- Björn's Knock-out dates - Answer and Q2 - 11 Updates
- QFTCIMI515 Current Events 3-4 answers - 1 Update
- QFTCIUA Final, Round 4: Geography - 1 Update
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 05 09:04PM +0100 On 2015-01-31 18:28, Björn Lundin wrote: > Since it is knock-out we start with Boxing > What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ? Correct date was 22-Nov-1986 So, by setting a year to your dates, making the guess to be on either side of the correct date, I have calculated the diffs like below. The best of the two diffs are counted as days off. Two people knew the game, and swp was alone being spot on. Unfortunately, Rob Parker guessed on the date that is exactly opposite on the year. Q1: Contender Entered Date First Date Second Date Diff1 Diff2 Best --------------------------------------------------------------------- Erland Sommarskog Apr-12 12-Apr-1986 12-Apr-1987 224 141 141 Dan Blum Jul-02 02-Jul-1986 02-Jul-1987 143 222 143 Peter Smyth Oct-06 06-Oct-1986 06-Oct-1987 47 318 47 Mark Brader Apr-30 30-Apr-1986 30-Apr-1987 206 159 159 Calvin Oct-10 10-Oct-1986 10-Oct-1987 43 322 43 Russ Nov-20 20-Nov-1986 20-Nov-1987 2 363 2 Rob Parker May-23 23-May-1986 23-May-1987 183 182 182 swp Nov-22 22-Nov-1986 22-Nov-1987 0 365 0 Pete Jul-04 04-Jul-1986 04-Jul-1987 141 224 141 Dan Tilque Apr-06 06-Apr-1986 06-Apr-1987 230 135 135 Joshua Kreitzer Jun-01 01-Jun-1986 01-Jun-1987 174 191 174 David B Jun 20 20-Jun-1986 20-Jun-1987 155 210 155 Correct date : 22-Nov-1986 Worst guess off by: 182 more to read on <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike_Tyson> So Rob Parker is eliminated. Next round is open only to the others on above list. On to the next Q2: What date was the first (manned) landing on the moon The year is 1969 This I expect many of you to know, so the last entry rule may come into play. When I have all the answers, I'll post the next shortly after. -- Björn |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 05 08:05PM > The year is 1969 > This I expect many of you to know, > so the last entry rule may come into play. July 20 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 05 09:12PM +0100 On 2015-02-05 21:04, Björn Lundin wrote: > What date was the first (manned) landing on the moon > The year is 1969 Just to clearify . The event took of course place on the moon, and I do not know what date it was there. The question asks what date it was in the US, since it is of course related to the event. -- -- Björn |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Feb 05 09:14PM Björn Lundin wrote: > The year is 1969 > This I expect many of you to know, > so the last entry rule may come into play. June 12 Peter Smyth |
| Russ <rns2XX7@att.net>: Feb 05 03:58PM -0600 On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 21:04:56 +0100, Björn Lundin >This I expect many of you to know, >so the last entry rule may come into play. >When I have all the answers, I'll post the next shortly after. July 20th Russ |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 05 05:18PM -0600 Björn Lundin: > What date was the first (manned) landing on the moon > The year is 1969 My mother-in-law's 50th birthday -- Jul 20. It is unclear if you by giving the year you are intending to change the scoring rule to work within that year (so the worst answer is Jan 1) or cyclically as before (so the worst answer is around Jan 19). I think the cyclic method makes more sense since the other way it is always known that either Jan 1 or Dec 31 will be the worst answer. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Neither a follower nor a leader be." msb@vex.net --Steve Summit (after Shakespeare) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 05 05:09PM -0800 Björn Lundin wrote: > The year is 1969 > This I expect many of you to know, > so the last entry rule may come into play. July 20 -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 05 08:24PM -0800 On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 6:04:58 AM UTC+10, björn lundin wrote: > Q2: > What date was the first (manned) landing on the moon > The year is 1969 19 July Presumably there are two valid answers??? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 06 09:11AM +0100 > What date was the first (manned) landing on the moon > The year is 1969 21 June -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 06 09:20AM +0100 On 2015-02-06 00:18, Mark Brader wrote: > or cyclically as before (so the worst answer is around Jan 19). > I think the cyclic method makes more sense since the other way it is > always known that either Jan 1 or Dec 31 will be the worst answer. The cyclic still applies. Saying what year it was does not change anything, at least not in my understanding. If correct date is March 12 2012 then Dec 30 2011 is closer than Nov 5 2012 That is I count the days from dec 30 2011 to March 12 2012 AND the days from March 12 2012 to Nov 5 2012 and use the best (minimal) diff for scoring. The worst guess is off by 183/182 days. The guess is then on the opposite side of the year. -- Björn |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 06 11:17AM +0100 > change anything, at least not in my understanding. > If correct date is March 12 2012 then > Dec 30 2011 is closer than Nov 5 2012 Yeah, but since you have given the year, an answer of Dec 30, would imply an answer of 2012-12-30, which is further away. Personally, I think not giving the year is perfectly OK. Also, I don't know about your set of questions, but it is of course possible to ask year-independent question like "On which days falls Christmas Eve?". -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 06 12:02AM -0600 Mark Brader: > * Game 3 (2015-01-26), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died last week at the age of 90. > Who is the new king, a relative youth of 79? Salman. I accepted "Salaman" as close enough, but not "Sultan". 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Pete. > 2. What is the name given to the controversy that has begun to > swirl around the New England Patriots following their playoff > win a week ago? Deflategate. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Peter, Jason, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 3. In the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, Phil Kessel of the Maple Leafs was > infamously chosen last as the two captains assembled their teams. > This year he was chosen first -- but then what happened? He was traded to the opposing all-star team. 4 for Bruce. > 4. Vancouver's police chief has announced he will leave his > position. As a result, there is widespread speculation that > he is seeking the same job in Toronto. What is his name? Jim Chu. No, not Dominic Da Vinci! > 5. What policy change has the CBC finally instituted after several > weeks of raucous public complaint over the activities of Peter > Mansbridge and Amanda Lang, among others? Its on-air journalists will not be allowed to accept outside paid engagements. > into a casino operation in the Dominican Republic that appears > to have involved mob figure Vito Rizutto. Name either the > investor or the aptly-named business. Michael DeGroote, Dream Group (Dream Casino). > factual ignorance that undermines support of the 2nd Amendment > and American liberties" and that their products can no longer > be used in his movies. Liam Neeson. 4 for Marc and Bruce. > personality propelled him to the Hall of Fame in his first year > of eligibility. Name this former Chicago Cub, who died last > week aged 83. Ernie Banks. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > outbreak has been traced back to one California site. Where was > the contagious disease able to spread among a young unvaccinated > population and older people who had never had their shots? Disneyland. (Not Disney World, which is in Florida.) 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, Jason, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > repair job. Unprofessional and uncuratorial use of epoxy as > a restorative agent has resulted in permanent damage to what > symbol of ancient Egypt? The golden mask of King Tut. (The beard was knocked off and poorly reattached.) I scored references to a "statue" as almost correct, but you had to be at least that close. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. 3 for Dan Tilque. > 1. Why does Quebec resident Joel Ifergan consider himself > $13,500,000 out of pocket thanks to a recent decision by the > Supreme Court of Canada? It was about a lottery ticket. (That's all you needed to say.) 4 for Peter and Pete. In 2008, seconds before the weekly deadline, he tried to buy two tickets to the Super 7 lottery, which is one of those lotteries where you select the numbers yourself. The machine processed the first ticket in time but not the second, which became a ticket, with the second set of numbers he'd selected, to the following draw. When informed of this, he declined to have the second ticket canceled. And, yes, the second set of numbers were the winning numbers for the first draw, so if the transaction had started a few seconds earlier, the second ticket would have been a winner. Ifergan sued to have it declared one, the courts rejected his argument, and last week the Supreme Court ended the case by declining to hear his appeal. Just as well -- he never had much of a case and he'd already spent $100,000 on it. > 2. On a 5-2 vote, the court also announced a decision with > wider-reaching effects. What was this about? The right of public-service workers to strike. > invented a mythical employee to rebut allegations against it. > Its principal owner has so far sold shares in the company worth > about $4,500,000. CEN Biotech. > 4. After 2 years of declining production, the L.A. Kings have > waived a star center, whose contract has 6 years remaining at > $5,750,000 per season. Who is this player? Mike Richards. > provincial pressure to unload underutilized school space. > Within 10% of the true number, how many of its schools are at > less than 65% of capacity? (Give the number, not a percentage.) 130 (accepting 117-143). > 6. Who is to lead the Greek government in its quest for relief > from what the new Finance Minister calls "fiscal waterboarding"? > Name the party or its leader. Syriza, Alxeis Tsipras. I accepted "Syzirah" and "Tsirpas". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, and Erland. > 7. A new exhibition launched last weekend at the ROM. Its title is > "Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything", but whose > work is being celebrated? Douglas Coupland. > Chancellor of Western University, well-known for his donations to > the world of art and academe, died January 27 at the age of 80. > Name him. Joseph Rotman. > 9. What feat did daredevil Will Gadd become the first to accomplish > this week? Climbing Niagara Falls on the ice. 4 for Bruce and Pete. Along with Sarah Hueniken, he climbed the ice-covered cliff adjacent to the Horseshoe Falls: http://static-dev-climbing.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/GaddNiagaraNearFalls-L.jpg Many news reports did not even mention Hueniken's participation, apparently because she stopped part way up in an ice cave -- http://gripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sarah.jpg -- and stayed there for longer than Gadd's total time for the climb. But she did then complete the climb as well, meeting him at the top: http://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/p-20150131-00006_hires-jpeg-24bit-rgb.jpg > 10. Name the consummate goaltender who has finally retired at age 42 > but will stay associated with professional hockey by working > in management with the St. Louis Blues. Martin Brodeur. No points for "Martin" alone! 4 for Erland and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 TOTALS Pete Gayde 8 24 20 12 64 Joshua Kreitzer 8 20 16 4 48 Marc Dashevsky 4 20 20 0 44 Erland Sommarskog 16 8 4 8 36 Dan Blum 4 10 16 4 34 Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 4 28 Peter Smyth 4 4 4 8 20 Dan Tilque -- -- 15 0 15 Jason Kreitzer -- -- 8 0 8 -- Mark Brader "... we still feel that color is hard Toronto on the eyes for so long a picture ..." msb@vex.net -- N.Y. Times review of GONE WITH THE WIND My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 05 03:22AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. At 828 m (2,717 feet), the Burj Khalifa stands about 250 m > higher than the CN Tower. It's the reigning champion tallest > free-standing structure. What city is it in? Dubai > 2. Two towers taller than the CN Tower are found in the same > country. Which one? Malaysia > 3. Last year, a new tower stopped just short of the CN Tower, > but still became the tallest free-standing structure in the US. > Give its auspicious New York City address. WTC Memorial > 4. One of the largest World Heritage Sites is the most famous > coral reef system on Earth, covering more than 500,000 km² > (200,000 square miles) in the southern hemisphere. Great Barrier Reef > 5. This ancient Greek citadel is home to the Parthenon. Acropolis > 6. It was created by the Incas as a home for the emperor, but > abandoned before the Spanish conquest. Rediscovered in 1911, > it's a popular tourist attraction today. Machu Picchu > about 1,100 km (700 miles) southeast of Hong Kong. It was once > called the "Pearl of the Orient", as it was central to vital > Pacific trade routes. Singapore > 8. With over 16,000,000 people, it's 12th largest. Located on > the Arabian Sea immediately northwest of the Indus River delta, > it's known as the "City of Lights". Sindh > 9. This megacity near the Mediterranean, with about 14,000,000 > people, ranks 15th. It has had several names in its 2,500-year > history; in 330 it was known as New Rome. Istanbul > to be the oldest too. Founded by its namesake Christian saint > in the 4th century, it "hosted" Formula 1 races from 1981 to > 2006, but they were actually held in nearby Imola, Italy. San Marino > 11. This principality is about the size of New York's Central Park. > It is the world's second-smallest independent state (after the > Vatican), and the most densely populated. Monaco > dependency. A Celtic nation with its own language, it suffered > Viking invasions and came under the power of Norway until 1266, > when it was ceded to Scotland. Isle of Man > monkeys and apes. > 13. Name any of the three countries that are home to the mountain > gorilla. Uganda > a favorite with research scientists, the capuchin monkey ranges > through 14 different countries or other places. Name any one > of them. Central African Republic > 15. Orangutans can now be found in the wild on only two islands > on Earth. Name either island. Borneo -- Dan Tilque |
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