* Game 4, Round 4 - Geography - Geographic Facts
1. What is the southernmost national capital city in the Western
Hemisphere?
2. What island has the greatest population in the world?
3. What country has the shortest coastline in the world?
4. What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
5. A doubly landlocked country is a country completely surrounded by
landlocked nations, meaning that reaching a seacoast means
crossing at least two national borders. There are only two
doubly landlocked countries in the World. One is Uzbekistan.
What is the other?
6. What is the most densely populated US state?
7. The geographical point at 0# latitude and 0# longitude is found
in the Atlantic Ocean -- closest to what country?
8. This UK dependency's capital is Edinburgh of the Seven Seas and
it is considered the most isolated populated group of islands
in the world. What is the name of this group of islands?
9. Alaska is the most northerly state in the US. What is the
second-most-northerly?
10. What transcontinental country has territory both in Asia and
Africa ?
* Game 4, Round 5 - Audio - Hot 100 TV Themes
2. In addition to being the Oscar-winning theme for the movie
"Shaft", the theme song was also used in the short-lived TV
version which ran from 1973 to 1974.
4. "Who are You", the hit single by the Who, was used by "CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation". Although the show was first aired
in 2000, in what year did the song actually make the Billboard
charts?
7. The TV show "Batman" first aired in 1966.
* Game 4, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics
1. Name the nuclear research facility, home to the Large Hadron
Collider, based in Geneva, Switzerland?
2. Which particle, first discovered in 1932, is the antimatter
equivalent to the electron?
3. Alpha rays contain particles consisting of 2 protons and
2 neutrons. This also is the structure of the nucleus for
atoms of which chemical element?
4. These particles come in six flavors: up, down, charm, strange,
top, and bottom. Named from a line in the novel "Finnegans
Wake", what are they known as?
5. SNOBAL was an experiment which observed the subatomic particles
neutrinos coming from the Sun. The experiment resolved a
mystery which for many years indicated the observed number
of neutrinos was much less than what was predicted by theory.
In which Canadian City was SNOBAL based ?
6. Spin is a characteristic of every particle. Particles which have
half-integral spins (-1/2, +1/2, +3/2, etc.) are known as
fermions. Named after an Indian physicist, what do we call
particles with integer spin?
7. Nature has four forces: three of these are gravity, the strong
force, and electromagnetism. Associated with radioactivity,
what is the other force in nature?
8. Photons come in many forms of energy, the amount of energy
described by the electromagnetic spectrum. What term do we
use to denote rays of the most energetic photons observed?
9. In the nucleus of an atom a neutron is stable, but a free
neutron will decay into three particles. One is a neutrino.
Name one of the other two particles.
10. All particles can be divided into two groups: those that
respond to the strong force (for example a proton or neutron)
and those that do not (e.g. electron or muon). Name *either
one* of these two groups.
* Game 4, Round 4 - Geography - Geographic Facts
1. What is the southernmost national capital city in the Western
Hemisphere?
2. What island has the greatest population in the world?
3. What country has the shortest coastline in the world?
4. What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
5. A doubly landlocked country is a country completely surrounded by
landlocked nations, meaning that reaching a seacoast means
crossing at least two national borders. There are only two
doubly landlocked countries in the World. One is Uzbekistan.
What is the other?
6. What is the most densely populated US state?
7. The geographical point at 0-# latitude and 0-# longitude is found
in the Atlantic Ocean -- closest to what country?
8. This UK dependency's capital is Edinburgh of the Seven Seas and
it is considered the most isolated populated group of islands
in the world. What is the name of this group of islands?
9. Alaska is the most northerly state in the US. What is the
second-most-northerly?
10. What transcontinental country has territory both in Asia and
Africa ?
* Game 4, Round 5 - Audio - Hot 100 TV Themes
Each of the following audio clips were used for the opening
credits of TV shows and also made it onto the "Hot 100" charts in "Billboard". Some of these were written specifically for the
TV show; others were songs that were hits long before the show.
In the original game you would have heard the music, but here
you'll have to imagine that part. In case case give the *year*
that the music first appeared on the "Hot 100".
1. The TV police procedural "Dragnet" first aired in 1951.
Its theme song reached #3 on the "Billboard" charts.
2. In addition to being the Oscar-winning theme for the movie
"Shaft", the theme song was also used in the short-lived TV
version which ran from 1973 to 1974.
3. "Welcome Back" was the theme song for the TV sitcom "Welcome
Back, Kotter". It debuted on the "Hot 100" when the sitcom
premiered and reached #1.
4. "Who are You", the hit single by the Who, was used by "CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation". Although the show was first aired
in 2000, in what year did the song actually make the Billboard
charts?
5. The theme for "Hawaii Five-O" was used for both incarnations of
the TV cop show. A cover version by the Ventures debuted on the
"Hot 100" in what year?
6. The song "Bad Boys", which was written by the reggae group Inner
Circle in 1987 and used as the theme song for the reality TV show
"Cops", which first aired in 1989.
7. The TV show "Batman" first aired in 1966.
8. "Mission: Impossible" first aired in 1968.
9. "The Sounds of Philadelphia" was the theme song for the TV music
show "Soul Train", first aired in 1971, but the song was not
used until later in the show's run when it was the first TV
theme song to reach #1 on the "Hot 100".
10. "How Do You Talk To An Angel?" was the theme song for the
short-lived TV show "The Heights", which ran on Fox for only
13 episodes in the fall of 1992. Though the show tanked,
its theme song became a #1 hit.
* Game 4, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics
1. Name the nuclear research facility, home to the Large Hadron
Collider, based in Geneva, Switzerland?
2. Which particle, first discovered in 1932, is the antimatter
equivalent to the electron?
3. Alpha rays contain particles consisting of 2 protons and
2 neutrons. This also is the structure of the nucleus for
atoms of which chemical element?
4. These particles come in six flavors: up, down, charm, strange,
top, and bottom. Named from a line in the novel "Finnegans
Wake", what are they known as?
6. Spin is a characteristic of every particle. Particles which have
half-integral spins (-1/2, +1/2, +3/2, etc.) are known as
fermions. Named after an Indian physicist, what do we call
particles with integer spin?
7. Nature has four forces: three of these are gravity, the strong
force, and electromagnetism. Associated with radioactivity,
what is the other force in nature?
* Game 4, Round 4 - Geography - Geographic Facts
1. What is the southernmost national capital city in the Western
Hemisphere?
2. What island has the greatest population in the world?
3. What country has the shortest coastline in the world?
4. What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
5. A doubly landlocked country is a country completely surrounded by
landlocked nations, meaning that reaching a seacoast means
crossing at least two national borders. There are only two
doubly landlocked countries in the World. One is Uzbekistan.
What is the other?
6. What is the most densely populated US state?
7. The geographical point at 0-# latitude and 0-# longitude is found
in the Atlantic Ocean -- closest to what country?
8. This UK dependency's capital is Edinburgh of the Seven Seas and
it is considered the most isolated populated group of islands
in the world. What is the name of this group of islands?
9. Alaska is the most northerly state in the US. What is the
second-most-northerly?
10. What transcontinental country has territory both in Asia and
Africa ?
* Game 4, Round 5 - Audio - Hot 100 TV Themes
Each of the following audio clips were used for the opening
credits of TV shows and also made it onto the "Hot 100" charts in "Billboard". Some of these were written specifically for the
TV show; others were songs that were hits long before the show.
In the original game you would have heard the music, but here
you'll have to imagine that part. In case case give the *year*
that the music first appeared on the "Hot 100".
1. The TV police procedural "Dragnet" first aired in 1951.
Its theme song reached #3 on the "Billboard" charts.
2. In addition to being the Oscar-winning theme for the movie
"Shaft", the theme song was also used in the short-lived TV
version which ran from 1973 to 1974.
3. "Welcome Back" was the theme song for the TV sitcom "Welcome
Back, Kotter". It debuted on the "Hot 100" when the sitcom
premiered and reached #1.
4. "Who are You", the hit single by the Who, was used by "CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation". Although the show was first aired
in 2000, in what year did the song actually make the Billboard
charts?
5. The theme for "Hawaii Five-O" was used for both incarnations of
the TV cop show. A cover version by the Ventures debuted on the
"Hot 100" in what year?
6. The song "Bad Boys", which was written by the reggae group Inner
Circle in 1987 and used as the theme song for the reality TV show
"Cops", which first aired in 1989.
7. The TV show "Batman" first aired in 1966.
8. "Mission: Impossible" first aired in 1968.
9. "The Sounds of Philadelphia" was the theme song for the TV music
show "Soul Train", first aired in 1971, but the song was not
used until later in the show's run when it was the first TV
theme song to reach #1 on the "Hot 100".
10. "How Do You Talk To An Angel?" was the theme song for the
short-lived TV show "The Heights", which ran on Fox for only
13 episodes in the fall of 1992. Though the show tanked,
its theme song became a #1 hit.
* Game 4, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics
1. Name the nuclear research facility, home to the Large Hadron
Collider, based in Geneva, Switzerland?
2. Which particle, first discovered in 1932, is the antimatter
equivalent to the electron?
3. Alpha rays contain particles consisting of 2 protons and
2 neutrons. This also is the structure of the nucleus for
atoms of which chemical element?
4. These particles come in six flavors: up, down, charm, strange,
top, and bottom. Named from a line in the novel "Finnegans
Wake", what are they known as?
5. SNOBAL was an experiment which observed the subatomic particles
neutrinos coming from the Sun. The experiment resolved a
mystery which for many years indicated the observed number
of neutrinos was much less than what was predicted by theory.
In which Canadian City was SNOBAL based ?
6. Spin is a characteristic of every particle. Particles which have
half-integral spins (-1/2, +1/2, +3/2, etc.) are known as
fermions. Named after an Indian physicist, what do we call
particles with integer spin?
7. Nature has four forces: three of these are gravity, the strong
force, and electromagnetism. Associated with radioactivity,
what is the other force in nature?
8. Photons come in many forms of energy, the amount of energy
described by the electromagnetic spectrum. What term do we
use to denote rays of the most energetic photons observed?
9. In the nucleus of an atom a neutron is stable, but a free
neutron will decay into three particles. One is a neutrino.
Name one of the other two particles.
10. All particles can be divided into two groups: those that
respond to the strong force (for example a proton or neutron)
and those that do not (e.g. electron or muon). Name *either
one* of these two groups.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-10-06,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2026-03-10 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 4 - Geography - Geographic Facts
1. What is the southernmost national capital city in the Western
Hemisphere?
2. What island has the greatest population in the world?
3. What country has the shortest coastline in the world?
4. What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
5. A doubly landlocked country is a country completely surrounded by
landlocked nations, meaning that reaching a seacoast means
crossing at least two national borders. There are only two
doubly landlocked countries in the World. One is Uzbekistan.
What is the other?
6. What is the most densely populated US state?
7. The geographical point at 0# latitude and 0# longitude is found
in the Atlantic Ocean -- closest to what country?
8. This UK dependency's capital is Edinburgh of the Seven Seas and
it is considered the most isolated populated group of islands
in the world. What is the name of this group of islands?
9. Alaska is the most northerly state in the US. What is the
second-most-northerly?
10. What transcontinental country has territory both in Asia and
Africa ?
* Game 4, Round 5 - Audio - Hot 100 TV Themes
Each of the following audio clips were used for the opening
credits of TV shows and also made it onto the "Hot 100" charts in "Billboard". Some of these were written specifically for the
TV show; others were songs that were hits long before the show.
In the original game you would have heard the music, but here
you'll have to imagine that part. In case case give the *year*
that the music first appeared on the "Hot 100".
1. The TV police procedural "Dragnet" first aired in 1951.
Its theme song reached #3 on the "Billboard" charts.
2. In addition to being the Oscar-winning theme for the movie
"Shaft", the theme song was also used in the short-lived TV
version which ran from 1973 to 1974.
3. "Welcome Back" was the theme song for the TV sitcom "Welcome
Back, Kotter". It debuted on the "Hot 100" when the sitcom
premiered and reached #1.
4. "Who are You", the hit single by the Who, was used by "CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation". Although the show was first aired
in 2000, in what year did the song actually make the Billboard
charts?
5. The theme for "Hawaii Five-O" was used for both incarnations of
the TV cop show. A cover version by the Ventures debuted on the
"Hot 100" in what year?
6. The song "Bad Boys", which was written by the reggae group Inner
Circle in 1987 and used as the theme song for the reality TV show
"Cops", which first aired in 1989.
7. The TV show "Batman" first aired in 1966.
8. "Mission: Impossible" first aired in 1968.
9. "The Sounds of Philadelphia" was the theme song for the TV music
show "Soul Train", first aired in 1971, but the song was not
used until later in the show's run when it was the first TV
theme song to reach #1 on the "Hot 100".
10. "How Do You Talk To An Angel?" was the theme song for the
short-lived TV show "The Heights", which ran on Fox for only
13 episodes in the fall of 1992. Though the show tanked,
its theme song became a #1 hit.
* Game 4, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics
1. Name the nuclear research facility, home to the Large Hadron
Collider, based in Geneva, Switzerland?
2. Which particle, first discovered in 1932, is the antimatter
equivalent to the electron?
3. Alpha rays contain particles consisting of 2 protons and
2 neutrons. This also is the structure of the nucleus for
atoms of which chemical element?
4. These particles come in six flavors: up, down, charm, strange,
top, and bottom. Named from a line in the novel "Finnegans
Wake", what are they known as?
5. SNOBAL was an experiment which observed the subatomic particles
neutrinos coming from the Sun. The experiment resolved a
mystery which for many years indicated the observed number
of neutrinos was much less than what was predicted by theory.
In which Canadian City was SNOBAL based ?
6. Spin is a characteristic of every particle. Particles which have
half-integral spins (-1/2, +1/2, +3/2, etc.) are known as
fermions. Named after an Indian physicist, what do we call
particles with integer spin?
7. Nature has four forces: three of these are gravity, the strong
force, and electromagnetism. Associated with radioactivity,
what is the other force in nature?
8. Photons come in many forms of energy, the amount of energy
described by the electromagnetic spectrum. What term do we
use to denote rays of the most energetic photons observed?
9. In the nucleus of an atom a neutron is stable, but a free
neutron will decay into three particles. One is a neutrino.
Name one of the other two particles.
10. All particles can be divided into two groups: those that
respond to the strong force (for example a proton or neutron)
and those that do not (e.g. electron or muon). Name *either
one* of these two groups.
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