* Game 6, Round 4 - Leisure - Magic: The Gathering
* Game 6, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - National Reptile Day
1. Only one team in the "big four" North American sports leagues
(NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB) is named for a reptile. What team is it?
(Place name or team name.)
8. What is the name of the Indian python in "The Jungle Book"?
9. Not counting dragons since they do not exist, there is only
one reptile in the Chinese zodiac. Next year is the year of
that reptile. What is it?
* Game 6, Round 4 - Leisure - Magic: The Gathering
Please see the 2-page handout at:
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/qftci/6:4/magic.pdf
(Note that the numbers are *above* the images.)
Magic: The Gathering is a popular trading card game, first
marketed in 1992, now earning billions of dollars annually.
Since 2020, Magic has done limited-edition runs of cards with
variant art and/or cards based on other pop-culture properties.
1. Identify the card from the set "Black Is Magic".
2. Identify the card from the set "Purrfection".
3. Identify the card from the set "Zodiac Lands".
4. Identify the card from the set "Sans Mercy".
After you have finished with those, please decode the rot13 to see
the questions that go the other way.
5. Anzr gur *ivqrb tnzr senapuvfr* gung pneq svir vf onfrq ba.
6. Anzr gur *GI fubj* gung pneq avar vf onfrq ba.
7. Anzr gur *abiry* gung pneq frira vf onfrq ba.
8. Anzr gur *2023 zbivr* gung pneq rvtug vf onfrq ba.
9. Anzr gur *ivqrb tnzr senapuvfr* gung pneq bar vf onfrq ba.
10. Anzr gur *GI fubj* gung pneq fvk vf onfrq ba.
And there were two decoys: if you like, decode the rot13 and ansewr
for them for fun, but for no points.
11. Vqragvsl gur pneq sebz gur frg "Fgbezvat Pngf A' Qbtf".
12. Vqragvsl gur pneq sebz gur frg "Jenccvat Cncre".
* Game 6, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - National Reptile Day
It's not just a week for celebrating wombats; yesterday was National
Reptile Day, when we celebrate all things scaly. (Who knew?)
Here are 10 miscellaneous-ey questions about reptiles.
1. Only one team in the "big four" North American sports leagues
(NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB) is named for a reptile. What team is it?
(Place name or team name.)
2. Gatorade was invented in 1965 at an American university
whose sports teams are called the Gators (hence the name).
What university?
3. Which cartoon team fights the villainous forces of COBRA?
4. "Anaconda" is a 1997 horror movie about, well, an anaconda,
which was critically panned at release but which has become a
cult classic for being "so bad it's good". Name the top-billed
female star of "Anaconda", who is also a singer and dancer.
5. Geckos, chameleons, anoles, Komodo dragons, iguanas, monitors,
skinks, and Gila monsters can all be described,
classification-wise, by one specific word. What's that word?
6. The Lizard, a Spider-Man villain, was played in 2012's "The
Amazing Spider-Man" by this Welsh actor, who is also known for
his appearances in "Notting Hill", "Elementary", and "House
of the Dragon and also for being the lead singer of the band
Super Furry Animals.
7. In this popular children's book by Bernard Waber, everybody loves
the title character -- until someone demands he be put in a zoo!
What's the book?
8. What is the name of the Indian python in "The Jungle Book"?
9. Not counting dragons since they do not exist, there is only
one reptile in the Chinese zodiac. Next year is the year of
that reptile. What is it?
10. The current Egyptian city of Faiyum was founded in the fifth
century BC by adherents of the Egyptian god Sobek, who ate
the hearts of unworthy Egyptians in the Land of the Dead.
As a result of those worshippers, the Greeks and Romans called
Faiyum by a certain name. What was it?
* Game 6, Round 4 - Leisure - Magic: The Gathering
Please see the 2-page handout at:
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/qftci/6:4/magic.pdf
Magic: The Gathering is a popular trading card game, first
marketed in 1992, now earning billions of dollars annually.
1. Identify the card from the set "Black Is Magic".
2. Identify the card from the set "Purrfection".
3. Identify the card from the set "Zodiac Lands".
4. Identify the card from the set "Sans Mercy".
After you have finished with those, please decode the rot13 to see
the questions that go the other way.
6. Anzr gur *GI fubj* gung pneq avar vf onfrq ba.
7. Anzr gur *abiry* gung pneq frira vf onfrq ba.
10. Anzr gur *GI fubj* gung pneq fvk vf onfrq ba.
And there were two decoys: if you like, decode the rot13 and ansewr
for them for fun, but for no points.
11. Vqragvsl gur pneq sebz gur frg "Fgbezvat Pngf A' Qbtf".
12. Vqragvsl gur pneq sebz gur frg "Jenccvat Cncre".
* Game 6, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - National Reptile Day
It's not just a week for celebrating wombats; yesterday was National
Reptile Day, when we celebrate all things scaly. (Who knew?)
Here are 10 miscellaneous-ey questions about reptiles.
1. Only one team in the "big four" North American sports leagues
(NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB) is named for a reptile. What team is it?
(Place name or team name.)
2. Gatorade was invented in 1965 at an American university
whose sports teams are called the Gators (hence the name).
What university?
3. Which cartoon team fights the villainous forces of COBRA?
4. "Anaconda" is a 1997 horror movie about, well, an anaconda,
which was critically panned at release but which has become a
cult classic for being "so bad it's good". Name the top-billed
female star of "Anaconda", who is also a singer and dancer.
5. Geckos, chameleons, anoles, Komodo dragons, iguanas, monitors,
skinks, and Gila monsters can all be described,
classification-wise, by one specific word. What's that word?
6. The Lizard, a Spider-Man villain, was played in 2012's "The
Amazing Spider-Man" by this Welsh actor, who is also known for
his appearances in "Notting Hill", "Elementary", and "House
of the Dragon and also for being the lead singer of the band
Super Furry Animals.
7. In this popular children's book by Bernard Waber, everybody loves
the title character -- until someone demands he be put in a zoo!
What's the book?
8. What is the name of the Indian python in "The Jungle Book"?
9. Not counting dragons since they do not exist, there is only
one reptile in the Chinese zodiac. Next year is the year of
that reptile. What is it?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-10-21,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 4 - Leisure - Magic: The Gathering
Please see the 2-page handout at:
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/qftci/6:4/magic.pdf
(Note that the numbers are *above* the images.)
Magic: The Gathering is a popular trading card game, first
marketed in 1992, now earning billions of dollars annually.
Since 2020, Magic has done limited-edition runs of cards with
variant art and/or cards based on other pop-culture properties.
1. Identify the card from the set "Black Is Magic".
2. Identify the card from the set "Purrfection".
3. Identify the card from the set "Zodiac Lands".
4. Identify the card from the set "Sans Mercy".
After you have finished with those, please decode the rot13 to see
the questions that go the other way.
5. Name the *video game franchise* that card five is based on.
6. Name the *TV show* that card nine is based on.
7. Name the *novel* that card seven is based on.
8. Name the *2023 movie* that card eight is based on.
9. Name the *video game franchise* that card one is based on.
10. Name the *TV show* that card six is based on.
And there were two decoys: if you like, decode the rot13 and ansewr
for them for fun, but for no points.
11. Identify the card from the set "Storming Cats N' Dogs".
12. Identify the card from the set "Wrapping Paper".
* Game 6, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - National Reptile Day
It's not just a week for celebrating wombats; yesterday was National
Reptile Day, when we celebrate all things scaly. (Who knew?)
Here are 10 miscellaneous-ey questions about reptiles.
1. Only one team in the "big four" North American sports leagues
(NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB) is named for a reptile. What team is it?
(Place name or team name.)
2. Gatorade was invented in 1965 at an American university
whose sports teams are called the Gators (hence the name).
What university?
3. Which cartoon team fights the villainous forces of COBRA?
4. "Anaconda" is a 1997 horror movie about, well, an anaconda,
which was critically panned at release but which has become a
cult classic for being "so bad it's good". Name the top-billed
female star of "Anaconda", who is also a singer and dancer.
5. Geckos, chameleons, anoles, Komodo dragons, iguanas, monitors,
skinks, and Gila monsters can all be described,
classification-wise, by one specific word. What's that word?
6. The Lizard, a Spider-Man villain, was played in 2012's "The
Amazing Spider-Man" by this Welsh actor, who is also known for
his appearances in "Notting Hill", "Elementary", and "House
of the Dragon and also for being the lead singer of the band
Super Furry Animals.
7. In this popular children's book by Bernard Waber, everybody loves
the title character -- until someone demands he be put in a zoo!
What's the book?
8. What is the name of the Indian python in "The Jungle Book"?
9. Not counting dragons since they do not exist, there is only
one reptile in the Chinese zodiac. Next year is the year of
that reptile. What is it?
10. The current Egyptian city of Faiyum was founded in the fifth
century BC by adherents of the Egyptian god Sobek, who ate
the hearts of unworthy Egyptians in the Land of the Dead.
As a result of those worshippers, the Greeks and Romans called
Faiyum by a certain name. What was it?
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