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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 10:17 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-14,
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 did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 4 - Ruling Dynasties and Houses
Through most of recorded history, peoples and countries have
been ruled by dynasties, and by ruling houses (often branches)
within dynasties. Given the country and some dates, name the
ruling dynasty or house as requested. Note: The dates supplied
are not necessarily the entire span of the ruling house.
1. The Capetian dynasty ruled France 987-1792 and 1814-48.
Which house of that dynasty ruled between 1589 and 1792?
2. Which house ruled France between 1852 and 1870?
3. Which dynasty ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867
to 1918?
4. Which dynasty ruled Imperial Germany from 1871 to 1918?
5. What was the ruling family of Florence from 1378 to 1534?
They started out as bankers, and their golden age was from
1464 to 1492.
6. Which family dynasty controlled and subsequently ruled Egypt
from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC until the
death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC?
7. Proving that size isn't everything and that staying power
is important too, name the house that has ruled of Monaco
ever since 1297 (except for a brief blip during the Napoleonic
era).
8. What was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1917?
9. Name the ruling English house or dynasty from Henry VII to
Elizabeth I (1485-1603).
10. Which house has ruled Belgium since 1831, and also ruled
the UK from 1901 until 1917 when it underwent a name change?
* Game 5, Round 6 - Authors: Our Initial Meeting
*This is a bonus round.*
Many authors are known by forms of their names that include
initials: for example, V.S. Naipaul and James M. Cain. In this
round we will give you some information about an author, and you
must name the author. For the normal score, as usual, only the
surname is required. For the 2-point bonus, you must give your
answer in the form of the author's full name, with all initials
expanded. (If they had additional given names that don't normally
even appear as initials, you're not required to give those.)
Now, you are allowed to guess at the expansion. If the answer you
give has the correct initials but the wrong expansion, you still
get the normal score. (Note: For authors known by one given name,
one initial, and surname, you must get the one given name right.)
For example, say the author is V.S. Naipaul:
* You say "Naipaul" -- 4 points.
* You say "V.S. Naipaul" -- 4 points.
* You say "Victor Smith Naipaul" -- right initials, wrong expansion.
Still 4 points.
* You say "Jane Smith Naipaul" -- now the initials are wrong, so
your answer is wrong.
* You say "Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul" -- *6 points*. Easy, right?
If you make two guesses at the answer and score the bonus on one of
them, you get 4 points no matter whether the first or the second
guess was right. So
* "Naipaul, Schmaipaul" -- 3 points as usual
* "Jane Smith Naipaul, Naipaul" -- 2 points as usual
* "Jane Smith Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul" -- 4 points
the hard way.
1. This British author and poet lived 1882-1956. He wrote the
Winnie-the-Pooh books and adapted Kenneth Grahame's "The
Wind in the Willows" into the play "Toad of Toad Hall".
2. This British poet and playwright lived 1860-1937, and wrote
"The Admirable Crichton" and the Peter Pan stories.
3. This British writer lived 1874-1936 and was a novelist,
biographer, playwright, poet, Christian apologist, and a
public debater against the likes of George Bernard Shaw,
Bertrand Russell, and Clarence Darrow. And he wrote the
Father Brown detective stories.
4. This British crime novelist, born in 1920, wrote "Unnatural
Causes", "Death of an Expert Witness", and other novels
featuring Adam Dalgleish. Many of her crime novels have
been dramatized for television.
5. This American was a journalist, a playwright, and the author
of children's stories such as "Mother Goose in Prose" and
all the wonderful Oz stories.
6. This American was a novelist, short story writer, and
screenwriter. He lived 1896-1940, and he wrote "The Great
Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night".
7. This poet, dramatist, and critic lived 1907-73, first
in England and later in the US. His work is often strongly
emotional. He wrote the non-fiction book "Letters from
Iceland", parts of which were read in the movie "Away from
Her", and the poem "Funeral Blues", which begins with the
line "Stop all the clocks" and was recited in the movie
"Four Weddings and a Funeral".
8. This Nobel-prizewinning poet, playwright, and literary
critic lived 1888-1965, first in the US and later in England.
He wrote "Prufrock and Other Observations", "The Wasteland",
and "Murder in the Cathedral".
9. This British novelist, historian, social critic, and much
more lived 1866-1946 and wrote "The Outline of History",
"The Time Machine", and "War of the Worlds".
10. This British novelist, poet, and short story writer lived
1885-1930 and married the sister of the Red Baron. He wrote
"Sons and Lovers" and "Lady Chatterley's Lover".
--
Mark Brader | "Modern security actually worked most of the time.
Toronto | There hadn't been a city lost in more than five years."
msb@vex.net | --Vernor Vinge, "Rainbows End"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 20 2011 2:08 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:LbOdnU24OMDQ3tLTnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@vex.net...
>
>These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-14,
>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 did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
>* Game 5, Round 4 - Ruling Dynasties and Houses
>
>Through most of recorded history, peoples and countries have
>been ruled by dynasties, and by ruling houses (often branches)
>within dynasties. Given the country and some dates, name the
>ruling dynasty or house as requested. Note: The dates supplied
>are not necessarily the entire span of the ruling house.
>
>1. The Capetian dynasty ruled France 987-1792 and 1814-48.
> Which house of that dynasty ruled between 1589 and 1792?
>
>2. Which house ruled France between 1852 and 1870?
>
>3. Which dynasty ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867
> to 1918?
>
>4. Which dynasty ruled Imperial Germany from 1871 to 1918?
>
>5. What was the ruling family of Florence from 1378 to 1534?
> They started out as bankers, and their golden age was from
> 1464 to 1492.
Medici
>6. Which family dynasty controlled and subsequently ruled Egypt
> from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC until the
> death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC?
>
>7. Proving that size isn't everything and that staying power
> is important too, name the house that has ruled of Monaco
> ever since 1297 (except for a brief blip during the Napoleonic
> era).
Grimaldi
>8. What was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1917?
Romanov
>9. Name the ruling English house or dynasty from Henry VII to
> Elizabeth I (1485-1603).
Tudor
>10. Which house has ruled Belgium since 1831, and also ruled
> the UK from 1901 until 1917 when it underwent a name change?
Saxe-Coburg Gotha
>
>* Game 5, Round 6 - Authors: Our Initial Meeting
>
>*This is a bonus round.*
>
>Many authors are known by forms of their names that include
>initials: for example, V.S. Naipaul and James M. Cain. In this
>round we will give you some information about an author, and you
>must name the author. For the normal score, as usual, only the
>surname is required. For the 2-point bonus, you must give your
>answer in the form of the author's full name, with all initials
>expanded. (If they had additional given names that don't normally
>even appear as initials, you're not required to give those.)
>
>Now, you are allowed to guess at the expansion. If the answer you
>give has the correct initials but the wrong expansion, you still
>get the normal score. (Note: For authors known by one given name,
>one initial, and surname, you must get the one given name right.)
>For example, say the author is V.S. Naipaul:
>
>* You say "Naipaul" -- 4 points.
>* You say "V.S. Naipaul" -- 4 points.
>* You say "Victor Smith Naipaul" -- right initials, wrong expansion.
> Still 4 points.
>* You say "Jane Smith Naipaul" -- now the initials are wrong, so
> your answer is wrong.
>* You say "Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul" -- *6 points*. Easy, right?
>
>If you make two guesses at the answer and score the bonus on one of
>them, you get 4 points no matter whether the first or the second
>guess was right. So
>
>* "Naipaul, Schmaipaul" -- 3 points as usual
>* "Jane Smith Naipaul, Naipaul" -- 2 points as usual
>* "Jane Smith Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul" -- 4 points
> the hard way.
>
>
>1. This British author and poet lived 1882-1956. He wrote the
> Winnie-the-Pooh books and adapted Kenneth Grahame's "The
> Wind in the Willows" into the play "Toad of Toad Hall".
Alexander Andrew Milne
>2. This British poet and playwright lived 1860-1937, and wrote
> "The Admirable Crichton" and the Peter Pan stories.
John Michael Barrie
>3. This British writer lived 1874-1936 and was a novelist,
> biographer, playwright, poet, Christian apologist, and a
> public debater against the likes of George Bernard Shaw,
> Bertrand Russell, and Clarence Darrow. And he wrote the
> Father Brown detective stories.
George Keith Chesterton
>4. This British crime novelist, born in 1920, wrote "Unnatural
> Causes", "Death of an Expert Witness", and other novels
> featuring Adam Dalgleish. Many of her crime novels have
> been dramatized for television.
Philippa Dawn James
>5. This American was a journalist, a playwright, and the author
> of children's stories such as "Mother Goose in Prose" and
> all the wonderful Oz stories.
Lawrence Frank Baum
>6. This American was a novelist, short story writer, and
> screenwriter. He lived 1896-1940, and he wrote "The Great
> Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night".
Franklin Scott Fitzgerald
>7. This poet, dramatist, and critic lived 1907-73, first
> in England and later in the US. His work is often strongly
> emotional. He wrote the non-fiction book "Letters from
> Iceland", parts of which were read in the movie "Away from
> Her", and the poem "Funeral Blues", which begins with the
> line "Stop all the clocks" and was recited in the movie
> "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
William Henry Auden
>8. This Nobel-prizewinning poet, playwright, and literary
> critic lived 1888-1965, first in the US and later in England.
> He wrote "Prufrock and Other Observations", "The Wasteland",
> and "Murder in the Cathedral".
Thomas Stearns Eliot
>9. This British novelist, historian, social critic, and much
> more lived 1866-1946 and wrote "The Outline of History",
> "The Time Machine", and "War of the Worlds".
Harold George Wells
>10. This British novelist, poet, and short story writer lived
> 1885-1930 and married the sister of the Red Baron. He wrote
> "Sons and Lovers" and "Lady Chatterley's Lover".
David Henry Lawrence
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 20 2011 5:46 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 1. The Capetian dynasty ruled France 987-1792 and 1814-48.
> Which house of that dynasty ruled between 1589 and 1792?
Béarn
> 2. Which house ruled France between 1852 and 1870?
Bonaparte
> 3. Which dynasty ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867
> to 1918?
Habsburg
> 4. Which dynasty ruled Imperial Germany from 1871 to 1918?
Brandenburg
> 5. What was the ruling family of Florence from 1378 to 1534?
> They started out as bankers, and their golden age was from
> 1464 to 1492.
Medici
> 7. Proving that size isn't everything and that staying power
> is important too, name the house that has ruled of Monaco
> ever since 1297 (except for a brief blip during the Napoleonic
> era).
Grimaldi
> 9. Name the ruling English house or dynasty from Henry VII to
> Elizabeth I (1485-1603).
Tudor
> 1. This British author and poet lived 1882-1956. He wrote the
> Winnie-the-Pooh books and adapted Kenneth Grahame's "The
> Wind in the Willows" into the play "Toad of Toad Hall".
A.A Milne
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 20 2011 7:31 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)
Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Ruling Dynasties and Houses
> 1. The Capetian dynasty ruled France 987-1792 and 1814-48.
> Which house of that dynasty ruled between 1589 and 1792?
Bourbon
> 2. Which house ruled France between 1852 and 1870?
Bonaparte
> 3. Which dynasty ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867
> to 1918?
Hapsburg
> 4. Which dynasty ruled Imperial Germany from 1871 to 1918?
Brandenburg
> 5. What was the ruling family of Florence from 1378 to 1534?
> They started out as bankers, and their golden age was from
> 1464 to 1492.
Medici
> 6. Which family dynasty controlled and subsequently ruled Egypt
> from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC until the
> death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC?
Ptolemy
> 7. Proving that size isn't everything and that staying power
> is important too, name the house that has ruled of Monaco
> ever since 1297 (except for a brief blip during the Napoleonic
> era).
Grimaldi
> 9. Name the ruling English house or dynasty from Henry VII to
> Elizabeth I (1485-1603).
Tudor
> 10. Which house has ruled Belgium since 1831, and also ruled
> the UK from 1901 until 1917 when it underwent a name change?
Saxe-Coburg
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Authors: Our Initial Meeting
> 1. This British author and poet lived 1882-1956. He wrote the
> Winnie-the-Pooh books and adapted Kenneth Grahame's "The
> Wind in the Willows" into the play "Toad of Toad Hall".
Arthur Andrew Milne
> 2. This British poet and playwright lived 1860-1937, and wrote
> "The Admirable Crichton" and the Peter Pan stories.
James Michael Barrie; John Milton Barrie
> 3. This British writer lived 1874-1936 and was a novelist,
> biographer, playwright, poet, Christian apologist, and a
> public debater against the likes of George Bernard Shaw,
> Bertrand Russell, and Clarence Darrow. And he wrote the
> Father Brown detective stories.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
> 5. This American was a journalist, a playwright, and the author
> of children's stories such as "Mother Goose in Prose" and
> all the wonderful Oz stories.
Leonard Frank Baum
> 6. This American was a novelist, short story writer, and
> screenwriter. He lived 1896-1940, and he wrote "The Great
> Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night".
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
> 7. This poet, dramatist, and critic lived 1907-73, first
> in England and later in the US. His work is often strongly
> emotional. He wrote the non-fiction book "Letters from
> Iceland", parts of which were read in the movie "Away from
> Her", and the poem "Funeral Blues", which begins with the
> line "Stop all the clocks" and was recited in the movie
> "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
William Henry Auden
> 8. This Nobel-prizewinning poet, playwright, and literary
> critic lived 1888-1965, first in the US and later in England.
> He wrote "Prufrock and Other Observations", "The Wasteland",
> and "Murder in the Cathedral".
Thomas Sidney Eliot
> 9. This British novelist, historian, social critic, and much
> more lived 1866-1946 and wrote "The Outline of History",
> "The Time Machine", and "War of the Worlds".
Herbert George Wells
> 10. This British novelist, poet, and short story writer lived
> 1885-1930 and married the sister of the Red Baron. He wrote
> "Sons and Lovers" and "Lady Chatterley's Lover".
Douglas Henry Lawrence
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 20 2011 7:30 am
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Aug 20, 12:17 am, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Ruling Dynasties and Houses
>
> 1. The Capetian dynasty ruled France 987-1792 and 1814-48.
> Which house of that dynasty ruled between 1589 and 1792?
Bourbon
> 2. Which house ruled France between 1852 and 1870?
Bonaparte
> 3. Which dynasty ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867
> to 1918?
Habsburg
> 6. Which family dynasty controlled and subsequently ruled Egypt
> from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC until the
> death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC?
Ptolemy
> 7. Proving that size isn't everything and that staying power
> is important too, name the house that has ruled of Monaco
> ever since 1297 (except for a brief blip during the Napoleonic
> era).
Grimaldi
> 8. What was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1917?
Romanov
> 9. Name the ruling English house or dynasty from Henry VII to
> Elizabeth I (1485-1603).
Tudor
> 10. Which house has ruled Belgium since 1831, and also ruled
> the UK from 1901 until 1917 when it underwent a name change?
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Authors: Our Initial Meeting
>
> 1. This British author and poet lived 1882-1956. He wrote the
> Winnie-the-Pooh books and adapted Kenneth Grahame's "The
> Wind in the Willows" into the play "Toad of Toad Hall".
A. A. Milne
> 2. This British poet and playwright lived 1860-1937, and wrote
> "The Admirable Crichton" and the Peter Pan stories.
J. M. Barrie
> 3. This British writer lived 1874-1936 and was a novelist,
> biographer, playwright, poet, Christian apologist, and a
> public debater against the likes of George Bernard Shaw,
> Bertrand Russell, and Clarence Darrow. And he wrote the
> Father Brown detective stories.
G. K. Chesterton
> 5. This American was a journalist, a playwright, and the author
> of children's stories such as "Mother Goose in Prose" and
> all the wonderful Oz stories.
Lyman Frank Baum
> 6. This American was a novelist, short story writer, and
> screenwriter. He lived 1896-1940, and he wrote "The Great
> Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night".
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
> 7. This poet, dramatist, and critic lived 1907-73, first
> in England and later in the US. His work is often strongly
> emotional. He wrote the non-fiction book "Letters from
> Iceland", parts of which were read in the movie "Away from
> Her", and the poem "Funeral Blues", which begins with the
> line "Stop all the clocks" and was recited in the movie
> "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
Wystan Hugh Auden
> 8. This Nobel-prizewinning poet, playwright, and literary
> critic lived 1888-1965, first in the US and later in England.
> He wrote "Prufrock and Other Observations", "The Wasteland",
> and "Murder in the Cathedral".
Thomas Stearns Eliot
> 9. This British novelist, historian, social critic, and much
> more lived 1866-1946 and wrote "The Outline of History",
> "The Time Machine", and "War of the Worlds".
Herbert George Wells
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 20 2011 7:46 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <LbOdnU24OMDQ3tLTnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Ruling Dynasties and Houses
>
> Through most of recorded history, peoples and countries have
> been ruled by dynasties, and by ruling houses (often branches)
> within dynasties. Given the country and some dates, name the
> ruling dynasty or house as requested. Note: The dates supplied
> are not necessarily the entire span of the ruling house.
>
> 1. The Capetian dynasty ruled France 987-1792 and 1814-48.
> Which house of that dynasty ruled between 1589 and 1792?
>
> 2. Which house ruled France between 1852 and 1870?
>
> 3. Which dynasty ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867
> to 1918?
Hapsburg
> 4. Which dynasty ruled Imperial Germany from 1871 to 1918?
>
> 5. What was the ruling family of Florence from 1378 to 1534?
> They started out as bankers, and their golden age was from
> 1464 to 1492.
>
> 6. Which family dynasty controlled and subsequently ruled Egypt
> from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC until the
> death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC?
>
> 7. Proving that size isn't everything and that staying power
> is important too, name the house that has ruled of Monaco
> ever since 1297 (except for a brief blip during the Napoleonic
> era).
>
> 8. What was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1917?
Romanov
> 9. Name the ruling English house or dynasty from Henry VII to
> Elizabeth I (1485-1603).
Tudor
> 10. Which house has ruled Belgium since 1831, and also ruled
> the UK from 1901 until 1917 when it underwent a name change?
Hannover
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Authors: Our Initial Meeting
>
> *This is a bonus round.*
>
> Many authors are known by forms of their names that include
> initials: for example, V.S. Naipaul and James M. Cain. In this
> round we will give you some information about an author, and you
> must name the author. For the normal score, as usual, only the
> surname is required. For the 2-point bonus, you must give your
> answer in the form of the author's full name, with all initials
> expanded. (If they had additional given names that don't normally
> even appear as initials, you're not required to give those.)
>
> Now, you are allowed to guess at the expansion. If the answer you
> give has the correct initials but the wrong expansion, you still
> get the normal score. (Note: For authors known by one given name,
> one initial, and surname, you must get the one given name right.)
> For example, say the author is V.S. Naipaul:
>
> * You say "Naipaul" -- 4 points.
> * You say "V.S. Naipaul" -- 4 points.
> * You say "Victor Smith Naipaul" -- right initials, wrong expansion.
> Still 4 points.
> * You say "Jane Smith Naipaul" -- now the initials are wrong, so
> your answer is wrong.
> * You say "Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul" -- *6 points*. Easy, right?
>
> If you make two guesses at the answer and score the bonus on one of
> them, you get 4 points no matter whether the first or the second
> guess was right. So
>
> * "Naipaul, Schmaipaul" -- 3 points as usual
> * "Jane Smith Naipaul, Naipaul" -- 2 points as usual
> * "Jane Smith Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul" -- 4 points
> the hard way.
>
>
> 1. This British author and poet lived 1882-1956. He wrote the
> Winnie-the-Pooh books and adapted Kenneth Grahame's "The
> Wind in the Willows" into the play "Toad of Toad Hall".
Albert Ammons Milne
> 2. This British poet and playwright lived 1860-1937, and wrote
> "The Admirable Crichton" and the Peter Pan stories.
John Marshall Barrie
> 3. This British writer lived 1874-1936 and was a novelist,
> biographer, playwright, poet, Christian apologist, and a
> public debater against the likes of George Bernard Shaw,
> Bertrand Russell, and Clarence Darrow. And he wrote the
> Father Brown detective stories.
Cecil Sinclair Lewis
> 4. This British crime novelist, born in 1920, wrote "Unnatural
> Causes", "Death of an Expert Witness", and other novels
> featuring Adam Dalgleish. Many of her crime novels have
> been dramatized for television.
>
> 5. This American was a journalist, a playwright, and the author
> of children's stories such as "Mother Goose in Prose" and
> all the wonderful Oz stories.
Laurence Frank Baum
> 6. This American was a novelist, short story writer, and
> screenwriter. He lived 1896-1940, and he wrote "The Great
> Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night".
Franklin Scott Fitzgerald
> 7. This poet, dramatist, and critic lived 1907-73, first
> in England and later in the US. His work is often strongly
> emotional. He wrote the non-fiction book "Letters from
> Iceland", parts of which were read in the movie "Away from
> Her", and the poem "Funeral Blues", which begins with the
> line "Stop all the clocks" and was recited in the movie
> "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
>
> 8. This Nobel-prizewinning poet, playwright, and literary
> critic lived 1888-1965, first in the US and later in England.
> He wrote "Prufrock and Other Observations", "The Wasteland",
> and "Murder in the Cathedral".
>
> 9. This British novelist, historian, social critic, and much
> more lived 1866-1946 and wrote "The Outline of History",
> "The Time Machine", and "War of the Worlds".
Henry George Wells
> 10. This British novelist, poet, and short story writer lived
> 1885-1930 and married the sister of the Red Baron. He wrote
> "Sons and Lovers" and "Lady Chatterley's Lover".
David Hartschorn Lawrence
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 20 2011 9:43 pm
From: Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:LbOdnU24OMDQ3tLTnZ2dnUVZ_j-
dnZ2d@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-14,
> 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 did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Ruling Dynasties and Houses
>
> Through most of recorded history, peoples and countries have
> been ruled by dynasties, and by ruling houses (often branches)
> within dynasties. Given the country and some dates, name the
> ruling dynasty or house as requested. Note: The dates supplied
> are not necessarily the entire span of the ruling house.
>
> 1. The Capetian dynasty ruled France 987-1792 and 1814-48.
> Which house of that dynasty ruled between 1589 and 1792?
>
> 2. Which house ruled France between 1852 and 1870?
Bonaparte
>
> 3. Which dynasty ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867
> to 1918?
>
> 4. Which dynasty ruled Imperial Germany from 1871 to 1918?
>
> 5. What was the ruling family of Florence from 1378 to 1534?
> They started out as bankers, and their golden age was from
> 1464 to 1492.
Medici
>
> 6. Which family dynasty controlled and subsequently ruled Egypt
> from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC until the
> death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC?
>
> 7. Proving that size isn't everything and that staying power
> is important too, name the house that has ruled of Monaco
> ever since 1297 (except for a brief blip during the Napoleonic
> era).
Grimaldi
>
> 8. What was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1917?
Romanoff
>
> 9. Name the ruling English house or dynasty from Henry VII to
> Elizabeth I (1485-1603).
Tudor
>
> 10. Which house has ruled Belgium since 1831, and also ruled
> the UK from 1901 until 1917 when it underwent a name change?
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Authors: Our Initial Meeting
>
> *This is a bonus round.*
>
> Many authors are known by forms of their names that include
> initials: for example, V.S. Naipaul and James M. Cain. In this
> round we will give you some information about an author, and you
> must name the author. For the normal score, as usual, only the
> surname is required. For the 2-point bonus, you must give your
> answer in the form of the author's full name, with all initials
> expanded. (If they had additional given names that don't normally
> even appear as initials, you're not required to give those.)
>
> Now, you are allowed to guess at the expansion. If the answer you
> give has the correct initials but the wrong expansion, you still
> get the normal score. (Note: For authors known by one given name,
> one initial, and surname, you must get the one given name right.)
> For example, say the author is V.S. Naipaul:
>
> * You say "Naipaul" -- 4 points.
> * You say "V.S. Naipaul" -- 4 points.
> * You say "Victor Smith Naipaul" -- right initials, wrong expansion.
> Still 4 points.
> * You say "Jane Smith Naipaul" -- now the initials are wrong, so
> your answer is wrong.
> * You say "Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul" -- *6 points*. Easy, right?
>
> If you make two guesses at the answer and score the bonus on one of
> them, you get 4 points no matter whether the first or the second
> guess was right. So
>
> * "Naipaul, Schmaipaul" -- 3 points as usual
> * "Jane Smith Naipaul, Naipaul" -- 2 points as usual
> * "Jane Smith Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul" -- 4 points
> the hard way.
>
>
> 1. This British author and poet lived 1882-1956. He wrote the
> Winnie-the-Pooh books and adapted Kenneth Grahame's "The
> Wind in the Willows" into the play "Toad of Toad Hall".
A. A. Milne
>
> 2. This British poet and playwright lived 1860-1937, and wrote
> "The Admirable Crichton" and the Peter Pan stories.
>
> 3. This British writer lived 1874-1936 and was a novelist,
> biographer, playwright, poet, Christian apologist, and a
> public debater against the likes of George Bernard Shaw,
> Bertrand Russell, and Clarence Darrow. And he wrote the
> Father Brown detective stories.
P. G. Wodehouse; T. S. Eliot
>
> 4. This British crime novelist, born in 1920, wrote "Unnatural
> Causes", "Death of an Expert Witness", and other novels
> featuring Adam Dalgleish. Many of her crime novels have
> been dramatized for television.
V. I. Warshavsky
>
> 5. This American was a journalist, a playwright, and the author
> of children's stories such as "Mother Goose in Prose" and
> all the wonderful Oz stories.
L. Frank Baum
>
> 6. This American was a novelist, short story writer, and
> screenwriter. He lived 1896-1940, and he wrote "The Great
> Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night".
F. Scott Fitzgerald
>
> 7. This poet, dramatist, and critic lived 1907-73, first
> in England and later in the US. His work is often strongly
> emotional. He wrote the non-fiction book "Letters from
> Iceland", parts of which were read in the movie "Away from
> Her", and the poem "Funeral Blues", which begins with the
> line "Stop all the clocks" and was recited in the movie
> "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
P. G. Wodehouse; T. S. Eliot
>
> 8. This Nobel-prizewinning poet, playwright, and literary
> critic lived 1888-1965, first in the US and later in England.
> He wrote "Prufrock and Other Observations", "The Wasteland",
> and "Murder in the Cathedral".
e. e. cummings; T. S. Eliot
>
> 9. This British novelist, historian, social critic, and much
> more lived 1866-1946 and wrote "The Outline of History",
> "The Time Machine", and "War of the Worlds".
H. G. Wells
>
> 10. This British novelist, poet, and short story writer lived
> 1885-1930 and married the sister of the Red Baron. He wrote
> "Sons and Lovers" and "Lady Chatterley's Lover".
P. G. Wodehouse; T. S. Eliot
>
Pete
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 20 2011 3:02 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> Oh, well, since no one got any points...
>
> Well, no one in *this* hemisphere...
Ah, I see that Calvin guessed 47. That is actually quite a good number.
I think my last count stopped at 43, but the road connection between
Södermalm and the Old Town counts as two bridges. (This area is very
messy.) And I think the underground crosses the waters at Skanstull on a
separate bridge, although I am not sure.
Wikitravel says "some 50" and that number seems a tad high to me, if we
are talking bridges connecting the 14 islands Stockholm is said to made
up of. (Which in itself is inaccurate.) But as I said there are also
bridges that leads to communes outside Stockholm. There are also a couple
of bridges that does not cross water at all, but only cross another
street.
I had notion of most of these bridges before, although, as I said, it's
difficult whether a complex is one, two or more bridges. But there is
actually one bridge that I was completely unaware of, a pedestrian bridge
in the very centre of town. That bridge may be missing on Steven's map
from 1982 as well. (It's missing from Eniro's online maps.)
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 20 2011 5:18 am
From: "Rob Parker"
"Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
news:Z9KdneQqOrbC39LTnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@vex.net...
>> 10. Portland.
>
> Maine. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Jeff.
> 3 for Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum.
>
> 1. Oregon: 566,143 (2009)
> 2. Maine: 63,008 (2009)
> 3. Texas: 16,450 (2009).
>
> The one in England is a landform, not a city.
And the one in Australia ... ?
Rob
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 20 2011 5:47 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Rob Parker (NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME) writes:
>> Maine. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Jeff.
>> 3 for Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum.
>>
>> 1. Oregon: 566,143 (2009)
>> 2. Maine: 63,008 (2009)
>> 3. Texas: 16,450 (2009).
>>
>> The one in England is a landform, not a city.
>
> And the one in Australia ... ?
The two in Australia that I could find on citypopulation.de are both listed
as Urban centres and have a smaller population than the place in Texas.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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