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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 25 07:00PM +0100 Rotating Quiz #214 is over, and I don't think anyone is suprised to learn that winner and the setter of RQ 215 is STEPHEN W. PERRY! Congratulations, Stephen (and thank you for not entering the previous RQ permitting me to win. :-) Here is the full result slate: SWP 12 Gareth 8 Dan Tilque 5 + bonus Peter S 5 Dan Blum 5 Mark B 2 Marc D 2 1. Which supergroup, composed of members in previous bands such as Atomic Rooster, Bodast, Buggles, Family to name a few, released their self- titled debut album in 1982? Asia. Members (in order of the groups above) were Carl Palmer (also Emerson, Lake & Palmer), Steve Howe (also Yes), Geoff Downes (also Yes) and John Wetton (also Mogul Thrash, King Crismon, Uriah Heep and UK.) Swp, Gareth and Peter S knew this. > 2. Peshmerga soldiers are of which ethnicity? Kurdish Swp, Gareth, Dan T and Marc D got this right. > 3. Within 20%, what is the area of Yemen in relation to the one of Sweden? > Your answer should be a decimal number which multiplied with the area > of Sweden gives the area of Yemen. 1.17, accepting 0.98 to 1.40. Swp and Peter Smyth had their guesses in this range. The inspiration for this question comes from the fact blurbs my newspaper has about Yemen when they have articles about the war there. They say that the area of Yemen is the area of Sweden and Denmark combined. When I first saw this, it definitely challenged my mental map. If I had gotten this question before seeing these blurbs, I don't know what I would have answered - 0.48 maybe? In any case, well below 1. > 4. Which country is by far the largest producer of saffron? Iran. Surprisingly, only SWP knew this. > said that he wanted to reduce this personality cult. However, ten > years later there is a new new giant statue featuring the successor > who is still in reign. Which country am I talking about? Turkmenistan. Marc D and Gareth knew about this country that rarely makes the news. > 6. Translated into English, the name of this region is Five Rivers. > However, it is known in English by its native name. Which? Punjab. SWP got this right. Undoubtedly, I could have made this question easier, for instance by saying that there the region also have given name to a major language. But I thought the theme would give enough hint. > 7. Which country did most recently abandon monarchy in favour of > republic? Nepal (in 2008). SWP, Gareth, Dan Blum, Peters S and Mark B had this right. Greece was suggested. The abandoned monarchy in 1974. Since then also Iran (1979) and Ethipoia (1992) have taken this path, as I know on the top of my head. > 8. The Karen and Kachin people mainly live in which country? Burma. SWP and Dan Blum knew this. > 9. Which lake is generally considered to be world's oldest lake of > those existing today? Lake Baikal. SWP, Gareth, Dan Blum and Dan Tilque did not fear the deep waters. > 10. As of what was known this morning, of the current heads of state > in this world, who has served the longest? You don't need to give > the name; title and country is sufficient. His Majesty Bhumibol or Rama IX of Thailand. The fact that I did not require the name was a quite strong hint that I was not asking for QEII! Peter S and Dan T had this right. It appears from Gareth's answer on this question that he was not entirely sure about is entry for #7. :-) > 11. In English parlance, Kalimantan is which part of which island? The Indonesian part of Borneo. No one got this right. Two entrants said Borneo, but I asked for a part of an island, not the full island. And I explicitly asked about the English usage. In Indonesian, the name does refer to the entire island. Or at least so Wikipedia tells me. > 12. What is the meaning in English of the character, U+4E2D, seen here > http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/4E2D.jpg? Centre, middle. It is the first character of China, the Middle Empire, written in Chinese. One of the less than 10 Hanji/Kanji characters I know. SWP was the only one to try, and his answers good enough to warrant a point. > 13. Juche is the official political ideology of which country? North Korea. Gareth, Dan Blum, Peter S and Dan T knew this. > 14. Satoshi Nakamoto is known as the inventor of what? Bitcoin. It's questionable whether he actually is Japanese, or whether it is a single person at all. But at least the name is Japanese. SWP and Gareth recognised his/her/their/its name. > Insanely difficult bonus question: this question has a relation another > question in this quiz. Which? #12. When written in Japanese the first character is the glyph in that picture. "Naka" in Japanese means middle. (And in Japanese, the family name is written first.) Amazingly enough Dan T spotted this, despite knowing #12 itself. > 15. If you find yourself in the city of Petropavlosk, on which peninsula > are you? Kamchatka. Today the name of the city is actually Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky, but for obvious reasons I used the older name. SWP, Dan Blum, Dan T and Mark B knew this. Shame points to Gareth for thinking that Ukraine is a peninsula! > 16. What was the name of the sixth album from Steely Dan, their > penultimate before their hiatus during the 1980s? Aja. SWP and Gareth knew this album. And in case you don't get it: it's prounouced Asia. That is, the theme for this quiz. Questions 2 to 15 were sorted roughly west to east. Thanks for playing and have a good time with RQ215! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Mar 25 07:51PM > Shame points to Gareth for thinking that Ukraine is a peninsula! I was thinking of the "Crimean peninsula" |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 25 09:54PM +0100 > Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> writes: >> Shame points to Gareth for thinking that Ukraine is a peninsula! > I was thinking of the "Crimean peninsula" That is indeed a Ukranian peninsula! It's not in Aja, though. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 25 02:19PM -0700 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > "Naka" in Japanese means middle. (And in Japanese, the family name is > written first.) > Amazingly enough Dan T spotted this, despite knowing #12 itself. Note that I didn't know either 12 or 14. If I recall my thought processes correctly, it was almost purely a matter of elimination. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 25 04:35PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > His Majesty Bhumibol or Rama IX of Thailand. > The fact that I did not require the name was a quite strong hint that I > was not asking for QEII! Yeah, well, you could have been being tricky! > The Indonesian part of Borneo. > No one got this right. Two entrants said Borneo, but I asked for a part > of an island, not the full island. Doesn't matter, as I guessed the wrong Indonesian island anyway, but I completely missed the first "which". A bit of emphasis there wouldn't have hurt, particularly when you're writing in a non-native language and people might be trying to overlook minor errors. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Remember, folks, determinism is your *friend*! msb@vex.net | (Or is that "Your friend is deterministic"?) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 25 04:51PM -0700 On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 5:35:02 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > > The fact that I did not require the name was a quite strong hint that I > > was not asking for QEII! > Yeah, well, you could have been being tricky! yes, they are an especially tricky people. > I completely missed the first "which". A bit of emphasis there wouldn't > have hurt, particularly when you're writing in a non-native language > and people might be trying to overlook minor errors. I missed that too. and missed it again going through the results posting. and thank you for making a slate which allowed me to win. swp |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 25 05:00PM -0700 On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 2:00:05 PM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > Thanks for playing and have a good time with RQ215! > -- > Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se thank you. I'll put up the next slate before Easter (my time). I am going to consciously try to avoid the following themes and subject areas: sports current events beer royalty potpourri the walking dead villanova basketball (go cats!) the chicago cubs easter swp |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 25 05:23PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:SPCdneW0MZ_zfG_LnZ2dnUU7- > but is also fondly remembered for scoring the winning goal > (assisted by Gretzky) against Russia to essentially win the > 1987 Canada Cup. Name him. Mario Lemieux > of being the longest-serving captain in North American team > sports history, at 19 years. He is now the GM of the Tampa > Bay Lightning and Team Canada. Name him. Yzerman > last name with another Manitoban, who served as the Minister > of Public Safety and Minister of Justice under Stephen Harper. > Name the hockey player. Toews > 3 times (sharing this record with Gretzky among others) and > has led the league in goals 5 times -- most recently in 2015, > scoring 53. Name him. Ovechkin > leader of Team Canada during the Summit Series, and currently > serves as a radio announcer for the Tampa Bay Lightning -- > a team he founded. Name him. Phil Esposito > "Wayne's World" movies, Mike Myers inserted this player's name > on a Chicago doughnut chain store as an homage to Tim Horton's. > Name him. Stan Mikita > inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961 and now has a > trophy named after him, for the player who scores the most > regular-season goals. Name him. Maurice Richard > won 17 Stanley Cups as a player and executive. He was made > a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1998 and was named the > honorary captain of the 2010 men's Olympic team. Name him. Jean Beliveau > Montreal Canadiens, Washington Capitals, and Hartford Whalers. > Name this player, who shares a last name with a Toronto street > that runs from Queens Quay to Bloor St. Gartner > 10. Nicknamed "Mr. Goalie" and one of the pioneers of the butterfly > style of goaltending, this Humboldt (Saskatchewan) native holds > the record for most consecutive games played by a goalie at 502. Glenn Hall > Pee-Wee Herman -- but what is the real name of this actor, who > has voice credits in the movies "The Nightmare Before Christmas", > "Dr. Doolittle", and "The Smurfs"? Paul Ruben > as Smith is the drummer for a California rock band, whose other > members include Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, and Michael > "Flea" Balzary (aka "Flea"). Name this band. Blue Oyster Cult > "The Hobbit", and "Ant-Man", but is most widely known for playing > Kate Austen on this wildly popular (and some may say infuriating) > ABC series that ran from 2004 until 2010. Name the series. That 70s Show > was a supporting player in the third movie, with the door > left open for his character to star in a possible spin-off. > Name the *first* film of the trilogy, released in 2005. Batman Returns > left. On the right is this quirky star of the Fox show "New > Girl". She also appeared as the object of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's > affection in the 2009 film "(500) Days of Summer". Name her. Zooey Deschanel > McCartney and Michael Jackson) to have sold 100,000,000 albums > as a solo artist and separately as a principal member of a band. > Name him. Phil Collins > Seth McFarlane, the talented creator of "Family Guy", is shown > on the left. Name the actor on the right, who most famously > portrayed Peter Brady on the 1970s sitcom "The Brady Bunch". Christopher Knight > Best Picture winner "Schindler's List", with Neeson playing > the title character. What was the name of the villainous SS > officer Fiennes portrayed that earned him an Oscar nomination? Gohr > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh tnir gur > anzr "Qrfpunary" nf na nafjre, jr arrq gur svefg anzr. Cyrnfr tb > onpx naq fhccyl vg. Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 25 02:41PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 3 times (sharing this record with Gretzky among others) and > has led the league in goals 5 times -- most recently in 2015, > scoring 53. Name him. Ovechkin > Montreal Canadiens, Washington Capitals, and Hartford Whalers. > Name this player, who shares a last name with a Toronto street > that runs from Queens Quay to Bloor St. Howe > was a supporting player in the third movie, with the door > left open for his character to star in a possible spin-off. > Name the *first* film of the trilogy, released in 2005. Batman Begins -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 25 05:27PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which chemical element with the atomic number 84 did Marie Curie > name after the land of her birth? Gallium > 2 The cities of Ceuta and > Melilla are Spanish enclaves that share a land border with which > country? Morocco > 3 What four-word warning is the internet-related acronym > 'NSFW' short for? Not Safe For Work > 4 Nicknamed 'The Teflon Don', which mobster > (1940-2002) became head of New York's Gambino crime family upon the > murder of Paul Castellano in 1985? John Gotti > portrayed Julie Vignon de Courcy in Krzysztof Kieślowski's 'Three > Colors' trilogy? She was a main character in 'Blue', and a minor > character in the other two. Binoche > 6 Which video games company's releases > include 'Need for Speed', 'FIFA World Cup', 'Command and Conquer' and > 'The Sims'? EA > 7 Which European country's internet domain is .ch? Switzerland > 8 Despite some popular success, which Scotsman (1825-1902) is > widely regarded by critics as the worst poet in the history of English > literature? Burns > 9 The Minoan civilisation was based on which Mediterranean island? Malta > scientists developed the first psychometric questionnaire designed to > measure psychological preferences in how individuals make decisions > and perceive the world? Masters and Johnson > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
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