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| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 24 12:03PM On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:58:01 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 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. St Petersburg > 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. Sydney > 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. Athens > 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. Springfield > 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). A Clockwork Orange > 2. B (1987). > 3. (decoy) C. Charlotte's Web > 4. D (2005). > 5. E (1966). |Valley of the Dolls > 6. F (1969). The Godfather > 7. G (1937). The Hobbit > 8. H (circa 300 BC). The Kama Sutra > 9. I (2011). > 10. J (2001). Life of Pi |
| Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com>: Oct 24 09:33PM -0400 On 10/23/2014 5:58 AM, Mark Brader wrote: > 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. St. Petersburg > 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 Paris > 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. Athens > 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. Springfield > in sequence with the others; answer that one if you like for fun, > but for no points. > 1. A (1962). A Clockwork Orange > 4. D (2005). > 5. E (1966). > 6. F (1969). The Godfather > 7. G (1937). The Hobbit > 8. H (circa 300 BC). Kama Sutra > 9. I (2011). 50 Shades of Grey > 10. J (2001). The Life of Pi |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 20 07:41AM -0500 In article <wNOdnd63YL7RLdnJnZ2dnUU7-cudnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. [Geography] By area, what is the world's largest landlocked > country? NIGERIA > trophy he hoped to win. He didn't win it, though. After several > years playing for Toronto, he returned to American football and > reached his greatest success with the Washington Redskins. THEISMANN > inspired a tone poem of the same title, which in the 20th > century was appropriately chosen as the theme music for the > movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". Who wrote the book? NIETSCHE > 7. [Music] The 1992 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song > of the Year went to a father-daughter duet that was memorable > in part because the father had died long before. Name the title. UNFORGETTABLE > 8. [History] Who was Prime Minister of the UK when the country > declared war against Germany in 1939? CHAMBERLAIN > 9. [Culture] The various types of these include bronze, china, > gold, leather, paper, and silver. What are they? ANNIVERSARIES > 10. [Entertainment] The concept of "method acting", or "the Method", > was popularized in North America by Lee Strasberg, but who was > the Russian actor-director that originated it? (In our alphabet.) STANISLAVSKY > 11. [Quilt] ? NIGERIA ------------ THEISMANN ------------ ------------ NIETSCHE UNFORGETTABLE CHAMBERLAIN ANNIVERSARIES STANISLAVSKY NADA |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 20 05:29PM > 1. [Geography] By area, what is the world's largest landlocked > country? Kazakhstan > 2. [Religion] In Roman Catholicism, what term refers to the > supposed miraculous "substantial conversion" of the bread and > wine of the Eucharist? transubstantiation > trophy he hoped to win. He didn't win it, though. After several > years playing for Toronto, he returned to American football and > reached his greatest success with the Washington Redskins. Theisman > 4. [Science] What is the scientific term that describes the > height of a water wave above the average height of the water, > or the analogous measurement for other types of waves? amplitude > is sometimes spelled Mausolus, a tomb was built that was so > magnificent it was declared one of the "seven wonders of the > world". But where was it? Give the ancient place name. Halicarnassus > inspired a tone poem of the same title, which in the 20th > century was appropriately chosen as the theme music for the > movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". Who wrote the book? Nietzsche > 7. [Music] The 1992 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song > of the Year went to a father-daughter duet that was memorable > in part because the father had died long before. Name the title. Unforgettable > 8. [History] Who was Prime Minister of the UK when the country > declared war against Germany in 1939? Chamberlain > 9. [Culture] The various types of these include bronze, china, > gold, leather, paper, and silver. What are they? anniversaries > 10. [Entertainment] The concept of "method acting", or "the Method", > was popularized in North America by Lee Strasberg, but who was > the Russian actor-director that originated it? (In our alphabet.) Stanislavski > 11. [Quilt] ? salesclerk -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Oct 20 06:38PM Mark Brader wrote: > 1. [Geography] By area, what is the world's largest landlocked > country? KAZAKHSTAN > 2. [Religion] In Roman Catholicism, what term refers to the > supposed miraculous "substantial conversion" of the bread and > wine of the Eucharist? TRANSUBSTANTIATION > 4. [Science] What is the scientific term that describes the > height of a water wave above the average height of the water, > or the analogous measurement for other types of waves? AMPLITUDE > is sometimes spelled Mausolus, a tomb was built that was so > magnificent it was declared one of the "seven wonders of the > world". But where was it? Give the ancient place name. HELICARNASSUS > in part because the father had died long before. Name the title. > 8. [History] Who was Prime Minister of the UK when the country > declared war against Germany in 1939? CHAMBERLAIN > 9. [Culture] The various types of these include bronze, china, > gold, leather, paper, and silver. What are they? ANNIVERSARIES > was popularized in North America by Lee Strasberg, but who was > the Russian actor-director that originated it? (In our alphabet.) > 11. [Quilt] ? Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 09:28PM +0200 > 1. [Geography] By area, what is the world's largest landlocked > country? Kazakhstan > 4. [Science] What is the scientific term that describes the > height of a water wave above the average height of the water, > or the analogous measurement for other types of waves? Amplitude > inspired a tone poem of the same title, which in the 20th > century was appropriately chosen as the theme music for the > movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". Who wrote the book? Nietschke > 8. [History] Who was Prime Minister of the UK when the country > declared war against Germany in 1939? Chamberlain -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 20 01:31AM -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 9 - Sports - The Legacy of Gary L. Davidson Gary L. Davidson was an American lawyer who spent the '60s and '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. In all cases, where a team name is asked for, you must give the full name (e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Saskatchewan Roughriders"). In one case where a player is asked for, though, their well-known nickname will be sufficient. 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? 2. In 1974 the Canadian government stepped in when Johnny F. Bassett tried to launch a World Football League franchise in Toronto, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8. Before 1978 it was rare for a junior hockey player under 20 to be drafted. But Johnny F. Bassett -- yep, him again -- 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. 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager in the WHA. With which team? 10. In 1974, a Team Canada made up of WHA players played a series 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. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gur bar jurer n avpxanzr vf npprcgnoyr vf dhrfgvba 5. Vs lbh tnir n avpxanzr va nafjre gb nal *bgure* dhrfgvba, tb onpx naq fhofgvghgr gur erny anzr. * Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round A. Science: Way Way Out In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring 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? A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 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. B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. 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"? C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in the World Cup earlier this year? D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul These people started some of today's largest movie studios, back in the silent era. In each case, name the still-surviving major studio they founded. D1. Carl Laemmle. D2. Adolph Zukor. E. Geography: The I's Have It 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. E2. Also called the Blue Star Memorial Highway, the third-longest Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. Give its number. F. Canadiana: Extry, Extry, Read All about It! We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city. F1. The Star-Phoenix. F2. The Times-Colonist. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 20 07:51AM 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 > 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. Memphis 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; "Philadelphia Freedom" > 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 > 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager > in the WHA. With which team? Winnipeg Jets > 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? 60 kg > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 60 kg > 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 > 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 > 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. 90 > Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing > Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. > Give its number. 35 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 20 12:38PM +0200 On 2014-10-20 08:31, Mark Brader wrote: > In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if > you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring > scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number. I never understood the notion of using kg instead of N when it comes to force. > A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on > the Moon? I'd still weigh 100 kg, but the scales would be affected by a force that would be about 9,81*100/6 N, so say 16 kg > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? I'd still weigh 100 kg, but the scales would be affected by a force that would be about 9,81*100/2 N, so say 49 kg -- Björn |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 20 07:10AM -0500 In article <vtadnZN0-JK1MdnJnZ2dnUU7-KOdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 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? $135,000 > 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 Irving > 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 > 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 > Name any one of them. > 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager > in the WHA. With which team? Edmonton Oilers > 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? 18 kg > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 55 kg > 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 > B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. Geraldine Ferraro > studio they founded. > D1. Carl Laemmle. > 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. 90 > Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing > Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. > Give its number. 50 |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 20 02:00PM > 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; $250,000 > 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. Miami Heat; Los Angeles Clippers > 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. Buffalo Sabres > A. Science: Way Way Out > A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on > the Moon? 17 kg > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 33 kg > B. History: VP Also-Rans > B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960. Robert Taft > B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. Geraldine Ferraro > D. Entertainment: The Man who Would be Mogul > D1. Carl Laemmle. Paramount; Columbia > D2. Adolph Zukor. Columbia; 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. 90 > Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing > Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. > Give its number. 70; 74 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 20 12:39PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > In each case, we're talking kilograms of force, not mass -- if > > you prefer, we're using "weigh" to refer to readings on a spring > > scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number. Björn Lundin: > I never understood the notion of using kg instead of N when > it comes to force. It's to keep you from writing > I'd still weigh 100 kg, but the scales would be affected > by a force that would be... on every question. -- Mark Brader | "...given time, a generally accepted solution to Toronto | this problem will evolve, as it has in the past for msb@vex.net | [others], only to be replaced by the next issue, which | no-one has even dreamt of yet." -- Andrew Lawrence My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Oct 20 06:05PM Mark Brader wrote: > 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 > 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? 22kg, 27kg > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 55kg, 67kg > 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 > B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. Geraldine 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"? Jermaine Defoe > We name the Canadian daily paper, you name the city. > F1. The Star-Phoenix. > F2. The Times-Colonist. Peter Smyth |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 21 09:26AM +0200 On 2014-10-20 19:39, Mark Brader wrote: >> I'd still weigh 100 kg, but the scales would be affected >> by a force that would be... > on every question. touché but still... -- -- Björn |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 09:21PM +0200 > 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager > in the WHA. With which team? Calgary Flames > 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? 17 > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 92 > 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. Nelson Rockefeller > B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. Ellinor Freewater OK, so that is a complete failure to dig up a name from oblivion, but I do know what it was a she, and I think the initials were E.F. A guy on my student corridor, who had been an exchange student in the US for a year, was utterly convined that Mondale's loss was due to his choice of running mate. > 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"? Lyndon Donovan? > C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in > the World Cup earlier this year? Júlio Cesar! > 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 > Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing > Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. > Give its number. 26 > F1. The Star-Phoenix. Calgary > F2. The Times-Colonist. Halifax -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 20 01:28AM -0500 Mark Brader: > 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" (1878, Thomas Hardy). 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen. > 2. Name the Victorian novel that featured Mr. Micawber, Peggoty, > Dora, and Agnes. "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He never meant to be Published on any Account)" (1849, Charles Dickens). 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Rob. > 3. Name the author who, in the 1930s, created the character of > John Galt. Ayn Rand. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Stephen, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. > 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". 4 for Stephen and Jason. > 5. Ishmael, Queequeg. Name the book *and* the author. "Moby-Dick" (1851), Herman Melville. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Peter, Stephen, Jason, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. > 6. Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, Mme. Defarge. Name the book *and* > the author. "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859), Charles Dickens. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Stephen, and Rob. > 7. Name the author who created the character of George Babbitt in > the 1920s. Sinclair Lewis. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, and Jeff. > 8. Name the author who created ex-basketball-champion Harry > Angstrom, a.k.a. Rabbit. John Updike. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Jason, and Dan Tilque. > 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" (Dylan Thomas). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Stephen. > 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. "Under the Volcano", Malcolm Lowry. 4 for Stephen. > 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. 4 for Marc, Björn, Pete, Erland, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Rob. > 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. 4 for Dan Tilque and Jeff. > 3. In what country was the first Neanderthal skull found? Germany. The name refers to a river valley there. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Erland, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. > 4. What was significant about the 1911 discovery in England of > the Piltdown Man? It was a hoax (human and orangutan bones planted together), a fact not proved until 1953. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Peter, Stephen, Jason, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. > 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? 35,000 years (accepting 32,000-42,900; see below). 4 for Marc, Björn, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. As Erland noted, this question is now out of date: the discovery of older cave art was announced 10 days after the original game. The caves are in the Maros karsts of Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the oldest dated item is a stencil of a human hand, dated to 39,900 years old. Apologies; I had not heard about this. I'm therefore accepting a range of 3,000 years from either the age of the Grotte Chauvet drawings or the actual oldest ones. There is also a still older cave painting, 41,000 years, at a place called El Castillo, but it is a simple red disk and not a drawing, so I don't think it makes sense to take that into account. > 6. Much more famous cave drawings, only about half the age of > the Grotte Chauvet ones, were discovered in France in 1940 -- > in what famous caves? Lascaux. 4 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. > 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? Hobbits. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. > 8. What does "Homo erectus" mean? Upright man. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Pete, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. > 9. What does "Homo habilis" mean? Handy (tool-making) man. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. > 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? Used language. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Peter, Erland, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Can Geo Ent Ent Lit Sci FOUR Stephen Perry -- -- 39 40 36 28 143 Dan Blum 7 30 32 32 28 24 122 Dan Tilque 0 24 20 36 12 40 120 Jeff Turner 0 19 28 32 12 32 111 Marc Dashevsky 0 18 20 36 24 28 108 Pete Gayde 3 22 31 32 12 8 97 Joshua Kreitzer 7 22 40 28 -- -- 97 Bruce Bowler 0 39 24 32 -- -- 95 Rob Parker 4 31 8 28 12 20 91 Jason Kreitzer 0 4 24 28 16 4 72 Peter Smyth 0 26 8 4 8 12 54 Björn Lundin 0 11 4 4 0 24 43 Erland Sommarskog 0 7 4 0 0 24 35 -- Mark Brader | "'Settlor', (i) in relation to a testamentary trust, Toronto | means the individual referred to in paragraph (i)." msb@vex.net | -- Income Tax Act of Canada (1972-94), 108(1)(h) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 20 07:43AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:U5idndoV68IbNtnJnZ2dnUU7- > Peter Smyth 0 26 8 4 8 12 54 > Björn Lundin 0 11 4 4 0 24 43 > Erland Sommarskog 0 7 4 0 0 24 35 My answers apparently got overlooked. They can be found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/rec.games.trivia/yS8BYpSBzVk/GP- G1LpgJsUJ -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 20 01:02PM -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*)". Joshua Kreitzer: > My answers apparently got overlooked... So they did -- either my mistake or a news server glitch. Apologies, if applicable. Here we go again, then: >> 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" (1878, Thomas Hardy). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen. >> 2. Name the Victorian novel that featured Mr. Micawber, Peggoty, >> Dora, and Agnes. "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He never meant to be Published on any Account)" (1849, Charles Dickens). 4 for Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Rob. >> 3. Name the author who, in the 1930s, created the character of >> John Galt. Ayn Rand. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Stephen, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. >> 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". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Jason. >> 5. Ishmael, Queequeg. Name the book *and* the author. "Moby-Dick" (1851), Herman Melville. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Peter, Stephen, Jason, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. >> 6. Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, Mme. Defarge. Name the book *and* >> the author. "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859), Charles Dickens. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Stephen, and Rob. >> 7. Name the author who created the character of George Babbitt in >> the 1920s. Sinclair Lewis. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Jeff. >> 8. Name the author who created ex-basketball-champion Harry >> Angstrom, a.k.a. Rabbit. John Updike. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Jason, and Dan Tilque. >> 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" (Dylan Thomas). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Stephen. >> 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. "Under the Volcano", Malcolm Lowry. 4 for Stephen. >> 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. 4 for Marc, Björn, Pete, Erland, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Rob. 3 for Joshua. >> 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. >> 3. In what country was the first Neanderthal skull found? Germany. The name refers to a river valley there. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Björn, Erland, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. >> 4. What was significant about the 1911 discovery in England of >> the Piltdown Man? It was a hoax (human and orangutan bones planted together), a fact not proved until 1953. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Björn, Peter, Stephen, Jason, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. >> 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? 35,000 years (accepting 32,000-42,900; see the original answers posting). 4 for Marc, Björn, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. 3 for Joshua. >> 6. Much more famous cave drawings, only about half the age of >> the Grotte Chauvet ones, were discovered in France in 1940 -- >> in what famous caves? Lascaux. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. >> 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? Hobbits. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. >> 8. What does "Homo erectus" mean? Upright man. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Björn, Pete, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. >> 9. What does "Homo habilis" mean? Handy (tool-making) man. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Erland, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jeff. >> 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? Used language. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Björn, Peter, Erland, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are *now* no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS->> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS->> Can Geo Ent Ent Lit Sci FOUR Stephen Perry -- -- 39 40 36 28 143 Joshua Kreitzer 7 22 40 28 32 38 138 Dan Blum 7 30 32 32 28 24 122 Dan Tilque 0 24 20 36 12 40 120 Jeff Turner 0 19 28 32 12 32 111 Marc Dashevsky 0 18 20 36 24 28 108 Pete Gayde 3 22 31 32 12 8 97 Bruce Bowler 0 39 24 32 -- -- 95 Rob Parker 4 31 8 28 12 20 91 Jason Kreitzer 0 4 24 28 16 4 72 Peter Smyth 0 26 8 4 8 12 54 Björn Lundin 0 11 4 4 0 24 43 Erland Sommarskog 0 7 4 0 0 24 35 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Defendant's speech ends in long sentence" msb@vex.net | --Minneapolis Tribune, February 25, 1981 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 21 01:45AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Upright man. >> 9. What does "Homo habilis" mean? > Handy (tool-making) man. Just want to note that the Latin word 'homo' is best translated as "human", which is why I answered that way. I realize that the above translations are traditional, but that meaning of the word "man" is, shall we say, rapidly becoming archaic. Two other notes: 1. Latin has a distinct, unrelated word 'vir' to refer to a male human. 2. This 'homo' is unrelated to the 'homo' in "homosexual". That word is from Greek and means "same". -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 20 10:16PM -0500 Dan Blum: >> as there are few places in the US where that would be practical. >> It is necessary to drive across New Hampshire to get to Massachusetts >> from Maine, but it's a fairly thin part of New Hampshire. Indeed, that helped me rule out other candidate answers. Erland Sommarskog: > I was considering Boston, but got lured by the 200K thing. "Boston must > be bigger". Well, it *is*, as the question said -- 645,966 in 2013. It's the *other* cities New England that are all under 200K. According to www.citypopulation.de, there are just 12 cities over 100K (in 2013) in the six states, and the others are: 2. Worcester MA 182,544 3. Providence RI 177,994 4. Springfield MA 153,703 5. Bridgeport CT 147,216 6. New Haven CT 130,660 7. Stamford CT 126,456 8. Hartford CT 125,017 9. Manchester NH 110,378 10. Waterbury CT 109,676 11. Lowell MA 108,861 12. Cambridge MA 107,289 I was a bit surprised myself that none of those was over 200K. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Do people confuse me with Mark Brader?" msb@vex.net --Mark Barratt My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 21 03:29AM > I was considering Boston, but got lured by the 200K thing. "Boston must > be bigger". And there are quite a few more bigger cities in that > part of the country - if you make the part large enough. Boston is well over 200K, indeed. But there are no other cities over 200K in New England, which is a well-defined area. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 07:14AM >> I was considering Boston, but got lured by the 200K thing. "Boston must >> be bigger". > Well, it *is*, as the question said -- 645,966 in 2013. Yeah, I can't blame no one but myself. Of course over 200K could be a 20- million city. It does not have to be 201000. Another thing that distracted me is that I once looked at a road map, and noticed that from DC up to just north of Boston it is basically a contiguously built-up area with very small pockets in between. But that does not mean that it is one big city, but it could be a number of smaller places glued together. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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