QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 4,6: unsportsmanlike, unlike
Mark Brader
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
1. Name the American cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 Tour
de France title after a positive drug test. He alleged that
Lance Armstrong was also doping.
2. This American sprinter forfeited her five medals from the
2000 Sydney Olympics after later testing positive for banned
substances. She has since started a pro basketball career
in the WNBA.
3. Name *either* player involved in the infamous broken-bat
incident in the second game of the 2000 World Series.
The Yankees' starting pitcher hurled the broken barrel of
a bat at his opponent from the Mets, narrowly missing him
with the jagged edge.
4. In 2005, this former Oakland A's slugger published his book
"Juiced". In it, he claims he injected several ballplayers,
including Mark McGwire, with steroids.
5. Name the pairs figure skaters from Canada who were belatedly
awarded gold medals for their performance at the 2002 Salt
Lake City Olympics. The upgrade followed the discovery
of a fixing scandal involving the French judge. We need
*both* names. (As usual, surnames will do.)
6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.
7. What former NHL enforcer's memoir, "Tough Guy", was released
shortly after his death in 2010?
8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.
9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
World Cup head-butting incident.
10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
The answer is two words.
* Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
"Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
"Tomorrow Never Dies".
5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
pink, brown, black, white.
7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
employment income, income from illegal sources, other
employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
St-Laurent.
9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
-- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
"Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
"Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
"Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.
14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
vibrion.
15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
16. ...a category of puzzle used in recent seasons on "Wheel
of Fortune"? Abstract Concept, Before & After, Living Thing,
Occupation, Same Letter, Same Name, Show Biz, Thing, TV Title,
What Are You Doing?
17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
scandium.
18. ...a current electoral district? Beaches - East York,
Don Valley East, Don Valley West, Etobicoke Centre, North
York Centre, St. Paul's, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough
Southwest, Toronto Centre, York South - Weston.
19. ...a past winner of a Canadian Inquisition individual
scoring prize? Harvey Barron, Scot Blythe, Rodney Boyd,
Mark Brader, Mel Bradshaw, Sam Bucovetsky, Jim Burton,
Jim Kempkes, Jim O'Malley, Jim Slotek.
20. ...a novel by Sue Grafton? "A is for Alibi", "C is for
Corpse", "G is for Gumshoe", "H is for Homicide", "I is
for Innocent", "J is for Judgment", "K is for Killer",
"M is for Murder", "N is for Noose", "O is for Outlaw".
21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.
22. ...a past Toronto Blue Jays manager? Bobby Cox, Jim Fregosi,
Cito Gaston, John Gibbons, Roy Hartsfield, Buck Martinez,
Bobby Mattick, Joe Torre, Carlos Tosca, Jimy Williams.
23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
Yucatan.
24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
Duke of Wellington.
--
Mark Brader "'... Fifty science-fiction magazines don't give
Toronto you half the naked women that a good issue of
m...@vex.net the Sunday Times does.'" --SPACE, James Michener
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
> 9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.
Zinedine Zidane and Materazzi.
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
Sweden
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
MG
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
HSN
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
Dr. No
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
Oakland Seals
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
Orange
> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
income from illegal sources
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
Ulysses S Grant
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
Vernon Dursley
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
>
Albert
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
Trafalgar
> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
Cymbeline
> 13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
> Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
> Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.
Islington
> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
Vibrion
> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
Amalthea
> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.
Italium
> 19. ...a past winner of a Canadian Inquisition individual
> scoring prize? Harvey Barron, Scot Blythe, Rodney Boyd,
> Mark Brader, Mel Bradshaw, Sam Bucovetsky, Jim Burton,
> Jim Kempkes, Jim O'Malley, Jim Slotek.
Mark Brader!
> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.
Somali
> 23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.
Jalisco
> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
Alastor Moody
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Peter Smyth
news:gNOdnWA_ePcXd4rT...@vex.net...
>
>These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
>and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
>On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
>both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
>Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
>based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
>the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
>the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
>my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
>I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
>* Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
>
>1. Name the American cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 Tour
> de France title after a positive drug test. He alleged that
> Lance Armstrong was also doping.
>2. This American sprinter forfeited her five medals from the
> 2000 Sydney Olympics after later testing positive for banned
> substances. She has since started a pro basketball career
> in the WNBA.
>3. Name *either* player involved in the infamous broken-bat
> incident in the second game of the 2000 World Series.
> The Yankees' starting pitcher hurled the broken barrel of
> a bat at his opponent from the Mets, narrowly missing him
> with the jagged edge.
>
>4. In 2005, this former Oakland A's slugger published his book
> "Juiced". In it, he claims he injected several ballplayers,
> including Mark McGwire, with steroids.
>5. Name the pairs figure skaters from Canada who were belatedly
> awarded gold medals for their performance at the 2002 Salt
> Lake City Olympics. The upgrade followed the discovery
> of a fixing scandal involving the French judge. We need
> *both* names. (As usual, surnames will do.)
>
>6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.
>7. What former NHL enforcer's memoir, "Tough Guy", was released
> shortly after his death in 2010?
>
>8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.
>
>9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.
>10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.
>
>* Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
>1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
>2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
>3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
>4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
The Man with the Golden Eye
>5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
>6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
>7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
>8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
>9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
>10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
>
>This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
>10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
>of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
>entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
>
>11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
>12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
>13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
> Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
> Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.
>
>14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
>15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
>16. ...a category of puzzle used in recent seasons on "Wheel
> of Fortune"? Abstract Concept, Before & After, Living Thing,
> Occupation, Same Letter, Same Name, Show Biz, Thing, TV Title,
> What Are You Doing?
>
>17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.
>18. ...a current electoral district? Beaches - East York,
> Don Valley East, Don Valley West, Etobicoke Centre, North
> York Centre, St. Paul's, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough
> Southwest, Toronto Centre, York South - Weston.
>
>19. ...a past winner of a Canadian Inquisition individual
> scoring prize? Harvey Barron, Scot Blythe, Rodney Boyd,
> Mark Brader, Mel Bradshaw, Sam Bucovetsky, Jim Burton,
> Jim Kempkes, Jim O'Malley, Jim Slotek.
>20. ...a novel by Sue Grafton? "A is for Alibi", "C is for
> Corpse", "G is for Gumshoe", "H is for Homicide", "I is
> for Innocent", "J is for Judgment", "K is for Killer",
> "M is for Murder", "N is for Noose", "O is for Outlaw".
>
>21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.
>22. ...a past Toronto Blue Jays manager? Bobby Cox, Jim Fregosi,
> Cito Gaston, John Gibbons, Roy Hartsfield, Buck Martinez,
> Bobby Mattick, Joe Torre, Carlos Tosca, Jimy Williams.
>
>23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.
>24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
Peter Smyth
Marc Dashevsky
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
>
> 1. Name the American cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 Tour
> de France title after a positive drug test. He alleged that
> Lance Armstrong was also doping.
> 2. This American sprinter forfeited her five medals from the
> 2000 Sydney Olympics after later testing positive for banned
> substances. She has since started a pro basketball career
> in the WNBA.
>
> 3. Name *either* player involved in the infamous broken-bat
> incident in the second game of the 2000 World Series.
> The Yankees' starting pitcher hurled the broken barrel of
> a bat at his opponent from the Mets, narrowly missing him
> with the jagged edge.
Roger Clemens
> 4. In 2005, this former Oakland A's slugger published his book
> "Juiced". In it, he claims he injected several ballplayers,
> including Mark McGwire, with steroids.
Jose Canseco
> 5. Name the pairs figure skaters from Canada who were belatedly
> awarded gold medals for their performance at the 2002 Salt
> Lake City Olympics. The upgrade followed the discovery
> of a fixing scandal involving the French judge. We need
> *both* names. (As usual, surnames will do.)
>
> 6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.
Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan
> 7. What former NHL enforcer's memoir, "Tough Guy", was released
> shortly after his death in 2010?
>
> 8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.
Brett Favre
> 9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.
>
> 10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
Sweden
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
MG
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
Space
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
The Living Daylights
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
Milwaukee Brewers
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
pink
> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
>
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
>
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
>
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
Albert
> This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
> 10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
> of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
> entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
>
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
>
> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
Henry VIII
> 13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
> Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
> Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.
>
> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
vibrion
> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
>
> 16. ...a category of puzzle used in recent seasons on "Wheel
> of Fortune"? Abstract Concept, Before & After, Living Thing,
> Occupation, Same Letter, Same Name, Show Biz, Thing, TV Title,
> What Are You Doing?
>
> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.
italium
> 18. ...a current electoral district? Beaches - East York,
> Don Valley East, Don Valley West, Etobicoke Centre, North
> York Centre, St. Paul's, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough
> Southwest, Toronto Centre, York South - Weston.
>
> 19. ...a past winner of a Canadian Inquisition individual
> scoring prize? Harvey Barron, Scot Blythe, Rodney Boyd,
> Mark Brader, Mel Bradshaw, Sam Bucovetsky, Jim Burton,
> Jim Kempkes, Jim O'Malley, Jim Slotek.
>
> 20. ...a novel by Sue Grafton? "A is for Alibi", "C is for
> Corpse", "G is for Gumshoe", "H is for Homicide", "I is
> for Innocent", "J is for Judgment", "K is for Killer",
> "M is for Murder", "N is for Noose", "O is for Outlaw".
>
> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.
Canadian shorthair
> 22. ...a past Toronto Blue Jays manager? Bobby Cox, Jim Fregosi,
> Cito Gaston, John Gibbons, Roy Hartsfield, Buck Martinez,
> Bobby Mattick, Joe Torre, Carlos Tosca, Jimy Williams.
>
> 23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.
Acapulco
> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
John Masters
Zinedine Zedane
>
> 10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
Sweden
>
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
MG
>
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
>
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
The Man with the Golden Eye
>
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
>
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
Orange
>
> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
Income from illegal sources
>
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
Robert Borden
>
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
Clive Feather
>
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
Albert
>
> This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
> 10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
> of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
> entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
>
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
Trafalgar
>
> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
Henry IV Part III
>
> 13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
> Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
> Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.
>
> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
Vibrion
Somali
>
> 22. ...a past Toronto Blue Jays manager? Bobby Cox, Jim Fregosi,
> Cito Gaston, John Gibbons, Roy Hartsfield, Buck Martinez,
> Bobby Mattick, Joe Torre, Carlos Tosca, Jimy Williams.
>
> 23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.
>
> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
Alastor Moody
--
A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An
American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?
(Terry Pratchett)
Dan Blum
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
> 6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.
Kerrigan and Harding
> 8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.
Brady
> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
Sweden
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
MG
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
CMT; Slice
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
The Man with the Golden Eye
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
Milwaukee Brewers
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
black; white
> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
professional income; income from illegal sources
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
Wilfrid Laurier; Louis St-Laurent
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
Clive Feather
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
Albert; Egbert
> This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
> 10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
> of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
> entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
Trafalgar
> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
Henry IV Part III
> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
euphonium
> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
Eurydome
> 16. ...a category of puzzle used in recent seasons on "Wheel
> of Fortune"? Abstract Concept, Before & After, Living Thing,
> Occupation, Same Letter, Same Name, Show Biz, Thing, TV Title,
> What Are You Doing?
Abstract Concept
> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.
italium
> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.
Canadian shorthair
> 23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.
Durango
> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
Alastor Moody
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Jeffrey Turner
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
>
> 1. Name the American cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 Tour
> de France title after a positive drug test. He alleged that
> Lance Armstrong was also doping.
>
> 2. This American sprinter forfeited her five medals from the
> 2000 Sydney Olympics after later testing positive for banned
> substances. She has since started a pro basketball career
> in the WNBA.
>
> 3. Name *either* player involved in the infamous broken-bat
> incident in the second game of the 2000 World Series.
> The Yankees' starting pitcher hurled the broken barrel of
> a bat at his opponent from the Mets, narrowly missing him
> with the jagged edge.
>
> 4. In 2005, this former Oakland A's slugger published his book
> "Juiced". In it, he claims he injected several ballplayers,
> including Mark McGwire, with steroids.
>
> 5. Name the pairs figure skaters from Canada who were belatedly
> awarded gold medals for their performance at the 2002 Salt
> Lake City Olympics. The upgrade followed the discovery
> of a fixing scandal involving the French judge. We need
> *both* names. (As usual, surnames will do.)
Stojko
> 6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.
Kerrigan, Harding
> 7. What former NHL enforcer's memoir, "Tough Guy", was released
> shortly after his death in 2010?
>
> 8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.
>
> 9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.
>
> 10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
Sweden
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
MG (Mike's Garage, innit?)
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
HSN
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
The Man with the Golden Eye
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
Oakland Seals
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
Pink
> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
Income from illegal sources
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
Wilfrid Laurier
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
Clive Feather
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
Albert
> This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
> 10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
> of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
> entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
>
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
Bakerloo
> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
Henry VIII
> 13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
> Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
> Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.
>
> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
>
> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
>
> 16. ...a category of puzzle used in recent seasons on "Wheel
> of Fortune"? Abstract Concept, Before& After, Living Thing,
> Occupation, Same Letter, Same Name, Show Biz, Thing, TV Title,
> What Are You Doing?
>
> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.
>
> 18. ...a current electoral district? Beaches - East York,
> Don Valley East, Don Valley West, Etobicoke Centre, North
> York Centre, St. Paul's, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough
> Southwest, Toronto Centre, York South - Weston.
>
> 19. ...a past winner of a Canadian Inquisition individual
> scoring prize? Harvey Barron, Scot Blythe, Rodney Boyd,
> Mark Brader, Mel Bradshaw, Sam Bucovetsky, Jim Burton,
> Jim Kempkes, Jim O'Malley, Jim Slotek.
>
> 20. ...a novel by Sue Grafton? "A is for Alibi", "C is for
> Corpse", "G is for Gumshoe", "H is for Homicide", "I is
> for Innocent", "J is for Judgment", "K is for Killer",
> "M is for Murder", "N is for Noose", "O is for Outlaw".
>
> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.
Havana Brown
> 22. ...a past Toronto Blue Jays manager? Bobby Cox, Jim Fregosi,
> Cito Gaston, John Gibbons, Roy Hartsfield, Buck Martinez,
> Bobby Mattick, Joe Torre, Carlos Tosca, Jimy Williams.
>
> 23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.
Guerrero
> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
--Jeff
--
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's
life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish
fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable
heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood,
unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
Mark Brader
>> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
>> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
>> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
Jeff Turner:
> Bakerloo
It does look a bit implausible, doesn't it? Actually its original
name, when it was a separate company, was the Baker Street and
Waterloo Railway. It opened in 1906 and at about the same time
some newspaper writer came up with the idea of portmanteauing the
name down to Bakerloo. Before opening, it had come into common
ownership with some other lines, and the new owners quickly decided
to adopt short names for each one for public convenience -- for
example, their Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
became the Piccadilly. Their decision to use "Bakerloo" as one of
these short names met with a certain astonishment in some quarters,
but the name has remained ever since.
Some years later, in the London Transport era, a line that had been
formed by combining parts of two others was renamed the Edgware,
Highgate and Morden Line. This gave rise to suggestions by the public
for a shortened name in the same style -- suggestions that included
Medgeway, Edgmorden, and Mordenware! In the end LT renamed it the
Northern Line instead.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Subway Emergency Instructions...
m...@vex.net | * Do not pull the emergency cord. -- MTA, NYC
Dan Tilque
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
>
> 1. Name the American cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 Tour
> de France title after a positive drug test. He alleged that
> Lance Armstrong was also doping.
Landis
>
> 2. This American sprinter forfeited her five medals from the
> 2000 Sydney Olympics after later testing positive for banned
> substances. She has since started a pro basketball career
> in the WNBA.
>
> 3. Name *either* player involved in the infamous broken-bat
> incident in the second game of the 2000 World Series.
> The Yankees' starting pitcher hurled the broken barrel of
> a bat at his opponent from the Mets, narrowly missing him
> with the jagged edge.
>
> 4. In 2005, this former Oakland A's slugger published his book
> "Juiced". In it, he claims he injected several ballplayers,
> including Mark McGwire, with steroids.
>
> 5. Name the pairs figure skaters from Canada who were belatedly
> awarded gold medals for their performance at the 2002 Salt
> Lake City Olympics. The upgrade followed the discovery
> of a fixing scandal involving the French judge. We need
> *both* names. (As usual, surnames will do.)
>
> 6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.
Tanya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan
>
> 7. What former NHL enforcer's memoir, "Tough Guy", was released
> shortly after his death in 2010?
>
> 8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.
>
> 9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.
>
> 10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
Sweden
>
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
MG
>
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
ACM
>
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
"The Man with the Golden Eye"
>
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
New England Whalers
>
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
black
>
> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
professional income
>
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
St-Laurent
>
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
Vernon Dursley
>
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
Albert
>
>
> This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
> 10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
> of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
> entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
>
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
>
> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
Henry VIII
>
> 13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
> Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
> Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.
>
> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
>
> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
>
> 16. ...a category of puzzle used in recent seasons on "Wheel
> of Fortune"? Abstract Concept, Before & After, Living Thing,
> Occupation, Same Letter, Same Name, Show Biz, Thing, TV Title,
> What Are You Doing?
>
> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.
italium
>
> 18. ...a current electoral district? Beaches - East York,
> Don Valley East, Don Valley West, Etobicoke Centre, North
> York Centre, St. Paul's, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough
> Southwest, Toronto Centre, York South - Weston.
>
> 19. ...a past winner of a Canadian Inquisition individual
> scoring prize? Harvey Barron, Scot Blythe, Rodney Boyd,
> Mark Brader, Mel Bradshaw, Sam Bucovetsky, Jim Burton,
> Jim Kempkes, Jim O'Malley, Jim Slotek.
>
> 20. ...a novel by Sue Grafton? "A is for Alibi", "C is for
> Corpse", "G is for Gumshoe", "H is for Homicide", "I is
> for Innocent", "J is for Judgment", "K is for Killer",
> "M is for Murder", "N is for Noose", "O is for Outlaw".
>
> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.
Canadian shorthair
>
> 22. ...a past Toronto Blue Jays manager? Bobby Cox, Jim Fregosi,
> Cito Gaston, John Gibbons, Roy Hartsfield, Buck Martinez,
> Bobby Mattick, Joe Torre, Carlos Tosca, Jimy Williams.
>
> 23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.
Acapulco
>
> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
>
Earl Grey
--
Dan Tilque
Joshua Kreitzer
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
>
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.
Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan
> 8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.
Brett Favre (?)
> 9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.
Zinedine Zidane
> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
Sweden
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
MG
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
ACM; Slice
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
"The Man with the Golden Eye"
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
Milwaukee Brewers; Quebec Bulldogs
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
pink; yellow
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
Ulysses S. Grant; Robert Borden
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
Clive Feather
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
Albert
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Rob Parker
>
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.
Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding
> 10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.
fat arse
> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
Sweden
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
MG
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
ACM; AMC
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
"The Man with the Golden Eye"
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
Hamilton Tigers; Toronto St. Patricks
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
Orange
> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
commission income; income from illegal sources
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
Robert Borden; Louis St-Laurent.
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
Clive Feather
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
Albert
> This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
> 10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
> of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
> entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
>
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
Trafalgar
> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
"Henry VIII"
> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
vibrion
> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
Himalia
> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.
europium
> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.
Somali
> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
Alastor Moody
Rob
Mark Brader
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
That was the "not like the others" round.
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
> 1. Name the American cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 Tour
> de France title after a positive drug test. He alleged that
> Lance Armstrong was also doping.
Floyd Landis. 4 for Peter and Dan Tilque.
> 2. This American sprinter forfeited her five medals from the
> 2000 Sydney Olympics after later testing positive for banned
> substances. She has since started a pro basketball career
> in the WNBA.
Marion Jones. ("Jones" was sufficient -- after all, it was when
Ken Jennings played his first game of Jeopardy! and just wrote
"Who is Jones?" on the Final Jeopardy! round.) 4 for Peter.
> 3. Name *either* player involved in the infamous broken-bat
> incident in the second game of the 2000 World Series.
> The Yankees' starting pitcher hurled the broken barrel of
> a bat at his opponent from the Mets, narrowly missing him
> with the jagged edge.
Roger Clemens (shishkabobber), Mike Piazza (intended shishkabobbee).
4 for Marc.
> 4. In 2005, this former Oakland A's slugger published his book
> "Juiced". In it, he claims he injected several ballplayers,
> including Mark McGwire, with steroids.
José Canseco. 4 for Marc.
> 5. Name the pairs figure skaters from Canada who were belatedly
> awarded gold medals for their performance at the 2002 Salt
> Lake City Olympics. The upgrade followed the discovery
> of a fixing scandal involving the French judge. We need
> *both* names. (As usual, surnames will do.)
Jamie Salé, David Pelletier.
> 6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.
Tonya Harding (conspirator), Nancy Kerrigan (clubbee). 4 for Peter,
Marc, Dan Blum, Jeff, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Rob.
> 7. What former NHL enforcer's memoir, "Tough Guy", was released
> shortly after his death in 2010?
Bob Probert.
> 8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.
Brett Favre (rhymes with "carve"). 4 for Marc and Joshua.
> 9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.
Zinedine Zidane (header), Marco Materazzi (headee). 4 for Erland
(the hard way), Peter, John, and Joshua.
> 10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.
Purple butt (synonyms for "butt" were acceptable, but "purple"
was needed).
> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
This was the easiest round in the original game.
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.
Sweden. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Peter, Marc, John, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Rob.
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.
MG. 4 for everyone.
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.
ACM (Academy of Country Music, among other things). 4 for Dan Tilque.
3 for Peter, Joshua, and Rob.
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".
"The Man with the Golden Eye" (combination of two Bond titles).
4 for Peter, John, Dan Blum, Jeff, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Rob.
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.
The intended answer was the Milwaukee Brewers (a baseball team;
the NHL has never had a team in Milwaukee). But I forgot that the
New England Whalers were renamed the Hartford Whalers# at the same
time as they joined the NHL (they used that name 1979-97 before
becoming the Carolina Hurricanes), so that answer is also correct.
4 for Marc, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
As for the rest:
* The Quebec Bulldogs# and Hamilton Tigers were the same team, as
it existed in 1919-20 and 1920-25 respectively.
* The Dallas Stars are a current team, using that name since 1993.
* The Montreal Maroons operated 1924-38.
* The New York Americans operated 1925-41 under that name, then
1941-42 as the Brooklyn Americans (although they never played
in Brooklyn).
* The Oakland Seals# operated 1970-76 under that name; at other
times they were the California Seals, the California Golden Seals,
and the Cleveland Barons.
* The Toronto St. Patricks used that name 1919-27 and are now the
Toronto Maple Leafs.
* The original Winnipeg Jets# operated 1979-96 under that name, and
are now the Phoenix Coyotes. Since this round was written, a new
Winnipeg Jets team has been created and is to begin operating
this year.
The four teams marked # operated in other leagues, in some cases
with different names, before joining the NHL.
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.
Orange. 4 for Erland, Peter, John, and Rob.
> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.
Income from illegal sources. 4 for Erland, John, and Jeff.
2 for Dan Blum and Rob.
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.
Louis St-Laurent. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum and Rob.
The others are on the C$100, C$20, US$100, US$50, US$10, C$50, C$5,
US$5, and C$10 respectively.
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.
Clive Feather (a friend of mine). 4 for Peter, John, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Joshua, and Rob.
Vernon Dursley was a wrong guess twice; he's the uncle that Harry
has to live with when he's not at Hogwarts.
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.
Albert. (According to the movie "The King's Speech", it was "too
Germanic" for Prince Albert to make it his regnal name, so he became
King George VI.) 4 for Erland, Peter, Marc, John, Jeff, Dan Tilque,
Joshua, and Rob. 3 for Dan Blum.
> This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
> 10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
> of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
> entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
Trafalgar. (London has a Trafalgar Square, but no Underground line
is named after it.) Erland, Peter, John, Dan Blum, and Rob got this.
> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".
"Henry IV Part III". Peter, John, and Dan Blum got this.
> 13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
> Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
> Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.
Roncesvalles (a street served by the King streetcar).
> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
Vibrion (a pathogenic organism). Erland, Marc, John, Rob, and Peter
(on the second guess) got this.
> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
Eurydice (a nymph in Greek mythology).
> 16. ...a category of puzzle used in recent seasons on "Wheel
> of Fortune"? Abstract Concept, Before & After, Living Thing,
> Occupation, Same Letter, Same Name, Show Biz, Thing, TV Title,
> What Are You Doing?
Abstract Concept (it would be categorized as a "Thing"). Dan Blum
got this.
> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.
Italium (a made-up name). Erland, Peter, Marc, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque got this.
> 18. ...a current electoral district? Beaches - East York,
> Don Valley East, Don Valley West, Etobicoke Centre, North
> York Centre, St. Paul's, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough
> Southwest, Toronto Centre, York South - Weston.
North York Centre (a subway station).
> 19. ...a past winner of a Canadian Inquisition individual
> scoring prize? Harvey Barron, Scot Blythe, Rodney Boyd,
> Mark Brader, Mel Bradshaw, Sam Bucovetsky, Jim Burton,
> Jim Kempkes, Jim O'Malley, Jim Slotek.
Jim Burton (a name made up to the the "last initial B" and "first
name Jim" patterns of the other names selected -- no, I was not a
correct answer!).
By the way, Harvey and Rodney are also members of the Usual Suspects.
> 20. ...a novel by Sue Grafton? "A is for Alibi", "C is for
> Corpse", "G is for Gumshoe", "H is for Homicide", "I is
> for Innocent", "J is for Judgment", "K is for Killer",
> "M is for Murder", "N is for Noose", "O is for Outlaw".
"M is for Murder" (M is actually "for Malice").
> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.
Canadian shorthair (a made-up name). Marc, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque
got this.
> 22. ...a past Toronto Blue Jays manager? Bobby Cox, Jim Fregosi,
> Cito Gaston, John Gibbons, Roy Hartsfield, Buck Martinez,
> Bobby Mattick, Joe Torre, Carlos Tosca, Jimy Williams.
Joe Torre (a past manager of several other teams).
> 23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.
Acapulco (a city in the state of Guerrero). Marc and Dan Tilque
got this.
> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
Alastor Moody (a Harry Potter character). Erland, Peter, John,
Dan Blum, and Rob got this.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Spo Mis
Joshua Kreitzer 40 12 26 78
Dan Tilque 36 8 28 72
Dan Blum 40 4 27 71
Peter Smyth 24 16 27 67
Marc Dashevsky 32 16 16 64
Jeff Turner 36 4 24 64
Rob Parker 12 4 31 47
John Masters -- 4 28 32
Erland Sommarskog 8 4 20 32
"Calvin" 16 -- -- 16
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "To err is human, but to error requires a computer."
m...@vex.net | -- Harry Lethall
Erland Sommarskog
> Zinedine Zidane (header), Marco Materazzi (headee). 4 for Erland
> (the hard way),
That wasn't very hard. Why didn't they use this "either of" for the
two figure skaters instead? Then I would have been able to answer that
question.
Mark Brader
> That wasn't very hard. Why didn't they use this "either of" for the
Well, which sport do more people follow, figure skating or soccer? Duh.
--
Mark Brader "A clarification is not to make oneself clear.
Toronto It is to PUT oneself IN the clear."
m...@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay, "Yes, Prime Minister"
Erland Sommarskog
> Well, which sport do more people follow, figure skating or soccer? Duh.
Well, which sports event is the biggest in the world after the Olympics?
Maybe figure skating draws a wider audience in Toronto than football, but
certainly not over here.
Mark Brader
> > Well, which sport do more people follow, figure skating or soccer? Duh.
> Well, which sports event is the biggest in the world after the Olympics?
Well, the World Series lasts 7 games...
> Maybe figure skating draws a wider audience in Toronto than football...
I doubt it. But than soccer?
Actually, I really don't know about that. Toronto has a very large
immigrant population, and some of *those* people... :-)
--
Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as
m...@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past,
Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit