From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 12:06:10 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-29,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
   >    
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give    
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.    
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,    
   > based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote    
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal    
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.    
   >    
   > All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may    
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information    
   > please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the    
   > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 3, Round 2 - Science - Computers    
   >    
   > 1. Nvidia is best-known for making what type of computer hardware?    
   > During the pandemic, some of the GeForce line of these devices,    
   > like the RTX 3080, ballooned in price as people used them to    
   > mine cryptocurrency.    
      
   gpu   
      
   > 2. The Core i7 and i9 and the Pentium are lines of CPUs by    
   > which technology company? In 2005, when Apple's iPhone was in    
   > development, this company declined to produce chips for it.    
      
   intel   
      
   > 3. Apple's failed contract with  was a boon for TSMC    
   > -- who, as their name suggests, are a semiconductor company    
   > in which country? In the same country, Foxconn has come under    
   > fire for poor worker conditions in its iPhone factories.    
      
   taiwan   
      
   > 4. In 2022, the EU announced that all devices will have to include    
   > ports that support Type C of what "Universal" connection    
   > standard? No word on whether you'll still have to flip over    
   > your cables multiple times to plug them in properly.    
      
   usb   
      
   > 5. "Tiramisu" was the codename of the 13th version of what mobile    
   > operating system, developed primarily by Google? This operating    
   > system's mascot is a cute, unnamed, green robot.    
      
   android   
      
   > 6. What name is given to the component of an operating system    
   > that interfaces between hardware and software? This word is    
   > also something you may not want to accidentally encounter when    
   > you're eating popcorn.    
      
   kernel   
      
   > 7. Though not the best-known, the HSL model, the similar HSV model,    
   > and the subtractive CMYK model, may all be used to describe    
   > what property of a pixel?    
      
   color   
      
   > 8. Please complete the previous question before decoding the    
   > rot13: The RGB color model represents each of red, green, and    
   > blue, commonly with a two-digit number in what numerical system?    
   > Unlike the decimal system, this numerical system also uses the    
   > letters A through F.    
      
   hexadecimal    
      
   > 9. The kibibyte ["ki-beh-byte" or "ki-bee-byte"] is a quantity used    
   > to distinguish between a decimal definition of a kilobyte as    
   > 1,000 bytes and a binary definition where it is what slightly    
   > larger number? This number is 2 to the 10th power.    
      
   1024   
      
   > 10. So, by the decimal definition, a kilobyte is 1,000 bytes;    
   > a megabyte is 1,000 kilobytes; and a gigabyte is 1,000 megabytes.    
   > What unit, abbreviated TB, is 1,000 gigabytes?    
      
   terabyte   
      
   >    
   > * Game 3, Round 3 - Sports - Pro Wrestlers by Nickname    
   >    
   > We'll give you the well-known nickname of a pro wrestler, and you    
   > give either their real name or stage name. Full names required    
   > where applicable. For example, if we say "The Peoples' Champ",    
   > you can say "The Rock" or "Dwayne Johnson", but not just "Johnson".    
   >    
   > 1. The Body.    
      
   jesse ventura [aka the governor] [honestly, the first person who came to mind   
   was elle macpherson before I thought about the category]   
      
   > 2. Macho Man.    
      
   randy savage   
      
   > 3. The Snake.    
      
   jake roberts   
      
   > 4. Stone Cold.    
      
   steve austin   
      
   > 5. The Hitman.    
      
   bret hart   
      
   > 6. The Nature Boy.    
      
   rick flair   
      
   > 7. The American Dream.    
      
   dusty rhodes   
      
   > 8. The Heartbreak Kid.    
      
   shawn michaels   
      
   > 9. The Million-Dollar Man.    
      
   ted dibiase    
      
   > 10. The 8th Wonder of the World.    
      
   andre  roussimoff   
      
   >    
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg    
   > fnvq "Naqer" sbe nal nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.    
   > --    
   > Mark Brader | "Of course, the most important part of making the    
   > Toronto | proposal something special for both of you is    
   > m...@vex.net | addressing it to the right person." --Mara Chibnik    
   >    
   > My text in this article is in the public domain.   
      
   swp   
      
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