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Mark Brader
Mar 16, 2019, 3:45:48 AM3/16/19
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-04,
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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
2. Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last people executed
in Canada, for different murders, on the same day in 1962.
Give the commonly used name of the jail where the executions
took place. (Not its official name, which is that of the city
where it was located.)
3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections.
4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
execution does Japan use?
5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
legal.
7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
8. In 1951 in London, Timothy Evans was wrongly hanged for the
murder of his wife and daughter. This miscarriage of justice was
later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough
and John Hurt?
9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur svefg
dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb or fhssvpvragyl fcrpvsvp. N fvatyr anzr
jvyy abg or rabhtu, naq n fvatyr anzr jvgu n fubeg-sbez gvgyr
(yvxr "Ybeq Fgnayrl") jvyy nyfb abg or rabhtu. Vs lbh nafjrerq
va bar bs gubfr sbezf, tb onpx naq nqq zber.
* Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
2. What was the capital of British India before the government
was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
Olivier?
5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
same country?
6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
9. What is the capital of Nunavut?
10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
--
Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy,
Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.)
m...@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero
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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
2. Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last people executed
in Canada, for different murders, on the same day in 1962.
Give the commonly used name of the jail where the executions
took place. (Not its official name, which is that of the city
where it was located.)
3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections.
4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
execution does Japan use?
5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
legal.
7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
8. In 1951 in London, Timothy Evans was wrongly hanged for the
murder of his wife and daughter. This miscarriage of justice was
later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough
and John Hurt?
9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur svefg
dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb or fhssvpvragyl fcrpvsvp. N fvatyr anzr
jvyy abg or rabhtu, naq n fvatyr anzr jvgu n fubeg-sbez gvgyr
(yvxr "Ybeq Fgnayrl") jvyy nyfb abg or rabhtu. Vs lbh nafjrerq
va bar bs gubfr sbezf, tb onpx naq nqq zber.
* Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
2. What was the capital of British India before the government
was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
Olivier?
5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
same country?
6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
9. What is the capital of Nunavut?
10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
--
Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy,
Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.)
m...@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 16, 2019, 5:30:40 AM3/16/19
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> 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections.
Barbiturine
> 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
> very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
> execution does Japan use?
> 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
> which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
> 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
> in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
> legal.
> 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
> 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
> after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
> 2. What was the capital of British India before the government
> was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
> 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
> 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
> same country?
> 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
> 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
> 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
> a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
> 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
>
Dan Blum
Mar 16, 2019, 9:55:59 AM3/16/19
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
Mary Queen of Scots
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
> 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections.
> 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
> very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
> execution does Japan use?
> 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
> which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
> 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
> in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
> legal.
> 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
> been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
> 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
> 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
> after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
> 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
> 2. What was the capital of British India before the government
> was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
> 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
> 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
> of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
> Olivier?
> 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
> same country?
> 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
> 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
> 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
> a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
> 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Mar 16, 2019, 6:40:16 PM3/16/19
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:q6SdnXwlbbA6NBHBnZ2dnUU7-
cXN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
Mary Queen of Scots
> 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
> very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
> execution does Japan use?
hanging
> 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
> which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
Utah
> 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
> in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
> legal.
Belarus; Turkey
> 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
> been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
Eichmann
(I thought it was only once there)
> 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
1977
(Someone once wrote that in 1977, you could talk to Charlie Chaplin and
Groucho Marx in the morning, go to a Siouxsie and the Banshees concert
in the afternoon, and be executed on the guillotine in the evening.
Hopefully they didn't mean that the same person would experience all
these things in the same day.)
> 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
> after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
Malaysia
> After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur svefg
> dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb or fhssvpvragyl fcrpvsvp. N fvatyr anzr
> jvyy abg or rabhtu, naq n fvatyr anzr jvgu n fubeg-sbez gvgyr
> (yvxr "Ybeq Fgnayrl") jvyy nyfb abg or rabhtu. Vs lbh nafjrerq
> va bar bs gubfr sbezf, tb onpx naq nqq zber.
Ab ceboyrz.
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
Greenland
> 2. What was the capital of British India before the government
> was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
Calcutta; Lucknow
> 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
Oslo
> 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
> of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
> Olivier?
Khartoum
> 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
> same country?
Pretoria and Cape Town
> 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe)
> 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
Brasilia
> 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
> a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
Dover
> 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
Bahrain
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
cXN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
> 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
> very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
> execution does Japan use?
> 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
> which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
> 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
> in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
> legal.
> 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
> been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
(I thought it was only once there)
> 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
(Someone once wrote that in 1977, you could talk to Charlie Chaplin and
Groucho Marx in the morning, go to a Siouxsie and the Banshees concert
in the afternoon, and be executed on the guillotine in the evening.
Hopefully they didn't mean that the same person would experience all
these things in the same day.)
> 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
> after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
> After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur svefg
> dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb or fhssvpvragyl fcrpvsvp. N fvatyr anzr
> jvyy abg or rabhtu, naq n fvatyr anzr jvgu n fubeg-sbez gvgyr
> (yvxr "Ybeq Fgnayrl") jvyy nyfb abg or rabhtu. Vs lbh nafjrerq
> va bar bs gubfr sbezf, tb onpx naq nqq zber.
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
> 2. What was the capital of British India before the government
> was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
> 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
> 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
> of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
> Olivier?
> 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
> same country?
> 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
> 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
> 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
> a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
> 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde
Mar 16, 2019, 9:17:32 PM3/16/19
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-04,
> 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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
Mary, Queen of Scots
> 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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
>
> 2. Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last people executed
> in Canada, for different murders, on the same day in 1962.
> Give the commonly used name of the jail where the executions
> took place. (Not its official name, which is that of the city
> where it was located.)
>
> 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections.
>
> 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
> very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
> execution does Japan use?
>
> 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
> which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
>
> 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
> in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
> legal.
>
> 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
> been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
>
> 8. In 1951 in London, Timothy Evans was wrongly hanged for the
> murder of his wife and daughter. This miscarriage of justice was
> later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough
> and John Hurt?
>
> 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
>
> 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
> after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
>
> After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur svefg
> dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb or fhssvpvragyl fcrpvsvp. N fvatyr anzr
> jvyy abg or rabhtu, naq n fvatyr anzr jvgu n fubeg-sbez gvgyr
> (yvxr "Ybeq Fgnayrl") jvyy nyfb abg or rabhtu. Vs lbh nafjrerq
> va bar bs gubfr sbezf, tb onpx naq nqq zber.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
>
> 2. What was the capital of British India before the government
> was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
>
> 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
>
> 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
> of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
> Olivier?
>
> 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
> same country?
>
> 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
>
> 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
>
> 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
> a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
>
> 9. What is the capital of Nunavut?
>
> 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
>
Pete Gayde
Calvin
Mar 17, 2019, 7:18:34 PM3/17/19
to
On Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 5:45:48 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
Mary Queen of Scots
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
> 2. Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last people executed
> in Canada, for different murders, on the same day in 1962.
> Give the commonly used name of the jail where the executions
> took place. (Not its official name, which is that of the city
> where it was located.)
>
> 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections.
>
> 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
> very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
> execution does Japan use?
>
> 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
> which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
>
> 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
> in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
> legal.
>
> 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
> been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
> 8. In 1951 in London, Timothy Evans was wrongly hanged for the
> murder of his wife and daughter. This miscarriage of justice was
> later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough
> and John Hurt?
>
> 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
>
> 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
> after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
> 2. What was the capital of British India before the government
> was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
> 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
> 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
> of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
> Olivier?
> 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
> same country?
> 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
> 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
> 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
> a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
> 9. What is the capital of Nunavut?
> 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Mar 19, 2019, 1:15:48 AM3/19/19
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
Mary, Queen of Scots
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
>
> 2. Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last people executed
> in Canada, for different murders, on the same day in 1962.
> Give the commonly used name of the jail where the executions
> took place. (Not its official name, which is that of the city
> where it was located.)
>
> 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections.
>
> 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
> very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
> execution does Japan use?
>
> 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
> which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
>
> 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
> in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
> legal.
>
> 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
> been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
>
> 8. In 1951 in London, Timothy Evans was wrongly hanged for the
> murder of his wife and daughter. This miscarriage of justice was
> later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough
> and John Hurt?
>
> 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
>
> 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
> after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
>
> After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur svefg
> dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb or fhssvpvragyl fcrpvsvp. N fvatyr anzr
> jvyy abg or rabhtu, naq n fvatyr anzr jvgu n fubeg-sbez gvgyr
> (yvxr "Ybeq Fgnayrl") jvyy nyfb abg or rabhtu. Vs lbh nafjrerq
> va bar bs gubfr sbezf, tb onpx naq nqq zber.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
>
> 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
>
> 2. What was the capital of British India before the government
> was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
>
> 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
>
> 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
> of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
> Olivier?
>
> 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
> same country?
>
> 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
>
> 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
>
> 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
> a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
>
> 9. What is the capital of Nunavut?
>
> 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Mar 19, 2019, 4:17:48 AM3/19/19
to
Mark Brader:
Mary" was insufficient.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
The title is actually anachronistic: she had been forced to abdicate
the Scottish throne in 1567. She did later try to claim it back,
though.
> 2. Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last people executed
> in Canada, for different murders, on the same day in 1962.
> Give the commonly used name of the jail where the executions
> took place. (Not its official name, which is that of the city
> where it was located.)
Don Jail. (Officially Toronto Jail.)
> 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections.
Sodium thiopental (or pentothal) or pentobarbital; Pavulon
(pancuronium bromide); potassium chloride. 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque.
> 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
> very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
> execution does Japan use?
Hanging. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Pete.
> 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
> which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
Utah. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
> in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
> legal.
Belarus. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
> 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
> been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
Adolf Eichmann. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
If Wikipedia is correct, the other time was in 1948 when a military
officer was convicted of treason and promptly executed -- only to
be exonerated posthumously.
> 8. In 1951 in London, Timothy Evans was wrongly hanged for the
> murder of his wife and daughter. This miscarriage of justice was
> later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough
> and John Hurt?
"10 Rillington Place" (1971).
> 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
1977 (accepting 1976-78). 4 for Joshua.
For all of you who guessed it was much longer ago -- don't you
remember Jacques Marin's line as Inspector Grandpierre in "Charade"
(1963), where he points out to Reggie and the others that "We use
the guillotine in this country" and "I hope none of you ever finds
out for certain"? If not, you need to see it again.
> 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
> after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
Indonesia. 3 for Pete and Calvin.
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
> 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
Greenland. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. What was the capital of British India before the government
> was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
Calcutta (now spelled Kolkata; accepting either). 4 for Erland.
3 for Joshua. 2 for Pete and Calvin.
> 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
Oslo. (Norway.) 4 for Erland, Joshua, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
> of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
> Olivier?
Khartoum. (Sudan.) 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Calvin.
> 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
> same country?
Cape Town, Pretoria. (South Africa.) 4 for Erland, Joshua, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. (Accepting either. Salisbury is now
Harare.) 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
Brasília. (Brazil.) 4 for everyone.
> 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
> a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
Dover. (Delaware.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. What is the capital of Nunavut?
Iqaluit. (Formerly Frobisher Bay, but the current name was required.)
4 for Calvin and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
Bahrain. 4 for everyone.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Geo
Joshua Kreitzer 23 35 58
Dan Tilque 20 32 52
"Calvin" 11 38 49
Pete Gayde 23 22 45
Erland Sommarskog 8 28 36
Dan Blum 12 20 32
--
Mark Brader | "The only thing required for the triumph of darkness
Toronto | is for good men not to call Hydro."
m...@vex.net | --Michael Wares
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
Mary Stuart, also known as Mary Queen of Scots. ("Mary" or "Queen
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment
> 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
Mary" was insufficient.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
The title is actually anachronistic: she had been forced to abdicate
the Scottish throne in 1567. She did later try to claim it back,
though.
> 2. Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last people executed
> in Canada, for different murders, on the same day in 1962.
> Give the commonly used name of the jail where the executions
> took place. (Not its official name, which is that of the city
> where it was located.)
> 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections.
(pancuronium bromide); potassium chloride. 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque.
> 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners
> very little notice of their time of execution. What form of
> execution does Japan use?
> 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976,
> which is the only state where a firing squad has been used?
> 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium
> in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still
> legal.
> 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever
> been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute?
If Wikipedia is correct, the other time was in 1948 when a military
officer was convicted of treason and promptly executed -- only to
be exonerated posthumously.
> 8. In 1951 in London, Timothy Evans was wrongly hanged for the
> murder of his wife and daughter. This miscarriage of justice was
> later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough
> and John Hurt?
> 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine?
For all of you who guessed it was much longer ago -- don't you
remember Jacques Marin's line as Inspector Grandpierre in "Charade"
(1963), where he points out to Reggie and the others that "We use
the guillotine in this country" and "I hope none of you ever finds
out for certain"? If not, you need to see it again.
> 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015
> after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses?
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment
> 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island?
> 2. What was the capital of British India before the government
> was moved to New Delhi in 1912?
3 for Joshua. 2 for Pete and Calvin.
> 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city?
> 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title
> of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence
> Olivier?
> 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the
> same country?
and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country?
Harare.) 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city?
> 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with
> a major port in Kent county, England. What name?
> 9. What is the capital of Nunavut?
4 for Calvin and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Geo
Joshua Kreitzer 23 35 58
Dan Tilque 20 32 52
"Calvin" 11 38 49
Pete Gayde 23 22 45
Erland Sommarskog 8 28 36
Dan Blum 12 20 32
--
Mark Brader | "The only thing required for the triumph of darkness
Toronto | is for good men not to call Hydro."
m...@vex.net | --Michael Wares
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