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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 08 01:35AM -0500 This will be the last set of current-events questions from the Canadian Inquisition for at least a couple of months. As usual, they are running concurrently with the posting of regular rounds, currently from the Final of the previous season. 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. 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*)". ** Final (2015-07-07 [sic]), Round 1 - Current Events * Canada 1. The Divisional Court in Ontario upheld the Law Society of Ontario's refusal to accredit which BC Christian university's yet-to-open law school? 2. 1,600 workers went on strike at 9 stores in and around Windsor, 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? * Business 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? 5. Donald Trump's controversial remarks on Mexican immigrants got 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? 6. The co-CEOs of this grocery store chain apologized to shoppers last week after a New York investigation revealed that its stores routinely overcharged for pre-packaged fruits, vegetables, and deli meats. Name the chain, which operates more than 400 stores globally, including 10 in Canada. * 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. 9. Name the American midfielder who scored a hat trick in the FIFA Women's World Cup finals on Sunday. * World 10. On Thursday, the solar-powered plane Solar Impulse and its pilot, Andre Borschberg, set records for the longest solo flight and the longest solar-powered flight when it touched down on Kalaeloa Airport in Hawaii. Which country did it leave from, 118 hours before? 11. On Friday, which major carrier was the first to offer a direct flight from New York's JFK Airport to Havana's José Martí International Airport? 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. * Entertainment 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. 14. This entertainer was ranked #3 on Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's 100 highest-paid celebrities. She pulled in $135,000,000 over the past year, and is featured on the magazine's cover. Name her. 15. "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek tapped his inner rapper on air last week. What 1990-96 TV sitcom's theme did Trebek rap? -- Mark Brader | "In a perfect world, the person of authority responds Toronto | to needs rather than to demands. That's not the way msb@vex.net | the system works, though." --Tony Cooper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 08 11:58AM +0200 > ** Final (2015-07-07 [sic]), Round 1 - Current Events > 2. 1,600 workers went on strike at 9 stores in and around Windsor, > Ontario. Which company's stores? Walmart > 3. 9-year-old Kegan Rothman landed a 272 kg fish from the Fraser > River in BC. What kind of fish? Red herring > 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 I > 7. Name the driver who won the British Grand Prix on Sunday. Lewis Hamilton > 9. Name the American midfielder who scored a hat trick in the FIFA > Women's World Cup finals on Sunday. Taylor? (I did read the article. I did not memorise the name). > 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 > 11. On Friday, which major carrier was the first to offer a > direct flight from New York's JFK Airport to Havana's José > Martí International Airport? United Airlines > 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. I missed that one - but it was obviously not Sweden! Switzerland? > 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. Chicago -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 07 11:01PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-03-30, and should be interpreted accordingly. 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 (from the first posting). All questions were written by members of MI5, 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*)". ** Final, Round 2 - History * Battle Order We give you a list of three battles in alphabetical order; you list them in chronological order. 1. Cambrai, Passchendaele, Verdun. 2. Borodino, the Nile, Trafalgar. 3. Salamis, Marathon, Thermopylae. * Chinese Revolution 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? 5. Between October 1934 and October 1935, the Red Army of the Communist Party of China (forerunner of the People's Liberation Army) was forced into a series of retreats in order to evade the 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)? 6. The Communist Party of China launched an economic and social campaign from 1958 to 1961 that aimed to rapidly transform the 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)? * Ships That Went Down Thanks to Another 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. 8. Swedish passenger ship MS Stockholm, 1956. 9. British submarine HMS Conqueror, 1982. * My Favorite Dictator We give you the name of a dictator currently in power. (They are all still in power as this round is posted.) You name the country. Most of these people were "elected", but it is generally believed that there was not actually any choice. 10. Thein Sein. 11. Nursultan Nazarbayev. 12. Umar Al-Bashir. * New France 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? 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? 15. In 1803, Napoléon Bonaparte sold the last part of mainland New France to the United States. What is this *transaction* known as? -- Mark Brader | The only trouble was, no despot had the resources to plan msb@vex.net | every detail in his society's behavior. Not even planet- Toronto | wrecker bombs had as dire a reputation for eliminating | civilizations. --Vernor Vinge, "A Deepness in the Sky" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| 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." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 08 05:21AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:POWdnY6p_NQuPQHInZ2dnUU7- > We give you a list of three battles in alphabetical order; you > list them in chronological order. > 1. Cambrai, Passchendaele, Verdun. Cambrai, Verdun, Passchendaele > 2. Borodino, the Nile, Trafalgar. Trafalgar, Borodino, the Nile > 3. Salamis, Marathon, Thermopylae. (I thought we were going to get a list in alphabetical order ...) Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis > 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)? the 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 (?) > 9. British submarine HMS Conqueror, 1982. General Belgrano > We give you the name of a dictator currently in power. (They are > all still in power as this round is posted.) You name the country. > 10. Thein Sein. Myanmar > 11. Nursultan Nazarbayev. Turkmenistan; Kazakhstan > 12. Umar Al-Bashir. Sudan > 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? Acadie > 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 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 08 11:52AM +0200 > We give you a list of three battles in alphabetical order; you > list them in chronological order. > 1. Cambrai, Passchendaele, Verdun. Passchendaele, Cambrai, Verdun > 2. Borodino, the Nile, Trafalgar. the Nile, Borodino, Trafalgar > 3. Salamis, Marathon, Thermopylae. What alphabet is this? :-) Ah, Greek, but in reverse order. Thermopylae, Marathon, Salamis > 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-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)? The Giant Leap > 8. Swedish passenger ship MS Stockholm, 1956. Andrea Doria > 9. British submarine HMS Conqueror, 1982. General Belgrano > 10. Thein Sein. Burma > 11. Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kazakhstan > 12. Umar Al-Bashir. Sudan > 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 Martin > 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? Acadie > 15. In 1803, Napoléon Bonaparte sold the last part of mainland > New France to the United States. What is this *transaction* > known as? The Louisana Purchase -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 07 10:54PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2015-02-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 10 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has extended his streak of 40's (although one of them was out of 48) to win again. Well done, sir! Hearty congratulations! Next we'll have questions from the Final of that season, posted, as usual, one round of 15 at a time. > of the Sun". As an adult, he has played an "American Psycho" > and an "American Hustle"r, a super-skinny "Machinist", and Moses. > His stepmother is Gloria Steinem. Christian Bale [1987; 2000, 2013, 2004, "Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014)]. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Marc, and Calvin. > being too disruptive. At 16, he was cast as a homeless boy on > the sitcom "Growing Pains". As an adult, he has played Romeo, > Howard Hughes, and J. Edgar Hoover. Leonardo DiCaprio ["William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" (1996), "The Aviator" (2004), "J. Edgar" (2011)]. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Marc, Bruce, and Calvin. > young girl in "Beaches". In real life, she has a doctorate in > neuroscience, and now on TV she plays a dowdy neurobiologist > pining for an oddball theoretical physicist. Mayim Bialik [1988; "The Big Bang Theory" (2009-)]. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, and Bruce. > adult, he played Barney Stinson on TV, Hedwig on Broadway, > and a fictionalized version of himself with Harold and Kumar. > He was the host of the 2015 Oscars. Neil Patrick Harris [1989-93; 2005-14, 2014, "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" (2011)]. 4 for Joshua, Björn, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Marc, Bruce, and Calvin. > she has continued acting and has directed two movies, "Away > from Her" and "Take This Waltz", and a documentary, "Stories > We Tell", about her mother's affair with her biological father. Sarah Polley [1990-96; 2006, 2011, 2012]. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Marc. > he appeared in "Arrested Development", and in the movies "Juno" > and "Couples Retreat". Canadian content: he is married to > Paul Anka's daughter. Jason Bateman [1982-83; 2003-13, 2007, 2009; Amanda Anka]. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > As an adult, he has played a romantic zombie in "Warm Bodies", > "Jack the Giant Slayer", and Beast in a couple of X-Men movies. > Until August 2014, he was Jennifer Lawrence's boyfriend. Nicholas Hoult [2002; 2013, 2013, "X-Men: First Class" (2011) and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014)]. 4 for Stephen. > played Wesley Crusher on "Star Trek: The Next Generation". > He now appears occasionally as Sheldon's nemesis on "The Big > Bang Theory". Wil Wheaton [1986; 1987-90 + occasional 1991-94; occasional 2009-]. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, and Bruce. > in Tokyo, and an alien seductress preying on men in Scotland. > She is the only woman to be twice named "Esquire" magazine's > "Sexiest Woman Alive". Scarlett Johansson [1994, 1998; "Girl with a Pearl Earring" (2003), "Lost in Translation" (2003), "Under the Skin" (2013)]. 4 for Joshua, Björn, Dan Blum, Stephen, Marc, and Calvin. > TV commercial. At 13, she was a teen prostitute named Iris > in "Taxi Driver". She has won 2 Best Actress Oscars and has > directed 3 films. Jodie Foster [1976; "The Accused" (1988), "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), "Little Man Tate" (1991), "Home for the Holidays" (1995), "The Beaver" (2011)]. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Marc, Bruce, and Calvin. > * Game 10, Round 10 - March Challenge Round This was the hardest round in the original game. > A1. In 1942, thousands of American and Filipino POWs were > forced to march over 60 miles by the Imperial Japanese Army. > What was this terrible march called? Bataan death march. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > journey to the coastal village of Dandi to collect something > himself, in protest against a British monopoly in colonial > India. What did Gandhi collect? Salt. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, and Bruce. > B1. Coach Mike Krzyzewski holds the record for most games won > in the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Championships, > with 82. What university is he the coach for? Duke. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Stephen, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Calvin. > B2. John Wooden holds the record for most appearances in the > March Madness Final Four, with 12. What university was he > the coach for? UCLA. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 2 for Calvin. > and as an offshore financial center. Its capital city > is Cockburn Town and its motto is "Beautiful by Nature". > Name the territory. Turks & Caicos Is. 4 for Stephen and Bruce. > of Santa Cruz, is home to the University of La Laguna, > and contains El Teide, the third-largest volcano in the > world from its base. Name the island. Tenerife. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Calvin. 3 for Erland. > D. Musical Marches > D1. Who wrote the wedding march from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? Felix Mendelssohn. 4 for Joshua, Björn, and Stephen. > D2. Who wrote the "Pomp and Circumstance" march? Edward Elgar. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Bruce, and Calvin. > novel by E.L. Doctorow. It is set in the waning days of > the Civil War, and follows this real-life figure as he > marches his troops through the heart of the South. Who? General William Tecumseh Sherman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > Brooks, which retells Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" > from the perspective of a character absent for much of the > original novel. What character? The father. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Marc. > F. "Little Women" > Who played Jo March in "Little Women", ... > F1. ...the 1933 movie version? Katharine Hepburn. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Marc. > F2. ...the 1949 movie version? June Allyson. 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His Lit Can Spo Sci Geo Ent Cha SIX Stephen Perry -- -- 23 36 40 40 40 40 219 Joshua Kreitzer 32 36 0 19 32 24 36 44 204 Marc Dashevsky 24 24 0 32 40 0 24 24 168 Dan Blum 24 26 0 28 32 20 28 24 162 Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 36 36 32 20 28 152 Dan Tilque 24 16 0 8 36 24 0 20 128 "Calvin" 19 20 0 22 28 7 20 17 126 Björn Lundin 8 8 -- -- 20 36 8 4 84 Peter Smyth 16 8 -- -- 24 19 4 8 79 Erland Sommarskog 0 8 0 8 7 40 4 7 74 Jason Kreitzer 12 12 -- -- 4 0 20 20 68 -- Mark Brader | "How, you may ask, did the mind of man ever excogitate Toronto | anything so false and foolish? The answer is that the msb@vex.net | mind of man had nothing to do with it..." --A.E. Housman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 08 11:45AM +0200 >> Until August 2014, he was Jennifer Lawrence's boyfriend. > Nicholas Hoult [2002; 2013, 2013, "X-Men: First Class" (2011) and > "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014)]. 4 for Stephen. Egads! A question where Nisse Hult is actually a correct answer! (Sorry, Björn is likely to be the only one who knows what I'm talking about.) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 07 06:33PM -0700 Welcome to RQ188. It is based on the 2014 World Bank Group "ease of doing business" index. Countries are ranked from 1-218 on the basis how conducive their regulatory environment is for the starting and operation of a local firm. The rankings take 10 factors into account: Starting a Business Dealing with Construction Permits Getting Electricity Registering Property Getting Credit Protecting Minority Investors Paying Taxes Trading Across Borders Enforcing Contracts Resolving Insolvency To assist you in your task, here are the rankings for the top-ranked country in the following regions: East Asia & Pacific - Singapore #1 East Europe & Central Asia - Georgia #15 Latin America & Caribbean - Colombia #34 Middle East & North Africa - UAE # 22 South Asia - Sri Lanka #99 Sub Saharan Africa - Mauritius #28 A lower ranking is better as you probably gathered. Your task is to nominate the ranking of these 10 countries: Argentina Eritrea Greece India New Zealand Nigeria Thailand United Kingdom United States Venezuela Your score will be the sum of the differences between your nominated rankings and the actual rankings. So if you nominate India at #100 and it is actually #123, your score is 23. The lowest aggregate score wins. I hope that clear enough but ask if not. The normal rules apply: use your wits only, answer by responding to this post (in rgt, not via email) within 7 days, and a modest donation to my papyal a/c won't do your chances of success any harm. Have fun and good luck! cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 07 07:09PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 11:33:59 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > Middle East & North Africa - UAE # 22 > South Asia - Sri Lanka #99 > Sub Saharan Africa - Mauritius #28 Just to be clear, these are world rankings from 1-219, not regional rankings. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 07 10:34PM -0500 "Calvin": > Welcome to RQ188. > It is based on the 2014 World Bank Group "ease of doing business" index. Interesting idea. Perverse, but interesting. <grin> > Argentina #30. > Eritrea #200. > Greece #61. > India #31. > New Zealand #15. > Nigeria #120. > Thailand #60. > United Kingdom #10. > United States #11. > Venezuela #62. -- Mark Brader "Men are animals." Toronto "What are women? Plants, birds, fish?" msb@vex.net -- Spider Robinson, "Night of Power" "Definitely birds." -- Rodney Boyd My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 07 08:42PM -0700 On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 9:33:59 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > Countries are ranked from 1-218 on the basis how conducive their regulatory > environment is for the starting and operation of a local firm. The rankings > take 10 factors into account: oy vey! > A lower ranking is better as you probably gathered. > Your task is to nominate the ranking of these 10 countries: > Argentina 109 > Eritrea 218 > Greece 66 > India 109 > New Zealand 2 > Nigeria 199 > Thailand 40 > United Kingdom 10 > United States 10 > Venezuela 199 > Your score will be the sum of the differences between your > nominated rankings and the actual rankings. you mean the absolute value of the difference, yes? to avoid this ambiguity in the future, you can just say you will square the differences and then sum them. that's how I score any pool where people are expected to pick a 'bracket' as well. except for new zealand, which I'm surprised wasn't #1, the rest are wild guesses based on what relative part of the chart I think they belong in. I also guessed that you put the worst one in there, and made my other 2 wags for worst 199 so they should be relatively close. the hardest ones were the US and UK -- I don't know which is lower than the other, but I suspect both are fairly high on the list. and when in doubt, pick the middle. swp |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 07 08:46PM -0700 On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 11:34:57 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > > Welcome to RQ188. > > It is based on the 2014 World Bank Group "ease of doing business" index. > Interesting idea. Perverse, but interesting. <grin> agreed! > #10. > > United States > #11. this was my guess zone for both of these as well. it should worry you that you are thinking like me. I know it worries me. swp |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 08 03:47AM > Argentina 30 > Eritrea 90 > Greece 50 > India 110 > New Zealand 4 > Nigeria 120 > Thailand 42 > United Kingdom 5 > United States 3 > Venezuela 40 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 07 10:56PM -0500 "Calvin": > > Your score will be the sum of the differences between your > > nominated rankings and the actual rankings. Stephen Perry: > you mean the absolute value of the difference, yes? I'm sure he did. > to avoid this ambiguity in the future, you can just say you will square the > differences and then sum them... Right, avoid a minor ambiguity by making a major change to the rules! -- Mark Brader | "...it is happening a lot to me recently. almost Toronto | as if my beliefs are no longer strong enough msb@vex.net | to counter reality." --Stephen Perry |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 07 10:55PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 1:56:17 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > Stephen Perry: > > you mean the absolute value of the difference, yes? > I'm sure he did. Yes I did, but can't difference can be used in that sense? As in, the difference between 12 and 7 is 5. > > to avoid this ambiguity in the future, you can just say you will square the > > differences and then sum them... > Right, avoid a minor ambiguity by making a major change to the rules! I'm certainly not doing that. One way-off guess could give you a score of 40,000+! cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 08 11:38AM +0200 > Welcome to RQ188. The answer is Bachmann Turner Overdrive! Oh, that was not the question? Oh well. Argentina - #70 Eritrea - #200 Greece - #110 India - #109 New Zealand - #10 Nigeria - #120 Thailand - #58 United Kingdom - #12 United States - #14 Venezuela - #78 -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 08 11:42AM +0200 >> Argentina > #30. And Dan Blum had the same guess. Which is apparently incorrect, because, Calvin said: Latin America & Caribbean - Colombia #34 -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 07 04:41PM -0700 On Monday, July 6, 2015 at 7:35:56 AM UTC+10, Peter Smyth wrote: > and therefore it is back over to Calvin to set the next quiz. Coming up in a day or two... > Thanks for playing Thanks for hosting. cheers, calvin |
| "gerson" <gerson@bigpond.net.au>: Jul 03 03:42PM +1000 "Mark Brader" wrote 1. 216 Bruce Bowler 2 1 1 1 WR 3 3 1 2 1 2. 252 Erland Sommarskog 1 1 1 2 WR 1 1 WR 1 3 3. 432 Mark Brader 2 3 WR 1 3 WR 1 1 1 1 4. 576 <rare-entries@hotmail.com> 2 1 2 2 1 WR 3 4 1 1 =4. 576 John Gerson 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 4 2 1 6. 1152 Stephen Perry 1 1 WR WR 1 WR 1 4 1 3 7. 1296 Christian Kelly 1 3 WR 1 1 3 3 4 1 3 Thanks from me for doing this. I observe I was the only one without a wrong answer, and I came near last ! :) |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 02 10:37AM +0200 > * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - True Blood > 4. What has historically been considered the blood type of a > universal donor? AB+ > 5. What protein inside red blood cells carries oxygen in the blood > of mammals? Hemoglobine > 8. Where are red blood cells made in humans? Marrowbone > * Game 10, Round 8 - Geography - The Iberian Peninsula > 1. Valencia. P > 2. Córdoba. J > 3. Madrid. L > 4. Lisboa, aka Lisbon. D > 5. Bilbao. M > 6. Porto, aka Oporto. B > 7. Coimbra. C > 8. Málaga. K > 9. Sevilla, aka Seville. I > 10. Corunna, aka La Coruña. A > So there were 6 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you like and identify them > for fun, but for no points. E - Oviedo F - León G - Valladolid? (I didn't to the Rot13) N - Zaragoza O - Barcelona H - Cadiz -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 02 05:16PM Mark Brader wrote: > (QFTCI*)". > * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - True Blood > 1. What is the medical term for blood poisoning? Haemotoxicity > by a lack of the oxygen in the blood due to a hole in the heart? > The layman's term will do. > 3. What does a sphygmomanometer ("SFIG-moh-muh-NOM-uh-ter") measure? Blood pressure > 4. What has historically been considered the blood type of a > universal donor? O > 5. What protein inside red blood cells carries oxygen in the blood > of mammals? Haemoglobin > 6. There are 3 major types of blood cells: red cells, white cells, > and what else? Platelets > 7. What is the yellow liquid in which blood cells float? Plasma > 8. Where are red blood cells made in humans? Liver > 9. What vitamin is deficient in patients suffering from pernicious > anemia? A, D > 10. What is the name of the group of hereditary genetic disorders > that impair the body's ability to control blood clotting or > coagulation? Haemophilia > We will give you the name of a city in Spain or Portugal. You tell > which letter on the map matches its location. > 1. Valencia. P > 2. Córdoba. > 3. Madrid. L > 4. Lisboa, aka Lisbon. D > 5. Bilbao. > 6. Porto, aka Oporto. B, C > 7. Coimbra. > 8. Málaga. K > 14. Mnentbmn, nxn Fnentbffn. > 15. Yróa. > 16. Bivrqb. Peter Smyth |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 02 01:44AM -0500 In article <xvqdnXZ-rup2PwnInZ2dnUU7-UOdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - True Blood > 1. What is the medical term for blood poisoning? septicemia > 2. What is the name for the visible condition at birth caused > by a lack of the oxygen in the blood due to a hole in the heart? > The layman's term will do. blue baby > 3. What does a sphygmomanometer ("SFIG-moh-muh-NOM-uh-ter") measure? arterial blood pressure > 4. What has historically been considered the blood type of a > universal donor? O negative > 5. What protein inside red blood cells carries oxygen in the blood > of mammals? hemoglobin > 6. There are 3 major types of blood cells: red cells, white cells, > and what else? platelets > 7. What is the yellow liquid in which blood cells float? plasma > 8. Where are red blood cells made in humans? bone marrow > 9. What vitamin is deficient in patients suffering from pernicious > anemia? B12 > 10. What is the name of the group of hereditary genetic disorders > that impair the body's ability to control blood clotting or > coagulation? Haemophilia -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 02 02:55AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - True Blood > 1. What is the medical term for blood poisoning? septicemia > 2. What is the name for the visible condition at birth caused > by a lack of the oxygen in the blood due to a hole in the heart? > The layman's term will do. blue baby > 3. What does a sphygmomanometer ("SFIG-moh-muh-NOM-uh-ter") measure? blood pressure > 4. What has historically been considered the blood type of a > universal donor? O- > 5. What protein inside red blood cells carries oxygen in the blood > of mammals? hemoglobin > 6. There are 3 major types of blood cells: red cells, white cells, > and what else? thrombocytes ?? (those aren't actually cells, but I can't think of anything else) > 7. What is the yellow liquid in which blood cells float? plasma > 8. Where are red blood cells made in humans? bone marrow > 9. What vitamin is deficient in patients suffering from pernicious > anemia? niacin ?? > 10. What is the name of the group of hereditary genetic disorders > that impair the body's ability to control blood clotting or > coagulation? hemophilia > We will give you the name of a city in Spain or Portugal. You tell > which letter on the map matches its location. > 1. Valencia. P > 2. Córdoba. G > 3. Madrid. L > 4. Lisboa, aka Lisbon. D > 5. Bilbao. M > 6. Porto, aka Oporto. B > 7. Coimbra. > 8. Málaga. > 9. Sevilla, aka Seville. I -- Dan Tilque |
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