* Game 2, Round 4 - Literature - Philosophers
In each case, identify the philosopher being quoted. For some of
these we are not giving the words in their original language.
1. "The life of man in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty,
brutish, and short."
2. This line is found in one philosopher's writing quoting another philosopher who he says said it. We want the philosopher who
was being quoted. The line is: "An unexamined life is not
worth living."
3. "Cogito, ergo sum." ("I think, therefore I am.")
4. "God is dead. He remains dead. We killed Him."
10. "Religion is the sign of the oppressed... it is the opium of
the people."
* Game 2, Round 6 - Geography - 3-Word Cities
All questions in this round refer to cities whose name in its usual
form is three words long, such as San Luis Obispo, California,
and East St. Louis, Illinois.
1. In what country would you find Port-au-Prince?
2. In what 3-word country would you find Port of Spain?
3. What is the capital of Andorra?
4. Bandar Seri Begawan is on the island of Borneo, in what country?
6. At both ends of an international bridge between the US and
Canada, you will find a pair of cities with the same 3-word name.
Obviously we're not talking about the Niagara River border.
What is the name of those two cities?
7. What African country's capital used to be Dar es Salaam?
8. What city was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia?
9. This 3-word city lies on a 3-word body of water, and has been
the host city for the Winter Olympics. Name it.
10. Which smallish city in Arizona is known for an imported
19th-century landmark structure?
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 2, Round 4 - Literature - Philosophers
In each case, identify the philosopher being quoted. For some of
these we are not giving the words in their original language.
1. "The life of man in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty,
brutish, and short."
2. This line is found in one philosopher's writing quoting another
philosopher who he says said it. We want the philosopher who
was being quoted. The line is: "An unexamined life is not
worth living."
3. "Cogito, ergo sum." ("I think, therefore I am.")
4. "God is dead. He remains dead. We killed Him."
5. "Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination."
6. "Life must be understood backwards but it must be lived
forwards."
7. "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him."
8. "I would never die for my beliefs, because I may be wrong."
9. "He who thinks great thoughts is often in great error."
10. "Religion is the sign of the oppressed... it is the opium of
the people."
* Game 2, Round 6 - Geography - 3-Word Cities
All questions in this round refer to cities whose name in its usual
form is three words long, such as San Luis Obispo, California,
and East St. Louis, Illinois. Many of them are capitals or former
capitals, but some aren't.
1. In what country would you find Port-au-Prince?
2. In what 3-word country would you find Port of Spain?
3. What is the capital of Andorra?
4. Bandar Seri Begawan is on the island of Borneo, in what country?
5. This city is 50 miles west of Winnipeg and 15 miles south of
Lake Manitoba, and its name alludes to canoe travel. What name?
6. At both ends of an international bridge between the US and
Canada, you will find a pair of cities with the same 3-word name.
Obviously we're not talking about the Niagara River border.
What is the name of those two cities?
7. What African country's capital used to be Dar es Salaam?
8. What city was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia?
9. This 3-word city lies on a 3-word body of water, and has been
the host city for the Winter Olympics. Name it.
10. Which smallish city in Arizona is known for an imported
19th-century landmark structure?
* Game 2, Round 4 - Literature - Philosophers
3. "Cogito, ergo sum." ("I think, therefore I am.")
10. "Religion is the sign of the oppressed... it is the opium of
the people."
* Game 2, Round 6 - Geography - 3-Word Cities
1. In what country would you find Port-au-Prince?
2. In what 3-word country would you find Port of Spain?
3. What is the capital of Andorra?
4. Bandar Seri Begawan is on the island of Borneo, in what country?
7. What African country's capital used to be Dar es Salaam?
8. What city was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia?
9. This 3-word city lies on a 3-word body of water, and has been
the host city for the Winter Olympics. Name it.
* Game 2, Round 4 - Literature - Philosophers
1. "The life of man in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty,
brutish, and short."
2. This line is found in one philosopher's writing quoting another
philosopher who he says said it. We want the philosopher who
was being quoted. The line is: "An unexamined life is not
worth living."
3. "Cogito, ergo sum." ("I think, therefore I am.")
4. "God is dead. He remains dead. We killed Him."
7. "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him."
10. "Religion is the sign of the oppressed... it is the opium of
the people."
* Game 2, Round 6 - Geography - 3-Word Cities
1. In what country would you find Port-au-Prince?
2. In what 3-word country would you find Port of Spain?
3. What is the capital of Andorra?
4. Bandar Seri Begawan is on the island of Borneo, in what country?
7. What African country's capital used to be Dar es Salaam?
8. What city was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia?
9. This 3-word city lies on a 3-word body of water, and has been
the host city for the Winter Olympics. Name it.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-09-25,
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 follow-up 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 Usual Suspects 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*)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 2, Round 4 - Literature - Philosophers
In each case, identify the philosopher being quoted. For some of
these we are not giving the words in their original language.
1. "The life of man in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty,
brutish, and short."
2. This line is found in one philosopher's writing quoting another philosopher who he says said it. We want the philosopher who
was being quoted. The line is: "An unexamined life is not
worth living."
3. "Cogito, ergo sum." ("I think, therefore I am.")
4. "God is dead. He remains dead. We killed Him."
5. "Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination."
6. "Life must be understood backwards but it must be lived
forwards."
7. "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him."
8. "I would never die for my beliefs, because I may be wrong."
9. "He who thinks great thoughts is often in great error."
10. "Religion is the sign of the oppressed... it is the opium of
the people."
* Game 2, Round 6 - Geography - 3-Word Cities
All questions in this round refer to cities whose name in its usual
form is three words long, such as San Luis Obispo, California,
and East St. Louis, Illinois. Many of them are capitals or former
capitals, but some aren't.
1. In what country would you find Port-au-Prince?
2. In what 3-word country would you find Port of Spain?
3. What is the capital of Andorra?
4. Bandar Seri Begawan is on the island of Borneo, in what country?
5. This city is 50 miles west of Winnipeg and 15 miles south of
Lake Manitoba, and its name alludes to canoe travel. What name?
6. At both ends of an international bridge between the US and
Canada, you will find a pair of cities with the same 3-word name.
Obviously we're not talking about the Niagara River border.
What is the name of those two cities?
7. What African country's capital used to be Dar es Salaam?
8. What city was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia?
9. This 3-word city lies on a 3-word body of water, and has been
the host city for the Winter Olympics. Name it.
10. Which smallish city in Arizona is known for an imported
19th-century landmark structure?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Unfortunately, real life is usually
m...@vex.net | not a movie." --Al Kriman
My text in this article is in the public domain.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-09-25,
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 one of these rounds.
* Game 2, Round 4 - Literature - Philosophers
In each case, identify the philosopher being quoted. For some of
these we are not giving the words in their original language.
1. "The life of man in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty,
brutish, and short."
2. This line is found in one philosopher's writing quoting another
philosopher who he says said it. We want the philosopher who
was being quoted. The line is: "An unexamined life is not
worth living."
3. "Cogito, ergo sum." ("I think, therefore I am.")
4. "God is dead. He remains dead. We killed Him."
5. "Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination."
6. "Life must be understood backwards but it must be lived
forwards."
7. "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him."
8. "I would never die for my beliefs, because I may be wrong."
9. "He who thinks great thoughts is often in great error."
10. "Religion is the sign of the oppressed... it is the opium of
the people."
* Game 2, Round 6 - Geography - 3-Word Cities
All questions in this round refer to cities whose name in its usual
form is three words long, such as San Luis Obispo, California,
and East St. Louis, Illinois. Many of them are capitals or former
capitals, but some aren't.
1. In what country would you find Port-au-Prince?
2. In what 3-word country would you find Port of Spain?
3. What is the capital of Andorra?
4. Bandar Seri Begawan is on the island of Borneo, in what country?
5. This city is 50 miles west of Winnipeg and 15 miles south of
Lake Manitoba, and its name alludes to canoe travel. What name?
6. At both ends of an international bridge between the US and
Canada, you will find a pair of cities with the same 3-word name.
Obviously we're not talking about the Niagara River border.
What is the name of those two cities?
7. What African country's capital used to be Dar es Salaam?
8. What city was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia?
9. This 3-word city lies on a 3-word body of water, and has been
the host city for the Winter Olympics. Name it.
10. Which smallish city in Arizona is known for an imported
19th-century landmark structure?
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