These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-01-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

* Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - General Literature Questions

Instead of a particular piece of literature to question, here
are some general questions.

1. In which Italian city was Giacomo Casanova born?
2. Which author's given names were John Ronald Reuel?
3. In which 1960s novel does Major Major Major appear?
4. Becky Sharp is a character in what 19th-century novel?

5. Which 1940s novel was originally to have been titled "The Last
Man in Europe"?

6. In "Paradise Lost", the word "Pandemonium" is used for the
first time. What does it refer to?

7. Which book published in 1816 was subtitled "The Modern
Prometheus"?

8. Please answer the previous question before decoding the rot13.
Jung jnf Senaxrafgrva'f svefg anzr?

9. What 19th-century poet wrote: "'Tis better to have loved
and lost than never to have loved at all"?

10. Which 20th-century playwright wrote: "For a little stealin'
dey gits you in jail soon or late. For a big stealin' dey
makes you Leader and puts you in de Hall o' Fame when you
croaks."?

* Game 1, Round 8 - Science - It Sounds Better in Latin

Render the following sentences into colloquial English.
Exact translation is not necessary!

1. "He doesn't know the condyle of his ulna from his anus."
2. An oxymoron: "I am anarthric!"
3. "I am dysthymic."
4. "I have an iatrogenic disease."
5. "I have dentodynia."
6. "I have cephalgia."
7. "What a coccalgia!"

8. Your doctor puffs out his chest, and, in his most God-like voice,
pronounces: "You have an idiopathic disease."

9. "A tarso-testicular trauma."

10. "She disrupted the medio-lateral ligaments of her talar joints,
perhaps while inflicting that tarso-testicular trauma."

--
Mark Brader | "...the scholarly instructor whisked his pupils through the
Toronto | entire universe in five months. Of course, the universe
msb@vex.net | was much smaller in those days." --John Franch

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - General Literature Questions

> 1. In which Italian city was Giacomo Casanova born?

Naples; Milan

> 2. Which author's given names were John Ronald Reuel?

Tolkien

> 3. In which 1960s novel does Major Major Major appear?

Catch-22

> 4. Becky Sharp is a character in what 19th-century novel?

Vanity Fair

> 5. Which 1940s novel was originally to have been titled "The Last
> Man in Europe"?

1984

> 6. In "Paradise Lost", the word "Pandemonium" is used for the
> first time. What does it refer to?

a city in Hell

> 7. Which book published in 1816 was subtitled "The Modern
> Prometheus"?

Frankenstein

> 8. Please answer the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> Jung jnf Senaxrafgrva'f svefg anzr?

Victor

> 9. What 19th-century poet wrote: "'Tis better to have loved
> and lost than never to have loved at all"?

Robert Browning; Swinburne

> * Game 1, Round 8 - Science - It Sounds Better in Latin

> 1. "He doesn't know the condyle of his ulna from his anus."

He doesn't know his ass from his elbow.

> 2. An oxymoron: "I am anarthric!"

I am mute.

> 4. "I have an iatrogenic disease."

A doctor made me sick.

> 6. "I have cephalgia."

I have a headache.

> 7. "What a coccalgia!"

What a pain in the ass!

> 8. Your doctor puffs out his chest, and, in his most God-like voice,
> pronounces: "You have an idiopathic disease."

You have a disease peculiar to you.

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

On Friday, December 10, 2021 at 6:17:59 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:

> * Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - General Literature Questions
>
> Instead of a particular piece of literature to question, here
> are some general questions.
>
> 1. In which Italian city was Giacomo Casanova born?

Florence; Venice

> 2. Which author's given names were John Ronald Reuel?

Tolkien

> 3. In which 1960s novel does Major Major Major appear?

"Catch-22"

> 4. Becky Sharp is a character in what 19th-century novel?

"Vanity Fair"

> 5. Which 1940s novel was originally to have been titled "The Last
> Man in Europe"?

"1984"

> 6. In "Paradise Lost", the word "Pandemonium" is used for the
> first time. What does it refer to?

hell

> 7. Which book published in 1816 was subtitled "The Modern
> Prometheus"?

"Frankenstein"

> 8. Please answer the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> Jung jnf Senaxrafgrva'f svefg anzr?

Victor

> * Game 1, Round 8 - Science - It Sounds Better in Latin
>
> Render the following sentences into colloquial English.
> Exact translation is not necessary!
>
> 1. "He doesn't know the condyle of his ulna from his anus."

"He doesn't know his elbow from his ass"

> 4. "I have an iatrogenic disease."

"I got sick while in the hospital"

> 5. "I have dentodynia."

"I have a cavity"; "I have a toothache"
> 6. "I have cephalgia."

"I have a headache"

> 7. "What a coccalgia!"

"What a pain in the back"

> 8. Your doctor puffs out his chest, and, in his most God-like voice,
> pronounces: "You have an idiopathic disease."

"I don't know what disease you have"

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

On 12/10/21 4:17 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - General Literature Questions
>
> Instead of a particular piece of literature to question, here
> are some general questions.
>
> 1. In which Italian city was Giacomo Casanova born?
> 2. Which author's given names were John Ronald Reuel?

Tolkien

> 3. In which 1960s novel does Major Major Major appear?

Catch-22

> 4. Becky Sharp is a character in what 19th-century novel?

Ton Sawyer

>
> 5. Which 1940s novel was originally to have been titled "The Last
> Man in Europe"?

1984

>
> 6. In "Paradise Lost", the word "Pandemonium" is used for the
> first time. What does it refer to?

The place of all the devils

>
> 7. Which book published in 1816 was subtitled "The Modern
> Prometheus"?

Frankenstein

>
> 8. Please answer the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> Jung jnf Senaxrafgrva'f svefg anzr?

Victor

>
> 9. What 19th-century poet wrote: "'Tis better to have loved
> and lost than never to have loved at all"?

Tennyson

>
> 10. Which 20th-century playwright wrote: "For a little stealin'
> dey gits you in jail soon or late. For a big stealin' dey
> makes you Leader and puts you in de Hall o' Fame when you
> croaks."?
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Science - It Sounds Better in Latin
>
> Render the following sentences into colloquial English.
> Exact translation is not necessary!
>
> 1. "He doesn't know the condyle of his ulna from his anus."

doesn't know his ass from his elbow

> 2. An oxymoron: "I am anarthric!"
> 3. "I am dysthymic."
> 4. "I have an iatrogenic disease."
> 5. "I have dentodynia."
> 6. "I have cephalgia."
> 7. "What a coccalgia!"
>
> 8. Your doctor puffs out his chest, and, in his most God-like voice,
> pronounces: "You have an idiopathic disease."
>
> 9. "A tarso-testicular trauma."

kick in the nuts

>
> 10. "She disrupted the medio-lateral ligaments of her talar joints,
> perhaps while inflicting that tarso-testicular trauma."

sprained her ankle

--
Dan Tilque

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-01-23,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
> on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - General Literature Questions
>
> Instead of a particular piece of literature to question, here
> are some general questions.
>
> 1. In which Italian city was Giacomo Casanova born?
> 2. Which author's given names were John Ronald Reuel?
> 3. In which 1960s novel does Major Major Major appear?

Catch 22

> 4. Becky Sharp is a character in what 19th-century novel?

Tom Sawyer

>
> 5. Which 1940s novel was originally to have been titled "The Last
> Man in Europe"?
>
> 6. In "Paradise Lost", the word "Pandemonium" is used for the
> first time. What does it refer to?
>
> 7. Which book published in 1816 was subtitled "The Modern
> Prometheus"?
>
> 8. Please answer the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> Jung jnf Senaxrafgrva'f svefg anzr?
>
> 9. What 19th-century poet wrote: "'Tis better to have loved
> and lost than never to have loved at all"?
>
> 10. Which 20th-century playwright wrote: "For a little stealin'
> dey gits you in jail soon or late. For a big stealin' dey
> makes you Leader and puts you in de Hall o' Fame when you
> croaks."?
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Science - It Sounds Better in Latin
>
> Render the following sentences into colloquial English.
> Exact translation is not necessary!
>
> 1. "He doesn't know the condyle of his ulna from his anus."
> 2. An oxymoron: "I am anarthric!"
> 3. "I am dysthymic."
> 4. "I have an iatrogenic disease."
> 5. "I have dentodynia."
> 6. "I have cephalgia."
> 7. "What a coccalgia!"
>
> 8. Your doctor puffs out his chest, and, in his most God-like voice,
> pronounces: "You have an idiopathic disease."
>
> 9. "A tarso-testicular trauma."
>
> 10. "She disrupted the medio-lateral ligaments of her talar joints,
> perhaps while inflicting that tarso-testicular trauma."
>

Pete Gayde

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-01-23,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

> * Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - General Literature Questions

> Instead of a particular piece of literature to question, here
> are some general questions.

> 1. In which Italian city was Giacomo Casanova born?

Venice. 2 for Joshua.

> 2. Which author's given names were John Ronald Reuel?

Tolkien. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.

> 3. In which 1960s novel does Major Major Major appear?

"Catch-22". 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.

> 4. Becky Sharp is a character in what 19th-century novel?

"Vanity Fair". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

Tom Sawyer's girlfriend is Becky *Thatcher*.

> 5. Which 1940s novel was originally to have been titled "The Last
> Man in Europe"?

"Nineteen Eighty-Four". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.

> 6. In "Paradise Lost", the word "Pandemonium" is used for the
> first time. What does it refer to?

The dwelling place of "all the demons", the Capital of Hell.
I accepted "a city in Hell", but not plain "Hell". 4 for Dan Blum
and Dan Tilque.

> 7. Which book published in 1816 was subtitled "The Modern
> Prometheus"?

"Frankenstein". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.

> 8. Please answer the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> What was Frankenstein's first name?

Victor. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.

> 9. What 19th-century poet wrote: "'Tis better to have loved
> and lost than never to have loved at all"?

Tennyson. ("In Memoriam A.H.H.") 4 for Dan Tilque.

> 10. Which 20th-century playwright wrote: "For a little stealin'
> dey gits you in jail soon or late. For a big stealin' dey
> makes you Leader and puts you in de Hall o' Fame when you
> croaks."?

Eugene O'Neill. ("The Emperor Jones".)

> * Game 1, Round 8 - Science - It Sounds Better in Latin

> Render the following sentences into colloquial English.
> Exact translation is not necessary!

> 1. "He doesn't know the condyle of his ulna from his anus."

He doesn't know his elbow from his asshole. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.

> 2. An oxymoron: "I am anarthric!"

I am speechless! or I'm at a loss for words! I accepted "I am mute".
4 for Dan Blum.

> 3. "I am dysthymic."

I've got the blues. (It specifically means mildly depressed, but
any reference to depression was acceptable.)

> 4. "I have an iatrogenic disease."

The doctor made me sick. 4 for Dan Blum.

> 5. "I have dentodynia."

I have a toothache. 2 for Joshua.

> 6. "I have cephalgia."

I have a headache. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

> 7. "What a coccalgia!"

What a pain in the ass! 4 for Dan Blum.

> 8. Your doctor puffs out his chest, and, in his most God-like voice,
> pronounces: "You have an idiopathic disease."

The intended answer was "You're sick but I don't know why", but some
sources list "You have a disease unique to you" as a possible meaning,
so I accepted that also. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

> 9. "A tarso-testicular trauma."

A kick in the balls. (The tarsus is part of the foot, and the answer
had to capture that.) 4 for Dan Tilque.

> 10. "She disrupted the medio-lateral ligaments of her talar joints,
> perhaps while inflicting that tarso-testicular trauma."

She sprained her ankle. 4 for Dan Tilque.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Spo Mis Ent Lit Sci FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 36 27 26 14 135
Dan Blum 39 11 32 29 28 24 128
Dan Tilque 40 16 20 12 28 12 104
Pete Gayde 40 28 20 12 4 0 100
Erland Sommarskog 40 0 8 0 -- -- 48

--
Mark Brader | "...it's a characteristic ... of organizations that try
Toronto | to anticipate every possible failure: they easily
msb@vex.net | come to believe that they *have*..." --Henry Spencer

My text in this article is in the public domain.

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-01-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

** Game 1, Round 9 - History - US Presidential Trivia

All questions refer to US presidents.

Several questions ask you to name a president. If any of the
answers have the same surname as another president, you must
make it clear which one you mean.

1. Who """has been""" the only president to serve two
non-consecutive terms?

2. Who """is""" the oldest person to be elected president?

3. Who was the first president born outside the area that is now
the contiguous United States?

4. Who """has been""" the only person unanimously elected president
by the Electoral College?

5. Before the 12th Amendment was passed in 1804, how was the
vice-president determined?

6. Which president signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia?

7. Who was the first president to appoint an African-American to
the Supreme Court?

8. Who was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

9. Walt Whitman's poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" was written about
which president?

10. By what name is the commission established to investigate John
F. Kennedy's assassination known?

** Game 1, Round 10 - Canadiana Challenge Round

* A. Canadian Geography

A1. Canada's 15 highest mountains are all located in what
*specific* mountain range? The answer """is""" also the
name of the second-highest peak in that range.

A2. In what year was the """most recent""" territory in Canada
formed?

* B. Canadian History

B1. Who led the Métis in the rebellions at the Red River in
1870 and in the Northwest in 1885?

B2. What political post """is""" Bonar Law the only Canadian
to have held?

* C. Canadian 2010 Olympic Gold Medalists

C1. Name either member of the Canadian ice dance team that took
gold in Vancouver.

C2. In what sport did Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse
take gold?

* D. Canadian Actors in America

D1. This native of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, was the host
of two of the longest-running shows in broadcast history:
"House Party", which ran for 25 years on CBC TV and radio,
and "People are Funny", which ran on NBC for 19 years.
Name him.

D2. This Canadian actress was the former host of the Canadian
children's TV series "Popular Mechanics for Kids", before
she began her Hollywood career at 17. There she landed
the role of the daughter of CTU agent Jack Bauer in the
TV series "24", and then went on to star in the 2003 film
"The Girl Next Door". Name her.

* E. Canadian Franchise Opportunities

E1. """For a minimum investment of $650,000, you could own"""
a location of this proven and successful Canadian favorite
restaurant chain specializing in gastronomic breakfasts and
healthy lunches. Open since 1987, this franchise """now"""
has locations on Blue Jays Way and Carlton St. Name it.

E2. """For a minimum investment of $300,000 you could get"""
the growth of a start-up, backed by the world's most
successful bakery network, Bakers Delight. The company's
success can be attributed to the quality of its product
and warm and friendly customer service. There """is"""
a location in the Annex and one in the Beaches. Name it.

* F. Canadian Currency

F1. In the 1986 Birds of Canada series of bills, on what
denomination would you have found the American robins?

F2. In the 1986 Birds of Canada series of bills, on what
denomination would you have found the belted kingfisher?

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "This is what customers do: they invent everything
msb@vex.net | you haven't thought of." -- David Slocombe

My text in this article is in the public domain.

On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 11:27:31 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:

> ** Game 1, Round 9 - History - US Presidential Trivia
>
> All questions refer to US presidents.
>
> 1. Who """has been""" the only president to serve two
> non-consecutive terms?

Grover Cleveland

> 2. Who """is""" the oldest person to be elected president?

Joe Biden

> 3. Who was the first president born outside the area that is now
> the contiguous United States?

Barack Obama

> 4. Who """has been""" the only person unanimously elected president
> by the Electoral College?

George Washington

> 5. Before the 12th Amendment was passed in 1804, how was the
> vice-president determined?

runner-up in the Electoral College vote for president

> 6. Which president signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia?

Andrew Johnson

> 7. Who was the first president to appoint an African-American to
> the Supreme Court?

Lyndon Johnson

> 8. Who was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Theodore Roosevelt

> 9. Walt Whitman's poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" was written about
> which president?

Abraham Lincoln

> 10. By what name is the commission established to investigate John
> F. Kennedy's assassination known?

Warren Commission

> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Canadiana Challenge Round
>
> * A. Canadian Geography
>
> A2. In what year was the """most recent""" territory in Canada
> formed?

1998; 1997

> * B. Canadian History
>
> B1. Who led the Métis in the rebellions at the Red River in
> 1870 and in the Northwest in 1885?

Riel

> B2. What political post """is""" Bonar Law the only Canadian
> to have held?

prime minister of the United Kingdom

> * C. Canadian 2010 Olympic Gold Medalists
>
> C2. In what sport did Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse
> take gold?

luge

> * D. Canadian Actors in America
>
> D1. This native of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, was the host
> of two of the longest-running shows in broadcast history:
> "House Party", which ran for 25 years on CBC TV and radio,
> and "People are Funny", which ran on NBC for 19 years.
> Name him.

Art Linkletter

> D2. This Canadian actress was the former host of the Canadian
> children's TV series "Popular Mechanics for Kids", before
> she began her Hollywood career at 17. There she landed
> the role of the daughter of CTU agent Jack Bauer in the
> TV series "24", and then went on to star in the 2003 film
> "The Girl Next Door". Name her.

Elisha Cuthbert

> * F. Canadian Currency
>
> F1. In the 1986 Birds of Canada series of bills, on what
> denomination would you have found the American robins?

$20; $100
> F2. In the 1986 Birds of Canada series of bills, on what
> denomination would you have found the belted kingfisher?

$20; $100

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - History - US Presidential Trivia
>
> 1. Who """has been""" the only president to serve two
> non-consecutive terms?

Teddy Roosevelt
> 2. Who """is""" the oldest person to be elected president?

Biden
> 3. Who was the first president born outside the area that is now
> the contiguous United States?

Obama
> 4. Who """has been""" the only person unanimously elected president
> by the Electoral College?

Washington
> 5. Before the 12th Amendment was passed in 1804, how was the
> vice-president determined?

Second in the vote
> 6. Which president signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia?

Jackson
> 7. Who was the first president to appoint an African-American to
> the Supreme Court?

Carter
> 8. Who was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Wilson
> 10. By what name is the commission established to investigate John
> F. Kennedy's assassination known?

Warren
> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Canadiana Challenge Round
>
>
> A2. In what year was the """most recent""" territory in Canada
> formed?

1999