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| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 05 03:18AM Rotating Quiz #195 is over and Marc Dashevsky is the winner with a near-perfect score. He may now set RQ #196. > 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. Nate Silver Spelling issues that don't change the pronunciation (e.g., adding a silent "e") I am ignoring, but "Silvers" is out. > 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 Steel > 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. The Tin Drum The original German title would also have been acceptable. > 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 bronze head (or a brazen head or a brass head) The impossible part is that it not only spoke (not possible with period technology) but prophesied accurately (not possible at all, as far as we know). > 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 Scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total ---------------------------------- Marc 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 Stephen 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 Dan 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 Mark 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 Gareth 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 Peter 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 Erland 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 Pete 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 05 02:14AM -0500 In article <msdmuo$kps$1@reader1.panix.com>, tool@panix.com says... > Rotating Quiz #195 is over and Marc Dashevsky is the winner with > a near-perfect score. He may now set RQ #196. Thanks Dan. I intend to post it by Tuesday morning, UTC-6. -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 04 02:44PM -0700 On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 1:45:30 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: Apologies for the delay. > 1 Emily Bronte, Frederic Chopin and John Keats all died after contracting which disease? Tuberculosis / Consumption > 2 Which 1935 folk opera was the first to feature a cast made up entirely of African-Americans? Porgy and Bess > 3 In which European country was the computer game Tetris invented? Russia / USSR > 4 Which African nation's flag is a mirror image of the Republic of Ireland's? Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivoire Which as Mark wittily pointed out are nearly mirror images themselves. > 5 Which actress played the female lead in the 1989 movie The Fabulous Baker Boys? Michelle Pfeiffer > 6 In which country did the Euro replace the Escudo as the unit of currency? Portugal > 7 Which sport does Michelle Wie play professionally? Golf > 8 Which long-running British TV soap opera is set in a fictitious Yorkshire village? Emmerdale [Farm] > 9 What name is shared by this helicopter and a North American wind? Chinook > 10 Which make of car featured in the "Back to the Future" film trilogy? De Lorean Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 406 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 61 Mark Brader 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 63 Gareth Owen 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 60 Chris Johnson 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 60 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 52 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 56 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 41 Peter Smyth 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 6 49 Bruce Bowler 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 35 Bjorn Lundin 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 22 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 7 6 8 4 4 10 8 3 8 9 67 67% Congratulations Mark. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 04 06:20PM -0500 "Calvin": > > 10 Which make of car featured in the "Back to the Future" film trilogy? > De Lorean Incidentally, there seems to be widespread disagreement on the correct spelling of this name (both for the company and the man). The car was produced in Northern Ireland and when I was there in June I photographed three signs about the car and the company at the Ulster Transport Museum. Two of them spelled the name De Lorean consistently; the other one used DeLorean 3 out of 5 times. One of the signs reproduced some newspaper headlines, which consistently spelled it as two words. However, it also reproduced a movie poster -- or a mockup of a movie poster (the movie itself doesn't seem to exist) where the name is spelled DeLorean 3 out of 4 times. When I got home I did some web searching, and checked a couple of reference books, and found support for both spellings. The sources that seem most authoritative, and also Wikipedia, are consistent in using DeLorean; but other sources often use De Lorean, and I even found a book about the man and the company where that spelling is used consistently. I've even found some material where the name seems to be spelled with a *half space* after the De. It is a puzzlement. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Close your tag and give it a rest, Jason" msb@vex.net | --FoxTrot (Bill Amend) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 04 02:47PM -0700 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film? 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others? 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe? 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died? 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open? 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase? 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary? 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books? 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode? 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."? cheers, calvin |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 04 10:53PM +0100 > 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which > 1968 Stanley Kubrick film? 2001 - A Space Odyssey > 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, > author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others? The Master > 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe? Trachea > 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 > when she learned that her father had died? Kenya? somewhere in Africa > 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open? Three? > 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a > series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the > intentional omission of a word or phrase? Ellipsis > 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand > author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary? Spider??? > 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books? Uhh nerrr. Gersebumps. > 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and > cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode? Magnum PI (I got *nothing*) > 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend > explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, > my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."? Merle Haggard? |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 04 05:06PM -0500 In article <b857ec0d-a77f-4ad4-a5c2-20ad7bd393b5@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film? 2001: A Space Odyssey > 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others? > 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe? trachea > 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died? Kenya > 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open? 3 > 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase? ellipsis > 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary? > 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books? R. L. Stein > 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode? Boston Legal > 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."? Johnny Cash -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Sep 04 06:29PM -0400 On 2015-09-04, Calvin wrote: > 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film? 2001: A Space Odyssey > 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others? Doctor Who > 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe? Trachea > 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died? South Africa > 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open? 3 > 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase? ellipsis > 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary? dog > 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books? > 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode? Boston Legal > 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."? Willie Nelson -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 04 05:31PM -0500 Calvin: > 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is > the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film? "2001: A Space Odyssey". > 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon > cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a > renegade time lord, among others? Doctor Who? > 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe? Trachea. > 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth > visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father > had died? Kenya. > 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open? 5? > comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an > unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a > word or phrase? Ellipsis. > by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of > animal is Hairy Maclary? > 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books? Stine. > 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore > share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at > the end of each episode? "Boston Legal". > music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest > fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's > dead, so you can't question it."? Cash? -- Mark Brader, | "There is no silver bullet, because not every Toronto, msb@vex.net | problem is a werewolf." -- Damian Conway My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 04 08:33PM +0100 > photographs of torture that were smuggled out of the country in > October 2014 and displayed at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. > Name the leader. Assad > phone call from a sex trade worker. He has referred to climate > change as "crap" and has said that "virginity is the greatest > gift you can give someone". Name this colorful world leader. Tony Abbott > revered by indigenous people for his policies, but has had a > difficult relationship with the US, expelling their ambassador > and USAID, and suspending DEA operations. Name this leader. Hugo Chavez > arrest warrant found in the prosecutor's wastebasket. Other > accusations include corruption, crony capitalism, and harassment > of Argentina's independent media. Name this world leader. Pinochet? > brutal repression. When the 2008 election was proving to be > too close, he suspended the rules and declared himself president > once again. Name this leader. Robert Mugabe > President Obama decided to sit out the speech, citing his policy > of not inviting leaders close to their country's election. > Name this controversial leader. Netanyahi (sp?) > racketeering and corruption. Charges, however, were dropped > in 2009 amid claims of political interference. Name this > world leader. Jacob Zuma > 1. It wasn't always "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". Name the > original host of the show, who Stewart took over from in > January 1999. Craig Kilborne > to win a Golden Globe for his performance in "The Office" and > was nominated for an Oscar this year for his portrayal of John > du Pont in "Foxcatcher". Name him. Steve Carrell > of the United States of South Carolina. Name this satiric > comedian who is to take over hosting duties for "The Late Show" > from David Letterman. Stephen Colbert > (Maziar Bahari) in a Tehran jail. She is known for the "This > Week in God" segment and was the longest-serving correspondent, > surpassing <answer 3> in 2012. Name *either*. Samantha Bee (FWIW: and Jason Jones) > following that 2009 interview. Iranian authorities presented > the interview as evidence that he was in communication with an > American spy. Name the 2014 film starring Gael García Bernal. Rosewater > for his comedic investigations into serious topics such as net > neutrality and income inequality, as well as a recent interview > in Moscow with Edward Snowden. Name him. John Oliver > 7. This comedian, who joined the show in 2006 as the "Senior Black > Correspondent", now hosts "The Nightly Show", which airs after > "The Daily Show" and replaces "The Colbert Report". Name him. Wilmore - embarrassed I can't remember his first name > 8. What is the name of the closing segment which features a humorous > clip with no commentary, or sometimes a tribute to someone who > recently died? "Moment Of Zen" > 9. Name either the broadcast network or the cable station which airs > "The Daily Show" in Canada. Comedy Central (??) > Much of his humor comes from his life story as the biracial > product of a black Xhosa mother and a white Swiss father -- > something that was illegal under apartheid. Trevor Noah |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 04 08:42PM +0100 > Wilmore - embarrassed I can't remember his first name It came to me ... Larry |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 04 02:54PM -0700 On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 2:28:35 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > a head of state. The charges were withdrawn in December 2014 > after his government refused to hand over information considered > vital to the case. Give *both* names of this world leader. Kenyatta > photographs of torture that were smuggled out of the country in > October 2014 and displayed at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. > Name the leader. Bashir > phone call from a sex trade worker. He has referred to climate > change as "crap" and has said that "virginity is the greatest > gift you can give someone". Name this colorful world leader. Abbott > revered by indigenous people for his policies, but has had a > difficult relationship with the US, expelling their ambassador > and USAID, and suspending DEA operations. Name this leader. Morales > arrest warrant found in the prosecutor's wastebasket. Other > accusations include corruption, crony capitalism, and harassment > of Argentina's independent media. Name this world leader. Christine de Kirchner > brutal repression. When the 2008 election was proving to be > too close, he suspended the rules and declared himself president > once again. Name this leader. Mugabe > President Obama decided to sit out the speech, citing his policy > of not inviting leaders close to their country's election. > Name this controversial leader. Netanyahu > racketeering and corruption. Charges, however, were dropped > in 2009 amid claims of political interference. Name this > world leader. Zuma > to win a Golden Globe for his performance in "The Office" and > was nominated for an Oscar this year for his portrayal of John > du Pont in "Foxcatcher". Name him. Carrell, Kusinski > of the United States of South Carolina. Name this satiric > comedian who is to take over hosting duties for "The Late Show" > from David Letterman. Thompson > for his comedic investigations into serious topics such as net > neutrality and income inequality, as well as a recent interview > in Moscow with Edward Snowden. Name him. Brand? > Much of his humor comes from his life story as the biracial > product of a black Xhosa mother and a white Swiss father -- > something that was illegal under apartheid. cheers, calvin |
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