Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 15 updates in 5 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 26 02:32AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-23,
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 9, Round 4 - Canadiana - Canadian Museums & Art Galleries
 
1. It's not something you can order at Starbucks; it's a modern-art
museum founded in 1999, and located until recently near
Queen West and Shaw. Until its new permanent location opens
in 2017, its collection is being displayed at pop-up locations.
Name the museum.
 
2. Important works in this collection include Barnet Newman's
"Voice of Fire" and Benjamin West's "Death of General Wolfe".
In 1988 it moved from an office building on Elgin St. into a
purpose-built building on Sussex Dr.
 
3. The architect responsible for the new National Gallery of
Canada is this Canadian/Israeli architect. His first major
work was an iconic residential project built as part of Expo 67.
Name the architect.
 
4. Another work by <answer 3> is the Desmarais Pavilion of this
museum on Sherbrooke St. The museum was founded in 1860, and
in 1972 it was the scene of the largest art theft in Canadian
history. Name this museum.
 
5. Designed by Raymond Moriyama, this Sudbury museum is built in
the form of two snowflakes. It's the Northern Ontario
counterpart to the Ontario Science Centre. Name the museum.
 
6. Completed in 2007, this controversial addition to the Royal
Ontario Museum extends out over Bloor St. What is the full
name of this Daniel Liebeskind addition to the ROM?
 
7. Founded in 1886, this Victoria museum is known for its extensive
anthropology collection devoted to Pacific Coast cultures.
Name this museum, BC's answer to the ROM.
 
8. Architected by Fumihiko Maki and opened in 2014, this museum is
located at Wynford Drive and the DVP. Its extensive collection
is dedicated to Islamic culture, and the museum features a
restaurant under the direction of Mark McEwan. Name the museum.
 
9. Also opened in 2014 was this museum, the brainchild of Winnipeg
businessman Izzy Asper. Antoine Predock's design has visitors
enter through the museum's roots, ascending through ramps and
galleries, before reaching the Tower of Hope. Name the museum.
 
10. This museum takes its name from the hero of one of our Heritage
Minute questions earlier in the season. Its vast paleontology
collection is pretty much the only reason to visit Drumheller.
Name the museum.
 
 
* Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - The Next Lyric
 
Yes, again! In this game we have yet another audio round that
is playable without the audio.
 
(Note: even disregarding the non-audio, this round may differ
somewhat from its original form; I have copied the lyrics from
sites such as azlyrics.com, not transcribed them from the audio
clips, and I've made the choices myself as to where to start the
song before the critical point.)
 
These are songs which, although *not* connected to movies that
won the Oscar for Best Picture, just happen to have the titles
of those movies in the lyrics. In each case, give the indicated
number of words following the lyric, which will form the *title
of a Best Picture Oscar winner*. (They *may or may not* also be
the title of the song.)
 
1. This is a track from Bryan Adams:
 
I was caught in the crossfire of a silent scream
Where one man's nightmare is another man's dream
Pull the covers up high and pray for the mornin' light
Cause you're livin' alone
[next 6 words -- remember, they are a movie title but maybe
not the song title]
 
2. From the Beatles:
 
Her name was Magil and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy
Now she and her man who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoe down
[next word]
 
3. From Metallica:
 
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
[next word]
 
4. From the Dave Matthews Band:
 
Touch your lips just so I know
In your eyes, love, it glows so
I'm bare boned and crazy for you
When you come
[next word]
 
5. From the London Philharmonic Choir:
 
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my
[next 3 words]
 
6. From Bette Midler:
 
Did you ever know that you're my hero
And everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle
'Cause you are the wind beneath my
[next word]
 
7. From Frank Sinatra:
 
Now this could only happen to a guy like me
And only happen in a town like this
So may I say to each of you most gratef'lly
As I throw each one of you a kiss
 
This is my kind of town
[next word]
 
8. From Falco:
 
Er war Superstar
Er war populär
Er war so exaltiert
Because er hatte Flair
 
Er war ein Virtuose
War ein Rockidol
Und alles rief:
Come and rock me
[next word]
 
9. From Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young:
 
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
They're taking me to Marrakesh
All aboard the train, all aboard the train
 
I've been saving all my money just to take you there
I smell the garden in your hair
 
Take the train from
[next word]
 
10. From John Legend:
 
And we both still got room left to grow
And though love sometimes hurts
I still put you first
And we'll make this thing work
But I think we should take it slow
 
We're just
[next 2 words]
 
 
* Game 9, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - Magic: The Gathering
 
No, you don't have to be a "Magic: The Gathering" player for
this round. Throughout its 22-year history, the game has taken
its inspiration from a variety of different sources. Using the
images provided on the handout,
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-6/magic.pdf
 
you'll have to identify some of them.
 
(I have rearranged the round in order by picture number. Note that
some numbers refer to more than one card.)
 
1. The artwork on the card "Orcish Settlers" is a parody of *which
1930 regionalist painting*? Unlike in the image, the original
painting depicts a house that *isn't* on fire.
 
2. The names of these three cards from the "Dark Ascension"
expansion pay homage to three of the four main characters from
*which children's story*? The fact that they all transform
into werewolves may help indicate the fourth main character of
the story.
 
3. This card depicts a herd of *which mythical animal* from North
American folklore? The name of this animal refers to its status
as a hybrid that possesses the horns of an African ungulate
and the body of a lagomorph.
 
4. The card "Curse Of The Swine" is a reference to a mythological
event where the witch Circe turns *which character's* men
into pigs? This character's 10-year journey home to Ithaca
from the Trojan War is the subject of a Greek epic.
 
5. We've obfuscated the face on the card "Presence Of The Master",
but it depicts *which man*, the first real-life person to appear
on a card? He won a Nobel Prize in 1921 for his discovery of
the photoelectric effect.
 
6. This shows a "Magic"al depiction of a kami, a deity worshipped
in *which religion*?
 
7. This depicts a card that lets you weave games within games,
just like *which queen* for whom it is named? This person
wove stories within stories for her husband King Shahryar,
and delayed her execution for 1,001 nights.
 
8. This card, "Borrowing 100,000 Arrows", depicts an event in
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms", one of *which country's*
four classical novels?
 
9. This shows three cards that depict sites in the real world.
Name the present-day country where *any one* of them is located.
 
10. This shows a humorous take on "Magic: The Gathering cards".
Name *all three words* that have been censored in the names of
these cards.
 
11. And image #11, you ask? Why, he's just along for the ride!
Identify the card if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
--
Mark Brader | "...all these superheroes really have the same super-power:
Toronto | they have the writer(s) on their side."
msb@vex.net | --Mark Leeper
 
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 25 05:37AM -0700

Dan Blum wrote:
> 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.
 
Ummayyad
 
 
> 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.
 
platinum
 
> 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.
 
Hap Arnold
 
> 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.
 
Namibia
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
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?
 
--
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Toronto Haiku that people find so
msb@vex.net Infatuating? --Pete Mitchell
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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)
 
 
 
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Apr 25 05:16PM +0200

On 2016-04-23 11:20, Mark Brader wrote:
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
> * Game 9, Round 2 - Sports - Top 50 Scorers in NBA Basketball
 
pass
 
 
> Here are some questions to test your knowledge on anatomical
> structures in the body and some unfortunate injuries that can
> occur to them.
 
pass here as well
 
--
--
Björn
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 25 06:05PM -0500

In article <PP6dnacKaIj5o4bKnZ2dnUU7-cvNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> his greatest success was with the Los Angeles Lakers, where he
> won 4 NBA titles and 3 MVPs. He also appeared in such cinematic
> masterpieces as "Kazaam" and "Good Burger". Name him.
Shaquille O'Neal
 
> and the most games both with more than 40 and with more than 50
> points scored. He may be more infamously known for his claim
> that he slept with over 20,000 women. Name this player.
Wilt Chamberlain
 
> and has won 10 titles as a player or executive. His most famous
> nickname is "the Logo", as it was his likeness that inspired
> the NBA's logo. Name him.
Charles Barkley
 
> as a player with the team whose part-owner and executive he
> had become. Name this team, which he played for during the
> 2001 and 2002 seasons before his final retirement.
Washington Wizards
 
> after having played several years with another team, including
> a title and Finals MVP award in 1971. Name that other team,
> which drafted Kareem in 1969.
Milwaukee Bucks
 
> was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets, but traded to his current
> team where he has played a record 20 seasons. He gave himself
> the nickname of "the Black Mamba". Name him.
Kobe Bryant
 
> Samsung. On the court, he has won 4 regular-season MVPs, 2 NBA
> titles, and 2 Olympic gold medals (among many other accolades
> and achievements). Name him.
LeBron James
 
> He was also National College Player of the year in 1979, and his
> #33 jersey has been retired by the team he played 13 years with.
> Name him.
Larry Bird
 
> 10. #10 on the list: This Nigerian-American legend won back-to-back
> titles with the Houston Rockets in 1995 and 1996. His signature
> low post move was called the "Dream Shake". Name him.
Hakeem Olajuwon
 
> occur to them.
 
> 1. This band of fibrous tissue connects one bone to another.
> Name it.
ligament
 
> 2. This band of fibrous tissue connects a bone to a muscle.
> Name it.
tendon
 
> are caused by individual injuries or impacts. Conversely,
> another type of fracture is caused by repetitive applications
> of force -- usually overuse. Name this type of fracture.
stress
 
> 4. What name is used to describe a fracture where the broken bone
> is exposed through the skin?
compound
 
> that are the smallest bones in the human body. The Latin names
> are malleus, incus, and stapes. In English, we call them the
> hammer, the anvil, and the... what?
stirrups
 
> 6. The largest bone in the body is the femur. What is the name
> of the surgical procedure that replaces the head of the femur
> and the acetabulum?
hip replacement
 
> 7. What is the more common term for the injury diagnostically
> known as medial tibial stress syndrome, commonly noted as the
> most prevalent lower-leg injury?
shin splints
 
> 8. What is the more common term for lateral epicondylitis, a
> repetitive strain injury affect athletes and laborers?
tennis elbow
 
> contracted by the semi-membranosus, semi-tendinosus, and
> biceps femoris? The term is sometimes used to describe those
> muscles too.
hamstring
 
> body weight and reduce fiction during movement. It is most
> commonly injured in the knee, but is also found in the wrist,
> shoulder, and jaw. Name this structure.
meniscus
 
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 26 02:24AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> his greatest success was with the Los Angeles Lakers, where he
> won 4 NBA titles and 3 MVPs. He also appeared in such cinematic
> masterpieces as "Kazaam" and "Good Burger". Name him.
 
Shaquille O'Neal. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Pete,
Dan Tilque, and Marc.
 
> and game-winning shots in the late 1990s and early 2000s,
> but was eventually traded to the New Jersey Nets in what was
> regarded as one of the worst trades in league history.
 
Vince Carter. 4 for Pete.
 
> and the most games both with more than 40 and with more than 50
> points scored. He may be more infamously known for his claim
> that he slept with over 20,000 women. Name this player.
 
Wilt Chamberlain. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Calvin,
Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
 
> and has won 10 titles as a player or executive. His most famous
> nickname is "the Logo", as it was his likeness that inspired
> the NBA's logo. Name him.
 
Jerry West. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> as a player with the team whose part-owner and executive he
> had become. Name this team, which he played for during the
> 2001 and 2002 seasons before his final retirement.
 
Washington Wizards. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Pete,
Dan Tilque, and Marc.
 
> after having played several years with another team, including
> a title and Finals MVP award in 1971. Name that other team,
> which drafted Kareem in 1969.
 
Milwaukee Bucks. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
 
> was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets, but traded to his current
> team where he has played a record 20 seasons. He gave himself
> the nickname of "the Black Mamba". Name him.
 
Kobe Bryant (either name was sufficient). 4 for Stephen, Joshua,
Calvin, Pete, and Marc.
 
> Samsung. On the court, he has won 4 regular-season MVPs, 2 NBA
> titles, and 2 Olympic gold medals (among many other accolades
> and achievements). Name him.
 
LeBron James (either name was sufficient). 4 for Joshua, Jason,
Calvin, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
 
> He was also National College Player of the year in 1979, and his
> #33 jersey has been retired by the team he played 13 years with.
> Name him.
 
Larry Bird. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Calvin, Pete, Dan Tilque,
and Marc.
 
> 10. #10 on the list: This Nigerian-American legend won back-to-back
> titles with the Houston Rockets in 1995 and 1996. His signature
> low post move was called the "Dream Shake". Name him.
 
Hakeem Olajuwon (either name was sufficient). 4 for Dan Blum,
Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
 
 
> occur to them.
 
> 1. This band of fibrous tissue connects one bone to another.
> Name it.
 
Ligament. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
and Marc. 3 for Pete.
 
> 2. This band of fibrous tissue connects a bone to a muscle.
> Name it.
 
Tendon. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Jason, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
and Marc. 2 for Pete.
 
> are caused by individual injuries or impacts. Conversely,
> another type of fracture is caused by repetitive applications
> of force -- usually overuse. Name this type of fracture.
 
Stress fracture. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Jason,
Calvin, Pete, and Marc.
 
> 4. What name is used to describe a fracture where the broken bone
> is exposed through the skin?
 
Open fracture or compound (not complex) fracture. 4 for Peter,
Calvin, and Marc.
 
> that are the smallest bones in the human body. The Latin names
> are malleus, incus, and stapes. In English, we call them the
> hammer, the anvil, and the... what?
 
Stirrup. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Calvin, Pete, Dan Tilque,
and Marc.
 
> 6. The largest bone in the body is the femur. What is the name
> of the surgical procedure that replaces the head of the femur
> and the acetabulum?
 
Hip replacement (or hip arthroplasty). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter,
Joshua, Calvin, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
 
> 7. What is the more common term for the injury diagnostically
> known as medial tibial stress syndrome, commonly noted as the
> most prevalent lower-leg injury?
 
Shin splints. 4 for Peter, Joshua, Calvin, and Marc.
 
> 8. What is the more common term for lateral epicondylitis, a
> repetitive strain injury affect athletes and laborers?
 
Tennis elbow. 4 for Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
 
> contracted by the semi-membranosus, semi-tendinosus, and
> biceps femoris? The term is sometimes used to describe those
> muscles too.
 
Hamstring. 4 for Marc.
 
> body weight and reduce fiction during movement. It is most
> commonly injured in the knee, but is also found in the wrist,
> shoulder, and jaw. Name this structure.
 
Meniscus. 4 for Calvin, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Spo Sci
Marc Dashevsky 32 40 72
Pete Gayde 36 21 57
"Calvin" 20 36 56
Dan Tilque 32 24 56
Joshua Kreitzer 36 20 56
Dan Blum 16 20 36
Peter Smyth 0 32 32
Stephen Perry 32 0 32
Jason Kreitzer 20 8 28
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 8
Björn Lundin 0 0 0
 
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Mark Brader "The design of the lowercase e in text faces
Toronto produces strong feelings (or should do so)."
msb@vex.net -- Walter Tracy
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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
 
--
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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."
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
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
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
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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