* Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
the previous straddle and scissors jumps.
4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?
5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?
6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
only twice in his long career?
8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
Deadwood, SD, in 1876?
10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player
consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind
his standing leg, turning 180�, and accelerating away?
* Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
8. "Good Vibrations".
* Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?
2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.
3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
"laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
often caused by viral or bacterial infection?
4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
to new environments?
5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.
7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?
8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
the part described by what other adjective?
9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?
10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
performed on this type of data.
* Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
the previous straddle and scissors jumps.
4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?
5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?
8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
Deadwood, SD, in 1876?
9. In chess, many openings and gambits are named after the players
who popularised them. One of the commonest openings in master
play --
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5
-- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it
in 1561?
* Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
10. "Echo Beach".
* Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?
2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.
3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
"laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
often caused by viral or bacterial infection?
4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
to new environments?
5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.
6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.
7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?
8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
the part described by what other adjective?
9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?
10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
performed on this type of data.
* Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction",
this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which
pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974?
2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said
to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are
too mediocre to play in the major leagues?
3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
the previous straddle and scissors jumps.
4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?
5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?
6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
only twice in his long career?
7. The swimmer performs an underwater butterfly kick off the wall
after the turn, to maximize speed and distance underwater, before
starting the regular stroke, in a turn named after which swimmer?
8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
Deadwood, SD, in 1876?
9. In chess, many openings and gambits are named after the players
who popularised them. One of the commonest openings in master
play --
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5
-- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it
in 1561?
10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player
consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind
his standing leg, turning 180°, and accelerating away?
* Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
Yes, you're getting the audio round this time, without the audio.
In the original game you would have heard a clip; here I'll just
tell you the song. You must give the full name of the credited
recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>".
(If multiple groups named in this fashion have recorded the song,
I will accept any one.)
To repeat, all answers are in the form "<singer> and the <band>".
1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional
one that performed it in a 1983 movie.
2. "Kiss".
3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
4. "Peek-a-Boo".
5. "Wooly Bully".
6. "96 Tears".
7. "The Valley Road".
8. "Good Vibrations".
9. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World".
10. "Echo Beach".
* Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
To cap off a season of science by the Bloor St. Irregulars, answer
the following questions -- whose *correct answers will each begin
with either B, S, or I*.
1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?
2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.
3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
"laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
often caused by viral or bacterial infection?
4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
to new environments?
5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.
6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.
7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?
8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
the part described by what other adjective?
9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?
10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
performed on this type of data.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
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 Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction",
this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which
pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974?
2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said
to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are
too mediocre to play in the major leagues?
3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
the previous straddle and scissors jumps.
4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?
5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?
6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
only twice in his long career?
7. The swimmer performs an underwater butterfly kick off the wall
after the turn, to maximize speed and distance underwater, before
starting the regular stroke, in a turn named after which swimmer?
8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
Deadwood, SD, in 1876?
9. In chess, many openings and gambits are named after the players
who popularised them. One of the commonest openings in master
play --
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5
-- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it
in 1561?
10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player
consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind
his standing leg, turning 180°, and accelerating away?
* Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
Yes, you're getting the audio round this time, without the audio.
In the original game you would have heard a clip; here I'll just
tell you the song. You must give the full name of the credited
recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>".
(If multiple groups named in this fashion have recorded the song,
I will accept any one.)
To repeat, all answers are in the form "<singer> and the <band>".
1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional
one that performed it in a 1983 movie.
2. "Kiss".
3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
4. "Peek-a-Boo".
5. "Wooly Bully".
6. "96 Tears".
7. "The Valley Road".
8. "Good Vibrations".
9. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World".
10. "Echo Beach".
* Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
To cap off a season of science by the Bloor St. Irregulars, answer
the following questions -- whose *correct answers will each begin
with either B, S, or I*.
1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?
2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.
3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
"laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
often caused by viral or bacterial infection?
4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
to new environments?
5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.
6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.
7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?
8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
the part described by what other adjective?
9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?
10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
performed on this type of data.
--
Mark Brader "Look, sir, we can't just do nothing."
Toronto "Why not? It's usually best."
[email protected] -- Lawrence of Arabia
My text in this article is in the public domain.
* Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction",
this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which
pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974?
2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said
to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are
too mediocre to play in the major leagues?
4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?
5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?
6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
only twice in his long career?
8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
Deadwood, SD, in 1876?
* Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
Yes, you're getting the audio round this time, without the audio.
In the original game you would have heard a clip; here I'll just
tell you the song. You must give the full name of the credited
recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>".
1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional
one that performed it in a 1983 movie.
2. "Kiss".
3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
4. "Peek-a-Boo".
5. "Wooly Bully".
6. "96 Tears".
7. "The Valley Road".
8. "Good Vibrations".
10. "Echo Beach".
* Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
To cap off a season of science by the Bloor St. Irregulars, answer
the following questions -- whose *correct answers will each begin
with either B, S, or I*.
1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?
2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.
3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
"laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
often caused by viral or bacterial infection?
4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
to new environments?
5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.
6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.
7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?
8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
the part described by what other adjective?
10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
performed on this type of data.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction",
this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which
pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974?
2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said
to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are
too mediocre to play in the major leagues?
3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
the previous straddle and scissors jumps.
4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?
5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?
6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
only twice in his long career?
7. The swimmer performs an underwater butterfly kick off the wall
after the turn, to maximize speed and distance underwater, before
starting the regular stroke, in a turn named after which swimmer?
8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
Deadwood, SD, in 1876?
9. In chess, many openings and gambits are named after the players
who popularised them. One of the commonest openings in master
play --
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5
-- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it
in 1561?
10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player
consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind
his standing leg, turning 180�, and accelerating away?
* Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
Yes, you're getting the audio round this time, without the audio.
In the original game you would have heard a clip; here I'll just
tell you the song. You must give the full name of the credited
recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>".
(If multiple groups named in this fashion have recorded the song,
I will accept any one.)
To repeat, all answers are in the form "<singer> and the <band>".
1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional
one that performed it in a 1983 movie.
2. "Kiss".
3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
4. "Peek-a-Boo".
5. "Wooly Bully".
6. "96 Tears".
7. "The Valley Road".
8. "Good Vibrations".
9. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World".
10. "Echo Beach".
* Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
To cap off a season of science by the Bloor St. Irregulars, answer
the following questions -- whose *correct answers will each begin
with either B, S, or I*.
1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?
2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.
3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
"laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
often caused by viral or bacterial infection?
4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
to new environments?
5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.
6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.
7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?
8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
the part described by what other adjective?
9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?
10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
performed on this type of data.
2. "Kiss".
Prince and the Revolution. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
Mark Brader ([email protected]) writes:
2. "Kiss".
Prince and the Revolution. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
Tom Jones and the Art of Noise is another correct answer.
When I saw the question, I only thought "Tom Jones" and my brain did
not even have any "and the" at that point. And since there is likely to
more than one song called "Kiss", I did not try to hard of think of
any accompanying band.
But when the answers Prince and the Revolution" started to trickle in,
my mind became more clear that it was a collaboration. With whom, I still didn't know, so I turned to Google in curiousity.
And while I was at it, I played both Tom Jones and Prince on YouTube. And, yes, it is the same song. Penned by Prince, I assume, although I did not check that part.
The artist name for the Tom Jones version would not meet the criteria
for this particular round. Answers had to be in the form of "<singer>
and the <band>", but this single was released as by "The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones." See https://www.discogs.com/release/411973-The-Art-Of-Noise-Featuring-Tom-Jon es-Kiss for images of the single as released.
Joshua Kreitzer ([email protected]) writes:
The artist name for the Tom Jones version would not meet the criteria
for this particular round. Answers had to be in the form of "<singer>
and the <band>", but this single was released as by "The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones." See https://www.discogs.com/release/411973-The-Art-Of-Noise-Featuring-Tom-Jon es-Kiss for images of the single as released.
Checking closer, I see that the YouTube video I found (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZQFOfMSfY) is credited to
Tom Jones and Art Of Noise, without the "the", so nor does that
qualify.
Art of Noise and the "the" is not entirely trivial, as sometimes they
have uses the "the" and sometimes not. Their debut album was called "Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise", and the cover of the subsequent album,
"In Visible Silence" also has the "the", whereas it is dropped on
their third album "In No Sense? Nonsense!". "Kiss" was recorded after
this album, but it appears on a compilation which is called "The Best of
The Art of Noise".
2. "Kiss".Prince and the Revolution. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
Tom Jones and the Art of Noise is another correct answer.
Erland Sommarskog:
Tom Jones and the Art of Noise is another correct answer.
Even if it's not the correct name, I found enough Google hits on the
phrase to accept it. But, when I looked to see who to credit, I found
that nobody gave that answer anyway. So the scores stand.
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