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- QFTCIUA Game 4, Rounds 4,6: unnominated, chemicals - 4 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #161: Shake Your RQ - 6 Updates
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 27 01:49PM On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 23:51:10 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 6. Don Knotts, as Barney Fife, got five Emmy nominations for Best > Supporting Actor in a Comedy. But the guy whose name was in the > sitcom's title never got an Emmy comedy nomination. Name him. Andy Griffith > * Game 4, Round 6 - Science - Household Chemical Compounds > 1. Don't go into an American restaurant and ask for C2H4O2: it's > kind of a Canadian thing. Acetic Acid > 2. According to the disclaimer on most pumps, a certain percentage > of the gas is C2H5OH. What's that? Ethanol > 3. Many household detergents advertise themselves as being free > of PO4. Phosphate > 4. A standard tank refill of C3H8 currently runs from $20 to $28 -- > more on holiday weekends. Propane > 5. Both KOH and NaOH can be rendered to this stuff, also called > potash. It's commonly used to make soap, and the USDA classifies > some of it as "food grade". Name it. Lye > 6. Windex is one of the most famous examples of a cleaning solution > whose active ingredient is NH3. Ammonia > 7 Nail polish remover and liquid paper both go heavy on C3H6O. What's > that? Acetone > 8. CaO or Ca(OH)2, it's used as a binding material in masonry, > and is mixed with ferrous sulfate as a waste water treatment. > Do not use this version in your gin and tonics. Lime > 9. Yeah, it hurts. But moms know H2O2 must be poured in painfully > copious amounts on cuts. Name that stuff. Hydrogen Peroxide > 10. A prerequisite to games of hopscotch, CaCO3. Chalk (AKA Calcium Carbonate) |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Oct 27 09:49PM Mark Brader wrote: > Yet he never received an Emmy nomination. Who he? > 3. I'll be there for you, except on awards night. Name the only > cast member of "Friends" who never received an Emmy nomination. Schneider, Perry > 4. They really got me, but these Rock'n'Roll Hall of Famers were > not well-respected men by the Grammys. The Davies brothers > never managed one nomination. Name that band. The Kinks > And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did Justin Bieber get one?" > Name that seminal New Wave band, with albums like "Remain in > Light" and "More Songs about Buildings and Food". Talking Heads > But with a long list of classic films, this handsome leading man > and celebrity Buddhist has never been nominated for Best Actor. > Name him. Richard Gere > of the Apes" movies, and King Kong. But he is ineligible for > an Oscar nomination, despite a groundswell of support for one. > Name him. Andy Serkis > was nominated for playing the Gentleman Caller -- it had never > received a single Tony Award nomination. Name that play about > a domineering mother and her fearful children. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof > kind of a Canadian thing. > 2. According to the disclaimer on most pumps, a certain percentage > of the gas is C2H5OH. What's that? Ethanol > 3. Many household detergents advertise themselves as being free > of PO4. Phosphate > 4. A standard tank refill of C3H8 currently runs from $20 to $28 -- > more on holiday weekends. Propane > some of it as "food grade". Name it. > 6. Windex is one of the most famous examples of a cleaning solution > whose active ingredient is NH3. Ammonia > 8. CaO or Ca(OH)2, it's used as a binding material in masonry, > and is mixed with ferrous sulfate as a waste water treatment. > Do not use this version in your gin and tonics. Lime > 9. Yeah, it hurts. But moms know H2O2 must be poured in painfully > copious amounts on cuts. Name that stuff. Hydrogen Peroxide > 10. A prerequisite to games of hopscotch, CaCO3. Chalk Peter Smyth |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Oct 28 10:26AM +1100 > 2. He is considered the inventor of the three-camera sitcom, > and co-starred with his wife in the biggest sitcom of the '50s. > Yet he never received an Emmy nomination. Who he? Desi Arnaz > 4. They really got me, but these Rock'n'Roll Hall of Famers were > not well-respected men by the Grammys. The Davies brothers > never managed one nomination. Name that band. The Kinks > And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did Justin Bieber get one?" > Name that seminal New Wave band, with albums like "Remain in > Light" and "More Songs about Buildings and Food". Talking Heads > 6. Don Knotts, as Barney Fife, got five Emmy nominations for Best > Supporting Actor in a Comedy. But the guy whose name was in the > sitcom's title never got an Emmy comedy nomination. Name him. Andy Griffiths > * Game 4, Round 6 - Science - Household Chemical Compounds > 2. According to the disclaimer on most pumps, a certain percentage > of the gas is C2H5OH. What's that? ethanol > 3. Many household detergents advertise themselves as being free > of PO4. phosphate > 4. A standard tank refill of C3H8 currently runs from $20 to $28 -- > more on holiday weekends. propane > 5. Both KOH and NaOH can be rendered to this stuff, also called > potash. It's commonly used to make soap, and the USDA classifies > some of it as "food grade". Name it. lye > 6. Windex is one of the most famous examples of a cleaning solution > whose active ingredient is NH3. ammonia > 7 Nail polish remover and liquid paper both go heavy on C3H6O. What's > that? acetone > 8. CaO or Ca(OH)2, it's used as a binding material in masonry, > and is mixed with ferrous sulfate as a waste water treatment. > Do not use this version in your gin and tonics. lime > 9. Yeah, it hurts. But moms know H2O2 must be poured in painfully > copious amounts on cuts. Name that stuff. hydrogen peroxide > 10. A prerequisite to games of hopscotch, CaCO3. chalk Rob |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 24 12:53AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:psKdnUMt8bu0TNXJnZ2dnUU7- > we'll give the locations of two different places that share a name. > You give that shared name. > 1. 635 km NW of Moscow; 25 km SW of Tampa. St. Petersburg > 2. The seat of Franklin County KS; 355 km NE of Toronto. Ottawa > 3. The capital of Baja California Sur; 415 km NW of Sucre. La Paz > 4. 45 km from Dover; across the border from St. Stephen NB. Calais > 5. 715 km NE of Melbourne; 315 km NE of Halifax. Sydney > 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. Memphis > 8. 95 km E of Atlanta; 305 km S of Thessaloniki. Athens > 9. A city 50 km N of Edinburgh that's home to St. Johnstone FC; > a state capital 3,295 km W of Sydney. Perth > 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 > and you'll give us the title of that artfully disguised bestseller. > (No need to name the author.) > 1. A (1962). "A Clockwork Orange" > 2. B (1987). "Communion" > 3. (decoy) C. "Charlotte's Web" > 4. D (2005). "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" > 5. E (1966). "The Group" > 6. F (1969). "The Godfather" > 7. G (1937). "The Hobbit" > 8. H (circa 300 BC). "Kama Sutra" > 9. I (2011). "Fifty Shades of Gray" > 10. J (2001). "Life of Pi" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 27 09:24AM -0500 Dan Blum: >>> for language changes) by 860 and its boundaries have not changed much >>> since that time. Its most prominent town is Reading, although people >>> outside the UK might be more familiar with Windsor. Mark Brader: >> I first thought it must be Berkshire, but after putting this aside for >> the baseball game and coming back to it, I'll have to go with WESSEX, >> which is a suitably ancient name. Dan Blum: > Are you a Thomas Hardy fan? No, I'm a GWR fan. I thought of Berkshire because I remembered that the rail route that continues directly west from Reading, bypassing Swindon and Bristol to give a shorter line to points such as Plymouth, is the "Berks and Hants line" (Hants meaning Hampshire); but I don't know the actual county boundaries. And then I thought of Wessex because it's an ancient name and B didn't seem like a good letter for the vertical answer. -- Mark Brader "You can do this in a number of ways. Toronto IBM chose to do all of them... msb@vex.net why do you find that funny?" --D. Taylor My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 27 03:10PM > know the actual county boundaries. And then I thought of Wessex > because it's an ancient name and B didn't seem like a good letter > for the vertical answer. Wessex is indeed an ancient name, but unfortunately it ceased to be an official name in 1066 (and wasn't a county name anyway). Thomas Hardy used it in his novels and called the actual answer "North Wessex." -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 27 10:47AM -0500 Dan Blum: > Wessex is indeed an ancient name, but unfortunately it ceased to be > an official name in 1066... Well, geez, you didn't say that this was a current-events game! -- Mark Brader | "That would be correct, if it was correct." --Mark Brader Toronto | "It's amazing how often that's said about my statements." msb@vex.net | --Greg Goss |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 27 10:49AM -0500 Dan Blum: > Wessex is indeed an ancient name, but unfortunately it ceased to be > an official name in 1066... Also, I remembered that Middlesex -- which, incidentally, also has a literary connection -- had "ceased to be an official name", so I thought maybe Wessex was still around. Oh well. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | In the affairs of this world men are saved, msb@vex.net | not by faith, but by the want of it. --Franklin |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Oct 28 10:07AM +1100 > armored body and its clubbed tail. The armor was formed by large plates > and lumps of bone attached to the skin in rows. The tail had similar > pieces of bone on it and was possibly used as a weapon. Stegosaurus > for language changes) by 860 and its boundaries have not changed much > since that time. Its most prominent town is Reading, although people > outside the UK might be more familiar with Windsor. Berkshire > name. That district was named after a section of Venice which > used to be a major commercial center. The original version > of the name meant "high river bank." Rialto > the city was named Ledra; the current name appears to have > resulted from French-speaking Crusaders mispronouncing the name > it had in the 13th century. Nicosia > from the initials of the original company the owning company > used to be part of. (Actually, due to mergers the owning company > used to be several parts of the original company.) Esso > 11. Acrostic? Rob |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Oct 27 05:23PM -0700 On Sunday, October 26, 2014 5:40:45 PM UTC-4, Dan Blum wrote: > dangerous if not for its six-hour half life. The short half life and the > wavelength of the gamma rays make the isomer well-suited for medical > imaging; it can be used for scans on many parts of the body. einsteinium > armored body and its clubbed tail. The armor was formed by large plates > and lumps of bone attached to the skin in rows. The tail had similar > pieces of bone on it and was possibly used as a weapon. stegosaurus > Their kings initially ruled but later became figureheads while the > real power was held by their mayors of the palace; Charles Martel > was one of these. carolingian > for language changes) by 860 and its boundaries have not changed much > since that time. Its most prominent town is Reading, although people > outside the UK might be more familiar with Windsor. berkshire > "chambermaid." In French and eventually English it shifted to mean > a harem concubine, and later was used more generally to refer to > mistresses and to a style of artistic pose. odalique? > of the Toxicodendron family (and other plants); the best-known > member of that family is poison ivy, and this compound is responsible > for the severe allergic reaction many people have to it. urushoil? > name. That district was named after a section of Venice which > used to be a major commercial center. The original version > of the name meant "high river bank." rialto > the city was named Ledra; the current name appears to have > resulted from French-speaking Crusaders mispronouncing the name > it had in the 13th century. nicosia > from the initials of the original company the owning company > used to be part of. (Actually, due to mergers the owning company > used to be several parts of the original company.) esso > 11. Acrostic? en_ruobcse ... ug. malodorous proboscis offending obfuscating ... bah! bah, I say! swp |
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