* Game 4, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Country Currencies
7. Zloty, groszy.
8. Koruna, heller.
* Game 4, Round 8 - History - Explorers and Adventurers
As one would expect, people who set forth to explore the uncharted
world often have led colorful lives.
1. Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London three
times, for a total of 15 years, for three separate offenses
against two monarchs he served: Elizabeth I and James I and VI.
Name any one of the three reasons for which Sir Walter was
imprisoned.
3. Ferdinand Magellan is the person who is usually known as the
first to circumnavigate the world. But although the Spanish
ship Victoria captained by Magellan was, indeed, the first to
sail around the world, Magellan died 1/3 of the way through
that journey, in a skirmish with the inhabitants of *which
Philippine island*?
8. Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer and conquistador, was the
first European documented as having crossed what river?
9. On 14 February 1779, this British explorer was killed as he
attempted to kidnap Kalani'opu'u, the ruling chief (ali'i nui)
of the island of Hawaii, and hold him hostage for the return of
a boat that Hawaiians had stolen. Name the explorer.
10. The first Europeans generally credited with reaching Brazil
are the Portuguese, led by Pedro -lvares Cabral, who landed on
the coast of what is now Brazil on his way to India, and Spanish
explorer Vicente Yb+ez Pinz<n, who may have reached the area
slightly earlier the same year. Within 50 years, what year
was this?
* Game 4, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Country Currencies
7. Zloty, groszy.
8. Koruna, heller.
9. Ngultrum, chhertum.
* Game 4, Round 8 - History - Explorers and Adventurers
4. Admiral Zheng was a Chinese explorer who was sent by the Ming
dynasty on seven diplomatic missions to increase trade and secure
tribute from foreign powers. One of the gifts brought back
from East Africa was greatly admired by the Emperor because it
reminded the Chinese of their mythical qilin, which represented
good fortune. What was this gift?
5. Garc?a L?pez de C?rdenas y Figueroa was a Spanish conquistador
who, in 1540, was the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
His expedition's 20-day march, from what is now New Mexico,
was assisted by native Americans from which tribe?
8. Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer and conquistador, was the
first European documented as having crossed what river?
9. On 14 February 1779, this British explorer was killed as he
attempted to kidnap Kalani'opu'u, the ruling chief (ali'i nui)
of the island of Hawaii, and hold him hostage for the return of
a boat that Hawaiians had stolen. Name the explorer.
10. The first Europeans generally credited with reaching Brazil
are the Portuguese, led by Pedro ?lvares Cabral, who landed on
the coast of what is now Brazil on his way to India, and Spanish
explorer Vicente Y??ez Pinz?n, who may have reached the area
slightly earlier the same year. Within 50 years, what year
was this?
* Game 4, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Country Currencies
We'll give you a pair of words for large and small currency (like
we use "dollars" and "cents") and you name the specific country
(or other jurisdiction) where they use them.
1. Kip, att.
5. Naira, kobo.
6. Pataca, avo.
7. Zloty, groszy.
8. Koruna, heller.
* Game 4, Round 8 - History - Explorers and Adventurers
As one would expect, people who set forth to explore the uncharted
world often have led colorful lives.
1. Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London three
times, for a total of 15 years, for three separate offenses
against two monarchs he served: Elizabeth I and James I and VI.
Name any one of the three reasons for which Sir Walter was
imprisoned.
3. Ferdinand Magellan is the person who is usually known as the
first to circumnavigate the world. But although the Spanish
ship Victoria captained by Magellan was, indeed, the first to
sail around the world, Magellan died 1/3 of the way through
that journey, in a skirmish with the inhabitants of *which
Philippine island*?
5. Garc|!a L||pez de C|irdenas y Figueroa was a Spanish conquistador
who, in 1540, was the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
His expedition's 20-day march, from what is now New Mexico,
was assisted by native Americans from which tribe?
6. The journey of these two French explorers, who were
brothers-in-law, laid the groundwork for the formation of the
Hudson's Bay Trading Company and for European expansion into
western Canada and the expansion of the fur trade. Who were
the explorers? Name *both*.
7. Annie Smith Peck was one of the greatest mountaineers of the
late 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite the acclaim she won
for setting mountain-climbing records, she also earned criticism
and outrage for her un-ladylike climbing attire: a long tunic
and trousers. In 1909, when she climbed Mt. Coropuna in Peru,
what flag did she plant on the summit?
8. Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer and conquistador, was the
first European documented as having crossed what river?
9. On 14 February 1779, this British explorer was killed as he
attempted to kidnap Kalani'opu'u, the ruling chief (ali'i nui)
of the island of Hawaii, and hold him hostage for the return of
a boat that Hawaiians had stolen. Name the explorer.
10. The first Europeans generally credited with reaching Brazil
are the Portuguese, led by Pedro |Ulvares Cabral, who landed on
the coast of what is now Brazil on his way to India, and Spanish
explorer Vicente Y|i|#ez Pinz||n, who may have reached the area
slightly earlier the same year. Within 50 years, what year
was this?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-10-06,
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 the Cellar Rats, 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 4, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Country Currencies
From shekels to rupees, our world is awash in different currencies.
We'll give you a pair of words for large and small currency (like
we use "dollars" and "cents") and you name the specific country
(or other jurisdiction) where they use them.
1. Kip, att.
2. Dram, luma.
3. Kina, toea.
4. Pula, thebe.
5. Naira, kobo.
6. Pataca, avo.
7. Zloty, groszy.
8. Koruna, heller.
9. Ngultrum, chhertum.
10. Ariary, iraimbilanja.
* Game 4, Round 8 - History - Explorers and Adventurers
As one would expect, people who set forth to explore the uncharted
world often have led colorful lives.
1. Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London three
times, for a total of 15 years, for three separate offenses
against two monarchs he served: Elizabeth I and James I and VI.
Name any one of the three reasons for which Sir Walter was
imprisoned.
2. The first woman to circumnavigate the world was Jeanne Baret,
who disguised herself as a man and joined the naturalist
Philibert Commerson aboard the world expedition of the |etoile
in the 1760s. What professional work did she do for the voyage?
3. Ferdinand Magellan is the person who is usually known as the
first to circumnavigate the world. But although the Spanish
ship Victoria captained by Magellan was, indeed, the first to
sail around the world, Magellan died 1/3 of the way through
that journey, in a skirmish with the inhabitants of *which
Philippine island*?
4. Admiral Zheng was a Chinese explorer who was sent by the Ming
dynasty on seven diplomatic missions to increase trade and secure
tribute from foreign powers. One of the gifts brought back
from East Africa was greatly admired by the Emperor because it
reminded the Chinese of their mythical qilin, which represented
good fortune. What was this gift?
5. Garc|!a L||pez de C|irdenas y Figueroa was a Spanish conquistador
who, in 1540, was the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
His expedition's 20-day march, from what is now New Mexico,
was assisted by native Americans from which tribe?
6. The journey of these two French explorers, who were
brothers-in-law, laid the groundwork for the formation of the
Hudson's Bay Trading Company and for European expansion into
western Canada and the expansion of the fur trade. Who were
the explorers? Name *both*.
7. Annie Smith Peck was one of the greatest mountaineers of the
late 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite the acclaim she won
for setting mountain-climbing records, she also earned criticism
and outrage for her un-ladylike climbing attire: a long tunic
and trousers. In 1909, when she climbed Mt. Coropuna in Peru,
what flag did she plant on the summit?
8. Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer and conquistador, was the
first European documented as having crossed what river?
9. On 14 February 1779, this British explorer was killed as he
attempted to kidnap Kalani'opu'u, the ruling chief (ali'i nui)
of the island of Hawaii, and hold him hostage for the return of
a boat that Hawaiians had stolen. Name the explorer.
10. The first Europeans generally credited with reaching Brazil
are the Portuguese, led by Pedro |Ulvares Cabral, who landed on
the coast of what is now Brazil on his way to India, and Spanish
explorer Vicente Y|i|#ez Pinz||n, who may have reached the area
slightly earlier the same year. Within 50 years, what year
was this?
* Game 4, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - Country Currencies
From shekels to rupees, our world is awash in different currencies.
We'll give you a pair of words for large and small currency (like
we use "dollars" and "cents") and you name the specific country
(or other jurisdiction) where they use them.
1. Kip, att.
2. Dram, luma.
3. Kina, toea.
4. Pula, thebe.
5. Naira, kobo.
6. Pataca, avo.
7. Zloty, groszy.
8. Koruna, heller.
9. Ngultrum, chhertum.
10. Ariary, iraimbilanja.
* Game 4, Round 8 - History - Explorers and Adventurers
As one would expect, people who set forth to explore the uncharted
world often have led colorful lives.
1. Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London three
times, for a total of 15 years, for three separate offenses
against two monarchs he served: Elizabeth I and James I and VI.
Name any one of the three reasons for which Sir Walter was
imprisoned.
2. The first woman to circumnavigate the world was Jeanne Baret,
who disguised herself as a man and joined the naturalist
Philibert Commerson aboard the world expedition of the |etoile
in the 1760s. What professional work did she do for the voyage?
3. Ferdinand Magellan is the person who is usually known as the
first to circumnavigate the world. But although the Spanish
ship Victoria captained by Magellan was, indeed, the first to
sail around the world, Magellan died 1/3 of the way through
that journey, in a skirmish with the inhabitants of *which
Philippine island*?
4. Admiral Zheng was a Chinese explorer who was sent by the Ming
dynasty on seven diplomatic missions to increase trade and secure
tribute from foreign powers. One of the gifts brought back
from East Africa was greatly admired by the Emperor because it
reminded the Chinese of their mythical qilin, which represented
good fortune. What was this gift?
5. Garc|!a L||pez de C|irdenas y Figueroa was a Spanish conquistador
who, in 1540, was the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
His expedition's 20-day march, from what is now New Mexico,
was assisted by native Americans from which tribe?
6. The journey of these two French explorers, who were
brothers-in-law, laid the groundwork for the formation of the
Hudson's Bay Trading Company and for European expansion into
western Canada and the expansion of the fur trade. Who were
the explorers? Name *both*.
7. Annie Smith Peck was one of the greatest mountaineers of the
late 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite the acclaim she won
for setting mountain-climbing records, she also earned criticism
and outrage for her un-ladylike climbing attire: a long tunic
and trousers. In 1909, when she climbed Mt. Coropuna in Peru,
what flag did she plant on the summit?
8. Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer and conquistador, was the
first European documented as having crossed what river?
9. On 14 February 1779, this British explorer was killed as he
attempted to kidnap Kalani'opu'u, the ruling chief (ali'i nui)
of the island of Hawaii, and hold him hostage for the return of
a boat that Hawaiians had stolen. Name the explorer.
10. The first Europeans generally credited with reaching Brazil
are the Portuguese, led by Pedro |Ulvares Cabral, who landed on
the coast of what is now Brazil on his way to India, and Spanish
explorer Vicente Y|i|#ez Pinz||n, who may have reached the area
slightly earlier the same year. Within 50 years, what year
was this?
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 7 - Miscellaneous - Country Currencies
From shekels to rupees, our world is awash in different currencies.
We'll give you a pair of words for large and small currency (like
we use "dollars" and "cents") and you name the specific country
(or other jurisdiction) where they use them.
1. Kip, att.
2. Dram, luma.
3. Kina, toea.
4. Pula, thebe.
5. Naira, kobo.
6. Pataca, avo.
7. Zloty, groszy.
8. Koruna, heller.
9. Ngultrum, chhertum.
10. Ariary, iraimbilanja.
* Game 4, Round 8 - History - Explorers and Adventurers
As one would expect, people who set forth to explore the uncharted
world often have led colorful lives.
1. Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London three
times, for a total of 15 years, for three separate offenses
against two monarchs he served: Elizabeth I and James I and VI.
Name any one of the three reasons for which Sir Walter was
imprisoned.
2. The first woman to circumnavigate the world was Jeanne Baret,
who disguised herself as a man and joined the naturalist
Philibert Commerson aboard the world expedition of the +toile
in the 1760s. What professional work did she do for the voyage?
3. Ferdinand Magellan is the person who is usually known as the
first to circumnavigate the world. But although the Spanish
ship Victoria captained by Magellan was, indeed, the first to
sail around the world, Magellan died 1/3 of the way through
that journey, in a skirmish with the inhabitants of *which
Philippine island*?
4. Admiral Zheng was a Chinese explorer who was sent by the Ming
dynasty on seven diplomatic missions to increase trade and secure
tribute from foreign powers. One of the gifts brought back
from East Africa was greatly admired by the Emperor because it
reminded the Chinese of their mythical qilin, which represented
good fortune. What was this gift?
5. Garc0a L<pez de Cbrdenas y Figueroa was a Spanish conquistador
who, in 1540, was the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
His expedition's 20-day march, from what is now New Mexico,
was assisted by native Americans from which tribe?
6. The journey of these two French explorers, who were
brothers-in-law, laid the groundwork for the formation of the
Hudson's Bay Trading Company and for European expansion into
western Canada and the expansion of the fur trade. Who were
the explorers? Name *both*.
7. Annie Smith Peck was one of the greatest mountaineers of the
late 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite the acclaim she won
for setting mountain-climbing records, she also earned criticism
and outrage for her un-ladylike climbing attire: a long tunic
and trousers. In 1909, when she climbed Mt. Coropuna in Peru,
what flag did she plant on the summit?
8. Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer and conquistador, was the
first European documented as having crossed what river?
9. On 14 February 1779, this British explorer was killed as he
attempted to kidnap Kalani'opu'u, the ruling chief (ali'i nui)
of the island of Hawaii, and hold him hostage for the return of
a boat that Hawaiians had stolen. Name the explorer.
10. The first Europeans generally credited with reaching Brazil
are the Portuguese, led by Pedro -lvares Cabral, who landed on
the coast of what is now Brazil on his way to India, and Spanish
explorer Vicente Yb+ez Pinz<n, who may have reached the area
slightly earlier the same year. Within 50 years, what year
was this?
8. Koruna, heller.
Czechia. 4 for Erland.
Denmark and Iceland also both have the crown, but they spell it krone
and krona respectively.
Denmark and Iceland also both have the crown, but they spell it krone
and krona respectively.
Also Norway and Sweden.
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