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* Calvin's Quiz #155 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Watch MeYour Best Partner - 2 messages, 1 author
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* QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 2-3: #2, multi-series regulars - 5 messages, 3 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #27 ANSWERS & SCORES - 4 messages, 4 authors
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* Calvin's Quiz #156 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/30d27f220c609198?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 4,6: houses, initialed authors - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #155 - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2476dbb23333d9e3?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 12:41 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> "Calvin":
>> Sure, but the question said "is", not "was". Times New Roman hasn't been
>> the default font face since 2003, ie three versions ago.
>
> Your contest, your decision. But as I said, I double-clicked on the
> Word icon in front of me and it said Times New Roman was the font.
> That's "is".
I would agree here. The default font in Office 2003 still is Times New
Roman. Office 2003 did not self-destruct just because Office 2007 came out.
It would have been a different matter if Microsoft had sent out an update
through Windows Update that had changed the default font.
(And I can't absolutely not blame anyone who sticks to Office 2003. I'm
still not on terms with that ribbon.)
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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TOPIC: Watch MeYour Best Partner
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 5:37 am
From: malarvizhi
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 5:38 am
From: malarvizhi
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 2-3: #2, multi-series regulars
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/96cae38b0b242780?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 7:02 am
From: swp
On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 1:15:26 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> I wrote both of these rounds.
huzzah!
> * Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
>
> 1. Manchester.
california?
> 2. Toronto.
new south wales?
> 3. San Jose.
costa rica?
> 4. Tripoli.
lebanon?
> 5. St. Petersburg.
florida? ; pennsylvania?
> 6. Kansas City.
kansas
> 7. Hamilton.
bermuda?
> 8. Los Angeles.
spain? ; mexico?
> 9. Birmingham.
indiana? ; connnecticut?
> 10. Portland.
maine ; oregon
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
> 1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat".
tim conway
> 2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".
bill shatner
> 3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".
rene auberjonis
> 4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".
bill bixlby
> 5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
judd hirsh
> 6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
heather locklear
> 7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".
mark brader
> 8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".
mike landon
> 9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
> Fall Guy".
lee majors
> 10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".
sharon gless
> (In case anyone wonders how there can have been over 60 episodes
> of "Burn Notice" already when it only started last year, it's
> because it didn't -- it originated on American cable TV and we're
> seeing it 3 years late.)
I don't seem to have that problem. dr who on the other hand, that I see much later than most of you.
swp
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 8:47 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Stephen Perry:
> new south wales?
Is that a "Canadian *province*, ... US *state*, or ... *country*
elsewhere"? :-)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Constrain your data early and often."
msb@vex.net -- C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 9:23 am
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 8/17/2011 1:15 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
>
> Round 2 of this game is "We're #2". On each question we will name a
> city, and you must simply tell us where the world's *second-largest*
> city of that name is. In all cases we are referring to the usual
> names of the cities as written in English without accent marks,
> so if we asked for "Munich", the largest one would be in Germany.
> In all cases we are using the city-proper population, not the
> metropolitan area population, if it ever makes a difference.
> http://www.citypopulation.de is the source we used for all
> population data.
>
> So, to repeat, on each question tell us where to find the world's
> second-largest city with the name we give. You must name the
> Canadian *province*, or the US *state*, or the *country* elsewhere,
> as applicable. For example, we say London, you say Ontario.
>
> 1. Manchester.
New Hampshire
> 2. Toronto.
> 3. San Jose.
> 4. Tripoli.
> 5. St. Petersburg.
Florida
> 6. Kansas City.
Kansas
> 7. Hamilton.
> 8. Los Angeles.
> 9. Birmingham.
Alabama
> 10. Portland.
Maine
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
>
> The Internet Movie Database, or IMDB, lists more than 600 actors
> and actresses who have each appeared in 60 or more episodes of
> each of 3 or more different TV series. But we're only going to
> ask you about 10 of them.
>
> In each case, we will name 3 or 4 TV series in chronological
> order of their debut, and you must name the actor or actress
> who regularly appeared in each one of those series for at least
> 60 episodes of its run -- in most cases they were on the show's
> entire run. For example, if we said "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show",
> and "Here's Lucy", you would say Lucille Ball. However, the roles
> in the actual questions will *not necessarily* be leading ones.
>
> Some series will be mentioned more than once.
>
> 1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat"
..., Murray, Captain Steubing
Wollman
> 2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".
Shatner
> 3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".
>
> 4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".
Bill Bixby
> 5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
>
> 6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
>
> 7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma& Greg", "Criminal Minds".
>
> 8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".
Michael Landon
> 9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
> Fall Guy".
>
> 10. "Switch", "Cagney& Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".
Tyne Daly
--Jeff
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 9:36 am
From: swp
On Friday, August 19, 2011 11:47:42 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> Stephen Perry:
> > new south wales?
>
> Is that a "Canadian *province*, ... US *state*, or ... *country*
> elsewhere"? :-)
> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto "Constrain your data early and often."
> m...@vex.net -- C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
that's what I get for not thinking. I beg the indulgence of the inquisition to spare me from further pain and humiliation.
australia. new south wales is in australia. apparently I need to visit sometime soon.
swp
"good programmers look both ways before crossing a one-way street."
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 10:13 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-14,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I wrote both of these rounds.
> * Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
> Round 2 of this game is "We're #2". On each question we will name a
> city, and you must simply tell us where the world's *second-largest*
> city of that name is. In all cases we are referring to the usual
> names of the cities as written in English without accent marks,
> so if we asked for "Munich", the largest one would be in Germany.
> In all cases we are using the city-proper population, not the
> metropolitan area population, if it ever makes a difference.
> http://www.citypopulation.de is the source we used for all
> population data.
> So, to repeat, on each question tell us where to find the world's
> second-largest city with the name we give. You must name the
> Canadian *province*, or the US *state*, or the *country* elsewhere,
> as applicable. For example, we say London, you say Ontario.
> 1. Manchester.
New Hampshire. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Jeff.
For each question I'm showing the populations (according to the
most recent available census or estimate on the cited site, when
the round was written) for the top 3 cities with that name.
1. England, UK: 465,900 (2008)
2. New Hampshire: 109,279 (2009)
3. Missouri: 18,579 (2009)
> 2. Toronto.
Ohio.
1. Ontario: 2,503,281 (2006)
2. Ohio: 5,676 (2000)
3. Kansas: 312 (2000)
There is a Toronto in New South Wales, Australia -- see
http://www.toronto.com.au/index.php/About-our-Town/about-toronto.html
-- but as far as I can tell it's not incorporated and therefore has no
"city-proper population", and in any case is apparently smaller then
the one in Ohio. The place in Italy with a somewhat similar name,
as you should have recalled from Game 3, is Taranto.
> 3. San Jose.
Costa Rica. 4 for Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
and Stephen. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Erland.
1. California: 964,695 (2009)
2. Costa Rica: 356,174 (2009)
3. Philippines: 71,270 (2007)
> 4. Tripoli.
Lebanon. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
1. Libya: 591,062 (1984)
2. Lebanon: 157,320 (1970)
3. Greece: 25,520 (2001)
> 5. St. Petersburg.
Florida. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque,
and Jeff. 3 for Stephen.
1. Russia: 4,600,276 (2010)
2. Florida: 244,324 (2009)
3. Pennsylvania: 386 (2009)
> 6. Kansas City.
Kansas. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Jeff.
1. Missouri: 482,299 (2009)
2. Kansas: 143,209 (2009)
This is, of course, the only case in the round where both cities
are parts of the same metropolitan area.
> 7. Hamilton.
New Zealand. 4 for Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
1. Ontario: 504,559 (2006)
2. New Zealand: 129,249 (2006)
3. Ohio: 60,690 (2000)
The one in Bermuda is much smaller.
> 8. Los Angeles.
Chile.
1. California: 3,831,868 (2009)
2. Chile: 117,972 (2002)
> 9. Birmingham.
Alabama. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
Rob, and Jeff.
1. England, UK: 1,010,400 (2008)
2. Alabama: 230,131 (2009)
3. Michigan: 19,018 (2009)
> 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.
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
> The Internet Movie Database, or IMDB, lists more than 600 actors
> and actresses who have each appeared in 60 or more episodes of
> each of 3 or more different TV series. But we're only going to
> ask you about 10 of them.
> In each case, we will name 3 or 4 TV series in chronological
> order of their debut, and you must name the actor or actress
> who regularly appeared in each one of those series for at least
> 60 episodes of its run -- in most cases they were on the show's
> entire run. For example, if we said "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show",
> and "Here's Lucy", you would say Lucille Ball. However, the roles
> in the actual questions will *not necessarily* be leading ones.
> Some series will be mentioned more than once.
> 1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat".
Gavin MacLeod (as Joseph Haines, Murray Slaughter, Capt. Merrill
Stubing). 4 for Joshua and Marc.
> 2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".
William Shatner (Capt. James T. Kirk, Sgt. T.J. Hooker, Denny Crane).
4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Rob,
Stephen, and Jeff.
> 3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".
Rene Auberjonois (Clayton Runnymede Endicott III, Odo, Paul Lewiston).
4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".
Bill Bixby (Tim O'Hara, Tom Corbett, Dr. David Bruce Banner).
4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Jeff.
> 5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
Judd Hirsch (Alex Reiger, John Lacey, Alan Eppes). 4 for Joshua,
Marc, and Stephen.
> 6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
Heather Locklear (Sammy Jo Dean Carrington, Officer Stacy Sheridan,
Amanda Woodward, Caitlin Moore). 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".
Thomas Gibson (Dr. Daniel Nyland, Greg Montgomery, Aaron "Hotch"
Hotchner).
> 8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".
Michael Landon (Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright, Charles Ingalls,
Jonathan Smith). 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
Rob, Stephen, and Jeff.
> 9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
> Fall Guy".
Lee Majors (Heath Barkley, Col. Steve Austin, Colt Seavers).
4 for Joshua, Marc, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> 10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".
Sharon Gless (Maggie Philbin, Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney, Debbie
Novotny, Madeline Westen). 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Ent
Joshua Kreitzer 27 36 63
Marc Dashevsky 28 28 56
Stephen Perry 18 32 50
Dan Tilque 32 16 48
Dan Blum 22 12 34
Jeff Turner 20 12 32
Peter Smyth 24 4 28
"Calvin" 12 12 24
Rob Parker 8 8 16
Erland Sommarskog 14 0 14
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "We are full of digital chain letters and
msb@vex.net | warnings about marmalade." --Matt Ridley
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #27 ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/fc6e717812389c43?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 8:25 am
From: swp
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:7118e3e9-f7b4-45fc-8c37-c9d6cecacea4@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.co
m:
> once more into the breach dear friends!
>
> a bonus point is available for figuring out the theme of the quiz.
"current events"
> 1. [politics] who won the ames straw poll held in ames, iowa on august
> 13th 2011
michelle bachmann
> 2. [thespians] who played james tiberius kirk in the star trek
> franchise of the 1960s.
william shatner
> 3. [sports] who did the chicago cubs place on the disqualified list for
> 30 days, without pay, for his "intolerable" actions in and after a game
> against the atlanta braves on august 13th.
carlos zambrano
> 4. [geography] in which country is the city of latakia?
syria
> 5. [finance] the leader of italy's largest union is threatening a
> general strike against an austerity package that premier silvio
> berlusconi's government hastily pushed through to balance the budget by
> 2013 and avoid financial collapse. name either the union, or its
> leader.
susanna camusso, leader of the cgil labor union (aka the italian general
confederation of labour)
> 6. [political activism] what is the name of the group that threatened
> cyber attacks against the bay area rapid transit system and fullerton
> california police department?
anonymous
> 7. [famine] name any of the countries currently enduring widespread
> famine on the horn of africa.
somalia, ethiopia, kenya "officially" but I will also accept djibouti, sudan,
south sudan and uganda.
if you can dontate, please do: http://www.imgonnabeyourfriend.org/
> 8. [arts] bugs bunny loved opera so much that he squashed the entire 18
> hours of richard wagner's der ring des nibelungen down to how many
> minutes?
7
> 9. [geography] stockholm is made up of 14 islands connected by
> bridges on lake m�laren, which flows into the baltic sea and passes an
> archipelago with about 24000 islands and islets. Within 3, how many
> bridges?
50 (I did not specify what type of bridges)
my two sources for this were wikitravel and a map I still have from 1982 when
I last visited this wonderful city. if anyone has a better reference source,
and they donated to the famine relief effort, I will be happy to take that
into account.
> 10. [government approved aussie content] an ash cloud from a
> volcano thinned over australia wednesday (august 10th), freeing
> commercial airliners to take to the skies after grounding them this
> week. where is the volcano?
chile
scores, if there are no errors, and subject to review:
name total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
-------- ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Calvin 5 1 1 0 0 - 0 1 0 1 1
Marc D 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff T 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
John M 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dan T 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joachim 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Peter S 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Erland 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
Rob P 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
Pete 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
-------- ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
total 44 9 10 1 3 1 5 10 2 1 3
swp
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 8:33 am
From: swp
On Friday, August 19, 2011 11:25:54 AM UTC-4, swp wrote:
> > a bonus point is available for figuring out the theme of the quiz.
>
> "current events"
also known as "what I read in the paper this morning" or anything similar.
>
> scores, if there are no errors, and subject to review:
>
> name total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
> -------- ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> Calvin 5 1 1 0 0 - 0 1 0 1 1
> Marc D 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Mark B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
> Jeff T 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
> John M 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
> Dan T 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
> Joachim 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
> Peter S 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
> Erland 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
> Rob P 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
> Pete 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
> -------- ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> total 44 9 10 1 3 1 5 10 2 1 3
>
> swp
since I failed to mention it last time, Pete is this round's winner. congratulations Pete! rotating quiz #28 is yours to do with as you see fit.
if anyone cares to register a protest on an answer, I will be happy to consider them up until the time Pete posts rotating quiz #28.
swp
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 2:32 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
swp (myfullname@thenotevilcompany.com) writes:
>> 9. [geography] stockholm is made up of 14 islands connected by
>> bridges on lake mälaren, which flows into the baltic sea and passes an
>> archipelago with about 24000 islands and islets. Within 3, how many
>> bridges?
>
> 50 (I did not specify what type of bridges)
>
> my two sources for this were wikitravel and a map I still have from 1982
> when I last visited this wonderful city.
That many? Well, it's not simple to define what is one bridge in this
town. And, of course if you count bridges that lead from the mainland
to islands that are not part of Stockholm there are a couple more.
As for your map from 1982, I can think four bridges that has been added
since them; three of them are rail bridges. On the other hand, Tranebergs-
bron might have counted as two bridges then, but after the reconstruction
in the beginning of this century, road and the underground share the same
bridge.
Oh, well, since no one got any points, this crap question didn't favour
anyone. But promise that you don't construct questions on such loose
knowledge in the future! :-)
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 3:17 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Erland Sommarskog:
> Oh, well, since no one got any points...
Well, no one in *this* hemisphere...
--
Mark Brader | "The race is not always to the swift,
Toronto | nor the battle to the strong --
msb@vex.net | but that is the way to bet it." --Damon Runyon
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #156
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/30d27f220c609198?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2011 9:06 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.v0dw84qeyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 In which north African country was fashion designer Yves St
> Laurent born?
Algeria
> 2 What name is given to a district under the
> supervision of a bishop?
Diocese
> 3 A Scouser hails from which English city?
Liverpool
> 4 What is the official language of Bulgaria?
> 5 Avalon was a hit 1982 album for which British band?
> 6 Who played Felix Ungar in Billy Wilder's 1968 film version of
> 'The Odd Couple'?
Jack Lemmon
> 7 What does the meteorological acronym SOI stand for?
> 8 What is The Big Australian?
> 9 Maximus Decimus Meridius was the main character of which 2000
> film?
Gladiator
> 10 The Mock Turtle appears in which children's book?
Alice in Wonderland
>
Pete
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 4,6: houses, initialed authors
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== 1 of 1 ==
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.
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