Monday, December 15, 2014

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 14 06:01PM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-03,
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 7, Round 7 - Literature - Kiddie-Lit by Serious Authors
 
If you write for adults, your readership invariably dies off.
Write for kids, and you ensure replacement readers. Whatever their
rationale, here's a round on authors of adult books who've dabbled
in kiddie-lit. In each case, name the author.
 
1. For her whimsical and wry 1978 children's lit debut, "Up in
the Tree", this celebrated Canadian author not only wrote and
illustrated the book, she hand-lettered the type.
 
2. His previous material was not recommended for children, but
this successful, testosterone-driven author wrote "Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang: The Magical Car" in 1964 for his son Caspar.
 
3. Like most of his hard-boiled grown-up novels, this author's
young adult book "Hoot" took place in Florida. Name the author
of this book with an ecological theme.
 
4. This socially-crusading author's dour reputation was belied by
his 1932 children's book about gnomes named Glogo and Bobo who
travel America in a customized car. Who wrote "The Gnomobile"?
 
5. Before his reputation was tarnished at the Old Bailey in 1895,
this celebrated author's whimsical side produced "The Happy
Prince", a collection of children's stories that included
"The Selfish Giant".
 
6. The gloomy-Gus whose most famous poem predicted the spiritual
death of humanity also gave us "Old Possum's Book of Practical
Cats".
 
7. Even in his one children's book, 1955's "The Little Steamroller",
this English author of popular "entertainments" couldn't resist
throwing in some of his trademark espionage into the plot.
 
8. In 1936, this much-studied Irish author wrote "The Cat and the
Devil" from letters written to his grandson Stevie. It has
been praised as an "incongruous but delicious mixture of Irish
wit and French folklore."
 
9. In 1923 her teenage nephews started a newspaper, the Charleston
Bulletin, and solicited a contribution. The result was "The
Widow and the Parrot", the only known children's story by the
author of "To the Lighthouse."
 
10. Like his grown-up novels, this author's 1990 book "Haroun
and the Sea of Stories" is an allegory for modern South Asian
politics and religion. But unlike his grown-up novels, it
pissed off practically no one.
 
 
Game 7, Round 8 - Science and Sports - A Number by Any Other Name
 
This round is inspired by a question from years ago: what do Wayne
Gretzky and Albert Einstein have in common? The answer is 99:
Gretzky's jersey number and the atomic number for the chemical
element einsteinium. So here are 10 more of these questions.
It's either a sports round with science thrown in, or vice versa.
 
Except as specified otherwise, name the number.
 
1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career,
but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired
by the Chicago Bulls.
 
2. Willie Mays also had more than one jersey number, but the
San Francisco Giants retired which one, with the same number
as chromium?
 
3. Fluorine, the 9th element, shares that number with several
hockey greats including a Detroit Red Wing (1946-71) and a
Montreal Canadien (1942-60). Name *either* player.
 
4. "Babe Ruth" shared this number with lithium, a soft, silvery,
light alkali metal.
 
5. Satchel Paige, possibly the greatest pitcher of all time as
well as the oldest, shared number 29 with what malleable,
reddish-brown, corrosion-resistant metallic *element*?
 
6. Mario Lemieux shared his number (a tribute to the "Great One"),
with dysprosium, a metallic element of the rare earth group
which forms compounds that are highly magnetic.
 
7. Roberto Clemente wore the same number as current basketball
superstar Tim Duncan, as well as the element scandium.
 
8. Molybdenum, a Group 6 chemical element, shares Jackie Robinson's
uniform number, which has been retired across all major league
teams. What number?
 
9. "Broadway Joe" Namath shared his New York Jets number, now
retired, with a light, silver-white metallic element that
burns with a brilliant white flame. Name *either* the number
or the element.
 
10. Beryllium shares its number with some great players, including
a legendary Boston Bruins defenseman and a Yankees first baseman
who died from the effects of a famous disease. What number?
 
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 15 12:46AM


> 1. For her whimsical and wry 1978 children's lit debut, "Up in
> the Tree", this celebrated Canadian author not only wrote and
> illustrated the book, she hand-lettered the type.
 
Margaret Atwood
 
> 2. His previous material was not recommended for children, but
> this successful, testosterone-driven author wrote "Chitty Chitty
> Bang Bang: The Magical Car" in 1964 for his son Caspar.
 
Ian Fleming
 
> 3. Like most of his hard-boiled grown-up novels, this author's
> young adult book "Hoot" took place in Florida. Name the author
> of this book with an ecological theme.
 
Elmore Leonard
 
> 4. This socially-crusading author's dour reputation was belied by
> his 1932 children's book about gnomes named Glogo and Bobo who
> travel America in a customized car. Who wrote "The Gnomobile"?
 
Upton Sinclair
 
> this celebrated author's whimsical side produced "The Happy
> Prince", a collection of children's stories that included
> "The Selfish Giant".
 
Oscar Wilde
 
> 6. The gloomy-Gus whose most famous poem predicted the spiritual
> death of humanity also gave us "Old Possum's Book of Practical
> Cats".
 
T. S. Eliot
 
> Devil" from letters written to his grandson Stevie. It has
> been praised as an "incongruous but delicious mixture of Irish
> wit and French folklore."
 
Yeats
 
> Bulletin, and solicited a contribution. The result was "The
> Widow and the Parrot", the only known children's story by the
> author of "To the Lighthouse."
 
Willa Cather
 
> and the Sea of Stories" is an allegory for modern South Asian
> politics and religion. But unlike his grown-up novels, it
> pissed off practically no one.
 
Rushdie
 
 
> 1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career,
> but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired
> by the Chicago Bulls.
 
23
 
> 3. Fluorine, the 9th element, shares that number with several
> hockey greats including a Detroit Red Wing (1946-71) and a
> Montreal Canadien (1942-60). Name *either* player.
 
Howe; Hull
 
> 4. "Babe Ruth" shared this number with lithium, a soft, silvery,
> light alkali metal.
 
3
 
> 5. Satchel Paige, possibly the greatest pitcher of all time as
> well as the oldest, shared number 29 with what malleable,
> reddish-brown, corrosion-resistant metallic *element*?
 
copper
 
> 6. Mario Lemieux shared his number (a tribute to the "Great One"),
> with dysprosium, a metallic element of the rare earth group
> which forms compounds that are highly magnetic.
 
66
 
> 8. Molybdenum, a Group 6 chemical element, shares Jackie Robinson's
> uniform number, which has been retired across all major league
> teams. What number?
 
35
 
> retired, with a light, silver-white metallic element that
> burns with a brilliant white flame. Name *either* the number
> or the element.
 
sodium
 
> 10. Beryllium shares its number with some great players, including
> a legendary Boston Bruins defenseman and a Yankees first baseman
> who died from the effects of a famous disease. What number?
 
4
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 15 02:54AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ibKdnbblSexNuRPJnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 2. His previous material was not recommended for children, but
> this successful, testosterone-driven author wrote "Chitty Chitty
> Bang Bang: The Magical Car" in 1964 for his son Caspar.
 
Ian Fleming
 
> 3. Like most of his hard-boiled grown-up novels, this author's
> young adult book "Hoot" took place in Florida. Name the author
> of this book with an ecological theme.
 
Carl Hiaasen

> 4. This socially-crusading author's dour reputation was belied by
> his 1932 children's book about gnomes named Glogo and Bobo who
> travel America in a customized car. Who wrote "The Gnomobile"?
 
Upton Sinclair (?)
 
> this celebrated author's whimsical side produced "The Happy
> Prince", a collection of children's stories that included
> "The Selfish Giant".
 
Oscar Wilde

> 6. The gloomy-Gus whose most famous poem predicted the spiritual
> death of humanity also gave us "Old Possum's Book of Practical
> Cats".
 
T.S. Eliot
 
> 7. Even in his one children's book, 1955's "The Little Steamroller",
> this English author of popular "entertainments" couldn't resist
> throwing in some of his trademark espionage into the plot.
 
Graham Greene
 
> Bulletin, and solicited a contribution. The result was "The
> Widow and the Parrot", the only known children's story by the
> author of "To the Lighthouse."
 
Virginia Woolf

> and the Sea of Stories" is an allegory for modern South Asian
> politics and religion. But unlike his grown-up novels, it
> pissed off practically no one.
 
Salman Rushdie
 
 
> 1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career,
> but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired
> by the Chicago Bulls.
 
23
 
> 2. Willie Mays also had more than one jersey number, but the
> San Francisco Giants retired which one, with the same number
> as chromium?
 
14; 16

> 3. Fluorine, the 9th element, shares that number with several
> hockey greats including a Detroit Red Wing (1946-71) and a
> Montreal Canadien (1942-60). Name *either* player.
 
Maurice Richard
 
> 4. "Babe Ruth" shared this number with lithium, a soft, silvery,
> light alkali metal.
 
3
 
> 6. Mario Lemieux shared his number (a tribute to the "Great One"),
> with dysprosium, a metallic element of the rare earth group
> which forms compounds that are highly magnetic.
 
66

> 8. Molybdenum, a Group 6 chemical element, shares Jackie Robinson's
> uniform number, which has been retired across all major league
> teams. What number?
 
42

> retired, with a light, silver-white metallic element that
> burns with a brilliant white flame. Name *either* the number
> or the element.
 
12; 14
 
> 10. Beryllium shares its number with some great players, including
> a legendary Boston Bruins defenseman and a Yankees first baseman
> who died from the effects of a famous disease. What number?
 
4
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
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Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Dec 14 07:31PM -0800

On Sunday, December 14, 2014 7:01:21 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 2. His previous material was not recommended for children, but
> this successful, testosterone-driven author wrote "Chitty Chitty
> Bang Bang: The Magical Car" in 1964 for his son Caspar.
Ian Fleming
 
> 6. The gloomy-Gus whose most famous poem predicted the spiritual
> death of humanity also gave us "Old Possum's Book of Practical
> Cats".
T.S. Eliot
 
> 1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career,
> but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired
> by the Chicago Bulls.
33
 
> 8. Molybdenum, a Group 6 chemical element, shares Jackie Robinson's
> uniform number, which has been retired across all major league
> teams. What number?
42
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 15 05:37AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ibKdnbblSexNuRPJnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 2. His previous material was not recommended for children, but
> this successful, testosterone-driven author wrote "Chitty Chitty
> Bang Bang: The Magical Car" in 1964 for his son Caspar.
 
Ian Fleming
 
> this celebrated author's whimsical side produced "The Happy
> Prince", a collection of children's stories that included
> "The Selfish Giant".
 
Wilde
 
 
> 6. The gloomy-Gus whose most famous poem predicted the spiritual
> death of humanity also gave us "Old Possum's Book of Practical
> Cats".
 
Eliot
 
> and the Sea of Stories" is an allegory for modern South Asian
> politics and religion. But unlike his grown-up novels, it
> pissed off practically no one.
 
Rushdie
 
 
> 1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career,
> but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired
> by the Chicago Bulls.
 
23
 
 
> 2. Willie Mays also had more than one jersey number, but the
> San Francisco Giants retired which one, with the same number
> as chromium?
 
24
 
 
> 3. Fluorine, the 9th element, shares that number with several
> hockey greats including a Detroit Red Wing (1946-71) and a
> Montreal Canadien (1942-60). Name *either* player.
 
9
 
 
> 4. "Babe Ruth" shared this number with lithium, a soft, silvery,
> light alkali metal.
 
4; 6
 
 
> 6. Mario Lemieux shared his number (a tribute to the "Great One"),
> with dysprosium, a metallic element of the rare earth group
> which forms compounds that are highly magnetic.
 
88
 
 
> 7. Roberto Clemente wore the same number as current basketball
> superstar Tim Duncan, as well as the element scandium.
 
17; 20
 
 
> 8. Molybdenum, a Group 6 chemical element, shares Jackie Robinson's
> uniform number, which has been retired across all major league
> teams. What number?
 
42
 
> retired, with a light, silver-white metallic element that
> burns with a brilliant white flame. Name *either* the number
> or the element.
 
11; 12
 
 
> 10. Beryllium shares its number with some great players, including
> a legendary Boston Bruins defenseman and a Yankees first baseman
> who died from the effects of a famous disease. What number?
 
18; 19
 
 
Pete
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 15 01:47AM -0600

In article <ibKdnbblSexNuRPJnZ2dnUU7-KWdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> 2. His previous material was not recommended for children, but
> this successful, testosterone-driven author wrote "Chitty Chitty
> Bang Bang: The Magical Car" in 1964 for his son Caspar.
Ian Fleming
 
> 3. Like most of his hard-boiled grown-up novels, this author's
> young adult book "Hoot" took place in Florida. Name the author
> of this book with an ecological theme.
Elmore Leonard
 
> this celebrated author's whimsical side produced "The Happy
> Prince", a collection of children's stories that included
> "The Selfish Giant".
Oscar Wilde
 
> 6. The gloomy-Gus whose most famous poem predicted the spiritual
> death of humanity also gave us "Old Possum's Book of Practical
> Cats".
Gorey
 
> and the Sea of Stories" is an allegory for modern South Asian
> politics and religion. But unlike his grown-up novels, it
> pissed off practically no one.
Rushdie [thank you final sentence]
 
 
> 1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career,
> but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired
> by the Chicago Bulls.
23
 
> 2. Willie Mays also had more than one jersey number, but the
> San Francisco Giants retired which one, with the same number
> as chromium?
24
 
> Montreal Canadien (1942-60). Name *either* player.
 
> 4. "Babe Ruth" shared this number with lithium, a soft, silvery,
> light alkali metal.
3
 
> 5. Satchel Paige, possibly the greatest pitcher of all time as
> well as the oldest, shared number 29 with what malleable,
> reddish-brown, corrosion-resistant metallic *element*?
copper
 
 
> 8. Molybdenum, a Group 6 chemical element, shares Jackie Robinson's
> uniform number, which has been retired across all major league
> teams. What number?
42
 
> retired, with a light, silver-white metallic element that
> burns with a brilliant white flame. Name *either* the number
> or the element.
magnesium
 
> 10. Beryllium shares its number with some great players, including
> a legendary Boston Bruins defenseman and a Yankees first baseman
> who died from the effects of a famous disease. What number?
4
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 15 02:19AM -0800

On Monday, December 15, 2014 10:01:21 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 1. For her whimsical and wry 1978 children's lit debut, "Up in
> the Tree", this celebrated Canadian author not only wrote and
> illustrated the book, she hand-lettered the type.
 
Atwood I guess
 
> 2. His previous material was not recommended for children, but
> this successful, testosterone-driven author wrote "Chitty Chitty
> Bang Bang: The Magical Car" in 1964 for his son Caspar.
 
Fleming
 
> this celebrated author's whimsical side produced "The Happy
> Prince", a collection of children's stories that included
> "The Selfish Giant".
 
Wilde
One could argue that it was the Old Bailey whose reputation was tarnished.
 
> 6. The gloomy-Gus whose most famous poem predicted the spiritual
> death of humanity also gave us "Old Possum's Book of Practical
> Cats".
 
Eliot
 
> 7. Even in his one children's book, 1955's "The Little Steamroller",
> this English author of popular "entertainments" couldn't resist
> throwing in some of his trademark espionage into the plot.
 
Le Carre?
 
> Devil" from letters written to his grandson Stevie. It has
> been praised as an "incongruous but delicious mixture of Irish
> wit and French folklore."
 
Joyce?
 
> Bulletin, and solicited a contribution. The result was "The
> Widow and the Parrot", the only known children's story by the
> author of "To the Lighthouse."
 
Mitchell
 
> and the Sea of Stories" is an allegory for modern South Asian
> politics and religion. But unlike his grown-up novels, it
> pissed off practically no one.
 
Rushdie?
 

> Gretzky's jersey number and the atomic number for the chemical
> element einsteinium. So here are 10 more of these questions.
> It's either a sports round with science thrown in, or vice versa.
 
Great idea for a round!
 
> 1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career,
> but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired
> by the Chicago Bulls.
 
45, 46
 
 
> 3. Fluorine, the 9th element, shares that number with several
> hockey greats including a Detroit Red Wing (1946-71) and a
> Montreal Canadien (1942-60). Name *either* player.
 
Howe, Orr
 
> 4. "Babe Ruth" shared this number with lithium, a soft, silvery,
> light alkali metal.
 
3
 
> 5. Satchel Paige, possibly the greatest pitcher of all time as
> well as the oldest, shared number 29 with what malleable,
> reddish-brown, corrosion-resistant metallic *element*?
 
Copper
 
 
> 10. Beryllium shares its number with some great players, including
> a legendary Boston Bruins defenseman and a Yankees first baseman
> who died from the effects of a famous disease. What number?
 
4
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 15 02:13AM -0800

1 Which 1980 novel by Umberto Eco was also a 1986 film starring Sean Connery?
2 Name either of the two land-locked South American countries.
3 Which occupation specialises in equine hoof care?
4 Nicknamed God's Architect, who was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1852?
5 What five-letter word links Clara Bow, Linda Macartney, Terry Pratchett and Detroit?
6 Which veteran actress was a regular in the Carry On films, Last of the Summer Wine and also plays Edina's mother in Absolutely Fabulous?
7 The 1996 film Trainspotting was set in which British city?
8 At around 1,400 pages, which 1993 Vikram Seth novel is one of the longest ever published in the English language?
9 Eddie Murphy played a character called Axel Foley in which 1985 film?
10 What is the capital city of Canada?
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 15 02:11AM -0800

On Sunday, December 7, 2014 2:49:24 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 What nationality was revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (1879 - 1919)?
 
Mexican
 
> 2 Which citrus-flavoured liqueur is named after the Caribbean island where is was first distilled in the 19th century?
 
Curacao
 
> 3 Who did Ringo Starr marry in 1981?
 
Barbara Bach
 
> 4 Which vegetable (though technically a fruit) is also known as courgette?
 
Zucchini, and I suppose I will accept squash.
 
> 5 Which British statesman was responsible for the founding the city of Singapore?
 
Sir Stamford Raffles
 
> 6 What country won both Miss World (Europe) and the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, despite not even being in Europe?
 
Israel
 
> 7 Irish playwright Samuel Beckett originally wrote his play Waiting for Godot in which language before translating it into English himself?
 
French
 
> 8 Which ship rescued many of The Titanic survivors in 1912?
 
[RMS] Carpathia
The SS Caifornia was in the area but rescued almost no-one
 
> 9 Jessica Marais (as Sister Joan Miller) and Jonathan LaPaglia (as Dr Patrick McNaughton) star in which Australian TV series?
 
Love Child
 
> 10 Eleven Israeli athletes and coaches were killed in a terrorist attack during which Olympic Games? [Year or City]
 
Munich / 1972
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 368
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 44 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 47 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 49 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 39 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 43 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 36 Bjorn Lundin
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 40 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 30 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 33 Erland S
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 27
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
9 7 5 8 4 6 4 1 0 10 54 54%
 
Congratulations Mark on a narrow win.
 
cheers,
calvin
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 14 08:05PM

This is Rotating Quiz 163. Entries must be posted by Sunday,
December 21st, 2014 at 10 PM (Eastern Standard Time).
 
Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The
winner gets to create the next RQ.
 
Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup
in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer
below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question.
 
This is in the same format as my last RQ, so there is an 11th
answer which is an acrostic formed from the initial letters of
the other answers. There is also a commonality among the answers
which will probably be obvious.
 
Scoring is 2 points for answers 1-10 or 1 point for an answer
I deem to be sufficiently close (spelling errors and the like).
Answer 11 is worth 5 points or nothing.
 
In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored
the most points on the hardest questions (defined post-facto
as the ones which the fewest people got any points on). Second
tiebreaker will be posting order.
 
1. This was originally one of the Heptarchy, the approximately seven
kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. It included both London and Colchester
for some time, but was never one of the most prominent kingdoms. However,
its name lives on as the name for the modern county which covers part
of the kingdom's area. The associated earldom has had a hard time
sticking - it has been created nine separate times - but has sometimes
been notable, especially in the reign of Elizabeth I.
 
2. This gaseous element is somewhat expensive but is used for quite a
few things nevertheless. For one example, it is used for a number of
lighting applications including some types of lamps used for stroboscopy
and pumping lasers. It is one of the gases found in television plasma
displays. It can also be used as a general anaesthetic and for several
types of medical imaging. It was once thought to form no compounds, but
a number are known know; one example is its trioxide which is a dangerous
explosive.
 
3. This company started life as part of Lucasfilm's computer division.
Naturally the group did some film work - most notably the Genesis Device
sequence of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (the first computer-generated
animation sequence in a movie) - but when the group was spun off as a
separate company they were focused on hardware, specifically on high-end
imaging computers. These did not sell well and they had to change their
focus.
 
4. This title has historically been used in several ways. The Byzantine
empire used it for governors of provinces far enough from the capital to
make it necessary to give them extra authority (including military
authority). Eastern Orthodox churches use it for the deputy of a patriarch.
Eastern Rite Catholic churches use it in a somewhat complicated manner.
 
5. This British band started in 1971 and has been intermittently active
from then until this year, when they split up (again). They are considered
very influential and at least two of its members - Bryan Ferry and Brian
Eno - have had major solo careers. Their highest-charting single in the US
was "Love is the Drug."
 
6. This Greek mythological figure was supposedly the first person to
kill a family member (his father-in-law). He was shunned for this but
Zeus (always inscrutable) invited him to Olympus where he ended up
mating with a cloud shaped like Hera, producing a son who in turn
engendered the race of centaurs. Zeus sentenced him to be bound to
an always-turning fiery wheel.
 
7. There have been two Mexican Empires, sort of. The first one lasted
very little time and is quite obscure. (Its one nominal emperor was
Agustin.) The second one didn't last long by imperial standards but
did manage over five years, and it's much better-known. Who was its
one emperor?
 
8. This substance is mostly keratin but contains significant amounts
of cholesterol, fatty acids, squalene, and various alcohols. It can
be brown and moist or grey and flaky, depending on genetics. (This
has two more or less common names in English; I will accept either
but only one fits the acrostic.)
 
9. This island is the largest of the Cyclades. It has a number of
mythological associations; Zeus was raised in a cave there and it
is also associated with the story of Theseus and Ariadne; Strauss
wrote an opera about this association. Historically, it was the
first place to try to leave the Delian League and an attack on it
by Persian supporters helped kick off the Greco-Persian wars.
 
10. Some gels and fluids have the property of becoming less viscous
when shaken, stirred, or subject to other similar stresses. Some
kinds of clay are like this, which can cause landslides. The synovial
fluid in some joints is like this. Many inks and paints have this
property, which is helpful for applications where they need to set
quickly. What is the usual scientific term for this?
 
11. Acrostic
 
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 14 09:57PM +0100

> of the kingdom's area. The associated earldom has had a hard time
> sticking - it has been created nine separate times - but has sometimes
> been notable, especially in the reign of Elizabeth I.
 
Kent

> types of medical imaging. It was once thought to form no compounds, but
> a number are known know; one example is its trioxide which is a dangerous
> explosive.
 
Argon

> separate company they were focused on hardware, specifically on high-end
> imaging computers. These did not sell well and they had to change their
> focus.
 
Next
 
> authority). Eastern Orthodox churches use it for the deputy of a
> patriarch.
> Eastern Rite Catholic churches use it in a somewhat complicated manner.
 
Plutarch

> very influential and at least two of its members - Bryan Ferry and Brian
> Eno - have had major solo careers. Their highest-charting single in the US
> was "Love is the Drug."
 
Roxy Music

> mating with a cloud shaped like Hera, producing a son who in turn
> engendered the race of centaurs. Zeus sentenced him to be bound to
> an always-turning fiery wheel.
 
Oidipus

> wrote an opera about this association. Historically, it was the
> first place to try to leave the Delian League and an attack on it
> by Persian supporters helped kick off the Greco-Persian wars.
 
Rhodos

 
 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 14 03:40PM -0600

Dan Blum:
> of the kingdom's area. The associated earldom has had a hard time
> sticking - it has been created nine separate times - but has sometimes
> been notable, especially in the reign of Elizabeth I.
 
ESSEX. (Again with ancient England, but this time I actually know...)

> types of medical imaging. It was once thought to form no compounds, but
> a number are known know; one example is its trioxide which is a dangerous
> explosive.
 
XENON. I've always found it somewhat mindboggling, since I learned
about it, that a substance could be an anesthetic when it doesn't react
chemically with the body (and isn't just suffocating the patient).

> separate company they were focused on hardware, specifically on high-end
> imaging computers. These did not sell well and they had to change their
> focus.
 
PIXAR.

> make it necessary to give them extra authority (including military
> authority). Eastern Orthodox churches use it for the deputy of a patriarch.
> Eastern Rite Catholic churches use it in a somewhat complicated manner.
 
EMIR?

> very influential and at least two of its members - Bryan Ferry and Brian
> Eno - have had major solo careers. Their highest-charting single in the US
> was "Love is the Drug."
 
Really, I have no idea.

> mating with a cloud shaped like Hera, producing a son who in turn
> engendered the race of centaurs. Zeus sentenced him to be bound to
> an always-turning fiery wheel.
 
I don't recognize this one.

> Agustin.) The second one didn't last long by imperial standards but
> did manage over five years, and it's much better-known. Who was its
> one emperor?
 
MAXIMILIAN. Though I thought MONTEZUMA was also called an emperor.

> be brown and moist or grey and flaky, depending on genetics. (This
> has two more or less common names in English; I will accept either
> but only one fits the acrostic.)
 
Er, all I can think of that might fit is DANDRUFF.

> wrote an opera about this association. Historically, it was the
> first place to try to leave the Delian League and an attack on it
> by Persian supporters helped kick off the Greco-Persian wars.
 
Not Greek mythology again! No place I can think of, anyway.

> fluid in some joints is like this. Many inks and paints have this
> property, which is helpful for applications where they need to set
> quickly. What is the usual scientific term for this?
 
THIXOTROPY.
 
> 11. Acrostic
 
EXPERIMENT, which I got without the clue.
 
Thanks for this contest.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "These Millennia are like buses."
msb@vex.net --Arwel Parry
 
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"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Dec 14 10:49PM

Dan Blum wrote:
 
> earldom has had a hard time sticking - it has been created nine
> separate times - but has sometimes been notable, especially in the
> reign of Elizabeth I.
Essex
> anaesthetic and for several types of medical imaging. It was once
> thought to form no compounds, but a number are known know; one
> example is its trioxide which is a dangerous explosive.
Xenon
> (including military authority). Eastern Orthodox churches use it for
> the deputy of a patriarch. Eastern Rite Catholic churches use it in
> a somewhat complicated manner.
Exarch
> are considered very influential and at least two of its members -
> Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno - have had major solo careers. Their
> highest-charting single in the US was "Love is the Drug."
Roxy Music
> property, which is helpful for applications where they need to set
> quickly. What is the usual scientific term for this?
 
> 11. Acrostic
 
Peter Smyth
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 14 06:36PM -0800

On Monday, December 15, 2014 6:05:03 AM UTC+10, Dan Blum wrote:
 
> of the kingdom's area. The associated earldom has had a hard time
> sticking - it has been created nine separate times - but has sometimes
> been notable, especially in the reign of Elizabeth I.
 
Essex
 
> types of medical imaging. It was once thought to form no compounds, but
> a number are known know; one example is its trioxide which is a dangerous
> explosive.
 
Xenon
 
> separate company they were focused on hardware, specifically on high-end
> imaging computers. These did not sell well and they had to change their
> focus.
 
Pixar
 
> very influential and at least two of its members - Bryan Ferry and Brian
> Eno - have had major solo careers. Their highest-charting single in the US
> was "Love is the Drug."
 
Roxy Music
 
> property, which is helpful for applications where they need to set
> quickly. What is the usual scientific term for this?
 
 
 
> 11. Acrostic
 
Experiment
 
cheers,
calvin
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 15 05:47AM

> had a hard time sticking - it has been created nine separate times -
> but has sometimes been notable, especially in the reign of Elizabeth
> I.
 
Yorkshire; Berkshire
 
> was spun off as a separate company they were focused on hardware,
> specifically on high-end imaging computers. These did not sell well
> and they had to change their focus.
 
THX
 
> Agustin.) The second one didn't last long by imperial standards but
> did manage over five years, and it's much better-known. Who was its
> one emperor?
 
Maximillian
 
> wrote an opera about this association. Historically, it was the
> first place to try to leave the Delian League and an attack on it
> by Persian supporters helped kick off the Greco-Persian wars.
 
Naxos
 
> property, which is helpful for applications where they need to set
> quickly. What is the usual scientific term for this?
 
> 11. Acrostic
 
Pete
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 15 02:07AM -0600

In article <m6kqhe$esk$1@reader1.panix.com>, tool@panix.com says...
> types of medical imaging. It was once thought to form no compounds, but
> a number are known know; one example is its trioxide which is a dangerous
> explosive.
xenon
 
> separate company they were focused on hardware, specifically on high-end
> imaging computers. These did not sell well and they had to change their
> focus.
Pixar
 
> very influential and at least two of its members - Bryan Ferry and Brian
> Eno - have had major solo careers. Their highest-charting single in the US
> was "Love is the Drug."
Roxy Music
 
> Agustin.) The second one didn't last long by imperial standards but
> did manage over five years, and it's much better-known. Who was its
> one emperor?
Maximilian
 
> property, which is helpful for applications where they need to set
> quickly. What is the usual scientific term for this?
 
> 11. Acrostic
EXPERIMENT
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 14 05:57PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> There are official provincial and territorial flowers, animals,
> rocks, trees, and for all we know, hamburgers. In this round, we'll
> name some official things and you name the province or territory.
 
In the original game, this was the second-easiest round of the game
and the fourth-easiest of the entire season.
 
> 1. Official motto: "fortis et liber" (strong and free).
> Official flower: wild rose.
> Official mineral: petrified wood.
 
Alberta. 4 for Marc. 3 for Pete.
 
> 2. Official bird: Atlantic puffin.
> Official flower: purple pitcher plant.
> Official animal: caribou.
 
Newfoundland. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
> 3. Official flower: Pacific dogwood.
> Official animal: spirit bear.
> Official fish: Pacific salmon.
 
British Columbia. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Erland, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 4. Official flower: lady slipper.
> Official bird: blue jay.
> Official motto: "parva sub ingenti" (the small under the great).
 
Prince Edward Island. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Pete.
 
> 5. Official flower: blue flag iris.
> Official bird: snowy owl.
> Official tree: yellow birch.
 
Quebec. 4 for Björn and Dan Tilque.
 
> 6. Official bird: rock ptarmigan.
> Official animal: Canadian Eskimo dog.
> Official symbol: inukshuk.
 
Nunavut. 4 for Erland and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum and Marc.
 
> 7. Official bird: common loon.
> Official tree: eastern white pine.
> Official mineral: amethyst.
 
Ontario. 4 for Pete. 3 for Joshua.
 
> 8. Official flower: western red lily.
> Official animal: white-tailed deer.
> Official mineral: potash.
 
Saskatchewan. 2 for Joshua and Pete.
 
> 9. Official flower: prairie crocus.
> Official animal: plains bison.
> Official fish: walleye.
 
Manitoba. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Pete.
 
> 10. Official flower: mountain avens.
> Official animal: Arctic grayling.
> Official mineral: diamond.
 
Northwest Territories. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
 
 
> here's a round on those big, glacial holes on the Canadian Shield that
> contain nearly 1/5 of all the fresh water in the world.
 
> With only 5 lakes to consider, answers may repeat.
 
 
This was the hardest round in the original game.
 
> 1. But for the Straits of Mackinac, these two Great Lakes would
> be one big lake. Name them both.
 
Huron, Michigan. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Erland, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 2. Off the shores of Lake Huron, in Huron County, is the largest
> salt mine in the world. Near what Ontario town is it found?
 
Goderich.
 
> where the ball presumably remains. What was the location
> of the game? We want the specific well-known location on
> Toronto's shore.
 
Hanlan's Point.
 
> 4. Our Lake Ontario isn't the only one. There's also an Ontario
> Lacus on one of the solar system's major moons. It's not water
> but methane, ethane, and propane. Which moon is it on?
 
Titan. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete.
 
> 5. Which Great Lake sits entirely within the borders of the US?
 
Michigan. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 6. The biggest Great Lake, Lake Superior, is also the youngest.
> Within 2,000 years, how old is it?
 
10,000 years (accepting 8,000-12,000). 4 for Dan Tilque.
3 for Dan Blum and Pete.
 
That's when the ice retreated from that bit of North America at the
end of the last ice age. The other lakes are older because they are
farther south and therefore the ice retreated sooner.
 
> 7. One Great Lake has suffered the most impact from
> industrialization; its drainage basin includes 17 cities
> with metropolitan areas of 50,000 or more. Which one?
 
Erie. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc. 2 for Pete.
 
It has the smallest volume of water and is also downstream from the
Detroit River and three other Great Lakes. (Lake Ontario is still
further downstream, but has more water.)
 
When I was in high school I entered a physics contest run by the
University of Waterloo here in Ontario, and one of the questions
related to water flowing over Niagara Falls. The question ended
with: "Assume that the effluent from Lake Erie is indeed water."
Things have improved somewhat since those days, though.
 
> 8. As noted by Longfellow and Lightfoot, what is the Chippewayan
> name for Lake Superior?
 
Gitche Gumee. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 9. In 1915 at the Chicago docks, what part did the steamer Eastland
> play in Great Lakes history?
 
The worst disaster. Specifically, it capsized and over 800 people
were killed. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 10. How many crew were lost when the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald
> sink in 1975?
 
"The ship bell chimed till it rang 29 times, for each man on the
Edmund Fitzgerald." (Gordon Lightfoot song.) 4 for Marc.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Ent Can Geo
Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 23 24 119
Dan Blum 36 31 13 23 103
Pete Gayde 28 23 22 24 97
Marc Dashevsky 28 20 14 24 86
Dan Tilque 32 4 20 24 80
Erland Sommarskog 36 0 16 8 60
Peter Smyth 27 28 -- -- 55
"Calvin" 27 16 -- -- 43
Björn Lundin 24 12 4 0 40
Jason Kreitzer 12 16 -- -- 28
Rob Parker 28 0 -- -- 28
 
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Toronto interference with a business model."
msb@vex.net --Bruce Schneier
 
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