- QFTCI5GNM15 Current Events Final - 1 Update
- QFTCIMI515 Final, Round 2: History - 5 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 09 03:21PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Ontario. Which company's stores? > 3. 9-year-old Kegan Rothman landed a 272 kg fish from the Fraser > River in BC. What kind of fish? sturgeon (same answer and comment as the last time you asked about a large fish caught in the Fraser River) > 4. The sportswear firm Nike ran into trouble in Paris, where it > has been ordered to pay 67,500 euros in damages after it dressed > a statue in a basketball shirt. A statue of who? Napoleon > his shows off air and may have also hurt his business interests. > Which US department store and fashion retailer ended its > decade-long relationship with Trump following his remarks? Macy's ?? > * Sports > 7. Name the driver who won the British Grand Prix on Sunday. > 8. Name the horse that won the 156th Queen's Plate on Sunday. American Pharoah > 9. Name the American midfielder who scored a hat trick in the FIFA > Women's World Cup finals on Sunday. Carli Lloyd (I'm disappointed. I figured they'd ask about the English player who scored an own goal to lose the semifinal.) > and the longest solar-powered flight when it touched down on > Kalaeloa Airport in Hawaii. Which country did it leave from, > 118 hours before? Japan > 12. It seems that the charm of living in the Ecuadorean embassy > in London is wearing off. In which European country did Julian > Assange request asylum last week? Request denied. Russia > 13. Name the band whose surviving members capped their "Fare Thee > Well" tour in Chicago this past weekend with what they said > would be their final concerts. Grateful Dead -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 09 04:36AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > list them in chronological order. > 1. Cambrai, Passchendaele, Verdun. > 2. Borodino, the Nile, Trafalgar. The Nile, Trafalgar, Borodino > 3. Salamis, Marathon, Thermopylae. Salamis, Thermopylae, Marathon > 4. The Chinese Civil War (1946-49) was fought by the Communists, > under Mao and his generals, against the Nationalists. Who was > the leader of the Nationalists? Chiang Kai-shek > pursuit of the Kuomintang (or Chinese Nationalist Party army). > This episode has become part of the mythology of the Communist > Party of China. What is it known as (in English)? Long March > country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through > industrialization and collectivization. The campaign caused the > Great Chinese Famine. What was the campaign called (in English)? Great Leap Forward > We give you the vessel responsible and the year of the sinking; > you name the ship that sank. > 7. Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad, 1914. Olympic ?? > 8. Swedish passenger ship MS Stockholm, 1956. Andrea Doria > 9. British submarine HMS Conqueror, 1982. Belgrano > 10. Thein Sein. > 11. Nursultan Nazarbayev. > 12. Umar Al-Bashir. Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan > 13. The last remnant of New France is a self-governing "overseas > collectivity" of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic > Ocean near Canada. What is its name? St Pierre and Miquelon > 14. This colony of New France in northeastern North America included > parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day > Maine to the Kennebec River. What was it called? Acadia > 15. In 1803, Napoléon Bonaparte sold the last part of mainland > New France to the United States. What is this *transaction* > known as? Louisiana Purchase -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 08 04:13AM > We give you a list of three battles in alphabetical order; you > list them in chronological order. > 1. Cambrai, Passchendaele, Verdun. Verdun, Passchendaele, Cambrai > 2. Borodino, the Nile, Trafalgar. the Nile, Trafalgar, Borodino > 3. Salamis, Marathon, Thermopylae. Salamis, Thermopylae, Marathon; Salamis, Marathon, Thermopylae > 4. The Chinese Civil War (1946-49) was fought by the Communists, > under Mao and his generals, against the Nationalists. Who was > the leader of the Nationalists? Chiang Kai-Shek > pursuit of the Kuomintang (or Chinese Nationalist Party army). > This episode has become part of the mythology of the Communist > Party of China. What is it known as (in English)? The Long March > country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through > industrialization and collectivization. The campaign caused the > Great Chinese Famine. What was the campaign called (in English)? Great Leap Forward > We give you the vessel responsible and the year of the sinking; > you name the ship that sank. > 8. Swedish passenger ship MS Stockholm, 1956. Andrea Doria > Most of these people were "elected", but it is generally believed > that there was not actually any choice. > 10. Thein Sein. Cambodia; Laos > 11. Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kazakhstan > 12. Umar Al-Bashir. Tunisia > 13. The last remnant of New France is a self-governing "overseas > collectivity" of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic > Ocean near Canada. What is its name? St. Pierre et Miquelon > 15. In 1803, Napol?on Bonaparte sold the last part of mainland > New France to the United States. What is this *transaction* > known as? Louisiana Purchase -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 09 07:43PM +0200 On 2015-07-08 06:01, Mark Brader wrote: > We give you a list of three battles in alphabetical order; you > list them in chronological order. > 1. Cambrai, Passchendaele, Verdun Verdun, Cambrai, Passchendaele, > 2. Borodino, the Nile, Trafalgar. the Nile, Trafalgar, Borodino > 3. Salamis, Marathon, Thermopylae. Salamis, Thermopylae, Marathon, > 4. The Chinese Civil War (1946-49) was fought by the Communists, > under Mao and his generals, against the Nationalists. Who was > the leader of the Nationalists? Chang Kai-Check > pursuit of the Kuomintang (or Chinese Nationalist Party army). > This episode has become part of the mythology of the Communist > Party of China. What is it known as (in English)? The Long March > country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through > industrialization and collectivization. The campaign caused the > Great Chinese Famine. What was the campaign called (in English)? The Giant Laep > you name the ship that sank. > 7. Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad, 1914. > 8. Swedish passenger ship MS Stockholm, 1956. Andrea Doria > Most of these people were "elected", but it is generally believed > that there was not actually any choice. > 10. Thein Sein. Rangoon > 11. Nursultan Nazarbayev. Uzbekistan > 12. Umar Al-Bashir. Oman > 13. The last remnant of New France is a self-governing "overseas > collectivity" of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic > Ocean near Canada. What is its name? Il'd Madelain ? -- -- Björn |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 09 07:47PM +0200 On 2015-07-09 19:43, Björn Lundin wrote: >> 10. Thein Sein. > Rangoon So, I did not want to write Burma, because it has a new name. Rangoon - But wait - that was the capital ... -- Björn |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 09 11:48PM +0200 > So, I did not want to write Burma, because > it has a new name. > Rangoon - But wait - that was the capital ... Yes, *was*. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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