Mark Brader:
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 5 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has recovered from a slow start
to win. Hearty congratulations!
I wrote one of these rounds, and 2/3 of the other.
Sorry, you've missed it. Er, I mean, Sorry, You've Missed It!
(Of all the rounds I wrote this season, this was my favorite.)
I also wrote pairs B, C, E, and F of the challenge round.
** Game 5, Round 9 - Geography History - Sorry, You've Missed It!
Please see: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/g5r9/miss.pdf
Some of the landmarks on the handout look notably different now
than you see in the pictures; others no longer exist at all. So if
you'd like to go and see one of them as it appears in the pictures --
sorry, you've missed it!
1. Three of the photos on page 1 of the handout were taken in the
same city. Name *any two* of the three letters.
B, C, G. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Stephen.
It's New York. Photo B is the city's original Pennsylvania Station,
demolished in 1963 to make room for the present Madison Square
Garden and a new station. C, of course, is the World Trade Center,
destroyed in 2001. And G is the Singer Building, which also was
the world's tallest building when it was completed, in 1908; its
demolition starting in 1967 made room for the US Steel Building.
2. Photo A is on the opposite coast. We've blanked out the two
signs showing the name of the restaurant -- what was it?
The Brown Derby. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen.
In Los Angeles. This is their original building; at least one other
similar one was built but no longer exists.
3. Photo H is in Toronto. The complex still exists, but the terrace
in the center of the photo no longer does. Either tell *who*
it was named after, or tell *who* the new structure that replaced
it is named after.
Queen Elizabeth II, Michael Lee-Chin. 4 for Stephen.
The Royal Ontario Museum. The terrace opened in 1984, the "crystal" <
http://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/imce/napkin.jpg> in 2007.
4. The building in F existed in two different forms at different
times, but neither one exists any more. Name it.
Crystal Palace. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen.
It was built in London's Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851; disassembled and moved in 1854 to another park, in South London; and
destroyed by fire in 1936. A train station near the second location
still carries the name Crystal Palace!
5. Photo D no longer exists in that form due to religious reasons.
What country was it in?
Afghanistan. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Joshua, and Stephen.
The 7th-century giant Buddha statue is one of two that were destroyed
in 2001 on orders of the Taliban.
6. Okay, turn the page. Speaking of religion, photo I on page 2
shows the so-called Twelve Apostles as they existed before the
collapse of one column in 2005. There never were 12 of them.
But what country were they in?
Australia. 4 for Stephen.
7. Photo P was in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire, but the rock
formation collapsed in 2003. Name it.
The Old Man of the Mountain. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Stephen.
8. Photo J shows Elephant Rock, before a large part of it collapsed
in 2016. Where in Canada was it? Name *either* the province
or the adjacent body of water.
New Brunswick, Bay of Fundy. 4 for Stephen.
9. In the real world, the formation in L was called the Azure
Window. *Either* name the island country where it was in the
real world, *or* tell what continent near Westeros that it's
on in fiction.
Malta (collapsed in 2017), Essos ("Game of Thrones" filming location
in about 2011). 4 for Stephen.
10. Photo M was in the Sahara Desert. The Tree of T�n�r� had roots
reaching over 100 feet down to the water table, and was the last
survivor of a stand of trees existing decades earlier. In the
end, the nearest other tree was something like 100 miles away.
The Tree of T�n�r� no longer exists: what happened to it?
Hit by a truck! 4 for Stephen.
There were 4 decoys. If you like, for fun, but for no points,
decode the rot13 for a question about each one.
11. Picture E shows Queen Amanishakheto's pyramid in Sudan.
What happened to it?
It was demolished in the 1830s so "archeologist" Giuseppe Ferlini
could search more easily for treasures hidden inside it. (It was
a success. He found them. And took them to sell.) Stephen got this.
12. The formation in K collapsed in 2021. What country was it in?
(Darwin's Arch, Galapagos Is.), Ecuador. Nobody got this.
13. In what *city* is picture N, and what happened to change this
natural formation?
(American Falls,) Niagara Falls, NY, as drawn in 1834. Nobody got this.
Numerous falls of rock over the following 100 years or so have left
a pile of rubble ("talus") that now reaches more than halfway up
the waterfall. Stephen gave the idea.
14. Either name the formation in picture O, or tell where in Quebec
it is.
Perc� Rock, Gasp�, Quebec, drawn in 1760. The second arch collapsed
in 1845. Nobody got this.
** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. History: New Products of 1990
A1. Which new line of cars from General Motors went into
production in 1990?
Saturn. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.
A2. Which version of Windows was released by Microsoft in 1990?
Be specific.
3.0. 4 for Erland and Stephen.
* B. Science: Astronomical Etymology
B1. An exploding star is called a nova, supernova, or hypernova
depending on the type of explosion. What does "nova"
mean in Latin?
New. (Because if it was too dim to see before, it looks like a
new star.) 4 for everyone.
B2. The word "planet" is derived from a Greek word that means
what?
Wander. (Because, as seen from Earth, the other planets all change
their positions in relation to the constellations.) 4 for Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen.
* C. Literature: Lord of the Rings
C1. The task of the Fellowship of the Ring is to transport the
One Ring to what specific location where it can be destroyed?
Mount Doom. (Or still more specifically, the Crack of Doom there.
Mordor was not specific enough.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Stephen.
C2. How exactly does it happen that the One Ring is destroyed?
Gollum (Smeagol), "dancing like a mad thing" on the clifftop in his
ecstasy after stealing the Ring, missteps and falls into the pit of
lava with it. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
* D. Canadiana Geography: Long Rivers
These questions refer to the rivers as named, not to their
tributaries that may cross borders. For example, the Mississippi
does not include the Missouri.
D1. What is the longest river that is entirely in Canada?
Mackenzie. 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen.
D2. What is the longest river that is entirely within BC?
Fraser. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
* E. Sports: Unusual Baseball Tactics
E1. In 1951 the St. Louis Browns used a player they thought would
be unusually hard to strike out. His name was Eddie Gaedel.
Why did they think that?
He was, as they now say, a little person, so his strike zone was
very small. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen.
He was 3'7" (109 cm) high and his uniform number was the fraction 1/8:
http://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1-gaedel5.jpg
They only played him for one turn at bat, but he did get walked on
four pitches. And as soon as he reached base, another player was
substituted for him.
E2. An eephus pitch is supposed to be unusually hard to hit.
What's unusual about it?
The ball is thrown on a steep upward angle and aimed to cross the
plate at a similarly steep angle on the way back down. 4 for Stephen.
* F. Entertainment: 1960s Game Show Hosts
F1. Who was the original host of "Jeopardy!", starting in 1964?
Art Fleming. 4 for Joshua.
F2. Who was the original host of "Password", starting in 1961?
Allen Ludden. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Ent Spo Mis Sci G+H Cha FIVE
Stephen Perry -- 36 40 40 40 40 40 200
Joshua Kreitzer 32 38 32 36 36 20 24 174
Dan Blum 28 28 32 36 32 16 20 156
Dan Tilque 8 12 28 36 32 12 32 140
Erland Sommarskog -- 4 20 8 24 8 12 72
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