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* Calvin's Quiz #154 - 11 messages, 9 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/8d5177c0391ac359?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 7-8: making you sick, Shakespeare - 7 messages, 5
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/73ebf7c3d84e0e6c?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #26 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/ee12eaec3a0734a0?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #153 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/cfa7414dc9ec9d75?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 2-3: Adams, bloody US - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2442e39d802b1daa?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #152 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/590fa100c27fbac9?hl=en
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #154
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/8d5177c0391ac359?hl=en
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== 1 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 12:19 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
7
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Alaska
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
Sailing
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
Depends on how ancient you mean, but waaaaay long back it was October. If
you are looking for the name August had before Octavianus, I'm afraid I
don't knwo.
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Foundation
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Wales
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 2 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 2:45 am
From: "David"
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
10 Pin Bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
The Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
...... Quality Management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Anglesey is North West Wales
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
== 3 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 7:58 am
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vz2xhuvpyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Wyoming
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
total quality management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1981
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 4 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 8:14 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> > 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Stephen Perry:
> isle of wight?
Did you miss the R?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "No victor believes in chance."
msb@vex.net -- Nietzsche (trans. Kaufmann)
== 5 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 11:37 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vz2xhuvpyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
>
>1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13
>2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Wyoming
>3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
Ten pin bowling
>4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
>5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
>6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
>7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th
>8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
>9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Wales (Anglesey)
>10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
Peter Smyth
== 6 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 1:16 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Erland Sommarskog (esquel@sommarskog.se) writes:
> Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
>> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game
>> bridge?
>
> 7
Since everyone else is saying 13 and I am bridge player, I like to
clarify this answer. In Swedish bridge terminology "trick" is the number
of the bidding card. So if I bid 7NT, I want to take all 13 "stick" (as
we call them in Swedish), but that is only 7 "trick". (I seem to recall
that I discussed this with Mark at some point, but I've forgotten the
outcome of that.)
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 7 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 2:02 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Erland Sommarskog:
> Since everyone else is saying 13 and I am bridge player, I like to
> clarify this answer. In Swedish bridge terminology "trick" is the number
> of the bidding card. So if I bid 7NT, I want to take all 13 "stick" (as
> we call them in Swedish), but that is only 7 "trick". (I seem to recall
> that I discussed this with Mark at some point, but I've forgotten the
> outcome of that.)
Yes, I remember that exchange. The Swedish "trick" is known formally in
English as an "odd-trick", but some people do say "trick" informally
with that meaning, even though its proper meaning is Swedish "stick".
I think Calvin should accept Erland's "7".
The reason it's an "odd-trick" goes back to the original game of whist,
where points were always scored by the side that took the most tricks.
If each side had 6 tricks, the 13th one was the "odd" trick in the sense
of the one left over, and so the odd trick determined who would score.
The sense then got generalized a little to say that an "odd-trick" meant
any trick taken by one side after their 6th one.
(Then in bridge, when the concept of the contract was introduced and
scores were in relation to whether the contract was made or not, the
meaning became a bit more specific again -- an "odd-trick" now is a
trick taken by the *declaring side* after their 6th one.)
--
Mark Brader "Men are animals."
Toronto "What are women? Plants, birds, fish?"
msb@vex.net -- Spider Robinson, "Night of Power"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 8 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 2:31 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 8/11/2011 10:35 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Wyoming
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
Bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
Total Quality Management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
13th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
England
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1981
--Jeff
== 9 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 3:03 pm
From: swp
On Friday, August 12, 2011 11:14:23 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > > 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
>
> Stephen Perry:
> > isle of wight?
>
> Did you miss the R?
> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto "No victor believes in chance."
> m...@vex.net -- Nietzsche (trans. Kaufmann)
yes. yes, I did.
I throw myself on the mercy of the court...
swp
== 10 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 3:53 pm
From: Stan Brown
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:35:44 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Montana
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
Bowlinge
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
August
, or October, depending on your definition of "ancient"
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
Total Quality Management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th (1300s)
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Did you mean Anglesey? That's an island in Wales.
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1972?
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
== 11 of 11 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 9:29 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vz2xhuvpyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game
> bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Wyoming
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
Bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
13th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Wales
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
>
>
Pete
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 7-8: making you sick, Shakespeare
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/73ebf7c3d84e0e6c?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 6:01 am
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Things that Make You Sick
>
> For each disease we name, pick the item from the following list
> that explains what you would likely get it from. Note that we
> mean this in the broadest sense: for example, correct answers
> might include both infectious organisms and their vectors, among
> other things. You can only give answers that are on the list,
> even if some others might also be correct. On the other hand,
> some questions may have more than one correct answer on the list;
> in that case you can give any one.
>
> Aedes mosquitoes
> Aerosols (exhaled droplets)
> Animal droppings
> Anopheles mosquitoes
> Asbestos
> Genetic defect
> Fleas
> Fungus
> Head injury
> Immune system response
> Iron deficiency
> Justin Bieber
> Lice
> Nitrosamines
> Prions
> Protozoa
> Ritual cannibalism and related procedures
> Rodent bites
> Sand flies
> Snails
> Stroke
> Ticks
> Tse-tse flies
> Untreated water
> Vitamin A deficiency
> Vitamin B1 (thiamin or thiamine) deficiency
> Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency
> Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency
> Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency
> Vitamin D deficiency
>
> 1. Candidiasis.
protozoa
> 2. Giardiasis (or beaver fever).
untreated water
> 3. Pellagra.
vitamin B12 deficiency
> 4. Guillain-Barré syndrome.
> 5. Kuru.
prion
> 6. Beriberi.
vitamin B3 deficiency
> 7. Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
ticks
> 8. Bilharzia (or schistosomiasis).
snails
> 9. Mesothelioma.
> 10. Phenylketonuria (or PKU).
genetic defect
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - The Play's the Thing!
>
> For each question we will read a passage from Shakespeare, and
> you simply have to name the play.
>
> 1. Full fathom five thy father lies;
> Of his bones are coral made...
The Tempest
>
> 2. If music be the food of love, play on.
Romeo & Juliet
>
> 3. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
> Like a colossus; and we petty men
> Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
> To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
>
> 4. How like a fawning publican he looks!
> I hate him for he is a Christian...
Merchant of Venice
>
> 5. She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
> And I loved her that she did pity them.
>
> 6. Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
> Her infinite variety.
Hamlet
>
> 7. Lord, what fools these mortals be!
A Midsummer Night's Dream
>
> 8. Doubt thou the stars are fire;
> Doubt that the sun doth move;
> Doubt truth to be a liar;
> But never doubt I love.
Love's Labor Lost
>
> 9. Now is the winter of our discontent
> Made glorious summer by this "sun" of York
Richard III
>
> 10. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
> to have a thankless child!
King Lear
--
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 7 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 11:01 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:6fqdnRH_DZDHxd7TnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d@vex.net...
>
>These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-07,
>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 4, Round 7 - Things that Make You Sick
>
>For each disease we name, pick the item from the following list
>that explains what you would likely get it from. Note that we
>mean this in the broadest sense: for example, correct answers
>might include both infectious organisms and their vectors, among
>other things. You can only give answers that are on the list,
>even if some others might also be correct. On the ot her hand,
>some questions may have more than one correct answer on the list;
>in that case you can give any one.
>
> Aedes mosquitoes
> Aerosols (exhaled droplets)
> Animal droppings
> Anopheles mosquitoes
> Asbestos
> Genetic defect
> Fleas
> Fungus
> Head injury
> Immune system response
> Iron deficiency
> Justin Bieber
> Lice
> Nitrosamines
> Prions
> Protozoa
> Ritual cannibalism and related procedures
> Rodent bites
> Sand flies
> Snails
> Stroke
> Ticks
> Tse-tse flies
> Untreated water
> Vitamin A deficiency
> Vitamin B1 (thiamin or thiamine) deficiency
> Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency
> Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency
> Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency
> Vitamin D deficiency
>
>1. Candidiasis.
>2. Giardiasis (or beaver fever).
>3. Pellagra.
>4. Guillain-Barré syndrome.
>5. Kuru.
Ritual cannibalism
>6. Beriberi.
Vitamin D
>7. Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
>8. Bilharzia (or schistosomiasis).
>9. Mesothelioma.
Asbestos
>10. Phenylketonuria (or PKU).
genetic defect
>
>* Game 4, Round 8 - The Play's the Thing!
>
>For each question we will read a passage from Shakespeare, and
>you simply have to name the play.
>
>1. Full fathom five thy father lies;
> Of his bones are coral made...
The Tempest
>2. If music be the food of love, play on.
>
>3. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
> Like a colossus; and we petty men
> Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
> To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
>
>4. How like a fawning publican he looks!
> I hate him for he is a Christian...
>
>5. She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
> And I loved her that she did pity them.
>
>6. Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
> Her infinite variety.
>
>7. Lord, what fools these mortals be!
>
>8. Doubt thou the stars are fire;
> Doubt that the sun doth move;
> Doubt truth to be a liar;
> But never doubt I love.
>
>9. Now is the winter of our discontent
> Made glorious summer by this "sun" of York
Richard III
>10. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
> to have a thankless child!
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 11:03 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Erland Sommarskog" wrote in message
news:Xns9F3EE99E98BE8Yazorman@127.0.0.1...
>
>Joshua Kreitzer (gromit82@hotmail.com) writes:
>>> 5. Kuru.
>>
>> Ritual cannibalism and related procedures; Prions
>
>I didn't look to close when I made my entry, so I only saw the prions.
>But aren't both of them correct? We'll see what Dr Brader rules in three
>days.
He said in the introduction that some questions may have more than one
correct answer.
Peter Smyth
== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 1:07 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Peter Smyth (psmythREMOVE@THISukf.net) writes:
> He said in the introduction that some questions may have more than one
> correct answer.
Introductions? Who reads introductions?
OK, I was in a bit of hurry last night, and also bit exhausted of fighting
a computer problem without success. It was not kuru, though.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 2:37 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 8/11/2011 12:19 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
No one accused you.
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Things that Make You Sick
>
> For each disease we name, pick the item from the following list
> that explains what you would likely get it from. Note that we
> mean this in the broadest sense: for example, correct answers
> might include both infectious organisms and their vectors, among
> other things. You can only give answers that are on the list,
> even if some others might also be correct. On the other hand,
> some questions may have more than one correct answer on the list;
> in that case you can give any one.
>
> Aedes mosquitoes
> Aerosols (exhaled droplets)
> Animal droppings
> Anopheles mosquitoes
> Asbestos
> Genetic defect
> Fleas
> Fungus
> Head injury
> Immune system response
> Iron deficiency
> Justin Bieber
> Lice
> Nitrosamines
> Prions
> Protozoa
> Ritual cannibalism and related procedures
> Rodent bites
> Sand flies
> Snails
> Stroke
> Ticks
> Tse-tse flies
> Untreated water
> Vitamin A deficiency
> Vitamin B1 (thiamin or thiamine) deficiency
> Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency
> Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency
> Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency
> Vitamin D deficiency
>
> 1. Candidiasis.
> 2. Giardiasis (or beaver fever).
> 3. Pellagra.
> 4. Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Cannibalism
> 5. Kuru.
> 6. Beriberi.
Vitamin B1 deficiency
> 7. Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
> 8. Bilharzia (or schistosomiasis).
Animal droppings
> 9. Mesothelioma.
Asbestos
> 10. Phenylketonuria (or PKU).
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - The Play's the Thing!
>
> For each question we will read a passage from Shakespeare, and
> you simply have to name the play.
>
> 1. Full fathom five thy father lies;
> Of his bones are coral made...
>
> 2. If music be the food of love, play on.
>
> 3. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
> Like a colossus; and we petty men
> Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
> To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
>
> 4. How like a fawning publican he looks!
> I hate him for he is a Christian...
>
> 5. She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
> And I loved her that she did pity them.
>
> 6. Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
> Her infinite variety.
>
> 7. Lord, what fools these mortals be!
A Midsummer Night's Dream
> 8. Doubt thou the stars are fire;
> Doubt that the sun doth move;
> Doubt truth to be a liar;
> But never doubt I love.
>
> 9. Now is the winter of our discontent
> Made glorious summer by this "sun" of York
>
> 10. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
> to have a thankless child!
--Jeff
== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 4:33 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Things that Make You Sick
>
> 1. Candidiasis.
Rodent bites; Animal droppings
> 2. Giardiasis (or beaver fever).
Untreated water
> 3. Pellagra.
Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency
> 4. Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Genetic defect; Protozoa
> 5. Kuru.
Animal droppings; Rodent bites
> 6. Beriberi.
Vitamin B1 (thiamin or thiamine) deficiency
> 7. Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Sand flies; Ticks
> 8. Bilharzia (or schistosomiasis).
Tse-tse flies; Untreated water
> 9. Mesothelioma.
Asbestos
> 10. Phenylketonuria (or PKU).
Nitrosamines; Prions
> * Game 4, Round 8 - The Play's the Thing!
>
> 1. Full fathom five thy father lies;
> Of his bones are coral made...
I thought this was one of his sonnets, rather than a play (don't know which
one).
> 2. If music be the food of love, play on.
Twelfth Night
> 3. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
> Like a colossus; and we petty men
> Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
> To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Titus Andronicus; Henry V
> 4. How like a fawning publican he looks!
> I hate him for he is a Christian...
The Merchant of Venice; Othello
> 5. She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
> And I loved her that she did pity them.
Romeo and Juliet; Antony and Cleopatra
> 6. Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
> Her infinite variety.
Antony and Cleopatra; Romeo and Juliet
> 7. Lord, what fools these mortals be!
A Midsummer Night's Dream
> 8. Doubt thou the stars are fire;
> Doubt that the sun doth move;
> Doubt truth to be a liar;
> But never doubt I love.
Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet
> 9. Now is the winter of our discontent
> Made glorious summer by this "sun" of York
Richard III
> 10. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
> to have a thankless child!
The Taming of the Shrew; King Lear
Rob
== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 4:35 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
"Calvin" <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in message
news:op.vz2li7iwyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:19:38 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> In passing, what's the antidote for Beaver Fever?
Split beaver?
Rob
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #26
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/ee12eaec3a0734a0?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 2:43 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 8/11/2011 7:01 AM, Dan Tilque wrote:
>
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Stalingrad
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
>
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
>
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
>
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Juno
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
> well-known person.)
>
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschluss
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
Barbarossa
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
>
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
France, Belgium
--Jeff
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 9:08 pm
From: Pete
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com> wrote in news:j20cn9$ekq$1@dont-
email.me:
> Below is Rotating Quiz #26. For no real reason, I've made it a WWII
> trivia quiz. One point for each question, but several of them have the
> possibility of getting a bonus which will be used to break ties.
>
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Leningrad
>
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval
base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
Kwajelein
>
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-
autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
Vonnegut
>
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Midway
>
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Juno
>
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give
two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is
a
> well-known person.)
Roosevelt, Kennedy
>
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschlus
>
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
Barbarossa
>
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
Mr. Roberts
>
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for
the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
Poland, France, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary
>
Pete
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #153
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 2:45 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 8/9/2011 7:17 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?
Almonds
> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
> figure?
King Arthur
> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]
34
> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?
Black
> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?
Yes
> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?
Perry White
> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?
> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?
> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?
Carter
> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?
Autism
--Jeff
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 2-3: Adams, bloody US
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 3:03 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 8/8/2011 1:27 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 4 - The Adams Family (with one D)
>
> In each case, we will describe one or two people with the surname
> Adams, and you must give the applicable given name or names.
>
> 1. The first two US presidents to be father and son. Name both.
John, John Quincy
> 2. Name the wife of either President Adams.
Abigail
> 3. Another member of that presidential Adams family was
> a participant in the Boston Tea Party, a signatory to
> the Declaration of Independence, and later a Governor of
> Massachusetts. But his non-political job is also remembered
> today.
Sam (Brewer - not very successful, IIRC)
> 4. Turning to a different group opposed to British rule, this
> man is the president of Sinn F�in ("shin fane").
Gerry
> 5. He created Dilbert.
Scott
> 6. He created "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
Douglas
> 7. He wrote "Watership Down".
>
> 8. He sang "I Do It For You".
>
> 9. He is famous for his black-and-white landscape photography.
Ansel
> 10. She had Oscar nominations for the 2005 and 2008 movies
> "Junebug" and "Doubt", and now this year for "The Fighter".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 6 - US History, Mostly Bloody
>
> 1. The American Civil War began with the bombardment of
> Fort Sumter in 1861 and ended, for all practical purposes,
> with Robert E. Lee's surrender in the same month of 1865.
> What month was that?
April
> 2. Which Indian (okay, which Native American) holy man joined
> Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1884?
>
> 3. In 1859 Civil War General Daniel Sickles became the first man
> in the US (and perhaps the world) to be acquitted of murder
> on the grounds of temporary insanity. The victim was his
> wife's lover, the District Attorney of DC, whose first two
> names were Philip Barton. The victim's *father* was a famous
> poet and lawyer, the author of perhaps the most widely known
> and heard poem in American history. Give their family name
> *or* name the poem.
Whitman
> 4. Within a period of 9 months from July 1881 to April 1882,
> Billy the Kid and Jesse James were both killed, and the
> famous Gunfight at the OK Corral took place. Name any two
> of the three states and/or territories in the Wild West where
> these events occurred. You do not have to say which ones.
New Mexico, Oklahoma
> 5. On February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara tried to assassinate
> President-elect Franklin Roosevelt, during a Florida speech,
> while standing on a wobbly chair. He managed to wound 5 other
> people instead. One of them was a prominent politician who
> died 19 days later. Name him or the specific office he held.
Mayor o' Chicago (Cermak)
> 6. In 1846-47 a wagon train of 300 people set out for California
> from Independence, Missouri. In Wyoming, 86 members of the
> group split away from the others to take a little-used route.
> They were beset by disaster after disaster, leading to
> murder and cannibalism, and 36 of them died. This group,
> named after one of the families, is known to history as what?
The Donner (Kebab?) Party
> 7. During the Civil War, on August 21, 1863, a party of about
> 500 Confederate guerrillas went on a murderous raid against
> the pro-Northern town of Lawrence, Kansas. They massacred 150
> to 250 men and boys, robbed the bank, and burned the town.
> This attack has been portrayed in several movies, including
> "Dark Command" (1940), "Ride With the Devil" (1999), and
> one whose title mentioned the leader of this raiding party.
> What was his name?
Cantrell
> 8. Billy the Kid became involved in a conflict in New Mexico
> pitting two factions against each other. After his boss
> was murdered, the Kid went on a revenge killing spree.
> By what name has this conflict become known to history?
> Hint: it mentions the location.
>
> 9. Who were Robert LeRoy Parker and Harry Longbaugh better
> known as?
>
> 10. Judge Roy Bean, the self-proclaimed "Law west of the Pecos",
> was enamored of an English actress. He once had a front-row
> seat at one of her performances, but never managed to
> meet her. Name her or her nickname.
--Jeff
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 3:52 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
If Jeff's answers had been posted on time, he would have scored
28 on Round 4 and 16 on Round 6.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Big programs are a bug."
msb@vex.net -- Geoff Collyer
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #152
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Aug 12 2011 3:07 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 8/7/2011 11:43 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
> Re-using some questions I wrote for a sports-themed quiz.
>
> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6d6286585e76b09fa7
>
>
> 1. Green Bay Packers
> 2. New York Mets
> 3.
> 4.
> 5.
> 6.
> 7. Arthur Ashe
> 8.
> 9. Augusta
> 10.
--Jeff
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