These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
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*)".

* Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms

1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction",
this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which
pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974?

2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said
to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are
too mediocre to play in the major leagues?

3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
the previous straddle and scissors jumps.

4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?

5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?

6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
only twice in his long career?

7. The swimmer performs an underwater butterfly kick off the wall
after the turn, to maximize speed and distance underwater, before
starting the regular stroke, in a turn named after which swimmer?

8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
Deadwood, SD, in 1876?

9. In chess, many openings and gambits are named after the players
who popularised them. One of the commonest openings in master
play --

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5

-- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it
in 1561?

10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player
consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind
his standing leg, turning 180°, and accelerating away?

* Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On

Yes, you're getting the audio round this time, without the audio.
In the original game you would have heard a clip; here I'll just
tell you the song. You must give the full name of the credited
recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>".
(If multiple groups named in this fashion have recorded the song,
I will accept any one.)

To repeat, all answers are in the form "<singer> and the <band>".

1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional
one that performed it in a 1983 movie.

2. "Kiss".
3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
4. "Peek-a-Boo".
5. "Wooly Bully".
6. "96 Tears".
7. "The Valley Road".
8. "Good Vibrations".
9. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World".
10. "Echo Beach".

* Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.

To cap off a season of science by the Bloor St. Irregulars, answer
the following questions -- whose *correct answers will each begin
with either B, S, or I*.

1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?

2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.

3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
"laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
often caused by viral or bacterial infection?

4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
to new environments?

5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.

6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.

7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?

8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
the part described by what other adjective?

9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?

10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
performed on this type of data.

--
Mark Brader "Look, sir, we can't just do nothing."
Toronto "Why not? It's usually best."
msb@vex.net -- Lawrence of Arabia

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
>
> 3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
> revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
> the previous straddle and scissors jumps.

Fosbury flop
> 4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
> only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
> Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?

Aksel
> 5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
> the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
> outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
> which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?

Axel
> 6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
> player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
> It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
> only twice in his long career?

Gordie Howe
> 8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
> Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
> in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
> Deadwood, SD, in 1876?

Billy the Kid
> 10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player
> consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind
> his standing leg, turning 180°, and accelerating away?

Cruyff?

> * Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
>
> 8. "Good Vibrations".

Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys

> * Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
>
> 1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
> temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?

Bromine
> 2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
> a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.

Sublimation
> 3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
> "laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
> often caused by viral or bacterial infection?

Inflammation
> 4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
> of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
> overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
> to new environments?

Invasive
> 5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
> have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
> half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
> these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.

Bosons
> 7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
> n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
> proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?

Induction
> 8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
> the part described by what other adjective?

Imaginary
> 9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
> unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?

Stack
> 10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
> binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
> and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
> performed on this type of data.

Boolean

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms

> 3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
> revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
> the previous straddle and scissors jumps.

Fosbury

> 4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
> only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
> Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?

axel

> 5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
> the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
> outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
> which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?

axel

> 8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
> Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
> in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
> Deadwood, SD, in 1876?

Hickock

> 9. In chess, many openings and gambits are named after the players
> who popularised them. One of the commonest openings in master
> play --

> 1. e4 e5
> 2. Nf3 Nc6
> 3. Bb5

> -- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it
> in 1561?

Ruy Lopez

> * Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On

> 3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

> 10. "Echo Beach".

Martha and the Muffins

> * Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.

> 1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
> temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?

iodine

> 2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
> a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.

sublimation

> 3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
> "laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
> often caused by viral or bacterial infection?

inflammation

> 4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
> of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
> overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
> to new environments?

invasive

> 5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
> have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
> half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
> these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.

bosons

> 6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
> is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
> a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.

Schrodinger

> 7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
> n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
> proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?

induction

> 8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
> the part described by what other adjective?

imaginary

> 9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
> unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?

stack

> 10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
> binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
> and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
> performed on this type of data.

Boolean

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

On 9/21/23 00:20, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
>
> 1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction",
> this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which
> pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974?

Tommy John

>
> 2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said
> to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are
> too mediocre to play in the major leagues?

Uecker

>
> 3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
> revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
> the previous straddle and scissors jumps.

Fosbury

>
> 4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
> only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
> Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?

Axel

>
> 5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
> the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
> outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
> which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?
>
> 6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
> player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
> It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
> only twice in his long career?
>
> 7. The swimmer performs an underwater butterfly kick off the wall
> after the turn, to maximize speed and distance underwater, before
> starting the regular stroke, in a turn named after which swimmer?
>
> 8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
> Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
> in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
> Deadwood, SD, in 1876?

Wyatt Erp

>
> 9. In chess, many openings and gambits are named after the players
> who popularised them. One of the commonest openings in master
> play --
>
> 1. e4 e5
> 2. Nf3 Nc6
> 3. Bb5
>
> -- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it
> in 1561?

Giuoco

>
> 10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player
> consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind
> his standing leg, turning 180°, and accelerating away?
>
>
> * Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
>
> Yes, you're getting the audio round this time, without the audio.
> In the original game you would have heard a clip; here I'll just
> tell you the song. You must give the full name of the credited
> recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>".
> (If multiple groups named in this fashion have recorded the song,
> I will accept any one.)
>
> To repeat, all answers are in the form "<singer> and the <band>".
>
> 1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional
> one that performed it in a 1983 movie.
>
> 2. "Kiss".
> 3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
> 4. "Peek-a-Boo".
> 5. "Wooly Bully".
> 6. "96 Tears".
> 7. "The Valley Road".
> 8. "Good Vibrations".
> 9. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World".
> 10. "Echo Beach".
>
>
> * Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
>
> To cap off a season of science by the Bloor St. Irregulars, answer
> the following questions -- whose *correct answers will each begin
> with either B, S, or I*.
>
> 1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
> temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?

bromine

>
> 2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
> a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.

sublimation

>
> 3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
> "laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
> often caused by viral or bacterial infection?

inflamation

>
> 4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
> of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
> overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
> to new environments?

invasive

>
> 5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
> have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
> half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
> these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.

boson

>
> 6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
> is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
> a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.

Schroedinger

>
> 7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
> n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
> proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?

induction

>
> 8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
> the part described by what other adjective?

imaginary

>
> 9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
> unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?

stack

>
> 10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
> binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
> and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
> performed on this type of data.

boolean

--
Dan Tilque

On Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 3:21:08 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
> 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*)".
>
>
> * Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
>
> 1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction",
> this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which
> pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974?

tommy john

> 2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said
> to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are
> too mediocre to play in the major leagues?

mendoza

> 3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
> revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
> the previous straddle and scissors jumps.

fosbury [flop]

> 4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
> only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
> Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?

axel

> 5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
> the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
> outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
> which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?

salchow? [1908?]

> 6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
> player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
> It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
> only twice in his long career?

gordie howe

> 7. The swimmer performs an underwater butterfly kick off the wall
> after the turn, to maximize speed and distance underwater, before
> starting the regular stroke, in a turn named after which swimmer?

a flip turn is named after someone?

> 8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
> Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
> in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
> Deadwood, SD, in 1876?

bill hockock

> 9. In chess, many openings and gambits are named after the players
> who popularised them. One of the commonest openings in master
> play --
>
> 1. e4 e5
> 2. Nf3 Nc6
> 3. Bb5
>
> -- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it
> in 1561?

ruy lopez

> 10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player
> consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind
> his standing leg, turning 180°, and accelerating away?

cruyff?

>
> * Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
>
> Yes, you're getting the audio round this time, without the audio.
> In the original game you would have heard a clip; here I'll just
> tell you the song. You must give the full name of the credited
> recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>".
> (If multiple groups named in this fashion have recorded the song,
> I will accept any one.)
>
> To repeat, all answers are in the form "<singer> and the <band>".
>
> 1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional
> one that performed it in a 1983 movie.

john cafferty

> 2. "Kiss".

prince and the revolution

> 3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".

joan jett and the blackhearts

> 4. "Peek-a-Boo".

siouxsie and the banshees

> 5. "Wooly Bully".

sam the sham and the pharaohs

> 6. "96 Tears".

question mark and the mysterians

> 7. "The Valley Road".

bruce hornsby and the range

> 8. "Good Vibrations".

marky mark and the funky bunch

> 9. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World".

nick cave and the bad seeds

> 10. "Echo Beach".

martha and the muffins

>
>
> * Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
>
> To cap off a season of science by the Bloor St. Irregulars, answer
> the following questions -- whose *correct answers will each begin
> with either B, S, or I*.
>
> 1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
> temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?

bromine

> 2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
> a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.

sublimation

> 3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
> "laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
> often caused by viral or bacterial infection?

inflamation

> 4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
> of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
> overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
> to new environments?

invasive

> 5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
> have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
> half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
> these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.

boson

> 6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
> is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
> a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.

Schrodinger

> 7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
> n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
> proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?

induction

> 8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
> the part described by what other adjective?

imaginary

> 9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
> unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?

stack

> 10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
> binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
> and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
> performed on this type of data.

boolean

> --
> Mark Brader "Look, sir, we can't just do nothing."
> Toronto "Why not? It's usually best."
> m...@vex.net -- Lawrence of Arabia
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.

swp

On Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 2:21:08 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms
>
> 1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction",
> this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which
> pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974?

Tommy John
> 2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said
> to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are
> too mediocre to play in the major leagues?

Mendoza line

> 4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
> only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
> Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?

Axel

> 5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
> the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
> outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
> which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?

Lutz

> 6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
> player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
> It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
> only twice in his long career?

Gordie Howe

> 8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
> Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
> in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
> Deadwood, SD, in 1876?

Hickok
> * Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On
>
> Yes, you're getting the audio round this time, without the audio.
> In the original game you would have heard a clip; here I'll just
> tell you the song. You must give the full name of the credited
> recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>".
>
> 1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional
> one that performed it in a 1983 movie.

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band; Eddie and the Cruisers
> 2. "Kiss".

Prince and the Revolution

> 3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

> 4. "Peek-a-Boo".

Siouxsie and the Banshees

> 5. "Wooly Bully".

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

> 6. "96 Tears".

? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians

> 7. "The Valley Road".

Bruce Hornsby and the Range
> 8. "Good Vibrations".

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

> 10. "Echo Beach".

Martha and the Muffins
> * Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.
>
> To cap off a season of science by the Bloor St. Irregulars, answer
> the following questions -- whose *correct answers will each begin
> with either B, S, or I*.
>
> 1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
> temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?

bromine

> 2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
> a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.

sublimation

> 3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
> "laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
> often caused by viral or bacterial infection?

inflammation

> 4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
> of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
> overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
> to new environments?

invasive

> 5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
> have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
> half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
> these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.

bosons

> 6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
> is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
> a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.

Schrodinger

> 7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
> n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
> proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?

induction

> 8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
> the part described by what other adjective?

imaginary
> 10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
> binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
> and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
> performed on this type of data.

Boolean
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

> * Final, Round 4 - Sports - Sporting Eponyms

> 1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction",
> this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which
> pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974?

Tommy John. 4 for Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Joshua.

"Jeopardy!" asked about this surgery 2 weeks before the original
game, in a category on surgical operations. Their version was:
"Joba Chamberlain used the scar from the elbow surgery named for
this fellow pitcher as part of a smiley face tattoo". This was
a Daily Double rated at $1,200, and the player it went to, the
returning champion, was a doctor. He bet $12,000, but had no guess,
and went on to lose the game.

> 2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said
> to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are
> too mediocre to play in the major leagues?

Mendoza Line. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.

> 3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's
> revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced
> the previous straddle and scissors jumps.

Dick Fosbury. (The Fosbury Flop.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.

> 4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the
> only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff.
> Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen?

Axel. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen,
and Joshua.

> 5. This figure-skating jump is accomplished with a takeoff from
> the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back
> outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from
> which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics?

Ulrich Salchow. 4 for Stephen.

There were no separate Winter Olympics in 1908, but a few winter
events were held months after the main part of the games.

> 6. This variation of the hockey hat-trick is accomplished when a
> player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game.
> It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat"
> only twice in his long career?

Gordie Howe. 4 for Erland, Stephen, and Joshua.

> 7. The swimmer performs an underwater butterfly kick off the wall
> after the turn, to maximize speed and distance underwater, before
> starting the regular stroke, in a turn named after which swimmer?

Michael Phelps.

> 8. There is debate about which cards actually constitute the Dead
> Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man
> in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in
> Deadwood, SD, in 1876?

James "Wild Bill" Hickok. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.

> 9. In chess, many openings and gambits are named after the players
> who popularised them. One of the commonest openings in master
> play --

> 1. e4 e5
> 2. Nf3 Nc6
> 3. Bb5

> -- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it
> in 1561?

Ruy Lopez. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.

"Giuoco piano" is just Italian for "quiet game", not someone's name.

> 10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player
> consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind
> his standing leg, turning 180°, and accelerating away?

Johann Cruyff. 4 for Erland and Stephen.

> * Final, Round 5 - Audio - "And The" Bands Played On

> Yes, you're getting the audio round this time, without the audio.
> In the original game you would have heard a clip; here I'll just
> tell you the song. You must give the full name of the credited
> recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>".
> (If multiple groups named in this fashion have recorded the song,
> I will accept any one.)

> To repeat, all answers are in the form "<singer> and the <band>".

> 1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional
> one that performed it in a 1983 movie.

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, Eddie and the Cruisers
(from the movie of that title). 4 for Joshua (the hard way).

> 2. "Kiss".

Prince and the Revolution. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.

> 3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You".

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.

> 4. "Peek-a-Boo".

Siouxsie and the Banshees. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.

> 5. "Wooly Bully".

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.

> 6. "96 Tears".

? and the Mysterians. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.

> 7. "The Valley Road".

Bruce Hornsby and the Range. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.

> 8. "Good Vibrations".

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.

> 9. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World".

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. 4 for Stephen.

> 10. "Echo Beach".

Martha and the Muffins. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.

> * Final, Round 6 - Science! -- B.S.I.

> To cap off a season of science by the Bloor St. Irregulars, answer
> the following questions -- whose *correct answers will each begin
> with either B, S, or I*.

> 1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard
> temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen?

Bromine. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Joshua.

Iodine is solid at STP, and doesn't melt until it reaches about 113°C.

> 2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into
> a gas? It is the reverse of deposition.

Sublimation. 4 for everyone.

"Sublimation" is also another name for deposition.

> 3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and
> "laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom,
> often caused by viral or bacterial infection?

Inflammation. 4 for everyone.

> 4. The zebra mussel, cane toad, and kudzu ["KUD-zoo"] are examples
> of species described by what adjective, indicating that their
> overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced
> to new environments?

Invasive. 4 for everyone.

> 5. Named for an Indian physicist, what class of subatomic particles
> have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their
> half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of
> these particles that imparts mass to all other particles.

Boson. 4 for everyone.

> 6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi
> is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names
> a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition.

Erwin Schrödinger. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Joshua.

> 7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case
> n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a
> proof by what method, contrasted with deduction?

Induction. 4 for everyone.

> 8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is
> the part described by what other adjective?

Imaginary. 4 for everyone.

> 9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that,
> unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis?

Stack. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.

> 10. Named for an English mathematician, what adjective describes
> binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true
> and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is
> performed on this type of data.

Boolean (George Boole). 4 for everyone.

Scores, if there are no errors:

FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Spo Aud Sci THREE
Stephen Perry 32 0 36 36 40 112
Joshua Kreitzer 24 12 20 36 36 96
Dan Blum 20 8 16 8 36 72
Dan Tilque 12 0 12 0 40 64
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 16 0 36 64
Pete Gayde 18 12 -- -- -- 30

--
Mark Brader | "But how do you figure out whether the programmer
Toronto | knew what he was doing when you find his code
msb@vex.net | after he's gone?" -- Roger Critchlow

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
>> 2. "Kiss".
>
> Prince and the Revolution. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
>

Tom Jones and the Art of Noise is another correct answer.

When I saw the question, I only thought "Tom Jones" and my brain did
not even have any "and the" at that point. And since there is likely to
more than one song called "Kiss", I did not try to hard of think of
any accompanying band.

But when the answers Prince and the Revolution" started to trickle in,
my mind became more clear that it was a collaboration. With whom, I still
didn't know, so I turned to Google in curiousity.

And while I was at it, I played both Tom Jones and Prince on YouTube. And,
yes, it is the same song. Penned by Prince, I assume, although I did not
check that part.

On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 5:09:39 AM UTC-5, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> >> 2. "Kiss".
> >
> > Prince and the Revolution. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
> >
> Tom Jones and the Art of Noise is another correct answer.
>
> When I saw the question, I only thought "Tom Jones" and my brain did
> not even have any "and the" at that point. And since there is likely to
> more than one song called "Kiss", I did not try to hard of think of
> any accompanying band.
>
> But when the answers Prince and the Revolution" started to trickle in,
> my mind became more clear that it was a collaboration. With whom, I still
> didn't know, so I turned to Google in curiousity.
>
> And while I was at it, I played both Tom Jones and Prince on YouTube. And,
> yes, it is the same song. Penned by Prince, I assume, although I did not
> check that part.

The artist name for the Tom Jones version would not meet the criteria for this particular round. Answers had to be in the form of "<singer> and the <band>", but this single was released as by "The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones." See https://www.discogs.com/release/411973-The-Art-Of-Noise-Featuring-Tom-Jones-Kiss for images of the single as released.

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Joshua Kreitzer (gromit82@hotmail.com) writes:
> The artist name for the Tom Jones version would not meet the criteria
> for this particular round. Answers had to be in the form of "<singer>
> and the <band>", but this single was released as by "The Art of Noise
> featuring Tom Jones." See
> https://www.discogs.com/release/411973-The-Art-Of-Noise-Featuring-Tom-Jon
> es-Kiss for images of the single as released.
>

Checking closer, I see that the YouTube video I found
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZQFOfMSfY) is credited to
Tom Jones and Art Of Noise, without the "the", so nor does that
qualify.

Art of Noise and the "the" is not entirely trivial, as sometimes they
have uses the "the" and sometimes not. Their debut album was called "Who's
Afraid of the Art of Noise", and the cover of the subsequent album,
"In Visible Silence" also has the "the", whereas it is dropped on
their third album "In No Sense? Nonsense!". "Kiss" was recorded after
this album, but it appears on a compilation which is called "The Best of
The Art of Noise".

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> Joshua Kreitzer (gromit82@hotmail.com) writes:
> > The artist name for the Tom Jones version would not meet the criteria
> > for this particular round. Answers had to be in the form of "<singer>
> > and the <band>", but this single was released as by "The Art of Noise
> > featuring Tom Jones." See
> > https://www.discogs.com/release/411973-The-Art-Of-Noise-Featuring-Tom-Jon
> > es-Kiss for images of the single as released.
> >

> Checking closer, I see that the YouTube video I found
> (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZQFOfMSfY) is credited to
> Tom Jones and Art Of Noise, without the "the", so nor does that
> qualify.

> Art of Noise and the "the" is not entirely trivial, as sometimes they
> have uses the "the" and sometimes not. Their debut album was called "Who's
> Afraid of the Art of Noise", and the cover of the subsequent album,
> "In Visible Silence" also has the "the", whereas it is dropped on
> their third album "In No Sense? Nonsense!". "Kiss" was recorded after
> this album, but it appears on a compilation which is called "The Best of
> The Art of Noise".

This is why if I ever start a band I will call it "Arthrous." (Or
maybe "The Use-Mention Distinction.")

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Mark Brader:
>>> 2. "Kiss".
>> Prince and the Revolution. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.

Erland Sommarskog:
> Tom Jones and the Art of Noise is another correct answer.

Even if it's not the correct name, I found enough Google hits on the
phrase to accept it. But, when I looked to see who to credit, I found
that nobody gave that answer anyway. So the scores stand.
--
Mark Brader "[It] was the kind of town where they spell
Toronto trouble TRUBIL, and if you try to correct them,
msb@vex.net they kill you." -- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> Tom Jones and the Art of Noise is another correct answer.
>
> Even if it's not the correct name, I found enough Google hits on the
> phrase to accept it. But, when I looked to see who to credit, I found
> that nobody gave that answer anyway. So the scores stand.

Sorry, I should have been more clear that it was not meant as a protest,
only a trivial supplement to the original answer.