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* Calvin's Quiz #234 - ANSWERS & SCORES V2 - 7 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79d0ef11be09683e?hl=en
* QFTCIFFF Game 4 Rounds 7-8: adult mags, connecting states - 5 messages, 5
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/80b2b7ded21d5c68?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #235 - 5 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/636316b900241d16?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #67 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c3d64e69a8236ae4?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #236 - 6 messages, 6 authors
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* QFTCIWSSSG Current Events Final - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/8c124a764fef08b0?hl=en

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #234 - ANSWERS & SCORES V2
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79d0ef11be09683e?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 3:29 pm
From: Calvin


On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:19:24 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:16:03 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:


Well I think I can better Mark's effort of 5 corrections in one post :-)

Here are the revised scores. Note that:

* Scores for Stan, Bruce and Jeffrey are now included.

* Erland's and Joachim's scores have been corrected.

* I'll now accept either Alaskan or Pacific for Q1 (What name is given to
the most westerly time zone on the US mainland?) having come to the
conclusion that the phrase "US mainland" is open to interpretation, if not
nonsensical.

So in the unlikely event that there are no more errors, here are the
revised sores:


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
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 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 Stan Brown
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 Joachim Parsch
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 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 Erland S
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 Bruce Bowler
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Dan Tilque
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Jeffrey Turner
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
15 9 10 13 12 0 5 10 12 11 97 65%

Egad!

http://youtu.be/zrfjFqrUKgg

--
cheers,
calvin




== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 8:49 pm
From: Stan Brown


On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:43:12 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
> 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.

That's just being insulting. Unless you maintain that Alaska is an
island ....

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...




== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 8:55 pm
From: Calvin


On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:49:35 +1000, Stan Brown
<the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:43:12 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> That's just being insulting.

It's hardly unreasonable to expect people to do a bit of legwork to
support their position.

--
cheers,
calvin




== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 10:41 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


"Calvin":
>>>>> Any objections?
>>> *Substantiated* objections.
> It's hardly unreasonable to expect people to do a bit of legwork to
> support their position.

Our position is that, since we both misinterpreted the question
(basically, seeing "mainland" and thinking "main part of"), we gave
the wrong answer. Why are you asking us to do legwork to prove it?
You're the one trying to accept a wrong answer.
--
Mark Brader "The best you can write will be the best you are.
Toronto Every sentence is the result of a long probation."
msb@vex.net -- Henry David Thoreau, 1841

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 10:42 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


"Calvin":
> * I'll now accept either Alaskan or Pacific for Q1 ...

By the way, it's Alaska, not Alaskan. Not that I imagine that this should
affect the scoring.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Then she got a Googling look."
msb@vex.net --Vernor Vinge, "Rainbows End"




== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 24 2012 12:50 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> * I'll now accept either Alaskan or Pacific for Q1 (What name is given to
> the most westerly time zone on the US mainland?) having come to the
> conclusion that the phrase "US mainland" is open to interpretation, if not
> nonsensical.

wwww.m-w.com says:

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

I guess it is open to interpretation whether Alaska is a cape or a
peninsula. Or at least the interpretation is sometimes open in Australia.

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




== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 4:39 pm
From: Calvin


On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:41:14 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> "Calvin":
>>>>>> Any objections?
>>>> *Substantiated* objections.
>> It's hardly unreasonable to expect people to do a bit of legwork to
>> support their position.
>
> Our position is that, since we both misinterpreted the question
> (basically, seeing "mainland" and thinking "main part of"), we gave
> the wrong answer. Why are you asking us to do legwork to prove it?

Fair enough :-)

--
cheers,
calvin





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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 7:53 pm
From: Calvin


On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:21:32 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> 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?

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.

Linda?

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.

Missouri, Nebraska

> 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.

Wyoming

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Kentucky

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.

Ohio, Iowa

--
cheers,
calvin




== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 8:54 pm
From: Stan Brown


On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:21:32 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * 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.

For some reason I can't picture this one. I'll say 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.

Wyoming

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Kentucky

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.

Wisconsin



--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...




== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 24 2012 7:22 am
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 7/23/2012 1:21 AM, 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?

1956
abcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyz
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gur svefg rqvgvba,
Who graced the centerfold of the first edition,
> choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr?
published in December of nineteen fifty-three?

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.

Barbara 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 Flint

> 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 n1990s, 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.
>
> 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?

Ms.

> * 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

--Jeff




== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 24 2012 9:40 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


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

1957; 1954

> 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

> 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

> * Game 4, Round 8 - Geography - Connecting States
>
> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.

Kentucky; Tennessee

> 2. South Carolina and Florida.

Georgia

> 3. Vermont and Maine.

New Hampshire; Massachusets

> 4. New York and Ohio.

New Jersey; Pennsylvania

> 5. Texas and Arizona

New Mexico

> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.

Kentucky; Mississippi

> 7. Nevada and Colorado.

Utah

> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.

Montana

> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.

Kentucky; Ohio

> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.

Indiana; Iowa


Rob





== 5 of 5 ==
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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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 24 2012 6:09 am
From: "David B"


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?

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

Gravity.

10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?

The Beatles.





== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 24 2012 6:32 am
From: "Rob Parker"


> 1 Bakelite is a variety of what?

polymer
[there's lots of correct answers to this - plastic, thermoset plastic,
phenol-formaldehyde resin, ...]

> 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 lover's father

> 5 What does the Beaufort scale measure?

wind speed (in a defined set of ranges)

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

Costa Concordia
[the latest one - there have been others in the past, one near Santorini]

> 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?

gravitational

> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?

The Beatles


Rob






== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 24 2012 8:36 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


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

Erland Sommarskog:
> 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.

I've now checked my French-English dictionaries (one from when I was
in high school and an older one I inherited from my parents). Without
quoting everything, Erland is right about "terrier" as a noun -- it's
the burrow of an animal. It can also mean a terrier.

There is a corresponding verb, but it's spelled "terrer". It's used
for digging up a plant or for burying seeds, and the reflexive (se
terrer) therefore means to burying oneself, i.e. to burrow. I don't
have a problem with it being translated as "tunnel" if you're talking
about the tunnels that burrowing animals make. But it's not spelled
"terrier".

The basic French verb for tunneling as an engineering activity, on the
other hand, would be "percer", which means "pierce", "drill", or "bore".
And this one, I'm pretty sure, was used in the books I've read about
the Paris Metro.
--
Mark Brader | "The job of an engineer is to build systems that
Toronto | people can trust. By this criterion, there
msb@vex.net | exist few software engineers." --John Shore

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 24 2012 4:04 pm
From: Calvin


On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:04:19 +1000, John Masters <johnmasters9@aol.com>
wrote:

> 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.

Between peddling conspiracy theories?


>>> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?
>> The Beatled
>
> Typo! You know what I meant to write, right?

Yes, that's fine.

--
cheers,
calvin




== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 4:33 pm
From: Calvin


On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:22:30 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:

> 1 Bakelite is a variety of what?

Plastic / Polymer

> 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
Though the French verb is spelt "terrer" as Erland and mark pointed out.

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

Mohamed Al-Fayed
Yes, I needed his name :-)

> 5 What does the Beaufort scale measure?

Wind speed / force

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

Costa Concordia
I should have added the date sorry. The question was originally written
some months ago.

> 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?

Joseph Goebbels
And I accepted various idiosyncratic spellings ;-)

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

Gravity / Gravitational

> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?

The [Silver] Beatles


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 235
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 David Brown
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Rob Parker
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 John Masters
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Dan Tilque
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Chris Johnson
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 Joachim Parsch
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 Stan Brown
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
13 14 8 8 15 13 14 14 15 15 129 81%


Congratulations Bruce and Stephen.

--
cheers,
calvin





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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #67
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c3d64e69a8236ae4?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 24 2012 2:55 pm
From: Dan Tilque


swp wrote:
> the usual rules apply. there is no (intentional) theme, but you will see a number of things related to the quiz number.
>
> I will score the results in about 5 days time, on thursday july 26th.
>
> good luck to everyone.
>
> 1. who played al bundy in the tv show "married with children"?
> 2. on "wkrp in cincinnati", howard hesseman played this crazed dj.
> 3. there are 67 throws in what martial art?

judo

> 4. this 1998 action thriller starred bruce willis and alec baldwin where an autistic child has cracked a government code.
> 5. what is -273.15 degrees celsius better known as?

absolute zero

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

Elton John

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

Pennsylvania

> 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

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

Enterprise

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

Riga

--
Dan Tilque




== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 24 2012 9:12 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


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

Ed O'Neil

> 2. on "wkrp in cincinnati", howard hesseman played this crazed dj.
> 3. there are 67 throws in what martial art?

judo (?)

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

arrrghh!!! I know this movie, but can't remember the title - it was
something strange

> 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

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

California (?)

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

Jim Beam (?)

> 9. what is the 19th prime number?

67

> 10. The u.s. navy's aircraft carrier with registry cv-67 has what common
> name?
> 11. name either major city the european route E67, the Via Baltica, goes
> between. (not a city along the way in the middle).

Copenhagen (?)


Rob






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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 6 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 4:35 pm
From: Calvin



1 How many on-field players are there in a baseball team?
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?
5 Which country's flag includes a cedar tree?
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?
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?
10 A black box flight recorded is normally what colour?

--
cheers,
calvin




== 2 of 6 ==
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.




== 3 of 6 ==
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






== 4 of 6 ==
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.




== 5 of 6 ==
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




== 6 of 6 ==
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





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TOPIC: QFTCIWSSSG Current Events Final
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/8c124a764fef08b0?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
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.




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