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* RQFTCI98 Game 4 Rounds 2-3: AL managers, CanArcticMark Brader
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+- Re: RQFTCI98 Game 4 Rounds 2-3: AL managers, CanArcticDan Tilque
+- Re: RQFTCI98 Game 4 Rounds 2-3: AL managers, CanArcticJoshua Kreitzer
+- Re: RQFTCI98 Game 4 Rounds 2-3: AL managers, CanArcticPete Gayde
+- Re: RQFTCI98 Game 4 Rounds 2-3: AL managers, CanArcticDan Blum
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 by: Mark Brader - Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:21 UTC

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

* Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

1. So what if you spent all week learning to pronounce Rebagliati?
You should have been learning about *nanograms*. Ross
Rebagliati's urine samples contained marijuana metabolites in
the amount of how many nanograms per milliliter, within 1.5?

2. What difference between men and women did a group of neurology
researchers in Detroit announce this week?

I wrote one of these rounds.

* Game 4, Round 2 - Sports - American League Baseball Managers

Most of the American League's teams have changed managers in the
"""past three years""". Let's see if you've been paying attention.
We'll give the manager, you give the manager's 1998 American
League team -- at least as of February 13, when we wrote the round.
We want the team name, like "Yankees", not the city.

*Note: When I posted this round in 2009, I said that if any of
them were still managers in the AL or NL, you could name their
present teams. Now, however, I will only accept the correct
answers as of 1998.

1. Buddy Bell.
2. Art Howe.
3. Jimy Williams.
4. Joe Torre.
5. Ray Miller.
6. Jerry Manuel.
7. Tony Muser.
8. Terry Collins.
9. Larry Rothschild.
10. Johnny Oates.

* Game 4, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - The Territories
(and Nearby Waters)

Please see the map at:

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/3/arc.jpg

*Note*: some letters on the map may be used in more than one
question, for example an island and a town on the island.

1. Which letter marks the Davis Strait?

2. The northernmost town on Canada's mainland highway network
"""is""" F. Name it.

3. Which letter is Whitehorse?

4. Canada's highest point is Mt. Logan. Which letter is that?

5. The island harbor marked Q is named for the ship that spent two
winters and a summer there in 1903-05 during the first successful
traversal of the Northwest Passage. Name *either* the ship,
or its captain, or the island.

6. The northernmost part of the Canadian mainland is the peninsula
with the letter R. What's it called?

7. This natural feature was located at letter R when first
discovered in 1831, but has been moving at an increasing rate in
"""this""" century and by 1994 had reached letter N. What is it?

8. Which letter is on Southampton I.?

Please complete questions #1-8 before decoding the rot13 for the
remaining two questions.

9. Gur gbja znexrq K sbezreyl funerq n anzr jvgu gur jngre gung
vg'f ba, ohg vgf angvir anzr vf abj cersreerq. Vg """jvyy or"""
gur pncvgny bs gur Ahanihg Greevgbel. Tvir *rvgure* anzr.

10. Gur vfynaqf jvgu yrggref Y, F, naq K ner guerr bs gur 10 ynetrfg
va gur jbeyq. Fvzcyl anzr nal *gjb* -- lbh qba'g rira unir gb
fnl juvpu vf juvpu.

--
Mark Brader "Hacking for 8 years gives a guy a memory.
Toronto If you was with a woman -- I'd've noticed."
msb@vex.net PHANTOM LADY

My text in this article is in the public domain.

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Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 4, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - The Territories
> (and Nearby Waters)
>
> 1. Which letter marks the Davis Strait?

T
> 4. Canada's highest point is Mt. Logan. Which letter is that?
>

B; C

> 7. This natural feature was located at letter R when first
> discovered in 1831, but has been moving at an increasing rate in
> """this""" century and by 1994 had reached letter N. What is it?

Magnetic North Pole
> 8. Which letter is on Southampton I.?
>

P

> 9. Gur gbja znexrq K sbezreyl funerq n anzr jvgu gur jngre gung
> vg'f ba, ohg vgf angvir anzr vf abj cersreerq. Vg """jvyy or"""
> gur pncvgny bs gur Ahanihg Greevgbel. Tvir *rvgure* anzr.

Iqualit
> 10. Gur vfynaqf jvgu yrggref Y, F, naq K ner guerr bs gur 10 ynetrfg
> va gur jbeyq. Fvzcyl anzr nal *gjb* -- lbh qba'g rira unir gb
> fnl juvpu vf juvpu.

Baffin and eh... But at least I know that Baffin is X.

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 by: Dan Tilque - Tue, 20 Apr 2021 21:02 UTC

On 4/19/21 9:21 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
>
> Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. So what if you spent all week learning to pronounce Rebagliati?
> You should have been learning about *nanograms*. Ross
> Rebagliati's urine samples contained marijuana metabolites in
> the amount of how many nanograms per milliliter, within 1.5?
>
> 2. What difference between men and women did a group of neurology
> researchers in Detroit announce this week?
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 2 - Sports - American League Baseball Managers
>
> Most of the American League's teams have changed managers in the
> """past three years""". Let's see if you've been paying attention.
> We'll give the manager, you give the manager's 1998 American
> League team -- at least as of February 13, when we wrote the round.
> We want the team name, like "Yankees", not the city.
>
> *Note: When I posted this round in 2009, I said that if any of
> them were still managers in the AL or NL, you could name their
> present teams. Now, however, I will only accept the correct
> answers as of 1998.
>
> 1. Buddy Bell.
> 2. Art Howe.
> 3. Jimy Williams.
> 4. Joe Torre.
> 5. Ray Miller.
> 6. Jerry Manuel.
> 7. Tony Muser.
> 8. Terry Collins.
> 9. Larry Rothschild.
> 10. Johnny Oates.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - The Territories
> (and Nearby Waters)
>
> Please see the map at:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/3/arc.jpg
>
> *Note*: some letters on the map may be used in more than one
> question, for example an island and a town on the island.
>
> 1. Which letter marks the Davis Strait?

Z

>
> 2. The northernmost town on Canada's mainland highway network
> """is""" F. Name it.
>
> 3. Which letter is Whitehorse?

D

>
> 4. Canada's highest point is Mt. Logan. Which letter is that?

A

>
> 5. The island harbor marked Q is named for the ship that spent two
> winters and a summer there in 1903-05 during the first successful
> traversal of the Northwest Passage. Name *either* the ship,
> or its captain, or the island.
>
> 6. The northernmost part of the Canadian mainland is the peninsula
> with the letter R. What's it called?
>
> 7. This natural feature was located at letter R when first
> discovered in 1831, but has been moving at an increasing rate in
> """this""" century and by 1994 had reached letter N. What is it?

north magnetic pole

>
> 8. Which letter is on Southampton I.?
>
> Please complete questions #1-8 before decoding the rot13 for the
> remaining two questions.
>
> 9. Gur gbja znexrq K sbezreyl funerq n anzr jvgu gur jngre gung
> vg'f ba, ohg vgf angvir anzr vf abj cersreerq. Vg """jvyy or"""
> gur pncvgny bs gur Ahanihg Greevgbel. Tvir *rvgure* anzr.

Iqaluit

>
> 10. Gur vfynaqf jvgu yrggref Y, F, naq K ner guerr bs gur 10 ynetrfg
> va gur jbeyq. Fvzcyl anzr nal *gjb* -- lbh qba'g rira unir gb
> fnl juvpu vf juvpu.

Baffin Island, Victoria Island

--
Dan Tilque

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 by: Joshua Kreitzer - Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:41 UTC

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:KpSdnaKUoaxQy-P9nZ2dnUU7-
XfNnZ2d@giganews.com:

> * Game 4, Round 2 - Sports - American League Baseball Managers
>
> Most of the American League's teams have changed managers in the
> """past three years""". Let's see if you've been paying attention.
> We'll give the manager, you give the manager's 1998 American
> League team -- at least as of February 13, when we wrote the round.
> We want the team name, like "Yankees", not the city.
>
> *Note: When I posted this round in 2009, I said that if any of
> them were still managers in the AL or NL, you could name their
> present teams. Now, however, I will only accept the correct
> answers as of 1998.
>
> 1. Buddy Bell.

Tigers; Orioles

> 2. Art Howe.

Athletics

> 3. Jimy Williams.

Blue Jays

> 4. Joe Torre.

Yankees

> 5. Ray Miller.

Mariners; Angels

> 6. Jerry Manuel.

White Sox

> 7. Tony Muser.

Rangers; Royals

> 8. Terry Collins.

Twins; Indians

> 9. Larry Rothschild.

Tigers; Orioles

> 10. Johnny Oates.

Mariners; Angels
> * Game 4, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - The Territories
> (and Nearby Waters)
>
> Please see the map at:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/3/arc.jpg
>
> *Note*: some letters on the map may be used in more than one
> question, for example an island and a town on the island.
>
> 1. Which letter marks the Davis Strait?

Y; W

> 2. The northernmost town on Canada's mainland highway network
> """is""" F. Name it.

Alert

> 3. Which letter is Whitehorse?

D; A
> 4. Canada's highest point is Mt. Logan. Which letter is that?

B; E

> 7. This natural feature was located at letter R when first
> discovered in 1831, but has been moving at an increasing rate in
> """this""" century and by 1994 had reached letter N. What is it?

North Magnetic Pole

> 8. Which letter is on Southampton I.?

U; P
> Please complete questions #1-8 before decoding the rot13 for the
> remaining two questions.
>
> 9. Gur gbja znexrq K sbezreyl funerq n anzr jvgu gur jngre gung
> vg'f ba, ohg vgf angvir anzr vf abj cersreerq. Vg """jvyy or"""
> gur pncvgny bs gur Ahanihg Greevgbel. Tvir *rvgure* anzr.

Iqaluit

> 10. Gur vfynaqf jvgu yrggref Y, F, naq K ner guerr bs gur 10 ynetrfg
> va gur jbeyq. Fvzcyl anzr nal *gjb* -- lbh qba'g rira unir gb
> fnl juvpu vf juvpu.

Baffin and Ellesmere

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

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 by: Pete Gayde - Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:02 UTC

Mark Brader wrote:
>> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-16,
>> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
>> by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
>> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
>> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
>
> Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. So what if you spent all week learning to pronounce Rebagliati?
> You should have been learning about *nanograms*. Ross
> Rebagliati's urine samples contained marijuana metabolites in
> the amount of how many nanograms per milliliter, within 1.5?
>
> 2. What difference between men and women did a group of neurology
> researchers in Detroit announce this week?
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 2 - Sports - American League Baseball Managers
>
> Most of the American League's teams have changed managers in the
> """past three years""". Let's see if you've been paying attention.
> We'll give the manager, you give the manager's 1998 American
> League team -- at least as of February 13, when we wrote the round.
> We want the team name, like "Yankees", not the city.
>
> *Note: When I posted this round in 2009, I said that if any of
> them were still managers in the AL or NL, you could name their
> present teams. Now, however, I will only accept the correct
> answers as of 1998.
>
> 1. Buddy Bell.

Rangers

> 2. Art Howe.

Athletics

> 3. Jimy Williams.

Blue Jays

> 4. Joe Torre.

Yankees

> 5. Ray Miller.

Orioles

> 6. Jerry Manuel.

White Sox

> 7. Tony Muser.

Red Sox

> 8. Terry Collins.

Royals

> 9. Larry Rothschild.

Indians

> 10. Johnny Oates.

>
>
> * Game 4, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - The Territories
> (and Nearby Waters)
>
> Please see the map at:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/3/arc.jpg
>
> *Note*: some letters on the map may be used in more than one
> question, for example an island and a town on the island.
>
> 1. Which letter marks the Davis Strait?

T; U

>
> 2. The northernmost town on Canada's mainland highway network
> """is""" F. Name it.
>
> 3. Which letter is Whitehorse?

E; H

>
> 4. Canada's highest point is Mt. Logan. Which letter is that?

C; B

>
> 5. The island harbor marked Q is named for the ship that spent two
> winters and a summer there in 1903-05 during the first successful
> traversal of the Northwest Passage. Name *either* the ship,
> or its captain, or the island.
>
> 6. The northernmost part of the Canadian mainland is the peninsula
> with the letter R. What's it called?
>
> 7. This natural feature was located at letter R when first
> discovered in 1831, but has been moving at an increasing rate in
> """this""" century and by 1994 had reached letter N. What is it?

Magnetic North

>
> 8. Which letter is on Southampton I.?

P; L

>
> Please complete questions #1-8 before decoding the rot13 for the
> remaining two questions.
>
> 9. Gur gbja znexrq K sbezreyl funerq n anzr jvgu gur jngre gung
> vg'f ba, ohg vgf angvir anzr vf abj cersreerq. Vg """jvyy or"""
> gur pncvgny bs gur Ahanihg Greevgbel. Tvir *rvgure* anzr.

Iqaalit

>
> 10. Gur vfynaqf jvgu yrggref Y, F, naq K ner guerr bs gur 10 ynetrfg
> va gur jbeyq. Fvzcyl anzr nal *gjb* -- lbh qba'g rira unir gb
> fnl juvpu vf juvpu.

Baffin and Ellesmere

>

Pete Gayde

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 by: Dan Blum - Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:37 UTC

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 4, Round 2 - Sports - American League Baseball Managers

> 4. Joe Torre.

Red Sox; Yankees

> * Game 4, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - The Territories
> (and Nearby Waters)

> 1. Which letter marks the Davis Strait?

Y; J

> 2. The northernmost town on Canada's mainland highway network
> """is""" F. Name it.

Yellowknife

> 3. Which letter is Whitehorse?

B; C

> 4. Canada's highest point is Mt. Logan. Which letter is that?

K; H

> 7. This natural feature was located at letter R when first
> discovered in 1831, but has been moving at an increasing rate in
> """this""" century and by 1994 had reached letter N. What is it?

north magnetic pole

> 8. Which letter is on Southampton I.?

U; P

> 10. Gur vfynaqf jvgu yrggref Y, F, naq K ner guerr bs gur 10 ynetrfg
> va gur jbeyq. Fvzcyl anzr nal *gjb* -- lbh qba'g rira unir gb
> fnl juvpu vf juvpu.

Baffin and Ellesmere

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 by: Mark Brader - Fri, 23 Apr 2021 04:10 UTC

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

> * Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

> Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

Nobody tried these this time.

> 1. So what if you spent all week learning to pronounce Rebagliati?
> You should have been learning about *nanograms*. Ross
> Rebagliati's urine samples contained marijuana metabolites in
> the amount of how many nanograms per milliliter, within 1.5?

17.8 (accepting 16.3-19.3).

> 2. What difference between men and women did a group of neurology
> researchers in Detroit announce this week?

Men's brains shrink more with age.

> I wrote one of these rounds.

The geography round, I did.

> * Game 4, Round 2 - Sports - American League Baseball Managers

> Most of the American League's teams have changed managers in the
> """past three years""". Let's see if you've been paying attention.
> We'll give the manager, you give the manager's 1998 American
> League team -- at least as of February 13, when we wrote the round.
> We want the team name, like "Yankees", not the city.

> *Note: When I posted this round in 2009, I said that if any of
> them were still managers in the AL or NL, you could name their
> present teams. Now, however, I will only accept the correct
> answers as of 1998.

> 1. Buddy Bell.

(Detroit) Tigers. 3 for Joshua.

> 2. Art Howe.

(Oakland) A's (Athletics). 4 for Joshua and Pete.

> 3. Jimy Williams.

(Boston) Red Sox.

> 4. Joe Torre.

(New York) Yankees. 4 for Joshua and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum.

> 5. Ray Miller.

(Baltimore) Orioles. 4 for Pete.

> 6. Jerry Manuel.

(Chicago) White Sox. 4 for Joshua and Pete.

> 7. Tony Muser.

(Kansas City) Royals. 2 for Joshua.

> 8. Terry Collins.

(Anaheim, not California) Angels.

> 9. Larry Rothschild.

(Tampa Bay) Devil Rays. (Both words required.)

"Devil" was part of the name until 2008.

> 10. Johnny Oates.

(Texas) Rangers.

> * Game 4, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - The Territories
> (and Nearby Waters)

> Please see the map at:

> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/3/arc.jpg

> *Note*: some letters on the map may be used in more than one
> question, for example an island and a town on the island.

> 1. Which letter marks the Davis Strait?

Z. 4 for Dan Tilque.

> 2. The northernmost town on Canada's mainland highway network
> """is""" F. Name it.

Inuvik. (Still true.)

Yellowknife is K; Alert is on Ellesmere I. (S)

> 3. Which letter is Whitehorse?

D. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.

> 4. Canada's highest point is Mt. Logan. Which letter is that?

A. 4 for Dan Tilque.

> 5. The island harbor marked Q is named for the ship that spent two
> winters and a summer there in 1903-05 during the first successful
> traversal of the Northwest Passage. Name *either* the ship,
> or its captain, or the island.

Gjøa, Roald Amundsen, King William I.

> 6. The northernmost part of the Canadian mainland is the peninsula
> with the letter R. What's it called?

Boothia Peninsula.

> 7. This natural feature was located at letter R when first
> discovered in 1831, but has been moving at an increasing rate in
> """this""" century and by 1994 had reached letter N. What is it?

(North) Magnetic Pole. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Joshua. 3 for Pete.

And in the following 25 years it moved farther than it did in that
entire 163-year span. It's now at a position on the other side
of the North Pole, off the top of the map by about the length of
Ellesmere I. (S).

> 8. Which letter is on Southampton I.?

U. 3 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

In 2009 I was interested to see that 5 out of 8 entrants guessed
that it was either P or U, although there are 4 other islands with
letters on them. This time 4 out of 5 did.

> Please complete questions #1-8 before decoding the rot13 for the
> remaining two questions.

> 9. The town marked X formerly shared a name with the water that
> it's on, but its native name is now preferred. It """will be"""
> the capital of the Nunavut Territory. Give *either* name.

Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit. (Yes, it's now the capital.) 4 for Erland,
Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.

Dan Tilque and Joshua spelled it correctly.

> 10. The islands with letters L, S, and X are three of the 10 largest
> in the world. Simply name any *two* -- you don't even have to
> say which is which.

In size order -- e*X*tra large: Baffin. *L*arge: Victoria.
And *S*mall(est): Ellesmere. (This was entirely accidental and
I didn't even notice it until retyping the round for posting!)
4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.

If none of the names have changed since 1998, the other letters are:
B. Old Crow (town) M. Bathurst Inlet
C. Castle Mountain (town and inlet)
E. Keele Peak P. Prince of Wales I.
G. Beaufort Sea T. Lancaster Sound
H. Mt. Sir James McBrien V. Baffin Bay
J. McClure Strait W. Foxe Basin
K. Yellowknife Y. Hudson Strait

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Spo Can
Joshua Kreitzer 17 18 35
Pete Gayde 16 11 27
Dan Tilque 0 24 24
Dan Blum 2 11 13
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 8

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