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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 29 11:22PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 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... And by a margin of 1 point, that winner is... Dan Blum! Hearty congratulations, sir! > 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. 1 for Marc, David, Dan Blum, Joe, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stanislavski_as_Othello_1896.jpg > 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. "Downfall". 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, and Calvin. Giggle points for "Sorry". The original German title was "Der Untergang". See: http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE3NTcyNzA5N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjEwMzc4NA@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg > 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.) Minesweeper. 1 for Dan Blum, Joe, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. In the story the Caine has never actually done any minesweeping, so I can't show a picture of it doing that. Instead, for fun, here's one showing the principal characters in a key scene of the movie: http://www.vincehuston.org/usna/caine_mutiny.jpg > 4. Name the 1996 movie whose story involves a portable meteorological > research device with the appropriate name of Dorothy. "Twister". 1 for Marc, Dan Blum, Joe, Erland, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. A similar device in real life was named TOTO, the TOtable Tornado Observatory -- both names, of course, referring to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (L. Frank Baum) and movie version "The Wizard of Oz". See: http://movie-inventions.wikia.com/wiki/File:Dorothy_I_01.jpg And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NOAA-TOTO.jpg > 5. What is the musical term for a transitional passage linking > two sections of a composition, such as the verse and refrain > (chorus)? Bridge. 1 for Marc, David, Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. See: http://www.musicarrangerspage.com/251/what-is-a-bridge-interlude/ > 6. In Ireland, formally speaking, the Taoiseach is nominated by > the legislature and officially appointed by the person in what > position? President. (The Taoiseach is the prime minister.) 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. See: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/en/constitution/index.html#part3 Specifically, article 13. > 7. Name the type of warship that in the 19th century became the > effective successor to the old "ship of the line". Battleship. 1 for Marc, David, Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Stephen, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Maine_Battleship_BB10_LOC_22465.jpg > 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. 1 for Marc, Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. See: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/page-1.html Specifically, the preamble and section 3. Despite the clear wording in s.3 that the name of the country is just "Canada", for many decades the phrase "the Dominion of Canada" was commonly used in formal contexts as if it was the country's full name and the bare "Canada" was just a short form. > 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. 1 for Marc, Dan Blum, Joe, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. The original strike was on a tributary of the Klondike River then called Rabbit Creek and soon renamed Bonanza Creek. Soon there were even richer strikes on a tributary that, in a case of optimism that proved to be justified, was named Eldorado Creek. When one of the prospectors on Eldorado Creek saw what his partner had found, his first remark was: "What in hell do you think you've sent up -- the Bank of England?" See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Klondike_Gold_Rush_map.png > is a small city whose ancient part is now a UNESCO World Heritage > Site thanks to its well-preserved medieval fortifications. Name > the city. Carcassonne. 1 for David, Dan Blum, Joe, and Erland. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carcasonneouterwall.jpg > 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. 1 for everyone -- Marc, David, Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. See: http://alafoto.com/wp-content/uploads/Spencer_Tunick_photo_55.jpg > 12. This form of liquor is flavored with juniper berries and, > ultimately, named accordingly. Gin. 1 for everyone. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DecaturGins.jpg > 13. About 40,000 species are known to exist in the biological > order Araneae. What is the common name for one of these > creatures? Spider. 1 for Marc, David, Joe, and Stephen. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Banana_Spider.jpg > 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. 1 for Marc, David, Dan Blum, Joe, and Erland. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scorpion_01.JPG > 15. In American and Canadian football, a play from scrimmage begins > with the center executing what? (Give the noun.) Snap (the originally intended answer) or hike (also correct). 1 for Marc, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2005PoinsettaBowl-Navy-Snap.jpg > 16. Answers #1-15 have a common theme. What is it? Games. To be precise, each word is also a name of either a board game or a card game (some of those being solitaire games). 1 for Marc, David, Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. See: [1] http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/819dgLLVR7L._SL1500_.jpg [2] http://i.imgur.com/Z45fT.jpg [3] http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GhW0d58cwZg/maxresdefault.jpg [4] http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/images/Z000/Z00061/Z0006106.jpg [5] http://imagecache5d.allposters.com/watermarker/60-6006-1GGB100Z.jpg [6] http://www.pagat.com/climbing/president.html [7] http://happywithgame.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/battleship-game-box.jpg [8] http://www.chuck-a-con.net/RIODominionhighRes1.gif [9] http://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/portland-press-herald_3768162.jpg [10] http://www.theboardgamefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CarcRiverLayout.jpg [11] http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71V2gxKszwL._SL1500_.jpg [12] http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8177/8022548462_ea1db93a03_b.jpg [13] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spider_Solitaire_7.png [14] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scorpion_Solitaire.jpg [15] http://www.pagat.com/war/snap.html or http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic1025461_md.jpg Some of the names additionally belong to other, unrelated games than the ones shown, and some of the games also have other names. Credit where due: although this quiz was conceived independently, when resarching possible questions I came across this Sporcle quiz on the same theme: http://www.sporcle.com/games/DesertSpartan/what-pictionary-has-no-other-use And I may have taken one or two answers from its list. > 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.) One entrant claimed to have gotten the theme before getting *any* answers, which seems a bit hard to believe. Another entrant claimed to have gotten it only after getting 13 answers, but the third of these was #16, which seems a bit contradictory. Of those who actually seem to have have understood the question, the numbers of answers listed were 1, 2, 4, 6, and 11, and the specific answers most often cited were bridge (4 times), Othello (3 times), and "Twister" (3 times). > 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. Scores, if there are no errors: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTALS Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 15 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14 "Joe" 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 13 Marc Dashevsky 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 Dan Tilque 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12 David B. 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 Peter Smyth 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 9 Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 "Calvin" 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 4 4 6 8 5 8 7 5 4 9 9 4 5 6 7 Over to you, Dan! -- Mark Brader | "It doesn't have to actually *be* special, but you have Toronto | to make people think it is, and sometimes the easiest way msb@vex.net | to do that is to make it special." -- Peter Reiher My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 30 10:54AM >> is a small city whose ancient part is now a UNESCO World Heritage >> Site thanks to its well-preserved medieval fortifications. Name >> the city. To be precise, the medieval parts of it are not very well-preseved. They were quite much in ruins by 1840 when Viollet le Duc started his renovation project. So you could say that it is a well-preserved 1840s fortification modelled from a medieval original. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 29 01:51PM > * Game 6, Round 4 - Entertainment - HBO TV Series > 2. Officers Rust Cohle and Martin Hart. True Detective > 3. Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, Chalky White (historical drama). Boardwalk Empire > 4. Omar Little, Detective William "Bunk" Moreland (crime drama). The Wire > 5. Al Swearengen, Doc Cochran (historical drama). Deadwood > 7. Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier. Entourage > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? rook > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? castling > 3. The game can be drawn in a few ways. What circumstance applies > if a player's only possible move would expose the king to check? stalemate; zugzwang > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in S?o Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? he was blindfolded > 7. Who did Bobby Fischer defeat in the 1972 World Championship > match in Reykjavik? Spassky > 10. Anzr gur bccbarag gung orng Tneel Xnfcnebi 3?-2? va n > jryy-choyvpvmrq 1997 erzngpu. Deep Blue -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 29 09:11AM -0500 In article <vLadnQnHeMwsCN3InZ2dnUU7-K-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > names and sometimes the genre, and in each case you name the show. > For questions #1-6, the names we give you are characters on the show: > 1. Lieutenants Richard Winters and Lewis Nixon. Band of Brothers > 2. Officers Rust Cohle and Martin Hart. True Detective > 3. Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, Chalky White (historical drama). Boardwalk Empire > 4. Omar Little, Detective William "Bunk" Moreland (crime drama). The Wire > 5. Al Swearengen, Doc Cochran (historical drama). Deadwood > 6. Nate Fisher, Brenda Chenowith (family drama). Six Feet Under > For #7-10, we give you two cast members: > 7. Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier. Entourage > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? rook > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? castling > 3. The game can be drawn in a few ways. What circumstance applies > if a player's only possible move would expose the king to check? stalemate > 4. What is the most popular opening move for White? Answer in > either descriptive or algebraic notation. e4 > 5. What name is given to an opening in which a player sacrifices > material early in order to gain a positional advantage? gambit > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in São Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? he was blindfolded > 7. Who did Bobby Fischer defeat in the 1972 World Championship > match in Reykjavik? Boris Spassky > 9. P-QB4 or c5 is the most popular and aggressive response to > White's opening P-K4 or e4. What is this defence? Hint: > some may find the sound of the name threatening. Sicilian > 10. Name the opponent that beat Garry Kasparov 3?-2? in a > well-publicized 1997 rematch. Deep Blue (and now I remember the answer to #8) -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Apr 29 05:11PM Mark Brader wrote: > names and sometimes the genre, and in each case you name the show. > For questions #1-6, the names we give you are characters on the show: > 1. Lieutenants Richard Winters and Lewis Nixon. Band of Brothers > 2. Officers Rust Cohle and Martin Hart. True Detective > 3. Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, Chalky White (historical drama). Boardwalk Empire > 4. Omar Little, Detective William "Bunk" Moreland (crime drama). The Wire > 5. Al Swearengen, Doc Cochran (historical drama). Deadwood > 6. Nate Fisher, Brenda Chenowith (family drama). Six Feet Under > For #7-10, we give you two cast members: > 7. Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier. > 8. Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin. True Blood > 9. Jermaine Clement, Bret McKenzie (comedy). Curb Your Enthusiasm > 10. Matt Lucas, David Walliams (comedy). Little Britain USA > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? Define strongest. I assume rook is the answer you are looking for. > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? Castling > 3. The game can be drawn in a few ways. What circumstance applies > if a player's only possible move would expose the king to check? Stalemate > 4. What is the most popular opening move for White? Answer in > either descriptive or algebraic notation. 1.e4 > 5. What name is given to an opening in which a player sacrifices > material early in order to gain a positional advantage? Gambit > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in São Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? He played blindfold. > 7. Who did Bobby Fischer defeat in the 1972 World Championship > match in Reykjavik? Boris Spassky > 8. Which former world chess champion entered the Russian > presidential race in 2007? Gary Kasparov > 9. P-QB4 or c5 is the most popular and aggressive response to > White's opening P-K4 or e4. What is this defence? Hint: > some may find the sound of the name threatening. Sicilian Defence > 10. Name the opponent that beat Garry Kasparov 3½-2½ in a > well-publicized 1997 rematch. Deep Blue Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 29 09:55PM +0200 > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? Rook > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? "rockad" in Swedish. No idea about the English name, sorry. > 3. The game can be drawn in a few ways. What circumstance applies > if a player's only possible move would expose the king to check? "patt" is the Swedish word. Could it be "pate" in English? > 4. What is the most popular opening move for White? Answer in > either descriptive or algebraic notation. e2-e4 > 5. What name is given to an opening in which a player sacrifices > material early in order to gain a positional advantage? Gambit > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in São Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? He was blind/blindfolded > 7. Who did Bobby Fischer defeat in the 1972 World Championship > match in Reykjavik? Boris Spaskij > 8. Which former world chess champion entered the Russian > presidential race in 2007? Kasparov > 9. C-DO4 be p5 vf gur zbfg cbchyne naq ntterffvir erfcbafr gb > Juvgr'f bcravat C-X4 be r4. Jung vf guvf qrsrapr? Uvag: > fbzr znl svaq gur fbhaq bs gur anzr guerngravat. Sicilian defense > 10. Anzr gur bccbarag gung orng Tneel Xnfcnebi 3½-2½ va n > jryy-choyvpvmrq 1997 erzngpu. Deep Thought -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Apr 29 11:27PM +0200 On 2015-04-29 10:26, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? Tower > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? rocade > 3. The game can be drawn in a few ways. What circumstance applies > if a player's only possible move would expose the king to check? Stale mate > 4. What is the most popular opening move for White? Answer in > either descriptive or algebraic notation. Moving the pawn in front of the king 2 steps forward > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in São Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? He was blind ? > 8. Which former world chess champion entered the Russian > presidential race in 2007? Kasparov > 9. C-DO4 be p5 vf gur zbfg cbchyne naq ntterffvir erfcbafr gb > Juvgr'f bcravat C-X4 be r4. Jung vf guvf qrsrapr? Uvag: > fbzr znl svaq gur fbhaq bs gur anzr guerngravat. Left horse put in front of left bishop (and its pawn) > 10. Anzr gur bccbarag gung orng Tneel Xnfcnebi 3½-2½ va n > jryy-choyvpvmrq 1997 erzngpu. Deep Blue -- -- Björn |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 29 03:55PM -0700 On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 6:26:26 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > names and sometimes the genre, and in each case you name the show. > For questions #1-6, the names we give you are characters on the show: > 1. Lieutenants Richard Winters and Lewis Nixon. Homeland, House of Cards > 2. Officers Rust Cohle and Martin Hart. Homeland, House of Cards > 3. Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, Chalky White (historical drama). Boardwalk Empire > 4. Omar Little, Detective William "Bunk" Moreland (crime drama). Homeland > 5. Al Swearengen, Doc Cochran (historical drama). Deadwood > 6. Nate Fisher, Brenda Chenowith (family drama). > For #7-10, we give you two cast members: > 7. Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier. Homeland, House of Cards > 8. Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin. Homeland, House of Cards > 9. Jermaine Clement, Bret McKenzie (comedy). > 10. Matt Lucas, David Walliams (comedy). Little Britain > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? Rook > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? Castling > 3. The game can be drawn in a few ways. What circumstance applies > if a player's only possible move would expose the king to check? Stalemate > 4. What is the most popular opening move for White? Answer in > either descriptive or algebraic notation. P-K4 > 5. What name is given to an opening in which a player sacrifices > material early in order to gain a positional advantage? Gambit > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in São Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? He was blindfolded > 7. Who did Bobby Fischer defeat in the 1972 World Championship > match in Reykjavik? Spassky > 8. Which former world chess champion entered the Russian > presidential race in 2007? Kasparov > 9. C-DO4 be p5 vf gur zbfg cbchyne naq ntterffvir erfcbafr gb > Juvgr'f bcravat C-X4 be r4. Jung vf guvf qrsrapr? Uvag: > fbzr znl svaq gur fbhaq bs gur anzr guerngravat. Sicilian > 10. Anzr gur bccbarag gung orng Tneel Xnfcnebi 3½-2½ va n > jryy-choyvpvmrq 1997 erzngpu. Deep Blue cheers, calvin |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 30 12:36AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:vLadnQnHeMwsCN3InZ2dnUU7-K- > names and sometimes the genre, and in each case you name the show. > For questions #1-6, the names we give you are characters on the show: > 3. Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, Chalky White (historical drama). "Boardwalk Empire" > 4. Omar Little, Detective William "Bunk" Moreland (crime drama). "The Wire" > 5. Al Swearengen, Doc Cochran (historical drama). "Deadwood" > 6. Nate Fisher, Brenda Chenowith (family drama). "Six Feet Under" > For #7-10, we give you two cast members: > 8. Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin. "True Blood" > 9. Jermaine Clement, Bret McKenzie (comedy). "Flight of the Conchords" > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? rook > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? castling > 4. What is the most popular opening move for White? Answer in > either descriptive or algebraic notation. d4; e4 > 5. What name is given to an opening in which a player sacrifices > material early in order to gain a positional advantage? gambit; sacrifice > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in São Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? he was blindfolded > 7. Who did Bobby Fischer defeat in the 1972 World Championship > match in Reykjavik? Spassky > 8. Which former world chess champion entered the Russian > presidential race in 2007? Garry Kasparov > 10. Anzr gur bccbarag gung orng Tneel Xnfcnebi 3½-2½ va n > jryy-choyvpvmrq 1997 erzngpu. Karpov -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 29 11:23PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > He was blind/blindfolded I will score this as two answers: he was blind, he was blindfolded. -- Mark Brader | "If communication becomes impossible, it is expected that Toronto | both parties will... notify the other that communication msb@vex.net | has become impossible..." --memo to university staff |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 29 11:50AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > The HBO network has been responsible for some of the best > television of the past decade and a half. We'll give you two > names and sometimes the genre, and in each case you name the show. Pass > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? rook > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? castling > 3. The game can be drawn in a few ways. What circumstance applies > if a player's only possible move would expose the king to check? stalemate > 4. What is the most popular opening move for White? Answer in > either descriptive or algebraic notation. p - K4 > 5. What name is given to an opening in which a player sacrifices > material early in order to gain a positional advantage? gambit > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in São Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? he was blind > 7. Who did Bobby Fischer defeat in the 1972 World Championship > match in Reykjavik? Spassky > fbzr znl svaq gur fbhaq bs gur anzr guerngravat. > 10. Anzr gur bccbarag gung orng Tneel Xnfcnebi 3½-2½ va n > jryy-choyvpvmrq 1997 erzngpu. Deep Blue -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 30 10:48AM > Erland Sommarskog: >> He was blind/blindfolded > I will score this as two answers: he was blind, he was blindfolded. Fair enough. I should just have answered "He did not see the chess pieces", without going into the specifics. :-) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Apr 29 05:58PM -0700 On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 3:05:26 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > smooch on Toronto-born rapper Drake at the Coachella Music > Festival? Video captured his disgust, but he claims he simply > didn't like the taste of her lipstick. Oh sure. Madonna > 4. Ceremonies were held in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and > Turkey to mark the 100th anniversary of what bloody World War I > campaign? Gallipoli? > 5. Name the music legend who plans to roll out his own brand of > marijuana in Washington and Colorado, where its recreational > use is legal. Willie Nelson > 8. Name the American former Olympian and reality TV personality who > said in a televised interview, "Yes, for all intents and purposes > I am a woman." Bruce Jenner > 9. What Himalayan country was hit with a massive 7.8 magnitude > earthquake on Saturday, leaving a death toll that has risen to > more than 3,200? Nepal |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 29 11:05AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > grocery stores was a way of focusing attention away from Kathleen > Wynne's plan to sell assets to fund infrastructure projects. > The province plans to sell 60% of what utility? Ontario Hydro > arrival of the SpaceX supply ship at the International Space > Station this week. What present did she receive from her > government? espresso maker > and this without any guarantee of Canadian jobs? > 3. Name the former Egyptian president who was sentenced to 20 years > in prison on charges linked to the killing of protesters in 2012. Morsi > 4. Ceremonies were held in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and > Turkey to mark the 100th anniversary of what bloody World War I > campaign? Gallipoli > 5. Name the music legend who plans to roll out his own brand of > marijuana in Washington and Colorado, where its recreational > use is legal. John Denver > 6. Sears Canada Inc. announced it is partnering with *what hockey > legend* to launch a new line of casual menswear in the fall? Gretzky > well-being through measures such as life expectancy, per capita > incomes, and perceptions of corruption), Canada ranks 5th in > happiness among more than 150 nations. Name *any* of the top 4. Sweden > 8. Name the American former Olympian and reality TV personality who > said in a televised interview, "Yes, for all intents and purposes > I am a woman." Bruce Jenner > 9. What Himalayan country was hit with a massive 7.8 magnitude > earthquake on Saturday, leaving a death toll that has risen to > more than 3,200? Nepal -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 29 03:46PM -0700 On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 10:53:49 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > "Calvin": > > Protest! It's also known as a gig... > 4 for Calvin also. Thank you sir. cheers, calvin |
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