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* RQ #128: Seconds Please -- ANSWERS - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/051e936bcb609e80?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz 129 - 9 messages, 8 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2a1e35f56ee344fa?hl=en
* SWPKO #1 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79301a6dc2027e81?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 7, Rounds 7-8 answers: trophies and bottles - 1 messages, 1
author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/daf6c205d25df795?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 7, Rounds 9-10: world cinema, football challenge - 4 messages, 3
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c33503fe9c59a520?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 8, Rounds 2-3: medieval towns and sculptors - 4 messages, 4
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e316e1e6cf54b56d?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #339 - Film Quotes - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4f11eb4e7600519c?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #340 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/473f9b1647b04fd4?hl=en

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TOPIC: RQ #128: Seconds Please -- ANSWERS
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/051e936bcb609e80?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 2:53 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


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

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

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

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 5:24 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


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

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

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







== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 12:37 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


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

I'm relieved to see that Mark was quick to post RQ 129!

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





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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz 129
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2a1e35f56ee344fa?hl=en
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== 1 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 6:41 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.

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

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

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 8:10 pm
From: johnadams60656@gmail.com


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


--
John




== 3 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 8:23 pm
From: swp


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

paper lion

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

touched for the very first time

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

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

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

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

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

mark brader

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

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

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

they all have twins

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

fish

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

1999

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

aqueduct

> 11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.

band names?

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

um ... no.

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

and after that signature line how could I not enter.

swp




== 4 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 8:42 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


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

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

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

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

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

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

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






== 5 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 1:08 am
From: "David B"


> 1. In 1963, George Plimpton, a sportswriter who was not an
> athlete, was given the chance to suit up with a professional
> football game and play in an intra-squad practice game.
> Name the book he wrote about his experiences.
>
> 2. In Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", after the title words
> are sung for the first time, what line comes next?

Touched for the very first time.

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

tone-semitone-tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone

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

Magnetic Core Memory.

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

Cobra?

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

All twins?

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

A fish.

> 9. Within 1, when was the last year that a team -- Chicago --
> won their third NBA championship in a row?
>
> 10. Within the city limits of New York there is one track for
> horse racing. What is its name?
>
> 11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.
>
> 12. Second tiebreaker: Write an interesting additional question
> fitting the theme. (Please also provide the answer, in rot13.)
>

D




== 6 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 1:04 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 2. In Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", after the title words
> are sung for the first time, what line comes next?

Now, Mark giving a music question! Unfortuntately, that is not a song
that I've paid attention to.

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

tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone-tone

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

Segment

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

Cobra

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

1992




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




== 7 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 2:08 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Erland Sommarskog:
> Now, Mark giving a music question!

Two music questions, in fact! And two sports questions, too.
--
Mark Brader | "Don't get me wrong, perl is an OK operating system,
Toronto | but it lacks a lightweight scripting language."
msb@vex.net | -- Walter Dnes




== 8 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 2:28 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"


Mark Brader wrote:

> This is Rotating Quiz #129. The contest will run for 6 days
> and 4 hours from the moment of posting, so you have until about
> 1:40 am Monday night (morning of Tuesday, February 4) by Toronto
> time, zone -5.
>
> Please answer based only on your own knowledge and, of course,
> do not discuss the questions in the newsgroup before answering.
>
> Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in
> the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below
> each one. This is not QFTCI -- you're only allowed one attempt
> per question. The last two questions are tiebreakers.
>
> 1. In 1963, George Plimpton, a sportswriter who was not an
> athlete, was given the chance to suit up with a professional
> football game and play in an intra-squad practice game.
> Name the book he wrote about his experiences.
>
> 2. In Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", after the title words
> are sung for the first time, what line comes next?
Touched for the very first time
> 3. In playing the major scale, after the tonic note the sequence
> of intervals is tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone.
> In the same notation, what is it for the natural minor scale
> (the most common minor scale in our culture)?
tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone-tone
> 4. In the era of the IBM 360 series, the memory of a large
> computer around 1970 consisted of a 3-dimensional array
> of wires threaded through ring-shaped pieces of ferrite
> at their intersections. Each piece of ferrite represented
> either a 0 or a 1 bit depending on how it was magnetized.
> But what was one of these pieces called?
>
> 5. Name Sam Spade's partner who is killed in "The Maltese
> Falcon".
>
> 6. The American F-89 fighter plane, the British FV101 tank,
> and the Czech vz.61 machine gun were all given the name of
> what venomous creature?
>
> 7. What do the following celebrities have in common (that most
> others do not)? Joseph Fiennes, Linda Hamilton, Jill
> Hennessy, Scarlett Johanssen, Isabella Rossellini, Keifer
> Sutherland.
>
> 8. What is "alive without breath, as cold as death"?
>
> 9. Within 1, when was the last year that a team -- Chicago --
> won their third NBA championship in a row?
>
> 10. Within the city limits of New York there is one track for
> horse racing. What is its name?
Aqueduct
> 11. First tiebreaker: Identify the hidden theme.
>
> 12. Second tiebreaker: Write an interesting additional question
> fitting the theme. (Please also provide the answer, in rot13.)

Peter Smyth




== 9 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 3:53 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:41:15 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:


> 1. In 1963, George Plimpton, a sportswriter who was not an
> athlete, was given the chance to suit up with a professional
> football game and play in an intra-squad practice game.
> Name the book he wrote about his experiences.
>
> 2. In Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", after the title words
> are sung for the first time, what line comes next?

Touched for the very first time

> 3. In playing the major scale, after the tonic note the sequence
> of intervals is tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone.
> In the same notation, what is it for the natural minor scale
> (the most common minor scale in our culture)?
>
> 4. In the era of the IBM 360 series, the memory of a large
> computer around 1970 consisted of a 3-dimensional array
> of wires threaded through ring-shaped pieces of ferrite
> at their intersections. Each piece of ferrite represented
> either a 0 or a 1 bit depending on how it was magnetized.
> But what was one of these pieces called?

Bit?

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

Hornet?

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

All are twins

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

A fish. I just re-read The Hobbit as it happens.

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

1991

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

Belmont

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



--
cheers,
calvin





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TOPIC: SWPKO #1
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/79301a6dc2027e81?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 8:13 pm
From: johnadams60656@gmail.com


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

--
John




== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 10:40 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:53:21 +1000, swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for running this.

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

1888

--
cheers,
calvin




== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 10:45 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer


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

> After the first round, this becomes a closed contest -- only
> those who have survived the earlier rounds may continue to enter.
> If everyone gives the exact correct answer on any question,
> they all survive, but I don't expect that to happen very much.
> Otherwise, the person whose answer is farthest from the correct
> answer is eliminated. In case of a tie for farthest, among those
> entrants the last to enter is eliminated. "Farthest" will be
> measured by difference, not ratio, unless I explicitly indicate
> otherwise on a specific question.
>
> *** We will start with a simple "name that year" question:
> #1. The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.,
> on January 27th. What year?
> ***

1886

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com






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TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 7, Rounds 7-8 answers: trophies and bottles
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/daf6c205d25df795?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 10:33 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 07:42:41 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

>> * Game 7, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Booze Bottles (HANDOUT)
>
>> Bottles of booze often have distinctive shapes. We'll give you
>> the number of a silhouette on the handout
>
>> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-8/booze.pdf
>
>> and the general type of alcohol, and you tell us the specific brand.
>> Note that the bottles are not necessarily to scale.
>
>> Again, for this medium I'll put them in numerical order and include
>> the 4 decoys in the sequence. Answer those if you like for fun,
>> but for no points.
>
> This was the easiest round in the original game.

I do worry about the people you play trivia with :-)

--
cheers,
calvin





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TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 7, Rounds 9-10: world cinema, football challenge
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c33503fe9c59a520?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jan 28 2014 10:38 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 07:44:59 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - World Cinema
>
> 1. What director's films include "Battleship Potemkin", "October",
> and "Alexander Nevsky"?

Eisenstein

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

Rosselini?

> 3. What Japanese anime director's films include "My Neighbor
> Totoro", "Princess Mononoke", and "Spirited Away"?
>
> 4. What Japanese actor (1920-97) starred in "Rashomon", "Seven
> Samurai", "Throne of Blood", "Yojimbo", and over 160 other
> movies?
>
> 5. Name the "playback" singer who has lent her voice over a
> 6-decade career in Bollywood to hundreds of films that onscreen
> actresses would lip-sync to. She was named in 2011 as the
> most recorded artist in music history and was married to score
> composer R.D. Burman.
>
> 6. What Mexican director's films include "Amores perros",
> "21 Grams", and "Biutiful"?
>
> 7. What actress starred in "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern",
> "The Story of Qiu Ju", and "Farewell My Concubine"?
>
> 8. Who directed the "Apu" trilogy of films?
>
> 9. Name the actor who -- before becoming known to Western audiences
> for roles in "Anna and the King", "Pirates of the Caribbean: At
> World's End", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" -- was a star
> of numerous Hong Kong action films, several directed by John Woo.

Li?

> 10. What martial arts action star's films include "Lethal Weapon 4",
> "Romeo Must Die", "The Forbidden Kingdom", and "Hero" (2002)?
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Sports Challenge Round
>
> This round is all American football, all the time.
>
> A. Breaking the Law
>
> In each case, name the player.
>
> A1. This two-time Super Bowl champion, two-time defensive player
> of the year, and the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV, was indicted on
> murder and aggravated-assault charges in 2000. The murder
> charges were dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea to a
> misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice.
>
> A2. In August 2013, this Patriots star was indicted for the
> murder of Odin Lloyd, and he is currently being investigated
> in connection with other murders in both Florida and
> Massachusetts.
>
> B. Places
>
> In each case, name the team associated with the stadium mentioned.
>
> B1. The Dawg Pound is the name of the bleacher section behind
> the east end zone in FirstEnergy Stadium, the home field
> of this NFL team. It is known for its extremely zealous
> fan base.

Cleveland?

> B2. AT&T Stadium, completed in 2009, has a maximum capacity
> of 105,000. It has the world's largest column-free interior
> and the fourth-largest high-definition video screen, which
> hangs from 20-yard line to 20-yard line.
>
> C. Stuff that Happened a Long Time Ago
>
> These questions are about the 1967 AFL-NFL World Championship Game,
> nicknamed -- and then retroactively named officially -- the first
> "Super Bowl", in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas
> City Chiefs 35-10.
>
> C1. Who was named MVP of the game?
>
> C2. Where was it played? Name *either* the city or the stadium.
>
> D. Science
>
> D1. A football is what type of three-dimensional shape?
>
> D2. What is the only combination of scoring plays by which an
> NFL team can score a total of 5 points in a game?
> This happened in the 1970 playoff game when the Dallas
> Cowboys defeated the Detroit Lions 5-0.

1 field goal + 1 safety

> E. Movies
>
> In each case, name the movie.
>
> E1. This 1998 college football comedy stars Adam Sandler as
> Bobby Boucher, an intellectually challenged character with
> an amazing talent for tackling. It also stars Henry Winkler
> as the coach, and Kathy Bates as Boucher's mother. Name it.
>
> E2. This 1999 Oliver Stone film stars Al Pacino as coach of the
> Miami Sharks. It's star-studded cast also includes Cameron
> Diaz, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, and LL Cool J. Name it.

Any Given Sunday

> F. Actors
>
> In each case, name the athlete/actor.
>
> F1. After playing for 13 years with the Oakland Raiders, he
> jumped into the world of acting with roles in "Broken Arrow"
> and "Firestorm". This Hall of Fame defensive end can now be
> found as one of the co-hosts on FOX Network's NFL coverage.

Long

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



--
cheers,
calvin




== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 2:14 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-11-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

Game 10 is over and for the first time in QFTCI history there is a
*tie* for first place. Listed in random order, the winners are JOSHUA
KREITZER and STEPHEN PERRY. So, half-hearted congratulations to both!


> * Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - World Cinema

This was the hardest round in the original game.

> 1. What director's films include "Battleship Potemkin", "October",
> and "Alexander Nevsky"?

Sergei Eisenstein. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Pete, and Calvin.
3 for Jason.

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

Andrei Tarkovsky. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

> 3. What Japanese anime director's films include "My Neighbor
> Totoro", "Princess Mononoke", and "Spirited Away"?

Hayao Miyazaki. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

> 4. What Japanese actor (1920-97) starred in "Rashomon", "Seven
> Samurai", "Throne of Blood", "Yojimbo", and over 160 other
> movies?

Toshiro Mifune. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc.

> 5. Name the "playback" singer who has lent her voice over a
> 6-decade career in Bollywood to hundreds of films that onscreen
> actresses would lip-sync to. She was named in 2011 as the
> most recorded artist in music history and was married to score
> composer R.D. Burman.

Asha Bhosle.

> 6. What Mexican director's films include "Amores perros",
> "21 Grams", and "Biutiful"?

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu. 4 for Joshua.

> 7. What actress starred in "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern",
> "The Story of Qiu Ju", and "Farewell My Concubine"?

Gong Li. 4 for Joshua.

> 8. Who directed the "Apu" trilogy of films?

Satyajit Ray. 4 for Joshua and Marc.

> 9. Name the actor who -- before becoming known to Western audiences
> for roles in "Anna and the King", "Pirates of the Caribbean: At
> World's End", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" -- was a star
> of numerous Hong Kong action films, several directed by John Woo.

Chow Yun Fat. 4 for Joshua and Marc.

> 10. What martial arts action star's films include "Lethal Weapon 4",
> "Romeo Must Die", "The Forbidden Kingdom", and "Hero" (2002)?

Jet Li. 4 for Joshua, Jason, and Marc.


> * Game 7, Round 10 - Sports Challenge Round

> This round is all American football, all the time.

> A. Breaking the Law

> In each case, name the player.

> A1. This two-time Super Bowl champion, two-time defensive player
> of the year, and the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV, was indicted on
> murder and aggravated-assault charges in 2000. The murder
> charges were dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea to a
> misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice.

Ray Lewis. 4 for Jason, Marc, and Pete.

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

Aaron Hernandez. 4 for Marc.

> B. Places

> In each case, name the team associated with the stadium mentioned.

> B1. The Dawg Pound is the name of the bleacher section behind
> the east end zone in FirstEnergy Stadium, the home field
> of this NFL team. It is known for its extremely zealous
> fan base.

Cleveland Browns. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Marc, Pete, Dan Tilque,
and Calvin.

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

Dallas Cowboys. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> C. Stuff that Happened a Long Time Ago

> These questions are about the 1967 AFL-NFL World Championship Game,
> nicknamed -- and then retroactively named officially -- the first
> "Super Bowl", in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas
> City Chiefs 35-10.

> C1. Who was named MVP of the game?

Bart Starr. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

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

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque.

> D. Science

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

Prolate spheroid. I also accepted "ellipsoid". 4 for Joshua
and Dan Tilque.

A prolate spheroid is an ellipsoid with two axes equal and the
third longer, so "ellipsoid" is equally correct but less specific.
"Equally correct" may also be read as "equally incorrect": technically
neither one is an accurate description, since a football has slightly
pointed ends. But "prolate spheroid" is the common description and
was the intended answer.

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

A field goal (3) and a safety (2). No singles in the American game.
4 for Joshua, Jason, Marc, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.

> E. Movies

> In each case, name the movie.

> E1. This 1998 college football comedy stars Adam Sandler as
> Bobby Boucher, an intellectually challenged character with
> an amazing talent for tackling. It also stars Henry Winkler
> as the coach, and Kathy Bates as Boucher's mother. Name it.

"The Waterboy". 4 for Joshua, Jason, and Marc.

> E2. This 1999 Oliver Stone film stars Al Pacino as coach of the
> Miami Sharks. It's star-studded cast also includes Cameron
> Diaz, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, and LL Cool J. Name it.

"Any Given Sunday". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Marc, and Calvin.

> F. Actors

> In each case, name the athlete/actor.

> F1. After playing for 13 years with the Oakland Raiders, he
> jumped into the world of acting with roles in "Broken Arrow"
> and "Firestorm". This Hall of Fame defensive end can now be
> found as one of the co-hosts on FOX Network's NFL coverage.

Howie Long. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Calvin.

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

Bubba Smith. 4 for Joshua, Jason, and Pete.


Scores, if there are no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Geo Can Sci Spo Mis Ent Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 36 4 36 34 40 -- -- 190
Joshua Kreitzer 35 28 8 28 27 7 36 36 190
Marc Dashevsky 20 12 0 32 8 16 20 36 136
Pete Gayde 23 28 -- -- 28 0 4 28 111
Dan Blum 28 24 0 21 8 8 16 4 105
Dan Tilque 24 8 0 20 12 0 0 24 88
Jeff Turner 12 16 0 36 8 12 -- -- 84
Jason Kreitzer 24 12 0 0 -- -- 7 24 67
Peter Smyth 16 28 -- -- 16 0 -- -- 60
Rob Parker 4 4 0 18 20 8 -- -- 54
"Calvin" -- -- -- -- 16 8 4 16 44
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 8 16 -- -- 24
Erland Sommarskog 8 4 0 8 -- -- -- -- 20

--
Mark Brader, Toronto "People say I'm a skeptic --
msb@vex.net but I find that hard to believe."

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 2:55 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 1/26/2014 4:44 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - World Cinema
>
> 1. What director's films include "Battleship Potemkin", "October",
> and "Alexander Nevsky"?

Eisenstein

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

Steelers

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

Cowboys

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

Bart Starr

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

San Francisco

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

lozenge

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

field goal and safety

> E. Movies
>
> In each case, name the movie.
>
> E1. This 1998 college football comedy stars Adam Sandler as
> Bobby Boucher, an intellectually challenged character with
> an amazing talent for tackling. It also stars Henry Winkler
> as the coach, and Kathy Bates as Boucher's mother. Name it.

The Water Boy

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

Grier

--Jeff




== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 3:31 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


If Jeff Turner had posted his answers on time, he would have scored
4 points on Round 9 and 16 on Round 10, for a final score of 100.

--
Mark Brader "I can see the time when every city will have one."
Toronto -- An American mayor's reaction to the
msb@vex.net news of the invention of the telephone

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 8, Rounds 2-3: medieval towns and sculptors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e316e1e6cf54b56d?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 2:19 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-11-18,
and should be interpreted accordingly.

On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.

All questions were written by members of Clueless, and are used
here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been
retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my
2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


* Game 8, Round 2 - History - Medieval Towns and Cities

In each case, name the city or town described.

1. This European city claims the oldest university in the world
and became the preeminent place to study law from the 11th
century through the later Middle Ages.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


* Game 8, Round 3 - Art - Sculptors

On the handout

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-3/sculptors.jpg

you will find 19 images, which in the original game were printed
in black and white, but in return for the annoyance of scrolling
through a tall image, at least you get to see them in color.
(Sorry about the variation in numbering style, but that's how
they did it. It was even worse before I touched up the position
of some of the numbers.)

Four artists are represented by two sculptures each, and you have to
identify *both*. If you make two guesses, please use an explicit and
unambiguous format like "31 and 32; 31 and 33" to make it clear what
they are.

Now, identify *both* sculptures by:

1. Michelangelo.
2. Picasso.
3. Donatello.
4. Bernini.

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

5. Gjb.
6. Svir.
7. Rvtug.
8. Guvegrra.
9. Svsgrra.
10. Fvkgrra.

Decoys:

11. Guerr.
12. Fvk.
13. Frira.
14. Gra.
15. Ryrira.

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "(And then there were the mtimes.
msb@vex.net | Oh, the mtimes...)" --Steve Summit

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 2:42 pm
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - Medieval Towns and Cities

> 1. This European city claims the oldest university in the world
> and became the preeminent place to study law from the 11th
> century through the later Middle Ages.

Bologna

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

Paris

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

Avignon

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

Antioch

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

Aquitaine

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

Amsterdam

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

Ravenna

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

Byzantium

> * Game 8, Round 3 - Art - Sculptors

> Four artists are represented by two sculptures each, and you have to
> identify *both*. If you make two guesses, please use an explicit and
> unambiguous format like "31 and 32; 31 and 33" to make it clear what
> they are.

> 1. Michelangelo.


3 and 7; 4 and 7

> 2. Picasso.

9 and 14

> 3. Donatello.

4 and 18; 1 and 18

> 4. Bernini.

6 and 12; 6 and 17

> 5. Gjb.

Degas

> 7. Rvtug.

Duchamp

> 8. Guvegrra.

Christo

> 9. Svsgrra.

Giacometti

> 10. Fvkgrra.

Rodin

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




== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 3:29 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <Sa6dnYpt4MX943TPnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - Medieval Towns and Cities
>
> In each case, name the city or town described.
>
> 1. This European city claims the oldest university in the world
> and became the preeminent place to study law from the 11th
> century through the later Middle Ages.
Oxford

> 2. Where was considered, in the 13th century, the preeminent
> European city in which to study theology? Thomas Aquinas
> taught there.
>
> 3. Where did the popes reside from 1309 to 1377?
Venice

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

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

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

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

> 9. This town served as the capital city of the Western Roman Empire
> in the 5th century, and then of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths.
> It was then the center of Byzantine outposts in the West,
> and later became the seat of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
> Today it is particularly known for the surviving Byzantine
> mosaics in its basilica.
>
> 10. What city was sacked by crusaders in 1203-04 and conquered
> 250 years later by Sultan Mehmed II?
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Art - Sculptors
>
> On the handout
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-3/sculptors.jpg
>
> you will find 19 images, which in the original game were printed
> in black and white, but in return for the annoyance of scrolling
> through a tall image, at least you get to see them in color.
> (Sorry about the variation in numbering style, but that's how
> they did it. It was even worse before I touched up the position
> of some of the numbers.)
>
> Four artists are represented by two sculptures each, and you have to
> identify *both*. If you make two guesses, please use an explicit and
> unambiguous format like "31 and 32; 31 and 33" to make it clear what
> they are.
>
> Now, identify *both* sculptures by:
>
> 1. Michelangelo.
12, 17

> 2. Picasso.
9, 14

> 3. Donatello.
> 4. Bernini.
>
> After completing questions #1-4, decode the rot13 to see the numbers
> of the unused sculptures. For questions #5-10, identify the artist
> of each one. And, if you like, continue with the decoys, #11-15,
> for fun, but for no points.
>
> 5. Two.
> 6. Five.
> 7. Eight.
> 8. Thirteen.
Christo

> 9. Fifteen.
> 10. Sixteen.
>
> Decoys:
>
> 11. Three.
Perseus and Medusa, but I do not recall the sculptor

> 12. Six.
> 13. Seven.
> 14. Ten.
Calder

> 15. Eleven.








== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 3:43 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 1/29/2014 5:19 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - Medieval Towns and Cities
>
> In each case, name the city or town described.
>
> 1. This European city claims the oldest university in the world
> and became the preeminent place to study law from the 11th
> century through the later Middle Ages.

Vienna

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

Milan

> 3. Where did the popes reside from 1309 to 1377?
>
> 4. This city began as a Viking settlement in the 9th century,
> and remained under their control until it was invaded by the
> Normans in the 12th century. One of its local names means "town
> of the hurdled ford"; but what is its current most common name,
> which means "black pool"?
>
> 5. Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman Emperor here in 306.
> Centuries later this city became an ecclesiastical capital and
> important center of cloth trade and manufacturing. The city's
> castle was the site of an infamous massacre of Jewish inhabitants
> in 1190.
>
> 6. This city's name derives from the Latin for "water of Grannus",
> who was a local Celtic deity. Around the year 800, it became
> the political center of the empire of Charlemagne, who usually
> spent the winter there with his court, and he was eventually
> buried there.

Grenoble

> 7. This town was the endpoint of the most famous pilgrimage route
> in Western Europe. In 813 a star guided a shepherd to the
> burial site of the Apostle James, and a cathedral was built
> on the spot. Pilgrims returning home from here would wear a
> symbolic scallop shell.
>
> 8. This town became a great commercial power in the 13th, 14th,
> and 15th centuries. The bourse opened in 1309, likely the
> earliest stock exchange in the world, and advances in merchant
> capitalism such as letters of credit were developed there.
> Economic decline around 1500 was caused by the silting up of
> the town's sea access. The first printed book published in
> the English language was published there.
>
> 9. This town served as the capital city of the Western Roman Empire
> in the 5th century, and then of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths.
> It was then the center of Byzantine outposts in the West,
> and later became the seat of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
> Today it is particularly known for the surviving Byzantine
> mosaics in its basilica.
>
> 10. What city was sacked by crusaders in 1203-04 and conquered
> 250 years later by Sultan Mehmed II?

Istanbul

> * Game 8, Round 3 - Art - Sculptors
>
> On the handout
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-3/sculptors.jpg
>
> you will find 19 images, which in the original game were printed
> in black and white, but in return for the annoyance of scrolling
> through a tall image, at least you get to see them in color.
> (Sorry about the variation in numbering style, but that's how
> they did it. It was even worse before I touched up the position
> of some of the numbers.)
>
> Four artists are represented by two sculptures each, and you have to
> identify *both*. If you make two guesses, please use an explicit and
> unambiguous format like "31 and 32; 31 and 33" to make it clear what
> they are.
>
> Now, identify *both* sculptures by:
>
> 1. Michelangelo.
3 and 18
> 2. Picasso.
9 and 14
> 3. Donatello.
7 and 16
> 4. Bernini.
4 and 6

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

abcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyz
>
> 5. Gjb. Two
> 6. Svir. Five
> 7. Rvtug. Eight
> 8. Guvegrra. Thirteen
Christo
> 9. Svsgrra. Fifteen
Dali
> 10. Fvkgrra. Sixteen
>
> Decoys:
>
> 11. Guerr.
> 12. Fvk.
> 13. Frira.
> 14. Gra.
> 15. Ryrira.

--Jeff





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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #339 - Film Quotes - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4f11eb4e7600519c?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 3:49 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 07:57:51 +1000, calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Name the film this famous quote comes from.
>
>
> 1 Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis
> for a system of government. (1975)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

> 2 What we've got here is a failure to communicate. (1967)

Cool Hand Luke

> 3 I'll have what she's having. (1989)

When Harry Met Sally

> 4 That'll do, pig, that'll do. (1995)

Babe
lol @ The Muppets Take Manhattan :-)

> 5 These go to eleven. (1984)

Spinal Tap

> 6 To Infinity and Beyond! (1995)

Toy Story

> 7 Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room. (1964)

Dr Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

> 8 You're gonna need a bigger boat. (1975)

Jaws

> 9 There's no crying in baseball! (1992)

A League of Their Own

> 10 Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet! (1927)

The Jazz Singer


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 339
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 84 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 84 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 84 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 84 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 84 Joshua Kreitzer
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 76 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 61 Rob Parker
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 53 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 54 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 54 Jeffrey Turner
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 7 8 8 8 10 10 7 8 8 84 84%

Well done tens.

--
cheers,
calvin





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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #340
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/473f9b1647b04fd4?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 29 2014 3:57 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>



Which cities are commonly referred to by the following nicknames?

1 The Eternal City (Europe)
2 Beantown (Americas)
3 The City of Sails (Australasia)
4 The City of Lights (Europe)
5 The Windy City (Americas)
6 The Stampede City (Americas)
7 The Motor City / Motown (Americas)
8 City of Dreaming Spires (Europe)
9 The Big Easy (Americas)
10 The City of Churches (Australasia)


--
cheers,
calvin




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