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RQFTCIFFF12 Game 2, Rounds 7-8: CanArt, weather
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Mark Brader
Dec 23, 2021, 4:38:19 AM12/23/21
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-01-30,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Artists
Please see: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/02-07/art.pdf>.
We give you the name of a well-known Canadian artist, and you
give us the number corresponding to one of their works.
1. Tom Thomson.
2. Lawren Harris.
3. Norval Morrisseau.
4. Alex Colville.
5. Jean Paul Riopelle.
6. Ken Danby.
7. Emily Carr.
8. Arthur Lismer.
9. Kathleen Munn.
10. Frederick Verner.
Here are the other 8 artists in alphabetical order. Decode the
rot13 if you want to name them for fun, but for no points.
11. Eboreg Ongrzna.
12. Orawnzva Purr Purr.
13. N.L. Wnpxfba.
14. Wnpdhrf Fpuretraf.
15. Wnpx Funqobyg.
16. Serqn Crzoregba Fzvgu.
17. Serqrevpx Ineyrl.
18. Ubzre Jngfba.
* Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather
1. What is the name of the scale used for measuring tornado
intensity?
2. What name is given to the ocean current responsible for keeping
the ocean waters and air temperatures off the western coast of
North America relatively cool?
3. What kind of storm is a haboob?
4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which
state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum,
and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year.
5. Meteorologists call these winds föhn winds, from the German.
Argentinians call them zonda winds, and South Africans,
bergwinds. What name is given to this type of wind in certain
parts of Canada where they occur?
6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that
connect places of equal air pressure?
7. Name the 1992 hurricane that hit southern Florida, causing
$26,500,000,000 US of damage, a record at the time.
8. This weather event has been called the greatest natural disaster
in Canadian history. Insurance claims topped $800,000,000 and
the monthly national GDP dropped by almost 1% in January of
the year of the event. Name this weather disaster (for full
points include the year, within 1).
9. This is a luminous, and often audible, electric discharge.
It occurs around objects, especially pointed ones, when the
electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value
near 1,000 volts per centimeter. It often occurs during stormy
weather and might be seen on a ship's mast or yardarm, aircraft,
lightning rods, and steeples. Name this weather phenomenon.
10. What common name is given to lightning that occurs so far away
from the observer that no thunder can be heard? It is sometimes
confused with "dry lightning" because often it's not raining
at the observer's location.
--
Mark Brader, "It is impossible. Solution follows..."
Toronto, m...@vex.net -- Richard Heathfield
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Artists
Please see: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/02-07/art.pdf>.
We give you the name of a well-known Canadian artist, and you
give us the number corresponding to one of their works.
1. Tom Thomson.
2. Lawren Harris.
3. Norval Morrisseau.
4. Alex Colville.
5. Jean Paul Riopelle.
6. Ken Danby.
7. Emily Carr.
8. Arthur Lismer.
9. Kathleen Munn.
10. Frederick Verner.
Here are the other 8 artists in alphabetical order. Decode the
rot13 if you want to name them for fun, but for no points.
11. Eboreg Ongrzna.
12. Orawnzva Purr Purr.
13. N.L. Wnpxfba.
14. Wnpdhrf Fpuretraf.
15. Wnpx Funqobyg.
16. Serqn Crzoregba Fzvgu.
17. Serqrevpx Ineyrl.
18. Ubzre Jngfba.
* Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather
1. What is the name of the scale used for measuring tornado
intensity?
2. What name is given to the ocean current responsible for keeping
the ocean waters and air temperatures off the western coast of
North America relatively cool?
3. What kind of storm is a haboob?
4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which
state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum,
and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year.
5. Meteorologists call these winds föhn winds, from the German.
Argentinians call them zonda winds, and South Africans,
bergwinds. What name is given to this type of wind in certain
parts of Canada where they occur?
6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that
connect places of equal air pressure?
7. Name the 1992 hurricane that hit southern Florida, causing
$26,500,000,000 US of damage, a record at the time.
8. This weather event has been called the greatest natural disaster
in Canadian history. Insurance claims topped $800,000,000 and
the monthly national GDP dropped by almost 1% in January of
the year of the event. Name this weather disaster (for full
points include the year, within 1).
9. This is a luminous, and often audible, electric discharge.
It occurs around objects, especially pointed ones, when the
electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value
near 1,000 volts per centimeter. It often occurs during stormy
weather and might be seen on a ship's mast or yardarm, aircraft,
lightning rods, and steeples. Name this weather phenomenon.
10. What common name is given to lightning that occurs so far away
from the observer that no thunder can be heard? It is sometimes
confused with "dry lightning" because often it's not raining
at the observer's location.
--
Mark Brader, "It is impossible. Solution follows..."
Toronto, m...@vex.net -- Richard Heathfield
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Dec 23, 2021, 8:31:31 AM12/23/21
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather
> 1. What is the name of the scale used for measuring tornado
> intensity?
Fujita
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather
> 1. What is the name of the scale used for measuring tornado
> intensity?
> 2. What name is given to the ocean current responsible for keeping
> the ocean waters and air temperatures off the western coast of
> North America relatively cool?
> 3. What kind of storm is a haboob?
> 4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which
> state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum,
> and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year.
> 6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that
> connect places of equal air pressure?
> 7. Name the 1992 hurricane that hit southern Florida, causing
> $26,500,000,000 US of damage, a record at the time.
> 8. This weather event has been called the greatest natural disaster
> in Canadian history. Insurance claims topped $800,000,000 and
> the monthly national GDP dropped by almost 1% in January of
> the year of the event. Name this weather disaster (for full
> points include the year, within 1).
> 9. This is a luminous, and often audible, electric discharge.
> It occurs around objects, especially pointed ones, when the
> electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value
> near 1,000 volts per centimeter. It often occurs during stormy
> weather and might be seen on a ship's mast or yardarm, aircraft,
> lightning rods, and steeples. Name this weather phenomenon.
> 10. What common name is given to lightning that occurs so far away
> from the observer that no thunder can be heard? It is sometimes
> confused with "dry lightning" because often it's not raining
> at the observer's location.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
Dec 23, 2021, 2:27:32 PM12/23/21
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather
>
> 1. What is the name of the scale used for measuring tornado
> intensity?
Beaufort (well, at least it's wind scale.)
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather
>
> 1. What is the name of the scale used for measuring tornado
> intensity?
> 2. What name is given to the ocean current responsible for keeping
> the ocean waters and air temperatures off the western coast of
> North America relatively cool?
> 4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which
> state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum,
> and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year.
> 6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that
> connect places of equal air pressure?
Mark Brader
Dec 23, 2021, 6:30:14 PM12/23/21
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Mark Brader:
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "This is as 'real' as your so-called life gets!"
m...@vex.net | "Q Who", ST:TNG, Maurice Hurley
> I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.
Sorry, make that 5 days (from the original posting).
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "This is as 'real' as your so-called life gets!"
m...@vex.net | "Q Who", ST:TNG, Maurice Hurley
Pete Gayde
Dec 23, 2021, 8:22:03 PM12/23/21
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>
> 3. What kind of storm is a haboob?
>
> 4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which
> state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum,
> and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year.
>
> 5. Meteorologists call these winds föhn winds, from the German.
> Argentinians call them zonda winds, and South Africans,
> bergwinds. What name is given to this type of wind in certain
> parts of Canada where they occur?
>
> 6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that
> connect places of equal air pressure?
>
> 7. Name the 1992 hurricane that hit southern Florida, causing
> $26,500,000,000 US of damage, a record at the time.
>
> 8. This weather event has been called the greatest natural disaster
> in Canadian history. Insurance claims topped $800,000,000 and
> the monthly national GDP dropped by almost 1% in January of
> the year of the event. Name this weather disaster (for full
> points include the year, within 1).
>
> 9. This is a luminous, and often audible, electric discharge.
> It occurs around objects, especially pointed ones, when the
> electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value
> near 1,000 volts per centimeter. It often occurs during stormy
> weather and might be seen on a ship's mast or yardarm, aircraft,
> lightning rods, and steeples. Name this weather phenomenon.
>
> 10. What common name is given to lightning that occurs so far away
> from the observer that no thunder can be heard? It is sometimes
> confused with "dry lightning" because often it's not raining
> at the observer's location.
>
Joshua Kreitzer
Dec 23, 2021, 9:07:41 PM12/23/21
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On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 3:38:19 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-01-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
> on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Artists
>
> Please see: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/02-07/art.pdf>.
> We give you the name of a well-known Canadian artist, and you
> give us the number corresponding to one of their works.
>
> 1. Tom Thomson.
1; 2
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-01-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
> on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Artists
>
> Please see: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/02-07/art.pdf>.
> We give you the name of a well-known Canadian artist, and you
> give us the number corresponding to one of their works.
>
> 1. Tom Thomson.
> 2. Lawren Harris.
3; 4
> 3. Norval Morrisseau.
5; 6
> 4. Alex Colville.
7; 8
> 5. Jean Paul Riopelle.
9; 10
> 6. Ken Danby.
11; 12
> 7. Emily Carr.
13; 14
> 8. Arthur Lismer.
15; 16
> 9. Kathleen Munn.
17; 18
> 10. Frederick Verner.
1; 2
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather
>
> 2. What name is given to the ocean current responsible for keeping
> the ocean waters and air temperatures off the western coast of
> North America relatively cool?
Gulf Stream
> the ocean waters and air temperatures off the western coast of
> North America relatively cool?
> 4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which
> state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum,
> and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year.
> 6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that
> connect places of equal air pressure?
> 9. This is a luminous, and often audible, electric discharge.
> It occurs around objects, especially pointed ones, when the
> electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value
> near 1,000 volts per centimeter. It often occurs during stormy
> weather and might be seen on a ship's mast or yardarm, aircraft,
> lightning rods, and steeples. Name this weather phenomenon.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Dec 25, 2021, 5:35:21 PM12/25/21
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>
> 3. What kind of storm is a haboob?
>
> 4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which
> state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum,
> and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year.
>
> 5. Meteorologists call these winds föhn winds, from the German.
> Argentinians call them zonda winds, and South Africans,
> bergwinds. What name is given to this type of wind in certain
> parts of Canada where they occur?
>
> 6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that
> connect places of equal air pressure?
>
> 7. Name the 1992 hurricane that hit southern Florida, causing
> $26,500,000,000 US of damage, a record at the time.
>
> 8. This weather event has been called the greatest natural disaster
> in Canadian history. Insurance claims topped $800,000,000 and
> the monthly national GDP dropped by almost 1% in January of
> the year of the event. Name this weather disaster (for full
> points include the year, within 1).
>
> 9. This is a luminous, and often audible, electric discharge.
> It occurs around objects, especially pointed ones, when the
> electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value
> near 1,000 volts per centimeter. It often occurs during stormy
> weather and might be seen on a ship's mast or yardarm, aircraft,
> lightning rods, and steeples. Name this weather phenomenon.
>
> 10. What common name is given to lightning that occurs so far away
> from the observer that no thunder can be heard? It is sometimes
> confused with "dry lightning" because often it's not raining
> at the observer's location.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Dec 28, 2021, 1:12:49 AM12/28/21
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Mark Brader:
> 2. Lawren Harris.
#3 ("North Shore Lake Superior"). 3 for Joshua.
> 3. Norval Morrisseau.
#9 ("Self Portrait").
> 4. Alex Colville.
#10 ("To Prince Edward Island").
> 5. Jean Paul Riopelle.
#5 ("Il était une fois une ville", i.e. "Once upon a Time, There
was a City").
> 6. Ken Danby.
#1 ("The Great Farewell"; that is, of course, Wayne Gretzky).
> 7. Emily Carr.
#2 ("Autumn in France").
> 8. Arthur Lismer.
#11 ("Cathedral Mountain").
> 9. Kathleen Munn.
#13 (untitled).
> 10. Frederick Verner.
#18 ("Ojibway Family Gathering").
> Here are the other 8 artists in alphabetical order. Decode the
> rot13 if you want to name them for fun, but for no points.
For some reason, nobody tried these.
> 11. Robert Bateman.
#4 ("On the Wing").
> 12. Benjamin Chee Chee.
#6 ("Learning"). I like the rot13 version of this guy's name!
> 13. A.Y. Jackson.
#8 ("Red Maple").
> 14. Jacques Schergens.
#17 ("Storm Approaching").
> 15. Jack Shadbolt.
#15 ("Mighty in his Melon-Making").
> 16. Freda Pemberton Smith.
#16 ("Barrels on the Dock").
> 17. Frederick Varley.
#12 ("Self Portrait").
> 18. Homer Watson.
#7 ("Herding Sheep").
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather
> 1. What is the name of the scale used for measuring tornado
> intensity?
(Enhanced) Fujita. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 2. What name is given to the ocean current responsible for keeping
> the ocean waters and air temperatures off the western coast of
> North America relatively cool?
The expected answer was Japan or Kuroshio Current, but that's the
northward current on the Asian side of the circulation. The cold
southward current along the North American coast is the California
Current, and I'm accepting both answers. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 3. What kind of storm is a haboob?
Sandstorm. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which
> state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum,
> and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year.
Hawaii. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Meteorologists call these winds föhn winds, from the German.
> Argentinians call them zonda winds, and South Africans,
> bergwinds. What name is given to this type of wind in certain
> parts of Canada where they occur?
Chinook. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that
> connect places of equal air pressure?
Isobars. 4 for everyone.
> 7. Name the 1992 hurricane that hit southern Florida, causing
> $26,500,000,000 US of damage, a record at the time.
Andrew. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. This weather event has been called the greatest natural disaster
> in Canadian history. Insurance claims topped $800,000,000 and
> the monthly national GDP dropped by almost 1% in January of
> the year of the event. Name this weather disaster (for full
> points include the year, within 1).
Ice storm of 1998 (accepting 1997-99).
> 9. This is a luminous, and often audible, electric discharge.
> It occurs around objects, especially pointed ones, when the
> electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value
> near 1,000 volts per centimeter. It often occurs during stormy
> weather and might be seen on a ship's mast or yardarm, aircraft,
> lightning rods, and steeples. Name this weather phenomenon.
St. Elmo's fire (or corona discharge or corposant). 4 for Dan Blum,
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. What common name is given to lightning that occurs so far away
> from the observer that no thunder can be heard? It is sometimes
> confused with "dry lightning" because often it's not raining
> at the observer's location.
Heat lightning. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Spo Mis Ent Can Sci FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 40 20 28 40 3 12 128
Dan Blum 32 16 32 20 0 28 112
Pete Gayde 40 15 12 32 0 12 99
Dan Tilque 28 12 12 16 0 28 84
Erland Sommarskog 0 16 -- -- 0 8 24
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "No flames were used in the creation of
m...@vex.net | this message." -- Ray Depew
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-01-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Artists
> Please see: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/02-07/art.pdf>.
> We give you the name of a well-known Canadian artist, and you
> give us the number corresponding to one of their works.
> 1. Tom Thomson.
#14 ("The West Wind").
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Artists
> Please see: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/02-07/art.pdf>.
> We give you the name of a well-known Canadian artist, and you
> give us the number corresponding to one of their works.
> 1. Tom Thomson.
> 2. Lawren Harris.
#3 ("North Shore Lake Superior"). 3 for Joshua.
> 3. Norval Morrisseau.
#9 ("Self Portrait").
> 4. Alex Colville.
#10 ("To Prince Edward Island").
> 5. Jean Paul Riopelle.
#5 ("Il était une fois une ville", i.e. "Once upon a Time, There
was a City").
> 6. Ken Danby.
#1 ("The Great Farewell"; that is, of course, Wayne Gretzky).
> 7. Emily Carr.
#2 ("Autumn in France").
> 8. Arthur Lismer.
#11 ("Cathedral Mountain").
> 9. Kathleen Munn.
#13 (untitled).
> 10. Frederick Verner.
#18 ("Ojibway Family Gathering").
> Here are the other 8 artists in alphabetical order. Decode the
> rot13 if you want to name them for fun, but for no points.
> 11. Robert Bateman.
#4 ("On the Wing").
> 12. Benjamin Chee Chee.
#6 ("Learning"). I like the rot13 version of this guy's name!
> 13. A.Y. Jackson.
#8 ("Red Maple").
> 14. Jacques Schergens.
#17 ("Storm Approaching").
> 15. Jack Shadbolt.
#15 ("Mighty in his Melon-Making").
> 16. Freda Pemberton Smith.
#16 ("Barrels on the Dock").
> 17. Frederick Varley.
#12 ("Self Portrait").
> 18. Homer Watson.
#7 ("Herding Sheep").
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather
> 1. What is the name of the scale used for measuring tornado
> intensity?
> 2. What name is given to the ocean current responsible for keeping
> the ocean waters and air temperatures off the western coast of
> North America relatively cool?
northward current on the Asian side of the circulation. The cold
southward current along the North American coast is the California
Current, and I'm accepting both answers. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 3. What kind of storm is a haboob?
> 4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which
> state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum,
> and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year.
and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Meteorologists call these winds föhn winds, from the German.
> Argentinians call them zonda winds, and South Africans,
> bergwinds. What name is given to this type of wind in certain
> parts of Canada where they occur?
> 6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that
> connect places of equal air pressure?
> 7. Name the 1992 hurricane that hit southern Florida, causing
> $26,500,000,000 US of damage, a record at the time.
> 8. This weather event has been called the greatest natural disaster
> in Canadian history. Insurance claims topped $800,000,000 and
> the monthly national GDP dropped by almost 1% in January of
> the year of the event. Name this weather disaster (for full
> points include the year, within 1).
> 9. This is a luminous, and often audible, electric discharge.
> It occurs around objects, especially pointed ones, when the
> electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value
> near 1,000 volts per centimeter. It often occurs during stormy
> weather and might be seen on a ship's mast or yardarm, aircraft,
> lightning rods, and steeples. Name this weather phenomenon.
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. What common name is given to lightning that occurs so far away
> from the observer that no thunder can be heard? It is sometimes
> confused with "dry lightning" because often it's not raining
> at the observer's location.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Spo Mis Ent Can Sci FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 40 20 28 40 3 12 128
Dan Blum 32 16 32 20 0 28 112
Pete Gayde 40 15 12 32 0 12 99
Dan Tilque 28 12 12 16 0 28 84
Erland Sommarskog 0 16 -- -- 0 8 24
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