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QFTCIRS Final, Rounds 4,6: entertainment, science
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Mark Brader
Feb 22, 2020, 1:52:36 AM2/22/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-12-10,
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 Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 4 - Entertainment
* Award-Winning Latino Directors
1. When Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director Oscar for "The
Shape of Water" (2017), it was the fourth time in 5 years that
the prize had been claimed by a Mexican director. Name *any one*
of the others.
2. Name the Mexican director responsible for movies such as "The
Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Fando y Lis".
3. Name the Latino director who shared some award nominations
with Quentin Tarantino for the 2007 "double-feature" horror movie
"Grindhouse".
* Movies with Nameless Protagonists
Name the movies.
4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
who is never named.
5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
has a nickname, but is never named.
6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie,
but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
Herzog followup.
* Weird Movie Cameos
7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
What movie?
9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
musician as a major influence on his character, and the
musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
* TV Spinoffs
In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
10. "Joey".
11. "Better Call Saul".
12. "Mork & Mindy".
* Televangelists
13. This televangelist and his wife Rexella have been broadcasting
their series "<answer 13> Presents" since 1986, featuring
recurring topics of New World Order, World Government, and the
second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic,
and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet.
Give his name as it appears in the title.
14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
Name him.
15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
Who?
** Final, Round 6 - Science
* Household Chemicals
In each case name the household product based on the indicated
chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
generic terms, not brand names.
1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg
3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
* Famous Thought-Experiments
4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox
seek to address?
6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
* Computer Viruses
7. What name was given to the virus believed to have been written
for the US Government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities
in 2010?
8. The first known case of a "worm" that spread in the wild was
in 1988. Name its author, the first person charged under the
US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Hint: The author's father was
the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center,
a division of the NSA.
9. John McAfee panicked the the world with his estimates that this
virus would infect 5,000,000 computers in 1992. It was designed
to only activate on March 6, and damage any computer on that
day every year, so many users did not boot their computers on
that date just to "be safe". The virus was given the name of
a painter and sculptor who was born on March 6. Give that name.
* Name the Vitamin
In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins,
letter-and-number) name.
10. Ascorbic acid.
11. Tocopherol.
12. Calciferol.
* Language Families
Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net C unions never strike!
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 Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 4 - Entertainment
* Award-Winning Latino Directors
1. When Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director Oscar for "The
Shape of Water" (2017), it was the fourth time in 5 years that
the prize had been claimed by a Mexican director. Name *any one*
of the others.
2. Name the Mexican director responsible for movies such as "The
Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Fando y Lis".
3. Name the Latino director who shared some award nominations
with Quentin Tarantino for the 2007 "double-feature" horror movie
"Grindhouse".
* Movies with Nameless Protagonists
Name the movies.
4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
who is never named.
5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
has a nickname, but is never named.
6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie,
but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
Herzog followup.
* Weird Movie Cameos
7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
What movie?
9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
musician as a major influence on his character, and the
musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
* TV Spinoffs
In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
10. "Joey".
11. "Better Call Saul".
12. "Mork & Mindy".
* Televangelists
13. This televangelist and his wife Rexella have been broadcasting
their series "<answer 13> Presents" since 1986, featuring
recurring topics of New World Order, World Government, and the
second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic,
and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet.
Give his name as it appears in the title.
14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
Name him.
15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
Who?
** Final, Round 6 - Science
* Household Chemicals
In each case name the household product based on the indicated
chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
generic terms, not brand names.
1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg
3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
* Famous Thought-Experiments
4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox
seek to address?
6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
* Computer Viruses
7. What name was given to the virus believed to have been written
for the US Government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities
in 2010?
8. The first known case of a "worm" that spread in the wild was
in 1988. Name its author, the first person charged under the
US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Hint: The author's father was
the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center,
a division of the NSA.
9. John McAfee panicked the the world with his estimates that this
virus would infect 5,000,000 computers in 1992. It was designed
to only activate on March 6, and damage any computer on that
day every year, so many users did not boot their computers on
that date just to "be safe". The virus was given the name of
a painter and sculptor who was born on March 6. Give that name.
* Name the Vitamin
In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins,
letter-and-number) name.
10. Ascorbic acid.
11. Tocopherol.
12. Calciferol.
* Language Families
Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net C unions never strike!
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joe Masters
Feb 22, 2020, 4:12:33 AM2/22/20
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>
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
>
> 6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie,
> but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
> Herzog followup.
>
>
> * Weird Movie Cameos
>
> 7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
> Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
>
> 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
> Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
> What movie?
>
> 9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
> musician as a major influence on his character, and the
> musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
> third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
>
>
> * TV Spinoffs
>
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
>
> 10. "Joey".
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
>
>
> * Televangelists
>
> 13. This televangelist and his wife Rexella have been broadcasting
> their series "<answer 13> Presents" since 1986, featuring
> recurring topics of New World Order, World Government, and the
> second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic,
> and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet.
> Give his name as it appears in the title.
>
> 14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
> weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
> 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
> his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
> Name him.
>
> 15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
> in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
> the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
> Who?
>
>
> ** Final, Round 6 - Science
>
> * Household Chemicals
>
> In each case name the household product based on the indicated
> chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
> generic terms, not brand names.
>
> 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
> 2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg
> 11. Tocopherol.
D
> 12. Calciferol.
E
>
>
> * Language Families
>
> Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
> which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
>
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
--
“To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.” ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
Erland Sommarskog
Feb 22, 2020, 5:06:44 AM2/22/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
> 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
Ammonium
> 2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg
Acetic Acid
> 3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
Sodium hypochlorite
> 4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
> experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
> 6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
> This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
> 9. John McAfee panicked the the world with his estimates that this
> virus would infect 5,000,000 computers in 1992. It was designed
> to only activate on March 6, and damage any computer on that
> day every year, so many users did not boot their computers on
> that date just to "be safe". The virus was given the name of
> a painter and sculptor who was born on March 6. Give that name.
> * Name the Vitamin
>
> In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins,
> letter-and-number) name.
>
> 10. Ascorbic acid.
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
>
Dan Blum
Feb 22, 2020, 9:57:01 AM2/22/20
to
> * Movies with Nameless Protagonists
> Name the movies.
> 4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
> who is never named.
Memento
> Name the movies.
> 4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
> who is never named.
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
> 6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie,
> but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
> Herzog followup.
> * Weird Movie Cameos
> 9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
> musician as a major influence on his character, and the
> musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
> third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
> * TV Spinoffs
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
> 10. "Joey".
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
> * Televangelists
> 13. This televangelist and his wife Rexella have been broadcasting
> their series "<answer 13> Presents" since 1986, featuring
> recurring topics of New World Order, World Government, and the
> second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic,
> and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet.
> Give his name as it appears in the title.
> 14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
> weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
> 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
> his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
> Name him.
> 15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
> in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
> the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
> Who?
> ** Final, Round 6 - Science
> * Household Chemicals
ammonia
> * Famous Thought-Experiments
> 4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
> experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
> 5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox
> seek to address?
> 6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
> This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
> * Computer Viruses
> 7. What name was given to the virus believed to have been written
> for the US Government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities
> in 2010?
> 9. John McAfee panicked the the world with his estimates that this
> virus would infect 5,000,000 computers in 1992. It was designed
> to only activate on March 6, and damage any computer on that
> day every year, so many users did not boot their computers on
> that date just to "be safe". The virus was given the name of
> a painter and sculptor who was born on March 6. Give that name.
Michelangelo
> * Name the Vitamin
> * Name the Vitamin
> 10. Ascorbic acid.
C
> 11. Tocopherol.
B2; B6
C
> 11. Tocopherol.
> 12. Calciferol.
D
> * Language Families
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Feb 22, 2020, 10:22:39 AM2/22/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8u-dnT5gm7syUs3DnZ2dnUU7-
aXN...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 4 - Entertainment
>
> * Award-Winning Latino Directors
>
> 1. When Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director Oscar for "The
> Shape of Water" (2017), it was the fourth time in 5 years that
> the prize had been claimed by a Mexican director. Name *any one*
> of the others.
Cuaron
> 2. Name the Mexican director responsible for movies such as "The
> Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Fando y Lis".
Jodorowsky
> 3. Name the Latino director who shared some award nominations
> with Quentin Tarantino for the 2007 "double-feature" horror movie
> "Grindhouse".
Rodriguez
> * Movies with Nameless Protagonists
>
> Name the movies.
>
> 4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
> who is never named.
"Fight Club"
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
> 6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie,
> but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
> Herzog followup.
"Bad Lieutenant"
> * Weird Movie Cameos
>
> 7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
> Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
David Hasselhoff
> 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
> Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
> What movie?
"Hook"
> 9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
> musician as a major influence on his character, and the
> musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
> third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
Keith Richards
> * TV Spinoffs
>
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
>
> 10. "Joey".
"Friends"
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
"Breaking Bad"
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
"Happy Days"
> * Televangelists
> 15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
> in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
> the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
> Who?
Billy Graham
> ** Final, Round 6 - Science
>
> * Household Chemicals
>
> In each case name the household product based on the indicated
> chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
> generic terms, not brand names.
>
> 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
ammonia
> 3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
lye
> * Famous Thought-Experiments
>
> 4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
> experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
Chinese box
> 5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox
> seek to address?
infinity
> 6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
> This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
Zeno
> * Name the Vitamin
>
> In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins,
> letter-and-number) name.
>
> 10. Ascorbic acid.
C
> * Language Families
>
> Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
> which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
>
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
Hungarian
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
Japanese; Burmese
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
Persian
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
aXN...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 4 - Entertainment
>
> * Award-Winning Latino Directors
>
> 1. When Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director Oscar for "The
> Shape of Water" (2017), it was the fourth time in 5 years that
> the prize had been claimed by a Mexican director. Name *any one*
> of the others.
> 2. Name the Mexican director responsible for movies such as "The
> Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Fando y Lis".
> 3. Name the Latino director who shared some award nominations
> with Quentin Tarantino for the 2007 "double-feature" horror movie
> "Grindhouse".
> * Movies with Nameless Protagonists
>
> Name the movies.
>
> 4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
> who is never named.
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
> 6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie,
> but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
> Herzog followup.
> * Weird Movie Cameos
>
> 7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
> Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
> 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
> Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
> What movie?
> 9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
> musician as a major influence on his character, and the
> musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
> third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
> * TV Spinoffs
>
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
>
> 10. "Joey".
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
> * Televangelists
>
> 14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
> weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
> 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
> his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
> Name him.
Joel Osteen
> 14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
> weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
> 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
> his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
> Name him.
> 15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
> in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
> the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
> Who?
> ** Final, Round 6 - Science
>
> * Household Chemicals
>
> In each case name the household product based on the indicated
> chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
> generic terms, not brand names.
>
> 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
> 3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
lye
> * Famous Thought-Experiments
>
> 4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
> experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
> 5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox
> seek to address?
> 6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
> This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
> * Name the Vitamin
>
> In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins,
> letter-and-number) name.
>
> 10. Ascorbic acid.
> * Language Families
>
> Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
> which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
>
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Feb 22, 2020, 3:56:41 PM2/22/20
to
On 2/21/20 10:52 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 4 - Entertainment
>
> * Award-Winning Latino Directors
>
> 1. When Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director Oscar for "The
> Shape of Water" (2017), it was the fourth time in 5 years that
> the prize had been claimed by a Mexican director. Name *any one*
> of the others.
>
> 2. Name the Mexican director responsible for movies such as "The
> Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Fando y Lis".
>
> 3. Name the Latino director who shared some award nominations
> with Quentin Tarantino for the 2007 "double-feature" horror movie
> "Grindhouse".
>
>
> * Movies with Nameless Protagonists
>
> Name the movies.
>
> 4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
> who is never named.
>
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 4 - Entertainment
>
> * Award-Winning Latino Directors
>
> 1. When Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director Oscar for "The
> Shape of Water" (2017), it was the fourth time in 5 years that
> the prize had been claimed by a Mexican director. Name *any one*
> of the others.
>
> 2. Name the Mexican director responsible for movies such as "The
> Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Fando y Lis".
>
> 3. Name the Latino director who shared some award nominations
> with Quentin Tarantino for the 2007 "double-feature" horror movie
> "Grindhouse".
>
>
> * Movies with Nameless Protagonists
>
> Name the movies.
>
> 4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
> who is never named.
>
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
>
>
> 6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie,
> but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
> Herzog followup.
>
>
> * Weird Movie Cameos
>
> 7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
> Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
>
> 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
> Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
> What movie?
>
> 9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
> musician as a major influence on his character, and the
> musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
> third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
>
>
> * TV Spinoffs
>
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
>
> 10. "Joey".
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
Happy Days ??
> but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
> Herzog followup.
>
>
> * Weird Movie Cameos
>
> 7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
> Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
>
> 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
> Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
> What movie?
>
> 9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
> musician as a major influence on his character, and the
> musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
> third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
>
>
> * TV Spinoffs
>
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
>
> 10. "Joey".
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
>
>
> * Televangelists
>
> 13. This televangelist and his wife Rexella have been broadcasting
> their series "<answer 13> Presents" since 1986, featuring
> recurring topics of New World Order, World Government, and the
> second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic,
> and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet.
> Give his name as it appears in the title.
>
> 14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
> weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
> 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
> his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
> Name him.
>
> 15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
> in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
> the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
> Who?
>
>
> ** Final, Round 6 - Science
>
> * Household Chemicals
>
> In each case name the household product based on the indicated
> chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
> generic terms, not brand names.
>
> 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
> 2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg
methanol
> 3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
bleach
>
>
> * Famous Thought-Experiments
>
> 4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
> experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
>
> 5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox
> seek to address?
>
> 6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
> This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
>
>
> * Computer Viruses
>
> 7. What name was given to the virus believed to have been written
> for the US Government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities
> in 2010?
>
> 8. The first known case of a "worm" that spread in the wild was
> in 1988. Name its author, the first person charged under the
> US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Hint: The author's father was
> the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center,
> a division of the NSA.
>
> 9. John McAfee panicked the the world with his estimates that this
> virus would infect 5,000,000 computers in 1992. It was designed
> to only activate on March 6, and damage any computer on that
> day every year, so many users did not boot their computers on
> that date just to "be safe". The virus was given the name of
> a painter and sculptor who was born on March 6. Give that name.
>
>
> * Name the Vitamin
>
> In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins,
> letter-and-number) name.
>
> 10. Ascorbic acid.
> 11. Tocopherol.
E
> 12. Calciferol.
D
>
>
> * Language Families
>
> Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
> which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
>
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin
Feb 23, 2020, 7:48:28 PM2/23/20
to
> * TV Spinoffs
>
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
>
> 10. "Joey".
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
> * Televangelists
>
> 13. This televangelist and his wife Rexella have been broadcasting
> their series "<answer 13> Presents" since 1986, featuring
> recurring topics of New World Order, World Government, and the
> second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic,
> and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet.
> Give his name as it appears in the title.
>
> 14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
> weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
> 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
> his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
> Name him.
>
> 15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
> in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
> the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
> Who?
> ** Final, Round 6 - Science
>
> * Household Chemicals
>
> In each case name the household product based on the indicated
> chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
> generic terms, not brand names.
>
> 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
> 2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg
Bleach
> 3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
> 11. Tocopherol.
A, K
> 12. Calciferol.
D
> * Language Families
>
> Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
> which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
>
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
cheers,
calvin
Pete Gayde
Feb 24, 2020, 3:02:41 PM2/24/20
to
>
>
> * Weird Movie Cameos
>
> 7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
> Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
>
> 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
> Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
> What movie?
>
> 9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
> musician as a major influence on his character, and the
> musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
> third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
>
>
> * TV Spinoffs
>
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
>
> 10. "Joey".
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
>
>
> * Televangelists
>
> 13. This televangelist and his wife Rexella have been broadcasting
> their series "<answer 13> Presents" since 1986, featuring
> recurring topics of New World Order, World Government, and the
> second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic,
> and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet.
> Give his name as it appears in the title.
>
> 14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
> weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
> 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
> his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
> Name him.
>
> 15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
> in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
> the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
> Who?
>
>
> ** Final, Round 6 - Science
>
> * Household Chemicals
>
> In each case name the household product based on the indicated
> chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
> generic terms, not brand names.
>
> 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
> 2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg
> 3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
>
>
> * Famous Thought-Experiments
>
> 4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
> experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
>
> 5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox
> seek to address?
>
> 6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
> This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
>
>
> * Computer Viruses
>
> 7. What name was given to the virus believed to have been written
> for the US Government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities
> in 2010?
>
> 8. The first known case of a "worm" that spread in the wild was
> in 1988. Name its author, the first person charged under the
> US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Hint: The author's father was
> the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center,
> a division of the NSA.
>
> 9. John McAfee panicked the the world with his estimates that this
> virus would infect 5,000,000 computers in 1992. It was designed
> to only activate on March 6, and damage any computer on that
> day every year, so many users did not boot their computers on
> that date just to "be safe". The virus was given the name of
> a painter and sculptor who was born on March 6. Give that name.
>
>
> * Name the Vitamin
>
> In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins,
> letter-and-number) name.
>
> 10. Ascorbic acid.
> 11. Tocopherol.
> 12. Calciferol.
>
>
> * Language Families
>
> Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
> which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
>
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
>
Pete Gayde
Mark Brader
Feb 25, 2020, 12:52:15 AM2/25/20
to
Mark Brader:
"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" [sic] (2014) and
"The Revenant" (2015)], 4 for Joshua.
A related, but harder, question came up on 2020-01-09 in the
"Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time" tournament. On the second
"Final Jeopardy!" of the match, they asked for the names of the
*two* foreign-born [i.e. non-US-born] directors who had each
won Best Director *twice*, but *none* of their movies had won
Best Picture. Cuarón was one of the correct answers there, as he
won Best Director again for "Roma" (2018); the other was Ang Lee,
who won it for "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) and "Life of Pi" (2012).
Iñárritu was wrong since "Birdman" did win Best Picture.
Of the three superstar contestants on the show, Ken Jennings tried
Lee and Iñárritu and the other two had no real answers and just
put down joking responses. It didn't matter for winning the match
anyway, as Ken already had a lock on that.
> 2. Name the Mexican director responsible for movies such as "The
> Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Fando y Lis".
Alejandro Jodorowsky. (The movies appeared in 1968, 1970, 1973
respectively.) 4 for Joshua.
> 3. Name the Latino director who shared some award nominations
> with Quentin Tarantino for the 2007 "double-feature" horror movie
> "Grindhouse".
Robert Rodriguez. 4 for Joshua.
In the original game this triple was titled "Oscar-Winning Latino
Directors", which is wrong for both Jodorowsky and Rodriguez, and
claimed that "Grindhouse" won Best Director, which is also wrong.
None of these people or movies were even nominated for Oscars, but
they did win other awards, mostly at film festivals, so I changed
the category title.
> * Movies with Nameless Protagonists
> Name the movies.
> 4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
> who is never named.
"Fight Club". 4 for Joshua.
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966). 4 for Joe, Erland, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie,
> but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
> Herzog followup.
"Bad Lieutenant". (The 2009 movie was "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call:
New Orleans", and the character, now played by Nicolas Cage, became
Sgt. Terence McDonagh.) 4 for Joshua.
> * Weird Movie Cameos
> 7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
> Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
David Hasselhoff. (This movie was from 2004.) 4 for Joshua.
> 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
> Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
> What movie?
"Hook". 4 for Joshua.
See: http://i.imgur.com/AOdCn9x.jpg
> 9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
> musician as a major influence on his character, and the
> musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
> third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
Keith Richards. I accepted "Keith Richard". 4 for Joe, Dan Blum,
Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
> * TV Spinoffs
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
> 10. "Joey".
"Friends". 4 for Joe, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
"Breaking Bad". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
"Happy Days". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete.
> * Televangelists
> 13. This televangelist and his wife Rexella have been broadcasting
> their series "<answer 13> Presents" since 1986, featuring
> recurring topics of New World Order, World Government, and the
> second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic,
> and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet.
> Give his name as it appears in the title.
Jack Van Impe. 4 for Pete.
> 14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
> weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
> 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
> his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
> Name him.
Joel Osteen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
> in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
> the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
> Who?
Billy Graham. 4 for Joe, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin,
and Pete.
> ** Final, Round 6 - Science
> * Household Chemicals
> In each case name the household product based on the indicated
> chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
> generic terms, not brand names.
And not chemical names either.
> 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
Ammonia. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
3 for Erland.
> 2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg
Vinegar.
> 3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
Bleach. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> * Famous Thought-Experiments
> 4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
> experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
The Chinese Room. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua.
> 5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox
> seek to address?
Infinity. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
> This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
Zeno of Elea. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * Computer Viruses
> 7. What name was given to the virus believed to have been written
> for the US Government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities
> in 2010?
Stuxnet. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 8. The first known case of a "worm" that spread in the wild was
> in 1988. Name its author, the first person charged under the
> US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Hint: The author's father was
> the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center,
> a division of the NSA.
Robert Morris Jr. or Robert T. Morris. (As usual, "Morris" was
sufficient.)
> 9. John McAfee panicked the the world with his estimates that this
> virus would infect 5,000,000 computers in 1992. It was designed
> to only activate on March 6, and damage any computer on that
> day every year, so many users did not boot their computers on
> that date just to "be safe". The virus was given the name of
> a painter and sculptor who was born on March 6. Give that name.
Michelangelo. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> * Name the Vitamin
> In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins,
> letter-and-number) name.
> 10. Ascorbic acid.
C. 4 for Joe, Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
> 11. Tocopherol.
E. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 12. Calciferol.
D. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
> * Language Families
> Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
> which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
Hungarian. (Uralic; the others are Indo-European.) 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
Japanese. (An isolate; the others are Sino-Tibetan.) 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
Persian. (Indo-European; the others are Semitic.) 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> A+L Can Ent Sci
Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 56 31 125
Dan Blum 46 8 20 44 118
Dan Tilque 4 16 12 44 76
"Calvin" 20 0 16 15 51
Joe Masters 24 0 16 4 44
Pete Gayde -- -- 28 4 32
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 4 23 31
--
Mark Brader Hackers are far more likely ... to either
Toronto (a) be aggressively apolitical or (b) entertain
m...@vex.net peculiar or idiosyncratic political ideas and
actually try to live by them day-to-day.
-- Eric S. Raymond
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-12-10,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 4 - Entertainment
> * Award-Winning Latino Directors
> 1. When Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director Oscar for "The
> Shape of Water" (2017), it was the fourth time in 5 years that
> the prize had been claimed by a Mexican director. Name *any one*
> of the others.
Alfonso Cuarón [for "Gravity" (2013)], Alejandro G. Iñárritu [for
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 4 - Entertainment
> * Award-Winning Latino Directors
> 1. When Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director Oscar for "The
> Shape of Water" (2017), it was the fourth time in 5 years that
> the prize had been claimed by a Mexican director. Name *any one*
> of the others.
"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" [sic] (2014) and
"The Revenant" (2015)], 4 for Joshua.
A related, but harder, question came up on 2020-01-09 in the
"Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time" tournament. On the second
"Final Jeopardy!" of the match, they asked for the names of the
*two* foreign-born [i.e. non-US-born] directors who had each
won Best Director *twice*, but *none* of their movies had won
Best Picture. Cuarón was one of the correct answers there, as he
won Best Director again for "Roma" (2018); the other was Ang Lee,
who won it for "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) and "Life of Pi" (2012).
Iñárritu was wrong since "Birdman" did win Best Picture.
Of the three superstar contestants on the show, Ken Jennings tried
Lee and Iñárritu and the other two had no real answers and just
put down joking responses. It didn't matter for winning the match
anyway, as Ken already had a lock on that.
> 2. Name the Mexican director responsible for movies such as "The
> Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Fando y Lis".
respectively.) 4 for Joshua.
> 3. Name the Latino director who shared some award nominations
> with Quentin Tarantino for the 2007 "double-feature" horror movie
> "Grindhouse".
In the original game this triple was titled "Oscar-Winning Latino
Directors", which is wrong for both Jodorowsky and Rodriguez, and
claimed that "Grindhouse" won Best Director, which is also wrong.
None of these people or movies were even nominated for Oscars, but
they did win other awards, mostly at film festivals, so I changed
the category title.
> * Movies with Nameless Protagonists
> Name the movies.
> 4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character
> who is never named.
> 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all
> search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character
> has a nickname, but is never named.
and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie,
> but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner
> Herzog followup.
New Orleans", and the character, now played by Nicolas Cage, became
Sgt. Terence McDonagh.) 4 for Joshua.
> * Weird Movie Cameos
> 7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants
> Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach.
> 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991
> Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box".
> What movie?
See: http://i.imgur.com/AOdCn9x.jpg
> 9. "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp credited this
> musician as a major influence on his character, and the
> musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the
> third installment of the movie series. Name the musician.
Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
> * TV Spinoffs
> In each case, name the series that these were spun off from.
> 10. "Joey".
> 11. "Better Call Saul".
> 12. "Mork & Mindy".
> * Televangelists
> 13. This televangelist and his wife Rexella have been broadcasting
> their series "<answer 13> Presents" since 1986, featuring
> recurring topics of New World Order, World Government, and the
> second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic,
> and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet.
> Give his name as it appears in the title.
> 14. This Houston-based televangelist is watched by over 7,000,000
> weekly viewers. He is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a
> 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening
> his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
> Name him.
> 15. This Southern Baptist minister became well-known internationally
> in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among
> the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.
> Who?
and Pete.
> ** Final, Round 6 - Science
> * Household Chemicals
> In each case name the household product based on the indicated
> chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the
> generic terms, not brand names.
> 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png
Ammonia. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
3 for Erland.
> 2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg
Vinegar.
> 3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png
Bleach. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> * Famous Thought-Experiments
> 4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought-
> experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence?
> 5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox
> seek to address?
> 6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to?
> This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion.
> * Computer Viruses
> 7. What name was given to the virus believed to have been written
> for the US Government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities
> in 2010?
> 8. The first known case of a "worm" that spread in the wild was
> in 1988. Name its author, the first person charged under the
> US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Hint: The author's father was
> the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center,
> a division of the NSA.
sufficient.)
> 9. John McAfee panicked the the world with his estimates that this
> virus would infect 5,000,000 computers in 1992. It was designed
> to only activate on March 6, and damage any computer on that
> day every year, so many users did not boot their computers on
> that date just to "be safe". The virus was given the name of
> a painter and sculptor who was born on March 6. Give that name.
> * Name the Vitamin
> In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins,
> letter-and-number) name.
> 10. Ascorbic acid.
> 11. Tocopherol.
E. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 12. Calciferol.
D. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
> * Language Families
> Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list,
> which language is *not* in the same family as the others?
> 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish.
Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi).
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> A+L Can Ent Sci
Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 56 31 125
Dan Blum 46 8 20 44 118
Dan Tilque 4 16 12 44 76
"Calvin" 20 0 16 15 51
Joe Masters 24 0 16 4 44
Pete Gayde -- -- 28 4 32
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 4 23 31
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Joshua Kreitzer
Feb 25, 2020, 8:14:47 PM2/25/20
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:d_ydncSQgKWUK8nDnZ2dnUU7-
Y3N...@giganews.com:
>> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
>
> Japanese. (An isolate; the others are Sino-Tibetan.) 4 for Erland,
> Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
Actually, make that 3 for me. I had a second guess for that question.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Y3N...@giganews.com:
>> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
>
> Japanese. (An isolate; the others are Sino-Tibetan.) 4 for Erland,
> Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
Feb 25, 2020, 10:25:02 PM2/25/20
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Mark Brader:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> A+L Can Ent Sci
Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 56 30 124
m...@vex.net | I'm hopelessly stereotypical." --Margaret Miles
> >> 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan.
> >
> > Japanese. (An isolate; the others are Sino-Tibetan.) 4 for Erland,
> > Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
Joshua Kreitzer:
> >
> > Japanese. (An isolate; the others are Sino-Tibetan.) 4 for Erland,
> > Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> Actually, make that 3 for me. I had a second guess for that question.
Oops. Thanks. Scores, if there are now no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> A+L Can Ent Sci
Dan Blum 46 8 20 44 118
Dan Tilque 4 16 12 44 76
"Calvin" 20 0 16 15 51
Joe Masters 24 0 16 4 44
Pete Gayde -- -- 28 4 32
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 4 23 31
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "What do I do for fun? Knit. And pet cats.
Dan Tilque 4 16 12 44 76
"Calvin" 20 0 16 15 51
Joe Masters 24 0 16 4 44
Pete Gayde -- -- 28 4 32
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 4 23 31
--
m...@vex.net | I'm hopelessly stereotypical." --Margaret Miles
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