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Mark Brader
Oct 4, 2014, 10:54:02 AM10/4/14
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-22,
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.
* Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
circulation?
7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
route to Chicago during Prohibition?
10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
Highway?
* Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
Greek letter.
1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
letter in upper case. What is it?
3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
kinds of neutrinos.
4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
entire classes of fatty acids.
5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
this letter.
7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
a subatomic particle, the muon.
9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
gravitational wave sources.
--
Mark Brader And now write us
Toronto A devious quasipoem!
m...@vex.net --Richard Heathfield
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 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.
* Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
circulation?
7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
route to Chicago during Prohibition?
10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
Highway?
* Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
Greek letter.
1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
letter in upper case. What is it?
3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
kinds of neutrinos.
4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
entire classes of fatty acids.
5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
this letter.
7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
a subatomic particle, the muon.
9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
gravitational wave sources.
--
Mark Brader And now write us
Toronto A devious quasipoem!
m...@vex.net --Richard Heathfield
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Björn Lundin
Oct 4, 2014, 11:22:30 AM10/4/14
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On 2014-10-04 16:54, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-22,
> 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.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-22,
> 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.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
>
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
>
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
--
Bj�rn
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 4, 2014, 12:47:53 PM10/4/14
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
was featured in a previou Canadian Inquisition quiz.
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
Mu
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 4, 2014, 6:05:39 PM10/4/14
to
In article <ne6dnQ1168OUl63J...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
>
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
>
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
Gehry
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
>
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
>
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
>
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
gas; gold
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
Saskatoon; Regina
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
> Highway?
Dawson
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
pi
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
delta
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
nu
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
omega
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
epsilon
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
beta
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
gamma
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the Möbius
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
theta
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
kappa
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
PEI/New Brunswick; PEI/Nova Scotia
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
>
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
>
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
>
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
>
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
>
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
> Highway?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the Möbius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand Möbius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
mu
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
Peter Smyth
Oct 4, 2014, 6:30:48 PM10/4/14
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
Prince Edward Island and Quebec
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
>
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
>
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the architect
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
>
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
>
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
>
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
>
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
>
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
>
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
>
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
>
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
> Highway?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
Pi
>
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
>
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
>
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
>
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
>
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
>
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
> Highway?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
Delta
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
Lambda
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
Omega
> entire classes of fatty acids.
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
Epsilon
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
Beta
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
Gamma
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
Kappa, Omicron
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
Theta
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
Delta
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
Peter Smyth
Jeffrey Turner
Oct 4, 2014, 10:17:57 PM10/4/14
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> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the Möbius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand Möbius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
mu
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
--Jeff
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 4, 2014, 11:49:15 PM10/4/14
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:ne6dnQ1168OUl63J...@vex.net:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
Le Corbusier
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
Hamilton; Edmonton
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
Regina; Saskatoon
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
pi
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
delta
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
lambda
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
omega
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
epsilon
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
beta
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
gamma
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
mu
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
theta
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
iota
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:ne6dnQ1168OUl63J...@vex.net:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Jason Kreitzer
Oct 5, 2014, 12:00:53 AM10/5/14
to
On Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:54:02 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-22,
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
>
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
>
>
>
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
>
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
>
>
>
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
>
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
>
>
>
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
>
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
>
>
>
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
>
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
>
>
>
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
>
> circulation?
Ottawa?
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-22,
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
>
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
>
>
>
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
>
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
>
>
>
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
>
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
>
>
>
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
>
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
>
>
>
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
>
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
>
>
>
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
>
> circulation?
>
>
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
>
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
>
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
>
>
>
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
>
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
>
>
>
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
>
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
>
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
>
>
>
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
>
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
>
> Highway?
>
>
>
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
>
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
>
> Greek letter.
>
>
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
Pi
>
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
>
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
>
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
>
>
>
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
>
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
>
>
>
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
>
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
>
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
>
>
>
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
>
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
>
> Highway?
>
>
>
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
>
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
>
> Greek letter.
>
>
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
>
>
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
>
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
>
> letter in upper case. What is it?
>
>
>
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
>
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
>
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
>
> kinds of neutrinos.
>
>
>
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
>
> entire classes of fatty acids.
Omega
>
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
>
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
>
> letter in upper case. What is it?
>
>
>
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
>
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
>
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
>
> kinds of neutrinos.
>
>
>
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
>
> entire classes of fatty acids.
>
>
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
>
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
>
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
>
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
>
>
>
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
>
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
>
> this letter.
Beta
>
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
>
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
>
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
>
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
>
>
>
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
>
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
>
> this letter.
>
>
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
>
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
>
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
>
>
>
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
>
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
>
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
>
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
>
>
>
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
>
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
Delta?
>
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
>
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
>
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
>
>
>
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
>
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
>
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
>
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
>
>
>
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
>
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
>
>
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
>
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
>
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
>
> gravitational wave sources.
Iota?
>
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
>
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
>
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
>
> gravitational wave sources.
Dan Tilque
Oct 5, 2014, 6:01:00 AM10/5/14
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
Quebec and New Brunswick
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
>
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
>
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
>
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
>
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
>
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
>
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
>
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
>
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
>
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
> Highway?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
>
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
>
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
>
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
>
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
>
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
>
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
>
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
>
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
>
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Blum
Oct 5, 2014, 10:51:38 AM10/5/14
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
> Highway?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
pi
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M?bius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M?bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
mu
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Bruce Bowler
Oct 6, 2014, 4:06:02 PM10/6/14
to
On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 09:54:01 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-22, 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.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
PEI and New Brunswick
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-22, 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.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
>
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
>
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
>
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
>
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
>
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters. Name
> that place with the distinctive moniker.
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply route to
> Chicago during Prohibition?
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World Highway?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
>
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
>
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the letter in
> upper case. What is it?
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three kinds
> of neutrinos.
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as well as
> the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of this letter is
> also used to express set membership in math.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by this
> letter.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the Möbius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August Ferdinand
> Möbius. In particle physics, it is used to denote a subatomic
> particle, the muon.
Mu
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination with
> respect to the line of sight, used when describing gravitational wave
> sources.
Mark Brader
Oct 7, 2014, 11:23:37 AM10/7/14
to
Mark Brader:
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island. 4 for Erland and Bruce.
3 for Marc.
As to the wrong answers, "PEI and Nova Scotia" was a reasonable guess;
the west end of the bridge is actually just a few miles from the NS/NB
boundary, but due to the shape of the shoreline, a PEI/NS crossing
in that area would have had to be almost 20 miles vs. 8 miles for
the actual bridge. Farther east, where the ferry from Pictou NS
operates, the PEI/NS distance comes down to about 13 miles; I don't
know if the water would be too deep for a similar bridge there.
PEI and Quebec, though, are almost 100 miles apart; and New Brunswick
has land borders with both Quebec and Nova Scotia.
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
Thunder Bay. I didn't know either.
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
Ch�teau Frontenac.
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
Moshe Safdie.
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
Canada Place.
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
Winnipeg. (The Ottawa mint now only makes bullion coins, collector
coins, and such.) 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
I might have considered "Crushed Skull Buffalo Jump" as almost
correct, but the first part was parenthesized as if it was not
intended as part of the answer, so no points.
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
Diamonds. 4 for Dan Tilque and Bruce.
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
Moose Jaw. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
> Highway?
Dawson (City), YT. 4 for Marc.
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
Pi. 4 for everyone -- Bj�rn, Erland, Marc, Peter, Jeff, Joshua,
Jason, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
Delta. 4 for Bj�rn, Erland, Marc, Peter, Jeff, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
Nu. 4 for Erland, Marc, Jeff, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum.
Lambda represents wavelength, not frequency.
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
Omega. 4 for everyone.
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
Epsilon. 4 for Bj�rn, Erland, Marc, Peter, Jeff, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
Beta. 4 for everyone.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
Gamma. 4 for Bj�rn, Erland, Marc, Peter, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
Mu. 4 for Erland, Marc, Jeff, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Bruce. 3 for Bj�rn.
Yeah, the answer was in the question. Originally the term "meson"
had a broader meaning in physics than it now does, and the first
two discovered were called the mu and pi mesons (written using
the Greek letters if they were available in the character set).
When the present nomenclature was extablished, it was realized that
the former "mu meson" needed a new name, so they just shortened the
existing one and put it into English letters, making it the "muon".
Naturally it kept the Greek letter mu as its symbol.
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
Theta. 4 for Bj�rn, Erland, Marc, Peter, Jeff, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
Iota. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Art His Spo Ent Can Sci FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 31 12 39 34 0 36 140
Bruce Bowler 20 0 36 8 8 36 100
Marc Dashevsky 16 16 32 8 7 36 100
Dan Blum 16 17 14 25 6 39 97
Jason Kreitzer 28 8 16 32 0 16 92
Dan Tilque 12 8 20 4 12 40 84
Peter Smyth 20 7 20 10 0 28 78
Pete Gayde 16 9 36 12 -- -- 73
Bj�rn Lundin 0 8 0 16 0 31 55
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 -- -- 4 36 48
Jeff Turner 4 0 -- -- 0 32 36
Rob Parker 4 14 7 10 -- -- 35
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Mark Brader | "That would be correct, if it was correct." --Mark Brader
Toronto | "It's amazing how often that's said about my statements."
m...@vex.net | --Greg Goss
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-22,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
And I meant to say:
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Landmarks
> 1. Which two provinces are connected by the Confederation Bridge?
3 for Marc.
As to the wrong answers, "PEI and Nova Scotia" was a reasonable guess;
the west end of the bridge is actually just a few miles from the NS/NB
boundary, but due to the shape of the shoreline, a PEI/NS crossing
in that area would have had to be almost 20 miles vs. 8 miles for
the actual bridge. Farther east, where the ferry from Pictou NS
operates, the PEI/NS distance comes down to about 13 miles; I don't
know if the water would be too deep for a similar bridge there.
PEI and Quebec, though, are almost 100 miles apart; and New Brunswick
has land borders with both Quebec and Nova Scotia.
> 2. Near which city would you find a peninsula known as either the
> Sleeping Giant or Nanabijou?
> 3. Name the Quebec hotel that is a UN heritage site and was featured
> in Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess".
> 4. It looks like a giant game of Tetris... but name the *architect*
> of the Montreal apartment complex known as Habitat 67.
> 5. Each day at noon, the first four notes of O Canada are sounded
> out by giant horns at what Vancouver location?
> 6. In which city does the Royal Canadian Mint produce coins for
> circulation?
coins, and such.) 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters.
> Name that place with the distinctive moniker.
I might have considered "Crushed Skull Buffalo Jump" as almost
correct, but the first part was parenthesized as if it was not
intended as part of the answer, so no points.
> 8. As of the 1990s, Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake have made the
> Northwest Territories famous for what natural resource?
> 9. Which Saskatchewan city has an extensive, now-unused underground
> tunnel system that was purportedly part of the liquor supply
> route to Chicago during Prohibition?
> 10. No doubt Sarah Palin can see it from her home. But which
> Canadian city connects to Alaska via the Top of the World
> Highway?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - It's All Greek to Us
> In each case please answer with the name in English of the relevant
> Greek letter.
> 1. To 5 decimal places, this geometrical constant equals 3.14159.
Jason, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 2. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
> is named after this letter, because its shape resembles the
> letter in upper case. What is it?
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> kinds of neutrinos.
Lambda represents wavelength, not frequency.
> 4. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to
> entire classes of fatty acids.
> 5. In lower case, this letter, the 5th in the Greek alphabet,
> is used as the symbol for a very small quantity in math, as
> well as the permittivity of a medium in physics. A form of
> this letter is also used to express set membership in math.
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 6. A version of a software product that is still in its development
> stage but is released for testing purposes is referred to by
> this letter.
> 7. It is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, a "packet"
> of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form of
> electromagnetic radiation. Which letter is this?
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 8. In number theory, this letter is used to denote the M�bius
> function, named on honor of the German mathematician August
> Ferdinand M�bius. In particle physics, it is used to denote
> a subatomic particle, the muon.
and Bruce. 3 for Bj�rn.
Yeah, the answer was in the question. Originally the term "meson"
had a broader meaning in physics than it now does, and the first
two discovered were called the mu and pi mesons (written using
the Greek letters if they were available in the character set).
When the present nomenclature was extablished, it was realized that
the former "mu meson" needed a new name, so they just shortened the
existing one and put it into English letters, making it the "muon".
Naturally it kept the Greek letter mu as its symbol.
> 9. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly
> used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry.
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> gravitational wave sources.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Art His Spo Ent Can Sci FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 31 12 39 34 0 36 140
Bruce Bowler 20 0 36 8 8 36 100
Marc Dashevsky 16 16 32 8 7 36 100
Dan Blum 16 17 14 25 6 39 97
Jason Kreitzer 28 8 16 32 0 16 92
Dan Tilque 12 8 20 4 12 40 84
Peter Smyth 20 7 20 10 0 28 78
Pete Gayde 16 9 36 12 -- -- 73
Bj�rn Lundin 0 8 0 16 0 31 55
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 -- -- 4 36 48
Jeff Turner 4 0 -- -- 0 32 36
Rob Parker 4 14 7 10 -- -- 35
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Mark Brader | "That would be correct, if it was correct." --Mark Brader
Toronto | "It's amazing how often that's said about my statements."
m...@vex.net | --Greg Goss
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 7, 2014, 12:28:25 PM10/7/14
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In article <1Oqdncmu_erkmKnJ...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
Kappa is the 10th letter of the alphabet, not iota.
> > 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> > infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> > with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> > gravitational wave sources.
>
> Iota. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
My answer, kappa, was just as correct as iota.
> > infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> > with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> > gravitational wave sources.
>
> Iota. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
Kappa is the 10th letter of the alphabet, not iota.
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 7, 2014, 1:34:42 PM10/7/14
to
did seem funny, because I could not recall kappa being used for anything.
But 10th is 10th.
Bruce Bowler
Oct 7, 2014, 1:37:20 PM10/7/14
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On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:23:37 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
>> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
>> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters. Name
>> that place with the distinctive moniker.
>
> Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
>
> I might have considered "Crushed Skull Buffalo Jump" as almost correct,
> but the first part was parenthesized as if it was not intended as part
> of the answer, so no points.
the parens were there because I know that part wasn't right but was close,
>> 7. A UNESCO World Heritage Site outside Ft. Macleod, AB, is a
>> famous demonstration point for the ingenuity of native hunters. Name
>> that place with the distinctive moniker.
>
> Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
>
> I might have considered "Crushed Skull Buffalo Jump" as almost correct,
> but the first part was parenthesized as if it was not intended as part
> of the answer, so no points.
hence the Gaaa and the ? inside the parens. Next time I'll leave the
parens off...
Bruce
Mark Brader
Oct 7, 2014, 1:59:18 PM10/7/14
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Mark Brader:
> > 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> > infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> > with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> > gravitational wave sources.
>
> Iota. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
Iota is the 9th letter; kappa is 10th. Thanks to Marc for pointing
it out. I'm accepting either, so it's now 4 for Erland, Marc,
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Art His Spo Ent Can Sci FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 31 12 39 34 0 36 140
Marc Dashevsky 16 16 32 8 7 40 104
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 -- -- 4 40 52
Toronto | morality, liberty, or foreign trade, and everything to do with
m...@vex.net | politics? Shame on me for being so cynical. -- Morley Safer
> > 3. In lower case, this letter, 13th in the Greek alphabet,
> > is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> > In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> > kinds of neutrinos.
>
> Nu. 4 for Erland, Marc, Jeff, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum.
Sorry, make that 2 for Dan Blum.
> > is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave.
> > In particle physics, it is also the symbol for any of the three
> > kinds of neutrinos.
>
> Nu. 4 for Erland, Marc, Jeff, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum.
> > 10. This letter, the 10th in the Greek alphabet, can suggest an
> > infinitesimal amount of something, or the orbital inclination
> > with respect to the line of sight, used when describing
> > gravitational wave sources.
>
> Iota. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
it out. I'm accepting either, so it's now 4 for Erland, Marc,
Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
Scores, if there are now no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Art His Spo Ent Can Sci FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 31 12 39 34 0 36 140
Bruce Bowler 20 0 36 8 8 36 100
Dan Blum 16 17 14 25 6 38 96
Jason Kreitzer 28 8 16 32 0 16 92
Dan Tilque 12 8 20 4 12 40 84
Peter Smyth 20 7 20 10 0 28 78
Pete Gayde 16 9 36 12 -- -- 73
Björn Lundin 0 8 0 16 0 31 55
Dan Tilque 12 8 20 4 12 40 84
Peter Smyth 20 7 20 10 0 28 78
Pete Gayde 16 9 36 12 -- -- 73
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 -- -- 4 40 52
Jeff Turner 4 0 -- -- 0 32 36
Rob Parker 4 14 7 10 -- -- 35
--
Mark Brader | Could it be that this law has nothing to do with law, justice,
Rob Parker 4 14 7 10 -- -- 35
--
Toronto | morality, liberty, or foreign trade, and everything to do with
m...@vex.net | politics? Shame on me for being so cynical. -- Morley Safer
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