Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-10-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 3, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Governor-Generals
> (Or "Governors General", if you must, but I say blech to that.
> This is English, not French.)
> To mark the appointment of former astronaut Julie Payette as
> Canada's Governor-General, let's test your knowledge of the
> representatives of our monarch in Canada.
> 1. Counting Julie Payette, how many GGs has Canada had since 1867,
> within 2?
29 (accepting 27-31). 2 for Calvin.
Here's the GG office's list of the other 28 (in reverse order):
http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14615&lan=eng
> 2. Speaking of Julie Payette, how many trips did she make to the
> International Space Station?
2. 4 for Peter, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum and Calvin.
> 3. History remembers a number of GGs for donating awards --
> particularly sports trophies, including the Stanley, the Grey,
> the Vanier, and the Clarkson Cup. And the Earl of Minto,
> who served 1898-1904, donated the Minto Cup -- for what sport?
Lacrosse. (Men's juniors.)
> 4. Then there's the Willingdon Cup. Lord Willingdon was GG from
> 1926 to 1931. In which sport is his cup contested?
Golf. (Interprovincial men's amateur championship.)
> 5. Roland Michener was one of the most popular GGs, serving 1967-74.
> His award donations included the Michener Tuna Trophy (yes, it
> is for fishing) -- and also the Michener Award for excellence
> in which field?
Journalism.
> 6. Lord Tweedsmuir (a Scotsman) was a diplomat, a politician,
> and Governor-General from 1935 until his death in 1940. But he
> was perhaps best known as novelist John Buchan ["BUCK-an"] and,
> appropriately, he started the Governor-General's Literary Awards.
> He wrote an adventure novel which has been turned into a number
> of movies, including a 1935 version directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
> Name the novel.
"The Thirty-Nine Steps". 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 7. Who was the first woman to serve as GG?
Jeanne Sauvé (served 1984-90).
> 8. Two GGs who served in the 1800s were under the age of 40.
> Name the *next-youngest* holder of the office, who served
> 1979-84.
Ed Schreyer (age 44 when appointed).
> 9. Name the first Canadian-born Governor-General.
Vincent Massey (served 1952-59; brother of actor Raymond Massey).
> 10. Name the last British Governor-General, who served from 1946
> to 1952. He was a leading World War II general, whose positions
> included Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean.
Harold Alexander (Earl Alexander of Tunis).
> * Game 3, Round 3 - Geography - Coats of Arms
> Each illustration on the handout shows a national coat of arms or
> an emblem serving a similar purpose. In each case, name the country.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> Please see
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g3r3/coat/1.jpg for #1-6.
> 1. The coat of arms of this South American country has its origins
> in 1813. The shaking hands connote the unity of the provinces
> to become a country. The gold-colored Sun of May was also
> adopted for their flag.
Argentina. 4 for Peter, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. This Caucasian country's coat of arms uses the fire symbol as
> its focal point. This symbol comes from the fact that it has
> many everlasting fires -- which also gives it the name "land
> of eternal fire" -- in representation of its original roots
> in Zoroastrianism.
Azerbaijan. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Calvin.
2 for Peter.
> 3. The coat of arms of this African nation is an emblem that
> depicts the Great Mosque of Djenné in its center.
Mali. 4 for Joshua.
> 4. This coat of arms belongs to a small island nation in the
> northeastern Caribbean. It showcases the things the island is
> known for: a pineapple, red hibiscus and sugar cane, for example.
> The black background represents the people's African origin.
Antigua and Barbuda. I scored "Antigua" as almost correct".
4 for Peter. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Pete.
More recently, of course, it's also become known for Barbuda being
one of the islands totally devastated by Hurricane Irma.
> 5. The current coat of arms has been in use by this central European
> country, in various forms, since 1919 when the country's borders
> were significantly redrawn.
Austria. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin, and Jason.
> 6. This heraldic device has been in use since the middle ages and
> was officially adopted in 1993. This tiny European principality
> displays the the arms of various bishops and counts, and features
> the same colors as the flag of its neighbor to the south.
Andorra. 4 for Peter, Joshua, Erland, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> Please see
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g3r3/coat/2.jpg for #7-10.
> 7. This coat of arms is an adaptation of the country's flag.
> The yellow helmet represents the helmet of Skanderbeg, a
> historical, mythologized figure in this Mediterranean country's
> history. He served as a military commander with the Ottomans,
> but eventually led a revolt against them.
Albania. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 8. The national emblem of this central Asian country shows its
> flags and the Hirji year 1298 (1919 in the Gregorian calendar),
> when it gained independence from British influence.
Afghanistan. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 9. The eagle and the lion are ancient symbols of this Caucasian
> country, represented here. In the center, it shows Noah's ark
> aground on its most famous mountain.
Armenia. (Not Turkey.) 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Peter and Pete.
Mt. Ararat is on the border of Turkey and Armenia, but only one of
those fits the other details, notably being a Caucasian country.
> 10. This emblem shows an AK-47 crossed with a hoe, and a book.
> This African country's "socialist heraldry" style is similar
> to those used for the original Soviet republics.
Mozambique. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
At the original game, in our game at least, there was no comment
on the fact that 8 out of 10 correct answers started with A, which
misled at least one entrant here. What we did mostly remark on was
the badly designed handout with no decoys and all the illustrations
used in order (I didn't reorder the questions for posting here),
and also the the fact that some copies as printed were defective,
having Australia's coat of arms instead of Mozambique's! (QM:
"This emblem shows an AK-47 crossed with a hoe..." Player: "No,
it doesn't, that's a kangaroo!") (Nobody at our game commented on
one of the descriptions being wrong as well; I fixed that for you.)
I guess the original author of the round intended to use 10 countries
that started with A -- and they probably would have told us that
in the preamble, as hidden themes are not something that's normally
used in the Canadian Inquisition. But then I guess it was decided
that this would make the round too easy -- with only 11 possible
answers the last few would be easy to guess. So Algeria, Angola,
and Australia (which is also *slightly* easy, as I hinted above),
didn't make it, and two M countries got on instead. I guess.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Can Geo
Joshua Kreitzer 8 32 40
Peter Smyth 8 29 37
"Calvin" 9 26 35
Dan Tilque 4 24 28
Erland Sommarskog 0 28 28
Dan Blum 7 16 23
Pete Gayde 0 9 9
Jason Kreitzer 0 4 4
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