• QFTCIUA26 Game 1, Rounds 2-3: sex acts, done that

    From msb@msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) to rec.games.trivia on Wed Aug 12 23:24:52 2026
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    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2026-01-12,
    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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2026-03-10
    companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
    (QFTCI*)".


    * Game 1, Round 2 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts

    Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it.
    Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction.

    1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce?

    2. By what extraterrestrially influenced process do the eggs and
    sperm of coral meet?

    3. Who's your daddy? What is unusual about how the seahorse
    gives birth?

    4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes --
    i.e. they lay eggs.

    5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy,
    platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean?

    6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring?

    7. When a butterfly drinks from a flower, it brushes against
    the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly
    visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that
    other flower? Despite the name, no trauma usually results.

    8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what?

    9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs?

    10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that
    fact that it's already equipped with what?


    * Game 1, Round 3 - Canadiana - Been There, Drove Through it.

    For questions $1-9, give the province where you can find these
    oddly named places. Some answers may repeat.

    1. Comox.
    2. Quidi Vidi.
    3. Punkeydoodles Corners.
    4. Lower Economy.
    5. Dead Man's Flats.
    6. Urin.
    7. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
    8. Swastika.
    9. Spuzzum.
    10. Finally, Jimmy Kimmel was named honorary mayor of what town
    in Newfoundland?
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  • From tool@tool@panix.com (Dan Blum) to rec.games.trivia on Thu Aug 13 04:21:39 2026
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    Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

    * Game 1, Round 2 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts

    1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce?

    sporulation

    2. By what extraterrestrially influenced process do the eggs and
    sperm of coral meet?

    tides

    3. Who's your daddy? What is unusual about how the seahorse
    gives birth?

    the male incubates the eggs

    4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes --
    i.e. they lay eggs.

    platypus

    5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy,
    platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean?

    they produce eggs but keep them internally until they produce young

    6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring?

    mule

    7. When a butterfly drinks from a flower, it brushes against
    the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly
    visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that
    other flower? Despite the name, no trauma usually results.

    pistil

    8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what?

    stamen

    10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that
    fact that it's already equipped with what?

    both egg and sperm production

    * Game 1, Round 3 - Canadiana - Been There, Drove Through it.

    1. Comox.

    New Brunswick; Nova Scotia

    2. Quidi Vidi.

    PEI; Ontario

    3. Punkeydoodles Corners.

    Newfoundland & Labrador; Saskatchewan

    4. Lower Economy.

    Ontario; Manitoba

    5. Dead Man's Flats.

    Manitoba; Alberta

    6. Urin.

    Quebec; New Brunswick

    7. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

    Quebec

    8. Swastika.

    British Columbia; Ontario

    9. Spuzzum.

    British Columbia; Newfoundland & Labrador

    10. Finally, Jimmy Kimmel was named honorary mayor of what town
    in Newfoundland?

    Dildo
    --
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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@gromit82@hotmail.com to rec.games.trivia on Wed Aug 12 23:51:48 2026
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    On 8/12/2026 6:24 PM, Mark Brader wrote:

    * Game 1, Round 2 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts

    Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it.
    Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction.

    1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce?

    spores

    2. By what extraterrestrially influenced process do the eggs and
    sperm of coral meet?

    tides

    3. Who's your daddy? What is unusual about how the seahorse
    gives birth?

    the male gives birth

    4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes --
    i.e. they lay eggs.

    platypu

    6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring?

    mule

    8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what?

    stamen

    10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that
    fact that it's already equipped with what?

    both male and female sex organs

    * Game 1, Round 3 - Canadiana - Been There, Drove Through it.

    For questions $1-9, give the province where you can find these
    oddly named places. Some answers may repeat.

    1. Comox.

    British Columbia; Alberta

    2. Quidi Vidi.

    Saskatchewan; Manitoba

    3. Punkeydoodles Corners.

    Ontario; New Brunswick

    4. Lower Economy.

    Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island

    5. Dead Man's Flats.

    Newfoundland and Labrador; British Columbia

    6. Urin.

    Alberta; Saskatchewan

    7. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

    Quebec

    8. Swastika.

    Ontario

    9. Spuzzum.

    Manitoba; Ontario

    10. Finally, Jimmy Kimmel was named honorary mayor of what town
    in Newfoundland?

    Dildo (?)
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  • From Dan Tilque@dtilque@frontier.com to rec.games.trivia on Wed Aug 12 22:05:45 2026
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    On 8/12/26 16:24, Mark Brader wrote:


    * Game 1, Round 2 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts

    Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it.
    Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction.

    1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce?

    spores


    2. By what extraterrestrially influenced process do the eggs and
    sperm of coral meet?

    emitted into the water around a full moon


    3. Who's your daddy? What is unusual about how the seahorse
    gives birth?

    the males are the ones pregnant


    4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes --
    i.e. they lay eggs.

    duckbilled platypus


    5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy,
    platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean?

    the eggs hatch inside the mother


    6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring?

    mule


    7. When a butterfly drinks from a flower, it brushes against
    the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly
    visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that
    other flower? Despite the name, no trauma usually results.>
    8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what?

    stamen


    9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs?

    head


    10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that
    fact that it's already equipped with what?

    both male and female sex organs



    * Game 1, Round 3 - Canadiana - Been There, Drove Through it.

    For questions $1-9, give the province where you can find these
    oddly named places. Some answers may repeat.

    1. Comox.

    British Columbia

    2. Quidi Vidi.

    New Brunswick

    3. Punkeydoodles Corners.

    Newfoundland and Labrador

    4. Lower Economy.

    Nova Scotia

    5. Dead Man's Flats.

    Alberta

    6. Urin.

    Manitoba

    7. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

    Quebec

    8. Swastika.

    Saskatchewan

    9. Spuzzum.

    Newfoundland and Labrador

    10. Finally, Jimmy Kimmel was named honorary mayor of what town
    in Newfoundland?

    Gander
    --
    Dan Tilque
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  • From Erland Sommarskog@esquel@sommarskog.se to rec.games.trivia on Thu Aug 13 23:08:28 2026
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    Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
    * Game 1, Round 2 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts

    1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce?

    Spores (or whatever they may called in English.)

    3. Who's your daddy? What is unusual about how the seahorse
    gives birth?

    The father carries the foetus.

    6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring?

    Mule

    10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that
    fact that it's already equipped with what?

    Both male and female organs.

    * Game 1, Round 3 - Canadiana - Been There, Drove Through it.

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  • From James Dow Allen@user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.games.trivia on Fri Aug 14 23:38:01 2026
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    msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) posted:

    All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, and are

    I cannot beg others to answer my Trivia Questions without humiliating
    myself with this one.


    * Game 1, Round 2 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts

    Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it.
    Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction.

    1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce?

    Usually Cloning [or whatever the correct term for asexual reproduction is]

    2. By what extraterrestrially influenced process do the eggs and
    sperm of coral meet?

    Tidal currents

    3. Who's your daddy? What is unusual about how the seahorse
    gives birth?

    The same individual supplies both gametes.

    4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes --
    i.e. they lay eggs.

    Duck-billed platypus

    5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy,
    platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean?

    An individual changes sexes during its life cycle.


    6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring?

    Ninny
    Mule


    7. When a butterfly drinks from a flower, it brushes against
    the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly
    visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that
    other flower? Despite the name, no trauma usually results.

    Stamen

    8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what?

    Stamen

    9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs?

    Antennae


    10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that
    fact that it's already equipped with what?

    Both male and female sex organs


    * Game 1, Round 3 - Canadiana - Been There, Drove Through it.

    For questions $1-9, give the province where you can find these
    oddly named places. Some answers may repeat.

    1. Comox.

    Alberta, Manitoba

    2. Quidi Vidi.

    Alberta, Manitoba

    3. Punkeydoodles Corners.

    Alberta, Manitoba

    4. Lower Economy.

    Alberta, Manitoba

    5. Dead Man's Flats.

    Alberta, Manitoba

    6. Urin.

    Alberta, Manitoba

    7. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

    Manitoba, Quebec

    8. Swastika.

    Alberta, Manitoba

    9. Spuzzum.

    Alberta, Manitoba

    10. Finally, Jimmy Kimmel was named honorary mayor of what town
    in Newfoundland?

    Kimmelville

    I expect a score of zero, or close to it.
    Signature omitted in hopes of reducing the humiliation.
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  • From msb@msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) to rec.games.trivia on Sun Aug 16 06:36:11 2026
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    Mark Brader:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2026-01-12,
    and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
    please see my 2026-03-10 companion posting on "Questions from the
    Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


    * Game 1, Round 2 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts

    Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it.
    Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction.

    This was the easiest round in the original game.

    1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce?

    (Airborne) spores. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Erland
    (or whoever the correct term for him is).

    2. By what extraterrestrially influenced process do the eggs and
    sperm of coral meet?

    Ejected separately (often synchronized by the moon), they drift
    together with the tide. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
    and James.

    3. Who's your daddy? What is unusual about how the seahorse
    gives birth?

    The male gives birth, having received eggs in its pouch from the
    female. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Erland.

    4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes --
    i.e. they lay eggs.

    (Duck-billed) platypus, echidna. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
    and James.

    5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy,
    platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean?

    They produce eggs that hatch internally and then give live birth.
    4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.

    6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring?

    A mule. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Erland. 2 for James.

    If the horse is the male, then the offspring is a hinny.

    7. When a butterfly drinks from a flower, it brushes against
    the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly
    visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that
    other flower? Despite the name, no trauma usually results.

    Stigma, which is part of the pistil. Since the quasi-pun works
    either way, I'm accepting both. 4 for Dan Blum.

    8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what?

    Stamen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and James.

    9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs?

    In its head. 4 for Dan Tilque.

    10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that
    fact that it's already equipped with what?

    Both male and female sex organs, i.e. it's a hermaphrodite.
    4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and James.


    * Game 1, Round 3 - Canadiana - Been There, Drove Through it.

    For questions $1-9, give the province where you can find these
    oddly named places. Some answers may repeat.

    1. Comox.

    British Columbia. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.

    2. Quidi Vidi.

    Newfoundland (and Labrador).

    3. Punkeydoodles Corners.

    Ontario. 3 for Joshua.

    4. Lower Economy.

    Nova Scotia. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.

    5. Dead Man's Flats.

    Alberta. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for James. 2 for Dan Blum.

    6. Urin.

    Saskatchewan. 2 for Joshua.

    7. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

    Quebec. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for James.

    8. Swastika.

    Ontario. 4 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum.

    9. Spuzzum.

    British Columbia. 3 for Dan Blum.

    10. Finally, Jimmy Kimmel was named honorary mayor of what town
    in Newfoundland?

    Dildo. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.


    Scores, if there are no errors:

    GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 3 3 TOTALS
    TOPICS-> Sci Can
    Dan Tilque 36 16 52
    Dan Blum 36 15 51
    Joshua Kreitzer 28 23 51
    James Dow Allen 18 5 23
    Erland Sommarskog 16 0 16
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    Toronto | pregnancy can harm your baby." (City of Toronto
    msb@vex.net | notice in restaurant washrooms--men's and women's)

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