* 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.
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.
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.
* 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?
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?
* 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.
* 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.
* 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?
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.
13. YvaxrqVa.
15. Oybttre.
16. Jbeqcerff.
17. Gur Bavba.
20. Erqqvg.
21. Snprobbx.
22. ZFA.
24. Ghzoye.
26. Tbbtyr Cyhf.
* 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.
4. The 1996 winner was about a boxing match between Ali and Foreman.
Name it.
* 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?
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?>
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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