Sunday, April 17, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 10 updates in 3 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 17 12:11AM -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 7 - Entertainment - Male Entertainer or Mom's Female Friend?
 
Some men have names that sound like they are female names. And some
men are famous. Here are 10 questions about famous men from the
world of entertainment who have names that could be female names.
They sound like they could be my mother's female friends.
 
Note: *First and last name* required in all cases.
 
1. This American actor was born in 1959 and starred as Batman in
"Batman Forever", as Jim Morrison in "The Doors", and as Doc
Holliday in "Tombstone".
 
2. This actor born in 1954 has starred in movies such as "Rush
Hour", "Shanghai Knights", and "Around the World in 80 Days".
 
3. This singer was born Brian Warner in 1969 and found commercial
success in 1996 with the album "Antichrist Superstar" and the
single "The Beautiful People".
 
4. This singer was born Vincent Furnier in 1948 and released his
first solo album "Welcome to My Nightmare" in 1975.
 
5. This Englishman who lived 1906-76 directed movies such as
"The Third Man" and "Oliver!"
 
6. This actor-director was born in 1956 and has directed movies
such as "The Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto".
 
7. This Canadian-American actor lived 1926-2010 and starred in
movies such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Airplane!"
 
8. This American musician played guitar in Fleetwood Mac, and
wrote and performed "Holiday Road", the theme song to the movie
"National Lampoon's Vacation".
 
9. This American actor and comedian has done impressions of
George Bush Sr. on "Saturday Night Live", and starred as Garth in
"Wayne's World".
 
10. This American actor and comedian was also a cast member on
"Saturday Night Live" before he moved to "30 Rock", and last year
was involved in a fatal motor vehicle incident. Fortunately,
he survived.
 
 
* Game 8, Round 8 - Science - Replacing Letters of Elements
 
If you replace letters in the names of elements, you can make
new words. For example, if I said "Element #2, change the last 3
letters to L, make a place of torment in the afterlife" -- that
would be HELIUM and HELL.
 
In each case, name *either* the element *or* the other word
so formed.
 
1. Element #92, change the last 3 letters to US, make the name of
a planet.
 
2. Element #22, change the last 2 letters to C, make the name of
the 1997 movie that won the Best Picture Oscar.
 
3. Element #8, remove the last 4 letters, make the name of an
animal.
 
4. Element #88, change the last 3 letters to ON, make element
number #86.
 
5. Squeezed in between those is element #87. Change the last 3
letters to E, make the name of a country.
 
6. Element #5, change the last 2 letters to AT, make the name of
a fictional journalist.
 
7. Element #67, change the last 3 letters to ES, make the last
name of a fictional character whose name has been mentioned in
this game already. (Hope you were listening.)
 
8. Element #18, change the last letter to S, make the nickname of
one of Toronto's professional sports teams.
 
9. Element #33, change the last 2 letters to AL, make the name of
a Premier League soccer team.
 
10. Element #79, change the last letter to F, make the name of a
sport played by approximately 5,000,000 Canadians last year.
 
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"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Apr 17 08:27AM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 1. This American actor was born in 1959 and starred as Batman in
> "Batman Forever", as Jim Morrison in "The Doors", and as Doc
> Holliday in "Tombstone".
Val Kilmer
 
> 3. This singer was born Brian Warner in 1969 and found commercial
> success in 1996 with the album "Antichrist Superstar" and the
> single "The Beautiful People".
Marilyn Manson
> 4. This singer was born Vincent Furnier in 1948 and released his
> first solo album "Welcome to My Nightmare" in 1975.
Alice Cooper
> "The Third Man" and "Oliver!"
 
> 6. This actor-director was born in 1956 and has directed movies
> such as "The Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto".
Mel Gibson
> 7. This Canadian-American actor lived 1926-2010 and starred in
> movies such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Airplane!"
Leslie Nielsen
> 8. This American musician played guitar in Fleetwood Mac, and
> wrote and performed "Holiday Road", the theme song to the movie
> "National Lampoon's Vacation".
Lindsey Buckingham
> 9. This American actor and comedian has done impressions of
> George Bush Sr. on "Saturday Night Live", and starred as Garth in
> "Wayne's World".
Dana Garvey
> so formed.
 
> 1. Element #92, change the last 3 letters to US, make the name of
> a planet.
Uranium
> 2. Element #22, change the last 2 letters to C, make the name of
> the 1997 movie that won the Best Picture Oscar.
Titanium
> 3. Element #8, remove the last 4 letters, make the name of an
> animal.
Oxygen
> 4. Element #88, change the last 3 letters to ON, make element
> number #86.
Radium
> 5. Squeezed in between those is element #87. Change the last 3
> letters to E, make the name of a country.
Francium
> 6. Element #5, change the last 2 letters to AT, make the name of
> a fictional journalist.
Boron
> this game already. (Hope you were listening.)
 
> 8. Element #18, change the last letter to S, make the nickname of
> one of Toronto's professional sports teams.
Argon
> 9. Element #33, change the last 2 letters to AL, make the name of
> a Premier League soccer team.
Arsenic
> 10. Element #79, change the last letter to F, make the name of a
> sport played by approximately 5,000,000 Canadians last year.
Gold
 
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 17 01:51AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> single "The Beautiful People".
 
> 4. This singer was born Vincent Furnier in 1948 and released his
> first solo album "Welcome to My Nightmare" in 1975.
 
Alice Cooper
 
> such as "The Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto".
 
> 7. This Canadian-American actor lived 1926-2010 and starred in
> movies such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Airplane!"
 
Leslie Nielsen
 
 
> 9. This American actor and comedian has done impressions of
> George Bush Sr. on "Saturday Night Live", and starred as Garth in
> "Wayne's World".
 
Dana Carvey
 
> so formed.
 
> 1. Element #92, change the last 3 letters to US, make the name of
> a planet.
 
uranium
 
 
> 2. Element #22, change the last 2 letters to C, make the name of
> the 1997 movie that won the Best Picture Oscar.
 
titanium
 
 
> 3. Element #8, remove the last 4 letters, make the name of an
> animal.
 
oxygen
 
 
> 4. Element #88, change the last 3 letters to ON, make element
> number #86.
 
radium
 
 
> 5. Squeezed in between those is element #87. Change the last 3
> letters to E, make the name of a country.
 
francium
 
 
> 6. Element #5, change the last 2 letters to AT, make the name of
> a fictional journalist.
 
boron
 
> this game already. (Hope you were listening.)
 
> 8. Element #18, change the last letter to S, make the nickname of
> one of Toronto's professional sports teams.
 
argon
 
 
> 9. Element #33, change the last 2 letters to AL, make the name of
> a Premier League soccer team.
 
arsenic
 
 
> 10. Element #79, change the last letter to F, make the name of a
> sport played by approximately 5,000,000 Canadians last year.
 
gold
 
--
Dan Tilque
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 17 04:02AM -0500

In article <mJOdnVUAbpmYho7KnZ2dnUU7-T3NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> 1. This American actor was born in 1959 and starred as Batman in
> "Batman Forever", as Jim Morrison in "The Doors", and as Doc
> Holliday in "Tombstone".
Val Kilmer
 
> 2. This actor born in 1954 has starred in movies such as "Rush
> Hour", "Shanghai Knights", and "Around the World in 80 Days".
Jackie Chan
 
> single "The Beautiful People".
 
> 4. This singer was born Vincent Furnier in 1948 and released his
> first solo album "Welcome to My Nightmare" in 1975.
Alice Cooper
 
> "The Third Man" and "Oliver!"
 
> 6. This actor-director was born in 1956 and has directed movies
> such as "The Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto".
Mel Gibson
 
> 7. This Canadian-American actor lived 1926-2010 and starred in
> movies such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Airplane!"
Leslie Nielsen
 
> 8. This American musician played guitar in Fleetwood Mac, and
> wrote and performed "Holiday Road", the theme song to the movie
> "National Lampoon's Vacation".
Lindsey Buckingham
 
> 9. This American actor and comedian has done impressions of
> George Bush Sr. on "Saturday Night Live", and starred as Garth in
> "Wayne's World".
Dana Carvey
 
> so formed.
 
> 1. Element #92, change the last 3 letters to US, make the name of
> a planet.
uranium
 
> 2. Element #22, change the last 2 letters to C, make the name of
> the 1997 movie that won the Best Picture Oscar.
titanium
 
> 3. Element #8, remove the last 4 letters, make the name of an
> animal.
oxygen
 
> 4. Element #88, change the last 3 letters to ON, make element
> number #86.
radium
 
> 5. Squeezed in between those is element #87. Change the last 3
> letters to E, make the name of a country.
francium
 
> 6. Element #5, change the last 2 letters to AT, make the name of
> a fictional journalist.
boron
 
> this game already. (Hope you were listening.)
 
> 8. Element #18, change the last letter to S, make the nickname of
> one of Toronto's professional sports teams.
argon
 
> a Premier League soccer team.
 
> 10. Element #79, change the last letter to F, make the name of a
> sport played by approximately 5,000,000 Canadians last year.
gold
 
 
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 17 11:13AM +0200

> Friend?
 
> 4. This singer was born Vincent Furnier in 1948 and released his
> first solo album "Welcome to My Nightmare" in 1975.
 
Alice Cooper

> 5. This Englishman who lived 1906-76 directed movies such as
> "The Third Man" and "Oliver!"
 
Orson Wells

> * Game 8, Round 8 - Science - Replacing Letters of Elements
 
> 1. Element #92, change the last 3 letters to US, make the name of
> a planet.
 
Uranium

> 2. Element #22, change the last 2 letters to C, make the name of
> the 1997 movie that won the Best Picture Oscar.
 
Titanium

> 3. Element #8, remove the last 4 letters, make the name of an
> animal.
 
Oxygen

> 4. Element #88, change the last 3 letters to ON, make element
> number #86.
 
Radium

> 5. Squeezed in between those is element #87. Change the last 3
> letters to E, make the name of a country.
 
Francium

> 6. Element #5, change the last 2 letters to AT, make the name of
> a fictional journalist.
 
Boron

> 7. Element #67, change the last 3 letters to ES, make the last
> name of a fictional character whose name has been mentioned in
> this game already. (Hope you were listening.)
 
No, I wasn't listening, and I don't really know all those lantanoids
exactly. Erbium?

> 8. Element #18, change the last letter to S, make the nickname of
> one of Toronto's professional sports teams.
 
Argon

> 9. Element #33, change the last 2 letters to AL, make the name of
> a Premier League soccer team.
 
Aresnic

> 10. Element #79, change the last letter to F, make the name of a
> sport played by approximately 5,000,000 Canadians last year.

Gold
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Apr 16 01:36PM -0700

On Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 1:39:13 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
noted
 
> or recent answers, and you will name the questions.
 
> 1. Which woman has won the most Wimbledon singles championships
> in the open era? In 1981 it was Billie Jean King.
 
martina navratilova
 
> 2. Who has the most walks in the history of Major League Baseball?
> In 1981 it was Babe Ruth.
 
barry bonds
 
> All-Star Game, and the answer was Vida Blue. Three other
> pitchers have now started for both the AL and NL in the
> All-Star Game. Name *any one* of them.
 
roger clemens
 
> 4. Which non-quarterback has the most touchdowns in the NFL in
> a single season? In 1981 it was O.J. Simpson, with 23 in 1975.
> Who had 31 touchdowns (including 28 rushing) in 2006?
 
tomlinson
 
> 5. Who is the youngest golfer to win the Masters tournament in
> the US? In 1981 it was Seve Ballesteros.
 
tiger woods
 
> 6. Who is the NHL's all-time leading point scorer? In 1981 it
> was Gordie Howe.
 
wayne gretzky
 
> in the US? In 1981 it was horse racing. For the new answer,
> in 2013 there were 2,345 different events with a total attendance
> of over 70,000,000.
 
baseball
 
> Vegas casinos? In 1981 it was craps. According to a 2008
> Atlantic Monthly article, the new answer makes up about 70%
> of the average Las Vegas casino's gambling income.
 
poker
 
> 9. In 1981 the answer was Ingemar Johansson. When this game was
> played on the date indicated above, it was Wladimir Klitschko.
> Since then it's changed again. What was the question?
 
who was the last white guy to be the heavyweight boxing champion?
 
> 10. In 1981, the answer given by Trivial Pursuit was Jersey Joe
> Walcott. This is no longer correct. The correct answer now
> is George Foreman. What question was Trivial Pursuit asking?
 
who is the oldest person to become heavyweight boxing champion?
 
 
 
> 1. Original: "Taurus" (1968), by a band called Spirit. Accused:
> a British band. They released the song in 1971, but the
> copyright suit was not filed until 2014.
 
stairway to heaven by led zeppelin
 
> 2. Original: "Take a Dive" (1999), by someone called Bryan Pringle.
> Accused: an American band, in 2009.
 
i got a feeling by the black-eyed peas
 
> 3. Original: "If I Could Fly", Joe Satriani. Accused: a British
> band, in 2009. The defendant won.
 
viva la vida by coldplay
 
> 4. Original: "He's So Fine", the Chiffons. Accused: a British
> singer in 1970. The plaintiff won in US federal court.
 
my sweet lord by george harrison
 
> 5. Original: "All Day and All of the Night" (1964), the Kinks.
> Accused: an American band in 1968. The plaintiff won.
 
hello I love you by the doors
 
> 6. Original: "Run through the Jungle", Creedence Clearwater Revival.
> Accused: an American man, in 1985. This was one of the most
> famous and controversial copyright claims of all time.
 
john fogerty (he was on both sides of the case)
 
> debut single by a British band. (Hint: it's not the Hollies.)
> Hammond and Hazlewood received writing credits for the later
> song.
 
radiohead
 
> band called the Rubinoos. Accused: A Canadian female artist,
> in 2007. The case was settled. In this case you must name
> the Canadian *singer*.
 
avril lavigne
 
> 9. Original: "Eighties" by Killing Joke, 1984. Accused: an
> American band, in 1992.
 
come as you are by nirvana
 
> 10. Original: "I Want A New Drug", Huey Lewis and the News.
> Accused: the theme of a 1984 movie. In this case you must
> name either the *movie* or the writer/performer.
 
ghostbusters
 
 
 
> 1. According to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund,
> which founding member of the European Economic Community has
> the highest GDP per capita of any country in the world?
 
luxembourg
 
> 2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> There are only two countries in the world with an X in their
> name. Luxembourg is one; what is the other?
 
mexico
 
> 3. The world's third-largest island is Borneo. There are three
> countries located partly or wholly on Borneo. One is Indonesia;
> a second is Malaysia; what is the third?
 
brunei
 
> Kazakhstan have the second-longest. Of the two countries that
> share the third-longest border, one starts and ends with A
> while the other has no A in its name. Name the latter.
 
chile
 
> 5. In which country that unified in 1990 will you find the
> coffee-exporting port of Mocha ("MOH-ka"), after which the
> drink mocha is named?
 
yemen
 
> 6. In which country will you find the only remaining one of the
> Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
 
egypt
 
> 7. Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are the three main geographical
> divisions of which archipelago nation?
 
philippines
 
> Double-landlocked means that it is entirely surrounded by
> landlocked countries. Uzbekistan is one of the two. What is
> the other? Hint: it's in Europe.
 
liechtenstein
 
> Russia has the longest coastline and Norway the second-longest.
> Which country comes third in Europe, with over 1,000 km more
> coastline than #4, the UK?
 
sweden
 
> 10. Viti Levu and Vanua Levu are the two most important and populous
> islands of which Pacific island nation?
 
fiji
 
 
 
swp
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 16 05:22PM -0500

Stephen Perry:
> noted
 
That's what they all say. Oh, wait, that's what you always say.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Unjutsly malinged? I think not."
msb@vex.net -- Ross Howard
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 17 12:09AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> or recent answers, and you will name the questions.
 
 
> 1. Which woman has won the most Wimbledon singles championships
> in the open era? In 1981 it was Billie Jean King.
 
Martina Navratilova. 4 for Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Peter, Erland,
and Stephen.
 
The open era was only 15 years old in 1981 and four women have
surpassed King's record:
 
Navratilova, 9 (1978-79, 1982-87, 1990).
Steffi Graf, 7 (1988-89, 1991-93, 1995-96).
Serena Williams, 6 (2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015).
Venus Williams, 5 (2000-01, 2005, 2007-08).
Billie Jean King, 4 in the open era (1968, 1972-73, 1975).
 
> 2. Who has the most walks in the history of Major League Baseball?
> In 1981 it was Babe Ruth.
 
Barry Bonds. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete, Peter, and Stephen.
 
Bonds, 2,558; Rickey Henderson, 2,190; Ruth, 2,062.
 
> All-Star Game, and the answer was Vida Blue. Three other
> pitchers have now started for both the AL and NL in the
> All-Star Game. Name *any one* of them.
 
Roger Clemens, Roy Halladay, Randy Johnson. 4 for Marc, Peter,
and Stephen.
 
Blue: AL, 1971 and 1975; NL, 1978.
Johnson: AL, 1995 and 1997; NL, 2000, 2001.
Clemens: AL, 1986 and 2001; NL, 2004.
Halladay: AL, 2009; NL, 2011.
 
> 4. Which non-quarterback has the most touchdowns in the NFL in
> a single season? In 1981 it was O.J. Simpson, with 23 in 1975.
> Who had 31 touchdowns (including 28 rushing) in 2006?
 
Ladainian Tomlinson ("L.T." was sufficient). 4 for Stephen.
 
> 5. Who is the youngest golfer to win the Masters tournament in
> the US? In 1981 it was Seve Ballesteros.
 
Tiger Woods. Sorry, no points for "Tiger Jones". 4 for Marc, Dan,
Joshua, Pete, Björn, and Stephen.
 
Woods (1997): 21 years, 104 days.
Jordan Spieth (2015): 21 years, 289 days.
Ballesteros (1980): 23 years, 4 days.
 
> 6. Who is the NHL's all-time leading point scorer? In 1981 it
> was Gordie Howe.
 
Wayne Gretzky, duh. 4 for Marc, Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Pete, Peter,
Erland, Jason, and Stephen. 3 for Björn.
 
Gretzky (1979-99): 894 goals + 1,963 assists = 2,857 points.
Mark Messier (1979-2004): 694 goals + 1,193 assists = 1,887 points.
Jaromir Jagr (1990-): 749 goals + 1,119 assists = 1,868 points.
Howe (1946-71, 1979-80): 801 goals + 1,049 assists = 1,850 points.
 
Three of the four players also played in the WHA, but Howe did so
for longer than Gretzky or Messier. If the WHA as well as the NHL
has been included in the question, Gretzky would still have the most
points, but Howe would have more goals:
 
Gretzky 940 goals + 2,027 assists = 2,967 points.
Howe 975 goals + 1,383 assists = 2,358 points.
Messier 695 goals + 1,203 assists = 1,898 points.
Jagr 749 goals + 1,119 assists = 1,868 points.
 
> in the US? In 1981 it was horse racing. For the new answer,
> in 2013 there were 2,345 different events with a total attendance
> of over 70,000,000.
 
Baseball. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Peter, and Stephen. 3 for Calvin.
 
The statistics in the question apparently refer to Major League
Baseball alone, even though there is professional baseball in a
number of other leagues, raising the title attendance and number of
games still higher. Sorry, I did not notice the discrepancy until
some entrants gave MLB as their answer rather than naming the sport.
I accepted either answer, of course.
 
> Vegas casinos? In 1981 it was craps. According to a 2008
> Atlantic Monthly article, the new answer makes up about 70%
> of the average Las Vegas casino's gambling income.
 
Slot machines. 4 for Joshua and Peter. 3 for Calvin.
 
> 9. In 1981 the answer was Ingemar Johansson. When this game was
> played on the date indicated above, it was Wladimir Klitschko.
> Since then it's changed again. What was the question?
 
Who is the most recent *white*, or most recent *European*, or most
recent *non-US*, world heavyweight boxing champion? 4 for Marc,
Calvin, Erland, Björn, and Stephen.
 
The original Trivial Pursuit question asked for a white person.
I accepted all three alternatives shown and also did not require
"world" in the answer (even though this created some ambiguities,
as "European champion" could mean a champion of Europe alone).
I did require "heavyweight".
 
Johansson was Swedish. Following his 1959-60 reign as champion,
the next *14* champions were all black Americans: Floyd Patterson,
Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Leon Spinks,
Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Mike Tyson, James Douglas, Evander
Holyfield, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, and Shannon Briggs. Next was
Lennox Lewis, a black Englishman, then Hasim Rahman, another black
American. Lewis retook the championship, then Wladimir Klitschko,
a white Ukrainian, took the title in 2009 and held it until 2015.
In late 2015 the answer again as Tyson Fury, a white Englishman,
became the new champion.
 
These details are according to:
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/World_Heavyweight_Champion
 
> 10. In 1981, the answer given by Trivial Pursuit was Jersey Joe
> Walcott. This is no longer correct. The correct answer now
> is George Foreman. What question was Trivial Pursuit asking?
 
Who was the *oldest* person to win the world heavyweight boxing
championship? 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Peter, and Stephen.
 
Foreman (1994): 48 years, 106 days.
Walcott (1951): 37 years, 168 days.
 
 
 
> 1. Original: "Taurus" (1968), by a band called Spirit. Accused:
> a British band. They released the song in 1971, but the
> copyright suit was not filed until 2014.
 
"Stairway to Heaven", Led Zeppelin. 4 for Marc, Dan, Joshua (the
hard way), Peter, Jason (the hard way), and Stephen (the hard way).
 
> 2. Original: "Take a Dive" (1999), by someone called Bryan Pringle.
> Accused: an American band, in 2009.
 
"I Gotta Feeling", Black Eyed Peas. 4 for Stephen (the hard way).
 
> 3. Original: "If I Could Fly", Joe Satriani. Accused: a British
> band, in 2009. The defendant won.
 
"Viva La Vida", Coldplay. 4 for Stephen (the hard way).
 
> 4. Original: "He's So Fine", the Chiffons. Accused: a British
> singer in 1970. The plaintiff won in US federal court.
 
"My Sweet Lord", George Harrison. 4 for Marc, Dan, Joshua (the hard
way), Pete, Jason, and Stephen (the hard way).
 
> 5. Original: "All Day and All of the Night" (1964), the Kinks.
> Accused: an American band in 1968. The plaintiff won.
 
"Hello, I Love You", the Doors. 4 for Marc, Joshua (the hard way),
Jason, and Stephen (the hard way).
 
> 6. Original: "Run through the Jungle", Creedence Clearwater Revival.
> Accused: an American man, in 1985. This was one of the most
> famous and controversial copyright claims of all time.
 
"The Old Man Down the Road", John Fogerty. 4 for Marc, Calvin
(the hard way), Joshua (the hard way), and Stephen. 3 for Jason.
 
> debut single by a British band. (Hint: it's not the Hollies.)
> Hammond and Hazlewood received writing credits for the later
> song.
 
"Creep", Radiohead. 4 for Stephen.
 
> band called the Rubinoos. Accused: A Canadian female artist,
> in 2007. The case was settled. In this case you must name
> the Canadian *singer*.
 
Avril Lavigne. ("Girlfriend".) 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Stephen.
2 for Calvin.
 
> 9. Original: "Eighties" by Killing Joke, 1984. Accused: an
> American band, in 1992.
 
"Come as You are", Nirvana. 4 for Stephen (the hard way).
 
> 10. Original: "I Want A New Drug", Huey Lewis and the News.
> Accused: the theme of a 1984 movie. In this case you must
> name either the *movie* or the writer/performer.
 
"Ghostbusters", Ray Parker Jr. 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Pete,
Jason, and Stephen.
 
 
 
> 1. According to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund,
> which founding member of the European Economic Community has
> the highest GDP per capita of any country in the world?
 
Luxembourg. 4 for Marc, Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Peter, Erland, Björn,
and Stephen.
 
> 2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> Gurer ner bayl gjb pbhagevrf va gur jbeyq jvgu na K va gurve
> anzr. Yhkrzobhet vf bar; jung vf gur bgure?
 
Mexico. 4 for Marc, Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Pete, Erland, Jason,
and Stephen.
 
> 3. The world's third-largest island is Borneo. There are three
> countries located partly or wholly on Borneo. One is Indonesia;
> a second is Malaysia; what is the third?
 
Brunei. 4 for everyone -- Marc, Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Pete, Peter,
Erland, Jason, Björn, and Stephen.
 
> Kazakhstan have the second-longest. Of the two countries that
> share the third-longest border, one starts and ends with A
> while the other has no A in its name. Name the latter.
 
Chile. (With Argentina.) 4 for Marc, Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Peter,
Erland, Björn, and Stephen.
 
> 5. In which country that unified in 1990 will you find the
> coffee-exporting port of Mocha ("MOH-ka"), after which the
> drink mocha is named?
 
Yemen. 4 for Marc, Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Pete, Peter, Erland,
and Stephen.
 
> 6. In which country will you find the only remaining one of the
> Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
 
Egypt. (The Great Pyramid at Giza.) 4 for Marc, Dan, Calvin,
Joshua, Pete, Peter, Erland, Björn, and Stephen.
 
> 7. Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are the three main geographical
> divisions of which archipelago nation?
 
Philippines. 4 for Marc, Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Pete, Erland, Björn,
and Stephen.
 
> Double-landlocked means that it is entirely surrounded by
> landlocked countries. Uzbekistan is one of the two. What is
> the other? Hint: it's in Europe.
 
Liechtenstein. 4 for Marc, Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Pete, Peter, Erland,
Björn, and Stephen.
 
> Russia has the longest coastline and Norway the second-longest.
> Which country comes third in Europe, with over 1,000 km more
> coastline than #4, the UK?
 
Greece. 4 for Marc, Dan, Joshua, and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
 
Some entrants guessed Sweden. It's long, but its coast is relatively
straight -- very different from Norway -- without a lot of islands.
If I haven't missed any countries when filtering the list down to
European ones by hand, the CIA's top 13 are:
 
1. Russia 37,653 km
2. Norway 25,148 km
3. Greece 13,676 km
4. UK 12,429 km
5. Italy 7,600 km
6. Denmark 7,314 km
7. Turkey 7,200 km
8. Croatia 5,835 km
9. Iceland 4,970 km
10. Spain 4,964 km
11. France 4,853 km
12. Estonia 3,794 km
13. Sweden 3,218 km
 
Obviously, they are not counting Greenland as part of Denmark, as
some sources would; that would make Denmark #1. And for Russia,
Turkey, and France the whole coastline is being counted, not just
the European part.
 
> 10. Viti Levu and Vanua Levu are the two most important and populous
> islands of which Pacific island nation?
 
Fiji. 4 for Marc, Dan, Calvin, Joshua, Peter, Erland, and Stephen.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 BEST
TOPICS-> Mis Art Spo Aud Geo THREE
Stephen Perry 39 28 36 40 36 115
Joshua Kreitzer 26 10 28 24 40 94
Marc Dashevsky 16 0 24 20 40 84
"Calvin" 19 0 22 6 39 80
Peter Smyth 16 0 28 4 28 72
Pete Gayde 20 0 16 8 28 64
Dan Tilque 12 10 12 8 40 64
Erland Sommarskog 4 8 12 0 36 56
Björn Lundin 11 0 11 0 24 46
Jason Kreitzer 12 12 4 19 8 43
 
--
Mark Brader "MSB is an accepted explanation for men's
Toronto misbehaviors. ... Just blame it on MSB
msb@vex.net and everyone nods their heads." -- "TJ"
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 17 11:07AM +0200

>> Which country comes third in Europe, with over 1,000 km more
>> coastline than #4, the UK?
 
> Greece. 4 for Marc, Dan, Joshua, and Pete. 3 for Calvin.

 
Protest! There is nothing wrong with the answer, it's the question that
is wrong! Or some other question! How can they just treat us like that
and leave us out! We are seriously offended by this discrimination!
 
(Feeling offended for about nothing at all appears to have become a
national trait here the last few decades.)
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Apr 16 09:45AM -0700

On Friday, April 15, 2016 at 9:14:56 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
 
> But at least I can now say that I tied with Perry !
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
I think that my relatively poor showing in almost all of the various rare entries contests would make you a little reluctant to say that.
 
swp
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