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| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 15 12:24AM -0600 In article <m97i9i$jdb$1@reader1.panix.com>, tool@panix.com says... > and have never seen it. However, through advertising its name became > a popular neologism and, while also not as popular as it was, the word > is better-known today than the drink. Moxie -- still available in the odd store in Massachusetts in Rhode Island > 2. The usual Western name of this Chinese tea is a corruption of the > Chinese name which means "black dragon." It is made by oxidizing the > leaves and withering them in the sun before otherwise processing them. oolong > discovered on two different occasions in 1878, but for a reason > I decline to investigate the second discoverer, Per Teodor Cleve, > got to name it; he named it after the city where he grew up. erbium > to sire quite a number of children including the Sphinx, Cerberus, the > Nemean Lion, and Chimera. His name is similar to the name for a kind > of storm although it is probably unrelated. the Greek inspiration for Vulcan > 11. Acrostic? MO________ -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 15 03:14PM > > only think of one named after a city and that's HOLMIUM. > (After checking a periodic table) > Arrgh. I forgot about LUTETIUM. It's going to be that, isn't it? The name of the disoverer was provided for a reason. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 15 10:24PM > > OK, so I should have known about the edict, but Brittany lured me... > I, conversely, had forgotten about the Brittany part when I got to the > edict part! Sorry, I didn't realize there was a new "Brittany." It was in Brittany for over a thousand years. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 15 05:13AM This is Rotating Quiz 166. Entries must be posted by Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 at 11 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. As with some of my earlier RQs there is an 11th answer which is derived from the others by taking the initial letters in order. If an answer contains a person's name then the surname is required and provides the letter unless otherwise stated. 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). If a surname is required for a person no extra points are available for a first name but you will lose the points if you give an incorrect one. 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. Like a number of other early soft drinks, this was originally sold as a patent medicine, but it was being marketed to soda fountains by 1884. It was and still is flavored with gentian root extract, which is more commonly found in bitters. It was quite popular in the US for a time - Ted Williams was a spokesperson for it - but suffered a large decline. It is still sold, although I live 40 miles from the manufacturer and have never seen it. However, through advertising its name became a popular neologism and, while also not as popular as it was, the word is better-known today than the drink. 2. The usual Western name of this Chinese tea is a corruption of the Chinese name which means "black dragon." It is made by oxidizing the leaves and withering them in the sun before otherwise processing them. 3. This French city is in Brittany and was for many years the ducal seat. Owing to its location on the Loire where two other rivers join it, it was traditionally divided into many islands and consequently was known as "the Venice of the West" (recently many channels have been filled in to accommodate automobile traffic). It is possibly best known outside France for the eponymous edict of Henry IV which granted extensive rights to Protestants. 4. This economist is probably best known to non-economists for his eponymous impossibility theorem. This theorem shows that when there are at least three alternatives to rank, there is no ranking system that can convert individual preferences to a societal outcome while meeting a set of generally-accepted criteria (e.g., that there is no dictator). This has implications for voting systems. However, this is not his only important work, as his 1972 Nobel Prize citation does mention it. Five of his students have gone on to win the economics Nobel. 5. Trees in this genus have long been held to have magical properties such as protecting travellers and warding against witches. Some species produce red fruit which can be eaten, although usually they are made into preserves or used as a alcohol flavoring rather than eaten plain. They have had a wide variety of names including quickbeam, service tree, and mountain ash. The modern name for the genus is not related to any of those names. What is it? 6. This town in northeastern India is often known as the wettest place on Earth. Recently it may have been outdone by the nearby town of Mawsynram or by one of a number of places in Colombia, but it is still extremely rainy and still holds the Guinness records for most rainfall in a month and in a year. It is also known for its "living bridges" which are made of tree roots that have been convinced to grow together into the proper forms. Note that the traditional Western name is needed here, not the traditional pre-British Raj name which has been also been used recently (I'll score the latter as correct but it doesn't fit the acrostic). 7. This rare earth element has the highest magnetic moment of all elements and therefore sees a lot of use in the pole pieces of high-strength magnets, such as those used in MRI machines. It was discovered on two different occasions in 1878, but for a reason I decline to investigate the second discoverer, Per Teodor Cleve, got to name it; he named it after the city where he grew up. 8. The Byzantine Empire was (unsurprisingly) mostly run by men. However, there were some female co-rulers and regents, plus two sole empresses regnant. The first (and longer-lasting) of these was married to Leo IV and was the mother of Constantine VI; she overthrew the latter and ruled for over five years. Her best-known achievement is organizing the Second Council of Nicaea (which reinstated the use of icons in the Empire), although this took place while she was regent for her son. Her surname is not required and I would be astonished if anyone knows it. 9. This state was one of the three kingdoms of Korea. It was founded in 57 BCE and shared the peninsula with the other two kingdoms for a long time; in the 7th century it conquered the other two with some help from China and then expelled the Chinese, establishing its rule over most of the peninsula. This began the period generally known as "Unified <answer 4>" in Korean history. Over time its power decayed until it was supplanted by the Goryeo/Koryo dynasty in the 10th century. 10. This Greek mythological figure was the last son of Gaia, created to destroy Zeus for his imprisonment of the Titans. However, Zeus managed to defeat him and imprison him under Mount Etna. Before that he managed to sire quite a number of children including the Sphinx, Cerberus, the Nemean Lion, and Chimera. His name is similar to the name for a kind of storm although it is probably unrelated. 11. Acrostic? -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 15 03:15PM > as "Unified <answer 4>" in Korean history. Over time its power decayed > until it was supplanted by the Goryeo/Koryo dynasty in the 10th > century. Sorry, this should say "Unified <answer 9>" - the questions got re-ordered partway through. -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 13 11:25PM +0100 > 1 Which surrealist painted the 1931 work The Persistence of Memory? Salvador Dali > 2 Who were the two stars of the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith? Mr & Mrs Smith > 5 The song There's No Business Like Show Business features in which > Irving Berlin musical first performed in 1946? Sound of Music > 6 From which European country does Stella Artois beer originate? Belgium > 9 In 1985 who became the first unseeded man to win the Wimbledon > singles title? Mats Vilander -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jan 15 11:32PM -0500 On 2015-01-13, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which surrealist painted the 1931 work The Persistence of Memory? Dali > 2 Who were the two stars of the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith? Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie > 3 Which actor's roles included portrayals of the real life George Custer and Grover Cleveland, and a fictional psychology professor attempting to teach human morals to a chimpanzee,? > 4 Which French singer was nicknamed The Little Sparrow? Edit Piaf > 5 The song There's No Business Like Show Business features in which Irving Berlin musical first performed in 1946? Annie Get Your Gun > 6 From which European country does Stella Artois beer originate? Belgium > 7 Crime writer Dame Ngaio Marsh hailed from which Commonwealth country? New Zealand > 8 Julie Andrews won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in which 1964 film? The Sound of Music > 9 In 1985 who became the first unseeded man to win the Wimbledon singles title? Ashe > 10 Which actor played the title role in the 1982 film Gandhi? Ben Kingsley -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 16 04:05PM > is crowned by the Big Room: a natural limestone chamber > 1,200 m (4,000 feet) long and up to 200 m wide and 100 m high. > Name those famous caverns. Carlsbad Caverns > the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name, > no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there. > Name the cave. Mammoth Cave > so large a skyscraper would fit. The Cave of Crystals has > crystals 30 feet (10 m) high but is little visited due to > 58?C temperatures. Both are found in what country? Jordan > 4. One of the world's most famous and beautiful sea caves is the > Blue Grotto. Name the Italian island where it can be found. Capri > and the eerie sounds produced by echoes of waves inspired his > overture "The Hebrides". You'd find that cave on an island > off the coast of where? Scotland > 6. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves feature luminous tiny organisms > putting on an endless light show. It's a major tourist > attraction in which Southern Hemisphere nation? New Zealand > 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can > all be found in which US state? California > 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves > are all in which Canadian province? New Brunswick; Nova Scotia > ancient people, inhabited or used as refuge by many others as > recently as the early 1900s, it's now a tourist attraction -- > in what country? Turkey; Japan > first kilometer is open to tourists. Dimly-lit and misty, > it's an eerie place. In which country would you find the > Eisriesenwelt or "World of the Ice Giants"? Iceland; Norway > * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana History - Canada Within a Year > 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her > accession to the throne? 18 > 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened. 1920; 1940 > 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory. 1988; 1992 > 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born. 1927; 1933 > 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope". 1970; 1980 > 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18. 1965; 1975 > 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada > (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons". 1910; 1920 > 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a > provincial premiership through a general election. 1935; 1945 > 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro > Arrow interceptor airplane. 1963; 1966 > 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the > time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance > as Richard III. 1952; 1957 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 22 12:03PM +1100 > * Game 10, Round 4 - Art - Favorite Paintings > 1. Jackson Pollock. c > 2. Henri Rousseau. e; l > 3. Paul Cézanne. j > 4. Salvador Dalí. b > 5. Diego Velázquez. a; h > 6. Sandro Botticelli. k > 7. Pablo Picasso. m > 8. Georges Seurat. f > 9. Rembrandt van Rijn. d > 10. Johannes Vermeer. v > * Game 10, Round 6 - Science - The Amazing Space Race > 2. What was the designation of the multi-stage rocket that launched > the Apollo astronauts to the Moon? Saturn V > making it the fourth space program to reach the red planet > after the US, Russia, and European Space Agency. Which country > launched it? India > NASA's early space program and, more ominously, they launched > intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles for three decades. > Name the rocket family. Titan > 6. Named for the Russian word for union, these rockets are > currently the only transportation available for astronauts at > the International Space Station. Name the rocket family. Soyuz > 8. In October 2004, SpaceShipOne became the first privately-funded > vessel to launch a human into suborbital space. Name the > software-giant co-founder who funded that endeavor. Paul Allen > 9. Name the only other country, besides the US and Russia/USSR, > that has launched humans into space. China > 10. Which country is developing the infamous Taepodong ballistic > missiles? North Korea Rob |
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