From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-03-25,   
   > 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*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 8, Round 7 - Science - Forensic Science   
   >   
   > 1. In 1910, the world's first crime lab was established.  In what   
   > country?   
      
   United States; United Kingdom   
      
   >   
   > 2. Developed in 1937 for crime scene investigation, this chemical   
   > emits a blue glow in the presence of trace amounts of blood, even   
   > when applied to a surface that has been washed with bleach and   
   > painted over.   
   >   
   > 3. Cyanoacrylate is commonly marketed for a purpose that has   
   > nothing to do with forensics.  In the 1970s, however, it was found   
   > useful in revealing latent fingerprints.  By what product name is   
   > cyanoacrylate known?   
      
   Dusting powder   
      
   >   
   > 4. Before fingerprints were established as the best organizing   
   > principle for keeping records of arrestees, this Frenchman   
   > established a system based on 5 measurements -- beginning with   
   > head length and head breadth.  Name him.   
   >   
   > 5. In 1988, English rape-murderer Colin Pitchfork was the first person   
   > convicted on the basis of what kind of evidence?   
      
   DNA   
      
   >   
   > 6. The first matching-materials case: In 1784, John Toms was   
   > convicted of fatally shooting a man in the head.  A scrap of torn   
   > newspaper in Toms's pocket was found to match another scrap of   
   > newspaper found where?   
      
   In the victim's hair   
      
   >   
   > 7. What is the name of that branch of medicine that examines the   
   > bodies of individuals that have died violent or suspicious deaths?   
   > Practitioners determine the identify of a body and the cause of death.   
      
   Coroner   
      
   >   
   > 8. What do we call the science of the propulsion, flight, and impact of   
   > projectiles?   
      
   Ballistics   
      
   >   
   > 9. In the 1830s, James Marsh developed a test that could detect 1/50   
   > of a milligram of which poison?   
      
   Cyanide; Strychnine   
      
   >   
   > 10. The word "forensic" derives from the place where at one time   
   > criminal charges were debated.  What place?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 8, Round 8 - Sports that Didn't Make the Cut   
   >   
   > In 1921, it wasn't the IOC that decided which sports were "Olympic"   
   > and which were not.  Here are 10 questions about official medal   
   > events that made brief appearances in the early days.   
   >   
   > 1. This sport was played just once, in 1900.  In the end, only   
   >     two teams actually played: Great Britain and France (most of whom   
   >     were expat Brits anyway).  Britain won by a score of 262-104.   
   >     What sport?   
      
   Cricket; Rugby   
      
   >   
   > 2. in 1900, a shooting competition used live animals as targets.   
   >     Over 300 were killed, leaving such a mess that the competition   
   >     was discontinued.  What animal were they shooting at?   
      
   Pigeons   
      
   >   
   > 3. You'll still find this sport in the Olympics today, but in 1896,   
   >     and only 1896, there was a one-handed variation.  What sport?   
      
   Weightlifting   
      
   >   
   > 4. In the Games of 1904, this sport avoided unintentional deaths by   
   >     using a plaster dummy.  In the Intercalated Games of 1906,   
   >     two live people competed against each other, making the dummy   
   >     unnecessary; however, wax bullets were used.  What was the sport?   
   >   
   > 5. This sport appeared as an official contest only twice -- in 1904   
   >     and 1908.  Canada won both times.  But another Canadian   
   >     Indigenous team also competed, winning bronze.  Which sport?   
      
   Lacrosse   
      
   >   
   > 6. The 1900 Olympics saw a number of women in competition in golf,   
   >     tennis, and this sport -- a typically leisurely, genteel pastime   
   >     using mallets and balls.  One reason it was discontinued may   
   >     have been that it was so boring -- only one spectator showed up.   
   >     What sport was it?   
      
   Croquet   
      
   >   
   > 7. This sport lasted from 1900 to 1920.  A simple contest -- two   
   >     teams facing off against each other.  Great Britain tended   
   >     to be represented by the London and Liverpool Police Forces.   
   >     Liverpool was accused of violating one of the rules that banned   
   >     "prepared boots or shoes with any protruding nails".  What was   
   >     the sport?   
      
   Tug of war   
      
   >   
   > 8. From 1896 to 1932, one of the gymnastics competitions had   
   >     athletes start from a sitting position and reaching a height   
   >     of 24 feet.  The fastest time, usually between 7 and 15 seconds,   
   >     would win.  What was the sport?   
      
   Rope climbing   
      
   >   
   > 9. In 1924, 1932, and 1936 just one medal was awarded each time   
   >     for this category, as it was more of a recognition of a major   
   >     feat rather than a competition.  The event didn't actually   
   >     occur during the games or even in the country where the games   
   >     were held.  One year the British failed in their attempt when   
   >     7 of their team died in an avalanche,  What was the sport?   
      
   Mountain climbing   
      
   >   
   > 10. Another series of competitions weren't sports but rather   
   >     inspired by them.  Often called the "Pentathlon of the Muses",   
   >     it was held in every Olympics from 1912 to 1948.  What was   
   >     this non-sport?   
      
   Extemporaneous speeches   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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