These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, 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 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy
1. What is the brightest star in the night sky?
4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type
of particles are observed at SNOLAB?
5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in
space, in 1961?
6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth
in space?
7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the
nadir?
9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as
the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent
galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years?
10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in
astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal
Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee
2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo.
* Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy
1. What is the brightest star in the night sky?
2. This American astronomer was a strong proponent of the idea
of the existence of canals on Mars and built an observatory to
pursue this. He also initiated the search that led in 1930,
14 years after his death, to the discovery of Pluto. Who was he?
3. A professor of astronomy at Cornell University, he wrote a
science-fiction novel called "Contact" that was made into
a movie starring Jodie Foster. Who?
4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type
of particles are observed at SNOLAB?
5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in
space, in 1961?
6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth
in space?
7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the
nadir?
8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads
and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific.
9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as
the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent
galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years?
10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in
astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal
Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee
See the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-3/bee.pdf
2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo.
5. Name the TV show, which was followed by two movies.
7. Name the movie, partly based on the book "Queen Bees and
Wannabes".
8. Name the movie.
9. Name the movie, adapted from a book of the same title.
12. Name the cereal.
13. Name the movie.
16. Name the movie.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, 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 6, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. Rob Ford voted against allowing restaurants to serve alcohol
during yesterday's gold-medal hockey game because, he said, it
wouldn't be fair to what businesses?
2. British researchers found that a saliva test measuring levels
of the hormone cortisol in teenage boys could identify those
at high risk of suffering from what condition?
* Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy
1. What is the brightest star in the night sky?
2. This American astronomer was a strong proponent of the idea
of the existence of canals on Mars and built an observatory to
pursue this. He also initiated the search that led in 1930,
14 years after his death, to the discovery of Pluto. Who was he?
3. A professor of astronomy at Cornell University, he wrote a
science-fiction novel called "Contact" that was made into
a movie starring Jodie Foster. Who?
4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type
of particles are observed at SNOLAB?
5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in
space, in 1961?
6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth
in space?
7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the
nadir?
8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads
and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific.
9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as
the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent
galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years?
10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in
astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal
Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee
Here are pictures of bees and bee products in popular culture,
real or fictional. Please remember that there are different uses
of the word "bee".
See the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-3/bee.pdf
As usual, for this medium I'll rearrange the questions in order by
picture number. There were 6 decoys; identify their subjects as
well if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. (decoy) Name the movie.
2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo.
3. Name the character from "The Simpsons".
4. (decoy) Name the song.
5. Name the TV show, which was followed by two movies.
6. (decoy) Name the movie.
7. Name the movie, partly based on the book "Queen Bees and
Wannabes".
8. Name the movie.
9. Name the movie, adapted from a book of the same title.
10. (decoy) Name the mammal.
11. (decoy) Name the man in the center.
12. Name the cereal.
13. Name the movie.
14. Name the TV show.
15. (decoy) Name the movie.
16. Name the movie.
* Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy
1. What is the brightest star in the night sky?
2. This American astronomer was a strong proponent of the idea
of the existence of canals on Mars and built an observatory to
pursue this. He also initiated the search that led in 1930,
14 years after his death, to the discovery of Pluto. Who was he?
3. A professor of astronomy at Cornell University, he wrote a science-fiction novel called "Contact" that was made into
a movie starring Jodie Foster. Who?
5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in
space, in 1961?
6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth
in space?
7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the
nadir?
9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as
the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent
galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years?
10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in
astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal
Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee
Here are pictures of bees and bee products in popular culture,
real or fictional. Please remember that there are different uses
of the word "bee".
See the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-3/bee.pdf
1. (decoy) Name the movie.
2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo.
3. Name the character from "The Simpsons".
4. (decoy) Name the song.
6. (decoy) Name the movie.
7. Name the movie, partly based on the book "Queen Bees and
Wannabes".
8. Name the movie.
9. Name the movie, adapted from a book of the same title.
10. (decoy) Name the mammal.
11. (decoy) Name the man in the center.
12. Name the cereal.
13. Name the movie.
16. Name the movie.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, 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 6, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. Rob Ford voted against allowing restaurants to serve alcohol
during yesterday's gold-medal hockey game because, he said, it
wouldn't be fair to what businesses?
2. British researchers found that a saliva test measuring levels
of the hormone cortisol in teenage boys could identify those
at high risk of suffering from what condition?
* Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy
1. What is the brightest star in the night sky?
2. This American astronomer was a strong proponent of the idea
of the existence of canals on Mars and built an observatory to
pursue this. He also initiated the search that led in 1930,
14 years after his death, to the discovery of Pluto. Who was he?
3. A professor of astronomy at Cornell University, he wrote a
science-fiction novel called "Contact" that was made into
a movie starring Jodie Foster. Who?
4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type
of particles are observed at SNOLAB?
5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in
space, in 1961?
6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth
in space?
7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the
nadir?
8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads
and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific.
9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as
the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent
galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years?
10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in
astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal
Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee
Here are pictures of bees and bee products in popular culture,
real or fictional. Please remember that there are different uses
of the word "bee".
See the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-3/bee.pdf
As usual, for this medium I'll rearrange the questions in order by
picture number. There were 6 decoys; identify their subjects as
well if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. (decoy) Name the movie.
2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo.
3. Name the character from "The Simpsons".
4. (decoy) Name the song.
5. Name the TV show, which was followed by two movies.
6. (decoy) Name the movie.
7. Name the movie, partly based on the book "Queen Bees and
Wannabes".
8. Name the movie.
9. Name the movie, adapted from a book of the same title.
10. (decoy) Name the mammal.
11. (decoy) Name the man in the center.
12. Name the cereal.
13. Name the movie.
14. Name the TV show.
15. (decoy) Name the movie.
16. Name the movie.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Dr. Slipher, I have found your Planet X." [email protected] -- Clyde Tombaugh (1906-97), 1930-02-18
My text in this article is in the public domain.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. Rob Ford voted against allowing restaurants to serve alcohol
during yesterday's gold-medal hockey game because, he said, it
wouldn't be fair to what businesses?
2. British researchers found that a saliva test measuring levels
of the hormone cortisol in teenage boys could identify those
at high risk of suffering from what condition?
* Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy
1. What is the brightest star in the night sky?
2. This American astronomer was a strong proponent of the idea
of the existence of canals on Mars and built an observatory to
pursue this. He also initiated the search that led in 1930,
14 years after his death, to the discovery of Pluto. Who was he?
3. A professor of astronomy at Cornell University, he wrote a
science-fiction novel called "Contact" that was made into
a movie starring Jodie Foster. Who?
4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type
of particles are observed at SNOLAB?
5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in
space, in 1961?
6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth
in space?
7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the
nadir?
8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads
and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific.
9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as
the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent
galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years?
10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in
astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal
Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee
Here are pictures of bees and bee products in popular culture,
real or fictional. Please remember that there are different uses
of the word "bee".
See the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-3/bee.pdf
As usual, for this medium I'll rearrange the questions in order by
picture number. There were 6 decoys; identify their subjects as
well if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. (decoy) Name the movie.
2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo.
3. Name the character from "The Simpsons".
4. (decoy) Name the song.
5. Name the TV show, which was followed by two movies.
6. (decoy) Name the movie.
7. Name the movie, partly based on the book "Queen Bees and
Wannabes".
8. Name the movie.
9. Name the movie, adapted from a book of the same title.
10. (decoy) Name the mammal.
11. (decoy) Name the man in the center.
12. Name the cereal.
13. Name the movie.
14. Name the TV show.
15. (decoy) Name the movie.
16. Name the movie.
(And S is for Sudbury; there is no such thing as
a "small neutrino".
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, 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 6, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. Rob Ford voted against allowing restaurants to serve alcohol
during yesterday's gold-medal hockey game because, he said, it
wouldn't be fair to what businesses?
2. British researchers found that a saliva test measuring levels
of the hormone cortisol in teenage boys could identify those
at high risk of suffering from what condition?
* Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy
1. What is the brightest star in the night sky?
2. This American astronomer was a strong proponent of the idea
of the existence of canals on Mars and built an observatory to
pursue this. He also initiated the search that led in 1930,
14 years after his death, to the discovery of Pluto. Who was he?
3. A professor of astronomy at Cornell University, he wrote a
science-fiction novel called "Contact" that was made into
a movie starring Jodie Foster. Who?
4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type
of particles are observed at SNOLAB?
5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in
space, in 1961?
6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth
in space?
7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the
nadir?
8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads
and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific.
9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as
the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent
galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years?
10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in
astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal
Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee
Here are pictures of bees and bee products in popular culture,
real or fictional. Please remember that there are different uses
of the word "bee".
See the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-3/bee.pdf
As usual, for this medium I'll rearrange the questions in order by
picture number. There were 6 decoys; identify their subjects as
well if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. (decoy) Name the movie.
2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo.
3. Name the character from "The Simpsons".
4. (decoy) Name the song.
5. Name the TV show, which was followed by two movies.
6. (decoy) Name the movie.
7. Name the movie, partly based on the book "Queen Bees and
Wannabes".
8. Name the movie.
9. Name the movie, adapted from a book of the same title.
10. (decoy) Name the mammal.
11. (decoy) Name the man in the center.
12. Name the cereal.
13. Name the movie.
14. Name the TV show.
15. (decoy) Name the movie.
16. Name the movie.
Mark Brader:
8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads
and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific.
A total solar eclipse. 4 for John.
8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads
and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific.
A total solar eclipse. 4 for John.
Still more specifically, these are seen at two moments during
that phenomenon: when totality is about to begin and when it has
just ended.
Challenge on this answer. While Baily's beads do appear during total eclipses, they also appear during annular eclipses...
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