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* Rotating Quiz #17 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/dd37c336ff98c290?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #131 - 6 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0b588fe8987c87c2?hl=en
* QFTCIMM Current Events 1-2 answers - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/32863a9f10a9de00?hl=en
* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 6: Sports - 8 messages, 7 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58e18a8e56d8b8a3?hl=en
* *RESULTS* of Rare Entries contest MSB71 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9f368f6df23a05af?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #132 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e9eb7a69d225dcf0?hl=en
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #17
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/dd37c336ff98c290?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, May 28 2011 9:19 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 5/27/2011 10:53 AM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
> this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
>
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
>
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
>
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
>
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Garfield
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
>
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
>
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
>
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Dylan Thomas
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
--Jeff
--
It is very easy for rich people to preach
the virtues of self-reliance to the poor.
--Winston Churchill
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 3:25 pm
From: Calvin
On Sat, 28 May 2011 00:53:16 +1000, Chris F.A. Johnson
<cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
>
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
Gloria Swanston?
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
California?
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Cheshire Cat?
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Bach?
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess?
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
>
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Dylan Thomas?
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Wood
A good note to end on- one that isn't a guess :-)
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #131
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0b588fe8987c87c2?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 8:24 am
From: Stan Brown
On Fri, 27 May 2011 12:48:35 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> Mark Brader:
> >> If you're talking about the armistice, that was 1918-11-11. If you
> >> actually mean what you said, the date of the Versailles Treaty, I'm
> >> not sure: it was something like 1919-06-20, and that's my guess.
>
> Stan Brown:
> > But that was with Germany alone.
>
> And the US didn't ratify it and remained at war until about 1923, too.
> But my take is that after the treaty, there weren't enough countries
> still participating to call it a world war any more.
I take your point, but the question asked on which date the war
_officially_ ended.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 9:57 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
>>>> If you're talking about the armistice, that was 1918-11-11. If you
>>>> actually mean what you said, the date of the Versailles Treaty, I'm
>>>> not sure: it was something like 1919-06-20, and that's my guess.
Stan Brown:
>>> But that was with Germany alone.
Mark Brader:
>> And the US didn't ratify it and remained at war until about 1923, too.
>> But my take is that after the treaty, there weren't enough countries
>> still participating to call it a world war any more.
Stan Brown:
> I take your point, but the question asked on which date the war
> _officially_ ended.
And, I say, the world war officially ended when the treaty was signed and
not enough countries were involved for it to be a world war. The actual
date was 1919-06-28, by the way.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I shot a query into the net.
msb@vex.net | I haven't got an answer yet..." --Ed Nather
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 4:53 pm
From: Calvin
On Fri, 27 May 2011 08:54:01 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
Lintel
10/14
I don't believe a transom can appear over a window so am not accepting it,
but those who gave that answer should feel free to provide evidence to the
contrary.
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Willow
6/14
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
13/14
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese
> city?
Osaka
9/14
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
De Lorean
12/14
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
11/14
I don't (intentionally) ask trick questions Stephen.
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
Pamela Stephenson
4/14
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
14/14
There's one in Germany too but with a population of about 200 can't be
considered a city.
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
11 Nov 1918
10/14
Probably should have avoided the word "officially"...
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
Sharks and Jets
10/14
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 131
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Bruce Bowler
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 Chris Johnson
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Dan Tilque
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 David
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 Erland S
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0.5 7.5 John Masters
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0.5 6.5 Mark Brader
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 Rob Parker
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Stan Brown
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 6 13 9 12 11 4 14 10 10 99 TOTAL
71%
14 players is a new record (thanks everyone) and congratulations to Peter
S.
--
cheers,
calvin
== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 5:17 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> > 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
>
> 11 Nov 1918
> 10/14
> Probably should have avoided the word "officially"...
Hey, don't I get credit for giving the date of the Armistice?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The three dots '...' here suppress a lot of detail
msb@vex.net | -- maybe I should have used four dots." -- Knuth
== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 6:01 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 30 May 2011 10:17:41 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> "Calvin":
>> > 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
>>
>> 11 Nov 1918
>> 10/14
>> Probably should have avoided the word "officially"...
>
> Hey, don't I get credit for giving the date of the Armistice?
Mark gets a gold star :-)
--
cheers,
calvin
== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 10:00 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vv9onlkeyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> On Fri, 27 May 2011 08:54:01 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
>
> > 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
>
> Lintel
> 10/14
> I don't believe a transom can appear over a window so am not accepting it,
> but those who gave that answer should feel free to provide evidence to the
> contrary.
From Wikipedia:
Transom (architectural), a bar of wood or stone across the top of a door
or window, also a fixed window over a door or another window
Merriam-Webster (m-w.com) considers lintel and transom to be synonyms.
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
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TOPIC: QFTCIMM Current Events 1-2 answers
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/32863a9f10a9de00?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 9:55 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
> indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
> answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to
> give the answers that were correct on those dates... For further
> information see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> * Game 1 (2011-05-09), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. There is a lovely little town north of Islamabad, named for
> the British army major who founded it in 1853, a town where a
> certain Osama Bin Laden was living until his demise last week.
> Name that town.
Abbottabad. 4 for everyone -- Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin,
Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jeff.
Major James Abbott even wrote a poem about how wonderful the place
was; "The Guardian" newspaper considers it one of the worst poems
ever written.
> 2. Already infamous as the NDP's so-called "Vegas" candidate,
> newly elected MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau ran into trouble this
> week. What electoral offence have several citizens of her
> riding accused her of?
Forging their names on her nomination papers.
> 3. Toronto rolled out its new bike-sharing program last week.
> Eventually there will be 1000 bikes at 80 stations.
> Name the program.
Bixi. 4 for Stephen.
> 4. Save the Children published its Mothers Index last week.
> The index measures lengths of maternity leaves, women's
> life expectancy, maternal and child mortality, and and other
> indicators to reveal the best place to be a mom. Afghanistan
> came in last. Canada was 20th. Which country was first?
Norway. 4 for Stephen and Jeff. 3 for Peter. 2 for Calvin and Pete.
> 5. Within half a percentage point, what percentage of eligible
> voters actually voted in last Monday's federal election,
> according to Elections Canada?
61.4% (accepting 60.9%-61.9%). Nobody managed to hit that range,
so I accepted answers within double the leeway as "almost correct".
So, 2 for Dan Blum.
> 6. French soccer, a.k.a. football, was rocked last week by
> allegations that its national team coach had made a secret
> agreement with other coaches and officials to do what?
Limit the number of players of African (and North-African) descent
in its training academies to 30%. I accepted any reference to racial
selection or quotas. 4 for Peter, Erland, Stephen, and Pete.
> 7. Vancouver journalist Dorothy Parvaz arrived in Damascus,
> Syria, last week to cover the protests there, and was
> immediately detained by the Syrian government upon her
> arrival. Which news service does she work for?
Al-Jazeera. 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. The leader of the Apache tribe asked the U.S. president for
> a formal apology last week for the government's use of a code
> name to refer to Osama Bin-laden. What was the code name?
Geronimo. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Pete, and Jeff.
> 9. Which on-line gaming network was the target last week of a
> security breach that stole the private credit card data of 100
> million users? Name either the network or the parent company.
Sony PlayStation (either word was sufficient). 4 for Peter, Dan Blum,
Erland, Calvin, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete.
> 10. Well, Yuri Gagarin beat him into space by a month, but at
> least the first American in space was honoured posthumously
> with his own stamp last week to commemorate the 50th
> anniversary of his flight. Name him.
Alan Shepard. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete. 3 for Calvin. No bonus points to Dan Blum, Marc, and
Joshua for correct spelling.
One entrant noted that "there is no agreed definition as to where
'space' begins"; that's true, but Shepard reached an altitude of
187 km (116 miles) and nobody disputes that that should count
as space.
> * Game 2 (2011-05-16), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. A pilot for which US airline kicked two Muslim men off
> his plane because "some passengers might be uncomfortable"?
> The men were on their way to a conference on Muslim
> stereotyping.
Atlantic Southeast, affiliate of Delta (accepting either company).
3 for Peter, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 2. Which party won a majority in the Scottish parliament for
> the first time, a victory which could lead to a separation
> referendum?
Scottish National Party. 4 for Peter, Erland, Calvin, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 3. Doug Ford pissed off a city other than Toronto, for a
> change, when he suggested a certain NFL team would be ripe for
> relocation to our burg. Officials of which city vehemently
> denied the rumour?
New Orleans. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Calvin.
> 4. The defending NBA champions were eliminated in the second
> round of playoffs in 4 straight games by the Dallas Mavericks.
> Name the soon-to-be-ex champs.
Los Angeles Lakers (accepting the city or team name). 4 for Calvin,
Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jeff. 3 for Peter
and Dan Blum.
> 5. Name the singer whose album "Fumbling Toward Ecstasy" was
> turned into a ballet debuted this week by Ballet Alberta.
Sarah McLachlan. 4 for Erland (who spelled it correctly) and Stephen
(who, capitalization aside, misspelled it the same way the question's
author did).
> 6. Which Canadian entertainment icon was in Toronto this week
> signing copies of her new book "From this Moment On"?
Shania Twain. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
> 7. This new 30-story thrill ride at Canada's Wonderland was
> scheduled to debut with the opening of the park this weekend.
> It has been delayed due to the lousy spring weather. Name it.
Windrider.
> 8. Which horse won the Kentucky Derby?
Animal Kingdom. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. No points for "Animal
something" or references to other races.
> 9. Forzani Group -- the Canadian retail sports chain which
> includes Athlete's World, Sportchek, and Nevada Bob's among
> other stores -- was purchased for $771 million by which
> Canadian retail giant?
Canadian Tire.
> 10. In another buyout this week, Microsoft is spending
> $8.5 billion to acquire which communications company?
Skype. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Marc, Stephen, Joshua,
Pete, and Jeff.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 TOTALS
Stephen Perry 28 24 52
Joshua Kreitzer 16 23 39
Peter Smyth 19 14 33
Dan Blum 18 13 31
Pete Gayde 22 8 30
"Calvin" 13 15 28
Erland Sommarskog 16 12 28
Marc Dashevsky 20 8 28
Dan Tilque 16 8 24
Jeff Turner 12 8 20
--
Mark Brader | "I don't have to stay here to be insulted."
Toronto | "I realize that. You're insulted everywhere, I imagine."
msb@vex.net | -- Theodore Sturgeon
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 6: Sports
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58e18a8e56d8b8a3?hl=en
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== 1 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 10:00 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-13,
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 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
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.
** Final, Round 6 - Sports
* Canadian Gold Medallists at the 1984 Olympics
Primarily due to the Soviet-led boycott of these Games, Canada
enjoyed its best-ever results at the Summer Games in Los Angeles,
coming in 6th place for number of gold medals won. How well do you
remember these athletes?
1. He was a double gold medalist in swimming, winning both
men's 200 m and 400 m Individual Medley. Name him.
2. Sylvie Bernier was a gold medalist. What was her sport?
3. Larry Cain, Lori Fung, and Linda Thom were all gold medalists
and household names in the summer of 1984. Name one of
their sports, but you must tell us which athlete you mean.
* Just Odd Sports Stuff
4. This annual event, the premier competition in its sport, first
took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition.
There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by
Spencer Gore.
5. In what year, within 2, did it become illegal for Olympic
athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during
competition?
6. Who performed the first triple jump in figure-skating
competition, in 1952?
* Former Leafs of the Past 20 Years
In each case, name the Leaf.
7. In 523 games with the Leafs, this defenseman scored 83 goals,
assisted on 214 others and had 755 minutes in penalties.
8. In just 223 games with the Leafs, this lanky forward scored
120 goals and assisted on 98 others.
9. In 379 games with the Leafs, this goalie had 160 wins and
149 losses with 12 shutouts.
* NFL Record Holders
10. Name the kicker who holds the record for most points
scored in his career, with 2,544. He started playing in 1982
and retired in 2008, serving with the New Orleans Saints,
the Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs,
and Minnesota Vikings.
11. Name the running back who holds the record for most rushing
touchdowns in a single season, with 28, set in 2006.
12. Five quarterbacks share the record of throwing 7 touchdown
passes in a single game. The last time the feat was
accomplished was on Sept. 28, 1969. Name any one of the five.
* Video Games
13. This video game series was created by Rockstar North
(formerly DMA Design) and first released in 1997, but it was
the third installment, released in October 2001, that made
it one of the most popular video franchises of all time.
That one replaced the traditional top-down view with a
third-person view for gameplay. Name the game.
14. This Capcom game series, know as Biohazard in Japan and
released in 1996 for the Playstation, was one of the first
"survival horror" video games. It has also spawned five
films. Name the game.
15. This game series was first released on October 29, 2003.
It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision.
Although the first installment of the game was set in
World War II, future releases have been set in the present
day and the most recent version, set during the Cold War,
allows players to run around the Pentagon as John F. Kennedy
wasting zombies. Name the game.
--
Mark Brader | "We may take pride in observing that there is
Toronto | not a single film showing in London today which
msb@vex.net | deals with one of the burning issues of the day."
| -- Lord Tyrell, British film censors' chief, 1937
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 10:31 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 2. Sylvie Bernier was a gold medalist. What was her sport?
Cycling
> 4. This annual event, the premier competition in its sport, first
> took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition.
> There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by
> Spencer Gore.
Wimbledon
> 5. In what year, within 2, did it become illegal for Olympic
> athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during
> competition?
1960
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 11:07 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:oLGdnSHF5bsK5n_QnZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@vex.net...
>** Final, Round 6 - Sports
>
>* Canadian Gold Medallists at the 1984 Olympics
>
>Primarily due to the Soviet-led boycott of these Games, Canada
>enjoyed its best-ever results at the Summer Games in Los Angeles,
>coming in 6th place for number of gold medals won. How well do you
>remember these athletes?
>
>1. He was a double gold medalist in swimming, winning both
> men's 200 m and 400 m Individual Medley. Name him.
>
>2. Sylvie Bernier was a gold medalist. What was her sport?
Gymnastics, Diving
>3. Larry Cain, Lori Fung, and Linda Thom were all gold medalists
> and household names in the summer of 1984. Name one of
> their sports, but you must tell us which athlete you mean.
Lori Fung - Gymnastics, Diving
>
>* Just Odd Sports Stuff
>
>4. This annual event, the premier competition in its sport, first
> took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition.
> There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by
> Spencer Gore.
Wimbledon
>5. In what year, within 2, did it become illegal for Olympic
> athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during
> competition?
1968, 1973
>6. Who performed the first triple jump in figure-skating
> competition, in 1952?
Salchow, Lutz
>
>* Former Leafs of the Past 20 Years
>
>In each case, name the Leaf.
>
>7. In 523 games with the Leafs, this defenseman scored 83 goals,
> assisted on 214 others and had 755 minutes in penalties.
>
>8. In just 223 games with the Leafs, this lanky forward scored
> 120 goals and assisted on 98 others.
>
>9. In 379 games with the Leafs, this goalie had 160 wins and
> 149 losses with 12 shutouts.
>
>
>* NFL Record Holders
>
>10. Name the kicker who holds the record for most points
> scored in his career, with 2,544. He started playing in 1982
> and retired in 2008, serving with the New Orleans Saints,
> the Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs,
> and Minnesota Vikings.
>
>11. Name the running back who holds the record for most rushing
> touchdowns in a single season, with 28, set in 2006.
>
>12. Five quarterbacks share the record of throwing 7 touchdown
> passes in a single game. The last time the feat was
> accomplished was on Sept. 28, 1969. Name any one of the five.
>
>
>* Video Games
>
>13. This video game series was created by Rockstar North
> (formerly DMA Design) and first released in 1997, but it was
> the third installment, released in October 2001, that made
> it one of the most popular video franchises of all time.
> That one replaced the traditional top-down view with a
> third-person view for gameplay. Name the game.
Grand Theft Auto
>14. This Capcom game series, know as Biohazard in Japan and
> released in 1996 for the Playstation, was one of the first
> "survival horror" video games. It has also spawned five
> films. Name the game.
Resident Evil
>15. This game series was first released on October 29, 2003.
> It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision.
> Although the first installment of the game was set in
> World War II, future releases have been set in the present
> day and the most recent version, set during the Cold War,
> allows players to run around the Pentagon as John F. Kennedy
> wasting zombies. Name the game.
Call of Duty
Peter Smyth
== 4 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 11:37 am
From: Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:oLGdnSHF5bsK5n_QnZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-13,
> 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 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> 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.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 6 - Sports
>
> * Canadian Gold Medallists at the 1984 Olympics
>
> Primarily due to the Soviet-led boycott of these Games, Canada
> enjoyed its best-ever results at the Summer Games in Los Angeles,
> coming in 6th place for number of gold medals won. How well do you
> remember these athletes?
>
> 1. He was a double gold medalist in swimming, winning both
> men's 200 m and 400 m Individual Medley. Name him.
>
> 2. Sylvie Bernier was a gold medalist. What was her sport?
>
> 3. Larry Cain, Lori Fung, and Linda Thom were all gold medalists
> and household names in the summer of 1984. Name one of
> their sports, but you must tell us which athlete you mean.
>
>
> * Just Odd Sports Stuff
>
> 4. This annual event, the premier competition in its sport, first
> took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition.
> There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by
> Spencer Gore.
U.S. Open
>
> 5. In what year, within 2, did it become illegal for Olympic
> athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during
> competition?
1960
>
> 6. Who performed the first triple jump in figure-skating
> competition, in 1952?
Button
>
>
> * Former Leafs of the Past 20 Years
>
> In each case, name the Leaf.
>
> 7. In 523 games with the Leafs, this defenseman scored 83 goals,
> assisted on 214 others and had 755 minutes in penalties.
>
> 8. In just 223 games with the Leafs, this lanky forward scored
> 120 goals and assisted on 98 others.
>
> 9. In 379 games with the Leafs, this goalie had 160 wins and
> 149 losses with 12 shutouts.
>
>
> * NFL Record Holders
>
> 10. Name the kicker who holds the record for most points
> scored in his career, with 2,544. He started playing in 1982
> and retired in 2008, serving with the New Orleans Saints,
> the Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs,
> and Minnesota Vikings.
Morten Andersen
>
> 11. Name the running back who holds the record for most rushing
> touchdowns in a single season, with 28, set in 2006.
>
> 12. Five quarterbacks share the record of throwing 7 touchdown
> passes in a single game. The last time the feat was
> accomplished was on Sept. 28, 1969. Name any one of the five.
Unitas; Baugh
>
>
> * Video Games
>
> 13. This video game series was created by Rockstar North
> (formerly DMA Design) and first released in 1997, but it was
> the third installment, released in October 2001, that made
> it one of the most popular video franchises of all time.
> That one replaced the traditional top-down view with a
> third-person view for gameplay. Name the game.
>
> 14. This Capcom game series, know as Biohazard in Japan and
> released in 1996 for the Playstation, was one of the first
> "survival horror" video games. It has also spawned five
> films. Name the game.
>
> 15. This game series was first released on October 29, 2003.
> It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision.
> Although the first installment of the game was set in
> World War II, future releases have been set in the present
> day and the most recent version, set during the Cold War,
> allows players to run around the Pentagon as John F. Kennedy
> wasting zombies. Name the game.
>
Pete
== 5 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 2:27 pm
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)
Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 6 - Sports
> * Canadian Gold Medallists at the 1984 Olympics
> 2. Sylvie Bernier was a gold medalist. What was her sport?
high jump; long jump
> * Just Odd Sports Stuff
> 4. This annual event, the premier competition in its sport, first
> took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition.
> There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by
> Spencer Gore.
Masters golf tournament
> 5. In what year, within 2, did it become illegal for Olympic
> athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during
> competition?
1956; 1966
> 6. Who performed the first triple jump in figure-skating
> competition, in 1952?
Sonja Heine
> * NFL Record Holders
> 12. Five quarterbacks share the record of throwing 7 touchdown
> passes in a single game. The last time the feat was
> accomplished was on Sept. 28, 1969. Name any one of the five.
Unitas
> * Video Games
> 13. This video game series was created by Rockstar North
> (formerly DMA Design) and first released in 1997, but it was
> the third installment, released in October 2001, that made
> it one of the most popular video franchises of all time.
> That one replaced the traditional top-down view with a
> third-person view for gameplay. Name the game.
Grand Theft Auto
> 14. This Capcom game series, know as Biohazard in Japan and
> released in 1996 for the Playstation, was one of the first
> "survival horror" video games. It has also spawned five
> films. Name the game.
Silent Hill
> 15. This game series was first released on October 29, 2003.
> It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision.
> Although the first installment of the game was set in
> World War II, future releases have been set in the present
> day and the most recent version, set during the Cold War,
> allows players to run around the Pentagon as John F. Kennedy
> wasting zombies. Name the game.
Call of Duty
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
== 6 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 3:47 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 30 May 2011 03:00:07 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 6 - Sports
>
> * Canadian Gold Medallists at the 1984 Olympics
>
> 1. He was a double gold medalist in swimming, winning both
> men's 200 m and 400 m Individual Medley. Name him.
Alex Baumann?
> 2. Sylvie Bernier was a gold medalist. What was her sport?
Athletics, Gymnastics
> 3. Larry Cain, Lori Fung, and Linda Thom were all gold medalists
> and household names in the summer of 1984. Name one of
> their sports, but you must tell us which athlete you mean.
Cain = Rowing, cycling
> * Just Odd Sports Stuff
>
> 4. This annual event, the premier competition in its sport, first
> took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition.
> There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by
> Spencer Gore.
Wimbledon
1877 was also the year of the first cricket Test match between Australian
and England!
> 5. In what year, within 2, did it become illegal for Olympic
> athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during
> competition?
1982
> 6. Who performed the first triple jump in figure-skating
> competition, in 1952?
No idea
> * Former Leafs of the Past 20 Years
>
> In each case, name the Leaf.
>
> 7. In 523 games with the Leafs, this defenseman scored 83 goals,
> assisted on 214 others and had 755 minutes in penalties.
Howe, Orr
> 8. In just 223 games with the Leafs, this lanky forward scored
> 120 goals and assisted on 98 others.
Howe, Orr
> 9. In 379 games with the Leafs, this goalie had 160 wins and
> 149 losses with 12 shutouts.
Nup
> * NFL Record Holders
>
> 10. Name the kicker who holds the record for most points
> scored in his career, with 2,544. He started playing in 1982
> and retired in 2008, serving with the New Orleans Saints,
> the Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs,
> and Minnesota Vikings.
Gus :-)
> 11. Name the running back who holds the record for most rushing
> touchdowns in a single season, with 28, set in 2006.
>
> 12. Five quarterbacks share the record of throwing 7 touchdown
> passes in a single game. The last time the feat was
> accomplished was on Sept. 28, 1969. Name any one of the five.
Namath, Unitas
> * Video Games
>
> 13. This video game series was created by Rockstar North
> (formerly DMA Design) and first released in 1997, but it was
> the third installment, released in October 2001, that made
> it one of the most popular video franchises of all time.
> That one replaced the traditional top-down view with a
> third-person view for gameplay. Name the game.
Grand Theft Auto?
> 14. This Capcom game series, know as Biohazard in Japan and
> released in 1996 for the Playstation, was one of the first
> "survival horror" video games. It has also spawned five
> films. Name the game.
Doom?
> 15. This game series was first released on October 29, 2003.
> It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision.
> Although the first installment of the game was set in
> World War II, future releases have been set in the present
> day and the most recent version, set during the Cold War,
> allows players to run around the Pentagon as John F. Kennedy
> wasting zombies. Name the game.
Call of Duty
--
cheers,
calvin
== 7 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 5:07 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 30 May 2011 08:47:10 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 03:00:07 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
>
>
>> ** Final, Round 6 - Sports
>>
>> * Canadian Gold Medallists at the 1984 Olympics
>>
>> 1. He was a double gold medalist in swimming, winning both
>> men's 200 m and 400 m Individual Medley. Name him.
>
> Alex Baumann?
Oh good it's right :-)
I remember him from the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane when I were a
lad. That and the seemingly endless disqualifications in the swimming
relays :-)
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cheers,
calvin
== 8 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 9:55 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <oLGdnSHF5bsK5n_QnZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> ** Final, Round 6 - Sports
>
> * Just Odd Sports Stuff
>
> 4. This annual event, the premier competition in its sport, first
> took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition.
> There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by
> Spencer Gore.
>
> 5. In what year, within 2, did it become illegal for Olympic
> athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during
> competition?
>
> 6. Who performed the first triple jump in figure-skating
> competition, in 1952?
Sonja Henie
> * NFL Record Holders
>
> 10. Name the kicker who holds the record for most points
> scored in his career, with 2,544. He started playing in 1982
> and retired in 2008, serving with the New Orleans Saints,
> the Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs,
> and Minnesota Vikings.
>
> 11. Name the running back who holds the record for most rushing
> touchdowns in a single season, with 28, set in 2006.
Tomlinson
> 12. Five quarterbacks share the record of throwing 7 touchdown
> passes in a single game. The last time the feat was
> accomplished was on Sept. 28, 1969. Name any one of the five.
George Blanda
> * Video Games
>
> 13. This video game series was created by Rockstar North
> (formerly DMA Design) and first released in 1997, but it was
> the third installment, released in October 2001, that made
> it one of the most popular video franchises of all time.
> That one replaced the traditional top-down view with a
> third-person view for gameplay. Name the game.
Grand Theft Auto
> 14. This Capcom game series, know as Biohazard in Japan and
> released in 1996 for the Playstation, was one of the first
> "survival horror" video games. It has also spawned five
> films. Name the game.
>
> 15. This game series was first released on October 29, 2003.
> It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision.
> Although the first installment of the game was set in
> World War II, future releases have been set in the present
> day and the most recent version, set during the Cold War,
> allows players to run around the Pentagon as John F. Kennedy
> wasting zombies. Name the game.
Modern Warfare
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 12:04 pm
From: "gerson"
"Mark Brader" wrote
>
>>> "Infinitive" is a verb form; the corresponding part of speech is
>>> "verb".
>
> Peter Smyth:
>> http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/exercises/diagnostic2.html
>> http://www.helium.com/items/174150-essential-grammar-understanding-parts-of-speech
>> http://www.upwritepress.com/_blog/Write_for_Business_-_Blog/post/Understanding_Grammar_Parts_of_Speech_Infinitives/
>>
>> all say that an infinitive is a part of speech so I think this should be
>> ruled correct.
>
> Okay, I'll buy it. This correction puts Peter into a tie for third place.
> Details to follow after I see if any more changes are required.
> --
> Mark Brader "Things are getting too standard around here.
> Toronto Time to innovate!"
> msb@vex.net -- Ian Darwin and David Keldsen
Just cos a few web sites say stuff doesn't mean it's all ok
what they say, um, they could be wrong; and although from time to time it must be that the competition
must need need need to rely upon what's online here and there, it shouldn't be so in the extreme. So,
I say, irrespective of what the three websites say, the infinitve is not a part of speech see below, (and below)
Identifying Verbals - Recognizing Participles Gerunds and ...
grammar.about.com/od/.../a/verbalswhat.htm
According to this, infinitives (along with gerunds and participles) are "verbals", and they *function* as parts of speech, implying
they're not parts of speech
like if a beak is part of a bird and and a bird is part of a flock, then don't say a beak is part of a flock
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 12:30 am
From: Garmt de Vries
On May 27, 4:43 am, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> Once again, I wrote:
>
> | As usual, for each of the items above, your objective is to give a
> | response that (1) is correct, and (2) will be duplicated by as FEW
> | other people as possible. Feel free to use any reference material...
And once again, I decided to join. But as I rushed off my message to
Mark before leaving the country for a while, I forgot to include my
answers. Mark's reply asking for the actual entries only reached me
after I returned home and the contest was over :( Shame, as it was
another nice set of questions, and as there were so few entrants this
time...
FWIW, these were my answers:
> | 0. Pick one: "Conservative", "Liberal", "New Democratic", or
> | "Quebecois".
0. New Democratic
> | 1. Name a newspaper which at some time in the 20th century
> | was published daily (at least 5 days per week) in London,
> | in English, for national distribution for sale in Great
> | Britain. (Papers that were given away rather than sold do
> | not qualify.)
1. Daily News and Leader
> | 2. Name a chemical element whose name in English starts with C.
2. Cerium
> | 3. Give a single word in English, used in the grammar of English
> | to designate a part of speech.
3. ambiposition
> | 4. Name a movie title containing at least three different
> | (unequal) digits, *excluding* digits that form part of a
> | date or time. The title must be the primary title of the
> | movie in the Internet Movie Database <http://www.imdb.com>.
> | The movie must be a feature film telling a fictional story,
> | not a short or documentary. See also rules 4.2 (for "movie")
> | and 4.3.3 (for "digit"). Of course rule 4.3.4 does *not* apply
> | (since this is about characters, not words or numerals).
4. Room 213
> | 5. Name two adjacent countries (see rule 4.1.1) now existing,
> | whose entire mutual border is (or formerly was) an *inland
> | water border* (i.e. consisting of lakes and/or rivers), or an
> | inland water border plus one or more offshore continuations
> | of the border into seawater.
5. Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo
> | 6. Name an author who wrote 50 or more works of fiction featuring
> | the same major character. You must name the character, but
> | this does not form part of your answer.
6. Marten Toonder (Tom Poes)
> | 7. Give a surname that is shared by (1) someone who has been
> | president of the US and (2) someone who has been nominated
> | for an Oscar in one of the four acting categories.
7. Hayes
> | 8. Usually each athlete in the Olympic games is said to compete
> | as part of a "team" representing one independent country.
> | Name such a team at any past Olympics that did *not*
> | represent one then-independent country (again, see rule
> | 4.1.1). (You must mention which year you have in mind,
> | but this does not form part of your answer.)
8. Finland (1912)
> | 9. Give an adjective, in English, which can be applied to an
> | object or person being described or discussed, in order to
> | express the fact, claim, or possibility that this object or
> | person never actually existed.
9. make-believe
Thanks, Mark, for yet another contest (despite my carelessness in
sending my answers!)
Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd.
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 5:03 pm
From: Calvin
https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6489605f6d77b06e
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 9:45 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vv9o3hc6yr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6489605f6d77b06e
1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Schindler's List
3. Madagascar
4. Dr. Stranelove (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb)
5. Walk The Line
6. Treasure Island
7. Easy Rider
8. Oh Brother Where Art Thou
9.
10. Breaker Morant
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== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, May 29 2011 10:52 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-05-30 01:03:07 +0100, Calvin said:
> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6489605f6d77b06e
1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Schindlers List
3. Happy Feet
4.
5. Walk The Line
6.
7. Easy Rider
8. O Brother Where Art Thou
9.
10.
--
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American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?
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