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| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 28 09:02PM This is Rotating Quiz 195. Entries must be posted by Friday, September 4th, 2015 at 11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time). Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner gets to create the next RQ. Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question. The answers have a theme. Unlike in some previous RQs the scoring is not affected by the theme. Instead it is a simple 1 point per correct answer. If the answer is a person's name the surname is sufficient, but if other names are given they must be correct. If the answer is not a person's name then all commonly-used parts of the answer must be given (e.g. if the answer to a question were "Deutsche Bank" both words would be required, but the "AG" at the end would not be). In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest people got right). Second tiebreaker will be posting order. 1. While not as well-known as the Grand Canyon, this system of six canyons in the state of Chihuahua in Mexio is larger, and some parts of it are deeper. 2. This Canadian actor has appeared in many movies and TV shows over the years, including Scanners, at least two V series, Total Recall, and Terminator Salvation , and has also done a lot of voice acting for animated TV shows (such as Transformers Prime) and video games. He shares a surname with a man who was Chief of the Imperial General Staff early in WWII. 3. This American statistician spent a number of years analyzing baseball but is better-known now for his political analsyses; in 2008 he correctly predicted the winner of all US Senate races and the winner of 49 states in the presidential election. He is currently editor-in-chief of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight blog. 4. This US-based investment banking firm is one of the largest in the world. It was founded in 1869, joined the NYSE in 1896, and first took a company (Sears Roebuck) public in 1906. Since then it has been involved in numerous high-profile IPOs including those of Ford, Microsoft, and recently Twitter. 5. This American author has published dozens of novels for adults, every single of which has been on the best-seller lists; in 1989 the Guinness Book of World Records said she had the most consecutive weeks (381) on the New York Times list. Many if not all of her novels are categorized as romances. More than twenty have been adapted for TV. (They are not as popular with critics.) She has also written a number of books for young children. 6. This Canadian band has released eight studio albums beginning with 1996's Curb. That went gold in Canada; all their subsequent albums have gone platinum or multi-platinum in Canada and all except the most recent have done the same in the US. Rolling Stone magazine readers voted them the second-worst band of the 1990s (they were beaten by Creed). 7. This first novel by Guenter Grass is narrated by a man(?) who never grows up. A film based on parts of it won the Palme d'Or in 1979 and the best foreign-language Oscar in 1980. 8. Most satellite phone providers use satellites in geosynchronous orbits. However, two use low earth orbit satellites. This one, the larger of the two, has 66 active satellites in polar orbits and claims to provide service to the entire surface of the Earth. 9. Supposedly Albertus Magnus made one of these and Thomas Aquinas, annoyed by the noise it produced, smashed it. This is very unlikely to be true; even if one ignores the fact that it is scientifically impossible, such objects were attributed to pretty much everyone in medieval Europe who had scientific interests, including Roger Bacon and Robert Grosseteste. 10. This Queen frontman was Farrokh Bulsara when he was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, but starting using a different first name as a boy and changed his surname early in his career. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Aug 28 02:57PM -0700 On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 5:02:40 PM UTC-4, Dan Blum wrote: > 1. While not as well-known as the Grand Canyon, this system of six > canyons in the state of Chihuahua in Mexio is larger, and some parts > of it are deeper. copper canyon > animated TV shows (such as Transformers Prime) and video games. He > shares a surname with a man who was Chief of the Imperial General > Staff early in WWII. michael ironside > he correctly predicted the winner of all US Senate races and the > winner of 49 states in the presidential election. He is currently > editor-in-chief of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight blog. silvers > a company (Sears Roebuck) public in 1906. Since then it has been > involved in numerous high-profile IPOs including those of Ford, > Microsoft, and recently Twitter. goldman sachs > categorized as romances. More than twenty have been adapted for > TV. (They are not as popular with critics.) She has also written a > number of books for young children. danielle steele > recent have done the same in the US. Rolling Stone magazine readers > voted them the second-worst band of the 1990s (they were beaten by > Creed). nickelback > 7. This first novel by Guenter Grass is narrated by a man(?) who never > grows up. A film based on parts of it won the Palme d'Or in 1979 and > the best foreign-language Oscar in 1980. ... gold? tin? platinum? ... I got nothing here. > orbits. However, two use low earth orbit satellites. This one, the > larger of the two, has 66 active satellites in polar orbits and claims > to provide service to the entire surface of the Earth. iridium > impossible, such objects were attributed to pretty much everyone in > medieval Europe who had scientific interests, including Roger Bacon > and Robert Grosseteste. a clockwork metal man > 10. This Queen frontman was Farrokh Bulsara when he was born in the > Sultanate of Zanzibar, but starting using a different first name as a > boy and changed his surname early in his career. Freddie Mercury (greatest singing voice in rock'n'roll of all time) swp |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 29 09:39AM Dan Blum wrote: > he correctly predicted the winner of all US Senate races and the > winner of 49 states in the presidential election. He is currently > editor-in-chief of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight blog. Nate Silver > a company (Sears Roebuck) public in 1906. Since then it has been > involved in numerous high-profile IPOs including those of Ford, > Microsoft, and recently Twitter. Goldman Sachs > recent have done the same in the US. Rolling Stone magazine readers > voted them the second-worst band of the 1990s (they were beaten by > Creed). Nickelback > 10. This Queen frontman was Farrokh Bulsara when he was born in the > Sultanate of Zanzibar, but starting using a different first name as a > boy and changed his surname early in his career. Freddie Mercury Peter Smyth |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 28 01:34PM > Two of the directors he worked most closely with were Franco > Zeffirelli, for whom he scored "Romeo and Juliet", and Frederico > Fellini, with whom he worked on "La Strada" in 1954. Name him. Morricone > Motion Picture for Tim Burton's "Batman". He also provided the > voice for Bonejangles, the skeleton in Burton's "Corpse Bride". > Name him. Elfman > the Woody Allen scandal, this composer has taken home 4 Academy > Awards, two in the 1950s for "Gigi" and "Porgy and Bess" and two > in the 1960s for "Irma la Douce" and "My Fair Lady". Name him. Previn > to produce ape imitations. Name this innovative composer, who > also worked on "Chinatown", five "Star Trek" movies, and three > "Rambo" movies. Horner > from 1973 to 1988. They played 80 matches against each > other during that time, including 14 Grand Slam finals. > Name *either*. Navratilova > A2. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought three times: Frazier > won the first fight and Ali the other two. What name is > their third fight known by? Rumble in the Jungle > B. Rival Towns on TV > B2. What is the name of Springfield's rival on "The Simpsons"? Shelbyville > direct current whereas this pioneer of the electrical > industry advocated alternating current. The company he > founded is now known as the CBS Corporation. Name him. Nikola Tesla > C2. Name the third vice-president of the US, who shot and > mortally wounded a former treasury secretary. Aaron Burr > wars since achieving independence in 1947 -- in 1947, 1965, > and 1971. There was also an unofficial war in 1999 as well > as several border skirmishes. Name *either*. India > these two nations have a heated soccer rivalry. They have > combined for 7 World Cup victories and 22 Copa America > victories. Name *either*. Brazil > E. Toronto High-School Rivalries > E2. Lakehurst Secondary School was the rival school of what > fictional Toronto school? DeGrassi High > F1. Name the Russian-born novelist who said: "As to Hemingway, > I read him for the first time in the early 'forties, > something about bells, balls and bulls, and loathed it." Nabakov > the worker's son, like a modern-day D.H. Lawrence, but he's > just another boring little middle-class boy hustling his > way to the top if he can do it." Gore Vidal -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 28 03:48PM +0200 > Hollywood's most innovative talents for integrating electronic > music with traditional orchestra arrangements. His 150 films > include "The Lion King", "Gladiator", and "Twelve Years a Slave". Giogrio Moroder > from 1973 to 1988. They played 80 matches against each > other during that time, including 14 Grand Slam finals. > Name *either*. Martina Navratilova > A2. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought three times: Frazier > won the first fight and Ali the other two. What name is > their third fight known by? Rumble in the Jungle > wars since achieving independence in 1947 -- in 1947, 1965, > and 1971. There was also an unofficial war in 1999 as well > as several border skirmishes. Name *either*. India and Pakistan > these two nations have a heated soccer rivalry. They have > combined for 7 World Cup victories and 22 Copa America > victories. Name *either*. Brazil and Argentina > and the other at 851 Mount Pleasant Rd., have a natural > rivalry because of their size and close proximity. > Name *either*. I got exhausted by naming two on the previous questions, so I sleep over this one. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 28 05:23PM Mark Brader wrote: > orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He has collaborated > with a variety of directors, including Mel Gibson ("Braveheart") > and Ron Howard ("A Beautiful Mind"). Name him. James Horner > from 1973 to 1988. They played 80 matches against each > other during that time, including 14 Grand Slam finals. > Name either. Evert, Navratilova > A2. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought three times: Frazier > won the first fight and Ali the other two. What name is > their third fight known by? Rumble in the Jungle, Thriller in Manila > B. Rival Towns on TV > B1. What is the name of Dog River's rival town on "Corner Gas"? > B2. What is the name of Springfield's rival on "The Simpsons"? Shelbyville > direct current whereas this pioneer of the electrical > industry advocated alternating current. The company he > founded is now known as the CBS Corporation. Name him. Tesla > C2. Name the third vice-president of the US, who shot and > mortally wounded a former treasury secretary. Hamilton > wars since achieving independence in 1947 -- in 1947, 1965, > and 1971. There was also an unofficial war in 1999 as well > as several border skirmishes. Name either. India, Pakistan > these two nations have a heated soccer rivalry. They have > combined for 7 World Cup victories and 22 Copa America > victories. Name either. Brazil, Argentina > the worker's son, like a modern-day D.H. Lawrence, but he's > just another boring little middle-class boy hustling his > way to the top if he can do it." Peter Smyth |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 29 12:29AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > Hollywood's most innovative talents for integrating electronic > music with traditional orchestra arrangements. His 150 films > include "The Lion King", "Gladiator", and "Twelve Years a Slave". Hans Zimmer > He has worked on a variety of commercially successful films > including "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "The King's Speech", and > "Zero Dark Thirty". Despres > spanning over 5 decades before his death in 2004. Memorable > films include "The Ten Commandments", "The Magnificent Seven", > "The Great Escape", and "To Kill a Mockingbird". Name him. Elmer Bernstein > Two of the directors he worked most closely with were Franco > Zeffirelli, for whom he scored "Romeo and Juliet", and Frederico > Fellini, with whom he worked on "La Strada" in 1954. Name him. Nino Rota > Awards. He has also been a consistent collaborator with > director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his > films since 1979. Name him. Howard Shore > Motion Picture for Tim Burton's "Batman". He also provided the > voice for Bonejangles, the skeleton in Burton's "Corpse Bride". > Name him. Danny Elfman > orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He has collaborated > with a variety of directors, including Mel Gibson ("Braveheart") > and Ron Howard ("A Beautiful Mind"). Name him. James Horner > he is only one of 10 people to win 3 or more Oscars in one night: > in 1973, he took home statues for both "The Sting" and "The Way > We Were". Name this talented musician who passed away in 2012. Marvin Hamlisch > the Woody Allen scandal, this composer has taken home 4 Academy > Awards, two in the 1950s for "Gigi" and "Porgy and Bess" and two > in the 1960s for "Irma la Douce" and "My Fair Lady". Name him. Andre Previn > to produce ape imitations. Name this innovative composer, who > also worked on "Chinatown", five "Star Trek" movies, and three > "Rambo" movies. Jerry Goldsmith > from 1973 to 1988. They played 80 matches against each > other during that time, including 14 Grand Slam finals. > Name *either*. Martina Navratilova > A2. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought three times: Frazier > won the first fight and Ali the other two. What name is > their third fight known by? the Thrilla in Manila > B. Rival Towns on TV > B2. What is the name of Springfield's rival on "The Simpsons"? Shelbyville > direct current whereas this pioneer of the electrical > industry advocated alternating current. The company he > founded is now known as the CBS Corporation. Name him. Westinghouse > C2. Name the third vice-president of the US, who shot and > mortally wounded a former treasury secretary. Aaron Burr > wars since achieving independence in 1947 -- in 1947, 1965, > and 1971. There was also an unofficial war in 1999 as well > as several border skirmishes. Name *either*. India > these two nations have a heated soccer rivalry. They have > combined for 7 World Cup victories and 22 Copa America > victories. Name *either*. Brazil > E. Toronto High-School Rivalries > E2. Lakehurst Secondary School was the rival school of what > fictional Toronto school? Degrassi High; Degrassi Junior High > F1. Name the Russian-born novelist who said: "As to Hemingway, > I read him for the first time in the early 'forties, > something about bells, balls and bulls, and loathed it." Vladimir Nabokov > the worker's son, like a modern-day D.H. Lawrence, but he's > just another boring little middle-class boy hustling his > way to the top if he can do it." Gore Vidal -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Aug 28 05:39PM -0700 On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 12:22:23 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > spanning over 5 decades before his death in 2004. Memorable > films include "The Ten Commandments", "The Magnificent Seven", > "The Great Escape", and "To Kill a Mockingbird". Name him. Bernard Hermann? > Motion Picture for Tim Burton's "Batman". He also provided the > voice for Bonejangles, the skeleton in Burton's "Corpse Bride". > Name him. Danny Elfman > from 1973 to 1988. They played 80 matches against each > other during that time, including 14 Grand Slam finals. > Name *either*. Chris Evert-Lloyd > A2. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought three times: Frazier > won the first fight and Ali the other two. What name is > their third fight known by? The Thrilla in Manila > B. Rival Towns on TV > B1. What is the name of Dog River's rival town on "Corner Gas"? > B2. What is the name of Springfield's rival on "The Simpsons"? Shelbyville > direct current whereas this pioneer of the electrical > industry advocated alternating current. The company he > founded is now known as the CBS Corporation. Name him. Nikolai Tesla > C2. Name the third vice-president of the US, who shot and > mortally wounded a former treasury secretary. Aaron Burr |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 28 12:15PM -0500 Rotating Quiz #194 is over and DAN BLUM wins it with a perfect 12. Hearty congratulations! And please start RQ 195 at your earliest convenience. > 1. This man left France when it surrendered to Nazi Germany and > founded what became the "Free French" army. In later years he > had success as a politician. Charles de Gaulle. 1 for everyone -- Chris, Stephen, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Marc, Peter, Pete, and Dan Blum. > 2. Also in WW2, this man led the American forces at war with Japan. > But his military career came to an abrupt end when he exceeded > his authority in Korea. Douglas MacArthur. 1 for everyone. > His paper introduced "special relativity" was published in 1905, > followed in 1915 by one on "general relativity". What was > general about it? It addresses acceleration and in particular gravity. (Anything along these lines was sufficient. Special relativity only considered objects moving at constant velocity.) 1 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Marc, and Dan Blum. > 4. In Larry Niven's "Known Space" series, a company owned by the > Puppeteers produces spacecraft hulls that are almost invulnerable > to damage. Name the company. General Products. 1 for Chris, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. > I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical, > About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news -- > With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. The song is from "The Pirates of Penzance: or, The Slave of Duty" by Gilbert and Sullivan (1880). When I composed this question I thought that I knew the answer and it was: "I am the very model of a modern major general". But since it was possible that spelling and capitalization would have been a tiebreaker, I decided to look for the original version in Google Books and see whether it had "major-general", "Major-General", or what. I restricted the search to "full view" editions, since the original would be in the public domain, and found two, both dated 1880, one containing the sheet music and the other only the lyrics -- and it turned out that they spelled the last word differently. The sheet music has "Ma - jor - Ge - ne - ral", meaning "Major-General", while the other edition has "major-gineral", lower-case, obviously spelling it with an I to match the rhyme with "mineral" on the following line. But in both editions, the fifth word of the first line is "pattern", not "model". The line "I am the very model of a modern major-general" does occur in the song, but later. At this point I decided that not only did I have it wrong, but so did all 8 entrants who'd answered the question, all with the answer I'd been expecting. But then I wondered further, and started looking for a recording of the show that I thought we had. When I found that I was wrong about that too, my wife Cathy suggested using the Toronto Public Library web site. She checked three recordings of different productions of the show and all three of them had "model" rather than "pattern" in the first line. So it would seem that at some time after the original version was written, someone decided that this would be an improvement and that's become the way it's usually sung. I therefore decided to accept either version. So: "I am the very pattern (or model) of a modern Major-General". 1 for Chris, Stephen, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Peter, Pete, and Dan Blum. > mayor is corrupt, and the mayor and his associates hear about > this try to placate the agent, but they guess wrong as to which > person *is* the agent. "The Inspector General". 1 for Chris, Dan Tilque, Gareth, and Dan Blum. > * General Positions > 7. In the US, Vivek Murthy succeeded Regina Benjamin in this > position. Surgeon General 1 for Stephen, Gareth, Marc, Pete, and Dan Blum. > 8. In Canada, David Johnston succeeded Michaëlle Jean in this > position. Governor General. 1 for Chris, Stephen, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Peter, and Dan Blum. > Today it is a leading manufacturer of diesel locomotives and > airplane jet engines, as well as other products more likely to > be found in retail stores. General Electric. 1 for Chris, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Marc, Peter, Pete, and Dan Blum. > 10. This company's brand names include Cheerios, Betty Crocker, > Pillsbury, Nature Valley, Progresso, Yoplait, and Häagen-Dazs. General Mills. 1 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Marc, Pete, and Dan Blum. > 11. This rank as it now exists in the US army was created in 1944 > for <answer 2> and a few others. Currently nobody holds > this rank. Give its official name. General of the Army. (Informally, 5-star general.) 1 for Chris, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Dan Blum. > 12. This rank in the US army, four steps below <answer 11>, also > fits the theme of this contest, but the corresponding rank in > the British army does not. Brigadier General. ("Brigadier" in the British army.) 1 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: His S/SF Fic Pos Corp Rank TOTALS Dan Blum 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 Dan Tilque 2 2 2 1 2 2 11 Stephen Perry 2 2 1 2 2 2 11 Gareth Owen 2 1 2 2 2 0 9 Chris Johnson 2 1 2 1 1 1 8 Peter Smyth 2 0 1 1 1 2 7 Marc Dashevsky 2 1 0 1 2 1 7 Pete Gayde 2 0 1 1 2 0 6 "Calvin" 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 -- Mark Brader "Male got pregnant -- on the first try." Toronto Newsweek article on high-tech conception msb@vex.net November 30, 1987 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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