Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-27,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

> I wrote 6 of the 12 pairs in this set.

In Round 4, I wrote pairs A, B, D, and F; in Round 6, A and D.
I also selected all the illustrations for Rounds 6-10.

> ** Final, Round 4 - Sports

> * A. Lady Byng

> A1. The NHL instituted the annual Lady Byng trophy for
> sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct in 1925; it was
> replaced by the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy when she died in
> 1949. This was actually the second time it was replaced:
> when the same man had won it 7 times from 1928 to 1935,
> he was given the original trophy to keep. *Either* name
> that man, *or else* name the player who has won it the most
> times since then -- 5 wins from 1980 to 1999.

Frank Boucher (New York Rangers), Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers,
L.A. Kings, and likewise the Rangers). 4 for Joshua. 3 for Stephen.

> A2. One of the players who won the Lady Byng 4 times spent part
> of his career with the Leafs, which overlapped with the
> time he was in Parliament. Name him.

Red (Leonard) Kelly. 4 for Stephen.

> * B. Canadiana: The Nickname of the Line

> As everyone knows, in hockey a set of three forwards who often
> play together is called a "line" -- and if they play well enough
> together, they may acquire a collective nickname.

> B1. In the 1940s the Montreal Canadiens were led by the "Punch
> Line". We'd like to ask you to name any two of the three,
> but Mel would be annoyed, so just name *any one*.

Hector "Toe" Blake (left wing), Elmer Lach (center), Maurice "Rocket"
Richard ["ree-SHAR"] (right wing). 4 for Stephen.

> B2. In the 1970s the Buffalo Sabres were led by the "French
> Connection". All three players were French-Canadian.
> Again, name *any one* of them.

Rick Martin (left wing), Gilbert Perreault (center), René Robert
(right wing). [All pronounced as in French.] 4 for Stephen.

> * C. The Tour de France

> C1. The modern Tour de France consists of 21 legs and covers
> around 3,500 km, though the route changes from year to year.
> What aspect of the circuit *alternates* from one year to
> the next?

Whether the route loops clockwise or anticlockwise. 4 for Joshua
and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum.

> C2. The Tour often starts outside France and traditionally
> terminates in Paris. But next year, because of preparations
> for the Olympics, the race will end in a different French
> city. Tell us *either* the French endpoint or the non-French
> starting point for 2024.

Nice, Florence. 4 for Stephen (the hard way).

> * D. Board Games on Grids

> In each case, name the relevant game.

> D1. The board for this game is logically a square grid, but
> all the squares are slightly elongated in one direction,
> making them rectangles. There are 15 rows and columns,
> making 225 of these rectangular spaces where you can play.

Scrabble. 4 for Stephen and Dan Tilque.

> D2. This game is played on the intersections of a square grid
> of lines. In the standard game, there are 19 lines each way,
> making 361 points where you can play.

Go. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.

> * E. Baseball Awards

> Well, the season's over, and all the postseason hardware has
> been handed out. Here are some questions regarding all-time
> award winners.

> E1. The Rawlings Gold Glove award is given annually to the
> best defensive player in each major league in each position
> on the field. The record number of wins by a position
> player (as opposed to a pitcher) is 16, all earned in
> consecutive years. Name the player.

Brooks Robinson (third base, Baltimore, 1960-75). 4 for Joshua
and Stephen.

> E2. The Manager of the Year award was instituted in 1983 and
> is given annually in each major league. Name *any one*
> of the three managers who have each received the award
> four times.

Bobby Cox (1985, 1991, 2004, 2005); Tony La Russa (1983, 1988, 1992,
2002); Buck Showalter (1994, 2004, 2014, 2022). 4 for Stephen.

> * F. Curling Terms

> F1. When you're taking a shot in curling, or "delivering a
> stone" as they say, you brace your foot against a doo-hickey
> that sticks out of the ice and is called what?

Hack. 4 for Stephen.

> F2. When you're delivering a stone and intending it to reach
> the house and stop there in the position you want, *without*
> hitting any other stones, what is that type of shot called?

Draw.

> ** Final, Round 6 - Science

> * A. Old-Timey Photography

> A1. Cameras today are typically digital, recording the image
> electronically. Before that, they used film, meaning
> a rolled strip of plastic covered with photosensitive
> chemicals: substances that change chemically when exposed
> to light. With film, you had to turn the roll to the next
> section after each photo, either by hand or there would be
> a motor. But before *that*, i.e. before there was film,
> what technology was used to put those photosensitive
> chemicals where they needed to be for each photo?

Plates -- a glass plate was coated with the chemicals. 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.

You used a new plate for each photo:
http://criticalcommons.org/media/original/thumbnails/user/hblackmore/6c73d6080e8545bc_IBTlvq8.jpg

> A2. Today if it's too dark to take a photo normally, you would
> use an electronic flash, generally built into the camera.
> Before that, you would use a flashbulb, a disposable
> bulb containing a length of fast-burning magnesium wire.
> But before *that*, i.e. before there were flashbulbs,
> what technology would you use to take a flash photo?

Flash powder -- powdered magnesium that you poured onto a tray and
then ignited. 4 for Stephen and Dan Tilque.

See:
http://www.photoactive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/flash-powder-2-crop.jpg

> * B. Linguistics

> B1. What is the notation used by linguists, lexicographers,
> and other speech and language professionals as a standard
> way of representing sounds? We need the full name.

International Phonetic Alphabet. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.

See: http://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*pattKkjxx3Ubj-H5zD6TSw.png

> B2. What do linguists call a consonant sound if at some point
> in its articulation the flow of air is completely blocked?

Plosive, stop, or occlusive. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland,
Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.

> * C. Cardiology Slang

> C1. What is the gloomy nickname for a heart attack that involves
> a complete blockage of the left main coronary artery and/or
> the left anterior descending artery, so-named because of
> its propensity to cause sudden death?

Widowmaker. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.

> C2. What vegetable-sounding term is sometimes applied to a
> coronary bypass procedure?

CABG or "cabbage" (coronary-artery-bypass graft).

> * D. Watch Those Element Symbols

> D1. Pa is not the symbol for palladium. What element is it
> the symbol for?

Protactinium. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Stephen.

> D2. Ca is not the symbol for cadmium. What element is it the
> symbol for?

Calcium. 4 for everyone.

> * E. Clever People

> Give the field of intellectual inquiry principally associated with the
> following clever people.

> E1. See: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/gfr6/clev-E1.jpg

> Kurt Gödel ["Gerd'll" without the R sound], Andrew Wiles,
> Paul Erdós ["AIR-dosh"; should be written with a double
> acute accent].

Math. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

> E2. See: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/gfr6/clev-E2.jpg

> Donald Knuth ["kuh-NOOTH", rhymes with "tooth"], Brian
> Kernighan ["kern-i-HAN"], Grace Hopper.

Computer science. 4 for everyone.

> * F. Canadiana: Ontario Research Institutes

> F1. Which Toronto hospital is the principal host of the Krembil
> Research Institute, founded to study neurological disease
> but also doing work in areas such as ophthalmology and
> orthopedics?

Toronto Western.

> F2. Name the center for the study of theoretical physics in
> Waterloo, whose initial funding was largely contributed
> by Mike Lazaridis ["LAZ-a-REE-deez"] and other Research in
> Motion founders.

Perimeter Institute. 4 for Stephen.

Scores, if there are no errors:

FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Mis Spo Sci
Stephen Perry 44 48 43 36 171
Joshua Kreitzer 30 32 16 28 106
Dan Blum 36 24 7 24 91
Dan Tilque 24 20 8 28 80
Erland Sommarskog 24 16 0 23 63
Pete Gayde 28 23 -- -- 51

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