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QFTCIBSI Game 1, Rounds 9-10: NATO alphabet, diamonds
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Mark Brader
Jan 26, 2016, 4:20:08 AM1/26/16
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
Narcissus?
3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
the award because he discovered the what?
4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
"Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
in Vancouver?
7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
São Paulo and Mexico City)?
9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
Maple Leafs?
10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
than 3/4?
* Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
A. Historical Diamonds
A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
American institution, which has hosted it in the National
Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
*institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
Name that businessman.
B. Geographical Diamonds
B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
this particular city of Kimberley?
B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
its capital at Perth.
C. Leisurely Diamonds
C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
of these properties.
C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
Name this *series* of video games.
D. Entertaining Diamonds
D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
"The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
E. Scientific Diamonds
E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
rates a 9. Name that scale.
E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
layer of the Earth.
F. Authoring Diamonds
F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
"The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
the title figure in "The Woman in White".
F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
"The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
--
Mark Brader "I always hoped that when someone quoted me
Toronto it would be because I said something profound."
m...@vex.net -- Chris Volpe
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
Narcissus?
3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
the award because he discovered the what?
4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
"Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
in Vancouver?
7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
São Paulo and Mexico City)?
9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
Maple Leafs?
10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
than 3/4?
* Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
A. Historical Diamonds
A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
American institution, which has hosted it in the National
Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
*institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
Name that businessman.
B. Geographical Diamonds
B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
this particular city of Kimberley?
B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
its capital at Perth.
C. Leisurely Diamonds
C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
of these properties.
C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
Name this *series* of video games.
D. Entertaining Diamonds
D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
"The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
E. Scientific Diamonds
E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
rates a 9. Name that scale.
E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
layer of the Earth.
F. Authoring Diamonds
F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
"The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
the title figure in "The Woman in White".
F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
"The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
--
Mark Brader "I always hoped that when someone quoted me
Toronto it would be because I said something profound."
m...@vex.net -- Chris Volpe
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Jan 26, 2016, 10:04:02 AM1/26/16
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> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
India
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
Rio de Janeiro
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
> A. Historical Diamonds
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
> B. Geographical Diamonds
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
> E. Scientific Diamonds
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
> F. Authoring Diamonds
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Björn Lundin
Jan 26, 2016, 12:02:35 PM1/26/16
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On 2016-01-26 10:20, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
Libya
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
>
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
>
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
>
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
>
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
>
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
>
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
>
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
>
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
>
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
>
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
South Africa
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
>
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
>
--
--
Björn
Peter Smyth
Jan 26, 2016, 1:32:01 PM1/26/16
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
India
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
Echo
> Narcissus?
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
X-ray
> the award because he discovered the what?
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
Quebec
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
Golf
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
November
> in Vancouver?
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
Bravo
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
Lima
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
Mike
> Maple Leafs?
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
Foxtrot
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> institution that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
Smithsonian
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
Rhodes
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which country would you find
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> this particular city of Kimberley?
South Africa
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
Western Australia
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name both
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> of these properties.
Park Lane and Mayfair in the UK, no idea on the US version
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this series of video games.
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
Pokemon
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
Rihanna
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name him.
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
Elton John
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
Mohs
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
Mantle
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the author of "The Moonstone",
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
Wilkie Collins
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this author, who
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
Peter Smyth
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
bbowler
Jan 26, 2016, 2:47:25 PM1/26/16
to
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 03:20:07 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars, 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 2015-08-18
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words that form
> the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
India
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars, 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 2015-08-18
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words that form
> the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind São Paulo
> and Mexico City)?
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather than
> 3/4?
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National Museum
> of Natural History since that time. Name the *institution* that
> currently owns the Hope Diamond.
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who is
> perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to foreign
> students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford. Name that
> businessman.
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the Vaal
> and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find this
> particular city of Kimberley?
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with its
> capital at Perth.
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between the
> two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both* of these
> properties.
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by Nintendo.
> The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest to capture the
> namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders. Name this *series*
> of video games.
>
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks atop
> the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also had a very
> troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer did
> take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January 1975, topping
> the #4 performance of his previous single "The Bitch is Back".
> Name *him*.
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies, rates a
> 9. Name that scale.
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this layer
> of the Earth.
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone", who
> also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with the title
> figure in "The Woman in White".
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 26, 2016, 3:02:26 PM1/26/16
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
India
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
Cecil Rhodes
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
this question. :-)
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
the names from the American edition, did they? :-)
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky
Jan 26, 2016, 4:13:18 PM1/26/16
to
In article <POidnWFcfqzapzrL...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
x-ray
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
>
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
golf
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
>
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
Bravo
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
>
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
>
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
foxtrot
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
Smithsonian Institution
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
Cecil Rhodes
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
South Africa
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
>
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
Park Place and Boardwalk
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
>
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
Rhianna
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
Joe Cocker
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
Mohs
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
mantle
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
>
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
>
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
Echo
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
>
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
>
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
>
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
>
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
>
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
>
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
>
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
>
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
--
Dan Tilque
Jan 26, 2016, 6:21:28 PM1/26/16
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
India
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
>
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
>
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
>
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
>
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
>
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
>
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
>
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
>
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
>
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
>
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
>
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
>
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
>
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
>
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
>
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
>
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
>
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
>
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
>
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
>
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
>
--
Calvin
Jan 26, 2016, 8:19:16 PM1/26/16
to
On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 7:20:08 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
India
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
Though whiskey would be equally deserving :-)
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
Can't say I understand the question, though Whiskey again seems a plausible option :-)
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
>
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
>
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
cheers,
calvin
Joshua Kreitzer
Jan 26, 2016, 8:54:05 PM1/26/16
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:POidnWFcfqzapzrLnZ2dnUU7-
Smd...@giganews.com:
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
India
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
Echo
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
X-ray
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
Quebec
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
Golf
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
November
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
Bravo
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
Lima
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
Victor; Oscar
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
Foxtrot
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
Smithsonian Institution
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
Rhodes
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
South Africa
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
Western Australia
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
Boardwalk and Park Place
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
Pokemon
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
Rihanna
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
Elton John
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
Mohs scale
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
Collins
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
Fitzgerald
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Smd...@giganews.com:
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Jason Kreitzer
Jan 26, 2016, 9:20:37 PM1/26/16
to
On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 4:20:08 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
India
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
>
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
Yukon
> Narcissus?
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
>
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
Golf
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
>
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
Bravo
> in Vancouver?
>
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
>
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
Romeo?
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
>
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
Tango
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
Smithsonian?
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
>
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
>
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
Boardwalk and Park Place
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
>
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
>
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
"Pokémon"
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
Rihanna
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
Elton John
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
Mohs
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
>
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
>
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
>
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
>
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
Pete
Jan 27, 2016, 7:57:42 PM1/27/16
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
>
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
>
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
>
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
Yukon
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
> 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
>
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
>
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
>
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
>
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
>
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
>
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
>
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
>
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
>
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
>
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
>
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
>
> A. Historical Diamonds
>
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
>
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
>
> B. Geographical Diamonds
>
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
>
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
>
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
>
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
>
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
>
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
>
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
>
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
>
> E. Scientific Diamonds
>
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
>
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
>
> F. Authoring Diamonds
>
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
>
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
>
Mark Brader
Jan 29, 2016, 2:16:14 AM1/29/16
to
Mark Brader:
congratulations, sir!
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
(Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India,
Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo,
Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu --
now you know.)
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
India. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque, Calvin,
Joshua, and Jason.
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
Echo. 4 for Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Bruce, Marc, Dan Tilque,
and Joshua.
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
X-ray. 4 for Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Bruce, Marc, Dan Tilque,
Calvin, and Joshua. Giggle points to Calvin for "whiskey would be
equally deserving".
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
Quebec. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque, Calvin,
and Joshua.
Yukon is neither a province (it's a territory), nor does it include
Canada's northernmost point (that's in Nunavut, which is also
a territory), nor is it part of the NATO alphabet (see above).
Other than that it was a good guess. :-)
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
Golf. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Bruce, Erland,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Calvin, Joshua, Jason, and Pete.
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
November. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Joshua.
2 for Björn.
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
Bravo. It's a cable TV channel. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Jason. 2 for Calvin.
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
Lima. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Joshua.
This one turns out to be arguable, which I didn't realize when posting
the question. The issue is what entity, if any, should be treated
as the "city proper" for Lima. Wikipedia treats the *province* of
Lima (which is pretty much fully urban and is *smaller* than Lima's
metropolitan area) as the "city proper", and this is the basis for
the claim that it ranks third. If Lima is disqualified, though,
then the third-largest is New York. As a two-word name, that one
could not be part of the NATO alphabet; and indeed no other large
cities in the Americas appear in the NATO alphabet. So my apologies
for the wording, but Lima is still the only answer I'm accepting.
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
Mike. (Babcock.) 4 for Peter and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin.
"Michael" is not part of the NATO alphabet.
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
Foxtrot. (After Harry Fox.) 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, Joshua, and Pete.
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
This was the easiest round in the original game, and the
fourth-easiest of the entire season.
> A. Historical Diamonds
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
Smithsonian Institution. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, Joshua, and Jason.
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
Cecil J. Rhodes. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Erland, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, Joshua, and Pete.
> B. Geographical Diamonds
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
South Africa. 4 for Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Bruce, Erland, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Joshua.
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
Western Australia. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque,
Calvin, Joshua, and Pete. 3 for Björn.
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
Park Place, Boardwalk. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
Jason, and Pete.
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
Pokemon. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Jason.
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
Rhianna (Robyn Fenty). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Marc,
Calvin, Joshua, and Jason. Of these, only Bruce and Marc spelled
it correctly.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
Elton John (Reginald Dwight). 4 for Peter, Bruce, Erland, Calvin,
Joshua, Jason, and Pete.
> E. Scientific Diamonds
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
Mohs. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Erland, Marc, Dan Tilque,
Calvin, Joshua, and Jason.
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
Mantle. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Erland, Marc, Dan Tilque,
Calvin, and Pete.
> F. Authoring Diamonds
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
Wilkie Collins. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, and Joshua.
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
F. Scott Fitzgerald. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, and Jason.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Sci Geo Spo Can Ent Mis Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 36 28 40 22 4 35 36 44 219
Dan Blum 32 32 36 11 0 35 24 40 199
Peter Smyth 16 24 32 40 0 12 40 40 192
Marc Dashevsky 32 32 36 8 0 35 20 28 183
Dan Tilque 24 23 40 8 0 23 40 32 182
Bruce Bowler 0 36 40 0 0 23 36 36 171
"Calvin" 24 8 0 37 0 27 32 40 168
Gareth Owen 36 24 40 32 0 35 -- -- 167
Jason Kreitzer 28 8 24 0 0 32 12 28 132
Pete Gayde 19 12 32 28 0 19 8 20 130
Erland Sommarskog 8 16 32 24 0 4 16 24 120
Björn Lundin 16 15 24 8 0 20 14 7 97
--
Mark Brader | "Some societies define themselves by being open to new
Toronto | influences, others define their identity by resisting.
m...@vex.net | In either case, they take the consequences."
--Donna Richoux
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 1 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
congratulations, sir!
> * Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
> For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
> that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo,
Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu --
now you know.)
> 1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
Joshua, and Jason.
> 2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
> Narcissus?
and Joshua.
> 3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
> the award because he discovered the what?
Calvin, and Joshua. Giggle points to Calvin for "whiskey would be
equally deserving".
> 4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
and Joshua.
Yukon is neither a province (it's a territory), nor does it include
Canada's northernmost point (that's in Nunavut, which is also
a territory), nor is it part of the NATO alphabet (see above).
Other than that it was a good guess. :-)
> 5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
> "Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
Marc, Dan Tilque, Calvin, Joshua, Jason, and Pete.
> 6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
> in Vancouver?
2 for Björn.
> 7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
> Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Jason. 2 for Calvin.
> 8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
> third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
> São Paulo and Mexico City)?
This one turns out to be arguable, which I didn't realize when posting
the question. The issue is what entity, if any, should be treated
as the "city proper" for Lima. Wikipedia treats the *province* of
Lima (which is pretty much fully urban and is *smaller* than Lima's
metropolitan area) as the "city proper", and this is the basis for
the claim that it ranks third. If Lima is disqualified, though,
then the third-largest is New York. As a two-word name, that one
could not be part of the NATO alphabet; and indeed no other large
cities in the Americas appear in the NATO alphabet. So my apologies
for the wording, but Lima is still the only answer I'm accepting.
> 9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
> Maple Leafs?
"Michael" is not part of the NATO alphabet.
> 10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
> dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
> than 3/4?
Dan Tilque, Calvin, Joshua, and Pete.
> * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
fourth-easiest of the entire season.
> A. Historical Diamonds
> A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
> American institution, which has hosted it in the National
> Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
> *institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
Dan Tilque, Calvin, Joshua, and Jason.
> A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
> industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
> is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
> foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
> Name that businessman.
Dan Tilque, Calvin, Joshua, and Pete.
> B. Geographical Diamonds
> B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
> diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
> Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
> this particular city of Kimberley?
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Joshua.
> B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
> is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
> state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
> its capital at Perth.
Calvin, Joshua, and Pete. 3 for Björn.
> C. Leisurely Diamonds
> C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> of these properties.
Jason, and Pete.
> C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
> the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
> Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
> to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
> Name this *series* of video games.
> D. Entertaining Diamonds
> D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
Calvin, Joshua, and Jason. Of these, only Bruce and Marc spelled
it correctly.
> D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
> in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
> did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
> 1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
> "The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
Joshua, Jason, and Pete.
> E. Scientific Diamonds
> E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
> as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
> geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
> rates a 9. Name that scale.
Calvin, Joshua, and Jason.
> E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
> of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
> Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
> layer of the Earth.
Calvin, and Pete.
> F. Authoring Diamonds
> F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
> "The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
> novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
> who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
> the title figure in "The Woman in White".
> F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
> to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
> "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
> may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
> over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Sci Geo Spo Can Ent Mis Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 36 28 40 22 4 35 36 44 219
Dan Blum 32 32 36 11 0 35 24 40 199
Peter Smyth 16 24 32 40 0 12 40 40 192
Marc Dashevsky 32 32 36 8 0 35 20 28 183
Dan Tilque 24 23 40 8 0 23 40 32 182
Bruce Bowler 0 36 40 0 0 23 36 36 171
"Calvin" 24 8 0 37 0 27 32 40 168
Gareth Owen 36 24 40 32 0 35 -- -- 167
Jason Kreitzer 28 8 24 0 0 32 12 28 132
Pete Gayde 19 12 32 28 0 19 8 20 130
Erland Sommarskog 8 16 32 24 0 4 16 24 120
Björn Lundin 16 15 24 8 0 20 14 7 97
--
Mark Brader | "Some societies define themselves by being open to new
Toronto | influences, others define their identity by resisting.
m...@vex.net | In either case, they take the consequences."
--Donna Richoux
Dan Blum
Jan 29, 2016, 9:46:48 AM1/29/16
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> > C. Leisurely Diamonds
> > C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> > ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> > the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> > of these properties.
> Park Place, Boardwalk. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
> Jason, and Pete.
Although it doesn't really matter, I believe I answered this correctly.
> > C. Leisurely Diamonds
> > C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
> > ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
> > the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
> > of these properties.
> Park Place, Boardwalk. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
> Jason, and Pete.
Mark Brader
Jan 29, 2016, 9:49:06 AM1/29/16
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Mark Brader:
| Park Place and Broadway
--
Mark Brader "I used to own a mind like a steel trap.
Toronto Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it
m...@vex.net wouldn't have rusted like this." --Greg Goss
>> Park Place, Boardwalk. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
>> Jason, and Pete.
Dan Blum:
>> Jason, and Pete.
> Although it doesn't really matter, I believe I answered this correctly.
You believe incorrectly:
| Park Place and Broadway
--
Mark Brader "I used to own a mind like a steel trap.
Toronto Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it
m...@vex.net wouldn't have rusted like this." --Greg Goss
Dan Blum
Jan 29, 2016, 10:05:59 AM1/29/16
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> Mark Brader:
> >> Park Place, Boardwalk. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
> >> Jason, and Pete.
>
> Dan Blum:
> > Although it doesn't really matter, I believe I answered this correctly.
> You believe incorrectly:
> | Park Place and Broadway
Oops.
> Mark Brader:
> >> Park Place, Boardwalk. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
> >> Jason, and Pete.
>
> Dan Blum:
> > Although it doesn't really matter, I believe I answered this correctly.
> You believe incorrectly:
> | Park Place and Broadway
Dan Blum
Jan 29, 2016, 11:09:34 AM1/29/16
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> > D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> > like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> > atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> > had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> Rhianna (Robyn Fenty). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Marc,
> Calvin, Joshua, and Jason. Of these, only Bruce and Marc spelled
> it correctly.
By "correctly" I hope you mean "Rihanna."
> > D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
> > like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
> > atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
> > had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
> Rhianna (Robyn Fenty). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Marc,
> Calvin, Joshua, and Jason. Of these, only Bruce and Marc spelled
> it correctly.
http://www.rihannanow.com/
Mark Brader
Jan 29, 2016, 2:02:20 PM1/29/16
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Mark Brader:
Apologies to Dan, Peter, Calvin, Joshua, and Jason.
--
Mark Brader | "Youths steal funds for charity"
Toronto | --White Plains, NY, Reporter Dispatch
m...@vex.net | February 17, 1982
>> Rhianna (Robyn Fenty). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Marc,
>> Calvin, Joshua, and Jason. Of these, only Bruce and Marc spelled
>> it correctly.
Dan Blum:
>> Calvin, Joshua, and Jason. Of these, only Bruce and Marc spelled
>> it correctly.
> By "correctly" I hope you mean "Rihanna."
No, I mean the Bloor St. Irregulars misspelled it and I believed them.
Apologies to Dan, Peter, Calvin, Joshua, and Jason.
--
Mark Brader | "Youths steal funds for charity"
Toronto | --White Plains, NY, Reporter Dispatch
m...@vex.net | February 17, 1982
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