- QFTCIBSI Game 6, Rounds 4-6: math, Bond, and philosophers - 6 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #431 - 1 Update
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 20 02:43PM > from a fixed point and a line, called the focus and directrix, > respectively. Name this *conic section* that may also be > represented by the equation y = x?. parabola > 2. Given a fixed length of rope, you can enclose the greatest area > by arranging the rope in this shape. The equation x? + y? = r? > represents one of these shapes centered at (0,0). What shape? circle > respectively differ from the mean of a normal distribution by no > more than 1, 2, and 3 times *this quantity*. Name this quantity > that is typically represented by a lower-case sigma. standard deviation > but what name is given to a line that intersects a circle twice? > This type of line shares its name with a function that is equal > to 1 over the cosine. secant > 6. The sine, cosine, and tangent functions are all periodic, meaning > that they repeat. What is the period of the tangent function? > Answer in either degrees or radians. 180 degrees > a function reverses taking its derivative and vice versa. > These theorems are collectively known as the Fundamental > Theorem -- of *what field of mathematics*? calculus > This man is also considered a co-founder of calculus, together > with Gottfried Leibniz, who published similar research around > the same time. Newton > climber with a mosquito? Nothing, because you can't cross a > scalar ("scaler", get it?) with... *what mathematical object* > that represents both a magnitude and direction? vector > of digits. Name *these numbers* that can be represented > as a fraction of two integers. The set of these numbers is > represented by a capital Q. rational > * Game 6, Round 5 - Audio - Bond Themes > 1. Welsh singer, female. Only person to record three Bond themes. Shirley Bassey > 3. American singer, female. Famous daughter and duet partner. Natalie Cole > 5. American singer, female. You're so vain? Nobody does it better? > Make up your mind. Carly Simon > 7. British 5-piece band. Only James Bond song to hit #1 on the > Billboard Hot 100. Wings > 8. American singer, female. Only Bond theme performer to make a > cameo appearance in the movie itself. Madonna > * Game 6, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - A Year in the Life: Philosophy Edition > 1. Socrates. 430 BCE > 2. Confucius. 500 BCE > 3. Epicurus. 200 BCE > 4. Seneca the Younger. 20 CE > 5. Soren Kierkegaard. 1880 CE > 6. Arthur Schopenhauer. 1930 CE > 7. Michel de Montaigne. 1770 CE > 8. Jurgen Habermas. 1900 CE > 9. Jacques Derrida. 1920 CE > 10. Aristotle. 350 BCE -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 20 04:34PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > from a fixed point and a line, called the focus and directrix, > respectively. Name this *conic section* that may also be > represented by the equation y = x². parabola > 2. Given a fixed length of rope, you can enclose the greatest area > by arranging the rope in this shape. The equation x² + y² = r² > represents one of these shapes centered at (0,0). What shape? circle > respectively differ from the mean of a normal distribution by no > more than 1, 2, and 3 times *this quantity*. Name this quantity > that is typically represented by a lower-case sigma. standard deviation > a standard bar graph, the data points are first arranged into > ranges and each bar represents the *number* of data points that > fall into each range. Name this type of graph. histogram > 6. The sine, cosine, and tangent functions are all periodic, meaning > that they repeat. What is the period of the tangent function? > Answer in either degrees or radians. 180 degrees; 360 degrees > a function reverses taking its derivative and vice versa. > These theorems are collectively known as the Fundamental > Theorem -- of *what field of mathematics*? calculus > This man is also considered a co-founder of calculus, together > with Gottfried Leibniz, who published similar research around > the same time. Isaac Newton > climber with a mosquito? Nothing, because you can't cross a > scalar ("scaler", get it?) with... *what mathematical object* > that represents both a magnitude and direction? vector > of digits. Name *these numbers* that can be represented > as a fraction of two integers. The set of these numbers is > represented by a capital Q. rational numbers > memorable tunes from earlier James Bond movies. In each case, > identify the *artist*. > 1. Welsh singer, female. Only person to record three Bond themes. Shirley Bassey > 2. Another Welsh singer, male. Supposedly fainted after final > note of song. Tom Jones > 3. American singer, female. Famous daughter and duet partner. Natalie Cole > 4. Scottish singer, female. Duet partner of Prince, and her baby > takes the morning train. Sheena Easton > 5. American singer, female. You're so vain? Nobody does it better? > Make up your mind. Carly Simon > 6. Instrumental piece by the original Bond scorer and his orchestra. > 11 movies from "Dr. No" through to "The Living Daylights". John Barry > 7. British 5-piece band. Only James Bond song to hit #1 on the > Billboard Hot 100. Duran Duran > 8. American singer, female. Only Bond theme performer to make a > cameo appearance in the movie itself. Madonna > 9. English-American band formed in 1978. By the time they performed > on this non-title song, Hynde ("Hind") and Chambers were the > only original members left. Pretenders (?) > 10. Only Canadian singer to record a Bond song, female. It played > over the end credits. Celine Dion > a year -- any year -- that the philosopher lived, even if it was > for only part of the year. > 1. Socrates. 550 BCE; 525 BCE > 2. Confucius. 500 BCE; 525 BCE > 3. Epicurus. 420 BCE; 395 BCE > 4. Seneca the Younger. 80; 105 > 5. Soren Kierkegaard. 1875; 1900 > 6. Arthur Schopenhauer. 1890; 1915 > 7. Michel de Montaigne. 1750; 1800 > 8. Jurgen Habermas. 1950 > 9. Jacques Derrida. 1960 > 10. Aristotle. 490 BCE; 465 BCE -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 20 10:39AM -0700 On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 2:53:03 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-02, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted > from a fixed point and a line, called the focus and directrix, > respectively. Name this *conic section* that may also be > represented by the equation y = x². parabola > 2. Given a fixed length of rope, you can enclose the greatest area > by arranging the rope in this shape. The equation x² + y² = r² > represents one of these shapes centered at (0,0). What shape? circle > respectively differ from the mean of a normal distribution by no > more than 1, 2, and 3 times *this quantity*. Name this quantity > that is typically represented by a lower-case sigma. standard deviation > a standard bar graph, the data points are first arranged into > ranges and each bar represents the *number* of data points that > fall into each range. Name this type of graph. histogram > but what name is given to a line that intersects a circle twice? > This type of line shares its name with a function that is equal > to 1 over the cosine. secant > 6. The sine, cosine, and tangent functions are all periodic, meaning > that they repeat. What is the period of the tangent function? > Answer in either degrees or radians. pi radians > a function reverses taking its derivative and vice versa. > These theorems are collectively known as the Fundamental > Theorem -- of *what field of mathematics*? calculus > This man is also considered a co-founder of calculus, together > with Gottfried Leibniz, who published similar research around > the same time. Sir Isaac Newton > climber with a mosquito? Nothing, because you can't cross a > scalar ("scaler", get it?) with... *what mathematical object* > that represents both a magnitude and direction? vector [bonus joke: "what do you get when you cross an elephant and a grape?" "elephant grape sine-of-theta."][super bonus if you remember the tv show] > of digits. Name *these numbers* that can be represented > as a fraction of two integers. The set of these numbers is > represented by a capital Q. rational numbers > I think it'll be playable without the audio clips; so here it is. > I'm helpfully annotating the singers by sex, as you won't have > the audio to help with that. <voice="buzz lightyear"> you're mocking me, aren't you? </voice> > memorable tunes from earlier James Bond movies. In each case, > identify the *artist*. > 1. Welsh singer, female. Only person to record three Bond themes. shirley bassey > 2. Another Welsh singer, male. Supposedly fainted after final > note of song. tom jones > 3. American singer, female. Famous daughter and duet partner. nancy sinatra > 4. Scottish singer, female. Duet partner of Prince, and her baby > takes the morning train. sheena easton > 5. American singer, female. You're so vain? Nobody does it better? > Make up your mind. carly simon > 6. Instrumental piece by the original Bond scorer and his orchestra. > 11 movies from "Dr. No" through to "The Living Daylights". john barry orchestra > 7. British 5-piece band. Only James Bond song to hit #1 on the > Billboard Hot 100. wings > 8. American singer, female. Only Bond theme performer to make a > cameo appearance in the movie itself. madonna [worst. theme. song. ever.] > 9. English-American band formed in 1978. By the time they performed > on this non-title song, Hynde ("Hind") and Chambers were the > only original members left. the pretenders > 10. Only Canadian singer to record a Bond song, female. It played > over the end credits. celine dion > 1162 to 1227 inclusive. > Note: Genghis Khan was not a philosopher. > 1. Socrates. 400bc > 2. Confucius. 500bc > 3. Epicurus. 300bc > 4. Seneca the Younger. 50ad > 5. Soren Kierkegaard. 1850ad > 6. Arthur Schopenhauer. 1800ad > 7. Michel de Montaigne. 1592ad > 8. Jurgen Habermas. 2016ad > 9. Jacques Derrida. 2000ad > 10. Aristotle. 350bc swp |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Mar 20 03:11PM -0700 On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 2:53:03 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 3. American singer, female. Famous daughter and duet partner. > 4. Scottish singer, female. Duet partner of Prince, and her baby > takes the morning train. Sheena Easton > 5. American singer, female. You're so vain? Nobody does it better? > Make up your mind. Carly Simon > 6. Instrumental piece by the original Bond scorer and his orchestra. > 11 movies from "Dr. No" through to "The Living Daylights". John Barry > Billboard Hot 100. > 8. American singer, female. Only Bond theme performer to make a > cameo appearance in the movie itself. Madonna > 9. English-American band formed in 1978. By the time they performed > on this non-title song, Hynde ("Hind") and Chambers were the > only original members left. Pretenders > 1162 to 1227 inclusive. > Note: Genghis Khan was not a philosopher. > 1. Socrates. 125 BCE? > 2. Confucius. 25 CE? > 3. Epicurus. 10 CE? > 4. Seneca the Younger. 105 CE? > 5. Soren Kierkegaard. 1929? > 6. Arthur Schopenhauer. 1868? > 7. Michel de Montaigne. 1464? > 8. Jurgen Habermas. 1827? > 9. Jacques Derrida. 1940? > 10. Aristotle. 75 BCE? |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 20 08:12PM -0700 On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 4:53:03 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > from a fixed point and a line, called the focus and directrix, > respectively. Name this *conic section* that may also be > represented by the equation y = x². Ellipse, Parabola > 2. Given a fixed length of rope, you can enclose the greatest area > by arranging the rope in this shape. The equation x² + y² = r² > represents one of these shapes centered at (0,0). What shape? Circle > respectively differ from the mean of a normal distribution by no > more than 1, 2, and 3 times *this quantity*. Name this quantity > that is typically represented by a lower-case sigma. Standard deviation > a standard bar graph, the data points are first arranged into > ranges and each bar represents the *number* of data points that > fall into each range. Name this type of graph. Histogram > but what name is given to a line that intersects a circle twice? > This type of line shares its name with a function that is equal > to 1 over the cosine. Arc? > 6. The sine, cosine, and tangent functions are all periodic, meaning > that they repeat. What is the period of the tangent function? > Answer in either degrees or radians. 180 degrees, 360 degrees > a function reverses taking its derivative and vice versa. > These theorems are collectively known as the Fundamental > Theorem -- of *what field of mathematics*? Calculus > This man is also considered a co-founder of calculus, together > with Gottfried Leibniz, who published similar research around > the same time. Newton > climber with a mosquito? Nothing, because you can't cross a > scalar ("scaler", get it?) with... *what mathematical object* > that represents both a magnitude and direction? Vector > of digits. Name *these numbers* that can be represented > as a fraction of two integers. The set of these numbers is > represented by a capital Q. Rational, Irrational > memorable tunes from earlier James Bond movies. In each case, > identify the *artist*. > 1. Welsh singer, female. Only person to record three Bond themes. Bassey > 2. Another Welsh singer, male. Supposedly fainted after final > note of song. Jones > 3. American singer, female. Famous daughter and duet partner. Cole > takes the morning train. > 5. American singer, female. You're so vain? Nobody does it better? > Make up your mind. Simon > 6. Instrumental piece by the original Bond scorer and his orchestra. > 11 movies from "Dr. No" through to "The Living Daylights". Barry > 7. British 5-piece band. Only James Bond song to hit #1 on the > Billboard Hot 100. Duran Duran > 8. American singer, female. Only Bond theme performer to make a > cameo appearance in the movie itself. Madonna > 9. English-American band formed in 1978. By the time they performed > on this non-title song, Hynde ("Hind") and Chambers were the > only original members left. The Pretenders > 10. Only Canadian singer to record a Bond song, female. It played > over the end credits. Adele, Smith > 1162 to 1227 inclusive. > Note: Genghis Khan was not a philosopher. > 1. Socrates. 360 BC, 300 BC > 2. Confucius. 500 BC, 400 BC > 3. Epicurus. 50 BC, 50 AD > 4. Seneca the Younger. 50 BC, 50 AD > 5. Soren Kierkegaard. 1900, 1970 > 6. Arthur Schopenhauer. 1850, 1930 > 7. Michel de Montaigne. 1850, 1930 > 8. Jurgen Habermas. 1850, 1930 > 9. Jacques Derrida. 1850, 1930 > 10. Aristotle. 280 BC, 200 BC cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 20 09:01PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > from a fixed point and a line, called the focus and directrix, > respectively. Name this *conic section* that may also be > represented by the equation y = x². parabola > 2. Given a fixed length of rope, you can enclose the greatest area > by arranging the rope in this shape. The equation x² + y² = r² > represents one of these shapes centered at (0,0). What shape? circle > respectively differ from the mean of a normal distribution by no > more than 1, 2, and 3 times *this quantity*. Name this quantity > that is typically represented by a lower-case sigma. standard deviation > a standard bar graph, the data points are first arranged into > ranges and each bar represents the *number* of data points that > fall into each range. Name this type of graph. histogram > but what name is given to a line that intersects a circle twice? > This type of line shares its name with a function that is equal > to 1 over the cosine. chord > 6. The sine, cosine, and tangent functions are all periodic, meaning > that they repeat. What is the period of the tangent function? > Answer in either degrees or radians. 2pi radians > a function reverses taking its derivative and vice versa. > These theorems are collectively known as the Fundamental > Theorem -- of *what field of mathematics*? calculus > This man is also considered a co-founder of calculus, together > with Gottfried Leibniz, who published similar research around > the same time. Newton > climber with a mosquito? Nothing, because you can't cross a > scalar ("scaler", get it?) with... *what mathematical object* > that represents both a magnitude and direction? vector > of digits. Name *these numbers* that can be represented > as a fraction of two integers. The set of these numbers is > represented by a capital Q. rational numbers > takes the morning train. > 5. American singer, female. You're so vain? Nobody does it better? > Make up your mind. Carly Simon > 11 movies from "Dr. No" through to "The Living Daylights". > 7. British 5-piece band. Only James Bond song to hit #1 on the > Billboard Hot 100. Wings > "Genghis Khan", then you could simply answer with any year from > 1162 to 1227 inclusive. > Note: Genghis Khan was not a philosopher. noted > 1. Socrates. 402 BC > 2. Confucius. 530 BC > 3. Epicurus. 248 BC > 4. Seneca the Younger. 102 BC > 5. Soren Kierkegaard. 1835 > 6. Arthur Schopenhauer. 1915 > 7. Michel de Montaigne. 1598 > 8. Jurgen Habermas. 1748 > 9. Jacques Derrida. 1934 > 10. Aristotle. 345 BC -- Dan Tilque |
| ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: Mar 20 07:42AM -0500 On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:54:46 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote: >1 Which country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games? South Korea >2 Goal shooter Mwayi Kumwenda was named player of the tournament 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. >3 What four words is the injury-treatment mnemonic RICE an abbreviation for? Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation >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'? 7 Brides for 7 Brothers? >6 'The Straits Times' is the highest selling newspaper in which Asian country? >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? >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? Sebastian Loeb, driving CItroen automobiles! ArenEss |
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