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|    Pete Gayde to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: CanR    |
|    23 Mar 23 21:36:15    |
      From: pete.gayde@gmail.com              Mark Brader wrote:       > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-03,       > and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written       > by members of the Cellar Rats, 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 4, Round 9 - Canadiana - Radio       >       > (This round was designated as Canadiana after the original game       > when they realized they hadn't designated a Canadiana round and       > most of the questions are Canadiana.)       >       > 1. What """are""" the call letters for the Toronto FM station       > "Jazz FM 91"?       >       > 2. In MHz, what FM frequency """does""" CBC Radio 1 broadcast on       > in Toronto?       >       > 3. The low end of the FM radio broadcast band """is""" 88 MHz.       > To the nearest whole megahertz, within 1, what """is""" the       > high end?              107              >       > 4. In AM radio, what does "AM" stand for?              Amplitude Modulation              >       > 5. What is the FM frequency of the Radio-Canada station "Espace       > Musique"?       >       > 6. Johnny Lombardi started a family-owned multicultural station       > in the 1960s, which """supports""" an annual picnic.       > What """are""" the call letters of this station?       >       > 7. On what station """does""" classic rocker Kim Mitchell host a       > radio program?       >       > 8. What """is""" the name of the all-night radio show originating       > from California, """broadcast locally on Talk Radio AM 640""",       > which deals in supernatural, UFO, conspiracy, and other       > non-mainstream subjects? """It is broadcast nightly from       > 1 to 5 am, and usually repeated again from 9 pm to 1 am the       > next evening."""       >       > 9. Moses Znaimer's Zoomer radio station """is""" aimed at the       > "older but active segment of the population". It """has"""       > the call letters CFZM. What """does""" ZM stand for?       >       > 10. Moses Znaimer """is""" also part-owner of another       > primarily-music station, at 96.3 on the FM band. What       > kind of music """does""" it play?       >       >       > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Super Challenge Round       >       > Your categories are:       >       > A. Supermen       > B. Super Science       > C. Super Sports       > D. Superpowers       > E. Super Cars       > F. Super Music       >       >       > * A. Supermen       >       > A1. The 4-act drama "Man and Superman" is based on the legendary       > fictional libertine Don Juan. Who wrote this play?              Goethe; Moliere              >       > A2. Which 19th-century philosopher developed the concept of the       > "Übermensch", or Superman, and said that "Man is a rope       > stretched between the animal and the Superman -- a rope       > over an abyss"?              Nietzsche              >       >       > * B. Super Science       >       > B1. In a classic high-school chemistry experiment, water is       > heated in a test tube, and a substance (usually a salt)       > is dissolved in it. The water is then cooled, and ends up       > with more of the salt dissolved in it than is normally       > possible at the cooler temperature. Such a solution is       > said to be what?              Super saturated              >       > B2. This extension of the standard model of particle physics       > says that every known particle has a yet-to-be discovered       > sister particle: for example, squarks, selectrons and       > neutralinos. What is the name given to this theory?       >       >       > * C. Super Sports       >       > C1. In Alpine skiing, what is the second-fastest of the four       > disciplines? It was introduced as a World Cup event in       > 1983 and an Olympic event in 1988.              Super Giant Slalom              >       > C2. These auto racing tracks are at least 2 miles long, have       > banked turns, and are known for high speeds. There       > """are""" 7 in the United States, including Daytona,       > Indianapolis, and Talladega. What are they called?              Super Speedways              >       >       > * D. Superpowers       >       > D1. The term "superpower" in its current political meaning       > was coined by geostrategist Nicholas Spykman in a series       > of lectures. A year later, foreign policy professor       > William T.R. Fox elaborated on the concept in the book       > "The Super-Powers". (The word was originally hyphenated.)       > Name *all three* countries that the term originally       > applied to.              Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom; Soviet Union, United       States, Japan              >       > D2. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with the       > previous question. Va jung pbhagel qvq gur yrnqref bs gur       > HX, HF, naq HFFE ubyq gurve svefg zrrgvat, va yngr 1943?              Iran              >       >       > * E. Super Cars       >       > E1. The designation SS """is""" used after the model name for a       > great many makes, particularly General Motors Chevrolet       > products. What does SS stand for?       >       > E2. How does a supercharger increase the performance of internal       > combustion engines?              Feeding exhaust gases back into the engine              >       >       > * F. Super Music       >       > F1. Eric Clapton formed the supergroup Cream in 1966. Name *any       > one* of the other members.              Ginger Baker              >       > F2. In 1970 Clapton formed Derek and the Dominos. Again,       > name *any one* of the other members.              Bobby Whitlock              >              Pete Gayde              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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