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RQFTCI98 Game 1 Rounds 9-10: prizes, challenge round
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Mark Brader
Mar 23, 2021, 9:22:25 PM3/23/21
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-01-26,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote one round in this set and 4 questions in the other round.
** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
For the next two questions *either* the city or the team name is
sufficient, like "New York" or "Yankees".
3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
"""still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
(Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
that played under that name in the 1920s.)
4. Same question for the Grey Cup: of all the """current""" CFL
teams that have won it, which one """is currently""" working
on the longest dry streak; *or* when, within 2 years, did they
"""last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the
present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the
league in 1987.)
5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
leading roles?
6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
counting only actual statuettes?
7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
a writer's first name. What is this name?
9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
traditional name by doing so?
10. A number of one-time Kremer Prizes were offered in 1959, and
the first one awarded was worth about $95,000 US at the time.
It went to Paul MacCready and Peter Lissamen for the design of
a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
or tell what was special about it.
After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg
nafjrerq Urcohea ba gur svefg Bfpne dhrfgvba, cyrnfr tb onpx naq
or zber fcrpvsvp.
** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
Note: in 1998 the Challenge Round normally had only 5 pairs of
questions, not 6 as you've seen in games from later seasons.
* A. Acting Families
A1. What is the common surname of the four people, representing
three generations of one family, who starred in the following
four movies?
"The Cannonball Run" (1981)
"The Electric Horseman" (1979)
"It Could Happen to You" (1994)
"The Lady Eve" (1941)
A2. What is the common surname of the four members of the *same*
generation of one family who starred in the following
four movies?
"Bodily Harm" (1995)
"The Marrying Man" (1991)
"Sliver" (1993)
and of course we couldn't resist using
"The Usual Suspects" (1995)
* B. Ras Tafari Terms
B1. What is "the holy piby"?
B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
rot13 for this one: Jung vf "jvfqbzjrrq"?
* C. Apple
C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
Name *either one*.
C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all
time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during
the Super Bowl in 1984?
* D. Me-TV
D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications,
"""it's""" on 50.
D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49.
* E. Art by Any Other Name
E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
"La Gioconda"?
E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
"Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "As always, breakfast recapitulated
m...@vex.net phylogeny." -- Spider Robinson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote one round in this set and 4 questions in the other round.
** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
For the next two questions *either* the city or the team name is
sufficient, like "New York" or "Yankees".
3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
"""still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
(Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
that played under that name in the 1920s.)
4. Same question for the Grey Cup: of all the """current""" CFL
teams that have won it, which one """is currently""" working
on the longest dry streak; *or* when, within 2 years, did they
"""last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the
present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the
league in 1987.)
5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
leading roles?
6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
counting only actual statuettes?
7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
a writer's first name. What is this name?
9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
traditional name by doing so?
10. A number of one-time Kremer Prizes were offered in 1959, and
the first one awarded was worth about $95,000 US at the time.
It went to Paul MacCready and Peter Lissamen for the design of
a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
or tell what was special about it.
After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg
nafjrerq Urcohea ba gur svefg Bfpne dhrfgvba, cyrnfr tb onpx naq
or zber fcrpvsvp.
** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
Note: in 1998 the Challenge Round normally had only 5 pairs of
questions, not 6 as you've seen in games from later seasons.
* A. Acting Families
A1. What is the common surname of the four people, representing
three generations of one family, who starred in the following
four movies?
"The Cannonball Run" (1981)
"The Electric Horseman" (1979)
"It Could Happen to You" (1994)
"The Lady Eve" (1941)
A2. What is the common surname of the four members of the *same*
generation of one family who starred in the following
four movies?
"Bodily Harm" (1995)
"The Marrying Man" (1991)
"Sliver" (1993)
and of course we couldn't resist using
"The Usual Suspects" (1995)
* B. Ras Tafari Terms
B1. What is "the holy piby"?
B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
rot13 for this one: Jung vf "jvfqbzjrrq"?
* C. Apple
C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
Name *either one*.
C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all
time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during
the Super Bowl in 1984?
* D. Me-TV
D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications,
"""it's""" on 50.
D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49.
* E. Art by Any Other Name
E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
"La Gioconda"?
E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
"Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "As always, breakfast recapitulated
m...@vex.net phylogeny." -- Spider Robinson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Mar 23, 2021, 11:59:19 PM3/23/21
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
3
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
1904
> 3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
> but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
> also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
> """still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
> us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
> (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
> that played under that name in the 1920s.)
> 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
> leading roles?
> 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
> counting only actual statuettes?
> 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
> the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
> 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
> a writer's first name. What is this name?
> 9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
> perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
> 1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
> about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
> he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
> traditional name by doing so?
> 10. A number of one-time Kremer Prizes were offered in 1959, and
> the first one awarded was worth about $95,000 US at the time.
> It went to Paul MacCready and Peter Lissamen for the design of
> a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
> by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
> or tell what was special about it.
> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A2. What is the common surname of the four members of the *same*
> generation of one family who starred in the following
> four movies?
> "Bodily Harm" (1995)
> "The Marrying Man" (1991)
> "Sliver" (1993)
> and of course we couldn't resist using
> "The Usual Suspects" (1995)
> * B. Ras Tafari Terms
> B1. What is "the holy piby"?
> B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
> rot13 for this one: Jung vf "jvfqbzjrrq"?
> * C. Apple
> C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
> Name *either one*.
> * E. Art by Any Other Name
> E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "La Gioconda"?
> E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Mar 24, 2021, 12:44:16 AM3/24/21
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:JImdnXYZEsnWCcf9nZ2dnUU7-
f_N...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
>
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
3
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
> Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
1901
> For the next two questions *either* the city or the team name is
> sufficient, like "New York" or "Yankees".
>
> 3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
> but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
> also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
> """still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
> us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
> (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
> that played under that name in the 1920s.)
Toronto; Vancouver
> 4. Same question for the Grey Cup: of all the """current""" CFL
> teams that have won it, which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak; *or* when, within 2 years, did they
> """last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the
> present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the
> league in 1987.)
Calgary; B.C.
> 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
> leading roles?
Katharine Hepburn
> 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
> counting only actual statuettes?
Walt Disney
> 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
> the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
Hugo
> 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
> a writer's first name. What is this name?
Edgar
> 9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
> perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
> 1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
> about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
> he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
> traditional name by doing so?
Fermat's Last Theorem
> 10. A number of one-time Kremer Prizes were offered in 1959, and
> the first one awarded was worth about $95,000 US at the time.
> It went to Paul MacCready and Peter Lissamen for the design of
> a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
> by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
> or tell what was special about it.
it was a human-powered aircraft
> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> Note: in 1998 the Challenge Round normally had only 5 pairs of
> questions, not 6 as you've seen in games from later seasons.
>
> * A. Acting Families
>
> A1. What is the common surname of the four people, representing
> three generations of one family, who starred in the following
> four movies?
>
> "The Cannonball Run" (1981)
> "The Electric Horseman" (1979)
> "It Could Happen to You" (1994)
> "The Lady Eve" (1941)
Fonda
> A2. What is the common surname of the four members of the *same*
> generation of one family who starred in the following
> four movies?
>
> "Bodily Harm" (1995)
> "The Marrying Man" (1991)
> "Sliver" (1993)
> and of course we couldn't resist using
> "The Usual Suspects" (1995)
Baldwin
> * B. Ras Tafari Terms
>
> B1. What is "the holy piby"?
cannabis
> B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
> rot13 for this one: Jung vf "jvfqbzjrrq"?
cannabis
> * C. Apple
>
> C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
> Name *either one*.
Steve Jobs
> C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all
> time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during
> the Super Bowl in 1984?
Ridley Scott
> * D. Me-TV
>
> D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications,
> """it's""" on 50.
>
> D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49.
(I hope these were not questions that you wrote; I wouldn't be able to
answer these questions for my *own* cable system.)
> * E. Art by Any Other Name
>
> E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "La Gioconda"?
Mona Lisa
> E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
Whistler's Mother
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
f_N...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
>
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
> Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
> For the next two questions *either* the city or the team name is
> sufficient, like "New York" or "Yankees".
>
> 3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
> but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
> also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
> """still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
> us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
> (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
> that played under that name in the 1920s.)
> 4. Same question for the Grey Cup: of all the """current""" CFL
> teams that have won it, which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak; *or* when, within 2 years, did they
> """last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the
> present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the
> league in 1987.)
> 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
> leading roles?
> 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
> counting only actual statuettes?
> 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
> the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
> 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
> a writer's first name. What is this name?
> 9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
> perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
> 1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
> about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
> he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
> traditional name by doing so?
> 10. A number of one-time Kremer Prizes were offered in 1959, and
> the first one awarded was worth about $95,000 US at the time.
> It went to Paul MacCready and Peter Lissamen for the design of
> a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
> by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
> or tell what was special about it.
> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> Note: in 1998 the Challenge Round normally had only 5 pairs of
> questions, not 6 as you've seen in games from later seasons.
>
> * A. Acting Families
>
> A1. What is the common surname of the four people, representing
> three generations of one family, who starred in the following
> four movies?
>
> "The Cannonball Run" (1981)
> "The Electric Horseman" (1979)
> "It Could Happen to You" (1994)
> "The Lady Eve" (1941)
> A2. What is the common surname of the four members of the *same*
> generation of one family who starred in the following
> four movies?
>
> "Bodily Harm" (1995)
> "The Marrying Man" (1991)
> "Sliver" (1993)
> and of course we couldn't resist using
> "The Usual Suspects" (1995)
> * B. Ras Tafari Terms
>
> B1. What is "the holy piby"?
> B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
> rot13 for this one: Jung vf "jvfqbzjrrq"?
> * C. Apple
>
> C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
> Name *either one*.
> C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all
> time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during
> the Super Bowl in 1984?
> * D. Me-TV
>
> D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications,
> """it's""" on 50.
>
> D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49.
answer these questions for my *own* cable system.)
> * E. Art by Any Other Name
>
> E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "La Gioconda"?
> E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
Mar 24, 2021, 1:32:40 AM3/24/21
to
Mark Brader:
>> * D. Me-TV
Joshua Kreitzer:
> I wouldn't be able to answer these questions for my *own* cable system.)
Neither of them was a channel that I regularly watched at the time,
but I knew the channel numbers all right. This was in analog days
and there were only a few dozen of them.
Now I pretty much never watch one of them and we don't get the other
in our Bell Fibe subscriber package, and I had to look up the channel
numbers. They turn out to be 625 and 294, or in HD, 1625 and 1294.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "If it's on TV, it has to be true!
m...@vex.net (I read that on the Internet.)"
>> * D. Me-TV
Joshua Kreitzer:
> (I hope these were not questions that you wrote;
They were. Why?
> I wouldn't be able to answer these questions for my *own* cable system.)
but I knew the channel numbers all right. This was in analog days
and there were only a few dozen of them.
Now I pretty much never watch one of them and we don't get the other
in our Bell Fibe subscriber package, and I had to look up the channel
numbers. They turn out to be 625 and 294, or in HD, 1625 and 1294.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "If it's on TV, it has to be true!
m...@vex.net (I read that on the Internet.)"
Dan Tilque
Mar 24, 2021, 12:25:34 PM3/24/21
to
On 3/23/21 6:22 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
>
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
3
>
>
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
>
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
>
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
> Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
>
> For the next two questions *either* the city or the team name is
> sufficient, like "New York" or "Yankees".
>
> 3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
> but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
> also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
> """still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
> us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
> (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
> that played under that name in the 1920s.)
>
> 4. Same question for the Grey Cup: of all the """current""" CFL
> teams that have won it, which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak; *or* when, within 2 years, did they
> """last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the
> present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the
> league in 1987.)
>
> 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
> leading roles?
>
> 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
> counting only actual statuettes?
>
> 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
> the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
>
> 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
> a writer's first name. What is this name?
>
> 9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
> perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
> 1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
> about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
> he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
> traditional name by doing so?
>
> 10. A number of one-time Kremer Prizes were offered in 1959, and
> the first one awarded was worth about $95,000 US at the time.
> It went to Paul MacCready and Peter Lissamen for the design of
> a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
> by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
> or tell what was special about it.
>
>
> * C. Apple
>
> C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
> Name *either one*.
>
> C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all
> time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during
> the Super Bowl in 1984?
>
>
> * D. Me-TV
>
> D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications,
> """it's""" on 50.
>
> D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49.
>
>
> * E. Art by Any Other Name
>
> E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "La Gioconda"?
>
> E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 24, 2021, 3:21:19 PM3/24/21
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
>
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
Three
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
>
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
> Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
> 3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
> but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
> also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
> """still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
> us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
> (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
> that played under that name in the 1920s.)
> 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
> leading roles?
> 9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
> perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
> 1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
> about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
> he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
> traditional name by doing so?
> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> Note: in 1998 the Challenge Round normally had only 5 pairs of
> questions, not 6 as you've seen in games from later seasons.
>
>
> B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
> rot13 for this one: Jung vf "jvfqbzjrrq"?
Canabis
> B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
> rot13 for this one: Jung vf "jvfqbzjrrq"?
> * C. Apple
>
> C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
> Name *either one*.
Pete Gayde
Mar 25, 2021, 8:26:08 PM3/25/21
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-01-26,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one round in this set and 4 questions in the other round.
>
>
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
>
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
>
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
> Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
1891
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-01-26,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one round in this set and 4 questions in the other round.
>
>
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
>
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
>
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
> Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
>
> For the next two questions *either* the city or the team name is
> sufficient, like "New York" or "Yankees".
>
> 3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
> but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
> also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
> """still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
> us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
> (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
> that played under that name in the 1920s.)
>
> 4. Same question for the Grey Cup: of all the """current""" CFL
> teams that have won it, which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak; *or* when, within 2 years, did they
> """last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the
> present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the
> league in 1987.)
>
> 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
> leading roles?
>
> 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
> counting only actual statuettes?
>
> 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
> the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
>
> 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
> a writer's first name. What is this name?
>
> 9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
> perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
> 1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
> about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
> he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
> traditional name by doing so?
>
> 10. A number of one-time Kremer Prizes were offered in 1959, and
> the first one awarded was worth about $95,000 US at the time.
> It went to Paul MacCready and Peter Lissamen for the design of
> a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
> by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
> or tell what was special about it.
>
> After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg
> nafjrerq Urcohea ba gur svefg Bfpne dhrfgvba, cyrnfr tb onpx naq
> or zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> Note: in 1998 the Challenge Round normally had only 5 pairs of
> questions, not 6 as you've seen in games from later seasons.
>
> * A. Acting Families
>
> A1. What is the common surname of the four people, representing
> three generations of one family, who starred in the following
> four movies?
>
> "The Cannonball Run" (1981)
> "The Electric Horseman" (1979)
> "It Could Happen to You" (1994)
> "The Lady Eve" (1941)
>
> A2. What is the common surname of the four members of the *same*
> generation of one family who starred in the following
> four movies?
>
> "Bodily Harm" (1995)
> "The Marrying Man" (1991)
> "Sliver" (1993)
> and of course we couldn't resist using
> "The Usual Suspects" (1995)
>
>
> * B. Ras Tafari Terms
>
> B1. What is "the holy piby"?
>
> B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
> rot13 for this one: Jung vf "jvfqbzjrrq"?
>
>
> * C. Apple
>
> C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
> Name *either one*.
>
> C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all
> time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during
> the Super Bowl in 1984?
>
>
> * D. Me-TV
>
> D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications,
> """it's""" on 50.
>
> D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49.
>
>
> * E. Art by Any Other Name
>
> E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "La Gioconda"?
>
> E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
>
Pete Gayde
Mark Brader
Mar 26, 2021, 9:48:11 PM3/26/21
to
Mark Brader:
Hearty congratulations, sir!
> I wrote one round in this set and 4 questions in the other round.
Those were the prizes round and pairs A and D in the challenge round.
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
3. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Erland.
When there are 3 shares, they can either be equal or else split ¼:¼:½.
The same rule actually applies to the other three prizes as well,
including the economics prize, which is not really a Nobel.
But whereas it's frequent that the science prizes are shared, for
the peace and literature prize it's not, and the literature prize
has never been shared three ways.
The only type of Nobel Prize that can be -- or, at least, ever has
been -- awarded to an entire organization is the peace prize, but
that organization then counts as one winner.
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
> Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
1901 (accepting 1891-1911). 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
> For the next two questions *either* the city or the team name is
> sufficient, like "New York" or "Yankees".
> 3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
> but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
> also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
> """still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
> us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
> (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
> that played under that name in the 1920s.)
1998 answer: Chicago Blackhawks; 1961, when the name was spelled
Black Hawks (accepting 1959-63); they next won in 2010. 2021 answer:
Toronto Maple Leafs, 1967 (accepting 1965-69). 4 for Dan Tilque
and Erland. 3 for Joshua.
The New York Rangers were a good guess; after winning the Cup in 1940,
they didn't win it again until 1994. But that win still makes them
a wrong answer for either 1998 or 2021.
> 4. Same question for the Grey Cup: of all the """current""" CFL
> teams that have won it, which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak; *or* when, within 2 years, did they
> """last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the
> present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the
> league in 1987.)
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are correct for both 1998 and 2021.
Their last two wins were in 1986 and 1999, so I'm accepting
1984-88 or 1997-2001.
> 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
> leading roles?
Katharine Hepburn. (Both names required. Still correct in 2021.)
4 for Joshua and Pete.
She won for 1932-33, 1967, 1968 (in a tie), and 1981. Meryl Streep
was guessed; she has by far the most nominations in that category
at 17, and a total of 21 counting supporting roles, vs. Hepburn's
12 nominations, all for leading roles. But Streep only has 3 wins,
for a 1979 supporting role for 1979 and 1982 and 2011 leading roles.
but has only won twice (for 1982 and 2011).
> 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
> counting only actual statuettes?
Walt Disney. (Still correct in 2021.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Pete.
He won statuettes for special awards for 1931-32 and 1938;
Best Two-Reel Short 5 times (1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953); Best
Animated Short 3 times (1942, 1953, and posthumously for 1968); Best
Documentary Short twice (1953, 1955); Best Documentary Feature twice
(1953, 1954); Best Live-Action Short once (1958); and his studio
won Best Special Effects once (1954).
His *other* 9 Oscar wins were all for Best Animated Short (1931-32,
1932-33, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941), but in those days
that category only gave a certificate or plaque, not a statuette.
I think this distinction may possibly not have been recognized in
the official Oscars database until recently; when I previously posted
this question it said "more than 20", and I remember checking it in
mid-2020 and didn't see a problem with it then.
I rechecked it after seeing "Jeopardy!" for 2021-02-11, when the
"Final Jeopardy!" question was:
THE FIRST TIME AN INDIVIDUAL WON 4 AWARDS AT
A SINGLE CEREMONY WAS IN 1954 [i.e. for 1953],
WHEN HIS WINS INCLUDED BEST 2-REEL SHORT SUBJECT
The word HIS indicated what was being asked for here, and only one
of the three players got it right.
> 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
> the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
The Hugo. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
> a writer's first name. What is this name?
The Edgar. (After Poe.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
> perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
> 1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
> about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
> he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
> traditional name by doing so?
Fermat's Last Theorem. (Anything with Fermat was sufficient, although
there actually are other theorems named after him. Or you could just
state the theorem: a^n + b^n = c^n has no solutions in integers with
n > 2.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Pete.
> 10. A number of one-time Kremer Prizes were offered in 1959, and
> the first one awarded was worth about $95,000 US at the time.
> It went to Paul MacCready and Peter Lissamen for the design of
> a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
> by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
> or tell what was special about it.
It was a human-powered airplane: the Gossamer Condor. 4 for Dan Blum,
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
The same same designers later won another Kremer Prize when the
Gossamer Albatross, another human-powered plane, crossed the English
Channel.
> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> Note: in 1998 the Challenge Round normally had only 5 pairs of
> questions, not 6 as you've seen in games from later seasons.
> * A. Acting Families
> A1. What is the common surname of the four people, representing
> three generations of one family, who starred in the following
> four movies?
> "The Cannonball Run" (1981)
> "The Electric Horseman" (1979)
> "It Could Happen to You" (1994)
> "The Lady Eve" (1941)
Fonda (respectively: Peter, Jane, Bridget, Henry). 4 for Joshua.
> A2. What is the common surname of the four members of the *same*
> generation of one family who starred in the following
> four movies?
> "Bodily Harm" (1995)
> "The Marrying Man" (1991)
> "Sliver" (1993)
> and of course we couldn't resist using
> "The Usual Suspects" (1995)
Baldwin (respectively: Daniel, Alec, William, Stephen). 4 for
Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for Pete.
> * B. Ras Tafari Terms
> B1. What is "the holy piby"?
Also called "the black man's Bible": sacred text of Rastafarianism.
> B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
> rot13 for this one: What is "wisdomweed"?
Marijuana or "ganga". 4 for everyone.
> * C. Apple
> C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
> Name *either one*.
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak. 4 for everyone.
> C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all
> time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during
> the Super Bowl in 1984?
Ridley Scott. 4 for Joshua.
> * D. Me-TV
Me-TV was, at that time or maybe a little bit earlier, the name of
a Rogers Cable service package that included these two channels.
> D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications,
> """it's""" on 50.
The Comedy Network. (Anything with "comedy" was sufficient.)
(Still true for Rogers, but they bought the Shaw territory in Toronto
years ago, and this year have bought Shaw completely -- or will have,
if the government approves the merger.)
> D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49.
1998 answer: WTBS, TBS, or Turner. 2021 answer (for Rogers):
Turner's affiliate WPCH or Peachtree.
> * E. Art by Any Other Name
> E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "La Gioconda"?
Mona Lisa. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
"Whistler's Mother" or "Portrait of the Artist's Mother".
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Ent Geo His Lit Mis Mis Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 4 40 40 32 16 40 35 28 215
Dan Blum 9 32 27 12 30 40 28 20 177
Dan Tilque 20 4 36 35 16 40 20 16 167
Pete Gayde 24 20 -- -- 0 14 20 19 97
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 32 0 0 40 16 8 96
--
Mark Brader | "Next time I will proofread my before sending it out. ;-)"
Toronto | --Kevin Rushforth
m...@vex.net | "What? What!? Proofread your what??!!!" --Larry Smith
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-01-26,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Game 1 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER wins by a healthy margin.
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Hearty congratulations, sir!
> I wrote one round in this set and 4 questions in the other round.
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous (yes, again) - Prizes
> 1. Since scientific work is often collaborative and may also be
> done simultaneously by independent workers, the Nobel Prizes
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
When there are 3 shares, they can either be equal or else split ¼:¼:½.
The same rule actually applies to the other three prizes as well,
including the economics prize, which is not really a Nobel.
But whereas it's frequent that the science prizes are shared, for
the peace and literature prize it's not, and the literature prize
has never been shared three ways.
The only type of Nobel Prize that can be -- or, at least, ever has
been -- awarded to an entire organization is the peace prize, but
that organization then counts as one winner.
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
> Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
> For the next two questions *either* the city or the team name is
> sufficient, like "New York" or "Yankees".
> 3. What current NHL team has won the Stanley Cup in the past,
> but *less* recently than any other """current""" team that has
> also won it? That is, of all the past Stanley Cup winners
> """still playing""", which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak? *Or* instead of the team, tell
> us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
> (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
> that played under that name in the 1920s.)
Black Hawks (accepting 1959-63); they next won in 2010. 2021 answer:
Toronto Maple Leafs, 1967 (accepting 1965-69). 4 for Dan Tilque
and Erland. 3 for Joshua.
The New York Rangers were a good guess; after winning the Cup in 1940,
they didn't win it again until 1994. But that win still makes them
a wrong answer for either 1998 or 2021.
> 4. Same question for the Grey Cup: of all the """current""" CFL
> teams that have won it, which one """is currently""" working
> on the longest dry streak; *or* when, within 2 years, did they
> """last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the
> present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the
> league in 1987.)
Their last two wins were in 1986 and 1999, so I'm accepting
1984-88 or 1997-2001.
> 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
> leading roles?
4 for Joshua and Pete.
She won for 1932-33, 1967, 1968 (in a tie), and 1981. Meryl Streep
was guessed; she has by far the most nominations in that category
at 17, and a total of 21 counting supporting roles, vs. Hepburn's
12 nominations, all for leading roles. But Streep only has 3 wins,
for a 1979 supporting role for 1979 and 1982 and 2011 leading roles.
but has only won twice (for 1982 and 2011).
> 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
> counting only actual statuettes?
and Pete.
He won statuettes for special awards for 1931-32 and 1938;
Best Two-Reel Short 5 times (1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953); Best
Animated Short 3 times (1942, 1953, and posthumously for 1968); Best
Documentary Short twice (1953, 1955); Best Documentary Feature twice
(1953, 1954); Best Live-Action Short once (1958); and his studio
won Best Special Effects once (1954).
His *other* 9 Oscar wins were all for Best Animated Short (1931-32,
1932-33, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941), but in those days
that category only gave a certificate or plaque, not a statuette.
I think this distinction may possibly not have been recognized in
the official Oscars database until recently; when I previously posted
this question it said "more than 20", and I remember checking it in
mid-2020 and didn't see a problem with it then.
I rechecked it after seeing "Jeopardy!" for 2021-02-11, when the
"Final Jeopardy!" question was:
THE FIRST TIME AN INDIVIDUAL WON 4 AWARDS AT
A SINGLE CEREMONY WAS IN 1954 [i.e. for 1953],
WHEN HIS WINS INCLUDED BEST 2-REEL SHORT SUBJECT
The word HIS indicated what was being asked for here, and only one
of the three players got it right.
> 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
> the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
> 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
> a writer's first name. What is this name?
> 9. Sometimes a one-time prize is offered to the first person to
> perform a particular feat. The Wolfskehl Prize was offered in
> 1908 and was not awarded until June 1997, when it was worth
> about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
> he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
> traditional name by doing so?
there actually are other theorems named after him. Or you could just
state the theorem: a^n + b^n = c^n has no solutions in integers with
n > 2.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Pete.
> 10. A number of one-time Kremer Prizes were offered in 1959, and
> the first one awarded was worth about $95,000 US at the time.
> It went to Paul MacCready and Peter Lissamen for the design of
> a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
> by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
> or tell what was special about it.
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
The same same designers later won another Kremer Prize when the
Gossamer Albatross, another human-powered plane, crossed the English
Channel.
> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> Note: in 1998 the Challenge Round normally had only 5 pairs of
> questions, not 6 as you've seen in games from later seasons.
> * A. Acting Families
> A1. What is the common surname of the four people, representing
> three generations of one family, who starred in the following
> four movies?
> "The Cannonball Run" (1981)
> "The Electric Horseman" (1979)
> "It Could Happen to You" (1994)
> "The Lady Eve" (1941)
> A2. What is the common surname of the four members of the *same*
> generation of one family who starred in the following
> four movies?
> "Bodily Harm" (1995)
> "The Marrying Man" (1991)
> "Sliver" (1993)
> and of course we couldn't resist using
> "The Usual Suspects" (1995)
Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for Pete.
> * B. Ras Tafari Terms
> B1. What is "the holy piby"?
> B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
Marijuana or "ganga". 4 for everyone.
> * C. Apple
> C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
> Name *either one*.
> C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all
> time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during
> the Super Bowl in 1984?
> * D. Me-TV
Me-TV was, at that time or maybe a little bit earlier, the name of
a Rogers Cable service package that included these two channels.
> D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications,
> """it's""" on 50.
(Still true for Rogers, but they bought the Shaw territory in Toronto
years ago, and this year have bought Shaw completely -- or will have,
if the government approves the merger.)
> D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49.
Turner's affiliate WPCH or Peachtree.
> * E. Art by Any Other Name
> E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "La Gioconda"?
> E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Ent Geo His Lit Mis Mis Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 4 40 40 32 16 40 35 28 215
Dan Blum 9 32 27 12 30 40 28 20 177
Dan Tilque 20 4 36 35 16 40 20 16 167
Pete Gayde 24 20 -- -- 0 14 20 19 97
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 32 0 0 40 16 8 96
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