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* Rotating Quiz 130 - a quiz about Rotating - 12 messages, 9 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/04788efbb0214342?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz 129 *results* - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2a1e35f56ee344fa?hl=en
* QFTCICR14 Current Events 3-4 - 4 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/db2c542af02dc30f?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #34 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3e53d11efd1799ee?hl=en
* SWPKO #4 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/508e1ff5471d2794?hl=en
* calvin's quiz #341 - Battles - 1 messages, 1 author
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* SWPKO #5 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz 130 - a quiz about Rotating
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/04788efbb0214342?hl=en
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== 1 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:00 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Gareth Owen:
> Typo!!

Oh. I would never have guessed. :-)

> There are many gaps in my knowledge, but the correct speed at which
> to play LPs is not one of them.

If you had a turntable that did 33 1/13 RPM, would you even notice?
The difference from 33 1/3 is only about 0.775%.
--
Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy,
Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.)
msb@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero




== 2 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:04 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Gareth Owen:
>> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
>> which poem?

Stephen Perry:
> the book of revelations?

Or the book of revolutions? :-)


>> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
>> centre of a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms
>> embargo?

> I thought it was a world war i incident, which doesn't fit the category.

Well, there was at least one revolution during WW1... not that that helped me.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The only proven use of antimatter is the production
msb@vex.net | of Nobel Prizes in physics." -- Henry Spencer

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 3 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:05 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"


Gareth Owen wrote:

> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been
> isn't it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
Discus
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet /
> proto-rapper Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde", Honolulu, among the first in the world?
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM
> (long players) and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most
> common rotation speeds for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
78, 60
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium,
> and popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington
> Carver (US)? [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include
> "Chichester Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the
> Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how
> many degrees will they have rotated in the jump?
900
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms
> embargo?

Peter Smyth




== 4 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:27 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 2/4/2014 12:50 PM, Gareth Owen wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?

Shot put

> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?

Revolving restaurants

> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)

78, 16

> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?

Spin

> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]

Crop rotation

> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?

720

> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?

Russian

--Jeff




== 5 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:33 pm
From: Bruce Bowler


On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:50:18 +0000, Gareth Owen wrote:

> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?

Discus

> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?

rotating restaurant

> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players)
> and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds
> for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)

78 and 16(?)

> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver
> (US)? [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?

900

> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?

Rime of the ancient mariner

> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
>
> I will mark this at some time after 10AM GMT, Sunday 9th Feb.
>
> (Thanks for the heads-up Mark)





== 6 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:37 pm
From: Gareth Owen


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:

> Gareth Owen:
>> Typo!!
>
> Oh. I would never have guessed. :-)
>
>> There are many gaps in my knowledge, but the correct speed at which
>> to play LPs is not one of them.
>
> If you had a turntable that did 33 1/13 RPM, would you even notice?
> The difference from 33 1/3 is only about 0.775%.

Good point. (Although I do actually have a device that will do that.
Its a stroboscopic mat that you put on the turntable and - if your
lights are on a 50Hz AC and your turntable is exactly 33 1/3, the lines
marked on the mat will [should] appear to be stationary).

It's a neat thing, but I kind of have my doubt about whether it'll do
sub-1% accuracy though.

Hell, I don't even know what the variation in frequency of the mains
might be.

ObTrivia: If you play "I'm On Fire" from Born In The USA by Bruce
Springsteen at 45 RPM instead of 33 1/3, it sounds uncannily like Dolly
Parton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3ygq7_eCA




== 7 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:40 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Gareth Owen (gwowen@gmail.com) writes:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?

I see that there is a followup to a post from Mark, so I guess that
you have already found. Anyway, what comes around, comes around

> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?

Discus

> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde", Honolulu, among the first in the world?

Spheric buildings.

> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players)
> and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds
> for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)

33 1/3! (Do you really play your albums at 33 1/13? But I guess they last
longer that way.)

OK, so the answers you really want are 16 2/3 and 78.

> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?

720°

> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?

Russian


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




== 8 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:44 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Gareth Owen (gwowen@gmail.com) writes:
> ObTrivia: If you play "I'm On Fire" from Born In The USA by Bruce
> Springsteen at 45 RPM instead of 33 1/3, it sounds uncannily like Dolly
> Parton.

Reminds me of when I borrowed an album with the B52's. I thought the first
song was good, and it was a little cute that they had speed-tricked the
vocals. But when the same speed-tricked vocals was on the second and third
tracks well, I made a reality check. Indeed, I was playing the album on
45 RPM. When playing the album on normal speed, I found it boring, and
I never recorded it.


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




== 9 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:59 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
>> If you had a turntable that did 33 1/13 RPM, would you even notice?
>> The difference from 33 1/3 is only about 0.775%.

Sorry, obviously I reversed the correct and incorrect speeds in computing
that. I meant 0.769%.

Gareth Owen:
> Good point. (Although I do actually have a device that will do that.
> Its a stroboscopic mat that you put on the turntable

Oh, right. We used to have one of those in the olden days.

> and - if your lights are on a 50Hz AC...

Ah, THERE's yer PROBlem. You need to be on 60 Hz the way God intended. :-)

You also need the lights to be something other than incandescent ones,
which don't ripple enough with the frequency for that trick to work.


> It's a neat thing, but I kind of have my doubt about whether it'll do
> sub-1% accuracy though.

Sure it would. The record is supposed to take exactly 1.8 seconds to
rotate once. If it was slow by 0.769%, you'd see the marks on the mat
rotating once every 234 seconds, so if the ring of marks is 10 inches
in diameter, they'd move an inch in less than 7.5 seconds.

> Hell, I don't even know what the variation in frequency of the mains
> might be.

Here it's about 0.1% in normal circumstances. See the graph on page 30 of:
http://www.nerc.com/docs/docs/blackout/NERC_Final_Blackout_Report_07_13_04.pdf

--
Mark Brader "Hey, I don't want to control people's lives!
Toronto (If they did things right, I wouldn't have to.)"
msb@vex.net -- "Coach"

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 10 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:59 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <87r47ikbs5.fsf@gmail.com>, gwowen@gmail.com says...
>
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
>
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
78, 16.5

> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
crop rotation

> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
Turner

> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
720

> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
The Maelstrom

> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
>
> I will mark this at some time after 10AM GMT, Sunday 9th Feb.
>
> (Thanks for the heads-up Mark)






== 11 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:40 pm
From: Pete


Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> wrote in news:87r47ikbs5.fsf@gmail.com:

> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been
> isn't it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?

Discus

>
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?

Carousel

>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long
> players) and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most common
> rotation speeds for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)

78 and 16

>
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling Stone?

Spin

>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium,
> and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver
> (US)? [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include
> "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?

Turner

>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?

900

>
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
>
> I will mark this at some time after 10AM GMT, Sunday 9th Feb.
>
> (Thanks for the heads-up Mark)
>

Pete




== 12 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:41 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?

discus (?)

> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?

wind generators(?)

> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for
> some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and
> 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)

78 rpm; manufacturer's choice

> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]

crop rotation (?)

> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?

Turner (?)

> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?

720 (?)

> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?


Rob






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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz 129 *results*
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2a1e35f56ee344fa?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:00 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Gareth Owen:
> No, I didn't.

Fixed!
--
Mark Brader Summary of issue: Fix FORTRAN-8x.
Toronto Committee Response: This proposal contains
msb@vex.net insurmountable technical errors.
-- X3J11 responses to 2nd public review





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TOPIC: QFTCICR14 Current Events 3-4
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/db2c542af02dc30f?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:20 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 2/4/2014 3:23 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 3 (2014-01-27), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Quebec's latest tragic fire, which happened at a seniors' home
> last Thursday, has left 10 people confirmed dead and 22 missing.
> Hampered by freezing weather, recovery efforts are ongoing.
> Name the Quebec town where the fire occurred.
>
> 2. Just in case you thought a week might pass without Rob Ford
> qualifying to be in the current events round, you'd be wrong.
> Ford created controversy yet again when he was recorded in a
> restaurant earlier this week drunkenly doing a bad imitation
> of what dialect/language?
>
> 3. Canada's other great gift to late-night comedic talk shows,
> Justin Bieber, landed in a Miami jail after being arrested for
> impaired driving and resisting arrest. Give the *color and make*
> of the rented car he was allegedly caught drag-racing in.
>
> 4. While the rodents in the title of their 1970s hit song generally
> mate for life, sadly the same can't be said of this musical
> couple who made it famous: they announced this week that
> they're getting divorced after 39 years of marriage. Name this
> soon-to-be-ex husband-and-wife musical team.

Captain and Tenille

> 5. In a widely trumpeted report issued by Oxfam last week, it was
> revealed that the world's 85 richest people control as much
> wealth as how many of the world's poorest?

95%

> 6. This Canadian investor and TV personality, whose outspoken
> economic opinions show him to be slightly less sympathetic than
> Attila the Hun, responded on TV to that Oxfam report, saying:
> "This is a great thing because it inspires everybody, gets them
> motivation to look up to the 1% and say, 'I want to become one
> of those people, I'm going to fight hard to get up to the top.
> This is fantastic news and of course I'm going to applaud it.
> What can be wrong with this?" Name the Canadian blowhard behind
> these words.
>
> 7. This Montreal-based company was behind an environmental
> initiative that first "hit the road" there in 2009. The concept
> (operated either by the same company or by others) has spread
> to many other cities, including Toronto, New York, Chicago,
> and London. Name the company, which filed for bankruptcy this
> past week owing approximately $50,000,000.
>
> 8. In a study reported on last week, this was revealed to be
> even more detrimental to the human body than previously thought,
> affecting 97% of the body's rhythmic genes and resulting
> in a state that one of the study's coauthors refers to as
> "chrono-chaos". What was found to have such a negative impact?

Sleep deprivation

> 9. This comet-bound space probe woke up as planned after more than
> 2 years in hibernation, by tweeting "Hello, world" in multiple
> languages. Name the probe, which was launched by the European
> Space Agency.
>
> 10. A 150-year-old building caught fire on this well-known Toronto
> street on Wednesday. Fighting the 3-alarm fire proved difficult,
> partly because the nearest fire hydrant had frozen shut.
> Name the firetruck-filled street.
>
>
> * Game 3 (2014-02-03), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Sunday, Pope Francis released two doves as a symbol of peace.
> They were immediately attacked by two other birds. What kind?
> Name either one.
>
> 2. Later in the week, Pope Francis became the first pontiff ever
> to appear on the cover of what American magazine?
>
> 3. Justin Bieber appeared at a Toronto police station Wednesday
> to be charged with an assault that occurred in December.
> What was the alleged victim's occupation?
>
> 4. A civil suit accuses Mayor Ford of orchestrating a jailhouse
> beating at the West Detention Centre in March 2012. Either name
> the victim or tell how he is connected to Ford.
>
> 5. Name the Toronto Raptor point guard who followed a 31-point
> game against Brooklyn on Monday with 33 points against Orlando
> Wednesday, his first time scoring 30+ points back-to-back.
>
> 6. Name the Maple Leafs forward who had 3 assists Thursday against
> Florida, including his 100th career NHL point.
>
> 7. Which American metal band said on Tuesday that they will call
> it quits after their scheduled tour concludes next year?

Motley Crue

> 8. Which folk music pioneer died Monday at the age of 94?

Pete Seeger

> 9. On Wednesday, a report blamed the displacement of milkweed
> by genetically modified crops for the decline of what migratory
> species, once adopted as a symbol of environmental cooperation
> between the USA, Mexico, and Canada? Be specific.

Monarch butterflies

> 10. It was reported Monday that in order to study their immune
> responses, US government scientists were squirting what up the
> noses of volunteers? Again, be specific.

--Jeff




== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 1:27 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 2. Just in case you thought a week might pass without Rob Ford
> qualifying to be in the current events round, you'd be wrong.
> Ford created controversy yet again when he was recorded in a
> restaurant earlier this week drunkenly doing a bad imitation
> of what dialect/language?

French

> 3. Canada's other great gift to late-night comedic talk shows,
> Justin Bieber, landed in a Miami jail after being arrested for
> impaired driving and resisting arrest. Give the *color and make*
> of the rented car he was allegedly caught drag-racing in.

Red Ferrari

> 8. In a study reported on last week, this was revealed to be
> even more detrimental to the human body than previously thought,
> affecting 97% of the body's rhythmic genes and resulting
> in a state that one of the study's coauthors refers to as
> "chrono-chaos". What was found to have such a negative impact?

Shift-working

> 9. This comet-bound space probe woke up as planned after more than
> 2 years in hibernation, by tweeting "Hello, world" in multiple
> languages. Name the probe, which was launched by the European
> Space Agency.

Rosetta

> * Game 3 (2014-02-03), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Sunday, Pope Francis released two doves as a symbol of peace.
> They were immediately attacked by two other birds. What kind?
> Name either one.

Hawk

> 2. Later in the week, Pope Francis became the first pontiff ever
> to appear on the cover of what American magazine?

Time

> 7. Which American metal band said on Tuesday that they will call
> it quits after their scheduled tour concludes next year?

Mötley Crüe

> 8. Which folk music pioneer died Monday at the age of 94?

Pete Seger




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




== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:30 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


> * Game 3 (2014-01-27), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 2. Just in case you thought a week might pass without Rob Ford
> qualifying to be in the current events round, you'd be wrong.
> Ford created controversy yet again when he was recorded in a
> restaurant earlier this week drunkenly doing a bad imitation
> of what dialect/language?

Russian; German

> 4. While the rodents in the title of their 1970s hit song generally
> mate for life, sadly the same can't be said of this musical
> couple who made it famous: they announced this week that
> they're getting divorced after 39 years of marriage. Name this
> soon-to-be-ex husband-and-wife musical team.

the guys who did "Muskrat Love"

> 5. In a widely trumpeted report issued by Oxfam last week, it was
> revealed that the world's 85 richest people control as much
> wealth as how many of the world's poorest?

half the world's population

> 8. In a study reported on last week, this was revealed to be
> even more detrimental to the human body than previously thought,
> affecting 97% of the body's rhythmic genes and resulting
> in a state that one of the study's coauthors refers to as
> "chrono-chaos". What was found to have such a negative impact?

working night shift

> * Game 3 (2014-02-03), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Sunday, Pope Francis released two doves as a symbol of peace.
> They were immediately attacked by two other birds. What kind?
> Name either one.

hawks; magpies

> 2. Later in the week, Pope Francis became the first pontiff ever
> to appear on the cover of what American magazine?

Playboy

> 7. Which American metal band said on Tuesday that they will call
> it quits after their scheduled tour concludes next year?

Metallica (?)

> 8. Which folk music pioneer died Monday at the age of 94?

Pete Seager


Rob





== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:35 pm
From: Pete


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:GaydndTmIKQfPm3PnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@vex.net:

> This set of current-events rounds is running concurrently with
> QFTCIC Game 8, currently Rounds 4,6 and later 7-8.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
> indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
> answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to
> give the answers that were correct on those dates.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Cellar Rats and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 3 (2014-01-27), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Quebec's latest tragic fire, which happened at a seniors' home
> last Thursday, has left 10 people confirmed dead and 22 missing.
> Hampered by freezing weather, recovery efforts are ongoing.
> Name the Quebec town where the fire occurred.
>
> 2. Just in case you thought a week might pass without Rob Ford
> qualifying to be in the current events round, you'd be wrong.
> Ford created controversy yet again when he was recorded in a
> restaurant earlier this week drunkenly doing a bad imitation
> of what dialect/language?

French

>
> 3. Canada's other great gift to late-night comedic talk shows,
> Justin Bieber, landed in a Miami jail after being arrested for
> impaired driving and resisting arrest. Give the *color and make*
> of the rented car he was allegedly caught drag-racing in.
>
> 4. While the rodents in the title of their 1970s hit song generally
> mate for life, sadly the same can't be said of this musical
> couple who made it famous: they announced this week that
> they're getting divorced after 39 years of marriage. Name this
> soon-to-be-ex husband-and-wife musical team.

Captain and Tennille

>
> 5. In a widely trumpeted report issued by Oxfam last week, it was
> revealed that the world's 85 richest people control as much
> wealth as how many of the world's poorest?

3.5 billion

>
> 6. This Canadian investor and TV personality, whose outspoken
> economic opinions show him to be slightly less sympathetic than
> Attila the Hun, responded on TV to that Oxfam report, saying:
> "This is a great thing because it inspires everybody, gets them
> motivation to look up to the 1% and say, 'I want to become one
> of those people, I'm going to fight hard to get up to the top.
> This is fantastic news and of course I'm going to applaud it.
> What can be wrong with this?" Name the Canadian blowhard behind
> these words.

Black

>
> 7. This Montreal-based company was behind an environmental
> initiative that first "hit the road" there in 2009. The concept
> (operated either by the same company or by others) has spread
> to many other cities, including Toronto, New York, Chicago,
> and London. Name the company, which filed for bankruptcy this
> past week owing approximately $50,000,000.
>
> 8. In a study reported on last week, this was revealed to be
> even more detrimental to the human body than previously thought,
> affecting 97% of the body's rhythmic genes and resulting
> in a state that one of the study's coauthors refers to as
> "chrono-chaos". What was found to have such a negative impact?
>
> 9. This comet-bound space probe woke up as planned after more than
> 2 years in hibernation, by tweeting "Hello, world" in multiple
> languages. Name the probe, which was launched by the European
> Space Agency.
>
> 10. A 150-year-old building caught fire on this well-known Toronto
> street on Wednesday. Fighting the 3-alarm fire proved difficult,
> partly because the nearest fire hydrant had frozen shut.
> Name the firetruck-filled street.

Yonge; Bloor

>
>
> * Game 3 (2014-02-03), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Sunday, Pope Francis released two doves as a symbol of peace.
> They were immediately attacked by two other birds. What kind?
> Name either one.

Crow

>
> 2. Later in the week, Pope Francis became the first pontiff ever
> to appear on the cover of what American magazine?

Rolling Stone

>
> 3. Justin Bieber appeared at a Toronto police station Wednesday
> to be charged with an assault that occurred in December.
> What was the alleged victim's occupation?
>
> 4. A civil suit accuses Mayor Ford of orchestrating a jailhouse
> beating at the West Detention Centre in March 2012. Either name
> the victim or tell how he is connected to Ford.
>
> 5. Name the Toronto Raptor point guard who followed a 31-point
> game against Brooklyn on Monday with 33 points against Orlando
> Wednesday, his first time scoring 30+ points back-to-back.
>
> 6. Name the Maple Leafs forward who had 3 assists Thursday against
> Florida, including his 100th career NHL point.
>
> 7. Which American metal band said on Tuesday that they will call
> it quits after their scheduled tour concludes next year?

Motley Crue

>
> 8. Which folk music pioneer died Monday at the age of 94?

Pete Seeger

>
> 9. On Wednesday, a report blamed the displacement of milkweed
> by genetically modified crops for the decline of what migratory
> species, once adopted as a symbol of environmental cooperation
> between the USA, Mexico, and Canada? Be specific.

Monarch butterfly

>
> 10. It was reported Monday that in order to study their immune
> responses, US government scientists were squirting what up the
> noses of volunteers? Again, be specific.
>

Pete





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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #34
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3e53d11efd1799ee?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 2:24 pm
From: Gareth Owen


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:

> Answers must be posted by Wednesday (by Toronto time) -- that is,
> as I post this, you have 5 days and a bit over 4 hours to answer.

I may have missed this deadline

> 1. The word "helicopter" is derived from the Greek for what?

Rotating bird

> 2. Most helicopters have a tail rotor, which is a sideways-facing
> propeller. Briefly explain why it's needed.

Stability - to stop the 'copter body counter rotating.

> 3. Briefly explain how an autogyro is different from both a
> helicopter and an airplane.

Flies like a heli', but unpowered

> 4. Name the Clark Gable movie in which a character arrives for
> the climactic scene by autogyro.

No idea

> 5. The NBC Mystery Movie was a rotating or "wheel" TV series.
> Give the last names of any *two* of its various lead detective
> characters.

Never heard of it ... Columbo, Quincy

> 6. The Earth rotates around its axis at what angular velocity?

1 rotation per day

> 7. Which planet rotates about an axis almost parallel to its
> orbital plane, so that its polar regions (analogous to
> the areas within the Earth's Arctic and Antarctic Circles)
> cover most of the planet?

Uranus

> 8. LP records are designed to be played while rotating at what
> angular velocity?

33 1/13 RPM.

> 9. The winds caused by weather systems often form a rotating
> pattern. What is the direction of this rotation, at
> ground level, in the case of an anticyclone in the Southern
> Hemisphere?

(flips coin) Anti clockwise

> 10. The Whirlpool at Niagara Falls is a pool forming a bulge
> on one side of the Niagara River. The incoming water from
> the rapids produces many small whirlpools, but in addition
> the river's flow drives an overall rotation of the pool.
> In summer, the direction of this overall rotation reverses
> between night and day. What triggers the change?

Cooling

> 11. The Frisbee was named after a pie plate from a similarly
> named company, but how did that company spell the name?

Frisby?

> 12. Name a word that produces a synonym of itself when
> transformed by rot13. Both the original word and the synonym
> must be ordinary, well-known words.





== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 3:28 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
> > Answers must be posted by Wednesday [2011-10-05] (by Toronto time)...

Gareth Owen:
> I may have missed this deadline

Hmm.

Answers repeated from the original answer posting; comments this time
in square brackets.

> > 1. The word "helicopter" is derived from the Greek for what?

> Rotating bird

Spiral (as in helix) wing (as in pterodactyl). I accepted "helical
wing".

> > 2. Most helicopters have a tail rotor, which is a sideways-facing
> > propeller. Briefly explain why it's needed.

> Stability - to stop the 'copter body counter rotating.

[Good enough.] To counter the torque applied to the helicopter body
in an equal and opposite reaction to the motor's torque on the main
rotor...

> > 3. Briefly explain how an autogyro is different from both a
> > helicopter and an airplane.

> Flies like a heli', but unpowered

[Not sufficient; the aircraft is powered.]

Unlike an airplane, it is lifted by a rotary wing. Unlike a
helicopter, that rotary wing is not directly powered, but is driven by
the air as the aircraft is driven forward by a propeller. Nobody gave
all these details but three answers were complete enough to accept.

A few hours after posting this contest, I watched the episode
of "Jeopardy!" from two days earlier -- and one of the questions
showed a picture of an autogyro, mentioned its inventor, and
asked what it was. And none of the players got it.

> > 4. Name the Clark Gable movie in which a character arrives for
> > the climactic scene by autogyro.

"It Happened One Night". King Westley (Jameson Thomas) pilots
an autogyro to his wedding to Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert).

> > 5. The NBC Mystery Movie was a rotating or "wheel" TV series.
> > Give the last names of any *two* of its various lead detective
> > characters.

> Never heard of it ... Columbo, Quincy

The three easy ones, because they appeared for the whole 1971-77 run
of the series, were Columbo, [Sam] McCloud, and [Stewart] McMillan.
Also correct were: [Thomas] Banacek (1972-73), [Frank and Steve]
Faraday (1973-74), [Jefferson] Keys ("Cool Million", 1972-73), [Dan]
Madigan (1972-74), McCoy (1975-76), [Amy] Prentiss (1974-75), Quincy
(1976), [Hec] Ramsey (1972-74), [David] Small ("Lanigan's Rabbi",
1977), [Ernesta and Gwen] Snoop ("Snoop Sisters", 1973-74), [Harry]
Tenafly (1973-74). (Titles are shown only where they did not include
the character's last name.)

["Quincy, M.E." was a normal weekly 1-hour show, not movie-length and
not part of the wheel.]

> > 6. The Earth rotates around its axis at what angular velocity?

> 1 rotation per day

1 revolution per *sidereal* day. Nobody gave an exact answer,
but Stephen's answer of 361°/day was within 0.004%.

> > 7. Which planet rotates about an axis almost parallel to its
> > orbital plane, so that its polar regions (analogous to
> > the areas within the Earth's Arctic and Antarctic Circles)
> > cover most of the planet?

> Uranus

Uranus.

> > 8. LP records are designed to be played while rotating at what
> > angular velocity?

> 33 1/13 RPM.

[Har.] 33+1/3 RPM.

> > 9. The winds caused by weather systems often form a rotating
> > pattern. What is the direction of this rotation, at
> > ground level, in the case of an anticyclone in the Southern
> > Hemisphere?

> (flips coin) Anti clockwise

Anticlockwise.

> > 10. The Whirlpool at Niagara Falls is a pool forming a bulge
> > on one side of the Niagara River. The incoming water from
> > the rapids produces many small whirlpools, but in addition
> > the river's flow drives an overall rotation of the pool.
> > In summer, the direction of this overall rotation reverses
> > between night and day. What triggers the change?

> Cooling

The river's depth varies according to how much water is diverted
for hydroelectric power generation.

The hydroelectric plants these days are downstream of the Whirlpool.
In the daytime in summer, to preserve the appearance of the falls
only 1/2 of the natural water flow is diverted; at other times,
3/4 is diverted. As the river also has a sharp bend at this location,
with deep water the outgoing current has room to cross under the
very fast incoming current and reach the outlet; with shallow water
the two flows collide and divert each other.

Deep-water flow Shallow-water flow

/------\ /------\ W N
/ <<< \ / >>> \ x
| v ^ \ | ^ v \ S E
| v ^ \ | ^ v \
| v ^ \------ | ^ \ \------
\ >> ^ >>>>>>>>> \ \. >>>>>>>>>
\-\ ^ /------- \-\ \ /-------
\ ^ / \ ^ /
| ^ | | ^ |
| ^ | | ^ |


> > 11. The Frisbee was named after a pie plate from a similarly
> > named company, but how did that company spell the name?

> Frisby?

Frisbie.

> > 12. Name a word that produces a synonym of itself when
> > transformed by rot13. Both the original word and the synonym
> > must be ordinary, well-known words.

Irk.arg, vex.net. Or something like that. :-)



The original scores were:

"David" 6
Rob Parker 5
Stephen Perry 5
Dan Tilque 5
Jeff Turner 4
Joachim Parsch 4
Marc Dashevsky 3
Peter Smyth 3
"Calvin" 2
Erland Sommarskog 0

And Gareth, jokes about LP records aside, would have scored 4.
--
Mark Brader | "In my youth", said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
Toronto | "I kept all my verbs very supple
msb@vex.net | By the use of these smileys -- one shilling a box --
| Allow me to sell you a couple?" --John Dean (after Carroll)

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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TOPIC: SWPKO #4
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/508e1ff5471d2794?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:21 pm
From: Pete


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:d76eec51-b027-4ad6-8250-eaa06d3d7a83@googlegroups.com:

> As promised, I started a new thread.
>
> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua
> Kreitzer, Calvin, Mark Brader, Peter Smyth, Russ, and Erland
> Sommarskog.
>
> ***
> #4. What date is the 2014 World Cup scheduled to *finish*?
> Please use YYYY-MM-DD format when answering.
> ***
>
> swp, who has many non-date-related questions lined up starting with #5
>

2014-07-15

Pete




== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:33 pm
From: swp


On Monday, February 3, 2014 1:30:04 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> ***
> #4. What date is the 2014 World Cup scheduled to *finish*?
> Please use YYYY-MM-DD format when answering.
> ***

2014-06-12 OFFICIAL START DATE
2014-07-13 OFFICIAL END DATE
2014-07-13 Peter Smyth (well done)
2014-07-13 Erland Sommarskog (well done)
2014-07-15 Pete
2014-07-20 Joshua Kreitzer
2014-07-25 Dan Tilque
2014-07-28 Calvin
2014-08-27 Dan Blum
2014-12-31 Mark Brader
2015-07-15 Russ

Russ has apparently decided to throw himself on the grenade tossed by Mark Brader, thus saving him and allowing Mark to continue on.

Russ, you are the weakest link. Good bye!

swp, who thinks it was a typo but that's the way the cookie crumbles




== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 5:41 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Stephen Perry:
> 2014-12-31 Mark Brader
> 2015-07-15 Russ
>
> Russ has apparently decided to throw himself on the grenade tossed by
> Mark Brader, thus saving him and allowing Mark to continue on.

Yes, thanks Russ.

What happened was, I remembered some news about a sporting event
controversially being scheduled for the winter, and thought this
might be it. On further thought I realized that even if it was the
World Cup it would be a future one, but that came too late.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I don't know about your brain,
msb@vex.net | but mine is really bossy." -- Laurie Anderson

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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TOPIC: calvin's quiz #341 - Battles
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/8dc8a246a338837a?hl=en
==============================================================================

== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:24 pm
From: Pete


calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in news:op.xap57xew2wood3@homepc:

>
> During which war did the following battles occur?
>
>
> 1 Battle of Lone Pine

French and Indian War

> 2 Battle of Ladysmith

Boer War

> 3 Battle of Agincourt

100 Years War

> 4 Battle of Long Tan

Opium War

> 5 Operation Desert Storm

First Gulf War

> 6 Battle of Bull Run

American Civil War

> 7 Battle of Austerlitz

World War I

> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter

Korean Conflict

> 9 Battle of Stalingrad

World War II

> 10 Battle of Yorktown

American Revolution
>
>

Pete





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TOPIC: SWPKO #5
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/ad7c1eb4afad0302?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:36 pm
From: swp


Round 5! Congratulations on making it this far.

The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, Calvin,
Mark Brader, Peter Smyth, and Erland Sommarskog.

***
#5. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. How deep?
(You may answer in feet or meters, but I will
convert to feet for the results posting)
***

swp




== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:48 pm
From: Pete


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:78cf6a1e-2b39-46de-a619-b3e808b18f40@googlegroups.com:

> Round 5! Congratulations on making it this far.
>
> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua
> Kreitzer, Calvin, Mark Brader, Peter Smyth, and Erland Sommarskog.
>
> ***
> #5. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. How deep?
> (You may answer in feet or meters, but I will
> convert to feet for the results posting)
> ***
>
> swp
>

2000 feet

Pete




== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 4 2014 4:57 pm
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:
> Round 5! Congratulations on making it this far.

> The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, Calvin,
> Mark Brader, Peter Smyth, and Erland Sommarskog.

> ***
> #5. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. How deep?
> (You may answer in feet or meters, but I will
> convert to feet for the results posting)
> ***

2200 feet

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




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