- Calvin's Quiz #392 - 3 Updates
- QFTCIMI515 Game 7, Rounds 4,6: black wild, black marks - 7 Updates
- QFTCIMI515 Game 7, Rounds 2-3 answers: black battles, black magic - 1 Update
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: May 11 05:10PM On Sun, 10 May 2015 14:09:52 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 What ingredient is added to gin to make a pink gin cocktail? Angostura Bitters > 2 In communications, what does the acronym VOIP stand for? Voice Over Internet Protocol > 3 Bill Ranic and Kendra Todd are among the past winners of which > American reality TV show? The Apprentice > 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? Notre Dame > 5 What creatures live in a formicary? Ants > 6 In humans, the two lower chambers of the heart share what name? Ventricles > 7 What four-letter word can mean a cut of meat, to exchange something of > value with a pawnbroker, or the tarsal joint of a horse? Hock > 8 The last bayonet charge by Australian forces took place during which > conflict? Gallipoli > 9 Which male fragrance by Estee Lauder shares its name with one of the > Three Musketeers? Artimus > 10 In humans, bile is produced by the liver and then stored in which > organ? Gall Bladder |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 11 11:20PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 What ingredient is added to gin to make a pink gin cocktail? Triple sec > 2 In communications, what does the acronym VOIP stand for? Voice Over Internet Protocol > 3 Bill Ranic and Kendra Todd are among the past winners of which > American reality TV show? Survivor > 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? Cathedral of Notre Dame > 5 What creatures live in a formicary? Ants > 6 In humans, the two lower chambers of the heart share what name? Auricle > something of value with a pawnbroker, or the tarsal joint of a horse? > 8 The last bayonet charge by Australian forces took place during > which conflict? Gallipoli > 9 Which male fragrance by Estee Lauder shares its > name with one of the Three Musketeers? Aramis > 10 In humans, bile is > produced by the liver and then stored in which organ? Pancreas > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| "Rob Parker" <robpparker@NOSPAM.optusnet.com.au.FOR.ME>: May 12 05:01PM +1000 > 1 What ingredient is added to gin to make a pink gin cocktail? angostura bitters > 2 In communications, what does the acronym VOIP stand for? voice over internet protocol > 3 Bill Ranic and Kendra Todd are among the past winners of which American > reality TV show? > 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? Notre Dame cathedral > 5 What creatures live in a formicary? ants > 6 In humans, the two lower chambers of the heart share what name? ventricle > 7 What four-letter word can mean a cut of meat, to exchange something of > value with a pawnbroker, or the tarsal joint of a horse? hock > 8 The last bayonet charge by Australian forces took place during which > conflict? World War 1 > 9 Which male fragrance by Estee Lauder shares its name with one of the > Three Musketeers? Aramis (?) > 10 In humans, bile is produced by the liver and then stored in which > organ? gall bladder Rob |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 11 05:58PM -0500 * Game 7, Round 4 - Science - Black Wild Kingdom All of the creatures in this round can be black (not always black, and not necessarily completely black, but often black or mostly black). 1. These birds have been feared as symbols of death, revered as creators of the world, and worshipped as trickster gods. They are extremely intelligent, and have the ability to remember the human face. What are they? 2. The sable, whose dark winter coat is highly prized, is a member of which *genus* of mammal? 3. The dark-colored Canadian wolverine is known for its ferocity and shyness. To what *family* does it belong? 4. A black bear *subspecies* with white-bluish fur is found only in coastal British Columbia. What name is given to these light-colored bears? 5. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are black in color due to an excess of pigment. What collective name is given to them? 6. Mephitis mephitis is colloquially known as a "wood pussy". But by what other name is this urban animal better known? 7. There are 75 species of this insect in Canada, 57 in Ontario alone. What is it? 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the previous question. Jvguva 2 qnlf, jung vf gur yvsrfcna bs n oynpx syl? 9. These large working dogs are well known for their even temperament and stoic nature. In their country of origin, the only correct colors for the breed are black, and white and black. Nana in "Peter Pan" belonged to this breed. What breed? 10. This breed of dog is most often black with white markings on the chin and chest. It is an intelligent non-shedder with webbed toes for swimming. The Obamas have two of them, named Bo and Sunny. What breed? * Game 7, Round 6 - Sports - Black Marks Some athletes behave so badly on and off the field that they leave a shameful black mark on their sport. We'll give you his sport, his position, and a brief description of his bad behavior. For questions #1-8, you name the miscreant athlete. 1. Soccer, striker. 2010 World Cup goal-line handball. Diving. Racially abusing Patrice Evra during an Oct. 2011 game. Serial biting. 2. Baseball, outfielder. Notorious for sliding into bases feet first, with spikes high and sharpened. Openly racist and hot-tempered. Stabbed a black night watchman. Choked an umpire. Went into the stands to attack a fan whose hands had been amputated due to an industrial accident. 3. Basketball, shooting guard. Choked his boss (Golden State Warriors coach P.J. Carlesimo) in 1997. Was suspended for 68 games. Ended his career by rejecting a 3-year, $21,000,000 offer from Minnesota, saying that it wouldn't be enough to feed his children. 4. Hockey, left wing. Team enforcer for the Flyers, whose forte was fighting in a back-alley style that included hair-pulling and biting. Amassed 472 penalty minutes in 1975. 5. Soccer, attacking midfielder. Delivered an infamous head-butt to Italian Marco Materazzi in the final of the 2006 World Cup. 6. Hockey, defense. Ace Bailey was a Toronto Maple Leaf whose career abruptly ended in 1933 when he was hit from behind, struck his head on the ice, and fractured his skull. Name the Boston Bruin defenseman who delivered the hit. 7. Hockey, left wing. An eponymous rule was created to prohibit this behavior: he would turn his back to the action and screen the goalie while standing crotch-to-mask and wildly flailing his arms and stick. 8. Baseball, second baseman. A controversial "strike 3" call sent this athlete into a total frenzy. Not only did he blatantly spit in umpire John Hirschbeck's face, after the game he said Hirschbeck was bitter because one of his sons had died of AIDS and another had just been diagnosed. For #9-10, name the *victim* of the bad behavior. 9. Boxing, heavyweight. In the 3rd round of their heavyweight rematch, Mike Tyson bit this opponent's ear. 10. Hockey, right wing. On 2004-03-10, in retaliation for an incident in a previous game, Todd Bertuzzi grabbed this Colorado Avalanche center's jersey from behind and punched him in the back of the head, causing three fractured neck vertebrae and a concussion as they fell to the ice. -- Mark Brader | "Reality aside, we would like to deploy a methodology msb@vex.net | for how Rooter might behave in theory." Toronto | -- scigen.pl (Stribling, Krohn, and Aguayo) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 12 01:06AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:KpOdnUYQmZacqczInZ2dnUU7- > as creators of the world, and worshipped as trickster gods. > They are extremely intelligent, and have the ability to remember > the human face. What are they? ravens > 5. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are black in color due to an > excess of pigment. What collective name is given to them? black panther > 7. There are 75 species of this insect in Canada, 57 in Ontario > alone. What is it? blackfly > 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Jvguva 2 qnlf, jung vf gur yvsrfcna bs > n oynpx syl? 3 days; 8 days > the chin and chest. It is an intelligent non-shedder with > webbed toes for swimming. The Obamas have two of them, named > Bo and Sunny. What breed? Portuguese water dog; Portuguese water spaniel > and hot-tempered. Stabbed a black night watchman. Choked an > umpire. Went into the stands to attack a fan whose hands had > been amputated due to an industrial accident. Ty Cobb > 5. Soccer, attacking midfielder. Delivered an infamous head-butt > to Italian Marco Materazzi in the final of the 2006 World Cup. Zinedine Zidane (?) > For #9-10, name the *victim* of the bad behavior. > 9. Boxing, heavyweight. In the 3rd round of their heavyweight > rematch, Mike Tyson bit this opponent's ear. Evander Holyfield -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: May 11 06:47PM -0700 On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 6:58:09 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > as creators of the world, and worshipped as trickster gods. > They are extremely intelligent, and have the ability to remember > the human face. What are they? Crows? > and hot-tempered. Stabbed a black night watchman. Choked an > umpire. Went into the stands to attack a fan whose hands had > been amputated due to an industrial accident. Ty Cobb > 68 games. Ended his career by rejecting a 3-year, $21,000,000 > offer from Minnesota, saying that it wouldn't be enough to feed > his children. Latrell Sprewell > For #9-10, name the *victim* of the bad behavior. > 9. Boxing, heavyweight. In the 3rd round of their heavyweight > rematch, Mike Tyson bit this opponent's ear. Evander Holyfield |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 12 01:59AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:KpOdnUYQmZacqczInZ2dnUU7- > as creators of the world, and worshipped as trickster gods. > They are extremely intelligent, and have the ability to remember > the human face. What are they? Vulture > 2. The sable, whose dark winter coat is highly prized, is a member > of which *genus* of mammal? Rodent > 3. The dark-colored Canadian wolverine is known for its ferocity > and shyness. To what *family* does it belong? Weasel > light-colored bears? > 5. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are black in color due to an > excess of pigment. What collective name is given to them? Panther > But by what other name is this urban animal better known? > 7. There are 75 species of this insect in Canada, 57 in Ontario > alone. What is it? Black fly > 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Jvguva 2 qnlf, jung vf gur yvsrfcna bs > n oynpx syl? 14; 19 > 1. Soccer, striker. 2010 World Cup goal-line handball. Diving. > Racially abusing Patrice Evra during an Oct. 2011 game. > Serial biting. Suarez > and hot-tempered. Stabbed a black night watchman. Choked an > umpire. Went into the stands to attack a fan whose hands had > been amputated due to an industrial accident. Ty Cobb > 4. Hockey, left wing. Team enforcer for the Flyers, whose forte > was fighting in a back-alley style that included hair-pulling > and biting. Amassed 472 penalty minutes in 1975. Clarke > 5. Soccer, attacking midfielder. Delivered an infamous head-butt > to Italian Marco Materazzi in the final of the 2006 World Cup. Zidane > career abruptly ended in 1933 when he was hit from behind, > struck his head on the ice, and fractured his skull. Name the > Boston Bruin defenseman who delivered the hit. Shore > For #9-10, name the *victim* of the bad behavior. > 9. Boxing, heavyweight. In the 3rd round of their heavyweight > rematch, Mike Tyson bit this opponent's ear. Holyfield > Avalanche center's jersey from behind and punched him in the > back of the head, causing three fractured neck vertebrae and > a concussion as they fell to the ice. Smith Pete |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 12 02:37AM > as creators of the world, and worshipped as trickster gods. > They are extremely intelligent, and have the ability to remember > the human face. What are they? ravens > 2. The sable, whose dark winter coat is highly prized, is a member > of which *genus* of mammal? weasel; ferret > 3. The dark-colored Canadian wolverine is known for its ferocity > and shyness. To what *family* does it belong? mustelid > 4. A black bear *subspecies* with white-bluish fur is found only > in coastal British Columbia. What name is given to these > light-colored bears? cloud bear > 5. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are black in color due to an > excess of pigment. What collective name is given to them? panther > 6. Mephitis mephitis is colloquially known as a "wood pussy". > But by what other name is this urban animal better known? skunk > 7. There are 75 species of this insect in Canada, 57 in Ontario > alone. What is it? black ant > 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Jvguva 2 qnlf, jung vf gur yvsrfcna bs > n oynpx syl? 3 days; 8 days > temperament and stoic nature. In their country of origin, the > only correct colors for the breed are black, and white and black. > Nana in "Peter Pan" belonged to this breed. What breed? Bernese mountain dog; Newfoundland > the chin and chest. It is an intelligent non-shedder with > webbed toes for swimming. The Obamas have two of them, named > Bo and Sunny. What breed? Portuguese water dog > and hot-tempered. Stabbed a black night watchman. Choked an > umpire. Went into the stands to attack a fan whose hands had > been amputated due to an industrial accident. Ty Cobb -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 11 08:12PM -0700 On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:58:09 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > as creators of the world, and worshipped as trickster gods. > They are extremely intelligent, and have the ability to remember > the human face. What are they? Ravens > light-colored bears? > 5. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are black in color due to an > excess of pigment. What collective name is given to them? Panthers > But by what other name is this urban animal better known? > 7. There are 75 species of this insect in Canada, 57 in Ontario > alone. What is it? Fly, ant > 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Jvguva 2 qnlf, jung vf gur yvsrfcna bs > n oynpx syl? 7, 12 > the chin and chest. It is an intelligent non-shedder with > webbed toes for swimming. The Obamas have two of them, named > Bo and Sunny. What breed? Poodle > 1. Soccer, striker. 2010 World Cup goal-line handball. Diving. > Racially abusing Patrice Evra during an Oct. 2011 game. > Serial biting. Suarez > and hot-tempered. Stabbed a black night watchman. Choked an > umpire. Went into the stands to attack a fan whose hands had > been amputated due to an industrial accident. Cobb > 4. Hockey, left wing. Team enforcer for the Flyers, whose forte > was fighting in a back-alley style that included hair-pulling > and biting. Amassed 472 penalty minutes in 1975. Howe, Orr > 5. Soccer, attacking midfielder. Delivered an infamous head-butt > to Italian Marco Materazzi in the final of the 2006 World Cup. Zidane > this behavior: he would turn his back to the action and screen > the goalie while standing crotch-to-mask and wildly flailing > his arms and stick. Howe, Orr > For #9-10, name the *victim* of the bad behavior. > 9. Boxing, heavyweight. In the 3rd round of their heavyweight > rematch, Mike Tyson bit this opponent's ear. Holyfield > Avalanche center's jersey from behind and punched him in the > back of the head, causing three fractured neck vertebrae and > a concussion as they fell to the ice. cheers, calvin |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 12 01:38AM -0500 In article <KpOdnUYQmZacqczInZ2dnUU7-cudnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > as creators of the world, and worshipped as trickster gods. > They are extremely intelligent, and have the ability to remember > the human face. What are they? crows > 2. The sable, whose dark winter coat is highly prized, is a member > of which *genus* of mammal? weasel > 3. The dark-colored Canadian wolverine is known for its ferocity > and shyness. To what *family* does it belong? weasel > light-colored bears? > 5. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are black in color due to an > excess of pigment. What collective name is given to them? black panthers > 6. Mephitis mephitis is colloquially known as a "wood pussy". > But by what other name is this urban animal better known? skunk > 7. There are 75 species of this insect in Canada, 57 in Ontario > alone. What is it? mosquito > 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Jvguva 2 qnlf, jung vf gur yvsrfcna bs > n oynpx syl? 4 > temperament and stoic nature. In their country of origin, the > only correct colors for the breed are black, and white and black. > Nana in "Peter Pan" belonged to this breed. What breed? Newfoundland > the chin and chest. It is an intelligent non-shedder with > webbed toes for swimming. The Obamas have two of them, named > Bo and Sunny. What breed? Portuguese water dog > and hot-tempered. Stabbed a black night watchman. Choked an > umpire. Went into the stands to attack a fan whose hands had > been amputated due to an industrial accident. Ty Cobb > 68 games. Ended his career by rejecting a 3-year, $21,000,000 > offer from Minnesota, saying that it wouldn't be enough to feed > his children. Spreewell > 4. Hockey, left wing. Team enforcer for the Flyers, whose forte > was fighting in a back-alley style that included hair-pulling > and biting. Amassed 472 penalty minutes in 1975. Schultz > For #9-10, name the *victim* of the bad behavior. > 9. Boxing, heavyweight. In the 3rd round of their heavyweight > rematch, Mike Tyson bit this opponent's ear. Evander Holyfield -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 11 05:54PM -0500 Mark Brader: > In each case we'll describe a battle in which one side suffered a > crushing defeat -- of course, from the other side's point of view > it was not a black day but a resounding victory. In the original game this was the second-hardest round, after the audio round (which, by the way, was on "black music: blues, jazz, and soul"); and, not counting that audio round, it was the third-hardest round of the entire season. > Sultan Murad. It ended in the collapse of Serbia and the > complete encirclement of the crumbling Byzantine Empire by > Turkish armies. Name the *field* of battle. Field of the Blackbirds (or Crows). 4 for Erland, Stephen, and Björn. I also accepted the Serbian name. See also Erland's exposition of why the question was wrong, which I have not verified. > England and Scotland. It was a decisive English victory over > the invading Scots, who lost their commander King James IV, > the flower of Scottish chivalry. Name the *field* of battle. Flodden Field. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Peter, and Calvin. > slaughtered when their ruler Atahualpa refused to accept > Christianity. Name the *conquistador* who led the Spanish > army in this battle. Francisco Pizarro. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Björn, and Dan Tilque. > 4. In 1415, the English armies led by King Henry V used the longbow > to defeat the much larger French armies in the most famous > battle of the Hundred Years War. Agincourt. 4 for Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > Pasha was defeated by a much smaller mixed force under the Polish > King John Sobieski. This battle proved to be the end of Islamic > expansion into Europe. Vienna. 4 for Stephen, Björn, and Dan Tilque. > into Europe. But Charles Martel's largely unarmored Frankish > army held its ground against the mounted and mailed horsemen > of the invaders and forced them into retreat. Tours (or Poitiers or of Martyrs). 4 for Erland, Stephen, Dan Blum, Björn, and Dan Tilque. > in this battle, which marked the last time that two crowned > kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland faced each other on > the battlefield. The Boyne. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, and Calvin. > vast majority of the forces of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem > in this battle, making Islamic forces once again the preeminent > military power of the Holy Land. (The Horns of) Hattin. 4 for Stephen. > by Firtigern. It was an overwhelming victory for the Goths > and marked the beginning of the fall of the Western part of > the Roman Empire. Hadrianopolis or Adrianople. 2 for Stephen. > he was met and defeated by US forces led by Admiral Nimitz. > This defeat effectively ended Japanese expansion across the > Pacific. Midway. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > February 2 (Candlemas), May Eve (Roodmas), August 1 (Lammas), > and All Hallows' Eve. What name was collectively given to > these celebrations? Black sabbaths. 3 for Dan Blum. > followers. The word describing them has continued in use to > the present day, but is now applied to any gathering of evil > magicians. Coven. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > foretell the future. In France, the animal was always a toad, > but elsewhere it might be a black cat or dog. What were these > animals collectively called? Familiars. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 4. A famous witch-hunters' manual was published 500 years ago > in Germany. What was its title in Latin? (The short version > of the title will suffice.) "Malleus Maleficarum", by Jakob Sprenger. ("The Hammer of Witches", or more literally, of [female] evildoers.) 4 for Stephen and Dan Blum. As to the full title, Google Books isn't necessarily to be trusted for the dates of older works, but it it thinks the oldest edition it has is from 1520; it does not itself show a date. Using modern letterforms, its full title would be "Malleus Maleficarum, Maleficas, & Earum Haeresim ut Phramea Potentissima Conterens", which would mean something like "The Hammer of Witches, Witches and their Associates, and Very Powerful Incantations Against Them". Some other editions have quite different and even longer subtitles. > 5. One of most efficacious ways to confront Christianity was to > recite the Pater Noster backwards. What word familiar to stage > magicians appears to derive from to this activity? Patter. In the original game, the wording about derivation was less tentative, but the expected answer was "abracadabra". Various dictionaries that I checked agree that this is wrong -- they all say things like "Late Latin magical formula of unknown origin" -- but they also agree that the term "patter" for the words used by salespeople and stage magicians does relate to the Pater Noster, or as we call it in English, the Lord's Prayer. I have therefore decided to retain this question but change the expected answer. > 6. Name the New England town where witch fever burst out in the > late 17th century. Salem, Massachusetts-Bay. 4 for Erland, Marc, Stephen, Dan Blum, Björn, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > as well. One of the earliest recorded is named in the Bible -- > and was echoed in the TV show "Bewitched". What was she called > in the Bible? (Description and place name needed.) The original expected answer was "the Witch of Endor". But in the King James Version (1 Samuel 28:7) she's "a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor", and looking at other versions online, I find that she's also "a woman who gets messages from those who have died" and "a medium" as well as "a witch". I decided to accept anything like this -- provided that you mentioned Endor rather than Endora, the eponymous character on "Bewitched". > 8. One of the great witches found in literature has the charming > name of Gagool the Old. In what 19th-century H. Rider Haggard > classic does she appear? "King Solomon's Mines". 4 for Stephen and Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum. > 9. This Russian arch-witch is famed for her house, which can move > about on its four chicken legs. Name her. Baba Yaga. 4 for Erland, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 10. This wood -- Hamamelis virginiana -- was regularly used for > divining purposes in North America. What is its everyday name? Witch hazel. (Apparently in England hazel was the wood of choice.) 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Mis Stephen Perry 34 28 62 Dan Blum 24 29 53 Dan Tilque 20 16 36 "Calvin" 16 12 28 Björn Lundin 20 4 24 Marc Dashevsky 4 12 16 Erland Sommarskog 8 8 16 Peter Smyth 12 4 16 -- Mark Brader, Toronto This is a signature antibody. Please msb@vex.net remove any viruses from your signature. My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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