- Calvin's Quiz #373 - 2014 deaths - 5 Updates
- RQ #165: The End of the Epithet - 5 Updates
- QFTCIUA Game 8, Rounds 4,6 answers: Canada Reads, municipalities - 2 Updates
- Calvin's quiz #372 - 2 Updates
- QFTCIUA Game 8, Rounds 9-10: sciences, WW1 - 4 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #371 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 2 Updates
- QFTCIUA Game 8, Rounds 7-8: >2 names, sports - 1 Update
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 01 07:37PM -0800 Listed below are the date of death, a brief description and the age of various famous individuals who passed away in 2014. Try to identify them. 2-Feb American actor 46 17-Mar American fashion designer and model 49 7-Apr British writer and model 25 10-Apr British novelist 68 17-Apr Colombian novelist and journalist 87 31-May British aristocrat and author 91 27-Jun American R&B singer 70 12-Jul Soviet politician 86 12-Sep Irish politician 88 4-Oct Haitian politician 63 cheers, calvin |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 02 05:00PM +1100 > 2-Feb American actor 46 Phillip Seymour Hoffman > 17-Mar American fashion designer and model 49 L'wren ? - Mick Jagger's girlfriend > 7-Apr British writer and model 25 Peaches Geldoff > 10-Apr British novelist 68 Douglas Adams (? - seems awfully wrong) > 17-Apr Colombian novelist and journalist 87 no idea > 31-May British aristocrat and author 91 Evelyn Waugh > 27-Jun American R&B singer 70 BB King > 12-Jul Soviet politician 86 Mikail Gorbachev > 12-Sep Irish politician 88 Ian Paisley > 4-Oct Haitian politician 63 Duvalier - son of Papa Doc Rob |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 02 12:44AM -0600 In article <85708573-c7f5-47f1-9d4c-f3fc5c36a52d@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > Listed below are the date of death, a brief description and the age of various famous individuals who passed away in 2014. Try to identify them. > 2-Feb American actor 46 Philip Seymour Hoffman > 7-Apr British writer and model 25 > 10-Apr British novelist 68 > 17-Apr Colombian novelist and journalist 87 Gabriel Garcia Marquez > 31-May British aristocrat and author 91 > 27-Jun American R&B singer 70 Bobby Womack > 12-Jul Soviet politician 86 > 12-Sep Irish politician 88 Ian Paisley > 4-Oct Haitian politician 63 Baby Doc |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 02 11:29AM +0100 > 4-Oct Haitian politician 63 Baby Doc -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 02 11:31AM +0100 >> 12-Sep Irish politician 88 > Ian Paisley I guess this is what Calvin had in mind, but I suspect that Mr Paisley rotates in grave when he sees this quiz and that he is described as Irish... -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 02 12:49PM +1100 Happy New Year to all! And apologies for the delay in posting this quiz. This is Rotating Quiz 165. Entries must be posted by Friday, January 9th, 2015 at 12 PM (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time - GMT +11). 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 each question, give the year in which the person referred to died. Scoring is 2 points for a correct answer and 1 point for an answer within 5 years of the correct answer. In the event of a tie, the person who posted their answers first will be the winner. 1. Alexander the Great 2. The Bard of Avon 3. The Venerable Bede 4. Catherine the Great 5. Eric the Red 6. Ivan the Terrible 7. The Maid of Orleans 8. Chairman Mao 9. Scott of the Antarctic 10. William the Conqueror Enjoy |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 01 07:16PM -0800 On Friday, January 2, 2015 11:49:41 AM UTC+10, Rob Parker wrote: > years of the correct answer. In the event of a tie, the person who posted > their answers first will be the winner. > 1. Alexander the Great 222 BC > 2. The Bard of Avon 1616 > 3. The Venerable Bede 34 AD > 4. Catherine the Great 1777 > 5. Eric the Red 1444 > 6. Ivan the Terrible 1777 > 7. The Maid of Orleans 1414 > 8. Chairman Mao 1976 > 9. Scott of the Antarctic 1900 > 10. William the Conqueror 1088 cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 02 04:07AM > years of the correct answer. In the event of a tie, the person who posted > their answers first will be the winner. > 1. Alexander the Great 323 BCE > 2. The Bard of Avon 1616 > 3. The Venerable Bede 725 > 4. Catherine the Great 1750 > 5. Eric the Red 980 > 6. Ivan the Terrible 1570 > 7. The Maid of Orleans 1470 > 8. Chairman Mao 1975 > 9. Scott of the Antarctic 1920 > 10. William the Conqueror 1085 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 01 11:55PM -0600 Rob Parker: > For each question, give the year in which the person referred to died. Ouch! > 1. Alexander the Great 212 BC. > 2. The Bard of Avon 1611. > 3. The Venerable Bede 1200. > 4. Catherine the Great 1777. > 5. Eric the Red 750. > 6. Ivan the Terrible 1820. > 7. The Maid of Orleans 1415. > 8. Chairman Mao 1984. > 9. Scott of the Antarctic 1909. > 10. William the Conqueror 1085. -- Mark Brader "Those who do not study history Toronto are condemned to repeat the course" msb@vex.net (after George Santayana) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 02 12:52AM -0600 In article <1bqdnVnmJoapZDjJnZ2dnUVZ5oKdnZ2d@giganews.com>, NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME says... > years of the correct answer. In the event of a tie, the person who posted > their answers first will be the winner. > 1. Alexander the Great 333 BCE > 2. The Bard of Avon 1624 > 3. The Venerable Bede 925 > 4. Catherine the Great 1776 > 5. Eric the Red 1111 > 6. Ivan the Terrible 1616 > 7. The Maid of Orleans > 8. Chairman Mao 1977 > 9. Scott of the Antarctic 1922 > 10. William the Conqueror 1212 |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 01 07:09PM -0800 On Monday, December 29, 2014 2:08:52 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > entire season it was the fifth-hardest, excluding two audio rounds. > And here in the newsgroup, if Calvin hadn't known one answer the > round wouldn't've counted in this game. Calvin didn't know, 'twas just a guess. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 01 11:56PM -0600 Mark Brader: > > And here in the newsgroup, if Calvin hadn't known one answer the > > round wouldn't've counted in this game. "Calvin": > Calvin didn't know, 'twas just a guess. Well, it still counts! -- Mark Brader | Many "business-oriented" packagings of these Toronto | [UNIXes] ... omit the games section. Those msb@vex.net | responsible will doubtless be reincarnated | as worker insects of some sort. -- "J. E. Lapin" |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 25 11:35PM +0100 On 2014-12-25 21:36, Calvin wrote: > 2 Which book by Karen Blixen was also a 1985 film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford? My Africa > 3 The Feyenoord soccer club is based in which Dutch city? Rotterdam > 4 What animal is the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA? Elephant > 5 Which company developed the x86 family of microchips during the late 20th century? Intel > 7 Which was George Lazenby's only James Bond film? You only live twice > 9 In what country was the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1799? Egypt > 10 Now offering private security and crisis management services, which firm was founded as a private detective agency in Chicago in 1850? Pinkerton -- Björn |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 01 07:32PM -0800 On Friday, December 26, 2014 6:36:39 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > I'll be away for the next week so CQ372 won't be marked until early January. Happy New Year everyone. > 1 In 1994 which cricketer became the first batsman to score 500 runs in a first-class innings? Brian Lara > 2 Which book by Karen Blixen was also a 1985 film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford? Out of Africa Accepting foreign language titles too > 3 The Feyenoord soccer club is based in which Dutch city? Rotterdam > 4 What animal is the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA? Donkey > 5 Which company developed the x86 family of microchips during the late 20th century? Intel > 6 Which American-born violinist (1916-1999) became a Swiss citizen in 1970 and a British one in 1985? Yehudi Menuhin > 7 Which was George Lazenby's only James Bond film? On Her Majesty's Secret Service > 8 What was the given name of Ned Kelly's younger brother and co-member of the Kelly Gang? Dan[iel] > 9 In what country was the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1799? Egypt > 10 Now offering private security and crisis management services, which firm was founded as a private detective agency in Chicago in 1850? Pikertons Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 372 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 51 Rob Parker 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 59 Pete Gayde 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 59 Chris Johnson 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 48 Peter Smyth 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 50 Mark Brader 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 39 Bjorn Lundin 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 40 Erland S 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 42 Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 44 Bruce Bowler 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 44 - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 2 6 5 9 10 4 7 1 10 8 62 62% Congratulations Rob. cheers, calvin |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 01 04:12PM +0100 On 2015-01-01 05:18, Mark Brader wrote: > and you tell us what it studies. In all cases, be sufficiently > specific. > 1. Mycology. fungus/mushrooms > 3. Agronomy. farming > 6. Pedology. children's doctor > 8. Hematology. blood expert > 9. Petrology. Oil > 10. Cryology. very cold stuff/freezing > A2. The man who assassinated the royal couple was a 19-year-old > member of a secret military society of the Serbian army > called the Black Hand. Name him. Gavriel Pricip > B1. On 1916-07-01 the Newfoundland Regiment went into action > at Beaumont-Hamel and suffered almost 90% casualties, > as part of what much larger battle? battle of Verdun > called "Little Willy" during August and September 1915, > and demonstrated it to the British Army in early 1916. > What was it? A tank > D2. Poison gas wasn't the only horrific weapon introduced to > the Ypres salient in 1915. Name the portable backpack > device that terrorized the troops in the trenches. Mines > first reported being sung by the Irish regiment the > Connaught Rangers, and quickly picked up by other units of > the British Army. Name it. It's a long way to Tipperary > F2. In 1915, a competition to find a rousing wartime song was > won by Felix and George Powell. What was the title of > their morale-boosting marching song? It's a long way to Tipperary -- -- Björn |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 01 06:35PM -0600 In article <-sSdnT8j5oMJVznJnZ2dnUU7-YednZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > and you tell us what it studies. In all cases, be sufficiently > specific. > 1. Mycology. fungi > 2. Phycology. > 3. Agronomy. crops > 4. Phenology. > 5. Rheology. > 6. Pedology. children > 7. Herpetology. reptiles > 8. Hematology. blood > 9. Petrology. rocks > 10. Cryology. low temperatures > first reported being sung by the Irish regiment the > Connaught Rangers, and quickly picked up by other units of > the British Army. Name it. It's A Long Way to Tipperary > F2. In 1915, a competition to find a rousing wartime song was > won by Felix and George Powell. What was the title of > their morale-boosting marching song? Over There |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 02 01:03PM +1100 > * Game 8, Round 9 - Science - Name That Specialty > 1. Mycology. fungi > 3. Agronomy. agriculture > 5. Rheology. fluid flow > 6. Pedology. children > 7. Herpetology. reptiles > 8. Hematology. blood > 9. Petrology. rocks > 10. Cryology. behaviour of materials at low temperatures > B1. On 1916-07-01 the Newfoundland Regiment went into action > at Beaumont-Hamel and suffered almost 90% casualties, > as part of what much larger battle? Battle of the Somme > C2. Name this poet who penned the lines: "If I should die, > think only this of me: That there's some corner of a > foreign field that is forever England". Brooke > called "Little Willy" during August and September 1915, > and demonstrated it to the British Army in early 1916. > What was it? Tank (?) > D2. Poison gas wasn't the only horrific weapon introduced to > the Ypres salient in 1915. Name the portable backpack > device that terrorized the troops in the trenches. Flame-thrower (?) > first reported being sung by the Irish regiment the > Connaught Rangers, and quickly picked up by other units of > the British Army. Name it. It's a Long Way to Tipperary Rob |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 01 07:22PM -0800 On Thursday, January 1, 2015 2:18:29 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Mycology. > 2. Phycology. > 3. Agronomy. Spaces > 5. Rheology. > 6. Pedology. > 7. Herpetology. Reptiles > 8. Hematology. Blood > 9. Petrology. Rocks > 10. Cryology. Suspended animation > A2. The man who assassinated the royal couple was a 19-year-old > member of a secret military society of the Serbian army > called the Black Hand. Name him. Princip > B1. On 1916-07-01 the Newfoundland Regiment went into action > at Beaumont-Hamel and suffered almost 90% casualties, > as part of what much larger battle? Somme > B2. April 9-12 of 1917 saw the first time all four divisions of > the Canadian Army attacked in coordination with each other -- > on which battlefield that within the larger battle of Arras? Somme > poem, saying it was "the old lie": "Dulce et decorum est > pro patria mori". (It is sweet and fitting to die for > one's country) Owen > C2. Name this poet who penned the lines: "If I should die, > think only this of me: That there's some corner of a > foreign field that is forever England". Sassoon > called "Little Willy" during August and September 1915, > and demonstrated it to the British Army in early 1916. > What was it? Tank, Aeroplane > E1. Name the Toronto Maple Leafs' former owner and managing > director who spent 14 months in a German POW camp after > his plane was shot down in 1917. Johnson > by war, with reports of German cruisers prowling in the > waters off the coast, but in 1915 their team won the > Stanley Cup. Give the *team name* (not the city). Canucks? > first reported being sung by the Irish regiment the > Connaught Rangers, and quickly picked up by other units of > the British Army. Name it. It's a Long Way to Tipperary > F2. In 1915, a competition to find a rousing wartime song was > won by Felix and George Powell. What was the title of > their morale-boosting marching song? cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 25 09:01PM -0800 Calvin wrote: >> 2 What is Australia's fourth most populous city? > Perth > Brisbane is third Just as a nitpick, you really should say metropolitan area instead of city for this question. The City of Perth itself has about 20,000 people. Similarly, the City of Melbourne has less than 100,000 people and the City of Sydney about 170,000. Forgot to enter this quiz. Just as well; I'd have only gotten 3 or 4 of them right. -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 01 07:07PM -0800 On Friday, December 26, 2014 3:02:32 PM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote: > > Brisbane is third > Just as a nitpick, you really should say metropolitan area instead of > city for this question. Agreed, and noted for future reference. cheers, calvin |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 29 05:10PM +0100 On 2014-12-29 05:11, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 8, Round 8 - Sports and Leisure Miscellany > 1. In golf, what is an albatross? 3 below par. Never happened to me... > 3. Which competitive sport takes place in a venue called a "salle" > on an area called a "piste"? downhill skiing > 4. What is the best hand in a game of standard poker? Be specific. Royal Imperial Straigth flush 10,Jack, Queen, King, Ace in hearts > 6. Which tile game derives its name from the Chinese word for > sparrow? mah-jong > 9. How many blank tiles are there in a game of Scrabble? 2 > 10. How many players, in total, compete in an official beach > volleyball match? 4 -- -- Björn |
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