Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 20 updates in 3 topics

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 02 02:13PM


> * Game 5 (2015-05-25), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. What television show passed its 7,000th episode last week?
 
Jeopardy
 
> 3. What Nobel-prizewinning mathematician was killed in a car crash
> on Saturday?
 
John Nash
 
> 5. Who won the most awards -- 8 -- at the Billboard Music Awards?
 
Beyonce; Taylor Swift
 
> 6. Police in Queensland, Australia, issued a tongue-in-cheek BOLO
> ("Be On the LookOut") for *what musical group* for "crimes
> against music"?
 
Nickelback
 
> 8. Crayola has stated that its crayons should not be used for
> what purpose?
 
making candles; eating
 
> 9. Which country held a constitutional referendum Friday that
> legalized same-sex marriage?
 
Ireland
 
> 10. Name any of the five banks that were fined $5,700,000,000 US
> for collusion in foreign-exchange trading.
 
HBSC
 
 
> 3. Which NBA team won a berth in the finals against the Cleveland
> Cavaliers? It's been 40 years since this team made it into
> the finals. Full name required.
 
Golden State Warriors; Los Angelese Clippers
 
> 4. Which action star set a Guinness world record by taking
> 105 selfies in 3 minutes at the world premiere of his film
> "San Andreas"?
 
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
 
> Toronto residents and was spotted in Parkdale and other west-end
> communities. What kind of animal has led park staff and Toronto
> Animal Services on a merry chase?
 
orangutan; baboon
 
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swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jun 02 09:18AM -0700

On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 1:35:36 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
> answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to
> give the answers that were correct on those dates.
 
noted
 
> * Game 5 (2015-05-25), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. What television show passed its 7,000th episode last week?
 
the bold and the beautiful
 
> 2. More than 75 people died in a landslide caused by heavy rains
> in what Colombian city?
 
...
 
> 3. What Nobel-prizewinning mathematician was killed in a car crash
> on Saturday?
 
nash
 
> 4. At least 9 people were killed in a gun battle at a restaurant
> in Waco, Texas. Name the *restaurant*.
 
twin peaks
 
> 5. Who won the most awards -- 8 -- at the Billboard Music Awards?
 
taylor swift
 
> 6. Police in Queensland, Australia, issued a tongue-in-cheek BOLO
> ("Be On the LookOut") for *what musical group* for "crimes
> against music"?
 
nickelback
 
> 7. Who is the new coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team?
 
...
 
> 8. Crayola has stated that its crayons should not be used for
> what purpose?
 
as candles?
 
> 9. Which country held a constitutional referendum Friday that
> legalized same-sex marriage?
 
ireland
 
> 10. Name any of the five banks that were fined $5,700,000,000 US
> for collusion in foreign-exchange trading.
 
hsbc
 
 
> * Game 6 (2015-06-01), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Film production shut down a large stretch of Yonge Street for
> three nights last week from 7 pm until 6 am. Name the movie.
 
big trouble in little china (the remake starring dwayne johnson)
 
> forget". He was referring to an FBI investigation which resulted
> in 7 arrests of the organization's senior officials on charges
> of money laundering, racketeering, and tax evasion.
 
blatter
 
> 3. Which NBA team won a berth in the finals against the Cleveland
> Cavaliers? It's been 40 years since this team made it into
> the finals. Full name required.
 
golden state warriors
 
> 4. Which action star set a Guinness world record by taking
> 105 selfies in 3 minutes at the world premiere of his film
> "San Andreas"?
 
dwayne johnson
 
> 5. In business news, Charter Communications announced plans to
> acquire which company for $56,700,000,000 US?
 
bright house networks
 
> district school boards illegal. One of the three boards was
> Rainbow, in the Sudbury area. Name either of the other two,
> both located in the GTA.
 
...
 
> 7. Saying that he loved his job, but "loved his family more", this
> prominent Harper ally and Justice Minister announced he would
> not seek reelection in the fall. Name him.
 
peter mackay?
 
> hanging up the microphone after 18 years. Name this reporter,
> who also cited family reasons (specifically, year-old twin sons)
> as the impetus for the decision.
 
...
 
> 70th anniversary of liberation of Holland. Their gift to us
> is 7 Tulpi chairs, which fold up like tulips so they don't get
> wet in the rain. *Where* have the chairs been put?
 
they were 'planted' in centre island. (I found it amusing)
 
> Toronto residents and was spotted in Parkdale and other west-end
> communities. What kind of animal has led park staff and Toronto
> Animal Services on a merry chase?
 
peacock
 
swp
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 02 11:09PM +0200

> * Game 5 (2015-05-25), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 2. More than 75 people died in a landslide caused by heavy rains
> in what Colombian city?
 
Medellin

> 3. What Nobel-prizewinning mathematician was killed in a car crash
> on Saturday?
 
John Nash

> 4. At least 9 people were killed in a gun battle at a restaurant
> in Waco, Texas. Name the *restaurant*.
 
Twin Peaks

> 5. Who won the most awards -- 8 -- at the Billboard Music Awards?
 
Lady Gaga

> 6. Police in Queensland, Australia, issued a tongue-in-cheek BOLO
> ("Be On the LookOut") for *what musical group* for "crimes
> against music"?
 
Midnight Oil

> 8. Crayola has stated that its crayons should not be used for
> what purpose?
 
Eating?

> 9. Which country held a constitutional referendum Friday that
> legalized same-sex marriage?
 
Ireland

> 10. Name any of the five banks that were fined $5,700,000,000 US
> for collusion in foreign-exchange trading.
 
JP Morgan

> forget". He was referring to an FBI investigation which resulted
> in 7 arrests of the organization's senior officials on charges
> of money laundering, racketeering, and tax evasion.
 
Sepp Blatter - who announced his resignement just a few days later.
Hooray!

> 5. In business news, Charter Communications announced plans to
> acquire which company for $56,700,000,000 US?
 
Verizon

 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Jun 02 09:51PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 1. What television show passed its 7,000th episode last week?
 
> 2. More than 75 people died in a landslide caused by heavy rains
> in what Colombian city?
Bogota
> 3. What Nobel-prizewinning mathematician was killed in a car crash
> on Saturday?
John Nash
> 4. At least 9 people were killed in a gun battle at a restaurant
> in Waco, Texas. Name the restaurant.
 
> 5. Who won the most awards -- 8 -- at the Billboard Music Awards?
Beyonce, Rihanna
 
> 7. Who is the new coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team?
 
> 8. Crayola has stated that its crayons should not be used for
> what purpose?
To draw fake tattoos
> 9. Which country held a constitutional referendum Friday that
> legalized same-sex marriage?
Ireland
> 10. Name any of the five banks that were fined $5,700,000,000 US
> for collusion in foreign-exchange trading.
Barclays
> forget". He was referring to an FBI investigation which resulted
> in 7 arrests of the organization's senior officials on charges
> of money laundering, racketeering, and tax evasion.
Sepp Blatter (now gone)
> 3. Which NBA team won a berth in the finals against the Cleveland
> Cavaliers? It's been 40 years since this team made it into
> the finals. Full name required.
Golden State Warriors
> 4. Which action star set a Guinness world record by taking
> 105 selfies in 3 minutes at the world premiere of his film
> "San Andreas"?
Johnson
> 70th anniversary of liberation of Holland. Their gift to us
> is 7 Tulpi chairs, which fold up like tulips so they don't get
> wet in the rain. Where have the chairs been put?
Indoors
> Toronto residents and was spotted in Parkdale and other west-end
> communities. What kind of animal has led park staff and Toronto
> Animal Services on a merry chase?
Llama
 
Peter Smyth
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 03 03:37AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:s76dnYNbSJU63fDInZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 5 (2015-05-25), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 3. What Nobel-prizewinning mathematician was killed in a car crash
> on Saturday?
 
John Nash

> 4. At least 9 people were killed in a gun battle at a restaurant
> in Waco, Texas. Name the *restaurant*.
 
Twin Peaks
 
> 5. Who won the most awards -- 8 -- at the Billboard Music Awards?
 
Taylor Swift

> 6. Police in Queensland, Australia, issued a tongue-in-cheek BOLO
> ("Be On the LookOut") for *what musical group* for "crimes
> against music"?
 
Nickelback (?)
 
> 9. Which country held a constitutional referendum Friday that
> legalized same-sex marriage?
 
Ireland
 
> forget". He was referring to an FBI investigation which resulted
> in 7 arrests of the organization's senior officials on charges
> of money laundering, racketeering, and tax evasion.
 
Sepp Blatter
 
> 3. Which NBA team won a berth in the finals against the Cleveland
> Cavaliers? It's been 40 years since this team made it into
> the finals. Full name required.
 
Los Angeles Clippers

> 4. Which action star set a Guinness world record by taking
> 105 selfies in 3 minutes at the world premiere of his film
> "San Andreas"?
 
Dwayne Johnson
 
> 5. In business news, Charter Communications announced plans to
> acquire which company for $56,700,000,000 US?
 
Time Warner Cable
 
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Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Jun 02 09:24PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 1:35:36 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 4. At least 9 people were killed in a gun battle at a restaurant
> in Waco, Texas. Name the *restaurant*.
 
> 5. Who won the most awards -- 8 -- at the Billboard Music Awards?
Taylor Swift?
 
> 7. Who is the new coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team?
 
> 8. Crayola has stated that its crayons should not be used for
> what purpose?
Sticking up your nose?
> 9. Which country held a constitutional referendum Friday that
> legalized same-sex marriage?
Ireland
> forget". He was referring to an FBI investigation which resulted
> in 7 arrests of the organization's senior officials on charges
> of money laundering, racketeering, and tax evasion.
Sapper?
 
> 4. Which action star set a Guinness world record by taking
> 105 selfies in 3 minutes at the world premiere of his film
> "San Andreas"?
Dwayne Johnson
> 5. In business news, Charter Communications announced plans to
> acquire which company for $56,700,000,000 US?
Time Warner Cable
> Toronto residents and was spotted in Parkdale and other west-end
> communities. What kind of animal has led park staff and Toronto
> Animal Services on a merry chase?
Monkey
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 02 03:45AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Note: all of the answers are in Ontario, although a few of the
> cities we'll name are not.
 
> 1. City; Kitchener 41 km, Woodstock 33 km, Listowel 41 km.
 
London
 
 
> 2. Town; Orillia 82 km, North Bay 111 km, Haliburton 64 km.
 
> 3. City; Kingston 75 km, Cornwall 89 km, Ottawa 93 km.
 
Guelph
 
 
> 4. Town; Pickering 75 km, Kingston 138 km, Lindsay 64 km.
 
> 5. City; Barrie 256 km, Timmins 222 km, North Bay 121 km.
 
> 6. City; Sault Ste. Marie 131 km, Sudbury 126 km, Timmins 253 km.
 
North Bay
 
 
> 7. City; Peterborough 63 km, Belleville 122 km, Guelph 118 km.
 
Kingston
 
 
> 8. City; Hamilton 51 km, Port Colborne 30 km, Toronto 56 km.
 
Niagara Falls
 
 
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions
 
> 1. What was the Franks flying suit, invented by Wilbur Franks of
> Weston, Ontario, in 1940?
 
a g-suit
 
 
> 2. Canadian Rasmus Lerdorf invented this modular open-source
> programming language which powers the interactive online
> database Wiki. Name it.
 
Java; Javascript
 
> was to be tested, this $400,000,000 project was discontinued.
> 14,000 employees were dismissed, and all prototypes and plans
> were destroyed. What was this project?
 
Avro Arrow
 
> did not invent it, as he was convinced of its practical value.
> Until the 1930s, it was used mainly in rubber boots and tobacco
> pouches. What was it?
 
zipper
 
 
> 7. What cocktail, created in 1969 at the Westin Hotel in Calgary,
> has been unofficially dubbed Canada's national drink?
 
7&7
 
 
> 8. Scotsman Robert Foulis's invention was installed on Partridge
> Island in St. John harbor in 1859. It remained there, effective
> and operational, until 1998-05-04. What was it?
 
Fresnell lens on a lighthouse
 
 
> 9. What discovery was made in 1950 by John Hopps of the National
> Research Council, while he was attempting to restore body
> temperature using radio waves?
 
microwave cooking of food
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jun 02 02:03PM +0200

On 2015-06-02 06:58, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 2. Canadian Rasmus Lerdorf invented this modular open-source
> programming language which powers the interactive online
> database Wiki. Name it.
 
PHP ?
 
> lawn sprinkler and the folding ironing board, and is claimed
> to have inspired a common expression. Name him or the common
> expression.
 
Difficult again
--
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Björn
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 02 02:08PM


> * Game 9, Round 3 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions
 
> 1. What was the Franks flying suit, invented by Wilbur Franks of
> Weston, Ontario, in 1940?
 
a suit to apply compression to allow high G-force turns
 
> 2. Canadian Rasmus Lerdorf invented this modular open-source
> programming language which powers the interactive online
> database Wiki. Name it.
 
Ruby
 
> 3. In 1879, Sir Sandford Fleming, chief engineer for the Canadian
> Pacific Railway, was charged with interfering with God and
> nature because of this innovation. What was it?
 
lights on the fronts of engines
 
> was to be tested, this $400,000,000 project was discontinued.
> 14,000 employees were dismissed, and all prototypes and plans
> were destroyed. What was this project?
 
Avro Arrow
 
> 5. What sport was invented in Canada in 1963 for girls, as an
> alternative to hockey? It was first tested in Espanola, Ontario.
 
field hockey
 
> did not invent it, as he was convinced of its practical value.
> Until the 1930s, it was used mainly in rubber boots and tobacco
> pouches. What was it?
 
zipper
 
> 8. Scotsman Robert Foulis's invention was installed on Partridge
> Island in St. John harbor in 1859. It remained there, effective
> and operational, until 1998-05-04. What was it?
 
foghorn
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jun 02 09:02AM -0700

On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 12:58:06 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> I'm starting Game 9 now (and also the next current-events set), but
> there will be a hiatus later in the game when I go off-net for a
> couple of weeks.
 
noted. bon voyage.
 
 
> Note: all of the answers are in Ontario, although a few of the
> cities we'll name are not.
 
> 1. City; Kitchener 41 km, Woodstock 33 km, Listowel 41 km.
 
stratford (if I got this right then the round counts and that's all I'm shooting for here.)
 
> 2. Town; Orillia 82 km, North Bay 111 km, Haliburton 64 km.
 
big island ?? (been fishing there, don't recall any town names nearby)
 
> 3. City; Kingston 75 km, Cornwall 89 km, Ottawa 93 km.
 
toronto ; ottawa
 
> 4. Town; Pickering 75 km, Kingston 138 km, Lindsay 64 km.
 
toronto ; ottawa
 
> 5. City; Barrie 256 km, Timmins 222 km, North Bay 121 km.
 
toronto ; ottawa
 
> 6. City; Sault Ste. Marie 131 km, Sudbury 126 km, Timmins 253 km.
 
toronto ; ottawa
 
> 7. City; Peterborough 63 km, Belleville 122 km, Guelph 118 km.
 
toronto ; ottawa
 
> 8. City; Hamilton 51 km, Port Colborne 30 km, Toronto 56 km.
 
toronto ; ottawa
 
> 9. Town; Sarnia 102 km, Wingham 36 km, Kincardine 49 km.
 
toronto ; ottawa
 
> 10. Town; Thunder Bay 394 km, Winnipeg 228 km, Minneapolis 428 km.
 
toronto ; ottawa
 
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions
 
> 1. What was the Franks flying suit, invented by Wilbur Franks of
> Weston, Ontario, in 1940?
 
g-suits for pilots
 
> 2. Canadian Rasmus Lerdorf invented this modular open-source
> programming language which powers the interactive online
> database Wiki. Name it.
 
php
 
> 3. In 1879, Sir Sandford Fleming, chief engineer for the Canadian
> Pacific Railway, was charged with interfering with God and
> nature because of this innovation. What was it?
 
time zones ; cosmic time
 
> was to be tested, this $400,000,000 project was discontinued.
> 14,000 employees were dismissed, and all prototypes and plans
> were destroyed. What was this project?
 
...
 
> 5. What sport was invented in Canada in 1963 for girls, as an
> alternative to hockey? It was first tested in Espanola, Ontario.
 
field hockey ??
 
> did not invent it, as he was convinced of its practical value.
> Until the 1930s, it was used mainly in rubber boots and tobacco
> pouches. What was it?
 
zipper
 
> 7. What cocktail, created in 1969 at the Westin Hotel in Calgary,
> has been unofficially dubbed Canada's national drink?
 
caesar (this is of course the answer they wanted, while everyone knows the real answer is not a cocktail but simply beer.)
 
> 8. Scotsman Robert Foulis's invention was installed on Partridge
> Island in St. John harbor in 1859. It remained there, effective
> and operational, until 1998-05-04. What was it?
 
lighthouse light
 
> 9. What discovery was made in 1950 by John Hopps of the National
> Research Council, while he was attempting to restore body
> temperature using radio waves?
 
he and his team invented the external pacemaker
 
> lawn sprinkler and the folding ironing board, and is claimed
> to have inspired a common expression. Name him or the common
> expression.
 
elijah mccoy ; 'the real mccoy'
 
swp
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 02 11:03PM +0200

> * Game 9, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - As the Crow Flies in Ontario
 
Oh, so exciting!
 
> 1. City; Kitchener 41 km, Woodstock 33 km, Listowel 41 km.
 
London

> 2. Town; Orillia 82 km, North Bay 111 km, Haliburton 64 km.
 
London
 

> 3. City; Kingston 75 km, Cornwall 89 km, Ottawa 93 km.
 
London
 

> 4. Town; Pickering 75 km, Kingston 138 km, Lindsay 64 km.
 
London
 

> 5. City; Barrie 256 km, Timmins 222 km, North Bay 121 km.
 
London
 

> 6. City; Sault Ste. Marie 131 km, Sudbury 126 km, Timmins 253 km.
 
London

> 7. City; Peterborough 63 km, Belleville 122 km, Guelph 118 km.
 
London
 

> 8. City; Hamilton 51 km, Port Colborne 30 km, Toronto 56 km.
 
London
 

> 9. Town; Sarnia 102 km, Wingham 36 km, Kincardine 49 km.
 
London
 

> 10. Town; Thunder Bay 394 km, Winnipeg 228 km, Minneapolis 428 km.
 
London

 
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions
 
> 5. What sport was invented in Canada in 1963 for girls, as an
> alternative to hockey? It was first tested in Espanola, Ontario.
 
Lacrosse

 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Jun 02 09:22PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 12:58:06 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> were destroyed. What was this project?
 
> 5. What sport was invented in Canada in 1963 for girls, as an
> alternative to hockey? It was first tested in Espanola, Ontario.
Curling?
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jun 02 01:56PM +0200

On 2015-06-02 06:54, Mark Brader wrote:
> harder, it also made them wrong, because the farthest city from
> the farthest city may not be the city you started from, and in both
> of these cases it isn't.
 
Protest. Or at least I think so.
To me it seems that Honolulu does not reach the 1,000,000 mark.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu
 
The population of Honolulu CCD was 390,738 at the 2010 census,[8] while
the population of the consolidated city and county was 953,207.
 
and then [8] points to
 
http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml#none
 
which for Honolulu county,Hawaii -
 
Census 2010 Total Poulation - > 953,207
2013 ACS 5 year Population Estimate -> 964,678
2014 Population Estimate -> 991,788
 
--
Björn
 
 
 
 
 
 
--
Björn
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 02 08:34AM -0700

Björn Lundin wrote:
>> Honolulu. 4 for Stephen.
 
> Protest. Or at least I think so.
> To me it seems that Honolulu does not reach the 1,000,000 mark.
 
You're right but it's not going to help you. Your answer, Los Angeles,
is not the farthest from Cape Town. The answer according to one distance
calculator I used is Portland, Oregon, but it was only 2 km farther than
San Francisco. A different calculator might give a different answer
depending on what lat-longs they used. Also on whether it uses a
spherical model of the Earth or the geoid.
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jun 02 01:16PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 7:55:34 AM UTC-4, björn lundin wrote:
 
> Census 2010 Total Poulation - > 953,207
> 2013 ACS 5 year Population Estimate -> 964,678
> 2014 Population Estimate -> 991,788
 
the few times I have been there, the population has always been estimated as "about a million" people. The main reason is the large number of tourists, which greatly shifts the number of people there on a seasonal basis. others come in from the rest of the island, and other islands nearby, for shopping. so it's a tough call.
 
but I agree with his conclusion and think the protest should be upheld.
 
swp
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 02 05:26PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > Felipe (VI). We don't anglicize these things any more, so...
 
Erland Sommarskog:
> Anymore?
 
At one time it would have been pretty much automatic. Right now
I'm thinking of a scene in a well-known movie, set during WW1,
where a German officer (speaking English) is depicted as referring
to "Kaiser William II".
--
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Toronto | proposal something special for both of you is
msb@vex.net | addressing it to the right person." --Mara Chibnik
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 02 05:36PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>> asking for the cities farthest from Perth and Honolulu and expecting
>> the answers Toronto and Cape Town. This not only made them a lot
>> harder, it also made them wrong...
 
Dan Tilque:
> But since you're counting population using "Calvinball rules" (i.e.
> saying "city" when you mean metropolitan area)...
 
Oops! Sorry, I didn't think about the size of Honolulu when I rewrote
the questions.
 
> I'm curious how things went down in the original game.
 
One person got the original D1 right, whether by guessing what the
organizers might have thought would be intresting or otherwise.
Nobody got the original D2.
 
> Did anyone answer New York to the first?
 
I have no information about answers given.
 
> If so, did they get credit?
 
If they had done so and protested, I would have supported it.
But in fact there were no protests.
--
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 02 05:42PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> asking for the cities farthest from Perth and Honolulu and expecting
>>> the answers Toronto and Cape Town. This not only made them a lot
>>> harder, it also made them wrong...
 
Dan Tilque:
>> I'm curious how things went down in the original game.

Mark Brader:
 
>> If so, did they get credit?
 
> If they had done so and protested, I would have supported it.
> But in fact there were no protests.
 
Wait, that was wrong. There were no *successful* protests. Someone
tried Montreal for D1; the organizers denied it, as they should have,
but on the wrong grounds, namely that it wasn't at the indicated
distance from Perth.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I can be gullible about these kinds of things.
msb@vex.net | Or so people tell me, and I believe them."
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 02 06:06PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> farthest away from Cape Town, South Africa, at a distance of
>>> 18,554 km?
 
>> Honolulu. 4 for Stephen.
 
Dan Tilque:
> BTW, I assumed that you meant actual city population and tried to answer
> that. I wasn't correct for either question, or else I'd be lodging a
> protest. As far as I can tell, the answer to the first would be Jakarta
 
Australian custom is that "actual cities" are not important, so there
we have to go by the metropolitan area, and Perth stands.
 
> and the second, San Jose, California.
 
Agreed. Although the west coast states and BC collectively have
at least 9 metropolitan areas over 1,000,000 people according to
www.citypopulation.de, only three actual cities are that big --
San Jose, Los Angeles, and (just barely) San Diego. And San Jose
is clearly farther from from Cape Town than the other two.
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Toronto | but it lacks a lightweight scripting language."
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 02 06:09PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> farthest away from Cape Town, South Africa, at a distance of
>>> 18,554 km?
 
>> Honolulu. 4 for Stephen.
 
Björn Lundin:
> Protest. Or at least I think so.
> To me it seems that Honolulu does not reach the 1,000,000 mark.
 
Indeed it doesn't. However, because I gave the distance from Cape Town
and because I might have meant Honolulu's metropolitan area, which is
very close to 1,000,000, I think I have to continue to accept that
answer. And nobody gave the correct answer of San Jose. So the
scores stand.
--
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msb@vex.net / tutorial, mnemonic and misleading." --Larry Colen
 
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