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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 07 10:07PM -0700 1 Name the actress who played Willow in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and Lily in "How I met your Mother"? 2 From the Middle Ages until the 20th century, masseur was a traditional occupation for persons suffering from which disability? 3 What is the square root of 15,129? 4 In 1985, which Swedish actor played Russian boxer Ivan Drago in "Rocky IV"? 5 In ten-pin bowling, how many consecutive strikes are required to achieve the maximum 300 score? 6 Which Irish-Australian reality TV show winner released the 2007 album "Where We Land"? 7 Who appeared on the first cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1967? 8 On which river are the Victoria Falls? 9 Pooh Bah and Yum Yum are characters in which Gilbert and Sullivan light opera? 10 Which TV drama concerns an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve challenging crimes? cheers, Calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 08 01:09AM -0500 Calvin: > 1 Name the actress who played Willow in "Buffy the > Vampire Slayer" and Lily in "How I met your Mother"? Hannigan. > 2 From the Middle Ages until the 20th century, masseur > was a traditional occupation for persons suffering from > which disability? Blindness. > 3 What is the square root of 15,129? Let's see, it must be 127. > 4 In 1985, which Swedish actor played Russian boxer Ivan > Drago in "Rocky IV"? Skarsgard? > 5 In ten-pin bowling, how many consecutive strikes are > required to achieve the maximum 300 score? 12. > 6 Which Irish-Australian reality TV show winner released > the 2007 album "Where We Land"? Johnson. > 7 Who appeared on the first cover of Rolling Stone > magazine in 1967? The Rolling Stones? > 8 On which river are the Victoria Falls? Zambezi. > 9 Pooh Bah and Yum Yum are characters in which Gilbert > and Sullivan light opera? The Mikado. > 10 Which TV drama concerns an FBI agent who recruits his > mathematical genius brother to help solve challenging > crimes? "Numb3rs" [sic]. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 08 12:16AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 Name the actress who played Willow in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and Lily in "How I met your Mother"? > 2 From the Middle Ages until the 20th century, masseur was a traditional occupation for persons suffering from which disability? blindness > 3 What is the square root of 15,129? 123 > 4 In 1985, which Swedish actor played Russian boxer Ivan Drago in "Rocky IV"? > 5 In ten-pin bowling, how many consecutive strikes are required to achieve the maximum 300 score? 12 > 6 Which Irish-Australian reality TV show winner released the 2007 album "Where We Land"? > 7 Who appeared on the first cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1967? The Rolling Stones > 8 On which river are the Victoria Falls? Zambezi > 9 Pooh Bah and Yum Yum are characters in which Gilbert and Sullivan light opera? Pirates of Penzance > 10 Which TV drama concerns an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve challenging crimes? Numb3rs -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 08 07:40AM > 3 What is the square root of 15,129? 129 > 4 In 1985, which Swedish actor played Russian boxer Ivan Drago in > "Rocky IV"? Nisse Hult > 5 In ten-pin bowling, how many consecutive strikes are required to > achieve the maximum 300 score? 12 > 7 Who appeared on the first cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1967? Mick Jagger > 8 On which river are the Victoria Falls? Zambesi -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 08 10:42AM +0200 On 2015-10-08 07:07, Calvin wrote: > 1 Name the actress who played Willow in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and Lily in "How I met your Mother"? > 2 From the Middle Ages until the 20th century, masseur was a traditional occupation for persons suffering from which disability? > 3 What is the square root of 15,129? its between 3 and 4, and the only known (to me) named number there is Pi. but I feel that is too small. I'll guess at 3.9 > 4 In 1985, which Swedish actor played Russian boxer Ivan Drago in "Rocky IV"? Dolph Lundgren > 5 In ten-pin bowling, how many consecutive strikes are required to achieve the maximum 300 score? 11 > 6 Which Irish-Australian reality TV show winner released the 2007 album "Where We Land"? > 7 Who appeared on the first cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1967? Mick Jagger ? > 8 On which river are the Victoria Falls? > 9 Pooh Bah and Yum Yum are characters in which Gilbert and Sullivan light opera? > 10 Which TV drama concerns an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve challenging crimes? Numbers ? -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 08 05:17AM -0500 "Calvin": >> 3 What is the square root of 15,129? Björn Lundin: > its between 3 and 4 ... I'll guess at 3.9 Interesting. When you wrote your answer, you knew how numbers are written in English, but when you read the question you forgot. Funny how the mind works sometimes, isn't it? -- Mark Brader | "It can be amusing, even if painful, to watch the Toronto | ethnocentrism of those who are convinced their msb@vex.net | local standards are universal." -- Tom Chapin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 08 03:22AM -0700 Björn Lundin wrote: > its between 3 and 4, and the only known (to me) named number there is > Pi. but I feel that is too small. > I'll guess at 3.9 I think you forgot that English speakers generally use . as the decimal point. Commas are used to separate groups of 3 digits to the left of the point. I do wonder about what rules apply to this kind of question. It's an arithmetic question, not a trivia question. Are we allowed to use paper and pencil? Or do we have to do all the calculations in our head? -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 08 10:24AM > Interesting. When you wrote your answer, you knew how numbers are > written in English, but when you read the question you forgot. > Funny how the mind works sometimes, isn't it? Thus, this far three of four entrants has botched this question. Björn misread the number. I failed to observe that 9*9 does not end in 9, and Mark did not notice that the sum of the digits in 15129 is 9, and thus the answer must be divisible by 3. For my part, I blame it on that it was too early in the morning and I haven't had my cup of tea yet. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 07 01:38PM On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:52:37 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > All units that we'll ask about in this round are part of the SI -- > the Système International d'Unités. > 1. What is the science of measurement called? Metrology > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? Radian > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? Becquerel > Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), > second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of the other > three. (You don't need to say what it measures.) Ampere, Mole (and I can't think of the 3rd at the moment) > substance). Of all seven base units, listed in questions #4-5, only > one is still based on a physical artifact (in other words, a tangible > object). Which unit is that? Mole > 6. Specifically, the kilogram is defined as the mass of a metal > alloy cylinder kept in France. Name *either* of the two elements > this cylinder is made of. Platinum > The constant is denoted by the lower-case letter "h" and its value is > 6.626 × 10^-34 joule-seconds. Which scientist is that constant named > after? Planck > 8. The unit of thermodynamic temperature is the kelvin, and is > defined in terms of the triple point of water. To the nearest whole > kelvin, what is the triple point of water? 273 > 9. Which universal constant is used to define the meter? The speed of light > 10. One mole of an element contains 6.022 x 10^23 atoms. What is > this constant number called? Avogadro's number > 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern > tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg > Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. Trieste > but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks on > American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political scandal > that followed. Benghazi > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra crime > syndicate. Naples > lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a feat of engineering in > 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the city, still in existence, > where this lighthouse once stood. Alexandria |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 07 01:40PM On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:38:15 +0000, bbowler wrote: >> one is still based on a physical artifact (in other words, a >> tangible object). Which unit is that? > Mole Damn... I need to learn to read the question carefully... |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 07 01:55PM > * Game 5, Round 2 - Science - Weights and Measures > 1. What is the science of measurement called? metrics > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? radian > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? curie; becquerel > fhofgnapr). Bs nyy frira onfr havgf, yvfgrq va dhrfgvbaf #4-5, > bayl bar vf fgvyy onfrq ba n culfvpny negvsnpg (va bgure jbeqf, > n gnatvoyr bowrpg). Juvpu havg vf gung? kilogram > 6. Fcrpvsvpnyyl, gur xvybtenz vf qrsvarq nf gur znff bs n zrgny > nyybl plyvaqre xrcg va Senapr. Anzr *rvgure* bs gur gjb ryrzragf > guvf plyvaqre vf znqr bs. palladium > Gur pbafgnag vf qrabgrq ol gur ybjre-pnfr yrggre "u" naq vgf > inyhr vf 6.626 ? 10^-34 wbhyr-frpbaqf. Juvpu fpvragvfg vf gung > pbafgnag anzrq nsgre? Planck > 8. Gur havg bs gurezbqlanzvp grzcrengher vf gur xryiva, naq vf > qrsvarq va grezf bs gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre. Gb gur arnerfg > jubyr xryiva, jung vf gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre? 273 > 9. Juvpu havirefny pbafgnag vf hfrq gb qrsvar gur zrgre? speed of light > 10. Bar zbyr bs na ryrzrag pbagnvaf 6.022 k 10^23 ngbzf. Jung vf > guvf pbafgnag ahzore pnyyrq? Avogadro's number > just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the > Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, > allowing his army to conquer it. Tyre > Athenian military expedition in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian > War: the entire expeditionary force was either killed or captured > and sold into slavery. Syracuse > 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern > tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg > Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. Trieste > but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks > on American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political > scandal that followed. Benghazi > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra > crime syndicate. Naples > height of this lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a > feat of engineering in 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the > city, still in existence, where this lighthouse once stood. Alexandria > short history, this city was founded in 1909 by 66 immigrant > families. It suffered heavy damage from Scud missiles launched > by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Tel Aviv > came under French colonial rule that lasted until 1962. It is > famous as the setting for Albert Camus's novel "The Outsider" > (also titled "The Stranger"). Tripoli > fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome > by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed > by the Romans. Carthage -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Oct 07 12:05PM -0500 In article <Z4ednbjAx6vYUonLnZ2dnUU7-aednZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. What is the science of measurement called? > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? radian > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? curie > Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), > second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of > the other three. (You don't need to say what it measures.)ampere ampere > fhofgnapr). Bs nyy frira onfr havgf, yvfgrq va dhrfgvbaf #4-5, > bayl bar vf fgvyy onfrq ba n culfvpny negvsnpg (va bgure jbeqf, > n gnatvoyr bowrpg). Juvpu havg vf gung? kilogram > 6. Fcrpvsvpnyyl, gur xvybtenz vf qrsvarq nf gur znff bs n zrgny > nyybl plyvaqre xrcg va Senapr. Anzr *rvgure* bs gur gjb ryrzragf > guvf plyvaqre vf znqr bs. platinum > Gur pbafgnag vf qrabgrq ol gur ybjre-pnfr yrggre "u" naq vgf > inyhr vf 6.626 × 10^-34 wbhyr-frpbaqf. Juvpu fpvragvfg vf gung > pbafgnag anzrq nsgre? Max Planck > 8. Gur havg bs gurezbqlanzvp grzcrengher vf gur xryiva, naq vf > qrsvarq va grezf bs gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre. Gb gur arnerfg > jubyr xryiva, jung vf gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre? 273 > 9. Juvpu havirefny pbafgnag vf hfrq gb qrsvar gur zrgre? speed of light > 10. Bar zbyr bs na ryrzrag pbagnvaf 6.022 k 10^23 ngbzf. Jung vf > guvf pbafgnag ahzore pnyyrq? Avogadro's number > just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the > Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, > allowing his army to conquer it. Tyre > 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern > tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg > Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. Trieste > but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks > on American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political > scandal that followed. Benghazi > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra > crime syndicate. Naples > height of this lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a > feat of engineering in 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the > city, still in existence, where this lighthouse once stood. Alexandria > short history, this city was founded in 1909 by 66 immigrant > families. It suffered heavy damage from Scud missiles launched > by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Tel Aviv > came under French colonial rule that lasted until 1962. It is > famous as the setting for Albert Camus's novel "The Outsider" > (also titled "The Stranger"). Algiers > The city played a somewhat less glorious role in World War II, > as it was seized without a struggle in 1941 by the German 2nd > Panzer Division. Thesaloniki > fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome > by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed > by the Romans. Carthage -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 07 10:11PM +0200 > * Game 5, Round 2 - Science - Weights and Measures > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? radians > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? Becqurel > Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), > second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of > the other three. (You don't need to say what it measures.) Ampere > fhofgnapr). Bs nyy frira onfr havgf, yvfgrq va dhrfgvbaf #4-5, > bayl bar vf fgvyy onfrq ba n culfvpny negvsnpg (va bgure jbeqf, > n gnatvoyr bowrpg). Juvpu havg vf gung? kg > 6. Fcrpvsvpnyyl, gur xvybtenz vf qrsvarq nf gur znff bs n zrgny > nyybl plyvaqre xrcg va Senapr. Anzr *rvgure* bs gur gjb ryrzragf > guvf plyvaqre vf znqr bs. Silver > Gur pbafgnag vf qrabgrq ol gur ybjre-pnfr yrggre "u" naq vgf > inyhr vf 6.626 × 10^-34 wbhyr-frpbaqf. Juvpu fpvragvfg vf gung > pbafgnag anzrq nsgre? Heisenberg > 8. Gur havg bs gurezbqlanzvp grzcrengher vf gur xryiva, naq vf > qrsvarq va grezf bs gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre. Gb gur arnerfg > jubyr xryiva, jung vf gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre? 273 > 10. Bar zbyr bs na ryrzrag pbagnvaf 6.022 k 10^23 ngbzf. Jung vf > guvf pbafgnag ahzore pnyyrq? Avogardos number. > just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the > Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, > allowing his army to conquer it. Tripoli > Athenian military expedition in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian > War: the entire expeditionary force was either killed or captured > and sold into slavery. Syracuse > 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern > tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg > Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. Trieste > but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks > on American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political > scandal that followed. Benghazi > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra > crime syndicate. Napoli > height of this lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a > feat of engineering in 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the > city, still in existence, where this lighthouse once stood. Alexandria > short history, this city was founded in 1909 by 66 immigrant > families. It suffered heavy damage from Scud missiles launched > by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Jaffa > came under French colonial rule that lasted until 1962. It is > famous as the setting for Albert Camus's novel "The Outsider" > (also titled "The Stranger"). Tangier > The city played a somewhat less glorious role in World War II, > as it was seized without a struggle in 1941 by the German 2nd > Panzer Division. Thessaloniki > fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome > by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed > by the Romans. Karthago -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 07 11:39PM +0200 On 2015-10-07 09:52, Mark Brader wrote: > All units that we'll ask about in this round are part of the SI -- > the Système International d'Unités. > 1. What is the science of measurement called? measurology? > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? radians > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? Bequrel > Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), > second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of > the other three. (You don't need to say what it measures.) Ampere > fhofgnapr). Bs nyy frira onfr havgf, yvfgrq va dhrfgvbaf #4-5, > bayl bar vf fgvyy onfrq ba n culfvpny negvsnpg (va bgure jbeqf, > n gnatvoyr bowrpg). Juvpu havg vf gung? Mass. It is defined by the weight of a chunk of metal in Paris. (And I think it has backup-weights in other locations) > 6. Fcrpvsvpnyyl, gur xvybtenz vf qrsvarq nf gur znff bs n zrgny > nyybl plyvaqre xrcg va Senapr. Anzr *rvgure* bs gur gjb ryrzragf > guvf plyvaqre vf znqr bs. Molybden > Gur pbafgnag vf qrabgrq ol gur ybjre-pnfr yrggre "u" naq vgf > inyhr vf 6.626 × 10^-34 wbhyr-frpbaqf. Juvpu fpvragvfg vf gung > pbafgnag anzrq nsgre? Higgs? > 8. Gur havg bs gurezbqlanzvp grzcrengher vf gur xryiva, naq vf > qrsvarq va grezf bs gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre. Gb gur arnerfg > jubyr xryiva, jung vf gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre? 273K > 9. Juvpu havirefny pbafgnag vf hfrq gb qrsvar gur zrgre? c a meter is the length that light travels in vaccum in about 1/300_000_000 s > 10. Bar zbyr bs na ryrzrag pbagnvaf 6.022 k 10^23 ngbzf. Jung vf > guvf pbafgnag ahzore pnyyrq? Avogadro's constant > just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the > Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, > allowing his army to conquer it. Tyros > Athenian military expedition in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian > War: the entire expeditionary force was either killed or captured > and sold into slavery. Syrscuse > 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern > tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg > Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. Venice ? > but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks > on American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political > scandal that followed. Cairo? > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra > crime syndicate. Napoli > height of this lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a > feat of engineering in 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the > city, still in existence, where this lighthouse once stood. Alexandria > short history, this city was founded in 1909 by 66 immigrant > families. It suffered heavy damage from Scud missiles launched > by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Nicosia? > came under French colonial rule that lasted until 1962. It is > famous as the setting for Albert Camus's novel "The Outsider" > (also titled "The Stranger"). Alger > The city played a somewhat less glorious role in World War II, > as it was seized without a struggle in 1941 by the German 2nd > Panzer Division. Korinth?; Sparta ? > fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome > by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed > by the Romans. Cartago -- -- Björn |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Oct 07 04:31PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 3:52:39 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-05-25, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted > All units that we'll ask about in this round are part of the SI -- > the Système International d'Unités. > 1. What is the science of measurement called? metrology > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? radians > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? becquerel > Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), > second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of > the other three. (You don't need to say what it measures.) ampere > substance). Of all seven base units, listed in questions #4-5, > only one is still based on a physical artifact (in other words, > a tangible object). Which unit is that? mole > 6. Specifically, the kilogram is defined as the mass of a metal > alloy cylinder kept in France. Name *either* of the two elements > this cylinder is made of. platinum > The constant is denoted by the lower-case letter "h" and its > value is 6.626 × 10^-34 joule-seconds. Which scientist is that > constant named after? planck > 8. The unit of thermodynamic temperature is the kelvin, and is > defined in terms of the triple point of water. To the nearest > whole kelvin, what is the triple point of water? 273 > 9. Which universal constant is used to define the meter? the length which light travels in 1/300000th of a second > 10. One mole of an element contains 6.022 x 10^23 atoms. What is > this constant number called? avogadro's number > just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the > Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, > allowing his army to conquer it. tyre > Athenian military expedition in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian > War: the entire expeditionary force was either killed or captured > and sold into slavery. sicily > 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern > tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg > Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. trieste (also the name of the restaurant where I had my engagement party) > but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks > on American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political > scandal that followed. benghazi > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra > crime syndicate. naples > height of this lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a > feat of engineering in 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the > city, still in existence, where this lighthouse once stood. alexandria > short history, this city was founded in 1909 by 66 immigrant > families. It suffered heavy damage from Scud missiles launched > by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. tel aviv > came under French colonial rule that lasted until 1962. It is > famous as the setting for Albert Camus's novel "The Outsider" > (also titled "The Stranger"). algiers > The city played a somewhat less glorious role in World War II, > as it was seized without a struggle in 1941 by the German 2nd > Panzer Division. thessaloniki > fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome > by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed > by the Romans. carthage ("delenda est carthago") swp |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 08 12:12AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > * Game 5, Round 2 - Science - Weights and Measures > 1. What is the science of measurement called? metrology > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? radian > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? becquerel; curie > Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), > second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of > the other three. (You don't need to say what it measures.) coulomb > fhofgnapr). Bs nyy frira onfr havgf, yvfgrq va dhrfgvbaf #4-5, > bayl bar vf fgvyy onfrq ba n culfvpny negvsnpg (va bgure jbeqf, > n gnatvoyr bowrpg). Juvpu havg vf gung? kilogram > 6. Fcrpvsvpnyyl, gur xvybtenz vf qrsvarq nf gur znff bs n zrgny > nyybl plyvaqre xrcg va Senapr. Anzr *rvgure* bs gur gjb ryrzragf > guvf plyvaqre vf znqr bs. iridium; platinum > Gur pbafgnag vf qrabgrq ol gur ybjre-pnfr yrggre "u" naq vgf > inyhr vf 6.626 × 10^-34 wbhyr-frpbaqf. Juvpu fpvragvfg vf gung > pbafgnag anzrq nsgre? Heisenberg > 8. Gur havg bs gurezbqlanzvp grzcrengher vf gur xryiva, naq vf > qrsvarq va grezf bs gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre. Gb gur arnerfg > jubyr xryiva, jung vf gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre? 273 K > 10. Bar zbyr bs na ryrzrag pbagnvaf 6.022 k 10^23 ngbzf. Jung vf > guvf pbafgnag ahzore pnyyrq? Avogadro's number > just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the > Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, > allowing his army to conquer it. Tyre > Athenian military expedition in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian > War: the entire expeditionary force was either killed or captured > and sold into slavery. Palermo > 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern > tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg > Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. Trieste > but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks > on American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political > scandal that followed. Benghazi > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra > crime syndicate. Naples > height of this lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a > feat of engineering in 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the > city, still in existence, where this lighthouse once stood. Alexandria > short history, this city was founded in 1909 by 66 immigrant > families. It suffered heavy damage from Scud missiles launched > by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Tel Aviv > came under French colonial rule that lasted until 1962. It is > famous as the setting for Albert Camus's novel "The Outsider" > (also titled "The Stranger"). Algiers; Oran > The city played a somewhat less glorious role in World War II, > as it was seized without a struggle in 1941 by the German 2nd > Panzer Division. Thessaloniki > fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome > by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed > by the Romans. Carthage -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 07 10:19PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 5:52:39 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. What is the science of measurement called? > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? Radians > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? Becquerel > Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), > second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of > the other three. (You don't need to say what it measures.) Lux, Hertz > fhofgnapr). Bs nyy frira onfr havgf, yvfgrq va dhrfgvbaf #4-5, > bayl bar vf fgvyy onfrq ba n culfvpny negvsnpg (va bgure jbeqf, > n gnatvoyr bowrpg). Juvpu havg vf gung? Mass > 6. Fcrpvsvpnyyl, gur xvybtenz vf qrsvarq nf gur znff bs n zrgny > nyybl plyvaqre xrcg va Senapr. Anzr *rvgure* bs gur gjb ryrzragf > guvf plyvaqre vf znqr bs. Gold > Gur pbafgnag vf qrabgrq ol gur ybjre-pnfr yrggre "u" naq vgf > inyhr vf 6.626 × 10^-34 wbhyr-frpbaqf. Juvpu fpvragvfg vf gung > pbafgnag anzrq nsgre? Planck > 8. Gur havg bs gurezbqlanzvp grzcrengher vf gur xryiva, naq vf > qrsvarq va grezf bs gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre. Gb gur arnerfg > jubyr xryiva, jung vf gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre? 273, 373 > 9. Juvpu havirefny pbafgnag vf hfrq gb qrsvar gur zrgre? The speed of light in a vacuum > 10. Bar zbyr bs na ryrzrag pbagnvaf 6.022 k 10^23 ngbzf. Jung vf > guvf pbafgnag ahzore pnyyrq? ASV > just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the > Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, > allowing his army to conquer it. Luxor, Aswan > Athenian military expedition in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian > War: the entire expeditionary force was either killed or captured > and sold into slavery. Palermo? > 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern > tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg > Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. Trieste > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra > crime syndicate. Napoli > came under French colonial rule that lasted until 1962. It is > famous as the setting for Albert Camus's novel "The Outsider" > (also titled "The Stranger"). Marrakesh, Rabat > fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome > by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed > by the Romans. Carthage cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 07 10:04PM -0700 On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 7:16:06 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II? Vidkun QUISLING > 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001? Peter CAREY Singleton to Chris > 3 What is the capital city of Otago? DUNEDIN > 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)? Roald DAHL > 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries? CRUX / SOUTHERN CROSS > 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country? ANGOLA > 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open? Martina HINGIS and Leander PAES Singleton to Peter S > 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea? The TEMPEST > 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube? 54 > 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles? PARAMOUNT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 409 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 49 Chris Johnson 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 57 Gareth Owen 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 57 Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 47 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 48 Marc Dashevsky 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 49 Bjorn Lundin 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 44 Peter Smyth 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 33 Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 24 Erland S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 22 David Brown - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 8 1 4 7 8 8 1 8 9 9 63 63% Chris takes the win courtesy of the tiebreaker. cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 08 03:14AM Rotating Quiz #198 is over and Stephen Perry is the winner. Possibly I should have given more hints. > II, beginning at a low level but eventually holding offices such as > customs comptroller for London and clerk of the king's works (building > projects). Geoffrey Chaucer > latter city, primarily to Austro-Hungarian naval officers). He also > opened the first dedicated movie theater in Ireland but did not remain > in the business long. James Joyce > Schellenberg, the head of SS intelligence. She met with Himmler in > 1943. After the war she supported Schellenberg and his family > financially. Coco Chanel > effective at investigating and prosecuting counterfeiters. He also > recommended actions which resulting in Britain adopting a de facto > gold standard. Isaac Newton > his wife produced the first English translation of Agricola's De re > metallica; this was the standard English translation for many years > and was used by translators into other languages. Herbert Hoover It was probably unfair not to mention any of his other work prior to becoming president. > Patent Office. The position was eliminated in the Buchanan > administration but she was able to return as a copyist - briefly - > after Lincoln took office. Clara Barton > 7. He served briefly in the old Irish House of Commons, was later > Chief Secretary for Ireland (also briefly), and as prime minister got > the Catholic Relief Bill passed. Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington He was born in Ireland, too, but mentioning that probably wouldn't have helped. > information about this is from sagas it is not as relianle as it could > be). This military experience served him in good stead for a while but > ultimately failed him. Harald Hardrada The Varangian Guard was a Byzantine unit but was composed of Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons. The mention of sagas was also supposed to be a hint, as was the military failure. Still too obscure I guess. > have been politically-motived charges stemming from his rivalry with > the Duke of Buckingham. However, he was convicted on several occasions > and spent time in Marshalsea Prison. Sir Thomas Malory I did check Sir Walter Raleigh. He was convicted and spent time in prison, but the conviction was for treason and he was imprisoned in the Tower. (He and Malory did both write in prison.) > the WAC or WAVES). She worked for a while in Washington as a research > assistant and was later posted to Sri Lanka and China where she did > communications-related work. Julia Child 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total ---------------------------------- Stephen 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 Chris 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Gareth 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Dan 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Mark 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Calvin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Marc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 07 11:23PM +0200 On 2015-10-07 09:50, Mark Brader wrote: >> > in Norway. His name has come to mean a person who >> > collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Name him. > Vikdun Quisling (cf. Calvin's Quiz #409). 4 for everyone. Vidkun that is -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 07 04:36PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>>> in Norway. His name has come to mean a person who >>>> collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Name him. >> Vikdun Quisling (cf. Calvin's Quiz #409). 4 for everyone. Björn Lundin: > Vidkun that is sA yuo sya. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Let us knot coin gnu werds huitch msb@vex.net are spelld rong." -- Rik Fischer Smoody My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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