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* *RESULTS* of Rare Entries contest MSB71 - 7 messages, 5 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #17 - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 6: Sports - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Calvin's Quiz #132 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* Calvin's Quiz #131 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: *RESULTS* of Rare Entries contest MSB71
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9f368f6df23a05af?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
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.
== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 5:27 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Garmt de Vries:
> FWIW, these were my answers...
If these answers are all correct, then if Garmt had given them he
would have placed third with a score of 225. However, there are
several whose correctness I don't know off the top of my head and
am not going to check.
--
Mark Brader "I can see the time when every city will have one."
Toronto -- An American mayor's reaction to the
msb@vex.net news of the invention of the telephone
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 10:01 am
From: Duncan Booth
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> The entrant whose email address is rthearle@hotmail.com drops from
> 3rd place to 5th. His answer on question 5 was Finland and Sweden.
> It turns out that while the two countries have only an inland water
> border on the mainland from about latitude 66 to 69 N, their seawater
> border around latitude 60 N comes briefly onto land to cross the tiny
> island of M„rket. So they become a wrong answer.
>
> (Curiously, the island cannot be found in Google Maps, either in the
> maps themselves or satellite imagery, and I wondered at first if it
> was an Internet hoax, particularly in view of the unusual shape of
> the land border on it and the April 1 date of some newspaper articles
> cited by Wikipedia. Erland kindly helped check it out, and we found
> enough confirmatory sources to decide that it must be genuine.)
>
You can however find it on the aerial imagery on bing.com, or at least
there is some sort of land blur there.
More convincing is http://www.hs.fi/english/article//1135221286410 which
has a map of the island showing how the border twists about as it crosses
the island. It looks like the island is about 100m across but the border is
several times that.
--
Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com
== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 10:34 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> > (Curiously, the island cannot be found in Google Maps, either in the
> > maps themselves or satellite imagery, and I wondered at first if it
> > was an Internet hoax, particularly in view of the unusual shape of
> > the land border on it and the April 1 date of some newspaper articles
> > cited by Wikipedia. Erland kindly helped check it out, and we found
> > enough confirmatory sources to decide that it must be genuine.)
Duncan Booth:
> You can however find it on the aerial imagery on bing.com, or at least
> there is some sort of land blur there.
Thanks.
> More convincing is http://www.hs.fi/english/article//1135221286410 which
> has a map of the island showing how the border twists about as it crosses
> the island. It looks like the island is about 100m across but the border is
> several times that.
I disagree with "more convincing"; this is exactly what I was referring to
as evidence that it might be a hoax.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Winning isn't everything, but not trying to win
msb@vex.net | is less than nothing." --Anton van Uitert
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 10:43 am
From: Paul Hunter
> The entrant whose email address is rthearle@hotmail.com drops from
> 3rd place to 5th. His answer on question 5 was Finland and Sweden.
> It turns out that while the two countries have only an inland water
> border on the mainland from about latitude 66 to 69 N, their seawater
> border around latitude 60 N comes briefly onto land to cross the tiny
> island of Märket. So they become a wrong answer.
>
> (Curiously, the island cannot be found in Google Maps, either in the
> maps themselves or satellite imagery, and I wondered at first if it
> was an Internet hoax, particularly in view of the unusual shape of
> the land border on it and the April 1 date of some newspaper articles
> cited by Wikipedia. Erland kindly helped check it out, and we found
> enough confirmatory sources to decide that it must be genuine.)
Hmmm if you want to be that picky you could argue that Isla Martín
García (Argentina) and Isla Timoteo Domínguez (Uruguay) share a land
border as they are a "geographic union" [and this is on Google Maps:
34°10.79′S 58°15′W]
== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 10:52 am
From: Paul Hunter
>> More convincing is http://www.hs.fi/english/article//1135221286410 which
>> has a map of the island showing how the border twists about as it crosses
>> the island. It looks like the island is about 100m across but the border is
>> several times that.
>
> I disagree with "more convincing"; this is exactly what I was referring to
> as evidence that it might be a hoax.
The BBC had a small bit about Märket here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12849630
(under "split time")
Not dated 1 April...
== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 11:47 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Paul Hunter:
> Hmmm if you want to be that picky you could argue that Isla Martín
> García (Argentina) and Isla Timoteo Domínguez (Uruguay) share a land
> border as they are a "geographic union"...
If you want to object to the scores, please do it in timely fashion.
Even if the two formerly separate islands are now connected, this doesn't
make the answer wrong. It's still correct if the border between the two
countries was *formerly* an inland water border. Not only where they
once separate islands, but it hasn't always been true that they belonged
to the two different countries.
Interesting case, though.
--
Mark Brader | "The good news is that the Internet is dynamic.
Toronto | The bad news is that the Internet is dynamic."
msb@vex.net | -- Peter Neumann
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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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: Mon, May 30 2011 3:53 am
From: Dan Tilque
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?
New Mexico
>
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
>
> 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?
Bletchley Park
>
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Taleisin
>
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Grant Wood
--
Dan Tilque
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 6:13 am
From: "Rob Parker"
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
A horse with no name
> 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"?
Mr Mestopheles (?)
> 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?
Chess (?)
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
>
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Jackson Pollock (?)
David Ackles recorded the album.
Rob
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 6: Sports
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 4:36 am
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
>
> ** 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?
weightlifting
>
> 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.
Wimbledon Championships
>
> 5. In what year, within 2, did it become illegal for Olympic
> athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during
> competition?
1924
>
> 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.
Reggie Bush
>
> 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.
Johnny 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.
>
> 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.
>
--
Dan Tilque
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #132
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e9eb7a69d225dcf0?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 11:53 am
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in news:op.vv9o3hc6yr33d7@04233-
jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6489605f6d77b06e
1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Schindler's List
3. Happy Feet
4. Dr. Strangelove
5. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. Easy Rider
8. Oh Brother Where Art Thou
9. ?
10. Breaker Morant
Pete
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 4:24 pm
From: Stan Brown
On Mon, 30 May 2011 10:03:07 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6489605f6d77b06e
1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Sophie's Choice
3. Happy Feet?
4. Dr Strangelove
5. Jailhouse Rock
6. either Time Bandits or Monty Python's Life of Brian. I'll choose
the latter.
7. Easy Rider
8. O Brother Where Art Thou
9-10 (I can't really see the pictures well enough.)
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 5:23 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
1.The Shawshank Redemption
2.
3. Happy Feet
4. Dr. Strangelove (or How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love The Bomb)
5. Jailhouse Rock (?)
6. Monty Python And The Holy Grail
7. Easy rider
8.
9.
10. Breaker Morant
Rob
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #131 - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0b588fe8987c87c2?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 4:30 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 30 May 2011 15:00:06 +1000, Marc Dashevsky
<usenet@marcdashevsky.com> wrote:
> 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.
I've had a look at several dictionaries (see below) and I'm not going to
allow transom. I agree the words are synonyms in some cases, but the key
point of difference remains: a transom is never *above* a window.
Transom
* a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight
above it.
* a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally.
* A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a
window above it.
--
sorry,
calvin
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