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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 20 10:56AM +0200 > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? Ice > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? Gaseous giant > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? A Dutch pop group. Ok, they are spelled with uppercase N. The small nits are a sort of lice. > 8. To what class of animals do ticks belong? Insects > 13. Control-Z. Undo > 14. Control-V. Paste > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) Ehum, I use Windows every day, but I was not aware of this one. So I answer: nothing. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jul 20 12:36PM On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 22:09:18 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > is a civilizational wake-up call. > * Saturn > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? Ice; dust > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? gas giant > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? Flea eggs > bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is > irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without > feeding on blood. What are they? bed bugs > 10. This relatively new addition to Toronto's nocturnal wildlife > looks like a rodent, but no actual North American rodent has a > prehensile tail as it does. What is this animal? o'possum > responsible for keeping Canada a land of swamp and other wetland. > Once a diurnal species, overhunting has rendered it primarily > nocturnal. What is it? beaver > 12. Before the introduction of glass beads, it provided the raw > material for traditional Native Canadian beadwork. What is it? shells > What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. undo > 14. Control-V. paste > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) increase the font size |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 20 10:51PM Mark Brader wrote: > is a civilizational wake-up call. > * Saturn > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Io > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? Ice > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? Gas Giant > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? Head lice > 8. To what class of animals do ticks belong? mosquitos > bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is > irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without > feeding on blood. What are they? mosquitos > responsible for keeping Canada a land of swamp and other wetland. > Once a diurnal species, overhunting has rendered it primarily > nocturnal. What is it? Beaver > What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. Undo > 14. Control-V. Paste > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) Zoom In Peter Smyth |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 21 10:25PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:NeqdnUe5n47D-zHInZ2dnUU7-N- > Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia > presentations on global warming that were created and delivered > to groups around the world. An Inconvenient Truth > is a civilizational wake-up call. > * Saturn > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? Silica > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? Gaseous > bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is > irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without > feeding on blood. What are they? Mosquitoes > 10. This relatively new addition to Toronto's nocturnal wildlife > looks like a rodent, but no actual North American rodent has a > prehensile tail as it does. What is this animal? Chupacabra > responsible for keeping Canada a land of swamp and other wetland. > Once a diurnal species, overhunting has rendered it primarily > nocturnal. What is it? Beaver; Raccoon > What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. Pause > 14. Control-V. Paste > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) Increase font size Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 20 12:13AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? Germany (best known for the design of those snazzy SS uniforms) > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got You Under My Skin? > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League football team does the main character support? Man U ?? > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? canton > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European country? Spain (Although technically it was independence from Philip, the Lord of the Netherlands, who coincidently happened to also be Philip II of Spain. But Spain did not own the Netherlands in the way they owned the Philippines, for example.) > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? Bridge > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? > 10 Well, I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load; I've got seven women on my mind is the first line of which 1972 hit song? Take it Easy -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 19 01:19AM -0500 In article <ad6cfb4d-4771-48d5-a14d-41aefe57ad39@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? Germany > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got You Under My Skin? Cole Porter > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League football team does the main character support? > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? cantons > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European country? Spain > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? contract bridge > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? jockey > 10 Well, I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load; I've got seven women on my mind is the first line of which 1972 hit song? Take It Easy -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 19 10:38AM +0200 > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? France > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? Six > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League > football team does the main character support? Arsenal > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? Cantons > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European > country? Spain > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? Bridge -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 19 11:36PM +0200 On 2015-07-19 00:43, Calvin wrote: > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? France > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 7 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got You Under My Skin? > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League football team does the main character support? Liverpool? > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? Kanton > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European country? Spain > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? Polo > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? Ganesha? -- -- Björn |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 19 08:04PM Calvin wrote: > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? France > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got > You Under My Skin? Cole Porter > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James > Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? Ursula Andress > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League > football team does the main character support? Arsenal > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? cantons > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European > country? Holy Roman Empire > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? Bridge > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? > 10 Well, I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load; I've got > seven women on my mind is the first line of which 1972 hit song? Take It Easy Peter Smyth |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 21 10:16PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? France > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 7 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I > Got You Under My Skin? Cole Porter > 4 Which actress portrayed the character > Tracy, who marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's > Secret Service? Diana Rigg > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English > Premier League football team does the main character support? Arsenal > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? Cantons > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which > European country? Spain > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his > country? Bridge > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an > elephant? Pasha > 10 Well, I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my > load; I've got seven women on my mind is the first line of which 1972 > hit song? Take It Easy > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 19 10:34AM +0200 > Valhalla > I've accepted Erland's answer of Midgard, but I'm hardly an expert in such > matters. Nor am I. I had no clue and just took a name from the appropriate mythology. I should certainly not have that point. (And I think Björn explicitly called out my error.) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 19 10:06PM -0500 Mark Brader: > it is called a Triple Crown. We'll give the specifics for some > Triple Crown winners; you name the respective players. > 1. Baltimore Orioles, 1966, right field, 49 HR, 122 RBI, .316 avg. Frank Robinson. 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Pete. > 2. Boston Red Sox, 1967, left field, 44 HR, 121 RBI, .326 avg. Carl Yastrzemski. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Pete, and Joshua. > 3. Detroit Tigers, 2012, third base, 44 HR, 139 RBI, .330 avg. Miguel Cabrera. 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Pete. > The World Cup of Cricket takes place every 4 years. The final of > the tournament just ended was played on March 28. > 4. That tournament was held in which *two* countries? Australia, New Zealand. 4 for Calvin, Björn, Stephen, Peter, and Pete. The two home teams met in the final and Australia won narrowly. > 5. Who was the defending champion, the winner in 2011? India. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Peter. 3 for Dan. 2 for Joshua. > 6. This tournament uses the one-day international format. So how > many overs does each team play in a game? Each team *bats* for 50 overs, so I'm accepting either 50 or 100. 4 for Calvin (the hard way), Stephen, Peter, and Pete. Apologies for not noticing the bad wording, but then, neither did anybody at the actual game. > We'll name an NHL player (all are Montreal players, in fact); > you give us his classic nickname. > 7. Nels Stewart. Old Poison. 4 for Stephen. > 8. Georges Vézina. The Chicoutimi Cucumber. > 9. Howie Morenz. The Stratford Streak; also the Mitchell Meteor. for got this. > * Grand Prix Racetracks > Name the country that each of these Grand Prix racetracks is in. > 10. Sepang. Malaysia. 4 for Calvin, Erland, Stephen (ok), and Peter. 3 for Marc. 2 for Dan. > 11. Interlagos. Brazil. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Peter. 3 for Dan. > 12. Monza. Italy. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Marc, Erland, Dan, Björn, Stephen, Peter, Pete, and Joshua. > * Number of Players > How many players from each team are on the field at a time in... Sorry, guessing by giving the question number as the answer was not a good strategy on these! > 13. Canadian football? 12. 4 for Calvin, Marc, Stephen, Peter, and Joshua. 2 for Pete. > 14. Rugby League? 13. (It's the other kind of rugby that has 15.) 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Peter. > 15. Australian rules football? 18. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Peter. Scores, if there are no errors: ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Geo A&L Spo Dan Blum 36 47 47 12 142 Joshua Kreitzer 46 48 31 14 139 Stephen Perry 40 -- 43 52 135 Marc Dashevsky 38 44 25 23 130 Peter Smyth 27 41 21 36 125 "Calvin" 25 42 22 36 125 Pete Gayde 20 48 28 26 122 Erland Sommarskog 36 46 8 8 98 Björn Lundin 16 40 28 8 92 Dan Tilque 35 32 8 -- 75 Jason Kreitzer 20 20 4 -- 44 Bruce Bowler -- 28 -- -- 28 -- Mark Brader "Great things are not done by those Toronto who sit down and count the cost msb@vex.net of every thought and act." --Daniel Gooch My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 20 10:48AM +0200 > Australia, New Zealand. 4 for Calvin, Björn, Stephen, Peter, > and Pete. > The two home teams met in the final and Australia won narrowly. Big congratulations to Calvin for this stunning victory! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 17 10:51AM +0200 > 5. Who was the defending champion, the winner in 2011? Calvin > 10. Sepang. Malaysia? > 11. Interlagos. Chile? > 12. Monza. Italy! > 13. Canadian football? 13 > 14. Rugby League? 14 > 15. Australian rules football? 15 -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 17 08:37PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:4e-dnXOzrL8o6TXInZ2dnUU7- > it is called a Triple Crown. We'll give the specifics for some > Triple Crown winners; you name the respective players. > 1. Baltimore Orioles, 1966, right field, 49 HR, 122 RBI, .316 avg. Frank Robinson > 2. Boston Red Sox, 1967, left field, 44 HR, 121 RBI, .326 avg. Carl Yastrzemski > 3. Detroit Tigers, 2012, third base, 44 HR, 139 RBI, .330 avg. Miguel Cabrera > The World Cup of Cricket takes place every 4 years. The final of > the tournament just ended was played on March 28. > 4. That tournament was held in which *two* countries? New Zealand and Australia > 5. Who was the defending champion, the winner in 2011? Australia > 6. This tournament uses the one-day international format. So how > many overs does each team play in a game? 50 > * Grand Prix Racetracks > Name the country that each of these Grand Prix racetracks is in. > 10. Sepang. Singapore; Japan > 11. Interlagos. Spain > 12. Monza. Italy > * Number of Players > How many players from each team are on the field at a time in... > 13. Canadian football? 11; 12 > 14. Rugby League? 15 > 15. Australian rules football? 15; 17 Pete |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 18 01:14AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:4e-dnXOzrL8o6TXInZ2dnUU7- > it is called a Triple Crown. We'll give the specifics for some > Triple Crown winners; you name the respective players. > 2. Boston Red Sox, 1967, left field, 44 HR, 121 RBI, .326 avg. Carl Yastrzemski > The World Cup of Cricket takes place every 4 years. The final of > the tournament just ended was played on March 28. > 5. Who was the defending champion, the winner in 2011? Australia; India > * Grand Prix Racetracks > Name the country that each of these Grand Prix racetracks is in. > 12. Monza. Italy > * Number of Players > How many players from each team are on the field at a time in... > 13. Canadian football? 12 > 15. Australian rules football? 11 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 17 10:49AM +0200 >> 7. What is the most common of the tempo markings that mean "brisk" >> or "lively"? > Allegro. 4 for Marc, Peter, and Pete. 3 for Calvin. For the record: I answerd "Vivace" which also means "lively". However, without any research, I certainly consent that allegro is more common. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 17 01:55PM +0200 > Not only that, but it starts with A. Blush! I completely missed that part. I'll stand in my corner for the rest of the day. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jul 20 11:55AM On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:40:16 -0700, Calvin wrote: > On Monday, July 13, 2015 at 7:45:40 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > cheers, > calvin I answered bison on 5 which is none of the accepted answers, but was given credit which I don't deserve. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 23 05:18PM Mark Brader wrote: > meme; you identify the relevant picture by letter. > 1. "Late to work... Boss was even later"; "Don't know question on > a test... Answer is in another question." E > 2. "What if I told you... people committed murder before video games > existed?"; "What if I told you... hashtags on Facebook do > nothing?" F > 3. "One does not simply... find the Smurf village"; "One does not > simply... stop being jealous because you say they should." C > Name the people described. > 4. This actor/actress has an Oscar for "Reversal of Fortune", > an Emmy for "Elizabeth I", and a Tony for "The Real Thing". Judi Dench > * Record Producers > For each of the following smash albums, name the producer. > 7. "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. Quincy Jones > 8. "Abbey Road" by The Beatles. George Martin > 9. "Heroes" by David Bowie. Tony Visconti > Each will be "iPod" and a second word. It is not necessary to > identify which generation of the particular iPod it is. > 13. 2007, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/ipod/13.jpg Mini > 14. 2010, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/ipod/14.jpg Shuffle > 15. 2007, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/ipod/15.jpg Touch Peter Smyth |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 23 11:17PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > nothing?" > 3. "One does not simply... find the Smurf village"; "One does not > simply... stop being jealous because you say they should." B > For each of the following smash albums, name the producer. > 7. "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. > 8. "Abbey Road" by The Beatles. Spector -- Dan Tilque |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 23 08:23PM -0700 On Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 7:35:54 PM UTC-4, swp wrote: > on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be > who posted first. > have fun! first, the expected answers. > 0. what is the name of the NASA probe that just flew by the dwarf-planet Pluto? new horizons > 1. what is the name of the actor who is currently portraying the lead character in the BBC series Doctor Who? peter capaldi > 2. the president of nintendo died at age 55 recently. what was his name? satoru iwata > 3. what celebration feast marks the end of ramadan? eid al-fitr > 4. what show leads this year's emmy awards nominations with 24 game of thrones > 5. what is e^(i*pi)+1=0 better know as? euler's equation or euler's identity > 6. rebecca romijn hosts a television show with rupaul on the gameshow network. name it. skin wars [basically its painting on naked people.] > 7. 'jar of hearts' was the debut single for what american singer-songwriter? christina perri > 8. siblings Kimberly, Reid, and Neil form what musical group? the band perry > 9. what city will host the games of the xxi olympiad in 2016? rio de janeiro, brazil and now for my attempt at scoring this. name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 total ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- Dan B 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Mark B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Marc D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Gareth O 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- totals 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 12 the winner is Dan Blum! congratulations. RQ 190 is yours to do with as you please. swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 23 10:54PM -0500 Stephen Perry: > > 5. what is e^(i*pi)+1=0 better know as? > euler's equation or euler's identity Oh? Let's see what Mathworld has to say about that. The page is: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/EulerFormula.html It says "the Euler formula, sometimes also called the Euler identity" is e^(i*x) = cos x + i sin x If you take the specific case of this formula where x = pi, *then* you get the one that Stephen asked about, which to the best of my knowledge has no name of its own. I therefore submit that the two entrants whose answers were phrases describing the formula should be scored as correct. Which, in Stephen's notation, makes it: name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 total ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- Dan B 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Mark B 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 Marc D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Gareth O 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- totals 3 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 14 or a clear win for Gareth. (Posted and emailed.) -- Mark Brader "Those who do not know USENET Toronto are doomed to repeat each other." msb@vex.net -- Erik Fair (after George Santayana) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 23 09:00PM -0700 On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 11:54:10 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > totals 3 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 14 > or a clear win for Gareth. > (Posted and emailed.) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity swp |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 24 07:12AM +0100 > see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity "A poll of readers conducted by The Mathematical Intelligencer in 1990 named Euler's identity as the "most beautiful theorem in mathematics"." |
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