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* Rotating Quiz #17 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/dd37c336ff98c290?hl=en
* *RESULTS* of Rare Entries contest MSB71 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9f368f6df23a05af?hl=en
* QFTCIMM Current Events 1-2 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/32863a9f10a9de00?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #131 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0b588fe8987c87c2?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: Fri, May 27 2011 2:16 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Chris F.A. Johnson (cfajohnson@gmail.com) writes:
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
Vermont
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Franz Liszt
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 3:47 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <sfq4b8-7ds.ln1@206-248-139-163.dsl.teksavvy.com>, cfajohnson@gmail.com says...
> 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?
Arizona
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
The Cat in the Hat
> 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.
>
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Grant Wood
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
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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 2 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 3:07 pm
From: swp
On May 26, 10:43 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> Once again, I wrote:
>
> There were only 21 entrants this time. The winner is DAN TILQUE.
> Lukewarm congratulations! In second place was Erland Sommarskog,
> and in third place, the entrant whose email address is
> rthea...@hotmail.com.
congratulations, each.
> Here is the complete table of scores.
>
> RANK SCORE ENTRANT Q0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9
>
> 1. 72 Dan Tilque 9 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2
> 2. 96 Erland Sommarskog 3 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
> 3. 120 rthea...@hotmail.com 5 1 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 1
> 4. 720 Stephen Perry 9 WR 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1
hey, my best showing ever. and I still managed to get a wrong
answer. ironically, I would still be in 4th with 144 if my answer had
counted. ah well. next time!
> 5. 1152 John Gerson 9 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 4
> 6. 1296 Dan Unger 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 1
> 7. 1440 Peter Smyth 5 2 3 WR 1 4 1 1 1 1
> 8. 1920 Nick Selwyn 4 1 5 3 1 1 1 2 4 4
> 9. 2160 Ted Schuerzinger 4 1 5 3 WR 1 1 3 1 2
> 10. 2700 Alan Curry 5 1 5 6 3 1 2 3 1 1
> 11. 3456 Kevin Stone 9 2 1 6 1 1 2 2 WR 1
> =11. 3456 Duke Lefty 3 1 4 6 1 WR 2 3 1 1
> 13. 4800 Bruce Bowler 5 WR 3 1 1 WR 2 1 4 1
> 14. 5832 Haran Pilpel 9 2 1 6 3 1 2 3 3 1
> 15. 7776 Joshua Kreitzer 9 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 1 1
> Grip 9 1 2 3 1 WR 1 2 3 4
> Pete Gayde 4 2 5 3 1 2 3 2 4 2
> Rob Parker 5 2 4 WR 1 2 2 2 1 4
> Dave Filpus 4 1 5 6 3 1 3 2 WR 2
> 334...@gmail.com 9 WR 3 2 2 4 2 3 4 1
> Lejonel Norling 9 2 3 6 2 1 2 WR WR 1
>
> Scores of 10,000 or worse are not shown.
and lest I forget, Thank You Mark!
swp
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 4:39 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
>> For Israel and Jordan it was not necessary to
>> trace the border to know that it was wrong; the two countries share
>> shoreline on both the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, and since the
>> former is below sea level, the two cannot be connected by water.
Erland Sommarskog:
> ...unless there is a bifurcation!
You mean a river that divides with one branch flowing down to the ocean
and the other down to the Dead Sea? Yeah, right. But as an existence
proof, you have a point.
--
Mark Brader | "One of the lessons of history is that nothing
Toronto | is often a good thing to do and always a clever
msb@vex.net | thing to say." -- Will Durant
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: QFTCIMM Current Events 1-2
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/32863a9f10a9de00?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 8:25 pm
From: Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:EfGdnVWGWeaV60PQnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@vex.net:
> 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.
>
> 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 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions
> from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> All questions were written by members of the Misplaced Modifiers,
> and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
>
>
> * 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.
Abottabad
>
> 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?
>
> 3. Toronto rolled out its new bike-sharing program last week.
> Eventually there will be 1000 bikes at 80 stations.
> Name the program.
>
> 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?
Sweden; Norway
>
> 5. Within half a percentage point, what percentage of eligible
> voters actually voted in last Monday's federal election,
> according to Elections Canada?
25; 26
>
> 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?
Choose players based on race
>
> 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?
Reuters
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> 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.
Shephard
>
>
> * 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.
Southwest
>
> 2. Which party won a majority in the Scottish parliament for
> the first time, a victory which could lead to a separation
> referendum?
Liberal Democrats
>
> 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?
Jacksonville
>
> 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
>
> 5. Name the singer whose album "Fumbling Toward Ecstasy" was
> turned into a ballet debuted this week by Ballet Alberta.
Prince
>
> 6. Which Canadian entertainment icon was in Toronto this week
> signing copies of her new book "From this Moment On"?
Celine Dion
>
> 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.
>
> 8. Which horse won the Kentucky Derby?
>
> 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?
Eaton
>
> 10. In another buyout this week, Microsoft is spending
> $8.5 billion to acquire which communications company?
Skype
>
Pete
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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 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 8:32 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vv31wbzoyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or
> door?
Header
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Ash
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other
> Japanese city?
Osaka
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film
> Back to the Future?
DeLorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
November 18, 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West
> Side Story'?
Sharks and Jets
>
>
Pete
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