Monday, April 11, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 8 updates in 4 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 11 12:30AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
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 8, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - A League of Our Own
 
Your humble quizmasters this season are called the Bloor Street
Irregulars. This name is a play on the "Baker Street Irregulars"
from the Sherlock Holmes books. Here are 10 general knowledge
questions inspired by 10 of the team names from the league.
We hope your team name gets mentioned, but please don't feel bad
if it isn't.
 
1. *Frankly Scarlett.* In 2005, the American Film Institute listed
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" as the greatest American
movie quote of all time. The second- and third-greatest quotes,
according to their list, were spoken by the same actor in two
different movies, 18 years apart. Name that *actor*.
 
2. Please complete question #1 before decoding the rot13 for #2.
*Svir Thlf Anzrq Zbr.* Fcrnxvat bs "Gur Tbqsngure", Zbr Terrar
jnf bar thl anzrq Zbr jub jnf ybbfryl onfrq ba gur erny-yvsr
tnatfgre Zbr Qnyvgm, be cbffvoyl Zbr Frqjnl. Va "Gur Tbqsngure",
Zbr Terrar vf perqvgrq jvgu oevatvat gur vagrerfgf bs gur zbfg
cbjreshy pevzr betnavmngvbaf gb juvpu HF pvgl?
 
3. *Footloose and Firkin Free.* The incredible 1984 movie
"Footloose" tells the inspiring story of Ren McCormack, an
upbeat Chicago teen, who moves to the small town of Bomont, where
dancing and rock music have been banned by the local minister.
Which actor -- who also played the bad guy in "Cliffhanger" and
a season of "Dexter" -- played the role of Reverend Shaw Moore?
 
4. *Five Easy Pieces.* Jack Nicholson has been nominated for Best
Actor at the Oscars 8 times, and has won twice. This means
he has lost 6 times, including for the 1970 movie "Five Easy
Pieces". Name *any one of the other 5* movies for which Jack
Nicholson was nominated for Best Actor, but *did not win*.
 
5. *Unnatural Axxxe.* "Unnatural Acts" is synonymous with "Crimes
against Nature". The term dates back to the Buggery Act of 1533.
Who was the English monarch who gave royal assent to this law?
 
6. *MI5.* The term MI5 originated as shorthand for Britain's
Military Intelligence, Section 5. They deal with domestic
threats and counterintelligence. "MI5" is still used today as
a nickname, but today the agency is officially known by what
alliterative two-word name?
 
7. *Ad Hawks and Doves.* In monetary policy in economics, a hawk
emphasizes low inflation as the top priority. By contrast,
a dove believes that the top priority is low *what*?
 
8. *nicholheads.* In the US, which president's head will you
find on the nickel?
 
9. *Bill Psychs.* Bill Psychs is a play on Bill Sikes, a character
from Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist". Which actor played Bill
Sikes in the 1968 movie "Oliver!"?
 
10. *Night Owls.* And finally, what is the name of the owl gifted
to Harry Potter on his 11th birthday by Rubeus Hagrid?
 
 
* Game 8, Round 3 - Art - The Group of Seven
 
On 29 June 1995, Canada Post issued 10 stamps, each based on a
painting by one member of the group (the 7 original members and
3 more).
 
In each case, just give the word missing from the title, according
to the clue we provide.
 
1. "_____ Gold" by Franklin Carmichael. It's a month.
 
2. "A _____ Gale, Georgian Bay" by Arthur Lismer. It's a month.
 
3. "Falls, _____ River" by J.E.H. MacDonald. It's a Canadian city.
 
4. "North of Lake _____" by Lawren Harris. It's one of the
Great Lakes.
 
5. "_____ Houses" by A.J. Casson. This one is also the surname
of an English philosopher who developed the hierarchy of
pleasures in Utilitarianism.
 
6. "Open _____" by Frederick Varley. It's part of a building.
 
7. "_____, Lake of the Woods" by Frank Johnston. Frank Costanza
wants this now. It's 8 letters long.
 
8. "_____, Les Éboulements" by A.Y. Jackson. The word is in
English, 7 letters long, and it's a time of the day.
 
9. "Pembina _____" by LeMoine FitzGerald. It's a geographic
feature. 6 letters.
 
10. "The _____" by Edwin Holgate. Monty Python fans probably like
this one the best. It's 10 letters.
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "When you say 'non-trivial', can you
msb@vex.net quantify that for me?" --Kate Hamilton
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 11 02:37AM -0500

In article <upKdnaOZ8cLkq5bKnZ2dnUU7-YHNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> movie quote of all time. The second- and third-greatest quotes,
> according to their list, were spoken by the same actor in two
> different movies, 18 years apart. Name that *actor*.
Clark Gable
 
> gangster Moe Dalitz, or possibly Moe Sedway. In "The Godfather",
> Moe Greene is credited with bringing the interests of the most
> powerful crime organizations to which US city?
Las Vegas Nevada
 
> dancing and rock music have been banned by the local minister.
> Which actor -- who also played the bad guy in "Cliffhanger" and
> a season of "Dexter" -- played the role of Reverend Shaw Moore?
John Lithgow
 
> he has lost 6 times, including for the 1970 movie "Five Easy
> Pieces". Name *any one of the other 5* movies for which Jack
> Nicholson was nominated for Best Actor, but *did not win*.
Easy Rider
 
> 5. *Unnatural Axxxe.* "Unnatural Acts" is synonymous with "Crimes
> against Nature". The term dates back to the Buggery Act of 1533.
> Who was the English monarch who gave royal assent to this law?
Henry VIII
 
 
> 7. *Ad Hawks and Doves.* In monetary policy in economics, a hawk
> emphasizes low inflation as the top priority. By contrast,
> a dove believes that the top priority is low *what*?
interest rate
 
> 8. *nicholheads.* In the US, which president's head will you
> find on the nickel?
Jefferson
 
 
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 11 02:11AM -0700

On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 3:30:33 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> movie quote of all time. The second- and third-greatest quotes,
> according to their list, were spoken by the same actor in two
> different movies, 18 years apart. Name that *actor*.
 
Humphrey Bogart
 
> tnatfgre Zbr Qnyvgm, be cbffvoyl Zbr Frqjnl. Va "Gur Tbqsngure",
> Zbr Terrar vf perqvgrq jvgu oevatvat gur vagrerfgf bs gur zbfg
> cbjreshy pevzr betnavmngvbaf gb juvpu HF pvgl?
 
Las Vegas
 
> dancing and rock music have been banned by the local minister.
> Which actor -- who also played the bad guy in "Cliffhanger" and
> a season of "Dexter" -- played the role of Reverend Shaw Moore?
 
Lithgow
 
> he has lost 6 times, including for the 1970 movie "Five Easy
> Pieces". Name *any one of the other 5* movies for which Jack
> Nicholson was nominated for Best Actor, but *did not win*.
 
Easy Rider, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
 
> 5. *Unnatural Axxxe.* "Unnatural Acts" is synonymous with "Crimes
> against Nature". The term dates back to the Buggery Act of 1533.
> Who was the English monarch who gave royal assent to this law?
 
Henry VIII
 
> threats and counterintelligence. "MI5" is still used today as
> a nickname, but today the agency is officially known by what
> alliterative two-word name?
 
Secret Service
 
> 7. *Ad Hawks and Doves.* In monetary policy in economics, a hawk
> emphasizes low inflation as the top priority. By contrast,
> a dove believes that the top priority is low *what*?
 
Unemployment
 
> 8. *nicholheads.* In the US, which president's head will you
> find on the nickel?
 
Jefferson, Adams
 
 
> 10. *Night Owls.* And finally, what is the name of the owl gifted
> to Harry Potter on his 11th birthday by Rubeus Hagrid?
 
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Art - The Group of Seven
 
Pass
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 11 12:25AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
Game 007 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has won by a sizable margin.
Hearty congratulations!
 
 
> the actress pictured. For Questions #1-5, please see:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-9/007/1.jpg
 
> 1. Honey Rider.
 
Ursula Andress (in "Dr. No"). 4 for Bruce, Pete, Peter, Stephen,
Joshua, Jason, Marc, and Calvin.
 
> 2. Miranda Frost, in "Die Another Day".
 
Rosamund Pike. 4 for Stephen and Calvin.
 
> 3. Tracy di Vicenzo-Bond.
 
Diana Rigg (in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"). 4 for Bruce,
Pete, Stephen, Marc, and Calvin.
 
> 4. Dr. Christmas Jones.
 
Denise Richards (in "The World Is Not Enough"). 4 for Stephen,
Joshua, Jason, and Calvin.
 
> 5. Chinese secret agent Wai Lin.
 
Michelle Yeoh (in "Tomorrow Never Dies"). 4 for Stephen, Joshua,
and Marc.
 
> For #6-10, see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-9/007/2.jpg
 
> 6. Assassin May Day.
 
Grace Jones (in "A View to a Kill"). 4 for Bruce, Stephen, Joshua,
Jason, Marc, Calvin, and Dan.
 
I am never bothered when people make wild guesses -- there's always
the chance they'll be right -- but I did get a laugh when one person
tried "Grace Kelly" here, as there is a certain lack of resemblance:
http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2014/news/141013/grace-kelly-768.jpg
 
> 7. Domino Petachi, in "Never Say Never Again".
 
Kim Basinger. 4 for Pete, Joshua, Jason, and Stephen.
 
> 8. Vesper Lynd, in "Casino Royale".
 
Eva Green. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
 
> For questions #9-10, we name the actress and you name the
> *character* pictured. First and last name required for full points.
 
> 9. Famke Janssen in "GoldenEye".
 
Xenia Onatopp. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. 3 for Björn and Calvin.
 
> 10. Honor Blackman in "Goldfinger".
 
Pussy Galore. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Jason,
Marc, and Calvin. 3 for Björn.
 
 
 
> A1. What is the last name of the Jamaican dance-hall reggae
> toaster Sean, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2003 with
> his song "Get Busy"?
 
Paul. 4 for Peter, Stephen, Joshua, and Jason.
 
> American Tolkien", George R.R. Martin: Sean Bean was in
> the "Lord of the Rings" movie series and in the TV series
> "Game of Thrones". Name his character in either series.
 
Boromir, Eddard "Ned" Stark. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Peter (the hard way),
Stephen, Marc, and Björn.
 
Sean Bean was also, of course, the villain in the Bond movie
"GoldenEye".
 
> B. George (Geography)
 
> B1. St. George's is the capital of which country that was on
> the front page of the New York Times in late October 1983?
 
Grenada. 4 for Erland, Bruce, Pete, Stephen, Joshua, Marc, and Dan.
 
> site that is the location of the third successful English
> settlement in the Americas (after St. John's and Jamestown).
> Which island -- a British Overseas Territory -- is it on?
 
Bermuda. 4 for Bruce, Peter, and Stephen.
 
 
> C1. What is the last name of Roger, a man who was born in
> 1959 and who the "Wall Street Journal" described in 2011 as
> "the most powerful man in sports"?
 
Goodell. (NFL commissioner.) 4 for Bruce, Pete, Stephen, Joshua,
and Marc.
 
> the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees, the Toronto Blue
> Jays, and which other team? (Either the city or the team
> name is acceptable unless it would be ambiguous.)
 
Houston Astros. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Stephen, and Marc. 2 for Joshua.
 
 
> D1. Tiny Tim is a character in Charles Dickens's 1843 classic
> "A Christmas Carol". What was Tim's *father's* name?
> First and last name required.
 
Bob (Robert) Cratchit. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Peter, Stephen, Joshua,
and Jason.
 
> D2. Timmy was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton's "Famous
> Five" series. Name any one of the four human members of
> the Famous Five.
 
Anna, Dick, George (Georgina), Julian. 4 for Erland, Peter,
and Stephen.
 
 
> E1. The 14th president of the United States, President Pierce,
> had the same first name as the 32nd president. Name the
> 32nd president.
 
Franklin Roosevelt. First name required. I accepted his initials
but won't do it again. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Peter, Stephen, Joshua,
Jason, Marc, Calvin, and Dan.
 
> E2. Which first lady of the United States, born in 1925, had
> the maiden name Pierce?
 
Barbara Bush. First name required. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Peter,
Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Marc, and Dan.
 
> and physicist born in 1700 who is remembered for his work in
> fluid mechanics, the conservation of energy, and probability
> and statistics?
 
Bernoulli. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Marc, and Dan.
 
> F2. What is the last name of Daniel, the German physicist
> and engineer born in 1686 who developed the mercury-in-glass
> thermometer?
 
Fahrenheit. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Marc, and Dan.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 007 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 007 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo Mis Geo His Sci Lit Ent Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 36 32 40 36 39 0 40 48 239
Joshua Kreitzer 29 24 30 23 32 40 32 34 197
Peter Smyth 40 28 -- -- 36 12 8 36 160
Marc Dashevsky 8 20 22 24 36 20 20 32 154
Dan Blum 12 31 26 24 32 24 -- -- 149
Pete Gayde 32 22 31 20 12 14 16 28 149
Bruce Bowler 4 8 16 20 39 8 16 40 139
"Calvin" 26 26 22 19 -- -- 31 4 128
Dan Tilque 12 12 32 16 36 12 4 20 128
Erland Sommarskog 32 4 24 8 20 3 0 8 96
Björn Lundin 4 8 28 8 15 4 6 4 69
Jason Kreitzer 4 8 8 7 4 4 20 16 63
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Perhaps I should have done the posting and sleeping
msb@vex.net | in the other order." --Peter Duncanson
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Apr 11 10:57AM +0200

On 2016-04-11 07:25, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> the chance they'll be right -- but I did get a laugh when one person
> tried "Grace Kelly" here, as there is a certain lack of resemblance:
> http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2014/news/141013/grace-kelly-768.jpg
 
I'm happy to amuse :-)
To my defense, I did THINK of Grace Jones, when I wrote Grace Kelly.
Even I know that the resemblance is not very high.
 
 
--
Björn
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 10 08:26PM -0700

On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 4:08:50 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> > 9 'Brent' and 'West Texas Intermediate' are the two major benchmarks for which commodity?
 
> [Crude] Oil *or Petroleum*
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 433
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 76 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 76 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 76 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 76 Chris Johnson
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 69 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 71 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 63 Aren Ess
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 63 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 55 Gareth Owen
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 29 Erland S
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 8 10 9 5 0 9 7 10 8 76 69%
 
 
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 10 09:51PM -0700

Calvin wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 4:08:50 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
>>> 9 'Brent' and 'West Texas Intermediate' are the two major benchmarks for which commodity?
>> [Crude] Oil *or Petroleum*
 
Thank you.
 
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 10 07:26PM +0200

Contest closes on Friday 15th, 12:00 Swedish time!
 
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.
 
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 or be
on the shores of the lake. (Since it can be difficult to deduce whether
the limits is on border exactly, I will permit for a leeway fitting
a path or a road, but generally not any buildings.) "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.
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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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