Saturday, January 31, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 14 updates in 4 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 30 12:19PM -0800

1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country?
2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale?
3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968?
4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain?
5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket?
6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch?
7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest French-speaking city in the world?
8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha?
9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located?
10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom?
 
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 30 10:03PM +0100

> 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European
> country?
 
Switzerland
 
> 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967
> Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale?
 
J.S. Bach
 
> 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968?
 
Amstrad
 
> 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger,
> Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain?
 
Ang Lee
 
> 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in
> Test Cricket?
 
Nisse Hult
 
> 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch?
 
Cherry
 
> 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second
> largest French-speaking city in the world?
 
Montréal
 
> 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located?
 
Berlin
 
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 30 07:26PM -0600

"Calvin":
> 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country?
 
Switzerland.
 
> 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale?
 
I'll guess Mozart.
 
> 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968?
 
Johnson.
 
> 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain?
 
Lee.
 
> 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket?
 
Johnson.
 
> 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch?
 
Cherry.
 
> 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest French-speaking city in the world?
 
I suppose you want Montreal.
 
> 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha?
 
Don Quixote.
 
> 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located?
 
Berlin.
 
> 10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom?
 
"Lawrence of Arabia".
--
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msb@vex.net | on your bill." --Swiss hotel services handbook
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jan 30 10:22PM -0500

On 2015-01-30, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country?
 
Switzerland
 
> 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale?
 
Bach
 
> 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968?
 
Sugar
 
> 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain?
 
Ang Lee
 
> 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket?
> 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch?
 
Cherry
 
> 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest French-speaking city in the world?
 
Montreal (metropolitan area)
 
> 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha?
 
Don Quixote
 
> 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located?
 
Berlin
 
 
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 30 12:25PM -0800

On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 3:16:43 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by
> their real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
 
Ho Chi Minh
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
 
Pol Pot, Idi Amin
 
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
Stalin
 

 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
> is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
Patrick
 
> next two. Gur frpbaq cngeba fnvag bs Verynaq znl or gur
> crefbavsvpngvba bs n cntna Prygvp qrvgl. Guvf fnvag'f flzoby
> vf n qvfgvapgvir pebff gung vf jbira sebz ehfurf be fgenj.
 
Setanta?

> 6. Guvf anivtngbe fnvag'f yrtraq gryyf bs n wbhearl jvgu pbzcnavbaf
> gb frireny vfynaqf va gur Ngynagvp Bprna, yrnqvat gb zbqrea
> zlguf gung ur qvfpbirerq Nzrevpn.
 
Christopher?
 

 
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
 
Spanish-American War
 
> 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
> pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
Powers
 
 
> 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932.
 
> 12. The National Prohibition Act, passed in 1919 and repealed
> in 1933.
 
Volstead
 
 
> into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Argentina
 
cheers,
calvin
Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Jan 30 06:03PM -0800

On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 12:16:43 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
> 2. Saloth Sar.
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
3.Joseph Stalin
> by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the
> pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS
> Maddox incident; give its other name.
Gulf of Tonkin
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
The Spanish-American War
> of the relevant law.
 
> 10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport
> of females for immoral purposes.
The Mann Act
> 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932.
Lindbergh
> into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
Bolivia?
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 30 02:54PM

This is Rotating Quiz 168. Entries must be posted by Friday,
February 6th, 2015 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.
 
For this quiz I have again sacrificed originality to expediency,
so this may seem somewhat familiar. The scoring will also seem
familiar when it happens.
 
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 man is probably best-known today as an explorer of the
American West. However, he also served in the military in the
Mexican-American War and American Civil War, commanding the
Department of the West early in the latter. He was involved in
controversy in both cases. He was also one of the first two
senators elected from California and was the first Republican
candidate for president.
 
2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features
prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
 
3. This British possession in the Caribbean used to be a
desination for tourists and, after George Martin established
a recording studio there, musicians. However, in 1989 Hurricane
Hugo destroyed the studio and lots of other things. Then in 1995
a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones)
turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and
little-visited "exclusion zone."
 
4. This US state is one of just four that used to be sovereign
nations, and the only one of those that fits the theme. It used
to be the state that had the highest percentage of its population
living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close
second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is
far behind at 51.28%).
 
5. This US television network only operated from 1946-56, so it
is not well-known today, but they had some popular and influential
programs including Cavalcade of Stars (The Honeymooners started
as a series of sketches there), Captain Video and His Video Rangers,
The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and
The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows
starring an Asian American and an African American woman.
 
6. One of the main characters in Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses.
He has been portrayed by John Malkovich and Colin Firth, among
others.
 
7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by
me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival
in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva.
 
8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival
is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz.
 
9. Jazz festivals are usually pretty peaceful. Rock festivals are
sometimes less so, particularly this infamous 1969 event at which
one person was killed, several others died in accidents, and a lot
of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which
covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot
there.
 
10. The de facto (and in the 19th century de jure) capital of the
Kingdom of Sardinia for much of its history was Turin. Turin is
of course not on Sardinia, but in this northwestern region of Italy,
which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region
is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise
earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily).
 
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
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>: Jan 30 05:41PM +0100

> controversy in both cases. He was also one of the first two
> senators elected from California and was the first Republican
> candidate for president.
 
Stonemont

> 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features
> prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
 
Amontillado (Thanks, Alan Parsons!)

> a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones)
> turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and
> little-visited "exclusion zone."
 
Montserrat

> living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close
> second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is
> far behind at 51.28%).
 
Vermont

> The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and
> The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows
> starring an Asian American and an African American woman.
 
The Full Monty

> 6. One of the main characters in Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses.
> He has been portrayed by John Malkovich and Colin Firth, among
> others.
 
Valmont

> 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by
> me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival
> in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva.
 
Montreux

> 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival
> is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz.
 
Montréal

> of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which
> covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot
> there.
 
Monterrery

> which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region
> is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise
> earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily).

Piemonte
 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 30 01:30PM -0600

Dan Blum:
> controversy in both cases. He was also one of the first two
> senators elected from California and was the first Republican
> candidate for president.
 
Fremont?
 
> 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features
> prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
 
Amontillado (I think, but that sounds Spanish).
 
> living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close
> second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is
> far behind at 51.28%).
 
Vermont.
 
Counting California to get to four is dubious.
 
> The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and
> The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows
> starring an Asian American and an African American woman.
 
Dumont.
 
> 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by
> me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival
> in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva.
 
Montreux.
 
> 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival
> is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz.
 
New Orleans, I suppose.
 
> which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region
> is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise
> earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily).
 
Piedmont.
 
--
Mark Brader | "Oh, sure, you can make anything sound sleazy if you,
Toronto | you know, tell it exactly the way it happened."
msb@vex.net | -- Bruce Rasmussen: "Anything But Love"
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 30 08:22PM

> > 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features
> > prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
 
> Amontillado (I think, but that sounds Spanish).
 
Indeed, it is Spanish.
 
> > far behind at 51.28%).
 
> Vermont.
 
> Counting California to get to four is dubious.
 
True; I wouldn't have if California were the answer.
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
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>: Jan 30 11:03PM +0100

By the way, great theme, Dan! Took me a while to spot it, despite it
was right before my eyes. I had a great chuckle when I figured it out!
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 30 10:30PM

> By the way, great theme, Dan! Took me a while to spot it, despite it
> was right before my eyes. I had a great chuckle when I figured it out!
 
Tbanks!
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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>: Jan 30 11:46PM

Dan Blum wrote:
 
> a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones)
> turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and
> little-visited "exclusion zone."
Montserrat
> living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close
> second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is
> far behind at 51.28%).
Montana
 
> 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by
> me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival
> in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva.
Montreux
> 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival
> is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz.
Montreal
> of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which
> covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot
> there.
Altamont
> which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region
> is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise
> earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily).
Piedmont
 
Peter Smyth
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 30 12:18PM -0800

On Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 6:35:32 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which is the most populous country in Africa?
 
Nigeria
 
> 2 Which actress has regularly appeared in both Jonathon Creek and Men Behaving Badly?
 
Caroline Quentin
 
> 3 Who was the only non-British member of Monty Python?
 
Terry Gilliam
As several posters pointed out, he is now a naturalised British citizen
 
> 4 The TV series The Sopranos was mostly set in which US state?
 
New Jersey
 
> 5 Which African capital city was known as Salisbury during the colonial era?
 
Harare
 
> 6 The Eurostar terminates at which Paris railway station?
 
Gare du Nord
 
> 7 Which major European power declared war on Germany in 1943?  
 
Italy
 
> 8 The pineapple is indigenous to which continent?
 
South America
 
> 9 What do the initials of the film company MGM stand for?
 
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
 
> 10 Norwegian band A-ha sang the theme song for which 1987 James Bond film?
 
The Living daylights
There is no Bond film titled "Take On Me" :-)
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 377
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 61 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 48 Rob Parker
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 50 Chris Johnson
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 50 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 51 Mark Brader
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 40 David Brown
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 45 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 45 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 47 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 41 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
9 3 7 6 7 7 8 5 10 4 66 66%
 
Congratulations Peter.

cheers,
calvin
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Friday, January 30, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 10 updates in 2 topics

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 29 03:43PM


> These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by
> their real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
 
Ho Chi Minh
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
 
Pol Pot
 
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
Joseph Stalin
 
 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
> is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
Augustine
 
> 6. Guvf anivtngbe fnvag'f yrtraq gryyf bs n wbhearl jvgu pbzcnavbaf
> gb frireny vfynaqf va gur Ngynagvp Bprna, yrnqvat gb zbqrea
> zlguf gung ur qvfpbirerq Nzrevpn.
 
Brendan
 
> by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the
> pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS
> Maddox incident; give its other name.
 
Gulf of Tonkin incident
 
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
 
Spanish-American War
 
> 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
> pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
Powers
 
> of the relevant law.
 
> 10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport
> of females for immoral purposes.
 
Mann
 
 
 
> 14. The airport in Havana is named which Cuban national hero who
> was also a famous literary figure? One of his poems was adapted
> into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
Duarte
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Bolivia
 
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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>: Jan 29 06:14PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by
> their real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
Ho Chi Minh
> 2. Saloth Sar.
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
Joseph Stalin
 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
> is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
Patrick
> into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
Bolivia
 
Peter Smyth
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 29 07:24PM +0100

On 2015-01-29 06:16, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by
> their real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
Pol Pot
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
Idi Amin
 
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
Josef Stalin
 
 
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
 
Boer war
 
 
> * Cuba Libre
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Argentina
 
 
--
Björn
Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jan 29 08:07PM

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:16:42 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by their
> real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
 
Ho Chi Min
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
 
Pol Pot
 
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
Joseph Stalin
 
 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that is
> where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
St Patrick
 
 
> 6. This navigator saint's legend tells of a journey with companions
> to several islands in the Atlantic Ocean, leading to modern myths
> that he discovered America.
 
St Brendan
 
> by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the pretext
> for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS Maddox incident;
> give its other name.
 
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
 
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898. What
> war ensued?
 
Spanish American
 
> 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
> pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
Francis Gary Powers
 
 
> 10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport
> of females for immoral purposes.
 
> 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932.
 
Lindberg Law
 
> 12. The National Prohibition Act, passed in 1919 and repealed
> in 1933.
 
Amendment 18 of the US constitution
 
> the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Bolivia?
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 29 10:04PM +0100

> ** Final, Round 2 - History
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
 
Ho Chi Min
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
 
Pol Pot?
 
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
Stalin

 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
> is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
S:t Patrick

> next two. Gur frpbaq cngeba fnvag bs Verynaq znl or gur
> crefbavsvpngvba bs n cntna Prygvp qrvgl. Guvf fnvag'f flzoby
> vf n qvfgvapgvir pebff gung vf jbira sebz ehfurf be fgenj.
 
S:t Patrick
 
> 6. Guvf anivtngbe fnvag'f yrtraq gryyf bs n wbhearl jvgu pbzcnavbaf
> gb frireny vfynaqf va gur Ngynagvp Bprna, yrnqvat gb zbqrea
> zlguf gung ur qvfpbirerq Nzrevpn.
 
S:t Patrick
 
(And I didn't really bother to rot13, since I don't know any other
Irish saint...)

> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
 
The Spanish-American war.
 
> 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
> pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
The Edge :-)
 
> 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932.
 
Lindberg

 
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Argentina
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 29 02:14PM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by
> their real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
 
Ho Chi Minh
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
Lenin
 
 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
> is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
St Patrick
 
> next two. Gur frpbaq cngeba fnvag bs Verynaq znl or gur
> crefbavsvpngvba bs n cntna Prygvp qrvgl. Guvf fnvag'f flzoby
> vf n qvfgvapgvir pebff gung vf jbira sebz ehfurf be fgenj.
 
St Bridget
 
 
> 6. Guvf anivtngbe fnvag'f yrtraq gryyf bs n wbhearl jvgu pbzcnavbaf
> gb frireny vfynaqf va gur Ngynagvp Bprna, yrnqvat gb zbqrea
> zlguf gung ur qvfpbirerq Nzrevpn.
 
St Brendan
 
> by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the
> pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS
> Maddox incident; give its other name.
 
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
 
 
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
 
Spanish-American War
 
 
> 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
> pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
Francis Gary Powers
 
 
> 10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport
> of females for immoral purposes.
 
> 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932.
 
Lindbergh Act
 
 
> 12. The National Prohibition Act, passed in 1919 and repealed
> in 1933.
 
Volstead Act
 
> into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Venezuela
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
"Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 30 01:51PM +1100

> ** Final, Round 2 - History
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
 
Ho Chi Minh
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
 
Pol Pot (?)
 
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
Joseph Stalin
 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
> is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
Brendan
 
> next two. Gur frpbaq cngeba fnvag bs Verynaq znl or gur
> crefbavsvpngvba bs n cntna Prygvp qrvgl. Guvf fnvag'f flzoby
> vf n qvfgvapgvir pebff gung vf jbira sebz ehfurf be fgenj.
 
Brendan
 
> 6. Guvf anivtngbe fnvag'f yrtraq gryyf bs n wbhearl jvgu pbzcnavbaf
> gb frireny vfynaqf va gur Ngynagvp Bprna, yrnqvat gb zbqrea
> zlguf gung ur qvfpbirerq Nzrevpn.
 
Brendan
 
> by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the
> pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS
> Maddox incident; give its other name.
 
Gulf of Tonkin incident
 
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
 
US-Cuban War ;-)
 
> 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
> pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
Francis Gary Powers
 
> 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932.
 
Lindbergh Act
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Argentina
 
 
Rob
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 29 01:17PM -0600

Rotating Quiz 167 is over and the winner by a razor-thin margin is
MARC DASHEVSKY. Hearty congratulations!
 
However, Marc is not available to moderate RQ 168, so it'll have
to be the second-place finisher, Dan Blum, who does that. As soon
as you're ready, Dan...
 
 
> "Because they sank the Titanic."
> "What?!? The Titanic was sunk by an iceberg!!"
> "Iceberg, Greenberg, what's the difference?"
 
In other words, all answers contained the substring "berg". And since
I was giving away 4 letters of each answer, I decided I should be
pretty strict about the other ones. So I made the scoring 3 points for
a correct answer correctly spelled, but only 1 point if the spelling
was wrong.
 
 
> 1. This scenic university city in Germany is now a popular tourist
> destination, but at one time it was famous for the tendency of
> the students to fight duels. Name it.
 
Heidelberg. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Rob, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
> 2. Another popular tourist destination, this is the westernmost
> major city in Norway. It lies south of the Sognefjord and
> north of the Hardangerfjord. Name it.
 
Bergen. 3 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
> 3. Who was Secretary of Defense for most of Ronald Reagan's
> presidency?
 
Caspar Weinberger. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
1 for Calvin and Rob.
 
> (based on the ordinary word for the material) refers to certain
> Owens-Corning products, notably a pink-colored insulation that
> might be used in walls and attics?
 
Fiberglas. With one S, which mattered because I asked for the trade
name as distinct from the ordinary word. 1 for Marc.
 
Dan Blum guessed "Fiberg", and I wondered if I should give a point for
this, but finally decided not to, because in effect I was asking for
5 letters and he only gave 2 of them. If I had, Marc would still
have won, but it would have been on a tiebreaker (he answered the
harder question 6 while Dan answered the easier question 2).
 
For the last 25 years or so of his career, my father worked for
Owens-Corning's Canadian affiliate/subsidiary/whatever, Fiberglas
Canada.
 
> 5. Give the relevant word that means "astonish".
 
Flabbergast. 3 for Marc and Dan Blum.
 
> suit. For example, in the sequence 1 spade - pass - 3 clubs,
> using this method the 3 club bid says nothing about clubs,
> but promises 7-10 high-card points and exactly 4 cards in spades.
 
Bergen (or Bergen raise). 3 for Marc and Erland.
 
> 7. Earl Grey tea is flavored with the oil of what fruit?
 
Bergamot. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, and Rob.
 
> a person to cross each bridge exactly once. In 1945 the city
> was captured by the Soviets and became Kaliningrad, Russia.
> But what was it called until then?
 
Königsberg. As the contest is being conducted in English, I also
accepted spellings with -o- as well as with -oe-. 3 for Marc,
Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 1 for Rob.
 
> 9. This waxy substance is excreted by sperm whales and, although
> foul-smelling when fresh, was used in perfumes and spices.
> Name it.
 
Ambergris. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Rob, and Pete.
 
> 10. The director and one of the stars of "Autumn Sonata"
> ["Höstsonaten"] (1978) had similar first names and the same
> last name, but they were not related. Give *both* their names.
 
Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Bergman. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Rob,
Dan Tilque, and Pete. 1 for Erland.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTALS
 
Marc Dashevsky 3 0 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 25
Dan Blum 3 3 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 3 24
Pete Gayde 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 18
Erland Sommarskog 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 16
Dan Tilque 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 15
Rob Parker 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 14
"Calvin" 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 10
 
18 15 14 1 6 6 15 19 12 16
 
--
Mark Brader | "It is refreshing to have Republican presidential
Toronto | candidates we can believe about *something*.
msb@vex.net | I believe what Bush says about Dole...
| And... what Dole says about Bush." --Craig B. Leman
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 29 09:58PM +0100

>> last name, but they were not related. Give *both* their names.
 
> Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Bergman. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Rob,
> Dan Tilque, and Pete. 1 for Erland.

As a defence for calling him Ingemar, I like to point out that there
are 1267 men in Sweden with Ingmar as the first name, whereas there
are 8636.
 
...eh, wait does not that mean that the error was more than a typo
that could be blamed on the vicinity of "e" and "r" on the keyboard,
and I well deserved my reduction? Most certainly.
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 29 05:19PM -0600

Sorry, I posted the answers and results from RQ 167 earlier today without
changing the subject line. Here they are again, for anyone who wasn't
looking. Everything in this posting below this paragraph is the same as
in the original results posting.
 
 
Rotating Quiz 167 is over and the winner by a razor-thin margin is
MARC DASHEVSKY. Hearty congratulations!
 
However, Marc is not available to moderate RQ 168, so it'll have
to be the second-place finisher, Dan Blum, who does that. As soon
as you're ready, Dan...
 
 
> "Because they sank the Titanic."
> "What?!? The Titanic was sunk by an iceberg!!"
> "Iceberg, Greenberg, what's the difference?"
 
In other words, all answers contained the substring "berg". And since
I was giving away 4 letters of each answer, I decided I should be
pretty strict about the other ones. So I made the scoring 3 points for
a correct answer correctly spelled, but only 1 point if the spelling
was wrong.
 
 
> 1. This scenic university city in Germany is now a popular tourist
> destination, but at one time it was famous for the tendency of
> the students to fight duels. Name it.
 
Heidelberg. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Rob, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
> 2. Another popular tourist destination, this is the westernmost
> major city in Norway. It lies south of the Sognefjord and
> north of the Hardangerfjord. Name it.
 
Bergen. 3 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
> 3. Who was Secretary of Defense for most of Ronald Reagan's
> presidency?
 
Caspar Weinberger. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
1 for Calvin and Rob.
 
> (based on the ordinary word for the material) refers to certain
> Owens-Corning products, notably a pink-colored insulation that
> might be used in walls and attics?
 
Fiberglas. With one S, which mattered because I asked for the trade
name as distinct from the ordinary word. 1 for Marc.
 
Dan Blum guessed "Fiberg", and I wondered if I should give a point for
this, but finally decided not to, because in effect I was asking for
5 letters and he only gave 2 of them. If I had, Marc would still
have won, but it would have been on a tiebreaker (he answered the
harder question 6 while Dan answered the easier question 2).
 
For the last 25 years or so of his career, my father worked for
Owens-Corning's Canadian affiliate/subsidiary/whatever, Fiberglas
Canada.
 
> 5. Give the relevant word that means "astonish".
 
Flabbergast. 3 for Marc and Dan Blum.
 
> suit. For example, in the sequence 1 spade - pass - 3 clubs,
> using this method the 3 club bid says nothing about clubs,
> but promises 7-10 high-card points and exactly 4 cards in spades.
 
Bergen (or Bergen raise). 3 for Marc and Erland.
 
> 7. Earl Grey tea is flavored with the oil of what fruit?
 
Bergamot. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, and Rob.
 
> a person to cross each bridge exactly once. In 1945 the city
> was captured by the Soviets and became Kaliningrad, Russia.
> But what was it called until then?
 
Königsberg. As the contest is being conducted in English, I also
accepted spellings with -o- as well as with -oe-. 3 for Marc,
Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 1 for Rob.
 
> 9. This waxy substance is excreted by sperm whales and, although
> foul-smelling when fresh, was used in perfumes and spices.
> Name it.
 
Ambergris. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Rob, and Pete.
 
> 10. The director and one of the stars of "Autumn Sonata"
> ["Höstsonaten"] (1978) had similar first names and the same
> last name, but they were not related. Give *both* their names.
 
Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Bergman. 3 for Marc, Dan Blum, Rob,
Dan Tilque, and Pete. 1 for Erland.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTALS
 
Marc Dashevsky 3 0 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 25
Dan Blum 3 3 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 3 24
Pete Gayde 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 18
Erland Sommarskog 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 16
Dan Tilque 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 15
Rob Parker 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 14
"Calvin" 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 10
 
18 15 14 1 6 6 15 19 12 16
 
--
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Toronto | candidates we can believe about *something*.
msb@vex.net | I believe what Bush says about Dole...
| And... what Dole says about Bush." --Craig B. Leman
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 28 11:16PM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
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*)".
 
 
** Final, Round 2 - History
 
* Political Noms de Guerre
 
These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by
their real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
2. Saloth Sar.
3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
 
* Saints of Early Medieval Ireland
 
In each case, name the saint.
 
4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
5. Please answer question #4 before decoding the rot13 for the
next two. Gur frpbaq cngeba fnvag bs Verynaq znl or gur
crefbavsvpngvba bs n cntna Prygvp qrvgl. Guvf fnvag'f flzoby
vf n qvfgvapgvir pebff gung vf jbira sebz ehfurf be fgenj.
 
6. Guvf anivtngbe fnvag'f yrtraq gryyf bs n wbhearl jvgu pbzcnavbaf
gb frireny vfynaqf va gur Ngynagvp Bprna, yrnqvat gb zbqrea
zlguf gung ur qvfpbirerq Nzrevpn.
 
 
* Incidentally
 
These incidents preceded various wars, cold wars, police actions,
etc.
 
7. In 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox was ineffectually attacked
by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the
pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS
Maddox incident; give its other name.
 
8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
What war ensued?
 
9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
 
* US Acts of Congress
 
Some laws are best known by the names of people connected to them,
whether as legislators or otherwise. In each case, give that name
of the relevant law.
 
10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport
of females for immoral purposes.
 
11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932.
 
12. The National Prohibition Act, passed in 1919 and repealed
in 1933.
 
 
* Cuba Libre
 
Pour yourself a rum and Coke and Viva la Revolución!
 
13. Name the boat that carried Fidel Castro and 81 other rebels
to Cuba in 1956. The newspaper of the Central Committee of
the Cuban Communist Party is named for it.
 
14. The airport in Havana is named which Cuban national hero who
was also a famous literary figure? One of his poems was adapted
into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
The time-sharing system was designed very much for the convenience
of its first users, who happened also to be its designers and im-
plementers. In practice it has proved to be convenient and effective
for all its users, be they novice or expert. --John Lions
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 29 05:34AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:AICdnTr6QsenX1TJnZ2dnUU7-c-
 
> These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by
> their real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
 
Ho Chi Minh
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
 
Pol Pot
 
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
Joseph Stalin

 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
> is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
Patrick

> 6. Guvf anivtngbe fnvag'f yrtraq gryyf bs n wbhearl jvgu pbzcnavbaf
> gb frireny vfynaqf va gur Ngynagvp Bprna, yrnqvat gb zbqrea
> zlguf gung ur qvfpbirerq Nzrevpn.
 
Brendan

> by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the
> pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS
> Maddox incident; give its other name.
 
Gulf of Tonkin incident
 
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
 
Spanish-American War

> 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
> pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
Powers
 
> of the relevant law.
 
> 10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport
> of females for immoral purposes.
 
Mann Act

> 12. The National Prohibition Act, passed in 1919 and repealed
> in 1933.
 
Volstead Act

 
> 13. Name the boat that carried Fidel Castro and 81 other rebels
> to Cuba in 1956. The newspaper of the Central Committee of
> the Cuban Communist Party is named for it.
 
Granma
 
> 14. The airport in Havana is named which Cuban national hero who
> was also a famous literary figure? One of his poems was adapted
> into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
Jose Marti

> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Argentina
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
"Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 28 11:17PM +1100

> before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for
> the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders.
> He recently played Hercules on screen.
 
Johnson (!)
 
> His athletic career included a football college scholarship and
> an ill-fated invitation to the Pittsburgh Steelers' training
> camp in 1969.
 
Ed O'Neil
 
> 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship
> title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV.
> Name him.
 
Chuck Norris
 
 
> A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music".
> It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one
> of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it.
 
Grand Old Opry
 
> A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to
> music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were
> seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues?
 
delta blues
 
> inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking
> 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous
> Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain?
 
transistor
 
> park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses
> S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park
> located?
 
Wyoming
 
> E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located
> closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains
> National Park is located in two states; name *either*.
 
North Dakota; New Hampshire
 
> F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans
> to *participate* in?
 
bowling (ie. ten-pin bowling)
 
> as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport?
> It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes
> ahead of hockey.
 
car (ie. auto) racing
 
 
Rob
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 28 11:07PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
Game 10 is over and by a margin of 8 points the winner is
JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations!
 
 
 
> 1. The star of shows like "St. Elsewhere" and "NCIS", he was
> a starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in the early '70s,
> leading his team to a 17-5 record over two seasons.
 
Mark Harmon. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Bruce, Pete, and Stephen.
 
> attended USC on a football scholarship and, fittingly enough,
> played a high school football player in his movie debut "Fast
> Times at Ridgemont High".
 
Forest Whitaker (with no double letters, by the way). 4 for Calvin,
Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Bruce, Peter, and Stephen.
 
> was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech in the mid-'60s,
> and was replaced after graduation by a guy named Terry Bradshaw.
> Name that duck hunter. (As usual, the surname is sufficient.)
 
Phil Robertson. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Stephen.
3 for Joshua.
 
> before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for
> the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders.
> He recently played Hercules on screen.
 
Dwayne Johnson, aka "the Rock". 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua,
Jason, Bruce, Stephen, and Rob.
 
> showbiz, but only after flaming out in minor-league baseball with
> the Cincinnati Reds organization. Name this dreamy Oscar-winning
> leading man.
 
George Clooney. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Pete, and Stephen.
 
> His athletic career included a football college scholarship and
> an ill-fated invitation to the Pittsburgh Steelers' training
> camp in 1969.
 
Ed O'Neill. 4 for Björn, Joshua, Bruce, Stephen, and Rob.
 
> 7. The artist sometimes known as Apollo Creed played 8 games for
> the Oakland Raiders and 18 games for the BC Lions.
 
Carl Weathers. 4 for Jason, Bruce, and Stephen.
 
> 8. Before becoming a movie star, he was a star running back for
> Florida State, and actually got to play football again with
> his starring turn in the movie "The Longest Yard".
 
Burt Reynolds. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Bruce, Pete,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
> yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing",
> "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and
> "The Naked Gun 33 1/3".
 
O.J. Simpson. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Bruce, Peter,
Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
> 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship
> title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV.
> Name him.
 
Chuck Norris. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Bruce, Pete,
Stephen, and Rob.
 
 
 
> A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music".
> It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one
> of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it.
 
"Grand Ole Opry". 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Bruce,
Peter, Pete, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
 
> A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to
> music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were
> seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues?
 
(Mississippi) Delta Blues. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Pete,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
 
> their tribe, *or* their chief (who gave the settlers food
> the previous winter), *or* the bilingual native who taught
> them New World fishing and agriculture.
 
Wampanoag, Massassoit, Squanto (respectively). 4 for Joshua, Bruce,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
> Revolution happened in a running skirmish on 1775-04-19, in
> two towns that still argue about which one it took place in.
> So name *both* towns.
 
Lexington, Concord. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Pete, Dan Tilque,
and Stephen.
 
> inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking
> 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous
> Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain?
 
Transistor. 4 for Erland, Björn, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Pete,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
 
> reaper were revolutionary agricultural innovations, but
> which inventor's *literally* groundbreaking steel plow
> helped open the prairies to farming?
 
John Deere. 4 for Björn, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Stephen.
 
 
> D1. John Updike's most famous work is a series of novels about
> a middle-class American everyman with an unusual nickname.
> What nickname?
 
Rabbit. (Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
> D2. Name Philip Roth's novel, winner of a 1998 Pulitzer Prize,
> that describes the life of the fictional Seymour "Swede"
> Levov.
 
"American Pastoral". 4 for Stephen.
 
> park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses
> S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park
> located?
 
Wyoming. 4 for Erland, Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Bruce,
Pete, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
 
The northern edge of the park is in Montana, and the western edge
in Montana and Idaho.
 
> E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located
> closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains
> National Park is located in two states; name *either*.
 
North Carolina, Tennessee. 4 for Erland (the hard way), Dan Blum,
Joshua, Jason, Bruce, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
> F. Sports: National Pastimes
 
> F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans
> to *participate* in?
 
Bowling. 4 for Rob. 3 for Calvin.
 
> as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport?
> It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes
> ahead of hockey.
 
Auto racing. I accepted "motor sport". 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce,
Pete, and Rob. 3 for Calvin.
 
 
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Art Sci Ent Mis Ent Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 26 19 38 20 40 40 35 32 211
Dan Blum 27 7 36 33 16 39 32 36 203
Bruce Bowler 26 16 32 31 16 16 40 32 177
Marc Dashevsky 24 8 36 20 40 40 -- -- 168
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 36 40 40 40 156
Rob Parker 19 9 33 28 20 21 12 24 145
Dan Tilque 20 12 20 27 16 28 8 32 143
Jason Kreitzer 8 0 0 8 32 24 28 20 120
Pete Gayde -- -- -- -- 32 36 24 28 120
"Calvin" -- -- 40 8 16 21 16 14 115
Erland Sommarskog 12 12 20 24 12 12 0 12 92
Peter Smyth -- -- 3 23 12 22 8 4 72
Björn Lundin 8 4 20 12 4 4 4 8 56
 
--
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Many computer users in the world at large seem to have been so
influenced by their experiences with other software suppliers that
they find it difficult to believe that a major software system
could be delivered in a highly reliable form, where a single
competent systems programmer might be able to provide all locally
needed system support, without further assistance from the supplier.
But the UNIX system proves it can be so. -- John Lions
 
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

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swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jan 27 05:04PM -0800

On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 1:35:42 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. The star of shows like "St. Elsewhere" and "NCIS", he was
> a starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in the early '70s,
> leading his team to a 17-5 record over two seasons.
 
mark harmon
 
> attended USC on a football scholarship and, fittingly enough,
> played a high school football player in his movie debut "Fast
> Times at Ridgemont High".
 
forrest whitaker
 
> was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech in the mid-'60s,
> and was replaced after graduation by a guy named Terry Bradshaw.
> Name that duck hunter. (As usual, the surname is sufficient.)
 
phil robertson
 
> before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for
> the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders.
> He recently played Hercules on screen.
 
dwayne 'the rock' johnson (hey! a question where johnson is actually the answer!)
 
> showbiz, but only after flaming out in minor-league baseball with
> the Cincinnati Reds organization. Name this dreamy Oscar-winning
> leading man.
 
george clooney
 
> His athletic career included a football college scholarship and
> an ill-fated invitation to the Pittsburgh Steelers' training
> camp in 1969.
 
ed o'neill (he was in the movie _dutch_ too)
 
> 7. The artist sometimes known as Apollo Creed played 8 games for
> the Oakland Raiders and 18 games for the BC Lions.
 
carl weathers
 
> 8. Before becoming a movie star, he was a star running back for
> Florida State, and actually got to play football again with
> his starring turn in the movie "The Longest Yard".
 
burt reynolds
 
> yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing",
> "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and
> "The Naked Gun 33 1/3".
 
orenthal james simpson
 
> 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship
> title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV.
> Name him.
 
chuck norris
 
 
 
> A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music".
> It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one
> of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it.
 
the grand ole opry
 
> A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to
> music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were
> seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues?
 
american delta blues
(the leading statement is incorrect. jazz is the greatest american contribution to music.)
 
> their tribe, *or* their chief (who gave the settlers food
> the previous winter), *or* the bilingual native who taught
> them New World fishing and agriculture.
 
massasoit
 
> Revolution happened in a running skirmish on 1775-04-19, in
> two towns that still argue about which one it took place in.
> So name *both* towns.
 
lexington and concord
 
> inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking
> 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous
> Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain?
 
transistors
 
> reaper were revolutionary agricultural innovations, but
> which inventor's *literally* groundbreaking steel plow
> helped open the prairies to farming?
 
john deere
 
 
> D1. John Updike's most famous work is a series of novels about
> a middle-class American everyman with an unusual nickname.
> What nickname?
 
rabbit
 
> D2. Name Philip Roth's novel, winner of a 1998 Pulitzer Prize,
> that describes the life of the fictional Seymour "Swede"
> Levov.
 
american pastoral
 
> park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses
> S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park
> located?
 
wyoming
 
> E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located
> closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains
> National Park is located in two states; name *either*.
 
tennessee
 
> F. Sports: National Pastimes
 
> F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans
> to *participate* in?
 
basketball
 
> as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport?
> It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes
> ahead of hockey.
 
soccer
 
 
swp
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jan 27 05:07PM -0800

On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 10:45:27 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto | "We did not try to keep writing until
> msb@vex.net | things got full." --Dennis Ritchie
 
clearly you are confused because he got the inflection wrong. it's:
IF YA SMEELLLLL<insert tongue wag here>LLLLL<and here>LLL. WHAT THE *ROCK!* <dramatic pause> is cookin'.
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jan 27 05:12PM -0800

On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 10:45:27 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto | "We did not try to keep writing until
> msb@vex.net | things got full." --Dennis Ritchie
 
see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr8glaM4ruM
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 27 07:59PM -0600

Mark Brader:
>> before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for
>> the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders.
>> He recently played Hercules on screen.
 
Stephen Perry:
> dwayne 'the rock' johnson (hey! a question where johnson is actually the
> answer!)
 
Yeah -- a pity it was in the question too. I should've noticed and
edited that out.
 
 
>> A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to
>> music...
 
> ...incorrect. jazz is the greatest american contribution to music.
 
What, you mean it wasn't actually... oh, wait, she's Canadian.
Well, then... no, she's Canadian too. Then... oh, never mind.
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