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authors
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #172
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== 1 of 10 ==
Date: Sun, Oct 23 2011 10:15 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-10-23 22:56:56 +0000, Calvin said:
> 1 Tiny Tim is a character from which Dickens novel?
A Christmas Carol
> 2 What would one find at www.projectgutenberg.org?
ebooks
> 3 What does a lepidopterologist study?
Moths & butterflies
> 4 Riga is the capital of which European country?
Latvia
> 5 Who had a 1967 hit with To Sir With Love?
Lulu
> 6 Who was the drummer in The Muppets band?
Animal
> 7 Which African country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when
> her father died?
Kenya
> 8 Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis co-starred in which 2003 film?
Freaky Friday
> 9 Which breed of dog cannot bark?
African ridgeback
> 10 Which fictional bear comes from deepest, darkest Peru?
Paddington
== 2 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 12:41 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 2 What would one find at www.projectgutenberg.org?
Inscanned version of a bunch of old books.
> 3 What does a lepidopterologist study?
Lepidropers, of course!
> 4 Riga is the capital of which European country?
Latvia
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 3:57 am
From: Joachim Parsch
Calvin schrieb:
>
> 1 Tiny Tim is a character from which Dickens novel?
A Christmas Carol.
> 2 What would one find at www.projectgutenberg.org?
Books that are no longer copyright protected.
> 3 What does a lepidopterologist study?
Butterflies.
> 4 Riga is the capital of which European country?
Latvia.
> 5 Who had a 1967 hit with To Sir With Love?
> 6 Who was the drummer in The Muppets band?
The Animal.
> 7 Which African country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when her
> father died?
Kenia?
> 8 Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis co-starred in which 2003 film?
> 9 Which breed of dog cannot bark?
Beagles (have you ever heard Snoopy barking?)
> 10 Which fictional bear comes from deepest, darkest Peru?
Joachim
== 4 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 11:38 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.v3tt06qmyr33d7@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
>1 Tiny Tim is a character from which Dickens novel?
Christmas Carol
>2 What would one find at www.projectgutenberg.org?
A website. (with books available to download)
>3 What does a lepidopterologist study?
butterflies
>4 Riga is the capital of which European country?
Latvia
>5 Who had a 1967 hit with To Sir With Love?
>6 Who was the drummer in The Muppets band?
Kermit
>7 Which African country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when her
>father died?
Kenya
>8 Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis co-starred in which 2003 film?
>9 Which breed of dog cannot bark?
>10 Which fictional bear comes from deepest, darkest Peru?
Paddington
Peter Smyth
== 5 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 11:46 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"swp" wrote in message
news:12488749.681.1319414388234.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqoo7...
>> 2 What would one find at www.projectgutenberg.org?
>
>the stolen text of books whose authors didn't defend their copyrights
That seems a bit harsh, all of their books are legally in the public domain,
and the vast majority of the authors are long dead anyway.
Peter Smyth
== 6 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 12:17 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
>>> 2 What would one find at www.projectgutenberg.org?
Stephen Perry:
>> the stolen text of books whose authors didn't defend their copyrights
Peter Smyth:
> That seems a bit harsh, all of their books are legally in the public
> domain...
Stephen is just being silly, but Peter is also wrong. Like Wikipedia,
Project Gutenberg accepts copyrighted content if suitably licensed for
their policies:
--
Mark Brader | "I can direct dial today a man my parents warred with.
Toronto | They wanted to kill him, I want to sell software to him."
msb@vex.net | -- Brad Templeton
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 7 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 2:54 pm
From: swp
On Monday, October 24, 2011 2:46:43 PM UTC-4, Peter Smyth wrote:
> "swp" wrote in message
> news:12488749.681.1319414388234.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqoo7...
> >> 2 What would one find at www.projectgutenberg.org?
> >
> >the stolen text of books whose authors didn't defend their copyrights
>
> That seems a bit harsh, all of their books are legally in the public domain,
> and the vast majority of the authors are long dead anyway.
>
> Peter Smyth
among others easily found, this from Greg Bear and his wife Astrid:
http://ereads.com/2010/11/project-gutenberg-improperly-pdd-copyrighted-works-authors-claim.html
it shouldn't be incumbent upon the authors or their estates to take back what is theirs, it should be incumbent upon pg and others like them to not blatantly steal and then say 'oh, we didn't know.'
swp
== 8 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 3:16 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Stephen Perry:
>>>the stolen text of books whose authors didn't defend their copyrights
Peter Smyth:
>> That seems a bit harsh, all of their books are legally in the public
>> domain, and the vast majority of the authors are long dead anyway.
Stephen Perry:
> among others easily found, this from Greg Bear and his wife Astrid:
> http://ereads.com/2010/11/project-gutenberg-improperly-pdd-copyrighted-works-authors-claim.html
It's still not "stolen" if there was a bona fide misinterpretation of the
work's status, and it's arguably libelous to say otherwise.
> it shouldn't be incumbent upon the authors or their estates to take back
> what is theirs, it should be incumbent upon pg and others like them to
> not blatantly steal
That's true. But it's not "stealing" if there was a bona fide misinterpretation
of the work's status.
> and then say 'oh, we didn't know.'
What do you *expect* them to say if there was a bona fide misinterpretation
of the work's status?
--
Mark Brader "Well, it's not in MY interest -- and I represent
Toronto the public, so it's not in the public interest!"
msb@vex.net -- Jim Hacker, "Yes, Minister" (Lynn & Jay)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 9 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 4:15 pm
From: Calvin
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:54:20 +1000, swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, October 24, 2011 2:46:43 PM UTC-4, Peter Smyth wrote:
>> "swp" wrote in message
>> news:12488749.681.1319414388234.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqoo7...
>> >> 2 What would one find at www.projectgutenberg.org?
>> >
>> >the stolen text of books whose authors didn't defend their copyrights
>>
>> That seems a bit harsh, all of their books are legally in the public
>> domain,
>> and the vast majority of the authors are long dead anyway.
>>
>> Peter Smyth
>
> among others easily found, this from Greg Bear and his wife Astrid:
> http://ereads.com/2010/11/project-gutenberg-improperly-pdd-copyrighted-works-authors-claim.html
>
> it shouldn't be incumbent upon the authors or their estates to take back
> what is theirs, it should be incumbent upon pg and others like them to
> not blatantly steal and then say 'oh, we didn't know.'
Yes, but it's often not that simple. It would leave many books in limbo
if the author (or copyright owners, sometimes with the most tenuous of
links to the author) cannot be located or don't exist anymore.
--
cheers,
calvin
== 10 of 10 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 9:27 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Tiny Tim is a character from which Dickens novel?
A Christmas Carol
> 2 What would one find at www.projectgutenberg.org?
public domain on-line books
> 3 What does a lepidopterologist study?
grasshoppers?
> 4 Riga is the capital of which European country?
Latvia
> 5 Who had a 1967 hit with To Sir With Love?
Lulu
> 6 Who was the drummer in The Muppets band?
Animal
> 7 Which African country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when
> her father died?
Kenya
> 8 Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis co-starred in which 2003 film?
> 9 Which breed of dog cannot bark?
basenji
> 10 Which fictional bear comes from deepest, darkest Peru?
Pooh
--
Dan Tilque
Nale: Sabine, find us a lair, somewhere we can hole up for 2 to 3 weeks.
Someplace where no one will notice a teenage schoolgirl bound and gagged.
Sabine: I'll start near the hentai bookstore and work my way out.
-- Rich Burlew, OotS#258
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 3:49 am
From: Joachim Parsch
Mark Brader schrieb:
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-28,
> 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 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Dickens by Character
>
> Charles Dickens created numerous distinct -- and marvelously named --
> characters in his novels. On each question we will read you the
> names of several major characters in one of his books, and you give
> the title. Of course, we will not mention any characters whose name,
> or part of it, appears *in* the title.
>
> 1. Sam Weller; Nathaniel Winkle; Alfred Jingle; the Wardle
> family.
>
> 2. Wackford Squeers; Newman Noggs; Madeleine Bray; Vincent
> Crummles.
>
> 3. Fagin; Bill Sikes; Jack Dawkins, or the Artful Dodger;
> Bumble; Nancy.
Oliver Twist.
> 4. Jacob Marley; Bob Cratchit; Tiny Tim; Fred.
A Christmas Carol.
> 5. The Garland family; little Nell or Nellie Trent; Daniel Quilp;
> Dick Swiveller.
>
> 6. Edward Murdstone; Wilkins Micawber; Miss Betsey Trotwood;
> Uriah Heep; Daniel Peggotty.
David Copperfield.
> 7. Lady Dedlock; Esther Summerson; John Jarndyce; Ada Clare;
> Richard Carstone.
Bleak House.
> 8. Arthur Clennam; his mother, Mrs. Clennam Rigaud, or Blandois,
> or Lagnier; the Barnacles family; Jeremiah Flintwinch.
>
> 9. Charles Darnay; Sydney Carton; Lucie Manette; Madame Defarge.
>
> 10. Abel Magwitch; Joe Gargery; Pip or Philip Pirrip; Uncle
> Pumblechook; Miss Havisham.
Great Expectations.
Joachim
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 8:33 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)
Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Dickens by Character
> 1. Sam Weller; Nathaniel Winkle; Alfred Jingle; the Wardle
> family.
Martin Chuzzlewit
> 2. Wackford Squeers; Newman Noggs; Madeleine Bray; Vincent
> Crummles.
Martin Chuzzlewit
> 3. Fagin; Bill Sikes; Jack Dawkins, or the Artful Dodger;
> Bumble; Nancy.
Oliver Twist
> 4. Jacob Marley; Bob Cratchit; Tiny Tim; Fred.
A Christmas Carol
> 5. The Garland family; little Nell or Nellie Trent; Daniel Quilp;
> Dick Swiveller.
The Old Curiosity Shop
> 6. Edward Murdstone; Wilkins Micawber; Miss Betsey Trotwood;
> Uriah Heep; Daniel Peggotty.
Bleak House
> 7. Lady Dedlock; Esther Summerson; John Jarndyce; Ada Clare;
> Richard Carstone.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
> 8. Arthur Clennam; his mother, Mrs. Clennam Rigaud, or Blandois,
> or Lagnier; the Barnacles family; Jeremiah Flintwinch.
Martin Chuzzlewit
> 9. Charles Darnay; Sydney Carton; Lucie Manette; Madame Defarge.
A Tale of Two Cities
> 10. Abel Magwitch; Joe Gargery; Pip or Philip Pirrip; Uncle
> Pumblechook; Miss Havisham.
Great Expectations
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Toronto Intersections and Interchanges
> 1. Bloor St., Dundas St., and Kipling Av.
H; G
> 2. King St., Queen St., The Queensway, and Roncesvalles
> ("ronce's vails") Av.
E; B
> 3. Queen and Bay Sts.
J; L
> 4. Bloor and Parliament Sts.
C; L
> 5. Yonge St., Church St., and Davenport Rd.
H; L
> 6. Bathurst St., Fleet St., and Lake Shore Blvd.
G; C
> 7. Which picture shows one end of Avenue Rd.?
A; N
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 11:49 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:XIednWrKctH-XD7TnZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d@vex.net...
>* Game 10, Round 7 - Dickens by Character
>
>Charles Dickens created numerous distinct -- and marvelously named --
>characters in his novels. On each question we will read you the
>names of several major characters in one of his books, and you give
>the title. Of course, we will not mention any characters whose name,
>or part of it, appears *in* the title.
>
>1. Sam Weller; Nathaniel Winkle; Alfred Jingle; the Wardle
> family.
>
>2. Wackford Squeers; Newman Noggs; Madeleine Bray; Vincent
> Crummles.
>
>3. Fagin; Bill Sikes; Jack Dawkins, or the Artful Dodger;
> Bumble; Nancy.
Oliver Twist
>4. Jacob Marley; Bob Cratchit; Tiny Tim; Fred.
A Christmas Carol
>5. The Garland family; little Nell or Nellie Trent; Daniel Quilp;
> Dick Swiveller.
>
>6. Edward Murdstone; Wilkins Micawber; Miss Betsey Trotwood;
> Uriah Heep; Daniel Peggotty.
>
>7. Lady Dedlock; Esther Summerson; John Jarndyce; Ada Clare;
> Richard Carstone.
>
>8. Arthur Clennam; his mother, Mrs. Clennam Rigaud, or Blandois,
> or Lagnier; the Barnacles family; Jeremiah Flintwinch.
>
>9. Charles Darnay; Sydney Carton; Lucie Manette; Madame Defarge.
>
>10. Abel Magwitch; Joe Gargery; Pip or Philip Pirrip; Uncle
> Pumblechook; Miss Havisham.
Great Expectations
Peter Smyth
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 7:55 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Dickens by Character
>
> 1. Sam Weller; Nathaniel Winkle; Alfred Jingle; the Wardle
> family.
Pickwick Papers
> 3. Fagin; Bill Sikes; Jack Dawkins, or the Artful Dodger;
> Bumble; Nancy.
Oliver Twist
> 4. Jacob Marley; Bob Cratchit; Tiny Tim; Fred.
A Christmas Carol
> 6. Edward Murdstone; Wilkins Micawber; Miss Betsey Trotwood;
> Uriah Heep; Daniel Peggotty.
David Copperfield
> 9. Charles Darnay; Sydney Carton; Lucie Manette; Madame Defarge.
A Tale Of Two Cities
> 10. Abel Magwitch; Joe Gargery; Pip or Philip Pirrip; Uncle
> Pumblechook; Miss Havisham.
Great Expectations
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Toronto Intersections and Interchanges
Oh great - another guessing game ;-)
> 1. Bloor St., Dundas St., and Kipling Av.
G; D
> 2. King St., Queen St., The Queensway, and Roncesvalles
> ("ronce's vails") Av.
B; D
> 3. Queen and Bay Sts.
C; L
> 4. Bloor and Parliament Sts.
K; O
> 5. Yonge St., Church St., and Davenport Rd.
B; D
> 6. Bathurst St., Fleet St., and Lake Shore Blvd.
F; G
> 7. Which picture shows one end of Avenue Rd.?
A; N
Rob
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 24 2011 9:37 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Dickens by Character
>
> Charles Dickens created numerous distinct -- and marvelously named --
> characters in his novels. On each question we will read you the
> names of several major characters in one of his books, and you give
> the title. Of course, we will not mention any characters whose name,
> or part of it, appears *in* the title.
>
> 1. Sam Weller; Nathaniel Winkle; Alfred Jingle; the Wardle
> family.
>
> 2. Wackford Squeers; Newman Noggs; Madeleine Bray; Vincent
> Crummles.
>
> 3. Fagin; Bill Sikes; Jack Dawkins, or the Artful Dodger;
> Bumble; Nancy.
Oliver Twist
>
> 4. Jacob Marley; Bob Cratchit; Tiny Tim; Fred.
A Christmas Carol
>
> 5. The Garland family; little Nell or Nellie Trent; Daniel Quilp;
> Dick Swiveller.
>
> 6. Edward Murdstone; Wilkins Micawber; Miss Betsey Trotwood;
> Uriah Heep; Daniel Peggotty.
A Tale of Two Cities
>
> 7. Lady Dedlock; Esther Summerson; John Jarndyce; Ada Clare;
> Richard Carstone.
>
> 8. Arthur Clennam; his mother, Mrs. Clennam Rigaud, or Blandois,
> or Lagnier; the Barnacles family; Jeremiah Flintwinch.
>
> 9. Charles Darnay; Sydney Carton; Lucie Manette; Madame Defarge.
>
> 10. Abel Magwitch; Joe Gargery; Pip or Philip Pirrip; Uncle
> Pumblechook; Miss Havisham.
Great Expectations
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Toronto Intersections and Interchanges
>
> All of the pictures on the handout pages
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/1008/inter/p1.jpg
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/1008/inter/p2.jpg
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/1008/inter/p3.jpg
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/1008/inter/p4.jpg
>
> are taken from Google Maps imagery and have true north at the
> top, which means that the "north" of the street grid is somewhere
> between 11 and 12 o'clock. The scale varies considerably from
> one picture to another, but you should be able to get a good idea
> of it by looking at the cars and the traffic lanes.
>
> For the first part of the round, we describe the location in terms
> of main streets, and you name the picture.
>
> 1. Bloor St., Dundas St., and Kipling Av.
>
> 2. King St., Queen St., The Queensway, and Roncesvalles
> ("ronce's vails") Av.
>
> 3. Queen and Bay Sts.
>
> 4. Bloor and Parliament Sts.
>
> 5. Yonge St., Church St., and Davenport Rd.
>
> 6. Bathurst St., Fleet St., and Lake Shore Blvd.
>
> 7. Which picture shows one end of Avenue Rd.?
>
> For the last three questions, please decode the rot13 *one question
> at a time*, after completing all earlier questions.
>
> 8. Gur ynfg 3 dhrfgvbaf ner nyfb nobhg serrjnl vagrepunatrf, nyy
> bs gurz jubyyl be cnegyl jvguva gur nznytnzngrq pvgl
> bs Gbebagb. Anzr gur *gjb* znva ebnqf gung vagrepunatr
> va Cvpgher C.
>
> 9. Cvpgher Z vf nyfb ba uvtujnl 401, naq gurer ner rkvgf bagb
> sbhe bgure ebnqf. Whfg anzr nal *bar* bs gubfr.
>
> 10. Cvpgher S fubjf gur rkvgf sebz uvtujnl 401 bagb gjb fgerrgf.
> Anzr *rvgure* bar.
>
>
> The decoys are listed below in rot13. Identify the intersections
> of interchanges if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Ynxr Fuber Oyiq. naq Cnexfvqr Qe.
>
> 12. Onlivrj Ni. naq Ynjerapr Ni.
>
> 13. Oebjaf Yvar naq Ynxr Fuber Oyiq.
>
> 14. Jvyyvnz E. Nyyra Eq. naq Jvyfba Urvtugf Ni.
>
> 15. Gur Dhrrafjnl naq Fbhgu Xvatfjnl.
>
> 16. Onlivrj Ni. naq Cbggrel Eq.
>
--
Dan Tilque
Nale: Sabine, find us a lair, somewhere we can hole up for 2 to 3 weeks.
Someplace where no one will notice a teenage schoolgirl bound and gagged.
Sabine: I'll start near the hentai bookstore and work my way out.
-- Rich Burlew, OotS#258
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