 4 for Dan.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Mis Geo Can
Marc Dashevsky 36 40 30 8 114
Dan Blum 34 30 22 19 105
Bruce Bowler 36 40 23 0 99
Joshua Kreitzer 36 31 23 4 94
Pete Gayde 20 23 23 7 73
Björn Lundin 19 28 16 4 67
Dan Tilque 32 24 -- -- 56
"Calvin" 28 24 -- -- 52
Erland Sommarskog 4 28 20 0 52
Peter Smyth 16 20 -- -- 36
Jason Kreitzer 24 8 -- -- 32
--
Mark Brader | "And remember, my friends, future events such as
Toronto | these will affect you, in the future."
m...@vex.net | -- Ed Wood, Plan 9 from Outer Space
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