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* Rotating Quiz #27 - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* Romantic fascinating girl can meet here in chat rooms - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Calvin's Quiz #155 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 9-10 answers: sports movies, challenge round - 1
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #27
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 4:07 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
1. [politics] who won the ames straw poll held in ames, iowa on august 13th
2011
Bachmann
2. [thespians] who played james tiberius kirk in the star trek movie
franchise of the 1960s.
William Shatner (TV series, rather than movies in the 1960s)
3. [sports] who did the chicago cubs place on the disqualified list for 30
days, without pay, for his "intolerable" actions in and after a game against
the atlanta braves on august 13th.
Johnson
4. [geography] in which country is the city of latakia?
Syria
5. [finance] the leader of italy's largest union is threatening a general
strike against an austerity package that premier silvio berlusconi's
government hastily pushed through to balance the budget by 2013 and avoid
financial collapse. name either the union, or its leader.
National Union of Workers
6. [political activism] what is the name of the group that threatened cyber
attacks against the bay area rapid transit system and fullerton california
police department?
7. [famine] name any of the countries currently enduring widespread famine
on the horn of africa.
Somalia
8. [arts] bugs bunny loved opera so much that he squashed the entire 18
hours of richard wagner's der ring des nibelungen down to how many minutes?
7
9. [geography] stockholm is made up of 14 islands connected by bridges on
lake mälaren, which flows into the baltic sea and passes an archipelago with
about 24000 islands and islets. Within 3, how many bridges?
42
10. [government approved aussie content] an ash cloud from a volcano thinned
over australia wednesday (august 10th), freeing commercial airliners to take
to the skies after grounding them this week. where is the volcano?
Chile - I assume. It didn't make the news here, so perhaps it was only
international flights to South America (with the ash cloud thinning there,
rather than over Australia), rather than all flights in southern states of
Oz, as was the case a couple of months ago.
Rob
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 16 2011 9:05 pm
From: Pete
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:7118e3e9-f7b4-45fc-8c37-c9d6cecacea4
@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.
com:
> once more into the breach dear friends!
>
> a bonus point is available for figuring out the theme of the quiz.
>
> 1. [politics] who won the ames straw poll held in ames, iowa on august
> 13th 2011
Bachmann
> 2. [thespians] who played james tiberius kirk in the star
> trek movie franchise of the 1960s.
Shatner
> 3. [sports] who did the chicago
> cubs place on the disqualified list for 30 days, without pay, for his
> "intolerable" actions in and after a game against the atlanta braves
> on august 13th.
Zambrano
> 4. [geography] in which country is the city of latakia?
Finland
> 5. [finance] the leader of italy's largest union is
> threatening a general strike against an austerity package that premier
> silvio berlusconi's government hastily pushed through to balance the
> budget by 2013 and avoid financial collapse. name either the union,
> or its leader.
Railroad workers
> 6. [political activism] what is the name of the group
> that threatened cyber attacks against the bay area rapid transit
> system and fullerton california police department?
Anonymous
> 7. [famine] name any of the countries currently enduring widespread
> famine on the horn of africa.
Somalia
> 8. [arts] bugs bunny loved opera so much that he squashed
> the entire 18 hours of richard wagner's der ring des nibelungen down
> to how many minutes?
7
> 9. [geography] stockholm is made up of 14 islands
> connected by bridges on lake mälaren, which flows into the baltic sea
> and passes an archipelago with about 24000 islands and islets. Within
> 3, how many bridges?
90
> 10. [government approved aussie content] an ash
> cloud from a volcano thinned over australia wednesday (august 10th),
> freeing commercial airliners to take to the skies after grounding them
> this week. where is the volcano?
Indonesia
>
> swp
Pete
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TOPIC: Romantic fascinating girl can meet here in chat rooms
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 16 2011 5:46 pm
From: caitlyc amyron
Romantic fascinating girl can meet here in chat rooms ******
http://UncleURL.com/416 ******
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #155
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 16 2011 9:09 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in news:op.vz79s70myr33d7@04233-
jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 How many pieces of wood are required for a cricket wicket?
5
> 2 Which company produces the fragrance Obsession?
Calvin Klein
> 3 What is the default font in Microsoft Word?
Courier New
> 4 Who wrote the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls?
Hemingway
> 5 What is the Fremantle Doctor?
> 6 Odele and Odette are characters in which ballet?
Swan Lake
> 7 Menthol is primarily extracted from which plant?
Eucalyptus
> 8 Kiel is a city in which European country?
Germany
> 9 Sam Phillips founded which iconic record label in 1952?
Sun Records
> 10 Which doctor is also an American soft drink?
Dr Pepper
>
>
Pete
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 9-10 answers: sports movies, challenge round
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 16 2011 10:10 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)".
Game 4 is over and Stephen Perry wins decisively. Well done!
> 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.
Or chess either.
This, in the original game, was the easiest round in the entire season.
> 1. "National Velvet" (1944).
Horse racing (or more specifically, steeplechase). 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Dan Blum, Calvin, Peter, and Rob.
3 for Marc.
> 2. "Kansas City Bomber" (1972), "Whip It" (2009).
Roller derby. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc,
and Dan Blum. 3 for Rob.
> 3. "Kingpin" (1996).
(10-pin) bowling. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc,
Dan Blum, Jeff, Calvin, Joachim, Peter, and Rob.
> 4. "A Knight's Tale" (2001).
Jousting. (Not fencing, which is secondary.) 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Calvin, Peter, and Rob.
> 5. "Bring It On" (2000), "Fired Up!" (2009).
Cheerleading. (Not football, which is secondary.) 4 for Joshua,
Stephen, Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, and Calvin.
> 6. "Personal Best" (1982).
Track (foot racing; anything similar was acceptable). 4 for
Joshua, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Marc, Dan Blum, Joachim, and Peter.
3 for Calvin. 2 for Rob.
> 7. "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002).
Soccer. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Calvin, Joachim, Peter, and Rob.
> 8. "Tin Cup" (1996).
Golf. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc, Dan Blum,
Calvin, Joachim, and Peter.
> 9. "The Harder They Fall" (1956).
Boxing. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc, Jeff, Joachim,
Peter, and Rob. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 10. "Men with Brooms" (2002).
Curling. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Calvin, Joachim, Peter, and Rob.
> * 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"?
Paris. (There is also a "Field of Mars" in Rome, but it is not
a park.) 4 for Joshua, Erland, Marc, Peter, and Rob. 2 for Stephen
and Dan Blum.
> A2. Please decode the rot13 only after you are done with
> question A1. The Paris park in the last question was
> the Champ-de-Mars. Adjacent to each end of this park, and
> on the same side of the river Seine, is one of the city's
> landmarks. In French or English, name either landmark.
Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower), École Militaire (Military School).
4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Pete, Marc, Jeff, Calvin, Joachim, and Rob.
2 for Joshua and Stephen.
> B. Mars (Science)
> B1. How long is a year on the planet Mars? Please answer
> in Earth days, within 100.
687 days (accepting 587-787). 4 for Dan Tilque, Stephen, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Joachim, and Rob. 3 for Calvin.
> B2. Mars has a thin atmosphere consisting primarily of
> what gas?
Carbon dioxide (CO2). 4 for Dan Tilque, Stephen, Marc, Joachim,
and Peter. 2 for Dan Blum and Rob.
> C. Martial (Literature)
> C1. The poet Martial was best known for 12 books of short
> satirical verses, called what?
Epigrams.
> C2. What language were Martial's <answer C1> written in?
Latin. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Marc, Dan Blum, and Jeff.
3 for Calvin. 2 for Stephen, Peter, and Rob.
> 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".
Judo (derived from jujitsu). 4 for Dan Tilque, Stephen, Marc,
and Calvin. 3 for Rob.
> D2. What martial art has a name that means "empty hand"?
Karate. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc,
Calvin, and Peter.
As to the other wrong answers besides jujitsu on these two questions,
aikido means "the way in harmony with the spirit (of the universe)";
tai chi chuan, to give it its full name, means "supreme ultimate fist";
and taekwondo means "the kicking-fist way". Or something like that.
> 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 (or domination), sadism (or sado-), masochism.
4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Marc, Dan Blum, Jeff,
Joachim, Peter, and Rob. 3 for Calvin.
> E2. What does MILF stand for?
Mother I'd like to fuck. ("Mother" in this context usually means any
woman over age 35 or so... we, um, hear.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, Marc, Dan Blum, Jeff, Calvin, Joachim, and Peter.
> 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.
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Marc, Dan Blum,
Calvin, and Joachim.
> 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". I accepted the German title "Ehekrieg". 4 for Joshua,
Stephen, Marc, Dan Blum, Jeff, and Joachim.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Mis His Sci Lit Spo Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 8 40 36 36 40 40 38 234
Dan Blum 24 8 39 22 34 32 39 28 196
Joshua Kreitzer 38 24 36 24 26 29 36 30 195
Marc Dashevsky 16 0 40 20 32 20 39 40 191
Dan Tilque 28 4 20 28 20 20 36 32 164
Rob Parker 20 0 24 8 14 22 29 23 132
"Calvin" 22 0 24 10 3 15 31 29 131
Pete Gayde 28 4 32 15 -- -- 36 8 123
Peter Smyth 28 8 20 0 12 8 32 22 122
Joachim Parsch -- -- 24 0 -- -- 24 28 76
Jeff Turner -- -- -- -- 8 4 16 24 52
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 -- -- 4 0 4 20 40
--
Mark Brader | "[He] is my nation's leader ... i.e., the piece of
Toronto | clear tape at the beginning of a cassette that you
msb@vex.net | can't record anything on...." --R.H. Draney
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 16 2011 10:15 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 wrote both of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
Round 2 of this game is "We're #2". On each question we will name a
city, and you must simply tell us where the world's *second-largest*
city of that name is. In all cases we are referring to the usual
names of the cities as written in English without accent marks,
so if we asked for "Munich", the largest one would be in Germany.
In all cases we are using the city-proper population, not the
metropolitan area population, if it ever makes a difference.
http://www.citypopulation.de is the source we used for all
population data.
So, to repeat, on each question tell us where to find the world's
second-largest city with the name we give. You must name the
Canadian *province*, or the US *state*, or the *country* elsewhere,
as applicable. For example, we say London, you say Ontario.
1. Manchester.
2. Toronto.
3. San Jose.
4. Tripoli.
5. St. Petersburg.
6. Kansas City.
7. Hamilton.
8. Los Angeles.
9. Birmingham.
10. Portland.
* Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
The Internet Movie Database, or IMDB, lists more than 600 actors
and actresses who have each appeared in 60 or more episodes of
each of 3 or more different TV series. But we're only going to
ask you about 10 of them.
In each case, we will name 3 or 4 TV series in chronological
order of their debut, and you must name the actor or actress
who regularly appeared in each one of those series for at least
60 episodes of its run -- in most cases they were on the show's
entire run. For example, if we said "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show",
and "Here's Lucy", you would say Lucille Ball. However, the roles
in the actual questions will *not necessarily* be leading ones.
Some series will be mentioned more than once.
1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat".
2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".
3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".
4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
"The Incredible Hulk".
5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".
8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".
9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
Fall Guy".
10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".
(In case anyone wonders how there can have been over 60 episodes
of "Burn Notice" already when it only started last year, it's
because it didn't -- it originated on American cable TV and we're
seeing it 3 years late.)
--
Mark Brader | "The nice thing about the train is that you don't worry
Toronto | when the person in the car behind falls asleep."
msb@vex.net | -- Mike Kruger
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 16 2011 11:01 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Aug 17, 12:15 am, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
>
> So, to repeat, on each question tell us where to find the world's
> second-largest city with the name we give.
>
> 1. Manchester.
New Hampshire
> 3. San Jose.
Costa Rica; California
> 4. Tripoli.
Lebanon
> 5. St. Petersburg.
Florida
> 6. Kansas City.
Kansas
> 7. Hamilton.
Bermuda
> 9. Birmingham.
Alabama
> 10. Portland.
Maine
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
>
> In each case, we will name 3 or 4 TV series in chronological
> order of their debut, and you must name the actor or actress
> who regularly appeared in each one of those series for at least
> 60 episodes of its run -- in most cases they were on the show's
> entire run.
>
> 1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat".
Gavin McLeod
> 2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".
William Shatner
> 3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".
Rene Auberjonois
> 4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".
Bill Bixby
> 5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
Judd Hirsch
> 6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
Heather Locklear
> 7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".
Mandy Patinkin (?)
> 8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".
Michael Landon
> 9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
> Fall Guy".
Lee Majors
> 10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".
Sharon Gless
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 12:32 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:0LednUwjnprz09bTnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@vex.net...
>* Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
>
>Round 2 of this game is "We're #2". On each question we will name a
>city, and you must simply tell us where the world's *second-largest*
>city of that name is. In all cases we are referring to the usual
>names of the cities as written in English without accent marks,
>so if we asked for "Munich", the largest one would be in Germany.
>In all cases we are using the city-proper population, not the
>metropolitan area population, if it ever makes a difference.
>http://www.citypopulation.de is the source we used for all
>population data.
>
>So, to repeat, on each question tell us where to find the world's
>second-largest city with the name we give. You must name the
>Canadian *province*, or the US *state*, or the *country* elsewhere,
>as applicable. For example, we say London, you say Ontario.
>
>1. Manchester.
New Hampshire
>2. Toronto.
>3. San Jose.
Costa Rica
>4. Tripoli.
>5. St. Petersburg.
Florida
>6. Kansas City.
Kansas
>7. Hamilton.
New Zealand
>8. Los Angeles.
Mexico
>9. Birmingham.
Alabama
>10. Portland.
>
>
>* Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
>
>The Internet Movie Database, or IMDB, lists more than 600 actors
>and actresses who have each appeared in 60 or more episodes of
>each of 3 or more different TV series. But we're only going to
>ask you about 10 of them.
>
>In each case, we will name 3 or 4 TV series in chronological
>order of their debut, and you must name the actor or actress
>who regularly appeared in each one of those series for at least
>60 episodes of its run -- in most cases they were on the show's
>entire run. For example, if we said "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show",
>and "Here's Lucy", you would say Lucille Ball. However, the roles
>in the actual questions will *not necessarily* be leading ones.
>
>Some series will be mentioned more than once.
>
>1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat".
>
>2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".
William Shatner
>3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".
>
>4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".
>
>5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
>
>6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
>
>7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".
>
>8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".
>
>9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
> Fall Guy".
>
>10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".
Peter Smyth
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