Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-22,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.... For further information
> see my recent companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
...
> I originally wrote one of these two rounds and one question in the
> other one.
I wrote the time-of-day question and the science list round.
> * Game 1, Round 4 - Canadiana - Electricity
> Yes, this is pretty hardcore Canadiana. You knew that was coming.
> 1. Ontario Hydro was split into five different companies in 1999.
> What """is""" the name of the largest successor company that
> """is""" responsible for about 70% of the electricity generation
> in our province?
Ontario Power Generation (or OPG). (Still its name, but the
percentage is now more like 55%.)
> 2. Who was the first chairman of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission
> of Ontario (1906), the precursor to Ontario Hydro? Two hydro-
> electric power stations are named for him.
Sir Adam Beck.
> 3. There """are""" three nuclear power plant sites (covering five
> nuclear plant installations) in Ontario. Please name *any two*
> of the three sites.
Bruce, Darlington, Pickering. (Still true.)
> 4. This coal-fired generating station """is""" North America's
> largest and the single worst air pollution source for southern
> Ontario and northern New York state. It """is""" in the county
> of Haldimand, Ontario, near Lake Erie. Name it.
Nanticoke. (Closed in 2013 and later demolished.)
> 5. At what time, Eastern Daylight, did the power fail in Toronto
> on August 14, 2003? Answer within 30 minutes on either side.
4:11:58 pm (accepting 3:41-4:42 pm). New York City and Detroit both
lost power almost simultaneously. Pete came closest on his second
try, but was still 70 minutes off.
See:
http://www.nerc.com/docs/docs/blackout/NERC_Final_Blackout_Report_07_13_04.pdf
> 6. All power-generating nuclear plants in Ontario -- in fact, all
> in Canada -- """use""" this type of reactor. It's a pressurized
> heavy-water reactor variant, and a trademark.
CANDU (CANadian Deuterium-Uranium reactor). Still true.
4 for Dan Tilque.
> 7. The D in <answer 6> is another name for the kind of hydrogen
> that is part of heavy water. What does it stand for?
Deuterium. (Okay, so it was *mostly* a hardcore Canadiana round.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 8. <Answer 1> """has""" also begun the process for building up to
> four new nuclear units at which Ontario site? (There """is""" a
> lengthy approvals process in place including a full Environmental
> Assessment, which """will""" take 3-4 years to complete.)
Darlington. (No, not a new site; new units at an existing site.
But they were canceled in 2013.)
> 9. What was the name of the coal-burning generating station just
> east of Port Credit that was shut down in April 2005 and
> demolished on 2006-06-12? Its smokestacks were nicknamed the
> Four Sisters.
Lakeview.
> 10. The Exhibition Place Wind Turbine was constructed in 2002 and
> """generates""" an average of 1000 megawatt-hours of power
> per year. What is the name of the company that """co-owns"""
> that wind turbine with Toronto Hydro and """is""" developing
> other locally-owned wind projects?
WindShare. (Still true.)
> * Game 1, Round 6 - Science - What are These?
> For each of list of things below, you will tell us what things or
> what kind of things it is a list of. *Note*: These lists are not
> complete, so don't rule out a possible answer because of things
> you don't see on the list. For example, given the list "14, 6,
> 12, 20", the answer could be "even numbers", although 2 and 4,
> for example, are not listed.
> All lists are in alphabetical order and all terms have been
> capitalized in the same manner so that this will not provide
> any clues. This is a science round, so answers based on things
> like movies or mythology will not be accepted.
> 1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane,
> Octane, Toluene.
Hydrocarbons. I accepted "carbon-hydrogen compounds". Not all are
"alkanes"; not all are gases; so those answers were wrong; and as
far as I know not all are petroleum fractions either. So,
4_for Joshua, Dan_Tilque, and_Erland.
> 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
> Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.
Amino acids. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.
Computer programming languages. The correct capitalization is APL,
PL/I, and SNOBOL. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Erland, Pete, and Joe.
> 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
> Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.
Nutrient-deficiency diseases -- respectively deficiencies of
vitamin B1, iodine, protein, protein, and vitamins B3, B12, D, C,
and A. Over-specific answers such as "vitamin-deficiency disease"
were considered partially correct. "Diseases" was insufficiently
specific, even if you did include the rest of the answer in a comment!
4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. 3 for Dan Tilque.
> 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
> Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.
Moons. Specifically moons of Saturn, but any reference to moons
or satellites was considered correct. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, Erland, and Joe.
> 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
> Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.
Monkeys. "Primates" was not specific enough. "Chemical substances
in spices" was amusing. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Joe.
> 7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
> Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
> Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.
Mathematical curves. can have any shape, not just a curve.
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
> Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.
Parts of a cell (organelles). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Erland.
> 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.
Bones. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Joe.
> 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
> W Boson.
Subatomic (or elementary) particles. None of them are "nucleons",
though. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> In the original game the lists were actually provided on a handout,
> so that QMs wouldn't have to read all those technical terms aloud
> and players wouldn't have to ask for repetitions. For the usual
> reason, the handout included 4 dacoy lists, which I have moved to
> the end of the round here. Answer the decoys if you like for fun,
> but for no points.
> 11. Argentite, Bauxite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite,
> Cinnabar, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pitchblende,
> Sphalerite, Wolframite.
Ores. Dan Tilque got this.
> 12. Atmosphere, Bar, Barye, Foot of Head, Kgf/Cm², Inch of Mercury,
> Pascal, Psi, Technical Atmosphere, Torr.
Units of pressure. The correct capitalization is kgf/cm² and PSI.
Dan Tilque and Erland got this.
> 13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus,
> Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus,
> Treponema.
Types (genera) of bacteria. Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete got this.
> 14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium,
> Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium.
Rare earth (lanthanide) elements. Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete
got this.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Ent Can Sci
Joshua Kreitzer 27 36 4 40 107
Dan Blum 36 12 4 36 88
Dan Tilque 36 0 8 35 79
Erland Sommarskog 32 0 0 16 48
"Calvin" 16 8 -- -- 24
Pete Gayde -- -- 0 16 16
Joe Masters -- -- 0 16 16
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