From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-08,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.  All questions were written   
   > by members of the Night Owls, 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 2022-09-09   
   > companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian   
   > Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Geometric Formulas   
   >   
   > We all were taught some geometry in math class, either in elementary   
   > school or high school.  In this round, we will test much how you   
   > remember from these classes.  In each case, please select the   
   > correct answer from the following list.   
   >   
   > *NOTE*: In order for this to be posted in ISO 8859-1, every instance   
   > of the # sign represents pi.  The characters ², ³, and × should show   
   > correctly as "squared", "cubed", and the "times" sign respectively.   
   > [Obviously, in some of the formulas the × sign is not used.   
   > For forms like x/y × z, the intent is to divide and then multiply.]   
   >   
   >       [A] 4L         [K] 2W + 2L   
   >       [B] L²         [L] B × H/2   
   >       [C] L³         [M] B² × H/3   
   >       [D] #r²        [N] 4/3 × #r³   
   >       [E] 2#r        [O] L × W × H   
   >       [F] #r²H       [P] 2#r(r + H)   
   >       [G] 4#r²       [Q] L × H × B/2   
   >       [H] B × H      [R] L × W × #/4   
   >       [I] #r²H/3     [S] (L + W)/2 × H   
   >       [J] 6 × L²     [T] 2(L × W) + 2(W × H) + 2(H × L)   
   > where   
   >           r = radius   
   >           B = Base   
   >           H = Height   
   >           L = Length   
   >           W = Width (or in one of the decoys, a second length)   
   >   
   > Also note: if there is more than one possibility, select the   
   > simplest one.  Which one, then, is the formula for the...   
   >   
   > 1. Area of a circle?   
      
   D   
      
   > 2. Area of a square?   
      
   B   
      
   > 3. Surface area of a cube?   
      
   J   
      
   > 4. Surface area of a sphere?   
      
   N; I   
      
   > 5. Perimeter of a rectangle?   
      
   K   
      
   > 6. Circumference of a circle?   
      
   E   
      
   > 7. Volume of a sphere?   
      
   N; I   
      
   > 8. Volume of a cylinder?   
      
   F   
      
   > 9. Area of a triangle?   
      
   L   
      
   > 10. Volume of a cube?   
      
   O   
      
   >   
   >   
   > And if you would like to identify the decoys for fun, but for no points,   
   > decode the rot13 and continue.   
   >   
   > 11. Fhesnpr nern bs erpgnathyne cnenyyrycvcrq (gung vf, n "fubrobk"   
   >     svther, yvxr n phor ohg jvgu erpgnathyne snprf)?   
   > 12. Ibyhzr bs n gevnathyne cevfz?   
   > 13. Nern bs n gencrmbvq?   
   > 14. Ibyhzr bs n fdhner-onfrq clenzvq?   
   > 15. Nern bs na ryyvcfr?   
   > 16. Ibyhzr bs n "fubrobk" svther?   
   > 17. Ibyhzr bs n pbar?   
   > 18. Crevzrgre bs n fdhner?   
   > 19. Nern bs n erpgnatyr?   
   > 20. Fhesnpr nern bs n plyvaqre?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Arts & Literature   
   >   
   > 1. This Canadian author won the first Arthur C. Clarke award   
   >     in 1987.  The award is given for the best science-fiction novel   
   >     that was first published in the UK during the previous year.   
   >     Name either the author or the award-winning book.   
   >   
   > 2. "I would walk to the end of the street and over the prairie   
   >     with the clickety grasshoppers bunging in arcs ahead of me,   
   >     and I could hear the hum and twang of wind in the great prairie   
   >     harp of telephone wires.  Standing there with the total thrust   
   >     of prairie sun on my vulnerable head, I guess I learned --   
   >     at a very young age -- that I was mortal."  This excerpt was   
   >     recited by Donald Sutherland at the opening ceremonies of the   
   >     2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  Again, name either the   
   >     author or the book it was taken from.   
   >   
   > 3. In 2006 the Guardian described this Canadian author as   
   >     "possibly the most gifted exegete of North American mass culture   
   >     writing today."  In 2009 the Daily Telegraph said he was "one   
   >     of the great satirists of consumerism."  He gave us the terms   
   >     "McJob" and "Generation X".  Name this author.   
   >   
   > 4. This Canadian writer is best known for his humorous observations   
   >     on Canadian history and culture.  In 1997 he wrote "Why I   
   >     Hate Canadians", followed the next year by "I was a Teen   
   >     Aged Katima-Victim".  In 2000 he gave us "Canadian History   
   >     for Dummies".  In 2001 he co-wrote "How to be a Canadian" with   
   >     his brother Ian.  And he won the Giller prize in 2012 for "419:   
   >     A Novel."  Name this author (the surname is sufficient).   
   >   
   > 5. Within 1,000, what is the generally acknowledged number of   
   >     copies that must be sold in a week for a book to become a   
   >     Canadian bestseller?   
   >   
   > 6. This talented individual had many careers: for him, writing   
   >     was a sideline.  He wrote "Face-Off at the Summit", "Home Game:   
   >     Hockey and Life in Canada", "The Moved and the Shaken", and   
   >     "In School: Our Kids, Our Teachers, Our Classrooms".  Who was he?   
   >   
   > 7. The no-holds-barred "Frank" magazine referred to this person   
   >     by substituting the uncomplimentary moniker "Tubby" for his   
   >     first name, and referred to his 1993 autobiography "A Life in   
   >     Progress" by calling it "A Thesaurus in Progress".  Name the   
   >     recipient of these barbs.   
   >   
   > 8. He was a Canadian painter and sculptor.  In 1969 he was   
   >     made a Companion of the Order of Canada.  One of his largest   
   >     compositions, "Point de rencontre" ("Meeting Point"), was   
   >     originally intended for the Toronto airport, but is """now"""   
   >     in the Opéra Bastille in Paris.  He was made an Officer of the   
   >     National Order of Quebec in 1988, and was promoted to Grand   
   >     Officer in 1994.  In 2000 he was inducted into Canada's Walk   
   >     of Fame.  Who?   
   >   
   > 9. In what Canadian city is the art gallery that """claims"""   
   >     to have the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit   
   >     art in the world?   
      
   Edmonton; White Horse   
      
   >   
   > 10. It's a huge canvas with just two colors of acrylic paint --   
   >     twin vertical stripes of ultramarine blue flanking a middle   
   >     one of cadmium red.  Canadians were outraged when the National   
   >     Gallery of Canada paid $1,800,000 for this work in 1989.   
   >     *Name the American artist* who created "Voice of Fire".   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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