Friday, January 23, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 24 updates in 10 topics

"Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 18 01:17PM +1100

> 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
 
> 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?
 
Morocco; Ethiopia
 
> 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?
 
Utah; North Dakota
 
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
 
British Columbia; Alberta
 
> 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; Iran
 
> 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
 
> leeway on the answer.
 
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
 
26
 
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
 
1950; 1960
 
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
 
2000; 1985
 
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
 
1985; 1998
 
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
 
2002; 2009
 
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
 
1990; 2000
 
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
 
1935; 1948
 
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
 
1978; 1985
 
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
 
1965; 1975
 
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
 
1975; 1987
 
 
Rob
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 18 02:49PM +0100

On 2015-01-16 12:22, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> the longest known cave system in the world. Despite its name,
> no fossils of large prehistoric mammals have been found there.
> Name the cave.
 
Mammuth 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?
 
Belize
 
 
> 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.
 
Elba
 
> 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?
 
South Africa
 
 
> 7. The Black Chasm, Lake Shasta Caverns, and Moaning Cavern can
> all be found in which US state?
 
South Dakota
 
 
> 8. The Warsaw Caves, Duncan Crevice Caves, and Bonnechere Caves
> are all in which Canadian province?
 
Alberta
 
> 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?
 
Thailand
 
> 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"?
 
Switzerland
 
> leeway on the answer.
 
> 1. Within a year, then, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her
> accession to the throne?
 
21
 
 
 
> For the remaining questions, give us the year of the event, with
> the same 1-year leeway. Answers may repeat.
 
> 2. The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened.
1912
 
 
> 3. Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.
1995
 
> 4. The Dionne quintuplets were born.
1991
 
> 5. Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope".
1989
 
> 6. The voting age in federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18.
1952
 
> 7. The British Privy Council decided the case of Edwards v. Canada
> (Attorney General), ruling that women are legally "persons".
1918
 
 
> 8. PEI's Catherine Callbeck became the first woman to win a
> provincial premiership through a general election.
1982
 
 
> 9. The federal government canceled the development of the Avro
> Arrow interceptor airplane.
 
1984
 
 
> 10. Alec Guinness or Sir Alec Guinness (whichever it was at the
> time) inaugurated the Stratford Festival with his performance
> as Richard III.
 
1952
 
 
--
Björn
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 23 04:48AM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 What stringed instrument becomes a cooking utensil by adding an
> e to the end of its name?
> 2 Sally Bowles and Cliff Bradshaw are characters in which musical?
 
Carousel
 
> 3 What begins with The Knight's Tale
> and ends with The Parson's Tale?
 
Canterbury Tales
 
> 4 What is the only country that
> is crossed by both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn?
 
Brazil
 
> 5 Which European soccer club team plays its home games at the
> Bernebeu stadium?
 
Real Madrid
 
> 6 Who wrote the 1961 book Catch 22?
 
Conrad
 
> 8 What was the name of Xena Princess warrior's trusted sidekick?
> 9 Which group opened the 1985 Live Aid
> concert with "Rockin' All over the World"?
 
Boomtown Rats
 
> 10 A symbol of his
> betrayal, Judas is normally depicted wearing what colour robes?
 
Red
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete
"Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 18 01:26PM +1100

> 1 What stringed instrument becomes a cooking utensil by adding an e to the
> end of its name?
 
mandolin
 
> 2 Sally Bowles and Cliff Bradshaw are characters in which musical?
 
Cabaret
 
> 3 What begins with The Knight's Tale and ends with The Parson's Tale?
 
The Canterbury Tales
 
> 4 What is the only country that is crossed by both the equator and the
> Tropic of Capricorn?
 
Brazil
 
> 5 Which European soccer club team plays its home games at the Bernebeu
> stadium?
> 6 Who wrote the 1961 book Catch 22?
 
Joseph Heller
 
> 7 Which rock band's chart battle with rivals Oasis in 1995 dubbed The
> Battle of Britpop?
 
Blur (?)
 
> 8 What was the name of Xena Princess warrior's trusted sidekick?
> 9 Which group opened the 1985 Live Aid concert with "Rockin' All over the
> World"?
 
Status Quo
 
> 10 A symbol of his betrayal, Judas is normally depicted wearing what
> colour robes?
 
red (?)
 
 
Rob
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 17 08:49PM -0600

Calvin writes:
> 1 What stringed instrument becomes a cooking utensil by adding
> an e to the end of its name?
 
Mandolin, I suppose.
 
> 2 Sally Bowles and Cliff Bradshaw are characters in which musical?
 
"Cabaret".
 
> 3 What begins with The Knight's Tale and ends with The Parson's Tale?
 
"The Canterbury Tales".
 
> 4 What is the only country that is crossed by both the equator
> and the Tropic of Capricorn?
 
Brazil.
 
> 5 Which European soccer club team plays its home games at the
> Bernebeu stadium?
 
Amsterdam?
 
> 6 Who wrote the 1961 book Catch 22?
 
Heller.
 
> 7 Which rock band's chart battle with rivals Oasis in 1995 dubbed
> The Battle of Britpop?
 
Coldplay?
 
> All over the World"?
> 10 A symbol of his betrayal, Judas is normally depicted wearing what
> colour robes?
 
Black?
 
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after-sales support. There is no publicity and new releases outside
the Bell System are made only very irregularly. (More than 3 years
after the release of the sixth edition of the UNIX system, the
seventh edition had still not appeared.) -- John Lions
 
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"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 17 10:42PM +0100

On 2015-01-16 12:15, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> This won't do. Please quote the questions *correctly* in future,
> with ">" or "> " preceding each line of text, so that the answers
> can be picked out mechanically.
 
Hmm, sorry about that. Was on holiday, and had only my ipad (generation
1) with me, using google groups. I was actually happy to make a
non-empty reply at all. (Did finally succeed in copy/paste - not proper
reply- hence that lack of '>')
 
> And by the way, in Calvin's quizzes he asks people to quote all the
> questions whether answering all of them or not.
 
Oh, did not know/ think of that.
 
--
Björn
"Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 17 11:09PM +1100

> 1 Which surrealist painted the 1931 work The Persistence of Memory?
 
Salvador Dali
 
> 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?
 
Edith 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?
 
Arthur Ashe
 
> 10 Which actor played the title role in the 1982 film Gandhi?
 
Ben Kingsley
 
 
Rob
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 17 10:49PM +0100

On 2015-01-14 13:54, björn lundin wrote:
> 10 ben kingsley
 
> --
> Björn lundin
 
As Mark Brader pointed out to me
 
> And by the way, in Calvin's quizzes he asks people to quote all the
> questions whether answering all of them or not.
 
 
I'm, sorry about that. Was on holiday, and had only my ipad (generation
1) with me, using google groups. Not easy, and copy/paste made the Re:
in the title to be missing to.
I'll bring the laptop on next vacation instead.
 
 
--
Björn
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 23 12:17AM -0600

In view of some previous threads, I thought this might interest some
people here.
 
This morning (well, yesterday morning now), I rented a car for the
day. It was a Chevy Impala, a model I've driven before, but a newer
model year, presumably a 2015.
 
I drove it away from the rental office, where as usual they hadn't
bothered to set the parking brake while the car was in their lot,
and drove home and parked[1] to pick up some things. The shifter was
between the front seats, so I reached for the handbrake lever behind
it -- and it wasn't there. I then felt around with my left foot --
no parking brake there either!
 
This was a bit disconcerting. I shifted into Park and began looking
for some control in a new location, and after a minute or so I spotted
the (P) icon. On this car the parking brake control is on the lower
left corner of the dashboard and is operated by *one finger*.
 
It's the same kind of
switch as is used for power windows these days. To apply the parking
brake, you pull it and wait a few seconds; to release it, you step
on the foot brake to activate the control, then push it and wait a
few seconds.
 
The mechanism is quiet enough that I couldn't hear it with the heater
fan on a medium setting. Activation is indicated by the (P) icon
flashing on the instrument panel, and completion is indicated by a
message reading, if I remember correctly, either
 
Park brake applied. [2]
 
[Dismiss] [3]
 
or
 
Park brake released.
 
[Dismiss]
 
as applicable.
 
ObAUE: Note the form "Park brake". I initially assumed that this
was an abbreviation for "Parking brake", used to save space, but then
I realized that there was lots of room to extend the message onto
another line if they'd wanted to. So maybe they actually think it
should be called that.
 
I must say I did not like this form of control. Not only was it one
more thing to go wrong, it also meant I had no control over how hard
the parking brake was applied [4]. Later in the day I parked in my
driveway, which is on about a 15% grade. Most cars will hold on that
grade with the parking brake alone if firmly applied, but with this
one, as soon as I released the foot brake it moved back until the
Park gear stopped it.
 
[1] Actually, under Ontario law I wasn't parked, I was standing,
because I was only stopped as long as necessary to load the
things. Or, at least, as long as necessary to find the parking
brake and then load the things. And this mattered, because
I was on the street in front of the house and that's a
no-parking zone.
 
[2] I'm not sure if the "." was present or not.
 
[3] That notation makes it look as if that part of the instrument panel
was a touchscreen, as the control panel for the radio and whatnot was.
I didn't try pressing on the word [Dismiss] to see if anything
happened; there was a button on the steering wheel, marked with
a check mark, that dismissed the messages. They also dismissed
themselves after a few seconds.
 
[4] Just like when they replaced plungers with launch buttons on
pinball machines.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "What Europe needs is a fresh, unused mind."
msb@vex.net | -- Foreign Correspondent
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 23 12:18AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> In view of some previous threads, I thought this might interest some
> people here.
 
Oops, wrong "here". I intended to post to another newsgroup. Sorry.
--
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msb@vex.net | --Yakima, WA, Herald-Republic, 2001-08-26
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 22 11:41PM -0600

Welcome to RQ 167. I'd like to thank Dan Blum for setting a quiz that
scared away so many people that I had a chance to win.
 
 
The usual rules of conduct and posting apply. The winner of RQ 167
will be the first choice to set RQ 168, in whatever manner they prefer.
Answer slates must be posted by noon Toronto time (zone -5) on Thursday,
2015-01-29; that gives you 6 days and more than 11 hours from the time
of posting.
 
In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker who got points on the hardest
questions, and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.
 
 
Hint:
 
"Why do you hate Jewish people?"
"Because they sank the Titanic."
"What?!? The Titanic was sunk by an iceberg!!"
"Iceberg, Greenberg, what's the difference?"
 
Answers may repeat.

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.
 
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.
 
3. Who was Secretary of Defense for most of Ronald Reagan's
presidency?
 
4. This question is in honor of my father. Which trade name
(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?
 
5. Give the relevant word that means "astonish".
 
6. Popular with tournament bridge players (in North America,
at least), this convention uses jump-shift bids by responder
artificially to show gradations of support for opener's major
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.
 
7. Earl Grey tea is flavored with the oil of what fruit?
 
8. In 1735 this city contained seven bridges crossing different
branches of a river, and Leonhard Euler proved that no route
existed through the city's streets and bridges that would allow
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?
 
9. This waxy substance is excreted by sperm whales and, although
foul-smelling when fresh, was used in perfumes and spices.
Name it.
 
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.
 
--
Mark Brader "This is... a film... almost without explosions."
Toronto, msb@vex.net --Mark Leeper
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 23 12:15AM -0600

In article <bPudnT3uzpOMQlzJnZ2dnUU7-fednZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> 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.
Heidel*berg*
 
> north of the Hardangerfjord. Name it.
 
> 3. Who was Secretary of Defense for most of Ronald Reagan's
> presidency?
Wein*berg*er
 
> (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?
fi*berg*lass
 
> 5. Give the relevant word that means "astonish".
flab*berg*ast
 
> 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.
*Berg*en raise
 
> 7. Earl Grey tea is flavored with the oil of what fruit?
*Berg*amot
 
> 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?
Koenigs*berg* Germany
 
> 9. This waxy substance is excreted by sperm whales and, although
> foul-smelling when fresh, was used in perfumes and spices.
> Name it.
Am*berg*ris
 
> 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 and Ingrid *Berg*man
 
I'm going to be away from Usenet from 1/24 - 2/1. In the odd event
that I end up with the highest score, I cede the title to the runner-up.
 
 
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 22 09:09PM

Mark Brader wins in a very low-turnout RQ. He may set the next one and
hopefully will not scare as many people away.
 
> 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
 
2 for Marc
 
I am willing to believe it is sold in stores in Massachusetts, but
I have been living there for 15 years and have yet to see it.
 
 
> 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
 
2 for Marc, Mark, Erland, Rob, and Calvin
 
> to accommodate automobile traffic). It is possibly best known outside
> France for the eponymous edict of Henry IV which granted extensive
> rights to Protestants.
 
Nantes
 
2 for Mark and Calvin
 
> 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.
 
Kenneth Arrow
 
I promise you that "Arrow's impossibility theorem" is well-known.
 
> 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?
 
rowan
 
2 for Mark and Rob
 
> 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).
 
Cherrapunji (the other name is Sohra)
 
2 for Erland
 
> 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.
 
holmium (after Stockholm)
 
2 for Mark
 
> 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.
 
Irene (her surname was Sarantapechaina)
 
> 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.
 
Silla (or Shilla, romanization varies)
 
2 for Erland
 
> 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.
 
Typhon
 
2 for Mark
 
 
> 11. Acrostic?
 
monarchist
 
Scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total
--------------------------------------
Mark 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 10
Erland 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6
Marc 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rob 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Calvin 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 
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"Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 17 11:18PM +1100


> 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
 
> 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?
 
rowan
 
> Nemean Lion, and Chimera. His name is similar to the name for a kind
> of storm although it is probably unrelated.
 
> 11. Acrostic?
 
 
Rob
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 22 08:48AM -0600

Note that Current Events 1-2 from the current season is still
open as this is posted.
 
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-24,
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 10, Round 7 - Entertainment - 60th Anniversary of Rock'n'Roll
 
In 1954, Bill Haley & the Comets released "Rock Around the Clock"
and "Shake, Rattle & Roll", and a Tupelo truck driver named Elvis
recorded "That's Alright Mama". So for the sake of argument,
here's a 60th anniversary round on the birth of rock'n'roll.
 
1. Who scandalized the world by marrying Myra Gale Brown on
1957-12-12?
 
2. Which host had Elvis sing "Hound Dog" *to* a hound dog on his
network variety show?
 
3. Three big rock'n'rollers died tragically on 1959-02-02 in a
plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa. Two of them eventually inspired
a popular movies about their lives, but which one did not?
 
4. Which music legend said in 1957 that "rock'n'roll is phony
and false, and sung, written, and played for the most part by
cretinous goons"? (Yeah, but what's your point?)
 
5. In 1956, which voluminous sitcom star said of Elvis, "He can't
last, I tell you flatly, he can't last"?
 
6. What was the name of the Memphis-based label run by Sam Phillips
that recorded Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy
Orbison?
 
7. Which subsequent abusive husband had a pre-marriage '50s hit with
"Rocket 88"?
 
8. The music died again in April, 1960, when this rock'n'roller
of "Summertime Blues" fame died in a car crash in Bath, England.
Name him.
 
9. From which US city did "American Bandstand" originate?
 
10. What then-shocking 1955 movie (starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow,
and Sidney Poitier) launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"?
 
 
* Game 10, Round 8 - Funny AND Jewish - Who Knew?
 
Our Jewish team member has given us this.
 
Sometimes stereotypes do fit -- there are lots of funny people who
happen to be Jewish. We'll read you a witty quotation and then
some clues about the person who said it (or at least allegedly
said it), from the following cheat-sheet list of famous Jews:
 
Shalom Aleichem | Nigel Lawson | Shimon Peres
Woody Allen | Fran Lebowitz | Yitzakh Rabin
Mel Brooks | Oscar Levant | Lionel de Rothschild
Lenny Bruce | Joe E. Lewis | David Steinberg
Benjamin Disraeli | Peter Malkin | Calvin Trillin
Sam Goldwyn | Groucho Marx | Henny Youngman
Henry Kissinger | Jackie Mason |
Ernie Kovacs | Golda Meir |
 
And you name that person. Answers do not repeat.
 
1. "My father never lived to see his dream come true of an
all-Yiddish-speaking Canada." (Stand-up comic, actor, director,
writer for the Smothers Brothers among other shows.)
 
2. "I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have
no holidays." (Comedian and violinist, known for his
one-liners.)
 
3. "Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be
intolerable. So, for every 10 Jews beating their breasts,
God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters.
By the time I was 5, I knew I was that one." (Comic, prolific
writer, director of zany cinema comedies, producer.)
 
4. "Even if you are Catholic, if you live in New York, you're
Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are going to be
goyim even if you are Jewish." (Stand-up comedian, social
critic, and satirist.)
 
5. "Let me tell you the one thing I have against Moses. He took
us 40 years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place
in the Middle East that has no oil!" (Fourth Prime Minister
of Israel.)
 
6. "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."
(British political leader.)
 
7. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want
to achieve immortality through not dying." (Neurotic comedian,
writer, prolific filmmaker.)
 
8. "Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live
in an institution?" (Comedian, film and television star,
known for his quick and acerbic wit.)
 
9. "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well
done." (Innovative and absurdist early TV comedian.)
 
10. "A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when
he comes to it." (Pianist, composer, author, comedian, and
actor on radio and early TV.)
 
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Toronto | requirements for a good text editor, such as
msb@vex.net | having a built-in mail reader." -- Per Abrahamsen
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 22 02:58PM


> * Game 10, Round 7 - Entertainment - 60th Anniversary of Rock'n'Roll
 
> 1. Who scandalized the world by marrying Myra Gale Brown on
> 1957-12-12?
 
Jerry Lee Lewis
 
> 2. Which host had Elvis sing "Hound Dog" *to* a hound dog on his
> network variety show?
 
Ed Sullivan
 
> 3. Three big rock'n'rollers died tragically on 1959-02-02 in a
> plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa. Two of them eventually inspired
> a popular movies about their lives, but which one did not?
 
The Big Bopper
 
> 4. Which music legend said in 1957 that "rock'n'roll is phony
> and false, and sung, written, and played for the most part by
> cretinous goons"? (Yeah, but what's your point?)
 
Pat Boone
 
> 5. In 1956, which voluminous sitcom star said of Elvis, "He can't
> last, I tell you flatly, he can't last"?
 
Jackie Gleason
 
> 7. Which subsequent abusive husband had a pre-marriage '50s hit with
> "Rocket 88"?
 
Ike Turner
 
> 9. From which US city did "American Bandstand" originate?
 
Cleveland
 
 
> 1. "My father never lived to see his dream come true of an
> all-Yiddish-speaking Canada." (Stand-up comic, actor, director,
> writer for the Smothers Brothers among other shows.)
 
David Steinberg
 
> 2. "I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have
> no holidays." (Comedian and violinist, known for his
> one-liners.)
 
Henny Youngman
 
> God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters.
> By the time I was 5, I knew I was that one." (Comic, prolific
> writer, director of zany cinema comedies, producer.)
 
Mel Brooks
 
> Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are going to be
> goyim even if you are Jewish." (Stand-up comedian, social
> critic, and satirist.)
 
Lenny Bruce
 
> us 40 years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place
> in the Middle East that has no oil!" (Fourth Prime Minister
> of Israel.)
 
Golda Meir
 
> 6. "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."
> (British political leader.)
 
Benjamin Disraeli
 
> 7. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want
> to achieve immortality through not dying." (Neurotic comedian,
> writer, prolific filmmaker.)
 
Woody Allen
 
> 8. "Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live
> in an institution?" (Comedian, film and television star,
> known for his quick and acerbic wit.)
 
Groucho Marx
 
> 9. "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well
> done." (Innovative and absurdist early TV comedian.)
 
Ernie Kovacs; Jackie Mason
 
> 10. "A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when
> he comes to it." (Pianist, composer, author, comedian, and
> actor on radio and early TV.)
 
Oscar Levant
 
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 22 11:49AM -0600

In article <TfednUp_pJs9kFzJnZ2dnUU7-fGdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> here's a 60th anniversary round on the birth of rock'n'roll.
 
> 1. Who scandalized the world by marrying Myra Gale Brown on
> 1957-12-12?
Jerry Lee Lewis
 
> 2. Which host had Elvis sing "Hound Dog" *to* a hound dog on his
> network variety show?
Steve Allen (Allen was contemptuous of rock'n'roll)
 
> 3. Three big rock'n'rollers died tragically on 1959-02-02 in a
> plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa. Two of them eventually inspired
> a popular movies about their lives, but which one did not?
J. P. Richardson
 
> 4. Which music legend said in 1957 that "rock'n'roll is phony
> and false, and sung, written, and played for the most part by
> cretinous goons"? (Yeah, but what's your point?)
Frank Sinatra (Nancy's songs were high on the falsity scale)
 
> 5. In 1956, which voluminous sitcom star said of Elvis, "He can't
> last, I tell you flatly, he can't last"?
Jackie Gleason
 
> 6. What was the name of the Memphis-based label run by Sam Phillips
> that recorded Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy
> Orbison?
Sun
 
> 7. Which subsequent abusive husband had a pre-marriage '50s hit with
> "Rocket 88"?
Ike Turner
 
> 8. The music died again in April, 1960, when this rock'n'roller
> of "Summertime Blues" fame died in a car crash in Bath, England.
> Name him.
Eddie Cochran
 
> 9. From which US city did "American Bandstand" originate?
Philadelphia
 
> 10. What then-shocking 1955 movie (starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow,
> and Sidney Poitier) launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"?
Blackboard Jungle
 
 
> 1. "My father never lived to see his dream come true of an
> all-Yiddish-speaking Canada." (Stand-up comic, actor, director,
> writer for the Smothers Brothers among other shows.)
David Steinberg
 
> 2. "I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have
> no holidays." (Comedian and violinist, known for his
> one-liners.)
Henny Youngman
 
> God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters.
> By the time I was 5, I knew I was that one." (Comic, prolific
> writer, director of zany cinema comedies, producer.)
Mel Brooks
 
> Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are going to be
> goyim even if you are Jewish." (Stand-up comedian, social
> critic, and satirist.)
Lenny Bruce
 
> us 40 years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place
> in the Middle East that has no oil!" (Fourth Prime Minister
> of Israel.)
Golda Meir
 
> 6. "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."
> (British political leader.)
Benjamin Disraeli
 
> 7. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want
> to achieve immortality through not dying." (Neurotic comedian,
> writer, prolific filmmaker.)
Woody Allen
 
> 8. "Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live
> in an institution?" (Comedian, film and television star,
> known for his quick and acerbic wit.)
Groucho Marx
 
> 9. "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well
> done." (Innovative and absurdist early TV comedian.)
Ernie Kovacs (I'm not sure Kovacs was Jewish)
 
> 10. "A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when
> he comes to it." (Pianist, composer, author, comedian, and
> actor on radio and early TV.)
Oscar Levant
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 22 08:39PM +0100

> * Game 10, Round 7 - Entertainment - 60th Anniversary of Rock'n'Roll
 
> 1. Who scandalized the world by marrying Myra Gale Brown on
> 1957-12-12?
 
Chuck Berry

> 4. Which music legend said in 1957 that "rock'n'roll is phony
> and false, and sung, written, and played for the most part by
> cretinous goons"? (Yeah, but what's your point?)
 
Frank Sinatra

> 6. What was the name of the Memphis-based label run by Sam Phillips
> that recorded Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy
> Orbison?
 
Sun

> 7. Which subsequent abusive husband had a pre-marriage '50s hit with
> "Rocket 88"?
 
Ike Turner ("subsequent abusive husband" - that must be the hint of
the year!)

 
> 2. "I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have
> no holidays." (Comedian and violinist, known for his
> one-liners.)
 
David Steinberg

> us 40 years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place
> in the Middle East that has no oil!" (Fourth Prime Minister
> of Israel.)
 
Golda Meir

> 6. "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."
> (British political leader.)
 
Benjamin Disreali

> 7. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want
> to achieve immortality through not dying." (Neurotic comedian,
> writer, prolific filmmaker.)
 
Woody Allen

> 10. "A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when
> he comes to it." (Pianist, composer, author, comedian, and
> actor on radio and early TV.)
 
Fran Lebowitz
 
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"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 22 10:24PM +0100

On 2015-01-22 15:48, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Entertainment - 60th Anniversary of Rock'n'Roll
 
> 2. Which host had Elvis sing "Hound Dog" *to* a hound dog on his
> network variety show?
 
I've seen the clip, and it is funny.
I've no idea of the host name though
 
 
> 3. Three big rock'n'rollers died tragically on 1959-02-02 in a
> plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa. Two of them eventually inspired
> a popular movies about their lives, but which one did not?
 
Buddy Holly
 
 
 
> 7. Which subsequent abusive husband had a pre-marriage '50s hit with
> "Rocket 88"?
 
Ike Turner
 
 
> us 40 years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place
> in the Middle East that has no oil!" (Fourth Prime Minister
> of Israel.)
 
Shimon Peres
 
 
> 7. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want
> to achieve immortality through not dying." (Neurotic comedian,
> writer, prolific filmmaker.)
 
Woody Allen
 
 
> 9. "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well
> done." (Innovative and absurdist early TV comedian.)
 
Groucho Marx
 
 
 
 
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Björn
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 23 03:28AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:TfednUp_pJs9kFzJnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Entertainment - 60th Anniversary of Rock'n'Roll
 
> 1. Who scandalized the world by marrying Myra Gale Brown on
> 1957-12-12?
 
Jerry Lee Lewis
 
> 2. Which host had Elvis sing "Hound Dog" *to* a hound dog on his
> network variety show?
 
Steve Allen

> 3. Three big rock'n'rollers died tragically on 1959-02-02 in a
> plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa. Two of them eventually inspired
> a popular movies about their lives, but which one did not?
 
The Big Bopper
 
> 4. Which music legend said in 1957 that "rock'n'roll is phony
> and false, and sung, written, and played for the most part by
> cretinous goons"? (Yeah, but what's your point?)
 
Frank Sinatra

> 5. In 1956, which voluminous sitcom star said of Elvis, "He can't
> last, I tell you flatly, he can't last"?
 
Jackie Gleason
 
> 6. What was the name of the Memphis-based label run by Sam Phillips
> that recorded Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy
> Orbison?
 
Sun Records
 
> 7. Which subsequent abusive husband had a pre-marriage '50s hit with
> "Rocket 88"?
 
Ike Turner

> 8. The music died again in April, 1960, when this rock'n'roller
> of "Summertime Blues" fame died in a car crash in Bath, England.
> Name him.
 
Eddie Cochran
 
> 9. From which US city did "American Bandstand" originate?
 
Philadelphia
 
> 10. What then-shocking 1955 movie (starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow,
> and Sidney Poitier) launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"?
 
"The Blackboard Jungle"

 
> 1. "My father never lived to see his dream come true of an
> all-Yiddish-speaking Canada." (Stand-up comic, actor, director,
> writer for the Smothers Brothers among other shows.)
 
David Steinberg
 
> 2. "I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have
> no holidays." (Comedian and violinist, known for his
> one-liners.)
 
Henny Youngman
 
> God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters.
> By the time I was 5, I knew I was that one." (Comic, prolific
> writer, director of zany cinema comedies, producer.)
 
Mel Brooks
 
> Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are going to be
> goyim even if you are Jewish." (Stand-up comedian, social
> critic, and satirist.)
 
Lenny Bruce

> us 40 years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place
> in the Middle East that has no oil!" (Fourth Prime Minister
> of Israel.)
 
Golda Meir
 
> 6. "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."
> (British political leader.)
 
Benjamin Disraeli
 
> 7. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want
> to achieve immortality through not dying." (Neurotic comedian,
> writer, prolific filmmaker.)
 
Woody Allen
 
> 8. "Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live
> in an institution?" (Comedian, film and television star,
> known for his quick and acerbic wit.)
 
Groucho Marx

> 9. "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well
> done." (Innovative and absurdist early TV comedian.)
 
Ernie Kovacs
 
> 10. "A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when
> he comes to it." (Pianist, composer, author, comedian, and
> actor on radio and early TV.)
 
Oscar Levant
 
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Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Jan 22 08:28PM -0800

On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 9:48:00 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> 1957-12-12?
 
> 2. Which host had Elvis sing "Hound Dog" *to* a hound dog on his
> network variety show?
Ed Sullivan
> 3. Three big rock'n'rollers died tragically on 1959-02-02 in a
> plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa. Two of them eventually inspired
> a popular movies about their lives, but which one did not?
The Big Bopper
> 4. Which music legend said in 1957 that "rock'n'roll is phony
> and false, and sung, written, and played for the most part by
> cretinous goons"? (Yeah, but what's your point?)
Frank Sinatra?
> 5. In 1956, which voluminous sitcom star said of Elvis, "He can't
> last, I tell you flatly, he can't last"?
Jackie Gleason
> 6. What was the name of the Memphis-based label run by Sam Phillips
> that recorded Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy
> Orbison?
Sun Records
> 7. Which subsequent abusive husband had a pre-marriage '50s hit with
> "Rocket 88"?
Ike Turner
> 8. The music died again in April, 1960, when this rock'n'roller
> of "Summertime Blues" fame died in a car crash in Bath, England.
> Name him.
Eddie Cochran
> 9. From which US city did "American Bandstand" originate?
Philadelphia, PA
> 10. What then-shocking 1955 movie (starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow,
> and Sidney Poitier) launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"?
"The Blackboard Jungle"
 
> 2. "I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have
> no holidays." (Comedian and violinist, known for his
> one-liners.)
Henny Youngman
> God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters.
> By the time I was 5, I knew I was that one." (Comic, prolific
> writer, director of zany cinema comedies, producer.)
Ernie Kovacs
> Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are going to be
> goyim even if you are Jewish." (Stand-up comedian, social
> critic, and satirist.)
Lenny Bruce
> us 40 years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place
> in the Middle East that has no oil!" (Fourth Prime Minister
> of Israel.)
Golda Meir
> 6. "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."
> (British political leader.)
Benjamin Disraeli
> 7. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want
> to achieve immortality through not dying." (Neurotic comedian,
> writer, prolific filmmaker.)
Woody Allen
 
> 10. "A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when
> he comes to it." (Pianist, composer, author, comedian, and
> actor on radio and early TV.)
Oscar Levant?
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 23 05:04AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:TfednUp_pJs9kFzJnZ2dnUU7-
> here's a 60th anniversary round on the birth of rock'n'roll.
 
> 1. Who scandalized the world by marrying Myra Gale Brown on
> 1957-12-12?
 
Jerry Lee Lewis
 
 
> 2. Which host had Elvis sing "Hound Dog" *to* a hound dog on his
> network variety show?
 
Ed Sullivan
 
 
> 3. Three big rock'n'rollers died tragically on 1959-02-02 in a
> plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa. Two of them eventually inspired
> a popular movies about their lives, but which one did not?
 
The Big Bopper
 
 
> 4. Which music legend said in 1957 that "rock'n'roll is phony
> and false, and sung, written, and played for the most part by
> cretinous goons"? (Yeah, but what's your point?)
 
Pat Boone; Louis Armstrong
 
 
> 5. In 1956, which voluminous sitcom star said of Elvis, "He can't
> last, I tell you flatly, he can't last"?
 
Jackie Gleason
 
 
> 6. What was the name of the Memphis-based label run by Sam Phillips
> that recorded Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy
> Orbison?
 
Sun
 
 
> 7. Which subsequent abusive husband had a pre-marriage '50s hit with
> "Rocket 88"?
 
Ike Turner
 
 
> 8. The music died again in April, 1960, when this rock'n'roller
> of "Summertime Blues" fame died in a car crash in Bath, England.
> Name him.
 
Cochran
 
 
> 9. From which US city did "American Bandstand" originate?
 
Philadelphia
 
 
> 10. What then-shocking 1955 movie (starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow,
> and Sidney Poitier) launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"?
 
Blackboard Jungle
 
 
> 1. "My father never lived to see his dream come true of an
> all-Yiddish-speaking Canada." (Stand-up comic, actor, director,
> writer for the Smothers Brothers among other shows.)
 
David Steinberg
 
 
> 2. "I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have
> no holidays." (Comedian and violinist, known for his
> one-liners.)
 
Henny Youngman
 
> God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters.
> By the time I was 5, I knew I was that one." (Comic, prolific
> writer, director of zany cinema comedies, producer.)
 
Mel Brooks
 
> us 40 years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place
> in the Middle East that has no oil!" (Fourth Prime Minister
> of Israel.)
 
Golda Meir
 
 
> 6. "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."
> (British political leader.)
 
Benjamin Disraeli
 
 
> 7. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want
> to achieve immortality through not dying." (Neurotic comedian,
> writer, prolific filmmaker.)
 
Woody Allen
 
 
> 8. "Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live
> in an institution?" (Comedian, film and television star,
> known for his quick and acerbic wit.)
 
Groucho Marx
 
 
> 9. "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well
> done." (Innovative and absurdist early TV comedian.)
 
Ernie Kovacs
 
 
> 10. "A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when
> he comes to it." (Pianist, composer, author, comedian, and
> actor on radio and early TV.)
 
Oscar Levant
 
 
Pete
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 23 04:56AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:somdnXowZNb-5iPJnZ2dnUU7-
> editor-in-chief was the first to die. Famously, he had stated:
> "I would rather die standing up than live on my knees".
> Give his name or the nickname he signed his work with.
 
Charb
 
> the team for the rest of this season?
 
> 3. What hockey minnow won only its second-ever medal in this event
> by finishing third in the recent World Junior Hockey tournament?
 
Latvia; Germany
 
 
> 8. A 220-year-old time capsule found under the State House
> containing coins, documents, and a silver plate made by Paul
> Revere was opened -- in which city?
 
Boston
 
 
> 1. Which star of "La Dolce Vita", who Bob Hope once described as
> "the best thing to come out of Sweden since smorgasbord",
> has died at the age of 83?
 
Anita Ekberg
 
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> grra-ntrq chyfrf enprq jura fur fnfunlrq cnfg va ure ebyr nf Ryyl
> Znr Pynzcrgg. Jub jnf guvf npgerff, jub qvrq ynfg jrrx ntrq 82?
 
Donna Douglas
 
 
> 3. Target announced this week a full-scale retreat from Canada.
> Tell us how many stores will be closing, plus or minus 5.
 
150; 161
 
 
> 4. Name either one of the co-hosts for the Golden Globe Awards,
> who used their rapier wits on targets such as Bill Cosby and
> North Korea's hacker army?
 
Tina Fey
 
 
> 5. Name the group which is disrupting forthcoming elections in
> Nigeria, in part by massacring thousands of voters in Baga.
 
Boko Haram
 
 
> 7. Which GTA institution was panned by Margaret Wilson this week?
> (The short form will suffice.)
 
> 8. Who is the bombastic new coach of the Buffalo Bills?
 
Rex Ryan
 
 
> 9. So, soccer fans, Jermain Defoe has gone back to Sutherland.
> Boo hoo. Which American player did Toronto FC receive in return
> for this fizzled experiment?
 
Jozy Altidore
 
 
> 10. In the spirit of ecumenicalism, Pope Francis accepted the
> invitation to share sincerity with the leader of a Buddhist
> congregation. In which island country did this take place?
 
Philippines
 
 
Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 22 08:44AM -0600

Mark Brader:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-4/art.pdf
 
> We'll name the artist and you give us the letter that corresponds
> to his painting.
 
Extremely famous is right. In the original game, this was the
easiest round of the entire season.
 
> 1. Jackson Pollock.
 
C ("No. 5, 1948"). I generously scored "3" as almost correct.
4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Calvin, Bruce, and Rob.
3 for Peter.
 
> 2. Henri Rousseau.
 
L ("The Sleeping Gypsy"). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Calvin,
and Bruce. 2 for Rob.
 
> 3. Paul Cézanne.
 
J ("The Card Players"). 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Bruce, and Rob.
2 for Joshua.
 
> 4. Salvador Dalí.
 
B ("The Persistence of Memory"). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn,
Erland, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Calvin, Bruce, and Rob.
 
> 5. Diego Velázquez.
 
A ("Las Meninas"). 4 for Marc, Erland, Joshua, and Calvin.
3 for Rob. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 6. Sandro Botticelli.
 
K ("Primavera"). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
Calvin, Bruce, and Rob.
 
> 7. Pablo Picasso.
 
M ("Guernica"). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Erland, Dan Tilque,
Joshua, Calvin, Bruce, and Rob.
 
> 8. Georges Seurat.
 
F ("A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte").
4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Calvin, Bruce, and Rob.
 
> 9. Rembrandt van Rijn.
 
D ("The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp"). 4 for Dan Blum,
Marc, Björn, Erland, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Calvin, Bruce, and Rob.
 
> 10. Johannes Vermeer.
 
G ("The Art of Painting"). 4 for Marc, Björn, Erland, Joshua,
and Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> So there were 3 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you want to try them
> for fun, but for no points.
 
> 11. Katsushika Hokusai.
 
I ("The Great Wave off Kanagara"). Marc, Joshua, Calvin, and Bruce
got this.
 
> 12. Vincent van Gogh.
 
E ("The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night").
Erland, Calvin, and Bruce got this.
 
> 13. Claude Monet.
 
H ("Water Lilies"). Marc, Calvin, and Bruce got this.
 
 
> launched in 1962? It was the first satellite constructed in
> a country other than the US or USSR, although it was launched
> by a US rocket.
 
Alouette I. The number was not required.
 
> 2. What was the designation of the multi-stage rocket that launched
> the Apollo astronauts to the Moon?
 
Saturn V. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Bruce, and Rob.
 
"Saturn" was not specific enough. In fact the Saturn V consisted
of a Saturn I-C as the first stage, a Saturn II as the second, and a
Saturn IV-B as the third. (So we see that, at NASA, 1 + 2 + 4 = 5.)
 
> making it the fourth space program to reach the red planet
> after the US, Russia, and European Space Agency. Which country
> launched it?
 
India. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Erland, Dan Tilque, Calvin,
Bruce, and Rob.
 
> NASA's early space program and, more ominously, they launched
> intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles for three decades.
> Name the rocket family.
 
Titan. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Rob.
 
> 5. Name the family of rockets, also named from Greek myth, that
> for 35 years have been the chief payload-carrier for the European
> Space Agency.
 
Ariane (French for Ariadne, which I scored as almost correct).
4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
 
> 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Jason, Bruce,
and Rob.
 
> Canadian/American magnate founded SpaceX, the first private
> company to launch and dock a vehicle at the International
> Space Station. Name him.
 
Elon Musk. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
 
> 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 (Microsoft). 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Rob.
2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 9. Name the only other country, besides the US and Russia/USSR,
> that has launched humans into space.
 
China. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Peter, Erland, Dan Tilque,
Joshua, Calvin, Bruce, and Rob.
 
> 10. Which country is developing the infamous Taepodong ballistic
> missiles?
 
North Korea. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Peter, Erland, Dan Tilque,
Joshua, Jason, Bruce, and Rob.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Can Art Sci
Bruce Bowler 26 16 32 31 105
Dan Blum 27 7 36 33 103
Joshua Kreitzer 26 19 38 20 103
Rob Parker 19 9 33 28 89
Marc Dashevsky 24 8 36 20 88
Dan Tilque 20 12 20 27 79
Erland Sommarskog 12 12 20 24 68
"Calvin" -- -- 40 8 48
Björn Lundin 8 4 20 12 44
Peter Smyth -- -- 3 23 26
Jason Kreitzer 8 0 0 8 16
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | ... "reasonable system" is of course defined as
msb@vex.net | "any one *I've* ever used..." -- Steve Summit
 
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