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| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 19 05:12PM Mark Brader wrote: > > 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. It may not be the intended answer, but the question could equally well refer to "Tales from Shakespeare" by Charles and Mary Lamb. Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 20 01:27AM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> 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. Peter Smyth: > It may not be the intended answer, but the question could equally well > refer to "Tales from Shakespeare" by Charles and Mary Lamb. Equally well, no. This book retells the plays in prose, intended for "the very young" rather than for women and children; and it's not called a "family" edition, as Bowdler's was. But it fits well enough to score this as "almost correct". 3 for Peter. Scores, if there are now 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 29 125 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 "The English future is very confusing! msb@vex.net (This is not a political statement.)" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Aug 19 02:33PM On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:53:25 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 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. Doppler > 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 used it to recombine the spectrum 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? He used the pendulum to "draw" the rotation. Since the line was not a straight line, it showed the earth was rotating. These days it's frequently done by drawing in sand. > 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? "spontaneous" generation > 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? That gravity affects different masses equally > 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. How distance affected gravitational attraction > 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 > 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 > how learning was affected by punishment, using a graded sequence of > increasingly powerful electric shocks. > What was Milgram actually trying to measure? The willingness to obey a superior despite the order being against their conscience |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 19 05:30PM 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. That the frequency of a sound will change depending on whether the source is coming towards you, or moving away from you. > 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 positively charged 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? The second prism combined the coloured light back into a single white beam > 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 gradually changed its direction of swing over time > 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 maggots are not produced by rotting meat, but are attracted by rotting meat. > the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped two balls to the ground. > Whether he did it or not, what would this demonstration have > proved? Acceleration due to gravity is 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? 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? How far the participants would be willing to follow instructions > 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 Harper > 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 > 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. Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 19 09:48PM +0200 > 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 has a nuclues > 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 gathered the beams and once again there was white light. > 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 the acceleration and thus the velocity is independent of the mass. > never happens in Alexandria. Based on the distance between > the two places and some measurements he could make himself, > what did he calculate? The cirumference of 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? 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? How evil people can be in their zeal to follow the instructions -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 19 05:43PM Dan Tilque wrote: > 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? Monaco > 2. Second highest? Singapore > 3. Lowest? Mongolia, Canada > 4. Second lowest? Canada, Mongolia > there is no 2-point range for that question. > 5. When is Japan's population projected to drop below 100 million? > (4, 8) 2030 > 6. When is Nigeria's population expected to exceed that of the United > States? (4, 8) 2040 > 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) 1850 > 8. 2 billion? (5, 10) 1920 > 9. 3 billion? (3, 6) 1954 > 10. 4 billion? (2, 4) 1975 > 11. 5 billion? (1, 2) 1989 > 12. 6 billion? (1, 0) 1997 > 13. 7 billion? (1, 0) 2005 > 14. 8 billion? (2, 4) 2013 > 15. 9 billion? (3, 6) 2021 Peter SMyth |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 19 05:35PM > 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? Kennedy assasination > 2 Which (fictional) race of extra-terrestrial mutants hails from the > planet Skaro? Klingons > 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"? Wall Street Journal > 6 In what modern day country is Mount Ararat located? Jordan > 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? Never seen a cross between a beagle and a platypus before! > 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? Peter Smyth |
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