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QFTCIUA Game 3, Rounds 9-10: G.L. Davidson, challenge
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Mark Brader
Oct 20, 2014, 2:31:04 AM10/20/14
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-29,
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.
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
'70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
nickname will be sufficient.
1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
1972-73 season?
2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
changing its name. Give either version of the name.
3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
Name any one of them.
4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
it was then. Name it.
8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
Name any one of them.
9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
in the WHA. With which team?
10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
Team Canada.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gur bar jurer
n avpxanzr vf npprcgnoyr vf dhrfgvba 5. Vs lbh tnir n avpxanzr
va nafjre gb nal *bgure* dhrfgvba, tb onpx naq fhofgvghgr gur
erny anzr.
* Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
A. Science: Way Way Out
In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
the Moon?
A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
B. History: VP Also-Rans
Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
the World Cup earlier this year?
D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
studio they founded.
D1. Carl Laemmle.
D2. Adolph Zukor.
E. Geography: The I's Have It
E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
en route. Give its number.
E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
Give its number.
F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
F1. The Star-Phoenix.
F2. The Times-Colonist.
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.
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
'70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
nickname will be sufficient.
1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
1972-73 season?
2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
changing its name. Give either version of the name.
3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
Name any one of them.
4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
it was then. Name it.
8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
Name any one of them.
9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
in the WHA. With which team?
10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
Team Canada.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gur bar jurer
n avpxanzr vf npprcgnoyr vf dhrfgvba 5. Vs lbh tnir n avpxanzr
va nafjre gb nal *bgure* dhrfgvba, tb onpx naq fhofgvghgr gur
erny anzr.
* Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
A. Science: Way Way Out
In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
the Moon?
A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
B. History: VP Also-Rans
Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
the World Cup earlier this year?
D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
studio they founded.
D1. Carl Laemmle.
D2. Adolph Zukor.
E. Geography: The I's Have It
E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
en route. Give its number.
E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
Give its number.
F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
F1. The Star-Phoenix.
F2. The Times-Colonist.
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 20, 2014, 3:51:24 AM10/20/14
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:vtadnZN0-JK1MdnJnZ2dnUU7-
KOd...@vex.net:
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
Memphis Southmen
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
Csonka
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
Billie Jean King; "Philadelphia Freedom"
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
Julius Erving
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
Indiana Pacers
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
Winnipeg Jets
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
Winnipeg Jets
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
60 kg
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
60 kg
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
Henry Cabot Lodge
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Geraldine Ferraro
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
>
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
>
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
Universal
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Paramount
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
90
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
35
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
KOd...@vex.net:
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
$100,000
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
>
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
>
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Paramount
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Björn Lundin
Oct 20, 2014, 6:38:25 AM10/20/14
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On 2014-10-20 08:31, Mark Brader wrote:
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
I never understood the notion of using kg instead of N when
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
it comes to force.
>
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
by a force that would be about 9,81*100/6 N, so say 16 kg
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
by a force that would be about 9,81*100/2 N, so say 49 kg
--
Björn
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 20, 2014, 8:10:32 AM10/20/14
to
In article <vtadnZN0-JK1MdnJ...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
>
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
Billie Jean King
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
Julius Irving
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
Denver Nuggets
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
Edmonton Oilers
> 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
> 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
> paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
> Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
Edmonton Oilers
> 10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
> against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
> played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
> Team Canada.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gur bar jurer
> n avpxanzr vf npprcgnoyr vf dhrfgvba 5. Vs lbh tnir n avpxanzr
> va nafjre gb nal *bgure* dhrfgvba, tb onpx naq fhofgvghgr gur
> erny anzr.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
18 kg
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
55 kg
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
Henry Cabot Lodge
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Geraldine Ferraro
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
>
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
>
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
>
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
>
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
>
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
>
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Paramount
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
90
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
50
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
>
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
>
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
$135,000
>
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
>
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
>
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
>
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
> 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
> 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
> paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
> Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
> 10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
> against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
> played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
> Team Canada.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gur bar jurer
> n avpxanzr vf npprcgnoyr vf dhrfgvba 5. Vs lbh tnir n avpxanzr
> va nafjre gb nal *bgure* dhrfgvba, tb onpx naq fhofgvghgr gur
> erny anzr.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
>
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
>
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
>
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
>
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
>
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
>
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
Dan Blum
Oct 20, 2014, 10:00:53 AM10/20/14
to
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
$100,000; $250,000
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A. Science: Way Way Out
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
17 kg
> the Moon?
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
Paramount; Columbia
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Columbia; Paramount
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Oct 20, 2014, 1:39:27 PM10/20/14
to
Mark Brader:
> I'd still weigh 100 kg, but the scales would be affected
> by a force that would be...
on every question.
--
Mark Brader | "...given time, a generally accepted solution to
Toronto | this problem will evolve, as it has in the past for
m...@vex.net | [others], only to be replaced by the next issue, which
| no-one has even dreamt of yet." -- Andrew Lawrence
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> > In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> > you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> > scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
Björn Lundin:
> > you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> > scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
> I never understood the notion of using kg instead of N when
> it comes to force.
It's to keep you from writing
> it comes to force.
> I'd still weigh 100 kg, but the scales would be affected
on every question.
--
Mark Brader | "...given time, a generally accepted solution to
Toronto | this problem will evolve, as it has in the past for
m...@vex.net | [others], only to be replaced by the next issue, which
| no-one has even dreamt of yet." -- Andrew Lawrence
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Peter Smyth
Oct 20, 2014, 2:05:27 PM10/20/14
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
>
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
>
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
>
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
>
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
Billie Jean King
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
>
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
>
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
>
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
>
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
>
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
>
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
>
> 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
> 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
> paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
> Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
>
> 10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
> against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
> played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
> Team Canada.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gur bar jurer
> n avpxanzr vf npprcgnoyr vf dhrfgvba 5. If you gave a nickname
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
>
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
>
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
>
> 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
> 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
> paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
> Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
>
> 10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
> against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
> played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
> Team Canada.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gur bar jurer
> in answer to any other question, go back and substitute the
> real name.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
22kg, 27kg
>
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
55kg, 67kg
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
Henry Cabot Lodge
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Geraldine Ferraro
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
>
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
Jermaine Defoe
>
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
>
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
>
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
>
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
>
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
>
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
>
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
>
> F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
>
> We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
>
> F1. The Star-Phoenix.
>
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
Peter Smyth
> the World Cup earlier this year?
>
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
>
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
>
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
>
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
>
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
>
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
>
> F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
>
> We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
>
> F1. The Star-Phoenix.
>
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
Björn Lundin
Oct 21, 2014, 3:25:29 AM10/21/14
to
On 2014-10-20 19:39, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>>> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
>>> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
>>> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> Björn Lundin:
>> I never understood the notion of using kg instead of N when
>> it comes to force.
>
> It's to keep you from writing
>
>> I'd still weigh 100 kg, but the scales would be affected
>> by a force that would be...
>
> on every question.
>
touché
> Mark Brader:
>>> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
>>> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
>>> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> Björn Lundin:
>> I never understood the notion of using kg instead of N when
>> it comes to force.
>
> It's to keep you from writing
>
>> I'd still weigh 100 kg, but the scales would be affected
>> by a force that would be...
>
> on every question.
>
but still...
--
--
Björn
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 21, 2014, 3:21:17 PM10/21/14
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
Calgary Flames
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
OK, so that is a complete failure to dig up a name from oblivion, but I
do know what it was a she, and I think the initials were E.F.
A guy on my student corridor, who had been an exchange student in the US
for a year, was utterly convined that Mondale's loss was due to his choice
of running mate.
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
>
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
> F1. The Star-Phoenix.
>
Calgary
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
>
Halifax
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Jason Kreitzer
Oct 21, 2014, 5:29:16 PM10/21/14
to
>
>
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Geraldine Ferraro
>
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Jeffrey Turner
Oct 21, 2014, 9:26:20 PM10/21/14
to
On 10/20/2014 2:31 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
>
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
>
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
>
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
>
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
Philadelphia Freedom
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
>
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
>
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
>
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
>
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
>
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
>
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
>
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
>
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
>
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
>
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
> F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
>
> We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
>
> F1. The Star-Phoenix.
>
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
Pete
Oct 22, 2014, 7:18:05 PM10/22/14
to
>
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
>
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
>
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
>
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
>
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
>
> 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
> 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
> paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
> Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
>
> 10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
> against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
> played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
> Team Canada.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gur bar jurer
> n avpxanzr vf npprcgnoyr vf dhrfgvba 5. Vs lbh tnir n avpxanzr
> va nafjre gb nal *bgure* dhrfgvba, tb onpx naq fhofgvghgr gur
> erny anzr.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Science: Way Way Out
>
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
>
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
>
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
>
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
>
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
>
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
>
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
>
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
>
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
>
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
>
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
>
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Paramount; Universal
>
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
>
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
>
> F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
>
> We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
>
> F1. The Star-Phoenix.
>
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
Ottawa; Moosejaw
>
>
Pete
Mark Brader
Oct 22, 2014, 11:23:10 PM10/22/14
to
Mark Brader:
> Southmen
(Shakes head)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "If gravity stops working, a power cut is
m...@vex.net | the least of your problems." -- David Bell
> > Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> > changing its name. Give either version of the name.
Pete Gayde:
> > changing its name. Give either version of the name.
> Southmen
(Shakes head)
--
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m...@vex.net | the least of your problems." -- David Bell
Mark Brader
Oct 23, 2014, 5:52:11 AM10/23/14
to
Mark Brader:
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
$25,000 (accepting $15,000-$35,000).
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
Toronto Northmen, Memphis Southmen. 4 for Joshua.
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
Larry Csonka, Jim Klick, Paul Warfield. 4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
Billie Jean King, "Philadelphia Freedom". 4 for Joshua
(the hard way), Marc, Peter, Jason, Jeff, and Pete.
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
Julius "Dr. J." Erving. The nickname was sufficient. 4 for Joshua,
Marc, Jeff, and Pete.
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs. 4 for Joshua,
Marc, and Pete.
The fourth was the New York Nets, now the Brooklyn Nets, who have
remained in the New York metropolitan area but played in various
cities in two states.
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
Edmonton Oilers. 4 for Marc.
The other three teams all moved in the period 1995-97: Quebec
Nordiques to Denver, the original Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix,
Hartford (formerly New England) Whalers to Raleigh. They are now
respectively the Colorado Avalanche, the Arizona Coyotes, and the
Carolina Hurricanes. (The present Winnipeg Jets are unrelated;
they are the former Atlanta Thrashers, who moved in 2011.)
> 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
> 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
> paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
> Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
> Name any one of them.
Gaston Gingras, Michel Goulet, Craig Hartsburg, Rob Ramage, Pat
Riggin, Rick Vaive. 2 for Pete.
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
Indianapolis Racers. 3 for Pete.
> 10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
> against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
> played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
> Team Canada.
Paul Henderson, Frank Mahovlich, Pat Stapleton. 4 for Pete.
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A. Science: Way Way Out
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
16.5 kg (accepting 14.8-18.2 kg). 4 for Björn, Marc, Dan, Erland,
and Jeff.
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
37.9 kg (accepting 34.1-41.7 kg). 4 for Jeff.
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
Henry Cabot Lodge. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Peter, and Jason.
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Geraldine Ferraro. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan, Peter, Jason, Jeff,
and Pete.
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
Jermain Defoe. 4 for Peter and Pete.
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
Michael Bradley (US). 4 for Pete.
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
Universal. 4 for Joshua. 2 for Pete.
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Paramount. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Jeff. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan.
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
90. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan, Erland, Jeff, and Pete.
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
40. 3 for Pete.
> F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
> We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
> F1. The Star-Phoenix.
Saskatoon SK.
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
Victoria BC.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Ent Ent Lit Sci Spo Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 7 22 40 28 32 38 20 20 180
Dan Blum 7 30 32 32 28 24 0 14 160
Pete Gayde 3 22 31 32 12 8 25 24 146
Marc Dashevsky 0 18 20 36 24 28 16 20 146
Stephen Perry -- -- 39 40 36 28 -- -- 143
Jeff Turner 0 19 28 32 12 32 8 20 143
Dan Tilque 0 24 20 36 12 40 -- -- 132
Rob Parker 4 31 8 28 12 20 -- -- 103
Bruce Bowler 0 39 24 32 -- -- -- -- 95
Jason Kreitzer 0 4 24 28 16 4 4 8 84
Peter Smyth 0 26 8 4 8 12 4 12 70
Björn Lundin 0 11 4 4 0 24 0 4 47
Erland Sommarskog 0 7 4 0 0 24 0 8 43
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Argh! Hoist by my own canard :-) !"
m...@vex.net -- Steve Summit
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-29,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 3 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations!
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
(the hard way), Marc, Peter, Jason, Jeff, and Pete.
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
Marc, Jeff, and Pete.
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
Marc, and Pete.
The fourth was the New York Nets, now the Brooklyn Nets, who have
remained in the New York metropolitan area but played in various
cities in two states.
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
The other three teams all moved in the period 1995-97: Quebec
Nordiques to Denver, the original Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix,
Hartford (formerly New England) Whalers to Raleigh. They are now
respectively the Colorado Avalanche, the Arizona Coyotes, and the
Carolina Hurricanes. (The present Winnipeg Jets are unrelated;
they are the former Atlanta Thrashers, who moved in 2011.)
> 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
> 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
> paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
> Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
> Name any one of them.
Riggin, Rick Vaive. 2 for Pete.
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
> 10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
> against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
> played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
> Team Canada.
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A. Science: Way Way Out
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
and Jeff.
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
and Pete.
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Paramount. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Jeff. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan.
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
> F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
> We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
> F1. The Star-Phoenix.
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
Victoria BC.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Ent Ent Lit Sci Spo Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 7 22 40 28 32 38 20 20 180
Dan Blum 7 30 32 32 28 24 0 14 160
Pete Gayde 3 22 31 32 12 8 25 24 146
Marc Dashevsky 0 18 20 36 24 28 16 20 146
Stephen Perry -- -- 39 40 36 28 -- -- 143
Jeff Turner 0 19 28 32 12 32 8 20 143
Dan Tilque 0 24 20 36 12 40 -- -- 132
Rob Parker 4 31 8 28 12 20 -- -- 103
Bruce Bowler 0 39 24 32 -- -- -- -- 95
Jason Kreitzer 0 4 24 28 16 4 4 8 84
Peter Smyth 0 26 8 4 8 12 4 12 70
Björn Lundin 0 11 4 4 0 24 0 4 47
Erland Sommarskog 0 7 4 0 0 24 0 8 43
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Argh! Hoist by my own canard :-) !"
m...@vex.net -- Steve Summit
Dan Tilque
Oct 23, 2014, 5:54:35 AM10/23/14
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
>
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
>
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
$150,000
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
>
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
>
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
>
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
>
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
>
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
>
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
>
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
>
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
>
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
>
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
>
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
>
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
>
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
>
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
>
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
>
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
>
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
>
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
>
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
>
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Paramount
>
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
>
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
>
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
>
> F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
>
> We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
> F1. The Star-Phoenix.
>
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
Halifax
>
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Oct 23, 2014, 12:13:24 PM10/23/14
to
Since Dan Tilque must have been constructing his answer slate while
I was constructing the first results posting, I am accepting his answers.
For simplicity, here's a full amended repeat of the results posting:
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
The fourth was the New York Nets, now the Brooklyn Nets, who have
remained in the New York metropolitan area but played in various
cities in two states.
> 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
> 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
> paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
> Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
> Name any one of them.
Erland, Jeff, and Dan Tilque.
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
37.9 kg (accepting 34.1-41.7 kg). 4 for Jeff and Dan Tilque.
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
Jeff, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Paramount. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Jeff, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete.
2 for Dan Blum.
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
90. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Jeff, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
40. 3 for Pete.
> F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
> We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Ent Ent Lit Sci Spo Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 7 22 40 28 32 38 20 20 180
Dan Blum 7 30 32 32 28 24 0 14 160
Dan Tilque 0 24 20 36 12 40 12 24 156
m...@vex.net | -- Dick McDonald
I was constructing the first results posting, I am accepting his answers.
For simplicity, here's a full amended repeat of the results posting:
> * Game 3, Round 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson
> Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and
> '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA,
> the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one
> who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
$25,000 (accepting $15,000-$35,000).
> full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders").
> In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known
> nickname will be sufficient.
> 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy
> a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural
> 1972-73 season?
> 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett
> tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto,
> claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to
> Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly
> changing its name. Give either version of the name.
Toronto Northmen, Memphis Southmen. 4 for Joshua.
> 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
> rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>.
> Name any one of them.
Larry Csonka, Jim Klick, Paul Warfield. 4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
> World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated
> to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song.
Billie Jean King, "Philadelphia Freedom". 4 for Joshua
(the hard way), Marc, Peter, Jason, Jeff, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's
> Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of
> the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him.
Julius "Dr. J." Erving. The nickname was sufficient. 4 for Joshua,
Marc, Jeff, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four
> ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in
> the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them.
Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs. 4 for Joshua,
Marc, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
The fourth was the New York Nets, now the Brooklyn Nets, who have
remained in the New York metropolitan area but played in various
cities in two states.
> 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
> WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as
> it was then. Name it.
Edmonton Oilers. 4 for Marc.
The other three teams all moved in the period 1995-97: Quebec
Nordiques to Denver, the original Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix,
Hartford (formerly New England) Whalers to Raleigh. They are now
respectively the Colorado Avalanche, the Arizona Coyotes, and the
Carolina Hurricanes. (The present Winnipeg Jets are unrelated;
they are former Atlanta Thrashers, who moved in 2011.)
The other three teams all moved in the period 1995-97: Quebec
Nordiques to Denver, the original Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix,
Hartford (formerly New England) Whalers to Raleigh. They are now
respectively the Colorado Avalanche, the Arizona Coyotes, and the
Carolina Hurricanes. (The present Winnipeg Jets are unrelated;
> 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under
> 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again --
> paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his
> Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls.
> Name any one of them.
Gaston Gingras, Michel Goulet, Craig Hartsburg, Rob Ramage, Pat
Riggin, Rick Vaive. 2 for Pete.
Riggin, Rick Vaive. 2 for Pete.
> 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager
> in the WHA. With which team?
> in the WHA. With which team?
Indianapolis Racers. 3 for Pete.
> 10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series
> against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
> played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
> Team Canada.
> against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who
> played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA)
> Team Canada.
Paul Henderson, Frank Mahovlich, Pat Stapleton. 4 for Pete.
> * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A. Science: Way Way Out
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
16.5 kg (accepting 14.8-18.2 kg). 4 for Björn, Marc, Dan Blum,
> A. Science: Way Way Out
> In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if
> you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring
> scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number.
> A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on
> the Moon?
Erland, Jeff, and Dan Tilque.
> A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars?
> B. History: VP Also-Rans
> Name the person who would have become US vice-president if...
> B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960.
Henry Cabot Lodge. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Peter, and Jason.
> B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Geraldine Ferraro. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Peter, Jason,
Jeff, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal
> C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto
> FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"?
Jermain Defoe. 4 for Peter and Pete.
> C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in
> the World Cup earlier this year?
> the World Cup earlier this year?
Michael Bradley (US). 4 for Pete.
> D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
Universal. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete.
> These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back
> in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major
> studio they founded.
> D1. Carl Laemmle.
> D2. Adolph Zukor.
Paramount. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Jeff, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete.
2 for Dan Blum.
> E. Geography: The I's Have It
> E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA
> to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago
> en route. Give its number.
> E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest
> Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing
> Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way.
> Give its number.
> F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It!
> We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city.
> F1. The Star-Phoenix.
Saskatoon SK.
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
Victoria BC.
Scores, if there are now no errors:
Saskatoon SK.
> F2. The Times-Colonist.
Victoria BC.
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Ent Ent Lit Sci Spo Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 7 22 40 28 32 38 20 20 180
Dan Blum 7 30 32 32 28 24 0 14 160
Pete Gayde 3 22 31 32 12 8 25 24 146
Marc Dashevsky 0 18 20 36 24 28 16 20 146
Stephen Perry -- -- 39 40 36 28 -- -- 143
Jeff Turner 0 19 28 32 12 32 8 20 143
Marc Dashevsky 0 18 20 36 24 28 16 20 146
Stephen Perry -- -- 39 40 36 28 -- -- 143
Jeff Turner 0 19 28 32 12 32 8 20 143
Rob Parker 4 31 8 28 12 20 -- -- 103
Bruce Bowler 0 39 24 32 -- -- -- -- 95
Jason Kreitzer 0 4 24 28 16 4 4 8 84
Peter Smyth 0 26 8 4 8 12 4 12 70
Björn Lundin 0 11 4 4 0 24 0 4 47
Erland Sommarskog 0 7 4 0 0 24 0 8 43
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "If we gave people a choice, there would be chaos."
Bruce Bowler 0 39 24 32 -- -- -- -- 95
Jason Kreitzer 0 4 24 28 16 4 4 8 84
Peter Smyth 0 26 8 4 8 12 4 12 70
Björn Lundin 0 11 4 4 0 24 0 4 47
Erland Sommarskog 0 7 4 0 0 24 0 8 43
--
m...@vex.net | -- Dick McDonald
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