• RQFTCI98 Game 9 Rounds 9-10: comic strips, challenge round

    From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 25 23:28:02 2021
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-30, 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 Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".


    I wrote one of these rounds.


    ** Game 9, Round 9 - Arts - Newspaper Comics

    We don't need the titles of the comic strips shown. Instead,
    you can win your very valuable points by naming the *artist and/or
    writer* responsible for the strip (originally or, if applicable,
    """today""") -- if there is more than one person, any one will do.

    Or alternatively, you can give *two* names of characters depicted
    in the specific comic shown -- and those can be two given names,
    two different surnames, or one of each. ("Mr." does not count as
    a name.) If the strip's title uses its characters' names, though,
    your answer must contain some part not in the title.

    For example, if we had a "Peanuts" panel featuring Lucy and Linus
    Van Pelt, you could answer "Schulz" (or "Charles Schulz"), or
    "Lucy and Linus", or "Lucy Van Pelt", or "Linus Van Pelt", but not
    "Peanuts".

    1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/A.jpg
    2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/B.jpg
    3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/C.jpg
    4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/D.jpg
    5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/E.jpg
    6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/F.jpg
    7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/G.jpg
    8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/H.jpg
    9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/I.jpg
    10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/J.jpg

    After you are finished with all the questions, please decode the
    rot13: Vs lbh pbeerpgyl nafjrerq jvgu whfg "Uv" naq "Ybvf" sbe bar
    dhrfgvba, lbh unir rssrpgviryl whfg tvira gur gvgyr bs gur fgevc.
    Cyrnfr tb onpx naq rkcnaq bar bs gur anzrf.


    ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

    (Again, all of the category titles were names of teams in the
    Canadian Inquisition. This time we could only find good questions
    to fit four of the then-active teams without repeating from
    the earlier round where we used this theme, so we threw in one
    defunct team. Of the five, only Five Guys Named Moe were still
    active up to the pandemic shutdown in 2020.)

    * A. All Over Twisted

    A1. If a strip of paper is given a half-twist and its ends
    joined together, it forms a configuration with a single
    surface and a single edge. What is the mathematical term
    for this?

    A2. The <answer A1> has a theoretical 3-dimensional analog,
    a solid figure with no inside. To actually construct
    this figure would require access to 4-dimensional space,
    but a form resembling it can be made in glass by extending
    the neck of a bottle, passing it through a hole (which we
    pretend does not exist) in the side, and joining it onto
    a hole in the base. What is this theoretical figure called?


    * B. Team Formerly Known As

    B1. The Toronto NHL franchise now called the Maple Leafs had
    two previous names. Give *either one*.

    B2. The Detroit NHL franchise now called the Red Wings had two
    previous names. Give *either one*.


    * C. 8:30 in Newfoundland

    C1. If the month is July and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's, Newfoundland,
    what time """is""" it in Whitehorse, Yukon?

    C2. If the month is January and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's,
    Newfoundland, what time """is""" it in Nottingham, England?


    * D. Five Guys Named Moe

    D1. The Three Stooges only had one guy named Moe, but they had
    more than two other guys, as one replaced another over time.
    How many stooges, altogether, performed as official members
    of the group under that name?

    D2. At one time there used to be an Oscar for the best comedy
    short film. A 1934 Three Stooges film, nominated for this
    Oscar, had the same title as one of the films that won an
    Oscar """last week""". What title?


    * E. Press Gang

    *Note*: On this pair you can give either the 1998 answer
    or the current/recent answer, and you don't need to
    say which year you're answering for, but when giving
    a single two-part answer, both parts must be for the
    same one of the two years. And for greater clarity,
    a "news*paper*" is not an Internet publication.

    E1. This pair is about the daily newspapers with the largest
    circulation. In the original game in 1998, the leading
    US newspaper in circulation was the "Wall Street Journal",
    and you could name *any two* of the next four. Today the
    "Wall Street Journal" has dropped to second place, and you
    can name *any other two* of the top five.

    E2. In 1998 three of the four leading Canadian daily newspapers,
    in circulation, were the three Toronto papers. (With recent
    data -- based on 2015, as I couldn't find anything newer --
    and now four Toronto papers, they occupy four of the top
    7 places.) Name any *two of the four* largest-circulation
    Canadian papers *outside* Toronto, excluding free papers.

    After you have finished with the round, please decode this rot13:
    Vs lbh nafjrerq dhrfgvba P2 jvgu nal bs "gjryir b'pybpx" (va jbeqf
    be ahzrenyf), "gjryir NZ", be "gjryir CZ", gura cyrnfr tb onpx
    naq pbeerpg vg gb ernq "abba" be "zvqavtug".

    --
    Mark Brader, Toronto | "It is one thing to praise discipline, and another msb@vex.net | to submit to it." -- Miguel de Cervantes, 1613

    My text in this article is in the public domain.

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  • From Dan Blum@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sat Jun 26 05:31:51 2021
    Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

    ** Game 9, Round 9 - Arts - Newspaper Comics

    1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/A.jpg

    Berke Breathed

    2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/B.jpg

    Hi and Lois Flagston

    3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/C.jpg

    Dagwood Bumstead and Daisy

    7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/G.jpg

    Lynn Johnston

    9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/I.jpg

    Garry Trudeau

    10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/J.jpg

    Bill Amend

    ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

    * A. All Over Twisted

    A1. If a strip of paper is given a half-twist and its ends
    joined together, it forms a configuration with a single
    surface and a single edge. What is the mathematical term
    for this?

    Moebius strip

    A2. The <answer A1> has a theoretical 3-dimensional analog,
    a solid figure with no inside. To actually construct
    this figure would require access to 4-dimensional space,
    but a form resembling it can be made in glass by extending
    the neck of a bottle, passing it through a hole (which we
    pretend does not exist) in the side, and joining it onto
    a hole in the base. What is this theoretical figure called?

    Klein bottle

    * C. 8:30 in Newfoundland

    C1. If the month is July and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's, Newfoundland,
    what time """is""" it in Whitehorse, Yukon?

    4:30 AM

    C2. If the month is January and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's,
    Newfoundland, what time """is""" it in Nottingham, England?

    11:30 AM; 12:30 AM

    * D. Five Guys Named Moe

    D1. The Three Stooges only had one guy named Moe, but they had
    more than two other guys, as one replaced another over time.
    How many stooges, altogether, performed as official members
    of the group under that name?

    6

    * E. Press Gang

    E1. This pair is about the daily newspapers with the largest
    circulation. In the original game in 1998, the leading
    US newspaper in circulation was the "Wall Street Journal",
    and you could name *any two* of the next four. Today the
    "Wall Street Journal" has dropped to second place, and you
    can name *any other two* of the top five.

    New York Times and USA Today

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

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  • From Dan Tilque@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sat Jun 26 00:41:53 2021
    On 6/25/21 9:28 PM, Mark Brader wrote:


    ** Game 9, Round 9 - Arts - Newspaper Comics

    We don't need the titles of the comic strips shown. Instead,
    you can win your very valuable points by naming the *artist and/or
    writer* responsible for the strip (originally or, if applicable,
    """today""") -- if there is more than one person, any one will do.

    Or alternatively, you can give *two* names of characters depicted
    in the specific comic shown -- and those can be two given names,
    two different surnames, or one of each. ("Mr." does not count as
    a name.) If the strip's title uses its characters' names, though,
    your answer must contain some part not in the title.

    For example, if we had a "Peanuts" panel featuring Lucy and Linus
    Van Pelt, you could answer "Schulz" (or "Charles Schulz"), or
    "Lucy and Linus", or "Lucy Van Pelt", or "Linus Van Pelt", but not
    "Peanuts".

    1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/A.jpg

    Breathed

    2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/B.jpg
    3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/C.jpg

    Dagwood, Daisy

    4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/D.jpg
    5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/E.jpg

    Clayton, Katy

    6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/F.jpg
    7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/G.jpg
    8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/H.jpg
    9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/I.jpg

    Trudeau

    10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/J.jpg

    Peter, Jason


    After you are finished with all the questions, please decode the
    rot13: Vs lbh pbeerpgyl nafjrerq jvgu whfg "Uv" naq "Ybvf" sbe bar
    dhrfgvba, lbh unir rssrpgviryl whfg tvira gur gvgyr bs gur fgevc.
    Cyrnfr tb onpx naq rkcnaq bar bs gur anzrf.


    ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

    (Again, all of the category titles were names of teams in the
    Canadian Inquisition. This time we could only find good questions
    to fit four of the then-active teams without repeating from
    the earlier round where we used this theme, so we threw in one
    defunct team. Of the five, only Five Guys Named Moe were still
    active up to the pandemic shutdown in 2020.)

    * A. All Over Twisted

    A1. If a strip of paper is given a half-twist and its ends
    joined together, it forms a configuration with a single
    surface and a single edge. What is the mathematical term
    for this?

    Moebius strip


    A2. The <answer A1> has a theoretical 3-dimensional analog,
    a solid figure with no inside. To actually construct
    this figure would require access to 4-dimensional space,
    but a form resembling it can be made in glass by extending
    the neck of a bottle, passing it through a hole (which we
    pretend does not exist) in the side, and joining it onto
    a hole in the base. What is this theoretical figure called?

    Klein bottle



    * B. Team Formerly Known As

    B1. The Toronto NHL franchise now called the Maple Leafs had
    two previous names. Give *either one*.

    B2. The Detroit NHL franchise now called the Red Wings had two
    previous names. Give *either one*.


    * C. 8:30 in Newfoundland

    C1. If the month is July and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's, Newfoundland,
    what time """is""" it in Whitehorse, Yukon?

    4 a.m.


    C2. If the month is January and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's,
    Newfoundland, what time """is""" it in Nottingham, England?

    12 noon



    * D. Five Guys Named Moe

    D1. The Three Stooges only had one guy named Moe, but they had
    more than two other guys, as one replaced another over time.
    How many stooges, altogether, performed as official members
    of the group under that name?

    2


    D2. At one time there used to be an Oscar for the best comedy
    short film. A 1934 Three Stooges film, nominated for this
    Oscar, had the same title as one of the films that won an
    Oscar """last week""". What title?


    * E. Press Gang

    *Note*: On this pair you can give either the 1998 answer
    or the current/recent answer, and you don't need to
    say which year you're answering for, but when giving
    a single two-part answer, both parts must be for the
    same one of the two years. And for greater clarity,
    a "news*paper*" is not an Internet publication.

    E1. This pair is about the daily newspapers with the largest
    circulation. In the original game in 1998, the leading
    US newspaper in circulation was the "Wall Street Journal",
    and you could name *any two* of the next four. Today the
    "Wall Street Journal" has dropped to second place, and you
    can name *any other two* of the top five.

    New York Times, Washington Post


    E2. In 1998 three of the four leading Canadian daily newspapers,
    in circulation, were the three Toronto papers. (With recent
    data -- based on 2015, as I couldn't find anything newer --
    and now four Toronto papers, they occupy four of the top
    7 places.) Name any *two of the four* largest-circulation
    Canadian papers *outside* Toronto, excluding free papers.

    After you have finished with the round, please decode this rot13:
    Vs lbh nafjrerq dhrfgvba P2 jvgu nal bs "gjryir b'pybpx" (va jbeqf
    be ahzrenyf), "gjryir NZ", be "gjryir CZ", gura cyrnfr tb onpx
    naq pbeerpg vg gb ernq "abba" be "zvqavtug".


    --
    Dan Tilque

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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sat Jun 26 14:49:30 2021
    msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:3eCdnaNG5IhPMUv9nZ2dnUU7-KvNnZ2d@giganews.com:

    ** Game 9, Round 9 - Arts - Newspaper Comics

    We don't need the titles of the comic strips shown. Instead,
    you can win your very valuable points by naming the *artist and/or
    writer* responsible for the strip (originally or, if applicable,
    """today""") -- if there is more than one person, any one will do.

    Or alternatively, you can give *two* names of characters depicted
    in the specific comic shown -- and those can be two given names,
    two different surnames, or one of each. ("Mr." does not count as
    a name.) If the strip's title uses its characters' names, though,
    your answer must contain some part not in the title.

    1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/A.jpg

    Berke Breathed; Milo Bloom

    2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/B.jpg

    Browne

    3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/C.jpg

    Dean Young; Dagwood Bumstead

    6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/F.jpg

    Bill Griffith

    7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/G.jpg

    Lynn Johnston; April Patterson

    9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/I.jpg

    Garry Trudeau; Joan Caucus

    10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/J.jpg

    Paige and Jason

    ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

    * A. All Over Twisted

    A1. If a strip of paper is given a half-twist and its ends
    joined together, it forms a configuration with a single
    surface and a single edge. What is the mathematical term
    for this?

    Mobius strip

    A2. The <answer A1> has a theoretical 3-dimensional analog,
    a solid figure with no inside. To actually construct
    this figure would require access to 4-dimensional space,
    but a form resembling it can be made in glass by extending
    the neck of a bottle, passing it through a hole (which we
    pretend does not exist) in the side, and joining it onto
    a hole in the base. What is this theoretical figure called?

    Klein bottle

    * B. Team Formerly Known As

    B1. The Toronto NHL franchise now called the Maple Leafs had
    two previous names. Give *either one*.

    Argonauts

    * C. 8:30 in Newfoundland

    C1. If the month is July and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's,
    Newfoundland,
    what time """is""" it in Whitehorse, Yukon?

    3:00 AM

    C2. If the month is January and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's,
    Newfoundland, what time """is""" it in Nottingham, England?

    noon

    * D. Five Guys Named Moe

    D1. The Three Stooges only had one guy named Moe, but they had
    more than two other guys, as one replaced another over time.
    How many stooges, altogether, performed as official members
    of the group under that name?

    6

    D2. At one time there used to be an Oscar for the best comedy
    short film. A 1934 Three Stooges film, nominated for this
    Oscar, had the same title as one of the films that won an
    Oscar """last week""". What title?

    "Men in Black"

    * E. Press Gang

    *Note*: On this pair you can give either the 1998 answer
    or the current/recent answer, and you don't need to
    say which year you're answering for, but when giving
    a single two-part answer, both parts must be for the
    same one of the two years. And for greater clarity,
    a "news*paper*" is not an Internet publication.

    E1. This pair is about the daily newspapers with the largest
    circulation. In the original game in 1998, the leading
    US newspaper in circulation was the "Wall Street Journal",
    and you could name *any two* of the next four. Today the
    "Wall Street Journal" has dropped to second place, and you
    can name *any other two* of the top five.

    USA Today and The New York Times

    E2. In 1998 three of the four leading Canadian daily newspapers,
    in circulation, were the three Toronto papers. (With recent
    data -- based on 2015, as I couldn't find anything newer --
    and now four Toronto papers, they occupy four of the top
    7 places.) Name any *two of the four* largest-circulation
    Canadian papers *outside* Toronto, excluding free papers.

    Vancouver Sun and La Presse;
    Vancouver Sun and Montreal Gazette

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    gromit82@hotmail.com

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  • From swp@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sat Jun 26 12:54:24 2021
    On Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 12:28:08 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-30, 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 Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".


    I wrote one of these rounds.


    ** Game 9, Round 9 - Arts - Newspaper Comics

    We don't need the titles of the comic strips shown. Instead,
    you can win your very valuable points by naming the *artist and/or
    writer* responsible for the strip (originally or, if applicable, """today""") -- if there is more than one person, any one will do.

    Or alternatively, you can give *two* names of characters depicted
    in the specific comic shown -- and those can be two given names,
    two different surnames, or one of each. ("Mr." does not count as
    a name.) If the strip's title uses its characters' names, though,
    your answer must contain some part not in the title.

    For example, if we had a "Peanuts" panel featuring Lucy and Linus
    Van Pelt, you could answer "Schulz" (or "Charles Schulz"), or
    "Lucy and Linus", or "Lucy Van Pelt", or "Linus Van Pelt", but not "Peanuts".

    1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/A.jpg

    berkeley breathed

    2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/B.jpg

    mort walker

    3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/C.jpg

    dagwood bumstead, mailman mr. beasley

    4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/D.jpg

    bo grace

    5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/E.jpg

    adam newman, laura newman

    6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/F.jpg

    claude funston

    7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/G.jpg

    lynn johnston

    8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/H.jpg

    joe duffy

    9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/I.jpg

    garry trudeau

    10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/J.jpg

    bill amend


    After you are finished with all the questions, please decode the
    rot13: If you correctly answered with just "Hi" and "Lois" for one
    question, you have effectively just given the title of the strip.
    Please go back and expand one of the names.


    ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

    (Again, all of the category titles were names of teams in the
    Canadian Inquisition. This time we could only find good questions
    to fit four of the then-active teams without repeating from
    the earlier round where we used this theme, so we threw in one
    defunct team. Of the five, only Five Guys Named Moe were still
    active up to the pandemic shutdown in 2020.)

    * A. All Over Twisted

    A1. If a strip of paper is given a half-twist and its ends
    joined together, it forms a configuration with a single
    surface and a single edge. What is the mathematical term
    for this?

    möbius strip

    A2. The <answer A1> has a theoretical 3-dimensional analog,
    a solid figure with no inside. To actually construct
    this figure would require access to 4-dimensional space,
    but a form resembling it can be made in glass by extending
    the neck of a bottle, passing it through a hole (which we
    pretend does not exist) in the side, and joining it onto
    a hole in the base. What is this theoretical figure called?

    klein bottle


    * B. Team Formerly Known As

    B1. The Toronto NHL franchise now called the Maple Leafs had
    two previous names. Give *either one*.

    arenas

    B2. The Detroit NHL franchise now called the Red Wings had two
    previous names. Give *either one*.

    falcons


    * C. 8:30 in Newfoundland

    C1. If the month is July and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's, Newfoundland,
    what time """is""" it in Whitehorse, Yukon?

    4am

    C2. If the month is January and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's,
    Newfoundland, what time """is""" it in Nottingham, England?

    12pm noon


    * D. Five Guys Named Moe

    D1. The Three Stooges only had one guy named Moe, but they had
    more than two other guys, as one replaced another over time.
    How many stooges, altogether, *performed* as official members
    of the group under that name?

    6

    D2. At one time there used to be an Oscar for the best comedy
    short film. A 1934 Three Stooges film, nominated for this
    Oscar, had the same title as one of the films that won an
    Oscar """last week""". What title?

    men in black


    * E. Press Gang

    *Note*: On this pair you can give either the 1998 answer
    or the current/recent answer, and you don't need to
    say which year you're answering for, but when giving
    a single two-part answer, both parts must be for the
    same one of the two years. And for greater clarity,
    a "news*paper*" is not an Internet publication.

    noted

    E1. This pair is about the daily newspapers with the largest
    circulation. In the original game in 1998, the leading
    US newspaper in circulation was the "Wall Street Journal",
    and you could name *any two* of the next four. Today the
    "Wall Street Journal" has dropped to second place, and you
    can name *any other two* of the top five.

    usa today, new york times

    E2. In 1998 three of the four leading Canadian daily newspapers,
    in circulation, were the three Toronto papers. (With recent
    data -- based on 2015, as I couldn't find anything newer --
    and now four Toronto papers, they occupy four of the top
    7 places.) Name any *two of the four* largest-circulation
    Canadian papers *outside* Toronto, excluding free papers.

    national post, the globe and mail

    After you have finished with the round, please decode this rot13:
    If you answered question C2 with any of "twelve o'clock" (in words
    or numerals), "twelve AM", or "twelve PM", then please go back
    and correct it to read "noon" or "midnight".

    <grumbling noises/>

    --
    Mark Brader, Toronto | "It is one thing to praise discipline, and another m...@vex.net | to submit to it." -- Miguel de Cervantes, 1613

    My text in this article is in the public domain.

    swp

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  • From bbowler@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Mon Jun 28 19:05:59 2021
    On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 23:28:02 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:

    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-30, 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 Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".


    I wrote one of these rounds.


    ** Game 9, Round 9 - Arts - Newspaper Comics

    We don't need the titles of the comic strips shown. Instead,
    you can win your very valuable points by naming the *artist and/or
    writer* responsible for the strip (originally or, if applicable,
    """today""") -- if there is more than one person, any one will do.

    Or alternatively, you can give *two* names of characters depicted in the specific comic shown -- and those can be two given names, two different surnames, or one of each. ("Mr." does not count as a name.) If the
    strip's title uses its characters' names, though,
    your answer must contain some part not in the title.

    For example, if we had a "Peanuts" panel featuring Lucy and Linus Van
    Pelt, you could answer "Schulz" (or "Charles Schulz"), or "Lucy and
    Linus", or "Lucy Van Pelt", or "Linus Van Pelt", but not "Peanuts".

    1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/A.jpg

    Breathed

    2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/B.jpg

    Walker

    3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/C.jpg
    4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/D.jpg
    5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/E.jpg
    6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/F.jpg
    7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/G.jpg
    8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/H.jpg
    9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/I.jpg

    Trudeau

    10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/J.jpg

    After you are finished with all the questions, please decode the rot13:
    Vs lbh pbeerpgyl nafjrerq jvgu whfg "Uv" naq "Ybvf" sbe bar dhrfgvba,
    lbh unir rssrpgviryl whfg tvira gur gvgyr bs gur fgevc. Cyrnfr tb onpx
    naq rkcnaq bar bs gur anzrf.


    ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

    (Again, all of the category titles were names of teams in the Canadian Inquisition. This time we could only find good questions to fit four of
    the then-active teams without repeating from the earlier round where we
    used this theme, so we threw in one defunct team. Of the five, only
    Five Guys Named Moe were still active up to the pandemic shutdown in
    2020.)

    * A. All Over Twisted

    A1. If a strip of paper is given a half-twist and its ends
    joined together, it forms a configuration with a single surface
    and a single edge. What is the mathematical term for this?

    a mobius strip

    A2. The <answer A1> has a theoretical 3-dimensional analog,
    a solid figure with no inside. To actually construct this figure
    would require access to 4-dimensional space, but a form
    resembling it can be made in glass by extending the neck of a
    bottle, passing it through a hole (which we pretend does not
    exist) in the side, and joining it onto a hole in the base. What
    is this theoretical figure called?

    a klein bottle

    * B. Team Formerly Known As

    B1. The Toronto NHL franchise now called the Maple Leafs had
    two previous names. Give *either one*.

    B2. The Detroit NHL franchise now called the Red Wings had two
    previous names. Give *either one*.


    * C. 8:30 in Newfoundland

    C1. If the month is July and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's,
    Newfoundland,
    what time """is""" it in Whitehorse, Yukon?

    5:00AM, 4:00AM

    C2. If the month is January and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's,
    Newfoundland, what time """is""" it in Nottingham, England?

    Noon


    * D. Five Guys Named Moe

    D1. The Three Stooges only had one guy named Moe, but they had
    more than two other guys, as one replaced another over time.
    How many stooges, altogether, performed as official members of
    the group under that name?

    5;6

    D2. At one time there used to be an Oscar for the best comedy
    short film. A 1934 Three Stooges film, nominated for this Oscar,
    had the same title as one of the films that won an Oscar """last
    week""". What title?


    * E. Press Gang

    *Note*: On this pair you can give either the 1998 answer or the
    current/recent answer, and you don't need to say which year you're
    answering for, but when giving a single two-part answer, both parts
    must be for the same one of the two years. And for greater clarity,
    a "news*paper*" is not an Internet publication.

    E1. This pair is about the daily newspapers with the largest
    circulation. In the original game in 1998, the leading US
    newspaper in circulation was the "Wall Street Journal", and you
    could name *any two* of the next four. Today the "Wall Street
    Journal" has dropped to second place, and you can name *any other
    two* of the top five.

    New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle

    E2. In 1998 three of the four leading Canadian daily newspapers,
    in circulation, were the three Toronto papers. (With recent data
    -- based on 2015, as I couldn't find anything newer -- and now
    four Toronto papers, they occupy four of the top 7 places.) Name
    any *two of the four* largest-circulation Canadian papers
    *outside* Toronto, excluding free papers.

    After you have finished with the round, please decode this rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq dhrfgvba P2 jvgu nal bs "gjryir b'pybpx" (va jbeqf be
    ahzrenyf), "gjryir NZ", be "gjryir CZ", gura cyrnfr tb onpx naq pbeerpg
    vg gb ernq "abba" be "zvqavtug".

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  • From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 29 00:22:38 2021
    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*)".

    Game 9 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won. Hearty congratulations!


    I wrote one of these rounds.

    That was the challenge round.


    ** Game 9, Round 9 - Arts - Newspaper Comics

    We don't need the titles of the comic strips shown. Instead,
    you can win your very valuable points by naming the *artist and/or
    writer* responsible for the strip (originally or, if applicable,
    """today""") -- if there is more than one person, any one will do.

    Or alternatively, you can give *two* names of characters depicted
    in the specific comic shown -- and those can be two given names,
    two different surnames, or one of each. ("Mr." does not count as
    a name.) If the strip's title uses its characters' names, though,
    your answer must contain some part not in the title.

    For example, if we had a "Peanuts" panel featuring Lucy and Linus
    Van Pelt, you could answer "Schulz" (or "Charles Schulz"), or
    "Lucy and Linus", or "Lucy Van Pelt", or "Linus Van Pelt", but not
    "Peanuts".

    1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/A.jpg

    ["Bloom County" by] Berkeley ("Berke") Breathed -- Milo Bloom,
    Michael Binkley, Steve Dallas, Bill (the cat). 4 for Dan Blum,
    Dan Tilque, Joshua (the hard way), Stephen, and Bruce.

    2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/B.jpg

    ["Hi and Lois" by] Mort, Greg, and Brian Walker and Dik and Robert
    ("Chance") Browne -- Hiram ("Hi") and Lois Flagstone. 4 for Dan Blum,
    Joshua, Stephen, and Bruce.

    3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/C.jpg

    ["Blondie" by] Murat B. ("Chic") and Dean Young, Dennis Lebrun,
    John Marshall, and others -- protest if you think you've named one
    not mentioned here -- Dagwood Bumstead, Mr. Beasley (the mailman),
    Daisy (the dog). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua (the hard way),
    and Stephen.

    4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/D.jpg

    ["Ernie", now "Piranha Club", by] Bud "Bo" Grace -- Ernie and Sid
    Fernwilter, Doris Husselmeyer. 4 for Stephen.

    5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/E.jpg

    ["Adam", now "Adam@Home", by] Brian Basset and Rob Harrell -- Adam,
    Laura, Katy, and Clayton Newman. 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen
    (the hard way).

    6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/F.jpg

    ["Zippy" by] Bill Griffith -- Zippy the Pinhead, Claude Funston,
    Shelf Life, Mr. Toad, Zerbina, Griffy. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.

    7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/G.jpg

    ["For Better or For Worse" by] Lynn Johnston -- John, Elizabeth
    (Liz), and April Patterson. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua (the hard way),
    and Stephen.

    8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/H.jpg

    ["The Fusco Brothers" by] J.C. ("Joe") Duffy -- Rolf, Lance, Lars,
    and Al Fusco, and Axel (the wolverine). 4 for Stephen.

    9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/I.jpg

    ["Doonesbury" by] Garry Trudeau -- Rick and Jeff Redfern, Joan Caucus.
    4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua (the hard way), Stephen, and Bruce.

    10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/J.jpg

    ["FoxTrot" by] Bill Amend -- Roger, Andy, Peter, Paige, and Jason Fox.
    4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen.


    ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

    (Again, all of the category titles were names of teams in the
    Canadian Inquisition. This time we could only find good questions
    to fit four of the then-active teams without repeating from
    the earlier round where we used this theme, so we threw in one
    defunct team. Of the five, only Five Guys Named Moe were still
    active up to the pandemic shutdown in 2020.)

    * A. All Over Twisted

    A1. If a strip of paper is given a half-twist and its ends
    joined together, it forms a configuration with a single
    surface and a single edge. What is the mathematical term
    for this?

    Möbius strip. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
    Stephen, and Bruce.

    A2. The <answer A1> has a theoretical 3-dimensional analog,
    a solid figure with no inside. To actually construct
    this figure would require access to 4-dimensional space,
    but a form resembling it can be made in glass by extending
    the neck of a bottle, passing it through a hole (which we
    pretend does not exist) in the side, and joining it onto
    a hole in the base. What is this theoretical figure called?

    Klein bottle. 4 for everyone.


    * B. Team Formerly Known As

    B1. The Toronto NHL franchise now called the Maple Leafs had
    two previous names. Give *either one*.

    Arenas (or Blueshirts), or (as I mentioned in the answer posting to
    Game 7, Round 9) St. Patricks. 4 for Stephen.

    B2. The Detroit NHL franchise now called the Red Wings had two
    previous names. Give *either one*.

    Cougars, Falcons. 4 for Stephen.

    Yes, we did use those two questions again in 2007, in reverse.


    * C. 8:30 in Newfoundland

    This team name alludes to shows on Canadian TV networks that are fed
    separately for every time zone except NT, which is only half an hour
    off AT. They are seen at, for example, "8:00, 8:30 in Newfoundland".
    The US equivalent, of course, would be "7 Central".

    C1. If the month is July and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's, Newfoundland,
    what time """is""" it in Whitehorse, Yukon?

    4:00 AM. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen. 2 for Bruce.

    The original version of this question did not specify the month,
    but Yukon is now on Mountain Standard Time all year, equivalent to
    its former Pacific Time zone with permanent daylight saving time.

    C2. If the month is January and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's,
    Newfoundland, what time """is""" it in Nottingham, England?

    12:00 noon. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Stephen,
    and Bruce.


    * D. Five Guys Named Moe

    D1. The Three Stooges only had one guy named Moe, but they had
    more than two other guys, as one replaced another over time.
    How many stooges, altogether, performed as official members
    of the group under that name?

    6. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen. 2 for Bruce.

    In alphabetical order: Joe Besser, Larry Fine, Curly Joe DeRita,
    Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Shemp Howard. Ted Healy left the group
    before they became the Three Stooges; Joe Palma replaced Shemp Howard unofficially; and while plans were made for Emil Sitka to perform
    with the group, they never reached fruition.

    D2. At one time there used to be an Oscar for the best comedy
    short film. A 1934 Three Stooges film, nominated for this
    Oscar, had the same title as one of the films that won an
    Oscar """last week""". What title?

    "Men in Black", as mentioned in Xound 1. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.


    * E. Press Gang

    *Note*: On this pair you can give either the 1998 answer
    or the current/recent answer, and you don't need to
    say which year you're answering for, but when giving
    a single two-part answer, both parts must be for the
    same one of the two years. And for greater clarity,
    a "news*paper*" is not an Internet publication.

    E1. This pair is about the daily newspapers with the largest
    circulation. In the original game in 1998, the leading
    US newspaper in circulation was the "Wall Street Journal",
    and you could name *any two* of the next four. Today the
    "Wall Street Journal" has dropped to second place, and you
    can name *any other two* of the top five.

    The "New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", and "USA Today" were
    correct in both 1998 and 2021; in 1998 also the "Washington Post"; in
    2021 also "Newsday". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen.

    E2. In 1998 three of the four leading Canadian daily newspapers,
    in circulation, were the three Toronto papers. (With recent
    data -- based on 2015, as I couldn't find anything newer --
    and now four Toronto papers, they occupy four of the top
    7 places.) Name any *two of the four* largest-circulation
    Canadian papers *outside* Toronto, excluding free papers.

    "Le Journal (de Montréal)" and the "Vancouver Sun" were correct in
    both 1998 and 2015. In 1998 also "La Presse" and the (Vancouver)
    "Province"; in 2015 also "Le Journal de Québec" and the (Hamilton)
    "Spectator". 3 for Joshua.

    After you have finished with the round, please decode this rot13:
    If you answered question C2 with any of "twelve o'clock" (in words
    or numerals), "twelve AM", or "twelve PM", then please go back
    and correct it to read "noon" or "midnight".

    I grudgingly accepted "12 pm noon".


    Scores, if there are no errors:

    GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
    TOPICS-> Sci Spo Mis Can Geo Ent Art Cha SIX
    Joshua Kreitzer 16 28 36 4 28 20 28 27 167
    Stephen Perry 36 40 -- -- -- -- 40 36 152
    Dan Blum 12 8 20 4 24 12 24 16 108
    Dan Tilque 20 20 10 4 -- -- 20 20 94
    Bruce Bowler 20 20 -- -- -- -- 12 16 68
    Erland Sommarskog 8 8 12 0 19 0 -- -- 47
    Pete Gayde 4 24 -- -- 12 4 -- -- 44

    --
    Mark Brader, Toronto | "Canadian seals deal with creditors"
    msb@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, July 1, 1997

    My text in this article is in the public domain.

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