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Mark Brader
Jun 23, 2015, 12:02:24 AM6/23/15
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Oh, I've gone and done it again and posted the new rounds in the
previous thread. Must be the jet lag. Yeah, that's it.
Here's a repeat. Please respond just once, in either thread.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-03-16,
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 (from the first posting).
All questions were written by members of MI5, 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 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 9, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - One More Beer Please (Handout Round)
As you see, the handout
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/beer.png
simply asks for "one more beer please" in a variety of languages.
Note that for languages that don't use a Latin-based alphabet,
the phrases *have been transliterated*, rather than using their
native script, which you might too easily recognize.
In each case simply name the language.
Note: I don't know the source of these translations (except it's
not Google Translate, as that produces different results for many
of them), and wouldn't be surprised if there are errors in some
of them. I noticed a couple of things not quite right myself
and took it on myself to improve them, and while I was at it, for
convenience in this medium I also took the opportunity to resequence
the entries so as to put the 10 languages that were actually used
in the round first. So the 13 decoys are now #11 through #23.
1. What language?
2. What language?
3. What language?
4. What language?
5. What language?
6. What language?
7. What language?
8. What language?
9. What language?
10. What language?
Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
11. What language?
12. What language?
13. What language?
14. What language?
15. What language?
16. What language?
17. What language?
18. What language?
19. What language?
20. What language?
21. What language?
22. What language?
23. What language?
* Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
A. Sunday Bloody Sunday
A1. As you know, "Bloody Sunday" refers to the 1972 shooting by
British soldiers of 26 unarmed civilians in Northern Ireland
during a protest march against internment. But another
name for the incident references the area of Derry where
it happened. Name that place.
A2. After an earlier tribunal largely cleared British soldiers
and authorities of any wrongdoing on Bloody Sunday, Tony
Blair ordered a second inquiry in 1998. It only took until
2010 for the resulting Saville Report to be published,
whereupon the British Prime Minister made a formal apology
on behalf of the UK. Who was this apologetic PM?
B. Whiskey in the Jar
B1. The name "whiskey" is derived from the Irish phrase "usice
beatha", pronounced "ush-ka-ba-ha". What is the literal
translation of "usice beatha" into English?
B2. What did Dublin distillers introduce in the late 1800s as
a way to differentiate "Pure Pot-still Irish whiskey"
from the blended Scotch that they considered inferior?
They are still using it today.
C. The Priest with the Collar
C1. Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald won an Oscar for his portrayal
of Father Fitzgibbon, a cranky, set-in-his-ways parish priest
who is reunited with his nonagenarian Irish mother... in
what Oscar-winning 1944 movie?
C2. Which sitcom follows the misadventures of three Roman
Catholic priests in a parish on Craggy Island, located off
the west coast of Ireland?
D. The Minstrel Boys
D1. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist and bassist
for Thin Lizzy.
D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
Boomtown Rats.
E. The Emerald Isle
E1. There are four traditional provinces on the island of
Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and what?
E2. Name the university that was founded by England's Queen
Elizabeth I in 1592. The Book of Kells is on permanent
display in its library.
F. The Wearing of the Green... Jacket
F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
F2. Only one Argentinian has ever won the green jacket, and
he almost had it a second time in 2013, losing in a playoff
to Adam Scott. Who is he?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Canada... likes to sit up there looking harmless,
m...@vex.net | like the USA's hat... --Anthony McCarron
My text in this article is in the public domain.
previous thread. Must be the jet lag. Yeah, that's it.
Here's a repeat. Please respond just once, in either thread.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-03-16,
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 (from the first posting).
All questions were written by members of MI5, 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 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 9, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - One More Beer Please (Handout Round)
As you see, the handout
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/beer.png
simply asks for "one more beer please" in a variety of languages.
Note that for languages that don't use a Latin-based alphabet,
the phrases *have been transliterated*, rather than using their
native script, which you might too easily recognize.
In each case simply name the language.
Note: I don't know the source of these translations (except it's
not Google Translate, as that produces different results for many
of them), and wouldn't be surprised if there are errors in some
of them. I noticed a couple of things not quite right myself
and took it on myself to improve them, and while I was at it, for
convenience in this medium I also took the opportunity to resequence
the entries so as to put the 10 languages that were actually used
in the round first. So the 13 decoys are now #11 through #23.
1. What language?
2. What language?
3. What language?
4. What language?
5. What language?
6. What language?
7. What language?
8. What language?
9. What language?
10. What language?
Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
11. What language?
12. What language?
13. What language?
14. What language?
15. What language?
16. What language?
17. What language?
18. What language?
19. What language?
20. What language?
21. What language?
22. What language?
23. What language?
* Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
A. Sunday Bloody Sunday
A1. As you know, "Bloody Sunday" refers to the 1972 shooting by
British soldiers of 26 unarmed civilians in Northern Ireland
during a protest march against internment. But another
name for the incident references the area of Derry where
it happened. Name that place.
A2. After an earlier tribunal largely cleared British soldiers
and authorities of any wrongdoing on Bloody Sunday, Tony
Blair ordered a second inquiry in 1998. It only took until
2010 for the resulting Saville Report to be published,
whereupon the British Prime Minister made a formal apology
on behalf of the UK. Who was this apologetic PM?
B. Whiskey in the Jar
B1. The name "whiskey" is derived from the Irish phrase "usice
beatha", pronounced "ush-ka-ba-ha". What is the literal
translation of "usice beatha" into English?
B2. What did Dublin distillers introduce in the late 1800s as
a way to differentiate "Pure Pot-still Irish whiskey"
from the blended Scotch that they considered inferior?
They are still using it today.
C. The Priest with the Collar
C1. Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald won an Oscar for his portrayal
of Father Fitzgibbon, a cranky, set-in-his-ways parish priest
who is reunited with his nonagenarian Irish mother... in
what Oscar-winning 1944 movie?
C2. Which sitcom follows the misadventures of three Roman
Catholic priests in a parish on Craggy Island, located off
the west coast of Ireland?
D. The Minstrel Boys
D1. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist and bassist
for Thin Lizzy.
D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
Boomtown Rats.
E. The Emerald Isle
E1. There are four traditional provinces on the island of
Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and what?
E2. Name the university that was founded by England's Queen
Elizabeth I in 1592. The Book of Kells is on permanent
display in its library.
F. The Wearing of the Green... Jacket
F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
F2. Only one Argentinian has ever won the green jacket, and
he almost had it a second time in 2013, losing in a playoff
to Adam Scott. Who is he?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Canada... likes to sit up there looking harmless,
m...@vex.net | like the USA's hat... --Anthony McCarron
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Calvin
Jun 23, 2015, 12:27:02 AM6/23/15
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On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 2:02:24 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
>So the 13 decoys are now #11 through #23.
What is the point of decoys if the answers aren't given in a list? Or have I missed something?
>So the 13 decoys are now #11 through #23.
cheers,
calvin
Pete
Jun 23, 2015, 1:01:48 AM6/23/15
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:_PudnZ3EM_HSRxXInZ2dnUU7-
LGd...@vex.net:
Portuguese
> 3. What language?
Welsh
> 4. What language?
> 5. What language?
Thai
> 6. What language?
Norwegian
> 7. What language?
Turkish
> 8. What language?
Finnish
> 9. What language?
Icelandic
> 10. What language?
Vietnamese
>
> Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. What language?
> 12. What language?
> 13. What language?
> 14. What language?
> 15. What language?
> 16. What language?
> 17. What language?
> 18. What language?
> 19. What language?
> 20. What language?
> 21. What language?
> 22. What language?
> 23. What language?
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
>
>
>
>
> F2. Only one Argentinian has ever won the green jacket, and
> he almost had it a second time in 2013, losing in a playoff
> to Adam Scott. Who is he?
Cabrera
>
>
Pete
LGd...@vex.net:
> 3. What language?
Welsh
> 4. What language?
> 5. What language?
> 6. What language?
Norwegian
> 7. What language?
Turkish
> 8. What language?
Finnish
> 9. What language?
Icelandic
> 10. What language?
Vietnamese
>
> Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. What language?
> 12. What language?
> 13. What language?
> 14. What language?
> 15. What language?
> 16. What language?
> 17. What language?
> 18. What language?
> 19. What language?
> 20. What language?
> 21. What language?
> 22. What language?
> 23. What language?
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
>
>
>
> F. The Wearing of the Green... Jacket
>
> F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
> National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
> Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
Jordan Spieth
>
> F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
> National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
> Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
>
> F2. Only one Argentinian has ever won the green jacket, and
> he almost had it a second time in 2013, losing in a playoff
> to Adam Scott. Who is he?
>
>
Pete
Mark Brader
Jun 23, 2015, 6:31:03 AM6/23/15
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Mark Brader:
>> ...I also took the opportunity to resequence the entries so as to
toward the end of the round won't be able to anticipate which items
they should be thinking about. If you were the 9th player to answer
and there were just 10 languages were used in the order 6, 9, 7,
2, 10, 4, 1, 8, 3, 5, then as soon as the 8th player was given #8,
you could be thinking hard about identifying #3 and #5. (If they
were used in numerical order it'd be even worse, as *everyone* could
anticipate their own question as soon as they recognized the pattern.
This does in fact happen sometimes when question-setters get careless.)
In this medium, it's for people who find it fun to identify more
languages.
On this particular round, it's also possible that one entry may help
you eliminate others, if there are two languages on the list that
are fairly similar. For example, you might be able to reason along
the lines of (hypothetical example) "I know #20 is correct Spanish,
and #5 looks pretty similiar, so I'll try Portuguese for #5".
--
Mark Brader "...we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side
Toronto with the giants on whose shoulders we stand."
m...@vex.net -- Gerald Holton
>> ...I also took the opportunity to resequence the entries so as to
>> put the 10 languages that were actually used in the round first.
>> So the 13 decoys are now #11 through #23.
"Calvin":
> What is the point of decoys if the answers aren't given in a list?
In the original game, it's so that the players whose turns come up
toward the end of the round won't be able to anticipate which items
they should be thinking about. If you were the 9th player to answer
and there were just 10 languages were used in the order 6, 9, 7,
2, 10, 4, 1, 8, 3, 5, then as soon as the 8th player was given #8,
you could be thinking hard about identifying #3 and #5. (If they
were used in numerical order it'd be even worse, as *everyone* could
anticipate their own question as soon as they recognized the pattern.
This does in fact happen sometimes when question-setters get careless.)
In this medium, it's for people who find it fun to identify more
languages.
On this particular round, it's also possible that one entry may help
you eliminate others, if there are two languages on the list that
are fairly similar. For example, you might be able to reason along
the lines of (hypothetical example) "I know #20 is correct Spanish,
and #5 looks pretty similiar, so I'll try Portuguese for #5".
--
Mark Brader "...we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side
Toronto with the giants on whose shoulders we stand."
m...@vex.net -- Gerald Holton
Joshua Kreitzer
Jun 23, 2015, 8:48:10 AM6/23/15
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:_PudnZ3EM_HSRxXI...@vex.net:
> * Game 9, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - One More Beer Please (Handout
> Round)
>
> As you see, the handout
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/beer.png
>
> simply asks for "one more beer please" in a variety of languages.
>
> In each case simply name the language.
> 2. What language?
Portuguese
> 3. What language?
Welsh
> 6. What language?
Portuguese
> 3. What language?
Welsh
Dutch
> 7. What language?
Hungarian
> 8. What language?
Finnish
> 9. What language?
> Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
French
> 13. What language?
Vietnamese
> 18. What language?
German
> 21. What language?
Italian
> 23. What language?
Spanish
> * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
>
> A. Sunday Bloody Sunday
>
> A2. After an earlier tribunal largely cleared British soldiers
> and authorities of any wrongdoing on Bloody Sunday, Tony
> Blair ordered a second inquiry in 1998. It only took until
> 2010 for the resulting Saville Report to be published,
> whereupon the British Prime Minister made a formal apology
> on behalf of the UK. Who was this apologetic PM?
Gordon Brown; David Cameron
> and authorities of any wrongdoing on Bloody Sunday, Tony
> Blair ordered a second inquiry in 1998. It only took until
> 2010 for the resulting Saville Report to be published,
> whereupon the British Prime Minister made a formal apology
> on behalf of the UK. Who was this apologetic PM?
> B. Whiskey in the Jar
>
> B1. The name "whiskey" is derived from the Irish phrase "usice
> beatha", pronounced "ush-ka-ba-ha". What is the literal
> translation of "usice beatha" into English?
> C. The Priest with the Collar
>
> C1. Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald won an Oscar for his portrayal
> of Father Fitzgibbon, a cranky, set-in-his-ways parish priest
> who is reunited with his nonagenarian Irish mother... in
> what Oscar-winning 1944 movie?
> D. The Minstrel Boys
>
> D1. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist and bassist
> for Thin Lizzy.
> D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
> Boomtown Rats.
> E. The Emerald Isle
>
> E1. There are four traditional provinces on the island of
> Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and what?
> E2. Name the university that was founded by England's Queen
> Elizabeth I in 1592. The Book of Kells is on permanent
> display in its library.
> F. The Wearing of the Green... Jacket
>
> F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
> National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
> Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Peter Smyth
Jun 23, 2015, 3:14:06 PM6/23/15
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> 2. What language?
Portuguese
> 3. What language?
Welsh
Portuguese
> 3. What language?
Welsh
> 4. What language?
> 5. What language?
> 6. What language?
Dutch
> 5. What language?
> 6. What language?
> 7. What language?
Turkish
> 8. What language?
Finnish
> 9. What language?
Norwegian
Finnish
> 9. What language?
> 10. What language?
Chinese
>
> Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. What language?
> 12. What language?
French
> Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. What language?
> 12. What language?
> 13. What language?
> 14. What language?
> 15. What language?
> 16. What language?
> 17. What language?
> 18. What language?
German
> 14. What language?
> 15. What language?
> 16. What language?
> 17. What language?
> 18. What language?
> 19. What language?
> 20. What language?
> 21. What language?
Italian
> 20. What language?
> 21. What language?
> 22. What language?
> 23. What language?
Spanish
> 23. What language?
>
> * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
>
> A. Sunday Bloody Sunday
>
> A1. As you know, "Bloody Sunday" refers to the 1972 shooting by
> British soldiers of 26 unarmed civilians in Northern Ireland
> during a protest march against internment. But another
> name for the incident references the area of Derry where
> it happened. Name that place.
Bogside
> * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
>
> A. Sunday Bloody Sunday
>
> A1. As you know, "Bloody Sunday" refers to the 1972 shooting by
> British soldiers of 26 unarmed civilians in Northern Ireland
> during a protest march against internment. But another
> name for the incident references the area of Derry where
> it happened. Name that place.
> A2. After an earlier tribunal largely cleared British soldiers
> and authorities of any wrongdoing on Bloody Sunday, Tony
> Blair ordered a second inquiry in 1998. It only took until
> 2010 for the resulting Saville Report to be published,
> whereupon the British Prime Minister made a formal apology
> on behalf of the UK. Who was this apologetic PM?
Cameron, Brown
> and authorities of any wrongdoing on Bloody Sunday, Tony
> Blair ordered a second inquiry in 1998. It only took until
> 2010 for the resulting Saville Report to be published,
> whereupon the British Prime Minister made a formal apology
> on behalf of the UK. Who was this apologetic PM?
> B. Whiskey in the Jar
>
> B1. The name "whiskey" is derived from the Irish phrase "usice
> beatha", pronounced "ush-ka-ba-ha". What is the literal
> translation of "usice beatha" into English?
>
> B2. What did Dublin distillers introduce in the late 1800s as
> a way to differentiate "Pure Pot-still Irish whiskey"
> from the blended Scotch that they considered inferior?
> They are still using it today.
an extra 'e' in the name
>
> B1. The name "whiskey" is derived from the Irish phrase "usice
> beatha", pronounced "ush-ka-ba-ha". What is the literal
> translation of "usice beatha" into English?
>
> B2. What did Dublin distillers introduce in the late 1800s as
> a way to differentiate "Pure Pot-still Irish whiskey"
> from the blended Scotch that they considered inferior?
> They are still using it today.
> C. The Priest with the Collar
>
> C1. Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald won an Oscar for his portrayal
> of Father Fitzgibbon, a cranky, set-in-his-ways parish priest
> who is reunited with his nonagenarian Irish mother... in
> what Oscar-winning 1944 movie?
>
> C2. Which sitcom follows the misadventures of three Roman
> Catholic priests in a parish on Craggy Island, located off
> the west coast of Ireland?
Father Ted
>
> C1. Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald won an Oscar for his portrayal
> of Father Fitzgibbon, a cranky, set-in-his-ways parish priest
> who is reunited with his nonagenarian Irish mother... in
> what Oscar-winning 1944 movie?
>
> C2. Which sitcom follows the misadventures of three Roman
> Catholic priests in a parish on Craggy Island, located off
> the west coast of Ireland?
> D. The Minstrel Boys
>
> D1. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist and bassist
> for Thin Lizzy.
>
> D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
> Boomtown Rats.
Bob Geldof
>
> D1. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist and bassist
> for Thin Lizzy.
>
> D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
> Boomtown Rats.
> E. The Emerald Isle
>
> E1. There are four traditional provinces on the island of
> Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and what?
Ulster
>
> E1. There are four traditional provinces on the island of
> Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and what?
> E2. Name the university that was founded by England's Queen
> Elizabeth I in 1592. The Book of Kells is on permanent
> display in its library.
Trinity College Dublin
> Elizabeth I in 1592. The Book of Kells is on permanent
> display in its library.
> F. The Wearing of the Green... Jacket
>
> F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
> National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
> Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
Jordan Spieth
>
> F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
> National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
> Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
> F2. Only one Argentinian has ever won the green jacket, and
> he almost had it a second time in 2013, losing in a playoff
> to Adam Scott. Who is he?
Angel Cabrera
> he almost had it a second time in 2013, losing in a playoff
> to Adam Scott. Who is he?
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
Jun 23, 2015, 3:50:44 PM6/23/15
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> On this particular round, it's also possible that one entry may help
> you eliminate others, if there are two languages on the list that
> are fairly similar. For example, you might be able to reason along
> the lines of (hypothetical example) "I know #20 is correct Spanish,
> and #5 looks pretty similiar, so I'll try Portuguese for #5".
>
That is certainly true. I looked at #6 and said to myself, "I never seen
> On this particular round, it's also possible that one entry may help
> you eliminate others, if there are two languages on the list that
> are fairly similar. For example, you might be able to reason along
> the lines of (hypothetical example) "I know #20 is correct Spanish,
> and #5 looks pretty similiar, so I'll try Portuguese for #5".
>
the word 'graag' in Dutch, but using Afrikaans is just to obscure".
But then I saw #11, and obviously both are there (unless one of them
is Frisian) and 'asseblief' is certainly more familiar, so that settled
the issue for me. I could still be wrong though.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Jason Kreitzer
Jun 23, 2015, 5:22:32 PM6/23/15
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> 4. What language?
> 5. What language?
> 6. What language?
> 7. What language?
> 8. What language?
> 9. What language?
Norwegian?
> 5. What language?
> 6. What language?
> 7. What language?
> 8. What language?
> 9. What language?
>
> D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
> Boomtown Rats.
Bob Geldof
> D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
> Boomtown Rats.
Dan Tilque
Jun 25, 2015, 6:14:19 AM6/25/15
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - One More Beer Please (Handout Round)
>
> As you see, the handout
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/beer.png
>
> simply asks for "one more beer please" in a variety of languages.
> Note that for languages that don't use a Latin-based alphabet,
> the phrases *have been transliterated*, rather than using their
> native script, which you might too easily recognize.
>
> In each case simply name the language.
>
> Note: I don't know the source of these translations (except it's
> not Google Translate, as that produces different results for many
> of them), and wouldn't be surprised if there are errors in some
> of them. I noticed a couple of things not quite right myself
> and took it on myself to improve them, and while I was at it, for
> convenience in this medium I also took the opportunity to resequence
> the entries so as to put the 10 languages that were actually used
> in the round first. So the 13 decoys are now #11 through #23.
>
> 1. What language?
> 2. What language?
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - One More Beer Please (Handout Round)
>
> As you see, the handout
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/beer.png
>
> simply asks for "one more beer please" in a variety of languages.
> Note that for languages that don't use a Latin-based alphabet,
> the phrases *have been transliterated*, rather than using their
> native script, which you might too easily recognize.
>
> In each case simply name the language.
>
> Note: I don't know the source of these translations (except it's
> not Google Translate, as that produces different results for many
> of them), and wouldn't be surprised if there are errors in some
> of them. I noticed a couple of things not quite right myself
> and took it on myself to improve them, and while I was at it, for
> convenience in this medium I also took the opportunity to resequence
> the entries so as to put the 10 languages that were actually used
> in the round first. So the 13 decoys are now #11 through #23.
>
> 1. What language?
> 2. What language?
Portuguese
> 3. What language?
Welsh
> 3. What language?
Welsh
> 4. What language?
> 5. What language?
> 6. What language?
Afrikaans
> 5. What language?
> 6. What language?
> 7. What language?
Turkish
> 8. What language?
> 9. What language?
> 10. What language?
>
> Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. What language?
> 12. What language?
French
> 13. What language?
> 14. What language?
> 15. What language?
> 16. What language?
> 17. What language?
> 18. What language?
> 19. What language?
> 20. What language?
> 21. What language?
> 22. What language?
> 23. What language?
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
>
> A. Sunday Bloody Sunday
>
> A1. As you know, "Bloody Sunday" refers to the 1972 shooting by
> British soldiers of 26 unarmed civilians in Northern Ireland
> during a protest march against internment. But another
> name for the incident references the area of Derry where
> it happened. Name that place.
>
> A2. After an earlier tribunal largely cleared British soldiers
> and authorities of any wrongdoing on Bloody Sunday, Tony
> Blair ordered a second inquiry in 1998. It only took until
> 2010 for the resulting Saville Report to be published,
> whereupon the British Prime Minister made a formal apology
> on behalf of the UK. Who was this apologetic PM?
>
> B. Whiskey in the Jar
>
> B1. The name "whiskey" is derived from the Irish phrase "usice
> beatha", pronounced "ush-ka-ba-ha". What is the literal
> translation of "usice beatha" into English?
>
> B2. What did Dublin distillers introduce in the late 1800s as
> a way to differentiate "Pure Pot-still Irish whiskey"
> from the blended Scotch that they considered inferior?
> They are still using it today.
>
> C. The Priest with the Collar
>
> C1. Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald won an Oscar for his portrayal
> of Father Fitzgibbon, a cranky, set-in-his-ways parish priest
> who is reunited with his nonagenarian Irish mother... in
> what Oscar-winning 1944 movie?
>
> C2. Which sitcom follows the misadventures of three Roman
> Catholic priests in a parish on Craggy Island, located off
> the west coast of Ireland?
>
> D. The Minstrel Boys
>
> D1. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist and bassist
> for Thin Lizzy.
>
> D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
> Boomtown Rats.
>
> E. The Emerald Isle
>
> E1. There are four traditional provinces on the island of
> Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and what?
>
> E2. Name the university that was founded by England's Queen
> Elizabeth I in 1592. The Book of Kells is on permanent
> display in its library.
>
> F. The Wearing of the Green... Jacket
>
> F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
> National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
> Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
>
> F2. Only one Argentinian has ever won the green jacket, and
> he almost had it a second time in 2013, losing in a playoff
> to Adam Scott. Who is he?
>
>
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Jun 25, 2015, 1:53:50 PM6/25/15
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Erland Sommarskog:
[2] http://www.google.com/search?q=assemblief
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> That is certainly true. I looked at #6 and said to myself, "I never seen
> the word 'graag' in Dutch, but using Afrikaans is just to obscure".
> But then I saw #11, and obviously both are there (unless one of them
> is Frisian) and 'asseblief' is certainly more familiar, so that settled
> the issue for me. I could still be wrong though.
FYI: [1] http://www.encyclo.nl/begrip/graag
> the word 'graag' in Dutch, but using Afrikaans is just to obscure".
> But then I saw #11, and obviously both are there (unless one of them
> is Frisian) and 'asseblief' is certainly more familiar, so that settled
> the issue for me. I could still be wrong though.
[2] http://www.google.com/search?q=assemblief
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Mark Brader
Jun 25, 2015, 6:33:01 PM6/25/15
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Mark Brader:
Well done once again, sir.
> * Game 9, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - One More Beer Please (Handout Round)
> As you see, the handout
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/beer.png
> simply asks for "one more beer please" in a variety of languages.
> Note that for languages that don't use a Latin-based alphabet,
> the phrases *have been transliterated*, rather than using their
> native script, which you might too easily recognize.
> In each case simply name the language.
> Note: I don't know the source of these translations (except it's
> not Google Translate, as that produces different results for many
> of them), and wouldn't be surprised if there are errors in some
> of them. I noticed a couple of things not quite right myself
> and took it on myself to improve them, and while I was at it, for
> convenience in this medium I also took the opportunity to resequence
> the entries so as to put the 10 languages that were actually used
> in the round first. So the 13 decoys are now #11 through #23.
> 1. What language?
Tagalog (aka Filipino; I scored "Philippine" as almost correct).
2 for Marc.
> 2. What language?
Portuguese. 4 for Pete, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, Björn,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin.
> 3. What language?
Welsh. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, Jason,
and Dan Tilque.
> 4. What language?
Hindi.
> 5. What language?
Thai. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Marc.
> 6. What language?
Dutch. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, and Peter.
> 7. What language?
Hungarian. (I accepted "Magyar".) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Erland.
> 8. What language?
Finnish. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Marc, Joshua, Peter, and Erland.
> 9. What language?
Danish. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Björn. 3 for Dan Blum.
2 for Marc.
> 10. What language?
Korean. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Erland.
> Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
> 11. What language?
Afrikaans. Marc got this.
> 12. What language?
French. Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, and Dan Tilque got this.
> 13. What language?
Vietnamese. Marc, Joshua, and Erland got this.
> 14. What language?
Mongolian.
> 15. What language?
Zulu.
> 16. What language?
Serbian (or Bosnian or Croatian).
> 17. What language?
Armenian.
> 18. What language?
German. Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, and Dan Tilque got this.
> 19. What language?
Icelandic. Marc and Erlang got this.
> 20. What language?
Turkish. Erland got this.
> 21. What language?
Italian. Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Peter, and Erland got this.
> 22. What language?
Estonian. Erland got this.
> 23. What language?
Spanish. Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, and Dan Tilque
got this.
> * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
> A. Sunday Bloody Sunday
> A1. As you know, "Bloody Sunday" refers to the 1972 shooting by
> British soldiers of 26 unarmed civilians in Northern Ireland
> during a protest march against internment. But another
> name for the incident references the area of Derry where
> it happened. Name that place.
Bogside. 4 for Peter.
> A2. After an earlier tribunal largely cleared British soldiers
> and authorities of any wrongdoing on Bloody Sunday, Tony
> Blair ordered a second inquiry in 1998. It only took until
> 2010 for the resulting Saville Report to be published,
> whereupon the British Prime Minister made a formal apology
> on behalf of the UK. Who was this apologetic PM?
David Cameron. 4 for Marc. 3 for Peter. 2 for Joshua.
> B. Whiskey in the Jar
> B1. The name "whiskey" is derived from the Irish phrase "usice
> beatha", pronounced "ush-ka-ba-ha". What is the literal
> translation of "usice beatha" into English?
Water of life. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Erland, Björn,
and Dan Tilque.
> B2. What did Dublin distillers introduce in the late 1800s as
> a way to differentiate "Pure Pot-still Irish whiskey"
> from the blended Scotch that they considered inferior?
> They are still using it today.
The letter E: it's Scotch "whisky" but Irish "whiskey". 4 for Calvin,
Peter, and Dan Tilque.
> C. The Priest with the Collar
> C1. Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald won an Oscar for his portrayal
> of Father Fitzgibbon, a cranky, set-in-his-ways parish priest
> who is reunited with his nonagenarian Irish mother... in
> what Oscar-winning 1944 movie?
"Going My Way". 4 for Marc and Joshua.
> C2. Which sitcom follows the misadventures of three Roman
> Catholic priests in a parish on Craggy Island, located off
> the west coast of Ireland?
"Father Ted". 4 for Peter.
> D. The Minstrel Boys
> D1. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist and bassist
> for Thin Lizzy.
Phil Lynott. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Jason, and Björn. 3 for Calvin.
> D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
> Boomtown Rats.
Bob Geldof. 4 for Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, Jason,
and Björn.
> E. The Emerald Isle
> E1. There are four traditional provinces on the island of
> Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and what?
Ulster. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Peter, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
The part of Ireland that left the UK to become an independent country
included the whole of the other three provinces but only about 35%
of Ulster. The rest of Ulster, of course, remained in the UK as
Northern Ireland. Consequently the name "Ulster" is, or has been,
sometimes used when what's actually meant is "Northern Ireland".
> E2. Name the university that was founded by England's Queen
> Elizabeth I in 1592. The Book of Kells is on permanent
> display in its library.
Trinity College, Dublin. I accepted "Trinity" as sufficient.
4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
> F. The Wearing of the Green... Jacket
> F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
> National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
> Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
Bubba Watson. 4 for Calvin.
> F2. Only one Argentinian has ever won the green jacket, and
> he almost had it a second time in 2013, losing in a playoff
> to Adam Scott. Who is he?
Angel Cabrera. 4 for Calvin, Pete, and Peter.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Can Art Spo Ent His Mis Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 4 27 24 32 40 23 -- -- 150
Joshua Kreitzer 0 4 16 19 40 4 24 22 125
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 28 24 12 16 31 123
"Calvin" -- -- 16 32 36 4 3 27 118
Dan Blum 0 16 12 16 16 20 27 8 107
Marc Dashevsky 0 4 12 20 12 4 28 20 96
Dan Tilque 0 12 4 22 4 16 8 16 78
Pete Gayde 0 0 8 23 24 0 16 4 75
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 11 12 0 24 16 63
Jason Kreitzer 0 0 0 0 39 0 4 8 51
Björn Lundin 0 4 4 12 4 0 8 12 44
Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 16 -- -- -- -- 16
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Toronto | the one that comes complete with bathwater."
m...@vex.net | --Maria Conlon
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-03-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-02-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
And Game 9 is over and STEPHEN PERRY wins. Congratulations!
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Well done once again, sir.
> * Game 9, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - One More Beer Please (Handout Round)
> As you see, the handout
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/beer.png
> simply asks for "one more beer please" in a variety of languages.
> Note that for languages that don't use a Latin-based alphabet,
> the phrases *have been transliterated*, rather than using their
> native script, which you might too easily recognize.
> In each case simply name the language.
> Note: I don't know the source of these translations (except it's
> not Google Translate, as that produces different results for many
> of them), and wouldn't be surprised if there are errors in some
> of them. I noticed a couple of things not quite right myself
> and took it on myself to improve them, and while I was at it, for
> convenience in this medium I also took the opportunity to resequence
> the entries so as to put the 10 languages that were actually used
> in the round first. So the 13 decoys are now #11 through #23.
> 1. What language?
2 for Marc.
> 2. What language?
Portuguese. 4 for Pete, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, Björn,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin.
> 3. What language?
Welsh. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, Jason,
and Dan Tilque.
> 4. What language?
Hindi.
> 5. What language?
Thai. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Marc.
> 6. What language?
Dutch. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, and Peter.
> 7. What language?
Hungarian. (I accepted "Magyar".) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Erland.
> 8. What language?
Finnish. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Marc, Joshua, Peter, and Erland.
> 9. What language?
Danish. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Björn. 3 for Dan Blum.
2 for Marc.
> 10. What language?
Korean. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Erland.
> Continue with the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
> 11. What language?
> 12. What language?
French. Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, and Dan Tilque got this.
> 13. What language?
Vietnamese. Marc, Joshua, and Erland got this.
> 14. What language?
Mongolian.
> 15. What language?
Zulu.
> 16. What language?
Serbian (or Bosnian or Croatian).
> 17. What language?
Armenian.
> 18. What language?
German. Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, and Dan Tilque got this.
> 19. What language?
Icelandic. Marc and Erlang got this.
> 20. What language?
Turkish. Erland got this.
> 21. What language?
Italian. Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Peter, and Erland got this.
> 22. What language?
Estonian. Erland got this.
> 23. What language?
Spanish. Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Erland, and Dan Tilque
got this.
> * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - St. Patrick's Day
> A. Sunday Bloody Sunday
> A1. As you know, "Bloody Sunday" refers to the 1972 shooting by
> British soldiers of 26 unarmed civilians in Northern Ireland
> during a protest march against internment. But another
> name for the incident references the area of Derry where
> it happened. Name that place.
> A2. After an earlier tribunal largely cleared British soldiers
> and authorities of any wrongdoing on Bloody Sunday, Tony
> Blair ordered a second inquiry in 1998. It only took until
> 2010 for the resulting Saville Report to be published,
> whereupon the British Prime Minister made a formal apology
> on behalf of the UK. Who was this apologetic PM?
> B. Whiskey in the Jar
> B1. The name "whiskey" is derived from the Irish phrase "usice
> beatha", pronounced "ush-ka-ba-ha". What is the literal
> translation of "usice beatha" into English?
and Dan Tilque.
> B2. What did Dublin distillers introduce in the late 1800s as
> a way to differentiate "Pure Pot-still Irish whiskey"
> from the blended Scotch that they considered inferior?
> They are still using it today.
Peter, and Dan Tilque.
> C. The Priest with the Collar
> C1. Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald won an Oscar for his portrayal
> of Father Fitzgibbon, a cranky, set-in-his-ways parish priest
> who is reunited with his nonagenarian Irish mother... in
> what Oscar-winning 1944 movie?
> C2. Which sitcom follows the misadventures of three Roman
> Catholic priests in a parish on Craggy Island, located off
> the west coast of Ireland?
> D. The Minstrel Boys
> D1. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist and bassist
> for Thin Lizzy.
> D2. Name the Irish singer who was the lead vocalist for The
> Boomtown Rats.
and Björn.
> E. The Emerald Isle
> E1. There are four traditional provinces on the island of
> Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and what?
The part of Ireland that left the UK to become an independent country
included the whole of the other three provinces but only about 35%
of Ulster. The rest of Ulster, of course, remained in the UK as
Northern Ireland. Consequently the name "Ulster" is, or has been,
sometimes used when what's actually meant is "Northern Ireland".
> E2. Name the university that was founded by England's Queen
> Elizabeth I in 1592. The Book of Kells is on permanent
> display in its library.
4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
> F. The Wearing of the Green... Jacket
> F1. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta
> National Golf Course by the reigning champion of the
> Masters tournament. So whose closet is it in today?
> F2. Only one Argentinian has ever won the green jacket, and
> he almost had it a second time in 2013, losing in a playoff
> to Adam Scott. Who is he?
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Can Art Spo Ent His Mis Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 4 27 24 32 40 23 -- -- 150
Joshua Kreitzer 0 4 16 19 40 4 24 22 125
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 28 24 12 16 31 123
"Calvin" -- -- 16 32 36 4 3 27 118
Dan Blum 0 16 12 16 16 20 27 8 107
Marc Dashevsky 0 4 12 20 12 4 28 20 96
Dan Tilque 0 12 4 22 4 16 8 16 78
Pete Gayde 0 0 8 23 24 0 16 4 75
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 11 12 0 24 16 63
Jason Kreitzer 0 0 0 0 39 0 4 8 51
Björn Lundin 0 4 4 12 4 0 8 12 44
Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 16 -- -- -- -- 16
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Toronto | the one that comes complete with bathwater."
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