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| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 01 11:27AM =?UTF-8?B?QmrDtnJuIEx1bmRpbg==?= <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> wrote in > Since it is knock-out we start with Boxing > What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ? I will just give a guess in order to get started: June 1 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 01 12:57PM +0100 On 2015-02-01 06:22, Mark Brader wrote: > But that would break the cyclicity of dates. If the true answer was > December 17 and someone said January 17, they'd be 334 or 335 days > off instead of 31 as under the present rules. Hmm, I find Calvin idea pretty good. However I feel that my intentions about cyclicity was not clear enough. Say that correct date is Dec 17 2011 Someone answers Jan 17 As you say Dec 12 2011 - Jan 17 2011 = 334 days but as you also say Jan 17 2012 - Dec 12 2011 = 17 days in this case I'd say that the guess was off by 17 days. So each guess for a date will be two guesses of that date, so that the 2 guesses surrounds the correct date. And only the best guess of the two will be considered. It will also take care of leap years. In the example, say that the guess was Mar 17 instead. The guess counting days from Mar 17 2012 down to Dec 12 2011 will include Feb 29. I think that the cyclicity is preserved. At least, this was my intention. -- Björn |
| "David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Feb 02 10:50AM 20th June -- David |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 01 07:36PM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country? Switzerland > 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale? Mozart > 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket? > 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch? > 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest French-speaking city in the world? Dakar > 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha? Don Quixote > 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located? Berlin > 10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom? Lawrence of Arabia -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 01 11:25AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:OoSdnRWJdvUFJlDJnZ2dnUU7- > His house is in the village though; > He will not see me stopping here > To watch his woods fill up with snow." Frost > the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes > me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send > to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Donne > The falcon cannot hear the falconer; > Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..." Yeats > "gates" hung with saffron-colored fabric in New York's Central > Park. Mayor Bloomberg defended it, but the New York Post said > it looked like a Home Depot ad. Christo > 7. Which medieval literary characters set out on a journey from > the Tabard Inn, Southwark? (Identify the group, not the > individuals.) the "Canterbury Tales" pilgrims > 8. In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found, > in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda"? Ruritania > 9. Which real-life-based Shakespearean character was known as the > Prince of Tyre? Pericles > * Artisans and their Arts > 10. Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian words for > "baked earth"? terra cotta > 11. What term is given to the painting technique where pigment is > mixed and bound with egg yolk? tempera > dye-resistant wax is applied to selected areas of a cloth; > then the cloth is dyed, creating a pattern between the dyed > and dye-resistant areas. batik > 13. Banksy is the pseudonym of a famous graffiti artist. In 2011, > a documentary about him was nominated for an Academy Award. > Give the film's title. "Exit Through the Gift Shop" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 01 03:19PM +0100 On 2015-02-01 06:37, Mark Brader wrote: > "gates" hung with saffron-colored fabric in New York's Central > Park. Mayor Bloomberg defended it, but the New York Post said > it looked like a Home Depot ad. Christoph > * Literary Geography > 8. In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found, > in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda"? Zendarien... > 9. Which real-life-based Shakespearean character was known as the > Prince of Tyre? Richard III > * Artisans and their Arts > 10. Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian words for > "baked earth"? Terracotta > 11. What term is given to the painting technique where pigment is > mixed and bound with egg yolk? eggnog. No wait, you drink that. > dye-resistant wax is applied to selected areas of a cloth; > then the cloth is dyed, creating a pattern between the dyed > and dye-resistant areas. Batique (spelling is a guesswork) -- Björn |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 01 02:59PM > His house is in the village though; > He will not see me stopping here > To watch his woods fill up with snow." Robert Frost > the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes > me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send > to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." John Donne > The falcon cannot hear the falconer; > Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..." T. S. Eliot > "gates" hung with saffron-colored fabric in New York's Central > Park. Mayor Bloomberg defended it, but the New York Post said > it looked like a Home Depot ad. Christo > 7. Which medieval literary characters set out on a journey from > the Tabard Inn, Southwark? (Identify the group, not the > individuals.) The Canterbury pilgrims > 8. In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found, > in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda"? Ruritania > 9. Which real-life-based Shakespearean character was known as the > Prince of Tyre? Pericles > * Artisans and their Arts > 10. Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian words for > "baked earth"? terra cotta > 13. Banksy is the pseudonym of a famous graffiti artist. In 2011, > a documentary about him was nominated for an Academy Award. > Give the film's title. Exit Through the Gift Shop -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Feb 01 07:54AM -0800 On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 12:37:29 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > His house is in the village though; > He will not see me stopping here > To watch his woods fill up with snow." Robert Frost > the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes > me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send > to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." John Donne? > "gates" hung with saffron-colored fabric in New York's Central > Park. Mayor Bloomberg defended it, but the New York Post said > it looked like a Home Depot ad. Christo? |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 01 03:20PM -0800 On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 3:37:29 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > His house is in the village though; > He will not see me stopping here > To watch his woods fill up with snow." Frost > the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes > me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send > to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Donne > The falcon cannot hear the falconer; > Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..." Blake, Spenser > titled "For the Love of God", was for sale at £50,000,000. > To be fair, it's got around £14,000,000 worth of jewels on it. > It's only the rest that's for labor. Hirst > of three vertical stripes: blue, red, and blue. It's paid off > as an investment, though -- it's now estimated at at least 10 > times the cost. Mondrian > 7. Which medieval literary characters set out on a journey from > the Tabard Inn, Southwark? (Identify the group, not the > individuals.) Knights Templar? > 8. In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found, > in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda"? Ruritania > 9. Which real-life-based Shakespearean character was known as the > Prince of Tyre? Othello, Hamlet > * Artisans and their Arts > 10. Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian words for > "baked earth"? Terracotta > 11. What term is given to the painting technique where pigment is > mixed and bound with egg yolk? Tempura > dye-resistant wax is applied to selected areas of a cloth; > then the cloth is dyed, creating a pattern between the dyed > and dye-resistant areas. Batik > The mural was removed in 2011 to accommodate an LCBO. > Whose building did it grace the side of? > 15. Name the title sponsor of Toronto's "Nuit Blanche" art event. cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 01 07:26PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > His house is in the village though; > He will not see me stopping here > To watch his woods fill up with snow." Frost > the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes > me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send > to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Tennyson > The falcon cannot hear the falconer; > Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..." Eliot > "gates" hung with saffron-colored fabric in New York's Central > Park. Mayor Bloomberg defended it, but the New York Post said > it looked like a Home Depot ad. Cristo > 7. Which medieval literary characters set out on a journey from > the Tabard Inn, Southwark? (Identify the group, not the > individuals.) Canterbury Tales' pilgrims > 8. In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found, > in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda"? Ruritania > 9. Which real-life-based Shakespearean character was known as the > Prince of Tyre? Othello > * Artisans and their Arts > 10. Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian words for > "baked earth"? terracotta > 11. What term is given to the painting technique where pigment is > mixed and bound with egg yolk? tempura -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 30 08:22PM > > 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features > > prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe. > Amontillado (I think, but that sounds Spanish). Indeed, it is Spanish. > > far behind at 51.28%). > Vermont. > Counting California to get to four is dubious. True; I wouldn't have if California were the answer. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 30 11:03PM +0100 By the way, great theme, Dan! Took me a while to spot it, despite it was right before my eyes. I had a great chuckle when I figured it out! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 28 11:17PM +1100 > before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for > the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders. > He recently played Hercules on screen. Johnson (!) > His athletic career included a football college scholarship and > an ill-fated invitation to the Pittsburgh Steelers' training > camp in 1969. Ed O'Neil > 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship > title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV. > Name him. Chuck Norris > A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music". > It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one > of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it. Grand Old Opry > A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to > music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were > seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues? delta blues > inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking > 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous > Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain? transistor > park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses > S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park > located? Wyoming > E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located > closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains > National Park is located in two states; name *either*. North Dakota; New Hampshire > F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans > to *participate* in? bowling (ie. ten-pin bowling) > as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport? > It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes > ahead of hockey. car (ie. auto) racing Rob |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 01 06:03AM -0600 As Pete Gayde's answers were posted soon enough after the answer posting that he would have been working on them when it went out, I am accepting them. Pete scores 4 each on questions 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, and 3 on 15. Scores, if there are now no errors: ROUNDS-> 2 TOPICS-> His Joshua Kreitzer 52 Bruce Bowler 36 Dan Tilque 36 Pete Gayde 35 Rob Parker 32 Dan Blum 32 "Calvin" 31 Erland Sommarskog 28 Jason Kreitzer 20 Peter Smyth 12 Björn Lundin 8 -- Mark Brader, Toronto (require 'msb) msb@vex.net -- Lars Lindberg My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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