- Rotating Quiz #203 - 1 Update
- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 8, Rounds 7-8: weather, NBAFMVPs - 1 Update
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 20 06:38PM -0800 On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 2:36:29 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > This is Rotating Quiz #203. > * Ancient Gods of War > 1. Name the ancient Roman god of war. Mars > and the most ornate, not to say florid, was Corinthian: > http://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3069/3096830506_dfd4329763.jpg > What was the other style, the one of intermediate ornateness? Ionic > the capital city of one part remained in what is now Italy. > Name the modern-day *country* where the capital of the other > part was located. Turkey > in Cleveland. She has appeared in several superhero movies > and a James Bond movie, but her Oscar win was for a 2001 drama. > Give her last name. Berry > generals from the US Civil War. Her Oscar was for a supporting > role in a 1975 comedy-drama. Give her stage name -- first *and* > last name. Lee Jackson > * French-Speaking Places > 7. What is the principal river of the region known as the > Île-de-France? Seine > 8. The French city of Cannes lies on the Mediterranean coast about > 30 miles (50 km) from the border with Italy. What well-known > city is on the coast halfway between those points? Monaco > * Other Places > 9. Speaking of ports, what is the principal port city of Alabama? Montgomery > zone that is in Canada". In the whole world, obviously there > must be one such area with the largest population. Never mind > the time zone, but what *country* is it in? China > his contributions to this then-secret work, but he was not > the first man to find a method of decoding Enigma messages; > Marian Rejewski was. What was *his* nationality? Polish > most notably including a conventional bomber, the 88, and > a dive bomber, the 87 or Stuka. What company? The name is > usually shortened to its first word, so just give that word. Messerschmidt > same steam was used successively in both sets of cylinders. > But these people just called the other ones "articulated", > so for purposes of this question they can be ignored.) Johnson > new-style 10-day week. > Anyway, *during what month of our calendar* was the end of > their month of Floréal and the start of the next one, Prairial? March > 16. In 1978 the leaders of Israel and Egypt met in the US and > negotiated a peace treaty, for which they promptly won the > Nobel Prize. Give the last name of that Israeli prime minister. Rabin > successor by declaring, "But I do prophesy the election lights > on Fortinbras: he has my dying voice"? > 18. What should you have noticed about answers #1-17? cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 20 02:48PM -0800 On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 1:14:41 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > places with weather to grumble about. > 1. Quillagua, the driest place on Earth, receives only 0.2 mm > (0.01 inch) of rainfall per year. Which country is it in? Chile > 2. Mawsynram, the wettest place on Earth, averages over 11.8 m > (465 inches) of rainfall per year. Which country is it in? Burma, Thailand > 3. The lowest-ever temperature was recorded at the Soviet Vostok > Station in Antarctica in July 1983. In degrees Celsius, within > 10% of the actual number, what is this lowest temperature? -75, -96 > 4. Which geographical area, located in North America, recorded > the highest-ever air temperature of 56.7蚓 (134蚌) in July 1913? > Be sufficiently specific. Death Valley > 5. Chicago may be called the Windy City, but which > midwestern/southern US city recorded the fastest-ever > wind gusts of about 480 km per hour (300 mph)? Kansas City, Oklahoma City > 6. The record for most snowfall in any one-year period is 31.5 m > (103 feet), recorded from 1971-02-19 to 1972-02-18. In which > US *state* is the record-setting place located? Alaska > 7. The deadliest tornado in history killed approximately 1,300 > people on 1989-04-26. Which country did it strike? China, Philippines > 8. The heaviest hailstone ever reported fell in the Gopalganj > district of Bangladesh. Within 10%, how much did it weigh, > in grams or kilograms? 1700 grams, 2050 grams > Gur qvnzrgre bs gung Tbcnytnaw unvyfgbar qbrfa'g frrz gb unir > orra erpbeqrq, fb gur erpbeq sbe ynetrfg qvnzrgre tbrf gb na > 8-vapu (20 pz) unvyfgbar... va juvpu zvqjrfgrea HF fgngr? Missouri, Ohio > 10. Which continent gets the most lightning strikes per year? Asia, Antarctica > to win it even though his team lost. His Lakers lost 4-3 to > the Boston Celtics in the 1969 NBA finals. He averaged 30.9 > points, 3.9 rebounds, and 7.5 assists in 18 playoff games. Alcindor > 2. He averaged 27 points and 18.5 rebounds as his Bucks swept the > Baltimore Bullets in the 1971 NBA finals. He won the award > again as a member of the Lakers in 1985. Alcindor, Worthy > 3. He has won the award a record 6 times. Jordan, Johnson > 4. Name the Los Angeles Lakers centre who won the award in 2000, > 2001 and 2002. O'Neal > 5. Name the Houston Rockets center who won the award in 1994 > and again in 1995. He was the first foreign-born player to > win the award. Olajuwan > and 2.2 blocks to lead his San Antonio Spurs to a 4-1 victory > over the New York Knicks. He won the award again in 2003 > and 2004. Robinson > 7. He went 42-for-74 from the field and averaged 24.5 points in the > San Antonio Spurs' 4-game sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers > in 2007. He was the first European-born winner of this award. Parker > 8. He led the Dallas Mavericks to their first NBA title in franchise > history over the Miami Heat in 2011. He averaged 26 points > and 9.6 rebounds per game. Nash > and 7.4 assists a game, and played 43.8 minutes a game during > the 2009 finals as Los Angeles beat the Orlando Magic in 5 games. > He won the award again in 2010. Bryant > the Dallas Mavericks, but he then scored 42, 36, and 43 points > in the next three games, respectively, and led Miami to a > 4-2 victory. O'Neal cheers, calvin |
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