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| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Sep 06 01:37PM +0200 On 2015-09-06 05:15, Mark Brader wrote: > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > * Game 2, Round 7 - Arts & Literature - Comic Books > 1. Mjolnir ("mule-near") is the weapon of what Marvel superhero? We call it Mjölner ... It's Thor's hammer (Tor that is ) > 2. Who was the first black superhero in mainstream American comics? > He is also the former king of Wakanda. Hancock ? > 3. Name *any 2* of the 5 original X-Men (not including Prof. X). Wolverine, Storm > For questions #1-9, name the *present-day* country that includes > their place of birth. > 1. Marie Curie, pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Poland > 2. William Osler, father of modern medicine. Austria > 3. Linus Torvalds, software engineer and chief architect of the > operating system Linux. Finland (the swedish speaking part :-)) > 4. Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr, best known for his > contribution to quantum theory. Denmark > 5. Ernest Rutherford, father of nuclear physics. UK > 6. Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb. > 7. Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who is associated with the modern > biological naming scheme. Sweden (Carl von Linné was his native name) > 8. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics. Germany > 9. Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize winner best known for his > discovery of penicillin. UK > 10. For Nikola Tesla, *either* answer the same question as above > *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say > which answer you are giving. I think he was born i then Austria-Hungary, but I've always thought of him as Hungarian. I will answer with nationality - Hungarian -- -- Björn |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 06 03:13PM > * Game 2, Round 7 - Arts & Literature - Comic Books > 1. Mjolnir ("mule-near") is the weapon of what Marvel superhero? Thor > 2. Who was the first black superhero in mainstream American comics? > He is also the former king of Wakanda. Black Panther > 3. Name *any 2* of the 5 original X-Men (not including Prof. X). Cyclops and Iceman > 4. Name *any* member of the original Alpha Flight. Puck > 5. Who is the Scarlet Witch's father? Magneto (assuming that hasn't been retconned since this question was written) > 6. Who is Nightcrawler's mother? Mystique (ditto) > The remaining questions ask about *current* alter egos of > superheroes. Who is the alter ego of: > 8. ...Storm? Ororo > 9. ...Hawkeye? Kate Bishop I believe there are at least two correct answers here. > 10. ...the Thing? Ben Grimm > * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Scientists and their Passports > 1. Marie Curie, pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Poland > 2. William Osler, father of modern medicine. United Kingdom > 3. Linus Torvalds, software engineer and chief architect of the > operating system Linux. Sweden; Norway > 4. Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr, best known for his > contribution to quantum theory. Denmark > 5. Ernest Rutherford, father of nuclear physics. New Zealand > 6. Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb. Poland > 7. Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who is associated with the modern > biological naming scheme. Sweden > 8. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics. Austro-Hungarian Empire > 9. Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize winner best known for his > discovery of penicillin. United Kingdom > 10. For Nikola Tesla, *either* answer the same question as above > *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say > which answer you are giving. birth country Austro-Hungarian Empire -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 06 05:37PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:acOdne_u-_ZQMnbInZ2dnUU7- > For questions #1-9, name the *present-day* country that includes > their place of birth. > 1. Marie Curie, pioneer in the field of radioactivity. France > 2. William Osler, father of modern medicine. > 3. Linus Torvalds, software engineer and chief architect of the > operating system Linux. Finland > 4. Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr, best known for his > contribution to quantum theory. Germany > 5. Ernest Rutherford, father of nuclear physics. Scotland > 7. Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who is associated with the modern > biological naming scheme. > 8. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics. Russia > 10. For Nikola Tesla, *either* answer the same question as above > *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say > which answer you are giving. Hungary (present day) Pete |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 06 03:52PM -0700 On Sunday, September 6, 2015 at 1:15:27 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 2, Round 7 - Arts & Literature - Comic Books Some things are just not worth knowing. > For questions #1-9, name the *present-day* country that includes > their place of birth. > 1. Marie Curie, pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Poland > 2. William Osler, father of modern medicine. USA, UK > 3. Linus Torvalds, software engineer and chief architect of the > operating system Linux. Norway, Sweden > 4. Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr, best known for his > contribution to quantum theory. Denmark, Germany > 5. Ernest Rutherford, father of nuclear physics. New Zealand > 6. Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb. USA, UK > 7. Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who is associated with the modern > biological naming scheme. Sweden > 8. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics. Austria > 9. Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize winner best known for his > discovery of penicillin. USA, UK > 10. For Nikola Tesla, *either* answer the same question as above > *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say > which answer you are giving. [the latter] Soviet, Yugoslav cheers, calvin |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 06 05:59PM -0700 On Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 11:15:27 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-04-27, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted. I knew some of the answers from the other rounds, but life got in the way. > * Game 2, Round 7 - Arts & Literature - Comic Books > 1. Mjolnir ("mule-near") is the weapon of what Marvel superhero? thor > 2. Who was the first black superhero in mainstream American comics? > He is also the former king of Wakanda. black panther > 3. Name *any 2* of the 5 original X-Men (not including Prof. X). iceman (bobby drake), beast (hank mccoy) ; marvel girl (jean grey), cyclops (scott summers) (angel (warren worthington iii) is the other one) > 4. Name *any* member of the original Alpha Flight. guardian ; north star > 5. Who is the Scarlet Witch's father? magneto (although that has now been retcon'd to no longer be true) > 6. Who is Nightcrawler's mother? mystique > The remaining questions ask about *current* alter egos of > superheroes. Who is the alter ego of: > 7. ...the Green Lantern? simon baz > 8. ...Storm? ororo munroe > 9. ...Hawkeye? clint barton > 10. ...the Thing? ben grimm > For questions #1-9, name the *present-day* country that includes > their place of birth. > 1. Marie Curie, pioneer in the field of radioactivity. poland > 2. William Osler, father of modern medicine. canada > 3. Linus Torvalds, software engineer and chief architect of the > operating system Linux. finland > 4. Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr, best known for his > contribution to quantum theory. denmark > 5. Ernest Rutherford, father of nuclear physics. united kingdom > 6. Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb. hungary > 7. Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who is associated with the modern > biological naming scheme. sweden > 8. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics. republic of czechoslovakia > 9. Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize winner best known for his > discovery of penicillin. united kingdom > 10. For Nikola Tesla, *either* answer the same question as above > *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say > which answer you are giving. croatia (born there) swp |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 07 07:12AM +0100 > * Game 2, Round 7 - Arts & Literature - Comic Books > 1. Mjolnir ("mule-near") is the weapon of what Marvel superhero? Thor > 2. Who was the first black superhero in mainstream American comics? > He is also the former king of Wakanda. Black Panther > 3. Name *any 2* of the 5 original X-Men (not including Prof. X). Cyclops, The Beast > 4. Name *any* member of the original Alpha Flight. Angel? > 5. Who is the Scarlet Witch's father? Magneto > 6. Who is Nightcrawler's mother? Emma Frost? > The remaining questions ask about *current* alter egos of > superheroes. Who is the alter ego of: > 7. ...the Green Lantern? Hal Jordan (well, it was the last time I checked in. There were about a gajillion others) > 8. ...Storm? Nope ... > 9. ...Hawkeye? Clint Barton > 10. ...the Thing? Ben Grimm > 1. Marie Curie, pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Poland > 2. William Osler, father of modern medicine. Canada, USA > 3. Linus Torvalds, software engineer and chief architect of the > operating system Linux. Finland > 4. Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr, best known for his > contribution to quantum theory. Demark > 5. Ernest Rutherford, father of nuclear physics. New Zealand > 6. Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb. USA? > 7. Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who is associated with the modern > biological naming scheme. France, Germany > 8. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics. France, Germany > 9. Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize winner best known for his > discovery of penicillin. UK > 10. For Nikola Tesla, *either* answer the same question as above > *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say > which answer you are giving. Russia (current country) |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 07 02:25AM -0500 In article <acOdne_u-_ZQMnbInZ2dnUU7-aOdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > * Game 2, Round 7 - Arts & Literature - Comic Books > 1. Mjolnir ("mule-near") is the weapon of what Marvel superhero? Thor > For questions #1-9, name the *present-day* country that includes > their place of birth. > 1. Marie Curie, pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Poland > 2. William Osler, father of modern medicine. > 3. Linus Torvalds, software engineer and chief architect of the > operating system Linux. Finland > 4. Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr, best known for his > contribution to quantum theory. Denmark > 6. Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb. > 7. Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who is associated with the modern > biological naming scheme. Sweden > 8. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics. Austria > 9. Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize winner best known for his > discovery of penicillin. Canada > 10. For Nikola Tesla, *either* answer the same question as above > *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say > which answer you are giving. Croatia -- present-day country -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 07 11:15AM +0200 > * Game 2, Round 7 - Arts & Literature - Comic Books > 1. Mjolnir ("mule-near") is the weapon of what Marvel superhero? Thor > 7. ...the Green Lantern? Harold Jordan or something like that. > 10. ...the Thing? ... Addams? > * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Scientists and their Passports > 1. Marie Curie, pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Poland > 3. Linus Torvalds, software engineer and chief architect of the > operating system Linux. Finland > 4. Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr, best known for his > contribution to quantum theory. Denmark > 5. Ernest Rutherford, father of nuclear physics. UK > 7. Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who is associated with the modern > biological naming scheme. Sweden > 8. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics. Austria > 9. Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize winner best known for his > discovery of penicillin. UK > 10. For Nikola Tesla, *either* answer the same question as above > *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say > which answer you are giving. Serbia, present-day -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 07 11:18AM +0200 >> *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say >> which answer you are giving. > [the latter] Soviet, Yugoslav Something seems amiss here. Or did you misread the date the quiz originally was held? :-) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 07 11:31AM +0200 >> *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say >> which answer you are giving. > Serbia, present-day What a completely messy question! I suppose the quiz makers wanted to cover the fact that Tesla was born in Croatia, but ethnically was Serb. But in such case they should have asked for ethnicity, not "nationality at birth" which would have to be the state to which his birthplace belonged at the time, which is Austria. And not Hungary or Austria-Hungary. The double monarchy was not established at his birth. I knew he was Serbian, and sort of assumed that he was born in Belgrade, in which case the nationality of birth would have been Ottoman Empire, although, Serbia at the time had a level of autonomy. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 07 05:18AM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> 10. For Nikola Tesla, *either* answer the same question as above >>> *or* give his actual nationality at birth -- but you must say >>> which answer you are giving. "Calvin": >> [the latter] Soviet, Yugoslav Erland Sommarskog: > Something seems amiss here. Or did you misread the date the quiz > originally was held? :-) Or did you misread the question? Actually Tesla was born in 1856, so both of Calvin's guesses are impossible. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "(A topological cat is essential here.)" msb@vex.net --Ian Stewart My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 07 05:20AM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > "nationality at birth" which would have to be the state to which > his birthplace belonged at the time... No, not all countries use that rule. -- Mark Brader | "...all these superheroes really have the same super-power: Toronto | they have the writer(s) on their side." msb@vex.net | --Mark Leeper |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 01:38PM -0500 I am sorry to hear about Dan Tilque's family emergency. If his answers had been posted on time, he would have scored 16 points on Round 4 and 4 on Round 6. -- Mark Brader "Relax -- I know the procedures backwards." Toronto "Yeah, well, that's a quick way to get killed." msb@vex.net -- Chris Boucher, STAR COPS My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 07 11:12AM +0200 > Evo Morales. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Calvin. > At our game, when the question was read, one of the players asked: > "And how does *that* constitute behaving badly?" Yeah, I also found it odd to see Morales classified as "bad", but I figured that it maybe was by Toronto pub rules. Then again, he was not the only one. I can guess that a few people to take exception of seeing Netanyahu being classified as bad too. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 06 05:34PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 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 Doctor > 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? 2 > 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? Ellipses > 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 > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 06 10:19PM -0700 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? > 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 -- Dan Tilque |
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