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* QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 9-10: elements, challenge - 2 messages, 2 authors
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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 2 ==
Date: Fri, Jul 15 2011 8:47 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Jul 14, 11:53 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 2, Round 9 - Name an Element that...
>
> 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, nitrogen, oxygen
> 5. Name an element that is named after the Swedish village of
> Ytterby (roughly "IT-erb-yuh").
terbium
> 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
> 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.
technetium
> 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.
gold
> * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. French composers
>
> A1. His "Carnival of the Animals" suite includes the famous
> movements "The Swan" and "Fossils".
Saint-Saens
> B. German directors
>
> B2. His documentary film "Buena Vista Social Club" introduced
> a group of legendary Cuban musicians to a worldwide
> audience.
Wenders
> C. Italian athletes
>
> C1. This downhill skier won gold medals in slalom and giant
> slalom at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Tomba
> 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.
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
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 16 2011 12:07 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 7/15/2011 12:53 AM, Mark Brader 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.
Hydrogen, Carbon, Oxygen
> 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.
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.
Radium, Curium
> 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.
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.
>
> A. French composers
>
> A1. His "Carnival of the Animals" suite includes the famous
> movements "The Swan" and "Fossils".
>
> A2. His first volume of piano preludes contains "The Girl
> with the Flaxen Hair".
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
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
--Jeff
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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 4 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 16 2011 10:33 am
From: swp
On Sunday, July 10, 2011 11:47:03 AM UTC-4, swp wrote:
> 1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal
> bands of blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?
estonia
> 2. [botany] what university is home to the only known instance
> of a naturally-growing sequoia east of the mississippi river?
villanova university
> 3. [geography] what is the capital of new zealand?
wellington
> 4. [science] what does a 'brannock device' measure?
foot size (ok, it was a stretch putting this in the science round)
> 5. [sports, current events] derek jeter got his 3000th hit
> on july 9th. what was the pitcher's name?
david price of tampa bay
> 6. [entertainment] what television show that ran from 1978 to
> 1991 is being revived on the tnt network in summer 2012?
dallas
> 7. [literature] which of mark twain's books begins with the
> following preface?
> "PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be
> prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be
> banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."
the adventures of huckleberry finn
> 8. [history] john hancock signed the declaration of independence
> on july 4th, 1776 along with 1 other person. name him.
charles thomson (as secretary)
> 9. [music] what do the letters in the name 'abba' stand for?
the first names of the band members: anni-frid lyngstad, björn ulvaeus, benny andersson and agnetha fältskog.
> 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. the terminator has two other lines on-screen, one with the voice of a police officer overdubbed, and one with the voice of sarah's mother overdubbed.
swp
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 16 2011 10:54 am
From: swp
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.
for the abba question, I needed something that pointed to their first names not just their initials for full credit.
rob parker made me laugh with his response to #4.
as winner you have the option of setting and scoring the next set of questions, or you may select someone from the runners up to do so.
swp
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 16 2011 2:28 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
swp (Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com) writes:
>> 9. [music] what do the letters in the name 'abba' stand for?
>
> the first names of the band members: anni-frid lyngstad, björn ulvaeus,
> benny andersson and agnetha fältskog.
Except that you have Anni-frid Lyngstad and Agneta Fältskog in the wrong
order. It was Björn and Agnetha were married and so were Benny and Frida.
Originally, though, they appeared as "Björn och Benny, Agnetha och Annifrid"
Which is a funny order, given that all four had previous careers.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 4 of 4 ==
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
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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 1 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 16 2011 11:56 am
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 7/14/2011 7:49 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
> 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?
> 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?
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
A whale
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Low temperatures
--Jeff
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