Thursday, January 21, 2016

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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 21 02:52AM -0800

Welcome to Rotating Quiz #208. This quiz will run through some time in
the evening, Wednesday 27-Jan-2016. The usual rules apply: no
discussion; no looking things up; ties will be resolved first by whoever
got the most difficult answers, and second by earliest post. Winner gets
to set the RQ#209.
 
For this quiz, I've selected 30 US and Canadian cities whose names mean
something in another language and translated them into English. Your
task is to give the names of the cities. For example, for the clue "the
angels", you would naturally answer Los Angeles.
 
There are several languages these were translated from, including some
American Indian languages. There's a couple that are Indian-European
mixtures (specifically Dakota-Greek and Choctaw-English). However, the
majority are from Spanish or French.
 
Hints: The city names are in alphabetic order. If you can get some of
the easier ones, this should help you eliminate some wrong answers. The
code in parentheses after the clue gives an indication of where the city
is located:
 
c = Canada
ne = northeast
nc = north central
nw = northwest
se = southeast
sc = south central
sw = southwest
 
Some of the more difficult ones have the state's name. In one case,
there are two reasonably well-known cities with the name, so it has two
regions.
 
1. yellow (sc)
2. red stick (sc)
3. mouse's mouth (se)
4. wooded (nw)
5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)
6. wild garlic (nc)
7. heart of an awl (nw)
8. body of Christ (sc)
9. of the monks (nc)
10. the step (sw)
11. clear water (nc)
12. ash tree (sw)
13. the meadows (sw)
14. the cats (sw)
15. mercy (sw)
16. city of water (nc)
17. modest (sw)
18. royal mountain (c)
19. red people city (sc)
20. famous land (Florida)
21. tall tree (sw)
22. where the river narrows (c)
23. queen (c)
24. sacrament (sw)
25. peace (nw, ne)
26. saint faith (sw)
27. high land (nc)
28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)
29. where there are trees in the water (c)
30. many waters (nw)
 
Have fun!
 
 
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Dan Tilque
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 20 03:03PM -0800

On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 9:48:11 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
 
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
 
The link night be easier in case the table doesn't format well.
 
http://tinyurl.com/n9s7rc7
 
Rank  2013-14 % share of total

1 China 159,643 23.9
2 Japan 72,173 10.8
3 United States 58,196 8.7
4 Republic of Korea 34,589 5.2
5 Singapore 29,510 4.4
6 New Zealand 22,689 3.4
7 United Kingdom 20,289 3
8 Malaysia 19,887 3
9 Thailand 18,837 2.8
10 Germany 16,820 2.5
11 Indonesia 15,970 2.4
12 India 14,762 2.2
13 Taiwan  12,549 1.9
14 Vietnam  9,232 1.4
15 United Arab Emirates 8,707 1.3
 
The interesting thing for me is how few EU countries are on the list. UAE surprised me and all of you as well obviously. I guess it's mostly oil one way and education the other. Philippines and Saudi Arabia were the most popular wrong answers.
 
SCORES
Mark Peter Erland Dan T Dan B Marc TOTAL
China 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Japan 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
USA 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
S Korea 1 1 0 1 1 1 5
Sing. 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
NZ 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
UK 1 1 1 1 0 1 5
Malay. 0 1 1 1 1 0 4
Thail. 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Germany 0 1 1 1 0 1 4
Indon. 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
India 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Taiwan  1 0 1 1 1 0 4
Viet.  1 0 1 1 1 1 5
UAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 10 12 13 12 8 65
 
Congratulations Dan T. RQ #208 is all yours to work your evil :-)
 
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 20 05:42PM -0800

Calvin wrote:
 
 
> Congratulations Dan T. RQ #208 is all yours to work your evil :-)
 
Thank you. Kind of amazed I got 13 out of 15.
 
Unlike most previous times I've won this, I have an idea for the next
RQ, so expect it soon.
 
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Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 21 09:02AM +0100

> The interesting thing for me is how few EU countries are on the list.
 
As they say "business is local". It seems that most entrants understood
this. It irks me that I failed to consider South Korea.
 
UAE? Who would have known. Well, at least it renders the guess of Saudi
Arabia reasonable...
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 20 08:22AM -0600

In article <ZPWdnYpPKrx9QwPLnZ2dnUU7-d-dnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> You name that country. For example, if we said Cameroon and
> Central African Republic, the correct answer would be Canada.
 
> 1. Haiti, Hungary.
Honduras
 
> 2. Afghanistan, Algeria.
Albania
 
> 3. Netherlands, Nicaragua.
New Zealand
 
> 4. Germany, Greece.
Ghana
 
> 5. Belgium, Benin.
Belize
 
> 6. Peru, Poland.
> 7. Eritrea, Ethiopia.
Estonia
 
> 8. Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey.
Tunisia
 
> 9. Monaco, Montenegro.
Mongolia
 
> 10. Viet Nam, Zambia.
Yemen
 
> title for 15 consecutive years. Name the city where he won his
> first title. It is Italy's second-largest city and capital of
> the administrative region of Lombardy.
Milan
 
 
> 3. Federer became the 6th man to win the career Grand Slam (winning
> all 4 majors) in 2009. Name the tournament he won to complete
> it -- or just name the surface it's played on.
grass
 
 
> 9. In the 2014 Davis Cup Final, Federer defeated Gael Monfils
> and Richard Gasquet. Which country was Switzerland playing in
> the final?
France
 
> 10. Roger Federer and his wife have four children. The eldest
> child was born in 2009 and the youngest was born in 2014.
> What is unusual about the births of these four children?
quadruplets
 
 
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jan 20 02:49PM

On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:12:00 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> country. For example, if we said Cameroon and Central African Republic,
> the correct answer would be Canada.
 
> 1. Haiti, Hungary.
 
Honduras
 
> 2. Afghanistan, Algeria.
 
Albania
 
> 3. Netherlands, Nicaragua.
 
New Zealand
 
> 4. Germany, Greece.
 
Ghana
 
> 5. Belgium, Benin.
 
Belize
 
> 6. Peru, Poland.
 
Philippines
 
> 7. Eritrea, Ethiopia.
 
Estonia
 
> 8. Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey.
 
Tunisia
 
> 9. Monaco, Montenegro.
 
Mongolia
 
> 10. Viet Nam, Zambia.
 
Yemen
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jan 20 06:17PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> You name that country. For example, if we said Cameroon and
> Central African Republic, the correct answer would be Canada.
 
> 1. Haiti, Hungary.
Honduras
> 2. Afghanistan, Algeria.
Albania
> 3. Netherlands, Nicaragua.
New Zealand
> 4. Germany, Greece.
Ghana
> 5. Belgium, Benin.
Belize
> 6. Peru, Poland.
Pitcairn Island
> 7. Eritrea, Ethiopia.
Estonia
> 8. Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey.
 
> 9. Monaco, Montenegro.
Mongolia
> 10. Viet Nam, Zambia.
Yemen
> title for 15 consecutive years. Name the city where he won his
> first title. It is Italy's second-largest city and capital of
> the administrative region of Lombardy.
Milan
> Name either of the other two male players to have won at least
> 1,000 ATP level matches. One is American; the other was from
> Czechoslovakia.
Ivan Lendl (and Jimmy Connors?)
> 3. Federer became the 6th man to win the career Grand Slam (winning
> all 4 majors) in 2009. Name the tournament he won to complete
> it -- or just name the surface it's played on.
French Open
> was frustrating, you know, it was miserable, it sucked, it was
> terrible. But besides that it was fine"? He is currently a
> commentator on HBO and married to swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker.
Andy Roddick
> (2005-2008) from *which organization*, whose mission statement
> is described as "Using the power of sport as a tool for social
> change"?
Laureus
> 6. Federer is a 10-time winner of the ATP tour Sportsmanship
> Award -- named after which Swedish player, who is currently
> Roger Federer's coach and a member of the tennis Hall of Fame?
Stefan Edberg
> 7. Federer is member of the tennis Big 4, a group of players that
> dominated the ATP between 2008 and 2013. Rafael Nadal and Novak
> Djokovic are two other members of the Big 4. Who is the fourth?
Andy Murray
> 8. Federer won the 2008 doubles Gold Medal and 2014 Davis cup
> with *which Swiss compatriot*, who is the defending French Open
> champion and a top-10-ranked ATP player?
Stanislas Wawrinka
> 9. In the 2014 Davis Cup Final, Federer defeated Gael Monfils
> and Richard Gasquet. Which country was Switzerland playing in
> the final?
France
> 10. Roger Federer and his wife have four children. The eldest
> child was born in 2009 and the youngest was born in 2014.
> What is unusual about the births of these four children?
Two sets of twins
 
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 20 10:00PM +0100

> * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Countries Alphabetically Between
 
Let me guess: this round was a lot harder in the original game that
it was here. I assume that you have a time limit when do it live? This
was certainly a time-consuming round!
 
> 1. Haiti, Hungary.
 
Honduras
 
> 2. Afghanistan, Algeria.
 
Albania
 
> 3. Netherlands, Nicaragua.
 
New Zealand
 
> 4. Germany, Greece.
 
Great Britain
 
> 5. Belgium, Benin.
 
Belize
 
> 6. Peru, Poland.
 
Phillipines
 
> 7. Eritrea, Ethiopia.
 
Estonia
 
> 8. Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey.
 
Tunisia
 
> 9. Monaco, Montenegro.
 
Montague (OK, so I had to give up on this one.)
 
> 10. Viet Nam, Zambia.
 
Yemen

> title for 15 consecutive years. Name the city where he won his
> first title. It is Italy's second-largest city and capital of
> the administrative region of Lombardy.
 
Milano

> Name either of the other two male players to have won at least
> 1,000 ATP level matches. One is American; the other was from
> Czechoslovakia.
 
Ivan Lendl

> 3. Federer became the 6th man to win the career Grand Slam (winning
> all 4 majors) in 2009. Name the tournament he won to complete
> it -- or just name the surface it's played on.
 
Wimbledon

 
> 6. Federer is a 10-time winner of the ATP tour Sportsmanship
> Award -- named after which Swedish player, who is currently
> Roger Federer's coach and a member of the tennis Hall of Fame?
 
Stefan Edberg

> 7. Federer is member of the tennis Big 4, a group of players that
> dominated the ATP between 2008 and 2013. Rafael Nadal and Novak
> Djokovic are two other members of the Big 4. Who is the fourth?
 
Andy Murray

> 8. Federer won the 2008 doubles Gold Medal and 2014 Davis cup
> with *which Swiss compatriot*, who is the defending French Open
> champion and a top-10-ranked ATP player?
 
Stanislaw Wavrinka

> 9. In the 2014 Davis Cup Final, Federer defeated Gael Monfils
> and Richard Gasquet. Which country was Switzerland playing in
> the final?
 
France

 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 20 11:05PM +0100

On 2016-01-20 02:12, Mark Brader wrote:
> You name that country. For example, if we said Cameroon and
> Central African Republic, the correct answer would be Canada.
 
> 1. Haiti, Hungary.
Honduras
> 2. Afghanistan, Algeria.
Albania
> 3. Netherlands, Nicaragua.
New Zealand
> 4. Germany, Greece.
Great Britain
> 5. Belgium, Benin.
Belize
> 6. Peru, Poland.
> 7. Eritrea, Ethiopia.
Estonia
> 8. Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey.
Tunisia
> title for 15 consecutive years. Name the city where he won his
> first title. It is Italy's second-largest city and capital of
> the administrative region of Lombardy.
 
Turino
 
> Name either of the other two male players to have won at least
> 1,000 ATP level matches. One is American; the other was from
> Czechoslovakia.
 
Ivan Lendl
 
 
> 3. Federer became the 6th man to win the career Grand Slam (winning
> all 4 majors) in 2009. Name the tournament he won to complete
> it -- or just name the surface it's played on.
 
US open
 
> was frustrating, you know, it was miserable, it sucked, it was
> terrible. But besides that it was fine"? He is currently a
> commentator on HBO and married to swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker.
 
So - #4 is not Australian Open
 
McEnroe is the only that comes to my mind,
but it seems 15 years too late.
 
 
> 6. Federer is a 10-time winner of the ATP tour Sportsmanship
> Award -- named after which Swedish player, who is currently
> Roger Federer's coach and a member of the tennis Hall of Fame?
 
Mats Wilander
 
 
> 9. In the 2014 Davis Cup Final, Federer defeated Gael Monfils
> and Richard Gasquet. Which country was Switzerland playing in
> the final?
 
France
 
 
 
> 10. Roger Federer and his wife have four children. The eldest
> child was born in 2009 and the youngest was born in 2014.
> What is unusual about the births of these four children?
 
Underwater-birth ?
 
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Björn
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