Sunday, June 05, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 15 updates in 7 topics

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 31 04:55AM

> using star charts and satellite images (and perhaps stone knives
> and bearskins) gained media attention recently when he said he
> may have discovered what?
 
a Mayan city
(but he didn't)
 
> something right. Which legendary journalist and Vietnam War
> correspondent announced last week that he was retiring from his
> long-time gig? (That president, by the way, was Lyndon Johnson.)
 
Morley Safer
 
> 5. Which US state felt the Bern last week, as the Vermont senator
> defeated Hillary Clinton in its primary? Dude could totally
> win this thing, y'know?
 
Indiana
 
> 7. No extra money, but another way to spend it. The CIBC and
> RBC last week introduced what payment method? Other big banks
> to follow in coming weeks.
 
smartphone
 
> 8. Not only did he win it for the second consecutive year, he is
> the first unanimous winner. Which NBA player won the MVP award
> last week?
 
Steph Curry
 
> 9. Which iconic US brand is changing its name to "America" for
> the duration of the current election cycle? No, the answer is
> not Donald J. Trump.
 
Budweiser
 
> ship QE II, also caused a kerfuffle -- when she was caught on
> video saying that *which country*'s officials had been "very
> rude" to her ambassador?
 
Russia
 
 
> 1. What reason did Canadian musicians Belly and The Weeknd give for
> canceling their scheduled appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last
> Wednesday?
 
Donald Trump was on the show
 
> the usual quarters. What country were they in at the time,
> where the Prime Minister also attended the G7 summit and met
> business leaders?
 
Japan
 
> rodent species slipped the surly bonds of High Park Zoo, and,
> dubbed "Bonnie" and "Clyde" by the media, were still on the
> lam as of press time. Name the species.
 
capybara
 
> 5. Last week President Obama made the controversial move of lifting
> the embargo on arms sales to a former enemy, or perhaps frenemy.
> Which country was it?
 
Vietnam
 
> 6. Having already demonstrated her tough-gal bona fides, which
> actress tweeted last week that she'd be interested in playing
> the first female Bond?
 
Gillian Anderson; Emily Blunt
 
> 8. No Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs, but at least Canada won
> the IIHF World Hockey Championship last week. Which country
> did we beat 2-0 in the gold-medal game?
 
USA; Sweden
 
> 10. Which notable person employed the Heimlich maneuver to save
> the life of a choking 87-year-old woman at a Cincinnati seniors'
> residence last Monday?
 
Heimlich
 
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 31 12:35AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> last Monday? Well, it's not really rare, but not common either;
> let's say about 13 times a century. The previous time it
> occurred was November 6, 2006, and the next time will be in 2019.
 
transit of Mercury
 
> using star charts and satellite images (and perhaps stone knives
> and bearskins) gained media attention recently when he said he
> may have discovered what?
 
planet nine ??
 
 
> 5. Which US state felt the Bern last week, as the Vermont senator
> defeated Hillary Clinton in its primary? Dude could totally
> win this thing, y'know?
 
Wisconsin
 
 
> 8. Not only did he win it for the second consecutive year, he is
> the first unanimous winner. Which NBA player won the MVP award
> last week?
 
Steve Curry
 
 
> 9. Which iconic US brand is changing its name to "America" for
> the duration of the current election cycle? No, the answer is
> not Donald J. Trump.
 
Budweiser
 
> the usual quarters. What country were they in at the time,
> where the Prime Minister also attended the G7 summit and met
> business leaders?
 
Japan
 
> rodent species slipped the surly bonds of High Park Zoo, and,
> dubbed "Bonnie" and "Clyde" by the media, were still on the
> lam as of press time. Name the species.
 
paca ?
 
 
> 5. Last week President Obama made the controversial move of lifting
> the embargo on arms sales to a former enemy, or perhaps frenemy.
> Which country was it?
 
Vietnam
 
 
> 10. Which notable person employed the Heimlich maneuver to save
> the life of a choking 87-year-old woman at a Cincinnati seniors'
> residence last Monday?
 
Heimlich
 
 
--
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 31 06:23AM -0500

In article <R9Sdna4uSo58kNDKnZ2dnUU7-UPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> using star charts and satellite images (and perhaps stone knives
> and bearskins) gained media attention recently when he said he
> may have discovered what?
exoplanet
 
> something right. Which legendary journalist and Vietnam War
> correspondent announced last week that he was retiring from his
> long-time gig? (That president, by the way, was Lyndon Johnson.)
Bill Moyers
 
 
> 5. Which US state felt the Bern last week, as the Vermont senator
> defeated Hillary Clinton in its primary? Dude could totally
> win this thing, y'know?
Oregon
 
 
> 8. Not only did he win it for the second consecutive year, he is
> the first unanimous winner. Which NBA player won the MVP award
> last week?
Curry (what a performance last night)
 
> 9. Which iconic US brand is changing its name to "America" for
> the duration of the current election cycle? No, the answer is
> not Donald J. Trump.
Budweiser
 
> rodent species slipped the surly bonds of High Park Zoo, and,
> dubbed "Bonnie" and "Clyde" by the media, were still on the
> lam as of press time. Name the species.
capybara
 
 
> 5. Last week President Obama made the controversial move of lifting
> the embargo on arms sales to a former enemy, or perhaps frenemy.
> Which country was it?
Vietnam
 
 
> 10. Which notable person employed the Heimlich maneuver to save
> the life of a choking 87-year-old woman at a Cincinnati seniors'
> residence last Monday?
Heimlich
 
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 11:06PM -0500

And now it's time to start another QFTCI Current Events game.
As usual, these rounds will be posted concurrently with other,
non-current-events games, and all current events rounds through
the season will be scored as a separate game.
 
 
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to
give the answers that were correct on those dates.
 
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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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 recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 1 (2016-05-16), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. What was the rare astronomical phenomenon that took place
last Monday? Well, it's not really rare, but not common either;
let's say about 13 times a century. The previous time it
occurred was November 6, 2006, and the next time will be in 2019.
 
2. Also in astronomy news, a 15-year-old Quebec high school student,
using star charts and satellite images (and perhaps stone knives
and bearskins) gained media attention recently when he said he
may have discovered what?
 
3. When even the president has to defend a reporter as "not a
communist, but a Canadian", you know the guy must have been doing
something right. Which legendary journalist and Vietnam War
correspondent announced last week that he was retiring from his
long-time gig? (That president, by the way, was Lyndon Johnson.)
 
4. Charges against Jian Ghomeshi were withdrawn and his second
court case was resolved by way of what legal instrument last
week? No word on whether that night DJ job at Radio Tehran is
still available.
 
5. Which US state felt the Bern last week, as the Vermont senator
defeated Hillary Clinton in its primary? Dude could totally
win this thing, y'know?
 
6. Mayhem seems to follow the Eagles of Death Metal. Less dire
than a terrorist attack, what unusual physical assault allegedly
occurred at their concert at the Opera House the weekend before
last, according to Toronto police?
 
7. No extra money, but another way to spend it. The CIBC and
RBC last week introduced what payment method? Other big banks
to follow in coming weeks.
 
8. Not only did he win it for the second consecutive year, he is
the first unanimous winner. Which NBA player won the MVP award
last week?
 
9. Which iconic US brand is changing its name to "America" for
the duration of the current election cycle? No, the answer is
not Donald J. Trump.
 
10. David Cameron got in trouble recently for calling Nigeria and
Afghanistan "corrupt". Meanwhile, in another part of the
forest, his boss -- that being, shall we say, the indomitable
ship QE II, also caused a kerfuffle -- when she was caught on
video saying that *which country*'s officials had been "very
rude" to her ambassador?
 
 
* Game 2 (2016-05-30), Round 1 -- Current Events
 
1. What reason did Canadian musicians Belly and The Weeknd give for
canceling their scheduled appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last
Wednesday?
 
2. Justin Trudeau and his wife celebrated their 11th anniversary
last week, and actually took the day off, leading to howls from
the usual quarters. What country were they in at the time,
where the Prime Minister also attended the G7 summit and met
business leaders?
 
3. Giant rodents abroad in the land! Two specimens of this large
rodent species slipped the surly bonds of High Park Zoo, and,
dubbed "Bonnie" and "Clyde" by the media, were still on the
lam as of press time. Name the species.
 
4. Last week an acclaimed Canadian musical group made the
distressing announcement that their front-man had been diagnosed
with terminal cancer, and also signaled their intention to
undertake one last tour. Name the singer.
 
5. Last week President Obama made the controversial move of lifting
the embargo on arms sales to a former enemy, or perhaps frenemy.
Which country was it?
 
6. Having already demonstrated her tough-gal bona fides, which
actress tweeted last week that she'd be interested in playing
the first female Bond?
 
7. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre was forced to rescind a ban on a
popular summer tourist activity after its proponents persuaded
a judge to issue an injunction. What is it?
 
8. No Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs, but at least Canada won
the IIHF World Hockey Championship last week. Which country
did we beat 2-0 in the gold-medal game?
 
9. Which popular clothing brand announced last week that it would be
opening two of its own retail outlets, including a
4500-square-foot store at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre?
 
10. Which notable person employed the Heimlich maneuver to save
the life of a choking 87-year-old woman at a Cincinnati seniors'
residence last Monday?
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 11:04PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-12-08,
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*)".
 
 
** Final, Round 7 - Geography
 
* TTC Stations
 
1. When the TTC subway opened in 1954, the southern terminus was
Union Station. What was the northern terminus?
 
2. Of the original stations on the Bloor-Danforth Line (so, not
Kipling), what is the only one whose main entrance is to the
south of Bloor St.?
 
3. What is the only TTC subway station that has no connections to
regular streetcar or bus routes?
 
 
* Name the Country
 
4. The name of which Asian country is 18 letters long *with vowels
and consonants alternating* for the entire name?
 
5. The English translation of the name of a 16th-century colony was
"The Province of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World".
That colony became an independent country in 1898. By what name
do we know that country today?
 
6. The name of which African country can also be found in the name
of two other African countries and in the name of a fourth,
non-African country?
 
 
* Geography in Art
 
7. What type of lake is found in the title of this Thomas Cole
painting?
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/geog/7.jpg
 
8. What is the name of the mountain in Provence featured in this
Paul Cézanne painting?
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/geog/8.jpg
 
9. What mountain is the subject of this painting by Joseph Wright
of Derby?
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/geog/9.jpg
 
 
* How Many States?
 
10. Herbie the Love Bug would be able to tell you: How many
independent and sovereign states are currently in the
Commonwealth of Nations?
 
11. Joe Montana would be able to tell you: How many federal states
are there in Germany?
 
12. Baskin-Robbins' staff would be able to tell you: Excluding
the federal district, how many states of Mexico are there?
 
 
* European Capitals
 
Given the cryptic or punny clue, you tell us the name of the
European capital.
 
13. Half of quadruplin'.
14. Siddhartha Gautama Mosquito.
15. Uncle Miltie is at home.
 
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msb@vex.net | he could justify." -- Robert Asprin
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 31 04:48AM


> * Name the Country
 
> 4. The name of which Asian country is 18 letters long *with vowels
> and consonants alternating* for the entire name?
 
United Arab Emirates
 
> "The Province of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World".
> That colony became an independent country in 1898. By what name
> do we know that country today?
 
El Salvador
 
> 6. The name of which African country can also be found in the name
> of two other African countries and in the name of a fourth,
> non-African country?
 
Guinea
 
> * Geography in Art
 
> 7. What type of lake is found in the title of this Thomas Cole
> painting?
 
ox-bow
 
> 9. What mountain is the subject of this painting by Joseph Wright
> of Derby?
 
Etna; Vesuvius
 
 
> 10. Herbie the Love Bug would be able to tell you: How many
> independent and sovereign states are currently in the
> Commonwealth of Nations?
 
13; 15
 
> 11. Joe Montana would be able to tell you: How many federal states
> are there in Germany?
 
30; 49
 
> 12. Baskin-Robbins' staff would be able to tell you: Excluding
> the federal district, how many states of Mexico are there?
 
31
 
> * European Capitals
 
> 13. Half of quadruplin'.
 
Dublin
 
> 14. Siddhartha Gautama Mosquito.
 
Budapest
 
> 15. Uncle Miltie is at home.
 
Berlin
 
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 31 06:12AM -0500

In article <nI2dnXLhB4DPkNDKnZ2dnUU7-aHNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> "The Province of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World".
> That colony became an independent country in 1898. By what name
> do we know that country today?
El Salvador
 
> 6. The name of which African country can also be found in the name
> of two other African countries and in the name of a fourth,
> non-African country?
Niger
 
 
> 7. What type of lake is found in the title of this Thomas Cole
> painting?
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/geog/7.jpg
It's an oxbow, which is formation of a river, not a lake.
 
> are there in Germany?
 
> 12. Baskin-Robbins' staff would be able to tell you: Excluding
> the federal district, how many states of Mexico are there?
31

 
> Given the cryptic or punny clue, you tell us the name of the
> European capital.
 
> 13. Half of quadruplin'.
Dublin
 
> 14. Siddhartha Gautama Mosquito.
Budapest
 
> 15. Uncle Miltie is at home.
Berlin
 
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 11:02PM -0500

This is a repeat of my 2015-08-18 introductory posting with some
minor updates. If you were already familiar with the content and
with the way I'm scheduling current-events rounds now, then there's
no real need to reread it now.
 
 
* Introduction
 
As most of you will remember, the Canadian Inquisition is a team
trivia league that plays in Toronto pubs. It's a cooperative
league, whose teams take turns to write and ask the questions
that the others answer. In the September-December 2015 season,
the questions were written by the Bloor Street Irregulars. In the
current season, May-August 2016, they are being written by my team,
the Usual Suspects.
 
I have obtained both teams' permission to post to this newsgroup
the questions from these seasons, to be respectively tagged
QFTCIBSI and QFTCI16 in the subject line. Before posting them
here, I'm editing some of them for various reasons -- for brevity,
to clarify their intent, to avoid issues raised on protests, for
suitability in this medium, and so on.
 
As you may remember, the league's season consists of 10 regular
games and a Final. A regular game contains 102 questions. Most of
the game is in rounds of 10 questions on a specific topic within
a different general area. For example, one game in 2008 included
a geography round on former place names, an entertainment round
on Morgan Freeman movies, and a sports round on things that
happened during Toronto Blue Jays games. Round 1 is always
a current-events round; Round 5 is always an audio round; and
Round 10 (the "challenge round") normally contains 12 questions,
2 each on 6 different subjects.
 
I won't be posting audio questions (except if I think they can be
answered without the audio), nor will I post the video questions
that sometimes occur in the Final.
 
 
* Scheduling - Regular Games
 
My intent is that for each quiz you'll get about 3 days to answer,
plus or minus a few hours, but I'm not going to set exact deadlines;
I'll cut off entries at whatever time (after 2 days and about
21 hours) that it's convenient for me to do the scoring and post
the results.
 
One series of postings will include Rounds 2-4 and 6-10 for each
of Games 1-10. I will normally post the questions as four sets
of two rounds each: Rounds 2-3 in one posting, Rounds 4 and 6 in
the next, and so on. In the Final, most rounds have 15 questions,
and these I'll post one round at a time.
 
For each game, I'll keep a cumulative score over the group of
postings, counting your best 6 rounds out of 8 (or 5 out of 7,
etc.) -- that way if you miss a set, or if there's a subject you're
weak on, you still have a chance to finish well. Each game will
be totaled after the last round is posted and scored.
 
In a normal game usually one round is Canadiana (this may also
fall under another subject such as history or geography), which
those of you in distant places may have some trouble with, but I am
including them in the posting series anyway. This is your chance
to shine by displaying your knowledge of Canadiana. However, if
*nobody* in the newsgroup scores *any* points on a round, which
has happened with Canadiana occasionally, then I will score as if
that round had never existed.
 
Currently I am part way through posting the Final from the
Irregulars' season, and when that's finished I'll be starting
to post our season, starting with Game 1.
 
 
* Scheduling - Current Events
 
I will also do a separate series of postings consisting of
current-events rounds only, also to be posted two at a time. These
will all appear while they're still reasonably current -- normally
within a couple of days of the second of the two original games.
For this series I'm accumulating scores over all the games from the
Usual Suspects' season, similarly counting the best 9 out of 11.
So there will be an overall current-events winner for the season.
 
I'm posting current-events games independently of the posting
of other games, so there will normally be a regular game running
concurrently with each set of current-events questions. The first
pair of current-events rounds will be posted right after this
introduction.
 
Current-events rounds generally refer to events that took place the
week before the original game, sometimes also the week before that.
If answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected
to give the answer that was correct as of the game date.
 
 
* Procedures and Scoring
 
The usual rule in our regular league games is that each question
goes to an individual who can answer for 2 points without assistance,
and if he misses, he can consult his team and try again for 1 point.
If the quizmaster judges that an answer is incomplete, she can ask
for more details before ruling the answer right or wrong.
 
To maintain the spirit of these rules, I will say that you can give
two answers on every question. But I will penalize you if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer. My scoring is:
 
4 points - if you answer once and are right (or twice, both right)
3 points - if you guess twice and are right only the first time
2 points - if you guess twice and are right only the second time
 
Bonus points may occasionally be available and will be explained in
the relevant round.
 
If you give only one answer, but with only some sort of additional
comment, please make it clear that that's what you're doing.
If there is any doubt I'll assume that you are giving two answers.
If I see more than two answers, the third and any later ones will
be ignored.
 
Where it makes sense, I will accept answers that I think are almost
close enough (*more than half right*), with a 1-point penalty. But
I will reject answers that I do not think are sufficiently specific,
since there is no opportunity to ask for clarification when answers
are posted in the newsgroup.
 
You must, of course, answer based on your own knowledge and
nothing else. You must post all your answers in a single posting.
Where a person's name is asked for, *normally you need only give
the surname*. If you give another part of the name and you're
wrong, your answer is wrong.
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 10:53PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
> ** Final, Round 6 - Sports
 
This was tied with Round 3 (Science) for being the hardest in the
original game.
 
 
> were basing this on people on American money instead of sports, then
> you might expect the answer Benjamin Franklin Roosevelt to come up.
 
> 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/1.jpg
 
George Brett Favre. (Baseball and American football.) 4 for Joshua,
Stephen, Marc, and Pete.
 
> 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/2.jpg
 
Big Ben Revere. (Horse racing and baseball.) 4 for Stephen.
 
> 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/3.jpg
 
Lennox Lewis Hamilton. (Boxing and car racing.) 4 for Peter
and Calvin.
 
 
> Olympic Games. These are all summer games.
 
> 4. For the first time, a city hosts a second Olympic Games; Paavo
> Nurmi wins 5 gold medals.
 
Paris, 1924. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, and Pete.
 
The first Paris Olympics were in 1900, although the games were
simultaneously part of the world's fair held there that year, and
the designation as Olympic games was retroactive. London was a
popular wrong answer, but their second Olympics were not until 1948.
 
> 5. The first Olympic Games held in the Southern Hemisphere;
> Hungary and the USSR literally fight it out for gold in
> water polo.
 
Melbourne, 1956. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Tilque, Björn,
Stephen, Marc, Calvin, and Pete.
 
> 6. Held at the highest altitude of all Summer Olympics to date;
> Bob Beamon and Dick Fosbury soar in the long and high jumps,
> respectively.
 
Mexico City, 1968. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Dan Tilque,
Björn, Stephen, Marc, Calvin, and Pete.
 
 
> Super Bowl.
 
> 7. The only game *ever* in American professional football to finish
> with a score of 43-8.
 
Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks. 4 for Stephen, Marc, and Pete.
3 for Calvin.
 
A team score of 8 for a game is rare in American football because
of their silly scoring on kicks.
 
> 8. Janet Jackson has a "wardrobe malfunction"... allegedly.
 
New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers. 4 for Joshua, Stephen,
and Marc. 3 for Peter and Calvin.
 
> 9. Nicknamed the "Blackout Bowl" after the lights in the Superdome
> go out early in the third quarter.
 
San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens. 4 for Stephen and Marc.
 
 
> you have his professional name.
 
> 10. Michael ("Mick") Foley -- the 11th word of a famous quote
> uttered at 02:56 Greenwich Mean Time, 1969-07-21.
 
Mankind. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, and Pete.
 
Armstrong reviewed the audio recording in 1999 and agreed that he
had indeed said "man" instead of "a man" as he'd intended, making
"mankind" the 11th word of the line.
 
> 11. Mark William Calaway -- John was the minister; Paul, the corpse;
> George, the gravedigger; and Ringo was...
 
The Undertaker. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Peter, Stephen, and Calvin.
 
> 12. Dwayne Johnson -- Al Capone called it home from 1934 to 1939.
 
The Rock. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Marc,
Calvin, and Pete.
 
 
> Another example: if you had "Jack Bauer", the answer would be 2-4.
> So what 2-card hands are these?
 
> 13. Crosby.
 
8-7 (think Sidney). 4 for Stephen.
 
> 14. Dolly Parton.
 
9-5 (think movies). 4 for Stephen and Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 15. Flat Tire.
 
Jack-4 (think "for"; no, I don't like it either). 4 for Stephen.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Sci His Spo
Stephen Perry -- 60 56 56 172
Marc Dashevsky 32 51 48 28 159
Joshua Kreitzer 48 33 48 28 157
Dan Blum 40 32 28 18 118
"Calvin" 20 25 34 34 113
Dan Tilque 16 40 44 8 108
Peter Smyth -- 38 38 27 103
Björn Lundin 0 29 40 8 77
Erland Sommarskog -- 31 32 12 75
Bruce Bowler -- 48 -- -- 48
Jason Kreitzer 8 4 8 12 32
Pete Gayde 4 -- -- 28 32
 
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"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jun 04 04:05PM -0400

1. Mark Hamill, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Burgess Meredith and
Kurt Russell all appeared in at least one episode of this TV sitcom
that ran from 1969 to 1974.
 
Room 222
 
1 pt. for DanB, DanT, MarkD, MarkB
 
2. What is the Roman numeral for 222?
 
CCXXII
 
1 pt. for Calvin, DanB, Erland, DanT, MarkD, MarkB, Peter
 
3. The 222nd verse of the King James Bible is in which book?
 
Genesis
 
1 pt. for MarkB, Peter
 
4. A Bell 222 helicopter was featured in this TV series which ran from
1984 to 1987.
 
Airwolf
 
1 pt. for DanB, DanT, MarkB
 
5. Which country has the telephone country code 222?
 
Mauritania
 
No points.
 
6. The 222nd episode of this comedy game show was aired on 24 August
1967. Glenn Ford, Nanette Fabray, Wally Cox and Abby Dalton were among
the contestants.
 
Hollywood Squares
 
1 pt. for MarkD, MarkB
 
7. What is the fewest number of darts needed to score 222?
 
4
 
1 pt. for Calvin, Erland, DanB, DanT, MarkB, Peter
 
8. Which company makes .222 calibre ammunition?
 
Remington
 
1 pt. for DanB
 
9. Name either of the Roman emperors in 222AD, or their dynasty.
 
Elagabalus or Severus Alexander; the Severan Dynasty
 
1 pt. for DanB
 
10. Name either of the Popes in 222AD (number not required;
both were I).
 
Callixtus or Urban
 
DanB wins on the tie break, answering 2 questions which no one else
answered correctly. Over to you for RQ223.
 
DanB: 6
MarkB: 6
DanT: 4
MarkD: 3
Calvin: 2
Erland: 2
Peter:
 
 
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Chris F.A. Johnson
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jun 04 04:13PM -0400

On 2016-06-04, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
 
That should be:
 
DanB: 6
MarkB: 6
DanT: 4
Peter: 4
MarkD: 3
Calvin: 2
Erland: 2
 
 
 
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Chris F.A. Johnson
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 04 06:07PM -0500

Chris Johnson:
 
> MarkD: 3
> Calvin: 2
> Erland: 2
 
Ah, no, still multiple errors there. It should be:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTALS
 
Mark 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
DanB 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
DanT 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Marc 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Peter 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Calvin 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Erland 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
 
4 7 2 3 0 2 6 2 1 0
 
Sorry, Dan (and Peter).
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Mark Brader "The spaghetti is put there by the designer of
Toronto the code, not the designer of the language."
msb@vex.net -- Richard Minner
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 05 03:53AM

> Erland 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
 
> 4 7 2 3 0 2 6 2 1 0
 
> Sorry, Dan (and Peter).
 
It gets me out of having to come up with questions, so I'm fine with
it. :)
 
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jun 04 02:49PM +0200

On 2016-06-03 11:00, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 1. For a comedian, Groucho Marx had terrible timing. His 1977
> death was overshadowed by the death of which person who died
> three days earlier?
 
Elvis ?
 
 
 
> 2. For a comedian, Mother Teresa had terrible timing. Her 1997
> death was overshadowed by the death of which person who died
> six days earlier?
 
Lady Diana ?
 
 
> barely mentioned in Soviet newspapers because it was completely
> overshadowed by news of the death of which man who died on the
> same day?
 
Stalin
 
 
 
> Each answer is 3 words -- with the second one being "and".
 
> 4. What country is the smallest (by population) to appear at the
> FIFA World Cup?
 
Triniad and Tobago
 
> * Often Seen, but Rarely Noticed
 
> 10. What color is the letter L in the Google logo?
 
Yellow ; Red
 
 
 
 
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Björn
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jun 04 02:40PM +0200

On 2016-06-03 20:11, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>> Now, you wrote 1 hm² which is 100 m² which is 1 a.
>> Or ?
 
> And 1 km² = 1000 m² = 0.1 ha?
 
You mean you answered 1 hm² meaning '1 ha m²' ?
That would be an answer in the wrong unit then ? ar * m² = 100 m3 which
is volume ?
 
 
Or - I sense som kind of irony here - but I don't get it. But never mind.
 
 
 
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Björn
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