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* Calvin's Quiz #234 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 8 messages, 7 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79d0ef11be09683e?hl=en
* QFTCIWSSSG Current Events 9-10 answers - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/d1e6e6943fde144f?hl=en
* QFTCIFFF Game 4 Rounds 7-8: adult mags, connecting states - 8 messages, 8
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/80b2b7ded21d5c68?hl=en
* QFTCIFFF Game 4 Rounds 4,6 answers: premiers, spinoffs - 2 messages, 1
author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0bfca3c7dd4a3373?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #235 - 7 messages, 6 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/636316b900241d16?hl=en

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #234 - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79d0ef11be09683e?hl=en
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== 1 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 10:14 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


"Calvin":
> I'm inclined to take that view. Any objections?

You heard two already. But it's your call.
--
Mark Brader | "One of these days I'll have to use that ... without the
Toronto | awkward brackets, so that you can quote it that way, too."
msb@vex.net | -- Steve Summit




== 2 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 10:43 pm
From: Calvin


On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:14:26 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> "Calvin":
>> I'm inclined to take that view. Any objections?
>
> You heard two already. But it's your call.

*Substantiated* objections.

--
cheers,
calvin




== 3 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 11:06 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


"Calvin":
> *Substantiated* objections.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainland

# Definition of MAINLAND
#
# : a continent or the main part of a continent as distinguished from an
# offshore island or sometimes from a cape or peninsula

--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Dr. Slipher, I have found your Planet X."
msb@vex.net -- Clyde Tombaugh (1906-97), 1930-02-18




== 4 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 11:09 pm
From: Joachim Parsch




Calvin schrieb:
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 234
> - - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
> 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 Joachim Parsch

I gave no answer for Q2 and Q5. On the other hand, I think I gave a
correct answer on 3, 7 and 8. Maybe some mix-up?

Joachim




== 5 of 8 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 12:06 am
From: Dan Tilque


Calvin wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:01:42 +1000, Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> The Free Dictionary says otherwise:
>>> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Mainland+United+States
>>
>> That link redirects to Continental US. I assume then that you equate
>> "US mainland" with "Continental US"?
>
> No. Or at least not necessarily. I genuinely don't know if there's a
> difference.
>
>>> as does the Internal Revenue Code 2007 (P 3834).
>>
>> I'll trump your IRS cite with the BGN:
>>
>> http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/faqs.htm/ (see FAQ #25 or just
>> search for "Continental")
>>
>> For the purposes of geographic names, the BGN (Board on Geographic
>> Names) is official, IRS misusages notwithstanding.
>
> OK, but it doesn't use the term "mainland" anywhere as far as I could tell.

I assumed you were equating mainland with Continental, as I suggested
above. If not, then the cite has no relevance.

>
> Does anyone have a definitive source? I'm happy to accept either answer
> (ie Alaskan or Pacific) if not.
>

There's no official meaning to "US mainland" so there's no definitive
source.

Interesting bit of trivia: the name Alaska derives from the Aleut word
for "mainland".

BTW, the Wiki page for Contiguous United States has a subsection titled
"Continental United States". It does not mention that this term has an
official meaning. It needs to be updated about that. Anyone?

--
Dan Tilque




== 6 of 8 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 1:16 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 Erland S

So I answered "Alaskan Time" which must be correct, whatever you intended
to ask. (And personally I don't think "Pacific" can be considered to
be correct. I was somewhat amused to see so many people from North
America to walk into that trap.)

Furthermore my answer to Q10 was "Harry was dead" which certainly is a
weaker story from those who knew the plot, but you say "He was dead /
unburied" in the results posting.

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




== 7 of 8 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 9:54 am
From: Gareth Owen


Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com> writes:

>> Does anyone have a definitive source? I'm happy to accept either
>> answer (ie Alaskan or Pacific) if not.
>>
>
> There's no official meaning to "US mainland" so there's no definitive
> source.

QFT




== 8 of 8 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 11:55 am
From: Bruce Bowler


On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:19:24 +1000, Calvin wrote:

I think you left one set of answers out (mine), which I would score

1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 === 6


>
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9
Q10 TOTAL Quiz 234
- - - - - - - - - - ---
> ----------
> 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
1 9 Joshua Kreitzer 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 1 1 1 8 Marc
> Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
1 1 8 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 1 1 7 Gareth
> Owen 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
1 1 7 Chris Johnson 1 0 1 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 7 David
> Brown 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
1 1 7 Rob Parker 1 0 1 0 1
0 1 1 1 0 6 John
> Masters 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
1 0 6 Peter Smyth 1 1 0 1 1
0 0 0 1 1 6 Joachim
> Parsch 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1 0 4 Erland S 0 0 1 1 0
0 1 0 0 1 4 Dan Tilque 1
> 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Pete Gayde
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
> 10 7 10 11 11 0 5 9 11
9 83 64%
>
> Joshua just takes it from Marky Marc.






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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 10:18 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
> indicated below, 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...
> For further information see my companion posting on "Questions
> from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


> * Game 9 (2012-07-09), Round 1 - Current Events

> 1. Joel Chestnut won an event for the 6th consecutive year
> this week. What kind of event was it?

(Nathan's) Hot-dog-eating contest. He tied his personal best at 68.
I accepted "eating contest". 4 for Gareth and Jeff.

> 2. Which band performed their 1986 hit on a bus on
> Spadina Av. this week?

The Shuffle Demons. (The song, of course, was "Spadina Bus".
Spadina buses have returned, temporarily replacing the streetcars,
during reconstruction of the tracks and shelters.)

> 3. What Harper government cabinet minister resigned this week
> without waiting to be pushed out?

Bev Oda (International Cooperation).

> 4. Born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe, and famous for his
> first film role as a manipulative, power-hungry radio
> personality in "A Face in the Crowd", this actor died last
> week at age 86. Name him.

Andy Griffith. Instructions to the QM in the original game said
that if anyone answered "Griffiths", the QM was to hiss "Lessss
sssspeccccific". Sssso I'm sssscoring that asssnswer as almosssst
correct. 4 for Joachim, Joshua, and Dan Blum. 3 for Marc.


> 5. Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title on Sunday by
> defeating the first British man to make the finals in
> 74 years. What was the name of the guy who lost?

Andy Murray. 4 for Marc, Gareth, Joachim, Joshua, Peter, and Calvin.

> 6. It's been a bad couple of weeks if you work in finance and
> have a surname that sounds like a precious stone. In the US,
> CEO Jaime Dimon had to explain his company's $2,000,000,000
> trading loss to the Senate banking committee. In the UK,
> CEO Robert Diamond resigned after his company's role in an
> interest-fixing scandal was revealed. Name either of the
> two companies where this reprehensible behavior took place.

J.P. Morgan Chase (US); Barclays (UK). 4 for Marc, Gareth, Joshua,
Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Jeff (the hard way).

> 7. What Canadian landmark was featured in a Google Doodle on
> July 4, its 111th birthday?

Hartland Bridge, NB. (The world's longest covered bridge.)

> 8. We're not going to ask you to explain it; just tell us the
> generally accepted scientific name for what the popular
> press has been calling "the God particle", which scientists
> at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed
> to have found.

Higgs boson. 4 for Marc, Gareth, Joachim, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Jeff. 3 for Erland.

> 9. Name the African city in which tombs of Moslem saints,
> recognized by UNESCO as heritage sites, were destroyed
> by members of an Islamist rebel group last week.

Timbuktu (Mali). 4 for Marc, Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque.

> 10. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While
> former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla
> Bruni were relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened
> at their homes?

They were raided by the police (investigating corruption and secret
campaign financing).


> * Game 10 (2012-07-16), Round 1 - Current Events

> 1. The CEO of G4S plc apologized this week for what?

Bungling the security arrangements for the London Olympics.
(I scored references to "safety" as almost correct. Not the same
thing in English.) 4 for Gareth, Erland, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Joachim.

> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question 1. Who was selected to be the official Canadian
> flag-bearer at the opening of the London Olympics?

Simon Whitfield (triathlon).

> 3. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in
> the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of
> animal rights activists?

Chuckwagon race. I did not consider "Chariot Race" to be almost
correct!

> 4. On what cabinet minister's website will you and countless
> other Canadians find a petition that you can sign to thank
> him for his performance of his duties?

Jason Kenney (Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism).

> 5. This week the Assembly of First Nations will select a new
> leader in Toronto. Who is the current leader?

Shawn Atleo. And he still is; he was reelected.

> 6. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server
> was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the
> most frequently used password?

123456. I scored "1234" as almost correct. 2 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Jeff. 1 for Calvin.

http://blog.eset.se/statistics-about-yahoo-leak-of-450-000-plain-text-accounts/
says the top 10 were:

123456 1,666 (0.38%)
password 780 (0.18%)
welcome 436 (0.10%)
ninja 333 (0.08%)
abc123 250 (0.06%)
123456789 222 (0.05%)
12345678 208 (0.05%)
sunshine 205 (0.05%)
princess 202 (0.05%)
qwerty 172 (0.04%)

> 7. A Toronto realtor is calling for more disclosure of bidding
> wars. Her clients found out they paid significantly more
> than the asking price for a midtown home in the belief that
> they were in a bidding war -- but they were the only ones
> who had made an offer. Within $5,000, how much did their
> offer exceed the asking price by?

$90,000 (accepting $85,000-95,000). 2 for Peter.

> 8. The price of painkillers is enough to give you a headache.
> Why is Excedrin in such short supply that it's selling for
> $1 a pill on eBay?

A factory shutdown.

The Novartis factory in Lincoln NE that produces it has been shut
down until it improves its processes. Other drugs affected include
Bufferin, Buckley's, NeoCitran, and NoDoz.

> 9. A US court awarded the New Jersey company Mformation
> $147,200,000 in a patent litigation. What high-tech company
> was on the losing end of the ruling?

RIM. 4 for Dan Blum.

> 10. July 14 marked what would have been the 100th birthday
> of an illustrious Canadian. He taught at the University of
> Toronto and was the author of numerous books. Who was he?

Northrop Frye (1912-91).

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST EIGHT
Gareth Owen 0 20 20 12 10 12 31 12 16 4 133
Joshua Kreitzer 4 14 20 8 12 15 16 27 20 2 132
Dan Blum 8 16 16 6 19 8 16 18 16 6 117
Marc Dashevsky 8 12 20 8 12 8 20 16 19 0 115
Pete Gayde 12 12 28 12 -- -- 28 20 -- -- 112
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 12 8 12 23 16 12 6 101
Dan Tilque 0 4 4 16 4 8 16 16 12 4 80
Joachim Parsch 4 4 16 12 -- -- 11 16 12 3 78
"Calvin" 0 4 8 4 6 11 8 19 12 1 72
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 8 8 4 12 8 16 11 4 71
Jeff Turner -- -- 20 4 8 8 4 12 12 2 70
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 35 -- -- 67
Rob Parker 0 10 3 14 0 11 8 8 -- -- 54
Bruce Bowler 0 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8

--
Mark Brader "...but the past thousand years
Toronto, msb@vex.net have been atypical."

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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== 1 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 10:21 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-02-13,
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.

All questions were written by members of Footloose and Firkin Free,
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 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?

2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gur svefg rqvgvba,
choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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


* 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.

1. Arkansas and Iowa.
2. South Carolina and Florida.
3. Vermont and Maine.
4. New York and Ohio.
5. Texas and Arizona
6. Louisiana and Alabama.
7. Nevada and Colorado.
8. North Dakota and Idaho.
9. Indiana and Tennessee.
10. Michigan and Minnesota.

--
Mark Brader "HE'S the brains of the outfit."
Toronto "What does that make you?"
msb@vex.net "What else? An executive!"
-- the Rocky & Bullwinkle show
My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 10:35 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:IPudnctnnODBQpHNnZ2dnUVZ_vmdnZ2d@vex.net:

> * Game 4, Round 7 - Arts & Literature - Adult Magazines
>
> 1. Within 1 year, in what year was the first edition of "Playboy"
> magazine published?

1953

> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gur svefg rqvgvba,
> choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr?

Marilyn Monroe

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

Shannon Tweed

> 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

> 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

> 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"

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

"Caligula"

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

Pamela Anderson

> 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"

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

"Cosmopolitan"

> * 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.
>
> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.

Missouri

> 2. South Carolina and Florida.

Georgia

> 3. Vermont and Maine.

New Hampshire

> 4. New York and Ohio.

Pennsylvania

> 5. Texas and Arizona

New Mexico

> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.

Mississippi

> 7. Nevada and Colorado.

Utah

> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.

Montana

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Kentucky

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.

Wisconsin

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com





== 3 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 10:47 pm
From: Gareth Owen


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:

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

1952

> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gur svefg rqvgvba,
> choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr?

Marilyn Monroe

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

Gene Simmons wife

> 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

> 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

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

Caligula

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

Pamela Anderson (Lee)


> 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

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

Cosmopolitan

> * 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.
>
> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.

Kentucky. Colorado.

> 2. South Carolina and Florida.

Georgia

> 3. Vermont and Maine.

Massachusetts. New Hampshire.

> 4. New York and Ohio.

New Jersey.

> 5. Texas and Arizona

New Mexico

> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.

Mississippi. Kentucky

> 7. Nevada and Colorado.

Arizona. Utah

> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.

Wyoming. South Dakota.

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Kentucky. North Carolina.

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.

Illinois. Wisconsin.




== 4 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 10:48 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <IPudnctnnODBQpHNnZ2dnUVZ_vmdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * 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?
1955

> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gur svefg rqvgvba,
> choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr?
Marilyn Monroe

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

> 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.
Marti Hefner

> 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

> 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

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

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

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

> * 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.
>
> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.
Missouri

> 2. South Carolina and Florida.
Georgia

> 3. Vermont and Maine.
New Hampshire

> 4. New York and Ohio.
Pennsylvania

> 5. Texas and Arizona
New Mexico

> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.
Mississippi

> 7. Nevada and Colorado.
Utah

> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.
Montana

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.
Kentucky

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.
Wisconsin

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




== 5 of 8 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 11:32 pm
From: Joachim Parsch




Mark Brader schrieb:
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-02-13,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of Footloose and Firkin Free,
> 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 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?

1950

> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gur svefg rqvgvba,
> choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr?
>
> 3. Gene Simmons could tell you that this Newfie girl was
> Playmate of the Month for November 1981. Who?
>
> 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.
>
> 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

> 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.

Vogue

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

Caligula

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

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

Vogue

> * 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.
>
> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.
> 2. South Carolina and Florida.

Tennessee

> 3. Vermont and Maine.

Massachusetts

> 4. New York and Ohio.
> 5. Texas and Arizona

New Mexico

> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.

Georgia

> 7. Nevada and Colorado.

Utah

> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.

Kansas

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Pennsylvania

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.


Joachim




== 6 of 8 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 1:51 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 1. Within 1 year, in what year was the first edition of "Playboy"
> magazine published?

1937

> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gur svefg rqvgvba,
> choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr?

Marilyn Monroe

> 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.

Johnson :-)

> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.

Missouri

> 2. South Carolina and Florida.

Georgia

> 3. Vermont and Maine.

New Hampshire

> 4. New York and Ohio.

Penn-Stephen-Sylvania

> 5. Texas and Arizona

New Mexico

> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.

Arkansas

> 7. Nevada and Colorado.

Utah

> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.

Montana

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Kentucky

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.

Wisconsin


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




== 7 of 8 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 4:43 am
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * 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

>
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gur svefg rqvgvba,
> choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr?

Marilyn Monroe

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

>
> 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

>
> 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

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

Caligula

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

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

Cosmopolitan

>
>
> * 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.
>
> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.

Missouri

> 2. South Carolina and Florida.

Georgia

> 3. Vermont and Maine.

New Hampshire

> 4. New York and Ohio.

Pennsylvania

> 5. Texas and Arizona

New Mexico

> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.

Mississippi

> 7. Nevada and Colorado.

Utah

> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.

Montana

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Kentucky

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.

Wisconsin

--
Dan Tilque




== 8 of 8 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 6:57 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

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

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

1962

> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gur svefg rqvgvba,
> choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr?

Marilyn Monroe

> 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

> 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

> 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

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

Caligula

> 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

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

People; Us

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

> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.

Missouri

> 2. South Carolina and Florida.

Georgia

> 3. Vermont and Maine.

New Hampshire

> 4. New York and Ohio.

Pennsylvania

> 5. Texas and Arizona

New Mexico

> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.

Mississippi

> 7. Nevada and Colorado.

Utah

> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.

Montana

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Kentucky

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.

Wisconsin

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."





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TOPIC: QFTCIFFF Game 4 Rounds 4,6 answers: premiers, spinoffs
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 10:30 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
>> Scores, if there are no errors:
>>
>> ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
>> TOPICS-> Mis Spo Can Ent
>> Joshua Kreitzer 25 39 8 40 112
>> Pete Gayde 19 39 0 28 86
>> Bruce Bowler 16 32 0 36 84
>> Marc Dashevsky 16 36 0 32 84
>> Dan Blum 20 12 0 35 67
>> Dan Tilque 16 32 0 12 60
>> Gareth Owen 17 20 0 18 55
>> "Calvin" 18 12 0 16 46
>> Jeff Turner 16 16 -- -- 32
>> Peter Smyth 14 4 0 12 30
>> Erland Sommarskog 16 0 -- -- 16

Jeff Turner:
> Just because I misread round 4 shouldn't disqualify me from round 6.

Well, "--" means "did not post", as opposed to "posted and scored 0".
Or in this case it more specifically means that "Mark, trying to score
the set while asleep, missed Jeff's entry".

As this is the third thing I've had to correct, I think I'll redo the
entire results posting now (and see what new errors I can introduce).
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Mark is probably right about something,
msb@vex.net | but I forget what" -- Rayan Zachariassen

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 11:02 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*)".

Okay, here's a repost of the answer slate correcting *five* errors
in the original -- three called to my attention by entrants and two
that I noticed while rescoring.

1. I originally missed Jeff Turner's entry.

2. I originally scored "Man about the House" as wrong. "The Ropers"
isn't a spin-off from it, as required, but it is a spin-off of a
remake and/or a remake of a spin-off, and that's sufficient for
"almost correct".

3. I originally omitted the correct answer for one question.

4. I said I was scoring Gareth Owen's "Jaguar" for JAG as almost
correct, but originally gave it full points.

5. I originally failed to correct the round's original author's
misspelling of "Diff'rent Strokes".


So:

> * Game 4, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Past Provincial Premiers

> Please see: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g4r4/premier.pdf>.
> We will provide you with a picture number, and you name the past
> premier of one of the 10 provinces.

> The first 5 were premiers of provinces from Ontario westward:

> 1. #1.

Peter Lougheed (PC, Alberta, 1971-85).

> 2. #4.

Tommy Douglas (CCF, Saskatchewan, 1944-61; later federal NDP leader,
1961-71). 4 for Joshua.

> 3. #5.

Ed Schreyer (NDP, Manitoba, 1969-77; later governor-general, 1979-84).

> 4. #10.

John Robarts (PC, Ontario, 1961-71).

> 5. #18.

Ernest Manning (Social Credit, Alberta, 1943-68).

> And the other 5 were premiers of provinces from Quebec eastward:

> 6. #3.

Robert Stanfield (PC, Nova Scotia, 1956-67; later federal PC leader,
1967-76).

> 7. #7.

Richard Hatfield (PC, New Brunswick, 1970-87).

> 8. #8.

Robert Bourassa (Liberal, Quebec, 1970-76 and 1985-94).

> 9. #12.

Ren� L�vesque (PQ, Quebec, 1976-85).

> 10. #17.

Joey Smallwood (Liberal, Newfoundland [as it then was], 1949-72).
4 for Joshua.

> Here are the decoys in rot13. If you like, give the picture numbers
> for fun, but for no points.

Nobody tried these.

> 11. W.A.C. Bennett.

#2 (Social Credit, BC, 1952-72).

> 12. Allan Blakeney.

#13 (NDP, Saskatchewan, 1971-82).

> 13. Bill Davis.

#15 (PC, Ontario, 1971-85).

> 14. Don Getty.

#11 (PC, Alberta, 1985-92).

> 15. Joe Ghiz.

#9 (Liberal, PEI, 1986-93).

> 16. Louis Robichaud.

#16 (Liberal, NB, 1960-70).

> 17. Duff Roblin.

#14 (PC, Manitoba, 1958-67).

> 18. Brian Tobin.

#6 (Liberal, Newfoundland, 1996-2000; later federal cabinet minister,
2000-02).


> * Game 4, Round 6 - Entertainment - TV Spinoffs

> We name the spinoff, and you give us the original program.

> 1. "The Jeffersons".

"All in the Family". I did not accept "Archie Bunker". 4 for Bruce,
Joshua, Marc, Jeff, Dan Blum, and Pete.

> 2. "Angel".

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Peter, Calvin, and Gareth.

> 3. "Mama's Family".

"The Carol Burnett Show". 4 for Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Jeff, Dan Blum,
and Pete.

> 4. "Frasier".

"Cheers". 4 for everyone -- Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Jeff, Dan Blum,
Pete, Dan Tilque, Peter, Calvin, and Gareth.

> 5. "The Facts of Life".

"Diff'rent Strokes". 4 for Bruce, Joshua, Pete, and Calvin.
3 for Dan Blum.

> 6. "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service".

"JAG". I scored "Jaguar" as almost correct. 4 for Bruce, Joshua,
Marc, and Dan Tilque. 1 for Gareth.

> 7. "A Different World".

"The Cosby Show". 4 for Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Jeff, and Dan Blum.

> 8. "Phyllis".

"Mary Tyler Moore Show". 4 for Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Jeff, Dan Blum,
and Pete.

> 9. "The Ropers".

"Three's Company". I scored "Man About the House" as almost correct.
4 for Bruce, Joshua, Jeff, Dan Blum, Pete, and Gareth. 3 for Calvin.

> 10. "The Simpsons".

"The Tracey Ullman Show". 4 for Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum,
Pete, Peter, Calvin, and Gareth.


Scores, if there are *now* no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Mis Spo Can Ent
Joshua Kreitzer 25 39 8 40 112
Pete Gayde 19 39 0 28 86
Bruce Bowler 16 32 0 36 84
Marc Dashevsky 16 36 0 32 84
Dan Blum 20 12 0 35 67
Dan Tilque 16 32 0 12 60
Jeff Turner 16 16 0 24 56
Gareth Owen 17 20 0 17 54
"Calvin" 18 12 0 19 49
Peter Smyth 14 4 0 12 30
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 -- -- 16

--
Mark Brader | "... you're a detective, you like mysteries."
Toronto | "I hate mysteries. What I like are *solutions*."
msb@vex.net | --Barbara Paul, "The Apostrophe Thief"

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #235
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/636316b900241d16?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 10:39 pm
From: Gareth Owen


Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> writes:

> 1 Bakelite is a variety of what?

Plastic

> 2 Scott Joplin's tune The Entertainer was the theme for which 1973
> movie?

The Sting

> 3 Which breed of dog shares its name with the French verb to tunnel?

No idea. Schnauzer.

> 4 Who owned Harrods department store from 1985 to 2010?

Mohammed al Fayed, the Phoney Pharaoh

> 5 What does the Beaufort scale measure?

Wind Speed

> 6 What was the name of the cruise ship which sank in the
> Mediterranean?

Costa Concordia

> 7 What was the name of the rabbit in the 1942 movie Bambi?

Thumper

> 8 Who was Minister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany during WW2?

Pope Pius^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Goebbels

> 9 What does the 'G' stand for in G-Force?

Gravity

> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?

The (Silver) Beatles




== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2012 11:23 pm
From: Joachim Parsch




Calvin schrieb:
>
> 1 Bakelite is a variety of what?

A mineral?

> 2 Scott Joplin's tune The Entertainer was the theme for which 1973 movie?

The Sting

> 3 Which breed of dog shares its name with the French verb to tunnel?

Terrier, I suppose (from Terre = Earth), but I don't know,
whether "to tunnel" would be a correct translation.

> 4 Who owned Harrods department store from 1985 to 2010?

Prince Charles.

> 5 What does the Beaufort scale measure?

Wind

> 6 What was the name of the cruise ship which sank in the Mediterranean?

Costa Concordia

> 7 What was the name of the rabbit in the 1942 movie Bambi?

Roger

> 8 Who was Minister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany during WW2?

Joseph Goebbels

> 9 What does the 'G' stand for in G-Force?

Gravity

> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?

Beatles

Joachim




== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 12:04 am
From: John Masters


On 2012-07-23 06:10:09 +0100, John Masters said:

> On 2012-07-23 00:22:30 +0000, Calvin said:
>
>
>> 4 Who owned Harrods department store from 1985 to 2010?
>
> Al Fayed

He has a house about a mile from where I'm writing this and used to
sponsor our annual village fair.

>
>> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?
>
> The Beatled

Typo! You know what I meant to write, right?





== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 1:19 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 Bakelite is a variety of what?

Hard plastic

> 2 Scott Joplin's tune The Entertainer was the theme for which 1973
> movie?

Ragtime

> 4 Who owned Harrods department store from 1985 to 2010?

Some Arab guy

> 5 What does the Beaufort scale measure?

Wind

> 6 What was the name of the cruise ship which sank in the
> Mediterranean?

Costa Concordia

> 8 Who was Minister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany during WW2?

G�ring

> 9 What does the ?G? stand for in G-Force?

Gravitation

> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?

The Beatles



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




== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 1:27 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Joachim Parsch (sm@bunuel.franken.de) writes:
>> 3 Which breed of dog shares its name with the French verb to
>> tunnel?
>
> Terrier, I suppose (from Terre = Earth), but I don't know,
> whether "to tunnel" would be a correct translation.

I looked up "terrier" in my French-Swedish dictionary and it lists a noun
"terrier" which rather translates to "burrow" in English than "tunnel".
There is no verb.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrier says:

Middle English terryer, terrer, from Anglo-French (chen) terrer,
literally, earth dog, from terre earth, from Latin terra


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




== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 2:33 am
From: Dan Tilque


Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Bakelite is a variety of what?

plastic

> 2 Scott Joplin's tune The Entertainer was the theme for which 1973
> movie?

The Sting

> 3 Which breed of dog shares its name with the French verb to tunnel?

terrier

> 4 Who owned Harrods department store from 1985 to 2010?

Princess Di's boyfriend's father (don't remember his name)

> 5 What does the Beaufort scale measure?

wind force

> 6 What was the name of the cruise ship which sank in the Mediterranean?

Costa Concordia

> 7 What was the name of the rabbit in the 1942 movie Bambi?

Thumper

> 8 Who was Minister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany during WW2?

Goebbels

> 9 What does the 'G' stand for in G-Force?

gravity

> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?

The Beatles


--
Dan Tilque




== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 12:04 pm
From: Bruce Bowler


On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:22:30 +1000, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Bakelite is a variety of what?

Plastic

> 2 Scott Joplin's tune The Entertainer was the theme for which 1973
> movie?

The Sting

> 3 Which breed of dog shares its name with the French verb to tunnel?

Terrier

> 4 Who owned Harrods department store from 1985 to 2010?

Mohamed Fayed

> 5 What does the Beaufort scale measure?

Wind speed

> 6 What was the name of the cruise ship which sank in the
Mediterranean?

Costa Concordia

> 7 What was the name of the rabbit in the 1942 movie Bambi?

Thumper

> 8 Who was Minister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany during WW2?

Goebles?

> 9 What does the 'G' stand for in G-Force?

Gravity

> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?

The Beatles





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