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| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Feb 27 03:11PM -0800 On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 11:41:23 AM UTC-5, björn lundin wrote: > On 2015-02-23 23:02, Björn Lundin wrote: ... > And I will assume a year of 365 days. (not that obvious given > 46 BC had 445 days) > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46_BC> march 15th swp |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 28 10:43AM +0100 On 2015-02-26 17:41, Björn Lundin wrote: This round is now closed, since all answers have arrived. Correct date : 15-Mar-2014 - or actually 44 BC Q9: Contender Entered Date First Date Second Date Diff1 Diff2 Best --------------------------------------------------------------------- swp Mar-15 15-Mar-2014 15-Mar-2015 0 365 0 Dan Blum Mar-15 15-Mar-2014 15-Mar-2015 0 365 0 David B Feb-01 01-Feb-2014 01-Feb-2015 42 323 42 Russ May-01 01-May-2013 01-May-2014 318 47 47 Erland Sommarskog Nov-10 10-Nov-2013 10-Nov-2014 125 240 125 Worst guess off by: 125 more to learn at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar> <http://www.livius.org/caa-can/caesar/caesar_t09.html> Steve Perry makes his 6th correct answer, Dan Blum his second. Erland has survived two previous eliminations - been saved by the bell - but this time Erland is eliminated. From Ceasar to space. In 2014 ESA - European Space Agency - succeeded in something difficult. Landing on a comet with software with no humans present. The spacecraft Rosetta released Philae (probe) on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Of course, I am asking for the date of the event. This round closes at the latest Mar 2, 2015 20:00 CET, and is open for everyone in above table, but for Erland. -- -- Björn |
| Clifford Blau <cliffordblau@yahoo.com>: Feb 27 08:47PM -0500 On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:37:04 -0600, The GOLQ Institute <list@golq.org> wrote: > even more contexts. Was it used in some 21st century movie or other context > that brought it to the attention of a wider audience than the people who > made it an R&B #2 song but only a pop #47 song 50 years earlier? My understanding is it was a perfume commercial. "Curse you, Don Tickles, Notary Public!" |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 27 02:37PM http://indianquarterly.com/the-question-is-the-question/ -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 27 07:10AM -0600 Mark Brader: > subway station where the new map of the bus platform had to > be red-facedly taken down last week when riders began to share > its obvious phallic shape on social media. Downsview. (Giggles if you said Coxwell, but no points.) Here it is: http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2015-02/3/21/enhanced/webdr09/edit-10106-1423016528-20.jpg The light gray area at the top (south) end of the diagram represents staff-only rooms at that end of the building. The replacement map, as well as being rotated, omits that bit altogether: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9Gtg-eCQAArsWA.jpg And now it looks like a cannon. Much better! :-) > was hacked by Gawker magazine, which caused Coke to retransmit > selections from "Mein Kampf". What was the Coke hashtag that > suffered this indignity? #MakeItHappy. > a comeback: the offensive coordinator called a pass, which was > intercepted to snuff out the Seahawks' hopes. It was the team's > coach who caught the blame, though; name him. Pete Carroll. (The offensive coordinator was Darell Bevell.) 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, and Pete. Marc commented that Carroll was previously the coach of the *other* team, the New England Patriots, and at that time "promised to bring a Super Bowl victory to New England. Here it is 2015 and he finally delivered." > 4. 55 years after the publication of a previous book by this > reclusive author, the author has "found" the manuscript of > another, titled "Go Set a Watchman". What author? Harper Lee ("To Kill a Mockingbird"). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > his clothes into the showers, he was a healthy scratch in the > next game, and now he is having season-ending shoulder surgery > for a longstanding injury. Who is he? Evander Kane. > 6. In a further blow to his reputation, which disgraced sports > star sideswiped two parked cars in Aspen after a night of > partying, then asked his girlfriend to take the blame? Lance Armstrong. 4 for Peter, Calvin, and Pete. > 7. A private member's bill introduced into Parliament as the > "Black April Day Act" has drawn an official protest from the > president of which country? Vietnam. (It refers to the fall of South Vietnam on April 30.) > a greater profit. "Our plan is not to pass any of it on", said > CEO Gregg Saretsky. Investors are thrilled, customers... less > so. Name the airline. Westjet. 3 for Joshua. > 9. This Australian author of "The Thorn Birds" has died, aged 77, > on Norfolk Island. Who? Colleen McCullough. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Marc, Joshua, and Pete. > 10. Dead at 92, this actress was a sultry blonde lead in many film > noirs, such as "I Walk Alone", "Dead Reckoning", and "Pitfall". > Name her. Lizabeth Scott. > ceasefire between the government of Ukraine and pro-Russian > separatists signally failed to apply to the entire territory > in dispute. In which European capital did world leaders meet? Minsk. 4 for Erland. > 2. Name the Canadian journalist who has been freed on bail from > an Egyptian prison but not, as he had hoped, been deported. Mohamed Fahmy. > chief of staff is about to be charged with inducing a candidate > not to run for nomination. Who is this member of a powerful > Liberal dynasty in Ontario? Patricia Sorbara. > 4. Name either member of the Toronto Maple Leafs who got > a get-out-of-jail-free card by being traded to the Nashville > Predators last week. Cody Franson, Mike Santorelli. It seems the "jail" in question is having to play for a losing team. The Predators are currently leading their division while the Leafs are second-last in theirs. > 5. The biggest boxing purse ever will result from this headline > match announced last week. Who is going to fight Manny Pacquaio? Floyd Mayweather. 4 for Peter, Calvin, Marc, and Joshua. > 6. Why is Russell Kerr, 92 years old, of Mayville, Wisconsin, > suddenly all over the Internet? He panicked when his foot got stuck against his car's accelerator and video shows him smashing into nine cars (two of them occupied) in the parking lot of his local Piggly Wiggly before one of the other drivers, an off-duty firefigther, managed to reach into Kerr's vehicle and stop it with the gearshift. Any reference to this accident was sufficient. 4 for Marc. > 7. Gemalto is a technological manufacturer whose shares dropped 10% > last week. What product that it makes was apparently compromised > by hacking by Britain's GCHQ and the United States' NSA? SIM cards. "Digital security products" was not specific enough. > Toronto City Hall this afternoon to debate staff's recommendation > to cancel what traffic measure at a certain location? For full > points you must also name the specific location. Diagonal pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Bloor and Bay Sts. > 9. Former University of Toronto president and co-founder of the > MaRS Discovery District, this man died at the age of 85. Who? John Evans. > 10. It's her funeral, and she'll cry if she wants to: this adenoidal > 60's singer died at 68. Who? Lesley Gore. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 BEST FOUR Pete Gayde 8 24 20 12 16 4 72 Marc Dashevsky 4 20 20 0 12 12 64 Joshua Kreitzer 8 20 16 4 11 8 55 Dan Blum 4 10 16 4 8 4 38 Erland Sommarskog 16 8 4 8 0 4 36 Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 4 -- -- 28 Peter Smyth 4 4 4 8 8 4 24 Dan Tilque -- -- 15 0 8 0 23 "Calvin" -- -- -- -- 12 4 16 Jason Kreitzer -- -- 8 0 -- -- 8 -- Mark Brader What is it about Toronto Haiku that people find so msb@vex.net Infatuating? --Pete Mitchell My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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