I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.
* Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Geometric Formulas
1. Area of a circle?
2. Area of a square?
3. Surface area of a cube?
4. Surface area of a sphere?
5. Perimeter of a rectangle?
6. Circumference of a circle?
7. Volume of a sphere?
8. Volume of a cylinder?
9. Area of a triangle?
10. Volume of a cube?
* Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Arts & Literature
1. This Canadian author won the first Arthur C. Clarke award
in 1987. The award is given for the best science-fiction novel
that was first published in the UK during the previous year.
Name either the author or the award-winning book.
5. Within 1,000, what is the generally acknowledged number of
copies that must be sold in a week for a book to become a
Canadian bestseller?
9. In what Canadian city is the art gallery that """claims"""
to have the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit
art in the world?
10. It's a huge canvas with just two colors of acrylic paint --
twin vertical stripes of ultramarine blue flanking a middle
one of cadmium red. Canadians were outraged when the National
Gallery of Canada paid $1,800,000 for this work in 1989.
*Name the American artist* who created "Voice of Fire".
* Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Geometric Formulas
We all were taught some geometry in math class, either in elementary
school or high school. In this round, we will test much how you
remember from these classes. In each case, please select the
correct answer from the following list.
Also note: if there is more than one possibility, select the
simplest one. Which one, then, is the formula for the...
1. Area of a circle?
2. Area of a square?
3. Surface area of a cube?
4. Surface area of a sphere?
5. Perimeter of a rectangle?
6. Circumference of a circle?
7. Volume of a sphere?
8. Volume of a cylinder?
9. Area of a triangle?
10. Volume of a cube?
* Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Arts & Literature
3. In 2006 the Guardian described this Canadian author as
"possibly the most gifted exegete of North American mass culture
writing today." In 2009 the Daily Telegraph said he was "one
of the great satirists of consumerism." He gave us the terms
"McJob" and "Generation X". Name this author.
4. This Canadian writer is best known for his humorous observations
on Canadian history and culture. In 1997 he wrote "Why I
Hate Canadians", followed the next year by "I was a Teen
Aged Katima-Victim". In 2000 he gave us "Canadian History
for Dummies". In 2001 he co-wrote "How to be a Canadian" with
his brother Ian. And he won the Giller prize in 2012 for "419:
A Novel." Name this author (the surname is sufficient).
5. Within 1,000, what is the generally acknowledged number of
copies that must be sold in a week for a book to become a
Canadian bestseller?
* Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Geometric Formulas
[A] 4L [K] 2W + 2L
[B] L� [L] B � H/2
[C] L� [M] B� � H/3
[D] #r� [N] 4/3 � #r�
[E] 2#r [O] L � W � H
[F] #r�H [P] 2#r(r + H)
[G] 4#r� [Q] L � H � B/2
[H] B � H [R] L � W � #/4
[I] #r�H/3 [S] (L + W)/2 � H
[J] 6 � L� [T] 2(L � W) + 2(W � H) + 2(H � L)
where
r = radius
B = Base
H = Height
L = Length
W = Width (or in one of the decoys, a second length)
Also note: if there is more than one possibility, select the
simplest one. Which one, then, is the formula for the...
1. Area of a circle?
2. Area of a square?
3. Surface area of a cube?
4. Surface area of a sphere?
5. Perimeter of a rectangle?
6. Circumference of a circle?
7. Volume of a sphere?
8. Volume of a cylinder?
9. Area of a triangle?
10. Volume of a cube?
* Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Geometric Formulas
We all were taught some geometry in math class, either in elementary
school or high school. In this round, we will test much how you
remember from these classes. In each case, please select the
correct answer from the following list.
*NOTE*: In order for this to be posted in ISO 8859-1, every instance
of the # sign represents pi. The characters ², ³, and × should show correctly as "squared", "cubed", and the "times" sign respectively. [Obviously, in some of the formulas the × sign is not used.
For forms like x/y × z, the intent is to divide and then multiply.]
[A] 4L [K] 2W + 2L
[B] L² [L] B × H/2
[C] L³ [M] B² × H/3
[D] #r² [N] 4/3 × #r³
[E] 2#r [O] L × W × H
[F] #r²H [P] 2#r(r + H)
[G] 4#r² [Q] L × H × B/2
[H] B × H [R] L × W × #/4
[I] #r²H/3 [S] (L + W)/2 × H
[J] 6 × L² [T] 2(L × W) + 2(W × H) + 2(H × L)
where
r = radius
B = Base
H = Height
L = Length
W = Width (or in one of the decoys, a second length)
Also note: if there is more than one possibility, select the
simplest one. Which one, then, is the formula for the...
1. Area of a circle?
2. Area of a square?
3. Surface area of a cube?
4. Surface area of a sphere?
5. Perimeter of a rectangle?
6. Circumference of a circle?
7. Volume of a sphere?
8. Volume of a cylinder?
9. Area of a triangle?
10. Volume of a cube?
And if you would like to identify the decoys for fun, but for no points, decode the rot13 and continue.
11. Fhesnpr nern bs erpgnathyne cnenyyrycvcrq (gung vf, n "fubrobk"
svther, yvxr n phor ohg jvgu erpgnathyne snprf)?
12. Ibyhzr bs n gevnathyne cevfz?
13. Nern bs n gencrmbvq?
14. Ibyhzr bs n fdhner-onfrq clenzvq?
15. Nern bs na ryyvcfr?
16. Ibyhzr bs n "fubrobk" svther?
17. Ibyhzr bs n pbar?
18. Crevzrgre bs n fdhner?
19. Nern bs n erpgnatyr?
20. Fhesnpr nern bs n plyvaqre?
* Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Arts & Literature
1. This Canadian author won the first Arthur C. Clarke award
in 1987. The award is given for the best science-fiction novel
that was first published in the UK during the previous year.
Name either the author or the award-winning book.
2. "I would walk to the end of the street and over the prairie
with the clickety grasshoppers bunging in arcs ahead of me,
and I could hear the hum and twang of wind in the great prairie
harp of telephone wires. Standing there with the total thrust
of prairie sun on my vulnerable head, I guess I learned --
at a very young age -- that I was mortal." This excerpt was
recited by Donald Sutherland at the opening ceremonies of the
2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Again, name either the
author or the book it was taken from.
3. In 2006 the Guardian described this Canadian author as
"possibly the most gifted exegete of North American mass culture
writing today." In 2009 the Daily Telegraph said he was "one
of the great satirists of consumerism." He gave us the terms
"McJob" and "Generation X". Name this author.
4. This Canadian writer is best known for his humorous observations
on Canadian history and culture. In 1997 he wrote "Why I
Hate Canadians", followed the next year by "I was a Teen
Aged Katima-Victim". In 2000 he gave us "Canadian History
for Dummies". In 2001 he co-wrote "How to be a Canadian" with
his brother Ian. And he won the Giller prize in 2012 for "419:
A Novel." Name this author (the surname is sufficient).
5. Within 1,000, what is the generally acknowledged number of
copies that must be sold in a week for a book to become a
Canadian bestseller?
6. This talented individual had many careers: for him, writing
was a sideline. He wrote "Face-Off at the Summit", "Home Game:
Hockey and Life in Canada", "The Moved and the Shaken", and
"In School: Our Kids, Our Teachers, Our Classrooms". Who was he?
7. The no-holds-barred "Frank" magazine referred to this person
by substituting the uncomplimentary moniker "Tubby" for his
first name, and referred to his 1993 autobiography "A Life in
Progress" by calling it "A Thesaurus in Progress". Name the
recipient of these barbs.
8. He was a Canadian painter and sculptor. In 1969 he was
made a Companion of the Order of Canada. One of his largest
compositions, "Point de rencontre" ("Meeting Point"), was
originally intended for the Toronto airport, but is """now"""
in the Opéra Bastille in Paris. He was made an Officer of the
National Order of Quebec in 1988, and was promoted to Grand
Officer in 1994. In 2000 he was inducted into Canada's Walk
of Fame. Who?
9. In what Canadian city is the art gallery that """claims"""
to have the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit
art in the world?
10. It's a huge canvas with just two colors of acrylic paint --
twin vertical stripes of ultramarine blue flanking a middle
one of cadmium red. Canadians were outraged when the National
Gallery of Canada paid $1,800,000 for this work in 1989.
*Name the American artist* who created "Voice of Fire".
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-08,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Night Owls, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Geometric Formulas
We all were taught some geometry in math class, either in elementary
school or high school. In this round, we will test much how you
remember from these classes. In each case, please select the
correct answer from the following list.
*NOTE*: In order for this to be posted in ISO 8859-1, every instance
of the # sign represents pi. The characters ², ³, and × should show correctly as "squared", "cubed", and the "times" sign respectively. [Obviously, in some of the formulas the × sign is not used.
For forms like x/y × z, the intent is to divide and then multiply.]
[A] 4L [K] 2W + 2L
[B] L² [L] B × H/2
[C] L³ [M] B² × H/3
[D] #r² [N] 4/3 × #r³
[E] 2#r [O] L × W × H
[F] #r²H [P] 2#r(r + H)
[G] 4#r² [Q] L × H × B/2
[H] B × H [R] L × W × #/4
[I] #r²H/3 [S] (L + W)/2 × H
[J] 6 × L² [T] 2(L × W) + 2(W × H) + 2(H × L)
where
r = radius
B = Base
H = Height
L = Length
W = Width (or in one of the decoys, a second length)
Also note: if there is more than one possibility, select the
simplest one. Which one, then, is the formula for the...
1. Area of a circle?
2. Area of a square?
3. Surface area of a cube?
4. Surface area of a sphere?
5. Perimeter of a rectangle?
6. Circumference of a circle?
7. Volume of a sphere?
8. Volume of a cylinder?
9. Area of a triangle?
10. Volume of a cube?
And if you would like to identify the decoys for fun, but for no points, decode the rot13 and continue.
11. Fhesnpr nern bs erpgnathyne cnenyyrycvcrq (gung vf, n "fubrobk"
svther, yvxr n phor ohg jvgu erpgnathyne snprf)?
12. Ibyhzr bs n gevnathyne cevfz?
13. Nern bs n gencrmbvq?
14. Ibyhzr bs n fdhner-onfrq clenzvq?
15. Nern bs na ryyvcfr?
16. Ibyhzr bs n "fubrobk" svther?
17. Ibyhzr bs n pbar?
18. Crevzrgre bs n fdhner?
19. Nern bs n erpgnatyr?
20. Fhesnpr nern bs n plyvaqre?
* Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Arts & Literature
1. This Canadian author won the first Arthur C. Clarke award
in 1987. The award is given for the best science-fiction novel
that was first published in the UK during the previous year.
Name either the author or the award-winning book.
2. "I would walk to the end of the street and over the prairie
with the clickety grasshoppers bunging in arcs ahead of me,
and I could hear the hum and twang of wind in the great prairie
harp of telephone wires. Standing there with the total thrust
of prairie sun on my vulnerable head, I guess I learned --
at a very young age -- that I was mortal." This excerpt was
recited by Donald Sutherland at the opening ceremonies of the
2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Again, name either the
author or the book it was taken from.
3. In 2006 the Guardian described this Canadian author as
"possibly the most gifted exegete of North American mass culture
writing today." In 2009 the Daily Telegraph said he was "one
of the great satirists of consumerism." He gave us the terms
"McJob" and "Generation X". Name this author.
4. This Canadian writer is best known for his humorous observations
on Canadian history and culture. In 1997 he wrote "Why I
Hate Canadians", followed the next year by "I was a Teen
Aged Katima-Victim". In 2000 he gave us "Canadian History
for Dummies". In 2001 he co-wrote "How to be a Canadian" with
his brother Ian. And he won the Giller prize in 2012 for "419:
A Novel." Name this author (the surname is sufficient).
5. Within 1,000, what is the generally acknowledged number of
copies that must be sold in a week for a book to become a
Canadian bestseller?
6. This talented individual had many careers: for him, writing
was a sideline. He wrote "Face-Off at the Summit", "Home Game:
Hockey and Life in Canada", "The Moved and the Shaken", and
"In School: Our Kids, Our Teachers, Our Classrooms". Who was he?
7. The no-holds-barred "Frank" magazine referred to this person
by substituting the uncomplimentary moniker "Tubby" for his
first name, and referred to his 1993 autobiography "A Life in
Progress" by calling it "A Thesaurus in Progress". Name the
recipient of these barbs.
8. He was a Canadian painter and sculptor. In 1969 he was
made a Companion of the Order of Canada. One of his largest
compositions, "Point de rencontre" ("Meeting Point"), was
originally intended for the Toronto airport, but is """now"""
in the Opéra Bastille in Paris. He was made an Officer of the
National Order of Quebec in 1988, and was promoted to Grand
Officer in 1994. In 2000 he was inducted into Canada's Walk
of Fame. Who?
9. In what Canadian city is the art gallery that """claims"""
to have the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit
art in the world?
10. It's a huge canvas with just two colors of acrylic paint --
twin vertical stripes of ultramarine blue flanking a middle
one of cadmium red. Canadians were outraged when the National
Gallery of Canada paid $1,800,000 for this work in 1989.
*Name the American artist* who created "Voice of Fire".
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-08,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Geometric Formulas
We all were taught some geometry in math class, either in elementary
school or high school. In this round, we will test much how you
remember from these classes. In each case, please select the
correct answer from the following list.
*NOTE*: In order for this to be posted in ISO 8859-1, every instance
of the # sign represents pi. The characters �, �, and � should show correctly as "squared", "cubed", and the "times" sign respectively. [Obviously, in some of the formulas the � sign is not used.
For forms like x/y � z, the intent is to divide and then multiply.]
[A] 4L [K] 2W + 2L
[B] L� [L] B � H/2
[C] L� [M] B� � H/3
[D] #r� [N] 4/3 � #r�
[E] 2#r [O] L � W � H
[F] #r�H [P] 2#r(r + H)
[G] 4#r� [Q] L � H � B/2
[H] B � H [R] L � W � #/4
[I] #r�H/3 [S] (L + W)/2 � H
[J] 6 � L� [T] 2(L � W) + 2(W � H) + 2(H � L)
where
r = radius
B = Base
H = Height
L = Length
W = Width (or in one of the decoys, a second length)
Also note: if there is more than one possibility, select the
simplest one. Which one, then, is the formula for the...
1. Area of a circle?
2. Area of a square?
3. Surface area of a cube?
4. Surface area of a sphere?
5. Perimeter of a rectangle?
6. Circumference of a circle?
7. Volume of a sphere?
8. Volume of a cylinder?
9. Area of a triangle?
10. Volume of a cube?
And if you would like to identify the decoys for fun, but for no points, decode the rot13 and continue.
11. Surface area of rectangular parallelpiped (that is, a "shoebox"
figure, like a cube but with rectangular faces)?
12. Volume of a triangular prism?
13. Area of a trapezoid?
14. Volume of a square-based pyramid?
15. Area of an ellipse?
16. Volume of a "shoebox" figure?
17. Volume of a cone?
18. Perimeter of a square?
19. Area of a rectangle?
20. Surface area of a cylinder?
* Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Arts & Literature
1. This Canadian author won the first Arthur C. Clarke award
in 1987. The award is given for the best science-fiction novel
that was first published in the UK during the previous year.
Name either the author or the award-winning book.
2. "I would walk to the end of the street and over the prairie
with the clickety grasshoppers bunging in arcs ahead of me,
and I could hear the hum and twang of wind in the great prairie
harp of telephone wires. Standing there with the total thrust
of prairie sun on my vulnerable head, I guess I learned --
at a very young age -- that I was mortal." This excerpt was
recited by Donald Sutherland at the opening ceremonies of the
2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Again, name either the
author or the book it was taken from.
3. In 2006 the Guardian described this Canadian author as
"possibly the most gifted exegete of North American mass culture
writing today." In 2009 the Daily Telegraph said he was "one
of the great satirists of consumerism." He gave us the terms
"McJob" and "Generation X". Name this author.
4. This Canadian writer is best known for his humorous observations
on Canadian history and culture. In 1997 he wrote "Why I
Hate Canadians", followed the next year by "I was a Teen
Aged Katima-Victim". In 2000 he gave us "Canadian History
for Dummies". In 2001 he co-wrote "How to be a Canadian" with
his brother Ian. And he won the Giller prize in 2012 for "419:
A Novel." Name this author (the surname is sufficient).
5. Within 1,000, what is the generally acknowledged number of
copies that must be sold in a week for a book to become a
Canadian bestseller?
6. This talented individual had many careers: for him, writing
was a sideline. He wrote "Face-Off at the Summit", "Home Game:
Hockey and Life in Canada", "The Moved and the Shaken", and
"In School: Our Kids, Our Teachers, Our Classrooms". Who was he?
7. The no-holds-barred "Frank" magazine referred to this person
by substituting the uncomplimentary moniker "Tubby" for his
first name, and referred to his 1993 autobiography "A Life in
Progress" by calling it "A Thesaurus in Progress". Name the
recipient of these barbs.
8. He was a Canadian painter and sculptor. In 1969 he was
made a Companion of the Order of Canada. One of his largest
compositions, "Point de rencontre" ("Meeting Point"), was
originally intended for the Toronto airport, but is """now"""
in the Op�ra Bastille in Paris. He was made an Officer of the
National Order of Quebec in 1988, and was promoted to Grand
Officer in 1994. In 2000 he was inducted into Canada's Walk
of Fame. Who?
9. In what Canadian city is the art gallery that """claims"""
to have the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit
art in the world?
10. It's a huge canvas with just two colors of acrylic paint --
twin vertical stripes of ultramarine blue flanking a middle
one of cadmium red. Canadians were outraged when the National
Gallery of Canada paid $1,800,000 for this work in 1989.
*Name the American artist* who created "Voice of Fire".
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