Monday, February 29, 2016

The Frontstretch Newsletter: Jimmie Johnson Claims Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500; Equals Dale Earnhardt

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Feb. 29, 2016
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What to Watch: Monday

- Today, the teams are back in North Carolina (with the exception of Furniture Row Racing) to perform their changeover work before heading out to Las Vegas for week No. 1 of the Western Swing.  If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.

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Monday's TV Schedule can be found here.
 
Top News
by the Frontstretch Staff

Jimmie Johnson Slides to Atlanta Win, Ties Dale Earnhardt with 76 wins

On Sunday, Kevin Harvick was the class of the field.  However, nothing says that you can't outsmart the best.  Jimmie Johnson short-pitted with 49 laps to go, then assumed a 14 second lead when Harvick pitted eight laps later.  Harvick proceeded to use his stuff up trying to catch up.  Johnson was able to hold on after a Green-White-Checker to take his fifth career win at Atlanta and his 76th overall, tying him with Dale Earnhardt for seventh in Sprint Cup history.  Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was second, followed by Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards.  Read more

Kyle Busch Wins Heads Up Georgia 250, First Atlanta Start Since 2014

Kyle Busch made his season debut in Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 in the XFINITY Series. Much of the opposition groaned.  They had every reason to as Busch led 119 of the 163 laps to take his 77th career XFINITY Series win.  Kyle Larson was second, followed by Erik Jones, Paul Menard and Ty Dillon.  Read more

John Hunter Nemechek Survives, Advances to Chase With Atlanta Win

On Saturday evening, Matt Crafton and Christopher Bell were the class of the field  However, both were eliminated in hard crashes late in the going.  After Bell crashed with just a few laps to go, John Hunter Nemechek inherited the lead and held on to take his second career win.  Cameron Hayley was second, followed by Timothy Peters, Daniel Hemric, and Grant Enfinger.  Read more


Have news for The Frontstretch?  Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com with a promising lead or tip.

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Chasing the Chase: Kyle Busch Nets Points Lead with Consistent Form
by Phil Allaway

Early in the season, substantial shifts in the points are commonplace.  It's usually up to six weeks before things work out.  Kyle Busch has put himself in good position to be there when the dust clears.  His second consecutive third-place finish has put him on top of the point standings through two races.  His advantage is three points over Martin Truex, Jr., who led laps on Sunday, but faded to a seventh-place finish.  Kevin Harvick is up one place to third in points after his sixth-place finish, but he's rather dejected that he managed to lead the most laps at Atlanta for the third straight year and not win.

Carl Edwards claimed his second consecutive fifth-place finish to start the season, which is good enough for fourth in points, one point behind Harvick.  Denny Hamlin and race winner Jimmie Johnson are tied for fifth.  For Johnson, he's up from 16th entering the race.  Hamlin never fully recovered after getting lapped to the first caution and finished 16th.  Kurt Busch was dominant early on, fell off, then recovered to finish fourth.  He is now seventh in points and has a five-point advantage on Joey Logano, who recovered from a commitment cone penalty to finish 12th.

Austin Dillon is ninth in points after finishing 11th.  Aric Almirola is up to tenth, although he technically didn't finish the race after crashing on the Green-White-Checker and crossing the line to take the white flag aflame.  He was credited with a 15th-place finish, the last driver one lap down.  Brad Keselowski is 11th in points after a ninth-place finish, while Matt Kenseth is up two places to 12th after an interesting run to 19th that included a black flag for a pit violation and the rare sight of the black flag with the white cross being shown, docking Kenseth a lap in the process.

Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kyle Busch 78, 2) Martin Truex, Jr. -3, 3) Kevin Harvick -4, 4) Carl Edwards -5, t-5) Denny Hamlin -8, t-5) Jimmie Johnson -8, 7) Kurt Busch -9, 8) Joey Logano -14, 9) Austin Dillon -15, 10) Aric Almirola -23, 11) Brad Keselowski -24, 12) Matt Kenseth -27, 13) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. -28, 14) Kyle Larson -29, 15) Ryan Newman -30, t-16) Kasey Kahne -32, t-16) Paul Menard -32.

Race Winners: Denny Hamlin (Daytona), Jimmie Johnson (Atlanta)
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Letter of the Race: Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 was brought to you by the letter "P," for Pit strategy.  That was the only reason why Jimmie Johnson ended up in Victory Lane on Sunday.  While Johnson was good, it was a contrarian move by Chad Knaus to pit Johnson early and give him a big lead on older tires that turned out to be the winning move.    - Phil Allaway

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Quotes to Remember: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
compiled by Phil Allaway

"Yeah, definitely a gutsy call. It was just a great team effort. The No. 4 (Kevin Harvick) car was awfully tough and it was going to take some strategy to get by him. When he told me to whip it as hard as I could there, I just felt like I was going to take too much life out of the tires. But, it worked. And I got rolling around the top and got to where I got this Lowe's Chevy in Victory Lane. I'm so happy for Hendrick Motorsports and for everybody at Chevrolet.

"It's such an honor [to tie Dale Earnhardt]. With the chaos at the end and the crash and wondering about overtime and how it worked these days, I kind of lost sight of that. I remembered it on my victory lap coming down, and I had to come by and throw a 'three' out the window to pay my respects to the man. There's a huge void in my career that I never had a chance to race with him, but at least I was able to tie his record." - Jimmie Johnson, race winner

"I loved it. We were sliding around and driving the hell out of the car. I had a blast. I had some good races there on the track with the No. 2 (Brad Keselowski) and the No. 18 (Kyle Busch) and a bunch of guys. Man, it was so much fun. And I post old pictures online all the time of the '80's and '90's and that's when racing was racing. That's when it was good. That's what they saw today.  So, I'd like to thank the Nationwide guys. We had a great car. It was fun to drive. It was hard, hard, hard, to drive; but man. I'm glad we didn't have a ton of restarts today because sometimes those don't really show the true ability of the car. You get lucky on some restarts and sometimes you don't, depending on the lane you're in. And a lot of times you can't make heads or tails of what to do. Just like at the end we gained a few spots and got lucky. But you ain't always going to be lucky. I've been on the other end of it where you lose spots in late, late restarts and you get so mad. But, there wasn't no debris cautions, those were legit ones today." - Dale Earnhardt, Jr., finished second

"About the two thirds mark of the race was pretty fun. It was [Dale Earnhardt, Jr.] and Brad [Keselowski] and me that were just battling back and forth and slide jobbing one another and high lane-ing it and cutting each other off and everything, so it was pretty fun. This package lends itself to that. Pretty good race I felt like – a lot harder than some of us may want it to be, but that makes it good for the drivers and the crew chiefs to have to work together to come out here and build a good package for themselves and a comfortable race car. We had that for much of the day, so I give a lot of credit to Adam Stevens (crew chief) and the guys. We weren't very good yesterday, but they definitely put their heads to the paper and made a good job last night adjusting on this thing for today." - Kyle Busch, finished third, on racing with Earnhardt Jr. and the package

"They just need to keep taking more [downforce]. This is real racing. We're driving hard. You can see the guys out here just digging for everything they're worth. I'm worn out. That's a tough race and just a lot of fun. I just can't thank NASCAR enough and Atlanta – don't ever pave this place – it's a perfect race track. I hope the fans enjoyed the show. The thing is, just know that in that car we're driving as hard as we can. And Thank ARRIS – all the folks from ARRIS that came out here. It's a top-five – we wanted to win this thing, but we'll keep working on it." - Carl Edwards, finished fifth

"We had issues about the last three runs. I had to start driving the car different. It just required a little bit different handling. And then we had a slow pit stop there. We got way behind and the No. 48 (Jimmie Johnson) was way out front and I had to drive the car really hard and got the right rear burned up. We just didn't execute today but everybody on our Jimmy John's/Busch Chevrolet hung in there all day and we'll keep at it." - Kevin Harvick, finished sixth

"We seemed to have real good short-run speed, but not very good long-run speed and we didn't get a lot of short runs.  The ones we did, we were able to drive to the front and that was a lot of fun.  It was beautiful weather and a beautiful day for racing.  That race felt like I was in 1975.  That was kind of awesome.  I should grow my sideburns out after that one." - Brad Keselowski, finished ninth

"Our Ford EcoBoost Fusion was like I hoped it would be.  Practice felt good and I was hoping that was going to correlate over to the race and we were exactly where we thought we would be.  We weren't real good for the first 10 laps of a run, but really good at the end of the run.  We lost some track position there getting to pit road with the 95.  That's two weeks in a row they've gotten us on pit road, so hopefully they won't pit next to us next time.  But, other than that, we lost some track position there, where I feel like we may have got a seventh or eighth-place finish out of it, but, all in all, I'm really happy with all the hard work that these guys put in.  It's only one weekend.  I hope to get consistent with that and I'm looking forward to going to Vegas next week." - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., finished tenth

"This was certainly not the finish that we had hoped for.  This race was a game in tire management.  The tire fall off caused our tires to slide all over the track and made it incredibly difficult to keep the car on the bottom.  Once we fell a lap down, it was so hard to get back on the lead lap with how challenging it was to pass in a loose car.  But we ran in the Top-20 all afternoon, and we had a competitive car.  It was disappointing to have a wreck on the last lap, especially with how hard our team worked, but I know that we'll be able to bounce back next week in Las Vegas." - Aric Almirola, finished 15th (Crashed out)

"I got black flagged for some type of pit road penalty and I didn't know it and pitted the lap they told me to do a pass through, but I guess they must have been – I'm assuming they were black flagging us before that and they pulled our card, so I never heard anything about it or at least saw the flag or anything, so I came when they told me to come and I guess they must have penalized us a couple laps or something. I don't really know. I haven't really seen it." - Matt Kenseth, finished 19th

"We had an OK car all day and we were just trying to find some balance.  Sometimes we were better than others and at the end we weren't the best.  We were gonna run 13th to 15th, which would have been an OK day.  I didn't know what happened initially, but I guess the 43 got a big run off the top and I was inside the 14 and got tagged in the back.  That's what they're telling me and, unfortunately, that sent me around, which kind of stinks.  We were just trying to salvage a decent day out of it and it just stinks to run all those laps and then get wrecked at the end of a race.  There are some things we can learn to go onto Vegas next week and we're excited to bounce back there." - Ryan Blaney, finished 25th

"They just kind of wrecked in front of me.  I had the car slowed down to where I felt like I was going the pace of the wreck.  It wasn't clear in front of me yet, but it was gonna be because it looked like he was gonna go to the bottom and somebody hit me from behind.  It was a frustrating way to end the day because it was a handful anyways.  At that point, we did have a position to race for, but you didn't want to risk anything.  We just wanted to bring it home in one piece and we didn't get to do that.  I have having a tore up race car, but maybe it will give us an opportunity to take a look at it and see what we can do to make it better." - Landon Cassill, finished 36th

Phil Allaway is the Newsletter Manager for Frontstretch.  He can be reached via e-mail at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com.

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by Aaron Bearden

by Bryan Gable

by Beth Lunkenheimer

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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:

Q:  The 2002 Winston Cup season was a living nightmare for Travis Carter.  The bankruptcy of Kmart eviscerated his team.  By the time Las Vegas came around, the No. 66 of Todd Bodine was already in sponsor trouble.  The No. 26 of Joe Nemechek would follow shortly afterwards.  If you look at the results of the race, Bodine was sponsored by CSK Auto (Checker, Schucks and Kragen Auto Parts).  How did that deal come together?

Check back Tuesday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!

Friday's Answer:

Q:  For Ryan Newman, the 2003 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 was a decent race.  He led some laps early on and was headed towards a top 10 finish.  Then, heck went down in the final laps.  What happened? 

A: Newman was running in sixth, nearly a half a lap down when he blew a left rear tire on the backstretch.  Newman spun his Dodge and hit the wall before coming to rest on the apron at the entrance of turn 3.  The crash can be seen here.

The crash resulted in the race ending under caution.  Newman was unable to continue and was credited with a 29th-place finish.  However, Newman did walk away from the crash.
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Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 22 updates in 4 topics

Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 28 11:36PM -0600

In article <cdf49b08-63cc-4a4f-b557-ab26f7971b5d@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says...
 
> 1 Since 1995, Britain's Jonathan Edwards has held the world record in which athletic event?
> 2 Bruce Willis portrayed a character called David Addison in which 1980s US TV series?
Moonlighting
 
> 3 Sharing its name with a bird, what is India's best-selling brand of beer?
Kingfisher
 
> 6 New Zealand's Valerie Adams has won two Olympic gold medals in which athletic event?
> 7 Which French-born nobleman was briefly de-facto ruler of England following an 1264 revolt against King Henry III?
> 8 What does the business-related acronym IPO stand for?
Initial Public Offering
 
> 9 Which leader's 1945 understated assessment of WW2 was that 'the war situation has developed not necessarily to [country's name] advantage'?
Hirohito
 
 
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"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Feb 28 12:27PM

Mark Brader wrote:

 
> 1. This University of Tennessee graduate and current Denver Bronco
> is a 5-time NFL MVP and holds over 40 NFL QB records, including
> both the career and the season records for touchdown passes.
Peyton Manning
> 2. This Green Bay Packer was last season's NFL MVP and was the
> MVP of Super Bowl XLV. He also holds the career and season
> passer-rating records.
Aaron Rodgers
> iconic moments in NFL history, "The Catch", throwing the winning
> touchdown to Dwight Clark in the NFC Championship game in 1982,
> and kickstarting the 49er dynasty.
Joe Montana
> of Brett Favre, Drew Brees, and <answer 1>. In popular culture
> he was known as a spokesman for Isotoner gloves and for his
> hilarious cameo in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
John Elway
> 7. Nicknamed "Big Ben" for his 6'5", 241-pound frame, this
> Pittsburgh Steeler became the youngest QB to win the Super Bowl
> at age 23, defeating the Seattle Seahawks in 2005.
Ben Roethlisberger
> also been in the spotlight for his recent successful appeal of
> a 4-game suspension due to his alleged involvement in a cheating
> scandal known as Deflategate.
Tom Brady
> last won the Grey Cup in 2012, but has now missed most of this
> season due to an off-season shoulder surgery. He was also the
> 2005 Grey Cup MVP with his previous team -- the Edmonton Eskimos.
 
Peter Smyth
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 28 11:04AM +0100

On 2016-02-28 07:27, Mark Brader wrote:
> 4. "Free Press".
> 5. "Spectator".
> 6. "Whig Standard".
Winnipeg?
 
> 7. "The Province".
> 8. "Le Droit".
Quebec city; Montreal
 
> 9. "Le Devoir".
Quebec city; Montreal
 
 
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Björn
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 28 03:54PM


> 1. This University of Tennessee graduate and current Denver Bronco
> is a 5-time NFL MVP and holds over 40 NFL QB records, including
> both the career and the season records for touchdown passes.
 
Peyton Manning
 
> 2. This Green Bay Packer was last season's NFL MVP and was the
> MVP of Super Bowl XLV. He also holds the career and season
> passer-rating records.
 
Roberts
 
> iconic moments in NFL history, "The Catch", throwing the winning
> touchdown to Dwight Clark in the NFC Championship game in 1982,
> and kickstarting the 49er dynasty.
 
Montana
 
> 7. Nicknamed "Big Ben" for his 6'5", 241-pound frame, this
> Pittsburgh Steeler became the youngest QB to win the Super Bowl
> at age 23, defeating the Seattle Seahawks in 2005.
 
Roethlisberger
 
> also been in the spotlight for his recent successful appeal of
> a 4-game suspension due to his alleged involvement in a cheating
> scandal known as Deflategate.
 
Tom Brady
 
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Canadiana - Canadian Newspapers
 
> 1. "Gleaner".
 
Saskatoon; Winnipeg
 
> 2. "Telegraph Journal".
 
Halifax; Ottawa
 
> 3. "Herald".
 
Ottawa; Vancouver
 
> 4. "Free Press".
 
Toronto; Vancouver
 
> 5. "Spectator".
 
St. John, St. John's
 
> 6. "Whig Standard".
 
Ottawa
 
> 8. "Le Droit".
 
Montreal; Quebec
 
> 9. "Le Devoir".
 
Quebec; Montreal
 
> 10. "Leader Post".
 
Calgary; Edmonton
 
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Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Feb 28 08:40AM -0800

On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 1:27:05 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. This University of Tennessee graduate and current Denver Bronco
> is a 5-time NFL MVP and holds over 40 NFL QB records, including
> both the career and the season records for touchdown passes.
Brett Favre
> of Brett Favre, Drew Brees, and <answer 1>. In popular culture
> he was known as a spokesman for Isotoner gloves and for his
> hilarious cameo in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
Dan Marino
> 7. Nicknamed "Big Ben" for his 6'5", 241-pound frame, this
> Pittsburgh Steeler became the youngest QB to win the Super Bowl
> at age 23, defeating the Seattle Seahawks in 2005.
Roethliger?
> also been in the spotlight for his recent successful appeal of
> a 4-game suspension due to his alleged involvement in a cheating
> scandal known as Deflategate.
Tom Brady
 
> After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh tnir
> "Znaavat" sbe nal nafjre, jr arrq gur svefg anzr. Tb onpx naq
> fhccyl vg.
"Manning" for any answer, we need the first name. Go back and
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 28 08:37PM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 2. This Green Bay Packer was last season's NFL MVP and was the
> MVP of Super Bowl XLV. He also holds the career and season
> passer-rating records.
 
Aaron Rodgers
 
> Hall of Fame inductee became the first to win four Super Bowls.
> Besides his numerous appearances in television commercials, he
> can now also be regularly seen as an analyst on "Fox NFL Sunday".
 
Bradshaw
 
> known for coining the term "Hail Mary pass" for a last second
> desperation throw to the end zone, after he successfully
> completed one to Drew Pearson to win a 1975 playoff game.
 
Staubach
 
> iconic moments in NFL history, "The Catch", throwing the winning
> touchdown to Dwight Clark in the NFC Championship game in 1982,
> and kickstarting the 49er dynasty.
 
Joe Montana
 
 
> 7. Nicknamed "Big Ben" for his 6'5", 241-pound frame, this
> Pittsburgh Steeler became the youngest QB to win the Super Bowl
> at age 23, defeating the Seattle Seahawks in 2005.
 
Roethlisberger
 
> also been in the spotlight for his recent successful appeal of
> a 4-game suspension due to his alleged involvement in a cheating
> scandal known as Deflategate.
 
Brady
 
 
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Dan Tilque
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 28 11:31PM -0600

In article <tfCdnXea29SlDk_LnZ2dnUU7-fnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> 1. This University of Tennessee graduate and current Denver Bronco
> is a 5-time NFL MVP and holds over 40 NFL QB records, including
> both the career and the season records for touchdown passes.
Peyton Manning
 
> 2. This Green Bay Packer was last season's NFL MVP and was the
> MVP of Super Bowl XLV. He also holds the career and season
> passer-rating records.
Aaron Rodgers
 
> Hall of Fame inductee became the first to win four Super Bowls.
> Besides his numerous appearances in television commercials, he
> can now also be regularly seen as an analyst on "Fox NFL Sunday".
Terry Bradshaw
 
> known for coining the term "Hail Mary pass" for a last second
> desperation throw to the end zone, after he successfully
> completed one to Drew Pearson to win a 1975 playoff game.
Roger Staubach
 
> of Brett Favre, Drew Brees, and <answer 1>. In popular culture
> he was known as a spokesman for Isotoner gloves and for his
> hilarious cameo in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
Dan Marino
 
> 7. Nicknamed "Big Ben" for his 6'5", 241-pound frame, this
> Pittsburgh Steeler became the youngest QB to win the Super Bowl
> at age 23, defeating the Seattle Seahawks in 2005.
Ben Rothlisberger
 
> also been in the spotlight for his recent successful appeal of
> a 4-game suspension due to his alleged involvement in a cheating
> scandal known as Deflategate.
Tom Brady
 
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 27 09:27PM -0600

This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Stephen Perry, and Dan
Tilque.
 
Round 11 will be open for 4 days from the moment of posting, or
until everyone has posted an entry.
 
11. At a computer conference in San Francisco, Doug Englebart of
the Stanford Research Institute gave a 90-minute demonstration
titled "A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect",
but subsequently nicknamed "The Mother of All Demos" because
it introduced in real life so many different features that had
previously only been imagined. The computer system had windows,
hyperlinks, a mouse to click on them with, and visual editing.
The demo even featured on-screen video teleconferencing.
 
When did it take place?
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 28 03:47PM

> hyperlinks, a mouse to click on them with, and visual editing.
> The demo even featured on-screen video teleconferencing.
 
> When did it take place?
 
1968-08-15
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 11:14AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> hyperlinks, a mouse to click on them with, and visual editing.
> The demo even featured on-screen video teleconferencing.
 
> When did it take place?
 
 
Dan Blum 1968-08-15 -116 days
 
** CORRECT ** 1968-12-09
 
Stephen Perry 1968-12-10 +1
Dan Tilque 1975-09-09 +2,465
 
You know, I thought this one would be harder.
 
Dan Tilque is eliminated.
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Toronto you need a timetable planner!"
msb@vex.net -- Richard Porter
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 11:16AM -0600

This is it -- the final round, unless both entrants answer exactly!
This contest is now open only to Dan Blum and Stephen Perry.
 
Round 12 will be open for 4 days from the moment of posting, or
until both of them have posted an entry.
 
12. When was the last time that the wife of a King of England,
Great Britain, or the UK was executed for treason?
 
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Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
"Have you ever heard [my honesty] questioned?"
"I never even heard it mentioned." -- Every Day's a Holiday
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Feb 28 09:31AM -0800

On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 12:16:58 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Have you ever heard [my honesty] questioned?"
> "I never even heard it mentioned." -- Every Day's a Holiday
 
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
 
1542-02-14 [catherine howard, also the name of an ex-boss of mine. guess why we looked that up back then.](if it was lady jane gray in 1554 I'll be upset with myself)
 
swp
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 28 07:19PM


> Stephen Perry 1968-12-10 +1
> Dan Tilque 1975-09-09 +2,465
 
> You know, I thought this one would be harder.
 
It was featured in xkcd. :)
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 28 07:20PM

> until both of them have posted an entry.
 
> 12. When was the last time that the wife of a King of England,
> Great Britain, or the UK was executed for treason?
 
1516-06-30
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 28 07:21PM

> > "I never even heard it mentioned." -- Every Day's a Holiday
 
> > My text in this article is in the public domain.
 
> 1542-02-14 [catherine howard, also the name of an ex-boss of mine. guess why we looked that up back then.](if it was lady jane gray in 1554 I'll be upset with myself)
 
Even if Grey was married (I can't remember) her husband certainly wasn't king,
so I expect you are correct. I figured it was one of Henry VIII's wives but I
can never remember which ones were executed for which reasons or in what order.
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 02:01PM -0600

I forgot again to change the subject line wben posting the answer,
so as long as I'm posting a further followup anyway...
 
Mark Brader:
 
>> Stephen Perry 1968-12-10 +1
>> Dan Tilque 1975-09-09 +2,465

>> You know, I thought this one would be harder.
 
Dan Blum:
> It was featured in xkcd. :)
 
Ah, that would do it. http://xkcd.com/1234/ to be specific.
--
Mark Brader | "...very satisfying -- it's like the erosion geology edition
Toronto | of the electromagnetic spectrum chart."
msb@vex.net | --Randall Munroe
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 02:07PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> This contest is now open only to Dan Blum and Stephen Perry.
 
> Round 12 will be open for 4 days from the moment of posting, or
> until both of them have posted an entry.
 
Well, that didn't take long.

> 12. When was the last time that the wife of a King of England,
> Great Britain, or the UK was executed for treason?
 
Dan Blum 1516-06-30 -9,359 days
 
** CORRECT ** 1542-02-13
 
Stephen Perry 1542-02-14 +1
 
By a factor of 9,359 :-), the winner is STEPHEN PERRY! Hearty
congratulations, Stephen! (And by the way, isn't it about time
you put in an appearence in QFTCI?)
 
As Stephen said, it was Catherine Howard, 5th wife of Henry VIII.
(And also, it seems, Stephen's ex-boss. After the Panama question,
is anyone *else* thinking of "Slumdog Millionaire"?)
 
I didn't say "queen" because she was stripped of that title in
advance of the execution. The treason, by the way, consisted of an
extramarital affair -- a matter vital to the national interest, as
it could have led to the wrong man's child inheriting the throne.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Gadgetry abounded everywhere, almost all of which
msb@vex.net | he could justify." -- Robert Asprin
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Feb 28 04:56PM -0800

On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 3:07:23 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader, Toronto | "Gadgetry abounded everywhere, almost all of which
> msb@vex.net | he could justify." -- Robert Asprin
 
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
 
thank you. <pulls out several pages of a prepared speech...>
 
I should enter the qftci more frequently, but I have gotten into the very bad habit of looking at others answers immediately after seeing Mark's initial post. but I will enter when the next game begins.
 
my comment about the lady jane gray potential answer was because I remember she and her husband were accused of treason, put in the tower (or something), left for a bit, and then actually killed in either january or february when another coupe (or something) took place.
 
but I'm glad I guessed right. as I told Mark earlier, if the order of the questions was different I would have lost at the end. but the train came early enough <cue audience laughter> that others were able to sacrifice themselves that I might go on. my gratitude towards them is immeasurable.
 
<cue music telling me to get off the stage>
 
ok. ok! I just want to thank the academy and tell my kids that I love them!
 
swp, who is watching the oscars and notes that they always get some of them wrong so this year is no different.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 09:19PM -0600

Stephen Perry:
> but I'm glad I guessed right. as I told Mark earlier, if the order of
> the questions was different I would have lost at the end.
 
True, but it would have been amazingly bad luck. Don't be over-modest,
Stephen -- you *dominated* this knockout! There was only one round
out of 12 where you did not give the best answer -- 6 times you were
exactly right (and 5 of those times, no one else was), 3 times you
were off by 1 day (and nobody got it exactly), and the other two times
you were off by 15 and 44 days but nobody else did as well as you did.
--
Mark Brader | "While President Obama isn't from Kenya, he is a Keynesian--
Toronto | so you can see where the confusion arises."
msb@vex.net | --Supreme Court brief by Cato Inst. & P.J. O'Rourke
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 27 07:56AM -0800

The next rotating quiz will be delayed. I was in a bike accident on
Thursday and just got back from the hospital.
 
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 04:43PM -0600

Dan Tilque:
> The next rotating quiz will be delayed. I was in a bike accident on
> Thursday and just got back from the hospital.
 
Dan has informed me that, on reflection, he would rather turn RQ 212
over to the second-place finisher. So the tiebreaker quesition in
RQ 211 becomes significant after all.
 
Dan Blum, would you please step up?
 
(Posted and emailed.)
--
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
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 28 11:55PM

> over to the second-place finisher. So the tiebreaker quesition in
> RQ 211 becomes significant after all.
 
> Dan Blum, would you please step up?
 
Can do, but it take a few days.
 
--
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 12:27AM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-10-19,
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
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 4, Round 7 - Sports - Quarterbacks
 
Quarterback is the most important position in football. In case
case name the QB that we describe.
 
1. This University of Tennessee graduate and current Denver Bronco
is a 5-time NFL MVP and holds over 40 NFL QB records, including
both the career and the season records for touchdown passes.
 
2. This Green Bay Packer was last season's NFL MVP and was the
MVP of Super Bowl XLV. He also holds the career and season
passer-rating records.
 
3. This former Pittsburgh Steelers QB and 1989 Pro Football
Hall of Fame inductee became the first to win four Super Bowls.
Besides his numerous appearances in television commercials, he
can now also be regularly seen as an analyst on "Fox NFL Sunday".
 
4. This decorated former Dallas Cowboys QB is one of 4 players
to have won the Heisman trophy and the Super Bowl MVP award.
One of his nicknames was "Captain America", and he is also
known for coining the term "Hail Mary pass" for a last second
desperation throw to the end zone, after he successfully
completed one to Drew Pearson to win a 1975 playoff game.
 
5. This legendary San Francisco 49ers QB graduated from Notre Dame
in 1979 and went on to become a 3-time Super Bowl MVP and
4-time winner. He is also known for his role in one of the most
iconic moments in NFL history, "The Catch", throwing the winning
touchdown to Dwight Clark in the NFC Championship game in 1982,
and kickstarting the 49er dynasty.
 
6. This former Miami Dolphins QB was the 1984 NFL MVP and held
several passing records which were recently broken by the likes
of Brett Favre, Drew Brees, and <answer 1>. In popular culture
he was known as a spokesman for Isotoner gloves and for his
hilarious cameo in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
 
7. Nicknamed "Big Ben" for his 6'5", 241-pound frame, this
Pittsburgh Steeler became the youngest QB to win the Super Bowl
at age 23, defeating the Seattle Seahawks in 2005.
 
8. He was the Super Bowl MVP of the game played in 2015, but has
also been in the spotlight for his recent successful appeal of
a 4-game suspension due to his alleged involvement in a cheating
scandal known as Deflategate.
 
9. He was drafted by the Las Vegas Posse in the CFL in 1994, but
didn't make a name for himself until signing as a free agent for
the Montreal Alouettes in 1998. Over the next 16 seasons he won
3 Grey Cups and 3 Most Outstanding Player awards. He is also
pro football's all-time passing yards leader, with 79,816 yards.
 
10. He was the starting QB for the Toronto Argonauts when they
last won the Grey Cup in 2012, but has now missed most of this
season due to an off-season shoulder surgery. He was also the
2005 Grey Cup MVP with his previous team -- the Edmonton Eskimos.
 
After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh tnir
"Znaavat" sbe nal nafjre, jr arrq gur svefg anzr. Tb onpx naq
fhccyl vg.
 
 
* Game 4, Round 8 - Canadiana - Canadian Newspapers
 
We give you a newspaper title; you name the largest Canadian city
with a paper of that name. For example, if we said the "Star",
you'd say Toronto, not Windsor.
 
1. "Gleaner".
2. "Telegraph Journal".
3. "Herald".
4. "Free Press".
5. "Spectator".
6. "Whig Standard".
7. "The Province".
8. "Le Droit".
9. "Le Devoir".
10. "Leader Post".
 
--
Mark Brader | "Any philosophy that can be put 'in a nutshell'
Toronto | belongs there."
msb@vex.net | --Sydney J. Harris
 
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 28 06:53AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:tfCdnXea29SlDk_LnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 1. This University of Tennessee graduate and current Denver Bronco
> is a 5-time NFL MVP and holds over 40 NFL QB records, including
> both the career and the season records for touchdown passes.
 
Peyton Manning

> 2. This Green Bay Packer was last season's NFL MVP and was the
> MVP of Super Bowl XLV. He also holds the career and season
> passer-rating records.
 
Aaron Rodgers
 
> Hall of Fame inductee became the first to win four Super Bowls.
> Besides his numerous appearances in television commercials, he
> can now also be regularly seen as an analyst on "Fox NFL Sunday".
 
Terry Bradshaw
 
> known for coining the term "Hail Mary pass" for a last second
> desperation throw to the end zone, after he successfully
> completed one to Drew Pearson to win a 1975 playoff game.
 
Roger Staubach

> iconic moments in NFL history, "The Catch", throwing the winning
> touchdown to Dwight Clark in the NFC Championship game in 1982,
> and kickstarting the 49er dynasty.
 
Joe Montana
 
> of Brett Favre, Drew Brees, and <answer 1>. In popular culture
> he was known as a spokesman for Isotoner gloves and for his
> hilarious cameo in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
 
Dan Marino

> 7. Nicknamed "Big Ben" for his 6'5", 241-pound frame, this
> Pittsburgh Steeler became the youngest QB to win the Super Bowl
> at age 23, defeating the Seattle Seahawks in 2005.
 
Ben Roethlisberger
 
> also been in the spotlight for his recent successful appeal of
> a 4-game suspension due to his alleged involvement in a cheating
> scandal known as Deflategate.
 
Tom Brady
 
> with a paper of that name. For example, if we said the "Star",
> you'd say Toronto, not Windsor.
 
> 3. "Herald".
 
Calgary
 
> 8. "Le Droit".
 
Quebec
 
> 9. "Le Devoir".
 
Montreal
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 28 12:02AM -0800

On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 4:27:05 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 1. This University of Tennessee graduate and current Denver Bronco
> is a 5-time NFL MVP and holds over 40 NFL QB records, including
> both the career and the season records for touchdown passes.
 
Peyton Manning
 
> 2. This Green Bay Packer was last season's NFL MVP and was the
> MVP of Super Bowl XLV. He also holds the career and season
> passer-rating records.
 
Favre?
 
> known for coining the term "Hail Mary pass" for a last second
> desperation throw to the end zone, after he successfully
> completed one to Drew Pearson to win a 1975 playoff game.
 
Aikman, Theismann
 
> iconic moments in NFL history, "The Catch", throwing the winning
> touchdown to Dwight Clark in the NFC Championship game in 1982,
> and kickstarting the 49er dynasty.
 
Montana
 
> of Brett Favre, Drew Brees, and <answer 1>. In popular culture
> he was known as a spokesman for Isotoner gloves and for his
> hilarious cameo in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
 
Marino

> 7. Nicknamed "Big Ben" for his 6'5", 241-pound frame, this
> Pittsburgh Steeler became the youngest QB to win the Super Bowl
> at age 23, defeating the Seattle Seahawks in 2005.
 
Rothselberger
 
> season due to an off-season shoulder surgery. He was also the
> 2005 Grey Cup MVP with his previous team -- the Edmonton Eskimos.
 
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Canadiana - Canadian Newspapers
 
Pass
 
cheers,
calvin
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 28 11:04AM +0100

On 2016-02-28 07:27, Mark Brader wrote:
> 4. "Free Press".
> 5. "Spectator".
> 6. "Whig Standard".
Winnipeg?
 
> 7. "The Province".
> 8. "Le Droit".
Quebec city; Montreal
 
> 9. "Le Devoir".
Quebec city; Montreal
 
 
--
--
Björn
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 27 08:16PM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> is typically inherited matrilineally. The organelle's role in
> the production of ATP leads to it being known as "the powerhouse
> of the cell". Name it.
 
mitochondria
 
> thylakoids called grana, which contain high concentrations
> of a green pigment. Name this plant organelle, the main site
> of photosynthesis.
 
chloroplast
 
> *state* you would encounter if you traveled due south from it.
 
> For example, we say Bismarck, North Dakota; you say South Dakota.
 
> 1. Carson City, Nevada.
 
California
 
> 2. Topeka, Kansas.
 
Oklahoma
 
> 3. Denver, Colorado.
 
New Mexico
 
> 4. Indianapolis, Indiana.
 
Kentucky
 
> 5. Atlanta, Georgia.
 
Florida
 
> 6. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
 
Maryland
 
> 7. Little Rock, Arkansas.
 
Louisiana
 
> 8. Boise, Idaho.
 
Nevada
 
> 9. Jefferson City, Missouri.
 
Arkansas
 
> 10. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
 
Texas
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 12:23AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
> ...Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single
> followup, based only on your own knowledge.
 
This time one entrant emailed his answers, with no explanation,
so I suppose this was an error. I decided to accept them.
 
 
 
> As their name implies, organelles are subunits of a cell that
> perform specific tasks, similar to the organs of the body.
 
> Except as indicated, for each question name the organelle described.
 
Yes, this was the hardest round in the original game; in fact,
it was the hardest of the entire season.
 
> is typically inherited matrilineally. The organelle's role in
> the production of ATP leads to it being known as "the powerhouse
> of the cell". Name it.
 
Mitochondrion. (Plural, mitochondria.) 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland,
Björn, Dan Blum, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
 
> thylakoids called grana, which contain high concentrations
> of a green pigment. Name this plant organelle, the main site
> of photosynthesis.
 
Chloroplast. "Plastid" was insufficiently specific. 4 for Joshua,
Marc, Björn, Dan Blum, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
 
> main site of RNA translation, while another type is responsible
> for synthesizing lipids and steroids. Name this organelle that
> comes in rough and smooth varieties.
 
Endoplasmic reticulum. "ER" was sufficient. 4 for Marc.
 
> this organelle that packages them up into vesicles and sends
> them where they are needed. Name this organelle, which is
> itself named for the Italian scientist that discovered it.
 
Golgi apparatus (or body). 4 for Marc.
 
> 5. Both ribosomes and signal-recognition particles are formed in
> this organelle. It is largest organelle found within the cell
> nucleus, and has a name similar to it.
 
Nucleolus. 4 for Marc.
 
> functional organelle's internal structure consists of "9+2"
> arrangements of microtubules. Name this whip-like organelle
> that is used for motion in cells like sperm.
 
Flagellum. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Dan Blum.
 
> which are found primarily from basal bodies in this organelle.
> It is responsible for the creation of the mitotic spindle and
> consists of two perpendicularly arranged centrioles.
 
Centrosome.
 
> is fired by a certain phylum of aquatic species. Name *either*
> the organelle that holds the toxin *or* the phylum that includes
> sea anemones and jellyfish.
 
Cnidocyst, Cnidaria. (The C is silent.) (Also accepting cnida
or cnidarian, but not cnidoblast, which is the cell containing
the cnidocysts.)
 
> 9. Mannose-6-phosphate is used to tag proteins that are to be sent
> to this organelle. Name this organelle, whose primary function
> is to break down and dispose of unwanted materials.
 
Lysosome. 4 for Marc.
 
> broken down by another organelle. Name that other organelle,
> whose name reflects the fact that it also reduces the molecule
> H2O2.
 
Peroxisome.
 
 
> *state* you would encounter if you traveled due south from it.
 
> For example, we say Bismarck, North Dakota; you say South Dakota.
 
> 1. Carson City, Nevada.
 
California. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Peter, Pete, Jason,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
> 2. Topeka, Kansas.
 
Oklahoma. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, Jason,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 3. Denver, Colorado.
 
New Mexico. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 4. Indianapolis, Indiana.
 
Kentucky. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, Jason,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 5. Atlanta, Georgia.
 
Florida. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, Jason,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 6. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
 
Maryland. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 7. Little Rock, Arkansas.
 
Louisiana. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Pete, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
2 for Peter.
 
> 8. Boise, Idaho.
 
Nevada. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Pete, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 9. Jefferson City, Missouri.
 
Arkansas. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Pete, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 10. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
 
Texas. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, Jason,
and Dan Tilque.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Ent Sci Geo
Marc Dashevsky 32 20 28 40 120
Joshua Kreitzer 32 31 12 40 115
Dan Blum 40 16 12 25 93
Dan Tilque 24 12 8 40 84
"Pete" 32 28 -- -- 60
Jason Kreitzer 12 12 0 32 56
Peter Smyth 20 0 8 26 54
Erland Sommarskog 11 0 4 32 47
Björn Lundin 36 0 8 0 44
Pete Gayde -- -- 0 40 40
"Calvin" 31 0 -- -- 31
"Joe" 20 0 -- -- 20
 
--
Mark Brader "Three minutes' thought would suffice to
Toronto find this out; but thought is irksome and
msb@vex.net three minutes is a long time." --A.E. Housman
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 28 10:56AM +0100

On 2016-02-28 07:23, Mark Brader wrote:
>> followup, based only on your own knowledge.
 
> This time one entrant emailed his answers, with no explanation,
> so I suppose this was an error. I decided to accept them.
 
I now realize that I'm that entrant, I found the mail in 'Sent items'
I have no explanation.
I notice that the 'Reply' and 'Followup' buttons in
IceDove( which I use) are just beside each other.
I think I pressed the wrong button, without noticing it.
Sorry for that, I'll be more careful next time.
 
(It also makes me wonder if this is the first time I did this)
 
--
--
Björn
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 27 07:56AM -0800

The next rotating quiz will be delayed. I was in a bike accident on
Thursday and just got back from the hospital.
 
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Feb 27 06:52PM -0800

On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 9:10:36 PM UTC-5, Dan Tilque wrote:
> Thursday and just got back from the hospital.
 
> --
> Dan Tilque
 
sorry to hear that. take your time to get better. we'll all still be here.
 
swp
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 12:05AM -0600

Dan Tilque:
> The next rotating quiz will be delayed. I was in a bike accident on
> Thursday and just got back from the hospital.
 
Don't do that, then!
 
And best wishes for a full and rapid recovery, eh?
--
Mark Brader | Plan B is:
Toronto | "Try Plan A again; if this fails, try Plan B".
msb@vex.net | --Michael Wares
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Feb 28 07:28AM


> The next rotating quiz will be delayed. I was in a bike accident on
> Thursday and just got back from the hospital.
 
Get well soon Dan.
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 27 07:58AM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> company's original route of about 3.6 miles today forms part
> of the Underground's Hammersmith & City Line. When did that
> original route open?
 
1856-07-02
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 27 09:25PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> company's original route of about 3.6 miles today forms part
> of the Underground's Hammersmith & City Line. When did that
> original route open?
 
Dan Tilque 1856-07-02 -2,383 days
Dan Blum 1862-06-30 -194
 
** CORRECT ** 1863-01-10
 
Stephen Perry 1869-06-30 +2,363
Calvin 1874-06-06 +4,165
 
Calvin is eliminated.
 
The Metropolitan Railway used steam locomotives until 1905, as did
later subways (as we say) connected to it. The first subway to use
electric trains did not appear until 1890: the City & South London
Railway, now part of the Northern Line of the Underground.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
"A system which depends upon the secrecy of its algorithm
is effectively a single-key code." -- William Brown II
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 27 09:26PM -0600

(Reposting with correct subject line)
 
> company's original route of about 3.6 miles today forms part
> of the Underground's Hammersmith & City Line. When did that
> original route open?
 
Dan Tilque 1856-07-02 -2,383 days
Dan Blum 1862-06-30 -194
 
** CORRECT ** 1863-01-10
 
Stephen Perry 1869-06-30 +2,363
Calvin 1874-06-06 +4,165
 
Calvin is eliminated.
 
The Metropolitan Railway used steam locomotives until 1905, as did
later subways (as we say) connected to it. The first subway to use
electric trains did not appear until 1890: the City & South London
Railway, now part of the Northern Line of the Underground.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
"A system which depends upon the secrecy of its algorithm
is effectively a single-key code." -- William Brown II
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 27 09:27PM -0600

This contest is now open only to Dan Blum, Stephen Perry, and Dan
Tilque.
 
Round 11 will be open for 4 days from the moment of posting, or
until everyone has posted an entry.
 
11. At a computer conference in San Francisco, Doug Englebart of
the Stanford Research Institute gave a 90-minute demonstration
titled "A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect",
but subsequently nicknamed "The Mother of All Demos" because
it introduced in real life so many different features that had
previously only been imagined. The computer system had windows,
hyperlinks, a mouse to click on them with, and visual editing.
The demo even featured on-screen video teleconferencing.
 
When did it take place?
 
--
Mark Brader | "The race is not always to the swift,
Toronto | nor the battle to the strong --
msb@vex.net | but that is the way to bet it." --Damon Runyon
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Feb 27 07:57PM -0800

On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 10:27:55 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> Toronto | nor the battle to the strong --
> msb@vex.net | but that is the way to bet it." --Damon Runyon
 
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
 
1968-12-10
 
swp
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 27 08:07PM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> hyperlinks, a mouse to click on them with, and visual editing.
> The demo even featured on-screen video teleconferencing.
 
> When did it take place?
 
1975-09-09
 
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 27 03:12PM -0800

On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 4:27:56 PM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote:
 
> > Octonauts
> > No one got this. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1710177/
 
> Really? We love it at our house. "Shiver me whiskers!!"
 
Sound the Octo-alert!
 
cheers,
calvin
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