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TOPIC: Rare Entries DJT01
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== 1 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 12:20 am
From: Dan Tilque
DJT01 is now over. I've sent a reply to everyone who submitted an entry.
If you sent in an entry but did not receive an acknowledgment, please
let me know.
I should have the answers out soon.
--
Dan Tilque
== 2 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 4:38 am
From: Dan Tilque
There were 18 entrants in this contest. Not bad for my first time.
The winner was ALAN CURRY, with John Gerson and Nick Selwyn coming 2nd
and 3rd. Congratulations to all of you.
Here are their answer sets, with some answers abbreviated. Read in
monospaced font to get proper alignment.
ALAN CURRY JOHN GERSON NICK SELWYN
0 Venus 0 Mars 0 Venus
1 zinc 1 iron 1 nickel
2 Sea of Sardinia 2 Sea of Sicily 2 Sea of Crisis
3 bishop 3 king 3 knight
4 Spain 4 Hungary 4 UK
5 New Ireland Province 5 Paraná 5 Papua New Guinea
6 John C. Calhoun 6 Thomas Jefferson 6 Cleveland
7 Skee-ball 7 archery 7 rugby
8 mountain lion 8 painter 8 catamount
9 brass knuckles 9 copper (boiler) 9 steel (flint &)
Erland Sommarskog and Ray (rthearle@hotmail.com) quoted text from the
contest in their answers. They are hereby chastized.
Here's the complete table of scores.
Total Q0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9
160 4 2 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 Alan Curry
216 1 3 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 John Gerson
288 4 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 4 1 Nick Selwyn
480 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 5 2 Calvin
576 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 Garmt de Vries
864 4 1 4 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 Mark Brader
1800 1 W 1 5 W 2 1 1 5 1 Peter Smyth
1920 5 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 1 Lieven Marchand
2880 W 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 4 1 Sam Buttrey
4000 5 2 4 1 2 5 1 1 W 1 Roy (rthearle@hotmail.com)
4800 4 1 4 3 2 5 2 1 5 1 Haran Pilpel
5400 W 3 1 1 1 W 3 1 1 W Stephen Perry
7200 5 2 1 3 2 5 2 1 4 3 Bruce Bowler
8100 5 W 1 3 3 5 1 2 3 1 Kevin Stone
10800 W 3 4 5 1 1 1 W 1 3 Erland Sommarskog
14580 3 W 1 5 3 2 1 3 3 3 Rob Parker
20250 5 3 1 3 2 5 1 3 5 3 Joseph P
24300 3 3 1 5 3 2 W 3 5 1 Lejonel Norling
And then the scores of the individual questions:
0. Name a Solar System body that a spacecraft has orbited.
5 Earth (=Terra)
4 Venus
3 Saturn
1 Mars
1 Moon
1 Sun
Wrong
1 Io
1 Titan
1 Vesta
Vesta will join this club in July, provided things go right with the
Dawn mission.
Valid answers not given are Jupiter, 433 Eros, and Mercury. I don't know
if the question on the Current Events quiz that Mark posted shortly
after the start of this contest influenced things or not. But based on
some people's wrong answers there, they had not thoroughly researched
this item before sending in their answers here.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Give a chemical element that is an intentional constituent of a coin
issued by a national government since 1950. The coin must have been
issued for circulation, not for collectors or investment purposes.
'Intentional' is meant to rule out various trace elements that are
virtually impossible to remove from metal; the element must be one that
is desired by the makers to be in the coin. Yapese Rai stones, which are
sometimes called coins, are excluded from this question.
3 aluminum
3 iron
2 carbon
2 copper
2 zinc
1 chromium
1 nickel
1 silver
Wrong
1 lead
1 niobium
1 ruthenium
As far as I can tell, lead has not been used in a coin for a couple
centuries or so (except for counterfeits, of course). Niobium and
ruthenium have, but only for collectible coins.
Valid answers not given are magnesium, mangnese, tin, and (one which
takes a bit of thought to come up with) oxygen.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Give the name of a cartographic feature whose English name is of the
form "Sea of Xxxx".
4 Sea of Azov
1 Sea of Crete
1 Sea of Crisis
1 Sea of Galilee
1 Sea of Marmara
1 Sea of Moisture (Mare Humorum)
1 Sea of Muscovy
1 Sea of Okhotsk
1 Sea of Oman
1 Sea of Rhûn
1 Sea of Sardinia
1 Sea of Showers
1 Sea of Sicily
1 Sea of Vapours
1 Sea of William Henry Smith
Amazing collision in the Sea of Azov. AFAIK, the only terrestrial answer
not given is the Sea of Japan.
The Sea of Rhûn was an unexpected, but delightful answer. I wish I could
give extra credit for it.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Give the English name for a chess piece. Note that pawns are not
considered to be pieces in chess.
5 bishop
3 king
3 knight
+ 1 white queen's knight
3 queen
3 rook (=castle)
1 elephant
I expected more people to either go more specific (e.g. white queen's
knight) or to other varieties of chess (e.g. elephant -- Chinese chess).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Name a country the United States has officially declared war on.
3 Italy
2 Austria-Hungary
2 Bulgaria
2 Hungary
2 Japan
2 Spain
2 United Kingdom
1 Germany
1 Romania
Wrong
1 Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic was occupied by the US twice during the 20th
century, but both times just on the orders of the president. A
declaration of war requires Congressional action.
The only valid answer not given was Mexico.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. Name a country or state/province whose official flag contains an
asterism. That is, it has an arrangement of stars which intentionally
mimics that of a star pattern in the sky.
5 New Zealand
2 Australia
2 Paraná, Brazil
2 Victoria, Australia
1 Alaska, USA
1 New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
1 Niue
1 Papua New Guinea
1 Simbu, Papua New Guinea
1 Tierra del Fuego, Antárida y las Islas del Atlántico Sur, Argentina
Wrong
1 Tuvalu
The stars on the Tuvalu flag are in a geographical pattern, not an
astronomical one.
Another big collision, this time in NZ which is not even close to the
Sea of Azov.
I was sorely tempted to rule Niue wrong. When they designed the flag,
they started with the New Zealand flag but moved the stars into the
canton. This ruined the kite-shaped pattern of the Southern Cross,
although they still claim that the stars represent that constellation.
Only one of the flags given (Alaska) does not have a Southern Cross as
its asterism. As far as I know, it's the only non-southern hemisphere
valid answer to this item. No one answered Brazil, which not only has
the Southern Cross, but also a number of other southern constellations
on it. I have no idea how many valid answers there are to this question.
Did anyone make a list?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Name a US President or Vice President whom a city was named after.
The city must have a population of at least 10,000.
[The largest city named after the person is in parens after the name.]
3 Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson City MO)
2 Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln NE)
2 James Monroe (Monrovia, Liberia)
2 John Tyler (Tyler TX)
1 John Quincy Adams (Quincy IL)
1 John C Calhoun (Calhoun GA)
1 Grover Cleveland (Cleveland MS)
1 Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville FL)
1 William McKinley (McKinleyville CA)
1 William Howard Taft (Taft, Eastern Samar, Philippines)
1 Martin van Buren (Van Buren AR)
1 George Washington (Washington DC)
Wrong
1 Mariano Acosta (Vice President of Argentina)
Several people misunderstood the question and gave the name of a city
rather than the person it was named after. Upon review of my question, I
can see that the second part of the question may have given them the
wrong idea. Since I'm not trying to mislead people into giving wrong
answers, I decided to give them credit for their answers as if they'd
named the person.
On the other hand, I can't see any way that a non-US VP is allowed under
the wording of the question. If I'd wanted to allow them, I would have
said "American" instead of "US" and included both presidents and VPs
from the entire hemisphere.
McKinleyville CA is unincorporated. I probably would have been excluded
those if I'd thought of it. But I didn't, so it gets in.
Washington DC is also technically not incorporated. But there are
several other sufficiently-large cities which were named after GW, the
largest of which is Georgetown KY, so George would qualify even with
such an exclusion.
Prior to the contest, I made up a list of possible answers. That list
had twelve people. Among the first five answers I received were three
that were not on my list. Subsequent research on my part plus other
answers received has extended the list to about 20, which is likely
still incomplete.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. Name an organized sport that has goals but no goalkeepers. Note that
"goal" here refers to a stationary physical object used in the scoring
of points for the game, not as a synonym of "objective".
3 Australian Rules football
3 rugby
+ 2 union rugby
+ + 1 rugby sevens
2 korfball
2 polo
1 archery
1 beach basketball
1 Canadian football
1 hurling
1 netball
1 Skeeball
1 wheelchair rugby league
Wrong
1 golf
The person who answered 'archery' pointed out that I'd given a
definition of "goal" that his answer complied with. Well I hadn't meant
to do that, but I can see his point. (mumble-mumble damnedruleslawyers
mumble-mumble-mumble). 'Skeeball' gets in under the same ruling. 'Golf',
on the other hand, in no way complies with the definition. (I should
have avoided giving anything like a definition and merely said "Note
that 'goal' is not to be construed as a synonym for 'objective'". Next
time I'll know better.)
From what I've read on Wikipedia, rugby sevens is a variant of rugby
union, while wheelchair rugby league has only a passing resemblance to
the non-wheelchair forms of the game. I've scored them that way, but am
willing to be corrected by those more familiar with the games.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. Give a common (uncapitalized) English term which is sometimes used to
refer to Puma concolor (a.k.a. Felis concolor). The term may be either
single word or multiple word, but terms that differ from each other only
by minor spelling variation, spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, or other
punctuation will be considered the same.
5 puma
4 catamount
3 panther
2 mountain lion
1 devil cat
1 mountain cat
1 painter
Wrong
1 Indian devil (capitalized term)
Most people seemed to have just looked at the Wiki page for this animal
and given one of the synonyms listed there. And avoided the most common
name (Cougar). A little bit of googling would have found many more
names, although one had to be careful not to give one of the capitalized
terms.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. Some things get their name from the material they are (or were)
typically made from. Examples are drinking glasses and eyeglasses (even
though eyeglasses are now usually made from acrylic). Name something of
this category where the material is some sort of metal.
3 copper
+ 2 copper (vessel for doing laundry)
3 tin can (=tin)
1 branding iron
1 brass knuckles
1 copperplate
1 flat iron
1 iron maiden
1 irons (golf clubs)
1 lead pencil
1 nickel (coin)
1 steel (flint and steel)
1 tin-tack
1 waffle iron
Wrong
1 copper bottom deal
Technically 'lead pencil' is a wrong answer, since they never actually
had lead in them. However, apparently some people once thought that
graphite was a form of lead, so I'm giving it the benefit.
'Copper bottom deal', based on the origin of the term supplied by the
entrant, never had any copper in them nor did people think they had.
That origin is "so named from the superior copper sheathing on ships in
the 18th & 19th centuries. aka copper bottoms, which were so solid and
resistant to worms and other sea-based problems that the ships always
arrived thereby giving the name to solid deals." Unless the deals were
actually engraved on copper sheathing from the bottoms of ships (which I
really doubt), the answer is wrong.
I didn't expect many collisions on this one, since there's probably
dozens more valid answers.
Thank you all for participating. I may have another one in a couple
weeks or so.
--
Dan Tilque
== 3 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 9:45 am
From: "Kevin Stone"
> 1. Give a chemical element that is an intentional constituent of a coin
> issued by a national government since 1950
> Wrong
> 1 ruthenium
Not why this was marked as wrong.
As per the link in my answer set:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinage_metals
In the 1967 Tonga 1/2 Hau...
--
Kev
== 4 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 10:59 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Dan Tilque:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1. Give a chemical element that is an intentional constituent of a coin
> issued by a national government since 1950.
...
> Valid answers not given are magnesium, mangnese, tin, and (one which
> takes a bit of thought to come up with) oxygen.
Are you referring to the fact that aluminum exposed to air forms a
transparent crust of oxide?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 2. Give the name of a cartographic feature whose English name is of the
> form "Sea of Xxxx".
>
> 4 Sea of Azov
> 1 Sea of Crete
> 1 Sea of Crisis
> 1 Sea of Galilee
> 1 Sea of Marmara
> 1 Sea of Moisture (Mare Humorum)
> 1 Sea of Muscovy
> 1 Sea of Okhotsk
> 1 Sea of Oman
> 1 Sea of Rhûn
> 1 Sea of Sardinia
> 1 Sea of Showers
> 1 Sea of Sicily
> 1 Sea of Vapours
> 1 Sea of William Henry Smith
I see only two correct answers here, Sea of Azov and Sea of Oman.
The Sea of Rhûn is a literary invention, not a cartographic feature,
and all others have more than the required number of letters.
> Amazing collision in the Sea of Azov.
Perhaps this is now explained.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 3. Give the English name for a chess piece. Note that pawns are not
> considered to be pieces in chess.
...
> I expected more people to either go more specific (e.g. white queen's
> knight)
Damn!
> or to other varieties of chess (e.g. elephant -- Chinese chess).
Those are other games with "chess" in the name, not chess. You made
it clear that "chess" means chess when you spoke of "piece" not
including pawns (a distinction not always made even in chess).
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 6. Name a US President or Vice President whom a city was named after.
> The city must have a population of at least 10,000.
...
> Prior to the contest, I made up a list of possible answers. That list
> had twelve people. Among the first five answers I received were three
> that were not on my list. Subsequent research on my part plus other
> answers received has extended the list to about 20, which is likely
> still incomplete.
I'd be interested to see it.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 7. Name an organized sport that has goals but no goalkeepers. Note that
> "goal" here refers to a stationary physical object used in the scoring
> of points for the game, not as a synonym of "objective".
...
> Wrong
> 1 golf
...
> 'Golf', on the other hand, in no way complies with the definition.
*Huh?*
You score (demerit) points until you reach the hole. How is this not
using the hole "in the scoring of points"?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | The real trouble with this world of ours is... that
msb@vex.net | it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. --Chesterton
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 5 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 12:12 pm
From: swp
> 2. Give the name of a cartographic feature whose English name is of the
> form "Sea of Xxxx".
>
> 4 Sea of Azov
> 1 Sea of Crete
> 1 Sea of Crisis
> 1 Sea of Galilee
> 1 Sea of Marmara
> 1 Sea of Moisture (Mare Humorum)
> 1 Sea of Muscovy
> 1 Sea of Okhotsk
> 1 Sea of Oman
> 1 Sea of Rhun
> 1 Sea of Sardinia
> 1 Sea of Showers
> 1 Sea of Sicily
> 1 Sea of Vapours
> 1 Sea of William Henry Smith
>
> Amazing collision in the Sea of Azov. AFAIK, the only terrestrial answer
> not given is the Sea of Japan.
>
> The Sea of Rhun was an unexpected, but delightful answer. I wish I could
> give extra credit for it.
you should! divide that person's score by 10! you make the rules,
nothing is holding you back from doing this, so go for it! you'll
feel better, your work will improve, you'll live a longer happier
healthier life, and ladies will find you irresistable. just do it.
> 9. Some things get their name from the material they are (or were)
> typically made from. Examples are drinking glasses and eyeglasses (even
> though eyeglasses are now usually made from acrylic). Name something of
> this category where the material is some sort of metal.
>
> 3 copper
> + 2 copper (vessel for doing laundry)
> 3 tin can (=tin)
> 1 branding iron
> 1 brass knuckles
> 1 copperplate
> 1 flat iron
> 1 iron maiden
> 1 irons (golf clubs)
> 1 lead pencil
> 1 nickel (coin)
> 1 steel (flint and steel)
> 1 tin-tack
> 1 waffle iron
>
> Wrong
> 1 copper bottom deal
>
> Technically 'lead pencil' is a wrong answer, since they never actually
> had lead in them. However, apparently some people once thought that
> graphite was a form of lead, so I'm giving it the benefit.
sure, for 'them' you do this. it's a conspiracy I tells ya, a
conspiracy!
> 'Copper bottom deal', based on the origin of the term supplied by the
> entrant, never had any copper in them nor did people think they had.
> That origin is "so named from the superior copper sheathing on ships in
> the 18th & 19th centuries. aka copper bottoms, which were so solid and
> resistant to worms and other sea-based problems that the ships always
> arrived thereby giving the name to solid deals." Unless the deals were
> actually engraved on copper sheathing from the bottoms of ships (which I
> really doubt), the answer is wrong.
>
copperplate gothic is no longer one of my favorite fonts. next time I
won't pick a concept, i.e. 'deal' in this case, and stick with
something a little more iron-clad. I'll eschew using a grawlix (Mort
Walker invented the term, look it up) or other profanity at this point
even though I'm thinking it.
thank you for running this contest, it was amusing. please do
another, and try to get the word out on social networks to get more
entries. might be better than just the traditional newsgroups.
maybe. of course, offering a prize would help too. but then, I'm not
the one running or scoring it.
swp
== 6 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 1:44 pm
From: pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry)
In article <inup5a$dgo$1@dont-email.me>,
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com> wrote:
>There were 18 entrants in this contest. Not bad for my first time.
>
>The winner was ALAN CURRY, with John Gerson and Nick Selwyn coming 2nd
>and 3rd. Congratulations to all of you.
Woohoo!
>
>The Sea of Rh�n was an unexpected, but delightful answer. I wish I could
>give extra credit for it.
Can't we generally assume that "non-fictional" is implied? If you're going to
allow otherwise, that's going to make of your future questions longer by the
necessary addition of "non-fictional" to most of them. And now you know what
Mark was up against after doing 50 of these...
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>3. Give the English name for a chess piece. Note that pawns are not
>considered to be pieces in chess.
>
> 5 bishop
> 3 king
> 3 knight
> + 1 white queen's knight
> 3 queen
> 3 rook (=castle)
> 1 elephant
>
>I expected more people to either go more specific (e.g. white queen's
>knight) or to other varieties of chess (e.g. elephant -- Chinese chess).
I considered entering "black light-squared bishop" but had to be conservative
since I couldn't predict your judging style. Wrong answers are the
score-killer.
--
Alan Curry
== 7 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 1:51 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
>> Valid answers not given are magnesium, mangnese, tin, and (one which
>> takes a bit of thought to come up with) oxygen.
>
> Are you referring to the fact that aluminum exposed to air forms a
> transparent crust of oxide?
I hope he isn't, because I considered that answer, but decided that the
oxygen in this case is not intentional.
> I see only two correct answers here, Sea of Azov and Sea of Oman.
> The Sea of Rh�n is a literary invention, not a cartographic feature,
> and all others have more than the required number of letters.
I answered Sea of Azov, but I just first that took what came into mind.
I never interpreted Xxxx to mean exactly four letters. Then again,
the Xxxx might have lured me to think "Azov". Sounds like a fair game
to me.
>> 7. Name an organized sport that has goals but no goalkeepers. Note that
>> "goal" here refers to a stationary physical object used in the scoring
>> of points for the game, not as a synonym of "objective".
> ...
>> Wrong
>> 1 golf
> ...
>> 'Golf', on the other hand, in no way complies with the definition.
>
> *Huh?*
>
> You score (demerit) points until you reach the hole. How is this not
> using the hole "in the scoring of points"?
Dan's clarification helped to make the question more ambiguous that it
had been witout it, and opened for things you would normally not think
of as goals. I can understand that neither golf nor archery were intended
answers, but if archery is correct, I don't see why golf is wrong? Because
there is not *a* stationary object - there are 18? Then again, you only
play against one of them at the time.
It was my answer, by the way.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 8 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 2:03 pm
From: pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry)
In article <Xns9EC4E873F4246Yazorman@127.0.0.1>,
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote:
>> I see only two correct answers here, Sea of Azov and Sea of Oman.
>> The Sea of Rh�n is a literary invention, not a cartographic feature,
>> and all others have more than the required number of letters.
>
>I answered Sea of Azov, but I just first that took what came into mind.
>I never interpreted Xxxx to mean exactly four letters. Then again,
>the Xxxx might have lured me to think "Azov". Sounds like a fair game
>to me.
Counting X's didn't occur to me either.
>
>>> 7. Name an organized sport that has goals but no goalkeepers. Note that
>>> "goal" here refers to a stationary physical object used in the scoring
>>> of points for the game, not as a synonym of "objective".
>> ...
>>> Wrong
>>> 1 golf
>> ...
>>> 'Golf', on the other hand, in no way complies with the definition.
>>
>> *Huh?*
>>
>> You score (demerit) points until you reach the hole. How is this not
>> using the hole "in the scoring of points"?
>
>Dan's clarification helped to make the question more ambiguous that it
>had been witout it, and opened for things you would normally not think
>of as goals. I can understand that neither golf nor archery were intended
>answers, but if archery is correct, I don't see why golf is wrong? Because
>there is not *a* stationary object - there are 18? Then again, you only
>play against one of them at the time.
>
>It was my answer, by the way.
I also thought of golf while pondering the wide-open definition of "goal".
But that definition includes the word "points" without a similarly wide
definition, leaving only the rules of the sport to define what a point is.
Golf scores are counted in strokes, not points.
And baseball has runs instead of points, which is too bad since home plate is
a perfectly good stationary physical object used in scoring.
--
Alan Curry
== 9 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 2:26 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Kevin Stone wrote:
>> 1. Give a chemical element that is an intentional constituent of a coin
>> issued by a national government since 1950
>
>> Wrong
>> 1 ruthenium
>
> Not why this was marked as wrong.
>
> As per the link in my answer set:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinage_metals
>
> In the 1967 Tonga 1/2 Hau...
>
It's a coin that was sold only to collectors which were explicitly
excluded. If you'd gone to the Wiki page on the Tongan pa'anga (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_pa%CA%BBanga ), you'd find this
right near the top:
"There is also the unit of hau (1 hau = 100 pa'anga) but this is not
used in every day life and can only be found on commemorative coins of
higher denominations."
--
Dan Tilque
== 10 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 7:38 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
>>> Valid answers not given are magnesium, mangnese, tin, and (one which
>>> takes a bit of thought to come up with) oxygen.
>> Are you referring to the fact that aluminum exposed to air forms a
>> transparent crust of oxide?
Yes.
>
> I hope he isn't, because I considered that answer, but decided that the
> oxygen in this case is not intentional.
It certainly is. An aluminum coin without the crust would be too soft.
The makers definitely want it on the coin, even if they don't directly
add it themselves. If the crust did not form, aluminum would not be a
good metal for coins, or for that matter, almost anything else.
>
>>> 7. Name an organized sport that has goals but no goalkeepers. Note that
>>> "goal" here refers to a stationary physical object used in the scoring
>>> of points for the game, not as a synonym of "objective".
>> ...
>>> Wrong
>>> 1 golf
>> ...
>>> 'Golf', on the other hand, in no way complies with the definition.
>> *Huh?*
>>
>> You score (demerit) points until you reach the hole. How is this not
>> using the hole "in the scoring of points"?
In golf a point (stroke actually, but I'm willing to let "point" be a
generic term for all kinds of scoring) is made by the golfer swinging a
club at the ball. Whether the ball goes into the cup or not is
irrelevant. In fact, whether the ball is hit or not is irrelevant. The
swing is what counts and there's no stationary object involved in that.
The cup itself is just a limitation, not significantly different from
the clock or sidelines in other sports.
>
> Dan's clarification helped to make the question more ambiguous that it
> had been witout it,
I agree that it was not well thought out. It was a last minute addition
and I should have taken more time to consider it.
--
Dan Tilque
== 11 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 7:50 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Dan Tilque:
>>>> Valid answers not given are magnesium, mangnese, tin, and (one which
>>>> takes a bit of thought to come up with) oxygen.
Mark Brader:
>>> Are you referring to the fact that aluminum exposed to air forms a
>>> transparent crust of oxide?
Erland Sommarskog:
>> I hope he isn't, because I considered that answer, but decided that the
>> oxygen in this case is not intentional.
Dan Tilque:
> It certainly is. An aluminum coin without the crust would be too soft.
I find that hard to believe, given that aluminum is used structurally
(on trains and airplanes, for example). I think the correct reason is
that the crust blocks any further reaction with the air, so the metal
doesn't need painting to stop it from all corroding away the way iron
or steel would.
> Whether the ball goes into the cup or not is
> irrelevant. In fact, whether the ball is hit or not is irrelevant. The
> swing is what counts and there's no stationary object involved in that.
*Point* taken.
By the way, I should make it explicit that I'm not at all annoyed about
anything I complained about, or even the other thing I didn't complain
about. Rather, I'd like to thank you for running the contest.
--
Mark Brader | "Red lights are not my concern.
Toronto | I am a driver, not a policeman."
msb@vex.net | --statement made after collision, 1853
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 12 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 8:36 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
> Dan Tilque:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 2. Give the name of a cartographic feature whose English name is of the
>> form "Sea of Xxxx".
>>
>> 4 Sea of Azov
>> 1 Sea of Crete
>> 1 Sea of Crisis
>> 1 Sea of Galilee
>> 1 Sea of Marmara
>> 1 Sea of Moisture (Mare Humorum)
>> 1 Sea of Muscovy
>> 1 Sea of Okhotsk
>> 1 Sea of Oman
>> 1 Sea of Rh�n
>> 1 Sea of Sardinia
>> 1 Sea of Showers
>> 1 Sea of Sicily
>> 1 Sea of Vapours
>> 1 Sea of William Henry Smith
>
> I see only two correct answers here, Sea of Azov and Sea of Oman.
> The Sea of Rh�n is a literary invention, not a cartographic feature,
> and all others have more than the required number of letters.
"Cartographic" in this usage means something that appears on a map. I
don't get the implication that it has to be a map of somewhere in the
real world. Unlike "geographic", for example, which by definition is
something on Earth.
Perhaps we need a rule on this for future questions.
>
>> Amazing collision in the Sea of Azov.
>
> Perhaps this is now explained.
Well I certainly didn't intend for people to think the number of Xs was
significant. It was just a shorthand for something like "a name starting
with 'Sea of' followed by another word".[1] Now that I think about it, I
realize that there are sometimes puzzles where the number Xs in such a
construct is significant.
I realized that you were disadvantaged by your reading of the question.
I don't know how to equitably correct it except by giving everyone a 1
on this, which would effectively throw the question out. Does this sound
like a good solution to everyone?
[1] I realize that "Sea of William Henry Smith" does not follow this
form, but its Latin name is Mare Smythii which translates as Sea of
Smyth. Note: I misspelled the last name in the results; the entrant
spelled it correctly: Smyth.
>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 3. Give the English name for a chess piece. Note that pawns are not
>> considered to be pieces in chess.
> ...
>> I expected more people to either go more specific (e.g. white queen's
>> knight)
>
> Damn!
I figured you'd be one to do this.
>
>> or to other varieties of chess (e.g. elephant -- Chinese chess).
>
> Those are other games with "chess" in the name, not chess. You made
> it clear that "chess" means chess when you spoke of "piece" not
> including pawns (a distinction not always made even in chess).
Good point. I did indirectly imply that it was standard chess. So the
elephant is right out. Sorry, swp.
>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 6. Name a US President or Vice President whom a city was named after.
>> The city must have a population of at least 10,000.
> ...
>> Prior to the contest, I made up a list of possible answers. That list
>> had twelve people. Among the first five answers I received were three
>> that were not on my list. Subsequent research on my part plus other
>> answers received has extended the list to about 20, which is likely
>> still incomplete.
>
> I'd be interested to see it.
>
It contains info that may be relevant to a future Rare Entries question,
so I'd rather not post it. And emailing it to a potential participant is
right out.
--
Dan Tilque
== 13 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 8:52 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Alan Curry wrote:
> In article <inup5a$dgo$1@dont-email.me>,
> Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com> wrote:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 3. Give the English name for a chess piece. Note that pawns are not
>> considered to be pieces in chess.
>>
>> 5 bishop
>> 3 king
>> 3 knight
>> + 1 white queen's knight
>> 3 queen
>> 3 rook (=castle)
>> 1 elephant
>>
>> I expected more people to either go more specific (e.g. white queen's
>> knight)
>
> I considered entering "black light-squared bishop" but had to be conservative
> since I couldn't predict your judging style. Wrong answers are the
> score-killer.
>
The question asked for a name and that's more of a description. So I'd
probably rule it wrong. Black queen's bishop, which is the name of that
particular piece, would have been a good answer.
--
Dan Tilque
== 14 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 9:22 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> It certainly is. An aluminum coin without the crust would be too soft.
>
> I find that hard to believe, given that aluminum is used structurally
> (on trains and airplanes, for example). I think the correct reason is
> that the crust blocks any further reaction with the air, so the metal
> doesn't need painting to stop it from all corroding away the way iron
> or steel would.
That's true, but the wear factor is very important for coins. They're
expected to last about 30 years in circulation. Aluminum oxide is one of
the hardest materials known. Without it on the outside of aluminum
coins, they'd wear out way too quickly.
It's possible that coin makers may make use of the fact that the oxide
coating takes a few hours to form on newly-made aluminum. Stamping a
freshly-made aluminum blank would be much easier than one which has had
time to form a crust. However, I don't know if they do this or not.
>
>> Whether the ball goes into the cup or not is
>> irrelevant. In fact, whether the ball is hit or not is irrelevant. The
>> swing is what counts and there's no stationary object involved in that.
>
> *Point* taken.
:groan:
>
> By the way, I should make it explicit that I'm not at all annoyed about
> anything I complained about, or even the other thing I didn't complain
> about.
Hey, no problem. The post-results discussions/arguments are half the fun
of these things. Can you give a hint about the "other thing"?
> Rather, I'd like to thank you for running the contest.
And thank you for participating.
--
Dan Tilque
== 15 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 10:11 pm
From: Calvin
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:36:56 +1000, Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>
wrote:
>>> Amazing collision in the Sea of Azov.
>> Perhaps this is now explained.
>
> Well I certainly didn't intend for people to think the number of Xs was
> significant. It was just a shorthand for something like "a name starting
> with 'Sea of' followed by another word".[1] Now that I think about it, I
> realize that there are sometimes puzzles where the number Xs in such a
> construct is significant.
>
> I realized that you were disadvantaged by your reading of the question.
> I don't know how to equitably correct it except by giving everyone a 1
> on this, which would effectively throw the question out. Does this sound
> like a good solution to everyone?
Not to me. We should be encouraging "outside the box" answers, not
penalising them.
Great quiz thanks Dan.
--
cheers,
calvin
== 16 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 10:58 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Dan Tilque:
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> 2. Give the name of a cartographic feature whose English name is of the
>>> form "Sea of Xxxx".
>>>
>>> 4 Sea of Azov
>>> 1 Sea of Crete
>>> 1 Sea of Crisis
>>> 1 Sea of Galilee
>>> 1 Sea of Marmara
>>> 1 Sea of Moisture (Mare Humorum)
>>> 1 Sea of Muscovy
>>> 1 Sea of Okhotsk
>>> 1 Sea of Oman
>>> 1 Sea of Rhûn
>>> 1 Sea of Sardinia
>>> 1 Sea of Showers
>>> 1 Sea of Sicily
>>> 1 Sea of Vapours
>>> 1 Sea of William Henry Smith
Mark Brader:
>> I see only two correct answers here, Sea of Azov and Sea of Oman.
>> The Sea of Rhûn is a literary invention, not a cartographic feature,
>> and all others have more than the required number of letters.
Dan Tilque:
> "Cartographic" in this usage means something that appears on a map. I
> don't get the implication that it has to be a map of somewhere in the
> real world... Perhaps we need a rule on this for future questions.
Well, in my contests if fictional answers are allowed then I say so.
This is something I've always considered obvious enough that no
explicit rule should be needed.
> Well I certainly didn't intend for people to think the number of Xs was
> significant. It was just a shorthand for something like "a name starting
> with 'Sea of' followed by another word".[1]
Harrumph.
> I realized that you were disadvantaged by your reading of the question.
> I don't know how to equitably correct it except by giving everyone a 1
> on this, which would effectively throw the question out. Does this sound
> like a good solution to everyone?
Hell no. Let the scores stand. You're in charge here. Just try to
do better next time, eh?
> [1] I realize that "Sea of William Henry [Smyth]" does not follow
> this form...
Oh, so the number of *words* in "Xxxx" was significant, just not the
number of *letters*. Riiiiiiight, that was obvious.
[And the number of I's is significant there. :-)]
--
Mark Brader Be there or be... hmmm. I can't pretend that a
Toronto six-hour seminar on trivia skills is exactly the
msb@vex.net opposite of "square." --Ken Jennings
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 17 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 11:05 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Dan Tilque:
>>> It certainly is. An aluminum coin without the crust would be too soft.
Mark Brader:
>> I find that hard to believe, given that aluminum is used structurally
>> (on trains and airplanes, for example). I think the correct reason is
>> that the crust blocks any further reaction with the air...
Dan Tilque:
> That's true, but the wear factor is very important for coins. They're
> expected to last about 30 years in circulation...
Good point. And indeed my impression is that subway tokens here were
still aluminum, they tended to wear faster than coins. However, that
might just be because the relief was lower.
>> or even the other thing I didn't complain about.
>
> Can you give a hint about the "other thing"?
Not applying the relevant bit of rule 3.1, to the detriment of
people who complied properly.
(I admit 3.1 does say "normally", but there was nothing misleading.)
--
Mark Brader | "The problem with waiting for a 'smoking gun' is
Toronto | that it means the gun has already been fired."
msb@vex.net | --Michael Chance
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 18 of 18 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 11:59 pm
From: Garmt de Vries
On Apr 11, 1:38 pm, Dan Tilque <dtil...@frontier.com> wrote:
> There were 18 entrants in this contest. Not bad for my first time.
Indeed. I'm happy to see other people taking up the running of rare
entries contests, they're always good fun. Let's hope more people will
start competing as well.
> 0. Name a Solar System body that a spacecraft has orbited.
>
> 5 Earth (=Terra)
> 4 Venus
> 3 Saturn
> 1 Mars
> 1 Moon
> 1 Sun
> [...]
> Valid answers not given are Jupiter, 433 Eros, and Mercury.
I did consider both 433 Eros, but decided against it as it was the
only not-so-well-known body on the list. Similarly, I decided against
Mercury because it had been in the news. Why nobody entered Jupiter is
a mystery to me.
> 3. Give the English name for a chess piece. Note that pawns are not
> considered to be pieces in chess.
>
> 3 rook (=castle)
Since you asked for the name rather than the piece itself, you
shouldn't treat rook and castle as equivalent answers. I specifically
looked for a less common term for a chess piece. I'm surprised nobody
answered minister or horse.
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Game 10 Rounds 2-3: -ologies, road to WW2
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2c6f3ec6eb160269?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 9:56 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)
Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - -Ologies
> 1. Otology.
ear
> 2. Osteology.
bones
> 3. Enterology.
intestines
> 4. Gastrology.
stomach
> 5. Heparology.
liver
> 6. Nephrology.
kidneys
> 7. Hysterology.
uterus
> 8. Arthrology.
joints
> 9. Chondrology.
spleen
> 10. Stomatology.
spleen
> * Game 10, Round 3 - History - The Road to World War II
> 1. Neville Chamberlain takes all the flak for the signing of
> the Munich Pact, but what other Allied leader also signed it?
Leon Blum
> 3. During September 1931, the Imperial Japanese army invaded
> which Chinese state?
Manchuria
> 4. In October of 1935, what nation was invaded by Italy?
Ethiopia
> 5. Who was chancellor of Germany prior to Hitler and served as
> his first vice-chancellor in 1933 and 1934?
Hindenburg
> 6. What were the anti-Semitic laws passed by the Nazis in
> 1935 called?
Racial Purity Laws
> 7. In 1933 the Nazis established the first concentration camp.
> Which one?
Birkenau; Dachau
> 8. Name the paramilitary group that was instrumental in
> Mussolini's rise to power in Italy.
Black Shirts
> 10. Hitler's initial attempt to take power in Germany is
> generally known as what?
Beer Hall Putsch
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 10:46 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
news:foKdnfsNivjw5z_QnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@vex.net...
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-06,
> 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. For further information see
> my 2010-11-16 companion posting on "Five Guys Named Moe Questions
> from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM)".
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe,
> and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. (This also applies
> to the last question set of Game 9, where I accidentally omitted
> this paragraph.)
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - -Ologies
>
> We'll give you a medical specialty; you name the body part that
> is the focus of that specialty.
>
> 1. Otology.
Ear
> 2. Osteology.
Bones
> 3. Enterology.
Intestines
> 4. Gastrology.
Stomach
> 5. Heparology.
Liver
> 6. Nephrology.
Kidneys
> 7. Hysterology.
Womb
> 8. Arthrology.
Joints
> 9. Chondrology.
Pancreas
> 10. Stomatology.
Pancreas
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - History - The Road to World War II
>
> World War II began on September 1, 1939, when the Nazis invaded
> Poland, but there were many signposts along the way to tell the
> world what was coming.
>
> 1. Neville Chamberlain takes all the flak for the signing of
> the Munich Pact, but what other Allied leader also signed it?
Roosevelt
> 2. In July 1936, when the Spanish Civil War broke out, General
> Franco was rebelling against which duly elected president
> of the Second Spanish Republic?
>
> 3. During September 1931, the Imperial Japanese army invaded
> which Chinese state?
Manchuria
> 4. In October of 1935, what nation was invaded by Italy?
>
> 5. Who was chancellor of Germany prior to Hitler and served as
> his first vice-chancellor in 1933 and 1934?
>
> 6. What were the anti-Semitic laws passed by the Nazis in
> 1935 called?
>
> 7. In 1933 the Nazis established the first concentration camp.
> Which one?
Auschwitz, Belsen
> 8. Name the paramilitary group that was instrumental in
> Mussolini's rise to power in Italy.
Blackshirts
> 9. What event was triggered by the assassination of German
> diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born
> Polish Jew, in Paris, France?
>
> 10. Hitler's initial attempt to take power in Germany is
> generally known as what?
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 1:27 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 2. Osteology.
Bones
> 4. Gastrology.
Stomach
> 5. Heparology.
Liver
> 7. Hysterology.
Nervous system
> 1. Neville Chamberlain takes all the flak for the signing of
> the Munich Pact, but what other Allied leader also signed it?
The French President - am I really supposed to know his name?
> 3. During September 1931, the Imperial Japanese army invaded
> which Chinese state?
Manchuria
> 4. In October of 1935, what nation was invaded by Italy?
Ethiopia
> 5. Who was chancellor of Germany prior to Hitler and served as
> his first vice-chancellor in 1933 and 1934?
Hindenburg
> 9. What event was triggered by the assassination of German
> diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born
> Polish Jew, in Paris, France?
The Crystal Night
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 9:01 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <foKdnfsNivjw5z_QnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - -Ologies
>
> We'll give you a medical specialty; you name the body part that
> is the focus of that specialty.
>
> 1. Otology.
ear
> 2. Osteology.
bone
> 3. Enterology.
small intestine
> 4. Gastrology.
stomach
> 5. Heparology.
liver
> 6. Nephrology.
kidney
> 7. Hysterology.
uterus
> 8. Arthrology.
joint
> 9. Chondrology.
cartilidge
> 10. Stomatology.
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - History - The Road to World War II
>
> World War II began on September 1, 1939, when the Nazis invaded
> Poland, but there were many signposts along the way to tell the
> world what was coming.
>
> 1. Neville Chamberlain takes all the flak for the signing of
> the Munich Pact, but what other Allied leader also signed it?
>
> 2. In July 1936, when the Spanish Civil War broke out, General
> Franco was rebelling against which duly elected president
> of the Second Spanish Republic?
>
> 3. During September 1931, the Imperial Japanese army invaded
> which Chinese state?
>
> 4. In October of 1935, what nation was invaded by Italy?
Libya
> 5. Who was chancellor of Germany prior to Hitler and served as
> his first vice-chancellor in 1933 and 1934?
>
> 6. What were the anti-Semitic laws passed by the Nazis in
> 1935 called?
Nuremberg laws
> 7. In 1933 the Nazis established the first concentration camp.
> Which one?
Dachau
> 8. Name the paramilitary group that was instrumental in
> Mussolini's rise to power in Italy.
Blackshirts
> 9. What event was triggered by the assassination of German
> diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born
> Polish Jew, in Paris, France?
Kristallnacht
> 10. Hitler's initial attempt to take power in Germany is
> generally known as what?
Beer Hall Putsch
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #116
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3aa2ed9b29cd51de?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 10:33 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in message
news:op.vtq3gac0yr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
> 1 What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bat
> 2 Lombok is a part of which island nation?
Indonesia
> 3 What was the name of the pet dog in the 1960s TV series The Jetsons?
> 4 Which was the only undefeated team at the 2010 soccer World Cup?
Ghana
> 5 How many American presidents been assassinated while in office?
4
> 6 Which Australian businessman created World Series Cricket in the
> 1970s?
Kerry Packer
> 7 What object appears on Pink Floyd's iconic 1973 album cover Dark
> Side of the Moon?
Prism
> 8 Denny Crane is a character in which American TV series?
Frasier
> 9 Which accessory would one associate with the fashion brand
> Louboutin?
Handbag
> 10 Holly Hunter won an Oscar for her role in which 1993 film?
The Piano
Peter Smyth
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 12:22 pm
From: swp
On Apr 10, 9:51 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 What is the only mammal that can fly?
bat (unless you don't mean without the aid of a 747 jumbo jet)
> 2 Lombok is a part of which island nation?
indonesia?
> 3 What was the name of the pet dog in the 1960s TV series The Jetsons?
astro
> 4 Which was the only undefeated team at the 2010 soccer World Cup?
brazil
> 5 How many American presidents been assassinated while in office?
four
> 6 Which Australian businessman created World Series Cricket in the 1970s?
fibber mcgee!
> 7 What object appears on Pink Floyd's iconic 1973 album cover Dark Side of
> the Moon?
a crystal prism
> 8 Denny Crane is a character in which American TV series?
boston legal. denny crane!
> 9 Which accessory would one associate with the fashion brand Louboutin?
shoes?
> 10 Holly Hunter won an Oscar for her role in which 1993 film?
the piano
swp
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #11
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2c510b00e2ab2c9c?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 9:55 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
> Post your answers in this thread, based only on your own knowledge.
> You have 5 days from the instant of posting to answer. This time
> spelling counts -- misspell a correct answer and you only get a
> half-point.
>
> As in QFTCI, please place each answer on a separate line after
> quoting the corresponding question.
>
> 1. What surname was shared by two US presidents and a star
> player who retired from basketball in 1996?
Johnson
>
> 2. What name is shared by another retired basketball star of
> similar fame, the Green Lantern's secret identity (in some
> versions), a river, and a country?
Jordan
>
> 3. When TV viewers first heard of this alien species, they were
> enemies of humanity, serving in some stories as an analogue
> for the Communist bloc. In later years they were an ally
> of humans, noble warriors with a strong sense of loyalty
> despite some savage tendencies and customs -- and they looked
> very different. What species was this? (Give the singular.)
Klingon
>
> 4. This former Soviet republic is very familiar to fans of
> geography quizzes at www.sporcle.com. Its capital is Bishkek,
> and if "Wheel of Fortune" rules are used, then its 3-syllable
> name contains only one vowel. Name the country.
Kyrgystan
>
> 5. What unit of measure is equal to roundly 950 ml or 1,150 ml
> depending on which English-speaking country you live in?
quart
>
> 6. What 14-letter adjective means "most perfectly typical" and
> has an etymology referring to the "fifth element" supposed
> to exist in addition to earth, fire, wind, and water?
quintessence
>
> 7. What noble gas has atomic number 54 and shares the first
> part of its name with a company formerly known as Blackwater?
xenon
>
> 8. What name, which might be said to fit the pattern of the
> quiz in two places, was first made famous by two Persian
> kings of the 5th century BC?
Xerxes
>
> 9. Mildred Didrikson achieved great success in various sports,
> but died of cancer in her 40s. What was her married name?
>
> 10. This name of a Greek letter also forms a component of the
> name of an Oscar-winning actress whose husband is a much
> older Oscar-winner. What is it?
zeta
--
Dan Tilque
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