QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 7-8: baseball #'s, slogans
Mark Brader
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Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
"Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
Society of American Baseball Research.
2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
"SLG".
3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
earthquake?
5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
consecutive games?
6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
with 2,295?
8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
record for hits in a single season?
9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
in order.
* Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
*every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
3. Does she or doesn't she?
4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
sleep, sleep.
7. You've come a long way, baby.
8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!
9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
everybody did?
(Reminder: in every answer, did you give both the brand name and
the type of product?)
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> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-14,
> 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
>
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
slugging
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1961
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1989
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
56
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
90'
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
Rickey Henderson
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
>
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
9th
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
shortstop to second baseman to first baseman
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
> memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
> own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
> identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
> *every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
> generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
M&M candy
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag repairman
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Clairol hair color
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Doublemint gum
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
Playtex bra
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Sominex soporific [The lyrics are "safe and restful."]
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims cigarettes
> 8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!
>
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
Pepsodent toothpaste
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Dial soap
Joshua Kreitzer
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
sabermetrics
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
slugging average
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1961
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1992; 1991
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
56
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
90 feet
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
Rickey Henderson; Barry Bonds
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
Ichiro Suzuki
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
9th
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
shortstop, second baseman, and first baseman
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> For each of the following slogans or jingles,
> identify the product referred to.
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
Life Savers candy
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag washing machines
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Clairol hair coloring
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Doublemint gum
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
Lucky Strike cigarettes
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Sominex sleeping pills
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims cigarettes
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
Pepsodent toothpaste
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Dial soap
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pete
dn...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-14,
> 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
>
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
Sabrmetrics
>
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
Slugging percentage
>
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1961
>
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1989
>
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
56
>
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
90 feet
>
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
Hank Aaron
>
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
Ichiro Suzuki
>
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
9th
>
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
Shortstop, second baseman, first baseman
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
> memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
> own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
> identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
> *every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
> generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
Tootsie Pops candy
>
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag appliance repairman
>
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Clairol hair color
>
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Doublemint gum
>
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
>
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Vick's Nyquil cold medicine
>
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims cigarettes
>
> 8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!
Irish Spring soap
>
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
Biz detergent
>
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Listerine mouthwash
>
> (Reminder: in every answer, did you give both the brand name and
> the type of product?)
>
Pete
Dan Tilque
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
>
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
SABER
>
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
slugging percentage
>
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1961
>
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1990
>
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
56
>
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
90 feet
>
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
Pete Rose
>
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
Barry Bonds
>
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
9th
>
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
short stop, 2nd base, 1st base
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
> memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
> own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
> identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
> *every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
> generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
Lifesaver's candy
>
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag washers
>
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Clairol hair coloring
>
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Wriggly's Doublemint gum
>
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
Kool cigarettes
>
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Sominex sleep aid
>
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims cigarettes
>
> 8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!
Irish Spring soap
>
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
Pepsodent toothpaste
>
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Dial soap
--
Dan Tilque
Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
Dan Blum
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
sabremetrics
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
slugger percentage
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1961; 1962
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1992; 1997
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
23; 35
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
90 feet 4 inches
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
Reggie Jackson
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
4th; 8th
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
Lifesaver candies
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag appliances
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Revlon hair dye
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Doublemint chewing gum
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims cigarettes
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
Pepsodent toothpaste
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Peter Smyth
news:tP6dnZFjNrR1s87T...@vex.net...
>* Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
>This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
>
>1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
sabermetrics
>2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
slugging
>3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
>
>4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
>
>5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
>
>6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
>
>7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
>
>8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
>
>9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
9th
>10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
3B-2B-1B, SS-2B-1B
>
>* Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
>Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
>memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
>own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
>identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
>*every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
>generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
>
>1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
>
>2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
>
>3. Does she or doesn't she?
>
>4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
>
>5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
>
>6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
>
>7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims cigarettes
>8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!
>
>9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
>
>10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Peter Smyth
Calvin
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
>
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
Sabre?
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
Slugging average
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1975, 1976
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1990, 1991
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
45, 46
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
90 feet?
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
DiMaggio, Mantle
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
Sosa, McGwire
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
9th
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
3rd base, 1st base, 2nd base
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
Pass
--
cheers,
calvin
Rob Parker
>
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
Oh dear :-(
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
SABRE
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
slugs; slogs
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1965; 1987
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1980; 1985
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
42; 21
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
42m; 55.58m
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
Johnson; Jones
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
Johnson; Jones
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
8th; 9th
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
left outfielder, catcher, third baseman; short-stop, catcher, third baseman
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
Smarties, lollies
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Durex, condoms; Alpine, cigarettes
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
>
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Mandrax, sleeping pills; Chamomile, herbal tea
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
Greyhound, bus line; Amtrack, rail company
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
Pepsodent. toothpaste
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Odorono, deodorant; Rexona, deodorant
Rob
swp
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
>
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
sabre
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
slugging percentage
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1961
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1989
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
56
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
90 feet
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
ricky henderson
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
ichiro suzuki?
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
ninth
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
shortstop, second baseman, first baseman
>
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
> memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
> own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
> identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
> *every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
> generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
smarties candies
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
maytag washing machines
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
miss clairol hair coloring
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
doublemint chewing gum
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
all I can think of is that merle travis song
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
nitol sleeping pills
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
virginia slims cigarettes
> 8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!
irish spring soap
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
pepsodent toothpaste
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
dial soap
swp
Jeffrey Turner
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
>
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
Sabremetrics
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
Slugging percentage
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1961
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1989
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
53
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
60 feet
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
Pete Rose
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
>
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
Ninth
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
Shortstop, second base, first base
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
> memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
> own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
> identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
> *every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
> generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
Tootsie Pops (candy)
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag repairman (washers, etc. [white goods])
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Clairol (Only her hairdresser knows for sure.) (hair color)
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Doublemint gum
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
>
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Sominex (sleeping pills)
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims (cigarettes)
> 8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!
Irish Spring (soap)
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
Pepsodent (toothpaste)
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Dial soap
> (Reminder: in every answer, did you give both the brand name and
> the type of product?)
--Jeff
Mark Brader
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-14,
> see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I did not write either of these rounds.
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
Sabermetrics. As most of the "saber" part was directly implied
by the question, I required "metrics". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete,
Dan Blum, Peter, and Jeff, two of whom even spelled it correctly.
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
Slugging percentage. I accepted other answers with "slugging",
but you needed the -ing for full points. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete,
Dan Tilque, Peter, Calvin, Stephen, and Jeff. 3 for Dan Blum.
2 for Rob.
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
1961. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Jeff.
3 for Dan Blum.
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
1989. 4 for Marc, Pete, Stephen, and Jeff.
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
56. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
90 feet. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Stephen.
(By the other definition, measuring from the edge of the third-base
bag along the baseline to the edge of home plate, the distance would
be 87 feet 9 inches.)
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
Rickey Henderson. 4 for Marc and Stephen. 3 for Joshua.
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
Ichiro Suzuki (either word of the name was sufficient). 4 for Joshua,
Pete, and Stephen.
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
9th. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, Peter, Calvin, Stephen,
and Jeff. 2 for Rob.
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
Shortstop, second base, first base ("Tinker to Evers to Chance"
is the classic 6-4-3 double play). 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Jeff. 2 for Peter.
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
> Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
> memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
> own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
> identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
> *every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
> generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
Smarties candy. ("...eat that candy-coated chocolate, but tell me
when I ask: When you eat your Smarties do you eat the red ones last?")
4 for Stephen.
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag appliances. (The slogan refers to the repairman.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Jeff.
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Clairol hair color (dye). ("Only her hairdresser knows for sure.")
4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. 3 for Stephen.
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Doublemint chewing gum. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, Stephen, and Jeff.
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
Lucky Strike cigarettes. 4 for Joshua.
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Sominex sleeping pills. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Jeff.
One entrant said it was actually "safe", not "deep". I wouldn't
be surprised if that's right, or else if it was used both ways at
different times.
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims cigarettes ("...to get where you've got to today.
You've got your own cigarette, now, baby -- you've come a long,
long way.") 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter,
Stephen, and Jeff.
> 8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!
Irish Spring soap. 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Jeff.
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
Pepsodent toothpaste. ("When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.")
4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Rob, Stephen, and Jeff.
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Dial soap. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Jeff.
> (Reminder: in every answer, did you give both the brand name and
> the type of product?)
For some entrants, this still didn't help.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Ent His Lit Spo Mis FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 27 36 32 42 35 32 145
Stephen Perry 18 32 32 45 36 31 145
Dan Tilque 32 16 24 31 24 32 119
Marc Dashevsky 28 28 12 24 36 24 116
Dan Blum 22 12 32 42 10 16 112
Jeff Turner 20 12 20 26 24 32 102
Peter Smyth 24 4 20 42 14 4 100
"Calvin" 12 12 36 38 12 0 98
Pete Gayde -- -- 20 18 36 16 90
Rob Parker 8 8 20 32 4 4 68
Erland Sommarskog 14 0 20 4 -- -- 38
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Toronto | meteor damage every hundred million years."
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Rob Parker
"Mark Brader" <m...@vex.net> wrote in message
news:tvOdnTDp-ZD4lcrT...@vex.net...
>> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
>
> Smarties candy. ("...eat that candy-coated chocolate, but tell me
> when I ask: When you eat your Smarties do you eat the red ones last?")
> 4 for Stephen.
So what was wrong with my answer of "Smarties, lollies" - except that I
used 'lollies' rather than 'candy'; lollies being the generic term commonly
used here? The comma between the two words was distinguishing the brand
name from the generic term; I use(d) a semicolon to separate alternative
guesses to questions - see my answer message.
Rob
Mark Brader
>>> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
>> Smarties candy. ("...eat that candy-coated chocolate, but tell me
>> when I ask: When you eat your Smarties do you eat the red ones last?")
>> 4 for Stephen.
Rob Parker:
> So what was wrong with my answer of "Smarties, lollies" - except that I
> used 'lollies' rather than 'candy'; lollies being the generic term commonly
> used here?
Since "lollies" obviously derives from "lollipops", I assumed it had that
specific meaning rather than being a general term for candy. 4 for Rob.
Revised scores, if there are no further errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Ent His Lit Spo Mis FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 27 36 32 42 35 32 145
Stephen Perry 18 32 32 45 36 31 145
Dan Tilque 32 16 24 31 24 32 119
Marc Dashevsky 28 28 12 24 36 24 116
Dan Blum 22 12 32 42 10 16 112
Jeff Turner 20 12 20 26 24 32 102
Peter Smyth 24 4 20 42 14 4 100
"Calvin" 12 12 36 38 12 0 98
Pete Gayde -- -- 20 18 36 16 90
Rob Parker 8 8 20 32 4 8 68
Erland Sommarskog 14 0 20 4 -- -- 38
--
Mark Brader "Nicely self-consistent. (Pay no attention to
Toronto that D-floating number behind the curtain!)"
m...@vex.net -- Chris Torek, on pasta