- QFTCI16 Game 6, Rounds 4-6: love laments, mountaineering - 1 Update
- Rotating Quiz #228 -- counting people -- Answers & Scores - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #454 - 4 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 24 03:42PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > used for connecting and disconnecting mountaineering equipment? > It is also widely used in other situations, with larger-sized > types used even to connect hot-air balloons to the basket. carabiner > activities such as caving and canyoning) for descending a > vertical drop by using a rope, often with other equipment such > as a harness and a device to play out the rope? rappel > or "gliss-AID"]? > 6. What is the metal spike driven into a crack or seam in rocks > so that it can act as an anchor? piton > 7. Give either of the two terms for loose, broken rock at the > bottoms of cliffs, volcanoes, and valleys. Which term applies > in a given situation depends on the size of the rock. scree > in 1999. > 9. Within one year, in what year did Tenzing Norgay and Edmund > Hillary make the first recorded ascent to the summit of Everest? 1953 > that was later named after him? It is not, as was thought > at the time, the tallest mountain in the Rockies, but it is > 13,745 feet or almost 4,200 m high. Sheridan -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 24 01:21PM -0700 Rotating Quiz #228 is over and the winner is Erland in a very close decision over Mark. Congratulations! 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 4 for Erland, Mark, and Peter Smyth > 2. Second highest? Singapore 4 for Mark and Peter Smyth > 3. Lowest? Mongolia 4 for Erland, 3 for Mark and Peter Smyth (The assumption that Greenland counts as part of Denmark is incorrect. And for the same reason that Pueto Rico is not counted as part of the US for this question.) > 4. Second lowest? Namibia 4 for Erland > 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) 2046 3 for Dan Blum, 2 for Mark and Erland > 6. When is Nigeria's population expected to exceed that of the United > States? (4, 8) 2050 2 for Erland > before the USCB's. But note that the USCB's year is what's desired for > this quiz. > 7. 1 billion? (5, 10) 1804 2 for Erland > 8. 2 billion? (5, 10) 1927 3 for Erland, 2 for Peter Smyth > 9. 3 billion? (3, 6) 1959 3 for Mark, 2 for Peter Smyth > 10. 4 billion? (2, 4) 1974 3 for Mark and Peter Smyth > 11. 5 billion? (1, 2) 1987 4 for Mark, 2 for Peter Smyth > 12. 6 billion? (1, 0) 1999 3 for Mark > 13. 7 billion? (1, 0) 2012 3 for Dan Blum, Erland > 14. 8 billion? (2, 4) 2026 3 for Dan Blum, 2 for Erland > 15. 9 billion? (3, 6) 2042 2 for Dan Blum Scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 T Erland 4 0 4 4 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 27 Mark Brader 4 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 26 Peter Smyth 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 21 Dan Blum 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 11 So over to Erland for RQ #229. -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 24 11:07PM +0200 > Rotating Quiz #228 is over and the winner is Erland in a very close > decision over Mark. Congratulations! Thanks Dan! It may take a few days before the next quiz is up, but it should be no later than Sunday. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Aug 24 07:55AM -0500 In article <310beeb5-08d0-42e3-8e93-b2381971b5af@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 What name is given to a written character (such as $ or 7 or &) that represents a word or phrase? ideograph > 2 Which "sport" is the subject of the 2009 film "Whip It" starring Drew Barrymore? > 3 Who French writer's (1802-85) works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"? Hugo > 4 Which American singer, the Queen of Disco, died in May 2012? Donna Summer > 5 The aria "Nessun Dorma" is from which 1924 Puccini opera? > 6 Chris Martin is the lead singer of which British band? > 7 With a population somewhere between 1 and 2 million, Aleppo is the largest city in which country? Syria > 8 Who took over as German Fuhrer in April 1945 following Hitler?s death? > 9 Walter Gropius founded which influential art, design and architecture school? Bauhaus > 10 The sport of polo was first played on which continent? Asia -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Aug 24 07:07PM +0100 > 1 What name is given to a written character (such as $ or 7 or &) that > represents a word or phrase? Nope > 2 Which "sport" is the subject of the 2009 film "Whip It" starring > Drew Barrymore? Roller Derby > 3 Who French writer's (1802-85) works include "Les Miserables" and > "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"? Victor Hugo > 4 Which American singer, the Queen of Disco, died in May 2012? Donna Summer > 5 The aria "Nessun Dorma" is from which 1924 Puccini opera? Nope > 6 Chris Martin is the lead singer of which British band? Coldplay > 7 With a population somewhere between 1 and 2 million, Aleppo is the > largest city in which country? Syria > 8 Who took over as German Fuhrer in April 1945 following Hitler's > death? Dönitz > 9 Walter Gropius founded which influential art, design and > architecture school? Bauhaus > 10 The sport of polo was first played on which continent? Asia? |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 24 06:22PM Calvin wrote: > that represents a word or phrase? > 2 Which "sport" is the subject of the 2009 film "Whip It" starring > Drew Barrymore? Horse racing > 3 Who French writer's (1802-85) works include "Les Miserables" and > "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"? Victor Hugo > 4 Which American singer, the Queen of Disco, died in May 2012? Donna Summer > 5 The aria "Nessun Dorma" is from which 1924 Puccini opera? Turandot > 6 Chris Martin is the lead singer of which British band? Coldplay > 7 With a population somewhere between 1 and 2 million, Aleppo is the > largest city in which country? Syria > 8 Who took over as German Fuhrer in April 1945 following Hitler's > death? Donitz > 9 Walter Gropius founded which influential art, design and > architecture school? > 10 The sport of polo was first played on which continent? Asia Peter Smyth |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 24 01:35PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 What name is given to a written character (such as $ or 7 or &) that represents a word or phrase? ideograph > 2 Which "sport" is the subject of the 2009 film "Whip It" starring Drew Barrymore? sado-masochism (for the agony of victory and the thrill of defeat) > 3 Who French writer's (1802-85) works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"? Victor Hugo > 5 The aria "Nessun Dorma" is from which 1924 Puccini opera? > 6 Chris Martin is the lead singer of which British band? > 7 With a population somewhere between 1 and 2 million, Aleppo is the largest city in which country? Syria > 8 Who took over as German Fuhrer in April 1945 following Hitler's death? Doenitz > 9 Walter Gropius founded which influential art, design and architecture school? Art Decco ?? > 10 The sport of polo was first played on which continent? Asia -- Dan Tilque |
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