Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

> I wrote one of these rounds.

The geography round.

> * Game 9, Round 7 - Geography - The Glafs Round

> This is a flags round with a difference: instead of identifying
> the flags, what you have to do is correct them. Unless we tell
> you otherwise, each flag on the handout has one major error, and
> that's what you have to find.

> You must specifically state which element on the flag is wrong (if
> it's a repeated element, each instance will be wrong the same way)
> and identify what is wrong with it.

> I previously wrote:
> | We should warn you that some of the images may be slightly off-shape
> | or off-color. We are *never* looking for an answer such as "the
> | rectangle's shape should be 1.9:1 instead of 2:1" or "Dundas station
> | is greenish yellow, not yellowish green." If the error you're
> | looking for is of those kinds, it will be more obvious than that.
> |
> | But these images were obtained from unofficial sources in the first
> | place, then (after editing) printed on a color printer in 1998,
> | then scanned back in from the printout...

> In 2021 the images are still unofficial ones, but this time around
> I've recreated the errors based on images from the *same* unofficial
> source, FOTW, which is pretty reliable as to colors and shapes, and
> there's been no printing or scanning. So I don't think issues like
> the above will arise.

> In every case you can assume that the top of the flag is to the top
> of the page, and the flagpole is on the left except as noted below.

> 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/A.gif

> This image is an incorrect version of the British flag, also
> called the Union Jack or Union Flag. What is wrong with it?

The four red diagonals (modified cross of St. Patrick) should not
touch the other red stripes (cross of St. George). 4 for Joshua.

See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb.gif

> 2. Please do not open this image until after you have finished
> with question #1.

> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/B.gif

> That's because it includes a correct British flag in the top
> left corner. Now, the flags of Australia and New Zealand are
> similar to each other, but there are several differences between
> them. We constructed this image by combining elements of both.
> Clearly identify *any one* of the changes you would have to
> make if you wanted to "correct" this image into a correct flag
> of either country -- but *you must say which country*.

To make a New Zealand flag: [1] delete the large (white) star;
[2] delete the small (white) star. To make an Australian flag:
[1] make the medium-size stars plain white with no red centers; [2]
change the medium-size stars from 5 to 7 points: any reference to
the number of points on these stars was okay. 4 for Dan and Joshua.

See:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/nz.gif
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/au.gif

> 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/C.gif

> This image is an incorrect Saudi Arabian flag -- shown with
> the flagpole on the right, as is standard in that country.
> Don't worry about the Arabic writing; that part is correct
> (for its translation see Round 4 of this game, answer 1).
> What isn't?

The writing should be above the sword, not below. 4 for Joshua.

See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/s/sa.gif

> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/D.gif

> How does this image differ from a correct flag of Israel?

Above and below the star should be a single thick horizontal blue
bar rather than the double bars. 4 for Erland and Joshua.

See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/i/il.gif

> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/E.gif

> How does this image differ from a correct flag of Nepal?

The whole green area should be deleted. (The flag is not
rectangular.) 4 for Dan, Joshua, and Pete. 3 for Erland.

See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/np.gif
on which the gray area is not part of the flag.

> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/F.gif

> This image differs from a correct Canadian flag in two ways.
> Name *both* errors.

[1] Two points are missing from the bottom of the maple leaf.
Any reference to the bottom of the leaf or the number of points was
sufficient. And [2] the white stripe is too wide (should be square)
and the red ones too narrow (should each have 1/2 the width of the
white square). Any reference implying an insufficient amount of
red in relation to the white was acceptable. 4 for Dan.

See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/c/ca.gif

> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/G.gif

> How does this image differ from a correct flag of Sweden?

The blue cross within the yellow should be deleted. 4 for Dan,
Erland, and Pete.

See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/s/se.gif

> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/H.gif

> How does this image differ from a correct flag of India?

The stripes should be horizontal. We borrowed the vertically striped
layout from Ireland's flag, which has no emblem in the center.
4 for Erland.

See:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/i/in.gif
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/i/ie.gif

> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/I.gif

> The flag of Greece was changed """some years ago""" so that at
> least one color is darker than you may remember it. Nothing else
> was changed. How does this image differ from the Greek flag?

The red stripes should be blue. 4 for everyone -- Dan, Erland,
Joshua, and Pete.

When I looked it up to see when exactly they changed from lighter
to darker blue, I found that there never was an official change, as
the flag law never had specified the exact color in the first place.
They just started using the darker blue, after about 1970.

Anyway, see: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gr.gif

> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/J.gif

> Finally, how does this image differ from a correct US flag?

Each star has been rotated in place. ("Upside-down" would be close
enough.) They should each have one point on top, like the star on
the flag of Liberia (http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/K.gif).
4 for Dan and Joshua.

See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/u/us.gif

> There were 6 decoys, three of them correct and three not, two of
> them not belonging to countries. Identify them (and their errors)
> if you like for fun, but for no points.

> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/K.gif

Correct flag of Liberia.

> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/L.gif

Flag of Seychelles with the sequence of colors reversed.

See: http://www.fotw.info/images/s/sc.gif

> 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/M.gif

Correct flag of Bosnia & Herzegovina (new flag adopted 1998).

Erland got the country but thought there was an error.

> 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/N.gif

Old flag of Rwanda (until 2001) with the letter R changed to a
different character.

See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/r/rw-1962.gif

For their current flag see:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/r/rw.gif

> 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/O.gif

Correct flag of Greenland.

Erland got the place but thought there was an error.

> 16. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/P.gif

European Union flag with the colors reversed. Erland got this.

See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/e/eu-eun.gif

> * Game 9, Round 8 - Entertainment - Song Lyrics

> In each case, identify the title of the song.

> 1. There's a girl in New York City
> Who calls herself the human trampoline
> And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
> Or tumbling in turmoil I say
> Oh, so this is what she means

"Graceland" (Paul Simon). 4 for Dan.

> 2. Hey where did we go
> Days when the rains came
> Down in the hollow
> Playing a new game

"Brown-Eyed Girl" (Van Morrison). 4 for Dan, Joshua, and Pete.

> 3. I fell through this crack and I kinda lost my head
> I stand transfixed before this street light
> Watching the snow fall on this cold December night
> And out in the middle of Lake Ontario
> The same snow is falling on the deep silent water

"Hasn't Hit Me Yet" (Blue Rodeo).

> 4. Life springs eternal
> On a gaudy neon street
> Not that I care at all
> I spent the best part of my losing streak
> In an army jeep
> For what I can't recall

"Leaving Las Vegas" (Sheryl Crow).

> 5. It took me a year to believe it was over
> And took me two more to get over the loss
> I took a beating when you wrote me those letters
> And every time I remembered the taste of your lipgloss

"Enid" (Barenaked Ladies).

> 6. Through all these cities and all these towns
> It's in my blood and it's all around
> I love you now like I loved you then
> This is the road and these are the hands

"Life is a Highway" (Tom Cochrane). 4 for Joshua.

> 7. I will paint my picture
> Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
> All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful

"Mr. Jones" (Counting Crows). 4 for Joshua.

> 8. If I have been unkind
> I hope that you can just let it go by
> And if I have been untrue
> I hope you know it was never to you

"Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen).

> 9. I feel drunk but I'm sober
> I'm young and I'm underpaid
> I'm tired but I'm working, yeah

"Hand in my Pocket" (Alanis Morisette). 4 for Joshua.

> 10. I get up in the evening
> And I ain't got nothing to say
> I come home in the morning
> I go to bed feeling the same way

"Dancing in the Dark" (Bruce Springsteen). 4 for Dan and Joshua.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Spo Mis Can Geo Ent FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 16 28 36 4 28 20 112
Stephen Perry 36 40 -- -- -- -- 76
Dan Blum 12 8 20 4 24 12 68
Dan Tilque 20 20 10 4 -- -- 54
Erland Sommarskog 8 8 12 0 19 0 47
Pete Gayde 4 24 -- -- 12 4 44
Bruce Bowler 20 20 -- -- -- -- 40

--
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msb@vex.net | seems to be running low... --Steve Summit

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