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swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Nov 11 10:36AM -0800

This is Rotating Quiz #202.
 
The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 203, in a manner of their choosing.
 
Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one.
 
Answer slates must be posted by 6pm Philadelphia time (GMT-4) on Tuesday, 2015-11-17, which gives about 6 days from the time of this posting.
 
In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.
 
Correct answers are worth 1 point each.
 
Have fun!
 
0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France?
2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
3. What year was NATO formed?
4. What treaty created the European Union?
5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what?
6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who?
10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
 
bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
 
swp
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 11 06:42PM

> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
 
The armistice was signed ending active hostilities in World War I
 
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
 
Thomas Paine
 
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
 
1949
 
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
 
Maastricht
 
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what?
 
aircraft carrier
 
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
 
Oregon
 
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
 
one minute
 
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
 
7
 
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who?
 
Yasser Arafat
 
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
 
Fallout 4
 
> bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
 
no
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 11 01:58PM -0600

Stephen Perry:
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the
> 11th month?
 
Not much unless you're talking about the GMT time zone, in which case,
that's when the Armistice, actually signed around 5:30 am but backdated
to 5:00 for the sake of simplicity, took effect.
 
> 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of
> Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of
> Versailles, France?
 
1919.
More specific? I'll try June 1919.
Still more specific? I'll try June 20, 1919.
 
But in at least some countries the treaty still had to be ratified
before the war officially ended. In the US it failed ratification;
eventually the US signed a separate treaty, which was ratified
in 1923. It was during this 4-year overtime period that the US
confiscated Bayer's North American subsidiary for being the property
of an enemy country, and Bayer thus lost the trademark rights in
the US and Canada to its own name and the name of Aspirin.
 
(The genericization of "aspirin" in the US was a separate matter,
and in the UK, separate again. I mention all this because a lot
of people these days seem to think it was genericized as part of
the Treaty of Versailles.)
 
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce
> man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the
> timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
 
Churchill?
 
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
 
1949.
 
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
 
Maastricht.
 
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose
> built ... what?
 
Aircraft carrier.
 
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
 
Washington.
 
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is
> how long?
 
2 minutes.
 
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What
> was its number?
 
XII.
 
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the
> death of who?
 
Arafat?
 
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
 
You got me. If it's one I've heard of it's probably too old... but
I'll guess World of Warcraft.

> bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
 
I don't wear symbols.
--
Mark Brader | "...it's always easier to see the mud when it's
Toronto | coming toward your side rather than from your side."
msb@vex.net | --Mike Kruger
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 11 10:55PM +0100

> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the
> 11th month?
 
Armistice WW1
 
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man,
> and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join
> him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
 
Martin Luther (Not that the above is sounds anything like him, but
he should be a quiz centred on Nov 11th.)
 
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
 
1949
 
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
 
The Coal and Steel Union
 
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose
> built ... what?
 
Minesweeper
 
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
 
Arizona
 
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is
> how long?
 
Three minutes
 
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What
> was its number?
 
7
 
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the
> death of who?
 
Yassir Arafat
 
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
 
Grand Theft Auto 4
 
> bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
 
Not sure what poppies are, but I did not eat goose. Alhough, I should
have.
 
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 11 10:36PM -0600

Erland Sommarskog:
> Not sure what poppies are...
 
Unavoidable in a number of countries around this time. A brief synopsis:
 
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/remember/flandersfields_e.shtml
 
Side notes: (1) McCrae was born in Guelph, where I lived at one time.
(2) Symbolically appropriately, he did not survive the war. And
(3) There are two published versions of the poem, the 6th word being
either "blow" or "grow".
 
The symbolic poppy looks like this:
 
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2015/1104/20151104__trudeau~1.JPG
 
In Canada they are given out (on street corners, etc.) by members of the
Canadian Legion, our association of military veterans, in return for a
donation.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Any story that needs a critic to explain it,
msb@vex.net | needs rewriting." -- Larry Niven
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 11 07:50PM +0100

On 2015-11-09 21:47, Mark Brader wrote:
> announcers and bandleaders? 10 questions to honor those whose
> primary job is to laugh at their bosses' unfunny jokes, night
> after excruciating night.
 
Nope
 
 
> The latter were developed in the project's principal
> research lab. Name either the town or the US state where
> the lab was located.
 
Arizona
 
 
> A2. As part of Operation Crossroads, tests were conducted on
> a coral reef in the Marshall Islands starting in July 1946.
> Name the atoll where the tests happened.
 
Bikini
 
 
> E. Vegetarian Cuisine
 
> E1. What is the main ingredient of the Punjabi dish called
> chana masala?
 
Lamb
 
 
> The city, not the sprout.
 
> F1. Brussels is the home to the North Atlantic Treaty
> Organization. Within a year, what year was NATO formed?
 
1947
 
 
> created the European Union and led to the creation of a
> common currency, the euro. Within 2 years, in what year
> was that treaty signed?
 
1992
 
 
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Björn
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 11 11:59PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> The latter were developed in the project's principal
> research lab. Name either the town or the US state where
> the lab was located.
Los Alamos
> A2. As part of Operation Crossroads, tests were conducted on
> a coral reef in the Marshall Islands starting in July 1946.
> Name the atoll where the tests happened.
Bikini
 
> C1. Diamonds are the hardest known natural material, rating
> a 10 on the scale which measures such things. What is the
> name of the scale?
Mohs
> C2. Which element is the most common impurity found in diamonds?
> It is responsible for the colors yellow and brown.
Copper
 
> The city, not the sprout.
 
> F1. Brussels is the home to the North Atlantic Treaty
> Organization. Within a year, what year was NATO formed?
1951, 1954
> created the European Union and led to the creation of a
> common currency, the euro. Within 2 years, in what year
> was that treaty signed?
1993
 
Peter Smyth
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 11 07:45PM +0100

On 2015-11-08 23:39, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 It was often written on the back of envelopes sent by WW2 servicemen to their sweethearts. For what does the acronym S.W.A.L.K. stand?
> 2 One of the few screen legends remaining, he will (hopefully!) turn 99 in December 2015. Who earned Best Actor Oscar nominations for "Champion" (1949), "Bad & the Beautiful" (1952) and "Lust for Life" (1956)?
> 3 The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was executed with which poisonous herb (Conium maculatum)?
Hemlock
> 4 Ace Frehley, Peter Criss and Eric Carr are former members of which hard rock band?
Kiss
> 5 In October 2008, Vladimir Putin released an instructional video on which martial art, practised by himself since age 12?
Karate
> 8 Who was sacked as Australian cricket captain in 1971?
> 9 Porcini is a variety of which vegetable?
> 10 Name either of the US states that border Washington DC.
 
Maryland?
 
 
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Björn
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Nov 11 09:34AM -0800

On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 5:03:56 AM UTC-5, Dan Tilque wrote:
> Dan Tilque wrote:
> So Stephen wins a close one. RQ 202 is all yours.
 
> Thanks to everyone for playing.
 
thanks for hosting. I like your questions and themes.
 
next round will be up later today, sometime after the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month. that should still mean something to most people.
 
swp
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