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Mark Brader
Mar 5, 2021, 2:03:38 AM3/5/21
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-04-07,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
This Final had both an audio and a video round, so I'm only able
to post 7 rounds of it here. This set will consist of Rounds 4
and 7; Rounds 8 and 9 will be in the next set, and then I'll post
Round 10, with 18 questions, singly. Of this set, I wrote two
triples in Round 4 and one in Round 7.
** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
* Name All Four
1. Name all four Teletubbies, in the TV series of that name.
2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books
and movies.
3. Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the TV series of
that name.
* Commemorations
Please refer to the handouts (in the original game, we used actual
money).
4. Name the composer whose name we have covered over:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b1.gif
5. Name the scientist whose name we have covered over:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b2.jpg
6. Again there are two people on this bill:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b3.jpg
But this time neither one is the Queen. They both were
journalists and poets; the woman was also a social reformer,
teacher, and novelist; the man was also a lawyer, but is probably
most famous for writing a single song. Name *either* person.
* Shakespeare's Geography
Shakespeare doesn't always show a precise knowledge of geography.
Sometimes his characters don't either. Here are three passages
containing either geographical ignorance or arguments about
geography. In each case name the Shakespeare play. (In the
original game, we performed the bits.)
7. This tragicomedy, or so-called "dark comedy", is one of
Shakespeare's last plays. It opens in "Sicilia". King Leontes
suspects his wife of infidelity and sends messengers to Apollo's
oracle at a place that Shakespeare calls "Delphos" to find out.
Before the messengers return, the king sends Antigonus into
exile in Bohemia carrying the king's disowned infant daughter.
Scene 3 is set as follows: Bohemia. The sea-coast. Enter
Antigonus with a child, and a Mariner.
ANTIGONUS: Thou art perfect then our ship hath touched upon
The deserts of Bohemia?
MARINER: Ay, my lord, and fear
We have landed in ill time; the skies look grimly.
..............................................
Besides, this place is famous for the creatures
Of prey that keep upon it.
Remember, name the play in each case.
8. Near the start of this history, the Archbishop of Canterbury is
speaking to his young king. He is outlining a tempting dynastic
claim based on disputed geography, and he intends to persuade
the king to go to war against France.
KING: My learnèd lord, we pray you to proceed,
And justly and religiously unfold
Why the Law Salique, that they have in France,
Or should or should not bar us in our claim.
CANTERBURY: There is no bar
To make against your highness' claim to France
But this, which they produce from Pharamond,
........................................
"No woman shall succeed in Salique land":
Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze
To be the realm of France ................
...........................................
Yet their own authors faithfully affirm
That the land Salique is in Germany,
Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe ......
9. In this rather severe comedy, another very late play, Gonzalo,
Sebastian, Adrian, and Antonio, who is the usurping Duke of
Milan, spend most of their time wandering around lost. But in
this scene they find the time to argue about historical geography:
GONZALO: Methinks our garments are now as fresh as
when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage
of the King's fair daughter Claribel to the King
of Tunis.
ADRIAN: Tunis was never grac'd before with such a paragon
to their queen.
GONZALO: Not since widow Dido's time.
...........................................
ADRIAN: "Widow Dido" said you? You make me study of that.
She was of Carthage, not of Tunis.
GONZALO: This Tunis, sir, was Carthage.
ADRIAN: Carthage?
GONZALO: I assure you, Carthage.
ANTONIO: His word is more than the miraculous harp.
SEBASTIAN: He hath rais'd the wall and houses too.
ANTONIO: What impossible matter will he make easy next?
SEBASTIAN: I think he will carry this island home in his
pocket and give it his son for an apple.
* Scientific Quotes
In each case, *name the scientist* who said the following.
10. This was said by a physicist and mathematician in the 17th
century: "I do not know what I may appear to the world.
But to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on
the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a
smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the
great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on
mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined
as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about,
nor whether what we are saying is true."
12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics
said that he had been given the following piece of advice:
"Each equation in the book would halve the sales."
* Exceptional Paintings
13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf
Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*.
Give the *number of the exception*.
14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf
Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of
the exception*.
15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf
Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of
the exception*.
** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
* Hobbies
In this triple we'll give you a list of items associated with a
hobby, and you must name the hobby.
1. Secateurs; vermiculite; Bacillus thuringiensis; red wigglers.
2. Mounting kit; plastic eyes; display panel; tanning oil.
3. Scroll frame; canvas; yarn; magnifier.
* Blue Jays Firsts
4. Who was the first Blue Jay to win the Cy Young Award, in 1996?
5. Who was the first Blue Jay to win a batting title, with a .363
average in 1993?
6. In 1986, two Blue Jays won the team's first Gold Glove awards.
Name *either* player.
* Fashion, and more specifically, Shoes
7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper
part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the
rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that?
Now, name the shoe that's a variation on an oxford, having
parts of it decorated with perforations and perhaps serrations.
8. What kind of shoe does not cover the heel and is characterized
by a strap passing from the forepart round the hollow of the
ankle, sometimes secured by a buckle?
9. What is the generic term for a woman's slipper or shoe that
is held on the foot by the forepart only? It is often decorated,
and may or may not be open-toed.
* Team Name Etymologies
In each case we need the applicable connections to be made explicitly:
if we asked about the Toronto Argonauts, you'd need to mention both the
mythological ship and the fact that the team started as a rowing club.
10. There's a basketball team called the Los Angeles Lakers.
Why "Lakers"?
11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Why "Dodgers"?
12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers.
Why "Rangers"?
* Hockey Referees' Signals
Please observe the referee (these were performed live at the original
game) and name the infraction indicated by each signal:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/7/e.jpg
(*Note*: These images and descriptions were taken from an NHL rule
book in 2020. I don't think anything here's changed significantly
since 2003 anyway.)
13. Name the infraction.
14. Name the infraction.
15. Name the infraction.
--
Mark Brader | "...he entertained the notion that I was cribbing from
Toronto | other [students' exams] until it was pointed out that
m...@vex.net | I often had the only correct answer..." --Lars Eighner
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
This Final had both an audio and a video round, so I'm only able
to post 7 rounds of it here. This set will consist of Rounds 4
and 7; Rounds 8 and 9 will be in the next set, and then I'll post
Round 10, with 18 questions, singly. Of this set, I wrote two
triples in Round 4 and one in Round 7.
** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
* Name All Four
1. Name all four Teletubbies, in the TV series of that name.
2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books
and movies.
3. Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the TV series of
that name.
* Commemorations
Please refer to the handouts (in the original game, we used actual
money).
4. Name the composer whose name we have covered over:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b1.gif
5. Name the scientist whose name we have covered over:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b2.jpg
6. Again there are two people on this bill:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b3.jpg
But this time neither one is the Queen. They both were
journalists and poets; the woman was also a social reformer,
teacher, and novelist; the man was also a lawyer, but is probably
most famous for writing a single song. Name *either* person.
* Shakespeare's Geography
Shakespeare doesn't always show a precise knowledge of geography.
Sometimes his characters don't either. Here are three passages
containing either geographical ignorance or arguments about
geography. In each case name the Shakespeare play. (In the
original game, we performed the bits.)
7. This tragicomedy, or so-called "dark comedy", is one of
Shakespeare's last plays. It opens in "Sicilia". King Leontes
suspects his wife of infidelity and sends messengers to Apollo's
oracle at a place that Shakespeare calls "Delphos" to find out.
Before the messengers return, the king sends Antigonus into
exile in Bohemia carrying the king's disowned infant daughter.
Scene 3 is set as follows: Bohemia. The sea-coast. Enter
Antigonus with a child, and a Mariner.
ANTIGONUS: Thou art perfect then our ship hath touched upon
The deserts of Bohemia?
MARINER: Ay, my lord, and fear
We have landed in ill time; the skies look grimly.
..............................................
Besides, this place is famous for the creatures
Of prey that keep upon it.
Remember, name the play in each case.
8. Near the start of this history, the Archbishop of Canterbury is
speaking to his young king. He is outlining a tempting dynastic
claim based on disputed geography, and he intends to persuade
the king to go to war against France.
KING: My learnèd lord, we pray you to proceed,
And justly and religiously unfold
Why the Law Salique, that they have in France,
Or should or should not bar us in our claim.
CANTERBURY: There is no bar
To make against your highness' claim to France
But this, which they produce from Pharamond,
........................................
"No woman shall succeed in Salique land":
Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze
To be the realm of France ................
...........................................
Yet their own authors faithfully affirm
That the land Salique is in Germany,
Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe ......
9. In this rather severe comedy, another very late play, Gonzalo,
Sebastian, Adrian, and Antonio, who is the usurping Duke of
Milan, spend most of their time wandering around lost. But in
this scene they find the time to argue about historical geography:
GONZALO: Methinks our garments are now as fresh as
when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage
of the King's fair daughter Claribel to the King
of Tunis.
ADRIAN: Tunis was never grac'd before with such a paragon
to their queen.
GONZALO: Not since widow Dido's time.
...........................................
ADRIAN: "Widow Dido" said you? You make me study of that.
She was of Carthage, not of Tunis.
GONZALO: This Tunis, sir, was Carthage.
ADRIAN: Carthage?
GONZALO: I assure you, Carthage.
ANTONIO: His word is more than the miraculous harp.
SEBASTIAN: He hath rais'd the wall and houses too.
ANTONIO: What impossible matter will he make easy next?
SEBASTIAN: I think he will carry this island home in his
pocket and give it his son for an apple.
* Scientific Quotes
In each case, *name the scientist* who said the following.
10. This was said by a physicist and mathematician in the 17th
century: "I do not know what I may appear to the world.
But to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on
the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a
smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the
great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on
mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined
as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about,
nor whether what we are saying is true."
12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics
said that he had been given the following piece of advice:
"Each equation in the book would halve the sales."
* Exceptional Paintings
13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf
Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*.
Give the *number of the exception*.
14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf
Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of
the exception*.
15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf
Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of
the exception*.
** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
* Hobbies
In this triple we'll give you a list of items associated with a
hobby, and you must name the hobby.
1. Secateurs; vermiculite; Bacillus thuringiensis; red wigglers.
2. Mounting kit; plastic eyes; display panel; tanning oil.
3. Scroll frame; canvas; yarn; magnifier.
* Blue Jays Firsts
4. Who was the first Blue Jay to win the Cy Young Award, in 1996?
5. Who was the first Blue Jay to win a batting title, with a .363
average in 1993?
6. In 1986, two Blue Jays won the team's first Gold Glove awards.
Name *either* player.
* Fashion, and more specifically, Shoes
7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper
part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the
rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that?
Now, name the shoe that's a variation on an oxford, having
parts of it decorated with perforations and perhaps serrations.
8. What kind of shoe does not cover the heel and is characterized
by a strap passing from the forepart round the hollow of the
ankle, sometimes secured by a buckle?
9. What is the generic term for a woman's slipper or shoe that
is held on the foot by the forepart only? It is often decorated,
and may or may not be open-toed.
* Team Name Etymologies
In each case we need the applicable connections to be made explicitly:
if we asked about the Toronto Argonauts, you'd need to mention both the
mythological ship and the fact that the team started as a rowing club.
10. There's a basketball team called the Los Angeles Lakers.
Why "Lakers"?
11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Why "Dodgers"?
12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers.
Why "Rangers"?
* Hockey Referees' Signals
Please observe the referee (these were performed live at the original
game) and name the infraction indicated by each signal:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/7/e.jpg
(*Note*: These images and descriptions were taken from an NHL rule
book in 2020. I don't think anything here's changed significantly
since 2003 anyway.)
13. Name the infraction.
14. Name the infraction.
15. Name the infraction.
--
Mark Brader | "...he entertained the notion that I was cribbing from
Toronto | other [students' exams] until it was pointed out that
m...@vex.net | I often had the only correct answer..." --Lars Eighner
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 5, 2021, 11:17:41 AM3/5/21
to
> 7. This tragicomedy, or so-called "dark comedy", is one of
> Scene 3 is set as follows: Bohemia. The sea-coast. Enter
Bohemian coast? Egads!
> ANTIGONUS: Thou art perfect then our ship hath touched upon
> The deserts of Bohemia?
"Noah's Flood", about how the Black Sea was flooded by the rising
seas, there was a desert in this area around 9000 years ago, in a
period called Younger Dryas.
> 8. Near the start of this history, the Archbishop of Canterbury is
> speaking to his young king. He is outlining a tempting dynastic
> claim based on disputed geography, and he intends to persuade
> the king to go to war against France.
>
> KING: My learnèd lord, we pray you to proceed,
> And justly and religiously unfold
> Why the Law Salique, that they have in France,
> Or should or should not bar us in our claim.
>
> CANTERBURY: There is no bar
> To make against your highness' claim to France
> But this, which they produce from Pharamond,
> ........................................
> "No woman shall succeed in Salique land":
> Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze
> To be the realm of France ................
> ...........................................
> Yet their own authors faithfully affirm
> That the land Salique is in Germany,
> Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe ......
> 13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf
>
> Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*.
> Give the *number of the exception*.
> 14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf
>
> Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
> 15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf
>
> Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
> ** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
>
> * Hobbies
>
> In this triple we'll give you a list of items associated with a
> hobby, and you must name the hobby.
>
> 1. Secateurs; vermiculite; Bacillus thuringiensis; red wigglers.
> 3. Scroll frame; canvas; yarn; magnifier.
> * Fashion, and more specifically, Shoes
>
> 7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper
> part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the
> rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that?
> Now, name the shoe that's a variation on an oxford, having
> parts of it decorated with perforations and perhaps serrations.
> 13. Name the infraction.
Interference
> 14. Name the infraction.
Cross-checking
> 15. Name the infraction.
>
Roughing
Dan Tilque
Mar 5, 2021, 1:06:46 PM3/5/21
to
On 3/4/21 11:03 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
>
> * Name All Four
>
> 1. Name all four Teletubbies, in the TV series of that name.
>
> 2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books
> and movies.
Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw
>
>
> ** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
>
> * Name All Four
>
> 1. Name all four Teletubbies, in the TV series of that name.
>
> 2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books
> and movies.
>
> 3. Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the TV series of
> that name.
>
>
> * Commemorations
>
> Please refer to the handouts (in the original game, we used actual
> money).
>
> 4. Name the composer whose name we have covered over:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b1.gif
>
> 5. Name the scientist whose name we have covered over:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b2.jpg
>
> 11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on
> mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined
> as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about,
> nor whether what we are saying is true."
>
> 12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics
> said that he had been given the following piece of advice:
> "Each equation in the book would halve the sales."
>
>
> * Exceptional Paintings
>
> 13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf
>
> Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*.
> Give the *number of the exception*.
>
> 14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf
>
> Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
>
> 15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf
>
> Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
>
> * Hobbies
>
> In this triple we'll give you a list of items associated with a
> hobby, and you must name the hobby.
>
> 1. Secateurs; vermiculite; Bacillus thuringiensis; red wigglers.
> 2. Mounting kit; plastic eyes; display panel; tanning oil.
>
> 11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.
> Why "Dodgers"?
>
> 12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers.
> Why "Rangers"?
>
>
> * Hockey Referees' Signals
>
> Please observe the referee (these were performed live at the original
> game) and name the infraction indicated by each signal:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/7/e.jpg
>
> (*Note*: These images and descriptions were taken from an NHL rule
> book in 2020. I don't think anything here's changed significantly
> since 2003 anyway.)
>
> 13. Name the infraction.
> 14. Name the infraction.
> 15. Name the infraction.
>
--
Dan Blum
Mar 5, 2021, 6:20:30 PM3/5/21
to
> 2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books
> and movies.
Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff
> and movies.
> 3. Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the TV series of
> that name.
> * Commemorations
> 4. Name the composer whose name we have covered over:
> 5. Name the scientist whose name we have covered over:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b2.jpg
> * Shakespeare's Geography
> 7. This tragicomedy, or so-called "dark comedy", is one of
> Shakespeare's last plays. It opens in "Sicilia". King Leontes
> suspects his wife of infidelity and sends messengers to Apollo's
> oracle at a place that Shakespeare calls "Delphos" to find out.
> Before the messengers return, the king sends Antigonus into
> exile in Bohemia carrying the king's disowned infant daughter.
> Scene 3 is set as follows: Bohemia. The sea-coast. Enter
> Antigonus with a child, and a Mariner.
> 8. Near the start of this history, the Archbishop of Canterbury is
> speaking to his young king. He is outlining a tempting dynastic
> claim based on disputed geography, and he intends to persuade
> the king to go to war against France.
> 9. In this rather severe comedy, another very late play, Gonzalo,
> Sebastian, Adrian, and Antonio, who is the usurping Duke of
> Milan, spend most of their time wandering around lost. But in
> this scene they find the time to argue about historical geography:
> * Scientific Quotes
> 10. This was said by a physicist and mathematician in the 17th
> century: "I do not know what I may appear to the world.
> But to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on
> the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a
> smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the
> great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
> 11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on
> mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined
> as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about,
> nor whether what we are saying is true."
> 12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics
> said that he had been given the following piece of advice:
> "Each equation in the book would halve the sales."
> * Exceptional Paintings
> 13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
> 14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
> 15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
> ** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
> * Hobbies
> 1. Secateurs; vermiculite; Bacillus thuringiensis; red wigglers.
fishing
> 2. Mounting kit; plastic eyes; display panel; tanning oil.
> 3. Scroll frame; canvas; yarn; magnifier.
> * Fashion, and more specifically, Shoes
> 7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper
> part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the
> rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that?
> Now, name the shoe that's a variation on an oxford, having
> parts of it decorated with perforations and perhaps serrations.
> 9. What is the generic term for a woman's slipper or shoe that
> is held on the foot by the forepart only? It is often decorated,
> and may or may not be open-toed.
> * Team Name Etymologies
> 10. There's a basketball team called the Los Angeles Lakers.
> Why "Lakers"?
> 11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.
> Why "Dodgers"?
"trolley dodgers"
> 12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers.
> Why "Rangers"?
enforcement
--
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Mar 5, 2021, 11:37:51 PM3/5/21
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:4OSdnSV3y4ZZStz9...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
>
> * Name All Four
>
> * Shakespeare's Geography
>
> Shakespeare doesn't always show a precise knowledge of geography.
> Sometimes his characters don't either. Here are three passages
> containing either geographical ignorance or arguments about
> geography. In each case name the Shakespeare play. (In the
> original game, we performed the bits.)
>
> 7. This tragicomedy, or so-called "dark comedy", is one of
> Shakespeare's last plays. It opens in "Sicilia". King Leontes
> suspects his wife of infidelity and sends messengers to Apollo's
> oracle at a place that Shakespeare calls "Delphos" to find out.
> Before the messengers return, the king sends Antigonus into
> exile in Bohemia carrying the king's disowned infant daughter.
> Scene 3 is set as follows: Bohemia. The sea-coast. Enter
> Antigonus with a child, and a Mariner.
>
> ANTIGONUS: Thou art perfect then our ship hath touched upon
> The deserts of Bohemia?
>
> MARINER: Ay, my lord, and fear
> We have landed in ill time; the skies look grimly.
> ..............................................
> Besides, this place is famous for the creatures
> Of prey that keep upon it.
>
> Remember, name the play in each case.
"Measure for Measure"
> 8. Near the start of this history, the Archbishop of Canterbury is
> speaking to his young king. He is outlining a tempting dynastic
> claim based on disputed geography, and he intends to persuade
> the king to go to war against France.
>
> KING: My learnèd lord, we pray you to proceed,
> And justly and religiously unfold
> Why the Law Salique, that they have in France,
> Or should or should not bar us in our claim.
>
> CANTERBURY: There is no bar
> To make against your highness' claim to France
> But this, which they produce from Pharamond,
> ........................................
> "No woman shall succeed in Salique land":
> Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze
> To be the realm of France ................
> ...........................................
> Yet their own authors faithfully affirm
> That the land Salique is in Germany,
> Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe ......
"Henry V"
> 9. In this rather severe comedy, another very late play, Gonzalo,
> Sebastian, Adrian, and Antonio, who is the usurping Duke of
> Milan, spend most of their time wandering around lost. But in
> this scene they find the time to argue about historical geography:
>
> GONZALO: Methinks our garments are now as fresh as
> when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage
> of the King's fair daughter Claribel to the King
> of Tunis.
>
> ADRIAN: Tunis was never grac'd before with such a paragon
> to their queen.
>
> GONZALO: Not since widow Dido's time.
> ...........................................
> ADRIAN: "Widow Dido" said you? You make me study of that.
> She was of Carthage, not of Tunis.
>
> GONZALO: This Tunis, sir, was Carthage.
>
> ADRIAN: Carthage?
>
> GONZALO: I assure you, Carthage.
>
> ANTONIO: His word is more than the miraculous harp.
>
> SEBASTIAN: He hath rais'd the wall and houses too.
>
> ANTONIO: What impossible matter will he make easy next?
>
> SEBASTIAN: I think he will carry this island home in his
> pocket and give it his son for an apple.
"All's Well That Ends Well"
> * Scientific Quotes
>
> In each case, *name the scientist* who said the following.
>
> 10. This was said by a physicist and mathematician in the 17th
> century: "I do not know what I may appear to the world.
> But to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on
> the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a
> smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the
> great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
Newton
> 11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on
> mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined
> as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about,
> nor whether what we are saying is true."
Russell
> 12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics
> said that he had been given the following piece of advice:
> "Each equation in the book would halve the sales."
Hawking
> * Exceptional Paintings
>
> 13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf
>
> Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*.
> Give the *number of the exception*.
4; 6
> 14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf
>
> Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
2; 3
> 15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf
>
> Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
4
> ** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
>
> * Team Name Etymologies
>
> In each case we need the applicable connections to be made explicitly:
> if we asked about the Toronto Argonauts, you'd need to mention both
> the mythological ship and the fact that the team started as a rowing
> club.
>
> 10. There's a basketball team called the Los Angeles Lakers.
> Why "Lakers"?
Team started out in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Minnesota is known as
the Land of 10,000 Lakes
> 11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.
> Why "Dodgers"?
Team started out in Brooklyn, New York, and the nickname referred to
"trolley dodgers" with regard to the public transportation there
> 12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers.
> Why "Rangers"?
Team was once run by a man nicknamed Tex and were referred to as "Tex's
Rangers," a pun on the Texas Rangers (the law enforcement agency rather
than the baseball team which did not exist yet)
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:4OSdnSV3y4ZZStz9...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
>
> * Name All Four
>
> 3. Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the TV series of
> that name.
Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo, Michaelangelo
> that name.
> * Shakespeare's Geography
>
> Shakespeare doesn't always show a precise knowledge of geography.
> Sometimes his characters don't either. Here are three passages
> containing either geographical ignorance or arguments about
> geography. In each case name the Shakespeare play. (In the
> original game, we performed the bits.)
>
> 7. This tragicomedy, or so-called "dark comedy", is one of
> Shakespeare's last plays. It opens in "Sicilia". King Leontes
> suspects his wife of infidelity and sends messengers to Apollo's
> oracle at a place that Shakespeare calls "Delphos" to find out.
> Before the messengers return, the king sends Antigonus into
> exile in Bohemia carrying the king's disowned infant daughter.
> Scene 3 is set as follows: Bohemia. The sea-coast. Enter
> Antigonus with a child, and a Mariner.
>
> ANTIGONUS: Thou art perfect then our ship hath touched upon
> The deserts of Bohemia?
>
> MARINER: Ay, my lord, and fear
> We have landed in ill time; the skies look grimly.
> ..............................................
> Besides, this place is famous for the creatures
> Of prey that keep upon it.
>
> Remember, name the play in each case.
> 8. Near the start of this history, the Archbishop of Canterbury is
> speaking to his young king. He is outlining a tempting dynastic
> claim based on disputed geography, and he intends to persuade
> the king to go to war against France.
>
> KING: My learnèd lord, we pray you to proceed,
> And justly and religiously unfold
> Why the Law Salique, that they have in France,
> Or should or should not bar us in our claim.
>
> CANTERBURY: There is no bar
> To make against your highness' claim to France
> But this, which they produce from Pharamond,
> ........................................
> "No woman shall succeed in Salique land":
> Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze
> To be the realm of France ................
> ...........................................
> Yet their own authors faithfully affirm
> That the land Salique is in Germany,
> Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe ......
> 9. In this rather severe comedy, another very late play, Gonzalo,
> Sebastian, Adrian, and Antonio, who is the usurping Duke of
> Milan, spend most of their time wandering around lost. But in
> this scene they find the time to argue about historical geography:
>
> GONZALO: Methinks our garments are now as fresh as
> when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage
> of the King's fair daughter Claribel to the King
> of Tunis.
>
> ADRIAN: Tunis was never grac'd before with such a paragon
> to their queen.
>
> GONZALO: Not since widow Dido's time.
> ...........................................
> ADRIAN: "Widow Dido" said you? You make me study of that.
> She was of Carthage, not of Tunis.
>
> GONZALO: This Tunis, sir, was Carthage.
>
> ADRIAN: Carthage?
>
> GONZALO: I assure you, Carthage.
>
> ANTONIO: His word is more than the miraculous harp.
>
> SEBASTIAN: He hath rais'd the wall and houses too.
>
> ANTONIO: What impossible matter will he make easy next?
>
> SEBASTIAN: I think he will carry this island home in his
> pocket and give it his son for an apple.
> * Scientific Quotes
>
> In each case, *name the scientist* who said the following.
>
> 10. This was said by a physicist and mathematician in the 17th
> century: "I do not know what I may appear to the world.
> But to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on
> the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a
> smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the
> great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
> 11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on
> mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined
> as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about,
> nor whether what we are saying is true."
> 12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics
> said that he had been given the following piece of advice:
> "Each equation in the book would halve the sales."
> * Exceptional Paintings
>
> 13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf
>
> Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*.
> Give the *number of the exception*.
> 14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf
>
> Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
> 15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf
>
> Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
> ** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
>
> * Fashion, and more specifically, Shoes
>
> 7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper
> part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the
> rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that?
Sorry, no.
>
> 7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper
> part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the
> rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that?
> * Team Name Etymologies
>
> In each case we need the applicable connections to be made explicitly:
> if we asked about the Toronto Argonauts, you'd need to mention both
> the mythological ship and the fact that the team started as a rowing
> club.
>
> 10. There's a basketball team called the Los Angeles Lakers.
> Why "Lakers"?
the Land of 10,000 Lakes
> 11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.
> Why "Dodgers"?
"trolley dodgers" with regard to the public transportation there
> 12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers.
> Why "Rangers"?
Rangers," a pun on the Texas Rangers (the law enforcement agency rather
than the baseball team which did not exist yet)
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde
Mar 6, 2021, 2:22:45 PM3/6/21
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-04-07,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> This Final had both an audio and a video round, so I'm only able
> to post 7 rounds of it here. This set will consist of Rounds 4
> and 7; Rounds 8 and 9 will be in the next set, and then I'll post
> Round 10, with 18 questions, singly. Of this set, I wrote two
> triples in Round 4 and one in Round 7.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
>
> * Name All Four
>
> 1. Name all four Teletubbies, in the TV series of that name.
>
> 2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books
> and movies.
Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-04-07,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> This Final had both an audio and a video round, so I'm only able
> to post 7 rounds of it here. This set will consist of Rounds 4
> and 7; Rounds 8 and 9 will be in the next set, and then I'll post
> Round 10, with 18 questions, singly. Of this set, I wrote two
> triples in Round 4 and one in Round 7.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
>
> * Name All Four
>
> 1. Name all four Teletubbies, in the TV series of that name.
>
> 2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books
> and movies.
>
> 3. Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the TV series of
> that name.
>
>
> * Commemorations
>
> Please refer to the handouts (in the original game, we used actual
> money).
>
> 4. Name the composer whose name we have covered over:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b1.gif
>
> 5. Name the scientist whose name we have covered over:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b2.jpg
>
> 11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on
> mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined
> as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about,
> nor whether what we are saying is true."
>
> 12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics
> said that he had been given the following piece of advice:
> "Each equation in the book would halve the sales."
>
>
> * Exceptional Paintings
>
> 13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf
>
> Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*.
> Give the *number of the exception*.
>
> 14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf
>
> Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
>
> 15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf
>
> Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
>
> * Hobbies
>
> In this triple we'll give you a list of items associated with a
> hobby, and you must name the hobby.
>
> 1. Secateurs; vermiculite; Bacillus thuringiensis; red wigglers.
> 2. Mounting kit; plastic eyes; display panel; tanning oil.
> 3. Scroll frame; canvas; yarn; magnifier.
>
>
> * Blue Jays Firsts
>
> 4. Who was the first Blue Jay to win the Cy Young Award, in 1996?
>
> 5. Who was the first Blue Jay to win a batting title, with a .363
> average in 1993?
>
> 6. In 1986, two Blue Jays won the team's first Gold Glove awards.
> Name *either* player.
>
>
> * Fashion, and more specifically, Shoes
>
> 7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper
> part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the
> rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that?
> Now, name the shoe that's a variation on an oxford, having
> parts of it decorated with perforations and perhaps serrations.
>
> 8. What kind of shoe does not cover the heel and is characterized
> by a strap passing from the forepart round the hollow of the
> ankle, sometimes secured by a buckle?
>
> 9. What is the generic term for a woman's slipper or shoe that
> is held on the foot by the forepart only? It is often decorated,
> and may or may not be open-toed.
>
>
> * Team Name Etymologies
>
> In each case we need the applicable connections to be made explicitly:
> if we asked about the Toronto Argonauts, you'd need to mention both the
> mythological ship and the fact that the team started as a rowing club.
>
> 10. There's a basketball team called the Los Angeles Lakers.
> Why "Lakers"?
>
> 11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.
> Why "Dodgers"?
>
> 12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers.
> Why "Rangers"?
>
>
> * Hockey Referees' Signals
>
> Please observe the referee (these were performed live at the original
> game) and name the infraction indicated by each signal:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/7/e.jpg
>
> (*Note*: These images and descriptions were taken from an NHL rule
> book in 2020. I don't think anything here's changed significantly
> since 2003 anyway.)
>
> 13. Name the infraction.
> 14. Name the infraction.
Tripping
> 15. Name the infraction.
Boarding
>
Pete Gayde
Mark Brader
Mar 8, 2021, 3:31:47 AM3/8/21
to
Mark Brader:
> ** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
> * Name All Four
Since the triple was "Name All Four", part marks were not allowed
for getting three right.
> 1. Name all four Teletubbies, in the TV series of that name.
Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po, Tinky-Winky.
> 2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books
> and movies.
Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin. 4 for Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 3. Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the TV series of
> that name.
Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael. 4 for Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> * Commemorations
> Please refer to the handouts (in the original game, we used actual
> money).
> 4. Name the composer whose name we have covered over:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b1.gif
Sir Edward Elgar. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete.
> 5. Name the scientist whose name we have covered over:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b2.jpg
Charles Darwin. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
> 6. Again there are two people on this bill:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b3.jpg
> But this time neither one is the Queen. They both were
> journalists and poets; the woman was also a social reformer,
> teacher, and novelist; the man was also a lawyer, but is probably
> most famous for writing a single song. Name *either* person.
Andrew "Banjo" Peterson (who wrote "Waltzing Matilda"); Mary Gilmore.
> * Shakespeare's Geography
> Shakespeare doesn't always show a precise knowledge of geography.
> Sometimes his characters don't either. Here are three passages
> containing either geographical ignorance or arguments about
> geography. In each case name the Shakespeare play. (In the
> original game, we performed the bits.)
> 7. This tragicomedy, or so-called "dark comedy", is one of
> Shakespeare's last plays. It opens in "Sicilia". King Leontes
> suspects his wife of infidelity and sends messengers to Apollo's
> oracle at a place that Shakespeare calls "Delphos" to find out.
> Before the messengers return, the king sends Antigonus into
> exile in Bohemia carrying the king's disowned infant daughter.
> Scene 3 is set as follows: Bohemia. The sea-coast. Enter
> Antigonus with a child, and a Mariner.
> ANTIGONUS: Thou art perfect then our ship hath touched upon
> The deserts of Bohemia?
> MARINER: Ay, my lord, and fear
> We have landed in ill time; the skies look grimly.
> ..............................................
> Besides, this place is famous for the creatures
> Of prey that keep upon it.
> Remember, name the play in each case.
"The Winter's Tale". 4 for Dan Blum.
Antigonus has heard enough; he names the baby Perdita and quickly
abandons it on the shore. After a few more lines comes his stage
direction: "Exit, pursued by a bear."
> 8. Near the start of this history, the Archbishop of Canterbury is
> speaking to his young king. He is outlining a tempting dynastic
> claim based on disputed geography, and he intends to persuade
> the king to go to war against France.
> KING: My learnèd lord, we pray you to proceed,
> And justly and religiously unfold
> Why the Law Salique, that they have in France,
> Or should or should not bar us in our claim.
> CANTERBURY: There is no bar
> To make against your highness' claim to France
> But this, which they produce from Pharamond,
> ........................................
> "No woman shall succeed in Salique land":
> Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze
> To be the realm of France ................
> ...........................................
> Yet their own authors faithfully affirm
> That the land Salique is in Germany,
> Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe ......
"Henry V". No marks for other Henrys. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
2 for Pete.
> 9. In this rather severe comedy, another very late play, Gonzalo,
> Sebastian, Adrian, and Antonio, who is the usurping Duke of
> Milan, spend most of their time wandering around lost. But in
> this scene they find the time to argue about historical geography:
> GONZALO: Methinks our garments are now as fresh as
> when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage
> of the King's fair daughter Claribel to the King
> of Tunis.
> ADRIAN: Tunis was never grac'd before with such a paragon
> to their queen.
> GONZALO: Not since widow Dido's time.
> ...........................................
> ADRIAN: "Widow Dido" said you? You make me study of that.
> She was of Carthage, not of Tunis.
> GONZALO: This Tunis, sir, was Carthage.
> ADRIAN: Carthage?
> GONZALO: I assure you, Carthage.
> ANTONIO: His word is more than the miraculous harp.
> SEBASTIAN: He hath rais'd the wall and houses too.
> ANTONIO: What impossible matter will he make easy next?
> SEBASTIAN: I think he will carry this island home in his
> pocket and give it his son for an apple.
"The Tempest". 4 for Dan Blum.
> * Scientific Quotes
> In each case, *name the scientist* who said the following.
> 10. This was said by a physicist and mathematician in the 17th
> century: "I do not know what I may appear to the world.
> But to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on
> the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a
> smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the
> great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
Sir Isaac Newton. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on
> mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined
> as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about,
> nor whether what we are saying is true."
Bertrand Russell. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics
> said that he had been given the following piece of advice:
> "Each equation in the book would halve the sales."
Stephen Hawking. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> * Exceptional Paintings
> 13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf
> Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*.
> Give the *number of the exception*.
#3. (Magritte -- Belgian. The others are French: Dufy, Bonnard,
Duchamp, Léger, and Matisse.) 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
3 for Pete.
> 14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf
> Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
#4. (Georges Braque. The others are by Picasso.) 3 for Dan Blum.
> 15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf
> Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
#5. (Klimt -- "The Kiss" -- 20th century. The others are 19th
century, by Seurat, Munch, Rossetti, Gauguin, and Burne-Jones.)
4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Pete.
> ** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
> * Hobbies
> In this triple we'll give you a list of items associated with a
> hobby, and you must name the hobby.
> 1. Secateurs; vermiculite; Bacillus thuringiensis; red wigglers.
Gardening. 4 for Erland.
> 2. Mounting kit; plastic eyes; display panel; tanning oil.
Taxidermy. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
> 3. Scroll frame; canvas; yarn; magnifier.
Embroidery (or cross-stitch or needlepoint). 4 for Dan Blum.
> * Blue Jays Firsts
> 4. Who was the first Blue Jay to win the Cy Young Award, in 1996?
Pat Hentgen.
> 5. Who was the first Blue Jay to win a batting title, with a .363
> average in 1993?
John Olerud.
> 6. In 1986, two Blue Jays won the team's first Gold Glove awards.
> Name *either* player.
Jesse Barfield, Tony Fernandez. 4 for Pete.
> * Fashion, and more specifically, Shoes
> 7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper
> part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the
> rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that?
> Now, name the shoe that's a variation on an oxford, having
> parts of it decorated with perforations and perhaps serrations.
Brogue (not brogan).
> 8. What kind of shoe does not cover the heel and is characterized
> by a strap passing from the forepart round the hollow of the
> ankle, sometimes secured by a buckle?
Sling-back (not ankle strap).
> 9. What is the generic term for a woman's slipper or shoe that
> is held on the foot by the forepart only? It is often decorated,
> and may or may not be open-toed.
Mule or slide.
> * Team Name Etymologies
> In each case we need the applicable connections to be made explicitly:
> if we asked about the Toronto Argonauts, you'd need to mention both the
> mythological ship and the fact that the team started as a rowing club.
> 10. There's a basketball team called the Los Angeles Lakers.
> Why "Lakers"?
Until 1960 they played in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minnesota is known
as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" (the number and city were not required).
4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.
> Why "Dodgers"?
Until 1957 they played in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn was known for its many streetcar routes, so that its
residents were nicknamed "Trolley Dodgers". This nickname was applied
to the team -- whose stadium had streetcar tracks adjacent -- and
was then shortened to Dodgers. (A reference to "dodging" streetcars
or trolley cars in Brooklyn or near the stadium was sufficient.
At the original game we also generously accepted dodging traffic.)
4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers.
> Why "Rangers"?
Their original owner, G.L. Rickard, (had lived in Texas and)
was nicknamed "Tex". "Tex's Rangers" was a play on the famous
police/paramilitary force called the Texas Rangers. 4 for Joshua.
> * Hockey Referees' Signals
> Please observe the referee (these were performed live at the original
> game) and name the infraction indicated by each signal:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/7/e.jpg
> (*Note*: These images and descriptions were taken from an NHL rule
> book in 2020. I don't think anything here's changed significantly
> since 2003 anyway.)
> 13. Name the infraction.
Cross-checking, which means holding your stick in both hands to hit
an opponent with the part in between. 4 for Pete.
> 14. Name the infraction.
Hooking (a player with the end of the stick).
> 15. Name the infraction.
Boarding, which means checking a player so that he's pushed into the
boards with unnecessary force. Roughing is a separate offense but I
generously accepted it as almost correct. 4 for Pete. 3 for Erland.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 7 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo His A+L S+L
Dan Blum 32 41 51 16 140
Dan Tilque 32 20 28 12 92
Joshua Kreitzer 23 36 20 12 91
Erland Sommarskog 22 28 0 7 57
Pete Gayde -- -- 24 20 44
--
Mark Brader | "...not one accident in a hundred deserves the name.
Toronto | [This occurrence] was simply the legitimate result
m...@vex.net | of carelessness." -- Washington Roebling
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-04-07,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> This Final had both an audio and a video round, so I'm only able
> to post 7 rounds of it here. This set will consist of Rounds 4
> and 7; Rounds 8 and 9 will be in the next set, and then I'll post
> Round 10, with 18 questions, singly. Of this set, I wrote two
> triples in Round 4 and one in Round 7.
I wrote questions #1-6 of Round 4 and #10-12 of Round 7.
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> This Final had both an audio and a video round, so I'm only able
> to post 7 rounds of it here. This set will consist of Rounds 4
> and 7; Rounds 8 and 9 will be in the next set, and then I'll post
> Round 10, with 18 questions, singly. Of this set, I wrote two
> triples in Round 4 and one in Round 7.
> ** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature
> * Name All Four
for getting three right.
> 1. Name all four Teletubbies, in the TV series of that name.
> 2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books
> and movies.
Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 3. Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the TV series of
> that name.
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> * Commemorations
> Please refer to the handouts (in the original game, we used actual
> money).
> 4. Name the composer whose name we have covered over:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b1.gif
> 5. Name the scientist whose name we have covered over:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b2.jpg
> 6. Again there are two people on this bill:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b3.jpg
> But this time neither one is the Queen. They both were
> journalists and poets; the woman was also a social reformer,
> teacher, and novelist; the man was also a lawyer, but is probably
> most famous for writing a single song. Name *either* person.
> * Shakespeare's Geography
> Shakespeare doesn't always show a precise knowledge of geography.
> Sometimes his characters don't either. Here are three passages
> containing either geographical ignorance or arguments about
> geography. In each case name the Shakespeare play. (In the
> original game, we performed the bits.)
> 7. This tragicomedy, or so-called "dark comedy", is one of
> Shakespeare's last plays. It opens in "Sicilia". King Leontes
> suspects his wife of infidelity and sends messengers to Apollo's
> oracle at a place that Shakespeare calls "Delphos" to find out.
> Before the messengers return, the king sends Antigonus into
> exile in Bohemia carrying the king's disowned infant daughter.
> Scene 3 is set as follows: Bohemia. The sea-coast. Enter
> Antigonus with a child, and a Mariner.
> ANTIGONUS: Thou art perfect then our ship hath touched upon
> The deserts of Bohemia?
> MARINER: Ay, my lord, and fear
> We have landed in ill time; the skies look grimly.
> ..............................................
> Besides, this place is famous for the creatures
> Of prey that keep upon it.
> Remember, name the play in each case.
Antigonus has heard enough; he names the baby Perdita and quickly
abandons it on the shore. After a few more lines comes his stage
direction: "Exit, pursued by a bear."
> 8. Near the start of this history, the Archbishop of Canterbury is
> speaking to his young king. He is outlining a tempting dynastic
> claim based on disputed geography, and he intends to persuade
> the king to go to war against France.
> KING: My learnèd lord, we pray you to proceed,
> And justly and religiously unfold
> Why the Law Salique, that they have in France,
> Or should or should not bar us in our claim.
> CANTERBURY: There is no bar
> To make against your highness' claim to France
> But this, which they produce from Pharamond,
> ........................................
> "No woman shall succeed in Salique land":
> Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze
> To be the realm of France ................
> ...........................................
> Yet their own authors faithfully affirm
> That the land Salique is in Germany,
> Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe ......
2 for Pete.
> 9. In this rather severe comedy, another very late play, Gonzalo,
> Sebastian, Adrian, and Antonio, who is the usurping Duke of
> Milan, spend most of their time wandering around lost. But in
> this scene they find the time to argue about historical geography:
> GONZALO: Methinks our garments are now as fresh as
> when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage
> of the King's fair daughter Claribel to the King
> of Tunis.
> ADRIAN: Tunis was never grac'd before with such a paragon
> to their queen.
> GONZALO: Not since widow Dido's time.
> ...........................................
> ADRIAN: "Widow Dido" said you? You make me study of that.
> She was of Carthage, not of Tunis.
> GONZALO: This Tunis, sir, was Carthage.
> ADRIAN: Carthage?
> GONZALO: I assure you, Carthage.
> ANTONIO: His word is more than the miraculous harp.
> SEBASTIAN: He hath rais'd the wall and houses too.
> ANTONIO: What impossible matter will he make easy next?
> SEBASTIAN: I think he will carry this island home in his
> pocket and give it his son for an apple.
> * Scientific Quotes
> In each case, *name the scientist* who said the following.
> 10. This was said by a physicist and mathematician in the 17th
> century: "I do not know what I may appear to the world.
> But to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on
> the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a
> smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the
> great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
> 11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on
> mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined
> as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about,
> nor whether what we are saying is true."
> 12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics
> said that he had been given the following piece of advice:
> "Each equation in the book would halve the sales."
> * Exceptional Paintings
> 13. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf
> Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*.
> Give the *number of the exception*.
Duchamp, Léger, and Matisse.) 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
3 for Pete.
> 14. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf
> Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
> 15. On this handout you are shown six paintings:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf
> Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of
> the exception*.
century, by Seurat, Munch, Rossetti, Gauguin, and Burne-Jones.)
4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Pete.
> ** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure
> * Hobbies
> In this triple we'll give you a list of items associated with a
> hobby, and you must name the hobby.
> 1. Secateurs; vermiculite; Bacillus thuringiensis; red wigglers.
> 2. Mounting kit; plastic eyes; display panel; tanning oil.
> 3. Scroll frame; canvas; yarn; magnifier.
> * Blue Jays Firsts
> 4. Who was the first Blue Jay to win the Cy Young Award, in 1996?
> 5. Who was the first Blue Jay to win a batting title, with a .363
> average in 1993?
> 6. In 1986, two Blue Jays won the team's first Gold Glove awards.
> Name *either* player.
> * Fashion, and more specifically, Shoes
> 7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper
> part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the
> rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that?
> Now, name the shoe that's a variation on an oxford, having
> parts of it decorated with perforations and perhaps serrations.
> 8. What kind of shoe does not cover the heel and is characterized
> by a strap passing from the forepart round the hollow of the
> ankle, sometimes secured by a buckle?
> 9. What is the generic term for a woman's slipper or shoe that
> is held on the foot by the forepart only? It is often decorated,
> and may or may not be open-toed.
> * Team Name Etymologies
> In each case we need the applicable connections to be made explicitly:
> if we asked about the Toronto Argonauts, you'd need to mention both the
> mythological ship and the fact that the team started as a rowing club.
> 10. There's a basketball team called the Los Angeles Lakers.
> Why "Lakers"?
as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" (the number and city were not required).
4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.
> Why "Dodgers"?
Brooklyn was known for its many streetcar routes, so that its
residents were nicknamed "Trolley Dodgers". This nickname was applied
to the team -- whose stadium had streetcar tracks adjacent -- and
was then shortened to Dodgers. (A reference to "dodging" streetcars
or trolley cars in Brooklyn or near the stadium was sufficient.
At the original game we also generously accepted dodging traffic.)
4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers.
> Why "Rangers"?
was nicknamed "Tex". "Tex's Rangers" was a play on the famous
police/paramilitary force called the Texas Rangers. 4 for Joshua.
> * Hockey Referees' Signals
> Please observe the referee (these were performed live at the original
> game) and name the infraction indicated by each signal:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/7/e.jpg
> (*Note*: These images and descriptions were taken from an NHL rule
> book in 2020. I don't think anything here's changed significantly
> since 2003 anyway.)
> 13. Name the infraction.
an opponent with the part in between. 4 for Pete.
> 14. Name the infraction.
Hooking (a player with the end of the stick).
> 15. Name the infraction.
Boarding, which means checking a player so that he's pushed into the
boards with unnecessary force. Roughing is a separate offense but I
generously accepted it as almost correct. 4 for Pete. 3 for Erland.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 7 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo His A+L S+L
Dan Blum 32 41 51 16 140
Dan Tilque 32 20 28 12 92
Joshua Kreitzer 23 36 20 12 91
Erland Sommarskog 22 28 0 7 57
Pete Gayde -- -- 24 20 44
--
Mark Brader | "...not one accident in a hundred deserves the name.
Toronto | [This occurrence] was simply the legitimate result
m...@vex.net | of carelessness." -- Washington Roebling
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