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| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 18 12:55AM -0700 Dan Tilque wrote: RQ 213 is over, and Erland is the winner. Congratulations! > Tropical diseases > 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three > countries? (1 point each) Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea > 2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika > Forest in which African country? Uganda > 3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They > are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You > can give either the scientific name or the common name. Aedes aegypti, also known as the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes albopictus, also known as the Asian Tiger Mosquito No one got this one, but some guessed Anopheles. A good guess, but it's the vector for malaria, which is not a virus. Aedes is the genus you want for viruses. > system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even > further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this > hypothetical planet? Planet Nine -- any form of the number nine was marked correct. Planet X, though, was wrong. That was what Percival Lowell named his undiscovered planet, with the X standing for unknown, not a Roman numeral. > 5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this > planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range? 10. The range was 10 to 20 Earth masses > 6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted, > but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other > bodies. Which one? Neptune. Pluto was at one time considered to have been predicted on this basis, but later analysis showed that the effects the predictions were based on were due to incorrect measurements. Another object predicted was Vulcan, a hypothetical planet closer to the Sun than Mercury. It turns out that the effect used to predict it was actually due to General Relativity. Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on numerology. > 7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an > observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in? > (1 point each) Louisiana, Washington The one in Washington is in the Hanford Reservation, which you may remember is the site where they made plutonium for nuclear weapons. The Reservation is actually much larger than the area needed for the reactors, but it had a very large buffer around it. LIGO is in that buffer area. > 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two > of what kind of object? black hole > 9. What does the L in LIGO stand for? Laser - in full, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T Erland 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 8 Dan Blum 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 Mark Brader 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 Marc Dashevsky 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 ArenEss 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 So take it away, Erland. RQ 214 is all yours. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 18 05:13AM -0500 Dan Tilque: > Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Arrgh. Ghana, Guinea, what's the difference? :-) > Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on > numerology. I think Bode's Law fits too many of the planets to qualify as numerology. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I said to myself, 'You're crazier than I am msb@vex.net | if you believe that.'" --overheard |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Mar 17 02:34PM On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:22:19 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat", it was built to commemorate the > capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. It is situated on Red Square, > close to the Kremlin. St Basil's Cathedral > completed to the original plan, making it briefly the tallest > building in the world. It is Germany's most visited landmark, > averaging 20,000 visitors per day. Cologne Cathedral > Hill, it is visible through much of central London. > The church has been the site of many state ceremonies, including the > wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. St Paul's Cathedral > 1590 and the cathedral was not consecrated until 1626. The initial > design was by Bramante, with later contributions by Sangallo, > Michelangelo, Della Porta, and Bernini. St Peter's Basilica > church dates to the 6th-century reign of Emperor Justinian I. Now > located in the occupied West Bank, this church is the first UNESCO > world heritage site in Palestine. Church of the Holy Sepulcher > mosaics, the church is known as the Chiesa d'Oro ("Church of Gold"). > Situated on a square of the same name, it is one of its city's most > recognizable landmarks. St Mark's Basilica > The anticipated completion date is 2026. Designed in an > idiosyncratic combination of Gothic and Art Nouveau, it is one of its > city's most recognizable landmarks. Sagrada Familia > the seat of the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. Designated > by Congress as the "National House of Prayer", it has been used for > the state funerals of presidents Eisenhower, Reagan, and Ford. Washington National Cathedral |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 17 09:04PM +0100 > Ludgate Hill, it is visible through much of central London. > The church has been the site of many state ceremonies, including > the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. St Paul's cathdral > until 1590 and the cathedral was not consecrated until 1626. > The initial design was by Bramante, with later contributions > by Sangallo, Michelangelo, Della Porta, and Bernini. Basilica of St Peter > rich mosaics, the church is known as the Chiesa d'Oro ("Church > of Gold"). Situated on a square of the same name, it is one > of its city's most recognizable landmarks. Basilica di San Marco > complete. The anticipated completion date is 2026. Designed in > an idiosyncratic combination of Gothic and Art Nouveau, it is > one of its city's most recognizable landmarks. Sagrada familia -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 17 06:06PM -0700 On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 11:22:20 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-02, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted > Some questions about the prime ministers of this great land of > ours. Some answers may be repeated and table talk is discouraged. > None of the answers is Justin Trudeau. aw crap > 1. If the PMs are listed alphabetically by surname, whose name > is first? (hey!) abbott > 2. And whose is last? ... not trudeau ... turner? > 3. Who was the last PM born outside Canada? tupper? > 4. What was Kim Campbell's first name at birth? It is shared with > a well-known singer. adell? > 5. Who was PM throughout World War I? mackenzie (when in doubt...) > 6. Who was PM when Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces? mackenzie (when in doubt...) > 7. Who was PM when Newfoundland became a province? mackenzie (when in doubt...) > 8. Charles Tupper was the shortest-serving PM, 68 days in 1896. > Who was second-shortest? [thanks for not rot13ing this] kim campbell > 9. Which future PM was born in Neustadt, Ontario, in 1895? mackenzie (when in doubt...) > 10. What does the B. stand for in Lester B. Pearson? mike > Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat", it was built to commemorate > the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. It is situated on > Red Square, close to the Kremlin. saint basil's cathedral > located at 120 King St. E., next to a park of the same name. > In this century, the cathedral was the rallying point for the > city's Occupy movement. saint james > completed to the original plan, making it briefly the tallest > building in the world. It is Germany's most visited landmark, > averaging 20,000 visitors per day. cologne cathedral > Ludgate Hill, it is visible through much of central London. > The church has been the site of many state ceremonies, including > the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. saint paul's cathedral > in Canada. Construction started in 1924 and finished in 1967. > It is the main shrine of St. André of Montreal (also known as > Brother André). saint joseph's > until 1590 and the cathedral was not consecrated until 1626. > The initial design was by Bramante, with later contributions > by Sangallo, Michelangelo, Della Porta, and Bernini. saint peter's basilica > church dates to the 6th-century reign of Emperor Justinian I. > Now located in the occupied West Bank, this church is the first > UNESCO world heritage site in Palestine. church of the nativity > rich mosaics, the church is known as the Chiesa d'Oro ("Church > of Gold"). Situated on a square of the same name, it is one > of its city's most recognizable landmarks. saint mark's basilica > complete. The anticipated completion date is 2026. Designed in > an idiosyncratic combination of Gothic and Art Nouveau, it is > one of its city's most recognizable landmarks. sagrada família in barcelona > Designated by Congress as the "National House of Prayer", it > has been used for the state funerals of presidents Eisenhower, > Reagan, and Ford. washington national cathedral > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: for the last > answer, if you gave only the city name and a word meaning a type > of church, we need more. Please go back and supply the rest. noted > Mark Brader | "Opening a monitor case is not for the inexperienced > Toronto | or the faint of heart, unless you need > msb@vex.net | defibrillation." -- Kevin D. Swan swp |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 18 01:13AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:YZadnUy5iYZ2v3fLnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 6, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Prime Ministers Skipping this round. > Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat", it was built to commemorate > the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. It is situated on > Red Square, close to the Kremlin. St. Basil's Cathedral > Ludgate Hill, it is visible through much of central London. > The church has been the site of many state ceremonies, including > the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. St. Paul's Cathedral > until 1590 and the cathedral was not consecrated until 1626. > The initial design was by Bramante, with later contributions > by Sangallo, Michelangelo, Della Porta, and Bernini. St. Peter's Basilica > church dates to the 6th-century reign of Emperor Justinian I. > Now located in the occupied West Bank, this church is the first > UNESCO world heritage site in Palestine. Church of the Nazarene (?) > rich mosaics, the church is known as the Chiesa d'Oro ("Church > of Gold"). Situated on a square of the same name, it is one > of its city's most recognizable landmarks. St. Mark's Cathedral > complete. The anticipated completion date is 2026. Designed in > an idiosyncratic combination of Gothic and Art Nouveau, it is > one of its city's most recognizable landmarks. Sagrada Familia > Designated by Congress as the "National House of Prayer", it > has been used for the state funerals of presidents Eisenhower, > Reagan, and Ford. The National Cathedral -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 18 04:14AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:YZadnUy5iYZ2v3fLnZ2dnUU7- > 1. If the PMs are listed alphabetically by surname, whose name > is first? > 2. And whose is last? Pierre Trudeau > 3. Who was the last PM born outside Canada? Diefenbaker > 4. What was Kim Campbell's first name at birth? It is shared with > a well-known singer. > 5. Who was PM throughout World War I? MacDonald > Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat", it was built to commemorate > the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. It is situated on > Red Square, close to the Kremlin. St Basil's > completed to the original plan, making it briefly the tallest > building in the world. It is Germany's most visited landmark, > averaging 20,000 visitors per day. Cologne Cathedral > Ludgate Hill, it is visible through much of central London. > The church has been the site of many state ceremonies, including > the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. St Paul's > in Canada. Construction started in 1924 and finished in 1967. > It is the main shrine of St. André of Montreal (also known as > Brother André). St Eustache > until 1590 and the cathedral was not consecrated until 1626. > The initial design was by Bramante, with later contributions > by Sangallo, Michelangelo, Della Porta, and Bernini. St Peter's > church dates to the 6th-century reign of Emperor Justinian I. > Now located in the occupied West Bank, this church is the first > UNESCO world heritage site in Palestine. Church of the Nativity > rich mosaics, the church is known as the Chiesa d'Oro ("Church > of Gold"). Situated on a square of the same name, it is one > of its city's most recognizable landmarks. St Mark's > complete. The anticipated completion date is 2026. Designed in > an idiosyncratic combination of Gothic and Art Nouveau, it is > one of its city's most recognizable landmarks. Sagrada Familia > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: sbe gur ynfg > nafjre, vs lbh tnir bayl gur pvgl anzr naq n jbeq zrnavat n glcr > bs puhepu, jr arrq zber. Cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg. Pete Gayde |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Mar 17 01:44PM On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:22:53 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: >> Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > Game 10 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has returned to whomp the field. > Hearty congratulations! Did my entry not make it thru to your server? I see it on this end... Bruce |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 17 01:41PM -0500 Mark Brader: >> Game 10 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has returned to whomp the field. >> Hearty congratulations! Bruce Bowler: > Did my entry not make it thru to your server? I see it on this end... Huh, I wonder how I lost an entire entry there. Sorry, if it was my doing. Here we go again... Mark Brader: > 1. 1950s: An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an > established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater > friends. "All About Eve" (1950). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Marc, and ArenEss. > 2. 1930s: A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with > his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century. "Cimarron" (1931). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and ArenEss. > 3. 1930s: A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a > woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. "You Can't Take It With You" (1938). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and ArenEss. > 4. 1980s: Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her > daughter's family problems. "Terms of Endearment" (1983). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, Marc, and ArenEss. > 5. 1950s: A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have > given up on the idea of love, meet at a dance and fall in love. "Marty" (1955). 4 for Joshua, Pete, Jason, Stephen, Marc, and ArenEss. > 6. 2010s: A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival > of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. "The Artist" (2011). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Marc, and ArenEss. > 7. 1980s: The accidental death of the older son of an affluent > family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, > the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son. "Ordinary People" (1980). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Jason, Bruce, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, and ArenEss. > 8. 1950s: Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich > playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic > friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long. "Gigi" (1958). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, Marc, and ArenEss. > 9. 1990s: A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life > crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. "American Beauty" (1999). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque. > 10. 1940s: Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to > discover that they and their families have been irreparably > changed. "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946). 4 for Joshua, Pete, Jason, Bruce, Stephen, Marc, and ArenEss. > a museum where you will find a stuffed dog that once belonged > to the 1904 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine. > Name the man. Ivan Pavlov. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Bruce, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque. > A2. In 2007, one of the 1962 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology > or Medicine became the first person to receive his own > personal genome map. Name the man. James Watson. 4 for Stephen and Marc. 3 for Peter. 2 for Dan Blum and Calvin. > George Smoot won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006. > In 2009, he made a cameo appearance -- as himself -- in > episode 17 of season 2 of which sitcom? "The Big Bang Theory". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Calvin, ArenEss, Dan Tilque, and Björn. > the maternal grandfather of which British-born Australian > woman who spent 10 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in the > early 1980s? Olivia Newton-John. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque. > C1. The only man to have won two individual Nobel Prizes was > a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 > and the Peace Prize in 1962. Name the man. Linus Pauling. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Stephen, Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque. > C2. The 1911 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry died in 1934. > In 1935, that laureate's daughter also won a Nobel Prize > in Chemistry. What last name did they share? Curie. (Marie Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie.) I scored an answer of "Marie Curie" as almost correct. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Jason, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Bruce. > D. The Nobel Prize in Literature > D1. The only man to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize > in Literature was a man who won the Nobel in 1925. Name him. George Bernard Shaw. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Calvin, and ArenEss. > D2. Due to injuries suffered in two plane crashes in Africa, > which man was unable to personally accept his 1954 Nobel > Prize in Literature? Ernest Hemingway. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Stephen, and ArenEss. > characterizes important parts of the international > community". In December 1991, his country ceased to exist. > Name the man. Mikhail Gorbachev. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Jason, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Björn. 2 for Dan Blum. > struggle for democracy and human rights" in a country > that changed its name in 1989. Give either the old or the > current name of the country. Burma, Myanmar. (Aung Sun Suu Kyi.) 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Dan Blum, Pete, Bruce (the hard way), Peter, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, ArenEss, Dan Tilque, and Björn. > the Big Ten Conference, but left the conference in 1946. > Name the university. Hint: its intercollegiate sports > teams are known as the Maroons. U. of Chicago. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Bruce, Stephen, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque. > first intercollegiate football game in 1869, and whose > intercollegiate sporting teams are known as the Tigers. > Name the university. Princeton U. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Bruce, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin. Scores, if there are now no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His Lit Sci Lei Mis Can Ent Cha SIX Stephen Perry 40 40 36 36 40 27 40 48 244 Joshua Kreitzer 28 26 24 8 32 16 40 44 194 Dan Blum 24 24 26 40 22 12 24 32 170 "ArenEss" -- -- 28 12 36 4 40 40 160 "Calvin" 28 32 20 12 27 0 8 32 151 Pete Gayde 28 0 28 16 24 8 20 20 136 Marc Dashevsky 28 8 20 16 16 12 32 24 136 Peter Smyth 32 0 14 16 28 8 0 27 125 Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 24 24 10 8 35 125 Dan Tilque 32 8 20 16 16 4 4 32 124 Erland Sommarskog 36 0 24 4 16 0 0 16 96 "Joe" 20 40 16 16 -- -- -- -- 92 Björn Lundin 32 0 20 12 8 0 0 12 84 Jason Kreitzer 0 8 4 12 8 0 24 20 76 -- Mark Brader | "You guys have your own pagan religion... Toronto | Instead of sacrificing sheep, you sacrifice sleep." msb@vex.net | -- John Cramer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Mar 17 07:43PM On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:41:10 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: >> Did my entry not make it thru to your server? I see it on this end... > Huh, I wonder how I lost an entire entry there. Sorry, if it was my > doing. Here we go again... No problem... Just don't let it happen again! :-) |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 17 04:11PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games? South Korea > at the 2015 Netball World Cup. Which African country did she > represent? They finished the tournament in sixth place, narrowly > losing the 5th/6th playoff to South Africa. Ghana > 4 Along > with the Vuelta a España and Tour de France, which cycling event makes > up the so-called 'Three Grand Tours'? Giro d'Italia > 5 Which musical was based > the 1894 fictional memoir 'Tevye and His Daughters'? Fiddler on the Roof > 6 'The > Straits Times' is the highest selling newspaper in which Asian > country? Singapore > 7 What is the name of the 'intelligent personal > assistant' which is a part of the operating system on Apple phones and > tablets? Siri > 8 Which European nation joined the annual Five Nations > rugby championship in 2000, making it the Six Nations? Italy > 9 In which > country in the winter sports resort St Moritz located? Switzerland > times from 2004-12? > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Mar 17 06:28PM Calvin wrote: > 1 Which country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games? South Korea > the 2015 Netball World Cup. Which African country did she represent? > They finished the tournament in sixth place, narrowly losing the > 5th/6th playoff to South Africa. Zimbabwe > abbreviation for? > 4 Along with the Vuelta a España and Tour de France, which cycling > event makes up the so-called 'Three Grand Tours'? Giro d'Italia > Daughters'? > 6 'The Straits Times' is the highest selling newspaper in which Asian > country? Singapore > 7 What is the name of the 'intelligent personal assistant' which is a > part of the operating system on Apple phones and tablets? Siri > 8 Which European nation joined the annual Five Nations rugby > championship in 2000, making it the Six Nations? Italy > 9 In which country in the winter sports resort St Moritz located? Switzerland > 10 Which French rally driver won the World Rally Championship nine > consecutive times from 2004-12? Sebastien Loeb Peter Smyth |
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