- QFTCIUA Final, Round 2: History - 7 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #167 - 3 Updates
| 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 -- 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. |
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