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* Calvin's Quiz #119 - 5 messages, 4 authors
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* A. G. Lisi's E8 model may be showing us what both our space & time really
are. - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Calvin's Rare Entries Quiz #1 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #119
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/6c8b52f327e0a549?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, Apr 17 2011 8:43 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Calvin writes:
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Johnson.
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
The Joker.
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Tchaikovsky.
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana.
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000 people?
"Spill" is usually used for liquids, not airborne poisons.
Anyway, Bhopal.
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
Lie detector.
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Disclosure.
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on
> it?
Billiards. The specific game of that name.
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make the
> 1st move?
Knight.
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
Johnson.
--
Mark Brader "The best you can write will be the best you are.
Toronto Every sentence is the result of a long probation."
msb@vex.net -- Henry David Thoreau, 1841
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 18 2011 12:10 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Mrs Mezvinsky, whoever that is.
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Piotr Tchakovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000
> people?
Bhopal
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black
> spots on it?
It does not sound like cricket, but given who is asking I assume that
is the answer.
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may
> make the 1st move?
The horse
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 18 2011 12:32 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> > 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Erland Sommarskog:
> Mrs Mezvinsky, whoever that is.
Oh yeah? How do you know he's not asking for the priest, magistrate,
or other officiant?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I wish to God these calculations had been
msb@vex.net | executed by steam!" -- Charles Babbage, 1821
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 18 2011 1:44 pm
From: swp
On Apr 17, 10:25 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
chelsea clinton (unless you really wanted rabbi james ponet)
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
the joker
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
tchaikovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000 people?
none. but there was a chemical cloud that year that killed about the
same number...
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
lie detector (unless you work for the u.s. government and have a
security clearance, in which case the answer is "a poly")
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
um .. no. she uncrossed her legs in this one. best left in the dust
bin of history I think.
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on
> it?
billiards
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make the
> 1st move?
knight (aka horsey)
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
judy durham (?)
swp
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 18 2011 5:05 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in message
news:op.vt33pepoyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Chelsea Clinton
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
The Joker
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Bach
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000
> people?
Bhopal
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
Lie Detector
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Basic Instinct
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots
> on it?
Billiards
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make
> the 1st move?
Knight
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
Judith Durham
Peter Smyth
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TOPIC: A. G. Lisi's E8 model may be showing us what both our space & time
really are.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/28375418ab19047a?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 18 2011 5:21 am
From: fitz
A. G. Lisi's E8 model may be showing us what both our space & time
really are.
(Click link below.)
http://www.amperefitz.com/e8.htm
Crystals and chemical compounds are tied up with group theory which
best explains (mathematically) exactly why they form the particular
way they do.
Lisi's E8 model is a group theory model that may be showing us why our
space forms the way it does via frequencies that cannot be directly
measured from inside of our particular space-time realm (Wheeler -
Feynman).
Click link below for MORE:
http://www.amperefitz.com/e8.htm
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TOPIC: Calvin's Rare Entries Quiz #1
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/d32d06781a0a20d2?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 18 2011 6:41 am
From: "Rob Parker"
So, if someone gets a bonus reduction of -1 applied to a unique anwser, that
will give them 0 for the whole game.
I think I'll aim for originality; as a consequence, I'll probably get a huge
number of "wrongs", and loose by a country mile. But what the hell, it's
only a game ;-)
Rob
"Calvin" <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in message
news:op.vt3t9hpryr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:59:15 +1000, Peter Smyth <psmythREMOVE@thisukf.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Calvin" <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in message
>> news:op.vtyj02tpyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>>
>>> The rules will be the same as for Mark's comps, excepting that wrong
>>> answers will score the number of people who enter, and I may award
>>> bonus marks (bonus reductions, I guess) for the best answer to each
>>> question. "Best" will mean whatever I want it to mean, but usually
>>> approximates "most original".
>>
>> I don't think this is a good idea as it is too arbitary. Presumably the
>> "most original" answer will have scored 1 point anyway so that should be
>> reward enough.
>
> The bonus reduction will usually be -1 so won't have much effect on the
> rankings. Enough to separate ties and that's about it.
>
> --
>
> cheers,
> calvin
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:05 am
From: swp
On Apr 18, 9:41 am, "Rob Parker" <NO robpparker SPAM @ FOR
optusnet.com.au ME> wrote:
> So, if someone gets a bonus reduction of -1 applied to a unique anwser, that
> will give them 0 for the whole game.
>
> I think I'll aim for originality; as a consequence, I'll probably get a huge
> number of "wrongs", and loose by a country mile. But what the hell, it's
> only a game ;-)
>
> Rob
>
> "Calvin" <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in message
>
> news:op.vt3t9hpryr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
>
> > On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:59:15 +1000, Peter Smyth <psmythREM...@thisukf.net>
> > wrote:
>
> >> "Calvin" <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in message
> >>news:op.vtyj02tpyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
> >>> The rules will be the same as for Mark's comps, excepting that wrong
> >>> answers will score the number of people who enter, and I may award
> >>> bonus marks (bonus reductions, I guess) for the best answer to each
> >>> question. "Best" will mean whatever I want it to mean, but usually
> >>> approximates "most original".
>
> >> I don't think this is a good idea as it is too arbitary. Presumably the
> >> "most original" answer will have scored 1 point anyway so that should be
> >> reward enough.
>
> > The bonus reduction will usually be -1 so won't have much effect on the
> > rankings. Enough to separate ties and that's about it.
>
> > --
>
> > cheers,
> > calvin- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
I'm pretty sure he meant the -1 would be applied to the final score,
not the individual score.
swp
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 18 2011 3:03 pm
From: Calvin
On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:05:47 +1000, swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure he meant the -1 would be applied to the final score,
> not the individual score.
Indeed.
--
cheers,
calvin
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