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QFTCIBSI Game 8, Rounds 9-10: cryptic mythology, cross-categories
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Mark Brader
Apr 20, 2016, 12:25:36 AM4/20/16
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
the help of Jeff Bezos.
4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
a means of birth control and disease prevention.
6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
your tastes.
8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
capital city in the US by municipal population.
9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
equivalent of Hermes.
10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
of Toronto.
* Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
& a Little Bit of That
Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
A. Science & Literature
A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
associated with a young mother living in New York City in
a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
B. Literature & History
B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
the bay"?
C. History & Sports
C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
Name *either* the city or the year.
C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
D. Sports & Entertainment
D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
movie.
D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
"Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
he died at the age of 25?
E. Entertainment & Geography
E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
performed in all three movies.)
E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
F. Geography & Science
F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
43rd-most-populous island?
F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
names of six different world capital cities?
--
Mark Brader | "The default choice ... is in many ways the most
Toronto | important thing. ... People can get started
m...@vex.net | without reading a big manual." -- Brian Kernighan
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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
the help of Jeff Bezos.
4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
a means of birth control and disease prevention.
6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
your tastes.
8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
capital city in the US by municipal population.
9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
equivalent of Hermes.
10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
of Toronto.
* Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
& a Little Bit of That
Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
A. Science & Literature
A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
associated with a young mother living in New York City in
a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
B. Literature & History
B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
the bay"?
C. History & Sports
C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
Name *either* the city or the year.
C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
D. Sports & Entertainment
D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
movie.
D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
"Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
he died at the age of 25?
E. Entertainment & Geography
E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
performed in all three movies.)
E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
F. Geography & Science
F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
43rd-most-populous island?
F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
names of six different world capital cities?
--
Mark Brader | "The default choice ... is in many ways the most
Toronto | important thing. ... People can get started
m...@vex.net | without reading a big manual." -- Brian Kernighan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky
Apr 20, 2016, 2:59:01 AM4/20/16
to
In article <guSdnYlJWNIimYrK...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Titans
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
Amazon
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Venus
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
Trojan
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
Nike
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
Pandora
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
Phoenix
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
Mercury
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
Achilles, Ajax
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
sesame
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
>
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
Coleridge
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
Revere
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
St. Louis
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
Spain
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
Moneyball
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
Notre Dame
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
Madagascar
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
>
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
Manhattan
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
trident
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
>
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
>
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
Apr 20, 2016, 9:26:41 AM4/20/16
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:guSdnYlJWNIimYrK...@giganews.com:
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek
> Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Titans
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
Amazons
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Venus
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
Trojan
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
Nike
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
Pandora
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
Phoenix
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
Mercury
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
Ajax (?)
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> A. Science & Literature
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
Coleridge (?)
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
Paul Revere
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
St. Louis
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
Honduras; El Salvador
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
"The Blind Side"
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
Notre Dame
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
Madagascar
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
America
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
Manhattan
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
Port
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:guSdnYlJWNIimYrK...@giganews.com:
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek
> Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
Rosemary
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Blum
Apr 20, 2016, 10:09:43 AM4/20/16
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
trident
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
> B. Literature & History
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
> C. History & Sports
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
> D. Sports & Entertainment
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
> E. Entertainment & Geography
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
> F. Geography & Science
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Peter Smyth
Apr 20, 2016, 1:29:59 PM4/20/16
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek
> Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek
> Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Titans
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
Amazons
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Venus
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
>
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
Nike
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
>
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
Pandora
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
Phoenix
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
Mercury
> equivalent of Hermes.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
Ajax
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
>
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
Coleridge
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
>
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
Kubla Khan
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name either the city or the year.
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
St Louis
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
El Salvador
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
Moneyball
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
Notre Dame
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
>
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
>
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
Manhattan
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
>
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
>
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
Rum
> names of six different world capital cities?
Peter Smyth
Calvin
Apr 20, 2016, 4:21:40 PM4/20/16
to
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 2:25:36 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
>
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
>
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
>
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
>
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
>
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
>
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 20, 2016, 5:11:23 PM4/20/16
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Venus
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
Samuel Coleridge
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
the other one. Don't know how the war went, but it appears that El
Salvador won the football game, as the latter qualified to the
World Cup.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque
Apr 20, 2016, 7:01:05 PM4/20/16
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
trident
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
>
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
>
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
>
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
>
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
>
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
>
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
>
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
>
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
>
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
>
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
>
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
>
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
>
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
>
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
>
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
>
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
>
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
>
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
>
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
>
--
swp
Apr 20, 2016, 9:19:48 PM4/20/16
to
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 12:25:36 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
noted
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
swp
Jason Kreitzer
Apr 20, 2016, 9:23:19 PM4/20/16
to
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 12:25:36 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> 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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident
> 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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Titans
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
>
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Venus
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
>
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
Trojan
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
>
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
Pandora
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
>
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
Phoenix
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
Mercury
> equivalent of Hermes.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
Rosemary
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
Coleridge
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
>
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
>
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
>
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
Seabiscuit?
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
>
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
>
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
>
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
Notre Dame
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
Madagascar
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
Mark Brader
Apr 20, 2016, 9:39:59 PM4/20/16
to
Mark Brader:
>> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War...
Erland Sommarskog:
one answer of Honduras.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
"A system which depends upon the secrecy of its algorithm
is effectively a single-key code." -- William Brown II
>> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War...
Erland Sommarskog:
> Honduras was one of them, and I am fairly sure that El Salvador was
> the other one.
I will take "fairly sure" as indicating a comment and score this as
> the other one.
one answer of Honduras.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
"A system which depends upon the secrecy of its algorithm
is effectively a single-key code." -- William Brown II
Mark Brader
Apr 20, 2016, 9:41:33 PM4/20/16
to
Mark Brader:
> noted
Well, that would be:
thEsE quEstions wErE writtEn to BE AskED in toronto on 2015-11-16,
AnD shoulD BE intErprEtED ACCorDinGly.
A century from now people will salute Cole Porter, Lerner and
Lowe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, all in
one basket. I wonder how Bach would have felt to know that
the bizarre and futuristic music of Beethoven and Brahms would
be lumped in with his? -- Guy Steele
> > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> > and should be interpreted accordingly.
Stephen Perry:
> > and should be interpreted accordingly.
> noted
Well, that would be:
thEsE quEstions wErE writtEn to BE AskED in toronto on 2015-11-16,
AnD shoulD BE intErprEtED ACCorDinGly.
A century from now people will salute Cole Porter, Lerner and
Lowe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, all in
one basket. I wonder how Bach would have felt to know that
the bizarre and futuristic music of Beethoven and Brahms would
be lumped in with his? -- Guy Steele
bbowler
Apr 21, 2016, 9:18:46 AM4/21/16
to
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:25:35 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> 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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman or Greek
> mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the mythological
> person or thing, as well as another clue to help you get the answer, run
> together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> 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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman or Greek
> mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the mythological
> person or thing, as well as another clue to help you get the answer, run
> together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to your
> tastes.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast of
> Toronto.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover questions
> that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in a 1967
> Ira Levin novel?
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
>
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over the bay"?
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the US,
> both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with a
> qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
>
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the movie.
>
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before he
> died at the age of 25?
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer,
> and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors performed in all
> three movies.)
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
>
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
Björn Lundin
Apr 21, 2016, 11:45:47 AM4/21/16
to
On 2016-04-20 06:25, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> 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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> 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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
hmm should be 3/5 dentist then ...
>
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Titans
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
>
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
>
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
>
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
>
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
>
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
>
Lord Byron
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
>
>
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
>
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
--
--
Björn
Pete
Apr 23, 2016, 1:26:41 AM4/23/16
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:guSdnYlJWNIimYrKnZ2dnUU7-
N3N...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> 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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek
Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident
>
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Titans
>
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
Amazon
>
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Venus
>
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
Trojan
>
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
Nike
>
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
>
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
Phoenix
>
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
>
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
Ajax
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
Rosemary
>
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
>
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
John Brown
>
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
St Louis
>
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
El Salvador
>
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
Invictus
>
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
Notre Dame
>
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
>
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
America
>
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
Singapore Sling
>
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
>
Pete Gayde
N3N...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> 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 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek
Mythology
>
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
>
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
>
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
>
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
>
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
>
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
>
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
>
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
>
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
>
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
>
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
>
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
>
> A. Science & Literature
>
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
>
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
>
> B. Literature & History
>
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
>
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
>
> C. History & Sports
>
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
>
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
>
> D. Sports & Entertainment
>
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
>
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
>
> E. Entertainment & Geography
>
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
>
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
>
> F. Geography & Science
>
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
>
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
>
Mark Brader
Apr 23, 2016, 5:17:15 AM4/23/16
to
Mark Brader:
third-easiest of the entire season.
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Titans. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
Amazons. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Venus. 4 for everyone -- Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin,
Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
Trojan. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen,
Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
Nike. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, Bruce, and Pete.
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
Pandora. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, Jason, Bruce, and Björn.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
Phoenix. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Erland, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
(Freddy) Mercury. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Jason. 3 for Calvin.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
Ajax. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Stephen,
and Pete. 2 for Marc.
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
And this was the hardest round in the original game, and indeed,
the second-hardest of the entire season.
> A. Science & Literature
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
Sesame. 4 for Marc and Stephen.
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
Rosemary. ("Rosemary's Baby".) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen,
Jason, Bruce, and Pete.
> B. Literature & History
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ("Kubla Khan".) 4 for Marc, Joshua,
Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Jason.
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
Paul Revere. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Bruce.
> C. History & Sports
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
St. Louis, 1904. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Erland
(the hard way), Dan Tilque, Stephen (the hard way), Bruce, and Pete.
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
El Salvador, Honduras. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Erland, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Pete.
> D. Sports & Entertainment
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
"The Blind Side". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
Notre Dame. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, Stephen,
Jason, Bruce, and Pete.
> E. Entertainment & Geography
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
"Madagascar". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Jason, and Bruce.
Yes, they were voice performers, and yes, those "different" movies
formed a single series. The original question wording was even more
tricky, misleading really, as it said they "appeared" in the movies.
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
"America". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Bruce, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum.
> F. Geography & Science
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
Manhattan. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, Stephen,
and Björn.
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
Port. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Stephen, and Bruce.
Port Louis, Mauritius; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Port of Spain,
Trinidad & Tobago; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Porto
Novo, Benin.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Mis Art Spo Aud Geo Ent Sci His Cha SEVEN
Stephen Perry 39 28 36 40 36 40 40 40 48 283
Joshua Kreitzer 26 10 28 24 40 40 28 40 44 246
Marc Dashevsky 16 0 22 20 40 28 32 38 28 208
Peter Smyth 16 0 28 4 28 28 36 36 20 192
"Calvin" 19 0 22 6 39 24 28 31 16 179
Dan Tilque 12 10 12 8 40 12 36 40 24 176
Pete Gayde 20 0 16 8 28 28 20 32 20 164
Jason Kreitzer 12 12 4 19 8 36 12 28 16 135
Dan Blum -- -- -- -- -- 28 36 40 27 131
Erland Sommarskog 4 8 12 0 36 4 36 12 12 120
Björn Lundin 11 0 11 0 24 16 16 28 4 110
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 28 60
--
Mark Brader, Toronto |"--", Paul said, and then repeated it for emphasis.
m...@vex.net | --Spider Robinson, "Lifehouse"
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
This was the easiest round in the original game, and the
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
> Here are ten cryptic-style clues where the answer is from Roman
> or Greek mythology. Each clue consists of a cryptic hint to the
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
third-easiest of the entire season.
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Stephen, Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Stephen, Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
Stephen, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
Stephen, Bruce, and Pete.
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
Stephen, Jason, Bruce, and Björn.
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
Stephen, Jason, Bruce, Björn, and Pete.
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
Stephen, and Jason. 3 for Calvin.
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
and Pete. 2 for Marc.
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - A Little Bit of This
> & a Little Bit of That
> Each week, we pigeonhole questions into categories like geography,
> science, etc. But questions commonly combine a little bit of one
> category and a little bit of another. Here are some crossover
> questions that lie on the interface of two categories.
the second-hardest of the entire season.
> A. Science & Literature
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
Jason, Bruce, and Pete.
> B. Literature & History
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Jason.
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
Stephen, and Bruce.
> C. History & Sports
> C1. The World's Fair that was known as the Louisiana Purchase
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
(the hard way), Dan Tilque, Stephen (the hard way), Bruce, and Pete.
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
Stephen, and Pete.
> D. Sports & Entertainment
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
> D2. "Win one for the Gipper!" is a quote from the 1940 movie
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
Jason, Bruce, and Pete.
> E. Entertainment & Geography
> E1. Which one word, related to geography, features in the titles
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
Yes, they were voice performers, and yes, those "different" movies
formed a single series. The original question wording was even more
tricky, misleading really, as it said they "appeared" in the movies.
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
> F. Geography & Science
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
and Björn.
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
Port Louis, Mauritius; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Port of Spain,
Trinidad & Tobago; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Porto
Novo, Benin.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Mis Art Spo Aud Geo Ent Sci His Cha SEVEN
Stephen Perry 39 28 36 40 36 40 40 40 48 283
Joshua Kreitzer 26 10 28 24 40 40 28 40 44 246
Marc Dashevsky 16 0 22 20 40 28 32 38 28 208
Peter Smyth 16 0 28 4 28 28 36 36 20 192
"Calvin" 19 0 22 6 39 24 28 31 16 179
Dan Tilque 12 10 12 8 40 12 36 40 24 176
Pete Gayde 20 0 16 8 28 28 20 32 20 164
Jason Kreitzer 12 12 4 19 8 36 12 28 16 135
Dan Blum -- -- -- -- -- 28 36 40 27 131
Erland Sommarskog 4 8 12 0 36 4 36 12 12 120
Björn Lundin 11 0 11 0 24 16 16 28 4 110
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 28 60
--
Mark Brader, Toronto |"--", Paul said, and then repeated it for emphasis.
m...@vex.net | --Spider Robinson, "Lifehouse"
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