These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-11-10,
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 Cellar Rats, 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 2026-03-10
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".


** Game 8, Round 9 - History -- Famous Ships or Boats

We'll describe a famous ship or boat to you, and you'll tell us
its name.

1. A revolt on this slave ship gave rise to a legal case that
reached the US Supreme Court, and that was the basis for a
movie starring Anthony Hopkins.

2. This aid ship, the flagship of a flotilla trying to deliver aid
to Gaza, set sail from Sicily in June 2025 and was intercepted by
the Israeli Navy when it entered Israeli waters. Its passengers,
including Greta Thunberg and Rami Hassan, were deported back
to Europe.

3. This Canadian icebreaker was the first North American surface
vessel to reach the North.

4. This ship was the White Star Liner built after the Titanic.
It was originally to be a passenger ship, but became a hospital
ship in 1915, and sank in 1916.

5. The raft built by Thor Heyerdahl to demonstrate that primitive
boat-building techniques could have allowed ancient people to
cross the Pacific Ocean from South America to Polynesia.

6. This Greenpeace ship was sunk in New Zealand by French agents
after it had participated in protests against French nuclear
tests in the South Pacific.

7. The American racing yacht that, in 1983, lost the America's
Cup to Australia, the first time that the New York Yacht Club
lost the America's Cup race.

8. This oil tanker sank near Nantucket Island in 1953, creating
one of the largest oil spills in history.

9. Before the Suez Canal opened in 1869, ships carrying the new tea
crop from India and the Far East raced around the Cape of Good
Hope, hoping to be the first to land their cargo and command
high prices. This ship was one of the last British clipper
ships to be built, and one of the fastest. It also lends its
name to a brand of whisky.

10. This deep-sea drilling ship was built by the Hughes Corp. and
was used for Project Azorian, a CIA covert operation to salvage
the sunken Soviet submarine K-129 in 1974.


** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Guinness Book of Records

If any of the answers have changed since the original game, you must
give the new answer.

* A: Science - Scientific Records

A1. On what space mission did men travel the greatest distance
from the Earth?

A2. The element oganesson currently holds the record for
the element with the greatest atomic number, namely 118.
It was first artificially synthesized in 2005, with a
total of 5 atoms created to date. It is in group 18 of the
periodic table sharing with elements such as argon and xenon.
What name is this group more commonly referred to by?


* B: History - Battle Records

B1. The shortest war in history happened in 1896 and
is considered to have lasted between 38 and 45 minutes.
The conflict was between British forces and a sultanate
based on an island off Africa. Which island?

B2. Lasting approximately 10 months, which battle in history is
considered the longest with sustained and continuous fighting
over the duration of the battle?


* C: Geography: Geographical Records

C1. Pe??n de V?lez de la Gomera is in North Africa. It has
an international boundary 85 m long, representing the
smallest international boundary in the world. Name *either
of the two* countries meeting there.

C2. The longest non-stop commercial flight was 15,332 km long,
but this has been overcome by another flight that took 19
hours and 20 minutes in the past week. Name *any one of
the three cities* served by these two flights.


* D: Entertainment: Movie Records

D1. Which movie featured the most extras?

D2. With nine in total, which actor has the most nominations
in Both Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the BAFTA
(British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards?


* E: Sports: Olympics Games

E1. To the nearest whole inch within 2 inches, by what margin
did Bob Beamon increase the world record for the long jump
at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968?

E2. At the 2024 Olympics, the US/Swedish athlete Armand Duplantis
(Mondo) set a record of 6.25 m (20'6") in which sport?


* F: Miscellaneous: National Anthems

F1. At 6 minutes, which country has the longest official
national anthem by duration?

F2. What country has the world's shortest national anthem?

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Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

** Game 8, Round 9 - History -- Famous Ships or Boats

1. A revolt on this slave ship gave rise to a legal case that
reached the US Supreme Court, and that was the basis for a
movie starring Anthony Hopkins.

Amistad

4. This ship was the White Star Liner built after the Titanic.
It was originally to be a passenger ship, but became a hospital
ship in 1915, and sank in 1916.

Britannic

5. The raft built by Thor Heyerdahl to demonstrate that primitive
boat-building techniques could have allowed ancient people to
cross the Pacific Ocean from South America to Polynesia.

Kon-Tiki

6. This Greenpeace ship was sunk in New Zealand by French agents
after it had participated in protests against French nuclear
tests in the South Pacific.

Rainbow Warrior

9. Before the Suez Canal opened in 1869, ships carrying the new tea
crop from India and the Far East raced around the Cape of Good
Hope, hoping to be the first to land their cargo and command
high prices. This ship was one of the last British clipper
ships to be built, and one of the fastest. It also lends its
name to a brand of whisky.

Cutty Sark

** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Guinness Book of Records

* A: Science - Scientific Records

A1. On what space mission did men travel the greatest distance
from the Earth?

Apollo 13

A2. The element oganesson currently holds the record for
the element with the greatest atomic number, namely 118.
It was first artificially synthesized in 2005, with a
total of 5 atoms created to date. It is in group 18 of the
periodic table sharing with elements such as argon and xenon.
What name is this group more commonly referred to by?

noble gases

* B: History - Battle Records

B1. The shortest war in history happened in 1896 and
is considered to have lasted between 38 and 45 minutes.
The conflict was between British forces and a sultanate
based on an island off Africa. Which island?

Zanzibar

B2. Lasting approximately 10 months, which battle in history is
considered the longest with sustained and continuous fighting
over the duration of the battle?

Stalingrad

* C: Geography: Geographical Records

C1. Pe??n de V?lez de la Gomera is in North Africa. It has
an international boundary 85 m long, representing the
smallest international boundary in the world. Name *either
of the two* countries meeting there.

Sao Tome e Principe

C2. The longest non-stop commercial flight was 15,332 km long,
but this has been overcome by another flight that took 19
hours and 20 minutes in the past week. Name *any one of
the three cities* served by these two flights.

Sydney

* D: Entertainment: Movie Records

D2. With nine in total, which actor has the most nominations
in Both Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the BAFTA
(British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards?

John Gielgud; Laurence Olivier

* E: Sports: Olympics Games

E1. To the nearest whole inch within 2 inches, by what margin
did Bob Beamon increase the world record for the long jump
at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968?

4 inches; 8 inches

E2. At the 2024 Olympics, the US/Swedish athlete Armand Duplantis
(Mondo) set a record of 6.25 m (20'6") in which sport?

pole vault

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