Saturday, May 16, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 13 updates in 3 topics

"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: May 15 03:23PM +0200

On 2015-05-15 00:24, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. This Balkan country on the Adriatic borders Croatia as well
> as Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north, Serbia to the northeast,
> Kosovo to the east, and Albania to the south.
 
Montenegro
 
> People visited here to bathe in the sea waters and improve
> their well-being. In the 20th century, factory workers of
> northern England took their annual holidays here en masse.
 
Blackpool?
 
 
> 3. This Desert Wilderness is a 1274 km² area in Nevada. It shares
> its name with that of a tiny desert town where one-armed Spencer
> Tracy had a "bad day" in a 1955 movie.
 
Blackpit?
 
 
 
> 4. This area in Germany is known for precision clocks, ham, and
> yummy cakes.
 
Schwartzwald (most likely translates to Black Forest)
 
 
> 5. In 2013, this landlocked country in Western Africa ranked last
> on the United Nations Human Development index.
 
Niger
 
> trading center in the Middle Ages. A game company based there,
> founded in 1883, is the market leader today in the European
> jigsaw puzzle market. Name the town *or* the company.
 
Ravensburg
 
 
> 8. Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa" due to
> its large population and economy. Name its current capital city.
I think a saw it 2-3 quizzes ago - Can't remember
 
 
> Today its outflow waters run downstream into the Mediterranean,
> but there is a sluggish current in the other direction below
> the 65-foot level.
 
Black Sea
 
 
> 5. (decoy)
> 6. (decoy)
> 7. Who is she?
Greta Garbo
 
> 14. (decoy)
> 15. (decoy)
> 16. Who is she?
 
Sorry, I'm a bit too young to remember ;-)
 
 
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Björn
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: May 15 03:24PM +0200

On 2015-05-15 09:00, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
 
> Greta Garbo
 
>> 16. Who is she?
 
> Greta Garbo
 
Yeah, I knew her name too :-)
 
 
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Björn
bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: May 15 05:18PM

On Thu, 14 May 2015 17:24:31 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> visited here to bathe in the sea waters and improve their well-being.
> In the 20th century, factory workers of northern England took their
> annual holidays here en masse.
 
Blackpool?
 
> 3. This Desert Wilderness is a 1274 km² area in Nevada. It shares
> its name with that of a tiny desert town where one-armed Spencer
> Tracy had a "bad day" in a 1955 movie.
 
Black rock
 
> 4. This area in Germany is known for precision clocks, ham, and
> yummy cakes.
 
Black Forest
 
> so cramped that many died from suffocation,
> heat exhaustion, and crushing. Give the specific name used for the
> site.
 
Black hole of Calcutta
 
> water levels, severely reducing the life in its depths. Today its
> outflow waters run downstream into the Mediterranean, but there is a
> sluggish current in the other direction below the 65-foot level.
 
Black sea
 
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: May 15 05:20PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 1. This Balkan country on the Adriatic borders Croatia as well
> as Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north, Serbia to the northeast,
> Kosovo to the east, and Albania to the south.
Montenegro
> People visited here to bathe in the sea waters and improve
> their well-being. In the 20th century, factory workers of
> northern England took their annual holidays here en masse.
Blackpool
> Tracy had a "bad day" in a 1955 movie.
 
> 4. This area in Germany is known for precision clocks, ham, and
> yummy cakes.
Black Forest
> 5. In 2013, this landlocked country in Western Africa ranked last
> on the United Nations Human Development index.
Niger
> trading center in the Middle Ages. A game company based there,
> founded in 1883, is the market leader today in the European
> jigsaw puzzle market. Name the town or the company.
Ravensburger
> for the site.
 
> 8. Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa" due to
> its large population and economy. Name its current capital city.
Abuja
> Today its outflow waters run downstream into the Mediterranean,
> but there is a sluggish current in the other direction below
> the 65-foot level.
Black Sea
 
Peter Smyth
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 16 02:13AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
 
> 1. This Balkan country on the Adriatic borders Croatia as well
> as Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north, Serbia to the northeast,
> Kosovo to the east, and Albania to the south.
 
Montenegro
 
> People visited here to bathe in the sea waters and improve
> their well-being. In the 20th century, factory workers of
> northern England took their annual holidays here en masse.
 
Blackpool
 
 
> 3. This Desert Wilderness is a 1274 km² area in Nevada. It shares
> its name with that of a tiny desert town where one-armed Spencer
> Tracy had a "bad day" in a 1955 movie.
 
Blackrock
 
 
> 4. This area in Germany is known for precision clocks, ham, and
> yummy cakes.
 
Black Forest
 
 
> 5. In 2013, this landlocked country in Western Africa ranked last
> on the United Nations Human Development index.
 
Niger
 
> in conditions so cramped that many died from suffocation,
> heat exhaustion, and crushing. Give the specific name used
> for the site.
 
Black hole of Calcutta
 
 
> 8. Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa" due to
> its large population and economy. Name its current capital city.
 
Abuja
 
> Today its outflow waters run downstream into the Mediterranean,
> but there is a sluggish current in the other direction below
> the 65-foot level.
 
Black Sea
 
> according to the handout; there are 6 decoys, which you can answer
> for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. (decoy)
 
Greta Garbo
 
> 2. Who is she?
 
Clara Bow
 
> 3. Who is she?
 
Jean Harlow
 
> 4. Who is she?
 
Judy Garland
 
> 5. (decoy)
> 6. (decoy)
> 7. Who is she?
 
Marlene Dietrich
 
> 8. Who is she?
> 9. Who is she?
 
Joan Crawford
 
> 10. Who is she?
 
Ginger Rogers
 
> 11. Who is she?
 
Davis
 
> 12. (decoy)
 
Pola Negri
 
> 13. Who is she?
 
Mae West
 
> 14. (decoy)
 
Merle Oberon
 
> 15. (decoy)
 
Joan Blondell
 
> 16. Who is she?
 
Jean Harlow
 
 
Pete
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 16 02:00AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. This Balkan country on the Adriatic borders Croatia as well
> as Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north, Serbia to the northeast,
> Kosovo to the east, and Albania to the south.
 
Montenegro
 
> People visited here to bathe in the sea waters and improve
> their well-being. In the 20th century, factory workers of
> northern England took their annual holidays here en masse.
 
Blackpool
 
> Tracy had a "bad day" in a 1955 movie.
 
> 4. This area in Germany is known for precision clocks, ham, and
> yummy cakes.
 
Black forest
 
 
> 5. In 2013, this landlocked country in Western Africa ranked last
> on the United Nations Human Development index.
 
Niger
 
> in conditions so cramped that many died from suffocation,
> heat exhaustion, and crushing. Give the specific name used
> for the site.
 
Black Hole of Calcutta
 
> Today its outflow waters run downstream into the Mediterranean,
> but there is a sluggish current in the other direction below
> the 65-foot level.
 
Black Sea
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: May 15 03:37PM +0200

On 2015-05-14 20:49, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> kor-skrank. "kors" is the the Swedish word for "cross", so that seemed at
> first to be the natural interpretation. But "krank" does not really mean
> anything, although it appears in a few words.
 
I'd say it means sick/ill.
But as you say, very rare - and I think you're right in kor-skrank.
 
> Eventually, I realised the correct reading is "kor-skrank". ("kor" means
> "choir", as part of a church, not the one you sing in.) "Skrank" is
> again not a very common word, but it means "barrier".
 
In my work, I have - in Norway - met the word 'skranke-order' many
times. There it means 'at-the-desk' or 'at-the-cashier', that is
a customer comes into a ware-house and asks some clerk at the cashier
for goods to be processed immediately.
Like a handyman for a company wants spare parts NOW, and not by UPS or
mail/parcel
 
 
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Björn
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 15 10:26AM -0500

Mark Brader:
>> Yep. Definitely too obscure to use.
 
Dan Tilque:
> Stephen is not a good indicator for the average knowledge of the group.
 
I was not being sarcastic!
--
Mark Brader | "Grammar am for people who can't think for *myself*.
Toronto | Understanded me?"
msb@vex.net | -- Buck (Get Fuzzy: Darby Conley)
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 15 09:00PM +0200

>> first to be the natural interpretation. But "krank" does not really mean
>> anything, although it appears in a few words.
 
> I'd say it means sick/ill.
 
I found three different meanings in SAOB (The great dictionary of the
Swedish Academy).
 
1) Insect (e.g. "harkrank")
2) Witchcraft, sort of. (Never heard of that one).
3) Sick, ill. (Mainly used in special words/expression, "kärlekskrank,
"love sick", "Eftertankens kranka blekhet".)
 
 
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 15 06:08AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Dan Tilque:
>> Stephen is not a good indicator for the average knowledge of the group.
 
> I was not being sarcastic!
 
 
Sorry, it sort of came across that way.
 
BTW, the other example I gave that Stephen did not get:
 
G. Slang term for the hedgehog (9)
 
Answer: GIPSY'S PIG
 
This is not a headword in the OED, but rather a run-in entry under
GIPSY. Note it uses the British spelling of gypsy.
 
I found it in 1994 or thereabouts using the CD-ROM version of the second
edition of the OED. I didn't know how to directly access the CD, but
instead used the built-in search function.
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 15 11:39AM -0500

Mark Brader:
 
> * Game 3 (2015-05-04), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Hulu reached a deal with Sony Pictures Television to stream
> every episode of what popular 1990s sitcom?
 
"Seinfeld". 4 for Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Pete, and Jason.
2 for Marc.
 
> 2. Name the Grand Marshal of Toronto's 2015 Pride Parade. He is
> a filmmaker, a Scarborough native, and the husband of a
> superstar musician.
 
David Furnish. (Married to Elton John.)
 
> 3. A Major League Baseball game was played in an empty stadium for
> the first time ever. Name the *stadium* where the game was
> played.
 
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (either half was sufficient), Baltimore.
4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete.
3 for Dan Tilque.
 
> 4. After more than a decade in space and 4 years orbiting Mercury,
> a NASA spacecraft's mission reached an explosive conclusion
> last week when it crashed into Mercury. Name the spacecraft.
 
MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and
Ranging -- but you knew that). 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 5. Name the company that teamed up with a pet-lovers group
> to provide puppies on demand in Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa,
> and Montreal last Thursday.
 
Uber. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.
 
> 6. Who was named the NBA's rookie of the year last week? He's a
> Canadian and he played for Kansas in college.
 
Andrew Wiggins. 4 for Peter, Marc, and Stephen.
 
> 7. A court in Pakistan has jailed 10 men for life for the attack
> on an education activist in the Swat Valley in 2012. Name that
> activist.
 
Malala Yousafzai. (Either name was sufficient.) 4 for Bruce, Peter,
Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua, and Pete.
 
> 8. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth on the weekend to a baby
> girl -- who is now in what position in line to succeed the Queen?
 
4th. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua,
and Pete.
 
The sequence is based on a depth-first search of the family tree,
with children of the same parent in line of succession ranked by
age except that males born before a certain date in 2011 come before
their sisters. Therefore the first 6 heirs in line are currently:
 
1. Prince Charles (as the Queen's oldest son, under the old rule)
2. Prince William (as Charles's oldest son)
3. Prince George (as William's oldest child, under the new rule)
4. The new Princess Charlotte (as William's second child, since
George has no children)
5. Prince Henry ("Harry") (as Charles's second son, since Charlotte
also has no children)
6. Prince Edward (as the Queen's second son, since William has no
other children)
 
> 9. Name the American soul and R&B singer who died at the age of 76
> last week. He is best remembered for being the original
> performer and co-writer of the song "Stand By Me".
 
Ben E. (Benjamin Earl) King (or Nelson). 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum,
Peter, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Pete, and Jason.
 
> 10. Name the horse that won the 141st Kentucky Derby.
 
American Pharaoh. 4 for Bruce, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete.
 
 
 
> 1. Who returned as the British Prime Minister after the
> Conservatives won a surprise majority in the UK elections
> on Friday?
 
David Cameron. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua, and Pete.
 
> 2. Closer to home, last week the NDP ended the PCs' 44-year
> rule in Alberta. Who is the leader of Alberta's NDP and the
> premier-designate?
 
Rachel Notley. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.
 
> Bathurst St. and Fort York Blvd. discovered what appears to be
> the oldest ever thing of its kind found in Toronto. What did
> they find?
 
A ship. Specifically, the remains of a schooner from the 1830s.
4 for Stephen.
 
> 4. Following much speculation in the media, Prince William
> and Kate officially announced the royal baby's name last week.
> What is her name?
 
Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. "Charlotte" was sufficient. 4 for Bruce,
Peter, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.
 
> $2,000,000,000, Facebook announced plans to launch a consumer
> version in the first quarter of 2016. Name or describe the
> product.
 
Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. 4 for Stephen.
 
> 6. Daimler launched the Freightliner Inspiration commercial truck
> at the Hoover Dam last week. What is unique about the truck?
 
It's self-driving, the first such one licensed to operate on public
roads. 4 for Bruce, Marc, and Stephen.
 
I accepted "it doesn't need a driver", but it's not actually quite
*that* advanced. It will carry a driver who will use the automatic
driving only on freeways, and be ready to take over.
 
> 7. Name the singer and front man of Hot Chocolate, who died last
> week, aged 71.
 
Errol Brown. 4 for Peter and Marc.
 
> 22-year-old policy of single identity. However, they still
> disagree on which is the legitimate government. Name either
> country.
 
China, Taiwan. 4 for Stephen, Erland, and Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
> 9. Name the soccer team that ended a 5-year title drought by
> winning its 5th English Premier League championship.
 
Chelsea. 4 for Peter, Stephen, Erland, and Pete.
 
> 10. The privately owned Liberty Village shuttle service ceased
> operations on Wednesday last week. What was it called?
 
Line Six. I didn't know either.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 TOTALS
Stephen Perry 36 36 36 32 140
Pete Gayde 12 20 24 12 68
Joshua Kreitzer 8 24 24 12 68
Bruce Bowler 4 24 24 12 64
Peter Smyth 0 19 24 16 59
Marc Dashevsky 0 24 18 12 54
Dan Blum 3 24 16 11 54
Dan Tilque 4 20 15 8 47
Erland Sommarskog 4 16 8 12 40
Jason Kreitzer 4 16 8 0 28
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "E-mail is idiot-proof. (I know this because I have
msb@vex.net | received E-mail from idiots.)" -- Beppi Crosariol
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: May 15 05:38PM

Mark Brader wrote:

> also has no children)
> 6. Prince Edward (as the Queen's second son, since William has no
> other children)
Prince Andrew actually (then his two daughters, then Edward)
 
> > performer and co-writer of the song "Stand By Me".
 
> Ben E. (Benjamin Earl) King (or Nelson). 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum,
> Peter, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Pete, and Jason.
 
And now BB King too. Billie Jean King must be getting worried ...
 
Peter Smyth
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 15 01:57PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > 6. Prince Edward (as the Queen's second son...)
 
Peter Smyth:
> Prince Andrew actually (then his two daughters, then Edward)
 
Oh gawd. I thought "it'll be Andrew, not Edward", looked up Andrew
to make sure -- and then typed "Edward".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Don't get clever at 5PM Friday."
msb@vex.net -- Tom Van Vleck
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