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* Calvin's Quiz #236 - 12 messages, 12 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a0994fb892cb229a?hl=en
* QFTCIFFF Game 4 Rounds 7-8 answers: adult mags, connecting states - 1
messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/80b2b7ded21d5c68?hl=en
* QFTCIWSSSG Current Events Final - 10 messages, 8 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/8c124a764fef08b0?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #67 ANSWERS - 3 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c3d64e69a8236ae4?hl=en

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #236
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a0994fb892cb229a?hl=en
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== 1 of 12 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 4:42 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


"Calvin":
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?

1 to 4 for the team at bat, and 9 for the team fielding.
Or if you're counting players who *could* be on the field
without someone else needing to leave the game, then it's
9 in the National League and 10 in the American League.

Well, you asked.

> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?

Cusack?

> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?

Oxford. (It's -ean.)

> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?

Left, I think.

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?

Lebanon.

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?

Einstein.

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall
> at the end of a ridged roof?

Gable.

> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?

Thompson.

> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?

Oman.

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?

Orange.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "It's easier to deal with 'opposite numbers'
msb@vex.net | when you know you cannot trust them." --Chess

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 12 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 5:20 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?

9

> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?

no idea - never heard of either of these films

> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?

Oxford

> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?

left

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?

Lebanon

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?

Albert Einstein

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of
> a ridged roof?

gable

> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?

no idea

> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?

Oman

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?

orange


Rob






== 3 of 12 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 5:38 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <op.wh0zt6bdyr33d7@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9

> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
John Cusack

> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
the wro^H^H^Hleft side

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
Albert Einstein

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a ridged roof?
gable

> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which Oscar-winning actress?
Emma Thompson

> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
orange

--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.




== 4 of 12 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 7:21 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 7/25/2012 7:35 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
Nine
> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
Left
> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon
> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?
Gambrel
> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman
> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
International Orange (for visibility)

--Jeff




== 5 of 12 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 8:57 pm
From: swp


On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:35:56 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?

9

> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?

john cusack

> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?

oxford

> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?

left

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?

lebanon

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?

albert einstein

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall
> at the end of a ridged roof?

gable

> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?

emma thompson?

> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?

oman

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?

orange

swp




== 6 of 12 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 9:42 pm
From: John Masters


On 2012-07-25 23:35:56 +0000, Calvin said:

> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?

6

> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?

John Cusak

> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?

Oxford

> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?

Left

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?

Lebanon

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?

Golda Meir

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end
> of a ridged roof?

Apex

> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?

Emma Thompson

> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?

Morrocco

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?

Yellow
--
John Masters

Of those who say nothing, few are silent.
- Thomas Neill





== 7 of 12 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 11:15 pm
From: Joachim Parsch




Calvin schrieb:
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?

9

> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?

John Cusack

> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?

London

> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?

Left

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?

Lebanon

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?

Ben Gurion

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of
> a ridged roof?

Walter?

> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?

Emma Thompson

> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?

Oman

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?

Pink

Joachim




== 8 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 1:06 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?

8

> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?

Bath

> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?

Left

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?

Lebanon

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?

Ben-Gurion?

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?

Gable

> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?

Oman

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
>

Orange

--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se




== 9 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 3:30 am
From: Dan Tilque


Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?

9

> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?

left

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?

Lebanon

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?

Golda Myer

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
> end of a ridged roof?

mansard

> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?

Oman

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?

orange

--
Dan Tilque




== 10 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 7:50 am
From: Bruce Bowler


On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:35:56 +1000, Calvin wrote:

> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?

9 and between 1 and 4 depending whether you're talking offence or defence.

> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?

The top side (just like the rest of the world :-) or the left...

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?

Lebanon

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?

A sane person

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the
end
> of a ridged roof?

Pediment


> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?
> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?

Oman

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?

Blaze Orange





== 11 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 1:43 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"


"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.wh0zt6bdyr33d7@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
9
>2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?
Kevin Costner
>3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?
Oxford
>4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?
Left
>5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
Lebanon
>6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?
Einstein
>7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of
>a ridged roof?
Gable
>8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
>Oscar-winning actress?
Emma Thompson
>9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?
Oman
>10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?
Orange

Peter Smyth





== 12 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 10:22 pm
From: Gareth Owen


Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> writes:

> 1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?

9

> 2 Which actor starred in both Pushing Tin and High Fidelity?

Tim Robbins?

> 3 The Ashmolian museum is located in which English city?

Oxford (FWIW, its Ashmolean)

> 4 Cars drive on which side of the road in Malaysia?

Left

> 5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?

Lebanon

> 6 Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952?

Einstein

> 7 What name is given to the triangular upper part of a wall at the end
> of a ridged roof?

Gable

> 8 Actor and director Kenneth Branagh is the ex-husband of which
> Oscar-winning actress?

Emma Thompson

> 9 Muscat is a city in which Middle-East country?

Oman

> 10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?

Yellow





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TOPIC: QFTCIFFF Game 4 Rounds 7-8 answers: adult mags, connecting states
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 8:10 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-02-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2012-05-10 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


> * Game 4, Round 7 - Arts & Literature - Adult Magazines

> No date for Valentine's Day? Well, just curl up on the couch
> with your favourite adult magazine!

> 1. Within 1 year, in what year was the first edition of "Playboy"
> magazine published?

1953 (accepting 1952-54). 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Pete,
and Calvin. 2 for Rob.

> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Who graced the centerfold of the first edition,
> published in December of nineteen fifty-three?

Marilyn Monroe. 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, Jeff, and Rob.

> 3. Gene Simmons could tell you that this Newfie girl was
> Playmate of the Month for November 1981. Who?

Shannon Tweed. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Calvin.

> 4. Name the daughter of "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner who became
> head of the "Playboy" empire in 1988, holding that position
> until she stepped down in 2009. First name required if the
> last name is Hefner.

Christie Hefner. I accepted "Christie" alone. 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.

> 5. Name the publisher of "Hustler" magazine who has fought
> several prominent legal battles involving the First Amendment,
> and has unsuccessfully run for public office.

Larry Flynt. 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Marc, Joachim, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Calvin, Jeff, and Rob.

> 6. Name the men's magazine founded in 1969 by Bob Guccione that
> combines urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic
> pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hard-core.

"Penthouse". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Marc, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Pete, Peter, Calvin, Jeff, and Rob.

> 7. Name the 1979 US-produced Italian pornographic biographical
> film, starring Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole, that was
> produced by Bob Guccione.

"Caligula". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Marc, Joachim, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Pete.

> 8. Born in Ladysmith, BC, in 1967, this Canadian girl has graced
> more "Playboy" covers than any other person. Who?

Pamela Anderson. 4 for Joshua, Gareth, and Calvin.

> 9. It has been said that this adult magazine, first published
> in 1973, may have a larger following among gay men than
> among heterosexual women. Name it.

"Playgirl". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Marc, Joachim, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, Pete, and Peter.

> 10. Although not an adult magazine, what publication received
> huge publicity when Burt Reynolds appeared naked in their
> April 1972 edition?

"Cosmopolitan". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Marc, and Dan Tilque.


> * Game 4, Round 8 - Geography - Connecting States

> We give you the names of two US States and you provide the state
> that borders both of them. For example, we say Washington and
> California; you say Oregon.

> Note: States meeting at a single point do *not* count as bordering.

This was the easiest round in the original game and the 3rd-easiest
in the entire season.

> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.

Missouri. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete,
Peter, Stan, and Jeff. 3 for Calvin.

> 2. South Carolina and Florida.

Georgia. 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Pete, Peter, Calvin, Stan, Jeff, and Rob.

> 3. Vermont and Maine.

New Hampshire. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Pete, Peter, Calvin, Stan, and Jeff. 3 for Rob. 2 for Gareth.

> 4. New York and Ohio.

Pennsylvania. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Pete, Peter, Calvin, Stan, and Jeff. 2 for Rob.

> 5. Texas and Arizona

New Mexico. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Gareth, Marc, Joachim, Erland,
Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Calvin, Stan, Jeff, and Rob.

> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.

Mississippi. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter,
Calvin, Stan, and Jeff. 3 for Gareth. 2 for Rob.

> 7. Nevada and Colorado.

Utah. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Joachim, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Pete, Peter, Calvin, Stan, Jeff, and Rob. 2 for Gareth.

> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.

Montana. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete,
Peter, Jeff, and Rob.

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Kentucky. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete,
Peter, Calvin, Stan, and Jeff. 3 for Gareth and Rob.

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.

Wisconsin. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete,
Peter, Stan, and Jeff. 2 for Gareth.


Scores, if there are no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Mis Spo Can Ent Lit Geo FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 25 39 8 40 40 40 159
Marc Dashevsky 16 36 0 32 28 40 136
Pete Gayde 19 39 0 28 28 40 135
Dan Tilque 16 32 0 12 32 40 120
Dan Blum 20 12 0 35 24 40 119
Jeff Turner 16 16 0 24 12 40 96
"Calvin" 18 12 0 19 24 31 92
Gareth Owen 17 20 0 17 32 20 89
Bruce Bowler 16 32 0 36 -- -- 84
Peter Smyth 14 4 0 12 12 40 78
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 -- -- 4 36 56
Rob Parker -- -- -- -- 14 26 40
Stan Brown -- -- -- -- 0 36 36
Joachim Parsch -- -- -- -- 12 8 20

--
Mark Brader | "...the average homeowner should expect...
Toronto | meteor damage every hundred million years."
msb@vex.net | --Robert Nemiroff & Jerry Bonnell

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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TOPIC: QFTCIWSSSG Current Events Final
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== 1 of 10 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 8:18 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Here is the final Current Events round from the Canadian
Inquisition season just ended, ending the Current Events
newsgroup game. As I have more than a season and a half's other
rounds still in hand that I haven't posted to the newsgroup,
I intend to skip over the fall season, so I probably won't be
posting any more Current Events rounds until January 2013.

As usual in the Final, this round has 15 questions.


These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have
changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the
answers that were correct on those dates.

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.

All questions were written by members of What She Said and/or
of Smith & Guessin', and are used here by permission, but have
been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
For further information see my companion posting on "Questions
from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


* Final, Round 1 - Current Events

1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
"Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
The surname is sufficient.

2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
writing partner.

3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".

4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?

5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
university had the first web address to end with .ca.
Name that university.

6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
and running red lights.

7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.

8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.

9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.

10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
of his classic movies is it based on?

11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
North America. What kind of fish is it?

12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
the requirement?

13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
$500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.

14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
the past?

15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.

--
Mark Brader | "I'm here to give you the whole truth. All printed
Toronto | dictionaries of English are wrong. ... Deal with it."
msb@vex.net | --Geoffrey K. Pullum

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 10 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 9:51 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:Cemdnez6X5uGKo3NnZ2dnUVZ_qKdnZ2d@vex.net:

> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.

Zanuck

> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.

Tom Davis

> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.

University of Toronto; McGill University

> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.

Quebec; Ontario

> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.

Aurora

> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.

Damascus

> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?

"The Nutty Professor"

> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?

she's pregnant
(Is that her correct first name?)

> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.

Fender

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com





== 3 of 10 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 10:05 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <Cemdnez6X5uGKo3NnZ2dnUVZ_qKdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
Zanuck

> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
Tom Davis

> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
Quebec

> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
Aurora

> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
Aleppo

> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
Nutty Professor

> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
>
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
She is pregnant

> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
Fender

--
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== 4 of 10 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 10:08 pm
From: Calvin


On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:18:51 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:


> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.

Hill

> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.

Berkeley

> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.

PEI, Manitoba

> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.

Aurora

> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.

Damascas

> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?

The Nutty Professor

> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?

Neutered

> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?

She's pregnant

> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.

Fender

--
cheers,
calvin




== 5 of 10 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 11:15 pm
From: Joachim Parsch




Mark Brader schrieb:
>
> Here is the final Current Events round from the Canadian
> Inquisition season just ended, ending the Current Events
> newsgroup game. As I have more than a season and a half's other
> rounds still in hand that I haven't posted to the newsgroup,
> I intend to skip over the fall season, so I probably won't be
> posting any more Current Events rounds until January 2013.
>
> As usual in the Final, this round has 15 questions.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-23,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have
> changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the
> answers that were correct on those dates.
>
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of What She Said and/or
> of Smith & Guessin', and are used here by permission, but have
> been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
> For further information see my companion posting on "Questions
> from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
>
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".

Celeste Holm

> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.

Ontario

> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.

Aurora

> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.

Damaskus

> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
>
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
>
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?

Her pregnancy?

> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.


Joachim




== 6 of 10 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 1:11 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?

Twix

> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.

Aurora

> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.

Aleppo

> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?

She is pregnant, child due in October

> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.

Gibson



--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se




== 7 of 10 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 3:54 am
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.

Mayer

>
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?

bottle of beer

>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.

University of Waterloo

>
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.

Ontario

>
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.

Aurora

>
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.

Aleppo

>
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
>
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?

sturgeon (no other river fish grows anywhere near that size)

>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
>
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?

sexual orientation (i.e. a lesbian)

>
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.

Fender


--
Dan Tilque




== 8 of 10 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 6:59 am
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <jur6ed$6re$1@dont-email.me>, dtilque@frontier.com says...
> Mark Brader wrote:
> > 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> > the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> > in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> > North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> sturgeon (no other river fish grows anywhere near that size)

Damn. I could have used that logic. I just wasn't thinking.

--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.




== 9 of 10 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 1:33 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"


"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:Cemdnez6X5uGKo3NnZ2dnUVZ_qKdnZ2d@vex.net...

>* Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
>1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
>
>2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
>3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
>4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
Kinder Eggs
>5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
>6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
Quebec, Ontario
>7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
>8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
Denver
>9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
Damascus
>10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
>
>11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
Carp
>12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
It has been neutered
>13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
>14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
She is pregnant
>15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
>

Peter Smyth





== 10 of 10 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 3:09 pm
From: Calvin


On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:08:56 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:18:51 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
>
>
>> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>>
>> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
>> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
>> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
>> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
>> The surname is sufficient.
>
> Hill

He *directed* The Sting.

>> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
>> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
>> Name that university.
>
> Berkeley

Sigh. Now I read the question twice, and read "California" each time.

"The mistakes are all there, just waiting to be made."

--
cheers,
calvin





==============================================================================
TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #67 ANSWERS
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c3d64e69a8236ae4?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 5:56 pm
From: swp


1. who played al bundy in the tv show 'married with children'?

ed o'neill

2. on "wkrp in cincinnati", Howard Hesseman played this crazed dj.

dr johnny fever (or anything approximately close)

3. there are 67 throws in what martial art?

judo (apologies for leaving out the word 'exactly' in this one)

4. this 1998 action thriller starred bruce willis and alec baldwin where an autistic child has cracked a government code.

mercury rising (German version also accepted)

5. what is -273.15 degrees celsius better known as?

absolute zero

6. who wrote the lyrics to the song 'goodbye yellow brick road'?

bernie taupin (sir elton john composed it)

7. name any u.s. state with 67 counties.

PA, AL, FL (apologies for leaving out the word 'exactly' in this one)(I will also accept all other us states with more than 67 counties, such as TX)

8. every year since 1934, the winner of the "indianapolis 500" has drunk this beverage to celebrate.

milk

9. what is the 19th prime number?

67 (yes, I put this one in as a 'gimme'.)

10. The u.s. navy's aircraft carrier with registry CV-67 has what common name?

uss john f. kennedy

11. name either major city the european route E67, the Via Baltica, goes between (not in the middle).

prague to helsinki (my apologies for being unclear here) (I'll accept almost any protest with a little supporting evidence)


stay tuned for the scoring, assuming these thunderstorms leave me with power long enough to complete it.

swp




== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 6:27 pm
From: swp


name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total
---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
Marc D 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
John M 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Erland 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Mark B 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
Peter S 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
Joachim 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
Stan B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Calvin 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Jeff T 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Dan T 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6
Rob P 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

note: california has 58 counties, mississippi has 82, and texas has the most of any us state.

As of right now, *Joachim* is the winner! Congratulations young man!! RQ #68 is yours to do with as you please.

(note: unless Marc D, Stan B or Dan T have at least 2 valid protests, which seems unlikely.)

I am going back to watching Olympic soccer. yes, I am a junkie for this. I recommend all of you watch the games of the XXX Olympiad, held in London starting tomorrow and running through august 12th. there isn't a single event that isn't worth watching, these kids are really giving it their all.

swp




== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 26 2012 9:05 pm
From: swp


On Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:27:52 PM UTC-4, swp wrote:
> name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total
> ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
> Marc D 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
> John M 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
> Erland 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
> Mark B 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
> Peter S 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
> Joachim 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
> Stan B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
> Calvin 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
> Jeff T 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
> Dan T 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6
> Rob P 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
> ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
> Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

of course, that totals line should read:
Totals 4 2 5 1 11 7 8 6 9 0 1 54

I missed setting a question that 3 of you got right (which I thought would be q4), and other that 10 of you correctly answered. but this is as close to perfect as I've come, so I'm happy with it.

no more questions about us naval ships, I think.

swp




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