Re: OQFTCI Game 6 corrected R9-10: saintly places, challenge round
- From: pgayde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Gayde)
- Date: 3 Oct 2008 15:56:05 -0600
In article <BZudnWvYp7jgiHnVnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@xxxxxxx>,
Mark Brader <msb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
An entrant has pointed out that a key word was misspelled in Round 9,
Question 2. For the sake of simplicity, here is a corrected repeat
of the entire quiz posting. Answer slates posted in either thread
will be accepted. You still only get one posting of a full slate of
answers, but if you need to change your answer on that one question
after seeing the correction, feel free to post that separately.
Everything below this point is the same as in the original posting,
except for the highlighted correction.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-24.
I will accept the answers that were correct then and there. If you
know that a question is out of date and a different answer is now
correct, please say so (either along with your answers, or in a
separate posting afterwards) and I will also accept that answer.
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.
See my companion posting "Old Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (OQFTCI)" for further details. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
In this set, I wrote four pairs in the challenge round.
Game 6, Round 9: Geography - Saintly Places
In this round, each question, or its answer, or both, will contain
the word "saint".
1. The southernmost of the five inhabited Scilly Islands has the
name of a virgin martyr, but was not named for her. Name it.
2. The patron saint of Ireland is also the patron saint of which
West African *country*?
Liberia
3. Which London, England, railway station commemorates a boy martyr?
St. Pancrus
4. Which Canadian city honors the wife of Robert Hamilton, a member
of the first legislative council of Upper Canada?
St. Foy
5. What do Saints Casimir, Florian, and Stanislaus have in common?
We mean the people, and be specific.
All Polish
6. This volcanic island was discovered by João de Nova on May 21,
the feast day of its namesake saint. It is probably best
remembered as the last residence of a famous Frenchman.
St. Croix
7. This Oxford college was named after a 7th century Benedictine
abbess, considered a great educator of women.
8. What city, which claims to have his remains, is St. Mark the
patron of?
Venice
9. Which US state capital was named by a Canadian missionary?
St. Paul
10. What Cornish island was named after an archangel?
Michael; Gabriel
Game 6, Round 10: Challenge Round
A. http://
A1. In the context of the World Wide Web, what does HTTP
stand for?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
A2. This answer changed some years ago; we need the current
answer. In the context of the World Wide Web, what does
URL stand for?
Universal Resource Locator
B. Six Letters in Astronomy
B1. What is the 6-letter word for a rapidly rotating neutron star
with a strong magnetic field? The first of these was
discovered in 1967.
Quasar
B2. In early astronomy this 6-letter word was originally used
for anything in the sky with a hazy appearance, including star
clusters that telescopes could not yet resolve into stars.
Today it refers only to actual clouds of gas and dust,
either dark or luminous.
C. Standard Sizes
C1. How long, tip to base, is a size AA battery, to the nearest
multiple of 1/4 inch or 5 mm?
2.0 inches
C2. How long, left to right, is a current Canadian $5 bill,
to within 10% of the true number?
5 inches
D. Fish Stories
D1. Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" appeared in
its entirety in which periodical in 1952?
The New Yorker
D2. Name the author of the 2002 book "Shark Trouble: True Stories
About Sharks and the Sea".
Benchley
E. Capitals of Ontario
E1. In the last round we mentioned the first legislature of
Upper Canada, which met in 1792 in Newark. What do we call
Newark today?
Kitchener
E2. During the 26 years that Upper and Lower Canada were united
as the Province of Canada, its legislature moved between
5 different capitals. Name either the first or the last
capital of the Province of Canada, giving the name that was
in use at the time. Both are now in Ontario.
London
F. Talk TV
F1. Complete the title of this NBC series by naming its host:
"Last Call With... ".
Ryan Seacrest
F2. Give the last name of "Dr. Phil", previously of the Oprah
Winfrey show and now host of his own syndicated series.
[ObSynchronicity: I saw this question asked on a TV quiz show
*yesterday*.]
McGraw
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Men! Give them enough rope and they'll dig
msb@xxxxxxx | their own grave." -- EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Pete Gayde
Naperville, IL
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