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Mark Brader
Jul 19, 2012, 11:23:36 PM7/19/12
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QFCTIFFF Game 4, Rounds 4 and 6, still has a few more hours to run,
but it's convenient for me to post the final pair of regular-season
Current Events rounds from the current season now, overlapping the
other quiz. I expect to post the Current Events from the Final
sometime next week, completing the current Current Events game.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected
to give the answers that were correct on those dates.
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 What She Said and/or
of Smith & Guessin', 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 companion posting on "Questions
from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
this week. What kind of event was it?
2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
Spadina Av. this week?
3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
without waiting to be pushed out?
4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
week at age 86. Name him.
5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
defeating the first British man to make the finals in
74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
July 4, its 111th birthday?
8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
to have found.
9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
at their homes?
* Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
animal rights activists?
4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
him for his performance of his duties?
5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
most frequently used password?
7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
offer exceed the asking price by?
8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
$1 a pill on eBay?
9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
$147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
was on the losing end of the ruling?
10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
--
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." -- DMR
My text in this article is in the public domain.
but it's convenient for me to post the final pair of regular-season
Current Events rounds from the current season now, overlapping the
other quiz. I expect to post the Current Events from the Final
sometime next week, completing the current Current Events game.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected
to give the answers that were correct on those dates.
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 What She Said and/or
of Smith & Guessin', 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 companion posting on "Questions
from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
this week. What kind of event was it?
2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
Spadina Av. this week?
3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
without waiting to be pushed out?
4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
week at age 86. Name him.
5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
defeating the first British man to make the finals in
74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
July 4, its 111th birthday?
8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
to have found.
9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
at their homes?
* Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
animal rights activists?
4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
him for his performance of his duties?
5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
most frequently used password?
7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
offer exceed the asking price by?
8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
$1 a pill on eBay?
9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
$147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
was on the losing end of the ruling?
10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
--
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." -- DMR
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky
Jul 20, 2012, 12:41:44 AM7/20/12
to
In article <FumdnYsCz8ulUpXN...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
Andy Murray
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
Barclay Bank
> 7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
>
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
Higgs Boson
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
Timbuktu
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
>
>
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
>
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
> synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
>
> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
>
> 4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
>
> 5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
>
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
monkey
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
>
> 8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
>
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
>
> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
>
> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
>
> 3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
>
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
Andy Griffiths
>
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
>
> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
>
> 3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
>
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
> 7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
>
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
>
>
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
>
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
> synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
>
> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
>
> 4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
>
> 5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
>
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
>
> 8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
>
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
>
> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
--
Gareth Owen
Jul 20, 2012, 1:24:59 AM7/20/12
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
Competitive Eating
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
>
>
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
the general omnishambles of G4S's involvement
> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
Joachim Parsch
Jul 20, 2012, 2:22:01 AM7/20/12
to
Mark Brader schrieb:
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
>
> 7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
>
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
>
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
>
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
for the Olympic Games
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
> synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
>
> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
> 4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
>
> 5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
>
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
> 8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
and causes bad weather as well)
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
Joshua Kreitzer
Jul 20, 2012, 3:03:01 AM7/20/12
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:FumdnYsCz8ulUpXN...@vex.net:
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
Andy Murray
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
JPMorgan Chase
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
Higgs boson
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
Timbuktu
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
$50,000; $100,000
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:FumdnYsCz8ulUpXN...@vex.net:
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
Andy Griffith
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
"password"; "123456"
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 20, 2012, 4:39:34 AM7/20/12
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
Djokovic
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
Olympic Games.
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
> synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
carry the Spanish flag. You said Canadian? Hm, beats me. If it comforts
I am not sure that I know who will carry the Swedish flag either.
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Blum
Jul 20, 2012, 10:44:06 AM7/20/12
to
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
Andy Griffith
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
password; 123456
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Peter Smyth
Jul 20, 2012, 2:37:02 PM7/20/12
to
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:FumdnYsCz8ulUpXN...@vex.net...
>* Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
>1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
>
>2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
>
>3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
>
>4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
>
>5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
Andy Murray
news:FumdnYsCz8ulUpXN...@vex.net...
>* Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
>1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
>
>2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
>
>3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
>
>4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
>
>5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
>6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
Barclays
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
>7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
>
>8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
Higgs boson
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
>
>8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
>9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
>
>10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
>
>
>* Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
>1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
Being unable to provide enough security guards for the Olympics
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
>
>10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
>
>
>* Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
>1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
>2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
> synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
Despatie?
> question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
> synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
>3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
A stampede
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
>4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
The Minister of Education
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
>5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
>
>6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
password
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
>
>6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
>7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
$70000, $85000
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
>8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
>
>9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
Apple, Google
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
>
>9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
>10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
>
PEter Smyth
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
>
Dan Tilque
Jul 20, 2012, 11:28:45 PM7/20/12
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
>
> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
>
> 3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
>
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
>
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
>
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
JP Morgan
>
>
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
>
> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
>
> 3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
>
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
>
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
>
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
>
> 7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
>
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
>
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
>
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
>
>
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
virtually no workers at all)
>
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
> synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
>
> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
>
> 4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
>
> 5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
>
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
>
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
>
> 8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
>
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
>
> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
>
--
Calvin
Jul 22, 2012, 8:24:05 PM7/22/12
to
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:23:36 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
Justin Beiber lookalike contest.
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
> 3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
>
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
> 7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
>
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
> synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
>
> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
>
> 4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
>
> 5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
>
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
> 8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
>
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
--
cheers,
calvin
Jeffrey Turner
Jul 22, 2012, 9:53:55 PM7/22/12
to
On 7/19/2012 11:23 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
Eating contest
>
>
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
>
> 3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
>
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
>
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
>
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
> 7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
>
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
>
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
>
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
>
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Jub jnf fryrpgrq gb or gur bssvpvny Pnanqvna
> synt-ornere ng gur bcravat bs gur Ybaqba Bylzcvpf?
>
> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
>
> 4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
>
> 5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
>
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
>
> 8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
>
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
>
> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
Mark Brader
Jul 23, 2012, 1:18:32 AM7/23/12
to
Mark Brader:
I accepted "eating contest". 4 for Gareth and Jeff.
> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
The Shuffle Demons. (The song, of course, was "Spadina Bus".
Spadina buses have returned, temporarily replacing the streetcars,
during reconstruction of the tracks and shelters.)
> 3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
Bev Oda (International Cooperation).
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
Andy Griffith. Instructions to the QM in the original game said
that if anyone answered "Griffiths", the QM was to hiss "Lessss
sssspeccccific". Sssso I'm sssscoring that asssnswer as almosssst
correct. 4 for Joachim, Joshua, and Dan Blum. 3 for Marc.
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
Andy Murray. 4 for Marc, Gareth, Joachim, Joshua, Peter, and Calvin.
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
J.P. Morgan Chase (US); Barclays (UK). 4 for Marc, Gareth, Joshua,
Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Jeff (the hard way).
> 7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
Hartland Bridge, NB. (The world's longest covered bridge.)
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
Higgs boson. 4 for Marc, Gareth, Joachim, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Jeff. 3 for Erland.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
Timbuktu (Mali). 4 for Marc, Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
They were raided by the police (investigating corruption and secret
campaign financing).
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
Bungling the security arrangements for the London Olympics.
(I scored references to "safety" as almost correct. Not the same
thing in English.) 4 for Gareth, Erland, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Joachim.
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Who was selected to be the official Canadian
> flag-bearer at the opening of the London Olympics?
Simon Whitfield (triathlon).
> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
Chuckwagon race. I did not consider "Chariot Race" to be almost
correct!
> 4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
Jason Kenney (Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism).
> 5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
Shawn Atleo. And he still is; he was reelected.
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
123456. I scored "1234" as almost correct. 2 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Jeff. 1 for Calvin.
http://blog.eset.se/statistics-about-yahoo-leak-of-450-000-plain-text-accounts/
says the top 10 were:
123456 1,666 (0.38%)
password 780 (0.18%)
welcome 436 (0.10%)
ninja 333 (0.08%)
abc123 250 (0.06%)
123456789 222 (0.05%)
12345678 208 (0.05%)
sunshine 205 (0.05%)
princess 202 (0.05%)
qwerty 172 (0.04%)
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
$90,000 (accepting $85,000-95,000). 2 for Peter.
> 8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
A factory shutdown.
The Novartis factory in Lincoln NE that produces it has been shut
down until it improves its processes. Other drugs affected include
Bufferin, Buckley's, NeoCitran, and NoDoz.
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
RIM. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
Northrop Frye (1912-91).
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST EIGHT
Gareth Owen 0 20 20 12 10 12 31 12 16 4 133
Joshua Kreitzer 4 14 20 8 12 15 16 27 20 2 132
Dan Blum 8 16 16 6 19 8 16 18 16 6 117
Marc Dashevsky 8 12 20 8 12 8 20 16 19 0 115
Pete Gayde 12 12 28 12 -- -- 28 20 -- -- 112
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 12 8 12 23 16 12 6 101
Dan Tilque 0 4 4 16 4 8 16 16 12 4 80
Joachim Parsch 4 4 16 12 -- -- 11 16 12 3 78
"Calvin" 0 4 8 4 6 11 8 19 12 1 72
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 8 8 4 12 8 16 11 4 71
Jeff Turner -- -- 20 4 8 8 4 12 12 2 70
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 35 -- -- 67
Rob Parker 0 10 3 14 0 11 8 8 -- -- 54
Bruce Bowler 0 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8
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Mark Brader "...but the past thousand years
Toronto, m...@vex.net have been atypical."
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
> indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
> answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected
> to give the answers that were correct on those dates...
> indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
> answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected
> For further information see my companion posting on "Questions
> from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
(Nathan's) Hot-dog-eating contest. He tied his personal best at 68.
> from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?
I accepted "eating contest". 4 for Gareth and Jeff.
> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?
Spadina buses have returned, temporarily replacing the streetcars,
during reconstruction of the tracks and shelters.)
> 3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?
> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.
that if anyone answered "Griffiths", the QM was to hiss "Lessss
sssspeccccific". Sssso I'm sssscoring that asssnswer as almosssst
correct. 4 for Joachim, Joshua, and Dan Blum. 3 for Marc.
> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?
> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.
Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Jeff (the hard way).
> 7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?
> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Jeff. 3 for Erland.
> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.
and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?
campaign financing).
> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?
(I scored references to "safety" as almost correct. Not the same
thing in English.) 4 for Gareth, Erland, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Joachim.
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> flag-bearer at the opening of the London Olympics?
Simon Whitfield (triathlon).
> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?
correct!
> 4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?
> 5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?
> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?
and Jeff. 1 for Calvin.
http://blog.eset.se/statistics-about-yahoo-leak-of-450-000-plain-text-accounts/
says the top 10 were:
123456 1,666 (0.38%)
password 780 (0.18%)
welcome 436 (0.10%)
ninja 333 (0.08%)
abc123 250 (0.06%)
123456789 222 (0.05%)
12345678 208 (0.05%)
sunshine 205 (0.05%)
princess 202 (0.05%)
qwerty 172 (0.04%)
> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?
> 8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?
The Novartis factory in Lincoln NE that produces it has been shut
down until it improves its processes. Other drugs affected include
Bufferin, Buckley's, NeoCitran, and NoDoz.
> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?
> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST EIGHT
Gareth Owen 0 20 20 12 10 12 31 12 16 4 133
Joshua Kreitzer 4 14 20 8 12 15 16 27 20 2 132
Dan Blum 8 16 16 6 19 8 16 18 16 6 117
Marc Dashevsky 8 12 20 8 12 8 20 16 19 0 115
Pete Gayde 12 12 28 12 -- -- 28 20 -- -- 112
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 12 8 12 23 16 12 6 101
Dan Tilque 0 4 4 16 4 8 16 16 12 4 80
Joachim Parsch 4 4 16 12 -- -- 11 16 12 3 78
"Calvin" 0 4 8 4 6 11 8 19 12 1 72
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 8 8 4 12 8 16 11 4 71
Jeff Turner -- -- 20 4 8 8 4 12 12 2 70
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 35 -- -- 67
Rob Parker 0 10 3 14 0 11 8 8 -- -- 54
Bruce Bowler 0 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8
--
Mark Brader "...but the past thousand years
Toronto, m...@vex.net have been atypical."
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