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Mark Brader
Jan 16, 2015, 6:22:11 AM1/16/15
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-24,
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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
Name those famous caverns.
2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
Name the cave.
3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
off the coast of where?
6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
all be found in which US state?
8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
are all in which Canadian province?
9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
in what country?
10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
After completing the round, decode the rot13: vs lbh fnvq Terng
Oevgnva be gur HX sbe dhrfgvba 5, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur
fcrpvsvp pbhagel jvguva gur HX.
* Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
leeway on the answer.
1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
accession to the throne?
For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
(Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
provincial premiership through a general election.
9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
Arrow interceptor airplane.
10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
as Richard III.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "As long as that blue light is on, the
m...@vex.net computer is safe." -- Hot Millions
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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
Name those famous caverns.
2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
Name the cave.
3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
off the coast of where?
6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
all be found in which US state?
8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
are all in which Canadian province?
9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
in what country?
10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
After completing the round, decode the rot13: vs lbh fnvq Terng
Oevgnva be gur HX sbe dhrfgvba 5, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur
fcrpvsvp pbhagel jvguva gur HX.
* Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
leeway on the answer.
1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
accession to the throne?
For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
(Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
provincial premiership through a general election.
9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
Arrow interceptor airplane.
10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
as Richard III.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "As long as that blue light is on, the
m...@vex.net computer is safe." -- Hot Millions
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Bruce Bowler
Jan 16, 2015, 10:15:50 AM1/16/15
to
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 05:22:11 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-24, 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber 1,200 m
> (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
>
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
Mammoth
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-24, 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber 1,200 m
> (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
>
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has crystals
> 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to 58°C temperatures.
> Both are found in what country?
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island off the
> coast of where?
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist attraction in
> which Southern Hemisphere nation?
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
>
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by ancient
> people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as recently as the
> early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction -- in what country?
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty, it's an
> eerie place. In which country would you find the Eisriesenwelt or
> "World of the Ice Giants"?
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: vs lbh fnvq Terng Oevgnva
> be gur HX sbe dhrfgvba 5, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur fcrpvsvp pbhagel
> jvguva gur HX.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events took
> place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year leeway on
> the answer.
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with the
> same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
>
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
>
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
>
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
Dan Blum
Jan 16, 2015, 11:05:28 AM1/16/15
to
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
Carlsbad Caverns
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
Jordan
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
18
> accession to the throne?
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Marc Dashevsky
Jan 16, 2015, 1:07:57 PM1/16/15
to
In article <Z4Odna16BM3-aSXJ...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
Mammoth
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
> 58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
Mexico
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
Capri
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
Scotland
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
South Africa
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
California
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
>
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
Japan
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
Norway
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: vs lbh fnvq Terng
> Oevgnva be gur HX sbe dhrfgvba 5, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur
> fcrpvsvp pbhagel jvguva gur HX.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
25
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
>
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
1958
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
1988
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
1938
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
1978
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
1968
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
1918
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
1928
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
1998
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
1948
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
Carlsbad
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
> 58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
>
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: vs lbh fnvq Terng
> Oevgnva be gur HX sbe dhrfgvba 5, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur
> fcrpvsvp pbhagel jvguva gur HX.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
>
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 16, 2015, 3:28:18 PM1/16/15
to
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
Altamira
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
>
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Joshua Kreitzer
Jan 16, 2015, 10:29:44 PM1/16/15
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Z4Odna16BM3-aSXJnZ2dnUU7-
Uud...@vex.net:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
Mammoth Cave
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
Capri
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
Scotland
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
New Zealand
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
California
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
Quebec; Manitoba
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
Japan
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
Switzerland; Austria
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
>
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
1965; 1959
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
1996; 1999
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
1933; 1936
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
1981; 1982
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
1970; 1967
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
1922; 1925
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
1984; 1981
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
2000; 2003
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
1951; 1954
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Uud...@vex.net:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
Carlsbad Caverns
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
26
> accession to the throne?
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
>
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Jan 17, 2015, 8:39:39 AM1/17/15
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
Carlsbad Caverns
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
>
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
>
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
> 58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
>
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
>
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
>
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
>
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
>
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
>
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
>
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
>
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: vs lbh fnvq Terng
> Oevgnva be gur HX sbe dhrfgvba 5, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur
> fcrpvsvp pbhagel jvguva gur HX.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
>
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
>
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
>
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
>
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
>
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
>
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
>
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
>
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
>
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
>
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
--
Dan Tilque
Jason Kreitzer
Jan 17, 2015, 2:19:04 PM1/17/15
to
On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 6:22:11 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-24,
> 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
Carlsbad Caverns
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-24,
> 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
>
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
> 58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
>
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
>
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
Scotland?
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
>
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
> 58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
>
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
>
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
>
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
>
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
Washington?
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
>
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
>
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
>
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
>
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: vs lbh fnvq Terng
> Oevgnva be gur HX sbe dhrfgvba 5, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur
> fcrpvsvp pbhagel jvguva gur HX.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
27?
> are all in which Canadian province?
>
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
>
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
>
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: vs lbh fnvq Terng
> Oevgnva be gur HX sbe dhrfgvba 5, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur
> fcrpvsvp pbhagel jvguva gur HX.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
1952
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
Rob Parker
Jan 17, 2015, 9:17:09 PM1/17/15
to
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
Mammoth
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
> 58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
Rob
Björn Lundin
Jan 18, 2015, 8:49:34 AM1/18/15
to
On 2015-01-16 12:22, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
>
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
>
>
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
Mammuth cave?
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
>
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
> 58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
>
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
>
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
>
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
>
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
>
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
>
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
>
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
>
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: vs lbh fnvq Terng
> Oevgnva be gur HX sbe dhrfgvba 5, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur
> fcrpvsvp pbhagel jvguva gur HX.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
>
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
>
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
>
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
>
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
>
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
>
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
1991
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
>
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
1989
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
>
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
1952
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
>
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
1918
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
>
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
>
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
>
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
--
Björn
Mark Brader
Jan 19, 2015, 5:47:08 AM1/19/15
to
Mark Brader:
and Jason.
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
Mammoth Cave. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Rob, and Björn.
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
> 58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
Mexico. 4 for Bruce and Marc.
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
Capri. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Joshua, and Rob.
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
Scotland. 4 for everyone -- Bruce, Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Jason, Rob, and Björn.
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
New Zealand. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
California. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
Ontario. We live here and nobody on the Usual Suspects knew it
either.
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
Turkey. 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Blum and Rob.
Most of the people who didn't know guessed Japan. That name does
look sort of Japanese, doesn't it?
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
Austria. 2 for Bruce and Joshua.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
25 (accepting 24-26). 4 for Bruce, Marc, Erland, Joshua, and Rob.
More precisely, 25 years 10 months. In the original game, the
question asked about her coronation, which was not held until almost
16 months later, when she was 27, but the expected answer was 25.
I decided to keep the original expected answer and correct the
question to match.
Elizabeth II is now 88 years and almost 11 months old, well past the
age of 81 years and almost 8 months that her great-great-grandmother
Queen Victoria reached; but Victoria acceded soon after turning 18,
and therefore still holds the British record for longest reign at
64 years 7 months.
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
1959 (accepting 1958-60). 4 for Bruce and Marc. 2 for Joshua
and Rob.
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
1999 (accepting 1998-2000). 4 for Bruce and Dan Tilque. 3 for Rob.
2 for Joshua.
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
1934 (accepting 1933-35). 4 for Bruce. 3 for Joshua. 2 for
Dan Blum.
They were the 7th through 11th of a total of 14 children born to
Oliva and Elzire Dionne, if Wikipedia is correct, and were the first
quintuplets to survive beyond infancy. Two of them lived only to
ages 20 and 35, and a third died in 2001 aged 67. The last two
are now 80 years 7 months old.
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
1980 (accepting 1979-81). 3 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
1970 (accepting 1969-71). 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua.
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
1929 (accepting 1928-30).
The closest guess was 1925 by Joshua Kreitzer.
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
1993 (accepting 1992-94). 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque.
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
1959 (accepting 1958-60). 4 for Dan Tilque.
As a result, a large number of Canadian aerospace engineers lost
their jobs and were hired by NASA.
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
1953 (accepting 1952-54), so not yet "Sir" Alec. 4 for Björn.
3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Can
Joshua Kreitzer 26 19 45
Bruce Bowler 26 16 42
Dan Blum 27 7 34
Dan Tilque 20 12 32
Marc Dashevsky 24 8 32
Rob Parker 19 9 28
Erland Sommarskog 12 12 24
Björn Lundin 8 4 12
Jason Kreitzer 8 0 8
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> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-24,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
Carlsbad Caverns. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - The Hole Earth Catalog
> Here's a round about famous caves, caverns, and chasms.
> 1. This series of caverns in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico
> is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber
> 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high.
> Name those famous caverns.
and Jason.
> 2. Now preserved in a national park in central Kentucky, this is
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
Rob, and Björn.
> 3. The Cave of the Swallows is an open-air pit cave with a shaft
> so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has
> crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to
> 58°C temperatures. Both are found in what country?
> 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the
> Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found.
> 5. Felix Mendelssohn visited another sea cave, Fingal's Cave,
> and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his
> overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island
> off the coast of where?
Dan Tilque, Jason, Rob, and Björn.
> 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms
> putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist
> attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation?
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
either.
> 9. The Derinkuyu Underground City is a man-made series of
> underground caves large enough to shelter 20,000. Started by
> ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as
> recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction --
> in what country?
Most of the people who didn't know guessed Japan. That name does
look sort of Japanese, doesn't it?
> 10. The longest ice cave in the world extends 42 km, but only the
> first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty,
> it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the
> Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"?
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year
> Close is good enough in horseshoes and... this round. These events
> took place in the 20th century, and in each case, you have a 1-year
> leeway on the answer.
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
More precisely, 25 years 10 months. In the original game, the
question asked about her coronation, which was not held until almost
16 months later, when she was 27, but the expected answer was 25.
I decided to keep the original expected answer and correct the
question to match.
Elizabeth II is now 88 years and almost 11 months old, well past the
age of 81 years and almost 8 months that her great-great-grandmother
Queen Victoria reached; but Victoria acceded soon after turning 18,
and therefore still holds the British record for longest reign at
64 years 7 months.
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
and Rob.
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
2 for Joshua.
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
Dan Blum.
They were the 7th through 11th of a total of 14 children born to
Oliva and Elzire Dionne, if Wikipedia is correct, and were the first
quintuplets to survive beyond infancy. Two of them lived only to
ages 20 and 35, and a third died in 2001 aged 67. The last two
are now 80 years 7 months old.
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
The closest guess was 1925 by Joshua Kreitzer.
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
As a result, a large number of Canadian aerospace engineers lost
their jobs and were hired by NASA.
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Can
Joshua Kreitzer 26 19 45
Bruce Bowler 26 16 42
Dan Blum 27 7 34
Dan Tilque 20 12 32
Marc Dashevsky 24 8 32
Rob Parker 19 9 28
Erland Sommarskog 12 12 24
Björn Lundin 8 4 12
Jason Kreitzer 8 0 8
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