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   msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:MoGdnehv4r0xHG_   
   4nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com:   
      
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-02-12,   
   > 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 the Misplaced Modifiers   
   > and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may   
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation   
   > of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2023-05-24   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
      
   I must admit that doing this outside of the browser in x-news is a lot harder   
   than I remember.  and harder to remember to check.   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Eponymous Products   
   >   
   > This round is about products, natural and artificial, that are   
   > named for places.  In each case, name the product.   
   >   
   > 1. In order to receive its exclusive designation, this coarse,   
   >    thick luxury fabric must, by a British Act of Parliament of   
   >    1909, be hand-woven in crofters' cottages in the Outer Hebrides.   
   >    Name the fabric.   
      
   harris tweed   
      
   > 2. One of many British imperial borrowings, this style of house is   
   >    modeled on the lodgings built for early European settlers   
   >    in Bengal.  Name the house style.   
      
   bungalow?   
      
   > 3. This fortified wine, long popular in Britain, is most famously   
   >    produced in the Andalusian city of Jerez ["Hey-reth"] de la   
   >    Frontera.  Name it.   
      
   sherry   
      
   > 4. This fortified dessert wine derives its name from the Atlantic   
   >    island where it is produced.  Its flavor comes from a distinctive   
   >    process of heat and aging, developed after the discovery that   
   >    long, turbulent ocean transport in the overheated hold of a   
   >    ship actually improved the flavor.  Name the liquor.   
      
   madeira   
      
   > 5. This bulky carrying bag, associated with soldiers, is probably   
   >    named for the Belgian town where the thick cloth used to make   
   >    it was produced from the 17th century.  Name the bag.   
      
   duffle bag   
      
   > 6. When two European immigrants began to manufacture work pants in   
   >    19th-century America, they used the soft yet durable cotton   
   >    cloth named for the city of its original manufacture in southern   
   >    France.  Name the textile.   
      
   denim   
      
   > 7. This traditional dessert, a dense pastry shell holding a layer   
   >    of fruit preserves and sliced nuts topped with a lattice design,   
   >    is reputed to be the oldest confection named for a city.   
   >    The first known reference to it by name was in 1673; the city   
   >    is in Austria.  Name the dessert.   
      
   linzer torte   
      
   > 8. Though this seasonal fruit originally grew in southeast Asia,   
   >    it takes its name from the North African port from which it   
   >    was traditionally shipped to Europe.  Name the fruit.   
      
   banana   
      
   > 9. This delicate fabric, usually made from silk, is named for   
   >    the French town where it was produced from the 17th century.   
   >    The fabric was so strongly associated with aristocratic   
   >    decadence that its makers were guillotined during the French   
   >    Revolution, effectively ending the industry.  Napoleon later   
   >    revived production, though no longer in its eponymous town.   
   >    Name the luxury fabric.   
      
   chantilly lace [yes, I am singing the song now.  thanks for that.]   
      
   > 10. This ornamental textile design featuring a stylized Persian   
   >    teardrop motif first appeared in Britain on Kashmir shawls   
   >    imported from India.  It takes its English name from a Scottish   
   >    textile town famed for its production.  The design was all the   
   >    rage during the psychedelic '60s and remains popular today.   
   >    Name the design.   
      
   paisley   
      
   >   
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Grammar   
   >   
   > (It's a branch of the science of linguistics, right?)   
      
   I'll take your word for it   
      
   > From the accompanying list, pick out the grammatical term that   
   > best answers each question.  Answers do not repeat.   
   >   
   >  |  Antecedent           |  Gerund               |  Prefix   
   >  |  Apodosis             |  Misplaced modifier   |  Preposition   
   >  |  Apposition           |  Mood                 |  Protasis   
   >  |  Case                 |  Participle           |  Stem   
   >  |  Clause               |  Periphrasis          |  Tense   
   >  |  Cognate              |  Person               |  Transitive   
   >  |  Copula               |  Pleonasm             |  Voice   
   >  |  Demonstrative        |  Predicate   
   >   
   > 1. What do we call a noun derived from a verb and ending in -ing?   
   >    e.g., "Eating is a pleasure".   
      
   gerund   
      
   > 2. Nominative ("he") and accusative ("him") are instances of what?   
      
   case   
      
   > 3. What word describes an object related in form and meaning to   
   >    the verb that governs it? e.g., "Sing a song", "Dream a dream",   
   >    "See a sight."   
      
   cognate?   
      
   > 4. What is the "if" clause in a conditional sentence called?   
      
   protasis   
      
   > 5. Active ("I shoot") and passive ("I am shot") are instances   
   >    of what?   
      
   tense   
      
   > 6. Indicative and subjunctive are instances of what?   
      
   mood   
      
   > 7. What fault is exemplified by this sentence from "Forbes"?   
   >    "Following the death of their grandmother, the passenger used   
   >    Air Canada's chatbot on the website to research flights which   
   >    suggested the passenger could apply for bereavement fares   
   >    retroactively."   
      
   misplaced modifier   
      
   > 8. What fault is exemplified by the phrase "free gift"?   
      
   pleonasm   
      
   > 9.  What do we call the noun for which a pronoun stands?   
   >    For instance, "Ralph" in the sentence, "Ask Ralph; he'll know."   
      
   antecedent   
      
   > 10. A quotation attributed to Winston Churchill has him referring   
   >    to *what kind of word* and saying that objections to ending a   
   >    sentence with one were something up with which he would not put?   
      
   preposition   
      
   swp   
      
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