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* Rotating Quiz 132: Bordering on insanity - 5 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/f836d4f16979f728?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 9, Rounds 4,6: JFK, constants - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/b3bde53996ec4e97?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 9, Rounds 7-8: games, fictional planets - 9 messages, 9 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0896534f18ab56da?hl=en
* swpKO: The Next Generation #3 - 6 messages, 6 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0b21488134fcd432?hl=en
* calvin's quiz #343 - Animals - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/b84beee59fea96ce?hl=en
* swpKO: The Next Generation #4 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/dda6d4f73e439b61?hl=en

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http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/f836d4f16979f728?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Feb 17 2014 11:24 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


In 1996 I wrote:
> It turns out that the border between Saudi Arabia (hereafter SA) and
> the UAE is undemarcated, and different maps show at least three
> versions of it.

Thanks to Joshua Kreitzer for digging that up. I just have one thing
to add, which is to note that the current CIAWF agrees with Google Maps
as to the shape of the borders, and differs from all three of the
layouts that I found mapped in 1996.
--
Mark Brader | "Earthmen learned how to send ships through space, and
msb@vex.net | so initiated human history, though I suppose there was
Toronto | previous history on Earth." -- Jack Vance, "Emphyrio"

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 1:27 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Dan Tilque (dtilque@frontier.com) writes:
> 1. Name countries that have a land border with a single other country.
> 16 total; 1 point each.

Portgual, Ireland, United Kingdom,
Canada, Monaco, Vatican State,
San Marino, Leshoto, Gambia,
Papua New Guinea, Haiti, Domnincan Republic,
Denmark, South Korea, Qatar,
East Timor

Mark Brader had this as a question in his very first Rare Entries quiz.
Just like you he only said "countries", and found that he had to
accept Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Well, at least they don't
fit in the 16.

Antoher problematic one was Qatar. I recall that I look at different maps,
that both proved that Qatar fit. Problem was that on one map the border
was entirely with Saudi Arabia, while another had the border entirely
with UAE. And of course, there were maps on which Qatar. But that was
in 1996, and maybe things have cleared up since then? I first had it
on the list, but then I recalled East Timor. But now it's back, after I
got my doubts abour Brunei.


> 2. Name countries that are completely surrounded by two other countries.
> 7 total; 2 points each.

Andorra, Nepal, Liechtenstein, Swaziland, Mongolia, Moldova, Bhutan

> 3. Name countries that are surrounded by three other countries, each of
> which borders on the other two. 4 total; 4 points each.

Luxemburg, Paraguay, Botswana, Burundi.

And in practice Bosnia-Hercegovina, if Croatia has completed that bridge
over the to the Korcula peninsula.

> Tiebreaker: There's an area in Africa where four countries have land[1]
> close to each other. At one time it was thought that the four may meet
> at a quadripoint, but now it appears that two have a short (about 150
> meters) border that separates the other two. Name the four countries.
>

Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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




== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 1:57 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Erland Sommarskog:
> Mark Brader had this as a question in his very first Rare Entries quiz.

Well remembered! If you didn't read the rest of the thread after
posting this, do so now.
--
Mark Brader "The spaghetti is put there by the designer of
Toronto the code, not the designer of the language."
msb@vex.net -- Richard Minner





== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 2:12 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> Mark Brader had this as a question in his very first Rare Entries quiz.
>
> Well remembered! If you didn't read the rest of the thread after
> posting this, do so now.

Of course I did! I also noticed with some relief that the Qatar issue
saved me from me unwarrented doubts on Brunei.

Now it remains to see if Dan has any special prizes for most almost-correct
answers to question #3!

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




== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 2:29 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


> 1. Name countries that have a land border with a single other country.
> 16 total; 1 point each.

Papua New Guineau
Timor L'Este
Brunei
Malaysia
South Korea
Qatar
Denmark
Portugal
Lesotho
Canada

> 2. Name countries that are completely surrounded by two other countries.
> 7 total; 2 points each.

USA
Panama
Nicaragua
Equador
Uruguay
Tunisia
Morocco
Spain
Netherlands
Yemen

> 3. Name countries that are surrounded by three other countries, each of
> which borders on the other two. 4 total; 4 points each.

Arrrgh - my brain's already hurting enough!

> Tiebreaker: There's an area in Africa where four countries have land[1]
> close to each other. At one time it was thought that the four may meet
> at a quadripoint, but now it appears that two have a short (about 150
> meters) border that separates the other two. Name the four countries.


Rob






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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Feb 17 2014 11:25 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:59:22 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:


> * Game 9, Round 4 - History - JFK
>
> Last week was the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's
> assassination. Here are 10 questions about JFK.
>
> 1. The John F. Kennedy School of Government can be found at
> this university that JFK attended. It offers graduate degrees
> in Public Policy, Public Administration and International
> Development. What university?

Harvard, Yale

> 2. Which Republican candidate did JFK defeat to win the presidency,
> in one of the closest 20th-century presidential elections?
>
> 3. On 1961-04-17, Kennedy ordered the military invasion of
> Cuba by a CIA-sponsored counter-revolutionary group of Cubans,
> with the intention of overthrowing the revolutionary left-wing
> government of Fidel Castro. The invasion was unsuccessful and
> 1,189 invading exiles were captured. The event is named after
> the invasion site: where?

Bay of Pigs

> 4. JFK supported racial integration and civil rights. On 1963-06-11
> he intervened when Governor George Wallace blocked the entrance
> of this university to stop two African American students
> from attending. That evening, Kennedy gave his famous civil
> rights address, launching his initiative for legislation to
> provide equal access to public schools and greater protection
> of voting rights. What university?
>
> 5. Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Who is the
> only other US president to be buried there?

Grant, Lincoln

> 6. As a young single man and ensign in the Navy in the 1940s, JFK
> began a love affair with a married Danish journalist, who
> was also noted for being Hitler's companion during the 1936
> Summer Olympics. At the time, she was followed by the FBI on
> suspicions of being a German spy. Name her.
>
> 7. In May 1962 Marilyn Monroe memorably sang "Happy Birthday,
> Mr. President" to JFK at his 45th birthday party -- held in
> what venue?
>
> 8. It was revealed after Kennedy's death that he had two endocrine
> diseases. One was hypothyroidism. The other, diagnosed at
> age 30, is a rare endocrine disorder in which the adrenal glands
> do not produce sufficient steroid hormones. Name that disease.

Crohn's

> 9. As one of his first presidential acts, Kennedy asked Congress
> to create what volunteer program? The goals of the program
> are providing technical assistance, helping people outside the
> US to understand American culture, and helping Americans to
> understand the cultures of other countries.
>
> 10. During his term in the Senate, Kennedy published this book about
> US senators who risked their careers for their personal beliefs.
> It won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957. Name the book.
>
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Science - Constants
>
> 10 questions on scientific or mathematical constants.
>
> 1. What is the name of the constant given by the unitless value
> of 6.02 × 10^23 (i.e. 602,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)? Named
> after a 19th-century Italian scientist, it is a key component
> in the study of chemistry.

mole

> 2. What is the constant represented by the small letter "c",
> with the approximate value 3.0 × 10^8 m/s (300,000,000 meters
> per second)?

speed of light in a vacuum

> 3. What is the constant represented by the small letter "g", with
> the approximate the value 9.8 m/s² (9.8 meters per second
> squared)?

Gravity on Earth

> 4. Please decode the rot13 to see questions #4-5 only after you
> have finished with #1-3. Gur tenivgngvbany pbafgnag, be
> havirefny tenivgngvbany pbafgnag, vf ercerfragrq ol n pncvgny
> T naq nccrnef va gur ynj bs havirefny tenivgngvba. Jub vf
> perqvgrq sbe vgf qvfpbirel?

Newton

> 5. Nabgure pbafgnag vf gur zntavghqr bs ryrpgevp punetr cre zbyr bs
> ryrpgebaf. Vg rdhnyf gur punetr ba fvatyr ryrpgeba zhygvcyvrq
> ol Nibtnqeb'f ahzore. Vg vf anzrq nsgre n crefba: jub?

Bohr

> 6. Another constant is the quantum of action in quantum mechanics.
> It is named after its discoverer, the father of quantum
> mechanics: who?

Einstein, Bohr

> 7. What is the name of the constant in the Ideal Gas Law, PV=nRT?
>
> In the last 3 questions, if you want to show off and give additional
> digits beyond the number asked for, please make it worthwhile by
> giving at least 10 significant digits.
>
> 8. What is the approximate value of pi, the ratio of a circle's
> circumference to its diameter? Your answer must be correct to
> 3 significant digits.

3.141592654

> 9. What is the approximate value of e, or Euler's number? e is
> the limit of (1+1/n)^n as n approaches infinity. We need 2
> significant digits here.

2.16

> 10. The golden ratio turns up frequently in geometry, and in Dan
> Brown novels. What is the value of the golden ratio? Give the
> approximate value to 2 significant digits, or the exact value
> as a closed-form mathematical expression (in ASCII).

1.61


--
cheers,
calvin




== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Feb 17 2014 11:54 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-11-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.

Sorry I was late... but it did let one more entrant get his answers in.

> For further information see my 2013-09-15 companion posting on
> "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


> * Game 9, Round 4 - History - JFK

> Last week was the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's
> assassination. Here are 10 questions about JFK.

> 1. The John F. Kennedy School of Government can be found at
> this university that JFK attended. It offers graduate degrees
> in Public Policy, Public Administration and International
> Development. What university?

Harvard. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque,
and Jason. 3 for Peter, Rob, and Calvin.

> 2. Which Republican candidate did JFK defeat to win the presidency,
> in one of the closest 20th-century presidential elections?

Richard Nixon. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Peter, Erland,
Pete, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jason.

> 3. On 1961-04-17, Kennedy ordered the military invasion of
> Cuba by a CIA-sponsored counter-revolutionary group of Cubans,
> with the intention of overthrowing the revolutionary left-wing
> government of Fidel Castro. The invasion was unsuccessful and
> 1,189 invading exiles were captured. The event is named after
> the invasion site: where?

Bay of Pigs (Bahía de Cochinos). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua,
Stephen, Peter, Pete, Dan Tilque, Rob, Jason, and Calvin.

> 4. JFK supported racial integration and civil rights. On 1963-06-11
> he intervened when Governor George Wallace blocked the entrance
> of this university to stop two African American students
> from attending. That evening, Kennedy gave his famous civil
> rights address, launching his initiative for legislation to
> provide equal access to public schools and greater protection
> of voting rights. What university?

University of Alabama. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Stephen,
Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> 5. Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Who is the
> only other US president to be buried there?

William Howard Taft. 4 for Stephen.

> 6. As a young single man and ensign in the Navy in the 1940s, JFK
> began a love affair with a married Danish journalist, who
> was also noted for being Hitler's companion during the 1936
> Summer Olympics. At the time, she was followed by the FBI on
> suspicions of being a German spy. Name her.

Inga Arvad. 4 for Stephen.

> 7. In May 1962 Marilyn Monroe memorably sang "Happy Birthday,
> Mr. President" to JFK at his 45th birthday party -- held in
> what venue?

Madison Square Garden, New York. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Pete.

> 8. It was revealed after Kennedy's death that he had two endocrine
> diseases. One was hypothyroidism. The other, diagnosed at
> age 30, is a rare endocrine disorder in which the adrenal glands
> do not produce sufficient steroid hormones. Name that disease.

Addison's disease (hypocortisolism). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua,
Stephen, and Dan Tilque.

> 9. As one of his first presidential acts, Kennedy asked Congress
> to create what volunteer program? The goals of the program
> are providing technical assistance, helping people outside the
> US to understand American culture, and helping Americans to
> understand the cultures of other countries.

The Peace Corps. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.

> 10. During his term in the Senate, Kennedy published this book about
> US senators who risked their careers for their personal beliefs.
> It won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957. Name the book.

"Profiles in Courage". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Pete,
Dan Tilque, and Jason.


> * Game 9, Round 6 - Science - Constants

> 10 questions on scientific or mathematical constants.

> 1. What is the name of the constant given by the unitless value
> of 6.02 × 10^23 (i.e. 602,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)? Named
> after a 19th-century Italian scientist, it is a key component
> in the study of chemistry.

Avogadro's number (or constant). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua,
Stephen, Peter, Erland, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Rob.

A mole is Avogadro's number of particles and may be considered
as equal to 6.02 × 10^23, but it was not named after an Italian
scientist.

In "In Joy Still Felt", one of his volumes of autobiography, Isaac
Asimov writes that on September 14, 1964,

I received a letter from Linus Pauling with reference to my
article "First and Rearmost"... He himself, said Pauling, had
frequently been caught in one mistake or another, but never
in his entire career had he made a mistake of twenty-three
orders of magnitude, as I had in this article. That's all
he said; he didn't say where the mistake was.
...
I found it. I had made use of Avogadro's constant (the number
of protons making up a gram -- 6.02 × 10^23) and had multiplied
by it once instead of twice (or possibly twice instead of once
-- I forget). I... didn't know whether to be proud of Pauling's
confidence that I could find the error without help, or annoyed
with him for not having helped anyway.

> 2. What is the constant represented by the small letter "c",
> with the approximate value 3.0 × 10^8 m/s (300,000,000 meters
> per second)?

Speed of light (in a vacuum). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Stephen,
Peter, Erland, Pete, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Calvin.

> 3. What is the constant represented by the small letter "g", with
> the approximate the value 9.8 m/s² (9.8 meters per second
> squared)?

Acceleration due to gravity at the Earth's surface. I did not
accept "gravity", which could just as well mean the gravitational
constant G, and I required mention of Earth's surface or some similar
description for full points. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Peter,
Erland, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Calvin. 3 for Pete.

> 4. Please decode the rot13 to see questions #4-5 only after you
> have finished with #1-3. The gravitational constant, or
> universal gravitational constant, is represented by a capital
> G and appears in the law of universal gravitation. Who is
> credited for its discovery?

Sir Isaac Newton. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Peter,
Erland, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Calvin.

> 5. Another constant is the magnitude of electric charge per mole of
> electrons. It equals the charge on single electron multiplied
> by Avogadro's number. It is named after a person: who?

Michael Faraday. 4 for Stephen.

> 6. Another constant is the quantum of action in quantum mechanics.
> It is named after its discoverer, the father of quantum
> mechanics: who?

Max Planck. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Rob.

> 7. What is the name of the constant in the Ideal Gas Law, PV=nRT?

The ideal gas constant, or universal gas constant, or just the
gas constant. 4 for Stephen.

> In the last 3 questions, if you want to show off and give additional
> digits beyond the number asked for, please make it worthwhile by
> giving at least 10 significant digits.

> 8. What is the approximate value of pi, the ratio of a circle's
> circumference to its diameter? Your answer must be correct to
> 3 significant digits.

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc,
Joshua, Stephen, Peter, Erland, Pete, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Calvin.
Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Calvin were correct to 10 or more significant
digits.

> 9. What is the approximate value of e, or Euler's number? e is
> the limit of (1+1/n)^n as n approaches infinity. We need 2
> significant digits here.

2.718281828459045235360287471352662497757247. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc,
Joshua, Stephen, Peter, Erland, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Rob.

> 10. The golden ratio turns up frequently in geometry, and in Dan
> Brown novels. What is the value of the golden ratio? Give the
> approximate value to 2 significant digits, or the exact value
> as a closed-form mathematical expression (in ASCII).

(sqrt(5)+1)/2 = 1.618033988749894848204586834365638117720309. This is
the positive number whose reciprocal equals the number itself minus
1, and that latter value was also acceptable. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc,
Stephen, Peter, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Calvin.


Scores, if there are no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Ent His Sci
Stephen Perry 40 40 40 36 156
Dan Tilque 28 16 28 32 104
Rob Parker 28 32 11 32 103
Dan Blum 21 23 28 28 100
Peter Smyth 24 32 11 32 99
Marc Dashevsky 32 7 28 32 99
Pete Gayde 16 32 24 19 91
Joshua Kreitzer 21 12 32 24 89
"Calvin" 16 28 7 20 71
Erland Sommarskog 36 0 4 24 64
Bruce Bowler 24 20 -- -- 44
Jason Kreitzer 4 0 16 0 20

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | There is no step function between "safe" and "unsafe".
msb@vex.net | -- Jeff Janes

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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== 1 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Feb 17 2014 11:57 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-11-25,
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 9, Round 7 - Sports - Board Games

Given some parts or components, name the board game.

1. Princess Lolly, Peanut Brittle House, Gingerbread Plum Trees,
Lord Licorice.

2. The crank, the rickety stairs, the thing-a-ma-jig, the cage.

3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.

4. House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, House
Harkonnen.

5. Creative Cat, Word Worm, Data Head, Star Performer.

6. Mr. X, the London Underground, taxis, River Thames.

7. Swellfare, Savings and Loan Calculator, Lottery, Deal.

8. Homeowner's Insurance, Millionaire's Estates, Pay Day, Get
Married.

9. Butterflies in Stomach, Brain Freeze, Charley Horse, Broken
Heart.

10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.


* Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets

Given the planet, name its science-fictional source -- novel,
movie, book series, TV series, etc. For printed sources you
can also give the author's name, and for book series we will
accept specific books in the series.

1. Arrakis.
2. Trantor.
3. Gallifrey.
4. Qo'noS (or Kronos).
5. Magrathea.
6. Barsoom.
7. Klendathu.
8. Kzin.
9. Kithrup.
10. Coruscant.

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

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 12:45 am
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <3oqdnUpJo4b_j57OnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-11-25,
> 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 9, Round 7 - Sports - Board Games
>
> Given some parts or components, name the board game.
>
> 1. Princess Lolly, Peanut Brittle House, Gingerbread Plum Trees,
> Lord Licorice.
Candy Land

> 2. The crank, the rickety stairs, the thing-a-ma-jig, the cage.
Mousetrap

> 3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.
Clue

> 4. House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, House
> Harkonnen.
Dune

> 5. Creative Cat, Word Worm, Data Head, Star Performer.
>
> 6. Mr. X, the London Underground, taxis, River Thames.
>
> 7. Swellfare, Savings and Loan Calculator, Lottery, Deal.
>
> 8. Homeowner's Insurance, Millionaire's Estates, Pay Day, Get
> Married.
Life

> 9. Butterflies in Stomach, Brain Freeze, Charley Horse, Broken
> Heart.
Operation

> 10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.
Risk

> * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets
>
> Given the planet, name its science-fictional source -- novel,
> movie, book series, TV series, etc. For printed sources you
> can also give the author's name, and for book series we will
> accept specific books in the series.
>
> 1. Arrakis.
Dune

> 2. Trantor.
Foundation

> 3. Gallifrey.
> 4. Qo'noS (or Kronos).
> 5. Magrathea.
> 6. Barsoom.
> 7. Klendathu.
> 8. Kzin.
> 9. Kithrup.
> 10. Coruscant.
Star Wars






== 3 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 1:58 am
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 7 - Sports - Board Games
>
> Given some parts or components, name the board game.
>
> 1. Princess Lolly, Peanut Brittle House, Gingerbread Plum Trees,
> Lord Licorice.

Candyland

>
> 2. The crank, the rickety stairs, the thing-a-ma-jig, the cage.
>
> 3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.

Clue

>
> 4. House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, House
> Harkonnen.

Dune

>
> 5. Creative Cat, Word Worm, Data Head, Star Performer.
>
> 6. Mr. X, the London Underground, taxis, River Thames.
>
> 7. Swellfare, Savings and Loan Calculator, Lottery, Deal.
>
> 8. Homeowner's Insurance, Millionaire's Estates, Pay Day, Get
> Married.

Life

>
> 9. Butterflies in Stomach, Brain Freeze, Charley Horse, Broken
> Heart.

Operation

>
> 10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.

Risk

>
>
> * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets
>
> Given the planet, name its science-fictional source -- novel,
> movie, book series, TV series, etc. For printed sources you
> can also give the author's name, and for book series we will
> accept specific books in the series.
>
> 1. Arrakis.

Dune

> 2. Trantor.

Foundation

> 3. Gallifrey.

Doctor Who

> 4. Qo'noS (or Kronos).

Star Gate ?

> 5. Magrathea.

Douglas Adams

> 6. Barsoom.

John Carter series

> 7. Klendathu.

C S Lewis?

> 8. Kzin.

Known Space

> 9. Kithrup.

Startide Rising

> 10. Coruscant.

Star Wars


--
Dan Tilque




== 4 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 5:17 am
From: Pete


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:3oqdnUpJo4b_j57OnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@vex.net:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-11-25,
> 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 9, Round 7 - Sports - Board Games
>
> Given some parts or components, name the board game.
>
> 1. Princess Lolly, Peanut Brittle House, Gingerbread Plum Trees,
> Lord Licorice.

Candyland

>
> 2. The crank, the rickety stairs, the thing-a-ma-jig, the cage.
>
> 3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.

Clue

>
> 4. House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, House
> Harkonnen.
>
> 5. Creative Cat, Word Worm, Data Head, Star Performer.
>
> 6. Mr. X, the London Underground, taxis, River Thames.
>
> 7. Swellfare, Savings and Loan Calculator, Lottery, Deal.
>
> 8. Homeowner's Insurance, Millionaire's Estates, Pay Day, Get
> Married.

Monopoly

>
> 9. Butterflies in Stomach, Brain Freeze, Charley Horse, Broken
> Heart.

Operation

>
> 10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.

Risk

>
>
> * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets
>
> Given the planet, name its science-fictional source -- novel,
> movie, book series, TV series, etc. For printed sources you
> can also give the author's name, and for book series we will
> accept specific books in the series.
>
> 1. Arrakis.

Adams; Le Guin

> 2. Trantor.

Le Guin; Adams

> 3. Gallifrey.

Dr. Who

> 4. Qo'noS (or Kronos).

Heinlein; Vonnegut

> 5. Magrathea.

Heinlein; Le Guin

> 6. Barsoom.

Adams

> 7. Klendathu.

Heinlein; Le Guin

> 8. Kzin.

Ringworld

> 9. Kithrup.

Heinlein; Vonnegut

> 10. Coruscant.

Star Wars

>

Pete




== 5 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 6:57 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 9, Round 7 - Sports - Board Games

> Given some parts or components, name the board game.

> 1. Princess Lolly, Peanut Brittle House, Gingerbread Plum Trees,
> Lord Licorice.

Candyland

> 2. The crank, the rickety stairs, the thing-a-ma-jig, the cage.

Mouse Trap

> 3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.

Clue

> 4. House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, House
> Harkonnen.

Dune

> 5. Creative Cat, Word Worm, Data Head, Star Performer.

Cranium

> 6. Mr. X, the London Underground, taxis, River Thames.

Scotland Yard

> 7. Swellfare, Savings and Loan Calculator, Lottery, Deal.

Payday

> 8. Homeowner's Insurance, Millionaire's Estates, Pay Day, Get
> Married.

The Game of Life

> 9. Butterflies in Stomach, Brain Freeze, Charley Horse, Broken
> Heart.

Operation

> 10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.

Risk

> * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets

> 1. Arrakis.

Dune

> 2. Trantor.

Foundation

> 3. Gallifrey.

Dr. Who

> 4. Qo'noS (or Kronos).

Star Trek

> 5. Magrathea.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

> 6. Barsoom.

John Carter series by Edgar Rice Burroughs

> 8. Kzin.

Known Space series by Larry Niven

> 9. Kithrup.

C. J. Cherryh

> 10. Coruscant.

Star Wars

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




== 6 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 8:23 am
From: Bruce Bowler


On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:57:22 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-11-25, 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 9, Round 7 - Sports - Board Games
>
> Given some parts or components, name the board game.
>
> 1. Princess Lolly, Peanut Brittle House, Gingerbread Plum Trees,
> Lord Licorice.

Candyland

> 2. The crank, the rickety stairs, the thing-a-ma-jig, the cage.

Mousetrap

> 3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.

Clue

> 4. House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, House
> Harkonnen.
>
> 5. Creative Cat, Word Worm, Data Head, Star Performer.
>
> 6. Mr. X, the London Underground, taxis, River Thames.
>
> 7. Swellfare, Savings and Loan Calculator, Lottery, Deal.
>
> 8. Homeowner's Insurance, Millionaire's Estates, Pay Day, Get
> Married.

Life

> 9. Butterflies in Stomach, Brain Freeze, Charley Horse, Broken
> Heart.

Operation

> 10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.

Risk

>
> * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets
>
> Given the planet, name its science-fictional source -- novel, movie,
> book series, TV series, etc. For printed sources you can also give the
> author's name, and for book series we will accept specific books in the
> series.
>
> 1. Arrakis.
> 2. Trantor.
> 3. Gallifrey.

Dr Who

> 4. Qo'noS (or Kronos).
> 5. Magrathea.
> 6. Barsoom.
> 7. Klendathu.
> 8. Kzin.
> 9. Kithrup.
> 10. Coruscant.





== 7 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 1:43 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.

Cluedo

> 10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.

Risk

> * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets
>
> 2. Trantor.

Foundation Trilogy (and a few more prequeels and sequels)




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




== 8 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 3:06 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"


Mark Brader wrote:

> * Game 9, Round 7 - Sports - Board Games
>
> Given some parts or components, name the board game.
>
> 1. Princess Lolly, Peanut Brittle House, Gingerbread Plum Trees,
> Lord Licorice.
>
> 2. The crank, the rickety stairs, the thing-a-ma-jig, the cage.
Mousetrap
> 3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.
Cluedo
> 4. House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, House
> Harkonnen.
Dune
> 5. Creative Cat, Word Worm, Data Head, Star Performer.
>
> 6. Mr. X, the London Underground, taxis, River Thames.
Scotland Yard
> 7. Swellfare, Savings and Loan Calculator, Lottery, Deal.
>
> 8. Homeowner's Insurance, Millionaire's Estates, Pay Day, Get
> Married.
Game of Life
> 9. Butterflies in Stomach, Brain Freeze, Charley Horse, Broken
> Heart.
Operation
> 10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.
Risk
>
> * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets
>
> Given the planet, name its science-fictional source -- novel,
> movie, book series, TV series, etc. For printed sources you
> can also give the author's name, and for book series we will
> accept specific books in the series.
>
> 1. Arrakis.
Dune
> 2. Trantor.
> 3. Gallifrey.
Doctor Who
> 4. Qo'noS (or Kronos).
Star Trek
> 5. Magrathea.
> 6. Barsoom.
> 7. Klendathu.
> 8. Kzin.
> 9. Kithrup.
> 10. Coruscant.
Star Wars

Peter Smyth





== 9 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 7:35 pm
From: swp


On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 2:57:22 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 9, Round 7 - Sports - Board Games
>
> Given some parts or components, name the board game.
>
> 1. Princess Lolly, Peanut Brittle House, Gingerbread Plum Trees,
> Lord Licorice.

candyland

> 2. The crank, the rickety stairs, the thing-a-ma-jig, the cage.

mouse trap

> 3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.

clue ; cluedo

> 4. House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, House
> Harkonnen.

dune

> 5. Creative Cat, Word Worm, Data Head, Star Performer.

cranium

> 6. Mr. X, the London Underground, taxis, River Thames.

scotland yard

> 7. Swellfare, Savings and Loan Calculator, Lottery, Deal.

pay day

> 8. Homeowner's Insurance, Millionaire's Estates, Pay Day, Get
> Married.

life

> 9. Butterflies in Stomach, Brain Freeze, Charley Horse, Broken
> Heart.

operation

> 10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.

risk


> * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets
>
>
>
> Given the planet, name its science-fictional source -- novel,
> movie, book series, TV series, etc. For printed sources you
> can also give the author's name, and for book series we will
> accept specific books in the series.
>
> 1. Arrakis.

dune

> 2. Trantor.

foundation

> 3. Gallifrey.

doctor who

> 4. Qo'noS (or Kronos).

star trek

> 5. Magrathea.

the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

> 6. Barsoom.

a princess of mars (by edgar rice burroughs)

> 7. Klendathu.

starship troopers

> 8. Kzin.

known space series (by larry niven)

> 9. Kithrup.

david brin's uplift series

> 10. Coruscant.

star wars


swp





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TOPIC: swpKO: The Next Generation #3
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0b21488134fcd432?hl=en
==============================================================================

== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 2:53 am
From: Russ


On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:28:18 -0800 (PST), swp
<Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:

>This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John Adams,
>Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark Brader, and Joshua
>Kreitzer.
>
>***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When did that
> battle take place?
>***
>
>Thank you for continuing to use the YYYY-MM-DD format when posting your answers.
>
>swp


1881-02-01


Russ S.





== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 3:41 am
From: "Rob Parker"


> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in
> which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When did
> that
> battle take place?

1898-06-30


Rob





== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 5:12 am
From: Pete


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:71c2bd1e-8a8b-4eb5-9c4c-12b9c0b1a844@googlegroups.com:

> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John
> Adams, Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark Brader,
> and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in
> which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When
> did that battle take place?
> ***
>
> Thank you for continuing to use the YYYY-MM-DD format when posting
> your answers.
>
> swp

1901-05-01

Pete




== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 1:38 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


swp (Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com) writes:
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in
> which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When
> did that battle take place?


1902-02-02




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




== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 3:01 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"


swp wrote:

> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John
> Adams, Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark
> Brader, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence"
> in which the Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer
> victory. When did that battle take place?
> ***

1901-03-27

Peter Smyth




== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 7:23 pm
From: swp


On Monday, February 17, 2014 9:28:18 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John Adams,
> Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark Brader, and Joshua
> Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When did that
> battle take place?
> ***

1881-02-01 Russ S.
1881-02-27 *** Correct Answer ***
1888-06-30 John Adams
1897-06-30 Dan Blum
1898-06-01 Joshua Kreitzer
1898-06-30 Rob Parker
1899-02-25 Dan Tilque
1899-09-09 Calvin
1901-03-27 Peter Smyth
1901-05-01 Pete
1902-02-02 Erland Sommarskog
1903-03-03 Mark Brader

Congratulations to Russ on getting the correct year and month!

Mark Brader will now have more time to devote to his rare entries contest, MSB78, and the QFTCI.

This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John Adams,
Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer.

swp





==============================================================================
TOPIC: calvin's quiz #343 - Animals
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/b84beee59fea96ce?hl=en
==============================================================================

== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 8:19 am
From: Bruce Bowler


On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:48:15 +1000, calvin wrote:

> 1 Capable of accelerating from rest to 100 km/h in three seconds,
what
> is the world's fastest land animal?

Cheetah

> 2 Reaching speeds of 300 km/h while in dive mode, what bird of prey
is
> the fastest bird?

Peregrine Falcon

> 3 Weighing up to 20 tons, what is the largest living species of
fish?

Whale shark

> 4 Which bird is known for making the longest annual migration, about
> 70,000 kilometres each year?

Arctic Tern

> 5 Weighing up to 180 tons, what is the heaviest animal ever known to
> have existed?

Brontosaurus

> 6 Weighing just 2 grams, what is the world's smallest species of
bird?

Hummingbird

> 7 Weighing up to 100 kilograms, what is the world's largest living
species
> of marsupial?

Kangaroo

> 8 Which species of jellyfish can weigh up to 150 kilograms and have
> tentacles reach 40 metres?

Lions Mane

> 9 What fish can hold objects in its tail

Sea horse

> 10 Foot and mouth disease is
> caught by animals with what type of hoofs?

Cloven




== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 11:29 am
From: Gareth Owen


calvin <334152@gmail.com> writes:

> 1 Capable of accelerating from rest to 100 km/h in three seconds, what
> is the world's fastest land animal?

Cheetah

> 2 Reaching speeds of 300 km/h while in dive mode, what bird of prey is
> the fastest bird?

Sea eagle??

> 3 Weighing up to 20 tons, what is the largest living species of fish?

Whale shark?

> 4 Which bird is known for making the longest annual migration, about
> 70,000 kilometres each year?

Albatross?

> 5 Weighing up to 180 tons, what is the heaviest animal ever known to
> have existed?

Brontosaurus

> 6 Weighing just 2 grams, what is the world's smallest species of bird?

Pygmy wren

> 7 Weighing up to 100 kilograms, what is the world's largest living
> species of marsupial?

Kangaroo

> 8 Which species of jellyfish can weigh up to 150 kilograms and have
> tentacles reach 40 metres?

Portuguese Man Of War

> 9 What fish can hold objects in its tail

Seahorse??

> 10 Foot and mouth disease is caught by animals with what type of
> hoofs?

Ungulate





==============================================================================
TOPIC: swpKO: The Next Generation #4
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/dda6d4f73e439b61?hl=en
==============================================================================

== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 7:27 pm
From: swp


This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John Adams,
Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer.

Please submit your answers no later than 10:25pm (GMT-5) on February 21st, 2014.

***
#4. Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan. When did he die? (Please use YYYY-MM-DD format again.)
***

swp




== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 18 2014 7:42 pm
From: Dan Tilque


swp wrote:

> ***
> #4. Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan. When did he die? (Please use YYYY-MM-DD format again.)
> ***

1004-07-15

--
Dan Tilque




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