QFTCIMI5 Game 4 Rounds 9-10 answers: fonts, challenge rock

Mark Brader:
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-06-14,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
see my 2010-05-11 companion posting on "MI5 Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCIMI5)".

Despite missing the last pair of rounds, Stephen Perry has squeaked
out another win.


* Game 4, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Name that Font

Please see the handout http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/04/09/fonts.png
and give the number of the sentence that's in each indicated font.

There was a problem with sentence #13. The printed handout at the
original game, and the PNG image I uploaded for this contest, were
both produced, using different computers, in Micros--t Word from the
same original Word document. According to ooffice, the creator of
that document selected Calibri for that sentence. But as one entrant
pointed out, neither that sample nor any of the others looks like
Calibri; after some exploration with http://www.identifont.com,
I find that the actual font of #13 seems to be Century Gothic.
In case this is a common deficiency of Word, leading people to have
the wrong idea of what Calibri looks like, I'm still accepting #13
for the Calibri question; but I'm also accepting the correct answer
"none of these".

Also, sample sentences #3 and #15 are in Arial and Helvetica
respectively, but those fonts are deliberately very similar (US law
does not allow font designs to be copyrighted, see...) and at the
resolution of the image it is really not practical to tell them apart.
Most letterforms are practically identical in the two fonts; the
most easily distinguished ones would be capital G and R, and neither
occurs in the sample. The top right corners of the small F and R
and the top of the small T would also be noticeably different if you
had enough resolution and knew what to look for, but you pretty much
can't tell in the image I provided. So I'm simply treating these
two answers as equivalent. My apologies for the problem.

1. Georgia.

#6. 4 for Dan and Marc. 3 for Rob.

2. Times New Roman.

#9. 4 for Peter, Dan, and Marc. 3 for Rob. 2 for Boot and Joshua.

3. Juice ITC.

#14. 4 for Erland, Marc, and Rob.

4. Blackadder ITC.

#4. 4 for Marc, Pete, and Rob. 3 for Dan, Boot, and Joshua.

5. Matisse ITC.

#5. 4 for Boot, Marc, and Rob.

6. Comic Sans MS.

#12. 4 for Erland, Peter, Dan, Boot, Marc, Joshua, and Rob.

7. Engravers MT.

#2. 4 for Peter, Boot, Marc, and Rob. 2 for Dan.

8. Verdana.

#1. 4 for Marc. 2 for Dan.

9. Calibri.

None of these (but accepting #13), as explained above. 4 for Marc.
3 for Joshua.

10. Helvetica.

Accepting #3 or #15, as explained above. 4 for Erland, Dan, Boot,
Marc, and Rob. 3 for Joshua.


So there were 5 decoys. You may name the fonts if you like
for fun, but for no points.

Nobody tried these.
#7 - Curlz MT.
#8 - Mistral.
#10 - Courier.
#11 - Tempus Sans ITC.
As noted above, #3 is Arial.


* Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Rock On

A. History: Rocks in History

A1. What medieval siege weapon, similar to a catapult or
stave sling, was used for hurling heavy stones to smash
castle or city walls? Its name is derived from an old
French word meaning "to throw over".

Trebuchet. 4 for Peter, Boot, Marc, Pete, and Rob.

A2. In 1713 the Rock of Gibraltar became a Crown Property
of the United Kingdom under the terms of what agreement?

Treaty of Utrecht. 4 for Boot.

B. Sports: Curling

B1. Curling stones weigh between 38 and 44 pounds. What
Scottish island is the source for the granite for
the rocks?

Ailsa Craig. 4 for Peter and Boot.

B2. This Canadian Hall of Fame curler, nicknamed "The Iceman",
skipped the Northern Ontario team in 9 Briers, winning
twice. For his second win, in 1985, with last rock in
the 10th end, he made a near-impossible double takeout
with a shot that now bears his name. Who?

Al Hackner.

C. Entertainment: Rockumentaries

We'll give you the movie; you name the artist or group featured.

C1. "Shine a Light".

Rolling Stones. 4 for Boot, Marc, Joshua, and Rob.

C2. "Stop Making Sense".

Talking Heads. 4 for Erland, Dan, Marc, Joshua, and Rob.

D. Canadiana: The Rock

D1. What federal cabinet minister provided Sheila Copps with
the title of her autobiography, "Nobody's Baby",
by telling her to "Quieten down, baby" during heated
Parliamentary debate in 1985?

John Crosbie.

D2. Both Danny Williams, in 1969, and Rex Murphy, in 1968,
were awarded something very impressive. What was it?

Rhodes scholarship.

E. Literature: Rocks in Literature

E1. Who wrote the novel "Dog Soldiers", filmed as "Who'll
Stop the Rain", starring Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld and
a pre-"Law-&-Order" Michael Moriarty?

Robert Stone.

E2. Name the current bestseller by Greg Mortensen (author of
"Three Cups of Tea") that chronicles his continuing
efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan.

"Stones into Schools". 4 for Pete.

F. Geography: Rocks

F1. This fine Neolithic monument, which includes a large stone
circle, is located about 20 miles (30 km) north of
Stonehenge. Name it.

Avebury. 4 for Peter, Boot, and Rob.

F2. Gros Morne is Newfoundland's second-highest mountain peak.
It is part of what mountains, the northeasternmost
extension of the Appalachians?

Long Range Mountains.


Scores, if there are no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Ent Spo Lit Sci His Mis Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 24 20 40 15 36 32 -- -- 167
"bootboy" 13 24 36 16 40 20 21 20 161
Marc Dashevsky 8 36 12 16 40 16 40 12 160
Joshua Kreitzer 12 36 22 8 24 24 15 8 133
Rob Parker 6 12 10 4 40 8 30 16 116
"Calvin" 2 12 27 16 30 27 -- -- 114
Peter Smyth 5 8 31 8 36 8 12 12 107
Dan Blum 2 12 12 8 24 12 23 4 91
Pete Gayde 5 20 31 0 8 12 4 8 84
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 36 0 28 0 12 4 80
Dan Tilque 16 4 19 0 32 4 -- -- 75
Bill Daly 20 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- 44



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