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* Calvin's Quiz #154 - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #26 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* CORRECTION(S) to Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 295 (GOLQ295) - 1 messages, 1
author
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* QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 7-8 answers: making you sick, Shakespeare - 1 messages,
1 author
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* QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 9-10: sports movies, challenge round - 2 messages, 2
authors
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #154
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== 1 of 2 ==
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
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 13 2011 1:04 am
From: "Rob Parker"
> 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?
Alaska (?)
> 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?
Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
Total Quality Management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
17th
> 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?
Wales
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
Rob
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #26
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 13 2011 1:12 am
From: "Rob Parker"
> 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)
Truk
> 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.)
Arthur C Clarke
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Battle of 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.)
>
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what German-language
> name is this action known as?
>
> 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, The Netherlands, Poland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Latvia,
Lithuania
Rob
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TOPIC: CORRECTION(S) to Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 295 (GOLQ295)
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 13 2011 8:19 pm
From: The GOLQ Institute
Minor corrections to #04, #09, #12, #T2 and the introduction.
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #295 (GOLQ295)
Welcome to GOLQ295! No special themes, but here's a clue from Tom: there
are five female vocal stumpers that I think were much under-rated.
Enjoy!
-- Tom & Rick <golq295@golq.org>
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Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #295
Recordings #01-25 were from 1957 through 1969
Due 5:00 p.m. EDT (GMT-4), Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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If there's anything that you want
If there's anything I can do
#01)
For he recalls when dreams were new
He loved someone who loved him too
Who walks with him alone in memory
#02)
When I saw you walkin' down the street
I said that's the kind of gal I'd like to meet
#03)
When I'm with you
Something you do bounces me off the ceiling
#04)
Faces look ugly when you're alone
#05)
And so I beg you
#06)
And I want a love that lingers
And is stronger through and through
So I'm gonna cross my fingers
That I find a boy to love me true
#07)
I will never love you
The cost of love's too dear
But though I'll never love you
I'll stay with you one year
#08)
When the garden flowers
Baby are dead, yes,
And your mind, your mind, is so full of dread
#09)
My girlfriend's not the same
She even kissed the TV set
Oh it's a cryin' shame
#10)
Just keep walkin'
#11)
Well, my love keeps growing stronger
Each and every way
So let's not wait no longer
Come on, name the day
#12)
Don't make such a fuss
There's no hope for us
She don't care the way that you do
#13)
Bankin' off of the northeast winds
Sailin' on a summer breeze
'n skippin' over the ocean like a stone
#14)
Dum de dum de dum
Ooh yea yea
Dum de dum de dum
Ooh yea yea
#15)
All we are saying
#16)
No, no, no
Hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
#17)
A young girl in Calcutta
Barely eight years old
The flies that swarm the marketplace
That see she don't get old
#18)
I've been crying (boo-hoo)
'Cause I'm lonely (for you)
#19)
You are gone, but where
I call your name in every prayer
I walk alone where we walked together
#20)
I can't just get enough of you, baby
There just ain't enough of you to go around
Just when I'm needing you, baby
You ain't nowhere to be found
Baby, it's getting me down
#21)
Well, well, well, ain't it swell (ooh, hoo)
Can't reveal how I feel
And no one else could ever thrill me like you do
You make my every dream come true
#22)
I heard her say just the other day
That if it hadn't 've been for him
She couldn't have found her way
#23)
It's raining, it's pouring
But I don't care no more
#24)
Don't you hear the music baby
Don't it feel good (baby)
Let it get to you baby
Try and let go
You don't have to worry about a thing
#25)
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Tie-Breakers
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I can't forget that crazy dark night
The way you held me in your arms tight
Remember how you kissed me goodnight...mmm (grunt sound)
#T1)
Is this my honey?
The weather's fine
Is this my baby?
She's a good friend of mine
Darlin', say you love me
Broke a fingernail today
Don't bug me, baby
What can I say?
#T2)
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 7-8 answers: making you sick, Shakespeare
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 13 2011 9:29 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-07,
> 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 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.
> 1. Candidiasis.
Fungus. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Blum.
> 2. Giardiasis (or beaver fever).
Protozoa or untreated water. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 3. Pellagra.
Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency. 4 for Marc and Stephen.
> 4. Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Immune system response. 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Dan Blum.
> 5. Kuru.
Prions ("PREE-ons") or ritual cannibalism and related procedures.
4 for Marc, Joshua, Erland, Stephen, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Peter.
> 6. Beriberi.
Vitamin B1 (thiamin or thiamine) deficiency. 4 for Marc, Stephen,
Jeff, and Rob. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 7. Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Ticks. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua
and Rob.
> 8. Bilharzia (or schistosomiasis).
Snails. (Vectors for the parasitic worms.) 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque.
> 9. Mesothelioma.
Asbestos. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, Peter, Jeff,
and Rob.
> 10. Phenylketonuria (or PKU).
Genetic defect. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Peter.
> * 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". (Spoken by Ariel; Act 1, Scene 2.) 4 for Marc,
Joshua, Calvin, Stephen, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Peter.
> 2. If music be the food of love, play on.
"Twelfth Night". (Orsino, Duke of Illyria; opening line.)
4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, and Rob. 2 for Joshua.
> 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.
"Julius Caesar". (Cassius; Act 1, Scene 2.) 4 for Marc, Joshua,
Stephen, and Dan Blum. 3 for Calvin.
> 4. How like a fawning publican he looks!
> I hate him for he is a Christian...
"The Merchant of Venice". (Shylock; Act 1, Scene 3.) 4 for Marc,
Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Rob.
> 5. She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
> And I loved her that she did pity them.
"Othello". (Othello; Act 1, Scene 3.) 4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua.
> 6. Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
> Her infinite variety.
"Anthony and Cleopatra". (Enobarbus; Act 2, Scene 2.) 4 for Marc,
Stephen, and Dan Blum. 3 for Rob.
> 7. Lord, what fools these mortals be!
"A Midsummer Night's Dream". (Puck; Act 3, Scene 2.) 4 for Joshua,
Calvin, Stephen, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jeff, and Rob.
> 8. Doubt thou the stars are fire;
> Doubt that the sun doth move;
> Doubt truth to be a liar;
> But never doubt I love.
"Hamlet". (Polonius reading Hamlet's letter; Act 2, Scene 2.)
4 for Stephen. 2 for Rob.
> 9. Now is the winter of our discontent
> Made glorious summer by this "sun" of York
"Richard III". (Richard, Duke of Gloucester; opening line.)
4 for Joshua, Calvin, Stephen, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Rob.
> 10. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
> to have a thankless child!
"King Lear". (King Lear; Act 1, Scene 4.) 4 for Marc, Joshua,
Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Rob.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Mis His Sci Lit FOUR
Stephen Perry 40 8 40 36 36 40 156
Dan Blum 24 8 39 22 34 32 129
Joshua Kreitzer 38 24 36 24 26 29 129
Marc Dashevsky 16 0 40 20 28 20 108
Dan Tilque 28 4 20 28 20 20 96
Rob Parker 20 0 24 8 14 22 80
Pete Gayde 28 4 32 15 -- -- 79
"Calvin" 22 0 24 10 3 15 71
Peter Smyth 28 8 20 0 12 8 68
Joachim Parsch -- -- 24 0 -- -- 24
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 -- -- 4 0 16
Jeff Turner -- -- -- -- 8 4 12
--
Mark Brader, Toronto It's all Henry's fault.
msb@vex.net -- Geoff Collyer
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 9-10: sports movies, challenge round
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 13 2011 9:36 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
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 wrote both of these rounds.
* Game 4, Round 9 - Sports Movies
This is the entertainment round; it is also the sports round.
We'd like to thank Unnatural Axxe for this idea, which they used
in the last Final they wrote. For each question, we will name one
or two movies whose plot revolves around a certain sport, and you
must name the sport. In some cases other sports may come up in
a secondary way in the movie, but you must name the main one in
the plot.
Note, some of the sports may be a bit non-mainstream -- but we do
promise that none of them will be poker.
1. "National Velvet" (1944).
2. "Kansas City Bomber" (1972), "Whip It" (2009).
3. "Kingpin" (1996).
4. "A Knight's Tale" (2001).
5. "Bring It On" (2000), "Fired Up!" (2009).
6. "Personal Best" (1982).
7. "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002).
8. "Tin Cup" (1996).
9. "The Harder They Fall" (1956).
10. "Men with Brooms" (2002).
After completing the round, please decode the rot13:
Inevbhf fcbegf ner pnyyrq "sbbgonyy" va qvssrerag pbhagevrf. Vs lbh
tnir gung nafjre, cyrnfr vqragvsl gur fcrpvsvp fcbeg lbh zrna.
* Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round from Mars
This is the challenge round from Mars. Your categories are
Field of Mars, Mars, Martial, Martial *Arts*, *Marital* Arts,
and Marital *Art*.
A. Field of Mars (Geography)
A1. In what national capital city would you find a park
whose name translates into English as "Field of Mars"?
A2. Please decode the rot13 only after you are done with
question A1. Gur Cnevf cnex va gur ynfg dhrfgvba jnf
gur Punzc-qr-Znef. Nqwnprag gb rnpu raq bs guvf cnex, naq
ba gur fnzr fvqr bs gur evire Frvar, vf bar bs gur pvgl'f
ynaqznexf. Va Serapu be Ratyvfu, anzr rvgure ynaqznex.
B. Mars (Science)
B1. How long is a year on the planet Mars? Please answer
in Earth days, within 100.
B2. Mars has a thin atmosphere consisting primarily of
what gas?
C. Martial (Literature)
C1. The poet Martial was best known for 12 books of short
satirical verses, called what?
C2. What language were Martial's <answer C1> written in?
D. Martial Arts (Sports)
D1. What martial art has a name that means "gentle way"?
It is derived from an older martial art whose name means
"gentle skill" or "gentle art".
D2. What martial art has a name that means "empty hand"?
E. Marital Arts (Miscellaneous)
These two questions are actually about sex... we apologize for
any implication that that might have something to do with marriage.
Specifically, they are about *4-letter acronyms* related to sex.
E1. What does BDSM stand for?
E2. What does MILF stand for?
F. Marital Art (Entertainment)
These two questions are about movies whose lead characters were
married couples, and were played by real-life *unmarried* couples.
F1. This is a 2005 action comedy with Brad Pitt and Angelina
Jolie playing secret agents specializing in assassination.
Name the movie.
F2. What was the title of the 1949 comedy starring
Katharine Hepburn as a lawyer defending a woman who shot
her own husband, and Spencer Tracy as Hepburn's husband,
the prosecutor?
--
Mark Brader "I cannot reply in French, but I will
Toronto type English very slowly and loudly."
msb@vex.net --Lars Eighner
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Aug 13 2011 11:15 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Aug 13, 11:36 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Sports Movies
>
> For each question, we will name one
> or two movies whose plot revolves around a certain sport, and you
> must name the sport.
>
> 1. "National Velvet" (1944).
horse racing
> 2. "Kansas City Bomber" (1972), "Whip It" (2009).
roller derby
> 3. "Kingpin" (1996).
bowling
> 4. "A Knight's Tale" (2001).
jousting
> 5. "Bring It On" (2000), "Fired Up!" (2009).
cheerleading
> 6. "Personal Best" (1982).
running
> 7. "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002).
soccer
> 8. "Tin Cup" (1996).
golf
> 9. "The Harder They Fall" (1956).
wrestling
> 10. "Men with Brooms" (2002).
curling
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round from Mars
>
> A. Field of Mars (Geography)
>
> A1. In what national capital city would you find a park
> whose name translates into English as "Field of Mars"?
Paris
> A2. Please decode the rot13 only after you are done with
> question A1. Gur Cnevf cnex va gur ynfg dhrfgvba jnf
> gur Punzc-qr-Znef. Nqwnprag gb rnpu raq bs guvf cnex, naq
> ba gur fnzr fvqr bs gur evire Frvar, vf bar bs gur pvgl'f
> ynaqznexf. Va Serapu be Ratyvfu, anzr rvgure ynaqznex.
Arc de Triomphe; Eiffel Tower
> B. Mars (Science)
>
> B1. How long is a year on the planet Mars? Please answer
> in Earth days, within 100.
450
> B2. Mars has a thin atmosphere consisting primarily of
> what gas?
nitrogen
> C. Martial (Literature)
>
> C1. The poet Martial was best known for 12 books of short
> satirical verses, called what?
couplets
> C2. What language were Martial's <answer C1> written in?
Latin
> D. Martial Arts (Sports)
>
> D1. What martial art has a name that means "gentle way"?
> It is derived from an older martial art whose name means
> "gentle skill" or "gentle art".
aikido
> D2. What martial art has a name that means "empty hand"?
karate
> E. Marital Arts (Miscellaneous)
>
> These two questions are actually about sex... we apologize for
> any implication that that might have something to do with marriage.
> Specifically, they are about *4-letter acronyms* related to sex.
>
> E1. What does BDSM stand for?
"bondage, discipline, sadism & masochism"
> E2. What does MILF stand for?
"mother I'd like to fuck"
> F. Marital Art (Entertainment)
>
> F1. This is a 2005 action comedy with Brad Pitt and Angelina
> Jolie playing secret agents specializing in assassination.
> Name the movie.
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
> F2. What was the title of the 1949 comedy starring
> Katharine Hepburn as a lawyer defending a woman who shot
> her own husband, and Spencer Tracy as Hepburn's husband,
> the prosecutor?
"Adam's Rib"
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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