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* Calvin's Quiz #163 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* QFTCI11 Game 6 Rounds 9-10: no border, challenge round - 2 messages, 2
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #163
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/1a890d6a373758e3?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 8 2011 7:20 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 9/7/2011 7:03 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Which UK bank sponsors the English Premier League?
> 2 Which renaissance figure was depicted in the novel & film 'The Agony
> and the Ecstasy'?
Thomas More
> 3 Which Gilbert & Sullivan musical is set in a village in Cornwall?
HMS Pinafore
> 4 Which car manufacturer makes the Odyssey model?
Honda
> 5 Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli was better known as which
> religious leader?
> 6 Which computer company has the one-word slogan "Think"?
IBM
> 7 Comprising about 80% of production, what are the 2 main varieties of
> Dutch cheese?
Edam,
> 8 What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily
> 9 What is St Christopher the patron saint of?
Travelers
> 10 What is the medical name for the windpipe?
Trachea
--Jeff
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 6 Rounds 9-10: no border, challenge round
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/486bdd2363edecfd?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 8 2011 9:01 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
> Dan Tilque:
>> Requiring exclaves and overseas territories to be colored the same as
>> the main country could result in more than 4 colors being required. If
>> you count the ocean as a territory with its own color, any group of 4
>> mutually adjacent countries where none are landlocked will result in 5
>> colors required.
>
> The usual mapping convention is that the ocean *and all lakes* are in
> the same color, which obviously causes the world to require 5 colors
> -- you only need to consider a group of 4 mutually adjacent countries
> and their lakes.
But lakes are never international waters. They always have borders drawn
completely through them no matter how large they are. In fact, even
state and provincial borders usually go through large lakes on their
borders. Most people don't know it, but Illinois and Michigan border
each other inside lake Michigan.
So I look at coloring the ocean as actually coloring international
waters. Territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles out to sea, but I
don't think that makes any difference to this question.
>
>> Of those mentioned in this thread, only
>>
>> Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus
>>
>> all have ocean shores. There is one other group of four countries plus
>> the ocean which become require 5 colors. Anyone know what those
>> countries are? (Hint: it involves overseas territories, not exclaves.)
>
> I don't know. If the four countries aren't mutually adjacent, it would
> seem to require either a landlocked country with overseas territories,
> or else countries whose territories touch on two separate continents,
> and I don't know an example of either.
Answer rot-13ed, in case anyone else wants to take a shot at it.
Gur nafjre vf Orytvhz, Senapr, Treznal, Argureynaqf naq gur bprna.
Argureynaqf naq Senapr obeqre rnpu bgure ba Fg Znegva va gur Pnevoorna.
--
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 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Sep 8 2011 9:19 pm
From: Calvin
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:17:09 +1000, Rob Parker <NO robpparker SPAM FOR
optusnet.com.au ME> wrote:
>> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
>> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
>> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
>> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
>> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
>
> Magic Johnson ;-)
Like it :-)
--
cheers,
calvin
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