Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 7 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 28 07:41PM -0700

1 "Invisible Touch" was a 1986 hit for which British band?
2 Which 1986 Stephen King novel features a shape shifting entity that preys on young children in the form of a clown?
3 Which architect went on to become Hitler's Minister of Armaments and War Production?
4 Epistemophobia is the fear of what?
5 What is the better-known name of "La fête nationale du 14 juillet"?
6 Which two-word term refers to the setting of charges for goods and services sold between entities within an organisation, for example a subsidiary company selling goods to a parent company?
7 Apart from mercury, which element is a liquid at room temperature?
8 How long is each quarter of play in a standard American football match?
9 Marion Cotillard won as Oscar in 2008 for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in which film?
10 Which children's toy is a cylinder with mirrors containing loose, coloured objects such as beads, pebbles or pieces of glass?
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 28 07:36PM -0700

On Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 1:20:05 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was a former ruler of which South American country?
 
Chile
 
> 2 In Greek mythology who was Queen of the underworld?
 
Persephone
 
> 3 Who wrote the 1961 play "The Night of the Iguana"?
 
Tennessee Williams
 
> 4 Where in the body are human blood cells formed?
 
Bone marrow
 
> 5 What is the medical term for the collar bone?
 
Clavicle
 
> 6 Only two UN member states begin with the letter A but end with a different letter. Name either.
 
Azerbaijan or Afghanistan
 
> 7 Most golf tournaments are contested over how many holes?
 
72
 
> 8 Which animal is depicted on Mexico's flag?
 
Eagle or Snake
 
> 9 Who played The Bionic Woman in the 1970s TV series of that name?
 
Lindsay Wagner
 
> 10 The Giuseppe Verdi opera "Aida" was commissioned in 1869 to mark what event?
 
Opening of the Suez canal
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 445
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 53 Chris Johnson
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 53 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 43 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 45 Bruce Bowler
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 42 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 37 Erland S
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 32 Peter Smyth
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 32 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 3 2 8 5 8 8 3 3 5 53 66%
 
Congratulations to Mark and Chris on perfect rounds.
 
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 28 05:55PM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
 
>> of horns, although in recent years their uniforms just show
>> the horns on each side of the player's own head?
 
> Minnesota Vikings. 4 for Peter, Dan, Joshua, Jason, and Stephen.
 
I can understand why some answered the Rams. Their helmets have rams
horns on them, one on each side. But they've never had a human head on
the helmet, or in the logo at all.
 
>> perched on a baseball-related object?
 
> St. Louis Cardinals. 4 for Peter and Dan. 2 for Calvin.
 
> See: http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/assets/images/9/3/0/182802930/cuts/leake1000_v93t6eag_91ia0gfn.jpg
 
It should be noted that the Cardinals uniforms have not one, but two
birds perched on the bat. Their logo has various forms, some with one
bird and some with two. The uniforms have always had two. This page here
has all the different variations of the logo over the years:
 
http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/72/St._Louis_Cardinals/
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 28 07:21PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 6:12:16 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> > 3. Which NFL team's logo includes flames?
 
> Tennessee Titans. 4 for Dan and Stephen.
 
Protest! I contend that the Miami Dolphins logo also contains flames.
 
http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/150/Miami_Dolphins/
 
cheers,
calvin
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jun 28 07:30PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 10:21:23 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
 
> http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/150/Miami_Dolphins/
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
good catch.
 
swp
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 28 09:23PM +0200

> on the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-4/flags.png
 
> 1. South Africa.
 
13
 
> 2. Nepal.
 
11
 
> 3. Turkey.
 
21
 
> 4. Israel.
 
22
 
> 5. Brazil.
 
17
 
> 6. Vatican City.
 
20
 
> 7. Czech Republic.
 
 
14
 
 
> 8. Switzerland.
 
24
 
> 9. Japan.
 
18
 
> 10. Jamaica.
 
16
 
> If you like, decode the rot13 to see the remaining country names
> and identify those flags for fun, but for no points. Only one
> guess for each, please.
 
I'm too lazy for the rot13. The striped ones in are quite difficult
given the greyscale, but here it goes:
 
1) France
2) Nigeria
3) Ireland
4) Nigeria
5) Belgium
8) Mexico :-)
9) Vanuatu
10) Thailand
12) Taiwan
15) Macedonia
23) Georgia
 
 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 28 11:36PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
> on the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-4/flags.png
 
> 1. South Africa.
 
13
 
> 2. Nepal.
 
11
 
> 3. Turkey.
 
21
 
> 4. Israel.
 
22
 
> 5. Brazil.
 
17
 
> 6. Vatican City.
 
20
 
> 7. Czech Republic.
 
14
 
> 8. Switzerland.
 
24
 
> 9. Japan.
 
18
 
> 10. Jamaica.
 
16

> and identify those flags for fun, but for no points. Only one
> guess for each, please.
 
> 11. Oneonqbf.
 
19
 
> 13. Onuenva.
 
9
 
> 19. Gunvynaq.
 
10
 
> 21. Trbetvn (gur pbhagel).
 
23
 
> 22. Puvyr.
 
12
 
> 23. Znprqbavn.
 
15
 
> 24. Pnanqn.
 
8

> where they appear.
 
> 1. This line is spoken on a ship at sea: "A pox o'your throat,
> you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog."
 
"The Tempest"
 
> 2. Diana is the target of this dismissive comment: "This woman's
> an easy glove, my lord, she goes off and on at pleasure".
 
"All's Well that Ends Well"; "Love's Labour's Lost"

> 3. "Frailty, thy name is woman!"
 
"Hamlet"
 
> 4. "Nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it."
 
"Macbeth"; "Julius Caesar"
 
> 5. "How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am
> heart-burned an hour after."
 
"Much Ado About Nothing"

> 6. This line is spoken in an orchard: "Where wilt thou find a
> cavern dark enough to mask thy monstrous visage?"
 
"Richard III"; "The Tempest"
 
> 7. This was not the only slander the speaker leveled at the woman
> in question: "You rise to play, and go to bed to work."
 
"The Taming of the Shrew"; "Much Ado About Nothing"

> 8. This remark is aimed at a close relative of the speaker: Thou art
> a boil, a plague-sore, or embossed carbuncle in my corrupted
> blood."
 
"King Lear"
 
> 9. For this question, you can name either the play or the character
> speaking. "Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarian!
> I'll tickle your catastrophe."
 
"Henry V"
 
> 10. A woman is described as: "No longer from head to foot than
> from hip to hip; she is spherical, like a globe; I could find
> out countries in her."
 
"The Comedy of Errors"; "All's Well that Ends Well"
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jun 28 04:44PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 4:14:28 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> on the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-4/flags.png
 
> 1. South Africa.
13.
> 2. Nepal.
11.
> 3. Turkey.
21.
> 4. Israel.
22.
> 5. Brazil.
17.
> 6. Vatican City.
20.
> 7. Czech Republic.
10.?
> 8. Switzerland.
24.
> 9. Japan.
18.
> 10. Jamaica.
16.
> and identify those flags for fun, but for no points. Only one
> guess for each, please.
> 11. Barbados.
19.
> 12. Chad.
> 13. Bahrain.
> 14. France.
1.
> 15. Ireland.
3.
> 19. Thailand.
> 20. Romania.
> 21. Georgia (the country).
23.?
> 22. Chile.
> 23. Macedonia.
15.?
> 24. Canada.
8.
> | Love's Labour's Lost | Twelfth Night
 
> 1. This line is spoken on a ship at sea: "A pox o'your throat,
> you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog."
"The Tempest"?
 
> 2. Diana is the target of this dismissive comment: "This woman's
> an easy glove, my lord, she goes off and on at pleasure".
"Titus Andronicus"?
> 3. "Frailty, thy name is woman!"
"Hamlet?"
> 4. "Nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it."
"Macbeth"?
> 5. "How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am
> heart-burned an hour after."
"The Merchant of Venice"
> 6. This line is spoken in an orchard: "Where wilt thou find a
> cavern dark enough to mask thy monstrous visage?"
"Henry V"?
> 7. This was not the only slander the speaker leveled at the woman
> in question: "You rise to play, and go to bed to work."
"The Taming of the Shrew"?
> 8. This remark is aimed at a close relative of the speaker: Thou art
> a boil, a plague-sore, or embossed carbuncle in my corrupted
> blood."
"Richard III"?
> 9. For this question, you can name either the play or the character
> speaking. "Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarian!
> I'll tickle your catastrophe."
"Julius Caesar"?
> 10. A woman is described as: "No longer from head to foot than
> from hip to hip; she is spherical, like a globe; I could find
> out countries in her."
"Love's Labour's Lost?"
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jun 28 07:29PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 4:14:28 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-05-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
pre-invasion
 
> I wrote one of these rounds.
 
fun with flags?
 
> on the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-4/flags.png
 
> 1. South Africa.
 
13
 
> 2. Nepal.
 
11
 
> 3. Turkey.
 
21
 
> 4. Israel.
 
22
 
> 5. Brazil.
 
17
 
> 6. Vatican City.
 
20
 
> 7. Czech Republic.
 
14
 
> 8. Switzerland.
 
24
 
> 9. Japan.
 
18
 
> 10. Jamaica.
 
16
 
> and identify those flags for fun, but for no points. Only one
> guess for each, please.
 
> 11. Barbados.
 
19
 
> 12. Chad.
> 13. Bahrain.
 
9
 
> 14. France.
> 15. Ireland.
> 16. Nigeria.
 
2
 
> 17. Belgium.
 
7
 
> 18. Italy.
> 19. Thailand.
 
10
 
> 20. Romania.
> 21. Georgia (the country).
 
23
 
> 22. Chile.
 
12
 
> 23. Macedonia.
 
15
 
> 24. Canada.
 
8
 
... I am more color blind than I thought
 
 
> | Love's Labour's Lost | Twelfth Night
 
> 1. This line is spoken on a ship at sea: "A pox o'your throat,
> you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog."
 
the tempest
 
> 2. Diana is the target of this dismissive comment: "This woman's
> an easy glove, my lord, she goes off and on at pleasure".
 
all's well that ends well
 
> 3. "Frailty, thy name is woman!"
 
hamlet
 
> 4. "Nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it."
 
macbeth
 
> 5. "How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am
> heart-burned an hour after."
 
much ado about nothing
 
> 6. This line is spoken in an orchard: "Where wilt thou find a
> cavern dark enough to mask thy monstrous visage?"
 
julius caesar
 
> 7. This was not the only slander the speaker leveled at the woman
> in question: "You rise to play, and go to bed to work."
 
othello
 
> 8. This remark is aimed at a close relative of the speaker: "Thou art
> a boil, a plague-sore, or embossed carbuncle in my corrupted
> blood."
 
king lear
 
> 9. For this question, you can name either the play or the character
> speaking. "Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarian!
> I'll tickle your catastrophe."
 
henry iv, part ii ; falstaff
 
> 10. A woman is described as: "No longer from head to foot than
> from hip to hip; she is spherical, like a globe; I could find
> out countries in her."
 
the comedy of errors
 
swp
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 28 07:28PM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> on the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-4/flags.png
 
> 1. South Africa.
 
13
 
> 2. Nepal.
 
11
 
> 3. Turkey.
 
21
 
> 4. Israel.
 
22
 
> 5. Brazil.
 
17
 
> 6. Vatican City.
 
20
 
> 7. Czech Republic.
 
14
 
> 8. Switzerland.
 
24
 
> 9. Japan.
 
18
 
> 10. Jamaica.
 
16
 
> | Love's Labour's Lost | Twelfth Night
 
> 1. This line is spoken on a ship at sea: "A pox o'your throat,
> you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog."
 
The Tempest
 
 
> 2. Diana is the target of this dismissive comment: "This woman's
> an easy glove, my lord, she goes off and on at pleasure".
 
Twelfth Night
 
 
> 3. "Frailty, thy name is woman!"
 
Macbeth
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 28 07:25PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 6:14:28 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> on the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-4/flags.png
 
> 1. South Africa.
 
13
 
> 2. Nepal.
 
11
 
> 3. Turkey.
 
21
 
> 4. Israel.
 
22
 
> 5. Brazil.
 
17
 
> 6. Vatican City.
 
20
 
> 7. Czech Republic.
 
14
 
> 8. Switzerland.
 
24
 
> 9. Japan.
 
18
 
> 10. Jamaica.
 
16
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 28 04:08PM -0500

"Calvin":
> Not necessarily. I could be denying in my spare time.
 
Are you planning to respond to the actual protest?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "You can fool too many of the people
msb@vex.net too much of the time." -- James Thurber
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jun 28 10:10PM +0100


> "Calvin":
>> Not necessarily. I could be denying in my spare time.
 
> Are you planning to respond to the actual protest?
 
Was there an actual protest?
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 28 04:27PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > Are you planning to respond to the actual protest?

Gareth Owen:
> Was there an actual protest?
 
I assumed there was an actual protest which happened to be expressed
in an amusing way.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "People say I'm a skeptic --
msb@vex.net but I find that hard to believe."
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 28 07:22PM -0700

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 7:28:00 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> > Was there an actual protest?
 
> I assumed there was an actual protest which happened to be expressed
> in an amusing way.
 
I assumed you were just having a laugh. If there is a protest then please confirm.
 
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 28 09:33PM +0200

> * Game 5 (2016-06-20), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 2. Microsoft announced last week that it would buy which social
> media company, for $26,200,000,000?
 
LinkedIn

> are pretty forgettable. So just tell us how big the cabinet
> currently is, including the Premier herself, within 1 in either
> direction.
 
24

> confirmed, that the NHL would add a franchise in *what city*,
> which currently represents the largest North American market
> without a major-league sports team?
 
St Antonio

> father, as it was turning violent -- a propane tank was thrown
> into a campfire at one point. *What topic of discussion*
> led to this heated fracas?
 
The flavour of the barbeque sauce.

> 7. Why was 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning in the news last week?
> Be sufficiently specific.
 
Sentenced for being a guard a holocaust site in WWII.
 
> mid-song on an Edmonton stage last week, or tell us which singer
> fell into a hole in a Saskatoon stage, apparently while adjusting
> his pants. You don't need to say which one you're referring to.
 
Meat Loaf

> 9. Who is the British Labour Party MP who was murdered last
> Thursday, apparently for political motives in the midst of the
> rancorous campaign over the so-called Brexit?
 
Jo Cox

> 10. A new series of public-service ads sponsored by the Government
> of Ontario, and only airing after 8:00 pm, was rolled out
> on Thursday. What problem are the ads targeting?
 
"Hey baby, it's a quarter to eight, and I'm feel I'm in the mood.
Hey baby, the hour is late, and I'm feel I'm in the mood."
 
(And, yes, there is a Canadian connection.)

> for the first time in 52 years, and a ceasefire agreement was
> signed to end (officially, at least) a conflict that had also
> lasted 52 years. In what country did this armistice take place?
 
Colombia

> 8. Corey Lewandowski lost his job last Monday. What had he been
> doing prior to this summary dismissal?
 
Campaign leader for Donald Trump
 
 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 28 06:11PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
> * Game 5 (2016-06-20), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. At the 70th Tony Awards last Sunday, which show won Best Musical?
Hamilton
> 2. Microsoft announced last week that it would buy which social
> media company, for $26,200,000,000?
Linked In
> are pretty forgettable. So just tell us how big the cabinet
> currently is, including the Premier herself, within 1 in either
> direction.
10, 13
> confirmed, that the NHL would add a franchise in *what city*,
> which currently represents the largest North American market
> without a major-league sports team?
Las Vegas
> father, as it was turning violent -- a propane tank was thrown
> into a campfire at one point. *What topic of discussion*
> led to this heated fracas?
Donald Trump
> 7. Why was 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning in the news last week?
> Be sufficiently specific.
Found guilty of war crimes
> mid-song on an Edmonton stage last week, or tell us which singer
> fell into a hole in a Saskatoon stage, apparently while adjusting
> his pants. You don't need to say which one you're referring to.
Meatloaf
> 9. Who is the British Labour Party MP who was murdered last
> Thursday, apparently for political motives in the midst of the
> rancorous campaign over the so-called Brexit?
Jo Cox
> 10. A new series of public-service ads sponsored by the Government
> of Ontario, and only airing after 8:00 pm, was rolled out
> on Thursday. What problem are the ads targeting?
STDs
> a freak accident in which his Jeep Grand Cherokee, a model that
> is subject to a recall, rolled back and pinned him against a
> pillar outside his house?
the guy who played Chekhov
> for the first time in 52 years, and a ceasefire agreement was
> signed to end (officially, at least) a conflict that had also
> lasted 52 years. In what country did this armistice take place?
Vietnam
> Sarah Polley is the producer.
 
> 6. What was unusual about a concert given last week by Italian
> composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi ["en-OW-dee"]?
They forgot to arrange a piano
> Hot Docs Cinema?
 
> 8. Corey Lewandowski lost his job last Monday. What had he been
> doing prior to this summary dismissal?
working for Donald Trump
> up goaltender Frederik Anderson from Anaheim, but last Friday
> they did exercise their 2016 entry draft first-round #1 pick --
> to select what 18-year-old player?
 
 
Peter SMyth
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 28 11:16PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:PoidnaEHxYTc0-_KnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 5 (2016-06-20), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. At the 70th Tony Awards last Sunday, which show won Best Musical?
 
"Hamilton"

> 2. Microsoft announced last week that it would buy which social
> media company, for $26,200,000,000?
 
LinkedIn
 
> are pretty forgettable. So just tell us how big the cabinet
> currently is, including the Premier herself, within 1 in either
> direction.
 
15; 18
 
> confirmed, that the NHL would add a franchise in *what city*,
> which currently represents the largest North American market
> without a major-league sports team?
 
Las Vegas

> father, as it was turning violent -- a propane tank was thrown
> into a campfire at one point. *What topic of discussion*
> led to this heated fracas?
 
Donald Trump (?)
 
> mid-song on an Edmonton stage last week, or tell us which singer
> fell into a hole in a Saskatoon stage, apparently while adjusting
> his pants. You don't need to say which one you're referring to.
 
Meat Loaf

> 9. Who is the British Labour Party MP who was murdered last
> Thursday, apparently for political motives in the midst of the
> rancorous campaign over the so-called Brexit?
 
Jo Cox
 
> a freak accident in which his Jeep Grand Cherokee, a model that
> is subject to a recall, rolled back and pinned him against a
> pillar outside his house?
 
Anton Yelchin
 
> for the first time in 52 years, and a ceasefire agreement was
> signed to end (officially, at least) a conflict that had also
> lasted 52 years. In what country did this armistice take place?
 
Colombia

> 5. Netflix and the CBC announced last week that filming would begin
> later this summer on a miniseries based on what Canadian novel?
> Sarah Polley is the producer.
 
"Anne of Green Gables"

> 8. Corey Lewandowski lost his job last Monday. What had he been
> doing prior to this summary dismissal?
 
managing Donald Trump's presidential campaign

> 9. It wasn't John Bradley, it was Harold Schultz after all.
> "After all" in this case means 61 years after the event in
> question. What Second World War event are we referring to?
 
raising the flag on Iwo Jima
(and make that 71 years ago)
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 21 10:32AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
> I wrote one of these rounds.
 
That was the geography round. In the original game, it was tied
with the current-events round for being the easiest.
 
 
> 1. Farts are normally 99% composed of non-smelly gases such as
> oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. The remaining 1% consists
> largely of what malodorous compound?
 
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S). 4 for Peter, Erland, and Stephen.
 
> 2. Farting is not to be confused with "eructation". What is *that*
> phenomenon commonly known as?
 
Belching or burping. 4 for Peter, Stephen, Dan Blum, Pete,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Bruce.
 
> 3. Some of the gases present in farts are flammable, although not
> all humans produce them. The flammable gases are specifically
> hydrogen and what greenhouse gas?
 
Methane. 4 for Björn, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Bruce. 3 for Calvin.
 
> 4. In 2011, the Minister of Justice in a southern African country
> proposed making public farting illegal. Name the country.
 
Malawi. 4 for Stephen.
 
Everybody else guessed Zimbabwe, or Zimbabwe and another country.
Is there something I don't know going on?
 
> 5. This country, a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, proposed a "fart
> tax" to address its uniquely high proportion of methane emissions
> from livestock compared to other sources. What country is this?
 
New Zealand. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Calvin.
 
Dan Tilque complained that this question was off-topic because,
he says, "methane from cattle mostly comes out their mouth".
 
> 6. The ability to fart at will has been used to entertain for
> centuries. It is referenced as early as the fifth century\ AD
> in a certain saintly work. Name *either* the work or the author.
 
"The City of God", St. Augustine (of Hippo). 4 for Björn, Peter,
Stephen, and Dan Blum. 2 for Calvin.
 
> the acoustic orifice? Hint: the same word also refers to the way
> brass and woodwind players apply the mouth to their instrument,
> so that it pertains to both flautists and flatulists.
 
Embouchure. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Pete and Bruce.
 
> playing "O Sole Mio" and "La Marseillaise" on an ocarina through
> a rubber tube in his anus. He could also blow out a candle from
> several yards away. Give either his stage name or his real name.
 
Le Pétomane, Joseph Pujol. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> laugh, and then make them think". Name this *prize*, which was
> also formerly described as being for discoveries "that cannot,
> or should not, be reproduced".
 
Ig Nobel Prize (for Biology). 4 for Peter, Erland, Stephen, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Bruce.
 
> 10. The slang term "queef" refers to the expulsion of air from
> which organ?
 
Vagina. I accepted "vulva". 4 for Peter, Stephen, Dan Blum, Pete,
Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
 
 
 
> also has 5 suburbs that are either adjacent to the city or nearly
> adjacent, and have at least 200,000 people each. Name *any one*
> of these.
 
Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Mesa, Scottsdale. 4 for Stephen,
Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 2 for Joshua.
 
> all adjacent to the city and each have over 190,000 people
> according to the 2010 census. Name *any one* of the three.
> Hint: none of them are east of the city.
 
Jersey City, Newark, Yonkers. 4 for Stephen, Joshua (the hard way),
Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 3. Name the Canadian city whose suburbs include Delta, Richmond,
> and Surrey.
 
Vancouver. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Björn.
 
> 4. This Canadian city's largest suburb, the District Municipality
> of Saanich, has more population than the city itself. Another
> suburb is Esquimalt. Name the city.
 
Victoria. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Pete.
 
> adjacent to Washington. Like Washington itself, one of the two
> does not actually have the legal status of "city". Name *either*
> one of these two suburbs.
 
Arlington (county), Alexandria. 4 for Stephen (the hard way), Joshua
(the hard way), Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
 
> 6. Boston also has about 600,000 residents. Of the suburbs that
> are adjacent to the city, the 5 largest have populations of at
> least 50,000 in the 2010 census. Name *any one* of them.
 
Brookline, Cambridge, Newton, Quincy, Somerville. 4 for Erland,
Stephen, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
 
> 7. As of the 2011 census, there are 812,000 people in Ottawa,
> and 242,000 in its largest suburb. Name that suburb.
 
Gatineau. 4 for Stephen and Dan Tilque.
 
> 6 suburbs with over 150,000 each. Mississauga is the
> largest by population, with almost 670,000 people; name the
> *second*-largest, with over 430,000.
 
Brampton. 4 for Dan Tilque.
 
> 9. Name the US city whose suburbs include Burbank, Glendale,
> Irvine, Pasadena, and Santa Ana.
 
Los Angeles. 4 for Björn, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Joshua, Dan Blum,
Pete, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
 
> 10. Name the US city whose suburbs include Aurora, Cicero, Evanston,
> Gary, and Naperville.
 
Chicago. 4 for Peter, Erland, Stephen, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete,
Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
 
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13:
> If you said "Hull" for the suburb of Ottawa, we need a
> less specific answer. Please substitute one.
 
Hull was merged into Gatineau in 2002, but we decided to give entrants
a second chance if they forgot this.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Ent His Spo Sci Geo FOUR
Stephen Perry 24 40 40 36 40 36 156
Joshua Kreitzer 4 24 28 24 0 26 102
Pete Gayde 0 24 12 32 15 30 101
Dan Blum 0 24 24 16 24 27 99
Marc Dashevsky 0 32 20 20 -- -- 72
Dan Tilque 0 12 12 12 20 28 72
Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 28 19 20 67
Jason Kreitzer 0 20 16 12 -- -- 48
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 20 4 12 12 48
Peter Smyth 4 8 8 8 24 8 48
"Calvin" 0 12 10 7 16 0 45
Björn Lundin 0 4 7 0 8 6 25
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Information! ... We want information!"
msb@vex.net -- The Prisoner
 
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bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jun 21 05:12PM

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:32:44 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
>> brass and woodwind players apply the mouth to their instrument, so
>> that it pertains to both flautists and flatulists.
 
> Embouchure. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Pete and Bruce.
 
Why 3? I gave one answer, spelled the way I learned to spell the word
from my Trumpet teacher (and I thought spelling didn't count except when
explicitly stated that it did, and for proper names and titles, but maybe
I'm wrong on that point).
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 21 05:19PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> > Hint: none of them are east of the city.
 
> Jersey City, Newark, Yonkers. 4 for Stephen, Joshua (the hard way),
> Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
By what criteria is Newark adjacent to New York City? Jersey City is
debatable too but at least that has a water border with NYC.
 
Peter Smyth
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 21 05:28PM

> > Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> By what criteria is Newark adjacent to New York City? Jersey City is
> debatable too but at least that has a water border with NYC.
 
Arguably Newark has a water border with Staten Island; Elizabeth clearly
does but Newark is less clear.
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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>: Jun 21 08:44PM +0200


> Malawi. 4 for Stephen.
 
> Everybody else guessed Zimbabwe, or Zimbabwe and another country.
> Is there something I don't know going on?
 
Since the situation in general is anything but good and all sort of
weird things happens in Zimbabwe that seemed like a reasonable answer.
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 21 11:50AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> New Zealand. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Calvin.
 
> Dan Tilque complained that this question was off-topic because,
> he says, "methane from cattle mostly comes out their mouth".
 
It wasn't actually a complaint about being off-topic. Just me being
ah... anal-retentive....
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 21 02:17PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> brass and woodwind players apply the mouth to their instrument, so
>>> that it pertains to both flautists and flatulists.
 
>> Embouchure. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Pete and Bruce.

Bruce Bowler:
> from my Trumpet teacher (and I thought spelling didn't count except when
> explicitly stated that it did, and for proper names and titles, but maybe
> I'm wrong on that point).
 
I'm using the same rule as on the Final Jeopardy! round of "Jeopardy!":
spelling doesn't count, but the spelling you give has to be a plausible
one for the pronunciation of the word. "Embouchure" ends with the same
sound as "pure". That's not plausible for "emboucher" or "ombushier",
so I scored them as almost correct.
--
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msb@vex.net | in those days."
Toronto | -- Bob NE20G3018 (Ira Levin, "This Perfect Day")
 
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