- Calvin's Quiz #449 - 5 Updates
- QFTCI16 Game 3, Rounds 9-10: Cuba, Canchallenge - 5 Updates
- QFTCI16 Current Events 9 - 3 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #448 - 3 Updates
- QFTCI16 Game 4, Rounds 2-3: podcasts, stock symbols - 2 Updates
- QFTCI16 Current Events 7-8 - 1 Update
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 19 08:25PM -0700 1 What is the first given name of the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? 2 In music, what is meant by the term "pianissimo"? 3 New Zealander Denny Hulme won the world championship in 1967 in which sport? 4 Which two-word Italian term is often used to describe eating outdoors? 5 In the US TV show "Bewitched", which actress played Samantha's mother Endora? 6 What was discovered in 1930 but downgraded in 2006? 7 Which colour is traditionally associated with Italian racing cars? 8 Hydra Gyrum was the Latin name for which element? 9 In which 1978 Richard Donner film does the heroine remark: "You've got me? Who's got you?"? 10 What name is given to an ionic compound formed from reacting an acid and a base? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 20 01:36AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 What is the first given name of the daughter of the Duke and > Duchess of Cambridge? Catherine. > 2 In music, what is meant by the term "pianissimo"? Very soft. > 3 New Zealander Denny Hulme won the world championship in 1967 > in which sport? Arrgh... okay, we need an individual sport in which there have been world champions in the last 50 years who I've never heard of. I'll try wrestling. > 4 Which two-word Italian term is often used to describe eating outdoors? Al fresco. > 5 In the US TV show "Bewitched", which actress played > Samantha's mother Endora? Moorehead. > 6 What was discovered in 1930 but downgraded in 2006? Pluto. > 7 Which colour is traditionally associated with Italian racing cars? Red? > 8 Hydra Gyrum was the Latin name for which element? Mercuy. Which is mercury with an R missing. > 9 In which 1978 Richard Donner film does the heroine remark: > "You've got me? Who's got you?"? "Superman". > 10 What name is given to an ionic compound formed from reacting > an acid and a base? Salt. -- Mark Brader | "The dream of a common standard is er... enhanced Toronto | by the diversity of a myriad of national rules..." msb@vex.net | --Ian Walmsley |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 20 01:38AM -0500 In article <beee7861-aa73-455c-89b5-1b98b22fca96@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 What is the first given name of the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? > 2 In music, what is meant by the term "pianissimo"? softly > 3 New Zealander Denny Hulme won the world championship in 1967 in which sport? > 4 Which two-word Italian term is often used to describe eating outdoors? al fresco > 5 In the US TV show "Bewitched", which actress played Samantha?s mother Endora? Agnes Moorehead > 6 What was discovered in 1930 but downgraded in 2006? Pluto > 7 Which colour is traditionally associated with Italian racing cars? red > 8 Hydra Gyrum was the Latin name for which element? mercury > 9 In which 1978 Richard Donner film does the heroine remark: "You've got me? Who's got you?"? > 10 What name is given to an ionic compound formed from reacting an acid and a base? salt -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 20 10:19AM +0200 > 2 In music, what is meant by the term "pianissimo"? Very quiet > 3 New Zealander Denny Hulme won the world championship in 1967 in > which sport? Formula-one > 6 What was discovered in 1930 but downgraded in 2006? Pluto > 7 Which colour is traditionally associated with Italian racing cars? Red > 8 Hydra Gyrum was the Latin name for which element? Mercury > 10 What name is given to an ionic compound formed from reacting an > acid and a base? Salt -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 20 12:50PM +0200 On 2016-07-20 05:25, Calvin wrote: > 1 What is the first given name of the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? > 2 In music, what is meant by the term "pianissimo"? calm > 4 Which two-word Italian term is often used to describe eating outdoors? > 5 In the US TV show "Bewitched", which actress played Samantha's mother Endora? > 6 What was discovered in 1930 but downgraded in 2006? Pluto > 7 Which colour is traditionally associated with Italian racing cars? red > 8 Hydra Gyrum was the Latin name for which element? Mercury? -- -- Björn |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 19 02:15PM +0200 On 2016-07-17 04:35, Mark Brader wrote: > colonial domination, where economic colonization, humiliation, > and exploitation were worse than in Cuba, in part owing to > my country's policies during the Batista regime." Hemingway? > tell us the month and year of this misbegotten adventure that > was an early misstep in Kennedy's presidency. (The invasion, > that is! Tell us when the invasion was.) Sep 1961; Oct 1961 > those days? Hint: This period of time also forms the title of > a book by Robert Kennedy, and a movie starring Bruce Greenwood > as John F. Kennedy. 40 days > performed a landmark concert in Havana on 2016-03-25. This was > the first big concert by a Western rock band in 52 years. > What was the final song they performed, as part of their encore? Sympathy for the Devil? > * A. St. John's > A1. How many Canadian *provincial capitals* are farther north > than St. John's, NL? 3;2 > provincial or territorial capital. What was its population > according to the 2011 census, within 25% of the true number > in either direction? 20_000 -- -- Björn |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 19 06:10PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:_NidncN7dICWchfKnZ2dnUU7- > poet, and intellectual, and there's also one in Central Park in > New York. Havana's international airport is named after him. > Give his name. Che Guevara > 2. One of the catalysts for the Spanish-American War was the > sinking of a US battleship in Havana harbor in February 1898. > Do you remember what battleship? Maine > great deal of power over the island, making Cuba a de-facto > protectorate. The agreement also established a protective > tariff in the US for what commodity? Sugar; Coffee > colonial domination, where economic colonization, humiliation, > and exploitation were worse than in Cuba, in part owing to > my country's policies during the Batista regime." John Kennedy > tell us the month and year of this misbegotten adventure that > was an early misstep in Kennedy's presidency. (The invasion, > that is! Tell us when the invasion was.) July, 1961; August, 1961 > those days? Hint: This period of time also forms the title of > a book by Robert Kennedy, and a movie starring Bruce Greenwood > as John F. Kennedy. 13 days > Cuban national baseball team took on a Major League Baseball > squad. Name that major-league team. They won, by the way -- > we're not sure what that did for diplomacy. Miami Marlins; Baltimore Orioles > Grammy, and 10 Junos, and she's also a Commander of the > Order of Prince Henry the Navigator. (Of Portugal, that is.) > Name her. Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 20 01:47AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 3 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has won it despite answering only 4 rounds! Hearty congratulations! > poet, and intellectual, and there's also one in Central Park in > New York. Havana's international airport is named after him. > Give his name. José Martí. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Bruce, Marc, and Dan Tilque. > 2. One of the catalysts for the Spanish-American War was the > sinking of a US battleship in Havana harbor in February 1898. > Do you remember what battleship? USS Maine. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Jason, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > great deal of power over the island, making Cuba a de-facto > protectorate. The agreement also established a protective > tariff in the US for what commodity? Sugar. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Marc, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan Blum and Bruce. > colonial domination, where economic colonization, humiliation, > and exploitation were worse than in Cuba, in part owing to > my country's policies during the Batista regime." John F. Kennedy. 4 for M and Pete. > from Mexico to Cuba in 1956, including Fidel and Raúl Castro? > It gave its name to the official newspaper of the Communist > party of Cuba. Hint: Your abuela might answer to this name too. Granma. ("Abuela" means "grandmother".) 4 for Stephen, Erland, and Joshua. > business in Cuba from also doing business in the US. This act > is usually known by the names of its two legislative sponsors; > what is this more common moniker? Helms-Burton Act. 4 for Stephen. > tell us the month and year of this misbegotten adventure that > was an early misstep in Kennedy's presidency. (The invasion, > that is! Tell us when the invasion was.) April 1961. 4 for Stephen and Marc. 3 for Joshua. > those days? Hint: This period of time also forms the title of > a book by Robert Kennedy, and a movie starring Bruce Greenwood > as John F. Kennedy. 13 days. (October 16-28, 1962.) 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, and Pete. > Cuban national baseball team took on a Major League Baseball > squad. Name that major-league team. They won, by the way -- > we're not sure what that did for diplomacy. Tampa Bay Rays. 4 for Stephen. > performed a landmark concert in Havana on 2016-03-25. This was > the first big concert by a Western rock band in 52 years. > What was the final song they performed, as part of their encore? "Satisfaction". 4 for Stephen, Erland, and Joshua. > The theme of this round is Canadian capitals. It's a potpourri > -- within the pairs there will be questions in different subject > categories. This was the hardest round in the original game. > * A. St. John's > A1. How many Canadian *provincial capitals* are farther north > than St. John's, NL? 4. (St. John's is at about 47°35'N and, obviously, all the western capitals are north of 49°N.) 4 for Dan Tilque. > A2. Name the American Hockey League team based in St. John's, > an affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens. Apparently it was > not named after a caffeinated beverage. Ice Caps. 4 for Stephen. > Explosion of 1917. Or, alternatively, name the author of > the 1992 novel "Burden of Desire", with a similar setting; > this author had a long career in the US as a journalist. "Barometer Rising", Robert MacNeil. 4 for Stephen. > B2. Name the fortified summit in Halifax that is a National > Historic Site of Canada. Fort George (or Citadel Hill). 4 for Stephen. > * C. Iqaluit > C1. What was the previous name of Iqaluit, before 1987? Frobisher Bay. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > provincial or territorial capital. What was its population > according to the 2011 census, within 25% of the true number > in either direction? 6,699 (accepting 5,024 to 8,374). 4 for Stephen--who got within 1.5%! > * D. Winnipeg. > D1. Who is the former mayor of Winnipeg who is now an Ontario > provincial cabinet minister? Glen Murray. 4 for Stephen. > D2. At what stadium do the Winnipeg Blue Bombers play their > home games? Investors Group Field. 4 for Stephen. > * E. Regina. > E1. What type of disaster devastated large parts of Regina on > June 30, 1912? Tornado (or cyclone, as it was commonly called the "Regina Cyclone"). 4 for Stephen and Dan Blum. > E2. Name the foundational document of the CCF party that was > adopted in Regina in 1933. Exact name required. Regina Manifesto. 4 for Stephen. > F1. What is the independent bookstore in Victoria that is named > after one of Canada's most celebrated writers? No surprise > -- she and her then-husband founded it in 1963. Munro's Books. (Alice Munro.) 4 for Stephen. > Grammy, and 10 Junos, and she's also a Commander of the > Order of Prince Henry the Navigator. (Of Portugal, that is.) > Name her. Nelly Furtado. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Ent Spo Sci Mis Geo Lit His Can SIX Stephen Perry -- -- 58 36 -- -- 36 44 174 Marc Dashevsky 24 0 47 8 40 12 24 0 155 Dan Blum 23 13 36 20 38 12 14 4 144 Joshua Kreitzer -- -- 20 16 38 28 27 8 137 Dan Tilque 0 0 38 0 40 8 12 8 106 Björn Lundin 8 37 12 0 40 0 0 0 97 Pete Gayde 18 40 19 0 -- -- 15 0 92 Erland Sommarskog 16 16 0 4 32 8 12 0 88 Peter Smyth 6 40 0 8 26 0 0 0 80 "Calvin" -- -- -- -- 38 2 -- -- 40 Bruce Bowler -- -- 17 4 8 0 10 0 39 Jason Kreitzer -- -- -- -- 4 8 4 0 16 -- Mark Brader | "No, I'm disagreeing with you. That doesn't mean I'm not msb@vex.net | listening to you or understanding what you're saying: Toronto | I'm doing all three at the same time." -- Aaron Sorkin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 20 01:49AM -0500 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-06-05, > and should be interpreted accordingly... Actually that was 2016-06-06. Apologies if anyone was misled into giving a wrong answer for that reason. :-) -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "...blind faith can ruin the eyesight-- msb@vex.net | and the perspective." --Robert Ludlum |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 20 02:16AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: >> than St. John's, NL? > 4. (St. John's is at about 47°35'N and, obviously, all the western > capitals are north of 49°N.) 4 for Dan Tilque. Nitpick: Victoria is actually a little bit south of 49°N. BTW, it was not a guess on my part. I knew all the western capitals were further north than St. John's. I was pretty sure Quebec (City) was further south, but not 100% certain. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 20 01:56AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-18, 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 that date. 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 12 days, and then post the current-events round from Game 10. 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*)". * Game 9 (2016-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization* would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by a Hollywood talent agency. 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is expecting a child. Who's the daddy? 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year of $170,000,000 US? 4. Has madness overtaken the land, with people walking the streets and parks, looking for monsters that aren't there? No, it's a so-called "augmented reality" game that's had hundreds of millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't officially become available until yesterday. 5. Clearly events in France have made this next question very trivial indeed, but we have to ask it anyway. French president François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job? 6. He's taken home three Grammys in his career, and now this 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario, charity lotto. Name him. 7. With their piety presumably superior to their record-keeping, this Canadian religious organization announced last week that a proposal to provide same-sex church marriages had missed the required supermajority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day, that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization. 8. On Friday the Sith Lord Trump announced the identity of his latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential running mate. 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with which country? 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"? -- Mark Brader | And the customary practice seems to be "FIRST, Toronto | let the cat out of the bag; THEN inform you msb@vex.net | that there's a cat and a bag." --Daniel P.B. Smith My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 20 02:11AM -0500 In article <DrSdnXRwONMvvRLKnZ2dnUU7-LPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported > as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't > officially become available until yesterday. Pokemon Go > 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time > garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario, > charity lotto. Name him. Leonard Cohen > latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped > from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential > running mate. Pence -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 20 10:30AM +0200 > millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported > as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't > officially become available until yesterday. To the only question given above, my answer is "it's only the land of Canada, but rather the entire globe has gone mad over Pokémon Go it seems". > François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when > it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid > almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job? Being his hairdresser > 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time > garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario, > charity lotto. Name him. Leonoard Cohen > latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped > from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential > running mate. Mike Pence > 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with > which country? China -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 19 08:17PM -0700 On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 6:31:27 PM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote: > > 6 Linke and gauche are the German and French equivalents of which English word? > left (and that's a sinister question) Very droll :-) cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 19 08:22PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 9:14:29 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 A lack of calcium in the diet causes what bone disease? Rickets or 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? Burma / Myanmar > 4 What two-word term both describes visual acuity and a form of the sport of cricket? Twenty20 > 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? Charles Babbage > 9 What insect shares its name with a cocktail which includes Crème de Menthe and Crème de Cacao? Grasshopper And not cricket, alas > 10 Not to be confused with a card game, what is the nickname for the New Zealand men's lawn bowls team? The Black Jacks Singleton to Gareth who worked it out. It helped if you knew that the white target bowl is called a jack, and/or that NZ sporting teams traditionally wear black uniforms. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 448 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 48 Gareth Owen 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 47 Mark Brader 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 47 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 40 Peter Smyth 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 42 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 31 Dan Tilque 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 32 Bjorn Lundin 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 19 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 5 4 4 5 8 7 7 5 1 52 65% Congratulations Gareth. cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 20 10:16AM +0200 > Singleton to Gareth who worked it out. It helped if you knew that the > white target bowl is called a jack, and/or that NZ sporting teams > traditionally wear black uniforms. Except for All Whites then. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 20 01:51AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-06-13, 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 12 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 did not write either of these rounds. * Game 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Podcasts The following questions deal with popular podcasts, some of which also exist in other media. 1. One of the most widely-listened-to podcasts these days is "Serial". Who is the host of "Serial"? 2. The first season of "Serial" dealt with a murder case; the second was about an American soldier who was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, only to be charged with desertion after his 2014 release. Name either the convicted murderer or the victim in the case from Season 1, or the kidnapped soldier from Season 2. Either the first or the last name of any one of the three people will do; you don't have to tell us which one you mean. 3. The "Dear Sugar" podcast takes the form of an audio advice column. It is co-hosted by a best-selling author whose best-known book, a non-fiction account of her personal odyssey, was released in 2012 and made into a movie in 2014. Name her. 4. Name the podcast hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich that has been running since 2002 and deals with a wide range of topics of a scientific and philosophical nature. It is syndicated on over 300 radio stations. 5. Comedian Mark Maron [rhymes with "baron"] hosts a twice-weekly podcast, which began in 2009. In it he interviews other celebrities, drawn largely from the comedy world. The podcast's name is a 3-letter acronym for a rude expression. What is it? 6. Another comedian, Joe Rogan, has been hosting a podcast since 2009 consisting of interviews and discussions on a variety of topics such as current events, politics, and comedy. Its title is four words: "The Joe Rogan"... what? 7. Name the radio show and podcast that began in 2010 and is hosted by Roman Mars. It deals with architecture and design and its title comes from a quote by Buckminster Fuller. 8. This NPR-affiliated podcast began in 2008 and covers economics and financial matters. It has a number of hosts, including Robert Smith and David Kestenbaum. Name it. 9. This podcast is hosted by Jesse Brown and exists mainly to dig up dirt on Canadian media. It had a role in breaking the Jian Ghomeshi scandal story. Name it. 10. What is the recent CBC podcast that looked at the cold case of a 5-year-old boy who disappeared without a trace in 1972 while on a family fishing trip at an Ontario lake? * Game 4, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Interesting Stock Symbols Every stock listed on the stock markets is identified by a ticker symbol consisting of a few letters. Typically these are prosaic abbreviations such as MSFT for Microsoft. But occasionally those crazy accountants go wild and pick something... more colorful. For example, the National Beverage Corp. is known on the NASDAQ as FIZZ. The following questions deal with these perhaps-entertaining symbols. 1. What is the 3-letter stock symbol for beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev? 2. What is the 3-letter stock symbol for Harley-Davidson? 3. A US company has the symbol LVB. Guess the famous person it refers to and you may guess the line of business of the company. You don't need to name the company; just tell us what they produce there. 4. A US company has the symbol LUV. Again, you don't need to name it; just tell us what business it's in. Hint: this is not a dating site or a condom manufacturer; their LUV is a geographical reference. 5. Which Canadian company has the symbol ZZZ? 6. The well-known Canadian company with symbol POT is *not* in the marijuana business. Name that company. 7. What is the 4-letter, appropriately mythological symbol for the US firm Olympic Steel? 8. What is the 4-letter, appropriately *geographical* symbol for the US firm Gibraltar Industries? 9. What is the 3-letter symbol for the Avis Budget Group, from which you can rent a vehicle? 10. Which company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BID? It's a multinational founded in Britain and now headquartered in New York City. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Common sense isn't any more common on Usenet msb@vex.net | than it is anywhere else." --Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 20 02:04AM -0500 In article <YIGdnQ9KYfXughLKnZ2dnUU7-QPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > has been running since 2002 and deals with a wide range of topics > of a scientific and philosophical nature. It is syndicated on > over 300 radio stations. Radiolab > podcast, which began in 2009. In it he interviews other > celebrities, drawn largely from the comedy world. The podcast's > name is a 3-letter acronym for a rude expression. What is it? WTF > symbols. > 1. What is the 3-letter stock symbol for beer giant Anheuser-Busch > InBev? BUD > 2. What is the 3-letter stock symbol for Harley-Davidson? HOG > the US firm Olympic Steel? > 8. What is the 4-letter, appropriately *geographical* symbol for > the US firm Gibraltar Industries? ROCK -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 20 01:53AM -0500 Mark Brader: > All questions were written by members of the Bloor St. Irregulars, > and are used here by permission... That's wrong! This is *our* season. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects. Sorry about that. -- Mark Brader "Eventually, of course, I fell into the trap of Toronto becoming comfortable with find(1)'s syntax..." msb@vex.net -- Steve Summit |
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