** Game 3, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Burns's Words
1. Ken.
3. Braw.
6. Bairn.
7. Breeks.
9. Gloaming.
** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Masters
* B, Literature - Masterpiece
B1. Who wrote "To the Lighthouse"?
* C, Entertainment - Master Class
C1. This EGOT winner is most notable for several awards across
multiple categories for the creative property "The
Producers". He is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
Who is he?
* D, Sports - Master League
D1. Who were the first champions, in the 1992-93 season?
D2. Name either the most recent champions when the original game
was played, for the 2023-24 season, or the most recent ones
now, for 2024-25, but you must say which.
* E, History - Master Theory
E1. Within 2 years, when did Einstein publish his paper on the
Special Theory of Relativity?
E2. Within 10 years, when did Darwin publish "On the Origin of
Species by Means of Natural Selection"?
* F, Science - Master Mind
F1. Who is known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb"? He was
also involved in the Manhattan Project.
F2. Who is known as the "father of quantum theory"? He won
the Nobel prize for Physics in 1918 for his discovery of
energy quanta.
(Reposting to correct the Subject line. Please post ansswers in
either thread, but preferably this one.)
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-01-27,
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 Night Owls, 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 2024-08-30
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
** Game 3, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Burns's Words
Here are some words that you will find in the poems of Robert Burns.
Please provide the modern English equivalent in each case.
1. Ken.
2. Birk.
3. Braw.
4. Sark.
5. Skelp.
6. Bairn.
7. Breeks.
8. Hirple.
9. Gloaming.
10. Syne ["sine"].
** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Masters
* A, Miscellaneous - Master and Follower
These two questions are about social media followers.
A1. As of December 2024, after Elon Musk who has the next most
followers on X (formerly known as Twitter)?
A2. As of December 2024, who has the most-followed account on
Instagram and has more than 1,000,000,000 followers
collectively across all social-media platforms?
* B, Literature - Masterpiece
B1. Who wrote "To the Lighthouse"?
B2. Who wrote "A Sentimental Education"?
* C, Entertainment - Master Class
These two questions are about artists who have completed the EGOT
(winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in their careers).
C1. This EGOT winner is most notable for several awards across
multiple categories for the creative property "The
Producers". He is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
Who is he?
C2. This EGOT winner has an Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Host for "The View". Who is she?
* D, Sports - Master League
These two questions are about the British Premiership soccer league.
D1. Who were the first champions, in the 1992-93 season?
D2. Name either the most recent champions when the original game
was played, for the 2023-24 season, or the most recent ones
now, for 2024-25, but you must say which.
* E, History - Master Theory
These two questions cover landmark scientific publications.
E1. Within 2 years, when did Einstein publish his paper on the
Special Theory of Relativity?
E2. Within 10 years, when did Darwin publish "On the Origin of
Species by Means of Natural Selection"?
* F, Science - Master Mind
F1. Who is known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb"? He was
also involved in the Manhattan Project.
F2. Who is known as the "father of quantum theory"? He won
the Nobel prize for Physics in 1918 for his discovery of
energy quanta.
** Game 3, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Burns's Words
Here are some words that you will find in the poems of Robert Burns.
Please provide the modern English equivalent in each case.
1. Ken.
2. Birk.
3. Braw.
4. Sark.
5. Skelp.
6. Bairn.
7. Breeks.
8. Hirple.
9. Gloaming.
10. Syne ["sine"].
** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Masters
* A, Miscellaneous - Master and Follower
These two questions are about social media followers.
A1. As of December 2024, after Elon Musk who has the next most
followers on X (formerly known as Twitter)?
A2. As of December 2024, who has the most-followed account on
Instagram and has more than 1,000,000,000 followers
collectively across all social-media platforms?
* B, Literature - Masterpiece
B1. Who wrote "To the Lighthouse"?
B2. Who wrote "A Sentimental Education"?
* C, Entertainment - Master Class
These two questions are about artists who have completed the EGOT
(winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in their careers).
C1. This EGOT winner is most notable for several awards across
multiple categories for the creative property "The
Producers". He is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
Who is he?
C2. This EGOT winner has an Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Host for "The View". Who is she?
* D, Sports - Master League
These two questions are about the British Premiership soccer league.
D1. Who were the first champions, in the 1992-93 season?
D2. Name either the most recent champions when the original game
was played, for the 2023-24 season, or the most recent ones
now, for 2024-25, but you must say which.
* E, History - Master Theory
These two questions cover landmark scientific publications.
E1. Within 2 years, when did Einstein publish his paper on the
Special Theory of Relativity?
E2. Within 10 years, when did Darwin publish "On the Origin of
Species by Means of Natural Selection"?
* F, Science - Master Mind
F1. Who is known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb"? He was
also involved in the Manhattan Project.
F2. Who is known as the "father of quantum theory"? He won
the Nobel prize for Physics in 1918 for his discovery of
energy quanta.
** Game 3, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Burns's Words
Here are some words that you will find in the poems of Robert Burns.
Please provide the modern English equivalent in each case.
1. Ken.
3. Braw.
6. Bairn.
9. Gloaming.
10. Syne ["sine"].
** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Masters
* B, Literature - Masterpiece
B1. Who wrote "To the Lighthouse"?
* C, Entertainment - Master Class
These two questions are about artists who have completed the EGOT
(winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in their careers).
C1. This EGOT winner is most notable for several awards across
multiple categories for the creative property "The
Producers". He is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
Who is he?
C2. This EGOT winner has an Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Host for "The View". Who is she?
* E, History - Master Theory
These two questions cover landmark scientific publications.
E1. Within 2 years, when did Einstein publish his paper on the
Special Theory of Relativity?
E2. Within 10 years, when did Darwin publish "On the Origin of
Species by Means of Natural Selection"?
* F, Science - Master Mind
F1. Who is known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb"? He was
also involved in the Manhattan Project.
** Game 3, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Burns's Words
** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Masters
* D, Sports - Master League
These two questions are about the British Premiership soccer league.
D1. Who were the first champions, in the 1992-93 season?
D2. Name either the most recent champions when the original game
was played, for the 2023-24 season, or the most recent ones
now, for 2024-25, but you must say which.
* E, History - Master Theory
These two questions cover landmark scientific publications.
E1. Within 2 years, when did Einstein publish his paper on the
Special Theory of Relativity?
E2. Within 10 years, when did Darwin publish "On the Origin of
Species by Means of Natural Selection"?
* F, Science - Master Mind
F2. Who is known as the "father of quantum theory"? He won
the Nobel prize for Physics in 1918 for his discovery of
energy quanta.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-01-27,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Game 3, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Burns's Words
Here are some words that you will find in the poems of Robert Burns.
Please provide the modern English equivalent in each case.
1. Ken.
2. Birk.
3. Braw.
4. Sark.
5. Skelp.
6. Bairn.
7. Breeks.
8. Hirple.
9. Gloaming.
10. Syne ["sine"].
** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Masters
* A, Miscellaneous - Master and Follower
These two questions are about social media followers.
A1. As of December 2024, after Elon Musk who has the next most
followers on X (formerly known as Twitter)?
A2. As of December 2024, who has the most-followed account on
Instagram and has more than 1,000,000,000 followers
collectively across all social-media platforms?
* B, Literature - Masterpiece
B1. Who wrote "To the Lighthouse"?
B2. Who wrote "A Sentimental Education"?
* C, Entertainment - Master Class
These two questions are about artists who have completed the EGOT
(winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in their careers).
C1. This EGOT winner is most notable for several awards across
multiple categories for the creative property "The
Producers". He is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
Who is he?
C2. This EGOT winner has an Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Host for "The View". Who is she?
* D, Sports - Master League
These two questions are about the British Premiership soccer league.
D1. Who were the first champions, in the 1992-93 season?
D2. Name either the most recent champions when the original game
was played, for the 2023-24 season, or the most recent ones
now, for 2024-25, but you must say which.
* E, History - Master Theory
These two questions cover landmark scientific publications.
E1. Within 2 years, when did Einstein publish his paper on the
Special Theory of Relativity?
E2. Within 10 years, when did Darwin publish "On the Origin of
Species by Means of Natural Selection"?
* F, Science - Master Mind
F1. Who is known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb"? He was
also involved in the Manhattan Project.
F2. Who is known as the "father of quantum theory"? He won
the Nobel prize for Physics in 1918 for his discovery of
energy quanta.
D2. Name either the most recent champions when the original game
was played, for the 2023-24 season, or the most recent ones
now, for 2024-25, but you must say which.
Manchester City (2023-24), Liverpool (2024-25).. 4 for Dan Blum,
Pete, and Erland.
D2. Name either the most recent champions when the original game
was played, for the 2023-24 season, or the most recent ones
now, for 2024-25, but you must say which.
Manchester City (2023-24), Liverpool (2024-25).. 4 for Dan Blum,
Pete, and Erland.
I think I said Manchester United again for this.
| Sysop: | Jacob Catayoc |
|---|---|
| Location: | Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Users: | 5 |
| Nodes: | 4 (0 / 4) |
| Uptime: | 24:27:52 |
| Calls: | 117 |
| Calls today: | 117 |
| Files: | 368 |
| D/L today: |
561 files (257M bytes) |
| Messages: | 70,932 |
| Posted today: | 26 |