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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #30
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 9 2011 9:00 am
From: Joachim Parsch
Am 08.09.2011 00:48, schrieb Peter Smyth:
> Normal rules apply, answers will be posted in about three days time.
>
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay.
> 3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
Andy Roddick?
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
Daegu.
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female athletes were able to compete in?
3000m.
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
Jacques Villeneuve?
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home games?
Rome.
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
New Zealand.
> 10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them hold all four major heavyweight boxing titles?
Klitschko.
Joachim
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 6 Rounds 9-10: no border, challenge round
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Sep 10 2011 1:22 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
>> 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...
Dan Tilque:
> But lakes are never international waters. They always have borders drawn
> completely through them no matter how large they are...
True, but the usual mapping convention is that a distinct color is
used for water anyway.
> So I look at coloring the ocean as actually coloring international
> waters.
As long as you're keeping things theoretical, that's a reasonable choice.
> Territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles out to sea, but I
> don't think that makes any difference to this question.
I'm not sure; I haven't thought about it, and anyway you never know
whether mapmakers are being careful about showing borders in the ocean.
Also, "12 nautical miles out" is a distinct simplification, and there
probably are disputed claims where it's not clear even what the de
facto situation is.
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== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Sep 10 2011 2:30 pm
From: Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:SZudnaKyerRVnvXTnZ2dnUVZ_tednZ2d@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-28,
> 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 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
>
> For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
> countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
> that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
> those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
> well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
> New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
> adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
> have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
>
> All borders in the round are land borders.
>
> 1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Colombia, Peru
>
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
Thailand, Vietnam
>
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
Saudi Arabia, Syria
>
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Argentina, Brazil
>
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
Russia, Sweden
>
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
Czech Republic, Switzerland
>
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
New York, New Hampshire
>
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Botswana, Mozambique
>
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
Central African Republic, Libya
>
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Iowa, North Dakota
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
> This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
> are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
> Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
>
> A. Northern Lights
>
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
The Northern Lights do not appear over water
>
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
5; 8
>
> B. Southern Cooking
>
> 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?
Paul Prudhomme
>
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
Emeril La Gasse
>
> C. Eastern Orthodox
>
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
Patriarch
>
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
1100; 1200
>
> D. Western Music
>
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
Gene Autry
>
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
Roy Rogers
>
> E. Central Station
>
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
The station serves the Union Pacific railway
>
> E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
>
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
>
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
>
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
Americard
>
Pete
== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Sep 10 2011 3:38 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-28,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
And Stephen Perry puts in one perfect round and another good one
to win this game. Congratulations!
> I wrote both of these rounds.
> * Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
> For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
> countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
> that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
> those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
> well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
> New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
> adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
> have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
You may remember that in the special episode of the TV series
"The West Wing" in response to the 9/11 attacks, a suspected
terrorist was said to have entered the US by the Ontario-Vermont
border. Of course, that show *was* set in a universe where 1998
and 2002 were presidential election years, and where 9/11 as such
apparently never happened...
> All borders in the round are land borders.
All 10 questions are based on the same configuration: of the four
countries A,B,C,D on the list, two sets of three (say A,B,C and B,C,D)
each share common point (triple point or tripoint). Then the correct
answer is A and D, whereas B and C share a border connecting those
two triple points. Along with each answer, I will show one or two
numbers in parentheses. The first one is the straight-line distance
between the two triple points, approximately, as measured by me on
an atlas map. For international borders, the second number is the
actual length of the B/C border, as given in the CIA World Factbook
the last time I downloaded it.
> 1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil, Ecuador. (Colombia/Peru: 730 km between triple points,
1,800 km border length.) 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Rob, Stephen, and Jeff. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
Thailand, Vietnam. (Cambodia/Laos: 240 km, 541 km.) 4 for Marc,
Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Rob, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
Saudi Arabia, Syria. (130 km, 181 km.) 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Rob, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Paraguay, Uruguay. (580 km, 1,261 km.) 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Rob, and Stephen.
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
Russia, Sweden. (300 km, 727 km.) 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Stephen, and Pete. 2 for Rob.
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
Czech Republic, Switzerland. (340 km, 784 km.) 4 for everyone --
Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Rob,
Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
New Hampshire, New York. (61 km.) 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete. 2 for Calvin and Rob.
Vermont was created out of territory that, while de facto independent,
was claimed by both New York and New Hampshire.
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Botswana, Mozambique. (210 km, 225 km.) 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua,
Peter, Erland, Stephen, and Pete. 3 for Rob.
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
Central African Republic, Libya. (930 km, 1,360 km.) 4 for Calvin,
Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
Fortunately, the independence this year of South Sudan does not
affect this question.
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Iowa, North Dakota. (400 km.) 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Rob.
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
> This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
> are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
> Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
> A. Northern Lights
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
Because they are centered on the North Magnetic Pole, which is
currently nearer Canada. I accepted anything reasonably close, but
it's about the direction of the magnetic field, not its strength.
4 for Marc, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Jeff.
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
11 years (accepting 10-12 years). 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Dan Blum,
Rob, and Stephen. 3 for Calvin.
One or two entrants suggested times about twice that long. This is
one of those cases where a cycle of one length is driven by one twice
as long with alternating polarity, like the way fluoresecent lights
flicker at 120 Hz on 60 Hz AC power. There is a 22-year cycle, but
that's for the Sun's magnetic field to return to maximum intensity
*with the same polarity as before*. But the question was about
solar maximums, which only relate to the field's intensity.
> B. Southern Cooking
> 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?
Paul Prudhomme. (The restaurant is K-Paul's, for Kay and Paul.)
4 for Marc, Joshua, Stephen, and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum.
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
Emeril Lagasse. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Stephen, and Pete. 2 for
Dan Blum.
> C. Eastern Orthodox
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
Ecumenical Patriarch of the Church of Constantinople. ("Patriarch"
was sufficient, or anything like "Archbishop of Constantinople".)
4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Rob,
Stephen, and Pete.
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
1054 (accepting 1004-1104). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland,
and Stephen. 3 for Pete.
> D. Western Music
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
Gene Autry. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Rob, Stephen,
Jeff, and Pete.
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
Roy Rogers. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum,
Rob, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
> E. Central Station
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
A station operated jointly by two or more railways. I accepted any
reference to multiple lines or companies. 4 for Calvin, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Peter, Rob, Stephen, and Jeff.
> E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
Toronto Coach Terminal (we generously accepted the old name
"Metropolitan Toronto Coach Terminal").
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
Chargex. 4 for Stephen.
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
BankAmericard or Barclaycard. (Close approximations like "Bank of
America card" were acceptable, so I scored "Americard" as almost
correct.) 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum,
Rob, Stephen, and Jeff. 3 for Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo Lit Sci Ent His Mis Geo Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 16 32 32 36 -- -- 40 40 196
Marc Dashevsky 7 28 40 24 8 24 36 28 180
Joshua Kreitzer 0 28 10 32 31 4 36 32 169
Rob Parker 0 20 40 0 20 32 29 24 165
Dan Blum 0 28 26 15 32 16 22 24 148
Peter Smyth 0 28 25 0 26 12 32 20 143
Pete Gayde 18 16 16 20 27 12 32 26 139
Jeff Turner 0 16 36 16 16 20 28 20 136
"Calvin" 0 28 21 4 18 8 37 15 127
Dan Tilque 0 28 -- -- 4 20 36 32 120
Stan Brown -- -- 32 24 -- -- -- -- 56
Bruce Bowler -- -- 36 20 -- -- -- -- 56
Erland Sommarskog -- -- -- -- -- -- 24 16 40
--
Mark Brader "We demand rigidly defined areas
Toronto of doubt and uncertainty!"
msb@vex.net -- Vroomfondel (Douglas Adams: HHGTTG)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Sep 10 2011 3:43 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
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 one of these rounds.
* Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
"The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
What is the name of this operation?
2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
"The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
"Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
this operation on sets?
3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
root of 2, and the number pi?
5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
of different powers of a single variable? For example,
5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x� - 2x� + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
superscript 4).
6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
it is what?
7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
that has what property? Name the property.
9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
What is that?
10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
* Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
There is no copyright protection for the titles of movies or songs.
As a result, it's common to see a song and a movie share the same
title, even when they have nothing to do with each other. In recent
years we've often seen film titles following songs, in order to
capture some interest due to familiarity with the title -- and,
of course, to avoid having to actually be creative. Less common
nowadays is to have a song named for a movie, when it wasn't used
in the movie, but *these* are the ones we'll be asking about.
For this round, we will give you the year of a movie, its genre,
and one or two of the stars, and we'll give you the year of release
and the artist for a song that came out some time later, but has
the same title. In each case, we want that common title.
1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
2000 song from Iron Maiden.
2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
1959 song from The Coasters.
4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
from Deep Blue Something.
6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
from Jackson Browne.
8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
from Iron Maiden.
9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
1973 song from Edgar Winter.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "We did not try to keep writing until
msb@vex.net | things got full." --Dennis Ritchie
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Sep 10 2011 3:44 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Oops! I just posted the first two rounds of the new QFTCI11 game
in the same thread as the last two rounds of the previous game,
instead of starting a new thread as usual.
Now that it's done, please look in that thread for the questions and
respond there.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Asps. Very dangerous. You go first."
msb@vex.net -- Raiders of the Lost Ark
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Sep 10 2011 4:17 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:QNydnYoEoKVpevbTnZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@vex.net...
>* Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
>
>1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
Intersection
>2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
Union
>3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
integers
>4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
real numbers
>5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x³ - 2x² + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
polynomial
>6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
median
>7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
reciprocals
>8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
commutativity
>9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
hypotenuse
>10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
bisect
>
>* Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
>There is no copyright protection for the titles of movies or songs.
>As a result, it's common to see a song and a movie share the same
>title, even when they have nothing to do with each other. In recent
>years we've often seen film titles following songs, in order to
>capture some interest due to familiarity with the title -- and,
>of course, to avoid having to actually be creative. Less common
>nowadays is to have a song named for a movie, when it wasn't used
>in the movie, but *these* are the ones we'll be asking about.
>
>For this round, we will give you the year of a movie, its genre,
>and one or two of the stars, and we'll give you the year of release
>and the artist for a song that came out some time later, but has
>the same title. In each case, we want that common title.
>
>1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
>
>2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
>
>3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
> 1959 song from The Coasters.
>
>4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
>
>5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
Breakfast at Tiffanys
>6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
>
>7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
>
>8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
> from Iron Maiden.
>
>9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
Some Like It Hot
>10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
Peter Smyth
== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Sep 10 2011 5:52 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <QNydnYoEoKVpevbTnZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
>
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
intersection
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
union
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
integers
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
real numbers
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x³ - 2x² + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
monomial
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
median
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
reciprocals
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
commutativity
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
hypotenuse
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
bisected it
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
> There is no copyright protection for the titles of movies or songs.
> As a result, it's common to see a song and a movie share the same
> title, even when they have nothing to do with each other. In recent
> years we've often seen film titles following songs, in order to
> capture some interest due to familiarity with the title -- and,
> of course, to avoid having to actually be creative. Less common
> nowadays is to have a song named for a movie, when it wasn't used
> in the movie, but *these* are the ones we'll be asking about.
>
> For this round, we will give you the year of a movie, its genre,
> and one or two of the stars, and we'll give you the year of release
> and the artist for a song that came out some time later, but has
> the same title. In each case, we want that common title.
>
> 1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
>
> 2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
Key Largo
> 3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
> 1959 song from The Coasters.
Along Came Jones
> 4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
Atlantic City
> 5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
Breakfast At Tiffany's
> 6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
>
> 7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
>
> 8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
> from Iron Maiden.
>
> 9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
Some Like It Hot
> 10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
Frankenstein
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