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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 07 11:53PM +0100 > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? fins > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian > heritage has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? Hm, could this be a cricket question? Or is it just a test to see who is wicked enough to answer? > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? AC/DC > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the letters > ECT stand for? Electrical Cardial Treatment -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 07 06:45PM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? Fins. > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian > heritage has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? Singh? > 3 Which celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The > Key", "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? Lavigne? (I don't think the age fits, but I don't have a better answer and you might have mistyped.) > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium. > 5 By what nickname is British TV personality Jo Frost better known? Frosty? > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? Men Without Hats? > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the > letters ECT stand for? Electroconvulsive therapy. > painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) is the most > expensive painting in history. Which Post-Impressionist created > it? Johnson. > 9 Cygnus atratus is the scientific name for which native > Australian water bird? Swanson. :-) > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and > Molly", "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? Chicago. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | The real trouble with this world of ours is... that msb@vex.net | it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. --Chesterton My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 08 01:37AM -0600 In article <f33b246f-3f80-48bb-9319-f28e0a24b608@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? fins > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian heritage has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? > 3 Which celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? Bieber > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 5 By what nickname is British TV personality Jo Frost better known? > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the letters ECT stand for? electro-convulsive therapy > 8 Sold privately for c. $300 million in February 2015, the 1892 painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) is the most expensive painting in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? > 9 Cygnus atratus is the scientific name for which native Australian water bird? > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? Chicago. Btw HSB was not set in a real city. -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 08 06:36PM +0100 On 2015-12-07 23:26, Calvin wrote: > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? fins > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian heritage has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? > 3 Which celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 5 By what nickname is British TV personality Jo Frost better known? > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? AC/DC > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the letters ECT stand for? Electro Cardio Therapy > 8 Sold privately for c. $300 million in February 2015, the 1892 painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) is the most expensive painting in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? > 9 Cygnus atratus is the scientific name for which native Australian water bird? > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? Philadelphia -- -- Björn |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Dec 08 07:18PM Calvin wrote: > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? Fins > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian heritage > has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? Monty Panesar > 3 Which celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", > "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? Kim Kardashian > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 5 By what nickname is British TV personality Jo Frost better known? Supernanny > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? AC/DC > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the letters > ECT stand for? Electro Convulsive Therapy > expensive painting in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? > 9 Cygnus atratus is the scientific name for which native Australian > water bird? Swan > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", > "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? Chicago Peter Smyth |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 09 01:04AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? Fins > 3 Which > celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", > "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? Taylor Swift > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? > 7 Often simply referred to as > shock treatment, what do the letters ECT stand for? Electrocardio Therapy > privately for c. $300 million in February 2015, the 1892 painting > Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) is the most expensive painting > in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? Gauguin > Australian water bird? > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", > "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? New York > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 08 09:27PM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? fins > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian heritage has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? > 3 Which celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? Paris Hilton > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 5 By what nickname is British TV personality Jo Frost better known? > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? Men at Work ?? > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the letters ECT stand for? electro-convulsive therapy > 8 Sold privately for c. $300 million in February 2015, the 1892 painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) is the most expensive painting in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? > 9 Cygnus atratus is the scientific name for which native Australian water bird? swan (don't know which kind) > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? San Francisco -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 11 08:25AM >> the actual colors.) > Blue and black (actual), white and gold/yellow. 4 for Dan Blum, > Peter, Bruce (TGW), Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Gareth. I answered "blue and gold" and as I recall that is how I perceived the colours. It was a while, though. (And, no, I am not suggesting my answer should count, but it's an observation of that there seems to be a third possibility.) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Dec 07 07:42PM Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. Red, Green, Blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. CMYK > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? Red, Yellow, Blue > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? Cones, Rods > white light into its colors. This took advantage of the > different behavior of different colors of light during what > phenomenon? Refraction > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? Colour blindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) Blue and black > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? Black Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 07 01:12PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-29, 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 10, Round 2 - Science - Color 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. 2. <Answers 1> are the primary colors of an additive system. In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that abbreviation or just name the four colors. 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? 5. In an effort to disprove René Descartes' wave theory of light in 1672, this scientist ran numerous experiments and concluded that light is composed of colored particles, which combine to appear white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and divided the spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. 6. <Answer 5>'s "spectrum" experiment famously used a prism to split white light into its colors. This took advantage of the different behavior of different colors of light during what phenomenon? 7. Some people perceive letters and numbers as colored, whereas some others see colors when they hear music or sounds. What is this neurological phenomenon called? 8. In 1957, scientists combined the trichromatic theory from 1801 with the opponent-color theory of 1892. This led to the scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic disorder? 9. Metamerism is the phenomenon when a color appears different in different contexts or settings. A real-life illustration occurred a few months ago when social media exploded in debate over the color of a woman's dress. Either name *both* actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were the actual colors.) 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Paintings Please see the 3-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/artist.pdf In each case we'll name an artist and you identify which picture they painted. 1. Jean-Paul Riopelle. 2. Alex Colville. 3. "Runt", or Alex Currie. 4. Emily Carr. 5. Ken Danby. 6. Paul Kane. 7. Michael Snow. 8. Christopher Pratt. 9. Jack Bush. 10. Charles Pachter. So there were 8 decoys. Here in rot13 are 7 more artists whose works you may identify if you wish for fun, but for no points: 11. Gbal Bayrl. 12. Ehol Munat. 13. Lbex Jvyfba. 14. Orawnzva Purr Purr. 15. Vina Jurnyr. 16. Evgn Yrgraqer. 17. Tert Pheabr. And then there's one more picture. If you're still having fun, then after you have finished with questions #1-17, decode the rot13 and answer: 18. Juvpu cvpgher vf abg n cnvagvat, ohg n cubgbtencu bs orre gnxra guebhtu n zvpebfpbcr? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Winning isn't everything, but not trying to win msb@vex.net | is less than nothing." --Anton van Uitert My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 07 07:34PM > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. red, green, and blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. CMYK > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? red, yellow, and blue > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? cones > that light is composed of colored particles, which combine > to appear white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and > divided the spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. Isaac Newton > white light into its colors. This took advantage of the > different behavior of different colors of light during what > phenomenon? refraction > 7. Some people perceive letters and numbers as colored, whereas > some others see colors when they hear music or sounds. What is > this neurological phenomenon called? synesthesia > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? color blindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) black and blue > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? blue > * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Paintings > 1. Jean-Paul Riopelle. 18; 17 > 2. Alex Colville. 16; 15 > 3. "Runt", or Alex Currie. 14; 13 > 4. Emily Carr. 12; 11 > 5. Ken Danby. 10; 9 > 6. Paul Kane. 8; 7 > 7. Michael Snow. 6; 5 > 8. Christopher Pratt. 4; 3 > 9. Jack Bush. 2; 1 > 10. Charles Pachter. 1; 18 > 18. Juvpu cvpgher vf abg n cnvagvat, ohg n cubgbtencu bs orre > gnxra guebhtu n zvpebfpbcr? 11 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 07 09:45PM +0100 > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. Light is a contiguous spectre of frequences. But our eyes perceives red, green and blue. > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. Cyan, magenta, yellow, black > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? Red, yellow and blue > that light is composed of colored particles, which combine > to appear white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and > divided the spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. Isaac Newton > white light into its colors. This took advantage of the > different behavior of different colors of light during what > phenomenon? Refraction > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? Red-green colour-blindess > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) Blue and gold > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? Blue -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Dec 07 08:01PM On Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:12:53 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. Red, Green, Blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, often > referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? Red, Blue, Yellow > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? Cones > light is composed of colored particles, which combine to appear > white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and divided the > spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. Newton > 6. <Answer 5>'s "spectrum" experiment famously used a prism to split > white light into its colors. This took advantage of the different > behavior of different colors of light during what phenomenon? diffraction > 7. Some people perceive letters and numbers as colored, whereas > some others see colors when they hear music or sounds. What is this > neurological phenomenon called? Synesthesia > 1801 with the opponent-color theory of 1892. This led to the > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John Dalton > in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic disorder? Color blindness > of a woman's dress. Either name *both* actual colors of the dress > *or both* alternative colors that people observed. (And no, you > don't have to say which were the actual colors.) White&gold and Blue&black > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". What > color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? Blue > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/artist.pdf > In each case we'll name an artist and you identify which picture they > painted. nope > So there were 8 decoys. Here in rot13 are 7 more artists whose works > you may identify if you wish for fun, but for no points: nope > answer: > 18. Juvpu cvpgher vf abg n cnvagvat, ohg n cubgbtencu bs orre > gnxra guebhtu n zvpebfpbcr? 13 Bruce |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 08 04:03AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:zZudnRv7rfioR_jLnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. red, green, blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. CMYK > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? red, yellow, blue > that light is composed of colored particles, which combine > to appear white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and > divided the spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. Newton (?) > 7. Some people perceive letters and numbers as colored, whereas > some others see colors when they hear music or sounds. What is > this neurological phenomenon called? synesthesia > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? colorblindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) blue and black > In each case we'll name an artist and you identify which picture > they painted. > 1. Jean-Paul Riopelle. 2; 5 > 2. Alex Colville. 8; 12 > 3. "Runt", or Alex Currie. 15; 18 > 4. Emily Carr. 9; 10 > 5. Ken Danby. 13; 16 > 6. Paul Kane. 1; 4 > 7. Michael Snow. 7; 10 > 8. Christopher Pratt. 14; 17 > 9. Jack Bush. 3; 6 > 10. Charles Pachter. 2; 5 > So there were 8 decoys. Here in rot13 are 7 more artists whose > works you may identify if you wish for fun, but for no points: > 14. Orawnzva Purr Purr. 11 > rot13 and answer: > 18. Juvpu cvpgher vf abg n cnvagvat, ohg n cubgbtencu bs orre > gnxra guebhtu n zvpebfpbcr? 13 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 08 01:50AM -0600 In article <zZudnRv7rfioR_jLnZ2dnUU7-fednZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. red, green, blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. CMYK > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? red, yellow, blue > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? cones > that light is composed of colored particles, which combine > to appear white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and > divided the spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. Newton > white light into its colors. This took advantage of the > different behavior of different colors of light during what > phenomenon? refraction > 7. Some people perceive letters and numbers as colored, whereas > some others see colors when they hear music or sounds. What is > this neurological phenomenon called? synesthesia > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? color blindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) black and blue > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? blue -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 08 12:05AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. red green blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. CMYK > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? red yellow blue > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? cones > that light is composed of colored particles, which combine > to appear white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and > divided the spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. Isaac Newton > white light into its colors. This took advantage of the > different behavior of different colors of light during what > phenomenon? refraction > 7. Some people perceive letters and numbers as colored, whereas > some others see colors when they hear music or sounds. What is > this neurological phenomenon called? synesthesia > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? red-green color blindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) white and gold (they said it was really blue and black, but I don't believe them) > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? blue -- Dan Tilque |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 08 07:07PM +0100 On 2015-12-07 20:12, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. Red,Green,Blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. CMYK > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? Red, yellow, purple > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? Stavar - translates to sticks. > that light is composed of colored particles, which combine > to appear white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and > divided the spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. Newton > white light into its colors. This took advantage of the > different behavior of different colors of light during what > phenomenon? reflection > 7. Some people perceive letters and numbers as colored, whereas > some others see colors when they hear music or sounds. What is > this neurological phenomenon called? Savant. (or at least a saw a program once about an English savant who saw numbers like colors and shapes. > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? color-blindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) Red; Green > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? blue > * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Paintings No idea -- -- Björn |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 08 11:57PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:zZudnRv7rfioR_jLnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. Red, Green, and Blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. Black, White, Yellow, Red > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? Yellow, Red, Blue > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? Rods and cones > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? Color blindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) Gold and blue > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? Blue Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 10 10:56PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > We simply name all the countries surrounding a landlocked country, > which you must name. > 1. Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia. Paraguay > 2. Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand. Laos > 3. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia. Belarus > 4. Belgium, Germany, France. Luxembourg > 5. France, Spain. Andorra > 6. Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan > 7. DR (Democratic Republic of the) Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, > Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola. Republic of the Congo > 8. Rwanda, Tanzania, DR Congo. Burundi > 9. Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon. Chad > 10. Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), > Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania. Mali > * Game 10, Round 6 - History - The 17th Century > 1. Which dynasty took power in China in 1644? Sung > 2. Sakoku was the foreign relations policy of Japan, enacted > between 1633 and 1639, that was in effect until the 19th century. > Describe it. foreigners were prohibited except for limited trading through a single port (Nagasaki) > 3. Which English monarch died in 1603? Elizabeth I > 4. Which English monarch was executed for high treason in January > 1649? Charles I > 5. During the 17th century, Spain was ruled by a branch of which > European dynasty? Hapsburgs > 6. King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of > Lützen in 1632 -- during which war? Tirty Years' War > 7. Work was started on this building, called "a jewel of Muslim > art in India", in Agra in 1632. Name it. Taj Mahal > 8. After the great fire of London in 1666, who designed the new > St. Paul's Cathedral? Christopher Wren > 9. In 1669, who built the first known operational reflecting > telescope? Isaac Newton > 10. 1630 saw the death of which mathematician and astronomer > who devised laws of planetary motion and improved Copernicus's > heliocentric theory? Johannes Kepler -- Dan Tilque |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Dec 11 04:27PM On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:20:52 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > We simply name all the countries surrounding a landlocked country, which > you must name. > 1. Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia. Paraguay > 2. Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand. Laos > 3. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia. Belarus > 4. Belgium, Germany, France. Luxembourg > 5. France, Spain. Andorra > 6. Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan > 7. DR (Democratic Republic of the) Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, > Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola. Zambia > 8. Rwanda, Tanzania, DR Congo. ??? > 9. Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon. Chad > 10. Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), > Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania. Mali > 2. Sakoku was the foreign relations policy of Japan, enacted > between 1633 and 1639, that was in effect until the 19th century. > Describe it. Isolationism to the extreme, no one in or out of the country. > 3. Which English monarch died in 1603? Elizabeth I > 4. Which English monarch was executed for high treason in January > 1649? Charles I > Lützen in 1632 -- during which war? > 7. Work was started on this building, called "a jewel of Muslim > art in India", in Agra in 1632. Name it. Taj Mahal > 8. After the great fire of London in 1666, who designed the new > St. Paul's Cathedral? Wren > 9. In 1669, who built the first known operational reflecting > telescope? Newton > 10. 1630 saw the death of which mathematician and astronomer > who devised laws of planetary motion and improved Copernicus's > heliocentric theory? Kepler |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Dec 11 06:33PM Mark Brader wrote: > We simply name all the countries surrounding a landlocked country, > which you must name. > 1. Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia. Paraguay > 2. Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand. Laos > 3. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia. Belarus > 4. Belgium, Germany, France. Luxembourg > 5. France, Spain. Andorra > 6. Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan > 7. DR (Democratic Republic of the) Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, > Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola. Zambia > 8. Rwanda, Tanzania, DR Congo. Burundi > 9. Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon. Chad > 10. Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), > Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania. Mali > * Game 10, Round 6 - History - The 17th Century > 1. Which dynasty took power in China in 1644? Ming > 2. Sakoku was the foreign relations policy of Japan, enacted > between 1633 and 1639, that was in effect until the 19th century. > Describe it. They didn't have any foreign relations > 3. Which English monarch died in 1603? Elizabeth I > 4. Which English monarch was executed for high treason in January > 1649? Charles I > European dynasty? > 6. King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of > Lützen in 1632 -- during which war? Thirty Years War > 7. Work was started on this building, called "a jewel of Muslim > art in India", in Agra in 1632. Name it. Taj Mahal > 8. After the great fire of London in 1666, who designed the new > St. Paul's Cathedral? Christopher Wren > 9. In 1669, who built the first known operational reflecting > telescope? Galileo > 10. 1630 saw the death of which mathematician and astronomer > who devised laws of planetary motion and improved Copernicus's > heliocentric theory? Kepler, Brahe Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 11 09:55PM +0100 > We simply name all the countries surrounding a landlocked country, > which you must name. > 1. Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia. Paraguay > 2. Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand. Laos > 3. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia. White Russia (Sigh, even in the Swedish the name Belarus has been making inroads lately, despite that Vitryssland has long been established. Guess what Belarus actually means...) > 4. Belgium, Germany, France. Luxeumburg > 5. France, Spain. Andorra > 6. Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan > 7. DR (Democratic Republic of the) Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, > Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola. Zambia > 8. Rwanda, Tanzania, DR Congo. Burundi > 9. Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon. Chad > 10. Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), > Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania. Mali (Isn't Libya missing here?) > * Game 10, Round 6 - History - The 17th Century > 1. Which dynasty took power in China in 1644? Qing > 2. Sakoku was the foreign relations policy of Japan, enacted > between 1633 and 1639, that was in effect until the 19th century. > Describe it. Limited relations to the outside world, but not total seclusion. They had trade with China and Korea. And the Netherlands, but Dutch merchants were supposed to remain in Nagasaki. > 3. Which English monarch died in 1603? Elizabeth I > 4. Which English monarch was executed for high treason in January > 1649? Charles III > 5. During the 17th century, Spain was ruled by a branch of which > European dynasty? Habsburg > 6. King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of > Lützen in 1632 -- during which war? Thirty-year war > 7. Work was started on this building, called "a jewel of Muslim > art in India", in Agra in 1632. Name it. Taj Mahal > 10. 1630 saw the death of which mathematician and astronomer > who devised laws of planetary motion and improved Copernicus's > heliocentric theory? Johannes Kepler -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 11 11:32PM -0800 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > (Sigh, even in the Swedish the name Belarus has been making inroads > lately, despite that Vitryssland has long been established. Guess > what Belarus actually means...) Previously in English it was Beilorussia or Bylorussia, although White Russia was also used. > Limited relations to the outside world, but not total seclusion. > They had trade with China and Korea. And the Netherlands, but > Dutch merchants were supposed to remain in Nagasaki. I believe it was Portuguese traders at first and the Dutch took over at some later time. Could be wrong about that. >> 4. Which English monarch was executed for high treason in January >> 1649? > Charles III That's the name of the *next* monarch they're going to execute... or maybe just pillory in the tabloids... -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 12 03:09AM -0600 In article <PNCdnSVoV-lJlffLnZ2dnUU7-N2dnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > We simply name all the countries surrounding a landlocked country, > which you must name. > 1. Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia. Paraguay > 2. Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand. Laos > 3. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia. Belarus > 4. Belgium, Germany, France. Luxembourg > 5. France, Spain. Andorra > 6. Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan > 7. DR (Democratic Republic of the) Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, > Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola. Zambia > 8. Rwanda, Tanzania, DR Congo. > 9. Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon. Chad > 10. Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), > Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania. Mali > between 1633 and 1639, that was in effect until the 19th century. > Describe it. > 3. Which English monarch died in 1603? Elizabeth I > 4. Which English monarch was executed for high treason in January > 1649? Charles I > European dynasty? > 6. King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of > Lützen in 1632 -- during which war? 30 Years War > 7. Work was started on this building, called "a jewel of Muslim > art in India", in Agra in 1632. Name it. Taj Mahal > 8. After the great fire of London in 1666, who designed the new > St. Paul's Cathedral? Christopher Wren > 9. In 1669, who built the first known operational reflecting > telescope? Isaac Newton > 10. 1630 saw the death of which mathematician and astronomer > who devised laws of planetary motion and improved Copernicus's > heliocentric theory? Johannes Kepler -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 04 05:24AM This is Rotating Quiz 204. Entries must be posted by Thursday, December 10th, 2015 at 11 PM (Eastern Standard Time). Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner gets to create the next RQ. Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question. Each correct answer is normally worth 2 points. If an answer is misspelled it is worth 1 point. One question has an alternate answer which is only worth 1 point (explained in the question). If an answer is a person's name only the last name is required, but if you give any other parts they must be correct. This quiz has a theme which I am not going to disclose, although it will be fairly obvious. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest people got right). Second tiebreaker will be posting order. 1. The main method of magnesium production today is the <answer 1> process, which combines silicon and magnesium oxide to produce magnesium and silica. It was invented by Dr. Lloyd Montgomery <answer 1> of the Canadian National Research Council. 2. This brand of cigarettes was first produced by Liggett & Myers in 1963. It was notable for its charcoal filter but is probably best-remembered in the US for a TV commercial in which people were exhorted to "show us your <answer 2> pack" to the William Tell Overture. (To be honest, Stan Freberg's commercial for Jeno's Pizza Rolls, which was a parody of this commercial, is even better-remembered.) The brand is still manufactured today by Altria but is much more popular in Japan than in the US. 3. The Messerschmitt 262 was the world's first operational jet-powered military plane. It had a number of variations; the A-1a version was the main one produced and was used as an interceptor and a fighter-bomber. What was its nickname? I will accept an answer in English or German. If you can somehow only remember the nickname for the A-2a bomber version, I will accept that (also in English or German) for 1 point, as it also fits the theme. 4. In Greek mythology this Titan was wife (and sister) to Cronus and gave birth to the older Olympian gods, including Zeus, whom she hid in a cave so Cronus would not swallow him. The second-largest moon of Saturn is named for her. 5. This American sitcom of the 1970s featured a widowed mother and her five children who record a Top 40 song and then go on tour. The family is very loosely based on The Cowsills. 6. Have we had a Twilight question in a RQ yet? Well, we have one now. Give the name of the late-teenage girl who is the protagonist of the series. 7. Everyone knows that Sir Francis Drake's flagship for his circumnavigation voyage was the Golden Hind, but that was not her original name; Drake renamed the ship during the voyage after the crest of his patron. Many other British ships have used the original name; none seem to have been particularly distinguished. However, a French vessel sharing the name (allowing for differences in orthography) defeated three British ships in the Battle of Hudson's Bay in 1697. What was the name? 8. Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, died on a film set when shot by an improperly-prepared gun. Name the film. 9. This American skateboarder was the National Skateboard Association's world champion for twelve years running. (No, I don't know how a national association has a world championship.) He was the first skateboarder to successfully land after a 900-degree turn. Since retiring in 1999 he has done many things, including producing an eponymous series of skateboarding video games. 10. This American football team is the oldest such professional team with a continuous existence (it was founded in 1898) and is one of only two charter NFL members that still exists. It has moved a few times - it started in Chicago, then moved to St. Louis before ending up in its current location - but since 1920 it has kept the same name (ignoring the 1944 season when it was combined with the Steelers). Despite all this history they don't win much; they were the first NFL team to lose 700 games and haven't won a championship since 1947. I am looking for the name, not the location. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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