OQFTCI Game 4 R4,6: herbs, multi-sport althletes

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-10.
I will accept the answers that were correct then and there. If you
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correct, please say so (either along with your answers, or in a
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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.

See my July 23 companion posting "Old Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (OQFTCI)" for further details.

I did not write these rounds.


Game 4, Round 4: Science - Herbs

This round refers to the handout at:
http://torquiz.freeshell.org/2003-1/questions/game4/herbs.pdf

*This is a bonus round.*

Each question asks you to identify a herb. In some cases this
means any of a number of related plants normally grouped under the
same generic name, which is what we expect you to give. For each
question, you are given the picture number and some additional
information in rot13. This information will mostly be about current
and/or traditional uses for the herb in question.

On each question you have the choice of whether or not to decipher
the rot13 text before giving your first answer, and *IF YOU DID
NOT*, you must tell me this by including a $ sign with your answer.
If you give two answers, feel free to decipher the rot13 before
choosing the second one.

If you identify the herb correctly on your first or only try *and*
do it without deciphering the rot13 text for that question, then you
get a 2-point bonus for a total of 6 (only one answer given) or 5
(first of two). If you decipher the rot13, a correct answer is
worth the usual score of 4 (only one answer given, or two answers
both correct), 3 (first of two), or 2 (second of two). The bonus
is not available on your second answer.

To repeat, please put a $ sign after your first or only answer if
you *DID NOT* decipher the rot13 before settling on it -- i.e. put
a $ sign if you *ARE TRYING* for the bonus. So your answers should
look like one of these four forms:

- Dog$ (for 6 or 0)
- Dog$, cat (for 5, 2, or 0)
- Dog (for 4 or 0)
- Dog, cat (for 3, 2, or 0, or 4 if both are correct)

1. #1 (*NOTE*: This plant's flowers are normally blue, though some
varieties are white or pink, as in this example): n irtrgnoyr naq
fnynq vaterqvrag jvgu n ovggre synibe, eryngrq gb gur Orytvna
raqvir; yrnirf lvryq n oyhr qlr; ebbgf naq frrqf bsgra ebnfgrq
nf n pbssrr fhofgvghgr naq nqqvgvir; grn hfrq gb gerng tbhg,
eurhzngvfz, narzvn, naq yvire pbzcynvagf.

2. #4: Yrnirf ner cnva-erqhpvat, naq jura qevrq pna or znqr vagb
n grn. Bvy qvfgvyyrq sebz gur yrnirf ehoorq va rkgreanyyl gb
gerng zhfphyne npurf naq cnvaf, naq nyfb hfrq gb synibe qragny
cercnengvbaf.

3. #5: Na nebzngvp rireterr gerr be fueho bs gur plcerff snzvyl.
Evcr oreevrf ner nqqrq nf n synibevat gb qevaxf naq zrng qvfurf,
rfcrpvnyyl tnzr. Jbbq bs fgrz naq ebbgf vf ohearq gb fzbxr
cerfreirq zrngf. Bvy sebz haevcr oreevrf hfrq va znffntvat
eurhzngvp be tbhgl cnegf bs gur obql.

4. #7: Bar bs gur byqrfg erpbeqrq fcvprf. Yrnirf naq fubbgf ner
nqqrq gb fnynqf, fbhcf, naq fgrjf, rfcrpvnyyl va Vaqvn, Fbhgu
Nzrevpn, naq Puvan. Frrqf ner n fgvzhynag naq qvtrfgvir, bsgra
tebhaq naq vapyhqrq va pheevrf naq ertvbany zrng qvfurf.

5. #9: Na napvrag qlr naq urnyvat cynag, srezragrq yrnirf cebqhpvat
n oyhr qlr riraghnyyl fhcrefrqrq ol vaqvtb. Yrnirf jrer nyfb
genqvgvbanyyl hfrq gb fgbc oyrrqvat naq urny gur jbhaqf bs onggyr.
Vs lbh fnj gur zbivr "Oenirurneg", lbh jvyy unir frra vg hfrq
(creuncf nanpuebavfgvpnyyl) ba gur snprf bs gur Fpbggvfu jneevbef.

6. #10: Phygvingrq sbe vgf fjrrg nebzngvp ebbgf fvapr gur Zvqqyr
Ntrf; hfrq ol Neno culfvpvnaf nf n ynkngvir; cbchyne fjrrgrare
sbe pbasrpgvbanel, orref, naq gbonppb.

7. #11: N phyvanel ureo jvgu n cbjreshy synibe, nqqrq gb fghssvatf
naq fnibel qvfurf. Yrnirf znxr n gbavp naq fgvzhyngvat grn,
hfrq gb gerng qvtrfgvir pbzcynvagf naq erfcvengbel qvfbeqref.
Rffragvny bvy nqqrq gb qvfvasrpgnagf, gbbgucnfgr, creshzrf,
gbvyrgevrf, naq yvdhrhef.

8. #13: Na rireterra, fuehool, creraavny; napvrag fgerjvat ureo naq
Ebznal punez; uhat hc gb jneq bss rivy; cbchyne phyvanel synibevat
nqqrq gb zrng qvfurf, onxrq sbbqf, naq Zrqvgreenarna erpvcrf.

9. #14: Yrns ohqf naq pubccrq fgrzf ner nqqrq gb bevragny qvfurf,
naq znqr vagb n grn sbe yvire pbzcynvagf.

10. #15: Yrnirf ner n qvhergvp naq ner hfrq va fnynqf; sybjref hfrq
va jvarf, fpuanccf, cnapnxrf naq va Neno onxvat. Ebbgf ebnfgrq
nf n pbssrr fhofgvghgr. Nyfb pbagnvaf n juvgr yngrk gung pna
or pbairegrq vagb n pbzohfgvoyr shry.

You may identify the other pictures for fun if you like, but no points:
pictures #2, #3, #6, #8, #12, and #16.


Game 4, Round 6: Sports - Multi-Sport Athletes

Where a team is asked for, we need the team's name, not the city.

1. Bo Jackson was a starter for both the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders
and a Major League Baseball team in 1988 and 1989. Name the
baseball team.

2. Lionel Conacher won football's Grey Cup with the Toronto
Argonauts. Name either of the Stanley-Cup-winning hockey
teams he played on.

3. Which athlete won gold medals in both decathlon and pentathlon
at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics?

4. Clara Hughes captured a bronze medal in speed skating in Salt
Lake City. She also won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics
in Atlanta in which sport?

5. This athlete wore #21 for both football's Atlanta Falcons and
baseball's New York Yankees, as well as other teams.

6. Michael Jordan wore which number for both the Birmingham Barons
baseball team, and for the Chicago Bulls at the start of his
first basketball comeback?

7. Ian Leggatt, originally from Cambridge, Ontario, was a champion
speed skater in his youth, but is better known as a professional
athlete in which sport?

8. Who did the Associated Press vote Female Athlete of the Year
six times: once for track and five more times for golf?

9. Stephanie Cook of Great Britain won the first women's gold medal
in this multidisciplinary event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

10. Myriam Bedard was the first North American to win an Olympic
gold medal in biathlon. Biathlon combines which two sports?

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In article <3uidnZO0bcdKxybVnZ2dnUVZ_szinZ2d RemoveThis @vex.net>, msb RemoveThis @vex.net says...
> Game 4, Round 4: Science - Herbs
>
> This round refers to the handout at:
> http://torquiz.freeshell.org/2003-1/questions/game4/herbs.pdf
>
> *This is a bonus round.*
>
> Each question asks you to identify a herb. In some cases this
> means any of a number of related plants normally grouped under the
> same generic name, which is what we expect you to give. For each
> question, you are given the picture number and some additional
> information in rot13. This information will mostly be about current
> and/or traditional uses for the herb in question.
>
> On each question you have the choice of whether or not to decipher
> the rot13 text before giving your first answer, and *IF YOU DID
> NOT*, you must tell me this by including a $ sign with your answer.
> If you give two answers, feel free to decipher the rot13 before
> choosing the second one.
>
> If you identify the herb correctly on your first or only try *and*
> do it without deciphering the rot13 text for that question, then you
> get a 2-point bonus for a total of 6 (only one answer given) or 5
> (first of two). If you decipher the rot13, a correct answer is
> worth the usual score of 4 (only one answer given, or two answers
> both correct), 3 (first of two), or 2 (second of two). The bonus
> is not available on your second answer.
>
> To repeat, please put a $ sign after your first or only answer if
> you *DID NOT* decipher the rot13 before settling on it -- i.e. put
> a $ sign if you *ARE TRYING* for the bonus. So your answers should
> look like one of these four forms:
>
> - Dog$ (for 6 or 0)
> - Dog$, cat (for 5, 2, or 0)
> - Dog (for 4 or 0)
> - Dog, cat (for 3, 2, or 0, or 4 if both are correct)
>
> 1. #1 (*NOTE*: This plant's flowers are normally blue, though some
> varieties are white or pink, as in this example): n irtrgnoyr naq
> fnynq vaterqvrag jvgu n ovggre synibe, eryngrq gb gur Orytvna
> raqvir; yrnirf lvryq n oyhr qlr; ebbgf naq frrqf bsgra ebnfgrq
> nf n pbssrr fhofgvghgr naq nqqvgvir; grn hfrq gb gerng tbhg,
> eurhzngvfz, narzvn, naq yvire pbzcynvagf.
>
> 2. #4: Yrnirf ner cnva-erqhpvat, naq jura qevrq pna or znqr vagb
> n grn. Bvy qvfgvyyrq sebz gur yrnirf ehoorq va rkgreanyyl gb
> gerng zhfphyne npurf naq cnvaf, naq nyfb hfrq gb synibe qragny
> cercnengvbaf.
bay$, menthol

> 3. #5: Na nebzngvp rireterr gerr be fueho bs gur plcerff snzvyl.
> Evcr oreevrf ner nqqrq nf n synibevat gb qevaxf naq zrng qvfurf,
> rfcrpvnyyl tnzr. Jbbq bs fgrz naq ebbgf vf ohearq gb fzbxr
> cerfreirq zrngf. Bvy sebz haevcr oreevrf hfrq va znffntvat
> eurhzngvp be tbhgl cnegf bs gur obql.
rosemary$, juniper

> 4. #7: Bar bs gur byqrfg erpbeqrq fcvprf. Yrnirf naq fubbgf ner
> nqqrq gb fnynqf, fbhcf, naq fgrjf, rfcrpvnyyl va Vaqvn, Fbhgu
> Nzrevpn, naq Puvan. Frrqf ner n fgvzhynag naq qvtrfgvir, bsgra
> tebhaq naq vapyhqrq va pheevrf naq ertvbany zrng qvfurf.
cilantro$

> 5. #9: Na napvrag qlr naq urnyvat cynag, srezragrq yrnirf cebqhpvat
> n oyhr qlr riraghnyyl fhcrefrqrq ol vaqvtb. Yrnirf jrer nyfb
> genqvgvbanyyl hfrq gb fgbc oyrrqvat naq urny gur jbhaqf bs onggyr.
> Vs lbh fnj gur zbivr "Oenirurneg", lbh jvyy unir frra vg hfrq
> (creuncf nanpuebavfgvpnyyl) ba gur snprf bs gur Fpbggvfu jneevbef.
bay

> 6. #10: Phygvingrq sbe vgf fjrrg nebzngvp ebbgf fvapr gur Zvqqyr
> Ntrf; hfrq ol Neno culfvpvnaf nf n ynkngvir; cbchyne fjrrgrare
> sbe pbasrpgvbanel, orref, naq gbonppb.
hops

> 7. #11: N phyvanel ureo jvgu n cbjreshy synibe, nqqrq gb fghssvatf
> naq fnibel qvfurf. Yrnirf znxr n gbavp naq fgvzhyngvat grn,
> hfrq gb gerng qvtrfgvir pbzcynvagf naq erfcvengbel qvfbeqref.
> Rffragvny bvy nqqrq gb qvfvasrpgnagf, gbbgucnfgr, creshzrf,
> gbvyrgevrf, naq yvdhrhef.
sage$

> 8. #13: Na rireterra, fuehool, creraavny; napvrag fgerjvat ureo naq
> Ebznal punez; uhat hc gb jneq bss rivy; cbchyne phyvanel synibevat
> nqqrq gb zrng qvfurf, onxrq sbbqf, naq Zrqvgreenarna erpvcrf.
rosemary$

> 9. #14: Yrns ohqf naq pubccrq fgrzf ner nqqrq gb bevragny qvfurf,
> naq znqr vagb n grn sbe yvire pbzcynvagf.
lemongrass$

> 10. #15: Yrnirf ner n qvhergvp naq ner hfrq va fnynqf; sybjref hfrq
> va jvarf, fpuanccf, cnapnxrf naq va Neno onxvat. Ebbgf ebnfgrq
> nf n pbssrr fhofgvghgr. Nyfb pbagnvaf n juvgr yngrk gung pna
> or pbairegrq vagb n pbzohfgvoyr shry.
dandelion$

> You may identify the other pictures for fun if you like, but no points:
> pictures #2, #3, #6, #8, #12, and #16.
>
>
> Game 4, Round 6: Sports - Multi-Sport Athletes
>
> Where a team is asked for, we need the team's name, not the city.
>
> 1. Bo Jackson was a starter for both the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders
> and a Major League Baseball team in 1988 and 1989. Name the
> baseball team.
Kansas City Royals

> 6. Michael Jordan wore which number for both the Birmingham Barons
> baseball team, and for the Chicago Bulls at the start of his
> first basketball comeback?
23

> 10. Myriam Bedard was the first North American to win an Olympic
> gold medal in biathlon. Biathlon combines which two sports?
Cross country skiing and rifle shooting

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