Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:

* Game 9, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Drummers

1. Neil Peart.

6

2. Nick Mason.

18

3. Keith Moon.

1

4. Dave Grohl.

14

5. Lars Ulrich.

12

6. Larry Mullen Jr.

8

After completing the above, please decode the rot13 to see the
picture numbers for questions #7-10, in which you must name the
drummer.

7. Cubgb ahzore frira.

Art Blakey

8. Gur avagu cvpgher.

Ringo Starr

9. Guvf bar vf gur frpbaq cubgb.

Ginger Baker

10. Cvpgher ahzore ryrira.

Phil Collins

* Game 9, Round 8 - Science - Scientific Acronyms

We give you the acronym and a description, and you give us the
long name of the thing. Exact answers required.

1. PVC: A type of plastic.

Polyvinylchloride

4. PDF: A file type associated with Adobe Acrobat software.

Portable Document Format

5. BMI: A numerical computation regarding height and weight.

Body Mass Index

9. HPV: in a minority of cases it can lead to cancers of the cervix,
vulva, vagina, and anus.

Human Papilom Virus

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On 3/19/22 21:19, Mark Brader wrote:

* Game 9, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Drummers

Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/09-07/drummer.pdf
(There are 3 pages.)

Drummers usually aren't the most recognizable musicians, because
they spend the whole concert behind their drum kit. However,
these guys are pretty recognizable. For questions #1-6, we give
you the drummer's name, you give us the picture number.

1. Neil Peart.
2. Nick Mason.
3. Keith Moon.
4. Dave Grohl.
5. Lars Ulrich.
6. Larry Mullen Jr.

After completing the above, please decode the rot13 to see the
picture numbers for questions #7-10, in which you must name the
drummer.

7. Cubgb ahzore frira.
8. Gur avagu cvpgher.
9. Guvf bar vf gur frpbaq cubgb.
10. Cvpgher ahzore ryrira.

And there were 8 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the names and
give the picture numbers if you want for fun, but for no points.

11. Trar Xehcn.
12. Ohqql Zvyrf.
13. Tvatre Onxre.
14. Znk Jvaroret.
15. Avxxb ZpOenva.
16. Zvpx Syrrgjbbq.
17. Nyrk Ina Unyra.
18. Fgrjneg Pbcrynaq.

* Game 9, Round 8 - Science - Scientific Acronyms

We give you the acronym and a description, and you give us the
long name of the thing. Exact answers required.

1. PVC: A type of plastic.

PolyVinyl Chloride

2. NSAID: A class of drugs.

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug

3. ACL: A body part commonly injured by athletes.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament

4. PDF: A file type associated with Adobe Acrobat software.
5. BMI: A numerical computation regarding height and weight.

Body Mass Index

6. ADHD: A developmental condition affecting children and adults.

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

7. PDA: A device such as a Palm Pilot, or now typically a
smartphone.

Personal Digital Assistant

(I suppose Public Display of Affection is not quite right :)

8. PSA: A protein that helps to identify a certain type of cancer
in a widely used test.

9. HPV: in a minority of cases it can lead to cancers of the cervix,
vulva, vagina, and anus.

Human PapillomaVirus

10. BBS: A sort of phobia in which the sufferer is unable to urinate
in the (real or imaginary) presence of others.

--
Dan Tilque

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Mark Brader wrote:

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-03-26,
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 9, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Drummers

Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/09-07/drummer.pdf
(There are 3 pages.)

Drummers usually aren't the most recognizable musicians, because
they spend the whole concert behind their drum kit. However,
these guys are pretty recognizable. For questions #1-6, we give
you the drummer's name, you give us the picture number.

1. Neil Peart.

6; 15

2. Nick Mason.

18; 2

3. Keith Moon.

5

4. Dave Grohl.

17

5. Lars Ulrich.

12

6. Larry Mullen Jr.

16

After completing the above, please decode the rot13 to see the
picture numbers for questions #7-10, in which you must name the
drummer.

7. Cubgb ahzore frira.

Buddy Rich

8. Gur avagu cvpgher.

Watts

9. Guvf bar vf gur frpbaq cubgb.

Bonham

10. Cvpgher ahzore ryrira.

And there were 8 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the names and
give the picture numbers if you want for fun, but for no points.

11. Trar Xehcn.

14

12. Ohqql Zvyrf.

16

13. Tvatre Onxre.

1

14. Znk Jvaroret.

3

15. Avxxb ZpOenva.
16. Zvpx Syrrgjbbq.

10

17. Nyrk Ina Unyra.
18. Fgrjneg Pbcrynaq.

13

* Game 9, Round 8 - Science - Scientific Acronyms

We give you the acronym and a description, and you give us the
long name of the thing. Exact answers required.

1. PVC: A type of plastic.

Polyvinyl Chloride

2. NSAID: A class of drugs.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

3. ACL: A body part commonly injured by athletes.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament

4. PDF: A file type associated with Adobe Acrobat software.
5. BMI: A numerical computation regarding height and weight.

Body mass index

6. ADHD: A developmental condition affecting children and adults.

Attention Deficit Disease

7. PDA: A device such as a Palm Pilot, or now typically a
smartphone.

Personal Digital Assistant

8. PSA: A protein that helps to identify a certain type of cancer
in a widely used test.

Prostate Specific Antigen

9. HPV: in a minority of cases it can lead to cancers of the cervix,
vulva, vagina, and anus.

Human Pappilloma Virus

10. BBS: A sort of phobia in which the sufferer is unable to urinate
in the (real or imaginary) presence of others.

Pete Gayde

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