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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 13 01:22AM -0600

Dan Blum:
> > Rotating Quiz #161 is over and Jeffrey Turner is the winner. He
> > may set RQ #162 at his convenience.
 
Erland Sommarskog:
> Jeffery, any forecast about your convenience?
 
I emailed Jeff and got no answer. Maybe it's time to turn it over to the
second-place finisher, Chris Johnson.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto This is a signature antibody. Please
msb@vex.net remove any viruses from your signature.
Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com>: Nov 12 03:35PM -0500

On 11/10/2014 12:35 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> languages). In each case, we give you a language, and you name
> the country, or one of the countries, that officially claims it.
 
> 1. Khmer.
Cambodia
> 2. Tagalog.
Philippines
> 3. Walloon.
Belgium
> 4. Amharic.
Iran
> 5. Catalan.
Spain
> 6. Pashto.
Afghanistan
> 7. Malagasy.
Madagascar
> 8. Urdu.
Pakistan
> 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here).
Kenya
> 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho,
> Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu.
South Africa
 
> Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it.
> Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction.
 
> 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce?
 
spores
 
> 2. By what extraterrestrially-influenced process do the eggs and
> sperm of coral meet?
 
tides
 
> 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse
> gives birth?
 
The eggs develop within the male's pouch.
 
> 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they
> lay eggs.
 
Echidna, platypus
 
> 5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy,
> platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean?
 
The eggs are laid, and develop, within the mother and the young are
born alive into the sea.
 
> 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring?
 
An ass
 
> the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly
> visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that
> other flower? (Despite the name, no trauma usually results.)
 
stamen
 
> 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what?
 
pistil
 
> 9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs?
 
It wasn't my turn to watch them.
 
> 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that
> fact that it's already equipped with what?
 
both sex organs
 
--Jeff
"Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Nov 13 08:34AM +1100

> * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Official Languages
 
> 1. Khmer.
 
Cambodia
 
> 2. Tagalog.
 
Nepal; The Congo
 
> 3. Walloon.
 
Belgium
 
> 4. Amharic.
 
Nepal; The Congo
 
> 5. Catalan.
 
Spain
 
> 6. Pashto.
 
Pakistan; Afghanistan
 
> 7. Malagasy.
 
Madagascar (?)
 
> 8. Urdu.
 
India
 
> 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here).
 
Kenya
 
> 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho,
> Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu.
 
South Africa
 
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts
 
> 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce?
 
spores
 
> 2. By what extraterrestrially-influenced process do the eggs and
> sperm of coral meet?
 
carried on tides
 
> 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse
> gives birth?
 
male gives birth
 
> 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they
> lay eggs.
 
platypus
 
> 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring?
 
mule
 
> the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly
> visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that
> other flower? (Despite the name, no trauma usually results.)
 
stigma
 
> 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what?
 
stamen
 
> 9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs?
 
underneath; on top
 
> 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that
> fact that it's already equipped with what?
 
both male and female sex organs (ie. they are hermaphrodites)
 
 
Rob
Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com>: Nov 12 03:39PM -0500

On 11/11/2014 12:24 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Okay, we were kidding. That's all the Ghomeshi questions.
 
> 3. Cyclone Nilofar threatened to be the second in October to hit
> what country?
 
Philippines
 
> 4. A US nurse is defying what state's Ebola-related quarantine
> order?
 
Maine
 
> percentage of those eligible who voted (to the nearest multiple
> of 5%) or the gross number of voters (with an equivalent amount
> of leeway).
 
65%
 
> 6. Israel will reopen a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem.
> Give either of its names.
 
Temple Mount
 
> 7. Under new sentencing guidelines convicted Mountie-killer Justin
> Bourque won't be eligible to apply for parole for how long?
 
20 years
 
> 8. Who did the Toronto Raptors play in their season-opening game?
 
Boston Celtics
 
> 9. Rogers Communications is teaming up with which company to try
> and draw a younger audience?
 
Disney
 
> of electoral improprieties but will still receive a gold-plated
> pension.
 
> (What, there were current events outside Canada too?)
 
I think the world was on vacation.
 
--Jeff
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