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| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Oct 17 09:53AM +1100 > * Game 3, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cartoon Characters > 2. Who is it? Daffy Duck > 7. Who is it? Tweety (?) > 14. Who is it? Peanuts > 17. Who is it? Mighty Mouse > * Game 3, Round 6 - Entertainment - Fictional Vessels > 1. 1968, movie, USSC Discovery 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey > 2. 1977, TV, Pacific Princess. The Love Boat > 3. 1962, TV, PT-73. McHale's Navy > 4. 1977, movie, Millennium Falcon. Star Wars: A New Hope > 5. 1966, TV, NCC-1701. Star Trek > 6. 1965, TV, SS Minnow. Gilligan's Island > 9. 1956, movie, Pequod. Moby Dick Rob |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 17 02:06PM On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:25:18 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: >> 11. Who is it? > Stewie Griffin (from "Family Guy"). 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Stephen. No partial credit for just Stewie? Bruce |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 17 04:38PM +0200 On 2014-10-17 16:06, Bruce Bowler wrote: >> Stewie Griffin (from "Family Guy"). 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Stephen. > No partial credit for just Stewie? > Bruce or -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 23 04:58AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-10-06, 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 4, Round 2 - Geography - Double Booking Be careful booking your next vacation. In a world of possible place names, there's considerable duplication. In this round, we'll give the locations of two different places that share a name. You give that shared name. For example, if we said, "345 km NW of Paris; 170 km SW of Toronto", you would realize that we must mean the Paris in France and the Toronto in Ontario, and you'd give the answer "London". The round as used in the original game contained many errors; I've recalculated all distances using great-circle distances (which I'm giving rounded to the nearest 5 km) and directions (given to the nearest semi-cardinal point) using http://www.gpsvisualizer.com. 1. 635 km NW of Moscow; 25 km SW of Tampa. 2. The seat of Franklin County KS; 355 km NE of Toronto. 3. The capital of Baja California Sur; 415 km NW of Sucre. 4. 45 km from Dover; across the border from St. Stephen NB. 5. 715 km NE of Melbourne; 315 km NE of Halifax. 6. 390 km NW of Lyon; 150 km NE of Dallas 7. A city in ruins, 20 km S of Cairo; 315 km W of Nashville. 8. 95 km E of Atlanta; 305 km S of Thessaloniki. 9. A city 50 km N of Edinburgh that's home to St. Johnstone FC; a state capital 3,295 km W of Sydney. 10. One of the most famous cities in pop culture; a city 130 km W of Boston that's home to the NBA Hall of Fame. * Game 4, Round 3 - Arts & Lit - Bestseller Covers We don't care what they say: we demand you judge a book by its cover. Please see the handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/4-3/books.pdf On each question you get the cover and the year of publication, and you'll give us the title of that artfully disguised bestseller. (No need to name the author.) For convenience in this medium I've sorted the questions into handout order. There was one decoy on the handout, which I've put in sequence with the others; answer that one if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. A (1962). 2. B (1987). 3. (decoy) C. 4. D (2005). 5. E (1966). 6. F (1969). 7. G (1937). 8. H (circa 300 BC). 9. I (2011). 10. J (2001). 11. K (1983). -- Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as msb@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past, Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 22 11:18PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:vtadnZN0-JK1MdnJnZ2dnUU7- > 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy > a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural > 1972-73 season? 100,000; 120,001 > claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to > Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly > changing its name. Give either version of the name. Southmen > 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl > rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>. > Name any one of them. Csonka > 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the > World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated > to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song. Billie Jean King > 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's > Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of > the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him. Julius Erving > 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four > ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in > the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them. Indiana Pacers > 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four > WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as > it was then. Name it. Winnipeg Jets > paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his > Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls. > Name any one of them. LaCroix; Goulet > 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager > in the WHA. With which team? Indianapolis Racers; Phoenix Roadrunners > against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who > played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA) > Team Canada. Frank Mahovlich > scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number. > A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on > the Moon? 60kg; 50kg > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 60kg; 70kg > Name the person who would have become US vice-president if... > B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960. > B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. Ferraro > C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal > C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto > FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"? Dafoe > C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in > the World Cup earlier this year? Bradley > in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major > studio they founded. > D1. Carl Laemmle. Paramount; Universal > D2. Adolph Zukor. Paramount; Universal > E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA > to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago > en route. Give its number. I-90 > Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing > Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. > Give its number. I-40; I-30 > F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It! > We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city. > F1. The Star-Phoenix. Winnipeg; Flin Flon > F2. The Times-Colonist. Ottawa; Moosejaw Pete |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 22 10:23PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly > > changing its name. Give either version of the name. Pete Gayde: > Southmen (Shakes head) -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "If gravity stops working, a power cut is msb@vex.net | the least of your problems." -- David Bell |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 23 04:52AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 3 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations! > '70s dreaming up sports leagues -- specifically the ABA, the WHA, > the WFL, and World Team Tennis. Invariably, he was the only one > who didn't lose money. Here's a round on his legacy. This was the hardest round in the original game. > 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy > a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural > 1972-73 season? $25,000 (accepting $15,000-$35,000). > claiming it would be a threat to the CFL and therefore to > Canadian culture. Bassett moved the team to Memphis, slightly > changing its name. Give either version of the name. Toronto Northmen, Memphis Southmen. 4 for Joshua. > 3. Bassett spent $3,500,000 US landing three guys with Super Bowl > rings from the Miami Dolphins to play for the <answer 2>. > Name any one of them. Larry Csonka, Jim Klick, Paul Warfield. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the > World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated > to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song. Billie Jean King, "Philadelphia Freedom". 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Marc, Peter, Jason, Jeff, and Pete. > 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's > Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of > the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him. Julius "Dr. J." Erving. The nickname was sufficient. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Jeff, and Pete. > 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four > ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in > the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them. Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Pete. The fourth was the New York Nets, now the Brooklyn Nets, who have remained in the New York metropolitan area but played in various cities in two states. > 7. The WHA and the NHL merged in the 1979-80 season, with four > WHA teams surviving. Only one of those is in the same city as > it was then. Name it. Edmonton Oilers. 4 for Marc. The other three teams all moved in the period 1995-97: Quebec Nordiques to Denver, the original Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix, Hartford (formerly New England) Whalers to Raleigh. They are now respectively the Colorado Avalanche, the Arizona Coyotes, and the Carolina Hurricanes. (The present Winnipeg Jets are unrelated; they are the former Atlanta Thrashers, who moved in 2011.) > paid six teenage future NHL stars $50,000 apiece to play for his > Birmingham Bulls WHA team. They were nicknamed the Baby Bulls. > Name any one of them. Gaston Gingras, Michel Goulet, Craig Hartsburg, Rob Ramage, Pat Riggin, Rick Vaive. 2 for Pete. > 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager > in the WHA. With which team? Indianapolis Racers. 3 for Pete. > against the Soviet Union and, yes, lost. Name any player who > played on both the 1972 (NHL) Team Canada and the 1974 (WHA) > Team Canada. Paul Henderson, Frank Mahovlich, Pat Stapleton. 4 for Pete. > scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number. > A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on > the Moon? 16.5 kg (accepting 14.8-18.2 kg). 4 for Björn, Marc, Dan, Erland, and Jeff. > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 37.9 kg (accepting 34.1-41.7 kg). 4 for Jeff. > B. History: VP Also-Rans > Name the person who would have become US vice-president if... > B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960. Henry Cabot Lodge. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Peter, and Jason. > B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. Geraldine Ferraro. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan, Peter, Jason, Jeff, and Pete. > C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal > C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto > FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"? Jermain Defoe. 4 for Peter and Pete. > C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in > the World Cup earlier this year? Michael Bradley (US). 4 for Pete. > in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major > studio they founded. > D1. Carl Laemmle. Universal. 4 for Joshua. 2 for Pete. > D2. Adolph Zukor. Paramount. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Jeff. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan. > E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA > to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago > en route. Give its number. 90. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan, Erland, Jeff, and Pete. > Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing > Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. > Give its number. 40. 3 for Pete. > F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It! > We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city. > F1. The Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon SK. > F2. The Times-Colonist. Victoria BC. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can Geo Ent Ent Lit Sci Spo Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 7 22 40 28 32 38 20 20 180 Dan Blum 7 30 32 32 28 24 0 14 160 Pete Gayde 3 22 31 32 12 8 25 24 146 Marc Dashevsky 0 18 20 36 24 28 16 20 146 Stephen Perry -- -- 39 40 36 28 -- -- 143 Jeff Turner 0 19 28 32 12 32 8 20 143 Dan Tilque 0 24 20 36 12 40 -- -- 132 Rob Parker 4 31 8 28 12 20 -- -- 103 Bruce Bowler 0 39 24 32 -- -- -- -- 95 Jason Kreitzer 0 4 24 28 16 4 4 8 84 Peter Smyth 0 26 8 4 8 12 4 12 70 Björn Lundin 0 11 4 4 0 24 0 4 47 Erland Sommarskog 0 7 4 0 0 24 0 8 43 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Argh! Hoist by my own canard :-) !" msb@vex.net -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 23 02:56AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. In US dollars within $10,000, how much did it cost to buy > a franchise in the World Hockey Association in its inaugural > 1972-73 season? $150,000 > 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the > World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated > to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song. Billie Jean King > 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's > Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of > the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him. Julius Erving > 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four > ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in > the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them. San Antonio Spurs > scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number. > A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on > the Moon? 16 kg > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 35 kg > Name the person who would have become US vice-president if... > B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960. > B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. Geraldine Ferraro > in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major > studio they founded. > D1. Carl Laemmle. Universal Studios > D2. Adolph Zukor. Paramount > E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA > to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago > en route. Give its number. I-90 > Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing > Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. > Give its number. I-30 > Billie Jean King > F1. The Star-Phoenix. > F2. The Times-Colonist. Halifax -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 16 09:38PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-29, 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3, Round 7 - Literature - Character Study 1. Name the Victorian novel that featured the characters Eustacia Vye, Diggory Venn, Damon Wildeve, and the prodigal Clym Yeobright. 2. Name the Victorian novel that featured Mr. Micawber, Peggoty, Dora, and Agnes. 3. Name the author who, in the 1930s, created the character of John Galt. 4. Name the John Steinbeck book that features a French poodle and the author seeking America in a truck named after Don Quixote's horse Rocinante. 5. Ishmael, Queequeg. Name the book *and* the author. 6. Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, Mme. Defarge. Name the book *and* the author. 7. Name the author who created the character of George Babbitt in the 1920s. 8. Name the author who created ex-basketball-champion Harry Angstrom, a.k.a. Rabbit. 9. Written as a BBC radio drama in the 1954, it included the characters of Myfanwy Price, Mog Edwards, Polly Garter, and Captain Cat. 10. On the Day of the Dead in 1938, alcoholic filmmaker Monsieur Laruelle looks back on the preceding year, spent with the likes of British ex-consul Geoffrey Firmin, his ex-film-star wife Yvonne, and the consul's brother, an anti-Fascist journalist named Hugh. Name the book *or* the author. * Game 3, Round 8 - Science - Meet the Real Flintstones As Ralph Kramden used to say when caught red-handed by Alice, "hominid, hominid, hominid". With apologies to any creationists in the league, here's a round on our slope-browed forebears. 1. In the 1920s scientists excavated the fossil remains of Peking Man. We now know this specimen, and the earlier discovery Java Man, as examples of which human-like species? 2. Discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia, "Lucy" was a 25% complete skeleton. She has the pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal creature. She is considered to be a member of which extinct hominid species? 3. In what country was the first Neanderthal skull found? 4. What was significant about the 1911 discovery in England of the Piltdown Man? 5. Discovered in 1994, the famous Grotte Chauvet contains the world's oldest cave drawings -- of animals, human hands, and nude women. Within 3,000 years, how old are the cave drawings? Please decode the rot13 for questions #6-10 only after you have finished with the above questions. 6. Zhpu zber snzbhf pnir qenjvatf, bayl nobhg unys gur ntr bs gur Tebggr Punhirg barf, jrer qvfpbirerq va Senapr va 1940 -- va jung snzbhf pnirf? 7. Ubzb sybevrafvf jnf gur fpvragvsvp anzr tvira gb n fznyy-fgngherq uhzna naprfgbe, gur erznvaf bs frira bs juvpu jrer qvfpbirerq ba n erzbgr Vaqbarfvna vfynaq va 2004. Jung zber pbyybdhvny anzr sbe gurfr ubzvavqf jnf cbchynevmrq ol gur arjf zrqvn? 8. Jung qbrf "Ubzb rerpghf" zrna? 9. Jung qbrf "Ubzb unovyvf" zrna? 10. Sbffvy fxhyyf bs Ubzb unovyvf fubj fvtaf bs gur qrirybczrag bs n ertvba bs gur oenva pnyyrq Oebpn'f nern. Guvf vf rivqrapr gung Ubzb unovyvf qvq jung? -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net ... being sysadmin of such a central node involves a lot less hassle and frustration when I can confidently say, "I don't know whose software is broken, but it definitely is not ours." Speaking of which... "I don't know whose software is broken, but it definitely is not ours!" -- Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 17 02:53AM > 1. Name the Victorian novel that featured the characters > Eustacia Vye, Diggory Venn, Damon Wildeve, and the prodigal > Clym Yeobright. The Return of the Native > 2. Name the Victorian novel that featured Mr. Micawber, Peggoty, > Dora, and Agnes. Bleak House; The Old Curiosity Shop > 3. Name the author who, in the 1930s, created the character of > John Galt. Ayn Rand > 5. Ishmael, Queequeg. Name the book *and* the author. Moby Dick by Herman Melville > 6. Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, Mme. Defarge. Name the book *and* > the author. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens > 7. Name the author who created the character of George Babbitt in > the 1920s. Sinclair Lewis > 8. Name the author who created ex-basketball-champion Harry > Angstrom, a.k.a. Rabbit. John Updike > 9. Written as a BBC radio drama in the 1954, it included the > characters of Myfanwy Price, Mog Edwards, Polly Garter, and > Captain Cat. Under Milk Wood > of British ex-consul Geoffrey Firmin, his ex-film-star wife > Yvonne, and the consul's brother, an anti-Fascist journalist > named Hugh. Name the book *or* the author. Lawrence Durrell > 1. In the 1920s scientists excavated the fossil remains of Peking > Man. We now know this specimen, and the earlier discovery Java > Man, as examples of which human-like species? Homo habilis > skeleton. She has the pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal > creature. She is considered to be a member of which extinct > hominid species? Australopithecene > 3. In what country was the first Neanderthal skull found? Germany > 4. What was significant about the 1911 discovery in England of > the Piltdown Man? It was a hoax > 5. Discovered in 1994, the famous Grotte Chauvet contains the > world's oldest cave drawings -- of animals, human hands, and > nude women. Within 3,000 years, how old are the cave drawings? 25,000 years > uhzna naprfgbe, gur erznvaf bs frira bs juvpu jrer qvfpbirerq > ba n erzbgr Vaqbarfvna vfynaq va 2004. Jung zber pbyybdhvny > anzr sbe gurfr ubzvavqf jnf cbchynevmrq ol gur arjf zrqvn? hobbits > 8. Jung qbrf "Ubzb rerpghf" zrna? upright man > 9. Jung qbrf "Ubzb unovyvf" zrna? handy man > 10. Sbffvy fxhyyf bs Ubzb unovyvf fubj fvtaf bs gur qrirybczrag > bs n ertvba bs gur oenva pnyyrq Oebpn'f nern. Guvf vf rivqrapr > gung Ubzb unovyvf qvq jung? spoke -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 17 05:18AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:3dmdnRz-hNqsHN3JnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Name the Victorian novel that featured the characters > Eustacia Vye, Diggory Venn, Damon Wildeve, and the prodigal > Clym Yeobright. "The Return of the Native" > 2. Name the Victorian novel that featured Mr. Micawber, Peggoty, > Dora, and Agnes. "David Copperfield" > 3. Name the author who, in the 1930s, created the character of > John Galt. Ayn Rand > 4. Name the John Steinbeck book that features a French poodle and > the author seeking America in a truck named after Don Quixote's > horse Rocinante. "Travels with Charley" > 5. Ishmael, Queequeg. Name the book *and* the author. "Moby Dick" - Herman Melville > 6. Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, Mme. Defarge. Name the book *and* > the author. "A Tale of Two Cities" - Charles Dickens > 7. Name the author who created the character of George Babbitt in > the 1920s. Sinclair Lewis > 8. Name the author who created ex-basketball-champion Harry > Angstrom, a.k.a. Rabbit. John Updike > of British ex-consul Geoffrey Firmin, his ex-film-star wife > Yvonne, and the consul's brother, an anti-Fascist journalist > named Hugh. Name the book *or* the author. Somerset Maugham (?) > 1. In the 1920s scientists excavated the fossil remains of Peking > Man. We now know this specimen, and the earlier discovery Java > Man, as examples of which human-like species? Homo erectus; Homo habilis > skeleton. She has the pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal > creature. She is considered to be a member of which extinct > hominid species? Australopithecus afarensis > 3. In what country was the first Neanderthal skull found? Germany > 4. What was significant about the 1911 discovery in England of > the Piltdown Man? it was a hoax > 5. Discovered in 1994, the famous Grotte Chauvet contains the > world's oldest cave drawings -- of animals, human hands, and > nude women. Within 3,000 years, how old are the cave drawings? 30,000 years; 36,000 years > 6. Zhpu zber snzbhf pnir qenjvatf, bayl nobhg unys gur ntr bs > gur Tebggr Punhirg barf, jrer qvfpbirerq va Senapr va 1940 -- > va jung snzbhf pnirf? Lascaux > uhzna naprfgbe, gur erznvaf bs frira bs juvpu jrer qvfpbirerq > ba n erzbgr Vaqbarfvna vfynaq va 2004. Jung zber pbyybdhvny > anzr sbe gurfr ubzvavqf jnf cbchynevmrq ol gur arjf zrqvn? hobbits > 8. Jung qbrf "Ubzb rerpghf" zrna? upright man > 9. Jung qbrf "Ubzb unovyvf" zrna? handy man > 10. Sbffvy fxhyyf bs Ubzb unovyvf fubj fvtaf bs gur qrirybczrag > bs n ertvba bs gur oenva pnyyrq Oebpn'f nern. Guvf vf rivqrapr > gung Ubzb unovyvf qvq jung? spoke -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 17 02:17AM -0500 In article <3dmdnRz-hNqsHN3JnZ2dnUU7-cOdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > Clym Yeobright. > 2. Name the Victorian novel that featured Mr. Micawber, Peggoty, > Dora, and Agnes. David Copperfield > 3. Name the author who, in the 1930s, created the character of > John Galt. Ayn Rand > the author seeking America in a truck named after Don Quixote's > horse Rocinante. > 5. Ishmael, Queequeg. Name the book *and* the author. Moby Dick -- Herman Melville > 6. Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, Mme. Defarge. Name the book *and* > the author. A Tale of Two Cities -- Charles Dickens > 7. Name the author who created the character of George Babbitt in > the 1920s. Sinclair Lewis > 8. Name the author who created ex-basketball-champion Harry > Angstrom, a.k.a. Rabbit. John Updike > 1. In the 1920s scientists excavated the fossil remains of Peking > Man. We now know this specimen, and the earlier discovery Java > Man, as examples of which human-like species? Homo Erectus > skeleton. She has the pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal > creature. She is considered to be a member of which extinct > hominid species? Australopithicus > 3. In what country was the first Neanderthal skull found? Germany > 4. What was significant about the 1911 discovery in England of > the Piltdown Man? it was a hoax > 5. Discovered in 1994, the famous contains the > world's oldest cave drawings -- of animals, human hands, and > nude women. Within 3,000 years, how old are the cave drawings? 40,000 > human ancestor, the remains of seven of which were discovered > on a remote Indonesian island in 2004. What more colloquial > name for these hominids was popularized by the news media? mini men > 8. What does "Homo erectus" mean? upright human > 9. What does "Homo habilis" mean? adept human > 10. Fossil skulls of Homo habilis show signs of the development > of a region of the brain called Broca's area. This is evidence > that Homo habilis did what? talk |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 17 10:31AM +0200 On 2014-10-17 04:38, Mark Brader wrote: > 5. Ishmael, Queequeg. Name the book *and* the author. Moby Dick? > 1. In the 1920s scientists excavated the fossil remains of Peking > Man. We now know this specimen, and the earlier discovery Java > Man, as examples of which human-like species? Homo Erectus? > skeleton. She has the pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal > creature. She is considered to be a member of which extinct > hominid species? Homo Erectus? > 3. In what country was the first Neanderthal skull found? Germany > 4. What was significant about the 1911 discovery in England of > the Piltdown Man? He was a fake > 5. Discovered in 1994, the famous Grotte Chauvet contains the > world's oldest cave drawings -- of animals, human hands, and > nude women. Within 3,000 years, how old are the cave drawings? 35000 years > 8. Jung qbrf "Ubzb rerpghf" zrna? The upright man > 9. Jung qbrf "Ubzb unovyvf" zrna? Man of habitat? As in not nomads > 10. Sbffvy fxhyyf bs Ubzb unovyvf fubj fvtaf bs gur qrirybczrag > bs n ertvba bs gur oenva pnyyrq Oebpn'f nern. Guvf vf rivqrapr > gung Ubzb unovyvf qvq jung? Used a language? -- Björn |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Oct 17 09:40AM +1100 > Alps) and other Roman structures. In medieval times it was less > important, but still of note, as its archbishop was one of the seven > electors of the Holy Roman Empire. Aachen > 6th largest. This is in large part due to the fact that it is the > only city in its part of the country with a population over 200K; > people commute to it from up to two states away. Denver > the part of King's Landing among other places. (Note: when it > was a maritime republic it had a different name. I am looking > for the modern name.) Split > Since it spent over 130 years as a mobile tent city, one would > think it would have ended up someplace a bit nicer, but presumably > there were other constraints. Mexico City > Christian sites. The most famous is probably the Basilica of San > Vitale, which contains mosaics of Justinian, Theodora, and their > officials and attendants. Rob |
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