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* Calvin's Quiz #340 - 5 messages, 5 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/473f9b1647b04fd4?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz 129 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2a1e35f56ee344fa?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 8, Rounds 2-3: medieval towns and sculptors - 3 messages, 3
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e316e1e6cf54b56d?hl=en
* SWPKO #2 - 15 messages, 11 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79301a6dc2027e81?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #339 - Film Quotes - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4f11eb4e7600519c?hl=en

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #340
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/473f9b1647b04fd4?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 8:56 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 1/29/2014 6:57 PM, calvin wrote:
>
> Which cities are commonly referred to by the following nicknames?
>
> 1 The Eternal City (Europe)
Rome
> 2 Beantown (Americas)
Boston (I prefer "The Hub")
> 3 The City of Sails (Australasia)
Sydney
> 4 The City of Lights (Europe)
Paris
> 5 The Windy City (Americas)
Chicago ("The City of the Big Shoulders")
> 6 The Stampede City (Americas)
Calgary
> 7 The Motor City / Motown (Americas)
Detroit
> 8 City of Dreaming Spires (Europe)
Vienna
> 9 The Big Easy (Americas)
N'awlins
> 10 The City of Churches (Australasia)
Christchurch

--Jeff




== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 12:00 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


calvin (334152@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 The Eternal City (Europe)

Rome

> 2 Beantown (Americas)

Chicago

> 3 The City of Sails (Australasia)

Sydney

> 4 The City of Lights (Europe)

Paris

> 5 The Windy City (Americas)

Buenos Aires

> 7 The Motor City / Motown (Americas)

Detroit

> 8 City of Dreaming Spires (Europe)

Barcelona

> 9 The Big Easy (Americas)

Los Angeles




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




== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 6:32 am
From: Pete


calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in news:op.xag3henq2wood3@homepc:

>
> Which cities are commonly referred to by the following nicknames?
>
> 1 The Eternal City (Europe)

Rome

> 2 Beantown (Americas)

Boston

> 3 The City of Sails (Australasia)

Auckland

> 4 The City of Lights (Europe)

Paris

> 5 The Windy City (Americas)

Chicago

> 6 The Stampede City (Americas)

Calgary

> 7 The Motor City / Motown (Americas)

Detroit

> 8 City of Dreaming Spires (Europe)

Barcelona

> 9 The Big Easy (Americas)

New Orleans

> 10 The City of Churches (Australasia)

Melbourne

>
>

Pete




== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 9:10 am
From: Gareth Owen


calvin <334152@gmail.com> writes:

> Which cities are commonly referred to by the following nicknames?
>
> 1 The Eternal City (Europe)

Rome

> 2 Beantown (Americas)

Boston

> 3 The City of Sails (Australasia)

Sydney?

> 4 The City of Lights (Europe)

There's a live album called "Live From The City Of Lights", but I can't
even remember who its by, let alone where it was recorded?

Madrid??

> 5 The Windy City (Americas)

Chicago

> 6 The Stampede City (Americas)

Rio?

> 7 The Motor City / Motown (Americas)

Detroit

> 8 City of Dreaming Spires (Europe)

Oxford

> 9 The Big Easy (Americas)

New Orleans

> 10 The City of Churches (Australasia)

Dunedin?




== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 6:18 am
From: Bruce Bowler


On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:57:04 +1000, calvin wrote:

> Which cities are commonly referred to by the following nicknames?
>
> 1 The Eternal City (Europe)

Rome

> 2 Beantown (Americas)

Boston

> 3 The City of Sails (Australasia)

Sydney

> 4 The City of Lights (Europe)

Paris

> 5 The Windy City (Americas)

Chicago

> 6 The Stampede City (Americas)

Calgary

> 7 The Motor City / Motown (Americas)

Detroit

> 8 City of Dreaming Spires (Europe)

Barcelona

> 9 The Big Easy (Americas)

New Orleans

> 10 The City of Churches (Australasia)

Melbourne





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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 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 9:14 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 1/28/2014 9:41 PM, 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.

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

In love 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)?
>
> 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?

Torus

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

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 have twins.

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

A fish

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

2002

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

Acqueduct

> 11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.

The Zodiac

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

Who said, "What makes a muskrat defend his musk?"

Gur Pbjneqyl Yvba

--Jeff




== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 11:38 pm
From: Gareth Owen


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:

> 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. Great book, as are "Open Net" (George Plimpton in goal for
the Bruins) and "Out Of My League" (often overlooked - George Plimpton
attempts to pitch through the American League All-Star team)

> 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)?

[Hold on ... going to show my working
A-B-C-D-E-F-G
T S T T S T T]

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 memory (RAM [via link])

> 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 [via link]

> 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 are twins [via link]

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

Fissshes, yes, *gollum*

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

1996??

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

Aqueduct ([link an aide-memoire])

> 11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.

Signs of the zodiac

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

In the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling, who along with Gregory Goyle,
was Draco Malfoy's tubby lackey? (Ivaprag PENOOR)





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TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 8, Rounds 2-3: medieval towns and sculptors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e316e1e6cf54b56d?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 1:11 am
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - Medieval Towns and Cities
>
> In each case, name the city or town described.
>
> 1. This European city claims the oldest university in the world
> and became the preeminent place to study law from the 11th
> century through the later Middle Ages.

Strasbourg?

>
> 2. Where was considered, in the 13th century, the preeminent
> European city in which to study theology? Thomas Aquinas
> taught there.

Paris

>
> 3. Where did the popes reside from 1309 to 1377?

Avignon

>
> 4. This city began as a Viking settlement in the 9th century,
> and remained under their control until it was invaded by the
> Normans in the 12th century. One of its local names means "town
> of the hurdled ford"; but what is its current most common name,
> which means "black pool"?

Liverpool

>
> 5. Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman Emperor here in 306.
> Centuries later this city became an ecclesiastical capital and
> important center of cloth trade and manufacturing. The city's
> castle was the site of an infamous massacre of Jewish inhabitants
> in 1190.
>
> 6. This city's name derives from the Latin for "water of Grannus",
> who was a local Celtic deity. Around the year 800, it became
> the political center of the empire of Charlemagne, who usually
> spent the winter there with his court, and he was eventually
> buried there.

Aix-la-Chapelle

>
> 7. This town was the endpoint of the most famous pilgrimage route
> in Western Europe. In 813 a star guided a shepherd to the
> burial site of the Apostle James, and a cathedral was built
> on the spot. Pilgrims returning home from here would wear a
> symbolic scallop shell.
>
> 8. This town became a great commercial power in the 13th, 14th,
> and 15th centuries. The bourse opened in 1309, likely the
> earliest stock exchange in the world, and advances in merchant
> capitalism such as letters of credit were developed there.
> Economic decline around 1500 was caused by the silting up of
> the town's sea access. The first printed book published in
> the English language was published there.

Rotterdam

>
> 9. This town served as the capital city of the Western Roman Empire
> in the 5th century, and then of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths.
> It was then the center of Byzantine outposts in the West,
> and later became the seat of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
> Today it is particularly known for the surviving Byzantine
> mosaics in its basilica.

Ravenna

>
> 10. What city was sacked by crusaders in 1203-04 and conquered
> 250 years later by Sultan Mehmed II?

Constantiople

>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Art - Sculptors
>
> On the handout
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-3/sculptors.jpg
>
> you will find 19 images, which in the original game were printed
> in black and white, but in return for the annoyance of scrolling
> through a tall image, at least you get to see them in color.
> (Sorry about the variation in numbering style, but that's how
> they did it. It was even worse before I touched up the position
> of some of the numbers.)
>
> Four artists are represented by two sculptures each, and you have to
> identify *both*. If you make two guesses, please use an explicit and
> unambiguous format like "31 and 32; 31 and 33" to make it clear what
> they are.
>
> Now, identify *both* sculptures by:
>
> 1. Michelangelo.

12, 7

> 2. Picasso.

15, 19

> 3. Donatello.

6, 3

> 4. Bernini.

1, 18

>
> After completing questions #1-4, decode the rot13 to see the numbers
> of the unused sculptures. For questions #5-10, identify the artist
> of each one. And, if you like, continue with the decoys, #11-15,
> for fun, but for no points.
>
> 5. Gjb.
> 6. Svir.
> 7. Rvtug.
> 8. Guvegrra.

Christo

> 9. Svsgrra.
> 10. Fvkgrra.
>
> Decoys:
>
> 11. Guerr.
> 12. Fvk.
> 13. Frira.
> 14. Gra.
> 15. Ryrira.
>


--
Dan Tilque

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




== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 11:41 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 1. This European city claims the oldest university in the world
> and became the preeminent place to study law from the 11th
> century through the later Middle Ages.

Oxford

> 2. Where was considered, in the 13th century, the preeminent
> European city in which to study theology? Thomas Aquinas
> taught there.

Reims

> 3. Where did the popes reside from 1309 to 1377?

Avignon

> 4. This city began as a Viking settlement in the 9th century,
> and remained under their control until it was invaded by the
> Normans in the 12th century. One of its local names means "town
> of the hurdled ford"; but what is its current most common name,
> which means "black pool"?

Dublin

> 5. Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman Emperor here in 306.
> Centuries later this city became an ecclesiastical capital and
> important center of cloth trade and manufacturing. The city's
> castle was the site of an infamous massacre of Jewish inhabitants
> in 1190.

Thessaloniki

> 6. This city's name derives from the Latin for "water of Grannus",
> who was a local Celtic deity. Around the year 800, it became
> the political center of the empire of Charlemagne, who usually
> spent the winter there with his court, and he was eventually
> buried there.

Aachen

> 7. This town was the endpoint of the most famous pilgrimage route
> in Western Europe. In 813 a star guided a shepherd to the
> burial site of the Apostle James, and a cathedral was built
> on the spot. Pilgrims returning home from here would wear a
> symbolic scallop shell.

Santiago de Compostela

> 8. This town became a great commercial power in the 13th, 14th,
> and 15th centuries. The bourse opened in 1309, likely the
> earliest stock exchange in the world, and advances in merchant
> capitalism such as letters of credit were developed there.
> Economic decline around 1500 was caused by the silting up of
> the town's sea access. The first printed book published in
> the English language was published there.

Genova

> 9. This town served as the capital city of the Western Roman Empire
> in the 5th century, and then of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths.
> It was then the center of Byzantine outposts in the West,
> and later became the seat of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
> Today it is particularly known for the surviving Byzantine
> mosaics in its basilica.

Verona

> 10. What city was sacked by crusaders in 1203-04 and conquered
> 250 years later by Sultan Mehmed II?

Constatinople

> Now, identify *both* sculptures by:
>
> 1. Michelangelo.

12 & 18

> 2. Picasso.

9 & 10

> 3. Donatello.

1 & 4

> 4. Bernini.

7 & 16



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




== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 5:38 am
From: Pete


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:Sa6dnYpt4MX943TPnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@vex.net:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-11-18,
> 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 8, Round 2 - History - Medieval Towns and Cities
>
> In each case, name the city or town described.
>
> 1. This European city claims the oldest university in the world
> and became the preeminent place to study law from the 11th
> century through the later Middle Ages.

Nuremburg

>
> 2. Where was considered, in the 13th century, the preeminent
> European city in which to study theology? Thomas Aquinas
> taught there.

Leipzig; Dresden

>
> 3. Where did the popes reside from 1309 to 1377?

Avignon

>
> 4. This city began as a Viking settlement in the 9th century,
> and remained under their control until it was invaded by the
> Normans in the 12th century. One of its local names means "town
> of the hurdled ford"; but what is its current most common name,
> which means "black pool"?

Copenhagen

>
> 5. Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman Emperor here in 306.
> Centuries later this city became an ecclesiastical capital and
> important center of cloth trade and manufacturing. The city's
> castle was the site of an infamous massacre of Jewish inhabitants
> in 1190.

Thessalonika

>
> 6. This city's name derives from the Latin for "water of Grannus",
> who was a local Celtic deity. Around the year 800, it became
> the political center of the empire of Charlemagne, who usually
> spent the winter there with his court, and he was eventually
> buried there.

Aquitaine

>
> 7. This town was the endpoint of the most famous pilgrimage route
> in Western Europe. In 813 a star guided a shepherd to the
> burial site of the Apostle James, and a cathedral was built
> on the spot. Pilgrims returning home from here would wear a
> symbolic scallop shell.

Compostela

>
> 8. This town became a great commercial power in the 13th, 14th,
> and 15th centuries. The bourse opened in 1309, likely the
> earliest stock exchange in the world, and advances in merchant
> capitalism such as letters of credit were developed there.
> Economic decline around 1500 was caused by the silting up of
> the town's sea access. The first printed book published in
> the English language was published there.

Bruges

>
> 9. This town served as the capital city of the Western Roman Empire
> in the 5th century, and then of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths.
> It was then the center of Byzantine outposts in the West,
> and later became the seat of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
> Today it is particularly known for the surviving Byzantine
> mosaics in its basilica.

Verona; Bologna

>
> 10. What city was sacked by crusaders in 1203-04 and conquered
> 250 years later by Sultan Mehmed II?

Jerusalem; Damascus

>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Art - Sculptors
>
> On the handout
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-3/sculptors.jpg
>
> you will find 19 images, which in the original game were printed
> in black and white, but in return for the annoyance of scrolling
> through a tall image, at least you get to see them in color.
> (Sorry about the variation in numbering style, but that's how
> they did it. It was even worse before I touched up the position
> of some of the numbers.)
>
> Four artists are represented by two sculptures each, and you have to
> identify *both*. If you make two guesses, please use an explicit and
> unambiguous format like "31 and 32; 31 and 33" to make it clear what
> they are.
>
> Now, identify *both* sculptures by:
>
> 1. Michelangelo.

12 and 18

> 2. Picasso.

9 and 15

> 3. Donatello.

16 and 18

> 4. Bernini.

7 and 4

>
> After completing questions #1-4, decode the rot13 to see the numbers
> of the unused sculptures. For questions #5-10, identify the artist
> of each one. And, if you like, continue with the decoys, #11-15,
> for fun, but for no points.
>
> 5. Gjb.

Manet

> 6. Svir.
> 7. Rvtug.
> 8. Guvegrra.

Christo

> 9. Svsgrra.
> 10. Fvkgrra.

Rodin

>
> Decoys:
>
> 11. Guerr.

Cellini

> 12. Fvk.
> 13. Frira.
> 14. Gra.
> 15. Ryrira.
>

Pete





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TOPIC: SWPKO #2
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79301a6dc2027e81?hl=en
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== 1 of 15 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 4:21 pm
From: swp


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 Adams
1857 Erland Sommarskog
1872 Marc Dashevsky
1876 Mark Brader
1880 Dan Blum
1886 Joshua Kreitzer
1888 Russ
1888 Dan Tilque
1888 Calvin
1889 Pete
1890 David B
1897 Peter Smyth

John Adams is eliminated. Welcome to the monkey house. You seem to be doing better on Calvin's quiz, perhaps you'd like to try the QFTCI that Mark Brader runs?

This contest is now closed to new entrants. Dan Blum, Marc Dashevsky, Mark Brader, Erland Sommarskog, David B, Russ, Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter Smyth, Calvin, and Joshua Kreitzer.

***
#2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters, but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in feet.)
***

You have 3 days from the time of this posting to enter, so February 2nd at 7:20pm (GMT-0500 time zone). Good Luck!

swp




== 2 of 15 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 4:22 pm
From: swp


On Thursday, January 30, 2014 7:21:16 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> 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 Adams
> 1857 Erland Sommarskog
> 1872 Marc Dashevsky
> 1876 Mark Brader
> 1880 Dan Blum
> 1886 Joshua Kreitzer
> 1888 Russ
> 1888 Dan Tilque
> 1888 Calvin
> 1889 Pete
> 1890 David B
> 1897 Peter Smyth

Sorry, forgot to add that the correct answer was 1888.

swp




== 3 of 15 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 5:11 pm
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


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

> ***
> #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters, but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in feet.)
> ***

650 feet

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




== 4 of 15 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 5:23 pm
From: Russ


On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:21:16 -0800 (PST), swp
<Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:


>***
> #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters, but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in feet.)
>***
>

1000 feet


>You have 3 days from the time of this posting to enter, so February 2nd at 7:20pm (GMT-0500 time zone). Good Luck!
>
>swp



Russ S.




== 5 of 15 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 5:58 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Stephen Perry:
> 1787 John Adams
> 1857 Erland Sommarskog
> 1872 Marc Dashevsky
> 1876 Mark Brader
> 1880 Dan Blum
> 1886 Joshua Kreitzer
> 1888 Russ
> 1888 Dan Tilque
> 1888 Calvin
> 1889 Pete
> 1890 David B
> 1897 Peter Smyth
>
> John Adams is eliminated.

Are you planning to reveal the correct answer sometime?

> ***
> #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters,
> but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in feet.)
> ***

300 m. Not counting the antennas, of course.
--
Mark Brader "I am taking what you write in the spirit in
Toronto which it is intended. That's the problem."
msb@vex.net -- Tony Cooper




== 6 of 15 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 5:58 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
> Are you planning to reveal the correct answer sometime?

Oh, you did it in this thread, where we couldn't look yet. Okay, thanks.
--
Mark Brader | "People tend to assume that things they don't know
Toronto | about are either safe or dangerous or useless,
msb@vex.net | depending on their prejudices." -- Tim Freeman




== 7 of 15 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 6:17 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:f0429a09-664a-4ff7-8901-024d6cb6b92f@googlegroups.com:

>
> This contest is now closed to new entrants. Dan Blum, Marc Dashevsky,
> Mark Brader, Erland Sommarskog, David B, Russ, Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter
> Smyth, Calvin, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters,
> but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in
> feet.)
> ***
>

830 feet

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com




== 8 of 15 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 30 2014 9:31 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <f0429a09-664a-4ff7-8901-024d6cb6b92f@googlegroups.com>, Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com says...
> #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters, but if you do not specify which I will assume
your answer is in feet.)

333 feet








== 9 of 15 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 12:21 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


swp (Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com) writes:
> 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?
>> ***
>

Yeah, what was the year? Obviously it was closer than 1897 than 1787, but
else I'm still in the dark.

> ***
> #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters,
> but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in feet.)

320 m.




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




== 10 of 15 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 12:24 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 300 m. Not counting the antennas, of course.
>

Good point. My answer is with the antennas. Not clear what Stephen was
looking for.

Judging from the answers in feet, people in this forum appears to have a
very different shoe sizes.


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




== 11 of 15 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 12:38 am
From: Dan Tilque


swp wrote:
> ***
> #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters, but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in feet.)
> ***
>

710 ft

--
Dan Tilque

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




== 12 of 15 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 12:36 am
From: "David B"



***
#2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters, but if
you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in feet.)
***

400m





== 13 of 15 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 12:41 am
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:21:16 +1000, swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:


> ***
> #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters,
> but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in feet.)
> ***

287 metres

--
cheers,
calvin




== 14 of 15 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 5:12 am
From: Pete


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:f0429a09-664a-4ff7-8901-024d6cb6b92f@googlegroups.com:

> ***
> #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters,
> but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in
> feet.)
> ***
>
> You have 3 days from the time of this posting to enter, so February
> 2nd at 7:20pm (GMT-0500 time zone). Good Luck!
>
> swp

400 feet

Pete




== 15 of 15 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 7:02 am
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <XnsA2C649438EEC6pagrsgwideopenwestco@94.75.214.39>, pagrsg@wowway.com says...
>
> swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:f0429a09-664a-4ff7-8901-024d6cb6b92f@googlegroups.com:
>
> > ***
> > #2. How tall is the Eiffel Tower? (You may answer in feet or meters,
> > but if you do not specify which I will assume your answer is in
> > feet.)
> > ***
> >
> > You have 3 days from the time of this posting to enter, so February
> > 2nd at 7:20pm (GMT-0500 time zone). Good Luck!
> >
> > swp
>
> 400 feet
>
> Pete

You will owe your survival to my idiocy.





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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 12:41 am
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:23:37 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> "Calvin":
>> Spinal Tap
> ...
>> Well done tens.
>
> Well, if you're going to treat half the answer as correct...
> personally, I'd say that only goes up to 5.5.

Indeed. "This is Spinal Tap" to be precise, though the last two words were
sufficient.

--
cheers,
calvin




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