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Mark Brader

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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-22,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.

We are back to the usual QFTCI rules: you are allowed up to two
guesses on each questions, but if you give both a right and a wrong
answer, there is a small penalty. For further information see my
recent companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

In some cases either the answers or the facts stated as current
in the question have changed since the question was written.
I've tried to call attention to such possibilities by inserting
*tripled quotation marks* around words that were correct at the time
of the original game -- for example, """now""" or """is""" (pretty
much any present-tense verb may be marked). I will always accept
the answer that was correct when the question was originally asked.
If the facts have changed in such a way that a different answer is
now correct (rather than some other sort of change), I will also
accept the new correct answer -- unless there is an explicit note
requiring otherwise. See the companion posting for further details.

I originally wrote one of these two rounds and one question in the
other one.


* 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?

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.

3. There """are""" three nuclear power plant sites (covering five
nuclear plant installations) in Ontario. Please name *any two*
of the three sites.

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.

5. At what time, Eastern Daylight, did the power fail in Toronto
on August 14, 2003? Answer within 30 minutes on either side.

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.

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?

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.)

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.

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?


* 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.

2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.

3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.

4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.

5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.

6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.

7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.

8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.

9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.

10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
W Boson.


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.

12. Atmosphere, Bar, Barye, Foot of Head, Kgf/Cm², Inch of Mercury,
Pascal, Psi, Technical Atmosphere, Torr.

13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus,
Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus,
Treponema.

14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium,
Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium.

--
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m...@vex.net | Don't make me do that again. --Stephen Perry

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Joshua Kreitzer

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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:E66dndqoIa-P42jDnZ2dnUU7-
LHN...@giganews.com:

> * Game 1, Round 4 - Canadiana - Electricity
>
> 5. At what time, Eastern Daylight, did the power fail in Toronto
> on August 14, 2003? Answer within 30 minutes on either side.

7:30 PM; 6:29 PM

> 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

> * 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.

> 1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane,
> Octane, Toluene.

hydrocarbons

> 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
> Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.

amino acids

> 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.

computer programming languages

> 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
> Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.

nutritional deficiency diseases

> 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
> Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.

moons of Saturn

> 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
> Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.

monkeys

> 7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
> Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
> Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.

mathematical curves

> 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
> Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.

parts of a cell

> 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.

bones in the human body

> 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
> W Boson.

subatomic particles

--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com

Dan Tilque

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Jun 26, 2020, 5:54:00 AM6/26/20
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On 6/25/20 9:48 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * 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?
>
> 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.
>
> 3. There """are""" three nuclear power plant sites (covering five
> nuclear plant installations) in Ontario. Please name *any two*
> of the three sites.
>
> 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.
>
> 5. At what time, Eastern Daylight, did the power fail in Toronto
> on August 14, 2003? Answer within 30 minutes on either side.
>
> 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

>
> 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
hydrocarbons

>
> 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
> Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.

amino acids

>
> 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.

programming languages

>
> 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
> Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.

vitamin deficiency diseases

>
> 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
> Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.

satellites of Saturn

>
> 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
> Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.

primates

>
> 7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
> Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
> Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.

geometric curves

>
> 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
> Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.

organelles

>
> 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.

bones

>
> 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
> W Boson.

subatomic particles

>
>
> 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 of metals

>
> 12. Atmosphere, Bar, Barye, Foot of Head, Kgf/Cm², Inch of Mercury,
> Pascal, Psi, Technical Atmosphere, Torr.

units of pressure

>
> 13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus,
> Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus,
> Treponema.

bacteria that cause diseases

>
> 14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium,
> Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium.

lanthanides

--
Dan Tilque

Dan Blum

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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 1, Round 4 - Canadiana - Electricity

> 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

> * Game 1, Round 6 - Science - What are These?

> 1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane,
> Octane, Toluene.

petroleum fractions

> 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
> Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.

amino acids

> 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.

programming languages
(Some of those should properly have more upper-case letters.)

> 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
> Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.

deficiency diseases

> 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
> Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.

moons of Saturn

> 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
> Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.

monkey species

> 7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
> Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
> Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.

mathematical curves

> 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
> Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.

cell sub-structures

> 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.

human bones

> 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
> W Boson.

subatomic particles

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Erland Sommarskog

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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 1, Round 4 - Canadiana - Electricity
>
> Yes, this is pretty hardcore Canadiana. You knew that was coming.
>

And you knew what is not coming here.

> * Game 1, Round 6 - Science - What are These?
>
> 1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane,
> Octane, Toluene.

Carbon-hydrogen compoings

> 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
> Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.

Enzymes

> 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.

Program languages

> 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
> Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.

Diseases (related to the lack of some nutrion components, at least
the name I recognize.)

> 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
> Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.

Judging from Calvin's quiz: moons in the solar system.

> 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
> Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.

Active chemical substances in spices

> 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
> Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.

Parts of a cell

> 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
> W Boson.
>

Nucleons


> 11. Argentite, Bauxite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite,
> Cinnabar, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pitchblende,
> Sphalerite, Wolframite.

Minerals

> 12. Atmosphere, Bar, Barye, Foot of Head, Kgf/Cm², Inch of Mercury,
> Pascal, Psi, Technical Atmosphere, Torr.

Units for pressure

> 13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus,
> Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus,
> Treponema.

Bacterias

> 14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium,
> Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium.

Rare earth metals

Mark Brader

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Dan Blum:
> (Some of those should properly have more upper-case letters.)

Skipped reading the round's preamble, eh?
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Toronto | Could lead to recursive problems in logic."
m...@vex.net | -- Robert L. Forward (The Flight of the Dragonfly)

Dan Blum

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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> Dan Blum:
> > (Some of those should properly have more upper-case letters.)

> Skipped reading the round's preamble, eh?

Yes.

Pete Gayde

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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:E66dndqoIa-P42jDnZ2dnUU7-
LHN...@giganews.com:

2:00pm; 3:01pm
Volatile gases

>
> 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
> Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.
>
> 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.

Computer programming languages

>
> 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
> Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.
>
> 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
> Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.
>
> 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
> Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.

Monkeys

>
> 7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
> Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
> Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.
>
> 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
> Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.
>
> 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.

Bones in the human body

>
> 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
> W Boson.

Atomic particles

>
>
> 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.
>
> 12. Atmosphere, Bar, Barye, Foot of Head, Kgf/Cm², Inch of Mercury,
> Pascal, Psi, Technical Atmosphere, Torr.
>
> 13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus,
> Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus,
> Treponema.

Bacteria

>
> 14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium,
> Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium.

Rare earth elements

>

Pete Gayde

Joe Masters

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On 2020-06-26 04:48:18 +0000, Mark Brader said:

>
> * 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.

Gases

>
> 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
> Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.

Enzymes?

>
> 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.

Programming languages

>
> 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
> Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.

Diseases

>
> 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
> Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.

Moons

>
> 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
> Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.

Monkeys

>
> 7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
> Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
> Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.

Muscles?

>
> 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
> Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.

Components of DNA?

>
> 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.

Bones

>
> 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
> W Boson.
>
>
> 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.
>
> 12. Atmosphere, Bar, Barye, Foot of Head, Kgf/Cm², Inch of Mercury,
> Pascal, Psi, Technical Atmosphere, Torr.
>
> 13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus,
> Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus,
> Treponema.
>
> 14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium,
> Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium.


--
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withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.” ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe

Mark Brader

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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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