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Mark Brader
May 5, 2019, 12:58:49 AM5/5/19
to
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-04-01,
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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name
of this incident, taken from a creek nearby.
4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
to these countries?
5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and
human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison?
6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain
of industry?
7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
were called what?
8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when
in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
Name the study. (Short name will do.)
9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran,
who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies.
Who replaced him?
11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
(Yes, 11 questions this time. I'll count all of them.)
* Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros and Essos
Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
or the original novels.
1. In King's Landing, the capital of Westeros, what is the name
of the royal residence?
2. What is the nickname of the poorest district of King's Landing?
3. The greatest castle of Westeros was destroyed by Dragonfire,
and is now a cursed ruin. What's its name?
4. What is the southernmost of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros?
5. What is the name of the ancestral castle of the Lannister family?
6. What castle, considered impregnable, is home to the Arryn family
of the Vale?
7. What kingdom worships the Drowned God?
8. What is the name of the central castle along the Wall, home of
the Lord Commander?
9. What eastern city is home to the Iron Bank, a gargantuan statue,
and the Faceless Men?
10. What city along the north coast of Slaver's Bay is ruled from
atop the great pyramid?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Jargon leakage is getting to be a real problem;
m...@vex.net | sb should do sth about it." --R.H. Draney
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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name
of this incident, taken from a creek nearby.
4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
to these countries?
5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and
human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison?
6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain
of industry?
7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
were called what?
8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when
in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
Name the study. (Short name will do.)
9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran,
who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies.
Who replaced him?
11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
(Yes, 11 questions this time. I'll count all of them.)
* Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros and Essos
Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
or the original novels.
1. In King's Landing, the capital of Westeros, what is the name
of the royal residence?
2. What is the nickname of the poorest district of King's Landing?
3. The greatest castle of Westeros was destroyed by Dragonfire,
and is now a cursed ruin. What's its name?
4. What is the southernmost of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros?
5. What is the name of the ancestral castle of the Lannister family?
6. What castle, considered impregnable, is home to the Arryn family
of the Vale?
7. What kingdom worships the Drowned God?
8. What is the name of the central castle along the Wall, home of
the Lord Commander?
9. What eastern city is home to the Iron Bank, a gargantuan statue,
and the Faceless Men?
10. What city along the north coast of Slaver's Bay is ruled from
atop the great pyramid?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Jargon leakage is getting to be a real problem;
m...@vex.net | sb should do sth about it." --R.H. Draney
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
May 5, 2019, 2:52:09 AM5/5/19
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:A9ydnXhqf8Ie8FPB...@giganews.com:
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Trail of Tears
> 2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
> the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
> used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
> in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
Ku Klux Klan
> 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
> an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name
> of this incident, taken from a creek nearby.
Wounded Knee
> 4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
> and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
> controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
> Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
> to these countries?
banana republics
> 6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
> pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain
> of industry?
Henry Ford
> 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
> racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
> were called what?
Jim Crow laws
> 8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
> men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when
> in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
> settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
> Name the study. (Short name will do.)
Tuskegee study
> 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
> a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
> Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
My Lai
> 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
> on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
> killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
I know the religion of the perpetrators, but not the victims.
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros
> and Essos
>
> Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
> or the original novels.
None, in my case.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:A9ydnXhqf8Ie8FPB...@giganews.com:
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
> 2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
> the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
> used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
> in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
> 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
> an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name
> of this incident, taken from a creek nearby.
> 4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
> and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
> controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
> Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
> to these countries?
> 6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
> pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain
> of industry?
> 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
> racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
> were called what?
> 8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
> men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when
> in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
> settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
> Name the study. (Short name will do.)
> 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
> a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
> Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
> 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
> on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
> killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros
> and Essos
>
> Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
> or the original novels.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
May 5, 2019, 3:48:10 AM5/5/19
to
Joshua Kreitzer:
original game. I guess I won't be counting it here after all.
> None, in my case.
Good man.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "This quote is very memorable."
m...@vex.net --Randall Munroe
> I know the religion of the perpetrators, but not the victims.
Dammit! Another botched question. Good thing it wasn't used in the
original game. I guess I won't be counting it here after all.
> None, in my case.
Good man.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "This quote is very memorable."
m...@vex.net --Randall Munroe
Erland Sommarskog
May 5, 2019, 7:51:32 AM5/5/19
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Trail of Tears
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
> 2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
> the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
> used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
> in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
> 4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
> and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
> controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
> Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
> to these countries?
> 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
> a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
> Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
> 10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran,
> who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies.
> Who replaced him?
> 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
> on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
> killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros and
Essos
>
> Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
> or the original novels.
Dan Blum
May 5, 2019, 2:43:41 PM5/5/19
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Trail of Tears
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
> 2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
> the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
> used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
> in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
> 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
> an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name
> of this incident, taken from a creek nearby.
> 4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
> and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
> controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
> Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
> to these countries?
> 5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and
> human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison?
> 6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
> pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain
> of industry?
> 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
> racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
> were called what?
> 8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
> men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when
> in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
> settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
> Name the study. (Short name will do.)
> 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
> a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
> Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
> 10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran,
> who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies.
> Who replaced him?
> 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
> on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
> killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
May 5, 2019, 4:45:39 PM5/5/19
to
On 5/4/19 9:58 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Trail of Tears
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
>
> 2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
> the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
> used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
> in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
>
> 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
> an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name
> of this incident, taken from a creek nearby.
>
> 4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
> and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
> controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
> Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
> to these countries?
>
> 5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and
> human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison?
>
> 6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
> pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain
> of industry?
>
> 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
> racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
> were called what?
>
> 8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
> men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when
> in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
> settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
> Name the study. (Short name will do.)
>
> 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
> a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
> Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
>
> 10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran,
> who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies.
> Who replaced him?
>
> 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
> on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
> killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
>
(wasn't aware the wagon trainers were of a single religious group)
> (Yes, 11 questions this time. I'll count all of them.)
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros and Essos
>
> Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
> or the original novels.
>
> 1. In King's Landing, the capital of Westeros, what is the name
> of the royal residence?
>
> 2. What is the nickname of the poorest district of King's Landing?
>
> 3. The greatest castle of Westeros was destroyed by Dragonfire,
> and is now a cursed ruin. What's its name?
>
> 4. What is the southernmost of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros?
>
> 5. What is the name of the ancestral castle of the Lannister family?
>
> 6. What castle, considered impregnable, is home to the Arryn family
> of the Vale?
>
> 7. What kingdom worships the Drowned God?
>
> 8. What is the name of the central castle along the Wall, home of
> the Lord Commander?
(haven't watched the show or read the books, so this is a complete WAG)
>
> 9. What eastern city is home to the Iron Bank, a gargantuan statue,
> and the Faceless Men?
>
> 10. What city along the north coast of Slaver's Bay is ruled from
> atop the great pyramid?
>
--
Pete Gayde
May 5, 2019, 4:48:50 PM5/5/19
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-04-01,
> 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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Trail of Tears
> 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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
>
> 2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
> the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
> used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
> in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
>
> 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
> an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name
> of this incident, taken from a creek nearby.
>
> 4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
> and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
> controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
> Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
> to these countries?
>
> 5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and
> human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison?
>
> 6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
> pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain
> of industry?
>
> 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
> racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
> were called what?
>
> 8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
> men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when
> in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
> settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
> Name the study. (Short name will do.)
>
> 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
> a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
> Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
>
> 10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran,
> who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies.
> Who replaced him?
>
> 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
> on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
> killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
>
> (Yes, 11 questions this time. I'll count all of them.)
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros
> and Essos
>
> Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
> or the original novels.
>
> 1. In King's Landing, the capital of Westeros, what is the name
> of the royal residence?
>
> 2. What is the nickname of the poorest district of King's Landing?
>
> 3. The greatest castle of Westeros was destroyed by Dragonfire,
> and is now a cursed ruin. What's its name?
>
> 4. What is the southernmost of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros?
>
> 5. What is the name of the ancestral castle of the Lannister family?
>
> 6. What castle, considered impregnable, is home to the Arryn family
> of the Vale?
>
> 7. What kingdom worships the Drowned God?
>
> 8. What is the name of the central castle along the Wall, home of
> the Lord Commander?
>
> 9. What eastern city is home to the Iron Bank, a gargantuan statue,
> and the Faceless Men?
>
> 10. What city along the north coast of Slaver's Bay is ruled from
> atop the great pyramid?
>
Bruce Bowler
May 7, 2019, 9:18:28 AM5/7/19
to
On Sat, 04 May 2019 23:58:43 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-04-01,
> 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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Trail of Tears?
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-04-01,
> 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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
>
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
> 2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
> the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been used to
> help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional in 1883 in the
> case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
>
> 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
> an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name of this
> incident, taken from a creek nearby.
> 4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
> and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
> controlled the economies and hence the politics of several Central
> American countries. What collective nickname was given to these
> countries?
> 5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and
> human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison?
> 6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
> pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain of
> industry?
>
> 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
> racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
> were called what?
> 8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
> men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when in
> fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
> settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
> Name the study. (Short name will do.)
> 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
> a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire. Name
> the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
> 10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran,
> who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies. Who
> replaced him?
> 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
> on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia killed
> approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
> (Yes, 11 questions this time. I'll count all of them.)
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros and
> Essos
>
> Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
> or the original novels.
>
Mark Brader
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> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Trail of Tears. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce.
> 2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
> the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
> used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
> in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
Ku Klux Klan. (Accepting KKK.) 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
In the original game, the question said that in that court case
the KKK itself was declared unconstitutional!
> 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
> an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name
> of this incident, taken from a creek nearby.
Wounded Knee. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce.
> 4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
> and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
> controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
> Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
> to these countries?
Banana republics. 4 for everyone.
> 5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and
> human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison?
Abu Ghraib. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
This prison came up on "Jeopardy!" the same day as the original game.
Rather than events during the war, they talked about its construction
in the 1960s by a British company. It was successfully named on
the first try.
> 6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
> pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain
> of industry?
Henry Ford. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
> racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
> were called what?
Jim Crow laws. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce.
> 8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
> men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when
> in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
> settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
> Name the study. (Short name will do.)
Tuskegee study. Since "Tunguska" is an actual place name (in Russia),
I did not think I could accept "Tunguskee". So: 4 for Joshua,
Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
> 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
> a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
> Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
My Lai, Lt. William Calley. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Pete, and Bruce.
> 10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran,
> who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies.
> Who replaced him?
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. (The title was sufficient.)
4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce.
> 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
> on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
> killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
I did not know about this event -- battles over religion are boring
-- but in fact it was the *attackers* who were from one religious
group, namely the Mormons. But "Mormons" was the expected answer.
Sorry, but I'm not going to count this question after all.
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros
> and Essos
> Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
> or the original novels.
In the original game this was identified as a geography round!
And it was the hardest round in the game, and I'm pleased to see
that here it never happened.
> 1. In King's Landing, the capital of Westeros, what is the name
> of the royal residence?
The Red Keep.
> 2. What is the nickname of the poorest district of King's Landing?
Flea Bottom.
> 3. The greatest castle of Westeros was destroyed by Dragonfire,
> and is now a cursed ruin. What's its name?
Harrenhal.
> 4. What is the southernmost of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros?
Dorne.
> 5. What is the name of the ancestral castle of the Lannister family?
Casterleigh Rock.
> 6. What castle, considered impregnable, is home to the Arryn family
> of the Vale?
The Eyrie.
> 7. What kingdom worships the Drowned God?
The Iron Islands.
> 8. What is the name of the central castle along the Wall, home of
> the Lord Commander?
Castle Black.
> 9. What eastern city is home to the Iron Bank, a gargantuan statue,
> and the Faceless Men?
Bravos.
> 10. What city along the north coast of Slaver's Bay is ruled from
> atop the great pyramid?
Mereen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2
TOPICS-> His
Dan Blum 40
Pete Gayde 40
Bruce Bowler 32
Dan Tilque 32
Joshua Kreitzer 32
Erland Sommarskog 16
--
Mark Brader | "'"'Tisn't very easy to tell if a '"' or ''' mark
Toronto | is an opening or closing quote or ditto or prime,"
m...@vex.net | said Mark,' said 6'2" d'Artagnan," said Mark Brader.
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-04-01,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
In the original game, this was the easiest round in the entire season.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America
> 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native
> Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce.
> 2. A hate group was formed about 1866 and largely suppressed by
> the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been
> used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional
> in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group.
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
In the original game, the question said that in that court case
the KKK itself was declared unconstitutional!
> 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where
> an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name
> of this incident, taken from a creek nearby.
> 4. For years two American corporations, the United Fruit Co.
> and the Standard Fruit Co. (later Dole Food Co.), apparently
> controlled the economies and hence the politics of several
> Central American countries. What collective nickname was given
> to these countries?
> 5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and
> human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison?
This prison came up on "Jeopardy!" the same day as the original game.
Rather than events during the war, they talked about its construction
in the 1960s by a British company. It was successfully named on
the first try.
> 6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic
> pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain
> of industry?
> 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing
> racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s,
> were called what?
> 8. An unethical clinical study, 1932-72, in which African-American
> men were told they were receiving treatment for syphilis, when
> in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar
> settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997.
> Name the study. (Short name will do.)
I did not think I could accept "Tunguskee". So: 4 for Joshua,
Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
> 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in
> a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire.
> Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime.
Pete, and Bruce.
> 10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran,
> who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies.
> Who replaced him?
4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce.
> 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks
> on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia
> killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group?
-- but in fact it was the *attackers* who were from one religious
group, namely the Mormons. But "Mormons" was the expected answer.
Sorry, but I'm not going to count this question after all.
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment/Literature - Geography of Westeros
> and Essos
> Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones"
> or the original novels.
And it was the hardest round in the game, and I'm pleased to see
that here it never happened.
> 1. In King's Landing, the capital of Westeros, what is the name
> of the royal residence?
> 2. What is the nickname of the poorest district of King's Landing?
> 3. The greatest castle of Westeros was destroyed by Dragonfire,
> and is now a cursed ruin. What's its name?
> 4. What is the southernmost of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros?
> 5. What is the name of the ancestral castle of the Lannister family?
> 6. What castle, considered impregnable, is home to the Arryn family
> of the Vale?
> 7. What kingdom worships the Drowned God?
> 8. What is the name of the central castle along the Wall, home of
> the Lord Commander?
> 9. What eastern city is home to the Iron Bank, a gargantuan statue,
> and the Faceless Men?
> 10. What city along the north coast of Slaver's Bay is ruled from
> atop the great pyramid?
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2
TOPICS-> His
Dan Blum 40
Pete Gayde 40
Bruce Bowler 32
Dan Tilque 32
Joshua Kreitzer 32
Erland Sommarskog 16
--
Mark Brader | "'"'Tisn't very easy to tell if a '"' or ''' mark
Toronto | is an opening or closing quote or ditto or prime,"
m...@vex.net | said Mark,' said 6'2" d'Artagnan," said Mark Brader.
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