QFTCI11 Current Events Final
Mark Brader
and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
were correct on that date.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2010-11-16 companion posting on "Five Guys Named Moe Questions
from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM)".
I wrote one question in this round.
* Final (2011-04-04), Round 1 - Current Events
A. Entertainment, or "The Winner Takes It All"
A1. Despite having a leading 6 nominations, this Juno Awards
host went home empty-handed. Who?
A2. Despite a jest by jury member Stephen Fry, and although
he was our team's Newsmaker of the Season, Justin Bieber
did *not* win this year's Glenn Gould Prize for lifetime
contribution to the arts. Who did?
A3. Rutgers University shelled out $32,000 this week for
a speaking appearance by reality TV star Nicole "Snooki"
Polizzi. That's $2,000 more than they're paying what
Nobel laureate and Pulitzer-prizewinning author for a
graduation speech in May?
B. In Memoriam, or "Don't Fear the Reaper"
B1. What American politician and former vice-presidential
candidate died last week at age 75?
B2. What comedian and Royal Canadian Air Farce founding
member died last week at age 64?
B3. What former screen idol and star of Alfred Hitchcock's
"Strangers on a Train" and "Rope" died last week at
age 85?
C. The Election, or "Won't Get Fooled Again"
C1. This Liberal candidate fell prey to an April Fool's
Day joke by a Montreal Gazette editor, who blogged
that the barcode on his campaign poster mistakenly
sends readers to an X-rated website, "Luberal.ca".
Name the candidate.
C2. Stephen Harper's Brampton campaign stop included a
photo op with him clutching what piece of sports equipment
in both hands?
C3. In a Friday press conference, Quebec Premier Jean Charest
denounced Stephen Harper's promise of a $4.2 billion loan
guarantee for what project in Newfoundland and Labrador?
D. Sports, or "Glory Days"
D1. What 43-year-old former Toronto Blue Jay will be returning
as a special assistant to the organization?
B2. What Blue Jay was honored with a bobblehead giveaway at
yesterday's home game? That's in addition to his 5-year,
$65 million contract extension.
D3. What utility infielder did the Blue Jays acquire from
the Indians on the last day of spring training?
E. Transportation, or "Trains and Boats and Planes"
E1. A freight train derailment last Sunday caused
several days of VIA Rail train cancellations along the
Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal corridor. Name either of the
two Ontario towns closest to the derailment.
E2. The Liberian-registered cargo ship BBC Steinhoelft found
itself in Canadian news reports on Thursday. Why?
E3. What was named the "Best Airport in North America" in
the 2010 Skytrax World Airport Awards, based on the
votes of nearly 10,000,000 travellers?
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Joshua Kreitzer
>
> * Final (2011-04-04), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> A. Entertainment, or "The Winner Takes It All"
>
> a speaking appearance by reality TV star Nicole "Snooki"
> Polizzi. That's $2,000 more than they're paying what
> Nobel laureate and Pulitzer-prizewinning author for a
> graduation speech in May?
Toni Morrison
> B. In Memoriam, or "Don't Fear the Reaper"
>
> B1. What American politician and former vice-presidential
> candidate died last week at age 75?
Geraldine Ferraro
> B3. What former screen idol and star of Alfred Hitchcock's
> "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope" died last week at
> age 85?
Farley Granger
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Marc Dashevsky
> * Final (2011-04-04), Round 1 - Current Events
>
>
> B1. What American politician and former vice-presidential
> candidate died last week at age 75?
> B2. What comedian and Royal Canadian Air Farce founding
> member died last week at age 64?
>
> B3. What former screen idol and star of Alfred Hitchcock's
> "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope" died last week at
> age 85?
Farley Granger
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Dan Blum
> * Final (2011-04-04), Round 1 - Current Events
> A. Entertainment, or "The Winner Takes It All"
> A3. Rutgers University shelled out $32,000 this week for
> a speaking appearance by reality TV star Nicole "Snooki"
> Polizzi. That's $2,000 more than they're paying what
> Nobel laureate and Pulitzer-prizewinning author for a
> graduation speech in May?
Toni Morrison
> B. In Memoriam, or "Don't Fear the Reaper"
> B1. What American politician and former vice-presidential
> candidate died last week at age 75?
Geraldine Ferraro
> C. The Election, or "Won't Get Fooled Again"
> C2. Stephen Harper's Brampton campaign stop included a
> photo op with him clutching what piece of sports equipment
> in both hands?
tennis racket
> E. Transportation, or "Trains and Boats and Planes"
> E3. What was named the "Best Airport in North America" in
> the 2010 Skytrax World Airport Awards, based on the
> votes of nearly 10,000,000 travellers?
Toronto; O'Hare
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_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
swp
> I wrote one question in this round.
you do that a lot it seems. good on ya for it!
> * Final (2011-04-04), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> A. Entertainment, or "The Winner Takes It All"
>
> A1. Despite having a leading 6 nominations, this Juno Awards
> host went home empty-handed. Who?
neil young?
> A2. Despite a jest by jury member Stephen Fry, and although
> he was our team's Newsmaker of the Season, Justin Bieber
> did *not* win this year's Glenn Gould Prize for lifetime
> contribution to the arts. Who did?
neil young?
> A3. Rutgers University shelled out $32,000 this week for
> a speaking appearance by reality TV star Nicole "Snooki"
> Polizzi. That's $2,000 more than they're paying what
> Nobel laureate and Pulitzer-prizewinning author for a
> graduation speech in May?
damn. I heard it was something called 'snooki' that got more money
but not more than who! (what's a 'snooki'?)
> B. In Memoriam, or "Don't Fear the Reaper"
>
> B1. What American politician and former vice-presidential
> candidate died last week at age 75?
geraldine ferraro
> B2. What comedian and Royal Canadian Air Farce founding
> member died last week at age 64?
roger abbot just died, so I'll guess him
> B3. What former screen idol and star of Alfred Hitchcock's
> "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope" died last week at
> age 85?
(Mark's question) farley granger
> C. The Election, or "Won't Get Fooled Again"
>
> C1. This Liberal candidate fell prey to an April Fool's
> Day joke by a Montreal Gazette editor, who blogged
> that the barcode on his campaign poster mistakenly
> sends readers to an X-rated website, "Luberal.ca".
> Name the candidate.
simpson; johnson
> C2. Stephen Harper's Brampton campaign stop included a
> photo op with him clutching what piece of sports equipment
> in both hands?
hockey stick? ; cricket bat?
> C3. In a Friday press conference, Quebec Premier Jean Charest
> denounced Stephen Harper's promise of a $4.2 billion loan
> guarantee for what project in Newfoundland and Labrador?
for that much money, it has got to be either a hydroelectric plant or
nuclear power plant
> D. Sports, or "Glory Days"
>
> D1. What 43-year-old former Toronto Blue Jay will be returning
> as a special assistant to the organization?
slapjaw moosketoon ; tom
> B2. What Blue Jay was honored with a bobblehead giveaway at
> yesterday's home game? That's in addition to his 5-year,
> $65 million contract extension.
that was me. thanks.
> D3. What utility infielder did the Blue Jays acquire from
> the Indians on the last day of spring training?
satchel paige. (what year?)
> E. Transportation, or "Trains and Boats and Planes"
>
> E1. A freight train derailment last Sunday caused
> several days of VIA Rail train cancellations along the
> Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal corridor. Name either of the
> two Ontario towns closest to the derailment.
burlington (it made the news all the way down here)
> E2. The Liberian-registered cargo ship BBC Steinhoelft found
> itself in Canadian news reports on Thursday. Why?
was that the ship that ran aground in a canal?
> E3. What was named the "Best Airport in North America" in
> the 2010 Skytrax World Airport Awards, based on the
> votes of nearly 10,000,000 travellers?
if it didn't say north america I would have said hong kong as the
obvious choice .. hmmm .... san francisco has a nice airport so that's
guess #1 ... but we're looking for something canadian ... so guess #2
will be ... not montreal, not toronto, not .. oh, vancouver maybe?
they're really nice at least. (the only thing I'm sure of is that it
wasn't philadelphia!)
swp, who wore plaid today just to prove he wasn't actually dead
Mark Brader
> > I wrote one question in this round.
Stephen Perry:
> you do that a lot it seems. good on ya for it!
Oh? Okay, thanks.
> damn. I heard it was something called 'snooki' that got more money
> but not more than who! (what's a 'snooki'?)
One of these, it seems:
http://www.televisioninternet.com/news/pictures/snooki.jpg
> > C3. In a Friday press conference, Quebec Premier Jean Charest
> > denounced Stephen Harper's promise of a $4.2 billion loan
> > guarantee for what project in Newfoundland and Labrador?
>
> for that much money, it has got to be either a hydroelectric plant or
> nuclear power plant
What, you don't think it was a high-speed inter-urban railway?
> > E1. A freight train derailment last Sunday caused
> > several days of VIA Rail train cancellations along the
> > Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal corridor. Name either of the
> > two Ontario towns closest to the derailment.
>
> burlington (it made the news all the way down here)
If Burlington moved to the other side of Toronto, I'm not surprised it
made the news down there. I missed that one myself.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "I seem to have become a signature quote."
m...@vex.net -- David Keldsen
Erland Sommarskog
> B1. What American politician and former vice-presidential
> candidate died last week at age 75?
Geraldine Ferraro
> E3. What was named the "Best Airport in North America" in
> the 2010 Skytrax World Airport Awards, based on the
> votes of nearly 10,000,000 travellers?
YYZ
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Pete
news:3qOdnYoKaJmD1APQ...@vex.net:
Ferraro
>
> B2. What comedian and Royal Canadian Air Farce founding
> member died last week at age 64?
>
> B3. What former screen idol and star of Alfred Hitchcock's
> "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope" died last week at
> age 85?
Granger
>
> C. The Election, or "Won't Get Fooled Again"
>
> C1. This Liberal candidate fell prey to an April Fool's
> Day joke by a Montreal Gazette editor, who blogged
> that the barcode on his campaign poster mistakenly
> sends readers to an X-rated website, "Luberal.ca".
> Name the candidate.
>
> C2. Stephen Harper's Brampton campaign stop included a
> photo op with him clutching what piece of sports equipment
> in both hands?
>
> C3. In a Friday press conference, Quebec Premier Jean Charest
> denounced Stephen Harper's promise of a $4.2 billion loan
> guarantee for what project in Newfoundland and Labrador?
>
> D. Sports, or "Glory Days"
>
> D1. What 43-year-old former Toronto Blue Jay will be returning
> as a special assistant to the organization?
>
> B2. What Blue Jay was honored with a bobblehead giveaway at
> yesterday's home game? That's in addition to his 5-year,
> $65 million contract extension.
Bautista
>
> D3. What utility infielder did the Blue Jays acquire from
> the Indians on the last day of spring training?
>
> E. Transportation, or "Trains and Boats and Planes"
>
> E1. A freight train derailment last Sunday caused
> several days of VIA Rail train cancellations along the
> Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal corridor. Name either of the
> two Ontario towns closest to the derailment.
>
> E2. The Liberian-registered cargo ship BBC Steinhoelft found
> itself in Canadian news reports on Thursday. Why?
>
> E3. What was named the "Best Airport in North America" in
> the 2010 Skytrax World Airport Awards, based on the
> votes of nearly 10,000,000 travellers?
Dallas; Denver
>
Pete
Dan Tilque
>
> I wrote one question in this round.
>
>
> * Final (2011-04-04), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> A. Entertainment, or "The Winner Takes It All"
>
> A1. Despite having a leading 6 nominations, this Juno Awards
> host went home empty-handed. Who?
>
> A2. Despite a jest by jury member Stephen Fry, and although
> he was our team's Newsmaker of the Season, Justin Bieber
> did *not* win this year's Glenn Gould Prize for lifetime
> contribution to the arts. Who did?
>
> A3. Rutgers University shelled out $32,000 this week for
> a speaking appearance by reality TV star Nicole "Snooki"
> Polizzi. That's $2,000 more than they're paying what
> Nobel laureate and Pulitzer-prizewinning author for a
> graduation speech in May?
>
> B. In Memoriam, or "Don't Fear the Reaper"
>
> B1. What American politician and former vice-presidential
> candidate died last week at age 75?
>
> B2. What comedian and Royal Canadian Air Farce founding
> member died last week at age 64?
>
> B3. What former screen idol and star of Alfred Hitchcock's
> "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope" died last week at
> age 85?
Elizabeth Taylor
>
> C. The Election, or "Won't Get Fooled Again"
>
> C1. This Liberal candidate fell prey to an April Fool's
> Day joke by a Montreal Gazette editor, who blogged
> that the barcode on his campaign poster mistakenly
> sends readers to an X-rated website, "Luberal.ca".
> Name the candidate.
>
> C2. Stephen Harper's Brampton campaign stop included a
> photo op with him clutching what piece of sports equipment
> in both hands?
>
> C3. In a Friday press conference, Quebec Premier Jean Charest
> denounced Stephen Harper's promise of a $4.2 billion loan
> guarantee for what project in Newfoundland and Labrador?
>
> D. Sports, or "Glory Days"
>
> D1. What 43-year-old former Toronto Blue Jay will be returning
> as a special assistant to the organization?
Olerud
>
> B2. What Blue Jay was honored with a bobblehead giveaway at
> yesterday's home game? That's in addition to his 5-year,
> $65 million contract extension.
>
> D3. What utility infielder did the Blue Jays acquire from
> the Indians on the last day of spring training?
>
> E. Transportation, or "Trains and Boats and Planes"
>
> E1. A freight train derailment last Sunday caused
> several days of VIA Rail train cancellations along the
> Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal corridor. Name either of the
> two Ontario towns closest to the derailment.
>
> E2. The Liberian-registered cargo ship BBC Steinhoelft found
> itself in Canadian news reports on Thursday. Why?
>
> E3. What was named the "Best Airport in North America" in
> the 2010 Skytrax World Airport Awards, based on the
> votes of nearly 10,000,000 travellers?
Pearson International Airport
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-04-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed
> due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that
> 2010-11-16 companion posting on "Five Guys Named Moe Questions
> from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM)".
And, as we already knew, Stephen Perry wins the season's Current
Events game. The new season, written by the Misplaced Modifiers,
will begin on May 9 and I expect to start a new Current Events game
based on that season on Victoria Day or thereabouts.
> I wrote one question in this round.
That was question F3.
> * Final (2011-04-04), Round 1 - Current Events
> A. Entertainment, or "The Winner Takes It All"
> A1. Despite having a leading 6 nominations, this Juno Awards
> host went home empty-handed. Who?
Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham).
> A2. Despite a jest by jury member Stephen Fry, and although
> he was our team's Newsmaker of the Season, Justin Bieber
> did *not* win this year's Glenn Gould Prize for lifetime
> contribution to the arts. Who did?
Leonard Cohen.
> A3. Rutgers University shelled out $32,000 this week for
> a speaking appearance by reality TV star Nicole "Snooki"
> Polizzi. That's $2,000 more than they're paying what
> Nobel laureate and Pulitzer-prizewinning author for a
> graduation speech in May?
Toni Morrison. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> B. In Memoriam, or "Don't Fear the Reaper"
> B1. What American politician and former vice-presidential
> candidate died last week at age 75?
Geraldine Ferraro. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen, Erland,
and Pete.
> B2. What comedian and Royal Canadian Air Farce founding
> member died last week at age 64?
Roger Abbott. 4 for Stephen.
> B3. What former screen idol and star of Alfred Hitchcock's
> "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope" died last week at
> age 85?
Farley Granger. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Pete.
> C. The Election, or "Won't Get Fooled Again"
> C1. This Liberal candidate fell prey to an April Fool's
> Day joke by a Montreal Gazette editor, who blogged
> that the barcode on his campaign poster mistakenly
> sends readers to an X-rated website, "Luberal.ca".
> Name the candidate.
Justin Trudeau.
> C2. Stephen Harper's Brampton campaign stop included a
> photo op with him clutching what piece of sports equipment
> in both hands?
Cricket bat. 2 for Stephen.
> C3. In a Friday press conference, Quebec Premier Jean Charest
> denounced Stephen Harper's promise of a $4.2 billion loan
> guarantee for what project in Newfoundland and Labrador?
Lower Churchill hydroelectric project. Sorry, you had to name the
specific project.
> D. Sports, or "Glory Days"
> D1. What 43-year-old former Toronto Blue Jay will be returning
> as a special assistant to the organization?
Roberto Alomar.
> D2. What Blue Jay was honored with a bobblehead giveaway at
> yesterday's home game? That's in addition to his 5-year,
> $65 million contract extension.
José Bautista. 4 for Pete.
> D3. What utility infielder did the Blue Jays acquire from
> the Indians on the last day of spring training?
Jayson Nix.
> E. Transportation, or "Trains and Boats and Planes"
> E1. A freight train derailment last Sunday caused
> several days of VIA Rail train cancellations along the
> Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal corridor. Name either of the
> two Ontario towns closest to the derailment.
Port Hope, Cobourg.
> E2. The Liberian-registered cargo ship BBC Steinhoelft found
> itself in Canadian news reports on Thursday. Why?
Ran aground and blocked the St. Lawrence Seaway at Montreal. In the
original game you had to be more specific, but since the question
as posted did not require full specificity, I accepted "ran aground
in a canal" here. (Specifically, it was the South Shore Canal,
which forms part of the Seaway.) 4 for Stephen.
> E3. What was named the "Best Airport in North America" in
> the 2010 Skytrax World Airport Awards, based on the
> votes of nearly 10,000,000 travellers?
Vancouver International Airport. 2 for Stephen. As Stephen also
guessed, the best in the world was Hong Kong International.
Here are the scores, if there are no errors.
By the way, I've just noticed the score table in the previous answer
set did have an error, but it was only in the column headers --
instead of "best 10", it should of course have said "best 9".
This time it really is "best 10".
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8C 9 10 F BEST 10
Stephen Perry 24 27 24 31 24 36 24 22 8 20 21 20 253
Joshua Kreitzer 24 19 16 15 16 20 12 20 4 8 20 12 174
Dan Blum 18 12 19 18 16 14 18 12 4 4 7 8 142
Marc Dashevsky 20 8 12 8 16 27 8 20 8 11 8 8 138
Dan Tilque 12 0 15 16 8 26 4 12 4 12 4 0 113
Pete Gayde -- -- -- -- 12 24 12 24 0 8 12 12 104
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 12 16 20 10 24 0 -- -- -- 94
"Calvin" 16 7 12 0 8 16 8 12 5 3 6 -- 93
Erland Sommarskog 8 4 8 4 -- -- 4 8 0 0 12 4 52
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 8 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 28
Rob Parker -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 4 0 0 8 -- 20
John Masters -- -- -- -- 4 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- 16
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Mark Brader "One doesn't have to be a grammarian
Toronto to know when someone's talking balls."
m...@vex.net --John Masters