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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 18 06:08PM -0700 1 Despite being only 26.6 seconds in length it is probably the most scrutinised piece of film of all time. What did Abraham Zapruder famously record? 2 Which (fictional) race of extra-terrestrial mutants hails from the planet Skaro? 3 Which 1983 musical romantic comedy did Barbra Streisand direct, co-write, co- produce and star in? 4 Marlee Matlin won a best actress Oscar for her role in which 1986 film? 5 Which American newspaper is sometimes known as the "old gray lady"? 6 In what modern day country is Mount Ararat located? 7 Which mathematical symbol was invented by Robert Record in the mid-16th century? 8 Which six-letter word can mean a cross between a beagle and a pug, or a baby echidna or platypus? 9 A hoplite was a soldier in which ancient civilisation? 10 What is the three-word title of the 1957 book by Vance Packard which demystified the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising? cheers, calvin |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Aug 18 10:29PM -0400 On 2016-08-19, Calvin wrote: > 1 Despite being only 26.6 seconds in length it is probably the most scrutinised piece of film of all time. What did Abraham Zapruder famously record? Assassination of JFK > 2 Which (fictional) race of extra-terrestrial mutants hails from the planet Skaro? > 3 Which 1983 musical romantic comedy did Barbra Streisand direct, co-write, co- produce and star in? Yentl > 4 Marlee Matlin won a best actress Oscar for her role in which 1986 film? Children of a Lesser God > 5 Which American newspaper is sometimes known as the "old gray lady"? New York Times > 6 In what modern day country is Mount Ararat located? Turkey > 7 Which mathematical symbol was invented by Robert Record in the mid-16th century? = > 8 Which six-letter word can mean a cross between a beagle and a pug, or a baby echidna or platypus? puggle > 9 A hoplite was a soldier in which ancient civilisation? Greece > 10 What is the three-word title of the 1957 book by Vance Packard which demystified the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising? The Hidden Persuaders -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 18 08:31PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 Despite being only 26.6 seconds in length it is probably the most scrutinised piece of film of all time. What did Abraham Zapruder famously record? some unknown person on a grassy knoll shooting someone > 3 Which 1983 musical romantic comedy did Barbra Streisand direct, co-write, co- produce and star in? > 4 Marlee Matlin won a best actress Oscar for her role in which 1986 film? > 5 Which American newspaper is sometimes known as the "old gray lady"? New York Times > 6 In what modern day country is Mount Ararat located? Turkey > 7 Which mathematical symbol was invented by Robert Record in the mid-16th century? equal sign > 8 Which six-letter word can mean a cross between a beagle and a pug, or a baby echidna or platypus? hybrid ?? > 9 A hoplite was a soldier in which ancient civilisation? Greek -- Dan Tilque |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Aug 18 09:35PM -0700 On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 9:08:03 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > 1 Despite being only 26.6 seconds in length it is probably the most scrutinised piece of film of all time. What did Abraham Zapruder famously record? president kennedy's assassination > 2 Which (fictional) race of extra-terrestrial mutants hails from the planet Skaro? the kaleds (they later were made into the Daleks by Davros) *EXTERMINATE!! > 3 Which 1983 musical romantic comedy did Barbra Streisand direct, co-write, co- produce and star in? yentl > 4 Marlee Matlin won a best actress Oscar for her role in which 1986 film? children of a lesser god > 5 Which American newspaper is sometimes known as the "old gray lady"? the wall street journal > 6 In what modern day country is Mount Ararat located? turkey > 7 Which mathematical symbol was invented by Robert Record in the mid-16th century? equals ("=") > 8 Which six-letter word can mean a cross between a beagle and a pug, or a baby echidna or platypus? puggle > 9 A hoplite was a soldier in which ancient civilisation? greek > 10 What is the three-word title of the 1957 book by Vance Packard which demystified the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising? the hidden persuaders (see also dr caildini's book 'influence') swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 19 12:24AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Despite being only 26.6 seconds in length it is probably the most > scrutinised piece of film of all time. What did Abraham Zapruder > famously record? US president Kennedy being struck by gunshots. > 2 Which (fictional) race of extra-terrestrial mutants hails from > the planet Skaro? Daleks? > 3 Which 1983 musical romantic comedy did Barbra Streisand direct, > co-write, co- produce and star in? "Yentl"? > 4 Marlee Matlin won a best actress Oscar for her role in which 1986 film? "Children of a Lesser God". > 5 Which American newspaper is sometimes known as the "old gray lady"? I'm not aware of one. The "gray lady", however, is the New York Times. > 6 In what modern day country is Mount Ararat located? Turkey. > 7 Which mathematical symbol was invented by Robert Record in the > mid-16th century? "=". Actually it was variable in length, and made up of multiple pieces of type each resembling our modern "=" sign (presumably they were designed as a variant form of a hyphen), so it tended to look more like "======". "Recorde" is the spelling I normally see, though names didn't really have fixed spellings back then. > 8 Which six-letter word can mean a cross between a beagle and a > pug, or a baby echidna or platypus? Buggle? > 9 A hoplite was a soldier in which ancient civilisation? Greece. > 10 What is the three-word title of the 1957 book by Vance Packard > which demystified the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising? "Win Free Sex"? No, wait, that's the phrase claimed in Vernor Vinge's science-fiction novel "Steel Beach" to be the ideal tabloid-type newspaper headline. Sadly, I have no idea of the actual answer. I'll try "Save Money Now". -- Mark Brader | "Whose tracks these are I think I know; Toronto | The railroad has gone bankrupt, though..." msb@vex.net | --Michael Wares (after Frost) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Aug 19 07:14AM +0100 > 1 Despite being only 26.6 seconds in length it is probably the most > scrutinised piece of film of all time. What did Abraham Zapruder > famously record? The Kennedy Assassination (JFK edition) > 2 Which (fictional) race of extra-terrestrial mutants hails from the > planet Skaro? Daleks > 3 Which 1983 musical romantic comedy did Barbra Streisand direct, > co-write, co- produce and star in? Yentl (sp?) > 4 Marlee Matlin won a best actress Oscar for her role in which 1986 > film? Children of a Lesser God > 5 Which American newspaper is sometimes known as the "old gray lady"? New York Times > 6 In what modern day country is Mount Ararat located? Syria? > 7 Which mathematical symbol was invented by Robert Record in the > mid-16th century? = > 8 Which six-letter word can mean a cross between a beagle and a pug, > or a baby echidna or platypus? Peagle? > 9 A hoplite was a soldier in which ancient civilisation? Greek > 10 What is the three-word title of the 1957 book by Vance Packard > which demystified the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising? Nope |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 19 07:46AM > 2 Which (fictional) race of extra-terrestrial mutants hails from the > planet Skaro? Skaronians > 5 Which American newspaper is sometimes known as the "old gray lady"? New York Times > 6 In what modern day country is Mount Ararat located? Armenia > 7 Which mathematical symbol was invented by Robert Record in the > mid-16th century? Infinity -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 18 06:04PM -0700 On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 9:44:15 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Enrico Caruso (1873 – 1921) was best known for his achievements in which field of the arts? Opera / Singing > 2 What is the distinguishing physical feature of Def Leopard drummer Rick Allen? He only has one arm, though albino made me laugh > 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012? Psy > 4 Which 2002 Steven Spielberg film detailed the colourful life of Frank Abagnale Jr? Catch Me If You Can > 5 Following the upcoming Rio games, what will be the largest country (by area) never to have hosted an Olympics Games? India > 6 Name either of the bands that TV characters Beavis and Butt-head have printed on their T shirts. AC DC / Metallica Singleton for Gareth > 7 What two figures are depicted in a classical Pieta sculpture? Madonna and Child > 8 Which vitamin plays a major role in blood clotting? K > 9 Who had a 1973 hit with "Daniel"? Elton John > 10 What was Mahatma Gandhi's profession? Lawyer The questions are randomly ordered so the music emphasis was just a coincidence. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 453 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 44 Gareth Owen 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 42 Mark Brader 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 45 Joe 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 34 Peter Smyth 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 39 Marc Dashevsky 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 39 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 40 Chris Johnson 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 34 Erland S 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 23 Dan Tilque - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 9 4 4 6 6 1 8 4 7 5 54 60% Well done Gareth. cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 19 07:44AM > India > 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 34 > Erland S Nope, I did not get this one right. I let me by lured by you parenthentical remark and answered Kazakhstan. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 18 04:53PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-06-27, 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*)". * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Famous Experiments 1. In 1845 one scientist had predicted that a certain effect would happen, and another one, Christoph Buys-Ballot ["BOYZ-BAL-ot"] attempted to prove it would not. He was wrong, so now it's the other guy whose name is remembered. On the newly built Amsterdam-Utrecht railway, a trumpeter was carried back and forth on an open flat-car while other musicians stood beside the tracks. Either tell whose "effect" was confirmed, or describe it. 2. This experiment was done in 1909 in Manchester, England, by two students under the direction of Ernest Rutherford. They directed a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil. Most of the particles passed straight through, but, astonishingly, a few of them were deflected strongly sideways or even backwards. Rutherford said it was "as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you" -- and he drew what historic conclusion? 3. In the mid 17th century it was known that if white light passed through a prism, different colors would appear. We now know that white light is a mixture of all colors and the prism simply separates them. But people used to think it was somehow adding color to the light -- until an experiment in about 1666 by Isaac Newton in Woolsthorpe, England. How did he use a second prism to settle this question? 4. In the mid 19th century, everyone knew that the Earth rotates, but there was no easy way to prove it until Léon Foucault's ["foo-KOH's"] simple experiment in 1851 in Paris. How did he use a large pendulum to provide this proof? 5. In 1668 in Florence, Italy, Francesco Redi allowed meat to rot in a jar whose mouth was covered with a layer of gauze. Why? 6. It's disputed whether or not this one actually happened, but in 1589 in Italy, Galileo Galilei is said to have climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped two balls to the ground. Whether he did it or not, what would this demonstration have proved? 7. In 1798 in London, Henry Cavendish took a rod with two weights, like a barbell, and balanced it by its center from a single vertical wire so it was free to pivot. When it came to rest, he set a 350-pound weight near each end. The barbell then rotated around its center, and he measured how much. Either name the specific thing that he was trying to find out, or give the picturesque three-word title he gave to his experiment. 8. In Alexandria, Egypt, sometime in the 3rd century BC, Eratosthenes [ends in "-eez"] learned that at the place we now call Aswan, on the summer solstice if you looked down a deep well you could see the sun reflected in the water. But that never happens in Alexandria. Based on the distance between the two places and some measurements he could make himself, what did he calculate? 9. In 1654, Otto von Guericke was the mayor of Magdeburg, Germany, but he did this demonstration in Regensburg. He constructed a metal sphere about 20 inches across, made of two separate hemispheres. When he hitched a team of horses to each hemisphere, they did not have the strength to pull them apart; but then he operated a control and the hemispheres fell apart on their own. What had kept them together? 10. In 1961 at Yale University, Stanley Milgram ran a psychology experiment where he misled his subjects into believing that they were themselves running an experiment. They thought they were measuring how learning was affected by punishment, using a graded sequence of increasingly powerful electric shocks. What was Milgram actually trying to measure? After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg fnvq "vg ebgngrq" sbe Sbhpnhyg'f craqhyhz be "tenivgl" sbe Pniraqvfu'f rkcrevzrag, gung'f vafhssvpvrag. Tb onpx naq pynevsl rknpgyl jung lbh zrna. If you enjoyed this round, here are two extra questions for fun, but for no points: 11. In 1909 in Chicago, Robert Millikan sprayed a mist of oil drops into a chamber and irradiated them with X-rays. Then he looked into the chamber with a microscope and adjusted the electrical voltage on a pair of metal plates until some of the drops stopped moving. What was he measuring? 12. In Cavendish's experiment in question 7, the rod only rotated by a tiny amount, so how did he amplify the motion so he could measure it accurately? * Game 6, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Before-and-After Names If you ever watch "Wheel of Fortune", you've probably seen a Before-and-After. If you've played in this league long enough, you'll know that they've been done here, and you'll also know the names of Kelly Pykerman and Steve Kelly. Put those names together and you get Steve Kelly Pykerman. On this round we'll describe two people whose names go together in this manner, and you give that combined name -- in full, please. 1. For the first two questions, we will describe the two people but you have to figure out whose name comes first in the combination. So, these two men -- one each from the two major parties -- were prime ministers of Canada in the 19th century. They each were in office only once, 16 years apart. 2. These two men -- again, one each from the two major parties -- were both prime ministers of Canada after Pierre Trudeau retired. They were in office 10 years apart. Hint: this time there is a trick to the question. 3. Two singers. The first is a woman born in 1984. She was a Grammy nominee for a 2008 song suggestive of lesbianism, and has been nominated almost every year since then, but has never won. The other is a man, a crooner who lived 1912-2001. His last #1 song was in 1958, the year the Grammy awards started, and it did win one. 4. Two more singers, and these two each have several Grammy awards. The first is a man born in 1948; the woman was born in 1989, and has even won multiple Grammys in the same year, such as in 2009. And between them, for one week in the middle of 2015 they had the #1 and #2 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. 5. Two hockey players who each played over 15 seasons for a single NHL team -- that is two different teams, one for each player. Both teams are based in New York State. Both players have scored over 40 goals in a season at least once. The first man's NHL career began in 1960; he became the first player on his team to have his number retired. The second began his career in 1970, the same year his team joined the NHL. 6. Two baseball players. For the first one, his playing career was much less than memorable, but something he did in 1947 as president of the Brooklyn Dodgers has earned him a place in history. The second one played for 25 years with 9 different teams, and the Blue Jays are one of the teams he won a World Series with. 7. Two novelists, who both emigrated from their original home countries, although at least one is primarily associated with that country. The first, a realist, was born in 1843 in New York, moved to London in 1869, and died there in 1916. The second, a modernist, was born in Dublin in 1882, moved to Zurich in 1904, and died there in 1941. They both wrote in English, or at least in something like English. 8. Two American authors, who both wrote novels that criticized aspects of capitalism. The first author was born in Baltimore in 1878 and died in 1968. The second was born in Sauk Center, Minnesota, in 1885; in 1930 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature; and he died in 1951. 9. Two Oscar nominees for acting. The first, a woman, was American and lived 1910-2000; she was best known for film noir work, and won an Oscar for her supporting role in "Key Largo". The second, a man, was British and lived 1913-88; he never won an Oscar, but was nominated for "Sons and Lovers". 10. Two nominees more recently for Oscars for acting. Both were born in 1960, a few weeks apart. The first, a woman, is English and was nominated for a 1996 film; the second, a man, is American and his nomination was for "Sideways", released in 2004. And they both go by three names, so your answer on this one will be 5 words long. -- Mark Brader | "Are you coming to bed?" Toronto | "I can't. This is important... Someone is WRONG on the Internet." msb@vex.net | --Randall Munroe My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 18 10:18PM > forth on an open flat-car while other musicians stood beside > the tracks. Either tell whose "effect" was confirmed, or > describe it. Doppler > or even backwards. Rutherford said it was "as if you fired a > 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and > hit you" -- and he drew what historic conclusion? that atoms had most of their mass concentrated in a small area (the nucleus) rather than being diffuse > color to the light -- until an experiment in about 1666 by Isaac > Newton in Woolsthorpe, England. How did he use a second prism > to settle this question? by recombining the separated light to produce white light > but there was no easy way to prove it until L?on Foucault's > ["foo-KOH's"] simple experiment in 1851 in Paris. How did he > use a large pendulum to provide this proof? as the pendulum swings the path rotates > 5. In 1668 in Florence, Italy, Francesco Redi allowed meat to rot > in a jar whose mouth was covered with a layer of gauze. Why? to show that the rotting was not caused by some external action > the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped two balls to the ground. > Whether he did it or not, what would this demonstration have > proved? that gravity accelerates objects equally regardless of their masses > around its center, and he measured how much. Either name the > specific thing that he was trying to find out, or give the > picturesque three-word title he gave to his experiment. he was trying to get a more exact figure for the gravitational constant > never happens in Alexandria. Based on the distance between > the two places and some measurements he could make himself, > what did he calculate? the circumference of the Earth > hemisphere, they did not have the strength to pull them apart; > but then he operated a control and the hemispheres fell apart > on their own. What had kept them together? air pressure > were measuring how learning was affected by punishment, using > a graded sequence of increasingly powerful electric shocks. > What was Milgram actually trying to measure? the tendency of people to obey authority > So, these two men -- one each from the two major parties -- > were prime ministers of Canada in the 19th century. They each > were in office only once, 16 years apart. John MacKenzie King > The other is a man, a crooner who lived 1912-2001. His last > #1 song was in 1958, the year the Grammy awards started, and > it did win one. Katy Perry Como > and has even won multiple Grammys in the same year, such as > in 2009. And between them, for one week in the middle of 2015 > they had the #1 and #2 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. James Taylor Swift > The second, a modernist, was born in Dublin in 1882, moved to > Zurich in 1904, and died there in 1941. They both wrote in > English, or at least in something like English. Henry James Joyce > is American and his nomination was for "Sideways", released > in 2004. And they both go by three names, so your answer on > this one will be 5 words long. Kristin Scott Thomas Haden Church -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Aug 18 04:58PM -0700 On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 5:53:30 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > The other is a man, a crooner who lived 1912-2001. His last > #1 song was in 1958, the year the Grammy awards started, and > it did win one. Katy Perry Como > history. The second one played for 25 years with 9 different > teams, and the Blue Jays are one of the teams he won a World > Series with. Branch Rickey Henderson |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 19 12:56AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:5Y-dnUEm64nIsyvKnZ2dnUU7- > forth on an open flat-car while other musicians stood beside > the tracks. Either tell whose "effect" was confirmed, or > describe it. Doppler > but there was no easy way to prove it until Léon Foucault's > ["foo-KOH's"] simple experiment in 1851 in Paris. How did he > use a large pendulum to provide this proof? he set up a number of items in a circle surrounding the pendulum, which knocked them down as it swung due to the Earth's rotation > the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped two balls to the ground. > Whether he did it or not, what would this demonstration have > proved? that weight does not affect the speed at which an object falls > never happens in Alexandria. Based on the distance between > the two places and some measurements he could make himself, > what did he calculate? circumference of the earth > were measuring how learning was affected by punishment, using > a graded sequence of increasingly powerful electric shocks. > What was Milgram actually trying to measure? willingness to comply with an authority figure's instructions > The other is a man, a crooner who lived 1912-2001. His last > #1 song was in 1958, the year the Grammy awards started, and > it did win one. Katy Perry Como > and has even won multiple Grammys in the same year, such as > in 2009. And between them, for one week in the middle of 2015 > they had the #1 and #2 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. James Taylor Swift > history. The second one played for 25 years with 9 different > teams, and the Blue Jays are one of the teams he won a World > Series with. Branch Rickey Henderson > The second, a modernist, was born in Dublin in 1882, moved to > Zurich in 1904, and died there in 1941. They both wrote in > English, or at least in something like English. Henry James Joyce > in 1878 and died in 1968. The second was born in Sauk Center, > Minnesota, in 1885; in 1930 he won the Nobel Prize for > Literature; and he died in 1951. Upton Sinclair Lewis > won an Oscar for her supporting role in "Key Largo". The second, > a man, was British and lived 1913-88; he never won an Oscar, > but was nominated for "Sons and Lovers". Claire Trevor Howard > is American and his nomination was for "Sideways", released > in 2004. And they both go by three names, so your answer on > this one will be 5 words long. Kristin Scott Thomas Haden Church -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 18 06:22PM -0700 On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 7:53:30 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > forth on an open flat-car while other musicians stood beside > the tracks. Either tell whose "effect" was confirmed, or > describe it. Doppler > or even backwards. Rutherford said it was "as if you fired a > 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and > hit you" -- and he drew what historic conclusion? Atoms have a nucleus > color to the light -- until an experiment in about 1666 by Isaac > Newton in Woolsthorpe, England. How did he use a second prism > to settle this question? He turned the colours back into white > but there was no easy way to prove it until Léon Foucault's > ["foo-KOH's"] simple experiment in 1851 in Paris. How did he > use a large pendulum to provide this proof? The pendulum rotated when compared to fixed objects > 5. In 1668 in Florence, Italy, Francesco Redi allowed meat to rot > in a jar whose mouth was covered with a layer of gauze. Why? To demonstrate the role of air in the rotting process > the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped two balls to the ground. > Whether he did it or not, what would this demonstration have > proved? That objects of different weight fall at the same speed > around its center, and he measured how much. Either name the > specific thing that he was trying to find out, or give the > picturesque three-word title he gave to his experiment. The value of the gravitational force involved [edited] > never happens in Alexandria. Based on the distance between > the two places and some measurements he could make himself, > what did he calculate? The diameter of the earth, distance to the sun > hemisphere, they did not have the strength to pull them apart; > but then he operated a control and the hemispheres fell apart > on their own. What had kept them together? A vacuum > were measuring how learning was affected by punishment, using > a graded sequence of increasingly powerful electric shocks. > What was Milgram actually trying to measure? But I was only following orders your honour! That was an excellent round thanks. > The other is a man, a crooner who lived 1912-2001. His last > #1 song was in 1958, the year the Grammy awards started, and > it did win one. Katy Perry Como > and has even won multiple Grammys in the same year, such as > in 2009. And between them, for one week in the middle of 2015 > they had the #1 and #2 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. James Taylor Swift > The second, a modernist, was born in Dublin in 1882, moved to > Zurich in 1904, and died there in 1941. They both wrote in > English, or at least in something like English. Henry James Joyce > is American and his nomination was for "Sideways", released > in 2004. And they both go by three names, so your answer on > this one will be 5 words long. cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 18 08:10PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > forth on an open flat-car while other musicians stood beside > the tracks. Either tell whose "effect" was confirmed, or > describe it. Doppler > or even backwards. Rutherford said it was "as if you fired a > 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and > hit you" -- and he drew what historic conclusion? most of the mass of atoms was concentrated in the center (nucleus) > color to the light -- until an experiment in about 1666 by Isaac > Newton in Woolsthorpe, England. How did he use a second prism > to settle this question? recombined the colors into white light > but there was no easy way to prove it until Léon Foucault's > ["foo-KOH's"] simple experiment in 1851 in Paris. How did he > use a large pendulum to provide this proof? the plane the pendulum oscillated in rotated with a period of one sidereal day > 5. In 1668 in Florence, Italy, Francesco Redi allowed meat to rot > in a jar whose mouth was covered with a layer of gauze. Why? show that maggots come from flies > the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped two balls to the ground. > Whether he did it or not, what would this demonstration have > proved? that objects fall at the same speed and acceleration no matter how massive they are > around its center, and he measured how much. Either name the > specific thing that he was trying to find out, or give the > picturesque three-word title he gave to his experiment. the gravitational constant > never happens in Alexandria. Based on the distance between > the two places and some measurements he could make himself, > what did he calculate? diameter of the Earth > hemisphere, they did not have the strength to pull them apart; > but then he operated a control and the hemispheres fell apart > on their own. What had kept them together? air pressure > were measuring how learning was affected by punishment, using > a graded sequence of increasingly powerful electric shocks. > What was Milgram actually trying to measure? how easily people put in a position of power over others can be convinced to do evil things > into the chamber with a microscope and adjusted the electrical > voltage on a pair of metal plates until some of the drops > stopped moving. What was he measuring? charge of a single electron > 12. In Cavendish's experiment in question 7, the rod only rotated > by a tiny amount, so how did he amplify the motion so he could > measure it accurately? extended the rod?? > The second, a modernist, was born in Dublin in 1882, moved to > Zurich in 1904, and died there in 1941. They both wrote in > English, or at least in something like English. Henry James Joyce > in 1878 and died in 1968. The second was born in Sauk Center, > Minnesota, in 1885; in 1930 he won the Nobel Prize for > Literature; and he died in 1951. Upton Sinclair Lewis -- Dan Tilque |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Aug 18 09:29PM -0700 On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 5:53:30 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: e=mc^2, from which it follows that t(h)/t(p)==e(m). > forth on an open flat-car while other musicians stood beside > the tracks. Either tell whose "effect" was confirmed, or > describe it. doppler > or even backwards. Rutherford said it was "as if you fired a > 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and > hit you" -- and he drew what historic conclusion? that an atom has a small charged nucleus with most of its mass > color to the light -- until an experiment in about 1666 by Isaac > Newton in Woolsthorpe, England. How did he use a second prism > to settle this question? the first prism projected an oblong rainbow of colors onto a sheet, where a hole was placed to allow only 1 color through which hit the second prism and that was projected onto a final sheet. the color on the final sheet was the same as the one he let through the small hole in the first sheet. > but there was no easy way to prove it until Léon Foucault's > ["foo-KOH's"] simple experiment in 1851 in Paris. How did he > use a large pendulum to provide this proof? he lined up objects in a circle around the pendulum and they all got knocked over due to the earth's rotation as it swung back and forth > 5. In 1668 in Florence, Italy, Francesco Redi allowed meat to rot > in a jar whose mouth was covered with a layer of gauze. Why? to prove that life did not spawn spontaneously; maggots appeared in the jars that were not covered but not in the ones that were covered. > the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped two balls to the ground. > Whether he did it or not, what would this demonstration have > proved? that an object's mass did not affect the rate at which it fell which proves that gravity effects all things equally > around its center, and he measured how much. Either name the > specific thing that he was trying to find out, or give the > picturesque three-word title he gave to his experiment. the gravitational attraction between large and small lead balls, which allowed him to calculate the earth's density > never happens in Alexandria. Based on the distance between > the two places and some measurements he could make himself, > what did he calculate? the circumference of the earth > hemisphere, they did not have the strength to pull them apart; > but then he operated a control and the hemispheres fell apart > on their own. What had kept them together? a vacuum > were measuring how learning was affected by punishment, using > a graded sequence of increasingly powerful electric shocks. > What was Milgram actually trying to measure? response to command authority > into the chamber with a microscope and adjusted the electrical > voltage on a pair of metal plates until some of the drops > stopped moving. What was he measuring? determine the electric charge carried by a single electron > 12. In Cavendish's experiment in question 7, the rod only rotated > by a tiny amount, so how did he amplify the motion so he could > measure it accurately? magic. > So, these two men -- one each from the two major parties -- > were prime ministers of Canada in the 19th century. They each > were in office only once, 16 years apart. alexander mackenzie bowell > were both prime ministers of Canada after Pierre Trudeau retired. > They were in office 10 years apart. Hint: this time there is > a trick to the question. paul martin justin trudeau > The other is a man, a crooner who lived 1912-2001. His last > #1 song was in 1958, the year the Grammy awards started, and > it did win one. katy perry como > and has even won multiple Grammys in the same year, such as > in 2009. And between them, for one week in the middle of 2015 > they had the #1 and #2 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. james taylor swift > career began in 1960; he became the first player on his team to > have his number retired. The second began his career in 1970, > the same year his team joined the NHL. rod gilbert perreault > history. The second one played for 25 years with 9 different > teams, and the Blue Jays are one of the teams he won a World > Series with. branch rickey henderson > The second, a modernist, was born in Dublin in 1882, moved to > Zurich in 1904, and died there in 1941. They both wrote in > English, or at least in something like English. henry james joyce > in 1878 and died in 1968. The second was born in Sauk Center, > Minnesota, in 1885; in 1930 he won the Nobel Prize for > Literature; and he died in 1951. upton sinclair lewis > won an Oscar for her supporting role in "Key Largo". The second, > a man, was British and lived 1913-88; he never won an Oscar, > but was nominated for "Sons and Lovers". claire trevor howard? > is American and his nomination was for "Sideways", released > in 2004. And they both go by three names, so your answer on > this one will be 5 words long. kristin scott thomas haden church swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 19 12:15AM -0500 "Calvin": > That was an excellent round thanks. Thank *you*. -- Mark Brader | "The default choice ... is in many ways the most Toronto | important thing. ... People can get started msb@vex.net | without reading a big manual." -- Brian Kernighan |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 18 11:58AM -0700 Welcome to Rotating Quiz #228. Sorry for the delay in getting this up. Quiz ends on Tuesday, 23-Aug-2016 in the evening my time. The usual tie-breaker rules apply. Section I. Population density. Scoring for this section will be the same as in Mark's Canadian Inquisition series. That is, 4 points for a single correct answer. Or you can give 2 answers, but get a penalty. 1. What country has the highest population density? 2. Second highest? 3. Lowest? 4. Second lowest? Section II. World population. All the answers in this section are years. You can only give one answer for each. If it's exact, you get 4 points. Note that there are two numbers in parens after each question. If your answer is within plus or minus the first number, you get 3 points; if within plus or minus the second number, 2 points. If the second number is zero, then there is no 2-point range for that question. 5. When is Japan's population projected to drop below 100 million? (4, 8) 6. When is Nigeria's population expected to exceed that of the United States? (4, 8) According to the US Census Bureau, what year did the world's population reach or is projected to reach these milestones? The Census Bureau does not agree with the UN on exactly when these were reached, but they're always within a few months. For the 5 and 6 billion dates, the years of the two are the same, but for 7 billion, the UN's date was in the year before the USCB's. But note that the USCB's year is what's desired for this quiz. 7. 1 billion? (5, 10) 8. 2 billion? (5, 10) 9. 3 billion? (3, 6) 10. 4 billion? (2, 4) 11. 5 billion? (1, 2) 12. 6 billion? (1, 0) 13. 7 billion? (1, 0) 14. 8 billion? (2, 4) 15. 9 billion? (3, 6) -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 18 08:03PM > Section I. Population density. > 1. What country has the highest population density? Taiwan; Indonesia > 2. Second highest? Indonesia; Taiwan > 3. Lowest? Denmark; Canada This assumes that Greenland is counted as part of Denmark; it should count somewhere and isn't really a separate country. > 4. Second lowest? Canada; Denmark > second number, 2 points. If the second number is zero, then there is no > 2-point range for that question. > 5. When is Japan's population projected to drop below 100 million? (4, 8) 2050 > 6. When is Nigeria's population expected to exceed that of the United > States? (4, 8) 2060 > 7. 1 billion? (5, 10) 1880 > 8. 2 billion? (5, 10) 1910 > 9. 3 billion? (3, 6) 1940 > 10. 4 billion? (2, 4) 1960 > 11. 5 billion? (1, 2) 1975 > 12. 6 billion? (1, 0) 1995 > 13. 7 billion? (1, 0) 2013 > 14. 8 billion? (2, 4) 2025 > 15. 9 billion? (3, 6) 2037 -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Aug 18 11:15PM +0200 > 1. What country has the highest population density? Monaco > 2. Second highest? The Holy See (I believe the "real country" with the highest density is Bangaladesh followed by Taiwan.) > 3. Lowest? Mongolia > 4. Second lowest? Namibia > 5. When is Japan's population projected to drop below 100 million? (4, 8) 2040 > 6. When is Nigeria's population expected to exceed that of the United > States? (4, 8) 2045 > 7. 1 billion? (5, 10) 1810 > 8. 2 billion? (5, 10) 1930 > 9. 3 billion? (3, 6) 1970 > 10. 4 billion? (2, 4) 1985 > 11. 5 billion? (1, 2) 1994 > 12. 6 billion? (1, 0) 2003 > 13. 7 billion? (1, 0) 2013 > 14. 8 billion? (2, 4) 2022 > 15. 9 billion? (3, 6) 2035 -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 18 04:57PM -0500 Dan Tilque: > 1. What country has the highest population density? Monaco. > 2. Second highest? Singapore. > 3. Lowest? Mongolia, Canada. > 4. Second lowest? Canada, Australia. > Section II. World population. > 5. When is Japan's population projected to drop below 100 million? (4, 8) 2040. > 6. When is Nigeria's population expected to exceed that of the United > States? (4, 8) 2035. > 7. 1 billion? (5, 10) 1905. > 8. 2 billion? (5, 10) 1939. > 9. 3 billion? (3, 6) 1960. > 10. 4 billion? (2, 4) 1975. > 11. 5 billion? (1, 2) 1987. > 12. 6 billion? (1, 0) 2000. > 13. 7 billion? (1, 0) 2010. > 14. 8 billion? (2, 4) 2019. > 15. 9 billion? (3, 6) 2030. -- Mark Brader "Actually, $150, to an educational institution, Toronto turns out to be about the same as a lower amount." msb@vex.net -- Mark Horton My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 18 04:50PM -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 10 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has managed a come-from-behind win by posting 4 perfect rounds! Hearty congratulations! > I wrote one of these rounds and about 3 questions in the other. I wrote all of the challenge round, but after checking I find that only two questions in the sports round were mine, #3 and #8. (I wasn't sure earlier because I'd made suggestions similar to a couple of other questions.) > have been extraordinary. After a round on Muhammad Ali last week, > it seems pretty much obligatory that the #9 round of today's game > should be about Mr. Hockey. This was the second-hardest round in the original game, after the audio round. > 1. Gordie Howe grew up in Saskatoon, but what was the small > Saskatchewan town where he was born? Floral. 4 for Stephen. > 2. What bonus was promised to Gordie Howe when he signed up with > the Detroit Red Wings? Apparently, a year later he had to > remind the team owner that he hadn't actually received it yet. A team jacket. 4 for Stephen. > 3. Howe's first game with Detroit was in 1946. In what year did > he retire from the NHL *for the first time*? You can answer > within one year in either direction. 1971 (accepting 1970-72). 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 3 for Pete. > ensuing years, but the line kept its nickname -- an apt one for > a Detroit team. Either tell us that nickname or name either > of the other two players on the original version of the line. The Production Line, Sid Abel, Ted Lindsay. 4 for Pete and Stephen. > WHA folded and this team joined his old league. Name that final > team -- either its WHA name or its name when it joined the NHL. > Full name required. New England Whalers, Hartford Whalers. 4 for Pete, Erland, and Stephen. > 6. What hockey feat came to be known as a "Gordie Howe hat-trick", > even though Howe himself accomplished it only twice in his > career? A goal, an assist, and a fight (in the same game). 4 for Joshua, Pete, Peter, and Stephen. > than Baun, who was himself no stranger to contract disputes). > What princely sum had Howe been earning per year prior to his > increase, within 10% of the true number in either direction? $45,000 (accepting $40,500-$49,500). 4 for Stephen. > 8. What was the most goals that Howe scored in a single regular > season, within 3 in either direction? The season was 70 games > long at the time. 49 (accepting 46-52). (In 1952-53.) 4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > of the IHL, and played one or two shifts. Tell us either > the year this happened, or how old Gordie was at the time. > You can answer within 1 year in either direction. 1997 (accepting 1996-98), age 69 (accepting 68-70). 4 for Stephen (the hard way). (With this event he became the first person to play professional hockey in 6 different decades, from the 1940s through the 1990s.) > and playoffs, both NHL and WHA, how many games did Howe play > altogether? You can answer within 10% of the true number in > either direction. 2,421 (accepting 2,178 to 2,664). 4 for Stephen. > A1. Before modern lighting, there were candles. This word > derived from the same root as "candle" is an old term for > a maker or seller of candles. Name it. Chandler. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > A2. What light fixture, still used with electric lights, was > named in reference to the candles that used to be mounted > on it? Chandelier. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen. I'm not accepting "candelabra" since I said "used to be", and while electric candelabras do exist, the kind that take actual candles are still common enough today. > emergency landing at Gimli, Manitoba. While there were > other issues, the direct cause of the problem was a > confusion between what two *units of measurement*? Kilograms and pounds. 4 for Joshua, Björn, and Stephen. (The fuel indicators on an airliner use weight, not volume.) > in "The Lord of the Rings". *Either* name Gimli's *father*, > who was a character in "The Hobbit", *or else* tell us who > *played Gimli* in the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy. Glóin, John Rhys-Davies. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Björn, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 2 for Peter. > plays was published -- where "family" means it was edited > to make the content suitable for women and children. > Name the editor who did this editing. Thomas Bowdler. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > C2. Censorship is not limited to the arts. In 1996 residents > of the British town of Scunthorpe found that they could not > register accounts with AOL, that is, America Online. Why? The registration of their home address was rejected because of a certain sequence of 4 consecutive letters within the place name. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Stephen. > same surname. They were grandfather and grandson. > Another pair of US presidents who shared a surname were > fifth cousins. What was that surname? Roosevelt. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Björn, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Stephen. > D2. Please answer the previoux question before decoding > the rot13. Franklin Roosevelt had another famous relative, > who was his fifth cousin once removed. Who was that? His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. She was Theodore Roosevelt's niece and her maiden name was Roosevelt. > E1. Name the woman who won the Miss America pageant in 1983, > but was forced to resign her title following the publication > of nude photos. Vanessa L. Williams. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > E2. In 2012, why was it disputed whether Jenna Talackova > ["talaskova"] was eligible to compete to be Miss Universe > Canada? She used to be male. I scored "she was a he" as almost correct and accepted "he is transgender" on the grounds that it was presumably either a typo or a case of deliberate political incorrectness rather than an error. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, and Stephen. 1 for Björn. > * F. Geography: Genuinely? > F1. In what Canadian city would you find a body of water called > False Creek? Vancouver. (It's a narrow bay that resembles the mouth of a large river, but isn't.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, and Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum. > for an episode of the show being hosted in this small city. > To this day, in what US state will you find the city of > Truth or Consequences? New Mexico. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. By the way, the previous name of the place was Hot Springs. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His Ent Mis Sci Lit Geo Spo Cha SIX Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 40 40 40 48 168 Dan Blum 22 12 14 27 32 20 3 42 157 Dan Tilque 28 24 4 12 20 32 0 36 152 Joshua Kreitzer 20 36 28 7 -- -- 11 40 142 Marc Dashevsky 8 36 24 20 24 28 -- -- 140 "Calvin" 15 23 16 0 16 36 0 28 134 Pete Gayde 16 40 16 28 -- -- 15 16 131 Peter Smyth 16 0 12 8 20 40 4 26 122 Erland Sommarskog 16 0 -- -- 0 40 4 12 72 Björn Lundin 14 0 -- -- 8 36 0 13 71 Jason Kreitzer 4 16 12 12 -- -- -- -- 44 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Not looking like Pascal is not msb@vex.net a language deficiency!" -- Doug Gwyn My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 12 01:52PM > * Game 5, Round 7 - Literature - Supporting Characters > 1. Bustopher Jones, Macavity, Mungojerrie, Skimbleshanks. T. S. Eliot > 2. Mundungus Fletcher, Rubeus Hagrid, Luna Lovegood, Draco Malfoy. J. K. Rowling > 3. Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Dromio of Ephesus, Goneril, Edward Poins. William Shakespeare > 4. Superintendent Battle, Arthur Hastings, Ariadne Oliver, > Dr. James Sheppard. Arthur Conan Doyle > 5. Jack Dawkins, Thomas Gradgrind, Abel Magwitch, Wilkins Micawber. Charles Dickens > 6. Peter Coffin, Father Mapple, Queequeg, Starbuck. Herman Melville > 7. Barliman Butterbur, Rosie Cotton, Bill Ferny, Goldberry. J. R. R. Tolkien > 8. Donald Gennaro, Ian Malcolm, Dennis Nedry, Ellie Sattler. Michael Crichton > 9. Iva Archer, Joel Cairo, Effie Perrine, Floyd Thursby. Dashiell Hammett > Scheisskopf. > * Game 5, Round 8 - Geography - African Capitals > 1. Kampala ["kam-PAW-luh"]. Uganda > 2. Accra ["uh-KRAH"]. Guinea > 3. Lusaka ["loo-SAHK-uh"]. Mozambique > 4. Kigali ["kih-GAW-lee"]. Zambia > 5. Dakar ["da-KAHR"]. Senegal > 6. Mogadishu ["mo-guh-DEE-shoo"]. Somaliland (Somalia not really existing any longer) > 7. Abuja ["uh-BOO-juh"]. Cote d'Ivoire > 8. Windhoek ["VINT-huhk"]. Namibia > 9. Luanda ["loo-AND-uh"]. Angola > 10. Khartoum ["kar-TOOM"]. Sudan -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 12 11:43PM -0500 Mark Brader: > that were correct on that date... For further information see > my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". The current-events game for this past season is over, and the winner is PETE GAYDE! Hearty congratulations, sir! > dignified title) who dubbed the singing voices of such stars > as Natalie Wood, Marilyn Monroe, and Deborah Kerr, and who died > on July 24 at age 86? Marni Nixon. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Stephen. > 2. The BC government recently imposed a tax on real estate purchases > by persons who are not citizens or permanent residents. The tax > is what percentage of a property's price? 15%. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Pete. > the late Rob Ford claim he wanted to tear out in one of his > drunken videos, as per the account of a witness who said he > was there? Future Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 4 for Peter and Stephen. > 4. What is the title of the most recent installment in the Harry > Potter saga? It's the script of a play currently running in > London, and was released in book form on July 31. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". The last part was sufficient. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Pete, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > Iraq, who have had a very public war of words with Donald Trump > since their appearance at the recent Democratic Convention? > Last name is enough. Khizr and Ghazala Khan. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Pete, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, Marc, and Dan Tilque. > 6. The US centers for Disease Control recently began advising > pregnant women to avoid parts of which US city because of the > risk of the Zika virus? Miami. 4 for everyone. > 7. Who did Prime Minister Trudeau appoint as the chair of an > advisory committee to recommend potential Supreme Court justices? Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell. > 8. Name any one of the 5 players that the Toronto Blue Jays added > to their roster just before the August 1 trading deadline. The possible answers I expected were Mike Bolsinger, Scott Feldman, Francisco Liriano, Reese McGuire, Harold Ramirez, which was already one more than was accepted at the original game. However, "just before" is a bit vague, and now that Melvin Upton Jr. has been called to my attention, I'm accepting him also. So, 4 for Pete. The other answers given were "Price" and "Rowe". Neither of is listed at http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2016-roster.shtml, so I assume they are wrong answers. > 9. Name either the men's or women's championship winner at the > 2016 Rogers Cup. Novak Djokovic; Simona Halep. 4 for Pete and Stephen. 3 for Peter. > 10. A recent Associated Press report looked at 25 scientific > studies and concluded that there was no strong evidence for > the effectiveness of what hygiene practice? Flossing. 4 for everyone. > 11. A Boeing 777 crash-landed on August 3, with no loss of life > to passengers or crew, though a firefighter died in the rescue. > Either name the airline or tell us where the crash occurred. Emirates Airlines; Dubai, UAE. 4 for Erland, Pete, Peter, Dan Blum, and Stephen. > 12. Why was a waiter in Sherbrooke, Quebec, arrested last week? Told twice that a customer was allergic to seafood, he served him a dish containing salmon anyway. The customer almost died. 4 for Stephen. > 13. Who is the Canadian publisher, bookseller, author, nationalist, > and politician who died last week at age 84? Mel Hurtig. > 14. What was the claim to fame of Marianne Ihlen, who died recently > at age 81? Leonard Cohen wrote a song about her: "So Long, Marianne". 4 for Stephen. > 15. Way to ruin it for the rest of us, Norway! What gift is Norway > considering giving Finland as a 100th birthday present? A mountain peak, part of the mountain called Halti, which would become the tallest in Finland at 1,331_m (4,367_feet). (They would only have to move the border 40_m to do it.) Any reference to a transfer of land was acceptable. 4_for Erland, Pete, and_Stephen. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE Pete Gayde 16 14 15 4 24 12 16 24 20 12 38 179 Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 12 4 20 16 20 20 24 12 20 160 Peter Smyth 12 4 12 4 23 0 8 20 20 12 27 138 Dan Blum 16 23 11 0 -- -- 12 24 12 16 20 134 Erland Sommarskog 4 8 20 0 16 8 16 12 12 11 24 127 Dan Tilque 12 12 16 0 8 4 8 20 8 4 16 104 Marc Dashevsky 8 12 -- -- -- -- 16 20 8 12 12 88 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 -- 48 88 Jason Kreitzer 12 8 -- -- -- -- 8 4 12 8 -- 52 Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 0 20 16 -- -- -- -- -- 48 "Joe" -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 -- -- 12 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "To great evils we submit; we resent msb@vex.net | little provocations." --William Hazlitt, 1822 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 12 11:33AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > > 3. Name it. > > Chickpea, garbanzo bean, chana. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. Marc Dashevsky: > I answered "Ceci." I'm certain I've seen jars so labeled. Accepted. 4 for Marc also. Scores, if there are now no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Ent Mis Sci Pete Gayde 16 40 16 28 100 Joshua Kreitzer 20 36 28 7 91 Marc Dashevsky 8 36 24 20 88 Dan Blum 22 12 14 27 75 Dan Tilque 28 24 4 12 68 "Calvin" 15 23 16 0 54 Jason Kreitzer 4 16 12 12 44 Peter Smyth 16 0 12 8 36 Erland Sommarskog 16 0 -- -- 16 Björn Lundin 14 0 -- -- 14 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Ever wonder why they call the screen msb@vex.net a vacuum tube?" -- Kent Paul Dolan |
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