Thursday, April 21, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 13 updates in 2 topics

Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 20 01:23PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
 
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
 
Trident

> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
 
Titans
 
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
 
Amazons

> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
 
Venus
 
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
 
Trojan

> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
 
Nike
 
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
 
Pandora

> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
 
Phoenix
 
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
 
Mercury
 
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
 
Ajax (?)

 
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
 
Rosemary
 
 
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
 
Coleridge (?)
 
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
 
Paul Revere
 
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
 
St. Louis
 
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
 
Honduras; El Salvador

 
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
 
"The Blind Side"
 
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
 
Notre Dame

> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
 
Madagascar
 
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
 
America

> F. Geography & Science
 
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
 
Manhattan
 
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
 
Port
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 20 02:09PM


> * Game 8, Round 9 - History - Cryptic Clues on Roman and Greek Mythology
 
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
 
trident
 
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
 
Titans
 
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
 
Amazons
 
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
 
Venus
 
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
 
Trojan
 
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
 
Nike
 
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
 
Pandora
 
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
 
phoenix
 
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
 
Mercury
 
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
 
Ajax
 
 
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
 
rosemary
 
 
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
 
Coleridge
 
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
 
Paul Revere
 
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
 
St. Louis
 
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
 
Guatemala
 
 
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
 
Moneyball
 
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
 
Notre Dame
 
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
 
city
 
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
 
America; Africa
 
> F. Geography & Science
 
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
 
Manhattan
 
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
 
whiskey
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Apr 20 05:26PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
 
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Titans
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
Amazons
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Venus
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
 
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
Nike
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
Pandora
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
Phoenix
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
Mercury
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
Ajax
 
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
Coleridge
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
Kubla Khan
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name either the city or the year.
St Louis
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
El Salvador
 
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
Moneyball
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
Notre Dame
 
> F. Geography & Science
 
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
Manhattan
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
Rum
 
Peter Smyth
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 20 01:21PM -0700

On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 2:25:36 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
 
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
 
Trident
 
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
 
Titans

> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
 
Amazons
 
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
 
Venus
 
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
 
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
 
Nike
 
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
 
Pandora

> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
 
Albuquerque
 
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
 
Mercury, Mars
 
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
 
Ajax
 
 
 
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
 
Coleridge
 
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
 
Revere
 
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
 
St Louis
 
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
 
Peru, Bolivia
 
 
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
 
Moneyball
 
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
 
Yale, Harvard
 
 
> F. Geography & Science
 
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
 
Ireland?

> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
 
Port
 
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 20 11:11PM +0200

> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
 
Venus

> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
 
Trojan
 
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
 
Phoenix

 
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
 
Samuel Coleridge

> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
 
St Louis, 1904

> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
 
Honduras was one of them, and I am fairly sure that El Salvador was
the other one. Don't know how the war went, but it appears that El
Salvador won the football game, as the latter qualified to the
World Cup.


 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 20 04:00PM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
 
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
 
trident
 
 
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
 
titans
 
 
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
 
amazons
 
 
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
 
Venus
 
 
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
 
Trojan
 
 
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
 
Nike
 
 
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
 
Pandora
 
 
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
 
phoenix
 
 
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
 
Mercury
 
 
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
 
Ajax
 
 
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
 
Coleridge
 
 
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
 
Paul Revere
 
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
 
St. Louis
 
 
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
 
El Salvador
 
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
 
Notre Dame
 
 
> F. Geography & Science
 
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
 
manhattan
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Apr 20 06:19PM -0700

On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 12:25:36 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
 
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
 
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
 
trident
 
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
 
titans
 
> 3. This is the race of warriors that was led by Hippolyta with
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
 
amazons
 
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
 
venus
 
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
 
trojan
 
> 6. This winged goddess can be found in Beaverton, Oregon, and was
> formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports.
 
nike
 
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
 
pandora
 
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
 
phoenix
 
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
 
mercury
 
> 10. This Greek warrior in the Trojan War won the 1995 European
> Champions League and can also be found 40 km eastnortheast
> of Toronto.
 
ajax?
 
 
> A. Science & Literature
 
> A1. Which Asian herb of the family Pedaliaceae is closely
> associated with a poor woodcutter from the "Arabian Nights"?
 
sesame
 
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
 
rosemary
 
 
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
 
coleridge
 
> B2. Which real-life title hero of an 1860 poem "silently rowed
> to the Charlestown shore, just as the Moon rose over
> the bay"?
 
paul revere
 
> Exposition, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the
> US, both took place in the same city in the same year.
> Name *either* the city or the year.
 
st louis ; 1904
 
> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War of
> 1969, a war that lasted about 100 hours and coincided with
> a qualifying game between them for the 1970 World Cup.
 
honduras
 
 
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
 
the blind side (how "slapshot" isn't first is a mystery to me)
 
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
 
notre dame
 
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
 
madagascar?
 
> E2. By what one-word name, related to geography, do we
> collectively know Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley?
 
america
 
> F. Geography & Science
 
> F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's
> 43rd-most-populous island?
 
manhattan
 
> F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the
> names of six different world capital cities?
 
port
 
 
swp
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Apr 20 06:23PM -0700

On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 12:25:36 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> mythological person or thing, as well as another clue to help you
> get the answer, run together as if they refer to the same thing.
 
> 1. It's the spear of Poseidon that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend.
Trident
> 2. This is the race of Gods that preceded the Olympians and who
> play their games at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
Titans
> the help of Jeff Bezos.
 
> 4. This Roman goddess, one of Botticelli's favorites, is the
> brightest object in the night sky apart from the Moon.
Venus
> 5. An inhabitant of a city destroyed by the Greeks, who provides
> a means of birth control and disease prevention.
Trojan
 
> 7. She was the first human woman created by the Greek gods and
> she opened our ears to an online radio station that caters to
> your tastes.
Pandora
> 8. A warmth-loving, long-lived bird that is the largest state
> capital city in the US by municipal population.
Phoenix
> 9. The adopted last name of Farrokh Bulsara who was the Roman
> equivalent of Hermes.
Mercury
 
> A2. Which member of the mint family Lamiaceae is closely
> associated with a young mother living in New York City in
> a 1967 Ira Levin novel?
Rosemary
 
> B1. Which English romantic poet in 1797 claimed to have fallen
> asleep reading a book that adapted Marco Polo's historical
> accounts, and then based a poem on his dream?
Coleridge
 
> D1. The highest-grossing sports movie of all time was a 2009
> movie that was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Name the
> movie.
Seabiscuit?
> "Knute Rockne, All American". Which college or university's
> football team did George "the Gipper" Gipp play for, before
> he died at the age of 25?
Notre Dame
> of three different movies starring Ben Stiller, David
> Schwimmer, and Chris Rock? (That is, the all three actors
> performed in all three movies.)
Madagascar
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 20 08:39PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>> C2. Name either country that took part in the Soccer War...
 
Erland Sommarskog:
> Honduras was one of them, and I am fairly sure that El Salvador was
> the other one.
 
I will take "fairly sure" as indicating a comment and score this as
one answer of Honduras.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
"A system which depends upon the secrecy of its algorithm
is effectively a single-key code." -- William Brown II
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 20 08:41PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-16,
> > and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
Stephen Perry:
> noted

Well, that would be:
 
thEsE quEstions wErE writtEn to BE AskED in toronto on 2015-11-16,
AnD shoulD BE intErprEtED ACCorDinGly.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
A century from now people will salute Cole Porter, Lerner and
Lowe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, all in
one basket. I wonder how Bach would have felt to know that
the bizarre and futuristic music of Beethoven and Brahms would
be lumped in with his? -- Guy Steele
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 20 01:13PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz #217... The winner of RQ 217, in turn,
> will be the first choice to set RQ 218, in whatever manner they
> prefer.

RQ 217 is over and the *star* entrant from a field of 5 is DAN BLUM.
Congratulations, sir!
 
 
> For questions #1-6, see:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/rq217/handout.jpg
 
> 1. Give the manufacturer for 1 point and the model name for 3.
 
Lockheed Constellation. (Also accepting "Super Constellation"
for the model, as they appear similar.) 4 for Marc.
 
> 2. Name the character for 3 points, and the 2010 fantasy movie
> that introduced her for 1.
 
Astrid, "How to Train Your Dragon".
 
Two entrants guessed Elsa in "Frozen". Besides not fitting
the theme, if the images I googled up are representative, this
character is more likely to be found wearing diaphanous blue
dresses than a heavy brown tunic with shoulder armor.
 
> 3. Give its common name in English.
 
Aster. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Erland, and Dan Blum.
 
> 4. Who is this? 1 point each, up to a maximum of 3, for the first
> and last names of the character and the actress; 1 point for
> the title of the 1951 movie.
 
Kim Hunter as Stella Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire".
 
("Stella!!")
 
> 5. What is it?
 
Astrolabe. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, and Dan Blum.
 
> 6. What title has been blanked out?
 
"Stern". 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, and Dan Blum.
 
If Google Translate is correct, the headline under Obama's name means
"Savior or Deceiver?"
 
> system, the other to a type of hypocycloid curve. Give either
> word for 3 points, or both (in the order indicated) for 4.
> Exact spelling required.
 
Asteroid, astroid. 4 for Peter. 3 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Erland,
and Dan Blum.
 
> her friends would use in conversation will do for 1 point;
> for the full 2 points give either a longer form of this name
> or else her original first and last name before she was a Borg.)
 
Astrometrics; 7 of 9, tertiary adjunct of Unimatrix 01 ("7" was
sufficient for 1 point, "7 of 9" for 2), formerly Annika Hansen.
2 for Peter and Dan Blum.
 
> 9. What invertebrate sea creature commonly has 5 arms? Give its
> common name in English.
 
Starfish. Also accepting "sea star", a less common name that is
sometimes used. 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, Erland,
and Dan Blum.
 
 
> "'People'? I ain't 'people'! I am a shimmering, glowing..."
 
> (There are 10 more words, and you need to get most of them right
> for the full 4 points, but the next word alone is worth 1 point.)
 
"Star in the cinema firmament. It says so, right there!" (Jean Hagen
as Lina Lamont in "Singin' in the Rain".) 1 for Dan Tilque, Erland,
and Dan Blum.
 
> investigations led to the charges is now a president himself
> -- president and chancellor of Baylor University. Who is he?
> 1 point for the first name, 3 for the surname.
 
Ken (or Kenneth) Starr. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, and Dan Blum.
 
> what real-life newspaper? Give either its present name or its
> name at the time. 1 point for the city, 3 points for the rest
> of the name.
 
"Toronto Daily Star", now "Toronto Star". 4 for Erland. 3 for Marc.
 
> Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, whose
> ideas were featured in the story. Name the movie for 3 points
> and the professor for 1.
 
"Interstellar" (2014), Kip Thorne. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
> By now you should have noticed that this quiz has a theme.
 
To make it explicit: all answers contain a word or word element
meaning "star".
 
> For each of questions #13-16,
 
(Er, that is, #14-17.)
 
> simulate the appearance that it has widespread popular support.
> For example, they might post messages on computerized media
> using many different false identities.
 
Astroturfing. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
> 15. The Jetsons' dog.
 
Astro. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, and Dan Blum.
 
> 16. Catastrophe.
 
Disaster. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, and Dan Blum.
 
> 17. *
 
Asterisk, star. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Marc, Erland, and Dan Blum.
 
> 18. (Tiebreaker.) Explain in complete detail the etymology behind
> answer #14.
 
Space travelers working for NASA are called "astronauts", from Greek
roots meaning "star" and "sailor". In 1964 NASA's Manned Space Center
(now the Johnson Space Center) opened on its new permanent site
near Houston (now in Houston). The next year, the recently formed
Houston Colt .45s baseball team moved into their new permanent home,
the Harris County Domed Stadium, and in commemoration of NASA, the
team was renamed the Houston Astros and the stadium was unofficially
(later officially) renamed the "Astrodome". When it turned out
that that grass did not grow well under the dome, newly developed
artificial turf was substituted. This was given the brand name
"Astroturf" after the team and the stadium. Genuine popular support
for something is known as "grass-roots support". And if Astroturf
is fake grass, then faking grass-roots support must be "astroturfing".
 
As the only one to get #14, Dan Blum had the only chance to answer
this. He gave a part of the complete answer. But he had already won
without the tiebreaker. Scores, if there are no errors:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOTALS
 
Dan Blum 0 0 4 0 4 4 3 2 4 1 4 0 3 4 4 4 3 44
Marc Dashevsky 4 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 4 3 0 0 4 4 3 37
Dan Tilque 0 0 4 0 4 4 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 36
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 23
Peter Smyth 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
 
4 0 16 0 12 12 16 4 20 3 16 7 3 4 12 12 13
 
--
Mark Brader "Unfortunately for the grass, the cold water is
Toronto moving at over half the speed of sound."
msb@vex.net --Randall Munroe
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 20 07:44PM


> > 1. Give the manufacturer for 1 point and the model name for 3.
 
> Lockheed Constellation. (Also accepting "Super Constellation"
> for the model, as they appear similar.) 4 for Marc.
 
It doesn't matter, but I note that there were several models of
Constellation and this particular one was the Starliner. In fact
Wikipedia uses the same picture for their Starliner article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-1649_Starliner
 
Admittedly I did get the manufacturer wrong.
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 20 08:38PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> 1. Give the manufacturer for 1 point and the model name for 3.

>> Lockheed Constellation. (Also accepting "Super Constellation"
>> for the model, as they appear similar.) 4 for Marc.
 
Dan Blum:
> It doesn't matter, but I note that there were several models of
> Constellation and this particular one was the Starliner.
 
Huh! I did not know that, even though I probably saw that name when
I was searching for the picture. Well, it clearly fits the theme,
so another 3 for Dan Blum, then. Thanks.
 
Scores, if there are now no errors:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOTALS
 
Dan Blum 3 0 4 0 4 4 3 2 4 1 4 0 3 4 4 4 3 47
Marc Dashevsky 4 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 4 3 0 0 4 4 3 37
Dan Tilque 0 0 4 0 4 4 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 36
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 23
Peter Smyth 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
 
7 0 16 0 12 12 16 4 20 3 16 7 3 4 12 12 13
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Dr. Slipher, I have found your Planet X."
msb@vex.net -- Clyde Tombaugh (1906-97), 1930-02-18
 
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