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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 22 04:55PM -0600 This is a reminder of Rotating Quiz #203. As I post this, you have 1 day and about 6 hours remaining to enter. The more the merrier, eh? The scoring and questions repeated: This quiz will be scored out of 20. Questions #1-17 all have 1-word answers and are worth 1 point each -- except for #6, which requires 2 names and each one is worth a point. Question #18 is also 2 points, all or nothing. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is who scored on the hardest questions; the second tiebreaker is correct form, such as spelling and capitalization; and the third tiebreaker is who posted first. * Ancient Gods of War 1. Name the ancient Roman god of war. 2. Name the ancient Greek god of war. * Other Things in Ancient Greece and Rome 3. In the monumental architecture developed in Greece, there were three major styles of stone columns that might appear (say) across the front of a building to support a portico. The simplest was Doric: http://0.tqn.com/d/architecture/1/S/g/y/Doric-Column.jpg 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? 4. When the Roman Empire was divided permanently into two parts, 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. * Oscar-Winning Actresses 5. This actress's first name honors a department store building 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. 6. The stage name of this actress combines the surnames of two 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. * French-Speaking Places 7. What is the principal river of the region known as the Île-de-France? 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? * Other Places 9. Speaking of ports, what is the principal port city of Alabama? 10. Consider areas that are both within a single country and within a single time zone; for example, "the part of the Eastern Time 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? * World War II 11. During the war it was vital to the Allies to rapidly and reliably decode German messages enciphered using the Enigma machine. Alan Turing has become justly famous for 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? 12. This German company produced a variety of military aircraft, 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. * Trains 13. One of the problems with making a really large steam locomotive was that, to get enough traction, plenty of driving wheels were needed. But steam at high pressure from the boiler had to get to the cylinders. This was easily done by sending it through heavy pipes. But in that case, it followed that the cylinders and the boiler had to be rigidly mounted to the same frame -- and therefore, so also did all the driving wheels. This created a long rigid wheelbase http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/russ/aa20.jpg that, in turn (no pun intended), made it hard to go around curves. On some of the largest steam engines this problem was avoided by using flexible joints that could take the necessary pressure of steam. In this way the locomotive could be "articulated", with separate cylinders powering two separate sets of driving wheels. In the US, articulated locomotives typically had the rear set of driving wheels fixed to the frame, with only the front set moving sideways on curves, as seen here: http://www.railpictures.net/images/d2/3/4/0/3340.1431469099.jpg http://www.museumoftheamericanrailroad.org/portals/0/Big_Boy_4018_Exercise_6_9_2013%20%2816%29_350px.jpg Locomotives articulated in this specific way were known by the last name of their inventor. What name? (Okay, to be exact, in some people's usage the inventor's name was only used if they were compound locomotives -- i.e. if the 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.) 14. In the classic American version of Monopoly from Parker Bros., if you roll 5 on your first turn you will reach a railroad, one that existed in real life when the game was first published. Its name is often shortened to a single word, which is a city it served, today with a population of about 88,000. Give that name. * History 15. During the French Revolution, a new calendar was adopted, with a new date for starting the year, a new numbering of the years starting fresh from 1, and 12 new names for the new months. Maybe it would have stuck if they hadn't also decided that the new week should be a metric one -- with 9 working days in each 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? 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. * The Last Questions 17. In what play does the title character announce his choice of 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? -- Mark Brader | "For the stronger we our houses do build, Toronto | The less chance we have of being killed." msb@vex.net | -- William McGonagall, "The Tay Bridge Disaster" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 22 04:56PM -0600 This is a reminder (with a new Subject line, as I meant to post it before) of Rotating Quiz #203. As I post this, you have 1 day and about 6 hours remaining to enter. The more the merrier, eh? The scoring and questions repeated once more: This quiz will be scored out of 20. Questions #1-17 all have 1-word answers and are worth 1 point each -- except for #6, which requires 2 names and each one is worth a point. Question #18 is also 2 points, all or nothing. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is who scored on the hardest questions; the second tiebreaker is correct form, such as spelling and capitalization; and the third tiebreaker is who posted first. * Ancient Gods of War 1. Name the ancient Roman god of war. 2. Name the ancient Greek god of war. * Other Things in Ancient Greece and Rome 3. In the monumental architecture developed in Greece, there were three major styles of stone columns that might appear (say) across the front of a building to support a portico. The simplest was Doric: http://0.tqn.com/d/architecture/1/S/g/y/Doric-Column.jpg 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? 4. When the Roman Empire was divided permanently into two parts, 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. * Oscar-Winning Actresses 5. This actress's first name honors a department store building 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. 6. The stage name of this actress combines the surnames of two 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. * French-Speaking Places 7. What is the principal river of the region known as the Île-de-France? 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? * Other Places 9. Speaking of ports, what is the principal port city of Alabama? 10. Consider areas that are both within a single country and within a single time zone; for example, "the part of the Eastern Time 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? * World War II 11. During the war it was vital to the Allies to rapidly and reliably decode German messages enciphered using the Enigma machine. Alan Turing has become justly famous for 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? 12. This German company produced a variety of military aircraft, 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. * Trains 13. One of the problems with making a really large steam locomotive was that, to get enough traction, plenty of driving wheels were needed. But steam at high pressure from the boiler had to get to the cylinders. This was easily done by sending it through heavy pipes. But in that case, it followed that the cylinders and the boiler had to be rigidly mounted to the same frame -- and therefore, so also did all the driving wheels. This created a long rigid wheelbase http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/russ/aa20.jpg that, in turn (no pun intended), made it hard to go around curves. On some of the largest steam engines this problem was avoided by using flexible joints that could take the necessary pressure of steam. In this way the locomotive could be "articulated", with separate cylinders powering two separate sets of driving wheels. In the US, articulated locomotives typically had the rear set of driving wheels fixed to the frame, with only the front set moving sideways on curves, as seen here: http://www.railpictures.net/images/d2/3/4/0/3340.1431469099.jpg http://www.museumoftheamericanrailroad.org/portals/0/Big_Boy_4018_Exercise_6_9_2013%20%2816%29_350px.jpg Locomotives articulated in this specific way were known by the last name of their inventor. What name? (Okay, to be exact, in some people's usage the inventor's name was only used if they were compound locomotives -- i.e. if the 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.) 14. In the classic American version of Monopoly from Parker Bros., if you roll 5 on your first turn you will reach a railroad, one that existed in real life when the game was first published. Its name is often shortened to a single word, which is a city it served, today with a population of about 88,000. Give that name. * History 15. During the French Revolution, a new calendar was adopted, with a new date for starting the year, a new numbering of the years starting fresh from 1, and 12 new names for the new months. Maybe it would have stuck if they hadn't also decided that the new week should be a metric one -- with 9 working days in each 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? 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. * The Last Questions 17. In what play does the title character announce his choice of 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? -- Mark Brader | "For the stronger we our houses do build, Toronto | The less chance we have of being killed." msb@vex.net | -- William McGonagall, "The Tay Bridge Disaster" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 22 06:12PM >> in the next three games, respectively, and led Miami to a >> 4-2 victory. > Dwayne Wade. 4 for Pete and Gareth. Dwyane. Honestly. Can't believe I missed on "The Logo" |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 22 01:35PM -0600 Mark Brader: >>> in the next three games, respectively, and led Miami to a >>> 4-2 victory. >> Dwayne Wade. 4 for Pete and Gareth. Gareth Owen: > Dwyane. Honestly. Huh, so it is. Sheesh. My mistake; I just assumed it was a typo on the original question sheet. Of course this does not affect the scoring. -- Mark Brader | "...very satisfying -- it's like the erosion geology edition Toronto | of the electromagnetic spectrum chart." msb@vex.net | --Randall Munroe |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 22 03:49PM > 1. Her movie credits include "Sideways" and "Under the Tuscan Sun", > but she's probably best known for starring in the TV series > "Grey's Anatomy". Sandra Oh > 2. On TV, she starred in the HBO series "True Blood". Her film > credits include winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for > "The Piano" and playing Rogue in the X-Men movies. Anna Paquin > 3. On TV, he starred in "Arrested Development". His movie credits > include "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World", "Nick and Norah's Infinite > Playlist", "Superbad", and "Juno". Michael Cera > 7. On TV, she's best known as part of the "SCTV" (Second City TV) > ensemble. Her movie credits include "Home Alone", "Beetlejuice", > "After Hours", "Waiting for Guffman", and "Best in Show". Catherine O'Hara > and "Godzilla, King of the Monsters", but he's probably best > remembered for starring in the TV series "Perry Mason" and > "Ironside". Raymond Burr > 13. On TV, she's appeared in the series "Pit Pony", "Trailer Park > Boys", and "ReGenesis". Her movie credits include "Juno", > "Whip It", and "Inception". Ellen Page > 14. His movie credits include "Earthquake" and "Nevada Smith", > but he's probably best remembered for starring in the TV series > "Bonanza", "Battlestar Galactica", and "Galactica 1980". Lorne Greene > In each case give the year according to the Recording Industry > Association of America, within a margin of 1 year. > A1. When did CDs first outsell vinyl? 1983; 1986 > A2. When did CD sales peak? 2005 > where liquids were known to flow on its surface, although the > liquids are not water but methane and related substances. > Name this moon. Titan > Mercury, and is 3/4 the size of Mars. It is so large that > it would be considered a planet if it did not orbit Jupiter. > Name it. Ganymede; Callisto > Railroad. She became a scout for the Union Army during > the American Civil War and died in New York State in 1913. > Name her. Sojourner Truth > on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry. The raid ended > with his capture. He was convicted and sentenced to death > by hanging. Name him. John Brown > completely out of control and his huge body becomes a > lethal weapon. It is difficult to see what role he might > play in the Great Society. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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