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Mark Brader
Jul 20, 2016, 2:56:55 AM7/20/16
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-18,
and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
were correct on that date.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will
reveal the correct answers in about 12 days, and then post the
current-events round from Game 10.
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
a Hollywood talent agency.
2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
of $170,000,000 US?
4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
officially become available until yesterday.
5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
charity lotto. Name him.
7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
running mate.
9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
which country?
10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
--
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Toronto | let the cat out of the bag; THEN inform you
m...@vex.net | that there's a cat and a bag." --Daniel P.B. Smith
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
were correct on that date.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will
reveal the correct answers in about 12 days, and then post the
current-events round from Game 10.
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
a Hollywood talent agency.
2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
of $170,000,000 US?
4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
officially become available until yesterday.
5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
charity lotto. Name him.
7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
running mate.
9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
which country?
10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
--
Mark Brader | And the customary practice seems to be "FIRST,
Toronto | let the cat out of the bag; THEN inform you
m...@vex.net | that there's a cat and a bag." --Daniel P.B. Smith
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky
Jul 20, 2016, 3:11:50 AM7/20/16
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In article <DrSdnXRwONMvvRLK...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
>
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
Leonard Cohen
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
>
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
Pence
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
>
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
>
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
>
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
>
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
Pokemon Go
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
>
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
>
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
>
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
>
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
>
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
>
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
--
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 20, 2016, 4:30:27 AM7/20/16
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> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
To the only question given above, my answer is "it's only the land of
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
Canada, but rather the entire globe has gone mad over Pokémon Go it
seems".
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Blum
Jul 20, 2016, 10:26:21 AM7/20/16
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> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
Oprah Winfrey; Beyonce
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
cutting his hair
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Peter Smyth
Jul 20, 2016, 1:32:13 PM7/20/16
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
UFC
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
Hamrick
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
Beyonce, Kanye West
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
The only question in that paragraph appears to be the first sentence,
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
in which case my answer is "Yes". (or Pokemon Go)
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
Cutting his hair
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
Leonard Cohen
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
the Canadian branch of the Anglican Church
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
Mike Pence
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
>
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
Peter Smyth
> which country?
>
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
Pete
Jul 20, 2016, 3:01:00 PM7/20/16
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:DrSdnXRwONMvvRLKnZ2dnUU7-
LPN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-18,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
> due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
> were correct on that date.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will
> reveal the correct answers in about 12 days, and then post the
> current-events round from Game 10.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
UFC
>
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
>
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
Taylor Swift
>
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
Pokemon GO
>
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
Styling his hair
>
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
Gordon Lightfoot
>
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
Episcopalians
>
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
Mike Pence
>
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
Cuba
>
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
RCMP
>
Pete Gayde
LPN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-18,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
> due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
> were correct on that date.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will
> reveal the correct answers in about 12 days, and then post the
> current-events round from Game 10.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
>
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
>
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
>
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
>
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
>
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
>
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
>
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
>
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
>
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
>
Pete Gayde
Joe
Jul 20, 2016, 3:10:27 PM7/20/16
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On 2016-07-20 06:56:50 +0000, Mark Brader said:
>
>
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
His Supreme Fecundness Sir Michael Jagger. The bookies are taking no
>
>
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
bets on whether the child has its father's looks. It's bound to be ugly
and wrinkled.
>
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
>
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
>
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
>
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
>
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
>
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
>
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
>
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
--
withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.”
― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
Joshua Kreitzer
Jul 20, 2016, 9:51:04 PM7/20/16
to
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
UFC
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
(actually, there isn't a question here other than the first sentence,
but I'm not going to stand on ceremony about that)
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Jul 20, 2016, 11:54:52 PM7/20/16
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
>
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
>
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
>
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
Pokemon Go
>
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
>
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
>
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
>
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
>
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
>
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
>
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
>
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
>
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
>
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
--
Dan Tilque
Jason Kreitzer
Jul 22, 2016, 8:45:53 PM7/22/16
to
On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 2:56:55 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-18,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
> due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
> were correct on that date.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will
> reveal the correct answers in about 12 days, and then post the
> current-events round from Game 10.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-18,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
> due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
> were correct on that date.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will
> reveal the correct answers in about 12 days, and then post the
> current-events round from Game 10.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
>
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
>
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
Pokémon Go
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
>
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
>
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
>
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
>
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
>
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
Mike Pence
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
>
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
>
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
>
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
swp
Jul 23, 2016, 7:00:28 PM7/23/16
to
On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 2:56:55 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-18,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
> due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
> were correct on that date.
wow. 2 days after originally asked. that must be a record.
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
> due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
> were correct on that date.
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
anglican church of canada
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
side note: President Trump never hits first, he's a counter-puncher. and he hits back a lot harder than he was hit. just ask lyin' ted cruz. he is using the *science* of persuasion along with rapid a-b testing in his campaign, which makes me think he will win in a landslide. just my observations on the matter. please take it up in another thread if you would like to discuss.
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
swp
Mark Brader
Jul 27, 2016, 11:28:33 PM7/27/16
to
Mark Brader:
it was asked: when we finalized the questions on 2016-07-16, Pokémon
Go had not yet been released in Canada. This required an emergency
update, which is how I ended up accidentally deleting "Name the game"
from the question.
> I will reveal the correct answers in about 12 days, and then post
> the current-events round from Game 10.
Due to an unscheduled illness, I'm back home earlier than expected.
I assume everyone who would've been going to answer has already done
so, so I'm closing this one now.
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). 4 for Peter, Pete, Joshua,
Jason, and Stephen.
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
Mick Jagger. (It'll be his eighth.) 4 for Joe, Joshua, and Stephen.
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
Taylor Swift. 4 for Pete, Joshua, and Stephen.
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
Pokémon Go. 4 for everyone -- Marc, Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete,
Joe, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Stephen.
In the original game, we noted:
And if you urgently need to download it now that you know it's
available -- wait until half-time, please!
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
Hairdresser. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, Joe, and Stephen.
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
Walter Ostanek. (Three consecutive Grammys, in fact -- for Best
Polka Album, 1992-94.) 4 for Stephen.
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
Anglican Church of Canada (accepting Church of England). 4 for Peter,
Joshua, and Stephen.
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
Mike Pence. 4 for Marc, Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Jason, and Stephen.
Here's the short-lived logo:
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnaykXJUAAAb143.jpg:large
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
Ukraine. 4 for Stephen.
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service). 4 for Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BEST SEVEN
Pete Gayde 16 14 15 4 24 12 16 24 20 129
Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 12 4 20 16 20 20 24 128
Peter Smyth 12 4 12 4 23 0 8 20 20 99
Dan Blum 16 23 11 0 -- -- 12 24 12 98
Erland Sommarskog 4 8 20 0 16 8 16 12 12 92
Dan Tilque 12 12 16 0 8 4 8 20 8 84
Marc Dashevsky 8 12 -- -- -- -- 16 20 8 64
Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 0 20 16 -- -- -- 48
Jason Kreitzer 12 8 -- -- -- -- 8 4 12 44
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 40
"Joe" -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 12
--
Mark Brader | "But [he] had already established his own reputation
Toronto | as someone who wrote poetry that mentioned the el."
m...@vex.net | --Al Kriman
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-18,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
> due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
> were correct on that date.
In fact, one question as originally written was obsoleted *before*
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
> due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
> were correct on that date.
it was asked: when we finalized the questions on 2016-07-16, Pokémon
Go had not yet been released in Canada. This required an emergency
update, which is how I ended up accidentally deleting "Name the game"
from the question.
> I will reveal the correct answers in about 12 days, and then post
> the current-events round from Game 10.
I assume everyone who would've been going to answer has already done
so, so I'm closing this one now.
> * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization*
> would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by
> a Hollywood talent agency.
Jason, and Stephen.
> 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is
> expecting a child. Who's the daddy?
> 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid
> celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year
> of $170,000,000 US?
> 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the
> streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No,
> it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of
> millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported
> as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't
> officially become available until yesterday.
Joe, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Stephen.
In the original game, we noted:
And if you urgently need to download it now that you know it's
available -- wait until half-time, please!
> 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very
> trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president
> François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when
> it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid
> almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job?
> 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this
> 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time
> garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario,
> charity lotto. Name him.
Polka Album, 1992-94.) 4 for Stephen.
> 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping,
> this Canadian religious organization announced last week that
> a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the
> required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day,
> that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had
> actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization.
Joshua, and Stephen.
> 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his
> latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped
> from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential
> running mate.
Dan Tilque, Jason, and Stephen.
Here's the short-lived logo:
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnaykXJUAAAb143.jpg:large
> 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with
> which country?
> 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first
> tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"?
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BEST SEVEN
Pete Gayde 16 14 15 4 24 12 16 24 20 129
Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 12 4 20 16 20 20 24 128
Peter Smyth 12 4 12 4 23 0 8 20 20 99
Dan Blum 16 23 11 0 -- -- 12 24 12 98
Erland Sommarskog 4 8 20 0 16 8 16 12 12 92
Dan Tilque 12 12 16 0 8 4 8 20 8 84
Marc Dashevsky 8 12 -- -- -- -- 16 20 8 64
Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 0 20 16 -- -- -- 48
Jason Kreitzer 12 8 -- -- -- -- 8 4 12 44
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 40
"Joe" -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 12
--
Mark Brader | "But [he] had already established his own reputation
Toronto | as someone who wrote poetry that mentioned the el."
m...@vex.net | --Al Kriman
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