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Mark Brader
Jul 12, 2020, 1:13:57โฏAM7/12/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29,
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.
We are back to the usual QFTCI rules: you are allowed up to two
guesses on each questions, but if you give both a right and a
wrong answer, there is a small penalty. For further information
see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
In some cases either the answers or the facts stated as current
in the question have changed since the question was written.
I've tried to call attention to such possibilities by inserting
*tripled quotation marks* around words that were correct at the time
of the original game -- for example, """now""" or """is""" (pretty
much any present-tense verb may be marked). I will always accept
the answer that was correct when the question was originally asked.
If the facts have changed in such a way that a different answer is
now correct (rather than some other sort of change), I will also
accept the new correct answer -- unless there is an explicit note
requiring otherwise. See the companion posting for further details.
I originally wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2/art.pdf
At the above URL is a handout in PDF showing some paintings by
Canadian artists. *Note*: none of them is by Tom Thomson, or
Emily Carr, or any member of the Group of Seven!
For the first six questions, we'll tell you the artist and ask
you to give us the number of the painting.
1. Jack Bush.
2. Harold Town.
3. Kazuo Nakamura.
4. Greg Curnoe.
5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
6. David Milne.
For the last four, we'll give you the number of a painting and
you name the artist. Since these questions would spoil the first
six questions, I'll present them in rot13. Decode them after you've
finished with the first six.
7. Jub cnvagrq ahzore svsgrra?
8. Gur cnvagre bs ahzore frira jnf jub?
9. Cnvagvat ahzore avar jnf qbar ol jub?
10. Rvtug vf gur ahzore bs gur ynfg cnvagvat jubfr negvfg lbh zhfg anzr.
11. Jub'f ba svefg? :-)
* Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
This round is about people who tried to assassinate someone and
either killed the wrong person or nobody at all.
1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
was he trying to kill?
3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
stay a colony. Name him.
4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
his party's nomination.
5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
Hitler with what type of weapon?
7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
September 1975.
8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
their way into and kill which president?
9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
his speech as planned.
10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq
"Ebbfriryg" sbe nal nafjre, jr arrq gur svefg anzr. Cyrnfr tb
onpx naq fhccyl vg.
--
Mark Brader | "/dev/null institutionalizes a regrettable loss of bits
Toronto | that could have been transmitted to mailing lists and
m...@vex.net | netnews. Our grandchildren will miss them." --Ritchie
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.
We are back to the usual QFTCI rules: you are allowed up to two
guesses on each questions, but if you give both a right and a
wrong answer, there is a small penalty. For further information
see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
In some cases either the answers or the facts stated as current
in the question have changed since the question was written.
I've tried to call attention to such possibilities by inserting
*tripled quotation marks* around words that were correct at the time
of the original game -- for example, """now""" or """is""" (pretty
much any present-tense verb may be marked). I will always accept
the answer that was correct when the question was originally asked.
If the facts have changed in such a way that a different answer is
now correct (rather than some other sort of change), I will also
accept the new correct answer -- unless there is an explicit note
requiring otherwise. See the companion posting for further details.
I originally wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2/art.pdf
At the above URL is a handout in PDF showing some paintings by
Canadian artists. *Note*: none of them is by Tom Thomson, or
Emily Carr, or any member of the Group of Seven!
For the first six questions, we'll tell you the artist and ask
you to give us the number of the painting.
1. Jack Bush.
2. Harold Town.
3. Kazuo Nakamura.
4. Greg Curnoe.
5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
6. David Milne.
For the last four, we'll give you the number of a painting and
you name the artist. Since these questions would spoil the first
six questions, I'll present them in rot13. Decode them after you've
finished with the first six.
7. Jub cnvagrq ahzore svsgrra?
8. Gur cnvagre bs ahzore frira jnf jub?
9. Cnvagvat ahzore avar jnf qbar ol jub?
10. Rvtug vf gur ahzore bs gur ynfg cnvagvat jubfr negvfg lbh zhfg anzr.
11. Jub'f ba svefg? :-)
* Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
This round is about people who tried to assassinate someone and
either killed the wrong person or nobody at all.
1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
was he trying to kill?
3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
stay a colony. Name him.
4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
his party's nomination.
5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
Hitler with what type of weapon?
7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
September 1975.
8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
their way into and kill which president?
9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
his speech as planned.
10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq
"Ebbfriryg" sbe nal nafjre, jr arrq gur svefg anzr. Cyrnfr tb
onpx naq fhccyl vg.
--
Mark Brader | "/dev/null institutionalizes a regrettable loss of bits
Toronto | that could have been transmitted to mailing lists and
m...@vex.net | netnews. Our grandchildren will miss them." --Ritchie
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Jul 12, 2020, 1:27:13โฏAM7/12/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:LaudnV4P5v-NAZfCnZ2dnUU7-
SvN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2/art.pdf
>
> At the above URL is a handout in PDF showing some paintings by
> Canadian artists. *Note*: none of them is by Tom Thomson, or
> Emily Carr, or any member of the Group of Seven!
>
> For the first six questions, we'll tell you the artist and ask
> you to give us the number of the painting.
>
> 1. Jack Bush.
10; 11
> 2. Harold Town.
12; 13
> 3. Kazuo Nakamura.
14; 15
> 4. Greg Curnoe.
1; 2
> 5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
3; 4
> 6. David Milne.
5; 6
> For the last four, we'll give you the number of a painting and
> you name the artist. Since these questions would spoil the first
> six questions, I'll present them in rot13. Decode them after you've
> finished with the first six.
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
>
> This round is about people who tried to assassinate someone and
> either killed the wrong person or nobody at all.
>
> 1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
Mehmet Ali Agca
> 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> was he trying to kill?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
Charles De Gaulle
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
George Wallace
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
Guy Fawkes
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
bomb
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
Lynette Fromme
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
> their way into and kill which president?
Harry Truman
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
Theodore Roosevelt
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
John Hinckley Jr.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
SvN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2/art.pdf
>
> At the above URL is a handout in PDF showing some paintings by
> Canadian artists. *Note*: none of them is by Tom Thomson, or
> Emily Carr, or any member of the Group of Seven!
>
> For the first six questions, we'll tell you the artist and ask
> you to give us the number of the painting.
>
> 1. Jack Bush.
> 2. Harold Town.
12; 13
> 3. Kazuo Nakamura.
14; 15
> 4. Greg Curnoe.
1; 2
> 5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
3; 4
> 6. David Milne.
5; 6
> For the last four, we'll give you the number of a painting and
> you name the artist. Since these questions would spoil the first
> six questions, I'll present them in rot13. Decode them after you've
> finished with the first six.
>
> 11. Jub'f ba svefg? :-)
Lrf, ur vf.
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
>
> This round is about people who tried to assassinate someone and
> either killed the wrong person or nobody at all.
>
> 1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
> 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> was he trying to kill?
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
> their way into and kill which president?
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 12, 2020, 5:30:27โฏAM7/12/20
to
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
Charles de Gaulle
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
Dan Blum
Jul 12, 2020, 10:42:43โฏAM7/12/20
to
> 1. Jack Bush.
15; 14; 13
> 2. Harold Town.
12; 11; 10
> 3. Kazuo Nakamura.
9; 8; 7
> 4. Greg Curnoe.
6; 5; 4
> 5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
3; 2; 1
> 6. David Milne.
5; 10; 15
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
> 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> was he trying to kill?
Huey Long
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
Charles de Gaulle
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
George Wallace
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
Guy Fawkes
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
bomb
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
Frome
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
> their way into and kill which president?
Harry Truman
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
Theodore Roosevelt
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
Hinckley
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
15; 14; 13
> 2. Harold Town.
12; 11; 10
> 3. Kazuo Nakamura.
9; 8; 7
> 4. Greg Curnoe.
6; 5; 4
> 5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
3; 2; 1
> 6. David Milne.
5; 10; 15
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
> 1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
Agca
> 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> was he trying to kill?
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
> their way into and kill which president?
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Blum
Jul 12, 2020, 10:46:14โฏAM7/12/20
to
Dan Blum <to...@panix.com> wrote:
> > 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> > his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> > his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> > was he trying to kill?
This didn't affect my answer, but for foture reference I note that
> > 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> > his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> > his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> > was he trying to kill?
Zangara's first name was Giuseppe.
Mark Brader
Jul 12, 2020, 4:06:45โฏPM7/12/20
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Mark Brader:
> 15; 14; 13
I will score this as two guesses of 15 and 14, and similarly the others.
--
Mark Brader "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you
Toronto do say can and will be misquoted and used against
m...@vex.net you in a future post." -- Tanja Cooper, misquoted
> > * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
>
> > 1. Jack Bush.
Dan Blum:
>
> > 1. Jack Bush.
> 15; 14; 13
I will score this as two guesses of 15 and 14, and similarly the others.
--
Mark Brader "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you
Toronto do say can and will be misquoted and used against
m...@vex.net you in a future post." -- Tanja Cooper, misquoted
swp
Jul 12, 2020, 4:27:31โฏPM7/12/20
to
On Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 1:13:57 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29,
> 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.
noted
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29,
> 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.
> We are back to the usual QFTCI rules: you are allowed up to two
> guesses on each questions, but if you give both a right and a
> wrong answer, there is a small penalty. For further information
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
> In some cases either the answers or the facts stated as current
> in the question have changed since the question was written.
> I've tried to call attention to such possibilities by inserting
> *tripled quotation marks* around words that were correct at the time
> of the original game -- for example, """now""" or """is""" (pretty
> much any present-tense verb may be marked). I will always accept
> the answer that was correct when the question was originally asked.
> If the facts have changed in such a way that a different answer is
> now correct (rather than some other sort of change), I will also
> accept the new correct answer -- unless there is an explicit note
> requiring otherwise. See the companion posting for further details.
>
>
> I originally wrote one of these rounds.
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2/art.pdf
>
> At the above URL is a handout in PDF showing some paintings by
> Canadian artists. *Note*: none of them is by Tom Thomson, or
> Emily Carr, or any member of the Group of Seven!
> For the first six questions, we'll tell you the artist and ask
> you to give us the number of the painting.
> 1. Jack Bush.
4
> 2. Harold Town.
11
> 3. Kazuo Nakamura.
6
> 4. Greg Curnoe.
3
> 5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
10
> 6. David Milne.
13
>
> For the last four, we'll give you the number of a painting and
> you name the artist. Since these questions would spoil the first
> six questions, I'll present them in rot13. Decode them after you've
> finished with the first six.
>
brader ; johnson
> 8. The painter of number seven was who?
chris pratt
> 9. Painting number nine was done by who?
cranston
> 10. Eight is the number of the last painting whose artist you must name.
I aint no rat, you'll never get it outta me
> 11. Who's on first? :-)
I don't know ; third base!
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
>
> This round is about people who tried to assassinate someone and
> either killed the wrong person or nobody at all.
>
> 1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
> 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> was he trying to kill?
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
> their way into and kill which president?
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: If you said
> "Roosevelt" for any answer, we need the first name. Please go
> back and supply it.
>
> --
> Mark Brader | "/dev/null institutionalizes a regrettable loss of bits
> Toronto | that could have been transmitted to mailing lists and
> m...@vex.net | netnews. Our grandchildren will miss them." --Ritchie
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp
> --
> Mark Brader | "/dev/null institutionalizes a regrettable loss of bits
> Toronto | that could have been transmitted to mailing lists and
> m...@vex.net | netnews. Our grandchildren will miss them." --Ritchie
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque
Jul 13, 2020, 6:28:23โฏAM7/13/20
to
>
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
>
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
>
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
>
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
>
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
>
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
> their way into and kill which president?
>
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
>
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq
> "Ebbfriryg" sbe nal nafjre, jr arrq gur svefg anzr. Cyrnfr tb
> onpx naq fhccyl vg.
>
--
Bruce Bowler
Jul 13, 2020, 10:42:59โฏAM7/13/20
to
On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:13:52 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
nope
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
>
> This round is about people who tried to assassinate someone and either
> killed the wrong person or nobody at all.
>
> 1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
>
> 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of his
> shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who was he
> trying to kill?
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to stay a
> colony. Name him.
>
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain his
> party's nomination.
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot their
> way into and kill which president?
>
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as US
> President. The injury was so slight that he went on with his speech
> as planned.
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
Pete Gayde
Jul 13, 2020, 2:24:47โฏPM7/13/20
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> 2. Harold Town.
3; 4
> 3. Kazuo Nakamura.
5; 6
> 4. Greg Curnoe.
7; 8
> 5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
9; 10
> 6. David Milne.
11; 12
>
> For the last four, we'll give you the number of a painting and
> you name the artist. Since these questions would spoil the first
> six questions, I'll present them in rot13. Decode them after you've
> finished with the first six.
>
> 7. Jub cnvagrq ahzore svsgrra?
> 8. Gur cnvagre bs ahzore frira jnf jub?
> 9. Cnvagvat ahzore avar jnf qbar ol jub?
> 10. Rvtug vf gur ahzore bs gur ynfg cnvagvat jubfr negvfg lbh zhfg
anzr.
> 11. Jub'f ba svefg? :-)
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
>
> This round is about people who tried to assassinate someone and
> either killed the wrong person or nobody at all.
>
> 1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
>
> 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> was he trying to kill?
>
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
>
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
>
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
>
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
>
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
>
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
> their way into and kill which president?
>
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
>
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq
> "Ebbfriryg" sbe nal nafjre, jr arrq gur svefg anzr. Cyrnfr tb
> onpx naq fhccyl vg.
>
Mark Brader
Jul 15, 2020, 12:35:54โฏAM7/15/20
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Mark Brader:
||| These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29.
Stephen Perry responded:
|| by any chance was it snowing heavily that day?
and I answered:
| Not heavily, but there was a little. Leaving the pub where I was
| running the game, I managed to step on a patch of the sidewalk where
| the snow had not been properly cleared and had compacted into ice.
| Normally this wouldn't be significant, but this one was right at the
| corner of a major intersection, which meant (1) that I was focusing
| on the traffic and the traffic lights as I decided which street to
| cross first, and (2) that that bit of sidewalk was ramped steeply
| down to allow wheelchair users to cross the curb. Result: I came
| down hard on one knee, and it took months before it was fully better.
| Well, you asked. Anyway, all you people who think playing trivia is
| a harmless pastime, now you know better!
Anyway, back to said pastime...
> I originally wrote one of these rounds.
That was the failed assassinations.
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2/art.pdf
> At the above URL is a handout in PDF showing some paintings by
> Canadian artists. *Note*: none of them is by Tom Thomson, or
> Emily Carr, or any member of the Group of Seven!
> For the first six questions, we'll tell you the artist and ask
> you to give us the number of the painting.
> 1. Jack Bush.
#4. 4 for Stephen.
> 2. Harold Town.
#11. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 3. Kazuo Nakamura.
#6. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Pete.
> 4. Greg Curnoe.
#3. 4 for Stephen.
> 5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
#10. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Pete.
> 6. David Milne.
#13. 4 for Stephen.
> For the last four, we'll give you the number of a painting and
> you name the artist. Since these questions would spoil the first
> six questions, I'll present them in rot13. Decode them after you've
> finished with the first six.
> 7. Who painted number fifteen?
#Alex Colville.
> 8. The painter of number seven was who?
#7. Christopher Pratt. 4 for Stephen.
> 9. Painting number nine was done by who?
#9. Toller Cranston (yes, the skater). 4 for Stephen.
> 10. Eight is the number of the last painting whose artist you must name.
#8. Jean-Paul Riopelle.
> 11. Who's on first? :-)
#Yes. Joshua and Stephen got this.
(so to speak).
And the five decoys were:
#1. Paul Kane
#2. William Kereluk
#5. Jack Shadbolt
#12. Paul Peel
#14. David Blackwood
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
> This round is about people who tried to assassinate someone and
> either killed the wrong person or nobody at all.
> 1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
Mehmet Ali Agca (1981-05-13). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Pete.
> 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> was he trying to kill?
Franklin Roosevelt. (Both names required. It was 1933-02-15.)
4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
As Dan Blum noted, the shooter was Guiseppe (or Joe) Zangara.
I have no idea where I got "Frederick" from. Just now I googled on
"Frederick Zangara" and saw no relevant hits, though I did find
one that looked like an amusingly bad machine translation of the
actual story. This was at a site called omaniaa.co, and Google's
synopsis of the hit read:
Sep. 9, 2015 ยท An italian language bricklayer, Frederick Zangara,
Terminated five gun injections from an array of 10 feets, Ideal
for Roosevelt. Until now it is ..."
!!
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
Charles de Gaulle (France granted Algeria independence in 1962).
4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
George Wallace (1972-05-15). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland,
Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
Guy (or Guido) Fawkes. 4 for everyone.
The plan was to set off a massive explosion on 1605-11-05 (Julian)
under the Parliament buildings. The holiday honors the fact that
he was defeated.
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
Bomb (in a briefcase). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque,
Bruce, and Pete.
It was 1944-07-20. Hitler was saved by the heavy table the case had
been pushed under, but four others died. ObMovie: "Valkyrie" (2008).
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (1975-09-05), Sara Jane Moore (1975-09-22).
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
Everyone who got it remembered the first one.
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
> their way into and kill which president?
Harry Truman (1950-11-01). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
Torresola and a policeman killed each other in the shootout.
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
Theodore Roosevelt. (Both names required. It was 1912-10-14.)
4 for everyone.
At least four two-term presidents have made some attempt at a third term,
although Franklin Roosevelt was the only one elected. Grant, Theodore
Roosevelt, and Truman (the last one allowed to do so) each unsuccessfully
sought their party's nomination; in Theodore Roosevelt's case, when he
didn't get it he formed a new party.
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
John Hinckley, Jr. (on 1981-03-30). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
Several others in Reagan's party were also shot; one, James Brady,
was permanently disabled and was adjudged to have died of his injuries
32 years later.
Hinckley was obsessed with Jodie Foster and had thought killing
Reagan was the best way to impress her.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Lei Sci Mis Ent Can His FOUR
Stephen Perry 39 39 32 40 32 40 158
Joshua Kreitzer 4 24 32 40 0 40 136
Dan Blum 40 31 8 24 2 36 131
Dan Tilque 39 32 0 16 0 36 123
Pete Gayde 27 12 0 27 4 40 106
Bruce Bowler 28 32 -- -- 0 28 88
"Calvin" 28 16 -- -- -- -- 44
Erland Sommarskog 8 15 0 4 0 16 43
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "WARNING: Pastry may be *hot* when heated."
m...@vex.net -- [alleged] Kellogg Pop-Tarts box
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
In the first posting of this set, when I wrote:
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
||| These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29.
Stephen Perry responded:
|| by any chance was it snowing heavily that day?
and I answered:
| Not heavily, but there was a little. Leaving the pub where I was
| running the game, I managed to step on a patch of the sidewalk where
| the snow had not been properly cleared and had compacted into ice.
| Normally this wouldn't be significant, but this one was right at the
| corner of a major intersection, which meant (1) that I was focusing
| on the traffic and the traffic lights as I decided which street to
| cross first, and (2) that that bit of sidewalk was ramped steeply
| down to allow wheelchair users to cross the curb. Result: I came
| down hard on one knee, and it took months before it was fully better.
| Well, you asked. Anyway, all you people who think playing trivia is
| a harmless pastime, now you know better!
Anyway, back to said pastime...
> I originally wrote one of these rounds.
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Painters
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2/art.pdf
> At the above URL is a handout in PDF showing some paintings by
> Canadian artists. *Note*: none of them is by Tom Thomson, or
> Emily Carr, or any member of the Group of Seven!
> For the first six questions, we'll tell you the artist and ask
> you to give us the number of the painting.
> 1. Jack Bush.
> 2. Harold Town.
#11. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 3. Kazuo Nakamura.
#6. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Pete.
> 4. Greg Curnoe.
#3. 4 for Stephen.
> 5. Attila Richard Lukacs.
#10. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Pete.
> 6. David Milne.
#13. 4 for Stephen.
> For the last four, we'll give you the number of a painting and
> you name the artist. Since these questions would spoil the first
> six questions, I'll present them in rot13. Decode them after you've
> finished with the first six.
#Alex Colville.
> 8. The painter of number seven was who?
> 9. Painting number nine was done by who?
> 10. Eight is the number of the last painting whose artist you must name.
> 11. Who's on first? :-)
(so to speak).
And the five decoys were:
#1. Paul Kane
#2. William Kereluk
#5. Jack Shadbolt
#12. Paul Peel
#14. David Blackwood
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Assassination Failures
> This round is about people who tried to assassinate someone and
> either killed the wrong person or nobody at all.
> 1. Name the man who shot Pope John Paul II.
and Pete.
> 2. Frederick Zangara was so short he had to stand on a chair for
> his assassination attempt, which did not help his aim. One of
> his shots killed Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, but who
> was he trying to kill?
4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
As Dan Blum noted, the shooter was Guiseppe (or Joe) Zangara.
I have no idea where I got "Frederick" from. Just now I googled on
"Frederick Zangara" and saw no relevant hits, though I did find
one that looked like an amusingly bad machine translation of the
actual story. This was at a site called omaniaa.co, and Google's
synopsis of the hit read:
Sep. 9, 2015 ยท An italian language bricklayer, Frederick Zangara,
Terminated five gun injections from an array of 10 feets, Ideal
for Roosevelt. Until now it is ..."
!!
> 3. This man who led his country as prime minister and then president
> from 1958 to 1969 survived about 30 assassination attempts during
> that period, mostly by people who wanted a certain colony to
> stay a colony. Name him.
4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 4. Which American politician did Arthur Bremer shoot in 1972?
> He was running for the presidency, but in the end did not gain
> his party's nomination.
Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> 5. This man led a conspiracy to kill the King of England and many
> politicians as part of a planned revolution in 1605.
The plan was to set off a massive explosion on 1605-11-05 (Julian)
under the Parliament buildings. The holiday honors the fact that
he was defeated.
> 6. In July 1944 a conspiracy of army officers tried to kill Adolf
> Hitler with what type of weapon?
Bruce, and Pete.
It was 1944-07-20. Hitler was saved by the heavy table the case had
been pushed under, but four others died. ObMovie: "Valkyrie" (2008).
> 7. Name either of the women who tried to shoot Gerald Ford in
> September 1975.
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
Everyone who got it remembered the first one.
> 8. The White House was closed for renovations, so it was Blair
> House that Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola tried to shoot
> their way into and kill which president?
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
Torresola and a policeman killed each other in the shootout.
> 9. This man was shot in the chest by John Schrank while -- and
> because -- he was campaigning for a third term of office as
> US President. The injury was so slight that he went on with
> his speech as planned.
4 for everyone.
At least four two-term presidents have made some attempt at a third term,
although Franklin Roosevelt was the only one elected. Grant, Theodore
Roosevelt, and Truman (the last one allowed to do so) each unsuccessfully
sought their party's nomination; in Theodore Roosevelt's case, when he
didn't get it he formed a new party.
> 10. Name the man who shot Ronald Reagan.
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
Several others in Reagan's party were also shot; one, James Brady,
was permanently disabled and was adjudged to have died of his injuries
32 years later.
Hinckley was obsessed with Jodie Foster and had thought killing
Reagan was the best way to impress her.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Lei Sci Mis Ent Can His FOUR
Stephen Perry 39 39 32 40 32 40 158
Joshua Kreitzer 4 24 32 40 0 40 136
Dan Blum 40 31 8 24 2 36 131
Dan Tilque 39 32 0 16 0 36 123
Pete Gayde 27 12 0 27 4 40 106
Bruce Bowler 28 32 -- -- 0 28 88
"Calvin" 28 16 -- -- -- -- 44
Erland Sommarskog 8 15 0 4 0 16 43
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "WARNING: Pastry may be *hot* when heated."
m...@vex.net -- [alleged] Kellogg Pop-Tarts box
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 15, 2020, 6:02:29โฏAM7/15/20
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> At least four two-term presidents have made some attempt at a third term,
> although Franklin Roosevelt was the only one elected. Grant, Theodore
> Roosevelt, and Truman (the last one allowed to do so) each unsuccessfully
> sought their party's nomination; in Theodore Roosevelt's case, when he
> didn't get it he formed a new party.
>
Hm, a quick look in Wikipedia suggests that Lyndon B Johnson made a bid
> At least four two-term presidents have made some attempt at a third term,
> although Franklin Roosevelt was the only one elected. Grant, Theodore
> Roosevelt, and Truman (the last one allowed to do so) each unsuccessfully
> sought their party's nomination; in Theodore Roosevelt's case, when he
> didn't get it he formed a new party.
>
for re-election in 1968, but withdraw after the primaries in New Hampshire.
I guess he could run for a third term, since he was not originally elected
President for this first term. And the same is true for Truman which you
say was the last one allowed to seek a third term.
Mark Brader
Jul 15, 2020, 6:27:07โฏAM7/15/20
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Mark Brader:
Erland Sommarskog:
> Hm, a quick look in Wikipedia suggests that Lyndon B Johnson...
The exact rule is that
# No person shall be elected to the office of the President more
# than twice, and no person who has held the office of President,
# or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which
# some other person was elected President shall be elected to the
# office of President more than once.
so for purposes of a quick summary, Johnson doesn't count as having
served two terms because November 1963 to January 1965 was less
than 2 years.
--
Mark Brader | "In fact, that's not a bad epitaph.
Toronto | Dennis Ritchie: he did one job, and he did it well."
m...@vex.net | --Steve Summit
> > At least four two-term presidents have made some attempt at a third term,
> > although Franklin Roosevelt was the only one elected. Grant, Theodore
> > Roosevelt, and Truman (the last one allowed to do so)...
> > although Franklin Roosevelt was the only one elected. Grant, Theodore
Erland Sommarskog:
> Hm, a quick look in Wikipedia suggests that Lyndon B Johnson...
The exact rule is that
# No person shall be elected to the office of the President more
# than twice, and no person who has held the office of President,
# or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which
# some other person was elected President shall be elected to the
# office of President more than once.
so for purposes of a quick summary, Johnson doesn't count as having
served two terms because November 1963 to January 1965 was less
than 2 years.
--
Mark Brader | "In fact, that's not a bad epitaph.
Toronto | Dennis Ritchie: he did one job, and he did it well."
m...@vex.net | --Steve Summit
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