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* QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 7-8: baseball #'s, slogans - 5 messages, 5 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #28 - 4 messages, 4 authors
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* Chat with any kind women - 1 messages, 1 author
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* QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 4,6 answers: houses, initialed authors - 2 messages, 2
authors
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 7-8: baseball #'s, slogans
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/fa828ed2276fb46f?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 12:47 am
From: Dan Tilque

Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
>
> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.

SABER

>
> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".

slugging percentage

>
> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?

1961

>
> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?

1990

>
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?

>
> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?

90 feet

>
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?

Pete Rose

>
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?

Barry Bonds

>
> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)

9th

>
> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.

short stop, 2nd base, 1st base

>
>
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
> memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
> own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
> identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
> *every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
> generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?

Lifesaver's candy

>
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.

Maytag washers

>
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?

Clairol hair coloring

>
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.

Wriggly's Doublemint gum

>
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.

Kool cigarettes

>
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.

Sominex sleep aid

>
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.

Virginia Slims cigarettes

>
> 8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!

Irish Spring soap

>
> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.

Pepsodent toothpaste

>
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?

Dial soap

--
Dan Tilque

Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"

== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 8:09 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game

> 1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.

sabremetrics

> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".

slugger percentage

> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?

1961; 1962

> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?

1992; 1997

> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?

23; 35

> 6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?

90 feet 4 inches

> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?

Reggie Jackson

> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)

4th; 8th

> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles

> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?

Lifesaver candies

> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.

Maytag appliances

> 3. Does she or doesn't she?

Revlon hair dye

> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.

Doublemint chewing gum

> 7. You've come a long way, baby.

Virginia Slims cigarettes

> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.

Pepsodent toothpaste

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 1:47 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"

"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:tP6dnZFjNrR1s87TnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@vex.net...

>* Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
>This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.
>
>1. What is the name for a type of statistics-based baseball
> analysis that was popularized by the bestselling book
> "Moneyball"? The name was derived from the initials of the
> Society of American Baseball Research.
sabermetrics
>2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".
slugging
>3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?
>
>4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?
>
>5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
>
>6. In the official rules of Major League Baseball, a base
> is defined both as an object of a certain size placed on the
> field, and as the point that it must be placed in relation to.
> Using the second definition, where third base is a point,
> what is the *exact* official distance from third base to home?
>
>7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
>
>8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
>
>9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)
9th
>10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.
3B-2B-1B, SS-2B-1B
>
>* Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
>Here is your opportunity to gain some benefit from all those
>memory cells of yours that advertisers have taken over for their
>own purposes. For each of the following slogans or jingles,
>identify the product referred to. *Note:* For full points, on
>*every question* you must give *both* the brand name and and a
>generic description: for example, "Ritz crackers".
>
>1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
>
>2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
>
>3. Does she or doesn't she?
>
>4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
>
>5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
>
>6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
>
>7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims cigarettes
>8. Manly, yes, but I like it, too!
>
>9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.
>
>10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?

Peter Smyth

== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 3:19 pm
From: Calvin

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:39:04 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

Sabre?

> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".

Slugging average

> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?

1975, 1976

> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?

1990, 1991

> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?

45, 46

90 feet?

> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?

DiMaggio, Mantle

> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?

Sosa, McGwire

> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)

9th

> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.

3rd base, 1st base, 2nd base

> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles

Pass

cheers,
calvin

== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 6:46 pm
From: "Rob Parker"

> * Game 5, Round 7 - Baseball: The Numbers Game
>
> This round is all about numbers signicant to Major League Baseball.

Oh dear :-(

SABRE

> 2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
> bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
> "SLG".

slugs; slogs

> 3. In what year did Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, beating Babe
> Ruth's longstanding single-season record?

1965; 1987

> 4. In what year was the World Series between the Giants and
> A's delayed for 10 days by a San Francisco Bay Area
> earthquake?

1980; 1985

> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?

42; 21

42m; 55.58m

> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?

Johnson; Jones

> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?

Johnson; Jones

> 9. In the National League, the starting pitcher almost always
> comes where in the batting order? (Give the answer as an
> ordinal number, like 1st, 2nd, etc.)

8th; 9th

> 10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
> 6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
> in order.

left outfielder, catcher, third baseman; short-stop, catcher, third baseman

> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?

Smarties, lollies

> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.

Durex, condoms; Alpine, cigarettes

> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
>
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.

Mandrax, sleeping pills; Chamomile, herbal tea

> 7. You've come a long way, baby.

Greyhound, bus line; Amtrack, rail company

> 9. You'll wonder where the yellow went.

Pepsodent. toothpaste

> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?

Odorono, deodorant; Rexona, deodorant

Rob

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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 5:05 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Pete Gayde:
> 7. Which composer appeared at the official opening night of New York's
> Carnegie Hall in May, 1891?

Sousa?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
"Omit needless code! Omit needless code! Omit needless code!"
-- Chip Salzenberg (after Strunk & White)

== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 5:36 am
From: "Rob Parker"

> 1. Who composed the "Roman Trilogy" (Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome,
> Roman Festivals)?
> 2. What woman's name has bluesman B. B. King given to his guitars?

Lucille

> 3. By what nickname was Grateful Dead founding member Ron McKernan known?

Pigpen

> 4. Who was the co-founder and keyboard player for the jazz-rock group
> Weather Report?

Joe Zawunil

> 5. During the playing of which song did Jimi Hendrix burn his guitar at
> the
> 1967 Monterey Pop Festival?

Wild Thing

> 6. Who composed and played the Alto Saxophone solo on the Dave Brubeck
> Quartet's "Take Five"?

Paul Desmond

> 7. Which composer appeared at the official opening night of New York's
> Carnegie Hall in May, 1891?
> 8. What was the name of the first album by the English band Jethro Tull?

This Was

> 9. Which two guitar legends collaborated on the album "Chester and
> Lester"?
> 10. Which country music duo performed the theme to TV's "Beverly
> Hillbillies"?

Earl & Lester/Flatt & Scruggs
(can't remember the combination)

Rob

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 2:32 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog

> 4. Who was the co-founder and keyboard player for the jazz-rock group
> Weather Report?

Joe Zawinul

> 5. During the playing of which song did Jimi Hendrix burn his guitar at
> the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival?

Star-Sprangled Banner

> 7. Which composer appeared at the official opening night of New York's
> Carnegie Hall in May, 1891?

Antonin Dvorak

> 8. What was the name of the first album by the English band Jethro Tull?

This Was

--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se

== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 3:39 pm
From: Calvin

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:34:37 +1000, Pete <pagrsg@wideopenwest.com> wrote:

> Music of many genres.
>
> 1. Who composed the "Roman Trilogy" (Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome,
> Roman Festivals)?
> 2. What woman's name has bluesman B. B. King given to his guitars?

Maybelline?

> 3. By what nickname was Grateful Dead founding member Ron McKernan known?
> 4. Who was the co-founder and keyboard player for the jazz-rock group
> Weather Report?
> 5. During the playing of which song did Jimi Hendrix burn his guitar at
> the
> 1967 Monterey Pop Festival?

All Along the Watchtower?

> 6. Who composed and played the Alto Saxophone solo on the Dave Brubeck
> Quartet's "Take Five"?
> 7. Which composer appeared at the official opening night of New York's
> Carnegie Hall in May, 1891?

Debussy?

> 8. What was the name of the first album by the English band Jethro Tull?

Jethro Tull?

> 9. Which two guitar legends collaborated on the album "Chester and
> Lester"?

Clapton and Santana?

> 10. Which country music duo performed the theme to TV's "Beverly
> Hillbillies"?

Guthrie +1?

cheers,
calvin

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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 9:06 am
From: adams

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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 4,6 answers: houses, initialed authors
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 8:50 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Mark Brader:
> > * Game 5, Round 6 - Authors: Our Initial Meeting

Oh, by the way, now that you guys are all warmed up....

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Q_Pheevr/but_what_does_the_q_stand_for
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
#define MSB(type) (~(((unsigned type)-1)>>1))

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 23 2011 9:06 pm
From: Calvin

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:50:44 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> Mark Brader:
>> > * Game 5, Round 6 - Authors: Our Initial Meeting
>
> Oh, by the way, now that you guys are all warmed up....
>
> http://www.sporcle.com/games/Q_Pheevr/but_what_does_the_q_stand_for

Why do you have to be so cruel? :-)

cheers,
calvin

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