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QFTCI16 Game 10, Rounds 2-3: US losers, etymology
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Mark Brader
Oct 19, 2016, 12:45:38 AM10/19/16
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25,
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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.
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is
running concurrently.
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
1952 and 1956?
2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
opposed Darwinism. Name him.
4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
finishers that he defeated.
7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
less success. Name him.
Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
have finished with the rest of the round.
9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
* Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
"on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
unimportant?
2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
"talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
"master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
"noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
(it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
vacation?
5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
"bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
"needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
slugfest?
9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
"cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
"one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
skeptic?
In the original game, the lists of words were on a handout and
the questions were in the style "On List B, which word...?"
There were 8 decoy lists on the handout, but none of the words
were selected for reasons to do with etymology, so there won't
be any extra questions for fun, but for no points. However,
here are the decoy lists, for your putative interest:
* Clergyman, cleric, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher,
priest, rabbi, reverend.
* Aliment, chow, comestibles, food, nourishment, nutriment,
provender, provisions, sustenance, victuals.
* Alluring, appealing, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute,
gorgeous, lovely, pretty, ravishing.
* Chairman, dictator, doge, duce, emperor, Führer, kaiser, leader,
premier, president.
* Commonplace, customary, frequent, periodical, reappearing,
recurring, regular, reiterating, routine, usual.
* Adhesive, binding, cement, fastener, fixative, glue, mortar,
mucilage, paste, sealant.
* Clay, dirt, earth, ground, humus, land, loam, mud, soil, turf.
* Cage, confine, detain, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate,
intern, jail, remand.
--
Mark Brader "After many years of teaching, you get to learn
Toronto quite a lot about how to design a better idiot."
m...@vex.net --Peter Moylan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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.
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is
running concurrently.
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
1952 and 1956?
2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
opposed Darwinism. Name him.
4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
finishers that he defeated.
7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
less success. Name him.
Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
have finished with the rest of the round.
9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
* Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
"on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
unimportant?
2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
"talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
"master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
"noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
(it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
vacation?
5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
"bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
"needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
slugfest?
9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
"cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
"one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
skeptic?
In the original game, the lists of words were on a handout and
the questions were in the style "On List B, which word...?"
There were 8 decoy lists on the handout, but none of the words
were selected for reasons to do with etymology, so there won't
be any extra questions for fun, but for no points. However,
here are the decoy lists, for your putative interest:
* Clergyman, cleric, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher,
priest, rabbi, reverend.
* Aliment, chow, comestibles, food, nourishment, nutriment,
provender, provisions, sustenance, victuals.
* Alluring, appealing, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute,
gorgeous, lovely, pretty, ravishing.
* Chairman, dictator, doge, duce, emperor, Führer, kaiser, leader,
premier, president.
* Commonplace, customary, frequent, periodical, reappearing,
recurring, regular, reiterating, routine, usual.
* Adhesive, binding, cement, fastener, fixative, glue, mortar,
mucilage, paste, sealant.
* Clay, dirt, earth, ground, humus, land, loam, mud, soil, turf.
* Cage, confine, detain, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate,
intern, jail, remand.
--
Mark Brader "After many years of teaching, you get to learn
Toronto quite a lot about how to design a better idiot."
m...@vex.net --Peter Moylan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 19, 2016, 3:04:31 AM10/19/16
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:TpudnbT3wODwZ5vFnZ2dnUU7-
RHN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
Gary Hart
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
William Jennings Bryan
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
Horace Greeley
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
Eugene Debs
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
Alf Landon
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
Richard Nixon
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
Ross Perot
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
George Wallace
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
Earl Warren
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
superficial
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
colloquy
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
boss
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
siesta (?)
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
jitters
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
perspicacious
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
riposte
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
donnybrook
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
assassinate
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
iconoclast
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
RHN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Adlai Stevenson
> 1952 and 1956?
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Oct 19, 2016, 4:11:43 AM10/19/16
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Adlai Stevenson
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
>
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
>
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
>
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
>
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
>
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
>
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
>
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
>
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
>
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
>
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
>
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
>
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
>
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
>
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
>
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
>
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
>
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
>
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
>
>
> In the original game, the lists of words were on a handout and
> the questions were in the style "On List B, which word...?"
> There were 8 decoy lists on the handout, but none of the words
> were selected for reasons to do with etymology, so there won't
> be any extra questions for fun, but for no points. However,
> here are the decoy lists, for your putative interest:
>
> * Clergyman, cleric, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher,
> priest, rabbi, reverend.
>
> * Aliment, chow, comestibles, food, nourishment, nutriment,
> provender, provisions, sustenance, victuals.
>
> * Alluring, appealing, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute,
> gorgeous, lovely, pretty, ravishing.
>
> * Chairman, dictator, doge, duce, emperor, Führer, kaiser, leader,
> premier, president.
>
> * Commonplace, customary, frequent, periodical, reappearing,
> recurring, regular, reiterating, routine, usual.
>
> * Adhesive, binding, cement, fastener, fixative, glue, mortar,
> mucilage, paste, sealant.
>
> * Clay, dirt, earth, ground, humus, land, loam, mud, soil, turf.
>
> * Cage, confine, detain, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate,
> intern, jail, remand.
>
>
--
bbowler
Oct 19, 2016, 9:41:17 AM10/19/16
to
On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 23:45:33 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25, 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is running
> concurrently.
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not a loser.
> Future history will weigh in on the validity of that judgment. In the
> meantime, let's give some consideration to the also-rans and
> coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Stevenson
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25, 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is running
> concurrently.
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not a loser.
> Future history will weigh in on the validity of that judgment. In the
> meantime, let's give some consideration to the also-rans and
> coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but was
> undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad debts from a
> previous campaign. Who is he?
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known for
> advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard for
> currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously, opposed
> Darwinism. Name him.
>
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as president,
> and despite having two parties behind him, he lost badly and died 3
> weeks after voting day. Who was he?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored 6%
> of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is the
> most recent losing candidate to later become president?
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush and Bill
> Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with less success.
> Name him.
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you have
> finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf. Uvf
> ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
>
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq n shgher
> Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor abg fhpu n ybfre
> nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
>
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time (it
> comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both Italian
> and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder, repartee, reply,
> response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist, doubter,
> freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, skeptic?
Dan Blum
Oct 19, 2016, 9:51:52 AM10/19/16
to
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Adlai Stevenson
> 1952 and 1956?
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Björn Lundin
Oct 19, 2016, 1:26:00 PM10/19/16
to
On 2016-10-19 06:45, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is
> running concurrently.
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Kennedy
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is
> running concurrently.
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
>
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
>
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
>
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
>
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
>
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
>
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
>
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
>
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
>
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
--
--
Björn
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 19, 2016, 3:29:25 PM10/19/16
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
Gary Hart
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
that would be Richard Nixon. Else Ronald Reagan is a later case, who
was in the race 1976, but did not win his party's nomination.)
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
>
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque
Oct 20, 2016, 4:22:33 AM10/20/16
to
Erland Sommarskog wrote:
and also didn't get the nomination. I can't think of any others,
although the way things are going, Hillary Clinton will join this club.
Like you and everyone else, I assumed they were talking about people who
got their party nomination. After all, this quiz was by and for
Canadians, and they wouldn't be expected to remember all the also-ran
candidates.
--
Dan Tilque
> Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
>
>> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
>> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
>> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
>> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
>
> Assuming that you mean a person who made it to the finals, I believe
> that would be Richard Nixon. Else Ronald Reagan is a later case, who
> was in the race 1976, but did not win his party's nomination.)
There's one more recent than that. Bush Senior ran for president in 1980
>
>> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
>> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
>> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
>> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
>
> Assuming that you mean a person who made it to the finals, I believe
> that would be Richard Nixon. Else Ronald Reagan is a later case, who
> was in the race 1976, but did not win his party's nomination.)
and also didn't get the nomination. I can't think of any others,
although the way things are going, Hillary Clinton will join this club.
Like you and everyone else, I assumed they were talking about people who
got their party nomination. After all, this quiz was by and for
Canadians, and they wouldn't be expected to remember all the also-ran
candidates.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Oct 20, 2016, 4:45:59 AM10/20/16
to
Dan Tilque:
primaries are only candidates to *be* candidates for the presidency.
--
Mark Brader | "I noted with some interest that Fahrenheit was
Toronto | also used in the weather forecast, but there the
m...@vex.net | gas marks were missing." -- Ivan A. Derzhanski
> Like you and everyone else, I assumed they were talking about people who
> got their party nomination.
Yes, those are the candidates for the presidency. The others in the
> got their party nomination.
primaries are only candidates to *be* candidates for the presidency.
--
Mark Brader | "I noted with some interest that Fahrenheit was
Toronto | also used in the weather forecast, but there the
m...@vex.net | gas marks were missing." -- Ivan A. Derzhanski
Peter Smyth
Oct 20, 2016, 12:04:00 PM10/20/16
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Adlai Stevenson
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
Gary Hart
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
>
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
Eugene Debs
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
>
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
Alf Landon, Thomas Dewey
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
Richard Nixon (assuming you are not counting candidates who previously
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
lost in the primaries)
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
H Ross Perot
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. The 1968 Nixon/Humphrey election had a third candidate who
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> got 13.5% of the popular vote and 46 Electoral College votes.
> His running mate was Cold War general Curtis LeMay. Name him.
George Wallace
> 10. Naturally, vice-presidential candidates wind up as losers
> just as often as the headliner on the ticket. In the 1948 Harry
> Truman / Thomas Dewey match-up (of "Dewey Defeats Truman" fame),
> Dewey's running mate was a former Governor of California and
> a future Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. So... maybe
> not such a loser after all. Who was he?
Earl Warren, warren Burger
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
Incidental
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
Dialogue
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
Magistrate
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
Siesta
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
Angst
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
Astute
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
Riposte
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
Donnybrook
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
Lynch
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
Iconoclast
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
Peter Smyth
Peter Smyth
Oct 20, 2016, 12:10:25 PM10/20/16
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> Dan Tilque:
> > Like you and everyone else, I assumed they were talking about
> > people who got their party nomination.
>
> Yes, those are the candidates for the presidency. The others in the
> primaries are only candidates to be candidates for the presidency.
> Dan Tilque:
> > Like you and everyone else, I assumed they were talking about
> > people who got their party nomination.
>
> Yes, those are the candidates for the presidency. The others in the
Although Reagan did actually get 1 vote in the electoral college in
1976 due to a faithless elector.
Peter Smyth
Pete
Oct 20, 2016, 3:28:54 PM10/20/16
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is
> running concurrently.
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Adlai Stevenson
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is
> running concurrently.
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
>
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
>
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
>
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
>
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
>
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
>
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
>
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
>
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
>
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
>
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
>
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
>
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
>
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
>
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
>
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
>
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
>
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
>
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
>
>
> In the original game, the lists of words were on a handout and
> the questions were in the style "On List B, which word...?"
> There were 8 decoy lists on the handout, but none of the words
> were selected for reasons to do with etymology, so there won't
> be any extra questions for fun, but for no points. However,
> here are the decoy lists, for your putative interest:
>
> * Clergyman, cleric, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher,
> priest, rabbi, reverend.
>
> * Aliment, chow, comestibles, food, nourishment, nutriment,
> provender, provisions, sustenance, victuals.
>
> * Alluring, appealing, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute,
> gorgeous, lovely, pretty, ravishing.
>
> * Chairman, dictator, doge, duce, emperor, Führer, kaiser, leader,
> premier, president.
>
> * Commonplace, customary, frequent, periodical, reappearing,
> recurring, regular, reiterating, routine, usual.
>
> * Adhesive, binding, cement, fastener, fixative, glue, mortar,
> mucilage, paste, sealant.
>
> * Clay, dirt, earth, ground, humus, land, loam, mud, soil, turf.
>
> * Cage, confine, detain, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate,
> intern, jail, remand.
>
>
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 20, 2016, 3:32:03 PM10/20/16
to
Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> Like you and everyone else, I assumed they were talking about people who
> got their party nomination. After all, this quiz was by and for
> Canadians, and they wouldn't be expected to remember all the also-ran
> candidates.
>
Well, look at question #2!
> Like you and everyone else, I assumed they were talking about people who
> got their party nomination. After all, this quiz was by and for
> Canadians, and they wouldn't be expected to remember all the also-ran
> candidates.
>
Dan Tilque
Oct 20, 2016, 7:11:24 PM10/20/16
to
Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
>> Like you and everyone else, I assumed they were talking about people who
>> got their party nomination. After all, this quiz was by and for
>> Canadians, and they wouldn't be expected to remember all the also-ran
>> candidates.
>>
>
> Well, look at question #2!
>
Good point. But Gary Hart had an infamous flameout when he challenged
> Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
>> Like you and everyone else, I assumed they were talking about people who
>> got their party nomination. After all, this quiz was by and for
>> Canadians, and they wouldn't be expected to remember all the also-ran
>> candidates.
>>
>
> Well, look at question #2!
>
reporters to follow him around, claiming they'd be bored. When some did,
they found he was having an affair with a woman. That kind of thing
makes him a lot more notable than the run-of-the-mill candidate.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Oct 20, 2016, 7:19:23 PM10/20/16
to
Erland Sommarskog:
> Good point.
Yes. Still, nobody seems to be misunderstanding anything.
--
Mark Brader | "...very satisfying -- it's like the erosion geology edition
Toronto | of the electromagnetic spectrum chart."
m...@vex.net | --Randall Munroe
>> Well, look at question #2!
Dan Tilque:
> Good point.
Yes. Still, nobody seems to be misunderstanding anything.
--
Mark Brader | "...very satisfying -- it's like the erosion geology edition
Toronto | of the electromagnetic spectrum chart."
m...@vex.net | --Randall Munroe
Calvin
Oct 20, 2016, 8:24:12 PM10/20/16
to
On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 2:45:38 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
>
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
Hart
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
>
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
>
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
>
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
>
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 21, 2016, 1:22:40 AM10/21/16
to
In article <TpudnbT3wODwZ5vF...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
Gary Hart
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
William Jennings Bryan
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
Eugene Debs
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
>
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
Richard Nixon
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
Ross Perot
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
George Wallace
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
Earl Warren
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
superficial
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
colloqy
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
boss
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
siesta
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
doubt
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
acute
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
repartee
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
donnybrook
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
assassinate
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
iconoclast
> In the original game, the lists of words were on a handout and
> the questions were in the style "On List B, which word...?"
> There were 8 decoy lists on the handout, but none of the words
> were selected for reasons to do with etymology, so there won't
> be any extra questions for fun, but for no points. However,
> here are the decoy lists, for your putative interest:
>
> * Clergyman, cleric, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher,
> priest, rabbi, reverend.
>
> * Aliment, chow, comestibles, food, nourishment, nutriment,
> provender, provisions, sustenance, victuals.
>
> * Alluring, appealing, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute,
> gorgeous, lovely, pretty, ravishing.
>
> * Chairman, dictator, doge, duce, emperor, Führer, kaiser, leader,
> premier, president.
>
> * Commonplace, customary, frequent, periodical, reappearing,
> recurring, regular, reiterating, routine, usual.
>
> * Adhesive, binding, cement, fastener, fixative, glue, mortar,
> mucilage, paste, sealant.
>
> * Clay, dirt, earth, ground, humus, land, loam, mud, soil, turf.
>
> * Cage, confine, detain, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate,
> intern, jail, remand.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Adlai Stevenson
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
>
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
> In the original game, the lists of words were on a handout and
> the questions were in the style "On List B, which word...?"
> There were 8 decoy lists on the handout, but none of the words
> were selected for reasons to do with etymology, so there won't
> be any extra questions for fun, but for no points. However,
> here are the decoy lists, for your putative interest:
>
> * Clergyman, cleric, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher,
> priest, rabbi, reverend.
>
> * Aliment, chow, comestibles, food, nourishment, nutriment,
> provender, provisions, sustenance, victuals.
>
> * Alluring, appealing, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute,
> gorgeous, lovely, pretty, ravishing.
>
> * Chairman, dictator, doge, duce, emperor, Führer, kaiser, leader,
> premier, president.
>
> * Commonplace, customary, frequent, periodical, reappearing,
> recurring, regular, reiterating, routine, usual.
>
> * Adhesive, binding, cement, fastener, fixative, glue, mortar,
> mucilage, paste, sealant.
>
> * Clay, dirt, earth, ground, humus, land, loam, mud, soil, turf.
>
> * Cage, confine, detain, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate,
> intern, jail, remand.
--
Jason Kreitzer
Oct 21, 2016, 5:06:44 PM10/21/16
to
On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 12:45:38 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is
> running concurrently.
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Adlai Stevenson
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is
> running concurrently.
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
>
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
>
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
Gary Hart
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
William Jennings Bryan
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
Eugene V. Debs
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
>
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
Alf Landon
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
Richard Nixon
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
H. Ross Perot
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
9.George C. Wallace
> have finished with the rest of the round.
>
> 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub
> tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf.
> Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz.
>
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
10.Earl Warren
> 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref
> whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel
> Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr),
> Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq
> n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor
> abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur?
>
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
>
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
Conversation
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
>
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
>
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
Mark Brader
Oct 22, 2016, 7:16:56 AM10/22/16
to
Mark Brader:
> I wrote one of these rounds.
On etymology.
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Adlai Stevenson. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter,
Pete, Marc, and Jason.
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
Gary Hart. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter,
Pete, Calvin, Marc, and Jason.
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
William Jennings Bryan. I accepted "Bryant". 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, Marc, and Jason.
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
Horace Greeley. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
(He was nominated by the Liberal Republicans, a splinter group from
the Republican Party, and the Democrats made him their candidate
as well. He died before the Electoral College voted, and most of
his electoral votes ended up split between various men who were
still alive.)
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
Eugene V. Debs. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, Marc,
and Jason.
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
Herbert Hoover, Alf Landon, Wendell Willkie, Thomas Dewey (in that
order). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter
(the hard way), and Jason.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
Richard Nixon. (Lost in 1960, first elected in 1968.) 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn, Erland, Peter, Pete, Marc,
and Jason. 3 for Calvin.
Apologies for not making it explicit that this one, like *all but one*
of the other questions, referred to candidates in the actual election
for the presidency as opposed to the primaries.
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
Ross Perot. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum,
Björn, Erland, Peter, Pete, Calvin, Marc, and Jason.
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
Pete, Marc, and Jason.
> 10. Naturally, vice-presidential candidates wind up as losers
> just as often as the headliner on the ticket. In the 1948 Harry
> Truman / Thomas Dewey match-up (of "Dewey Defeats Truman" fame),
> Dewey's running mate was a former Governor of California and
> a future Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. So... maybe
> not such a loser after all. Who was he?
Earl Warren. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, Marc, and Jason.
3 for Peter.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
This was the easiest round in the original game.
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
Superficial. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn,
Erland, Pete, and Marc.
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
Colloquy. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Marc.
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
Boss. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, and Marc.
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
Siesta. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter,
and Marc.
(In ancient Rome they counted 12 hours from sunrise to sunset,
so our noon was their 6 o'clock, or "sextus".)
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
Horror. (From what it makes your skin and its hairs do.) 4 for Pete.
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
Acute. (As in "sharp".) 4 for Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland,
and Marc. 3 for Björn and Pete.
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
Riposte. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, and Peter.
3 for Björn.
(The prefix "ri-" is characteristically Italian, while the ending
is French. "Response" comes from the same Latin root, but not
via Italian.)
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
Donnybrook. (A suburb of Dublin where a fair tended to turn rowdy.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Pete,
and Marc.
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
Assassinate. (From a sect whose opponents said they used the drug
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Björn, Erland, and Marc.
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
Iconoclast. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn,
Erland, Peter, and Marc.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Mis
Dan Blum 40 36 76
Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 72
Dan Tilque 32 32 64
Marc Dashevsky 32 32 64
Erland Sommarskog 20 28 48
Bruce Bowler 24 24 48
Peter Smyth 31 16 47
Pete Gayde 32 15 47
Jason Kreitzer 36 0 36
Björn Lundin 8 18 26
"Calvin" 15 0 15
--
Mark Brader "Just because the standard provides a cliff in
Toronto front of you, you are not necessarily required
m...@vex.net to jump off it." -- Norman Diamond
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)"....
> I wrote one of these rounds.
> * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers
> Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not
> a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that
> judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the
> also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections.
> 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in
> 1952 and 1956?
Pete, Marc, and Jason.
> 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong
> candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but
> was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad
> debts from a previous campaign. Who is he?
Pete, Calvin, Marc, and Jason.
> 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896,
> 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known
> for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard
> for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously,
> opposed Darwinism. Name him.
Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, Marc, and Jason.
> 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant
> in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as
> president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost
> badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he?
(He was nominated by the Liberal Republicans, a splinter group from
the Republican Party, and the Democrats made him their candidate
as well. He died before the Electoral College voted, and most of
his electoral votes ended up split between various men who were
still alive.)
> 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times
> from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored
> 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail.
and Jason.
> 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning
> presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place
> finishers that he defeated.
order). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter
(the hard way), and Jason.
> 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3>
> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at
> winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is
> the most recent losing candidate to later become president?
Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn, Erland, Peter, Pete, Marc,
and Jason. 3 for Calvin.
Apologies for not making it explicit that this one, like *all but one*
of the other questions, referred to candidates in the actual election
for the presidency as opposed to the primaries.
> 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100
> years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and
> apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush
> and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with
> less success. Name him.
Björn, Erland, Peter, Pete, Calvin, Marc, and Jason.
> Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you
> have finished with the rest of the round.
> 9. The 1968 Nixon/Humphrey election had a third candidate who
> got 13.5% of the popular vote and 46 Electoral College votes.
> His running mate was Cold War general Curtis LeMay. Name him.
George Wallace. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter,
> got 13.5% of the popular vote and 46 Electoral College votes.
> His running mate was Cold War general Curtis LeMay. Name him.
Pete, Marc, and Jason.
> 10. Naturally, vice-presidential candidates wind up as losers
> just as often as the headliner on the ticket. In the 1948 Harry
> Truman / Thomas Dewey match-up (of "Dewey Defeats Truman" fame),
> Dewey's running mate was a former Governor of California and
> a future Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. So... maybe
> not such a loser after all. Who was he?
3 for Peter.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology
> 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant,
> meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial,
> unimportant?
Erland, Pete, and Marc.
> 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning
> "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation,
> conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley?
> 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning
> "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive,
> magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president?
> 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means
> "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time
> (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission,
> interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize,
> vacation?
and Marc.
(In ancient Rome they counted 12 hours from sunrise to sunset,
so our noon was their 6 o'clock, or "sextus".)
> 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning
> "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear,
> fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror?
> 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for
> "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning,
> intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart?
and Marc. 3 for Björn and Pete.
> 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin
> for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both
> Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder,
> repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack?
3 for Björn.
(The prefix "ri-" is characteristically Italian, while the ending
is French. "Response" comes from the same Latin root, but not
via Italian.)
> 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl,
> donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble,
> slugfest?
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Pete,
and Marc.
> 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for
> "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang,
> liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter?
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Björn, Erland, and Marc.
> 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for
> "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist,
> doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel,
> skeptic?
Erland, Peter, and Marc.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Mis
Dan Blum 40 36 76
Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 72
Dan Tilque 32 32 64
Marc Dashevsky 32 32 64
Erland Sommarskog 20 28 48
Bruce Bowler 24 24 48
Peter Smyth 31 16 47
Pete Gayde 32 15 47
Jason Kreitzer 36 0 36
Björn Lundin 8 18 26
"Calvin" 15 0 15
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