• Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 2, Rounds 7-8: documentaries, social icons

    From Dan Blum@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Mon May 9 04:52:29 2022
    Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

    * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Oscar-Winning Documentaries

    1. Only short subjects were eligible for the first Best Documentary
    Oscar. When was that? Answer within 5 years.

    1940; 1951

    3. The Norwegian documentary that won the 1951 statuette chronicled
    the testing of Thor Heyerdahl's hypothesis on how the Polynesian
    islands might have been originally colonized. Name it.

    Kon-Tiki

    4. The 1996 winner was about a boxing match between Ali and Foreman.
    Name it.

    When We Were Kings

    5. The 2002 winner included interviews with Marilyn Manson and
    "South Park" co-creator Matt Stone about the causes of violence
    in society, and a visit by two shooting victims with bullets
    embedded in their bodies to the world headquarters of K-Mart
    to try to return the bullets for a refund. Name the documentary.

    Bowling for Columbine

    6. The 1970 winner was filmed over 4 days, August 15-18, 1969,
    in Bethel, NY. Name it.

    Woodstock

    9. The 2008 winner was about a feat performed by Philippe Petit
    in 1974 in New York, that would not be possible now: walking
    a tightrope between the World Trade Center's twin towers.
    Name the documentary.

    Man on Wire

    * Game 2, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Social Networking Pollution

    1. Which icon is used by RSS, a web feed format that allows easy
    publication of web page updates?

    A2

    2. Which icon is for Technorati, a popular blog search program?

    A3; C1

    3. Which icon represents the social news platform Newsvine, owned by
    MSNBC, which draws content from users as well as mainstream
    sources?

    E2

    4. Which icon represents Stumbleupon, a web search engine that
    finds and recommends content to its user?

    F2

    5. Which icon represents Delicious, a social bookmarking web
    service which was acquired by Yahoo in 2005?

    D5; D2

    6. Which icon represent Facebook's predecessor, MySpace?

    F4; C2

    7. Which icon represents both the premier voice-over-Internet
    protocol and the application people fire up to place an online
    voice or video call?

    A4

    8. Which icon is for the web site Flickr, where people post pictures
    they have taken?

    F3

    9. Which site represents the Internet's most popular career-based
    social site, where people post information about themselves based
    on current and past positions, keep in contact with colleagues,
    list their job skills, post articles to forums, etc.?

    A1

    10. Which icon represents AOL Messenger, one of the earliest
    instant chat programs on the Internet?

    F4

    --
    _______________________________________________________________________
    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 Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 8 23:26:51 2022
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-05-07,
    and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
    by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', 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 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Oscar-Winning Documentaries

    Dates refer to the year of the film's release, not the Oscar ceremoney.

    1. Only short subjects were eligible for the first Best Documentary
    Oscar. When was that? Answer within 5 years.

    2. The 1978 winner was about a program for troubled teens at Rahway
    State Prison. Name the documentary or the program.

    3. The Norwegian documentary that won the 1951 statuette chronicled
    the testing of Thor Heyerdahl's hypothesis on how the Polynesian
    islands might have been originally colonized. Name it.

    4. The 1996 winner was about a boxing match between Ali and Foreman.
    Name it.

    5. The 2002 winner included interviews with Marilyn Manson and
    "South Park" co-creator Matt Stone about the causes of violence
    in society, and a visit by two shooting victims with bullets
    embedded in their bodies to the world headquarters of K-Mart
    to try to return the bullets for a refund. Name the documentary.

    6. The 1970 winner was filmed over 4 days, August 15-18, 1969,
    in Bethel, NY. Name it.

    7. The 2010 winner exposed Japan's dolphin-hunting culture.
    Name it.

    8. The 1956 winner introduced North America to Jacques Cousteau.
    It was based on his 1953 book of the same name, and was the
    first movie to show the ocean depths in color. Cousteau,
    not yet a conservationist, drew criticism for dynamiting coral
    reefs and slaughtering a school of sharks. Name the documentary.

    9. The 2008 winner was about a feat performed by Philippe Petit
    in 1974 in New York, that would not be possible now: walking
    a tightrope between the World Trade Center's twin towers.
    Name the documentary.

    10. The 2007 winner was about the death of an Afghani civilian named
    Dilawar at the hands of American soldiers while in detention.
    The film goes on to examine the US's policy on torture and
    interrogation, and the CIA's use of torture and experimentation
    into sensory deprivation. Name it.


    * Game 2, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Social Networking Pollution

    Internet pages these days are littered with icons to allow
    immediate connection to a plethora of social networking sites
    and functions. Please see the handout

    http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-8/social.jpg

    and answer these questions.

    *Note*: in all cases you are being asked for the *grid location*
    of the icon, a letter and a digit from A1 up to F5, not a single
    character and not the application's name.

    *Note*: This round has not been updated. You are being asked about
    icons, company names, etc. in the versions that were used in 2012.

    1. Which icon is used by RSS, a web feed format that allows easy
    publication of web page updates?

    2. Which icon is for Technorati, a popular blog search program?

    3. Which icon represents the social news platform Newsvine, owned by
    MSNBC, which draws content from users as well as mainstream
    sources?

    4. Which icon represents Stumbleupon, a web search engine that
    finds and recommends content to its user?

    5. Which icon represents Delicious, a social bookmarking web
    service which was acquired by Yahoo in 2005?

    6. Which icon represent Facebook's predecessor, MySpace?

    7. Which icon represents both the premier voice-over-Internet
    protocol and the application people fire up to place an online
    voice or video call?

    8. Which icon is for the web site Flickr, where people post pictures
    they have taken?

    9. Which site represents the Internet's most popular career-based
    social site, where people post information about themselves based
    on current and past positions, keep in contact with colleagues,
    list their job skills, post articles to forums, etc.?

    10. Which icon represents AOL Messenger, one of the earliest
    instant chat programs on the Internet?


    So there were 20 decoys, and 2 icons that were used in the round but
    the services weren't named in the question. If you like, for fun,
    but for no points, decode the rot13 and identify these 22 icons.

    11. Gjvggre.
    12. Qevooyr.
    13. YvaxrqVa.
    14. Qrivnagneg.
    15. Oybttre.
    16. Jbeqcerff.
    17. Gur Bavba.
    18. Ivzrb.
    19. Oynpxoreel.
    20. Erqqvg.
    21. Snprobbx.
    22. ZFA.
    23. Fxlcr.
    24. Ghzoye.
    25. Fcbgvsl.
    26. Tbbtyr Cyhf.
    27. Qvtt.
    28. ZNP BF.
    29. Orob.
    30. FubhgJver.
    31. Tebbirfunex.
    32. Sevraqsrrq.

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    Toronto | every so often they like to have a little fun by taking on msb@vex.net | a strange case, or overturning a presidential election, that
    sort of thing." --Christopher Buckley, "Supreme Courtship"

    My text in this article is in the public domain.

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  • From Dan Tilque@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sun May 8 22:55:36 2022
    On 5/8/22 21:26, Mark Brader wrote:

    * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Oscar-Winning Documentaries

    Dates refer to the year of the film's release, not the Oscar ceremoney.

    1. Only short subjects were eligible for the first Best Documentary
    Oscar. When was that? Answer within 5 years.

    2. The 1978 winner was about a program for troubled teens at Rahway
    State Prison. Name the documentary or the program.

    3. The Norwegian documentary that won the 1951 statuette chronicled
    the testing of Thor Heyerdahl's hypothesis on how the Polynesian
    islands might have been originally colonized. Name it.

    4. The 1996 winner was about a boxing match between Ali and Foreman.
    Name it.

    5. The 2002 winner included interviews with Marilyn Manson and
    "South Park" co-creator Matt Stone about the causes of violence
    in society, and a visit by two shooting victims with bullets
    embedded in their bodies to the world headquarters of K-Mart
    to try to return the bullets for a refund. Name the documentary.

    6. The 1970 winner was filmed over 4 days, August 15-18, 1969,
    in Bethel, NY. Name it.

    7. The 2010 winner exposed Japan's dolphin-hunting culture.
    Name it.

    8. The 1956 winner introduced North America to Jacques Cousteau.
    It was based on his 1953 book of the same name, and was the
    first movie to show the ocean depths in color. Cousteau,
    not yet a conservationist, drew criticism for dynamiting coral
    reefs and slaughtering a school of sharks. Name the documentary.

    9. The 2008 winner was about a feat performed by Philippe Petit
    in 1974 in New York, that would not be possible now: walking
    a tightrope between the World Trade Center's twin towers.
    Name the documentary.

    10. The 2007 winner was about the death of an Afghani civilian named
    Dilawar at the hands of American soldiers while in detention.
    The film goes on to examine the US's policy on torture and
    interrogation, and the CIA's use of torture and experimentation
    into sensory deprivation. Name it.


    * Game 2, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Social Networking Pollution

    Internet pages these days are littered with icons to allow
    immediate connection to a plethora of social networking sites
    and functions. Please see the handout

    http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-8/social.jpg

    and answer these questions.

    *Note*: in all cases you are being asked for the *grid location*
    of the icon, a letter and a digit from A1 up to F5, not a single
    character and not the application's name.

    *Note*: This round has not been updated. You are being asked about
    icons, company names, etc. in the versions that were used in 2012.

    1. Which icon is used by RSS, a web feed format that allows easy
    publication of web page updates?

    A2


    2. Which icon is for Technorati, a popular blog search program?

    3. Which icon represents the social news platform Newsvine, owned by
    MSNBC, which draws content from users as well as mainstream
    sources?

    4. Which icon represents Stumbleupon, a web search engine that
    finds and recommends content to its user?

    F2


    5. Which icon represents Delicious, a social bookmarking web
    service which was acquired by Yahoo in 2005?

    6. Which icon represent Facebook's predecessor, MySpace?

    C2


    7. Which icon represents both the premier voice-over-Internet
    protocol and the application people fire up to place an online
    voice or video call?

    E2


    8. Which icon is for the web site Flickr, where people post pictures
    they have taken?

    9. Which site represents the Internet's most popular career-based
    social site, where people post information about themselves based
    on current and past positions, keep in contact with colleagues,
    list their job skills, post articles to forums, etc.?

    A1


    10. Which icon represents AOL Messenger, one of the earliest
    instant chat programs on the Internet?

    F4



    So there were 20 decoys, and 2 icons that were used in the round but
    the services weren't named in the question. If you like, for fun,
    but for no points, decode the rot13 and identify these 22 icons.

    11. Gjvggre.
    12. Qevooyr.
    13. YvaxrqVa.
    14. Qrivnagneg.
    15. Oybttre.
    16. Jbeqcerff.
    17. Gur Bavba.
    18. Ivzrb.
    19. Oynpxoreel.
    20. Erqqvg.
    21. Snprobbx.
    22. ZFA.
    23. Fxlcr.
    24. Ghzoye.
    25. Fcbgvsl.
    26. Tbbtyr Cyhf.
    27. Qvtt.
    28. ZNP BF.
    29. Orob.
    30. FubhgJver.
    31. Tebbirfunex.
    32. Sevraqsrrq.


    --
    Dan Tilque

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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Mon May 9 00:39:53 2022
    On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 11:26:57 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:

    * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Oscar-Winning Documentaries

    Dates refer to the year of the film's release, not the Oscar ceremoney.

    1. Only short subjects were eligible for the first Best Documentary
    Oscar. When was that? Answer within 5 years.

    1941

    2. The 1978 winner was about a program for troubled teens at Rahway
    State Prison. Name the documentary or the program.

    "Scared Straight"

    3. The Norwegian documentary that won the 1951 statuette chronicled
    the testing of Thor Heyerdahl's hypothesis on how the Polynesian
    islands might have been originally colonized. Name it.

    "Kon-Tiki"

    4. The 1996 winner was about a boxing match between Ali and Foreman.
    Name it.

    "When We Were Kings"

    5. The 2002 winner included interviews with Marilyn Manson and
    "South Park" co-creator Matt Stone about the causes of violence
    in society, and a visit by two shooting victims with bullets
    embedded in their bodies to the world headquarters of K-Mart
    to try to return the bullets for a refund. Name the documentary.

    "Bowling for Columbine"

    6. The 1970 winner was filmed over 4 days, August 15-18, 1969,
    in Bethel, NY. Name it.

    "Woodstock"

    7. The 2010 winner exposed Japan's dolphin-hunting culture.
    Name it.

    "Blackfish"

    8. The 1956 winner introduced North America to Jacques Cousteau.
    It was based on his 1953 book of the same name, and was the
    first movie to show the ocean depths in color. Cousteau,
    not yet a conservationist, drew criticism for dynamiting coral
    reefs and slaughtering a school of sharks. Name the documentary.

    "The Undersea World"

    9. The 2008 winner was about a feat performed by Philippe Petit
    in 1974 in New York, that would not be possible now: walking
    a tightrope between the World Trade Center's twin towers.
    Name the documentary.

    "Man on Wire"

    * Game 2, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Social Networking Pollution

    Internet pages these days are littered with icons to allow
    immediate connection to a plethora of social networking sites
    and functions. Please see the handout

    http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-8/social.jpg

    and answer these questions.

    1. Which icon is used by RSS, a web feed format that allows easy
    publication of web page updates?

    A2

    2. Which icon is for Technorati, a popular blog search program?

    D5; B1

    3. Which icon represents the social news platform Newsvine, owned by
    MSNBC, which draws content from users as well as mainstream
    sources?

    E2

    4. Which icon represents Stumbleupon, a web search engine that
    finds and recommends content to its user?

    F2

    5. Which icon represents Delicious, a social bookmarking web
    service which was acquired by Yahoo in 2005?

    C1; E1

    6. Which icon represent Facebook's predecessor, MySpace?

    B5
    (note: MySpace was not Facebook's "predecessor" but a separate social networking service)

    7. Which icon represents both the premier voice-over-Internet
    protocol and the application people fire up to place an online
    voice or video call?

    C5; E5

    8. Which icon is for the web site Flickr, where people post pictures
    they have taken?

    C4

    9. Which site represents the Internet's most popular career-based
    social site, where people post information about themselves based
    on current and past positions, keep in contact with colleagues,
    list their job skills, post articles to forums, etc.?

    A1

    10. Which icon represents AOL Messenger, one of the earliest
    instant chat programs on the Internet?

    F4

    So there were 20 decoys, and 2 icons that were used in the round but
    the services weren't named in the question. If you like, for fun,
    but for no points, decode the rot13 and identify these 22 icons.

    13. YvaxrqVa.

    A1

    15. Oybttre.

    C3

    16. Jbeqcerff.

    D3

    17. Gur Bavba.

    B2

    20. Erqqvg.

    D4

    21. Snprobbx.

    E3

    22. ZFA.

    F3

    24. Ghzoye.

    D1

    26. Tbbtyr Cyhf.

    F5

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    gromit82@hotmail.com

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  • From Erland Sommarskog@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Mon May 9 14:46:27 2022
    Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
    * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Oscar-Winning Documentaries

    3. The Norwegian documentary that won the 1951 statuette chronicled
    the testing of Thor Heyerdahl's hypothesis on how the Polynesian
    islands might have been originally colonized. Name it.

    Kon-Tiki

    4. The 1996 winner was about a boxing match between Ali and Foreman.
    Name it.

    The Rumble in the Jungle.

    * Game 2, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Social Networking Pollution

    1. Which icon is used by RSS, a web feed format that allows easy
    publication of web page updates?

    A2

    2. Which icon is for Technorati, a popular blog search program?

    A3


    3. Which icon represents the social news platform Newsvine, owned by
    MSNBC, which draws content from users as well as mainstream
    sources?

    E2

    4. Which icon represents Stumbleupon, a web search engine that
    finds and recommends content to its user?

    F2

    5. Which icon represents Delicious, a social bookmarking web
    service which was acquired by Yahoo in 2005?

    E1

    6. Which icon represent Facebook's predecessor, MySpace?

    C1

    7. Which icon represents both the premier voice-over-Internet
    protocol and the application people fire up to place an online
    voice or video call?

    A5

    8. Which icon is for the web site Flickr, where people post pictures
    they have taken?

    E4

    9. Which site represents the Internet's most popular career-based
    social site, where people post information about themselves based
    on current and past positions, keep in contact with colleagues,
    list their job skills, post articles to forums, etc.?

    A1

    10. Which icon represents AOL Messenger, one of the earliest
    instant chat programs on the Internet?>

    B4

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  • From Pete Gayde@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Wed May 11 12:51:32 2022
    Mark Brader wrote:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-05-07,
    and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
    by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', 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 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Oscar-Winning Documentaries

    Dates refer to the year of the film's release, not the Oscar ceremoney.

    1. Only short subjects were eligible for the first Best Documentary
    Oscar. When was that? Answer within 5 years.

    1950; 1961


    2. The 1978 winner was about a program for troubled teens at Rahway
    State Prison. Name the documentary or the program.

    3. The Norwegian documentary that won the 1951 statuette chronicled
    the testing of Thor Heyerdahl's hypothesis on how the Polynesian
    islands might have been originally colonized. Name it.

    Kon Tiki


    4. The 1996 winner was about a boxing match between Ali and Foreman.
    Name it.

    Rumble in the Jungle


    5. The 2002 winner included interviews with Marilyn Manson and
    "South Park" co-creator Matt Stone about the causes of violence
    in society, and a visit by two shooting victims with bullets
    embedded in their bodies to the world headquarters of K-Mart
    to try to return the bullets for a refund. Name the documentary.

    6. The 1970 winner was filmed over 4 days, August 15-18, 1969,
    in Bethel, NY. Name it.

    Woodstock


    7. The 2010 winner exposed Japan's dolphin-hunting culture.
    Name it.

    8. The 1956 winner introduced North America to Jacques Cousteau.
    It was based on his 1953 book of the same name, and was the
    first movie to show the ocean depths in color. Cousteau,
    not yet a conservationist, drew criticism for dynamiting coral
    reefs and slaughtering a school of sharks. Name the documentary.

    9. The 2008 winner was about a feat performed by Philippe Petit
    in 1974 in New York, that would not be possible now: walking
    a tightrope between the World Trade Center's twin towers.
    Name the documentary.

    10. The 2007 winner was about the death of an Afghani civilian named
    Dilawar at the hands of American soldiers while in detention.
    The film goes on to examine the US's policy on torture and
    interrogation, and the CIA's use of torture and experimentation
    into sensory deprivation. Name it.


    * Game 2, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Social Networking Pollution

    Internet pages these days are littered with icons to allow
    immediate connection to a plethora of social networking sites
    and functions. Please see the handout

    http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-8/social.jpg

    and answer these questions.

    *Note*: in all cases you are being asked for the *grid location*
    of the icon, a letter and a digit from A1 up to F5, not a single
    character and not the application's name.

    *Note*: This round has not been updated. You are being asked about
    icons, company names, etc. in the versions that were used in 2012.

    1. Which icon is used by RSS, a web feed format that allows easy
    publication of web page updates?

    A2


    2. Which icon is for Technorati, a popular blog search program?

    A3; D1


    3. Which icon represents the social news platform Newsvine, owned by
    MSNBC, which draws content from users as well as mainstream
    sources?

    F3


    4. Which icon represents Stumbleupon, a web search engine that
    finds and recommends content to its user?

    F2


    5. Which icon represents Delicious, a social bookmarking web
    service which was acquired by Yahoo in 2005?

    E1

    6. Which icon represent Facebook's predecessor, MySpace?

    C2; B5


    7. Which icon represents both the premier voice-over-Internet
    protocol and the application people fire up to place an online
    voice or video call?

    A4


    8. Which icon is for the web site Flickr, where people post pictures
    they have taken?

    E4


    9. Which site represents the Internet's most popular career-based
    social site, where people post information about themselves based
    on current and past positions, keep in contact with colleagues,
    list their job skills, post articles to forums, etc.?

    A1


    10. Which icon represents AOL Messenger, one of the earliest
    instant chat programs on the Internet?

    F4



    So there were 20 decoys, and 2 icons that were used in the round but
    the services weren't named in the question. If you like, for fun,
    but for no points, decode the rot13 and identify these 22 icons.

    11. Gjvggre.
    12. Qevooyr.
    13. YvaxrqVa.
    14. Qrivnagneg.
    15. Oybttre.
    16. Jbeqcerff.
    17. Gur Bavba.
    18. Ivzrb.
    19. Oynpxoreel.
    20. Erqqvg.
    21. Snprobbx.
    22. ZFA.
    23. Fxlcr.
    24. Ghzoye.
    25. Fcbgvsl.
    26. Tbbtyr Cyhf.
    27. Qvtt.
    28. ZNP BF.
    29. Orob.
    30. FubhgJver.
    31. Tebbirfunex.
    32. Sevraqsrrq.


    Pete Gayde

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