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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 24 01:44AM -0500 This is Rotating Quiz #179. My thanks to Stephen Perry for running RQ 178 and for writing a contest that allowed me to win. The winner of RQ 179, in turn, will be the first choice to set RQ 180, in whatever manner they prefer. (But beware: 180 degrees is only *half* a rotation, so don't get caught facing the wrong way!) Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one. Answer slates must be posted by Wednesday, April 29 (by Toronto time, zone -4), which gives you almost 6 days from the time of posting. Have fun. * Special Notes * [1] Each answer this time is a single word, and if any of questions #1-15 have alternate answers possible, only answers that also fit with #16 will be accepted. [2] As you answer this quiz, please keep notes of *what order* you answered the questions in. If after giving an answer you change your mind and go back and change an answer, then for this purpose your new answer is what matters, not your original one. * Arts and Literature * 1. Name the title character in a famous play who declares: "Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely but too well." 2. Give the title used in English for the 2004 German movie starring Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler, and Alexandra Maria Lara as the secretary who witnesses the final days of his life. 3. In the novel (by Herman Wouk) and movie "The Caine Mutiny", what type of ship is the USS Caine? (In the novel it had been converted from another type; just give what it was converted into.) 4. Name the 1996 movie whose story involves a portable meteorological research device with the appropriate name of Dorothy. 5. What is the musical term for a transitional passage linking two sections of a composition, such as the verse and refrain (chorus)? * History and Geography: * 6. In Ireland, formally speaking, the Taoiseach is nominated by the legislature and officially appointed by the person in what position? 7. Name the type of warship that in the 19th century became the effective successor to the old "ship of the line". 8. When the Province of Canada was joined with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1867, there was some concern that if the enlarged Canada was designated as a new "kingdom" then it might not go over well with those hot-headed, anti-monarchistic Americans. What term was therefore substituted? 9. Speaking of Canada, in 1896 there was a rich strike of placer gold in what was then the North-West Territories. A 100-mile-long river gave its name to the resulting mining district; what name? 10. In southwestern France, about 50 miles southeast of Toulouse, is a small city whose ancient part is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks to its well-preserved medieval fortifications. Name the city. * Science and Culture * 11. In the Polynesian languages, this term refers to a sacred prohibition; in English, it generally indicates something that is socially or culturally Not Done rather than something prohibited by law or religion. Give its usual form in English. 12. This form of liquor is flavored with juniper berries and, ultimately, named accordingly. 13. About 40,000 species are known to exist in the biological order Araneae. What is the common name for one of these creatures? 14. Speaking of the <answer 13>s, they are related to another order with 1,500 or so known species, whose Latin name is similar to its English one. Only about 25 of these species have sufficient venom to kill a human being. What is the common name of a member of this order? 15. In American and Canadian football, a play from scrimmage begins with the center executing what? (Give the noun.) * Theme * 16. Answers #1-15 have a common theme. What is it? 17. Based on the notes you took, which questions had you already answered at the point where you first got the right idea of what the theme was? Just give the list of numbers, e.g. 1,3,6,15,10. (If you forgot to take notes, don't answer this.) Oh, the scoring. Questions #1-16 are worth 1 point each. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is who answered #17 with the *shortest* list; the second tiebreaker is who scored on the hardest questions; the third tiebreaker is correct spelling and capitalization; and the fourth tiebreaker is who posted first. -- Mark Brader | "In the USA politicians run for office. In Britain they Toronto | stand for office. Of course... once elected... [they] msb@vex.net | neither run nor stand, they lie." --John Cletheroe My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 24 05:16AM -0500 In article <H8KdnXDfZs3Ne6TInZ2dnUU7-c-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > * Arts and Literature * > 1. Name the title character in a famous play who declares: > "Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely but too well." Othello > what type of ship is the USS Caine? (In the novel it had been > converted from another type; just give what it was converted > into.) battleship > 4. Name the 1996 movie whose story involves a portable meteorological > research device with the appropriate name of Dorothy. Twister > 5. What is the musical term for a transitional passage linking > two sections of a composition, such as the verse and refrain > (chorus)? bridge > position? > 7. Name the type of warship that in the 19th century became the > effective successor to the old "ship of the line". battleship > Canada was designated as a new "kingdom" then it might not go > over well with those hot-headed, anti-monarchistic Americans. > What term was therefore substituted? dominion > 9. Speaking of Canada, in 1896 there was a rich strike of placer > gold in what was then the North-West Territories. A 100-mile-long > river gave its name to the resulting mining district; what name? Klondike > prohibition; in English, it generally indicates something > that is socially or culturally Not Done rather than something > prohibited by law or religion. Give its usual form in English. taboo > 12. This form of liquor is flavored with juniper berries and, > ultimately, named accordingly. gin > 13. About 40,000 species are known to exist in the biological > order Araneae. What is the common name for one of these > creatures? spiders > its English one. Only about 25 of these species have sufficient > venom to kill a human being. What is the common name of a > member of this order? scorpion > 15. In American and Canadian football, a play from scrimmage begins > with the center executing what? (Give the noun.) hike > * Theme * > 16. Answers #1-15 have a common theme. What is it? names of games > answered at the point where you first got the right idea of what > the theme was? Just give the list of numbers, e.g. 1,3,6,15,10. > (If you forgot to take notes, don't answer this.) 4,5,16,3,8,11,12,13,14,1,7,9,15 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 23 08:21AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > extends from 16.4°E to 32.9°E, so if you started from another city > > you could reach Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, or Greece. > > (But Libya, not so much.) Erland Sommarskog: > Protest! Several of these countries are right north of Libya, so of course > you can reach it! Well, you can pass over it. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 23 02:17PM -0700 On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 9:12:51 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Where in the World? > This was the hardest round in the original game. Do you have the stats? We at rgt seem to have done fairly well at it. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 23 05:35PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > > * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Where in the World? > > This was the hardest round in the original game. "Calvin": > Do you have the stats? We at rgt seem to have done fairly well at it. Note that these are scores per team, each team playing 5 of the 10 questions on a round (or some 5 questions on the challenge round). The highest possible score is 10, except for the challenge round, the possibility of steals raises the maximum to 15. Average Low High Round 7.62 5 10 3. Sci: Vaccines & Vaccinations 6.19 3 9 6. Spo: History of the Raptors 6.06 2 9 5. Aud: Love Songs 5.88 3 8 4. Can: Canadian CEOs in Ads 5.69 2 9 9. Art: Styles & Schools of Western Art 5.56 2 13 10. Challenge Round: 6 of the 7 Virtues 5.38 2 9 2. His: Democracy & Human Rights 5.19 2 9 8. Ent: US Presidents in the Movies 5.00 3 7 1. Current Events 4.94 0 7 7. Geo: Where in the World? In the score table below, I'm therefore multiplying the above averages by 4 to produce a comparable maximum. GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> His Sci Can Spo Geo Ent FOUR ORIGINAL GAME AVG. 21.52 30.48 23.52 24.76 19.76 20.76 100.28 Stephen Perry 36 36 4 16 36 40 148 Joshua Kreitzer 32 35 0 4 27 36 130 Marc Dashevsky 23 40 0 2 21 20 104 Dan Tilque 24 28 0 4 32 0 88 "Calvin" 27 21 -- -- 29 6 83 Erland Sommarskog 20 16 -- -- 32 0 68 Peter Smyth 14 27 -- -- 16 0 57 Bruce Bowler 20 36 -- -- -- -- 56 Dan Blum -- -- -- -- 17 19 36 Björn Lundin 15 7 -- -- 8 4 34 Pete Gayde -- -- 0 8 15 4 27 Hope this helps. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "[I] have a will of iron." msb@vex.net | "And a head to match." --Robert B. Parker, "Chance" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 23 10:56PM -0700 On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 8:35:46 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > Hope this helps. Yes indeed, thanks for your trouble. cheers, calvin |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Apr 23 09:42PM -0700 On Friday, April 17, 2015 at 8:33:17 PM UTC-4, swp wrote: > welcome to rq 178. the usual rules apply. Mark Brader is hereby chastised for breaking with custom and tradition in his answer posting. and for thinking of doing it before me. he compounded his sin by also posting a perfect score as the first entry. Congratulations Mark!! very well done. You get to host RQ 179 in a manner of your choosing. > this is a fill-in-the-blank round. each blank word is worth 1 point. I tried to make all of the words 5 letters, but couldn't come up with a before and/or after phrase for some of the letters I needed. It occurred to me after the fact that I could have written a short program to make this; the phrase I wanted is the initial input, along with my standard scrabble dictionary, and the program would figure out what the first and last letters of each word need to be and then select words that fit the pattern. an additional restriction on the number of letters in the words could be added, of course. then it could take a dictionary of short phrases and pattern match again to fit the selected words into before/after positions. the end result is to replace the found words with dashes in the before/after pairs and output the results. lots of pattern matching. yummy! > I'll score this round on april 23rd after 9pm (gmt-4). > The first and last letters of the answers spell out something. > 1. dark ----- of london tower > 2. broken ----- of darkness heart > 3. jock ---- cream itch > 4. grape ---- pop soda > 5. wonder ----- of the year woman > 6. bullet proof ----- defense alibi > 7. hoop ----- steak skirt > 8. best exotic marigold ----- california hotel > 9. beats ----- book audio > 10. pirate ----- gaga radio > 11. punch ----- driver drunk > 12. final ----- results exams 'this was harder than it looks' is spelt out by the first and last letters. if you didn't notice, the number of dashes I used was equal to the number of letters in the expected answer. I was very lenient with the scoring, because there were some really good answers that were unexpected and reasonable. name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 total ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- Mark B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12+ Erland 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 Peter S 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 Calvin 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 Marc D 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 10 David B 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Rob P 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 Dan B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 10 ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- totals 5 7 4 7 8 4 6 7 3 8 6 7 72 swp |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Apr 23 02:31PM On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:15:21 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > A. History: Vows of Chastity > A1. Which order of monks with a vow of chastity was called the > Black Friars? The Dominicans > 6-10 years old. When they retired, they were replaced by new > inductees, given a pension, and allowed to marry. > What were they called? The Vestal Virgins > forbid the sale of liquor by majority vote. The legislation did > allow liquor to be obtained legally in two situations, though. > Name either. Medical necessity > Junction", retained this right and was in fact kept "dry", > largely through the efforts of William "Temperance Bill" Temple > -- until what year, plus or minus 2 years? 1945? > D. Sports: Diligence -- or Horse-Drawn Carriages > D1. In harness racing, what is the 2-wheeled vehicle pulled by > a single horse called? Sulky > four-in-hand, supported by two or four outriders who each race > individual thoroughbred horses that follow the main carriage. > What is it called? Chuck-wagon racing > canadensis, because the British heralds had never actually seen a > specimen of Rangifer tarandus, the animal intended for the coat > of arms. Which extremely Canadian animal is Rangifer tarandus? Caribou > Perisoreus canadensis be adopted as the national bird of Canada. > Give one of the many colloquial names by which it is called in > Canada. Whiskey Jack > F. Arts & Lit: Forgiveness -- or "The Merchant of Venice" > F1. In "The Merchant of Venice", from which moneylender does > Portia demand debt relief for a defaulting merchant-ship owner? Shylock |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Apr 23 09:19PM +0200 On 2015-04-23 01:15, Mark Brader wrote: > We give you the names of two artists, and you name the school or > style of art they are both associated with. > 5. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque. Cubism > 9. Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte. surrealism > A. History: Vows of Chastity > A1. Which order of monks with a vow of chastity was called the > Black Friars? Jesuit orden > were 6-10 years old. When they retired, they were replaced > by new inductees, given a pension, and allowed to marry. > What were they called? Vestals > D. Sports: Diligence -- or Horse-Drawn Carriages > D1. In harness racing, what is the 2-wheeled vehicle pulled by > a single horse called? sulky > F1. In "The Merchant of Venice", from which moneylender does > Portia demand debt relief for a defaulting merchant-ship > owner? Desdemona? -- -- Björn |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 23 09:50PM +0200 > * Game 5, Round 9 - Arts - Styles and Schools of Western Art > 4. Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse. Impressionism > 5. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque. Cubism > 9. Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte. Surrealism -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 23 11:39PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Q_adnTWMab0UtqXInZ2dnUU7-f- > 1. Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ("ANG-rr"). > 2. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, J.W. Waterhouse. > 3. Georges Seurat, Paul Signac. Pointillism > 4. Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse. Impressionism > 5. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque. Cubism > 6. Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp. > 7. Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning. Abstract Expressionism > 8. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein. Representational art > 9. Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte. Abstract Expressionism > A. History: Vows of Chastity > A1. Which order of monks with a vow of chastity was called the > Black Friars? Carmelites; Franciscans > forbid the sale of liquor by majority vote. The legislation > did allow liquor to be obtained legally in two situations, > though. Name either. Used as an Anasthetic > D. Sports: Diligence -- or Horse-Drawn Carriages > D1. In harness racing, what is the 2-wheeled vehicle pulled by > a single horse called? Sulky > four-in-hand, supported by two or four outriders who each race > individual thoroughbred horses that follow the main carriage. > What is it called? Homesteading; Barnstorming > Perisoreus canadensis be adopted as the national bird of > Canada. Give one of the many colloquial names by which it > is called in Canada. Loonie > F1. In "The Merchant of Venice", from which moneylender does > Portia demand debt relief for a defaulting merchant-ship > owner? Shyster > F2. What does <answer F1> demand in repayment of Antonio's > defaulted debt? The ship Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 23 07:14PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 5. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque. > 6. Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp. > 7. Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning. Dropcloth > 8. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein. > 9. Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte. Surrealism ? > A. History: Vows of Chastity > A1. Which order of monks with a vow of chastity was called the > Black Friars? Franciscans > were 6-10 years old. When they retired, they were replaced > by new inductees, given a pension, and allowed to marry. > What were they called? Vestal Virgins > forbid the sale of liquor by majority vote. The legislation > did allow liquor to be obtained legally in two situations, > though. Name either. church services > D. Sports: Diligence -- or Horse-Drawn Carriages > D1. In harness racing, what is the 2-wheeled vehicle pulled by > a single horse called? trap > seen a specimen of Rangifer tarandus, the animal intended > for the coat of arms. Which extremely Canadian animal is > Rangifer tarandus? moose > Perisoreus canadensis be adopted as the national bird of > Canada. Give one of the many colloquial names by which it > is called in Canada. Canada goose > F1. In "The Merchant of Venice", from which moneylender does > Portia demand debt relief for a defaulting merchant-ship > owner? Shylock > F2. What does <answer F1> demand in repayment of Antonio's > defaulted debt? pound of flesh nearest his heart -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 23 08:05PM -0700 On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 9:15:21 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > We give you the names of two artists, and you name the school or > style of art they are both associated with. > 1. Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ("ANG-rr"). Classical, Romantic > 2. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, J.W. Waterhouse. Pre-Raphaelite > 3. Georges Seurat, Paul Signac. Impressionism, Post-impressionism > 4. Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse. Dada > 5. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque. Cubism, Dada > 6. Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp. Art Noveau > 7. Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning. Modernist, Post-modernist > 8. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein. Pop Art > 9. Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte. Surrealism > 10. Alex Colville, Christopher Pratt. Modernist, Post-modernist > were 6-10 years old. When they retired, they were replaced > by new inductees, given a pension, and allowed to marry. > What were they called? Sabines > forbid the sale of liquor by majority vote. The legislation > did allow liquor to be obtained legally in two situations, > though. Name either. Medical treatment > "the Junction", retained this right and was in fact kept > "dry", largely through the efforts of William "Temperance > Bill" Temple -- until what year, plus or minus 2 years? 1880, 1885 > running benefit shows featuring British comedians and > musicians since 1976. What is the name used for this > annual event? Prince's Trust? > D. Sports: Diligence -- or Horse-Drawn Carriages > D1. In harness racing, what is the 2-wheeled vehicle pulled by > a single horse called? Gig > seen a specimen of Rangifer tarandus, the animal intended > for the coat of arms. Which extremely Canadian animal is > Rangifer tarandus? Moose, Reindeer > Perisoreus canadensis be adopted as the national bird of > Canada. Give one of the many colloquial names by which it > is called in Canada. Grey Goose > F1. In "The Merchant of Venice", from which moneylender does > Portia demand debt relief for a defaulting merchant-ship > owner? Shylock > F2. What does <answer F1> demand in repayment of Antonio's > defaulted debt? Child, A pound of flesh cheers, calvin |
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