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* Game 5, Round 9 - Art - Photography
Please see the 2-page handout at:
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/5-9/phot.pdf
For each question, we give you the name of a photographer; you
identify by letter a picture she or he took.
1. Yousuf Karsh.
2. Annie Leibowitz.
3. Margaret Bourke-White.
4. Diane Arbus.
5. Man Ray.
6. Charles Dodgson.
7. Barbara Woodley.
8. Dorothea Lange.
9. Lee Miller.
10. Ruth Orkin.
So there were 8 decoys, by 6 photographers. If you like, decode
the rot13 to see their names and give an answer for each one.
11. Prpvy Orngba.
12. Nhthfgr Oryybp.
13. Ivivna Znvre.
14. Jvyyvnz Abgzna.
15. Pvaql Furezna.
16. Nyserq Fgvrtyvgm.
* Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Hybrid Words (part Greek, part Latin, all English)
These words are a combination of a Greek root and a Latin root.
Name them.
A1. Greek: "from far" + Latin "act of seeing".
A2. Greek: "self" + Latin: "movable".
* B. Sports Team Name Origins
We'll give you the origins of a sports team name. You give
the name. It may not belong to the place of origin.
B1. When streetcars became electric trolley cars, they became
dangerous. A new nickname was applied to pedestrians who
had to avoid being struck by one. The nickname was picked
up by the local baseball team and then shortened, to...?
B2. This was first the name of a pair of pants. Then it was
the name of a patrician Dutch New Yorker. Then it was the
name of the sports team. It has been since shortened, to...?
* C. Actors Playing Twins
C1. Who played creepy gynecologist twins in David Cronenberg's
"Dead Ringers"?
C2. In which movie did Armie Hammer play brothers Cameron and
Tyler Winklevoss?
* D. Prizes in Early Aviation
D1. For 30 years the "Daily Mail" offered a number of prizes
to aviators. In 1909 it offered �1,000 to the first
person to accomplish a particular aviation milestone.
Later that year, the prize was claimed by Louis Bl�riot.
What did he do?
D2. Randolph Hearst offered $50,000 to the first person who could
achieve this aviation feat in less than 30 days. Three
people made the attempt, but only Cal Rodgers completed
the task in 1911. Alas, it took him 49 days and a number
of mishaps. He got nothing and the prize was never claimed.
What did he do?
* E. Talking Apes
E1. In the 1960s, psychologists Allen and Beatrix Gardner started
teaching sign language to a chimpanzee. By the time of
her death in 2007, she knew about 250 signs and could put
different signs together to make simple combinations like
"Gimmie Sweet". The subject's son Loulis also learned to
sign -- by watching his mother -- the first ape to learn
signs from other apes, not humans. Name that chimp.
E2. Koko began sign-language training in 1972 with Francine
Patterson of Stanford University. Koko knew 1,000 signs
and understood spoken English. Some claimed she had an IQ
somewhere over 70. What kind of ape was Koko?
* F. International Waterways
Rivers can be designated International Waterways, giving
international shipping the right of passage to service certain
landlocked countries. Here are two of them.
F1. What river basin is an international waterway for both
Paraguay and Bolivia?
F2. What river is an international waterway for both Serbia
and Croatia?
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Why is there only *one* Monopolies and
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