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* Calvin's Quiz #157 - 4 messages, 4 authors
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* Rare Entries Contest MSB72 begins - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Calvin's Quiz #156 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 4 messages, 4 authors
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* QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 4,6 answers: houses, initialed authors - 1 messages, 1
author
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* QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 7-8: baseball #'s, slogans - 5 messages, 5 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #28 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #157
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/dc58bb97dec8467b?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 12:21 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.v0k51lvayr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>1 Who had a 1961 hit with Runaway?
>2 Which Korean car manufacturer is the major sponsor of the Australian
>Open tennis?
Kia
>3 In which 1990s TV series did a Canadian Mountie work in Chicago?
Due South
>4 Michelle Smith controversially won 3 golds medals swimming for which
>country at the 1996 Olympics?
Ireland
>5 Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell were the subject of which 1981 film?
Chariots of Fire
>6 "After all, tomorrow is another day" is the closing line of which film?
Gone With The Wind
>7 Which is the world's largest species of lizard?
Komodo dragon
>8 Which British media baron and MP fell overboard and drowned in 1991?
Robert Maxwell
>9 What is the difference between libel and slander?
libel is printed, slander is spoken
>10 What is the television equivalent of the Oscars?
Emmys
Peter Smyth
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 5:39 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 2 Which Korean car manufacturer is the major sponsor of the Australian
> Open tennis?
Hyundai
> 4 Michelle Smith controversially won 3 golds medals swimming for which
> country at the 1996 Olympics?
US
> 6 "After all, tomorrow is another day" is the closing line of which
> film?
Tomorrow Never Dies
> 8 Which British media baron and MP fell overboard and drowned in 1991?
Robert Maxwell
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 8:19 am
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 8/21/2011 6:57 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Who had a 1961 hit with Runaway?
Dion and the Belmonts
> 2 Which Korean car manufacturer is the major sponsor of the Australian
> Open tennis?
Kia
> 3 In which 1990s TV series did a Canadian Mountie work in Chicago?
> 4 Michelle Smith controversially won 3 golds medals swimming for which
> country at the 1996 Olympics?
> 5 Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell were the subject of which 1981 film?
> 6 "After all, tomorrow is another day" is the closing line of which film?
Gone With the Wind
> 7 Which is the world's largest species of lizard?
Monitor
> 8 Which British media baron and MP fell overboard and drowned in 1991?
> 9 What is the difference between libel and slander?
Libel is in print, slander is spoken.
> 10 What is the television equivalent of the Oscars?
Emmies
--Jeff
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 10:49 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.v0k51lvayr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 Who had a 1961 hit with Runaway?
Del Shannon
> 2 Which Korean car manufacturer is the major sponsor of the
> Australian Open tennis?
Hyundai
> 3 In which 1990s TV series did a Canadian Mountie work in Chicago?
> 4 Michelle Smith controversially won 3 golds medals swimming for
> which country at the 1996 Olympics?
Ireland
> 5 Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell were the subject of which 1981
> film?
Chariots of Fire
> 6 "After all, tomorrow is another day" is the closing line
> of which film?
Gone With the Wind
> 7 Which is the world's largest species of lizard?
Comodo dragon
> 8 Which British media baron and MP fell overboard and drowned in
> 1991?
Maxwell
> 9 What is the difference between libel and slander?
Libel is written, slander is spoken
> 10 What is the television equivalent of the Oscars?
Emmys
>
>
Pete
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TOPIC: Rare Entries Contest MSB72 begins
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 1:58 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
It's been a while since I last posted a Rare Entries contest,
so here's another one. If the level of participation is not
satisfactory, it will be the last in the MSB series. Please
consider entering even if you don't think you have good answers
for all the questions.
As always, reply ONLY BY EMAIL to msb@vex.net; do not post to
any newsgroup. Entries must reach here by Saturday, September 17,
2011 (by Toronto time, zone -4). I intend so post two reminders
before then. See below the questions for a detailed explanation,
which is unchanged from last time.
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0. Name something or someone that Google has commemorated
with a "Google Doodle" or "Google Holiday Logo" in 2011.
(See rule 4.4.)
1. Name a moon (natural satellite) of Mars.
2. Name a language whose English name obviously refers to
a specific country now existing, and which is the primary
language used in a different country. *NOTE*: For this and
the following question, the usual rule 4.1.1 does *not* apply,
so that "country" is not limited to independent countries
but may be used with any sensible meaning. (However, the
two countries must not share any part of their territory.)
3. Give a name (formal or informal, but not a nickname or
abbreviation) that is regularly used in English to identify
a present-day country whose largest city (metropolitan area)
is London. Again, rule 4.1.1 does not apply.
For example, if I had said "New York" instead of "London",
correct answers would include "United States" and "America",
but not "Stateside" or "USA".
4. Name a word that is a preposition and is 2 letters long.
Both letters must occur in the English alphabet.
5. Name a unit of pressure. You must be able, if asked, to cite
3 unrelated web pages where this unit of pressure is actually
used (rather than defined -- for example, they might be giving
a measurement, estimate, specification, or forecast).
6. Name a person who was President of the US and made at least
some attempt to run for an additional term of office that
would not have been allowed if the 22nd Amendment had been
part of the Constitution from the outset. In effect this
means he was president for 6 years or more and made at least
some attempt to run for an additional 4-year term.
7. Name a country existing in 1926, that in 1906 either did not
exist or was smaller in area (not counting dependencies).
That is, between those two years it was either created,
re-created, or enlarged. This time rule 4.1.1 *does* apply,
both in regard to what is a country and to whether two
countries existing at different times are the same country.
8. Name a medium in which a version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy" (written originally by Douglas Adams) has been
produced and commercially distributed.
9. In some sports completing a specific task scores, all at once,
a certain number of points that is given specifically in the
rules of the sport. Give such a number that occurs in the
scoring of some sport. *NOTE*: You must also name the sport,
but it will *not* be taken as part of the answer.
For example, if darts was considered a sport, then you might
answer "25 (darts)", in reference to the score for hitting
the outer ring of the bullseye; but this would be counted
equivalently to a correct answer of 25 in conjunction with
any other sport. But even if duplicate bridge was considered
a sport, the 22 matchpoints that you might score (in North
American scoring) by beating the pairs at 22 other tables
would still not make "22 (duplicate bridge)" a correct answer,
because the 22 is merely a count of pairs beaten, and not a
number specified in the rules.
For purposes of this question "sport" does not include
competitions based only on mental skill and/or dexterity with
the hands and arms, such as card games, pool games, or darts.
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* 1. The Game
As usual, for each of the questions above, your objective is to give
an answer that (1) is correct, and (2) will be duplicated by as FEW
other people as possible. Feel free to use any reference material
you like to RESEARCH your answers; but when you have found enough
possible answers for your liking, you are expected to choose on your
own which one to submit, WITHOUT mechanical or computer assistance:
this is meant to be a game of wits.
* 2. Scoring
The scores on the different questions are MULTIPLIED to produce a
final score for each entrant. Low score wins; a perfect score is 1.
If your answer on a category is correct, then your score is the number
of people who gave that answer, or an answer I consider equivalent.
A wrong answer, or a skipped question, gets a high score as a penalty.
This is the median of:
- the number of entrants
- the square root of that number, rounded up to an integer
- double the highest score that anyone would have on this
question if all answers were deemed correct
* 2.1 Scoring Example
Say I ask for a color on the current Canadian flag. There are
26 entrants -- 20 say "red", 4 say "blue", and 1 each say "gules",
"white", and "blue square". After looking up gules I decide it's
the same color as red and should be treated as a duplicate answer;
then the 21 people who said either "red" or "gules" get 21 points
each. The person who said "white" gets a perfect score of 1 point.
"Blue square" is not a color and blue is not a color on the flag;
the 5 people who gave either of these answers each get the same
penalty score, which is the median of:
- number of entrants = 27
- sqrt(27) = 5.196+, rounded up = 6
- double the highest score = 21 x 2 = 42
or in this case, 27.
* 2.2 More Specific Variants
On some questions it's possible that one entrant will give an answer
that's a more specific variant of an answer given by someone else.
In that case the more specific variant will usually be scored as if
the two answers are different, but the other, less specific variant
will be scored as if they are the same.
In the above example, if I had decided (wrongly) to score gules as
a more specific variant of red, then "red" would still score 21,
but "gules" would now score 1.
If a wrong answer is clearly associated with a specific right
answer, I will score the right answer as if the wrong answer was a
more specific variant of it. In the above example, if there were
3 additional entrants who said "white square", then "white square"
would be scored as wrong, but the score for "white" would be 4, not 1.
"More specific" scoring will NOT apply if the question asks for an
answer "in general terms"; a more specific answer will then at best be
treated the same as the more general one, and may be considered wrong.
* 3. Entries
Entries must be emailed to the address given above. Please do not
quote the questions back to me, and do send only plain text in ASCII
or ISO 8859-1: no HTML, attachments, Micros--t character sets, etc.,
and no Unicode, please. (Entrants who fail to comply will be publicly
chastised in the results posting.)
Your message should preferably consist of just your 10 answers,
numbered from 0 to 9, along with any explanations required. Your
name should be in it somewhere -- a From: line or signature is fine.
(If I don't see both a first and a last name, or an explicit request
for a particular form of your name to be used, then your email address
will be posted in the results).
You can expect an acknowledgement when I read your entry. If this
bounces, it won't be sent again.
* 3.1 Where Leeway is Allowed
In general there is no penalty for errors of spelling, capitalization,
English usage, or other such matters of form, nor for accidentally
sending email in an unfinished state, so long as it's clear enough
what you intended. Sometimes a specific question may imply stricter
rules, though. And if you give an answer that properly refers to a
different thing related to the one you intended, I will normally take
it as written.
Once you intentionally submit an answer, no changes will be allowed,
unless I decide there was a problem with the question. Similarly,
alternate answers within an entry will not be accepted. Only the
first answer that you intentionally submit counts.
* 3.2 Clarifications
Questions are not intended to be hard to understand, but I may fail
in this intent. (For one thing, in many cases clarity could only be
provided by an example which would suggest one or another specific
answer, and I mustn't do that.)
In order to be fair to all entrants, I must insist that requests for
clarification must be emailed to me, NOT POSTED in any newsgroup.
But if you do ask for clarification, I'll probably say that the
question is clear enough as posted. If I do decide to clarify or
change a question, all entrants will be informed.
* 3.3 Supporting Information
It is your option whether or not to provide supporting information
to justify your answers. If you don't, I'll email you to ask for
it if I need to. If you supply it in the form of a URL, if at all
possible it should be a "deep link" to the specific relevant page.
There is no need to supply URLs for obvious, well-known reference
web sites, and there is no point in supplying URLs for pages that
don't actually support your answer.
If you provide any explanatory remarks along with your answers, you
are responsible for making it sufficiently clear that they are not
part of the answers. The particular format doesn't matter as long
as you're clear. In the scoring example above, "white square" was
wrong; "white (in the central square)" would have been taken as a
correct answer with an explanation.
* 4. Interpretation of questions
These are general rules that apply unless a question specifically
states otherwise.
* 4.1 Geography
* 4.1.1 Countries
"Country" means an independent country. Whether or not a place is
considered an independent country is determined by how it is listed
in reference sources.
For purposes of these contests, the Earth is considered to be divid-
ed into disjoint areas each of which is either (1) a country, (2) a
dependency, or (3) without national government. Their boundaries
are interpreted on a de facto basis. Any place with representatives
in a country's legislature is considered a part of that country rather
than a dependency of it.
The European Union is considered as an association of countries, not
a country itself.
Claims that are not enforced, or not generally recognized, don't count.
Places currently fighting a war of secession don't count. Embassies
don't count as special; they may have extraterritorial rights, but
they're still part of the host country (and city).
Countries existing at different historical times are normally
considered the same country if they have the same capital city.
* 4.1.2 States or provinces
Many countries or dependencies are divided into subsidiary political
entities, typically with their own subsidiary governments. At the
first level of division, these entities are most commonly called
states or provinces, but various other names are used; sometimes
varying even within the same country (e.g. to indicate unequal
political status).
Any reference to "states or provinces" in a question refers to
these entities at the first level of division, no matter what they
are called.
* 4.1.3 Distances
Distances between places on the Earth are measured along a great
circle path, and distance involving cities are based on the city
center (downtown).
* 4.2 Entertainment
A "movie" does not include any form of TV broadcast or video release;
it must have been shown in cinemas. "Oscar" and "Academy Award" are
AMPAS trademarks and refer to the awards given by that organization.
"Fiction" includes dramatizations of true stories.
* 4.3 Words and Numbers
* 4.3.1 Different Answers
Some questions specifically ask for a *word*, rather than the thing
that it names; this means that different words with the same meaning
will in general be treated as distinct answers. However, if two or
more inflectional variants, spelling variants, or other closely
related forms are correct answers, they will be treated as equivalent.
Similarly, if the question specifically asks for a name, different
things referred to by the same name will be treated as the same.
* 4.3.2 Permitted Words
The word that you give must be listed (or implied by a listing,
as with inflected forms) in a suitable dictionary. Generally
this means a printed dictionary published recently enough
to show reasonably current usage, or its online equivalent.
Other reasonably authoritative sources may be accepted on a
case-by-case basis. Words listed as obsolete or archaic usage
don't count, and sources that would list those words without
distinguishing them are not acceptable as dictionaries.
* 4.3.3 Permitted Numbers
Where the distinction is important, "number" refers to a specific
mathematical value, whereas "numeral" means a way of writing it.
Thus "4", "IV", and "four" are three different numerals representing
the same number. "Digit" means one of the characters "0", "1", "2",
etc. (These definitions represent one of several conflicting common
usages.)
* 4.3.4 "Contained in"
If a question asks for a word or numeral "contained" or "included"
in a phrase, title, or the like, this does not include substrings or
alternate meanings of words, unless explictly specified. For example,
if "Canada in 1967" is the title of a book, it contains the numeral
1967 and the preposition "in"; but it does not contain the word "an",
the adjective "in", or the numeral 96.
* 4.4 Tense and Time
When a question is worded in the present tense, the correctness of
your answer is determined by the facts at the moment you submit it.
(In a case where, in my judgement, people might reasonably be unaware
of the facts having changed, an out-of-date answer may be accepted as
correct.) Questions worded in the present perfect tense include the
present unless something states or implies otherwise. (For example,
Canada is a country that "has existed", as well as one that "exists".)
Different verbs in a sentence bear their usual tense relationship to
each other.
You are not allowed to change the facts yourself in order to make an
answer correct. For example, if a question asks for material on the
WWW, what you cite must already have existed before the contest was
first posted.
* 5. Judging
As moderator, I will be the sole judge of what answers are correct,
and whether two answers with similar meaning (like red and gules)
are considered the same, different, or more/less specific variants.
I will do my best to be fair on all such issues, but sometimes it is
necessary to be arbitrary. Those who disagree with my rulings are
welcome to complain (or to start a competing contest, or whatever).
I may rescore the contest if I agree that I made a serious error and
it affects the high finishers.
* 6. Results
Results will normally be posted within a few days of the contest
closing. They may be delayed if I'm unexpectedly busy or for
technical reasons. If I feel I need help evaluating one or more
answers, I may make a consultative posting in the newsgroups before
scoring the contest.
In the results posting, all entrants will be listed in order of score,
but high (bad) scores may be omitted. The top few entrants' full
answer slates will be posted. A table of answers and their scores
will be given for each question.
* 7. Fun
This contest is for fun. Please do have fun, and good luck to all.
--
Mark Brader | "If you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent...
Toronto | the skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly
msb@vex.net | the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is."
--David Dunning
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #156 - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/30d27f220c609198?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 8:14 am
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 8/22/2011 12:25 AM, Rob Parker wrote:
>
> "Calvin" <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in message
> news:op.v0k5veusyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>> Diocese
>> 3/11
>> Bishopric and See and sometimes incorrectly used
>
> According to several on-line dictionaries, and my hard-copy Macquarie
> (our Oz dictionary, for non-Ozers), all three terms are synonymous.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/bishopric?view=uk
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/bishopric
The Concise OED and American Heritage dictionaries both agree.
--Jeff
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 3:14 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:53:28 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
>> 2 What name is given to a district under the supervision of a bishop?
>
> Diocese
> 3/11
> Bishopric and See and sometimes incorrectly used
I'm not convinced they are precisely the same thing but there's no point
in splitting hairs.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 156
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 David
0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 Erland S
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 Joachim Parsch
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 8 John Masters
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Rob Parker
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
7 11 8 10 6 4 2 1 9 10 68 TOTAL
62%
--
cheers,
calvin
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 4:38 pm
From: Stan Brown
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:25:24 +1000, Rob Parker wrote:
>
> "Calvin" <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in message
> news:op.v0k5veusyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
> > Diocese
> > 3/11
> > Bishopric and See and sometimes incorrectly used
>
> According to several on-line dictionaries, and my hard-copy Macquarie (our
> Oz dictionary, for non-Ozers), all three terms are synonymous.
Fowler distinguishes them in MEU2. The territory is the diocese, the
office is the bishopric, and the chair (literal or metaphorical) is
the see.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 9:14 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> I'm not convinced they are precisely the same thing but there's no point
> in splitting hairs.
Thankew!
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Let us knot coin gnu werds huitch
msb@vex.net are spelld rong." -- Rik Fischer Smoody
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 4,6 answers: houses, initialed authors
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Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 9:35 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 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?
Bourbon. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Calvin.
> 2. Which house ruled France between 1852 and 1870?
Bonaparte. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Calvin.
> 3. Which dynasty ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867
> to 1918?
Habsburg (or Hapsburg). 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc,
Stephen, Calvin, and Rob.
> 4. Which dynasty ruled Imperial Germany from 1871 to 1918?
Hohenzollern (accepting anything close). 4 for Stephen.
> 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. 4 for Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, Jeff,
Stephen, Calvin, and Rob.
> 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?
Ptolemaic (Ptolemy) dynasty. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Calvin.
> 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. 4 for Peter, Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Jeff,
Calvin, and Rob.
> 8. What was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1917?
Romanov. 4 for Peter, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Jeff, Stephen, Calvin,
and Rob.
> 9. Name the ruling English house or dynasty from Henry VII to
> Elizabeth I (1485-1603).
Tudor. 4 for everyone -- Peter, Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc,
Pete, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Stephen, Calvin, and Rob.
> 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 (and Gotha). 4 for Peter, Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Jeff, and Calvin.
> * 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.
This was the easiest round in the original game, even without
counting the bonus points.
Since the round was about exact names, I scored misspelled names as
"almost correct", even if it was just a 1-letter error.
> 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".
Alan Alexander Milne. 6 for Stephen. 4 for Peter, Erland, Joshua,
Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Calvin, and Rob.
> 2. This British poet and playwright lived 1860-1937, and wrote
> "The Admirable Crichton" and the Peter Pan stories.
James Matthew Barrie. 4 for Peter, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Jeff,
Stephen (the hard way), Calvin, and Rob.
> 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. 6 for Dan Blum. 4 for Peter, Joshua,
Stephen, Calvin, and Rob. 3 for Dan Tilque.
> 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.
Phyllis Dorothy James. 4 for Peter, Stephen, Calvin, and Rob.
> 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. ("L. Frank" was required if you gave more than
the surname.) 6 for Joshua and Stephen. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum,
Marc, Pete, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Rob.
> 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. ("F. Scott" was required if you gave
more than the surname.) 6 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jeff,
and Stephen. 4 for Peter, Marc, Pete, Calvin, and Rob.
> 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. 6 for Joshua. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Jeff,
and Calvin.
> 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. 6 for Peter, Joshua, and Calvin. 5 (!)
for Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete.
> 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. 6 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Stephen. 4 for Peter, Marc, Pete, Jeff, and Rob.
> 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 Herbert Lawrence. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque,
Jeff, Stephen (the hard way again), Calvin, and Rob.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Ent His Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 27 36 32 42 137
Stephen Perry 18 32 32 45 127
Dan Blum 22 12 32 42 108
Dan Tilque 32 16 24 31 103
"Calvin" 12 12 36 38 98
Marc Dashevsky 28 28 12 24 92
Peter Smyth 24 4 20 42 90
Jeff Turner 20 12 20 26 78
Rob Parker 8 8 20 32 68
Erland Sommarskog 14 0 20 4 38
Pete Gayde -- -- 20 18 38
--
Mark Brader "One doesn't have to be a grammarian
Toronto to know when someone's talking balls."
msb@vex.net --John Masters
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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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: Mon, Aug 22 2011 9:39 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 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.
2. In baseball statistics, what so-called percentage equals total
bases divided by number of at-bats? Its abbreviation is
"SLG".
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.)
10. In baseball scorekeeping, which three players execute a
6-4-3 double play? You must name the three positions
in order.
* 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.
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?
(Reminder: in every answer, did you give both the brand name and
the type of product?)
--
Mark Brader | lying
Toronto | abort reply.
msb@vex.net | -- random words at end of a spam message
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 10:18 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <tP6dnZFjNrR1s87TnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net
says...
> 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 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.
sabremetrics
> 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?
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?
1989
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
56
> 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'
> 7. Who holds the career record for the most runs scored,
> with 2,295?
Rickey Henderson
> 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.
shortstop to second baseman to first baseman
> * 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?
M&M candy
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag repairman
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Clairol hair color
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Doublemint gum
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
Playtex bra
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Sominex soporific [The lyrics are "safe and restful."]
> 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.
Pepsodent toothpaste
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Dial soap
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 10:55 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Aug 22, 11:39 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) 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.
sabermetrics
> 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?
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?
1992; 1991
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
56
> 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?
Rickey Henderson; Barry Bonds
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
Ichiro Suzuki
> 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.
shortstop, second baseman, and first baseman
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Advertising Slogans and Jingles
>
> For each of the following slogans or jingles,
> identify the product referred to.
>
> 1. Do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast?
Life Savers candy
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag washing machines
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Clairol hair coloring
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Doublemint gum
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
Lucky Strike cigarettes
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Sominex sleeping pills
> 7. You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims cigarettes
> 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
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 11:11 pm
From: Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:tP6dnZFjNrR1s87TnZ2dnUVZ_o-
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 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.
Sabrmetrics
>
> 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?
1989
>
> 5. Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak in 1941 lasted how many
> consecutive games?
56
>
> 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?
Hank Aaron
>
> 8. Who had 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old
> record for hits in a single season?
Ichiro Suzuki
>
> 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.
Shortstop, second baseman, first baseman
>
>
> * 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?
Tootsie Pops candy
>
> 2. He's the loneliest guy in town.
Maytag appliance repairman
>
> 3. Does she or doesn't she?
Clairol hair color
>
> 4. Double your pleasure, double your fun.
Doublemint gum
>
> 5. So round, so firm, so fully packed.
>
> 6. Take (brand name) tonight, and sleep, deep and restful sleep,
> sleep, sleep.
Vick's Nyquil cold medicine
>
> 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.
Biz detergent
>
> 10. Aren't you glad you use (brand name)? Don't you wish
> everybody did?
Listerine mouthwash
>
> (Reminder: in every answer, did you give both the brand name and
> the type of product?)
>
Pete
== 5 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?
56
>
> 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"
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #28
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 10:34 pm
From: Pete
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?
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?
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?
8. What was the name of the first album by the English band Jethro Tull?
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"?
Pete
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 11:12 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-08-23 05:34:37 +0000, Pete said:
> 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?
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?
Billy Preston
> 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"?
Stan Getz
> 7. Which composer appeared at the official opening night of New York's
> Carnegie Hall in May, 1891?
Mahler
> 8. What was the name of the first album by the English band Jethro Tull?
Aqualung
> 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"?
Flatt & Scruggs
>
> Pete
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2011 11:36 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <Xns9F4A5E637901pagrsgwideopenwestco@216.196.97.142>, pagrsg@wideopenwest.com says...
> 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?
> 4. Who was the co-founder and keyboard player for the jazz-rock group
> Weather Report?
Keith Jarrett
> 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?
>
> 9. Which two guitar legends collaborated on the album "Chester and Lester"?
Chet Atkins and Lester Flatt
> 10. Which country music duo performed the theme to TV's "Beverly
> Hillbillies"?
Flatt and Scruggs
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