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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 12 09:58PM -0800 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country? 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place? 3 What is the study of fossils called? 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)? 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set? 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011? 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life? 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use? 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name? 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves? cheers, calvin |
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 13 12:37AM -0600 Calvin: > 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising > took place in which country? The UK. Well, you asked. More specifically, Ireland. > 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the > phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) > take place? New Jersey. > 3 What is the study of fossils called? Paleontology. > 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and > "Thick as a Brick" (1972)? > 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set? Chicago, mostly. > 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar > winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The > Artist" in 2011? "The Apartment". > 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised > creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life? In the movie, it was a mosquito that had been trapped in amber and therefore *not* fossilized. I imagine the book was the same. > 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use? Boz. > 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to > great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly > known by what other name? 0. > 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and > Warrington Wolves? Rugby? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | There is no step function between "safe" and "unsafe". msb@vex.net | -- Jeff Janes My text in this article is in the public domain. |
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 12 09:56PM -0800 On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 8:40:00 AM UTC+10, 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? Sealed With A Loving Kiss > 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)? Kirk Douglas > 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? Judo > 6 Which American NFL team lost four consecutive Super Bowls from 1991 to 1994? Buffalo Bills > 7 Which author's (b. 1939) novels include: "A Handmaid's Tale", "A Cat's Eye" and "Alias Grace"? Margaret Atwood And as Mark pointed out it is "The Handmaid's Tale". > 8 Who was sacked as Australian cricket captain in 1971? Bill Lawry Where is Rob anyway? > 9 Porcini is a variety of which vegetable? Mushroom That's using the everyday definition of mushroom as a vegetable, it is technically a fungi s several posters pointed out. > 10 Name either of the US states that border Washington DC. Maryland or Virginia Some people didn't read the question :-) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 415 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 54 Gareth Owen 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 45 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 40 Pete Gayde 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 44 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 49 Bruce Bowler 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 28 Mark Brader 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 27 Chris Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 21 Dan Tilque 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 27 David Brown 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 25 Bjorn Lundin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 26 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 8 5 10 5 6 7 6 0 7 9 63 57% Congratulations Gareth. cheers, calvin |
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 12 09:36PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15 Today is the anniversary of all of these important events. You just give the year, within the margin indicated. 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire? 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King of Spain? 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal to the Magna Carta. 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber? 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys? 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win its first majority in Saskatchewan? 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and British North America west of the Rockies? 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the Sharon Tate murders? 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century? * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However, there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration, and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest and slowest organisms on Earth. *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable. 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h (70 mph). Name it. 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance at its front. Name the fish. 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph). 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal. 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land. Name it. 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature. 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it. Be sufficiently specific. 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000 times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in 0.6 microseconds. What creature? 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds, the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph) are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects. Name either one. -- Mark Brader "They are taking to the new methods Toronto like a duck takes to stock trading." msb@vex.net --Mark Leeper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Nov 12 08:01PM -0800 On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 10:36:53 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > You just give the year, within the margin indicated. > 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser > Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire? 1875? > 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King > of Spain? 1810? > 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal > to the Magna Carta. 1312? > 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island > of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 1502? > United States and British North America west of the Rockies? > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1971 > 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive > shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h > (70 mph). Name it. Sailfin > 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over > 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance > at its front. Name the fish. Hammerhead? > 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? > 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than > 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph). Sloth |
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 13 04:35AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:_cWdnRvWR4BIx9jLnZ2dnUU7- > You just give the year, within the margin indicated. > 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser > Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire? 1870 > 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King > of Spain? 1805 > 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal > to the Magna Carta. 1215 > 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island > of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 1504 > 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for > vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber? 1850; 1866 > 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion > administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys? 1920; 1942 > 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win > its first majority in Saskatchewan? 1952; 1959 > 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus > establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the > United States and British North America west of the Rockies? 1847 > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1969 > 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the > Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the > 20th century? 1991 > * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth > 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? kudzu > 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than > 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph). sloth > 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious > for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average > walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal. tortoise; turtle > 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s > (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land. > Name it. snail -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 12 09:35PM -0800 On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 1:36:53 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > You just give the year, within the margin indicated. > 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser > Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire? 1890, 1901 > 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King > of Spain? 1801, 1812 > 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal > to the Magna Carta. 1215 > 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island > of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 1495, 1501 > 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for > vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber? 1910, 1921 > 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion > administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys? 1920, 1941 > 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win > its first majority in Saskatchewan? 1980, 1986 > 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus > establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the > United States and British North America west of the Rockies? 1815, 1826 > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1973, 1976 > 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the > Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the > 20th century? 1930, 1937 > 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive > shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h > (70 mph). Name it. Sailfish There is some dispute about this from memory. And given the rider above I am tempted to just answer "fish" :-) > 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over > 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance > at its front. Name the fish. Sailfish > 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? Bamboo > 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than > 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph). Sloth > 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious > for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average > walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal. Tortoise > 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s > (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land. > Name it. Snail, Aphid > 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout > life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it. > Be sufficiently specific. Toenails > 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000 > times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in > 0.6 microseconds. What creature? Cuttlefish > the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph) > are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects. > Name either one. Bee, Wasp cheers, calvin |
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 12 09:34PM -0600 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Well, Game 7 is over, and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations! > enthusiasm". Name his replacement, who stayed with Paar to the > end, later gaining fame in his own right as co-host of "Today" > (1962-71) and "20/20" (1978-99). Hugh Downs. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Pete. > bandleader of the "Tonight Show" NBC Orchestra and supported > his boss, Johnny Carson, for 30 years. He created the wildly > popular "Stump the Band" segment. Name him. Doc Severinson. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Pete. > Trust?" In total, their partnership lasted over 35 years. > Name this consummate second banana, nicknamed "The Human Laugh > Track", who created the iconic "Heeeeere's Johnny!" introduction. Ed McMahon. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Marc, Jason, and Pete. > as "ass kisser". From 1995 to 2010, he was often the butt > of jokes by Leno about his dating life, bald head, and rigid > pescatarian diet. Name him. Kevin Eubanks. 4 for Joshua, Jason, and Pete. > boss was off during bypass surgery and for the birth of his son. > Name this comedian, who is also known for his small but pivotal > role as Artie Fufkin in "This is Spinal Tap!" Paul Schaffer. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Marc, Jason, and Pete. > and his previous "Late Night" show. He is also a sought-after > producer, and recently published a memoir "Mo Meta Blues". > Name him. Questlove. 4 for Gareth and Joshua. > 7. Rock fans know him as the drummer for Bruce Springsteen's > E Street Band, but night owls also know him as bandleader on > "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". Name him. Max Weinberg. 4 for Gareth, Joshua, Jason, and Pete. > 8. Geoff Peterson was the sidekick on "The Late, Late Show with > Craig Ferguson". What was unusual about him? Be sufficiently > specific. He was an animatronic skeleton. "Skeleton" was insufficiently specific. 4 for Jason. > Live!" is taped. He now regularly appears on skits and acts > as sidekick for Kimmel. Name this TV personality -- atleast > his first name. Guillermo Rodriguez. > 10. Seth Meyers has employed fellow SNL cast member and > co-creator/writer of "Portlandia" as the band leader of 8G > on his "Late Night" show. Name him. Fred Armisen. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. > 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, New Mexico. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque (the hard way), Gareth, Jason, and Peter. 3 for Calvin and Joshua. 2 for Marc and Pete. The project did have a lab in Tennessee as well, but that one was devoted to the isotopic separation of uranium. > 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 Atoll. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jason, Pete, Björn, and Peter. > B1. This 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg was controversial in its > time for its portrayal of the lesbian love story of Imogene > "Idgie" Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison. Name the novel. "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe". The first three words were sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, and Jason. > B2. Name the 1973 nonfiction book, written by Joseph Wambaugh, > which tells the story of the kidnapping of two plainclothes > LAPD officers and the subsequent murder of one of them. "The Onion Field". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc. > 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Peter. > C2. Which element is the most common impurity found in diamonds? > It is responsible for the colors yellow and brown. Nitrogen. > the quiz league by this round on the band Korn. > D1. Who is the lead singer of Korn, who also is known for his > bagpipe-playing skills? Jonathan Davis. 4 for Jason. > which is said to be the most popular Korn song. We're not > sure about that, but it was the 9th-most-pirated song on > the Internet in July of 1999. "Freak on a Leash". 4 for Jason. > E. Vegetarian Cuisine > E1. What is the main ingredient of the Punjabi dish called > chana masala? Chickpeas (also called ceci beans or garbanzo beans). 4 for Dan Blum, Gareth, Marc, and Pete. > E2. This Greek dish is made with phyllo pastry wrapped around > spinach, feta cheese, onions, and eggs. Name it. Spanakopita. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Bruce. 3 for Pete. > F. Brussels > The city, not the sprout. I'd just like to note that these rounds were posted here about 2 days *before* RQ 202 was. > F1. Brussels is the home to the North Atlantic Treaty > Organization. Within a year, what year was NATO formed? 1949 (accepting 1948-50). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Marc. 3 for Pete. 2 for Calvin. > 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 (accepting 1990-94). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Gareth, Joshua, Björn, and Peter. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His Art Can Ent Geo Sci Mis Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 32 16 19 40 15 0 32 27 166 Dan Blum 32 6 11 32 18 0 16 36 145 Marc Dashevsky 39 24 4 20 11 12 16 30 141 Jason Kreitzer 8 4 0 40 4 4 28 24 108 Pete Gayde 8 12 15 8 11 8 28 16 90 "Calvin" 27 9 0 16 0 8 0 17 77 Dan Tilque 20 0 8 4 7 0 16 16 71 Gareth Owen -- -- 0 36 -- -- 8 20 64 Björn Lundin 3 0 0 8 12 28 0 8 59 Bruce Bowler 32 4 -- -- -- -- 8 12 56 Peter Smyth 24 0 0 12 -- -- 0 16 52 Erland Sommarskog 23 4 -- -- 8 0 0 16 51 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I tried to hit Bjarne Stroustrup with a snowball, msb@vex.net | but missed." --Clive Feather My text in this article is in the public domain. |
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 12 01:19PM -0500 In article <33d390c5-ea88-48b4-ba83-5f34b06bb650@googlegroups.com>, Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com says... > 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? WWI armistice > 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? > 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? Maastrict > 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what? submarine; air craft carrier > 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state? Idaho; Wyoming > 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long? 1 minute > 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number? 9 > 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who? Yasir Arafat |
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