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* QFTCIC Game 7, Rounds 9-10: world cinema, football challenge - 4 messages, 3
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c33503fe9c59a520?hl=en
* MSBKO2 winner - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/21ee8cfa08e01ac8?hl=en
* SWPKO #1 - 12 messages, 11 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79301a6dc2027e81?hl=en
* RQ #128: Seconds Please -- ANSWERS - 5 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/051e936bcb609e80?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz 129 - 4 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2a1e35f56ee344fa?hl=en

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TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 7, Rounds 9-10: world cinema, football challenge
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c33503fe9c59a520?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Jan 27 2014 4:52 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


> * Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - World Cinema
>
> 1. What director's films include "Battleship Potemkin", "October",
> and "Alexander Nevsky"?
>
> 2. Whose films include "Solaris" (1972) and "Andrei Rublev" (1966),
> and was called the greatest director by Ingmar Bergman?
>
> 3. What Japanese anime director's films include "My Neighbor
> Totoro", "Princess Mononoke", and "Spirited Away"?
>
> 4. What Japanese actor (1920-97) starred in "Rashomon", "Seven
> Samurai", "Throne of Blood", "Yojimbo", and over 160 other
> movies?
>
> 5. Name the "playback" singer who has lent her voice over a
> 6-decade career in Bollywood to hundreds of films that onscreen
> actresses would lip-sync to. She was named in 2011 as the
> most recorded artist in music history and was married to score
> composer R.D. Burman.
>
> 6. What Mexican director's films include "Amores perros",
> "21 Grams", and "Biutiful"?
>
> 7. What actress starred in "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern",
> "The Story of Qiu Ju", and "Farewell My Concubine"?
>
> 8. Who directed the "Apu" trilogy of films?
>
> 9. Name the actor who -- before becoming known to Western audiences
> for roles in "Anna and the King", "Pirates of the Caribbean: At
> World's End", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" -- was a star
> of numerous Hong Kong action films, several directed by John Woo.
>
> 10. What martial arts action star's films include "Lethal Weapon 4",
> "Romeo Must Die", "The Forbidden Kingdom", and "Hero" (2002)?
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Sports Challenge Round
>
> This round is all American football, all the time.
>
> A. Breaking the Law
>
> In each case, name the player.
>
> A1. This two-time Super Bowl champion, two-time defensive player
> of the year, and the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV, was indicted on
> murder and aggravated-assault charges in 2000. The murder
> charges were dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea to a
> misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice.
>
> A2. In August 2013, this Patriots star was indicted for the
> murder of Odin Lloyd, and he is currently being investigated
> in connection with other murders in both Florida and
> Massachusetts.
>
> B. Places
>
> In each case, name the team associated with the stadium mentioned.
>
> B1. The Dawg Pound is the name of the bleacher section behind
> the east end zone in FirstEnergy Stadium, the home field
> of this NFL team. It is known for its extremely zealous
> fan base.
>
> B2. AT&T Stadium, completed in 2009, has a maximum capacity
> of 105,000. It has the world's largest column-free interior
> and the fourth-largest high-definition video screen, which
> hangs from 20-yard line to 20-yard line.
>
> C. Stuff that Happened a Long Time Ago
>
> These questions are about the 1967 AFL-NFL World Championship Game,
> nicknamed -- and then retroactively named officially -- the first
> "Super Bowl", in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas
> City Chiefs 35-10.
>
> C1. Who was named MVP of the game?
>
> C2. Where was it played? Name *either* the city or the stadium.
>
> D. Science
>
> D1. A football is what type of three-dimensional shape?
>
> D2. What is the only combination of scoring plays by which an
> NFL team can score a total of 5 points in a game?
> This happened in the 1970 playoff game when the Dallas
> Cowboys defeated the Detroit Lions 5-0.
>
> E. Movies
>
> In each case, name the movie.
>
> E1. This 1998 college football comedy stars Adam Sandler as
> Bobby Boucher, an intellectually challenged character with
> an amazing talent for tackling. It also stars Henry Winkler
> as the coach, and Kathy Bates as Boucher's mother. Name it.
>
> E2. This 1999 Oliver Stone film stars Al Pacino as coach of the
> Miami Sharks. It's star-studded cast also includes Cameron
> Diaz, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, and LL Cool J. Name it.
>
> F. Actors
>
> In each case, name the athlete/actor.
>
> F1. After playing for 13 years with the Oakland Raiders, he
> jumped into the world of acting with roles in "Broken Arrow"
> and "Firestorm". This Hall of Fame defensive end can now be
> found as one of the co-hosts on FOX Network's NFL coverage.
>
> F2. The first pick in the 1967 NFL draft, he played 9 seasons
> in the NFL as a defensive end; his best-known movie character
> is Moses Hightower in the "Police Academy" movies.
>
> --
> Mark Brader | No programming language is Perfect. Perl comes very close.
> msb@vex.net | P! e! r! *l?* :-( Not quite "Perfect".
> Toronto | -- Brian Ingerson
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.






== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Jan 27 2014 4:55 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


Oops - sent accidentally.

But it doesn't matter - my responses for each of these rounds would have
been "Pass" ;-)

Rob

"Rob Parker" <NO robpparker SPAM @ FOR optusnet.com.au ME> wrote in message
news:lc6v10$929$1@dont-email.me...
>> * Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - World Cinema
<snip>
>> * Game 7, Round 10 - Sports Challenge Round
<snip>






== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Jan 27 2014 6:03 pm
From: Pete


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:UK2dnT2zFMRGHHjPnZ2dnUVZ_rWdnZ2d@vex.net:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-11-04,
> 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 Clueless, 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 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - World Cinema
>
> 1. What director's films include "Battleship Potemkin", "October",
> and "Alexander Nevsky"?

Eisenstein

>
> 2. Whose films include "Solaris" (1972) and "Andrei Rublev" (1966),
> and was called the greatest director by Ingmar Bergman?

Visconti

>
> 3. What Japanese anime director's films include "My Neighbor
> Totoro", "Princess Mononoke", and "Spirited Away"?
>
> 4. What Japanese actor (1920-97) starred in "Rashomon", "Seven
> Samurai", "Throne of Blood", "Yojimbo", and over 160 other
> movies?

Kurosawa

>
> 5. Name the "playback" singer who has lent her voice over a
> 6-decade career in Bollywood to hundreds of films that onscreen
> actresses would lip-sync to. She was named in 2011 as the
> most recorded artist in music history and was married to score
> composer R.D. Burman.
>
> 6. What Mexican director's films include "Amores perros",
> "21 Grams", and "Biutiful"?
>
> 7. What actress starred in "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern",
> "The Story of Qiu Ju", and "Farewell My Concubine"?
>
> 8. Who directed the "Apu" trilogy of films?
>
> 9. Name the actor who -- before becoming known to Western audiences
> for roles in "Anna and the King", "Pirates of the Caribbean: At
> World's End", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" -- was a star
> of numerous Hong Kong action films, several directed by John Woo.
>
> 10. What martial arts action star's films include "Lethal Weapon 4",
> "Romeo Must Die", "The Forbidden Kingdom", and "Hero" (2002)?

Jackie Chan

>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Sports Challenge Round
>
> This round is all American football, all the time.
>
> A. Breaking the Law
>
> In each case, name the player.
>
> A1. This two-time Super Bowl champion, two-time defensive player
> of the year, and the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV, was indicted on
> murder and aggravated-assault charges in 2000. The murder
> charges were dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea to a
> misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice.

Lewis

>
> A2. In August 2013, this Patriots star was indicted for the
> murder of Odin Lloyd, and he is currently being investigated
> in connection with other murders in both Florida and
> Massachusetts.

Gonzalez

>
> B. Places
>
> In each case, name the team associated with the stadium mentioned.
>
> B1. The Dawg Pound is the name of the bleacher section behind
> the east end zone in FirstEnergy Stadium, the home field
> of this NFL team. It is known for its extremely zealous
> fan base.

Cleveland Browns

>
> B2. AT&T Stadium, completed in 2009, has a maximum capacity
> of 105,000. It has the world's largest column-free interior
> and the fourth-largest high-definition video screen, which
> hangs from 20-yard line to 20-yard line.

Dallas Cowboys

>
> C. Stuff that Happened a Long Time Ago
>
> These questions are about the 1967 AFL-NFL World Championship Game,
> nicknamed -- and then retroactively named officially -- the first
> "Super Bowl", in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas
> City Chiefs 35-10.
>
> C1. Who was named MVP of the game?

Bart Starr

>
> C2. Where was it played? Name *either* the city or the stadium.

Los Angeles

>
> D. Science
>
> D1. A football is what type of three-dimensional shape?
>
> D2. What is the only combination of scoring plays by which an
> NFL team can score a total of 5 points in a game?
> This happened in the 1970 playoff game when the Dallas
> Cowboys defeated the Detroit Lions 5-0.

Field goal and safety

>
> E. Movies
>
> In each case, name the movie.
>
> E1. This 1998 college football comedy stars Adam Sandler as
> Bobby Boucher, an intellectually challenged character with
> an amazing talent for tackling. It also stars Henry Winkler
> as the coach, and Kathy Bates as Boucher's mother. Name it.
>
> E2. This 1999 Oliver Stone film stars Al Pacino as coach of the
> Miami Sharks. It's star-studded cast also includes Cameron
> Diaz, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, and LL Cool J. Name it.
>
> F. Actors
>
> In each case, name the athlete/actor.
>
> F1. After playing for 13 years with the Oakland Raiders, he
> jumped into the world of acting with roles in "Broken Arrow"
> and "Firestorm". This Hall of Fame defensive end can now be
> found as one of the co-hosts on FOX Network's NFL coverage.

Siragusa

>
> F2. The first pick in the 1967 NFL draft, he played 9 seasons
> in the NFL as a defensive end; his best-known movie character
> is Moses Hightower in the "Police Academy" movies.

Bubba Smith

>

Pete




== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 2:27 pm
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - World Cinema
>
> 1. What director's films include "Battleship Potemkin", "October",
> and "Alexander Nevsky"?
>
> 2. Whose films include "Solaris" (1972) and "Andrei Rublev" (1966),
> and was called the greatest director by Ingmar Bergman?
>
> 3. What Japanese anime director's films include "My Neighbor
> Totoro", "Princess Mononoke", and "Spirited Away"?
>
> 4. What Japanese actor (1920-97) starred in "Rashomon", "Seven
> Samurai", "Throne of Blood", "Yojimbo", and over 160 other
> movies?
>
> 5. Name the "playback" singer who has lent her voice over a
> 6-decade career in Bollywood to hundreds of films that onscreen
> actresses would lip-sync to. She was named in 2011 as the
> most recorded artist in music history and was married to score
> composer R.D. Burman.
>
> 6. What Mexican director's films include "Amores perros",
> "21 Grams", and "Biutiful"?
>
> 7. What actress starred in "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern",
> "The Story of Qiu Ju", and "Farewell My Concubine"?
>
> 8. Who directed the "Apu" trilogy of films?
>
> 9. Name the actor who -- before becoming known to Western audiences
> for roles in "Anna and the King", "Pirates of the Caribbean: At
> World's End", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" -- was a star
> of numerous Hong Kong action films, several directed by John Woo.
>
> 10. What martial arts action star's films include "Lethal Weapon 4",
> "Romeo Must Die", "The Forbidden Kingdom", and "Hero" (2002)?
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Sports Challenge Round
>
> This round is all American football, all the time.
>
> A. Breaking the Law
>
> In each case, name the player.
>
> A1. This two-time Super Bowl champion, two-time defensive player
> of the year, and the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV, was indicted on
> murder and aggravated-assault charges in 2000. The murder
> charges were dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea to a
> misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice.
>
> A2. In August 2013, this Patriots star was indicted for the
> murder of Odin Lloyd, and he is currently being investigated
> in connection with other murders in both Florida and
> Massachusetts.
>
> B. Places
>
> In each case, name the team associated with the stadium mentioned.
>
> B1. The Dawg Pound is the name of the bleacher section behind
> the east end zone in FirstEnergy Stadium, the home field
> of this NFL team. It is known for its extremely zealous
> fan base.

Cleveland Browns

>
> B2. AT&T Stadium, completed in 2009, has a maximum capacity
> of 105,000. It has the world's largest column-free interior
> and the fourth-largest high-definition video screen, which
> hangs from 20-yard line to 20-yard line.

Dallas Cowboys

>
> C. Stuff that Happened a Long Time Ago
>
> These questions are about the 1967 AFL-NFL World Championship Game,
> nicknamed -- and then retroactively named officially -- the first
> "Super Bowl", in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas
> City Chiefs 35-10.
>
> C1. Who was named MVP of the game?

Bart Starr

>
> C2. Where was it played? Name *either* the city or the stadium.

Los Angeles

>
> D. Science
>
> D1. A football is what type of three-dimensional shape?

prolate spheroid

>
> D2. What is the only combination of scoring plays by which an
> NFL team can score a total of 5 points in a game?
> This happened in the 1970 playoff game when the Dallas
> Cowboys defeated the Detroit Lions 5-0.

field goal and safety

>
> E. Movies
>
> In each case, name the movie.
>
> E1. This 1998 college football comedy stars Adam Sandler as
> Bobby Boucher, an intellectually challenged character with
> an amazing talent for tackling. It also stars Henry Winkler
> as the coach, and Kathy Bates as Boucher's mother. Name it.
>
> E2. This 1999 Oliver Stone film stars Al Pacino as coach of the
> Miami Sharks. It's star-studded cast also includes Cameron
> Diaz, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, and LL Cool J. Name it.
>
> F. Actors
>
> In each case, name the athlete/actor.
>
> F1. After playing for 13 years with the Oakland Raiders, he
> jumped into the world of acting with roles in "Broken Arrow"
> and "Firestorm". This Hall of Fame defensive end can now be
> found as one of the co-hosts on FOX Network's NFL coverage.
>
> F2. The first pick in the 1967 NFL draft, he played 9 seasons
> in the NFL as a defensive end; his best-known movie character
> is Moses Hightower in the "Police Academy" movies.
>


--
Dan Tilque

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





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TOPIC: MSBKO2 winner
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/21ee8cfa08e01ac8?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Jan 27 2014 7:20 pm
From: swp


On Sunday, January 26, 2014 5:50:34 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> Stephen Perry:
> > I will do another round of the same format, so Mark can participate this
> > time, starting a little later today.
>
> Thank you!

for certain values of "a little later today" that is. working on it now...

swp





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TOPIC: SWPKO #1
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79301a6dc2027e81?hl=en
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== 1 of 12 ==
Date: Mon, Jan 27 2014 7:53 pm
From: swp


In 2012, "Calvin" posted a series of three knockout contests,
one each on the theme of sports, history, and science; and last
year I did one on the theme of geography.

Now it's my turn. I will be switching categories as we go, but all of the
answers will be either a date, a part of a date, an age, a height, or some
other numerical answer. I have prepared a list of 10 questions to start, and
will add more if necessary. The answers are straight forward and there are
no 'trick' answers.

For Round 1, per custom, I'll accept entries for 6 days from the moment
of posting (that is, until about 10:45 pm EDT on Monday, February 2nd)
OR until there is a period of 24 hours without a new entry.
WHICHEVER COMES FIRST!

The deadline for later rounds will be 3 days or when everyone who is still
active has submitted an answer.

After the first round, this becomes a closed contest -- only
those who have survived the earlier rounds may continue to enter.
If everyone gives the exact correct answer on any question,
they all survive, but I don't expect that to happen very much.
Otherwise, the person whose answer is farthest from the correct
answer is eliminated. In case of a tie for farthest, among those
entrants the last to enter is eliminated. "Farthest" will be
measured by difference, not ratio, unless I explicitly indicate
otherwise on a specific question.

*** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
#1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
on January 27th. What year?
***

Have fun and let's have lots of entries so that there are lots of rounds.

swp, who shamelessly stole most of the above from Mark Brader and is using
capital letters as a form of penance, despite the proven fact that doing so
has been known to lead to dancing, jocularity, and general frivolity.




== 2 of 12 ==
Date: Mon, Jan 27 2014 8:16 pm
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:

> *** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?
> ***

1880

(I actually have read a history of the National Geographic Society,
but I don't remember a thing about it.)

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




== 3 of 12 ==
Date: Mon, Jan 27 2014 8:59 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <99c82ce4-671d-44f7-9f36-72387767bfe4@googlegroups.com>, Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com says...
> *** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?
> ***
1872





== 4 of 12 ==
Date: Mon, Jan 27 2014 10:50 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Stephen Perry:
> For Round 1, per custom, I'll accept entries for 6 days from the moment
> of posting (that is, until about 10:45 pm EDT on Monday, February 2nd)

How's that again?

> *** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?
> ***

1876.

> swp, who shamelessly stole most of the above from Mark Brader...

Including an "I" in the lead paragraph. But that's all right, you can
have it (for now).
--
Mark Brader ...the scariest words of the afternoon:
Toronto "Hey, don't worry, I've read all about
msb@vex.net doing this sort of thing!" -- Vernor Vinge




== 5 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 12:23 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


swp (Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com) writes:
> *** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?
> ***

Never heard of them, but judging from the name it must have been after
1776. 1857?


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




== 6 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 12:44 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Stephen Perry:
> > #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C...

Erland Sommarskog:
> Never heard of them, but judging from the name it must have been after
> 1776.

For that matter, "Washington, D.C." makes it after 1776.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "What caused the submarine to sink?"
msb@vex.net | "Dad, it was the 20,000 leaks!!"




== 7 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 1:00 am
From: "David B"


> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?

1890

D






== 8 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 2:36 am
From: Russ


On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:53:21 -0800 (PST), swp
<Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:

>In 2012, "Calvin" posted a series of three knockout contests,
>one each on the theme of sports, history, and science; and last
>year I did one on the theme of geography.
>
>Now it's my turn. I will be switching categories as we go, but all of the
>answers will be either a date, a part of a date, an age, a height, or some
>other numerical answer. I have prepared a list of 10 questions to start, and
>will add more if necessary. The answers are straight forward and there are
>no 'trick' answers.
>
>For Round 1, per custom, I'll accept entries for 6 days from the moment
>of posting (that is, until about 10:45 pm EDT on Monday, February 2nd)
>OR until there is a period of 24 hours without a new entry.
>WHICHEVER COMES FIRST!
>
>The deadline for later rounds will be 3 days or when everyone who is still
>active has submitted an answer.
>
>After the first round, this becomes a closed contest -- only
>those who have survived the earlier rounds may continue to enter.
>If everyone gives the exact correct answer on any question,
>they all survive, but I don't expect that to happen very much.
>Otherwise, the person whose answer is farthest from the correct
>answer is eliminated. In case of a tie for farthest, among those
>entrants the last to enter is eliminated. "Farthest" will be
>measured by difference, not ratio, unless I explicitly indicate
>otherwise on a specific question.
>
>*** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?
>***
>
>Have fun and let's have lots of entries so that there are lots of rounds.
>
>swp, who shamelessly stole most of the above from Mark Brader and is using
>capital letters as a form of penance, despite the proven fact that doing so
>has been known to lead to dancing, jocularity, and general frivolity.


1888




== 9 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 3:11 am
From: Dan Tilque


swp wrote:
>
> *** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?
> ***

1888

--
Dan Tilque

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




== 10 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 6:08 am
From: Pete


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:99c82ce4-671d-44f7-9f36-72387767bfe4@googlegroups.com:


>
> *** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?
> ***

1889

>
> Have fun and let's have lots of entries so that there are lots of
> rounds.
>
> swp, who shamelessly stole most of the above from Mark Brader and is
> using capital letters as a form of penance, despite the proven fact
> that doing so has been known to lead to dancing, jocularity, and
> general frivolity.
>

Pete




== 11 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 11:32 am
From: "Peter Smyth"


swp wrote:

> *** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?
> ***

1897

Peter Smyth




== 12 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 8:13 pm
From: johnadams60656@gmail.com


On Monday, January 27, 2014 10:53:21 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> *** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
>
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
>
> on January 27th. What year?
>
> ***
1787

--
John





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TOPIC: RQ #128: Seconds Please -- ANSWERS
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/051e936bcb609e80?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 1:13 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


RQ #128

ANSWERS
Second-largest lake by area on each continent. (Largest is in parentheses)
May have fresh water or salt water; Caspian Sea is a sea, not a lake.
Also excluded are lakes that exist as a result of human construction.
1. Asia: Balkhesh (Baikal)
2. Africa: Tanganyika (Victoria)
3. North America: Huron (Superior)
4. South America: Titicaca (Maracaibo, sometimes considered a bay, but historically it's a lake)
5. Antarctica: Vostok [largest lake]
6. Europe: Onega (Ladoga)
7. Australia: 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.

Second-highest mountain on each continent. (Highest is in parentheses)
1. Asia: K2 (Everest)
2. Africa: Kenya (Kilimanjaro)
3. North America: Logan (Denali)
4. South America: Alpamayo (Aconcagua)
5. Antarctica: Tyree (Vinson Massif)
6. Europe: Dykh-Tau (Elbrus)
7. Australia: Townsend (Kosciuszko)

I do not know which Caucasus mountains are on which side of the continental
divide so I accepted Mt. Blanc as well as Dykh-Tau.

RESULTS
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 Total
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 Mark Brader
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Erland Sommarskog
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Rob Parker
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Dan Tilque
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
0 2 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 0

Congratulations to Mark. With two consecutive meagre turnouts
for the Rotating Quiz, I suppose it is up to him if he wants
to publish RQ #129.






== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 2:01 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Marc Dashevsky (usenet@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 Total
> 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 Mark Brader
> 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Erland Sommarskog
> 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Rob Parker
> 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Dan Tilque
> --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
> 0 2 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 0

Since it's so completely embarrassing missing Onega, I rather sink
through a hole. But nevertheless - I had Mount Kenya for M2.

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




== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 2:14 pm
From: Dan Tilque


Marc Dashevsky wrote:

>
> Congratulations to Mark. With two consecutive meagre turnouts
> for the Rotating Quiz,

In order to get a decent turnout, you have to ask at least some
questions where lots of people will be expected to know the answers. If
someone doesn't know any answers at all (as happened to me in a couple
recent Rotating Quizzes) they aren't going to enter. If they only know
one answer, they probably won't enter, either.

--
Dan Tilque

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




== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 2:53 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Marc Dashevsky:
> > Congratulations to Mark. With two consecutive meagre turnouts
> > for the Rotating Quiz,

Dan Tilque:
> In order to get a decent turnout, you have to ask at least some
> questions where lots of people will be expected to know the answers.

Yeah. I think I'll put aside the one I had prepared and perhaps use
it on a later occasion. So hang on while I think of something else...
--
Mark Brader | "It can be amusing, even if painful, to watch the
Toronto | ethnocentrism of those who are convinced their
msb@vex.net | local standards are universal." -- Tom Chapin

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 5:24 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <XnsA2C3EA43AC3D5Yazorman@127.0.0.1>, esquel@sommarskog.se says...
>
> Marc Dashevsky (usenet@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> > L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 Total
> > 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 Mark Brader
> > 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Erland Sommarskog
> > 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Rob Parker
> > 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Dan Tilque
> > --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
> > 0 2 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 0
>
> Since it's so completely embarrassing missing Onega, I rather sink
> through a hole. But nevertheless - I had Mount Kenya for M2.

Indeed. A three-way tie for second place! Should Mark be unable
to fulfill his duties as quizmaster for RQ #129, Erland, Rob
and Dan will compete in Rock-paper-scissors (best 4 of 7) to
determine who shall take his place.

L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 Total
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 Mark Brader
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Erland Sommarskog
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Rob Parker
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Dan Tilque
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
0 2 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 0








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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz 129
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2a1e35f56ee344fa?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 6:41 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


This is Rotating Quiz #129. The contest will run for 6 days
and 4 hours from the moment of posting, so you have until about
1:40 am Monday night (morning of Tuesday, February 4) by Toronto
time, zone -5.

Please answer based only on your own knowledge and, of course,
do not discuss the questions in the newsgroup before answering.

Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in
the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below
each one. This is not QFTCI -- you're only allowed one attempt
per question. The last two questions are tiebreakers.

1. In 1963, George Plimpton, a sportswriter who was not an
athlete, was given the chance to suit up with a professional
football game and play in an intra-squad practice game.
Name the book he wrote about his experiences.

2. In Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", after the title words
are sung for the first time, what line comes next?

3. In playing the major scale, after the tonic note the sequence
of intervals is tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone.
In the same notation, what is it for the natural minor scale
(the most common minor scale in our culture)?

4. In the era of the IBM 360 series, the memory of a large
computer around 1970 consisted of a 3-dimensional array
of wires threaded through ring-shaped pieces of ferrite
at their intersections. Each piece of ferrite represented
either a 0 or a 1 bit depending on how it was magnetized.
But what was one of these pieces called?

5. Name Sam Spade's partner who is killed in "The Maltese
Falcon".

6. The American F-89 fighter plane, the British FV101 tank,
and the Czech vz.61 machine gun were all given the name of
what venomous creature?

7. What do the following celebrities have in common (that most
others do not)? Joseph Fiennes, Linda Hamilton, Jill
Hennessy, Scarlett Johanssen, Isabella Rossellini, Keifer
Sutherland.

8. What is "alive without breath, as cold as death"?

9. Within 1, when was the last year that a team -- Chicago --
won their third NBA championship in a row?

10. Within the city limits of New York there is one track for
horse racing. What is its name?

11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.

12. Second tiebreaker: Write an interesting additional question
fitting the theme. (Please also provide the answer, in rot13.)

--
Mark Brader | "...it is happening a lot to me recently. almost
Toronto | as if my beliefs are no longer strong enough
msb@vex.net | to counter reality." --Stephen Perry

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 8:10 pm
From: johnadams60656@gmail.com


On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:41:15 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> 2. In Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", after the title words
> are sung for the first time, what line comes next?
Touched for the very first time

> 4. In the era of the IBM 360 series, the memory of a large
>
> computer around 1970 consisted of a 3-dimensional array
>
> of wires threaded through ring-shaped pieces of ferrite
>
> at their intersections. Each piece of ferrite represented
>
> either a 0 or a 1 bit depending on how it was magnetized.
>
> But what was one of these pieces called?
Copper magnetic "core" memory

> 5. Name Sam Spade's partner who is killed in "The Maltese
>
> Falcon".
Miles Archer

> 6. The American F-89 fighter plane, the British FV101 tank,
>
> and the Czech vz.61 machine gun were all given the name of
>
> what venomous creature?
Scorpion

> 7. What do the following celebrities have in common (that most
>
> others do not)? Joseph Fiennes, Linda Hamilton, Jill
>
> Hennessy, Scarlett Johanssen, Isabella Rossellini, Keifer
>
> Sutherland.
They all have twin siblings

> 8. What is "alive without breath, as cold as death"?
Zombies!

> 9. Within 1, when was the last year that a team -- Chicago --
>
> won their third NBA championship in a row?
1998

> 10. Within the city limits of New York there is one track for
>
> horse racing. What is its name?
Aquaduct

> 11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.
FX TV shows


--
John




== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 8:23 pm
From: swp


On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:41:15 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz #129. The contest will run for 6 days
> and 4 hours from the moment of posting, so you have until about
> 1:40 am Monday night (morning of Tuesday, February 4) by Toronto
> time, zone -5.
>
> Please answer based only on your own knowledge and, of course,
> do not discuss the questions in the newsgroup before answering.
>
> Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in
> the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below
> each one. This is not QFTCI -- you're only allowed one attempt
> per question. The last two questions are tiebreakers.
>
> 1. In 1963, George Plimpton, a sportswriter who was not an
> athlete, was given the chance to suit up with a professional
> football game and play in an intra-squad practice game.
> Name the book he wrote about his experiences.

paper lion

> 2. In Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", after the title words
> are sung for the first time, what line comes next?

touched for the very first time

> 3. In playing the major scale, after the tonic note the sequence
> of intervals is tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone.
> In the same notation, what is it for the natural minor scale
> (the most common minor scale in our culture)?

whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole

> 4. In the era of the IBM 360 series, the memory of a large
> computer around 1970 consisted of a 3-dimensional array
> of wires threaded through ring-shaped pieces of ferrite
> at their intersections. Each piece of ferrite represented
> either a 0 or a 1 bit depending on how it was magnetized.
> But what was one of these pieces called?

if I understand what you are asking, that was refered to as a 'core' as in 'core memory'

> 5. Name Sam Spade's partner who is killed in "The Maltese
> Falcon".

mark brader

> 6. The American F-89 fighter plane, the British FV101 tank,
> and the Czech vz.61 machine gun were all given the name of
> what venomous creature?

I have no idea what an f-89 fighter plane is, but the tank and machine gun are called scorpions

> 7. What do the following celebrities have in common (that most
> others do not)? Joseph Fiennes, Linda Hamilton, Jill
> Hennessy, Scarlett Johanssen, Isabella Rossellini, Keifer
> Sutherland.

they all have twins

> 8. What is "alive without breath, as cold as death"?

fish

> 9. Within 1, when was the last year that a team -- Chicago --
> won their third NBA championship in a row?

1999

> 10. Within the city limits of New York there is one track for
> horse racing. What is its name?

aqueduct

> 11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.

band names?

> 12. Second tiebreaker: Write an interesting additional question
> fitting the theme. (Please also provide the answer, in rot13.)

um ... no.

> --
> Mark Brader | "...it is happening a lot to me recently. almost
> Toronto | as if my beliefs are no longer strong enough
> msb@vex.net | to counter reality." --Stephen Perry

and after that signature line how could I not enter.

swp




== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 8:42 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <zuidnXpVU_HW93XPnZ2dnUVZ_rednZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
>
> This is Rotating Quiz #129. The contest will run for 6 days
> and 4 hours from the moment of posting, so you have until about
> 1:40 am Monday night (morning of Tuesday, February 4) by Toronto
> time, zone -5.
>
> Please answer based only on your own knowledge and, of course,
> do not discuss the questions in the newsgroup before answering.
>
> Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in
> the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below
> each one. This is not QFTCI -- you're only allowed one attempt
> per question. The last two questions are tiebreakers.
>
> 1. In 1963, George Plimpton, a sportswriter who was not an
> athlete, was given the chance to suit up with a professional
> football game and play in an intra-squad practice game.
> Name the book he wrote about his experiences.
Paper Lion

> 2. In Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", after the title words
> are sung for the first time, what line comes next?
>
> 3. In playing the major scale, after the tonic note the sequence
> of intervals is tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone.
> In the same notation, what is it for the natural minor scale
> (the most common minor scale in our culture)?
tone-semitone-tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone

> 4. In the era of the IBM 360 series, the memory of a large
> computer around 1970 consisted of a 3-dimensional array
> of wires threaded through ring-shaped pieces of ferrite
> at their intersections. Each piece of ferrite represented
> either a 0 or a 1 bit depending on how it was magnetized.
> But what was one of these pieces called?
core

> 5. Name Sam Spade's partner who is killed in "The Maltese
> Falcon".
>
> 6. The American F-89 fighter plane, the British FV101 tank,
> and the Czech vz.61 machine gun were all given the name of
> what venomous creature?
viper

> 7. What do the following celebrities have in common (that most
> others do not)? Joseph Fiennes, Linda Hamilton, Jill
> Hennessy, Scarlett Johanssen, Isabella Rossellini, Keifer
> Sutherland.
>
> 8. What is "alive without breath, as cold as death"?
>
> 9. Within 1, when was the last year that a team -- Chicago --
> won their third NBA championship in a row?
1998

> 10. Within the city limits of New York there is one track for
> horse racing. What is its name?
Pimlico (I have no idea where it is)

> 11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.
>
> 12. Second tiebreaker: Write an interesting additional question
> fitting the theme. (Please also provide the answer, in rot13.)






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