Thursday, July 14, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 14 updates in 5 topics

"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 13 06:22PM

Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 A lack of calcium in the diet causes what bone disease?
Osteoporosis
> 2 Along with Faith and Hope, which Christian saint was martyred in
> the second century AD?
St Charity
> 3 The city of Mandalay is located in which south east Asian country?
Thailand
> 4 What two-word term both describes visual acuity and a form of the
> sport of cricket?
20/20
> 5 Louis Armstrong International Airport is located in which American
> city?
New Orleans
> 6 Linke and gauche are the German and French equivalents of which
> English word?
Left
> the most watched TV series of all time?
 
> 8 Which English mathematician and inventor is credited with having
> designed the world's first general-purpose computer in 1837?
Babbage
> 9 What insect shares its name with a cocktail which includes Crème de
> Menthe and Crème de Cacao?
Grasshopper
> 10 Not to be confused with a card game, what is the nickname for the
> New Zealand men's lawn bowls team?
 
 
Peter Smyth
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 13 08:52PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 A lack of calcium in the diet causes what bone disease?
 
Osteoporosis
 
> 2 Along with Faith and Hope, which Christian saint was martyred in
> the second century AD?
 
Charity
 
> 3 The city of Mandalay is located in which
> south east Asian country?
 
Thailand
 
> 4 What two-word term both describes
> visual acuity and a form of the sport of cricket?
 
Twenty Twenty
 
> 5 Louis
> Armstrong International Airport is located in which American city?
 
New Orleans
 
> 6 Linke and gauche are the German and French equivalents of which
> English word?
 
Left
 
> 7 The dramatised version of which 1976 Alex Haley
> novel is one of the most watched TV series of all time?
 
Roots
 
> 8 Which
> English mathematician and inventor is credited with having designed
> the world's first general-purpose computer in 1837?
 
Babbage
 
> 9 What insect
> shares its name with a cocktail which includes Crème de Menthe and
> Crème de Cacao?
 
Cricket
 
> 10 Not to be confused with a card game, what is
> the nickname for the New Zealand men's lawn bowls team?
 
Hearts
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 13 07:07PM -0700

Calvin wrote:
> 1 A lack of calcium in the diet causes what bone disease?
> 2 Along with Faith and Hope, which Christian saint was martyred in the second century AD?
> 3 The city of Mandalay is located in which south east Asian country?
 
Burma
 
> 4 What two-word term both describes visual acuity and a form of the sport of cricket?
 
test match ??
 
> 5 Louis Armstrong International Airport is located in which American city?
> 6 Linke and gauche are the German and French equivalents of which English word?
 
left (and that's a sinister question)
 
> 7 The dramatised version of which 1976 Alex Haley novel is one of the most watched TV series of all time?
 
Roots
 
> 8 Which English mathematician and inventor is credited with having designed the world's first general-purpose computer in 1837?
 
Charles Babbage
 
> 9 What insect shares its name with a cocktail which includes Crème de Menthe and Crème de Cacao?
 
grasshopper ??
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 13 04:07PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-06-05,
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 Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
I wrote one of these rounds.
 
 
* Game 3, Round 7 - Geography - Formerly the USSR
 
The handout map
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3-7/xussr.png
 
shows part of Russia and all of the other 14 countries that used
to be part of the Soviet Union. The compass directions are marked
because they're a bit skewed by the map projection. Each letter
from A to Y indicates a city.
 
So let's start with cities.
 
1. Which letter is Moscow, Russia?
2. St. Petersburg, Russia?
3. Baku, Azerbaijan?
4. Kiev, Ukraine?
 
For the next two questions, we name a country and you identify
it by naming any letter shown in that country. There may be just
one letter there, or more than one.
 
5. Kazakhstan.
6. Georgia.
 
Please complete the above questions before decoding the rot13 for
the last four. On these questions we'll give you a letter and
you can name either the city or the country.
 
7. Jurer vf I? Pvgl be pbhagel.
8. S?
9. N?
10. Q?
 
 
Now, if I mentioned how many decoys there were, it would give away
information about questions #5-6. Instead, if you want to try the
decoys for fun, but for no points, then decode the rot13 below.
For questions #11-19 you can give the country if there is only one
letter in the country, but otherwise you must name city and country.
For questions #20-28, give the letter. And note that, to conceal
the number of decoys, a random subset of the cities will appear
in *both* groups. As usual, only one try for each question, please.
 
11. K.
12. C.
13. B.
14. R.
15. V.
16. F.
17. H.
18. Z.
19. W.
20. Evtn, Yngivn.
21. Puvfvanh, Zbyqbin.
22. Qhfunaor, Gnwvxvfgna.
23. Avmual Abitbebq, Ehffvn.
24. Ibytbtenq, Ehffvn.
25. Xunexbi, Hxenvar.
26. Ovfuxrx, Xletlmfgna.
27. Abibfvovefx, Ehffvn.
28. Frinfgbcby, erpragyl frvmrq ol Ehffvn sebz Hxenvar.
 
 
* Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - German-Language Literature
 
This round is about literature written in German, but not just
within the geographical and temporal boundaries of present-day
Germany. Where applicable, you may answer in German or in English.
 
1. This was an early Romantic movement in German literature
(and also music) in the second half of the 18th century, which
emphasized subjectivity and emotional experiences and rebelled
against the rationalism of the Enlightenment. Name it.
 
2. A prominent example of <answer 1> literature is Goethe's novel
about a young man's unrequited love for a peasant girl. Name it.
 
3. This Prague-born poet and novelist, who also wrote in French,
is still a favorite today, especially among the New Age and
self-help set. He died in 1926 at age 51 and is known for
"Sonnets to Orpheus" and "Letters to a Young Poet".
 
4. Name Hermann Hesse's 1927 novel about a mysterious man named
Harry Haller who struggles with his sense of alienation from
everyday society. Hesse said later that young people may have
misinterpreted the book because it was meant to speak to the
problems of middle age.
 
5. This author died from tuberculosis at age 40, in 1924. Max Brod
was his literary executor, and fortunately for posterity, Max
didn't follow his instructions to burn the surviving manuscripts.
Name the author, who was still in human form at the time of
his death.
 
6. Amateur -- but enthusiastic -- musician Oskar Matzerath is
the narrator and hero of this acclaimed 1959 novel, made into
a similarly controversial film in 1979. Name the book.
 
7. Name Thomas Mann's 1924 novel in which he uses the story of a
man's multi-year stay at a sanatorium as a vehicle for examining
the European civilization of the day.
 
8. Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel about a small-time criminal becoming
morally lost in the underworld was made into a 15½-hour film
(or miniseries) by famed director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Its title refers to a train station; what is it?
 
9. Name the 1972 Nobel Prize winner who authored such works as
"The Clown", "Group Portrait with Lady", and "The Lost Honor
of Katharina Blum". He was known as one of a group of writers
who attempted, through their literature, to come to terms with
the Nazi era.
 
10. "Traumnovelle", or "Dream Story", is a tale of sexual fantasy
and decadence. Name its writer, who was Austrian and died
in 1931. Or, alternatively, name the 1999 English-language
movie -- by a celebrated director -- that was based on that book.
 
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | In the affairs of this world men are saved,
msb@vex.net | not by faith, but by the want of it. --Franklin
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 13 09:20PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> from A to Y indicates a city.
 
> So let's start with cities.
 
> 1. Which letter is Moscow, Russia?
G, H
> 2. St. Petersburg, Russia?
H, G
> 3. Baku, Azerbaijan?
R, S
> 4. Kiev, Ukraine?
K
> it by naming any letter shown in that country. There may be just
> one letter there, or more than one.
 
> 5. Kazakhstan.
N
> 6. Georgia.
T
> the last four. On these questions we'll give you a letter and
> you can name either the city or the country.
 
> 7. Where is V? City or country.
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
> 8. F?
Belarus
> 9. A?
Estonia
> 10. D?
Russia
> of Katharina Blum". He was known as one of a group of writers
> who attempted, through their literature, to come to terms with
> the Nazi era.
Gunter Grass
> and decadence. Name its writer, who was Austrian and died
> in 1931. Or, alternatively, name the 1999 English-language
> movie -- by a celebrated director -- that was based on that book.
 
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 13 11:27PM +0200

> I wrote one of these rounds.
 
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Geography - Formerly the USSR
 
Shall we guess this one?

> So let's start with cities.
 
> 1. Which letter is Moscow, Russia?
> 2. St. Petersburg, Russia?
 
G
 
> 3. Baku, Azerbaijan?
 
T
 
> 4. Kiev, Ukraine?
 
K

> it by naming any letter shown in that country. There may be just
> one letter there, or more than one.
 
> 5. Kazakhstan.
 
N
 
> 6. Georgia.
 
R

> 7. Jurer vf I? Pvgl be pbhagel.
 
Uzbekistan
 
> 8. S?
 
Minsk
 
> 9. N?
 
Tallinn
 
> 10. Q?
 
Kaliningrad
 
> morally lost in the underworld was made into a 15½-hour film
> (or miniseries) by famed director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
> Its title refers to a train station; what is it?
 
Berlin Alexanderplatz

> of Katharina Blum". He was known as one of a group of writers
> who attempted, through their literature, to come to terms with
> the Nazi era.
 
Heinrich Böll

 
 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jul 13 03:26PM -0700

On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 5:07:55 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> from A to Y indicates a city.
 
> So let's start with cities.
 
> 1. Which letter is Moscow, Russia?
H?
> 2. St. Petersburg, Russia?
G?
> 3. Baku, Azerbaijan?
Q?
> 4. Kiev, Ukraine?
F?
> it by naming any letter shown in that country. There may be just
> one letter there, or more than one.
 
> 5. Kazakhstan.
N?
> 6. Georgia.
T?
> the last four. On these questions we'll give you a letter and
> you can name either the city or the country.
 
> 7. Jurer vf I? Pvgl be pbhagel.
Where is V? City or country? City?
> 8. S?
Country?
> 9. N?
Country?
> 10. Q?
Country?
> 18. Z.
> 19. W.
> 20. Riga, Latvia.
E?
> 21. Chisinau, Moldova.
O?
> 22. Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
R?
> 23. Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
M?
> 24. Volgograd, Russia.
I?
> 25. Kharkov, Ukraine.
F?
> 26. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
T?
> 27. Novosibirsk, Russia.
J?
> 28. Sevastopol, recently seized by Russia from Ukraine.
R?
> everyday society. Hesse said later that young people may have
> misinterpreted the book because it was meant to speak to the
> problems of middle age.
"Steppenwolf?"
> didn't follow his instructions to burn the surviving manuscripts.
> Name the author, who was still in human form at the time of
> his death.
Franz Kafka
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 14 01:30AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:1dadncJ11M47MBvKnZ2dnUU7-
> from A to Y indicates a city.
 
> So let's start with cities.
 
> 1. Which letter is Moscow, Russia?
 
H; G
 
> 2. St. Petersburg, Russia?
 
B
 
> 3. Baku, Azerbaijan?
 
T
 
> 4. Kiev, Ukraine?
 
K
 
> it by naming any letter shown in that country. There may be just
> one letter there, or more than one.
 
> 5. Kazakhstan.
 
N
 
> 6. Georgia.
 
R
 
> the last four. On these questions we'll give you a letter and
> you can name either the city or the country.
 
> 7. Jurer vf I? Pvgl be pbhagel.
 
Uzbekistan
 
> 8. S?
 
Belarus
 
> 9. N?
 
Estonia
 
> 10. Q?
 
Russia

> the number of decoys, a random subset of the cities will appear
> in *both* groups. As usual, only one try for each question, please.
 
> 13. B.
 
Moldova
 
> 14. R.
 
Lithuania
 
> 16. F.
 
Armenia
 
> 20. Evtn, Yngivn.
 
C
 
> 21. Puvfvanh, Zbyqbin.
 
O
 
> 28. Frinfgbcby, erpragyl frvmrq ol Ehffvn sebz Hxenvar.
 
Q

> Germany. Where applicable, you may answer in German or in English.
 
> 2. A prominent example of <answer 1> literature is Goethe's novel
> about a young man's unrequited love for a peasant girl. Name it.
 
"The Sorrows of Young Werther"
 
> is still a favorite today, especially among the New Age and
> self-help set. He died in 1926 at age 51 and is known for
> "Sonnets to Orpheus" and "Letters to a Young Poet".
 
Rilke

> everyday society. Hesse said later that young people may have
> misinterpreted the book because it was meant to speak to the
> problems of middle age.
 
"Steppenwolf"
 
> didn't follow his instructions to burn the surviving manuscripts.
> Name the author, who was still in human form at the time of
> his death.
 
Franz Kafka
 
> 6. Amateur -- but enthusiastic -- musician Oskar Matzerath is
> the narrator and hero of this acclaimed 1959 novel, made into
> a similarly controversial film in 1979. Name the book.
 
"The Tin Drum"
 
> morally lost in the underworld was made into a 15½-hour film
> (or miniseries) by famed director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
> Its title refers to a train station; what is it?
 
"Berlin Alexanderplatz"

> and decadence. Name its writer, who was Austrian and died
> in 1931. Or, alternatively, name the 1999 English-language
> movie -- by a celebrated director -- that was based on that book.
 
"Eyes Wide Shut"
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 13 07:20PM -0700

On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 7:07:55 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 

> * Game 3, Round 7 - Geography - Formerly the USSR
 
> 1. Which letter is Moscow, Russia?
 
G, H
 
> 2. St. Petersburg, Russia?
 
B
 
> 3. Baku, Azerbaijan?
 
T, S
 
> 4. Kiev, Ukraine?
 
K
 
> 5. Kazakhstan.
 
N
 
> 6. Georgia.
 
R

> 7. Jurer vf I? Pvgl be pbhagel.
 
Uzbekistan
 
> 8. S?
 
Belarus
 
> 9. N?
 
Estonia
 
> 10. Q?
 
Russia
 
 
 
> (and also music) in the second half of the 18th century, which
> emphasized subjectivity and emotional experiences and rebelled
> against the rationalism of the Enlightenment. Name it.
 
Baroque?
 
> 2. A prominent example of <answer 1> literature is Goethe's novel
> about a young man's unrequited love for a peasant girl. Name it.
 
Faust, Sorrows of Young Werther
 
> of Katharina Blum". He was known as one of a group of writers
> who attempted, through their literature, to come to terms with
> the Nazi era.
 
Grass
 
> and decadence. Name its writer, who was Austrian and died
> in 1931. Or, alternatively, name the 1999 English-language
> movie -- by a celebrated director -- that was based on that book.
 
Zweig
 
cheers,
calvin
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 14 03:26AM


> * Game 3, Round 7 - Geography - Formerly the USSR
 
> 1. Which letter is Moscow, Russia?
 
G
 
> 2. St. Petersburg, Russia?
 
B
 
> 3. Baku, Azerbaijan?
 
T
 
> 4. Kiev, Ukraine?
 
K
 
> 5. Kazakhstan.
 
N; V
 
> 6. Georgia.
 
R
 
> 7. Jurer vf I? Pvgl be pbhagel.
 
Uzbekistan
 
> 8. S?
 
Belarus
 
> 9. N?
 
Estonia; Latvia
 
> 10. Q?
 
Russia
 
> (and also music) in the second half of the 18th century, which
> emphasized subjectivity and emotional experiences and rebelled
> against the rationalism of the Enlightenment. Name it.
 
rococo
 
> 2. A prominent example of <answer 1> literature is Goethe's novel
> about a young man's unrequited love for a peasant girl. Name it.
 
The Sorrows of Young Werther
 
> everyday society. Hesse said later that young people may have
> misinterpreted the book because it was meant to speak to the
> problems of middle age.
 
The Glass Bead Game
 
> didn't follow his instructions to burn the surviving manuscripts.
> Name the author, who was still in human form at the time of
> his death.
 
Franz Kafka
 
> 6. Amateur -- but enthusiastic -- musician Oskar Matzerath is
> the narrator and hero of this acclaimed 1959 novel, made into
> a similarly controversial film in 1979. Name the book.
 
The Tin Drum
 
> 7. Name Thomas Mann's 1924 novel in which he uses the story of a
> man's multi-year stay at a sanatorium as a vehicle for examining
> the European civilization of the day.
 
Last Year at Marienbad
 
> of Katharina Blum". He was known as one of a group of writers
> who attempted, through their literature, to come to terms with
> the Nazi era.
 
Grass
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 13 08:41PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:O-adnVT2SM6OLxnKnZ2dnUU7-
> canceled, but let's not spoil it for the others, okay?)
 
> 1. Last week the Iraqi army completed taking back *which city*
> from the so-called Islamic State?
 
Fallujah
 
 
> 2. Last week the US Supreme Court overturned restrictions on the
> operation of abortion clinics in *which state*, a decision that
> is likely to have implications in other parts of the country?
 
Texas
 
> hey, personal computers and the Internet did. Who is the famed
> futurist who predicted all these things and coined the phrase
> "information overload", and who died last week at the age of 87?
 
Toffler
 
> best-known book described his time in various concentration camps
> as a teenager and his loss of faith in God, also died at age 87.
> Name him.
 
Elie Wiesel
 
 
> * Game 8 (2016-07-11), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Name the NASA spacecraft that entered orbit around Jupiter one
> week ago.
 
Juno
 
> made one of the finest films of the 1970s, and died at age 77.
> The other, an Iranian, made dozens of films and won the Palme
> d'Or at Cannes in 1997. Name either.
 
Cimino
 
> sisters Eliza and Adela Andrews. What kind of enterprise was it?
 
> 5. A controversial $100,000,000 theme park opened in Kentucky
> last week. So what is the theme? Be sufficiently specific.
 
Noah's Ark replica
 
> Tbir jvyy abg or thi. Anzr rvgure bs gur gjb erznvavat
> pnaqvqngrf sbe Oevgvfu cevzr zvavfgre, nsgre ibgvat ol
> Pbafreingvir ZCf ryvzvangrq gur bgure cergraqref.
 
May
 
> murder of his girlfriend. Tell us either Messi's sentence in
> months, or Pistorius's sentence in years. Exact answer required,
> and you must say who you're talking about.
 
Pistorius received 5 years
 
> but last week a comedian and actress revealed that she almost
> died during a bout with the throat condition, requiring surgery
> and a week in hospital. Name her.
 
Sarah Silverman
 
 
> 9. Noel ["NO-elle"] Neill died last week at the age of 95.
> What was *her* claim to fame?
 
Played "Lois Lane"
 
 
> 10. What public health measure did the Toronto Board of Health
> approve last Monday, though final go-ahead still has to be
> given by City Council?
 
Pete Gayde
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jul 13 06:34PM -0700

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:02:17 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 2. Last week the US Supreme Court overturned restrictions on the
> operation of abortion clinics in *which state*, a decision that
> is likely to have implications in other parts of the country?
Texas
> best-known book described his time in various concentration camps
> as a teenager and his loss of faith in God, also died at age 87.
> Name him.
Elie Weizel
> he had his ex's nickname, "SLIM", which was inked on the
> fingers of his right hand, changed to "SCUM". Who is this
> walking advertisement for Wite-Out, if not for class?
Johnny Depp
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 13 04:01PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
> I wrote one of these rounds.
 
Yes, that was the airplane round. Only a few players were able to
collect bonus points, which in the original game had to be scored by
the individual and not the team; but even ignoring the bonus points,
it was still the easiest round in the original game.
 
 
 
> 1. For the first few questions we'll give you the page number;
> after that you're on your own. So please start with page 3,
> and pick out the Boeing 707 and the Douglas DC-8.
 
#19 (707), #23 (DC-8). 6 for Stephen and Marc. 3 for Pete.
2 for Bruce.
 
(For anyone interested in how they could have known: both are
single-deck airplanes with 4 jet engines -- of the older, narrow
type -- mounted under the wings. To tell them apart: the 707 has a
forward-pointing antenna on the tail; the DC-8 has larger windows,
but fewer of them.)
 
> 2. On page 1, pick out the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380.
 
#9 (747), #2 (A380). 6 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Björn,
Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
 
(Both are double-deckers. The 747 has two decks only at the front,
the A380 for its whole length.)
 
> 3. On page 2, find the Lockheed Constellation and the Douglas DC-7.
 
#16 (Constellation), #10 (DC-7). 6 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Marc,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
 
(Both have 4 propellers. The DC-7 has a conventional tail, the
Constellation a triple tail-fin.)
 
> 4. Back to page 1; find the Hawker-Siddeley Trident (or HS-121)
> and the Boeing 727.
 
#6 (Trident), #5 (727). 6 for Stephen and Dan Tilque. 4 for Dan Blum
and Joshua. 3 for Bruce, Marc, and Pete.
 
(Both have 3 jet engines, all in the tail area. The 727's center
engine intake is not faired into the fuselage; the Trident was
British-made and none were sold to the US.)
 
> 5. Look at page 3, and pick out the Gulfstream G400 and the
> Learjet 35.
 
#26 (Gulfstream), #25 (Learjet). 6 for Stephen, Marc, Björn,
and Dan Tilque. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Joshua. 3 for Pete.
 
(Both have 2 jet engines in the tail area, and are business jets,
i.e. smaller than modern airliners. The Learjet is smaller, as
indicated by the number of windows; the Gulfstream is one of the
models with winglets.)
 
> 6. On page 2, find the Boeing 247 and the Douglas DC-3.
 
#11 (247), #18 (DC-3). 6 for Stephen, Marc, and Joshua. 4 for
Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Bruce.
 
(Both have 2 propellers. The 247 is smaller, as indicated by the
number of windows; the DC-3 has a slightly swept-back wing.)
 
> will still be on the same page. So find the correct page with
> two De Havilland Comet models, and pick out the Comet 1 and
> the Comet 4.
 
#22 (Comet 1), #24 (Comet 4). 6 for Stephen.
 
(Both have 4 jet engines set into the wing roots. The Comet 1 was
the world's first jet airliner, but the corners of its windows were
a deadly flaw, as they caused metal fatigue that tended to make
the cabin explode during pressurized flight; hence the dominance
of American manufacturers over British in subsequent years; and
also hence the oval windows on the Comet 4, which was also larger,
as the number of windows indicates.)
 
> 8. Now find the Lockheed L-1011, also called the TriStar, and the
> Douglas DC-10, on the same page as each other.
 
#8 (L-1011), #1 (DC-10). 6 for Stephen and Dan Tilque. 4 for Marc.
 
(Both have 3 jet engines, two under the wings and one in the tail
area. The DC-10's rear engine runs straight through the tail;
the L-1011 uses an offset intake like the 727 and Trident.)
 
> 9. Find the Bombardier CRJ (which was previously called the Canadair
> CRJ), and, on the same page, the Embraer ERJ-145.
 
#17 (ERJ-145), #13 (CRJ). 6 for Dan Blum and Marc. 4 for Stephen.
 
(Both have 2 jet engines in the tail area, and are commuter planes,
i.e. larger than the business jets but smaller than other modern
airliners. Air Canada and its affiliates use the CRJ.)
 
> 10. Pick out the Airbus A320 and, on the same page, the Boeing 737.
 
#21 (A320), #27 (737). 6 for Stephen and Dan Blum. 4 for Marc
and Dan Tilque.
 
(Both have 2 jet engines mounted under the wings, and are larger
than commuter planes. During the era indicated by the color scheme,
Air Canada uses the A320; the flattened bottom of the engine intakes
is characteristic of some models of 737.)
 
 
> If you like, decode the rot13 to see what they are and identify
> the pictures for fun, but for no points.
 
> 11. Airbus A-three-forty.
 
#3.
 
> 12. Capelis XC-twelve (a real plane that never entered service).
 
#12. This plane was seen in the 1939 movie "Five Came Back" and
several others of that period.
 
> 13. Concorde.
 
#7. Joshua finally got this.
 
> 14. Ford Trimotor.
 
#14.
 
> 15. Lockheed Electra.
 
#20. Amelia Earhart was flying one of these when she disappeared.
 
> 16. Reindeer (a fictional plane).
 
#15. From the 1951 movie "No Highway in the Sky".
 
> 17. Tupolev Tu-one-forty-four.
 
#4. Joshua got this. This was the Soviet copy of the Concorde.
 
 
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Tea
 
Sorry, that was supposed to be tagged "Miscellaneous". I'll show
it that way in the score table.
 
 
> 1. Tea is usually classified according to the level of a certain
> aspect of the processing that the tea leaves have undergone.
> The level of what?
 
Oxidation (also accepting fermentation). 4 for Stephen.
2 for Dan Blum.
 
> question #1. Oynpx grn unf orra pbzcyrgryl bkvqvmrq; terra grn
> naq fbzr bguref haqretb yvggyr be ab bkvqngvba. Va orgjrra gurz
> vf *juvpu pynff bs grn* jvgu na vagrezrqvngr yriry bs bkvqngvba?
 
Oolong. 4 for Stephen.
 
> quality and condition. What is the two-word industry term for
> the highest grade, an expression also used in North America to
> refer generically to black tea?
 
Orange pekoe. 4 for Stephen.
 
> The Tetley company disputed the claim of superiority, but in
> 2014 the British Advertising Standards Agency rejected thair
> complaint. Name the innovation.
 
Pyramidal (tetrahedral) teabag. (Not the same as the Flo-Thru bag,
which was introduced earlier). 4 for Stephen and Peter.
 
> Tea" that presented eleven rules for tea-making that he
> considered "golden"? Among them was that the tea must be poured
> first, not the milk. Name the author.
 
George Orwell. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 6. Oil of bergamot -- which, by the way, is a type of orange -- is
> the distinctive ingredient of what variety of tea? Apparently it
> will still be drunk in the 24th century -- hot.
 
Earl Grey 4 for Erland, Stephen, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Peter,
and Joshua.
 
(Captain Picard's drink on "Star Trek: The Next Generation".)
 
> 7. What synonym for "herbal tea" comes from a Greek word referring
> to a drink made from pearl barley? The same word is used in
> French and Italian.
 
Tisane. 4 for Stephen and Dan Blum.
 
> 8. Which popular herbal tea, scientific name "Aspalathus linearis",
> is native to South Africa, and grown particularly in the Western
> Cape there?
 
Rooibos ["ROY-boss"] or red bush tea. (Any word was sufficient.)
4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
 
> 9. Which fruit of a common flower is often mixed with hibiscus to
> make a herbal tea?
 
Rose hip. 4 for Dan Blum and Marc.
 
> saying that it would "distill the life that's inside of me".
> Fittingly, the song with the same name as the tea appeared on
> Nirvana's album "In Utero". Name it.
 
Pennyroyal tea. 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent Spo Sci Mis
Stephen Perry -- -- 58 36 94
Dan Blum 23 13 36 20 92
Marc Dashevsky 24 0 47 8 79
Pete Gayde 18 40 19 0 77
Björn Lundin 8 37 12 0 57
Peter Smyth 6 40 0 8 54
Dan Tilque 0 0 38 0 38
Joshua Kreitzer -- -- 20 16 36
Erland Sommarskog 16 16 0 4 36
Bruce Bowler -- -- 17 4 21
 
--
Mark Brader | "On our campus the UNIX system has proved to be not
Toronto | only an effective software tool, but an agent of
msb@vex.net | technical and social change within the University."
| -- John Lions, 1979
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 13 05:56PM +0100


> 6 [in a tie break]
> The range of answers given (or not given) suggests there are not many
> tennis players here
 
Bah! Forgot about tie breaks.
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