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| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jun 29 02:40PM +0200 On 2015-06-29 11:12, Calvin wrote: > 1 What service began in October 1883, operating between Paris and Constantinople? The Orient Express > 2 Which two countries border Costa Rica? Belize and Honduras ? > 3 Which British pop star shares her name with the founder of the city of Carthage? Hannibal? > 4 William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is set in which Italian city? Verona > 6 To Hell and Back was the 2000 biography of which American singer? > 7 Which author wrote the plays The Night of the Iguana (1961) and The Glass Menagerie (1944)? > 8 Which English king fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415? Charles I > 9 What general name is given to Indian food cooked in a clay oven? > 10 What is the traditional occupation of a leprechaun? Begging ? -- -- Björn |
| "David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Jun 29 02:14PM +0100 1 What service began in October 1883, operating between Paris and Constantinople? Orient Express. 2 Which two countries border Costa Rica? Panama and 3 Which British pop star shares her name with the founder of the city of Carthage? Enya? 4 William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is set in which Italian city? Verona. 5 In the 1997 movie Spice World, which actor played Clifford, the manager of the Spice Girls? Richard E Grant. 6 To Hell and Back was the 2000 biography of which American singer? Roky Erickson? 7 Which author wrote the plays The Night of the Iguana (1961) and The Glass Menagerie (1944)? 8 Which English king fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415? 9 What general name is given to Indian food cooked in a clay oven? Tandoori. 10 What is the traditional occupation of a leprechaun? Skulduggery. -- David B http://waterfalls.me.uk |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 29 10:40AM -0500 In article <938f7066-3fb6-45b8-9c35-0365d1eb0c4f@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 What service began in October 1883, operating between Paris and Constantinople? Orient Express > 2 Which two countries border Costa Rica? Panama & Nicaragua > 3 Which British pop star shares her name with the founder of the city of Carthage? > 4 William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is set in which Italian city? Verona > 5 In the 1997 movie Spice World, which actor played Clifford, the manager of the Spice Girls? > 6 To Hell and Back was the 2000 biography of which American singer? > 7 Which author wrote the plays The Night of the Iguana (1961) and The Glass Menagerie (1944)? Tennessee Williams > 8 Which English king fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415? > 9 What general name is given to Indian food cooked in a clay oven? tandoori > 10 What is the traditional occupation of a leprechaun? stealing gold -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jun 29 11:50AM -0400 On 2015-06-29, Calvin wrote: > 1 What service began in October 1883, operating between Paris and Constantinople? The Orient Express > 2 Which two countries border Costa Rica? Nicaragua and Panama > 3 Which British pop star shares her name with the founder of the city of Carthage? > 4 William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is set in which Italian city? Verona > 5 In the 1997 movie Spice World, which actor played Clifford, the manager of the Spice Girls? > 6 To Hell and Back was the 2000 biography of which American singer? > 7 Which author wrote the plays The Night of the Iguana (1961) and The Glass Menagerie (1944)? Tennessee Williams > 8 Which English king fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415? Henry V > 9 What general name is given to Indian food cooked in a clay oven? Tandoori > 10 What is the traditional occupation of a leprechaun? Cobbler -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jun 29 09:51AM -0700 On Monday, June 29, 2015 at 5:12:41 AM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > 1 What service began in October 1883, operating between Paris and Constantinople? the orient express train > 2 Which two countries border Costa Rica? panama, nicaragua > 3 Which British pop star shares her name with the founder of the city of Carthage? dido > 4 William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is set in which Italian city? (in fair) verona (we make our play) > 5 In the 1997 movie Spice World, which actor played Clifford, the manager of the Spice Girls? I am happy to say that I do not know > 6 To Hell and Back was the 2000 biography of which American singer? meatloaf > 7 Which author wrote the plays The Night of the Iguana (1961) and The Glass Menagerie (1944)? tennessee williams > 8 Which English king fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415? henry v > 9 What general name is given to Indian food cooked in a clay oven? tandoor? > 10 What is the traditional occupation of a leprechaun? thief swp |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Jun 29 05:17PM Calvin wrote: > 1 What service began in October 1883, operating between Paris and > Constantinople? Orient Express > 2 Which two countries border Costa Rica? Panama and Nicaragua > 3 Which British pop star shares her name with the founder of the > city of Carthage? Hannibal > 4 William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is set in which > Italian city? Verona > 5 In the 1997 movie Spice World, which actor played Clifford, the > manager of the Spice Girls? Richard E Grant > 6 To Hell and Back was the 2000 biography of which American singer? Meatloaf > 7 Which author wrote the plays The Night of the Iguana (1961) and The > Glass Menagerie (1944)? Williams > 8 Which English king fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415? Richard III > 9 What general name is given to Indian food cooked in a clay oven? Balti > 10 What is the traditional occupation of a leprechaun? Shoe mender Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 29 04:16PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 What service began in October 1883, operating between Paris and > Constantinople? The Orient Express. > 2 Which two countries border Costa Rica? Panama, Nicaragua. > 3 Which British pop star shares her name with the founder of the city of > Carthage? Dido. > 4 William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is set in which Italian city? Verona. > 5 In the 1997 movie Spice World, which actor played Clifford, the > manager of the Spice Girls? > 6 To Hell and Back was the 2000 biography of which American singer? Double take -- I was all set to say "Audie Murphy". (Look him up.) But this has to be Meat Loaf. > 7 Which author wrote the plays The Night of the Iguana (1961) and The > Glass Menagerie (1944)? Williams. > 8 Which English king fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415? Henry V. > 9 What general name is given to Indian food cooked in a clay oven? Tandoori. > 10 What is the traditional occupation of a leprechaun? Tricking people? -- Mark Brader "You can stop laughing now. Toronto Well, maybe you *can't*, but you *may*." msb@vex.net -- Rick Burger My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 30 01:51AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 What service began in October 1883, operating between Paris and Constantinople? Orient Express > 2 Which two countries border Costa Rica? Panama, Nicaragua > 3 Which British pop star shares her name with the founder of the city of Carthage? > 4 William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is set in which Italian city? Verona > 6 To Hell and Back was the 2000 biography of which American singer? > 7 Which author wrote the plays The Night of the Iguana (1961) and The Glass Menagerie (1944)? > 8 Which English king fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415? Henry V > 9 What general name is given to Indian food cooked in a clay oven? > 10 What is the traditional occupation of a leprechaun? Promoting breakfast cereal :) OK, seriously, cobbler -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 29 11:47PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates 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. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. As usual, these questions are running concurrently with the posting of regular rounds, currently from Game 10 of the previous season. All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 9 (2015-06-22), Round 1 - Current Events 1. On Tuesday the Golden State Warriors were crowned NBA champions for the first time in 40 years. Who was the MVP for the NBA finals? 2. The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup on Monday. Who was the MVP for the Stanley Cup playoffs? 3. Luanda is the world's most expensive city for expatriates, according to Mercer's cost-of-living city rankings published last week. Luanda is the capital of which African country? 4. A hippo that escaped from the zoo became a media symbol for the heavy rain and flood-related disaster in the capital city of which former Soviet country? 5. Which popular movie franchise premiered in China last week -- nearly 40 years after it was first released? 6. Following Marvel's deal with this tech company, comic lovers can now access 12,000 comics in digital format, with new ones added as they are launched. Name either the company or its ebook reader. 7. The fifth season of the TV series "Game of Thrones" came to an end last week, leaving several major characters apparently dead, and bringing the TV version more or less up to date with the original books. Fans are now waiting for George R.R. Martin's next book in the sequence to find out what happens next. What is it expected to be called? 8. Two box-office opening-weekend records were set on Sunday last week. While "Jurassic World" made over $500,000,000, a poorly-timed biopic on FIFA (starring Tim Roth as Sepp Blatter) grossed only $918 at the US box office. Name that ill-fated movie. 9. The hacking group Anonymous hacked multiple Canadian government websites in retaliation for the recently-passed anti-terrorism law. Give the number of the bill that enacted the law. 10. Which US presidential hopeful has been told to stop using the song "Rockin' in the Free World" by its writer, Neil Young? * Game 10 (2015-06-29), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Which communications giant is going to buy Mobilicity for $465,000,000? 2. On Friday, what did the US Supreme Court vote 5-4 to legalize, making the US the 21st country to do so? 3. The actor who played quintessential dad Tom Bradford on "Eight is Enough", which ran from 1977 to 1981, died this week at age 86. Name him. 4. Fans of the 1960s TV series "The Avengers" are mourning the passing of this actor who starred as the unflappable John Steed. Name him. 5. Councillors voted to reduce the speed limit on some Toronto and East York streets, starting in September, to what? 6. TTC chair Josh Colle and CEO Andy Byford made a trip to Thunder Bay this week to find out why only 6 of the 50 streetcars ordered have been delivered. Which company has been lagging behind in their commitment? 7. The NHL board of directors voted in favor of a rule change intended to reduce the number of regular-season games that go to a shootout. What was the change? 8. Oh no, Canada! Dreams were dashed on Saturday night when our women's team was eliminated from the FIFA tournament, losing 2-1 in the quarter-finals... to who? 9. On Friday Barack Obama gave the eulogy at a ceremony for the slain Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopa Church pastor, Clementa Pinckney. In addition to his usual stirring speech, he surprised everyone by singing, leading the congregation... in which hymn? 10. At least 38 people lost their lives this week in a terrorist attack near the beach resort of Sousse in which African country? -- Mark Brader "[This computation] assumed that everything Toronto would work, a happy state of affairs found msb@vex.net only in fiction." -- Tom Clancy My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 30 05:44AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:jL-dnROonK7ugg_InZ2dnUU7- > 4. A hippo that escaped from the zoo became a media symbol for > the heavy rain and flood-related disaster in the capital city > of which former Soviet country? Minsk > 5. Which popular movie franchise premiered in China last week -- > nearly 40 years after it was first released? Star Wars; Rocky > poorly-timed biopic on FIFA (starring Tim Roth as Sepp Blatter) > grossed only $918 at the US box office. Name that ill-fated > movie. "United Passions" > 10. Which US presidential hopeful has been told to stop using the > song "Rockin' in the Free World" by its writer, Neil Young? Jeb Bush > $465,000,000? > 2. On Friday, what did the US Supreme Court vote 5-4 to legalize, > making the US the 21st country to do so? same-sex marriage > 3. The actor who played quintessential dad Tom Bradford on "Eight > is Enough", which ran from 1977 to 1981, died this week at > age 86. Name him. Dick Van Patten > 4. Fans of the 1960s TV series "The Avengers" are mourning the > passing of this actor who starred as the unflappable John Steed. > Name him. Patrick Macnee > 8. Oh no, Canada! Dreams were dashed on Saturday night when our > women's team was eliminated from the FIFA tournament, losing > 2-1 in the quarter-finals... to who? China > Clementa Pinckney. In addition to his usual stirring speech, > he surprised everyone by singing, leading the congregation... > in which hymn? "Amazing Grace" > 10. At least 38 people lost their lives this week in a terrorist > attack near the beach resort of Sousse in which African country? Tunisia -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 30 01:46AM -0500 In article <jL-dnROonK7ugg_InZ2dnUU7-UWdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. On Tuesday the Golden State Warriors were crowned NBA champions > for the first time in 40 years. Who was the MVP for the > NBA finals? Stephen Curry > 3. Luanda is the world's most expensive city for expatriates, > according to Mercer's cost-of-living city rankings published > last week. Luanda is the capital of which African country? Rwanda > of which former Soviet country? > 5. Which popular movie franchise premiered in China last week -- > nearly 40 years after it was first released? Star Wars > can now access 12,000 comics in digital format, with new ones > added as they are launched. Name either the company or its > ebook reader. Amazon > law. Give the number of the bill that enacted the law. > 10. Which US presidential hopeful has been told to stop using the > song "Rockin' in the Free World" by its writer, Neil Young? Donald Trump > $465,000,000? > 2. On Friday, what did the US Supreme Court vote 5-4 to legalize, > making the US the 21st country to do so? Same-Sex Marriage > 4. Fans of the 1960s TV series "The Avengers" are mourning the > passing of this actor who starred as the unflappable John Steed. > Name him. Patrick Macnee > 5. Councillors voted to reduce the speed limit on some Toronto > and East York streets, starting in September, to what? 25 kph, 30 kph > Bay this week to find out why only 6 of the 50 streetcars > ordered have been delivered. Which company has been lagging > behind in their commitment? Bombardier > 7. The NHL board of directors voted in favor of a rule change > intended to reduce the number of regular-season games that go > to a shootout. What was the change? 3-on-3 overtime > 8. Oh no, Canada! Dreams were dashed on Saturday night when our > women's team was eliminated from the FIFA tournament, losing > 2-1 in the quarter-finals... to who? South Korea > Clementa Pinckney. In addition to his usual stirring speech, > he surprised everyone by singing, leading the congregation... > in which hymn? Amazing Grace > 10. At least 38 people lost their lives this week in a terrorist > attack near the beach resort of Sousse in which African country? Tunisia -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 30 10:44AM +0200 > 2. The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning to win > the Stanley Cup on Monday. Who was the MVP for the Stanley > Cup playoffs? Victor Hedman > 3. Luanda is the world's most expensive city for expatriates, > according to Mercer's cost-of-living city rankings published > last week. Luanda is the capital of which African country? Angola > 4. A hippo that escaped from the zoo became a media symbol for > the heavy rain and flood-related disaster in the capital city > of which former Soviet country? Georgia > can now access 12,000 comics in digital format, with new ones > added as they are launched. Name either the company or its > ebook reader. Kindle > 10. Which US presidential hopeful has been told to stop using the > song "Rockin' in the Free World" by its writer, Neil Young? Ted Cruz > * Game 10 (2015-06-29), Round 1 - Current Events > 2. On Friday, what did the US Supreme Court vote 5-4 to legalize, > making the US the 21st country to do so? Legalise same-sex marriages > 5. Councillors voted to reduce the speed limit on some Toronto > and East York streets, starting in September, to what? 40 km/h > Bay this week to find out why only 6 of the 50 streetcars > ordered have been delivered. Which company has been lagging > behind in their commitment? Bombardier > 7. The NHL board of directors voted in favor of a rule change > intended to reduce the number of regular-season games that go > to a shootout. What was the change? The overtime period before the shootout will be played three players in each team. (A rule introduced in the Swedish league in the middle of the most recent season.) > 8. Oh no, Canada! Dreams were dashed on Saturday night when our > women's team was eliminated from the FIFA tournament, losing > 2-1 in the quarter-finals... to who? England > Clementa Pinckney. In addition to his usual stirring speech, > he surprised everyone by singing, leading the congregation... > in which hymn? "We shall overcome" > 10. At least 38 people lost their lives this week in a terrorist > attack near the beach resort of Sousse in which African country? Tunisia -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jun 29 12:51PM On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:59:27 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 6 - Sports & Leisure - Cars > Identify the car company from the model mentioned. > 1. Soul. Kia > 2. Land Cruiser. Toyota > 3. Nano. Tata > 4. Rogue or Cube. Nissan > 5. Fix. Honda (Fit), VW (Fox) > 6. Volt. Chevy > 7. Silver Ghost. Rolls Royce > 8. Tiguan. VW > 9. Flex. Ford > 10. 500 (or Cinquecento). Fiat |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 29 10:31AM -0500 In article <34OdnbAxXJPCFw3InZ2dnUU7-RudnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > * Game 10, Round 6 - Sports & Leisure - Cars > Identify the car company from the model mentioned. > 1. Soul. Kia > 2. Land Cruiser. Toyota > 3. Nano. Apple > 4. Rogue or Cube. Nissan > 5. Fix. Honda (did you mean "Fit"?) > 6. Volt. Chevrolet > 7. Silver Ghost. Rolls Royce > 8. Tiguan. Volswagen > 9. Flex. Ford > 10. 500 (or Cinquecento). Fiat -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jun 29 09:42AM -0700 On Monday, June 29, 2015 at 1:02:26 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Mark Brader "Hey, I don't want to control people's lives! > Toronto (If they did things right, I wouldn't have to.)" > msb@vex.net -- "Coach" it is. north of this intersection is cabbagetown. but I was under the impression that south of this intersection was regent park which goes from the river out to church street. but then, it's been a while since I was there and memory is such a sweet liar. swp |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 30 01:38AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 6 - Sports & Leisure - Cars > Identify the car company from the model mentioned. > 1. Soul. Nissan > 2. Land Cruiser. Land Rover > 3. Nano. > 4. Rogue or Cube. > 5. Fix. Kia > 6. Volt. Chevrolet > 7. Silver Ghost. Rolls Royce -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 29 10:17AM -0500 I did not answer #4 correctly. Chris is the winner. In article <a7dac096-76e5-4ec4-bc80-93867b3c0456@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 29 04:14PM -0500 "Calvin": > > 1 Which element is added to steel to make it stainless? > Chromium Dammit, he's right. Nickel is only an element commonly added in *addition* to chromium. Hmph. > > 4 The title of which European country's national anthem literally > > translates as Old Land of My Fathers? > Wales "Country", grrr. Thanks for the quiz. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Damn! Damn! Damn! Er, I mean thanks, Mark." msb@vex.net | --Steve Ball My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 29 07:25PM This edition of the Rotating Quiz is a Rare Entries quiz. The rules below are identical to Mark Brader's normal rules, with one important exception. You may NOT use any reference material to assist you in choosing your answers. I have tried to design the questions so that everyone should be able to come up with at least one answer for each question from their own knowledge. Entries should be sent by email to smythp@gmail.com before 23:59 UTC July 4 2015. The winner will be able to set the next quiz. 0. Name a country that won 20 or more medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 1. Name a film that has won five or more Academy Awards. 2. Name a current head of state of an EU member country. 3. Name a chemical element whose usual English name is six letters long. 4. Name a play by Shakespeare that was classified as a comedy in the First Folio. 5. Name a country whose flag includes only the colours red, white and blue. 6. Name a person who has been Vice President of the United States since 1940. 7. Name a man who has won one or more of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments since 2000 (singles only). 8. Name one of the original 13 states of the USA. 9. Name a man who has walked on the Moon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 1. The Game As usual, for each of the questions above, your objective is to give an answer that (1) is correct, and (2) will be duplicated by as FEW other people as possible. You may NOT use any reference material to assist you in choosing your answers. * 2. Scoring The scores on the different questions are MULTIPLIED to produce a final score for each entrant. Low score wins; a perfect score is 1. If your answer on a category is correct, then your score is the number of people who gave that answer, or an answer I consider equivalent. A wrong answer, or a skipped question, gets a high score as a penalty. This is the median of: - the number of entrants - the square root of that number, rounded up to an integer - double the highest score that anyone would have on this question if all answers were deemed correct * 2.1 Scoring Example Say I ask for a color on the current Canadian flag. There are 27 entrants -- 20 say "red", 4 say "blue", and 1 each say "gules", "white", and "blue square". After looking up gules I decide it's the same color as red and should be treated as a duplicate answer; then the 21 people who said either "red" or "gules" get 21 points each. The person who said "white" gets a perfect score of 1 point. "Blue square" is not a color and blue is not a color on the flag; the 5 people who gave either of these answers each get the same penalty score, which is the median of: - number of entrants = 27 - sqrt(27) = 5.196+, rounded up = 6 - double the highest score = 21 x 2 = 42 or in this case, 27. * 2.2 More Specific Variants On some questions it's possible that one entrant will give an answer that's a more specific variant of an answer given by someone else. In that case the more specific variant will usually be scored as if the two answers are different, but the other, less specific variant will be scored as if they are the same. In the above example, if I had decided (wrongly) to score gules as a more specific variant of red, then "red" would still score 21, but "gules" would now score 1. If a wrong answer is clearly associated with a specific right answer, I will score the right answer as if the wrong answer was a more specific variant of it. In the above example, if there were 3 additional entrants who said "white square", then "white square" would be scored as wrong, but the score for "white" would be 4, not 1. "More specific" scoring will NOT apply if the question asks for an answer "in general terms"; a more specific answer will then at best be treated the same as the more general one, and may be considered wrong. * 3. Entries Entries must be emailed to the address given above. Please do not quote the questions back to me, and do send only plain text in ASCII or ISO 8859-1: no HTML, attachments, Micros--t character sets, etc., and no Unicode, please. (Entrants who fail to comply will be publicly chastised in the results posting.) Your message should preferably consist of just your 10 answers, numbered from 0 to 9, along with any explanations required. Your name should be in it somewhere -- a From: line or signature is fine. (If I don't see both a first and a last name, or an explicit request for a particular form of your name to be used, then your email address will be posted in the results). You can expect an acknowledgement when I read your entry. If this bounces, it won't be sent again. * 3.1 Where Leeway is Allowed In general there is no penalty for errors of spelling, capitalization, English usage, or other such matters of form, nor for accidentally sending email in an unfinished state, so long as it's clear enough what you intended. Sometimes a specific question may imply stricter rules, though. And if you give an answer that properly refers to a different thing related to the one you intended, I will normally take it as written. Once you intentionally submit an answer, no changes will be allowed, unless I decide there was a problem with the question. Similarly, alternate answers within an entry will not be accepted. Only the first answer that you intentionally submit counts. * 3.2 Clarifications Questions are not intended to be hard to understand, but I may fail in this intent. (For one thing, in many cases clarity could only be provided by an example which would suggest one or another specific answer, and I mustn't do that.) In order to be fair to all entrants, I must insist that requests for clarification must be emailed to me, NOT POSTED in any newsgroup. But if you do ask for clarification, I'll probably say that the question is clear enough as posted. If I do decide to clarify or change a question, all entrants will be informed. * 3.3 Supporting Information It is your option whether or not to provide supporting information to justify your answers. If you don't, I'll email you to ask for it if I need to. If you supply it in the form of a URL, if at all possible it should be a "deep link" to the specific relevant page. There is no need to supply URLs for obvious, well-known reference web sites, and there is no point in supplying URLs for pages that don't actually support your answer. If you provide any explanatory remarks along with your answers, you are responsible for making it sufficiently clear that they are not part of the answers. The particular format doesn't matter as long as you're clear. In the scoring example above, "white square" was wrong; "white (in the central square)" would have been taken as a correct answer with an explanation. * 4. Interpretation of questions These are general rules that apply unless a question specifically states otherwise. * 4.1 Geography * 4.1.1 Countries "Country" means an independent country. Whether or not a place is considered an independent country is determined by how it is listed in reference sources. For purposes of these contests, the Earth is considered to be divid- ed into disjoint areas each of which is either (1) a country, (2) a dependency, or (3) without national government. Their boundaries are interpreted on a de facto basis. Any place with representatives in a country's legislature is considered a part of that country rather than a dependency of it. The European Union is considered as an association of countries, not a country itself. Claims that are not enforced, or not generally recognized, don't count. Places currently fighting a war of secession don't count. Embassies don't count as special; they may have extraterritorial rights, but they're still part of the host country (and city). Countries existing at different historical times are normally considered the same country if they have the same capital city. * 4.1.2 States or provinces Many countries or dependencies are divided into subsidiary political entities, typically with their own subsidiary governments. At the first level of division, these entities are most commonly called states or provinces, but various other names are used; sometimes varying even within the same country (e.g. to indicate unequal political status). Any reference to "states or provinces" in a question refers to these entities at the first level of division, no matter what they are called. * 4.1.3 Distances Distances between places on the Earth are measured along a great circle path, and distance involving cities are based on the city center (downtown). * 4.2 Entertainment A "movie" does not include any form of TV broadcast or video release; it must have been shown in cinemas. "Oscar" and "Academy Award" are AMPAS trademarks and refer to the awards given by that organization. "Fiction" includes dramatizations of true stories. * 4.3 Words and Numbers * 4.3.1 Different Answers Some questions specifically ask for a word, rather than the thing that it names; this means that different words with the same meaning will in general be treated as distinct answers. However, if two or more inflectional variants, spelling variants, or other closely related forms are correct answers, they will be treated as equivalent. Similarly, if the question specifically asks for a name, different things referred to by the same name will be treated as the same. * 4.3.2 Permitted Words On questions that specifically ask for a word, The word that you give must be listed (or implied by a listing, as with inflected forms) in a suitable dictionary. Generally this means a printed dictionary published recently enough to show reasonably current usage, or its online equivalent. Other reasonably authoritative sources may be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Words listed as obsolete or archaic usage don't count, and sources that would list those words without distinguishing them are not acceptable as dictionaries. * 4.3.3 Permitted Numbers Where the distinction is important, "number" refers to a specific mathematical value, whereas "numeral" means a way of writing it. Thus "4", "IV", and "four" are three different numerals representing the same number. "Digit" means one of the characters "0", "1", "2", etc. (These definitions represent one of several conflicting common usages.) * 4.3.4 "Contained in" If a question asks for a word or numeral "contained" or "included" in a phrase, title, or the like, this does not include substrings or alternate meanings of words, unless explictly specified. For example, if "Canada in 1967" is the title of a book, it contains the numeral 1967 and the preposition "in"; but it does not contain the word "an", the adjective "in", or the numeral 96. * 4.4 Tense and Time When a question is worded in the present tense, the correctness of your answer is determined by the facts at the moment you submit it. (In a case where, in my judgement, people might reasonably be unaware of the facts having changed, an out-of-date answer may be accepted as correct.) Questions worded in the present perfect tense include the present unless something states or implies otherwise. (For example, Canada is a country that "has existed", as well as one that "exists".) Different verbs in a sentence bear their usual tense relationship to each other. You are not allowed to change the facts yourself in order to make an answer correct. For example, if a question asks for material on the WWW, what you cite must already have existed before the contest was first posted. * 5. Judging As moderator, I will be the sole judge of what answers are correct, and whether two answers with similar meaning (like red and gules) are considered the same, different, or more/less specific variants. I will do my best to be fair on all such issues, but sometimes it is necessary to be arbitrary. Those who disagree with my rulings are welcome to complain (or to start a competing contest, or whatever). I may rescore the contest if I agree that I made a serious error and it affects the high finishers. * 6. Results Results will normally be posted within a few days of the contest closing. They may be delayed if I'm unexpectedly busy or for technical reasons. If I feel I need help evaluating one or more answers, I may make a consultative posting in the newsgroups before scoring the contest. In the results posting, all entrants will be listed in order of score, but high (bad) scores may be omitted. The top few entrants' full answer slates will be posted. A table of answers and their scores will be given for each question. * 7. Fun This contest is for fun. Please do have fun, and good luck to all. |
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