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Today's topics:

* QFTCICR14 Current Events 1-2 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/942702a3f64ae635?hl=en
* RQ #128: Seconds Please - 6 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/051e936bcb609e80?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 7, Rounds 4,6: Canadian magazines and -ologies - 2 messages, 2
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/f1fea61c5a1c3fc7?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #338 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/589a173564190c39?hl=en
* MSBKO2 Round 5 - 14 messages, 8 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/21ee8cfa08e01ac8?hl=en

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TOPIC: QFTCICR14 Current Events 1-2
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/942702a3f64ae635?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 21 2014 6:25 pm
From: Jason Kreitzer


On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:22:55 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> The new trivia season, written by the Cellar Rats, is now two
>
> games in, so it's time to start posting current-events rounds.
>
> All the current-events rounds throughout the season will be scored
>
> together as a separate game, with presumably your best 9 rounds
>
> out of 11 counted.
>
>
>
> As I am no longer delaying other QFTCI rounds for the separate
>
> current-events game, this set of current-events rounds is running
>
> concurrently with QFTCIC Game 7, Rounds 4,6, and will later run
>
> concurrently with Rounds 7-8 of that game.
>
>
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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 the Cellar Rats 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 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
>
>
>
> * Game 1 (2014-01-13), Round 1 - Current Events
>
>
>
> 1. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is facing allegations that his
>
> staff partially closed the access to the George Washington Bridge
>
> (leading to Manhattan) from a town of 35,000 whose Democratic
>
> mayor had not supported him. Name the town.
>
>
>
> 2. An investigation for breach of trust is underway against a
>
> former Liberal Senator and Ottawa MP. Name him.
>
>
>
> 3. Canadian Olympic men's hockey team executive director Steve
>
> Yzerman, who is also general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning,
>
> faces controversy over not naming what Lightning forward to
>
> Team Canada?

Mark St. Louis

>
> 4. An announcement from FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke that
>
> the 2022 World Cup would not be played in the summer created yet
>
> more controversy around the finals on Wednesday. What country
>
> will host the 2022 World Cup?

Yemen?

>
> 5. Actress Monica Spear was murdered on Monday in an apparent
>
> robbery. Name the country she represented at the 2005 Miss
>
> Universe competition.
>
>
>
> 6. Because of a chemical spill in the Elk River on Thursday,
>
> residents of the capital of West Virginia have been advised
>
> not to use tap water, not even for washing. Name the city.

Wheeling?

>
> 7. On Tuesday, 19 cars of a 122-car train derailed and caused a
>
> huge fireball near what New Brunswick town?
>
>
>
> 8. The loonie fell to a 4-year low against the US dollar last week.
>
> Within half a cent, how low did it go? (Answer in US currency.)
>
>
>
> 9. What caused a supply mission to the International Space Station
>
> to be cancelled last week?
>
>
>
> 10. What unusual wind pattern caused very low temperatures in much
>
> of North America last week?
>
>
>
>
>
> * Game 2 (2014-01-20), Round 1 - Current Events
>
>
>
> 1. Dennis Rodman returned from Korea, full of apologies. Where has
>
> he decided to go now?

Rehab

>
>
> 2. Neil Young's recent tour of Canada has created considerable
>
> controversy regarding the oil sands. What is the name of
>
> his tour?
>
>
>
> 3. Villagers in northern India were afraid to leave home due to
>
> what threat?

Monsoon?

>
>
> 4. Why were the police called, resulting in a search of Justin
>
> Bieber's residence in L.A.?

Accusations of drugs and egging a neighbor's house.


>
>
> 5. The Mars rover Curiosity is mystified due to the appearance
>
> of an object on the ground where it had not been seen before.
>
> What is this object?
>
>
>
> 6. A U of T professor has teamed up with an international charity
>
> and a hospital in Uganda to try to help child amputees in that
>
> country, using what technology?
>
>
>
> 7. Toronto taxi drivers are now able to charge their fares up to
>
> $25 for what?
>
>
>
> 8. Tickets for parking and blocking traffic during rush hour have
>
> been increased to what amount? Answer within $10.
>
>
>
> 9. Why were Michael Bradley and Jermain Defoe in the news last week?
>
>
>
> 10. Who received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors
>
> Guild awards?
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mark Brader "Succeed, and you'll be remembered for a very long time.
>
> Toronto Fail, and you'll be remembered even longer."
>
> msb@vex.net -- Hel Faczel (John Barnes: ...the Martian King)
>
>
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.





== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 21 2014 8:03 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 1/21/2014 12:22 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 1 (2014-01-13), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is facing allegations that his
> staff partially closed the access to the George Washington Bridge
> (leading to Manhattan) from a town of 35,000 whose Democratic
> mayor had not supported him. Name the town.

Fort Lee, NJ

> 2. An investigation for breach of trust is underway against a
> former Liberal Senator and Ottawa MP. Name him.
>
> 3. Canadian Olympic men's hockey team executive director Steve
> Yzerman, who is also general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning,
> faces controversy over not naming what Lightning forward to
> Team Canada?
>
> 4. An announcement from FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke that
> the 2022 World Cup would not be played in the summer created yet
> more controversy around the finals on Wednesday. What country
> will host the 2022 World Cup?

Australia

> 5. Actress Monica Spear was murdered on Monday in an apparent
> robbery. Name the country she represented at the 2005 Miss
> Universe competition.
>
> 6. Because of a chemical spill in the Elk River on Thursday,
> residents of the capital of West Virginia have been advised
> not to use tap water, not even for washing. Name the city.

Charleston

> 7. On Tuesday, 19 cars of a 122-car train derailed and caused a
> huge fireball near what New Brunswick town?
>
> 8. The loonie fell to a 4-year low against the US dollar last week.
> Within half a cent, how low did it go? (Answer in US currency.)

$0.94

> 9. What caused a supply mission to the International Space Station
> to be cancelled last week?
>
> 10. What unusual wind pattern caused very low temperatures in much
> of North America last week?

the Arctic Vortex came south

> * Game 2 (2014-01-20), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Dennis Rodman returned from Korea, full of apologies. Where has
> he decided to go now?
>
> 2. Neil Young's recent tour of Canada has created considerable
> controversy regarding the oil sands. What is the name of
> his tour?
>
> 3. Villagers in northern India were afraid to leave home due to
> what threat?
>
> 4. Why were the police called, resulting in a search of Justin
> Bieber's residence in L.A.?

He Tp'ed a neighbor's house.

> 5. The Mars rover Curiosity is mystified due to the appearance
> of an object on the ground where it had not been seen before.
> What is this object?

A rock

> 6. A U of T professor has teamed up with an international charity
> and a hospital in Uganda to try to help child amputees in that
> country, using what technology?
>
> 7. Toronto taxi drivers are now able to charge their fares up to
> $25 for what?
>
> 8. Tickets for parking and blocking traffic during rush hour have
> been increased to what amount? Answer within $10.
>
> 9. Why were Michael Bradley and Jermain Defoe in the news last week?
>
> 10. Who received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors
> Guild awards?

--Jeff




== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 21 2014 11:49 pm
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 1 (2014-01-13), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is facing allegations that his
> staff partially closed the access to the George Washington Bridge
> (leading to Manhattan) from a town of 35,000 whose Democratic
> mayor had not supported him. Name the town.

Fort Lee

>
> 2. An investigation for breach of trust is underway against a
> former Liberal Senator and Ottawa MP. Name him.
>
> 3. Canadian Olympic men's hockey team executive director Steve
> Yzerman, who is also general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning,
> faces controversy over not naming what Lightning forward to
> Team Canada?
>
> 4. An announcement from FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke that
> the 2022 World Cup would not be played in the summer created yet
> more controversy around the finals on Wednesday. What country
> will host the 2022 World Cup?

Mexico

>
> 5. Actress Monica Spear was murdered on Monday in an apparent
> robbery. Name the country she represented at the 2005 Miss
> Universe competition.
>
> 6. Because of a chemical spill in the Elk River on Thursday,
> residents of the capital of West Virginia have been advised
> not to use tap water, not even for washing. Name the city.

Charleston

>
> 7. On Tuesday, 19 cars of a 122-car train derailed and caused a
> huge fireball near what New Brunswick town?
>
> 8. The loonie fell to a 4-year low against the US dollar last week.
> Within half a cent, how low did it go? (Answer in US currency.)

$.924

>
> 9. What caused a supply mission to the International Space Station
> to be cancelled last week?

polar vortex

>
> 10. What unusual wind pattern caused very low temperatures in much
> of North America last week?

polar vortex

>
>
> * Game 2 (2014-01-20), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Dennis Rodman returned from Korea, full of apologies. Where has
> he decided to go now?

rehabilitation

>
> 2. Neil Young's recent tour of Canada has created considerable
> controversy regarding the oil sands. What is the name of
> his tour?
>
> 3. Villagers in northern India were afraid to leave home due to
> what threat?
>
> 4. Why were the police called, resulting in a search of Justin
> Bieber's residence in L.A.?
>
> 5. The Mars rover Curiosity is mystified due to the appearance
> of an object on the ground where it had not been seen before.
> What is this object?
>
> 6. A U of T professor has teamed up with an international charity
> and a hospital in Uganda to try to help child amputees in that
> country, using what technology?
>
> 7. Toronto taxi drivers are now able to charge their fares up to
> $25 for what?
>
> 8. Tickets for parking and blocking traffic during rush hour have
> been increased to what amount? Answer within $10.
>
> 9. Why were Michael Bradley and Jermain Defoe in the news last week?
>
> 10. Who received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors
> Guild awards?
>


--
Dan Tilque

Helix, if everything goes according to plan, the plan has been
compromised. -- Sam Starfall in "Freefall"





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TOPIC: RQ #128: Seconds Please
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/051e936bcb609e80?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 21 2014 6:53 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky



RQ #128

I will publish the results on the evening (Central U.S. time) of Monday,
January 27.

Part I
Identify the second-largest lake by area on each continent listed. A lake
may have fresh water or salt water, but I am considering the Caspian Sea
to be a sea, not a lake. Also excluded from consideration are lakes that
exist as a result of human construction.

I have excluded Australia because some of the lakes considered to be the
largest are ephemeral, filling only during the rainy season. There is lots
of room for disagreement, and I found no authority in which I was confident.

1. Asia

2. Africa

3. North America

4. South America

5. Antarctica [I could not find any authority denoting the second-largest
lake, so provide the name of the largest lake.]

6. Europe

Part II
Identify the second-highest mountain on each continent listed.

1. Asia

2. Africa

3. North America

4. South America

5. Antarctic

6. Europe

7. Australia

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== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 21 2014 8:57 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Marc Dashevsky:
> Part I
> Identify the second-largest lake by area on each continent listed...

> 1. Asia

Baikal.

> 2. Africa

Tanganyika.

> 3. North America

Great Bear (counting Huron and Michigan as being separate lakes).

> 4. South America

Titicaca (not that I believe it).

> 5. Antarctica [I could not find any authority denoting the second-largest
> lake, so provide the name of the largest lake.]

Vostok.

> 6. Europe

Constance.

> Part II
> Identify the second-highest mountain on each continent listed.
>
> 1. Asia

K2, sometimes called Godwin Austen.

> 2. Africa

Kenya.

> 3. North America

McKinley, sometimes called Denali.

> 4. South America

Aconcagua (which is wrong).

> 5. Antarctic

Erebus (which is wrong).

> 6. Europe

Mont-Blanc (counting Elbrus as being in Europe).

> 7. Australia

Perisher.
--
Mark Brader | "You read war books -- people shooting each other,
Toronto | people bombing each other, people torturing each
msb@vex.net | other. I like to look at people doing, uh, naughty
| things to each other!" -- Ria, "Butterflies"

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 12:44 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Marc Dashevsky (usenet@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> 1. Asia

After your disqualification of the Caspian, the Aral Sea would have been
#1 if you had asked the question 50 years ago. But these days, maybe one
of the two remnants are #2 after Lake Baikal. If they have not dried up
entirely.

Anyway, I go for Lake Baikal.

> 2. Africa

Lake Malawi

> 3. North America

Me and the great lakes... Please don't laugh when I pick one at random:
Lake Huron

> 4. South America

I would guess on that lake in Venezuela which is on sea level, but
still has sweet water. The name? That I don't recall.

> 6. Europe

Vänern

> 1. Asia

K2

> 2. Africa

Mount Kenya

> 3. North America

Mount Rainier


> 6. Europe

Mont Blanc



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




== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 1:35 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Erland Sommarskog:
> I would guess on that lake in Venezuela which is on sea level, but
> still has sweet water. The name? That I don't recall.

Arrrgh! Maracaibo. I should have thought of that.
--
Mark Brader | "No, I'm disagreeing with you. That doesn't mean I'm not
msb@vex.net | listening to you or understanding what you're saying:
Toronto | I'm doing all three at the same time." -- Aaron Sorkin




== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 2:30 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> I would guess on that lake in Venezuela which is on sea level, but
>> still has sweet water. The name? That I don't recall.
>
> Arrrgh! Maracaibo. I should have thought of that.

I checked my atlas which has a list of these things per continent, and
according to the atlas, the answer is a lake never heard of.

Looking at the map, Maracaibo is clearly bigger than that lake, so
apparently the atlas does not count it as a lake. But you can always
hope that Marc counts Maracaibo as a lake, because it is also larger
than Titicaca, according to Wikipedia.

When looking at that list, I am more surprised that you went wrong on
your home continent. Then again, most shamefully, full of national
pride I did the same.


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




== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 3:33 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Erland Sommarskog:
> When looking at that list, I am more surprised that you went wrong on
> your home continent...

I'm not. For the lakes there are several candidates of closely similar
size. For the mountains it's a case of "who cares about #2?"
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "A good programmer is someone who looks both ways
msb@vex.net | before crossing a one-way street." -- Doug Linder

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 7, Rounds 4,6: Canadian magazines and -ologies
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/f1fea61c5a1c3fc7?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 21 2014 7:54 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 1/20/2014 1:21 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canadian Magazines
>
> 1. This Canadian general-interest magazine publishes long-form
> journalism on Canadian and international affairs, along with
> fiction and poetry by Canadian writers. It launched in September
> 2003, as an attempt to create a Canadian equivalent to American
> magazines such as "Harper's", the "Atlantic Monthly", and the
> "New Yorker". The magazine is named after and published by
> a charitable, not-for-profit foundation, and won the 2006
> National Magazine Award for Magazine of the Year in Canada.
> Current editor is John MacFarlane.
>
> 2. This Canadian hockey magazine is published by Transcontinental.
> It was founded in 1947 and has since been the most recognized
> hockey publication in North America. The magazine has a
> readership of 225,000 people per issue, while the magazine's
> website counts 2,000,000 total readers. Current editor is
> Jason Kay.
>
> 3. This general-interest magazine based in Montreal publishes
> eclectic stories of national and international scope on the
> arts, culture, and politics. Established in 2002, the magazine
> is named after the founder of Montreal. It won the National
> Magazine Award as Magazine of the Year in both 2005 and 2012.
> Current editor is Drew Nelles.
>
> 4. This Canadian magazine is about the book and publishing industry.
> It was launched in 1935; it reviews books and magazines and
> provides a forum for discussion of trends in the publishing
> industry. It is currently owned by St. Joseph Media and the
> editor is Stuart Woods.
>
> 5. This Canadian women's magazine was launched in 2004 and is
> printed 8 times a year in English and French editions.
> Its focus is on shopping and the must-haves of the season,
> plus tips on how to look like the hottest celebrities for less.
> Advertised products are all available in Canada. It is owned
> by Rogers Media.
>
> 6. This Canadian beauty, fashion, and health magazine was founded
> in 2002 and published by Rogers Communications. St. Joseph
> Communications relaunched the magazine with the May 2012 issue as
> "Canada's Beauty Expert". The magazine is published 8 times a
> year along with a French version called "Pure". Current editor
> is Beth Thompson.
>
> 7. This a monthly Canadian home decor and lifestyle magazine
> publishes articles about interior design, home decorating
> projects, outdoor living, and entertaining. It was established
> in 1996 by Telemedia and was acquired by Transcontinental Media
> in 2000. The current editor-in-chief is Erin McLaughlin.
>
> 8. This is a Canadian French-language news and general interest
> magazine published in Montreal by a subsidiary of Rogers Media.
> First published in 1976, there are 20 editions per year and
> 86% of its readership are Québécois. The magazine's name was
> formerly "Le Maclean". Current editor is Carole Beaulieu.
>
> 9. This popular Canadian children's magazine was founded in 1976.
> Aimed at those between the ages of 9 and 13, it is published
> 10 times per year. Its name is an acronym, based on its original
> status as a science and nature magazine. The magazine features
> everything from sports to the environment to pop culture and
> peer relationships. A TV show based on the magazine aired on
> CBC 1985-94.
>
> 10. This Canadian magazine of women's lifestyles is the #1 in the
> country by paid circulation. Both it and its French-language
> version are published monthly by Rogers Media. It was first
> published in March 1928 by Maclean Publishing as a means to reach
> a different demographic than its other publications, "Maclean's"
> and the "Financial Post". A contest was held to pick a name for
> the magazine. The winning entry, which became the magazine's
> name, refers to the ring of keys which housewives long ago
> would use to get into every part of the house. Current editor
> is Jane Francisco.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 6 - Science - -ologies
>
> We name a field of study, you name the -ology from the list
> provided. (There may be other correct answers for some, but
> answers from the list will be the only ones accepted.)
>
> Acarology | Atmology | Odonatology
> Acology | Eccrinology | Oikology
> Adenology | Edaphology | Olfactology
> Aerolithology | Emetology | Ombrology
> Aetiology | Emmenology | Oneirology
> Agriology | Epistemology | Ontology
> Agrostology | Eremology | Oology
> Alethiology | Ergology | Ophiology
> Andrology | Eschatology | Orology
> Anemology | Ethology | Orthopterology
> Aphnology | Exobiology | Osmology
> Apiology | Iamatology | Otology
> Archology | Iatrology | Ufology
> Areology | Ichnology | Uranology
> Astacology | Irenology | Urenology
>
> 1. Extraterrestrial life.
Exobiology
> 2. Meteorites.
Aerolithology
> 3. Death and final matters.
Eschatology
> 4. Causes.
Aetiology
> 5. Vomiting.
Emetology
> 6. Peace.
Irenology
> 7. Truth.
Epistemology
> 8. The effects of work on humans.
Ergology
> 9. The science of housekeeping.
Oikology
> 10. Mountains.
Orology
>





== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 11:27 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


> * Game 7, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canadian Magazines

pass

> * Game 7, Round 6 - Science - -ologies
>
> 1. Extraterrestrial life.

Exobiology

> 2. Meteorites.

Aerolithology

> 3. Death and final matters.

Oneirology; Alethiology

> 4. Causes.

Eremology; Aetiology

> 5. Vomiting.

Astacology; Oikology

> 6. Peace.

Ombrology; Oneirology

> 7. Truth.

Epistemology; Aetiology

> 8. The effects of work on humans.

Ergology

> 9. The science of housekeeping.

Emmenology; Ombrology

> 10. Mountains.

Orology


Rob






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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #338
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/589a173564190c39?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 21 2014 8:03 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 1/21/2014 3:26 AM, calvin wrote:
>
> For the nominated sport, list the number of on-field players in one team
> under standard rules and conditions.
>
> 1 Field Hockey
Ten
> 2 Indoor Cricket
> 3 Rugby Union
> 4 Canadian Football
> 5 Ice Hockey
Six
> 6 Australian Football (AFL)
> 7 Netball
> 8 Gaelic Football
> 9 Polo
> 10 Water Polo
>






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TOPIC: MSBKO2 Round 5
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/21ee8cfa08e01ac8?hl=en
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== 1 of 14 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 21 2014 11:04 pm
From: Gareth Owen


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:

> This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth
> Owen, Rob Parker, Stephen Perry, Erland Sommarskog, and Dan Tilque.
> Here is Round 5:
>
> * Although the final treaty came later, for practical purposes the
> Franco-Prussian War was decided when Paris was surrendered to
> the besieging German forces. When was that?
>
> Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

1875-03-01




== 2 of 14 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 4:43 am
From: "Rob Parker"


> * Although the final treaty came later, for practical purposes the
> Franco-Prussian War was decided when Paris was surrendered to
> the besieging German forces. When was that?
>
> Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

1860-06-30


Rob





== 3 of 14 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 9:49 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
> * Although the final treaty came later, for practical purposes the
> Franco-Prussian War was decided when Paris was surrendered to
> the besieging German forces. When was that?

Rob Parker 1860-06-30 -3,864 days

** CORRECT ** 1871-01-28

Stephen Perry 1871-01-31 +3
Dan Blum 1871-05-15 +107
Erland Sommarskog 1871-05-24 +116
Dan Tilque 1873-09-15 +961
Gareth Owen 1875-03-01 +1,493
Bruce Bowler 1876-07-04 +1,984

Rob Parker is eliminated. The war, which was the basis of much of the
enmity between the French and Germans in the two World Wars, took place
in 1870 and 1871.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | ... "reasonable system" is of course defined as
msb@vex.net | "any one *I've* ever used..." -- Steve Summit

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 4 of 14 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 9:51 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth Owen,
Stephen Perry, Erland Sommarskog, and Dan Tilque. Here's Round 6:

* When did the Parliament of England abolish the monarchy?
Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.
--
Mark Brader | "If you have to go in, you go in.
Toronto | The choice was made the day you took your oath."
msb@vex.net | --Dan Duddy, New York Fire Department

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 5 of 14 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 11:49 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth Owen,
> Stephen Perry, Erland Sommarskog, and Dan Tilque. Here's Round 6:

> * When did the Parliament of England abolish the monarchy?
> Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

1652-04-30

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




== 6 of 14 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 11:52 am
From: swp


On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:51:11 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth Owen,
> Stephen Perry, Erland Sommarskog, and Dan Tilque. Here's Round 6:
>
> * When did the Parliament of England abolish the monarchy?
> Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.
> --
> Mark Brader | "If you have to go in, you go in.
> Toronto | The choice was made the day you took your oath."
> msb@vex.net | --Dan Duddy, New York Fire Department
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.

1649-05-31 (cromwell, right?)

swp




== 7 of 14 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 12:27 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth Owen,
> Stephen Perry, Erland Sommarskog, and Dan Tilque. Here's Round 6:
>
> * When did the Parliament of England abolish the monarchy?
> Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

1605-10-05

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




== 8 of 14 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 12:33 pm
From: Bruce Bowler


On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 11:51:11 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:

> This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth Owen,
> Stephen Perry, Erland Sommarskog, and Dan Tilque. Here's Round 6:
>
> * When did the Parliament of England abolish the monarchy?
> Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

I thought they still had one :-) I suspect it's around Cromwell's time
(which I don't remember well, 'tis a wee bit before my time :-)

So I'll offer a SWAG 1650-07-04




== 9 of 14 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2014 10:52 pm
From: Gareth Owen


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:

> This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth Owen,
> Stephen Perry, Erland Sommarskog, and Dan Tilque. Here's Round 6:
>
> * When did the Parliament of England abolish the monarchy?
> Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

1642-07-01




== 10 of 14 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 23 2014 1:26 am
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
> This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth Owen,
> Stephen Perry, Erland Sommarskog, and Dan Tilque. Here's Round 6:
>
> * When did the Parliament of England abolish the monarchy?
> Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

1628-10-01

--
Dan Tilque

Helix, if everything goes according to plan, the plan has been
compromised. -- Sam Starfall in "Freefall"




== 11 of 14 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 23 2014 1:38 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


> * When did the Parliament of England abolish the monarchy?

Erland Sommarskog 1605-10-05 -15,869 days
Dan Tilque 1628-10-01 -7,472
Gareth Owen 1642-07-01 -2,451

** CORRECT ** 1649-03-17 (Julian)

Stephen Perry 1649-05-31 +75
Bruce Bowler 1650-07-04 +474
Dan Blum 1652-04-30 +1,140

Erland Sommarskog is eliminated.

It was called "An Act for the abolishing the Kingly Office in England
and Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging." The throne was
vacant at the time: King Charles I had been condemned on 1649-01-27 and
executed on 1649-01-30, and in between those events, Parliament had
passed a law prohibiting anyone from claiming the succession without
their consent. On 1660-05-08, however, they issued, not a proclamation
*consenting* to Charles II becoming king, but one declaring that beyond
doubt he had *already been* king since the death of his father, and
another one inviting him to "make his speedy Return to his Parliament,
and to the Exercise of his Kingly Office". Take that, Parliament of 1649!

See:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56306 (1649-01-30)
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56319 (1649-03-17)
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26183#s2 (1660-05-08)

--
Mark Brader, Toronto Rocket, 1829: The first 30 mph train.
msb@vex.net TGV-A, 1989: The first 300 mph train.

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 12 of 14 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 23 2014 1:40 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth Owen,
Stephen Perry, and Dan Tilque. Here's Round 7:

* The biggest and deadliest volcanic eruption of the last thousand
years was not that of Krakatoa, but of another volcano in what is
now Indonesia, namely Tambora. It ejected tens of cubic miles
of dust into the upper atmoshere, where it spread around the
world and produced what was called "the year without a summer".
When did the principal explosive phase of the eruption begin?

Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The only proven use of antimatter is the production
msb@vex.net | of Nobel Prizes in physics." -- Henry Spencer

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 13 of 14 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 23 2014 3:28 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog is eliminated.
>

English history is not my top subject. Which is needed in this crowd. (I
think was confused by an earlier question on Cromwell, where the answer
was close to what I give - but that was probably his birth!)

Permit me an observation: on this question all the anglophones were
fairly close. But the question about the Moors coming to Gibraltar had a
very wide distribution. Still, there is a fairly small period where it
could have happened. It must have been after Muhammed's death, and everyone
knows when that was - or? And reasonably, it must have taken a couple of
years for the Arabic conquest to reach that far.

On the other end, it must have been a couple of years before the battle of
Poitiers where the Moors were stopped from expanding from the Iberian
Peninsula. That year may not be equally well known, but I would expect
people to have some sense.

Oh well, off to the bookstore to get some books on English history!

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




== 14 of 14 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 23 2014 6:18 am
From: Bruce Bowler


On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:40:30 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:

> This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Bruce Bowler, Gareth Owen,
> Stephen Perry, and Dan Tilque. Here's Round 7:
>
> * The biggest and deadliest volcanic eruption of the last thousand
> years was not that of Krakatoa, but of another volcano in what is now
> Indonesia, namely Tambora. It ejected tens of cubic miles of dust
> into the upper atmoshere, where it spread around the world and
> produced what was called "the year without a summer". When did the
> principal explosive phase of the eruption begin?
>
> Please give the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

1825-02-21




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