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* Rotating Quiz #22 ANSWERS - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/5cbb61a5597cab47?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #144 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/1dd9f355d33ee335?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #23 - 6 messages, 6 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/f59e75187d04f9d6?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 9-10: elements, challenge - 4 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a7601b1749a17637?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #145 - 8 messages, 8 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4480dc6efd486512?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 2-3: Super Bowl, science spelling - 2 messages, 2
authors
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #22 ANSWERS
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/5cbb61a5597cab47?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 16 2011 8:02 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Stephen Perry:
> > 10. [movies] within 3, how many lines did arnold schwarzenegger
> > have in the movie 'the terminator' ?
>
> 17; arnold schwarzenegger's voice is used in exactly 16 lines, with 17
> sentences spoken...
Make up your mind! You asked how many lines.
Of course, it only matters if anyone answered 13 or 20.
--
Mark Brader "I already checked, and there are 2147483647
Toronto natural numbers (I made a simple Java program
msb@vex.net to count them)." -- Risto Lankinen
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 3:18 pm
From: Calvin
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:54:28 +1000, swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:
> Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
> Mark B 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
> Marc D 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
> Erland 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
> Bjorn L 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
> Peter S 3+ 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 + 0
> Jeff T + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0
> Dan T 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
> Calvin 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
> Rob P 2+ 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 0 1 0
>
> in a close one, Calvin takes it int he end with a superb guess on the
> final question. congratulations, sir! well done.
Well that was unexpected! It's nice when a wild guess pays off. Almost
makes up for the embarrassment when they are woefully wrong :-)
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #144
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/1dd9f355d33ee335?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 1:29 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vymu43ciyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
>1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
£200
>2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
>3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C Clarke
>4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
>between 1953 and 1956?
Richie Benaud
>5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
>6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
>7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Arthur Miller
>8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
>called Lurcio?
I Claudius
>9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
Whale
>10 What is cryogenics the study of?
very low temperatures
Peter Smyth
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 4:14 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vymu43ciyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
$200
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
Ghostbusters
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Clarke
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17
> Tests between 1953 and 1956?
Bradman
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Miller
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a
> slave called Lurcio?
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
Whale
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Preserving tissue by freezing it
>
Pete
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 4:30 pm
From: Calvin
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:49:41 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
200 dollars / pounds / shekels. I also accepted 4000 Swedish Kroner- I
couldn't confirm it anywhere but assume Erland knows what he is talking
about.
11/11
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
Ghostbusters
5/11
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C Clarke
11/11
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
> between 1953 and 1956?
Ian Johnson!
1/11- nice work Mark
This was a *very* difficult question which I just included for a laugh to
see who would guess Johnson. Richie Benaud was a good try given by several
posters.
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
11/1
I'm not buying into territorial disputes...
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
10/11
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Arthur Miller
7/11
Strange that two people answered Tennessee Williams.
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
> called Lurcio?
Up Pompeii
3/11
A spin off from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. It is
indeed "Howerd".
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
Whale / Cetacean
10/11
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Very low temperatures.
8.5/11
I scored "cold" as 1/2 only.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 144
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 David
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Erland S
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 Jeffrey Turner
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 John Masters
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0.5 7.5 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Rob Parker
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 Stan Brown
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
11 5 11 1 11 10 7 3 10 8.5 77.5 TOTAL
70%
Well done Mark and Rob.
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #23
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/f59e75187d04f9d6?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 3:22 pm
From: Calvin
Again, these are harder than my usual questions. Seems to be a business /
entertainment bias but they are drawn at random. I'll leave it open for
one week. Enjoy!
1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
its price rises, violating the law of demand?
2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the subject
of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy every
employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha¨ek, one of the first anti-war
novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his employer
while working undercover?
8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
industry analysis and business strategy development?
9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
(1991)?
10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
winter Olympics?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 3:57 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vysa3pzlyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
>
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the subject
> of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
>
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy every
> employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
Peter principle
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha¨ek, one of the first anti-war
> novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
>
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
> two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
> during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
vuvuzela
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his employer
> while working undercover?
>
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
> (1991)?
>
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 5:01 pm
From: swp
On Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:22:27 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> Again, these are harder than my usual questions. Seems to be a business /
> entertainment bias but they are drawn at random. I'll leave it open for
> one week. Enjoy!
>
>
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
miller lite? (after james mill, of course)
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
andy kaufman?
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy
> every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
peter principle
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
mark twain (samuel langhorne clemens)
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the first
> anti-war novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in
> the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
the good private?
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn,
> which two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide
> publicity during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
vu vu zela
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his
> employer while working undercover?
um ... the fuller brush company?
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specializes in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
john smith?
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
> (1991)?
loch?
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
sochi
swp
== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 5:03 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> 1[.] Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
> 2[.] Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
Andy Kaufman?
> 3[.] Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy every
> employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
The Peter Principle.
> 4[.] Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain.
> 5[.] Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha¨ek, one of the first anti-war
> novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
>
> 6[.] Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
> two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
> during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela.
> 7[.] Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his employer
> while working undercover?
International Exports?
> 8[.] Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9[.] Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
> (1991)?
>
> 10[.] Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
Sochi
--
Mark Brader "We demand rigidly defined areas
Toronto of doubt and uncertainty!"
msb@vex.net -- Vroomfondel (Douglas Adams: HHGTTG)
My answers in this article are in the public domain.
== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 5:14 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vysa3pzlyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
> Again, these are harder than my usual questions. Seems to be a
> business / entertainment bias but they are drawn at random. I'll
> leave it open for one week. Enjoy!
>
>
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish
> economist describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is
> consumed more as its price rises, violating the law of demand?
>
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
Andy Kaufman
>
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a
> hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
The Peter Principle
>
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both
> years marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Samuel Clemens
>
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha�ek, one of the first
> anti-war novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in
> the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
Good Soldier Schweik
>
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn,
> which two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide
> publicity during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela
>
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his
> employer while working undercover?
>
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in
> competitive advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces"
> framework for industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style
> has produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and
> Riff-Raff (1991)?
>
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host
> the 2014 winter Olympics?
Sochi
>
Pete (I'm sorry for the confusion I caused. I'm back and ready to
submit a new quiz if needed)
== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 6:06 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 7/17/2011 6:22 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
>
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
Andy Kaufman
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy
> every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
Peter Principle
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha¨ek, one of the first anti-war
> novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
The Elephant
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
> two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
> during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his
> employer while working undercover?
>
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and
> Riff-Raff (1991)?
>
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
--Jeff
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 9-10: elements, challenge
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a7601b1749a17637?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 3:31 pm
From: Calvin
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:53:15 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Name an Element that...
>
> This round is about the chemical elements. All of the questions
> have more than one possible answer, but in most cases we will just
> ask you to name any one. Some of the possible answers will repeat.
>
> 1. The first two questions ask about the state of elements
> at normal atmospheric pressure and temperatures that might
> be encountered in everyday life, which we deem to be -30° to
> +40° Celsius. Name an element that is, or may be, a liquid
> at everyday temperatures.
Mercury
> 2. Name an element that is, or may be, a diatomic gas at everyday
> temperatures -- that is, it's a gas made up of molecules
> each consisting of two atoms of the same element.
Oxygen
> 3. Name an element whose symbol begins with a different letter
> from its name in English, or contains a letter not in its
> name in English.
Mercury
> 4. Name *three* elements that each have a one-letter symbol.
Carbon, Oxygen & Nitrogen
> 5. Name an element that is named after the Swedish village of
> Ytterby (roughly "IT-erb-yuh").
Yttrium
Though it could easily be the other one with a similar name
> 6. Name an element that is named after a city or town *other*
> than Ytterby.
Berkelium
> 7. Name an element that may react explosively on contact
> with water.
Sodium
> 8. Some elements are always radioactive -- in other words,
> every isotope is radioactive. Name *two* such elements that
> occur naturally here on Earth.
Uranium & plutonium
> 9. Name an element that is always radioactive, but has a lower
> atomic number than lead. These elements do not occur
> naturally on Earth, but have been brought to us artificially
> -- and their names indicate this.
Dunno
> 10. Most metals have colors in the range of silver,
> white, and gray, sometimes with a tinge of red or blue.
> Name an element that is a *metal* and is *not* one of those
> grayish-whitish-silvery colors.
Copper
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> Your categories for today are: French composers, German directors,
> Italian athletes, Japanese leaders, British explorers, and American
> scientists. In each case, you name the composer, director, etc.
> But before we start, just for fun, would anyone like to identify
> the theme behind these categories?
>
> Hint: the theme applies to the six countries mentioned.
Something to do with WW2?
> A. French composers
>
> A1. His "Carnival of the Animals" suite includes the famous
> movements "The Swan" and "Fossils".
Saint Saens
> A2. His first volume of piano preludes contains "The Girl
> with the Flaxen Hair".
Debussy?
> B. German directors
>
> B1. He directed the classic silent film "Nosferatu".
> More recently, he was portrayed by John Malkovich in
> "Shadow of the Vampire".
>
> B2. His documentary film "Buena Vista Social Club" introduced
> a group of legendary Cuban musicians to a worldwide
> audience.
>
> C. Italian athletes
>
> C1. This downhill skier won gold medals in slalom and giant
> slalom at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Alberto Tomba
> C2. This Italian-born 7-footer was the Toronto Raptors'
> first overall pick in the 2006 NBA entry draft.
>
> D. Japanese leaders
>
> D1. This general and wartime prime minister approved the
> raid on Pearl Harbor.
Yamamoto?
> D2. This current Japanese emperor broke a centuries-old
> tradition by marrying a commoner.
>
> E. British explorers
>
> E1. Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, is located at the head of
> a bay named for this explorer.
Hudson?
> E2. This explorer was killed by Hawaiian natives in 1789.
> He had named the area the Sandwich Islands.
Cook
> F. American scientists
>
> F1. This biologist's first non-fiction bestseller was "The
> Sea Around Us". She later wrote another bestseller
> which is credited with inspiring the environmentalist
> movement in the 1960s.
>
> F2. This zoologist is known primarily for her study of
> mountain gorilla behavior in Africa. She was portrayed
> by Sigourney Weaver in "Gorillas in the Mist".
Fossey, Goodall
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 4:55 pm
From: Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:Y7adndQYle0mWoLTnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
> 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 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Name an Element that...
>
> This round is about the chemical elements. All of the questions
> have more than one possible answer, but in most cases we will just
> ask you to name any one. Some of the possible answers will repeat.
>
> 1. The first two questions ask about the state of elements
> at normal atmospheric pressure and temperatures that might
> be encountered in everyday life, which we deem to be -30° to
> +40° Celsius. Name an element that is, or may be, a liquid
> at everyday temperatures.
Mercury
>
> 2. Name an element that is, or may be, a diatomic gas at everyday
> temperatures -- that is, it's a gas made up of molecules
> each consisting of two atoms of the same element.
Oxygen
>
> 3. Name an element whose symbol begins with a different letter
> from its name in English, or contains a letter not in its
> name in English.
Gold
>
> 4. Name *three* elements that each have a one-letter symbol.
Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen
>
> 5. Name an element that is named after the Swedish village of
> Ytterby (roughly "IT-erb-yuh").
Ytterbium
>
> 6. Name an element that is named after a city or town *other*
> than Ytterby.
Arsenic
>
> 7. Name an element that may react explosively on contact
> with water.
Sodium
>
> 8. Some elements are always radioactive -- in other words,
> every isotope is radioactive. Name *two* such elements that
> occur naturally here on Earth.
Uranium, Strontium
>
> 9. Name an element that is always radioactive, but has a lower
> atomic number than lead. These elements do not occur
> naturally on Earth, but have been brought to us artificially
> -- and their names indicate this.
>
> 10. Most metals have colors in the range of silver,
> white, and gray, sometimes with a tinge of red or blue.
> Name an element that is a *metal* and is *not* one of those
> grayish-whitish-silvery colors.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> Your categories for today are: French composers, German directors,
> Italian athletes, Japanese leaders, British explorers, and American
> scientists. In each case, you name the composer, director, etc.
> But before we start, just for fun, would anyone like to identify
> the theme behind these categories?
>
> Hint: the theme applies to the six countries mentioned.
>
> A. French composers
>
> A1. His "Carnival of the Animals" suite includes the famous
> movements "The Swan" and "Fossils".
Camille Saint-Saens
>
> A2. His first volume of piano preludes contains "The Girl
> with the Flaxen Hair".
Claude Debussy
>
> B. German directors
>
> B1. He directed the classic silent film "Nosferatu".
> More recently, he was portrayed by John Malkovich in
> "Shadow of the Vampire".
Stroheim
>
> B2. His documentary film "Buena Vista Social Club" introduced
> a group of legendary Cuban musicians to a worldwide
> audience.
>
> C. Italian athletes
>
> C1. This downhill skier won gold medals in slalom and giant
> slalom at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Tomba
>
> C2. This Italian-born 7-footer was the Toronto Raptors'
> first overall pick in the 2006 NBA entry draft.
>
> D. Japanese leaders
>
> D1. This general and wartime prime minister approved the
> raid on Pearl Harbor.
Tojo
>
> D2. This current Japanese emperor broke a centuries-old
> tradition by marrying a commoner.
Akihito
>
> E. British explorers
>
> E1. Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, is located at the head of
> a bay named for this explorer.
Hudson
>
> E2. This explorer was killed by Hawaiian natives in 1789.
> He had named the area the Sandwich Islands.
Cook
>
> F. American scientists
>
> F1. This biologist's first non-fiction bestseller was "The
> Sea Around Us". She later wrote another bestseller
> which is credited with inspiring the environmentalist
> movement in the 1960s.
Carson
>
> F2. This zoologist is known primarily for her study of
> mountain gorilla behavior in Africa. She was portrayed
> by Sigourney Weaver in "Gorillas in the Mist".
Fossey
>
Pete
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:25 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> > 4. Name *three* elements that each have a one-letter symbol.
Stephen Perry:
> sulfur, tungsten, phosphorus :-)
Arrrgh! Too me quite a while to get that -- I took the hint at
the end as relating somehow to the "Gorillas in the Mist" question.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
#define MSB(type) (~(((unsigned type)-1)>>1))
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:55 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
Game 2 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER wins. Congratulations!
> I wrote one of these rounds.
That was the science round.
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Name an Element that...
> This round is about the chemical elements. All of the questions
> have more than one possible answer, but in most cases we will just
> ask you to name any one. Some of the possible answers will repeat.
In the answer lists, a number in square brackets tells how many
entrants chose that element. Elements not marked with a number
in that way were not chosen.
> 1. The first two questions ask about the state of elements
> at normal atmospheric pressure and temperatures that might
> be encountered in everyday life, which we deem to be -30° to
> +40° Celsius. Name an element that is, or may be, a liquid
> at everyday temperatures.
Bromine [2], cesium, francium, gallium, mercury [11], rubidium.
4 for everyone -- John, Rob, Dan Tilque, Erland, Marc, David,
Dan Blum, Stephen, Peter, Joshua, Jeff, Calvin, and Pete.
> 2. Name an element that is, or may be, a diatomic gas at everyday
> temperatures -- that is, it's a gas made up of molecules
> each consisting of two atoms of the same element.
Chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen [1], nitrogen [2], oxygen [9] 4 for Rob,
Dan Tilque, Erland, Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen (the hard way), Peter,
Joshua, Jeff, Calvin, and Pete.
> 3. Name an element whose symbol begins with a different letter
> from its name in English, or contains a letter not in its
> name in English.
Antimony (Sb), copper (Cu), gold (Au) [2], iron (Fe), lead (Pb) [1],
mercury (Hg) [3], potassium (K) [1], silver (Ag), sodium (Na) [2],
tin (Sn), tungsten (W) [4]. 4 for everyone.
> 4. Name *three* elements that each have a one-letter symbol.
Boron (B) [1], carbon (C) [8], fluorine (F), hydrogen (H) [8],
iodine (I), nitrogen (N) [5], oxygen (O) [9], phosphorus (P) [2],
potassium (K) [1], sulfur (S) [2], tungsten (W) [2], uranium (U),
vanadium (V) [1], yttrium (Y). 4 for everyone.
> 5. Name an element that is named after the Swedish village of
> Ytterby (roughly "IT-erb-yuh").
Erbium [1], terbium [4], ytterbium [5], yttrium [3]. 4 for everyone.
> 6. Name an element that is named after a city or town *other*
> than Ytterby.
Berkelium (Berkeley, California) [7]; darmstadtium (Darmstadt,
Germany); dubnium (Dubna, Russia); hafnium (Copenhagen); holmium
(Stockholm); lutetium (Paris) [2]; strontium (Strontian, Scotland)
[1]. 4 for Rob, Dan Tilque, Erland, Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen, Peter,
Joshua, Jeff, and Calvin.
> 7. Name an element that may react explosively on contact
> with water.
Cesium, lithium, potassium, rubidium [1], and sodium [11] were the
ones we wanted, but we accepted calcium on a protest, and I think
there may be more in that group. 4 for Rob, Dan Tilque, Erland,
Marc, David, Dan Blum, Stephen, Peter, Joshua, Jeff, Calvin, and Pete.
> 8. Some elements are always radioactive -- in other words,
> every isotope is radioactive. Name *two* such elements that
> occur naturally here on Earth.
Actinium, astatine, francium, neptunium, plutonium [4], polonium [1],
protactinium, radium [4], radon, thorium [1], uranium [10].
4 for Rob, Dan Tilque, Erland, Marc, David, Dan Blum, Stephen,
Peter, and Calvin.
As to the wrong answers, curium is always radioactive but is an
artificially created element; strontium has non-radioactive isotopes.
> 9. Name an element that is always radioactive, but has a lower
> atomic number than lead. These elements do not occur
> naturally on Earth, but have been brought to us artificially
> -- and their names indicate this.
Promethium (for Prometheus, bringer of fire); technetium (from the
same root as "technology") [8]. 4 for Rob, Dan Tilque, Erland,
Marc, David, Dan Blum, Peter, and Joshua.
> 10. Most metals have colors in the range of silver,
> white, and gray, sometimes with a tinge of red or blue.
> Name an element that is a *metal* and is *not* one of those
> grayish-whitish-silvery colors.
Copper [7], gold [4]. 4 for Rob, Dan Tilque, Erland, Marc, David,
Dan Blum, Stephen, Peter, Joshua, Jeff, and Calvin.
I can't believe everyone scored on questions like 2 and 3 but two
people missed this one.
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> Your categories for today are: French composers, German directors,
> Italian athletes, Japanese leaders, British explorers, and American
> scientists. In each case, you name the composer, director, etc.
> But before we start, just for fun, would anyone like to identify
> the theme behind these categories?
> Hint: the theme applies to the six countries mentioned.
See Round 6, Question 1. These are the countries of the Group of 6
(G8), which later expanded to the present G8. Erland came close to
getting this.
> A. French composers
> A1. His "Carnival of the Animals" suite includes the famous
> movements "The Swan" and "Fossils".
Camille Saint-Saens. 4 for John, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
> A2. His first volume of piano preludes contains "The Girl
> with the Flaxen Hair".
Claude Debussy. 4 for John, Marc, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, and Pete.
2 for Rob.
> B. German directors
> B1. He directed the classic silent film "Nosferatu".
> More recently, he was portrayed by John Malkovich in
> "Shadow of the Vampire".
F.W. Murnau (or his real name, Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe).
> B2. His documentary film "Buena Vista Social Club" introduced
> a group of legendary Cuban musicians to a worldwide
> audience.
Wim Wenders. 4 for John, Marc, and Joshua.
> C. Italian athletes
> C1. This downhill skier won gold medals in slalom and giant
> slalom at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Alberto Tomba. 4 for Rob, Erland, Stephen, Peter, Joshua, Calvin,
and Pete.
> C2. This Italian-born 7-footer was the Toronto Raptors'
> first overall pick in the 2006 NBA entry draft.
Andrea Bargnani.
> D. Japanese leaders
> D1. This general and wartime prime minister approved the
> raid on Pearl Harbor.
Hideki Tojo. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> D2. This current Japanese emperor broke a centuries-old
> tradition by marrying a commoner.
Akihito. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete. 2 for Peter.
> E. British explorers
> E1. Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, is located at the head of
> a bay named for this explorer.
Martin Frobisher. 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen. 2 for Rob.
> E2. This explorer was killed by Hawaiian natives in 1789.
> He had named the area the Sandwich Islands.
James Cook. 4 for John, Rob, Dan Tilque, Marc, Dan Blum, Peter,
Joshua, Jeff, Calvin, and Pete.
> F. American scientists
> F1. This biologist's first non-fiction bestseller was "The
> Sea Around Us". She later wrote another bestseller
> which is credited with inspiring the environmentalist
> movement in the 1960s.
Rachel Carson. (Yes, she was in last week's science round.)
4 for Rob, Dan Tilque, Erland, Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua,
Jeff, and Pete.
> F2. This zoologist is known primarily for her study of
> mountain gorilla behavior in Africa. She was portrayed
> by Sigourney Weaver in "Gorillas in the Mist".
Dian Fossey. 4 for John, Rob, Dan Tilque, Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen,
Peter, Joshua, Jeff, and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
Only Marc gave the first and last name correctly spelled, but 5 other
entrants gave the last name alone and spelled it right.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Spo Mis Lit Ent Sci Cha FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 40 12 26 17 40 36 28 170
Dan Blum 40 4 27 8 28 40 28 163
Rob Parker 12 4 31 32 24 40 20 147
Peter Smyth 24 16 27 28 0 40 18 137
Dan Tilque 36 8 28 12 4 40 20 136
Marc Dashevsky 32 16 16 12 24 40 20 132
Jeff Turner 36 4 24 0 8 32 12 112
"Calvin" 16 -- -- 13 24 36 19 108
John Masters -- 4 28 28 16 16 20 108
Erland Sommarskog 8 4 20 12 4 40 8 88
Pete Gayde -- -- -- -- -- 24 32 56
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- 36 20 56
"David" -- -- -- -- -- 32 0 32
--
Mark Brader "If cars were designed the same way as software is
Toronto today, they'd all have buggy-whip holders..."
msb@vex.net -- Marcus J. Ranum
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #145
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4480dc6efd486512?hl=en
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== 1 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 4:33 pm
From: Calvin
1 Which English singer was born Gordon Sumner?
2 Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah co-starred in which 1987 movie?
3 The disease encephalitis affects which human organ?
4 Which international body, headquartered in Brussels, was established in
1949?
5 Mount Sinai is located in which country?
6 Who composed the Marriage of Figaro?
7 What is the title of George W Bush's recent memoir?
8 What is America's most popular pizza topping?
9 Which actor received $4 m for his 10 minute role as Superman's father in
the 1978 film?
10 Who did James Earl Ray assassinate in 1968?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 5:07 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> 1 Which English singer was born Gordon Sumner?
Sting.
> 2 Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah co-starred in which 1987 movie?
"Roxanne".
> 3 The disease encephalitis affects which human organ?
Brain.
> 4 Which international body, headquartered in Brussels, was established
> in 1949?
NATO.
> 5 Mount Sinai is located in which country?
Israel?
> 6 Who composed the Marriage of Figaro?
Verdi?
> 7 What is the title of George W Bush's recent memoir?
Johnson. :-)
> 8 What is America's most popular pizza topping?
Pepperoni?
> 9 Which actor received $4 m for his 10 minute role as Superman's father in
> the 1978 film?
Brando.
> 10 Who did James Earl Ray assassinate in 1968?
King.
--
Mark Brader | Obviously an off by 1 error somewhere. You know
Toronto | the kind, where you intend to put something simple
msb@vex.net | like "while (1=0) {" and type "while (1=1) {" instead.
--Stephen Perry
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 3 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 5:09 pm
From: swp
sting
roxanne
brain
nato
egypt
wolfgang amadeus mozart
decision points
cheese (pepperoni is second)
marlon brando
dr martin luther king, jr.
swp
== 4 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 5:17 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vysedhrtyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 Which English singer was born Gordon Sumner?
Sting
> 2 Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah co-starred in which 1987 movie?
Cyrano
> 3 The disease encephalitis affects which human organ?
Brain
> 4 Which international body, headquartered in Brussels, was
> established in 1949?
NATO
> 5 Mount Sinai is located in which country?
Egypt
> 6 Who composed the Marriage of Figaro?
Mozart
> 7 What is the title of George W Bush's recent memoir?
Decision Points
> 8 What is America's most popular pizza topping?
Pepperoni
> 9 Which actor received $4 m for his 10 minute role as Superman's
> father in the 1978 film?
Marlon Brando
> 10 Who did James Earl Ray assassinate in 1968?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
>
>
Pete
== 5 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 6:09 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 7/17/2011 7:33 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Which English singer was born Gordon Sumner?
> 2 Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah co-starred in which 1987 movie?
> 3 The disease encephalitis affects which human organ?
Brain
> 4 Which international body, headquartered in Brussels, was established
> in 1949?
NATO
> 5 Mount Sinai is located in which country?
Egypt
> 6 Who composed the Marriage of Figaro?
Mozart
> 7 What is the title of George W Bush's recent memoir?
Decisions
> 8 What is America's most popular pizza topping?
Pepperoni
> 9 Which actor received $4 m for his 10 minute role as Superman's father
> in the 1978 film?
> 10 Who did James Earl Ray assassinate in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr.
--Jeff
== 6 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 6:16 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vysedhrtyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> 1 Which English singer was born Gordon Sumner?
> 2 Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah co-starred in which 1987 movie?
Roxanne
> 3 The disease encephalitis affects which human organ?
brain
> 4 Which international body, headquartered in Brussels, was established in 1949?
NATO
> 5 Mount Sinai is located in which country?
Egypt
> 6 Who composed the Marriage of Figaro?
Mozart
> 7 What is the title of George W Bush's recent memoir?
What, Me Worry?
> 8 What is America's most popular pizza topping?
pepperoni
> 9 Which actor received $4 m for his 10 minute role as Superman's father in the 1978 film?
Marlon Brando
> 10 Who did James Earl Ray assassinate in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr.
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 7 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:59 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Which English singer was born Gordon Sumner?
Aaaarrrgh!
> 2 Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah co-starred in which 1987 movie?
The Jerk
> 3 The disease encephalitis affects which human organ?
brain
> 4 Which international body, headquartered in Brussels, was
> established in 1949?
NATO
> 5 Mount Sinai is located in which country?
Egypt
> 6 Who composed the Marriage of Figaro?
Vivaldi
> 7 What is the title of George W Bush's recent memoir?
> 8 What is America's most popular pizza topping?
pepperni
> 9 Which actor received $4 m for his 10 minute role as Superman's
> father in the 1978 film?
> 10 Who did James Earl Ray assassinate in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr
--
Dan Tilque
== 8 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 10:01 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-07-18 00:33:07 +0100, Calvin said:
> 1 Which English singer was born Gordon Sumner?
Sting
> 2 Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah co-starred in which 1987 movie?
The Invisible Man
> 3 The disease encephalitis affects which human organ?
Brain
> 4 Which international body, headquartered in Brussels, was established in 1949?
Interpol
> 5 Mount Sinai is located in which country?
Iran
> 6 Who composed the Marriage of Figaro?
Puccini
> 7 What is the title of George W Bush's recent memoir?
> 8 What is America's most popular pizza topping?
Tomato
> 9 Which actor received $4 m for his 10 minute role as Superman's father
> in the 1978 film?
Marlon Brando
> 10 Who did James Earl Ray assassinate in 1968?
Martin Luther King
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 2-3: Super Bowl, science spelling
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0b5e2276ea9fe901?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:58 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-31,
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 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 3, Round 2 - The Super Bowl
With 6 days remaining until Super Bowl XLV, here's a round on what
is now the NFL's annual championship. But for its earliest years,
it was an inter-league event officially called the "AFL-NFL World
Championship Game". Where we ask you for a team, either the city
or the team name will do, like "Toronto" or "Maple Leafs".
1. The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, now known as
Super Bowl I, was held in 1967. What team won?
2. Who won the award as the MVP (most valuable player) in
Super Bowl I?
3. Super Bowl IV, in 1970, was the last one before the two
leagues merged. Name either the AFL or the NFL team in
that game.
4. The next year, 1971, the game's MVP award went for the first
time to a player on the losing side -- the Dallas Cowboys.
Who was that?
5. Name the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who won a record
3 Super Bowl MVP awards, all in the 1980s.
6. Name the head coach who won four consecutive AFC championships
in 1990-93, but never won the Super Bowl.
7. Name the other team, besides <answer 6>'s team, that has
appeared in four Super Bowls but never won.
8. Who was the first player to be a five-time Super Bowl winner,
starting in 1988 with the San Francisco 49ers and ending in
1995 with the Dallas Cowboys?
9. Name the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who was the first
to throw for more than 300 yards in a Super Bowl game?
That was Super Bowl XIII in 1979.
10. Who was the first Heisman-Trophy-winning quarterback to
start in a Super Bowl? He was with the Dallas Cowboys and
the game was Super Bowl VI, in 1972.
* Game 3, Round 3 - Science Spelling
As they said on the TV show "Âllo Âllo"... listen carefully,
I shall say this only once. This is a spelling round, and we're
going to use audio-round rules. That is, you can ask for a repeat
of the clue, but not the key word, which will occur either as the
last or the second-last word in the question. The idea is that
you're supposed to get the answer primarily from the clue, and the
only reason we're saying the word at all is to make sure you don't
think of a different one, not to help you hear all the right vowels.
So, in all cases, *spell that scientific word*.
1. This is a type of white blood cell that devours
bacteria... "FAY-g'site".
2. As mentioned in the last Final, this is the process where
a single cell divides into four cells, each with only half
the usual number of chromosomes. It's how sperm and egg
cells are formed, and it's called... "my-OH-siss".
3. An alignment of three orbiting bodies close to a straight
line, such as the Sun, Moon, and Earth at new moon or full
moon, is known as a conjunction or... "SIZZ-i-jee".
4. According to paleontologists, humans evolved into their
present form during the epoch known as the... "PLY-stuh-seen".
5. This is the region in the outer solar system where certain
comets were once believed to originate, and where Pluto is
located: it's called the... "KIGH-per" belt.
6. This species of fish was known only from fossils and was
thought to be have been extinct since the Cretaceous
era -- until a live one turned up in a fishing net in
1938... "SEAL-uh-kanth".
7. Objects moving freely on the surface of a rotating body
seem to curve in their paths, which leads to rotating
weather phenomena such as hurricanes. This is known as
the... "kor-ee-OH-liss" effect.
8. An object that behaves as if it contained two simple magnets
is said to have a... "KWOD-roo-pole" moment.
9. One of the most deadly poison gases used during World War I
was carbonyl chloride, otherwise known as carbon oxychloride
or... "FOSS-jeen".
10. A gas commonly burned in welding torches has the formula
C2H2, and is known as... "uh-SET-uh-leen".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "No flames were used in the creation of
msb@vex.net | this message." -- Ray Depew
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 10:28 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:58:07 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 3, Round 2 - The Super Bowl
>
> With 6 days remaining until Super Bowl XLV, here's a round on what
> is now the NFL's annual championship. But for its earliest years,
> it was an inter-league event officially called the "AFL-NFL World
> Championship Game". Where we ask you for a team, either the city
> or the team name will do, like "Toronto" or "Maple Leafs".
>
> 1. The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, now known as
> Super Bowl I, was held in 1967. What team won?
Packers
> 2. Who won the award as the MVP (most valuable player) in
> Super Bowl I?
Namath
> 3. Super Bowl IV, in 1970, was the last one before the two
> leagues merged. Name either the AFL or the NFL team in
> that game.
Steelers, Cowboys
> 4. The next year, 1971, the game's MVP award went for the first
> time to a player on the losing side -- the Dallas Cowboys.
> Who was that?
>
> 5. Name the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who won a record
> 3 Super Bowl MVP awards, all in the 1980s.
Montana
> 6. Name the head coach who won four consecutive AFC championships
> in 1990-93, but never won the Super Bowl.
Parcell?
> 7. Name the other team, besides <answer 6>'s team, that has
> appeared in four Super Bowls but never won.
Vikings, Jets
> 8. Who was the first player to be a five-time Super Bowl winner,
> starting in 1988 with the San Francisco 49ers and ending in
> 1995 with the Dallas Cowboys?
Rice?
> 9. Name the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who was the first
> to throw for more than 300 yards in a Super Bowl game?
> That was Super Bowl XIII in 1979.
>
> 10. Who was the first Heisman-Trophy-winning quarterback to
> start in a Super Bowl? He was with the Dallas Cowboys and
> the game was Super Bowl VI, in 1972.
> * Game 3, Round 3 - Science Spelling
>
> As they said on the TV show "Âllo Âllo"... listen carefully,
> I shall say this only once. This is a spelling round, and we're
> going to use audio-round rules. That is, you can ask for a repeat
> of the clue, but not the key word, which will occur either as the
> last or the second-last word in the question. The idea is that
> you're supposed to get the answer primarily from the clue, and the
> only reason we're saying the word at all is to make sure you don't
> think of a different one, not to help you hear all the right vowels.
>
> So, in all cases, *spell that scientific word*.
>
> 1. This is a type of white blood cell that devours
> bacteria... "FAY-g'site".
>
> 2. As mentioned in the last Final, this is the process where
> a single cell divides into four cells, each with only half
> the usual number of chromosomes. It's how sperm and egg
> cells are formed, and it's called... "my-OH-siss".
Myosis
> 3. An alignment of three orbiting bodies close to a straight
> line, such as the Sun, Moon, and Earth at new moon or full
> moon, is known as a conjunction or... "SIZZ-i-jee".
>
> 4. According to paleontologists, humans evolved into their
> present form during the epoch known as the... "PLY-stuh-seen".
Pleistocene
> 5. This is the region in the outer solar system where certain
> comets were once believed to originate, and where Pluto is
> located: it's called the... "KIGH-per" belt.
Kuiper
> 6. This species of fish was known only from fossils and was
> thought to be have been extinct since the Cretaceous
> era -- until a live one turned up in a fishing net in
> 1938... "SEAL-uh-kanth".
Coelacanth
> 7. Objects moving freely on the surface of a rotating body
> seem to curve in their paths, which leads to rotating
> weather phenomena such as hurricanes. This is known as
> the... "kor-ee-OH-liss" effect.
Coriolis
> 8. An object that behaves as if it contained two simple magnets
> is said to have a... "KWOD-roo-pole" moment.
Quadruple
> 9. One of the most deadly poison gases used during World War I
> was carbonyl chloride, otherwise known as carbon oxychloride
> or... "FOSS-jeen".
Fozgene
> 10. A gas commonly burned in welding torches has the formula
> C2H2, and is known as... "uh-SET-uh-leen".
Acetylene
--
cheers,
calvin
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