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CIG 2008 Pub Quiz

CIG 2008 Pub Quiz. Lyndon While Captain Stirling, 16/12/08. Welcome!. Teams of four Seven rounds of questions Rounds 1-6: ten questions each Round 7: ten questions x 3 points each Joker double your score for one of Rounds 2-6 Baffler identify the person from their quotes. Prizes.

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CIG 2008 Pub Quiz

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  1. CIG 2008 Pub Quiz Lyndon While Captain Stirling, 16/12/08

  2. Welcome! • Teams of four • Seven rounds of questions • Rounds 1-6: ten questions each • Round 7: ten questions x 3 points each • Joker • double your score for one of Rounds 2-6 • Baffler • identify the person from their quotes

  3. Prizes One prize for the highest score in each round One prize for solving the Baffler first Four prizes for the highest total score One prize for the funniest wrong answer of the night

  4. Rules For the next three hours, Lyndon is God!

  5. Baffler • (About Australia) “He who thinks with me will never wish to walk again in so uninviting a country.”

  6. Round 1The Ten Most Influential Scientists in History

  7. Isaac Newton The Newtonian revolution England, 1643-1727

  8. Albert Einstein Germany, 1879-1955 20th century science

  9. Niels Bohr The atom Denmark, 1885-1962

  10. Charles Darwin Evolution England, 1809-1882

  11. Louis Pasteur France, 1822-1895 The germ theory of disease

  12. Sigmund Freud Austria, 1856-1939 The psychology of the unconscious

  13. Galileo Galilei The new science Italy, 1564-1642

  14. Antoine Lavoisier France, 1743-1794 The revolution in chemistry

  15. Johannes Kepler Germany, 1571-1630 The motion of the planets

  16. Nicolaus Copernicus The heliocentric universe Poland, 1473-1543

  17. Scientists Tie-breaker • Aristotle is sometimes described as “the first scientist”. When was he born? • 384BC • He died in 322BC

  18. Round 2Board Games

  19. Baffler • “To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes better than, the establishment of a new truth or fact.” • (About Australia) “He who thinks with me will never wish to walk again in so uninviting a country.”

  20. Board Games Q1 • What is the name of the official international system used to rate Chess players?

  21. Board Games Q2 • How big is the board in Go?

  22. Board Games Q3 • On which continent did Mancala originate in the 6th century AD?

  23. Board Games Q4 • In Draughts/Checkers, how many randomly-chosen moves are forced for each player at the start of a tournament game?

  24. Board Games Q5 • Which city provided the venues for the original Monopoly board?

  25. Board Games Q6 • In Backgammon, what do players call a point that holds exactly one piece?

  26. Board Games Q7 • Which country has provided the most human world champions in Othello/Reversi?

  27. Board Games Q8 • How many tiles are used in Scrabble?

  28. Board Games Q9 • On which continent did Chinese Checkers originate in 1893?

  29. Board Games Q10 • In Shogi, do players have more or fewer pawns than in Chess?

  30. Board Games Q1 • What is the name of the official international system used to rate Chess players? • The Elo system • Invented by Arpad Elo in the 1960s

  31. Board Games Q2 • How big is the board in Go? • 19 x 19 lines • 18 x 18 squares

  32. Board Games Q3 • On which continent did Mancala originate in the 6th century AD? • Africa • Around Ethiopia or Eritrea

  33. Board Games Q4 • In Draughts/Checkers, how many randomly-chosen moves are forced for each player at the start of a tournament game? • 3 • The system used is similar to duplicate Bridge

  34. Board Games Q5 • Which city provided the venues for the original Monopoly board? • Atlantic City • London came later!

  35. Board Games Q6 • In Backgammon, what do players call a point that holds exactly one piece? • A blot

  36. Board Games Q7 • Which country has provided the most human world champions in Othello/Reversi? • Japan

  37. Board Games Q8 • How many tiles are used in Scrabble? • 100

  38. Board Games Q9 • On which continent did Chinese Checkers originate in 1893? • Europe (Germany!) • The name was chosen by an American to make it sound “exotic” • The game was mostly introduced to Chinese regions by the Japanese

  39. Board Games Q10 • In Shogi, do players have more or fewer pawns than in Chess? • More: 9 vs. 8

  40. Board Games Tie-breaker • What is the highest known score for a single move in Scrabble? • 2,044 points • “sesquioxidizing”

  41. Board Games Tie-breaker • How many languages has Scrabble been translated into? • 29 • In 121 countries

  42. Board Games Tie-breaker • How many chess players were on the FIDE rating list in November 2008? • 193,794

  43. Round 3Australia

  44. Baffler • “I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.” • “To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes better than, the establishment of a new truth or fact.” • (About Australia) “He who thinks with me will never wish to walk again in so uninviting a country.”

  45. Australia Q1 • WA is Australia’s largest state. Which state is the second largest?

  46. Australia Q2 • Which Australasian dessert was invented to honour a ballet dancer?

  47. Australia Q3 • Which was the first colony to split off from New South Wales?

  48. Australia Q4 • Australia has five very large cities. Which city is the country’s sixth largest by population?

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