- Rotating Quiz #208: translated cities - 9 Updates
- QFTCIBSI Game 1, Rounds 4,6: country between Federer - 3 Updates
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 21 05:20PM +0100 > 1. yellow (sc) Amarillo > 2. red stick (sc) > 3. mouse's mouth (se) Boca Raton > 4. wooded (nw) Boise > 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee) Chattanooga > 6. wild garlic (nc) Chicago > 7. heart of an awl (nw) > 8. body of Christ (sc) Corpus Christi > 9. of the monks (nc) Des Moines > 10. the step (sw) El Paso > 11. clear water (nc) Fargo > 12. ash tree (sw) Fresno > 13. the meadows (sw) Las Vegas > 14. the cats (sw) Las Vegas > 15. mercy (sw) Mercedes > 16. city of water (nc) Minneapolis > 17. modest (sw) > 18. royal mountain (c) Montréal > 19. red people city (sc) Oklahoma City > 20. famous land (Florida) Orlando > 21. tall tree (sw) > 22. where the river narrows (c) Quebéc > 23. queen (c) Regina > 24. sacrament (sw) Sacramento > 25. peace (nw, ne) Salem > 26. saint faith (sw) Santa Fe > 27. high land (nc) > 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas) Topeka > 29. where there are trees in the water (c) Toronto > 30. many waters (nw) Tukwila (Which seems far too obscure to qualify, but it's the only place I can think of that fits the alphabet. But whos says nw = WA? Dan is probably thinking of some place in his native Oregon that I know far less.) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 21 11:19AM -0600 In article <n7qd5o$tll$1@dont-email.me>, dtilque@frontier.com says... > regions. > 1. yellow (sc) > 2. red stick (sc) Baton Rouge > 3. mouse's mouth (se) Boca Raton > 4. wooded (nw) Boise > 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee) Chatanooga > 6. wild garlic (nc) > 7. heart of an awl (nw) Coeur d'Alene > 8. body of Christ (sc) Corpus Christie > 9. of the monks (nc) Des Moines > 12. ash tree (sw) > 13. the meadows (sw) > 14. the cats (sw) Los Gatos > 15. mercy (sw) > 16. city of water (nc) > 17. modest (sw) Modesto > 18. royal mountain (c) Montreal > 19. red people city (sc) Indianapolis > 20. famous land (Florida) Talahassee > 21. tall tree (sw) Palo Alto > 22. where the river narrows (c) > 23. queen (c) Regina > 24. sacrament (sw) > 25. peace (nw, ne) Salem > 26. saint faith (sw) > 27. high land (nc) Terre Haut > 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas) Topeka > 29. where there are trees in the water (c) > 30. many waters (nw) Seattle -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 21 12:37PM -0600 Dan Tilque: > 1. yellow (sc) Amarillo. > 2. red stick (sc) Baton Rouge. > 3. mouse's mouth (se) Boca Raton. > 4. wooded (nw) Boise. > 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee) Chattanooga? > 6. wild garlic (nc) Chicago. > 7. heart of an awl (nw) Coeur d'Alene. > 8. body of Christ (sc) Corpus Christi. > 9. of the monks (nc) Des Moines. > 10. the step (sw) El Paso. > 11. clear water (nc) Eau Claire. > 12. ash tree (sw) Fresno? > 13. the meadows (sw) Las Vegas. > 14. the cats (sw) Los Gatos. > 15. mercy (sw) Merced. > 16. city of water (nc) Minneapolis. > 17. modest (sw) Modesto. Some translation job! > 18. royal mountain (c) Montreal. > 19. red people city (sc) Oklahoma City? > 20. famous land (Florida) Pensacola? > 21. tall tree (sw) Ponderosa? > 22. where the river narrows (c) Quebec. > 23. queen (c) Regina. > 24. sacrament (sw) Sacramento! > 25. peace (nw, ne) Portland. :-) > 26. saint faith (sw) San Fidelio?? > 27. high land (nc) Terre Haute. I am reminded of an episode of "Law & Order". The police talk to receptionist or some such person, who isn't the sort to pay much attention to anything and can't give much information about the woman they're interested in, but does say that she was from someplace in the Midwest with an Indian name. The woman turns out to be from Terre Haute. At which the two detectives (Benjamin Bratt, I think, and Jerry Orbach) say to each other: "Indian name?" "Consider the source." > 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas) Topeka. > 29. where there are trees in the water (c) Toronto? > 30. many waters (nw) Walla Walla? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "... pure English is de rigueur" msb@vex.net -- Guardian Weekly My text in this article is in the public domain. |
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jan 21 02:33PM -0500 On 2016-01-21, Dan Tilque wrote: > there are two reasonably well-known cities with the name, so it has two > regions. > 1. yellow (sc) Aramillo > 2. red stick (sc) Baton Rouge > 3. mouse's mouth (se) Boca Raton > 4. wooded (nw) Boise > 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee) Chattanooga > 6. wild garlic (nc) > 7. heart of an awl (nw) > 8. body of Christ (sc) Corpus Christi > 9. of the monks (nc) Des Moines > 11. clear water (nc) > 12. ash tree (sw) > 13. the meadows (sw) Las Vegas (NV and NM) > 14. the cats (sw) Los Gatos > 15. mercy (sw) > 16. city of water (nc) > 17. modest (sw) Modesto > 18. royal mountain (c) Montreal > 19. red people city (sc) Roanoke > 20. famous land (Florida) > 21. tall tree (sw) > 22. where the river narrows (c) Quebec City > 23. queen (c) Regina > 24. sacrament (sw) Sacramento > 25. peace (nw, ne) Salem > 26. saint faith (sw) Santa Fe > 27. high land (nc) > 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas) > 29. where there are trees in the water (c) Toronto -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 21 09:36PM Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com> wrote in news:n7qd5o$tll$1@dont- email.me: > 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 > 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 > 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) Amarillo > 2. red stick (sc) Baton Rouge > 4. wooded (nw) > 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee) > 6. wild garlic (nc) Chicago > 7. heart of an awl (nw) Coeur d'Alene > 8. body of Christ (sc) Corpus Christi > 9. of the monks (nc) > 10. the step (sw) > 11. clear water (nc) Eau Claire > 12. ash tree (sw) > 13. the meadows (sw) > 14. the cats (sw) Los Gatos > 15. mercy (sw) > 16. city of water (nc) Minneapolis > 17. modest (sw) Modesto > 18. royal mountain (c) > 19. red people city (sc) > 20. famous land (Florida) Orlando > 22. where the river narrows (c) > 23. queen (c) > 24. sacrament (sw) Sacramento > 25. peace (nw, ne) > 26. saint faith (sw) Santa Fe > 27. high land (nc) > 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas) Topeka > 29. where there are trees in the water (c) > 30. many waters (nw) > Have fun! Pete |
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 21 07:11AM -0800 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > I can think of that fits the alphabet. But whos says nw = WA? Dan is > probably thinking of some place in his native Oregon that I know far > less.) It is too obscure. But you got the state right and others have gotten the right answer. As for Oregon, one city is elsewhere in this quiz. Otherwise, most of the largish ones are not words in other languages: Portland, Eugene, Bend, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Gresham, Medford. I suppose I could have added Corvallis, which is derived from Latin for "heart of the valley". -- Dan Tilque |
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 21 04:52PM -0800 On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 8:53:19 PM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote: > regions. > 1. yellow (sc) > 2. red stick (sc) Baton Rouge > 6. wild garlic (nc) > 7. heart of an awl (nw) > 8. body of Christ (sc) Corpus Christi > 12. ash tree (sw) > 13. the meadows (sw) > 14. the cats (sw) Gateaux Or is that cakes? > 16. city of water (nc) > 17. modest (sw) > 18. royal mountain (c) Montreal > 21. tall tree (sw) > 22. where the river narrows (c) > 23. queen (c) Regina > 24. sacrament (sw) Sacramento > 25. peace (nw, ne) > 26. saint faith (sw) San Jose > 27. high land (nc) > 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas) > 29. where there are trees in the water (c) Toronto > 30. many waters (nw) cheers, calvin |
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 22 09:26AM > It is too obscure. But you got the state right and others have gotten > the right answer. Looking at the population, I would not say that Walla Walla is that much less obscure than Tukwila. Save for the funky name, then. > As for Oregon, one city is elsewhere in this quiz. I think I spotted that one. :-) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 22 02:55AM -0800 Erland Sommarskog wrote: >> the right answer. > Looking at the population, I would not say that Walla Walla is that much > less obscure than Tukwila. Save for the funky name, then. Tukwila is just one of many suburbs in the Seattle area. Unless it has some special reason (e.g. Redmond, home of Microsoft), that makes it more obscure than the same sized or even somewhat smaller city which is the largest city in its region. Admittedly, it's hard to separate out the unusual name factor that makes Walla^2 even more notable than other cities of its size. -- Dan Tilque |
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jan 21 08:24PM > 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. Phillipines > 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 > 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. 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 > 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 (who isn't Roger's coach anymore, but probably was when this was asked) > 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? Stan Wawrinka (sp?) > 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? Same birthday |
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 21 09:22PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ZPWdnYpPKrx9QwPLnZ2dnUU7-d- > 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. Tunisia > 9. Monaco, Montenegro. Mongolia > 10. Viet Nam, Zambia. Western Samoa > 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. 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. Clay > 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. Roddick > 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? 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? 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? Wawrinka > 9. In the 2014 Davis Cup Final, Federer defeated Gael Monfils > and Richard Gasquet. Which country was Switzerland playing in > the final? Spain > 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? Pete |
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 22 04:14AM -0600 Mark Brader: > > * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Countries Alphabetically Between Erland Sommarskog: > Let me guess: this round was a lot harder in the original game that > it was here. It was of medium difficulty, 5th of the 10 rounds. I expected that some of the questions would produce "4 for everyone", but one entrant has foiled that expectation by skipping this easy round and only answering the harder one of the two. > I assume that you have a time limit when do it live? One minute total for the two tries, individual and team-assisted answer. -- Mark Brader | "You're going to get me in trouble." Toronto | "No, no; you can say anything you want." msb@vex.net | "Yeah, that's what's going to get me into trouble." --Andrew Christie interviews Bill Watterson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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