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| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 27 11:12AM -0700 This is rotating quiz #215. I tried to take inspiration from both Erland's questions and how the game show jeopardy! phrases its clues. "tried" is the key word there. I was going to ask that all answers be in the form of a question, but couldn't get it to flow well without having categories. maybe some future quiz master can do better. The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 216, in a manner of their choosing. Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one. Answer slates must be posted before 9pm EDT (philadelphia/toronto time) on Sunday, 2016-04-03, which gives a little over 7 days from the time of this posting. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first. Correct answers are worth 1 point each. Have fun! 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles? 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in ghent, belgium. 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg & andorra 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address 5. feathered friend who lives at 123 1/2 sesame street 6. boxer whose life was portrayed in "somebody up there likes me" 7. patti page hit that is the official song of a southern state 8. poe's tale of torture in a spanish castle 9. found in rye bread, these seeds are also the flavoring of kummel liqueur 10. breeches cut full above the knee that are used for horseback riding 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god 12. helping to found it in 1957, martin luther king, jr. headed this civil rights group until his death 13. clyde barrow's female crime partner (first and last name, please) 14. hollandaise seasoned with chervil, shallots & tarragon becomes this sauce named for region of southwestern france 15. jimmy durante would yell it to bring a song to a grinding & funny halt swp, who wishes you each a happy and blessed Easter |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 27 06:27PM > 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles? > 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in ghent, belgium. dogs > 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg & andorra euro > 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address 10 Downing Street > 5. feathered friend who lives at 123 1/2 sesame street Big Bird > 8. poe's tale of torture in a spanish castle The Cask of Amontillado > 9. found in rye bread, these seeds are also the flavoring of kummel liqueur caraway > 10. breeches cut full above the knee that are used for horseback riding jodhpurs > 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god Saturday > 12. helping to found it in 1957, martin luther king, jr. headed this civil rights group until his death NAACP > 13. clyde barrow's female crime partner (first and last name, please) Bonnie Parker > 14. hollandaise seasoned with chervil, shallots & tarragon becomes this sauce named for region of southwestern france bearnaise -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 27 08:28PM +0200 > 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles? Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are the only that are at all today. > 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in ghent, > belgium. Foreign Legion > 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg & andorra Euro > 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address Downing Street 10 > 8. poe's tale of torture in a spanish castle A Cask of Amontillado > 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god Saturday > 14. hollandaise seasoned with chervil, shallots & tarragon becomes this > sauce named for region of southwestern france Bearnaise Not without reason very popular in Sweden. And then I don't mean the sauce as such, but the connection to the region. Which? -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 27 02:14PM -0500 Stephen Perry: > 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles? Well, I have a 1/6 chance... unless "are" means they're still alive. Is that Harrison and Starr? > 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in ghent, belgium. Are they dogs? > 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg & andorra For shame, I missed that when a version of it was on "Jeopardy!" the other day. Is it the euro? It is! > 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address There isn't one. The Prime Minister of the UK lives at 10 Downing St., London, doesn't he? I don't know the postcode, but I'd guess it would start with SW1, quite possibly with SW1A. > 5. feathered friend who lives at 123 1/2 sesame street Is that a Big Bird? > 6. boxer whose life was portrayed in "somebody up there likes me" Arrrgh. Is it Clay/Ali? > 7. patti page hit that is the official song of a southern state Is "Georgia on my Mind"? > 8. poe's tale of torture in a spanish castle Is it "The Pit and the Pendulum"? > 9. found in rye bread, these seeds are also the flavoring of kummel liqueur > 10. breeches cut full above the knee that are used for horseback riding Are they jodhpurs? > 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god What is Saturday? > 12. helping to found it in 1957, martin luther king, jr. headed this > civil rights group until his death Is it the NAACP, or is that group older? > 13. clyde barrow's female crime partner (first and last name, please) Who was Bonnie Parker? > 14. hollandaise seasoned with chervil, shallots & tarragon becomes this > sauce named for region of southwestern france Got me, but bechamel sounds like it might be a region of France. Is that it? > 15. jimmy durante would yell it to bring a song to a grinding & funny halt Could it be "Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are"? -- Mark Brader "People who think for a living have always Toronto been especially prone to confuse thinking msb@vex.net with living." -- G.L. Sicherman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Mar 27 07:48PM swp wrote: > 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles? Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr > 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in > ghent, belgium. Dogs > 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg & andorra Euro > 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address 11 Downing Street (not 10!) > 5. feathered friend who lives at 123 1/2 sesame street Big Bird > 6. boxer whose life was portrayed in "somebody up there likes me" Mohammed Ali > liqueur > 10. breeches cut full above the knee that are used for horseback > riding Jodphurs > 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god Saturday > this sauce named for region of southwestern france > 15. jimmy durante would yell it to bring a song to a grinding & funny > halt Peter Smyth |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Mar 27 11:44PM -0400 On 2016-03-27, swp wrote: > Correct answers are worth 1 point each. > Have fun! > 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles? Paul and George > 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in ghent, belgium. German Shepherds (aka Alsatians) > 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg & andorra Lira > 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address 10 Downing St. > 5. feathered friend who lives at 123 1/2 sesame street Big Bird > 6. boxer whose life was portrayed in "somebody up there likes me" Rocky Graziano > 7. patti page hit that is the official song of a southern state How Much is that Doggy in the Window ;) > 8. poe's tale of torture in a spanish castle A Cask ofAmontillado > 9. found in rye bread, these seeds are also the flavoring of kummel liqueur Caraway > 10. breeches cut full above the knee that are used for horseback riding Jodphurs > 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god Saturday > 12. helping to found it in 1957, martin luther king, jr. headed this civil rights group until his death NAACP > 13. clyde barrow's female crime partner (first and last name, please) Bonnie Parker > 14. hollandaise seasoned with chervil, shallots & tarragon becomes this sauce named for region of southwestern france Bearnaise -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 27 10:46PM -0700 swp wrote: > Have fun! > 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles? Lennon & Ringo > 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in ghent, belgium. police dogs > 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg & andorra euro > 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address 10 Downing St. > 5. feathered friend who lives at 123 1/2 sesame street Big Bird > 6. boxer whose life was portrayed in "somebody up there likes me" > 7. patti page hit that is the official song of a southern state You Are My Sunshine > 8. poe's tale of torture in a spanish castle Pit and the Pendulum ?? > 9. found in rye bread, these seeds are also the flavoring of kummel liqueur > 10. breeches cut full above the knee that are used for horseback riding jodpurs > 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god Saturday -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Mar 27 11:44AM Mark Brader wrote: > "The Guermantes Way", "Sodom & Gomorrah", "The Prisoner", "The > Fugitive", and "Time Regained". These are the 7 volumes of > which early 20th century novel, one of the longest ever written? A la recherche du temps perdu > drug test for cocaine -- as well as his association with > Paulina Gretzky, his fiancee and mother to his son Tatum. > Name the Johnson! Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson > biggest are the 2007 Masters and, most recently, the 2015 > British Open title that he won in a 3-way playoff. Who is > this Johnson? Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson > who took over lead singer duties of AC/DC from Bon Scott, > following Scott's untimely death in 1980. Which Johnson > is it? Brian Johnson > "Brushfires and Fairytales", and is best known for the songs > "Upside Down", "Better Together", and "Sitting, Waiting, > Wishing". Name that Johnson! David Johnson > is perhaps even more famous as the subject of a biography > by James Boswell that is widely considered the greatest > English-language biography ever. Name this Johnson. Samuel Johnson > opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of > North Korea but one that also excavates the very meaning > of love and sacrifice." David Johnson > D1. Andrew Johnson, the 17th American President, served between > two other more famous presidents, who were hugely significant > figures in the US Civil War. Name both of these two men. Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S Grant > in periodicals such as the "Globe" and "Saturday Night". > Selected publications include "The White Wampum" and > "Legends of Vancouver". Name this lady Johnson. Mary Johnson > at the 1988 Summer Olympics. This record lasted all of > 3 days, until Johnson was disqualified over steroid use. > What city hosted this infamous race? Seoul > In 2012, the FDA approved Sirturo (bedaquiline) -- the > first new medicine in the previous 40 years to fight *what > infectious disease*? Malaria > 31,000,000 bottles of Tylenol capsules after 7 individuals > in the Chicago area died following ingesting pills that > had been laced with *what toxic substance*? Cyanide Peter Smyth |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 27 11:43AM -0700 On Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 10:20:01 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 > "The Guermantes Way", "Sodom & Gomorrah", "The Prisoner", "The > Fugitive", and "Time Regained". These are the 7 volumes of > which early 20th century novel, one of the longest ever written? in search of lost time > living through World War II in the body of a child. The book > is named for Oskar's prized possession, which has to be replaced > several times over the course of the novel. Name the novel. the tin drum > Italy in 1957 for publication. He won the 1958 Nobel Prize for > Literature, but was unable to leave his country to accept it. > Name the author. boris pasternak > won the Prix Goncourt in 1933. During the presidency of > Charles de Gaulle, he served as France's Minster of Culture. > Name the author. andre malrow? > for seizing the city of Fiume in 1919 and declaring a short-lived > republic which was a forerunner of Mussolini's Fascist movement. > Name this poet, war hero, and Duce of Carnaro. gabe nunzio (it's longer in italian) > Glass Bead Game". He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. > However, his best-known work is the one we referenced in our > Band Name Origins round in Game 3. Name the author. hermann hesse > of the One State. Orwell started writing "Nineteen Eighty-Four" > a few months after reviewing the book. What is the 2-letter > title of this influential dystopian novel? we > However, he is best-known for a 1942 novel in which Meursault > fails to cry at his mother's funeral and kills an Arab on the > beach. Name either the Nobel-prizewinning author or that novel. albert camus > was adapted (loosely) into a 1988 movie starring Jeremy Irons, > Juliette Binoche, and Lena Olin. Name either the Czech author > or that novel. milan kundera > character, a flamboyant older man. The 1964 movie adaptation > received 7 Academy Award nominations, including one for Anthony > Quinn as the title character. Name the novel. zorba the greek > drug test for cocaine -- as well as his association with > Paulina Gretzky, his fiancee and mother to his son Tatum. > Name the Johnson! dustin johnson > biggest are the 2007 Masters and, most recently, the 2015 > British Open title that he won in a 3-way playoff. Who is > this Johnson? zach johnson > who took over lead singer duties of AC/DC from Bon Scott, > following Scott's untimely death in 1980. Which Johnson > is it? brian johnson (he's been in the news lately...) > "Brushfires and Fairytales", and is best known for the songs > "Upside Down", "Better Together", and "Sitting, Waiting, > Wishing". Name that Johnson! jack johnson > is perhaps even more famous as the subject of a biography > by James Boswell that is widely considered the greatest > English-language biography ever. Name this Johnson. samuel johnson > opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of > North Korea but one that also excavates the very meaning > of love and sacrifice." adam johnson > D1. Andrew Johnson, the 17th American President, served between > two other more famous presidents, who were hugely significant > figures in the US Civil War. Name *both* of these two men. abe lincoln, u.s. grant > this set of policies. He introduced it at an Ohio University > speech on 1964-05-22; it encompassed such major pieces of > legislation as the Civil Rights Act and Social Security Act. great society > in periodicals such as the "Globe" and "Saturday Night". > Selected publications include "The White Wampum" and > "Legends of Vancouver". Name this lady Johnson. jane Johnson > at the 1988 Summer Olympics. This record lasted all of > 3 days, until Johnson was disqualified over steroid use. > What city hosted this infamous race? calgary > In 2012, the FDA approved Sirturo (bedaquiline) -- the > first new medicine in the previous 40 years to fight *what > infectious disease*? tuberculosis > 31,000,000 bottles of Tylenol capsules after 7 individuals > in the Chicago area died following ingesting pills that > had been laced with *what toxic substance*? potassium cyanide swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 27 01:59PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > And I have sit through thst film, sigh. Sexiest movie with an artsy title that I've ever seen. -- Mark Brader | "I do have an idea ... based on the quite obvious fact Toronto | that the number two is ridiculous and can't exist." msb@vex.net | -- Ben Denison (Isaac Asimov, "The Gods Themselves") |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 28 03:13AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:YqadnTN-upbN3mrLnZ2dnUU7- > Italy in 1957 for publication. He won the 1958 Nobel Prize for > Literature, but was unable to leave his country to accept it. > Name the author. Pasternak > Glass Bead Game". He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. > However, his best-known work is the one we referenced in our > Band Name Origins round in Game 3. Name the author. Hesse > character, a flamboyant older man. The 1964 movie adaptation > received 7 Academy Award nominations, including one for Anthony > Quinn as the title character. Name the novel. Zorba the Greek > drug test for cocaine -- as well as his association with > Paulina Gretzky, his fiancee and mother to his son Tatum. > Name the Johnson! Zach; Dustin > biggest are the 2007 Masters and, most recently, the 2015 > British Open title that he won in a 3-way playoff. Who is > this Johnson? Dustin; Zach > D1. Andrew Johnson, the 17th American President, served between > two other more famous presidents, who were hugely significant > figures in the US Civil War. Name *both* of these two men. Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Grant > guvf frg bs cbyvpvrf. Ur vagebqhprq vg ng na Buvb Havirefvgl > fcrrpu ba 1964-05-22; vg rapbzcnffrq fhpu znwbe cvrprf bs > yrtvfyngvba nf gur Pvivy Evtugf Npg naq Fbpvny Frphevgl Npg. Great Society > at the 1988 Summer Olympics. This record lasted all of > 3 days, until Johnson was disqualified over steroid use. > What city hosted this infamous race? Seoul > In 2012, the FDA approved Sirturo (bedaquiline) -- the > first new medicine in the previous 40 years to fight *what > infectious disease*? Malaria > 31,000,000 bottles of Tylenol capsules after 7 individuals > in the Chicago area died following ingesting pills that > had been laced with *what toxic substance*? Arsenic Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 27 11:53PM +0200 It's my turn to run a Rare Entries contest, and this one has a novelty: this quiz has a theme, meaning that all questions are designed to have at least one correct answer that adheres to the theme. And if you pick such an answer, there is a bonus of 0.8 multiplied to your score. That is, by finding answer that matches the theme, you can improve your score - unless everyone else does the same and collides. The theme is.., ah, you will figure that out. Compared to Mark's quizzes, I am also making some other changes. The penalty for an incorrect answer is different: twice the highest score for a correct answer for a minimum of 7. The penalty for not answering a question at all is lower: 1.5 times the score for the most common correct answer for a minimum of 5. Please mail your answers to esquel@sommarskog.se. Deadline for entries is 2016-04-15 12.00, Swedish time. I plan to post two reminders until then. Beware that mails formatted in HTML only may be trapped by my spam filter. DO NOT post or discuss your answers publicly answer before that date! Please delete everything before and after the questions, but retain the questions, and put your answers after the question. Put any comments or clarifications you make on a separate line with a blank line after the answer. ----------------------------- Questions ---------------------------------- 1. Name a person who has been King of Sweden. 2. Name a company with business in at least 28 countries and which is commonly referred by a name or an abbreviation that includes one or more of the initials of one or more of the founders. There may be a full name of the company that includes a longer part of the names of the founders, but there must be a common form that consists of only the initials. Example: Say that there is a company of which the full name is Abraham & Joseph Corporation. If this company is commonly referred to as AJC, that is a correct answer. However, if the common short name is AbeJoe, that would not be a correct answer. 3. Name a country where I have spent at least 24 hours. Country here refers to a territory with an officially assigned country code in ISO 3166. 4. Give a city with a population of at least 400 000 that is located on the sea, and which also has a border on a sweetwater lake with a surface of at least 1 km². A lake which is entirely included within the city limits does not count; the borders of the city must traverse the lake. "City" here refers to the city proper, not metropolitan area. 5. Name a person who was born after AD 1000 outside any nobility, but who reached a position as state ruler for which inheritance wss the norm, or became the norm with this person. 6. Name a team that at least on one occasion reached the semi-finals in FIFA World Cup in football, but which never has become World Champions. 7. Name a person who simultaneously was, or still is, the head of state of two countries that for all other practical matters were entirely independent from each other during the entire rule of this person. 8. Name a person who was assassinated while holding a position as head of state, head of government or foreign minister, and who had reached that position, directly or indirectly, as a result of democratic elections, generally considered free and fair by today's standards. 9. Name a person who is generally considered to have been involved in the discovery or the first isolation of one or more chemical element with an atomic number <= 96. 10. Give a word used in English that is of Swedish origin, and which entered the English language in the 19th century or later. The word should be present in an online general dictionary for English. That is, a dictionary for a certain field does not qualify. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The rules for this quiz are basically the same as in Mark Brader's quizzes, but I am introducing some changes. I am not repeating all of Mark's rules, but instead I give a briefer version. Particularly note that the scoring is somewhat different and that I use a different definition for countries. 1. The game as such For each question you are supposed give one single answer that is correct. (Typically, there is always more than one correct answer.) Your aim is to find an answer that is given by as few entrants as possible. For this particular quiz, there is a theme, meaning that all questions have at least one correct answer that adheres to the theme. If you give such an answer, there is a bonus for this answer, see further the scoring below. You are entitled to use all forms of sources to research the answer, but you are not permitted to discuss the questions in public, nor are you permitted to post your answers in public before the closing date of the quiz. When you have found a couple of possible answers, you are supposed to make a conscious choice among the choices. That is, you must not use any form of randomisation. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Scoring a) Your score for a correct answer that does not adhere to the theme is the number of entrants who gave that answer. b) Your score for a correct answer that adheres to the theme is 0.8 times the number of entrants who gave that answer. c) Your score for an incorrect answer is twice the highest score given for a for correct answer for a minimum of 7. Whether the answer adheres to the theme is irrelevant; the penalty is the same. d) If you don't answer a question at all, your score is 1½ the highest score given for a correct answer for a minimum of 5. As in Mark's quizzes a specific/generic rule a apply, meaning that if one answer can somehow be considered to be a subset of an another answer, the score for the subset answer will be the number of persons who gave that more specific answer (multiplied with 0.8 if the answers adheres to the theme), while the score for the entrants who gave the superset answer will be number of entrants who gave either the superset or the subset answer (again multiplied with 0.8 if the superset answer adheres to the theme). 2.1 Scoring example. Say that the question is "Name a major battle that took place in Europe after year 1000". The theme is the Swedish pop group ABBA. I have these entries, the number before the entry is the number of entrants who gave that answer: 9 Battle of Hastings 9 Battle of Waterloo 1 Napoleon's last battle 2 Battle of Kosovo 3 Battle of Kosovo in 1389 1 Battle of Kosovo in 1448 3 Battle of Fernando 1 Battle of Mandzikert 1 (no answer) The score is as follows Battle of Hastings -> 9 points, 9 persons gave that answer. Battle of Waterloo & Napoleon's last battle -> 8 points. "Waterloo" is an Abba tune, and the bonus applies. Since the question was "name a battle", I deem that the answer is equivalent with "Battle of Waterloo". Battle of Kosovo -> 6 points. There were two battles of Kosovo, but two entrants did not specify which. Therefore, their score is the total number of entries that mentioned any of the battles of Kosovo. Battle of Kosovo 1389 -> 3 points. Three persons gave this answer. The other Kosovo entries do not matter here. Battle of Kosovo 1448 -> 1 point. One person gave this answer. Battle of Fernando Battle of Mandzikert -> Both these gets 18 points, twice the highest score awarded for a correct answer. There was a battle at Mandzikert in 1071, but that site is in Asia. And while "Fernando" is an ABBA tune, I can't find any battle with this name. There is no bonus for incorrect answers adhering to the theme. (no answer) -> 13.5 points, 1½ times the highest score. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Judging of answers I will solely judge whether answer is correct or not. To be able to that I may mail you for information supporting your answer, for instance a reference. Rare Entries questions often lend themselves to bending, and you are welcome to try to bend the questions. However, be careful that you don't bend yourself out of shape. I reserve to rule an answer as incorrect if I find that strays too far from my original intention. By bending the question, I am assuming that are you making a gamble for a top score with the risk to lose it all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Entries Entries should be submitted by mail only to the address given on the top of the posting, and they should arrive no later than the time given. The preferred format is plain text. Please include the questions in the response, but delete the introduction and the rules after the introduction. If you give multiple answers, I will take the first answer and ignore the rest, no matter whether I judge the first answer correct or not. If you wish to include supporting information or comments, please separate these clearly from the answers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Specific terms of questions In his rules, Marks gives some general definitions of countries, words, movies etc. These rules may not apply exactly to my quiz(zes). For this particular quiz there are deviations to Mark's rules for "country" and "word". -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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