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| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Apr 06 10:00PM -0400 Welcome to Rotating Quiz #216. This quiz will run through some time in the evening, Wednesday 13 April 2016. The usual rules apply: no discussion; no looking things up; ties will be resolved first by whoever got the most difficult answers, and second by earliest post. Winner gets to set the RQ#217. In what movie would you find the following characters: 1. Signor Ferrari, Captain Renault, Ugarte 2. Princess Dragomiroff, Count and Countess Andrenyi, Mary Debenham 3. Elizabeth Lipp, Arthur Simon Simpson, Walter Harper, Cedric Page 4. Batiatus, Julius Caesar, Gracchus, Crassus 5. President Allen Richmond, Luther Whitney, Walter Sullivan, Seth Frank 6. Darby Shaw, Gray Grantham, Justice Rosenberg 7. Marshal Zane Cooper, Annabelle Bransford, Commodore Duvall 8. Casey Ryback, Cue Ball, Commander Krill, Captain Adams 9. Andy Dufresne, Brooks Hatlen, Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding 10. Doc Josiah Boone, Mrs. Lucy Mallory, Marshal Curley Wilcox -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 07 02:13AM > 1. Signor Ferrari, Captain Renault, Ugarte Casablanca > 2. Princess Dragomiroff, Count and Countess Andrenyi, Mary Debenham Doctor Zhivago > 4. Batiatus, Julius Caesar, Gracchus, Crassus Spartacus > 5. President Allen Richmond, Luther Whitney, Walter Sullivan, Seth Frank Mr. Smith Goes to Washington > 7. Marshal Zane Cooper, Annabelle Bransford, Commodore Duvall High Noon -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 06 11:24PM -0700 On Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 12:08:04 PM UTC+10, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > Winner gets to set the RQ#217. > In what movie would you find the following characters: > 1. Signor Ferrari, Captain Renault, Ugarte Casablanca > 7. Marshal Zane Cooper, Annabelle Bransford, Commodore Duvall > 8. Casey Ryback, Cue Ball, Commander Krill, Captain Adams > 9. Andy Dufresne, Brooks Hatlen, Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding The Shawshank Redemption > 10. Doc Josiah Boone, Mrs. Lucy Mallory, Marshal Curley Wilcox cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 07 01:25AM -0500 Chris Johnson: > In what movie would you find the following characters: > 1. Signor Ferrari, Captain Renault, Ugarte "Casablanca". > 2. Princess Dragomiroff, Count and Countess Andrenyi, Mary Debenham "Murder on the Orinet Express". > 3. Elizabeth Lipp, Arthur Simon Simpson, Walter Harper, Cedric Page "The Great Gatsby". > 4. Batiatus, Julius Caesar, Gracchus, Crassus "Julius Caesar". > 5. President Allen Richmond, Luther Whitney, Walter Sullivan, Seth Frank "Absolute Power". > 6. Darby Shaw, Gray Grantham, Justice Rosenberg "The Pelican Brief". > 7. Marshal Zane Cooper, Annabelle Bransford, Commodore Duvall "Maverick". > 8. Casey Ryback, Cue Ball, Commander Krill, Captain Adams "Under Siege". > 9. Andy Dufresne, Brooks Hatlen, Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding "The Shawshank Redemption". > 10. Doc Josiah Boone, Mrs. Lucy Mallory, Marshal Curley Wilcox "True Grit". -- Mark Brader | "[Your orders are] to figure out what I would have ordered msb@vex.net | you to do, if I really understood the situation ... [and] Toronto | to follow those orders I hypothetically would have given." -- Shan (John Barnes, "Earth Made of Glass") My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 07 03:42AM -0500 In article <3jrgtc-ue6.ln1@cfajohnson.ca>, cfajohnson@cfaj.ca says... > Winner gets to set the RQ#217. > In what movie would you find the following characters: > 1. Signor Ferrari, Captain Renault, Ugarte Casablanca > 2. Princess Dragomiroff, Count and Countess Andrenyi, Mary Debenham Murder On The Orient Express > 7. Marshal Zane Cooper, Annabelle Bransford, Commodore Duvall > 8. Casey Ryback, Cue Ball, Commander Krill, Captain Adams > 9. Andy Dufresne, Brooks Hatlen, Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding Shawshank Redemption -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Apr 06 10:57PM -0400 On 2016-04-05, Calvin wrote: > 1 On which sea is the Russian port of Vladivostok situated? Pacific Ocean > 2 Malignant mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer most commonly caused by exposure to which substance? Asbestos > 3 Which science fiction writer created the Daleks and 'Blake's Seven'? Douglas Adams (I know its not, but can't think of anyone else.) > 4 A multi-sport event held every 4 years, the 'Jogos de Lusophony' (aka Lusophony Games) are primarily attended by athletes speaking which European language? Portuguese > 5 Which late singer's nicknames included 'The King of Funk', 'Soul Brother Number One' and 'The Hardest Working Man in Show Business'? James Brown > 6 Set in a fictional high school, which Canadian TV franchise has been running almost continually since 1979 across five different incarnations? DeGrassi > 7 Which 11 letter word is the fear of fears? Phobophobia > 8 Who is currently (October 2015) the Canadian head of state? QEII > 9 According to the book of Exodus, where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments? Mount Sinai > 10 Composed by Johnny Mandel, what is the three-word title of the theme for the TV show 'M*A*S*H'? Suicide Is Painless -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 07 03:33AM -0500 In article <d9c4bb48-f9f0-4831-a887-905a2a1ec759@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 On which sea is the Russian port of Vladivostok situated? > 2 Malignant mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer most commonly caused by exposure to which substance? asbestos > 3 Which science fiction writer created the Daleks and 'Blake's Seven'? > 4 A multi-sport event held every 4 years, the 'Jogos de Lusophony' (aka Lusophony Games) are primarily attended by athletes speaking which European language? > 5 Which late singer's nicknames included 'The King of Funk', 'Soul Brother Number One' and 'The Hardest Working Man in Show Business'? James Brown > 6 Set in a fictional high school, which Canadian TV franchise has been running almost continually since 1979 across five different incarnations? > 7 Which 11 letter word is the fear of fears? phobephobia > 8 Who is currently (October 2015) the Canadian head of state? Trudeau > 9 According to the book of Exodus, where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments? Mount Sinai > 10 Composed by Johnny Mandel, what is the three-word title of the theme for the TV show 'M*A*S*H'? Suicide Is Painless -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Apr 06 02:21PM On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 22:19:46 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > one atom gives up an electron to another, charging both atoms; in the > other, the two atoms share pairs of outer-shell electrons. > Name that latter kind of bond. Covalent > themselves to minimize the repulsion of valence electron pairs? > Fittingly, the acronym is pronounced like the first name of a Bond > girl. Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) > 4 bonding pairs of electrons and no lone pairs, such as methane, will > assume this geometry with bond angles of 109.5°. Give this word that > also describes a solid with four faces. Tetrahedron > 4. On the other hand, <answer 2> theory predicts that a molecule > with 4 bonding pairs and 2 lone pairs will assume the flat square > planar geometry. What is the bond angle in a square planar molecule? Aren't there 2? Either 90 or 180? > bonds is called an alkane. What similar name is given to any > hydrocarbon with at least one carbon-carbon *triple* bond? *Warning*: > Be careful with your pronunciation. Alkyne > for #6-7. Guvf zbyrphyr, jvgu purzvpny sbezhyn P2U2, vf gur fvzcyrfg > nyxlar. Anzr guvf zbyrphyr, juvpu vf pbzzbayl pbzovarq jvgu bkltra > va jryqvat gbepurf. Acetylene > 7. Nyxlarf pna or erqhprq gb nyxrarf hfvat n yrnq-cbvfbarq Yvaqyne'f > pngnylfg, juvpu pbafvfgf cevznevyl bs n pregnva ryrzrag. > Anzr guvf ryrzrag, jvgu ngbzvp ahzore 46 naq purzvpny flzoby Cq. Palladium > to water supplies to fight tooth decay. *Warning*: We are looking for > an *element* in this question, > not an ion. Fluorine > amine and carboxyl groups of two of these molecules. Name these > molecules, 9 of which cannot be produced naturally by the human body > and are called the "essential" ones. amino acids > of cysteine ("siss-tee-een") linked by a bond between two atoms of > this element. Name this smelly element, with atomic number 16, that > cysteine contains in its thiol side chain. Sulfur > 5. James Trotter is the protagonist of a 1961 children's novel > who famously takes a ride with a centipede, a silkworm, and other > insects in a humongous -- one of what type of thing? Peach > 6. Jim Hawkins is the protagonist of what 1881 Robert Louis > Stevenson novel where he teams up with Long John Silver and a bunch > of pirates to travel to the title location? Treasure Island |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 06 02:27PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > one atom gives up an electron to another, charging both atoms; > in the other, the two atoms share pairs of outer-shell electrons. > Name that latter kind of bond. covalent > 4 bonding pairs of electrons and no lone pairs, such as methane, > will assume this geometry with bond angles of 109.5°. Give this > word that also describes a solid with four faces. tetrahedral > with 4 bonding pairs and 2 lone pairs will assume the flat > square planar geometry. What is the bond angle in a square > planar molecule? 90 degrees > 5. A hydrocarbon in which all the carbon-carbon bonds are single > bonds is called an alkane. What similar name is given to any > hydrocarbon with at least one carbon-carbon *triple* bond? alkyne > for #6-7. Guvf zbyrphyr, jvgu purzvpny sbezhyn P2U2, vf gur > fvzcyrfg nyxlar. Anzr guvf zbyrphyr, juvpu vf pbzzbayl pbzovarq > jvgu bkltra va jryqvat gbepurf. acetylene > 7. Nyxlarf pna or erqhprq gb nyxrarf hfvat n yrnq-cbvfbarq Yvaqyne'f > pngnylfg, juvpu pbafvfgf cevznevyl bs n pregnva ryrzrag. > Anzr guvf ryrzrag, jvgu ngbzvp ahzore 46 naq purzvpny flzoby Cq. palladium > that is often added to water supplies to fight tooth decay. > *Warning*: We are looking for an *element* in this question, > not an ion. fluorine > amine and carboxyl groups of two of these molecules. Name these > molecules, 9 of which cannot be produced naturally by the human > body and are called the "essential" ones. amino acid > of cysteine ("siss-tee-een") linked by a bond between two atoms > of this element. Name this smelly element, with atomic number > 16, that cysteine contains in its thiol side chain. sulfur > 5. James Trotter is the protagonist of a 1961 children's novel > who famously takes a ride with a centipede, a silkworm, and > other insects in a humongous -- one of what type of thing? peach > 6. Jim Hawkins is the protagonist of what 1881 Robert Louis > Stevenson novel where he teams up with Long John Silver and a > bunch of pirates to travel to the title location? Treasure Island > may be best known for this play about Congressman Alan Mclean. > The play takes its *3-word title* from a line in "Romeo and > Juliet" where Mercutio wishes for "a plague on"... what? Both Your Houses -- Dan Tilque |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Apr 06 06:57PM -0700 On Monday, April 4, 2016 at 11:19:47 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > one atom gives up an electron to another, charging both atoms; > in the other, the two atoms share pairs of outer-shell electrons. > Name that latter kind of bond. Covalent > 2. In episode 14 of James Joyce's "Ulysses", Leopold Bloom first > meets the character Stephen Dedalus. Dedalus himself is the > protagonist of what other James Joyce novel? Finnegan's Wake > 6. Jim Hawkins is the protagonist of what 1881 Robert Louis > Stevenson novel where he teams up with Long John Silver and a > bunch of pirates to travel to the title location? "Treasure Island" |
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