| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 22 03:06AM This is Rotating Quiz 218. Entries must be posted by Thursday, April 28th, 2016 at 11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time). Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner gets to create the next RQ. Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question. The first letters of each answer form an acrostic. Getting the acrostic scores no points but is the first tiebreaker. The second tiebreaker will be whoever scored on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest people got right). The third tiebreaker will be posting order. 1. One of the daughters of Asclepius and Epione in Greek mythology, she was the goddess of universal health. 2. The second of the four great Islamic caliphates, this lasted from 661-750 CE and expanded the Islamic world considerably. After the fall of the caliphate part of the ruling family established the caliphate of Cordoba. 3. Now the fourth-largest city in Bavaria, it was the capital in the area's early years as a duchy. It was later a major trade center due in part to the construction of a stone bridge over the Danube in the mid-12th century (the oldest extant Danube bridge as far as I can tell), and still later the home of the Perpetual Diet of the Holy Roman Empire. 4. This metallic element is the lightest and least dense of its group. It is used extensively in catalytic converters and fuel cells, but also appears in jewelry, particularly in white gold alloys. 5. "<answer 5> credit" is credit given against pledged collateral; the recipients are often banks (the American Federal Reserve lends money to banks on this basis) but not always. <answer 5> also refers to an inhabitant of a region of northern Italy; enough people from this region became pawnbrokers and bankers in the medieval period to associate the name with these activities in many countries. 6. This Theban general is remembered for his tactics at the Battle of Leuctra, where he was the first person in recorded history to use oblique order (or refusing a flank), concentrating his left flank much more than normal in order to crush the elite Spartan right flank. 7. This Varangian prince ruled Novgorod and his descendants ruled Kievan Rus and became the first tsars of Russia. His eponymous dynasty lasted until the Time of Troubles began in 1598. 8. This American military aviation pioneer commanded the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II. He eventually received the rank of General of the Army (aka "five-star general") and also became General of the Air Force, the only person to hold that rank. He is also known for starting Project RAND (which became the RAND Corporation) and for being one of the founders of Pan Am in 1927. 9. This Scottish city is the administrative center for the Highlands council area and the largest city in the Highlands, despite having far fewer than 100K inhabitants (the Highlands are sparsely populated). It is located where a river flowing from a large loch enters the Moray Firth. 10. This African country has the second-lowest population density of all sovereign nations, beating out only Mongolia. This is not too surprising when one considers that large parts of the country are taken up the Kalahari (not a true desert, but close enough) and the desert that gives its name to the country; this is a coastal desert that may be the oldest desert in the world, having been in this state for 55 million years or more. 11. Acrostic (for tie-breaking purposes) -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 21 11:46PM -0500 Well, there's no danger of RQ 219 being one of mine. Dan Blum: > mid-12th century (the oldest extant Danube bridge as far as I can > tell), and still later the home of the Perpetual Diet of the Holy > Roman Empire. Nuremberg? > 4. This metallic element is the lightest and least dense of its group. > It is used extensively in catalytic converters and fuel cells, but > also appears in jewelry, particularly in white gold alloys. Palladium? > inhabitant of a region of northern Italy; enough people from this > region became pawnbrokers and bankers in the medieval period to > associate the name with these activities in many countries. Lombard? (I would have answered the first sentence with "secured".) > Force, the only person to hold that rank. He is also known for > starting Project RAND (which became the RAND Corporation) and for > being one of the founders of Pan Am in 1927. Spaatz? > fewer than 100K inhabitants (the Highlands are sparsely populated). > It is located where a river flowing from a large loch enters the Moray > Firth. Inverness. > desert that gives its name to the country; this is a coastal desert > that may be the oldest desert in the world, having been in this state > for 55 million years or more. Mozambique? -- Mark Brader What is it about Toronto Haiku that people find so msb@vex.net Infatuating? --Pete Mitchell My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Apr 21 01:18PM On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:25:35 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 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. Mars > 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 > accounts, and then based a poem on his dream? > 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 > "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 > 43rd-most-populous island? > F2. What alcoholic drink can be found at the beginning of the > names of six different world capital cities? Port |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Apr 21 05:45PM +0200 On 2016-04-20 06:25, 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 hmm should be 3/5 dentist then ... > 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 > 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 > 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? Lord Byron > 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. 1908 > 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. Equador; Bolivia > F. Geography & Science > F1. What whiskey-based cocktail shares its name with the world's > 43rd-most-populous island? Manhattan -- -- Björn |
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