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* QFTCIC Game 8, Rounds 9-10: milk users, challenge round - 8 messages, 8
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c2cd089f2edd1bb4?hl=en
* SWPKO #7 - 3 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0580258ca99d3ca8?hl=en
* SWPKO #8 - 11 messages, 6 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/04cfbd9cf90dfc61?hl=en
* SWPKO #6b (replaces #6) - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/6038ee3fe5cbb6e9?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 8, Rounds 7-8 answers: SI, memoirs - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/729b305498d980e8?hl=en
* SWPKO #9 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79ae0c242a5f8027?hl=en

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TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 8, Rounds 9-10: milk users, challenge round
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c2cd089f2edd1bb4?hl=en
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== 1 of 8 ==
Date: Fri, Feb 7 2014 10:08 pm
From: swp


On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:49:23 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 9 - Sports - "Got Milk?"
>
> Please see the handout at
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-9/milk.pdf
>
> and in each case, name the athlete in the "Got Milk?" ad.
>
> Again, there were 8 decoys and I have sorted everything into
> numerical sequence, and again, you're getting full color while
> the original game had a black-and-white handout.
>
> Answer the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. (decoy)

steve nash

> 2. Name him.

john elway

> 3. Name him.

pete sampras

> 4. (decoy)

michelle kwan

> 5. Name *any two* of the three.

chris evert, monica seles, maryjo fernandez

> 6. Name him.

cal ripkin

> 7. (decoy)

mark mcgwire

> 8. Name *both*.

muhammad ali and his daughter laila

> 9. Name her.

danica patrick

> 10. Name him.

patrick ewing

> 11. (decoy)

mia hamm

> 12. (decoy)

kevin garnett

> 13. (decoy)

stone cold steve austin (aka steve williams)

> 14. Name him.

apollo ohno

> 15. Name him.

oscar de la hoya

> 16. (decoy)

david beckham (aka mr. posh spice)

> 17. Name her.

kristy yamaguchi

> 18. (decoy)

jeff gordon??


> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge
>
> Your categories are:
>
> A. Kirk (Sports)
> B. Bones (Science)
> C. Scotty (Geography)
> D. Chekhov (Literature)
> E. Sulu (History)
> F. Spock (Entertainment)
>
>
> A. Kirk
>
> A1. This past week saw the anniversary of *whose* home run
> for the Dodgers off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of the 1988
> World Series? He was named National League MVP.

kirk gibson

> A2. Currently quarterback for the Washington Redskins, he played
> college football for Michigan State University. Who is he?

kirk cousins

> B. Bones
>
> B1. What is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body?

stapes

> B2. What is the strongest, heaviest, and longest bone in the
> human body?

femur

> C. Scotty
>
> In each case, name the city.
>
> C1. This city is regarded as the capital of the Scottish
> Highlands. It's not far from the site of the 18th century
> Battle of Culloden.

inverness

> C2. This city is Scotland's third most populous. Its nicknames
> include The Granite City, The Grey City, and The Silver
> City with the Golden Sands. Since the discovery of North
> Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil
> Capital of Europe and the Energy Capital of Europe.

aberdeen

> D. Chekhov
>
> In each case, name the play.
>
> D1. Chekhov's last play opened at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904.
> Although intended as a comedy, Stanislavski insisted on
> directing it as a tragedy.

the cherry orchard

> D2. At this play's famously disastrous premiere in 1896, the
> audience was so hostile that one of the lead actresses
> lost her voice. Chekhov announced that he was finished
> writing plays.

the seagull

> E. Sulu
>
> E1. A samurai with no lord or master during Japan's feudal
> period was called what?

ronin

> E2. In the Edo-period social structure, what was the term for
> large land owners subordinate only to the Shogun?

daimyo

> F. Spock
>
> Yes, this one is actually about "Star Trek".
>
> F1. In the episode "Amok Time", Spock undergoes pon farr.
> This ordeal includes a blood fever, violent aggression and
> then death -- unless the sufferer does what?

mate

> F2. Before his death saving Enterprise from the detonation
> of the Genesis Device in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan",
> Spock gave his katra to who?

doctor leonard 'bones' mccoy


swp




== 2 of 8 ==
Date: Fri, Feb 7 2014 10:09 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Joshua Kreitzer:
> I noticed that in some cases, the athlete's name was visible in the
> small type at the bottom of the ad.

Ah, that'd be because you weren't looking at a piece of paper where
they were printed too small to be legible. I hope you got all of
those, then.
--
Mark Brader | "Warning! Drinking beer, wine or spirits during
Toronto | pregnancy can harm your baby." (City of Toronto
msb@vex.net | notice in restaurant washrooms--men's and women's)




== 3 of 8 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 2:12 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> C1. This city is regarded as the capital of the Scottish
> Highlands. It's not far from the site of the 18th century
> Battle of Culloden.

Inverness

> C2. This city is Scotland's third most populous. Its nicknames
> include The Granite City, The Grey City, and The Silver
> City with the Golden Sands. Since the discovery of North
> Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil
> Capital of Europe and the Energy Capital of Europe.

Aberdeen




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




== 4 of 8 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 3:34 am
From: "Peter Smyth"


Mark Brader wrote:

> * Game 8, Round 9 - Sports - "Got Milk?"
>
> Please see the handout at
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-9/milk.pdf
>
> and in each case, name the athlete in the "Got Milk?" ad.
>
> Again, there were 8 decoys and I have sorted everything into
> numerical sequence, and again, you're getting full color while
> the original game had a black-and-white handout.
>
> Answer the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. (decoy)
> 2. Name him.
Manning
> 3. Name him.
Pete Sampras
> 4. (decoy)
> 5. Name *any two* of the three.
> 6. Name him.
> 7. (decoy)
> 8. Name both.
Mohammed & Laila Ali
> 9. Name her.
> 10. Name him.
> 11. (decoy)
> 12. (decoy)
> 13. (decoy)
> 14. Name him.
Apolo Anton Ohno
> 15. Name him.
> 16. (decoy)
David Beckham
> 17. Name her.
> 18. (decoy)

No Ian Rush? Actually I think these adverts have been used before as I
remember making the Ian Rush joke then as well.

> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge
>
> Your categories are:
>
> A. Kirk (Sports)
> B. Bones (Science)
> C. Scotty (Geography)
> D. Chekhov (Literature)
> E. Sulu (History)
> F. Spock (Entertainment)
>
>
> A. Kirk
>
> A1. This past week saw the anniversary of whose home run
> for the Dodgers off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of the 1988
> World Series? He was named National League MVP.
>
> A2. Currently quarterback for the Washington Redskins, he played
> college football for Michigan State University. Who is he?
>
> B. Bones
>
> B1. What is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body?
Stirrup
> B2. What is the strongest, heaviest, and longest bone in the
> human body?
Thigh bone
> C. Scotty
>
> In each case, name the city.
>
> C1. This city is regarded as the capital of the Scottish
> Highlands. It's not far from the site of the 18th century
> Battle of Culloden.
Inverness
> C2. This city is Scotland's third most populous. Its nicknames
> include The Granite City, The Grey City, and The Silver
> City with the Golden Sands. Since the discovery of North
> Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil
> Capital of Europe and the Energy Capital of Europe.
Aberdeen
> D. Chekhov
>
> In each case, name the play.
>
> D1. Chekhov's last play opened at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904.
> Although intended as a comedy, Stanislavski insisted on
> directing it as a tragedy.
>
> D2. At this play's famously disastrous premiere in 1896, the
> audience was so hostile that one of the lead actresses
> lost her voice. Chekhov announced that he was finished
> writing plays.
>
> E. Sulu
>
> E1. A samurai with no lord or master during Japan's feudal
> period was called what?
>
> E2. In the Edo-period social structure, what was the term for
> large land owners subordinate only to the Shogun?
>
> F. Spock
>
> Yes, this one is actually about "Star Trek".
>
> F1. In the episode "Amok Time", Spock undergoes pon farr.
> This ordeal includes a blood fever, violent aggression and
> then death -- unless the sufferer does what?
>
> F2. Before his death saving Enterprise from the detonation
> of the Genesis Device in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan",
> Spock gave his katra to who?

Peter Smyth




== 5 of 8 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 2:31 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:49:23 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:


> * Game 8, Round 9 - Sports - "Got Milk?"
>
> Please see the handout at
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-9/milk.pdf
>
> and in each case, name the athlete in the "Got Milk?" ad.
>
> Again, there were 8 decoys and I have sorted everything into
> numerical sequence, and again, you're getting full color while
> the original game had a black-and-white handout.
>
> Answer the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. (decoy)
> 2. Name him.

Elway?

> 3. Name him.
> 4. (decoy)
> 5. Name *any two* of the three.
> 6. Name him.
> 7. (decoy)
> 8. Name *both*.
> 9. Name her.
> 10. Name him.
> 11. (decoy)

Mia Hamm?

> 12. (decoy)
> 13. (decoy)

Austin?

> 14. Name him.
> 15. Name him.

de la Hoya?

> 16. (decoy)

Beckham

> 17. Name her.
> 18. (decoy)
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge
>
> Your categories are:
>
> A. Kirk (Sports)
> B. Bones (Science)
> C. Scotty (Geography)
> D. Chekhov (Literature)
> E. Sulu (History)
> F. Spock (Entertainment)
>
>
> A. Kirk
>
> A1. This past week saw the anniversary of *whose* home run
> for the Dodgers off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of the 1988
> World Series? He was named National League MVP.
>
> A2. Currently quarterback for the Washington Redskins, he played
> college football for Michigan State University. Who is he?
>
> B. Bones
>
> B1. What is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body?

Hammer, stirrup

> B2. What is the strongest, heaviest, and longest bone in the
> human body?

Femur

> C. Scotty
>
> In each case, name the city.
>
> C1. This city is regarded as the capital of the Scottish
> Highlands. It's not far from the site of the 18th century
> Battle of Culloden.

Aberdeen, Dundee

> C2. This city is Scotland's third most populous. Its nicknames
> include The Granite City, The Grey City, and The Silver
> City with the Golden Sands. Since the discovery of North
> Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil
> Capital of Europe and the Energy Capital of Europe.

Aberdeen, Dundee


> D. Chekhov
>
> In each case, name the play.
>
> D1. Chekhov's last play opened at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904.
> Although intended as a comedy, Stanislavski insisted on
> directing it as a tragedy.

The Seagull

> D2. At this play's famously disastrous premiere in 1896, the
> audience was so hostile that one of the lead actresses
> lost her voice. Chekhov announced that he was finished
> writing plays.

The Seagull

> E. Sulu
>
> E1. A samurai with no lord or master during Japan's feudal
> period was called what?

Shogun?

> E2. In the Edo-period social structure, what was the term for
> large land owners subordinate only to the Shogun?
>
> F. Spock
>
> Yes, this one is actually about "Star Trek".
>
> F1. In the episode "Amok Time", Spock undergoes pon farr.
> This ordeal includes a blood fever, violent aggression and
> then death -- unless the sufferer does what?
>
> F2. Before his death saving Enterprise from the detonation
> of the Genesis Device in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan",
> Spock gave his katra to who?
>
>


--
cheers,
calvin




== 6 of 8 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 3:52 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <FYadnWqjU9feNGjPnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 8, Round 9 - Sports - "Got Milk?"
>
> Please see the handout at
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-9/milk.pdf
>
> and in each case, name the athlete in the "Got Milk?" ad.
>
> Again, there were 8 decoys and I have sorted everything into
> numerical sequence, and again, you're getting full color while
> the original game had a black-and-white handout.
>
> Answer the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. (decoy)
> 2. Name him.
John Elway

> 3. Name him.
> 4. (decoy)
> 5. Name *any two* of the three.
> 6. Name him.
Cal Ripken

> 7. (decoy)
> 8. Name *both*.
Muhammed and Laila Ali

> 9. Name her.
Danica Patrick

> 10. Name him.
> 11. (decoy)
> 12. (decoy)
> 13. (decoy)
> 14. Name him.
> 15. Name him.
> 16. (decoy)
> 17. Name her.
Kristie Yamaguchi

> 18. (decoy)
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge
>
> Your categories are:
>
> A. Kirk (Sports)
> B. Bones (Science)
> C. Scotty (Geography)
> D. Chekhov (Literature)
> E. Sulu (History)
> F. Spock (Entertainment)
>
>
> A. Kirk
>
> A1. This past week saw the anniversary of *whose* home run
> for the Dodgers off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of the 1988
> World Series? He was named National League MVP.
Kirk Gibson

> A2. Currently quarterback for the Washington Redskins, he played
> college football for Michigan State University. Who is he?
Robert Kirk Griffin III

> B. Bones
>
> B1. What is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body?
stirrup

> B2. What is the strongest, heaviest, and longest bone in the
> human body?
femur

> C. Scotty
>
> In each case, name the city.
>
> C1. This city is regarded as the capital of the Scottish
> Highlands. It's not far from the site of the 18th century
> Battle of Culloden.
Inverness

> C2. This city is Scotland's third most populous. Its nicknames
> include The Granite City, The Grey City, and The Silver
> City with the Golden Sands. Since the discovery of North
> Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil
> Capital of Europe and the Energy Capital of Europe.
Aberdeen

> D. Chekhov
>
> In each case, name the play.
>
> D1. Chekhov's last play opened at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904.
> Although intended as a comedy, Stanislavski insisted on
> directing it as a tragedy.
The Cherry Orchard

> D2. At this play's famously disastrous premiere in 1896, the
> audience was so hostile that one of the lead actresses
> lost her voice. Chekhov announced that he was finished
> writing plays.
The Cherry Orchard

> E. Sulu
>
> E1. A samurai with no lord or master during Japan's feudal
> period was called what?
ronin

> E2. In the Edo-period social structure, what was the term for
> large land owners subordinate only to the Shogun?
>
> F. Spock
>
> Yes, this one is actually about "Star Trek".
>
> F1. In the episode "Amok Time", Spock undergoes pon farr.
> This ordeal includes a blood fever, violent aggression and
> then death -- unless the sufferer does what?
mate

> F2. Before his death saving Enterprise from the detonation
> of the Genesis Device in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan",
> Spock gave his katra to who?
his dogra







== 7 of 8 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 4:05 pm
From: Pete


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:FYadnWqjU9feNGjPnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@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 9 - Sports - "Got Milk?"
>
> Please see the handout at
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-9/milk.pdf
>
> and in each case, name the athlete in the "Got Milk?" ad.
>
> Again, there were 8 decoys and I have sorted everything into
> numerical sequence, and again, you're getting full color while
> the original game had a black-and-white handout.
>
> Answer the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. (decoy)

Nash

> 2. Name him.

Elway

> 3. Name him.

Sampras

> 4. (decoy)
> 5. Name *any two* of the three.

Chris Evert, Maria Sharapova

> 6. Name him.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

> 7. (decoy)

McGwire

> 8. Name *both*.

Muhammad and Laila Ali

> 9. Name her.

Danica Patrick

> 10. Name him.

Ewing

> 11. (decoy)

Mia Hamm

> 12. (decoy)

Garnett

> 13. (decoy)
> 14. Name him.

Apolo Anton Ohno

> 15. Name him.
> 16. (decoy)

David Beckham

> 17. Name her.

Yamaguchi

> 18. (decoy)

Gordon

>
>
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge
>
> Your categories are:
>
> A. Kirk (Sports)
> B. Bones (Science)
> C. Scotty (Geography)
> D. Chekhov (Literature)
> E. Sulu (History)
> F. Spock (Entertainment)
>
>
> A. Kirk
>
> A1. This past week saw the anniversary of *whose* home run
> for the Dodgers off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of the 1988
> World Series? He was named National League MVP.

Kirk Gibson

>
> A2. Currently quarterback for the Washington Redskins, he played
> college football for Michigan State University. Who is he?

Cousins

>
> B. Bones
>
> B1. What is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body?

Hammer; Anvil

>
> B2. What is the strongest, heaviest, and longest bone in the
> human body?

Femur

>
> C. Scotty
>
> In each case, name the city.
>
> C1. This city is regarded as the capital of the Scottish
> Highlands. It's not far from the site of the 18th century
> Battle of Culloden.

Ayr; Dunfermline

>
> C2. This city is Scotland's third most populous. Its nicknames
> include The Granite City, The Grey City, and The Silver
> City with the Golden Sands. Since the discovery of North
> Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil
> Capital of Europe and the Energy Capital of Europe.

Aberdeen

>
> D. Chekhov
>
> In each case, name the play.
>
> D1. Chekhov's last play opened at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904.
> Although intended as a comedy, Stanislavski insisted on
> directing it as a tragedy.
>
> D2. At this play's famously disastrous premiere in 1896, the
> audience was so hostile that one of the lead actresses
> lost her voice. Chekhov announced that he was finished
> writing plays.
>
> E. Sulu
>
> E1. A samurai with no lord or master during Japan's feudal
> period was called what?
>
> E2. In the Edo-period social structure, what was the term for
> large land owners subordinate only to the Shogun?
>
> F. Spock
>
> Yes, this one is actually about "Star Trek".
>
> F1. In the episode "Amok Time", Spock undergoes pon farr.
> This ordeal includes a blood fever, violent aggression and
> then death -- unless the sufferer does what?

Marries

>
> F2. Before his death saving Enterprise from the detonation
> of the Genesis Device in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan",
> Spock gave his katra to who?

McCoy

>
>

Pete




== 8 of 8 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 4:40 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


> * Game 8, Round 9 - Sports - "Got Milk?"
>
> 5. Name *any two* of the three.

Monica Seles & Chris Evert

> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge
>
> B1. What is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body?

stirrup (in the ear)

> B2. What is the strongest, heaviest, and longest bone in the
> human body?

femur

> C1. This city is regarded as the capital of the Scottish
> Highlands. It's not far from the site of the 18th century
> Battle of Culloden.

Stirling

> C2. This city is Scotland's third most populous. Its nicknames
> include The Granite City, The Grey City, and The Silver
> City with the Golden Sands. Since the discovery of North
> Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil
> Capital of Europe and the Energy Capital of Europe.

Aberdeen


Rob







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TOPIC: SWPKO #7
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0580258ca99d3ca8?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Fri, Feb 7 2014 10:30 pm
From: Dan Tilque


swp wrote:
> The contest is now (still) open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, Mark Brader, and Erland Sommarskog.
>
> ***
> #7. What is the average annual flow rate, in m^3/sec, of water over Niagara Falls?
> ***

150


--
Dan Tilque

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




== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 8:48 am
From: swp


On Friday, February 7, 2014 12:28:56 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
>
> ***
> #7. What is the average annual flow rate, in m^3/sec, of water over Niagara Falls?
> ***

My source for this question is: http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/largest-waterfalls/volume/

150 - Dan Tilque
1000 - Dan Blum
1000 - Joshua Kreitzer
1777 - Mark Brader
2407 - CORRECT ANSWER
20000 - Pete
25000 - Erland Sommarskog

Erland Sommarskog is eliminated, just as I was finally getting comfortable with spelling his name.

The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, and Mark Brader.

swp




== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 8:51 am
From: swp


> On Friday, February 7, 2014 12:28:56 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> >
> > ***
> > #7. What is the average annual flow rate, in m^3/sec, of water over Niagara Falls?
> > ***
>
> My source for this question is: http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/largest-waterfalls/volume/
>
> 150 - Dan Tilque
> 1000 - Dan Blum
> 1000 - Joshua Kreitzer
> 1777 - Mark Brader
> 2407 - CORRECT ANSWER
> 20000 - Pete
> 25000 - Erland Sommarskog
>
> Erland Sommarskog is eliminated, just as I was finally getting comfortable with spelling his name.
>
> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, and Mark Brader.
>
> swp

sorry, forgot to change the subject line





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TOPIC: SWPKO #8
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== 1 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 8:50 am
From: swp


Round 8!

The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, and Mark Brader.

***
#8. How many earth days does it take for Saturn to orbit the sun?
***

swp, who noticed a pattern among the questions just now. I wonder if anyone else sees it too?




== 2 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 9:40 am
From: Dan Tilque


swp wrote:
> Round 8!
>
> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, and Mark Brader.
>
> ***
> #8. How many earth days does it take for Saturn to orbit the sun?
> ***

10952

--
Dan Tilque




== 3 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 10:20 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Stephen Perry:
> #8. How many earth days does it take for Saturn to orbit the sun?

Well, that's a matter of interpretat... just kidding.

11,120
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "If we gave people a choice, there would be chaos."
msb@vex.net | -- Dick McDonald




== 4 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 10:26 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Dan Tilque:
> 10952

Damn! He finally asks one I knew, and I blow it by doing the arithmetic
wrong instead of by guessing wrong. Now I have to hope someone else
guesses even higher than me.
--
Mark Brader | "The speed of sound is considerably less than the
Toronto | speed of light -- that is why some people appear bright
msb@vex.net | until you hear them talk."




== 5 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 11:08 am
From: Joshua Kreitzer


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:9761f8e3-b37c-438a-89f9-71dec147c3a1@googlegroups.com:

> Round 8!
>
> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua
> Kreitzer, and Mark Brader.
>
> ***
> #8. How many earth days does it take for Saturn to orbit the sun?

695

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com




== 6 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 12:24 pm
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:
> Round 8!

> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, and Mark Brader.

> ***
> #8. How many earth days does it take for Saturn to orbit the sun?
> ***

4000

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




== 7 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 4:06 pm
From: Pete


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:9761f8e3-b37c-438a-89f9-71dec147c3a1@googlegroups.com:

> Round 8!
>
> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua
> Kreitzer, and Mark Brader.
>
> ***
> #8. How many earth days does it take for Saturn to orbit the sun?
> ***
>
> swp, who noticed a pattern among the questions just now. I wonder if
> anyone else sees it too?
>

1000

Pete




== 8 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 4:54 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Stephen Perry:
> ...noticed a pattern among the questions just now. I wonder if
> anyone else sees it too?

(Brightly)
They all have numerical answers!
--
Mark Brader "We can get ideas even from a clever man." ...
Toronto "Yes, I think you can. Even ideas you should
msb@vex.net have had yourselves." -- John Dickson Carr




== 9 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 5:19 pm
From: swp


On Saturday, February 8, 2014 11:50:18 AM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> Round 8!
>
> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, and Mark Brader.
>
> ***
> #8. How many earth days does it take for Saturn to orbit the sun?
> ***
>
> swp, who noticed a pattern among the questions just now. I wonder if anyone else sees it too?

695 - Joshua Kreitzer
1000 - Pete
4000 - Dan Blum
10759 - CORRECT ANSWER (there is some small variation in estimates depending on who you ask)
10952 - Tilque
11120 - Mark Brader

Joshua Kreitzer, whose answer was closer to the orbit of Mars (~687 days), is eliminated.

The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Mark Brader.

swp




== 10 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 5:20 pm
From: swp


On Saturday, February 8, 2014 7:54:16 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> Stephen Perry:
> > ...noticed a pattern among the questions just now. I wonder if
> > anyone else sees it too?
>
> (Brightly)
> They all have numerical answers!
> --
> Mark Brader "We can get ideas even from a clever man." ...
> Toronto "Yes, I think you can. Even ideas you should
> msb@vex.net have had yourselves." -- John Dickson Carr

close.

I was thinking of "water" as the unintentional common theme.

swp




== 11 of 11 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 5:23 pm
From: swp


On Saturday, February 8, 2014 8:19:20 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> On Saturday, February 8, 2014 11:50:18 AM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> > Round 8!
>
> > The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, and Mark Brader.
> >
> > ***
> > #8. How many earth days does it take for Saturn to orbit the sun?
> > ***
> >
> > swp, who noticed a pattern among the questions just now. I wonder if anyone else sees it too?
>
> 695 - Joshua Kreitzer
> 1000 - Pete
> 4000 - Dan Blum
> 10759 - CORRECT ANSWER (there is some small variation in estimates depending on whoM you ask)
> 10952 - Tilque
> 11120 - Mark Brader
>
> Joshua Kreitzer, whose answer was closer to the orbit of Mars (~687 days), is eliminated.
>
> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Mark Brader.
>
> swp

and once again forgot to change the subject line. sorry.

swp





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TOPIC: SWPKO #6b (replaces #6)
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/6038ee3fe5cbb6e9?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 2:21 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:58:34 +1000, Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>
wrote:

> calvin wrote:
>>> ***
>>> #6b. How long is the Nile River?
>>> ***
>> The Blue Nile, or... oh forget it.
>> 2,222 km
>>
>
> Thank you for falling on your ..ah .. kilometers for me...

Don't mention it.

I didn't fully understand Q6A, and Mark's "clarification" only confused me
further. So of course my answer, which wasn't much more than a wild guess,
was almost spot on.

I therefore had a foreboding of misfortune when that got junked and we
came to 6B. Not that I have anyone to blame but myself. I well know that
Sudan is roughly the same size as Western Australia for instance, so that
section of the Nile must be 2,000 km or so on its own.

D'oh!, as they say in classics. And you'd better win the whole damned
thing now!

--
cheers,
calvin





==============================================================================
TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 8, Rounds 7-8 answers: SI, memoirs
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/729b305498d980e8?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 2:25 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:44:32 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> Scores, if there are no errors:
>
> ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
> TOPICS-> His Art Geo Mis Sci Ent FOUR

> "Calvin" 15 8 7 20 -- -- 50

> "calvin" -- -- -- -- 16 16 32


I suspect these are the same person :-)


--
cheers,
calvin




== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 3:20 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
>> Scores, if there are no errors:
>>
>> ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
>> TOPICS-> His Art Geo Mis Sci Ent FOUR
>>
>> "Calvin" 15 8 7 20 -- -- 50
>>
>> "calvin" -- -- -- -- 16 16 32

"Calvin":
> I suspect these are the same person :-)

Yeah, well, it's your fault for spelling it that way. :-)

Scores, if there are now no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> His Art Geo Mis Sci Ent FOUR
Stephen Perry -- -- 38 36 40 40 154
Joshua Kreitzer 23 12 3 24 24 36 107
Marc Dashevsky 0 12 0 36 32 20 100
Dan Blum 19 24 0 20 28 20 92
Pete Gayde 12 8 4 24 15 32 83
Rob Parker 4 0 16 16 30 8 70
"Calvin" 15 8 7 20 16 16 67
Erland Sommarskog 20 0 8 4 32 0 64
Dan Tilque 20 4 0 4 28 0 56
Bruce Bowler 4 0 0 20 24 8 56
Jeff Turner 4 8 0 12 28 4 52
Peter Smyth -- -- -- -- 36 16 52
Jason Kreitzer -- -- 0 20 0 24 44

--
Mark Brader, Toronto "There are no new ideas, only new
msb@vex.net mouths to speak them." -- Linda Burman

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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TOPIC: SWPKO #9
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79ae0c242a5f8027?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 8 2014 5:25 pm
From: swp


Welcome to the impossible round, Round 9! I intentionally included this question
in the original list of 10 to make sure that there was a round where no one had
any advantage. Now that I've said that, I am sure at least one of you will come
forward to say that this is also your favorite movie and know the answer.

The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Mark Brader.

***
#9. According to the SCMODS system in the patrol car, how many outstanding
warrants did Elwood Blues have in the movie "The Blues Brothers"?
***

swp




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