Monday, March 23, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 13 updates in 6 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 23 03:56AM -0700

1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 23 03:54AM -0700

On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 7:29:19 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
Lots of African geography but that's just the way them come out.
 
> 1 Which human organ is affected by Meniere's disease?
 
Ear
 
> 2 What was the capital city of Uganda from 1893 until 1962?
 
Entebbe
 
> 3 Which African capital city was once known as Leopoldville?
 
Kinshasa
 
> 4 Which river flows over the Victoria Falls?
 
Zambezi
 
> 5 What do devotees of the Atkins Diet avoid?
 
Carbohydrates
 
> 6 Which film studio was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, DW Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford?
 
United Artists
 
> 7 The peacock is the national bird of which Asian country?
 
India
Iran was a popular guess
 
> 8 Which Swiss town is home to the Olympic Museum?
 
Lausanne
 
> 9 Which South African author won the Booker prize in 1983 and 1999?
 
JM Coetzee
 
> 10 The Petronas Towers are located in which city?
 
Kuala Lumpur
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 384
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 41 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 33 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 34 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 38 Bruce Bowler
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 29 Erland S
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 30 Chris Johnson
1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 22 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 28 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 4 7 6 6 7 0 2 2 8 45 50%
 
Congratulations Mark.
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 22 09:16PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-26,
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 MI5, 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 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 3, Round 4 - History - European Royals
 
Please see the handout:
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3-4/royal.jpg
 
We'll show you a youthful photo of a British or other European
royal, *either* by birth or by marriage. You name them. Please
give *title and name* as commonly used, e.g. King Henry II;
you don't need to identify the country. We will also accept
well-known maiden names, where applicable.
 
For convenience in this medium, I have sorted this round into
handout order, including the 8 decoys. Answer the decoys if you
like for fun, but for no points.

1. Name her.
2. (decoy)
3. (decoy)
4. (decoy)
5. Name her.
6. Name him.
7. (decoy -- the girl).
8. Name her.
9. Name her.
10. Name him.
11. (decoy)
12. (decoy)
13. (decoy -- the infant)
14. Name her.
15. (decoy)
16. Name the man.
17. Name him.
18. Name her.
 
 
* Game 3, Round 5 - Audio - Gleefully Yours
 
Yes, you get the audio round this time.
 
The hit TV show "Glee" features cover versions of popular songs,
new and old. In the original game a clip from the show was played;
here you'll simply be given the song title. And what we need to
know is the original artist (singer or band as applicable).
 
1. "Bad Romance".
2. "I Kissed a Girl".
3. "Uptown Girl".
4. "Black or White".
5. "Gold Digger".
6. "Tik Tok".
7. "Rehab".
8. "Rolling in the Deep".
9. "Dream On".
10. "Losing My Religion".
 
 
* Game 3, Round 6 - Sports - NFL Quarterbacks
 
We'll give you a 2014 starting quarterback for an NFL team, followed
for two earlier quarterbacks for that team. You name the team (in
any unambiguous manner).
 
1. Joe Flacco; Kyle Boller, Vinny Testaverde.
2. Kyle Orton; Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jim Kelly.
3. Tom Brady; Drew Bledsoe, Steve Grogan.
4. Ben Roethlisberger; Kordell Stewart, Terry Bradshaw.
5. Andrew Luck; Peyton Manning, Jim Harbaugh.
6. Ryan Tannehill; Dan Marino, Bob Griese.
7. Russell Wilson; Matt Hasselbeck, Warren Moon.
8. Tony Romo; Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach.
9. Jay Cutler; Rex Grossman, Jim McMahon.
10. Aaron Rodgers; Brett Favre, Bart Starr.
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Pleasant dreams!"
msb@vex.net | "I'll dream of Canada." -- THE SUSPECT
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 23 03:13AM


> * Game 3, Round 4 - History - European Royals
 
> 1. Name her.
 
Princess Anne; Princess Margaret
 
> 5. Name her.
 
Queen Beatrix
 
> 6. Name him.
 
King Juan Carlos; Prince Philip
 
> 8. Name her.
 
Princess Sophie
 
> 10. Name him.
 
Prince Philip; King Juan Carlos
 
> 16. Name the man.
 
Prince Rainier; King Juan Carlos
 
> 18. Name her.
 
Princess Grace Kelly
 
> * Game 3, Round 5 - Audio - Gleefully Yours
 
> 1. "Bad Romance".
 
Lada Gaga
 
> 2. "I Kissed a Girl".
 
Katy Perry
 
> 3. "Uptown Girl".
 
Billy Joel
 
> 4. "Black or White".
 
Michael Jackson
 
> 6. "Tik Tok".
 
Ke$ha
 
> 7. "Rehab".
 
Amy Winehouse
 
> 8. "Rolling in the Deep".
 
Adele
 
> 10. "Losing My Religion".
 
R.E.M.
 
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Sports - NFL Quarterbacks
 
> 1. Joe Flacco; Kyle Boller, Vinny Testaverde.
 
Raiders; Jets
 
> 2. Kyle Orton; Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jim Kelly.
 
Jets; Panthers
 
> 3. Tom Brady; Drew Bledsoe, Steve Grogan.
 
Patriots
 
> 4. Ben Roethlisberger; Kordell Stewart, Terry Bradshaw.
 
Giants
 
> 5. Andrew Luck; Peyton Manning, Jim Harbaugh.
 
Broncos
 
> 6. Ryan Tannehill; Dan Marino, Bob Griese.
 
Dolphins
 
> 7. Russell Wilson; Matt Hasselbeck, Warren Moon.
 
49ers; Steelers
 
> 8. Tony Romo; Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach.
 
Cowboys
 
> 9. Jay Cutler; Rex Grossman, Jim McMahon.
 
Steelers; Bills
 
> 10. Aaron Rodgers; Brett Favre, Bart Starr.
 
Packers
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 23 05:07AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:cpCdnVyyQJj_6pLInZ2dnUU7-
> you don't need to identify the country. We will also accept
> well-known maiden names, where applicable.
 
> 1. Name her.
 
Queen Sofia
 
> 8. Name her.
 
Princess Beatrice of York; Princess Eugenie of York

> * Game 3, Round 5 - Audio - Gleefully Yours
 
> Yes, you get the audio round this time.
 
Thanks!
 
> here you'll simply be given the song title. And what we need to
> know is the original artist (singer or band as applicable).
 
> 1. "Bad Romance".
 
Lady Gaga
 
> 2. "I Kissed a Girl".
 
Katy Perry
 
> 3. "Uptown Girl".
 
Billy Joel
 
> 4. "Black or White".
 
Michael Jackson
 
> 5. "Gold Digger".
 
Kanye West; Jamie Foxx
 
> 6. "Tik Tok".
 
Ke$ha
 
> 7. "Rehab".
 
Amy Winehouse
 
> 8. "Rolling in the Deep".
 
Adele
 
> 9. "Dream On".
 
Aerosmith
 
> 10. "Losing My Religion".
 
R.E.M.

> for two earlier quarterbacks for that team. You name the team (in
> any unambiguous manner).
 
> 1. Joe Flacco; Kyle Boller, Vinny Testaverde.
 
Cleveland Browns; Cincinnati Bengals
 
> 2. Kyle Orton; Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jim Kelly.
 
Buffalo Bills
 
> 3. Tom Brady; Drew Bledsoe, Steve Grogan.
 
New England Patriots
 
> 4. Ben Roethlisberger; Kordell Stewart, Terry Bradshaw.
 
Pittsburgh Steelers
 
> 5. Andrew Luck; Peyton Manning, Jim Harbaugh.
 
Indianapolis Colts
 
> 6. Ryan Tannehill; Dan Marino, Bob Griese.
 
Miami Dolphins
 
> 7. Russell Wilson; Matt Hasselbeck, Warren Moon.
 
Tennessee Titans
 
> 8. Tony Romo; Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach.
 
Dallas Cowboys
 
> 9. Jay Cutler; Rex Grossman, Jim McMahon.
 
Chicago Bears
 
> 10. Aaron Rodgers; Brett Favre, Bart Starr.
 
Green Bay Packers
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 23 02:49AM -0500

In article <cpCdnVyyQJj_6pLInZ2dnUU7-fudnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> 7. (decoy -- the girl).
> 8. Name her.
> 9. Name her.
Anastasia
 
> 16. Name the man.
> 17. Name him.
> 18. Name her.
Princess Grace
 
> here you'll simply be given the song title. And what we need to
> know is the original artist (singer or band as applicable).
 
> 1. "Bad Romance".
Lady Gaga
 
> 2. "I Kissed a Girl".
Katie Perry
 
> 3. "Uptown Girl".
Billy Joel
 
> 7. "Rehab".
> 8. "Rolling in the Deep".
> 9. "Dream On".
Aerosmith
 
> for two earlier quarterbacks for that team. You name the team (in
> any unambiguous manner).
 
> 1. Joe Flacco; Kyle Boller, Vinny Testaverde.
Baltimore Ravens
 
> 2. Kyle Orton; Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jim Kelly.
Buffalo Bills
 
> 3. Tom Brady; Drew Bledsoe, Steve Grogan.
New England Patriots
 
> 4. Ben Roethlisberger; Kordell Stewart, Terry Bradshaw.
Pittsburgh Steelers
 
> 5. Andrew Luck; Peyton Manning, Jim Harbaugh.
Indianapolis Colts
 
> 6. Ryan Tannehill; Dan Marino, Bob Griese.
Miami Dolphins
 
> 7. Russell Wilson; Matt Hasselbeck, Warren Moon.
Seattle Seahawks
 
> 8. Tony Romo; Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach.
Dallas Cowboys
 
> 9. Jay Cutler; Rex Grossman, Jim McMahon.
Chicago Bears
 
> 10. Aaron Rodgers; Brett Favre, Bart Starr.
Green Bay Packers
 
 
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 22 10:45AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > If you gave "quanta" for an answer, we need a more specific term.
> > Please supply it.

Joshua Kreitzer:
> I originally gave "quanta" as my first choice for number four, with
> "photons" as my second choice. But I take it that I'm allowed to just go
> with "photons."
 
Well, technically I suppose you should have changed it to two identical
guesses ("photons, photons")! But that would score the same.
--
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msb@vex.net | warnings about marmalade." --Matt Ridley
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 22 12:18PM -0700

On Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 10:43:51 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
...
> * Game 3, Round 2 - Canadiana - Toronto Schools
 
...
 
> 1. Gravenhurst-born physician, medical innovator, and noted
> anti-fascist who effectively brought modern medicine to rural
> China.
 
norman bethune
 
> 2. Poet and writer best known for "The Shooting of Dan McGrew"
> and "The Cremation of Sam McGee".
 
bob service
 
> 3. Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour in Quebec, who was
> kidnapped and murdered by members of the FLQ during the October
> Crisis of 1970.
 
jim cross
 
 
> 5. Mohawk chief who led 4 of the 6 Iroquois nations on the British
> side in the American Revolution, and was later awarded a grant
> of land on the Grand River in Ontario.
 
brant
 
> then succeeded Robarts as Premier of Ontario.
 
> 10. Hungarian-Canadian chemist who won 1986 Nobel Prize for his
> work in chemical kinetics.
 
john polanyi (if I recall, he shared it with 2 others)
 
 
> 1. What is the process which, using light, supplies nearly all of
> the organic compounds and most of the energy necessary for life
> on Earth.
 
photosynthesis
 
> 2. Some living organisms produce their own light, that is they
> glow in the dark. What is this process called?
 
bioluminescence
 
> 3. The speed of light in what situation is a universal constant?
 
a vacuum
 
> 4. Light is emitted in small packets. What are they called?
 
photons
 
> 5. Light exhibits the characteristics of both waves and particles.
> What is this property of light referred to as?
 
duality
 
> 6. What process is described by Snell's Law?
 
refraction
 
> 7. In the International System of Units, what is the unit which
> measures the total amount of visible light emitted by a source?
 
lumen
 
> 8. By what process does a solar cell convert light into electricity?
 
photovoltaic effect
 
> 9. This unit, named after a Swedish scientist, can be used to
> measure the wavelength of light in increments of 1/10,000,000,000
> of a meter. Name the unit.
 
angstrom
 
> 10. Visible light, x-rays, and radio waves are all forms of EMR.
> What does EMR stand for?
 
electromagnetic radiation
 
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13:
 
> If you gave "quanta" for an answer, we need a more specific term.
> Please supply it.
 
swp
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 22 09:10PM -0500

Mark Brader:
 
> 1. Gravenhurst-born physician, medical innovator, and noted
> anti-fascist who effectively brought modern medicine to rural
> China.
 
Dr. Norman Bethune (Collegiate Institute). 4 for Stephen. Sorry,
no points for "aaarrrgggh!!!".
 
> 2. Poet and writer best known for "The Shooting of Dan McGrew"
> and "The Cremation of Sam McGee".
 
Robert Service (Senior Public School). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Marc. 3 for Stephen.
 
> 3. Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour in Quebec, who was
> kidnapped and murdered by members of the FLQ during the October
> Crisis of 1970.
 
Pierre Laporte (Middle School).
 
James Cross was the other kidnap victim, the British trade
commissioner. He was held for 2 months by a different FLQ cell and
eventually released unharmed in return for safe passage to Cuba for
the cell members. Over the following years, several of them later
chose to return to Canada and give themselves up.
 
> 4. Retired military officer, former astronaut, and engineer who
> has served as MP for the riding of "Westmount -- Ville Marie"
> since 2008.
 
Marc Garneau (Collegiate Institute).
 
> 5. Mohawk chief who led 4 of the 6 Iroquois nations on the British
> side in the American Revolution, and was later awarded a grant
> of land on the Grand River in Ontario.
 
Joseph Brant (Public School).
 
> 6. Physicist, metallurgist, U of T prof, Massey Lecturer, feminist,
> pacifist, Quaker, and winner of the Pearson Peace Medal.
 
Ursula Franklin (Academy).
 
> 7. Lawyer, soldier in both world wars, lost a leg in WW1, first
> Quebec native to be appointed Governor-General, died during
> the Centennial year.
 
Georges Vanier (Secondary School).
 
> 8. Artist and diarist in Colonial Canada. Wife of the first
> Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada.
 
Elizabeth Simcoe (Junior Public School).
 
> 9. Ontario MPP for Peel, Minister of Education under John Robarts,
> then succeeded Robarts as Premier of Ontario.
 
William G. Davis (Junior Public School). (Accepting Bill Davis.)
 
> 10. Hungarian-Canadian chemist who won 1986 Nobel Prize for his
> work in chemical kinetics.
 
John Polanyi (Collegiate Institute). 4 for Stephen.
 
 
 
> 1. What is the process which, using light, supplies nearly all of
> the organic compounds and most of the energy necessary for life
> on Earth.
 
Photosynthesis. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Erland,
Bruce, Peter, Björn, Calvin, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
> 2. Some living organisms produce their own light, that is they
> glow in the dark. What is this process called?
 
Bioluminescence. (Not biophosphorescence.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Marc, Bruce, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 3 for Björn.
 
> 3. The speed of light in what situation is a universal constant?
 
When in a vacuum. 4 for everyone.
 
> 4. Light is emitted in small packets. What are they called?
 
Photons. 4 for everyone.
 
> 5. Light exhibits the characteristics of both waves and particles.
> What is this property of light referred to as?
 
Wave-particle duality. 4 for Dan Blum (somehow I think), Marc,
Bruce, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 3 for Erland.
 
> 6. What process is described by Snell's Law?
 
Refraction. 4 for Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 2 for Calvin.
 
> 7. In the International System of Units, what is the unit which
> measures the total amount of visible light emitted by a source?
 
Lumen. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 3 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Peter.
 
> 8. By what process does a solar cell convert light into electricity?
 
Photoelectric or photovoltaic effect. (Some sources distinguish
the two terms, but some don't.) 4 for Marc, Erland, Bruce, Peter,
Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
> 9. This unit, named after a Swedish scientist, can be used to
> measure the wavelength of light in increments of 1/10,000,000,000
> of a meter. Name the unit.
 
Angstrom (after Anders Ângström; also spelled ângström by folks
that 26 letters aren't enough for). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc,
Erland, Bruce, Peter, Björn, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
> 10. Visible light, x-rays, and radio waves are all forms of EMR.
> What does EMR stand for?
 
Electromagnetic radiation. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Erland,
Bruce, Peter, Björn, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Can Sci
Stephen Perry 11 40 51
Dan Tilque 0 39 39
Marc Dashevsky 4 32 36
Bruce Bowler 0 36 36
Peter Smyth 0 34 34
Joshua Kreitzer 4 28 32
Dan Blum 4 28 32
"Calvin" 0 30 30
Erland Sommarskog 0 27 27
Björn Lundin 0 23 23
Pete Gayde 0 16 16
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable
msb@vex.net | from a feature." -- Rich Kulawiec (after Clarke)
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 22 08:42PM -0700

On Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 10:10:47 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
...
> > people. We'll give you a few facts about the person; you name
> > the person, giving their *first and last name* (since they both
> > form part of the school's name).
 
yeah, I missed that part about the first names.
 
...
> > and "The Cremation of Sam McGee".
 
> Robert Service (Senior Public School). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
> and Marc. 3 for Stephen.
 
no argument. noted for future reference.
 
> eventually released unharmed in return for safe passage to Cuba for
> the cell members. Over the following years, several of them later
> chose to return to Canada and give themselves up.
 
I took a shot at this one, vaguely remembering the names but not all
of the details. thank you for the brief trip down amnesia lane.
 
...
 
> > side in the American Revolution, and was later awarded a grant
> > of land on the Grand River in Ontario.
 
> Joseph Brant (Public School).
 
protest. see #3 above. I got the last name correct, don't I get a
"partial" for this one as well?
 
...
 
> Erland Sommarskog 0 27 27
> Björn Lundin 0 23 23
> Pete Gayde 0 16 16
 
please consider rescoring based on the above. thank you.
 
swp
Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Mar 22 05:40PM -0700

On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 1:13:54 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. Two Charlie Chaplin films, released in 1931 and 1936, are both
> now universally recognized as masterpieces, but neither received
> a Best Picture nomination. Name either.
"City Lights" and "Modern Times?"
 
> 3. In 1942, Oscar ignored Orson Welles's brilliant follow-up to
> Citizen Kane, perhaps due to Hollywood's fear of William Randolph
> Hearst and his acolytes. Name the snubbed movie.
"Touch of Evil"
> The movie was a sensation with the public upon its release,
> but the Academy has never been kind to the genre. Name the
> snubbed actor.
Anthony Perkins
 
> 6. In 1969, this Italian maestro's symphonic score for Sergio
> Leone's spaghetti western, "Once Upon a Time in the West",
> was not nominated.
Ennio Morricone
> 7. In 1986, this actor's unhinged performance as gas-sniffing
> psychopath Frank Booth in David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" was
> overlooked.
Dennis Hopper
> this director's being snubbed. He had been nominated for each
> of his previous 4 films: a satirical black comedy, a sci-fi
> classic, an exploration of violence, and a gorgeous period drama.
Stanley Kubrick
> relations was ignored. It was also a humane, funny character
> study of a neighborhood on the brink, even though some critics
> suggested that Lee was encouraging race riots. Name the movie.
"Do the Right Thing"
 
> * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Martin Luther King Jr.
 
> In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a round on the man himself.
 
> 1. In what subject did he earn his doctorate?
Religion
> bus seat to a white passenger. King's role in the civil rights
> campaign that followed transformed him into a national figure.
> Name the campaign.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
> 3. Who provided the written directive empowering the FBI to begin
> tapping King's telephone in 1963?
J. Edgar Hoover
> 4. In 1959 King travelled abroad to meet with the family of which
> deceased world leader?
Mahatmas Mohandas Gandhi
> 5. In 1963 King was arrested and jailed for his role in a campaign
> against racial segregation and economic injustice in a Southern
> city, and wrote a famous "letter from jail". Name the city.
Birmingham
> 6. On 1963-08-28, King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream"
> speech -- at what gathering?
March on Washington
> in Chicago. When King and his allies returned to the South,
> who did they leave in charge of their organization?
 
> 8. What was King's wife's maiden name?
Scott
> 9. What President signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr. Day
> a federal holiday?
Ronald Reagan?
> 10. On what date in 1968 was King assassinated, as per the U2 song
> "Pride"?
April 4th
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 22 08:46PM -0500

If Jason Kreitzer had posted his answers on time, he would have scored
24 points on Round 7 and probably 28 on Round 8.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "This man must be very ignorant, for he answers
msb@vex.net | every question he is asked." -- Voltaire
Orlando Quattro <oquattro@magma.ca>: Mar 22 11:14PM

User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.1 (Intel Mac OS X)
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Message-ID: <oquattro-582E7C.19303722032015@unknown.hwng.net>
 
We haven't had a rare entries contest in a long time and I, for one,
have been missing them, despite my inability to do well in them. So
saying, I have decided to try my hand and offering up a new rare
entries contest, with the implicit hope that over time it might
become a series. This will necessarily depend on the reception of
this initial essay into the form.
 
Please reply ONLY BY EMAIL to oquattro@magma.ca; DO NOT POST to
any newsgroup. Entries must reach me by Tuesday, April 14, 2015
(by Toronto time, zone -5). I intend to post several reminders
before then.
 
Below the ten questions is a set of rules, largely based on those
created by Mark Brader for his long series of rare entries contests.
Please take the time to review these rules before emailing an entry.
 
Most importantly, please do NOT POST any discussion of this contest
to any news group prior to the entry deadline.
 
I wish you all good luck, and hope you find this fun (See rule 7).
 
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Rules 4.1.1, 4.1.3, 4.2, and 4.3.4 are relevant to certain questions.
 
 
0. Name an independent country where one might expect to find
penguins.
 
1. Give the Latin name of a principal colour (specifically, a
tincture) used in English heraldry.
 
2. Unambiguously identify an opera from which music has been
featured in at least five full length feature films that are not
simply performances of the opera in question, and which have each
grossed at least $25 million (USD) at the box office, as shown by
the IMDB (Internet Movie DataBase) in their "Box office / business"
section, or other authoritative source.
 
3. name a contemporary string instrument that might be found in a
modern day symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, or chamber
music ensemble, but NOT only in an early music ensemble. The
instrument must be employed in an ensemble role, and NOT solely
as a solo performer.
 
4. Name a nation with a team entered in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
 
5. Name a North American venue that has hosted a Formula One grand prix.
 
6. Unambiguously identify a globally recognized landmark that contains
the word "red" as part of its name. Global recognition means that a
Google search produces at least one hundred thousand hits.
 
The Google search must be of the form: ("landmark name" "location")
 
7. Name one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as listed in
Greek tourist guides from the 1st and 2nd centuries BC, and which
were all in existence immediately prior to 226 BC.
 
8. Name an automobile manufacturer that has featured an animal on an
on-car badge. The badge may be for a marque or a specific model.
 
9. Name a country with an active railway station at an elevation higher
than 7,000 feet (2,133 metres).
 
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Rules for Orlando Quattro's Rare Entry Contests
 
These are shamelessly borrowed from Mark Brader, who provided years
of entertainment with a long series of Rare Entries contests. I feel
that years of refinement lend these a certain authority, which is not
to say that I will not end up further refining them in the light of
experience with with my own rare entry contests. Also, Mark took the
trouble to place the text of his postings in the public domain, which
makes me comfortable taking advantage of his experience in this regard.
 
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Rule 1. The Game
 
For each of the questions in the quiz, your objective is to give an
answer that (1) is correct, and (2) will be duplicated by as FEW other
quiz entrants as possible. Feel free to use any reference material you
like to RESEARCH your answers; but when you have found enough possible
answers for your liking, you are expected to choose on your own which
one to submit, WITHOUT mechanical or computer assistance: this is meant
to be a game of wits.
 
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Rule 2. Scoring
 
The scores on the different questions are MULTIPLIED to produce a
final score for each entrant. Low score wins; a perfect score is 1.
 
If your answer on a category is correct, then your score is the number
of people who gave that answer, or an answer That I deem equivalent.
 
A wrong answer, or a skipped question, gets a high score as a penalty.
This is the median of:
- the number of entrants
- the square root of that number, rounded up to an integer
- double the largest score achieved by anyone on this question
 
 
Rule 2.1 Scoring Example
 
Say I ask for a colour on the current Canadian flag. There are 27
entrants, of whom 20 say "red", 4 say "blue", and 1 each say "gules",
"white", and "blue square". After looking up gules I decide it's
the same colour as red and should be treated as a duplicate answer;
then the 21 people who said either "red" or "gules" get 21 points
each. The person who said "white" gets a perfect score of 1 point.
 
"Blue square" is not a colour and blue is not a colour on the flag;
the 5 people who gave either of these answers each get the same
penalty score, which is the median of:
- number of entrants = 27
- sqrt(27) = 5.196+, rounded up = 6
- double the largest score = 21 x 2 = 42
Yielding a median, in this case, of 27.
 
 
 
Rule 2.2 Scoring More Specific Variants
 
On some questions it's possible that one entrant will give an answer
that is a more specific variant of an answer given by someone else.
In that case the more specific variant will usually be scored as if
the two answers are different, but the other, less specific variant
will be scored as if they are the same.
 
In the above Canadian flag example, if I had decided (incorrectly) to
score gules as a more specific variant of red, then "red" would still
score 21, but "gules" would now score 1.
 
If a wrong answer is clearly associated with a specific right answer,
I will score the right answer as if the wrong answer was a more
specific variant of it. In the above Canadian flag example, if there
were 3 additional entrants who said "white square", then "white square"
would be scored as wrong, but the score for "white" would be 4, not 1.
 
"More specific" scoring will NOT apply if the question asks for an
answer "in general terms"; a more specific answer will then at best be
treated the same as the more general one, and may be considered wrong.
 
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Rule 3. Entries
 
Entries must be emailed to the address given above. Please do not
quote the questions back to me, and DO send ONLY PLAIN TEXT in ASCII
or ISO 8859-1: no HTML, no attachments, no Micros--t character sets,
etc., and NO Unicode, please. (Entrants who fail to comply will be
publicly chastised in the results posting.)
 
Your message should preferably consist of just your 10 answers,
numbered from 0 to 9, along with any explanations required. Your
name should be in it somewhere -- a From: line or signature is fine.
(If I don't see both a first and a last name, or an explicit request
for a particular form of your name to be used, then your email address
will be posted in the results).
 
You can expect an acknowledgement when I read your entry. If this
bounces, it will NOT be sent again.
 
Entries must be received before the entry deadline specified for the
quiz. I may, at my discretion, apply latitude based on the log entries
from my mail server, provided that they unambiguously show that your
entry was received by your mail server before the entry deadline.
 
 
Rule 3.1 Where Leeway is Allowed for Entries
 
In general there is no penalty for errors of spelling, capitalization,
English usage, or other such matters of form, nor for accidentally
sending email in an unfinished state, so long as it is clear enough
to discern what you intended. Sometimes though, a specific question
may imply stricter rules. And if you give an answer that properly
refers to a different thing related to the one you intended, I will
normally take it as written.
 
Once you intentionally submit an answer, no changes will be allowed,
unless I decide there was a problem with the question. Similarly,
alternate answers within an entry will not be accepted. Only the
first answer that you intentionally submit counts.
 
 
Rule 3.2 Clarifications for Entries
 
Questions are not intended to be hard to understand, but I may fail
in this intent. (For one thing, in many cases clarity could only be
provided by an example that would suggest one or another specific
answer, and that would compromise the question.)
 
In order to be fair to all entrants, I must insist that requests for
clarification must be emailed to me, NOT POSTED in any newsgroup.
But if you do ask for clarification, I will probably say that the
question is clear enough as posted. If I do decide to clarify or
change a question, all entrants will be informed.
 
 
Rule 3.3 Supporting Information for Entries
 
It is your option whether or not to provide supporting information
to justify your answers. If you don't, I'll email you to ask for
it if I need to. If you supply it in the form of a URL, if at all
possible it should be a "deep link" to the specific relevant page.
There is no need to supply URLs for obvious, well-known reference
web sites, and there is no point in supplying URLs for pages that
don't actually support your answer.
 
If you provide any explanatory remarks along with your answers, you
are responsible for making it sufficiently clear that they are not
part of the answers. The particular format doesn't matter as long
as you are clear. In the scoring example above, "white square" was
wrong; "white (in the central square)" would have been taken as a
correct answer with an explanation.
 
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Rule 4. Interpretation of Questions
 
These are general rules that apply unless a question specifically
states otherwise.
 
Rule 4.1 Geography
 
Rule 4.1.1 Countries
 
"Country" means an independent country. Whether or not a place is
considered an independent country is determined by how it is listed
in reference sources. The primary reference is the list of UN (United
Nations) two-digit country codes.
 
For purposes of these contests, the Earth is considered to be divid-
ed into disjoint areas each of which is either (1) a country, (2) a
dependency, or (3) without national government. Their boundaries
are interpreted on a de facto basis. Any place with representatives
in a country's legislature is considered a part of that country rather
than a dependency of it.
 
The European Union is considered as an association of countries, not
a country itself.
 
Claims that are not enforced, or not generally recognized, don't count.
Places currently fighting a war of secession don't count. Embassies
don't count as special; they may have extraterritorial rights, but
they're still part of the host country (and city).
 
Countries existing at different historical times are normally
considered the same country if they have the same capital city.
 
 
 
Rule 4.1.2 States or provinces
 
Many countries or dependencies are divided into subsidiary political
entities, typically with their own subsidiary governments. At the
first level of division, these entities are most commonly called
states or provinces, but various other names are used; sometimes
varying even within the same country (e.g. to indicate unequal
political status).
 
Any reference to "states or provinces" in a question refers to
these entities at the first level of division, no matter what they
are called.
 
 
 
Rule 4.1.3 Nations In International Sports
 
When an international sporting event is involved, for instance the
ICC Cricket World Cup, some entries may appear as nations, but not
in fact be independent countries as defined in rule 4.1.1. England,
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all examples of this, when
the country of Great Britain is not represented. In the case of any
question where such a distinction is pertinent, I will endeavour to
make this clear in the wording of the question.
 
 
Rule 4.1.4 Distances
 
Distances between places on the Earth are measured along a great
circle path, and distance involving cities are based on the city
center (downtown).
 
 
 
Rule 4.2 Entertainment
 
A "movie" does not include any form of solely TV broadcast (TV Movie)
or video release; it must have been shown in cinemas. "Oscar" and
"Academy Award" are AMPAS trademarks and refer to the awards given by
that organization. "Fiction" includes dramatizations of true stories.
 
 
Rule 4.3 Words and Numbers
 
Rule 4.3.1 Different Answers
 
Some questions specifically ask for a *word*, rather than the thing
that it names; this means that different words with the same meaning
will in general be treated as distinct answers. However, if two or
more inflectional variants, spelling variants, or other closely
related forms are correct answers, they will be treated as equivalent.
 
Similarly, if the question specifically asks for a name, different
things referred to by the same name will be treated as the same.
 
 
 
Rule 4.3.2 Permitted Words
 
On questions that specifically ask for a word, the word that you
give must be listed (or implied by a listing, as with inflected
forms) in a suitable dictionary. Generally this means a printed
dictionary published recently enough to show reasonably current
usage, or its online equivalent. Other reasonably authoritative
sources may be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Words listed as
obsolete or archaic usage don't count, and sources that would
list those words without distinguishing them are not acceptable
as dictionaries.
 
 
Rule 4.3.3 Permitted Numbers
 
Where the distinction is important, "number" refers to a specific
mathematical value, whereas "numeral" (or numeric representation)
means a way of writing it. Thus "4", "IV", and "four" are three
different numeric representations of the same number. "Digit" means
one of the characters "0", "1", "2", etc.
 
(These definitions represent one of several conflicting common usages.)
 
 
 
Rule 4.3.4 "Contained in"
 
If a question asks for a word or numeral "contained" or "included"
in a phrase, title, or the like, this does not include substrings or
alternate meanings of words, unless explictly specified. For example,
if "Canada in 1967" is the title of a book, it contains the numeral
1967 and the preposition "in"; but it does not contain the word "an",
the adjective "in", or the numeral 96.
 
 
 
Rule 4.4 Tense and Time
 
When a question is worded in the present tense, the correctness of
your answer is determined by the facts at the moment you submit it.
(In a case where, in my judgement, people might reasonably be unaware
of the facts having changed, an out-of-date answer may be accepted as
correct.) Questions worded in the present perfect tense include the
present unless something states or implies otherwise. (For example,
Canada is a country that "has existed", as well as one that "exists".)
Different verbs in a sentence bear their usual tense relationship to
each other.
 
You are not allowed to change the facts yourself in order to make an
answer correct. For example, if a question asks for material on the
WWW, what you cite must already have existed before the contest was
first posted.
 
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Rule 5. Judging
 
As moderator, I will be the sole judge of
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