Monday, September 19, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 17 updates in 4 topics

Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 16 08:09PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ieydnQ7b5bi5xUfKnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 2. What Pennsylvania town did Billy Joel pay tribute to, in his
> song about its blue-collar residents coping with the decline
> and closure of a steel mill?
 
Pittsburgh
 
> loosely connected anecdotes.
 
> 5. Which city does Graham Nash sing of, in reference to riots in
> 1968 and those who went on trial for intent to incite them?
 
Chicago
 
> the musical "Chess", a new-wave/disco hit finds the protagonist
> denouncing this city's Chao Phraya River ["chow prah-YAH"]
> and Wat Pho statue. Name the city.
 
Phnom Penh
 
> for this one.
 
> 9. Ian Hunter wrote the song that was the opening theme for the
> Drew Carey Show from 1997 to 2004. Name the city in the title.
 
Cleveland
 
 
> 10. A 1972 hit by the Guess Who mentions Moose Jaw, Moosomin,
> Red Deer, Terrace, and Medicine Hat. But another city is in
> the title -- which one is that?
 
Saskatoon
 
> round we test your familiarity with different movie franchises.
 
> 1. Before last year, the last live-action "Star Wars" movie appeared
> in 2005. Give *either* its episode number or its subtitle.
 
Revenge of the Sith
 
> numbers when the Next Generation cast joined the series.
> The last of the numbered movies was released in 1991.
> Give either its sequence number or its subtitle.
 
VI
 
> 2006, and 2009.
 
> 5. There were 7 novels in the Harry Potter series, but 8 movies.
> Give the *full title* of the *7th movie*, from 2010.
 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One
 
 
> 6. There was one novel "The Hobbit", but it became three movies.
> Give the subtitle of the last one, released in 2014.
 
Battle of the Five Armies
 
 
> 7. We need a two-part answer here. Name any actor who played James
> Bond in a movie *after* Sean Connery, *and* name the *first*
> movie that that actor played him in.
 
Roger Moore, Live and Let Die; Roger Moore, Moonraker
 
> all made in the 1930s. You might know him better as the title
> character of a TV series with a different star, which ran from
> 1957 to 1966. Name the *character*.
 
Perry Mason
 
 
Pete Gayde
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 18 02:23PM +0200

> 1. In the 1990s, two Canadian cities that had NHL teams lost them
> when they each moved to the US just one year apart. Name *both*
> Canadian cities.
 
Winneipeg and Ottawa

> teams at different times that both moved to Canada? The moves
> were 31 years apart, one in the 20th century and one in the 21st.
> One team kept its name when it moved; the other didn't.
 
Atlanta

> Both teams went to cities whose names end in the word "City",
> although one did not take on that city's name. Name the city
> that the two teams moved away *from*.
 
Seattle (Which is likely to be wrong. They had a basket team in Seattle
that moved to Oklahoma City some 5-10 years ago, but I have not heard
anything about a return.)
 
> after that first move, their second team moved directly to
> the US. There is no NHL team there today. Name the Canadian
> city that lost these two teams.
 
Winnipeg

> three teams is still around today, but they lost the other two
> when they each shut down, 20 years apart, in both cases before
> World War II. Name the city.

Montréal
 
> party was reduced to a minority of seats, and after a vote of
> no confidence, David Peterson became premier instead. In what
> year, within 1, was the election that led to this result?
 
1873

> 2. In what year, within 1, was the election that reduced the
> federal Progressive Conservative Party to 2 seats in Parliament
> and made Jean Chrétien the prime minister?
 
1979

> year they won more seats than any other party, and their leader,
> some guy named Adolf Hitler, did become chancellor. Within 1,
> in what year was the *last* of these three rapid-fire elections?
 
1933

> election where Clement Attlee replaced him? For this one we
> need the *month* and year; answer within 4 months for normal
> score or within 1 month for the bonus.
 
Octorber 1945

> 5. What year was the first federal election in Canada where most
> adult Canadian women were allowed to vote? It was also the first
> election where women could be candidates. Answer within 3 years.
 
1921

> 6. What year was the *last* *provincial* election in Canada where
> women were *not* allowed to vote? Answer within 5 years.
 
1930

> 7. What was the first year when the mayor and city council of
> Toronto were elected for a term of 4 years? Answer within
> 1 year.
 
1862

> 8. What was the *last* year when the mayor and city council of
> Toronto were elected for a term of 2 years? Answer within
> 4 years.
 
1972

> Subsequent events showed party politics at their worst, but
> eventually Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner over
> Samuel Tilden. Within 8 years, when was this botched election?
 
1848

> had to decide which one would be president and which would
> be vice-president -- but it took them 36 ballots to settle
> the question. Within 8 years, when was *this* botched election?

1796
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 18 02:39PM


> 1. In the 1990s, two Canadian cities that had NHL teams lost them
> when they each moved to the US just one year apart. Name *both*
> Canadian cities.
 
Ottawa and Halifax
 
> teams at different times that both moved to Canada? The moves
> were 31 years apart, one in the 20th century and one in the 21st.
> One team kept its name when it moved; the other didn't.
 
Columbus; Buffalo
 
> Both teams went to cities whose names end in the word "City",
> although one did not take on that city's name. Name the city
> that the two teams moved away *from*.
 
New Orleans; Denver
 
> the same year* as they each moved to other cities? Both teams
> kept their names when they moved. One of them was returning
> to a city where it had played previously; the other wasn't.
 
Los Angeles
 
> Gur Enzf, bs pbhefr, unir abj zbirq onpx gb Ybf Natryrf.
> Ohg jvguva 2, jung jnf gur ynfg lrne gung gur Enzf naq gur
> Envqref obgu cynlrq gurer?
 
1983; 1993
 
> after that first move, their second team moved directly to
> the US. There is no NHL team there today. Name the Canadian
> city that lost these two teams.
 
Winnipeg; Vancouver
 
> three teams is still around today, but they lost the other two
> when they each shut down, 20 years apart, in both cases before
> World War II. Name the city.
 
Toronto
 
> team with the *same name*; but 11 years later, that team in
> turn moved away. Today the city has a National League team.
> Name the city.
 
Washington DC
 
> 9. Which US city had two National League baseball teams that both
> moved away in the *same year* -- and the two new cities that
> they moved to were in the same state as each other?
 
New York City
 
> (But you've guessed the question this time already, haven't you?)
> Jvguva 2, jung jnf gur ynfg lrne gur Tvnagf naq gur Qbqtref
> cynlrq va Arj Lbex?
 
1959
 
> party was reduced to a minority of seats, and after a vote of
> no confidence, David Peterson became premier instead. In what
> year, within 1, was the election that led to this result?
 
1980; 1990
 
> 2. In what year, within 1, was the election that reduced the
> federal Progressive Conservative Party to 2 seats in Parliament
> and made Jean Chr?tien the prime minister?
 
1996; 2000
 
> year they won more seats than any other party, and their leader,
> some guy named Adolf Hitler, did become chancellor. Within 1,
> in what year was the *last* of these three rapid-fire elections?
 
1933
 
> election where Clement Attlee replaced him? For this one we
> need the *month* and year; answer within 4 months for normal
> score or within 1 month for the bonus.
 
November 1945
 
> 5. What year was the first federal election in Canada where most
> adult Canadian women were allowed to vote? It was also the first
> election where women could be candidates. Answer within 3 years.
 
1922; 1912
 
> 6. What year was the *last* *provincial* election in Canada where
> women were *not* allowed to vote? Answer within 5 years.
 
1946
 
> 7. What was the first year when the mayor and city council of
> Toronto were elected for a term of 4 years? Answer within
> 1 year.
 
1970; 1980
 
> 8. What was the *last* year when the mayor and city council of
> Toronto were elected for a term of 2 years? Answer within
> 4 years.
 
1990; 2000
 
> Subsequent events showed party politics at their worst, but
> eventually Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner over
> Samuel Tilden. Within 8 years, when was this botched election?
 
1872
 
> had to decide which one would be president and which would
> be vice-president -- but it took them 36 ballots to settle
> the question. Within 8 years, when was *this* botched election?
 
1800
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 18 04:29PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:0K6dnaf27qJlwkPKnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 1. In the 1990s, two Canadian cities that had NHL teams lost them
> when they each moved to the US just one year apart. Name *both*
> Canadian cities.
 
Quebec, Winnipeg
 
> teams at different times that both moved to Canada? The moves
> were 31 years apart, one in the 20th century and one in the 21st.
> One team kept its name when it moved; the other didn't.
 
Atlanta
 
> Both teams went to cities whose names end in the word "City",
> although one did not take on that city's name. Name the city
> that the two teams moved away *from*.
 
New Orleans
 
> the same year* as they each moved to other cities? Both teams
> kept their names when they moved. One of them was returning
> to a city where it had played previously; the other wasn't.
 
Los Angeles
 
> Gur Enzf, bs pbhefr, unir abj zbirq onpx gb Ybf Natryrf.
> Ohg jvguva 2, jung jnf gur ynfg lrne gung gur Enzf naq gur
> Envqref obgu cynlrq gurer?
 
1994; 1999
 
> after that first move, their second team moved directly to
> the US. There is no NHL team there today. Name the Canadian
> city that lost these two teams.
 
Quebec
 
> three teams is still around today, but they lost the other two
> when they each shut down, 20 years apart, in both cases before
> World War II. Name the city.
 
Toronto
 
> team with the *same name*; but 11 years later, that team in
> turn moved away. Today the city has a National League team.
> Name the city.
 
Washington
 
> 9. Which US city had two National League baseball teams that both
> moved away in the *same year* -- and the two new cities that
> they moved to were in the same state as each other?
 
New York City

> (But you've guessed the question this time already, haven't you?)
> Jvguva 2, jung jnf gur ynfg lrne gur Tvnagf naq gur Qbqtref
> cynlrq va Arj Lbex?
 
1956

> party was reduced to a minority of seats, and after a vote of
> no confidence, David Peterson became premier instead. In what
> year, within 1, was the election that led to this result?
 
1965; 1968
 
> 2. In what year, within 1, was the election that reduced the
> federal Progressive Conservative Party to 2 seats in Parliament
> and made Jean Chrétien the prime minister?
 
1994
 
> year they won more seats than any other party, and their leader,
> some guy named Adolf Hitler, did become chancellor. Within 1,
> in what year was the *last* of these three rapid-fire elections?
 
1933
 
> election where Clement Attlee replaced him? For this one we
> need the *month* and year; answer within 4 months for normal
> score or within 1 month for the bonus.
 
June 1945
 
> 5. What year was the first federal election in Canada where most
> adult Canadian women were allowed to vote? It was also the first
> election where women could be candidates. Answer within 3 years.
 
1920
 
> 6. What year was the *last* *provincial* election in Canada where
> women were *not* allowed to vote? Answer within 5 years.
 
1930

> 7. What was the first year when the mayor and city council of
> Toronto were elected for a term of 4 years? Answer within
> 1 year.
 
1985
 
> 8. What was the *last* year when the mayor and city council of
> Toronto were elected for a term of 2 years? Answer within
> 4 years.
 
1980

> Subsequent events showed party politics at their worst, but
> eventually Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner over
> Samuel Tilden. Within 8 years, when was this botched election?
 
1876
 
> had to decide which one would be president and which would
> be vice-president -- but it took them 36 ballots to settle
> the question. Within 8 years, when was *this* botched election?
 
1800
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 19 04:43AM -0500

In article <0K6dnaf27qJlwkPKnZ2dnUU7-KHNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> the same year* as they each moved to other cities? Both teams
> kept their names when they moved. One of them was returning
> to a city where it had played previously; the other wasn't.
Los Angeles
 
> team with the *same name*; but 11 years later, that team in
> turn moved away. Today the city has a National League team.
> Name the city.
Washington D.C.
 
> 9. Which US city had two National League baseball teams that both
> moved away in the *same year* -- and the two new cities that
> they moved to were in the same state as each other?
New York City
 
> (But you've guessed the question this time already, haven't you?)
> Within 2, what was the last year the Giants and the Dodgers
> played in New York?
1958
 
 
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 18 08:59AM -0500

Welcome to Rotating Quiz #232.
 
I'd like to thank Dan Tilque for running RQ 231 and for writing a
contest that allowed me to win, even if I didn't notice that the
contest number was one of the answers. That won't be the case
this time, anyway. The winner of RQ 232, in turn, will
be the first choice to set RQ 233, in whatever manner they prefer.
 
Please answer these questions based only on your own knowledge; put
all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before
each one. Answer slates must be posted by Friday, September 23,
by Toronto time (zone -4), which gives you 5 days and 14 hours from
the time of posting.
 
In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is who scored on the
hardest questions; the second tiebreaker is correct spelling;
and the third tiebreaker is who posted first.
 
 
* Arts
 
1. This fictional British boarding school for girls, where most of
the students are, let's say, completely uncontrolled, was
invented by Ronald Searle in a series of cartoons, and first
appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it.
 
2. The 1980s American TV series "St. Elsewhere" was set at an
inferior hospital. What was its actual name?
 
3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats,
where was I going?
 
 
* US Cities
 
4. What is the capital of Minnesota?
 
5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of
the two longest rivers in the US?
 
6. What city is the oldest place in North America to have been
founded by European settlers and continuously inhabited ever
since?
 
 
* Rail Geography
 
7. If you were going from <answer 13> station to Castle Frank
station, at what station would you normally change trains?
 
8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station
in London would you normally change trains?
 
9. If you were going from London to <answer 3>, at what station
in Cornwall would you normally change trains?
 
 
* Science?
 
10. In some weather conditions, vehicular extremities such as
airplane wings and sailing-ship masts may produce a corona
discharge of static electricity. What term relevant to this
quiz describes this phenomenon?
 
11. Sydenham's chorea is a medical condition, usually in children,
that among other effects produces dysarthria, gait disturbances,
and adventitious movements of the face, neck, trunk, and
extremities. It is also known by what other term relevant to
this quiz?
 
12. Ergotism, or ergot poisoning, may produce symptoms from
itchiness and hallucinations to gangrene and death. It is
also known by what other term relevant to this quiz?
 
 
* History
 
13. This man came to the country he's most associated with when
he was captured into slavery, sometime in the 5th century AD.
He later became a bishop and his spiritual autobiography was
titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous
for never happened, as there never were any of the things in
the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
14. The King of England made this man Archbishop of Canterbury,
then became annoyed when the man showed more allegiance to the
church than to him. Allegedly the king called for someone to
"rid him" of the archbishop; in any event, soon enough someone
did. Name the archbishop, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in
his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary.
Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz.
 
--
Mark Brader | "You can't go around quoting politicians accurately:
Toronto | that's dirty journalism, and you know it!"
msb@vex.net | --The Senator was Indiscreet
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 18 09:01AM -0500

(Oops, I forgot to start a new thread for the new quiz.
Answers in either thread will be accepted.)
 
 
Welcome to Rotating Quiz #232.
 
I'd like to thank Dan Tilque for running RQ 231 and for writing a
contest that allowed me to win, even if I didn't notice that the
contest number was one of the answers. That won't be the case
this time, anyway. The winner of RQ 232, in turn, will
be the first choice to set RQ 233, in whatever manner they prefer.
 
Please answer these questions based only on your own knowledge; put
all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before
each one. Answer slates must be posted by Friday, September 23,
by Toronto time (zone -4), which gives you 5 days and 14 hours from
the time of posting.
 
In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is who scored on the
hardest questions; the second tiebreaker is correct spelling;
and the third tiebreaker is who posted first.
 
 
* Arts
 
1. This fictional British boarding school for girls, where most of
the students are, let's say, completely uncontrolled, was
invented by Ronald Searle in a series of cartoons, and first
appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it.
 
2. The 1980s American TV series "St. Elsewhere" was set at an
inferior hospital. What was its actual name?
 
3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats,
where was I going?
 
 
* US Cities
 
4. What is the capital of Minnesota?
 
5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of
the two longest rivers in the US?
 
6. What city is the oldest place in North America to have been
founded by European settlers and continuously inhabited ever
since?
 
 
* Rail Geography
 
7. If you were going from <answer 13> station to Castle Frank
station, at what station would you normally change trains?
 
8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station
in London would you normally change trains?
 
9. If you were going from London to <answer 3>, at what station
in Cornwall would you normally change trains?
 
 
* Science?
 
10. In some weather conditions, vehicular extremities such as
airplane wings and sailing-ship masts may produce a corona
discharge of static electricity. What term relevant to this
quiz describes this phenomenon?
 
11. Sydenham's chorea is a medical condition, usually in children,
that among other effects produces dysarthria, gait disturbances,
and adventitious movements of the face, neck, trunk, and
extremities. It is also known by what other term relevant to
this quiz?
 
12. Ergotism, or ergot poisoning, may produce symptoms from
itchiness and hallucinations to gangrene and death. It is
also known by what other term relevant to this quiz?
 
 
* History
 
13. This man came to the country he's most associated with when
he was captured into slavery, sometime in the 5th century AD.
He later became a bishop and his spiritual autobiography was
titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous
for never happened, as there never were any of the things in
the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
14. The King of England made this man Archbishop of Canterbury,
then became annoyed when the man showed more allegiance to the
church than to him. Allegedly the king called for someone to
"rid him" of the archbishop; in any event, soon enough someone
did. Name the archbishop, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in
his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary.
Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz.
 
--
Mark Brader | "You can't go around quoting politicians accurately:
Toronto | that's dirty journalism, and you know it!"
msb@vex.net | --The Senator was Indiscreet
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 18 02:43PM

> the students are, let's say, completely uncontrolled, was
> invented by Ronald Searle in a series of cartoons, and first
> appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it.
 
St. Trinian's
 
> 2. The 1980s American TV series "St. Elsewhere" was set at an
> inferior hospital. What was its actual name?
 
St. Eligius
 
> 3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats,
> where was I going?
 
St. Ives
 
> * US Cities
 
> 4. What is the capital of Minnesota?
 
St. Paul
 
> 5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of
> the two longest rivers in the US?
 
St. Louis
 
> 6. What city is the oldest place in North America to have been
> founded by European settlers and continuously inhabited ever
> since?
 
St. Petersburg
 
> * Rail Geography
 
> 8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station
> in London would you normally change trains?
 
St. Pancras
 
> airplane wings and sailing-ship masts may produce a corona
> discharge of static electricity. What term relevant to this
> quiz describes this phenomenon?
 
St. Elmo's Fire
 
> and adventitious movements of the face, neck, trunk, and
> extremities. It is also known by what other term relevant to
> this quiz?
 
St. Vitus' Dance
 
> titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous
> for never happened, as there never were any of the things in
> the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
St. Patrick
 
> church than to him. Allegedly the king called for someone to
> "rid him" of the archbishop; in any event, soon enough someone
> did. Name the archbishop, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
St. Thomas Becket
 
> 15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in
> his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary.
> Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz.
 
St. Stephen
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 18 03:04PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> the students are, let's say, completely uncontrolled, was
> invented by Ronald Searle in a series of cartoons, and first
> appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it.
St Trinians
> inferior hospital. What was its actual name?
 
> 3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats,
> where was I going?
St Ives
 
> * US Cities
 
> 4. What is the capital of Minnesota?
St Paul
> 5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of
> the two longest rivers in the US?
St Louis
> 6. What city is the oldest place in North America to have been
> founded by European settlers and continuously inhabited ever
> since?
Santo Domingo
> station, at what station would you normally change trains?
 
> 8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station
> in London would you normally change trains?
St Pancras
> 9. If you were going from London to <answer 3>, at what station
> in Cornwall would you normally change trains?
St Erth
> titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous
> for never happened, as there never were any of the things in
> the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
St Patrick
> church than to him. Allegedly the king called for someone to
> "rid him" of the archbishop; in any event, soon enough someone
> did. Name the archbishop, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
St Thomas Becket
> 15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in
> his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary.
> Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz.
 
 
Peter Smyth
Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Sep 18 04:28PM +0100

On 2016-09-18 14:01:40 +0000, Mark Brader said:
 
> the students are, let's say, completely uncontrolled, was
> invented by Ronald Searle in a series of cartoons, and first
> appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it.
 
St. Trinians
 
 
> 2. The 1980s American TV series "St. Elsewhere" was set at an
> inferior hospital. What was its actual name?
 
St. James Infirmary
 
 
> 3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats,
> where was I going?
 
St. Ives
 
 
> * US Cities
 
> 4. What is the capital of Minnesota?
 
St.Paul
 
 
> 5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of
> the two longest rivers in the US?
 
St. Louis
 
 
> 6. What city is the oldest place in North America to have been
> founded by European settlers and continuously inhabited ever
> since?
 
St. Johns
 
> station, at what station would you normally change trains?
 
> 8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station
> in London would you normally change trains?
 
St. Pancras
 
 
> 9. If you were going from London to <answer 3>, at what station
> in Cornwall would you normally change trains?
 
St. Erth
 
> airplane wings and sailing-ship masts may produce a corona
> discharge of static electricity. What term relevant to this
> quiz describes this phenomenon?
 
St. Elmo's fire
 
> and adventitious movements of the face, neck, trunk, and
> extremities. It is also known by what other term relevant to
> this quiz?
 
St. Vitus dance
 
> titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous
> for never happened, as there never were any of the things in
> the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
St. Patrick
 
> church than to him. Allegedly the king called for someone to
> "rid him" of the archbishop; in any event, soon enough someone
> did. Name the archbishop, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
St. Thomas a'Beckett
 
 
> 15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in
> his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary.
> Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz.
 
St. George
 
 
--
"To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely
fucked up."
― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 18 07:08PM +0200

> 4. What is the capital of Minnesota?
 
St Paul

> 5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of
> the two longest rivers in the US?
 
St Louis

> station, at what station would you normally change trains?
 
> 8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station
> in London would you normally change trains?
 
St Pancras

> titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous
> for never happened, as there never were any of the things in
> the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
St Patrick

> 15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in
> his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary.
> Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz.
 
St Miklos
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 18 06:21PM

> > his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary.
> > Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz.
 
> St Miklos
 
While this answer is incorrect, when I checked I was surprised to find
that there are in fact two correct answers, even though the question
implies there is only one.
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Sep 18 07:42PM +0100

On 2016-09-18 18:21:11 +0000, Dan Blum said:
 
 
> While this answer is incorrect, when I checked I was surprised to find
> that there are in fact two correct answers, even though the question
> implies there is only one.
 
It would seem that way if Wikipedia is correct. I rather think the
earlier one is the more famous and therefore the expected answer.
 
--
"To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely
fucked up."
― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Sep 18 03:44PM -0400

On 2016-09-18, Mark Brader wrote:
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz #232.
...
> the students are, let's say, completely uncontrolled, was
> invented by Ronald Searle in a series of cartoons, and first
> appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it.
 
St. Trinians
 
> 2. The 1980s American TV series "St. Elsewhere" was set at an
> inferior hospital. What was its actual name?
 
St. Joseph's
 
> 3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats,
> where was I going?
 
St. Ives
 
> * US Cities
 
> 4. What is the capital of Minnesota?
 
Saint Paul
 
> 5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of
> the two longest rivers in the US?
 
St. Louis
 
> 6. What city is the oldest place in North America to have been
> founded by European settlers and continuously inhabited ever
> since?
 
St. Petersburg
 
> * Rail Geography
 
> 7. If you were going from <answer 13> station to Castle Frank
> station, at what station would you normally change trains?
 
St. George
 
> 8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station
> in London would you normally change trains?
 
St. Pancras
 
> 9. If you were going from London to <answer 3>, at what station
> in Cornwall would you normally change trains?
 
St. Erth
 
> airplane wings and sailing-ship masts may produce a corona
> discharge of static electricity. What term relevant to this
> quiz describes this phenomenon?
 
St. Volta
 
> and adventitious movements of the face, neck, trunk, and
> extremities. It is also known by what other term relevant to
> this quiz?
 
St. Vitus's dance
 
> 12. Ergotism, or ergot poisoning, may produce symptoms from
> itchiness and hallucinations to gangrene and death. It is
> also known by what other term relevant to this quiz?
 
St. Leary
 
> titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous
> for never happened, as there never were any of the things in
> the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
St. Patrick
 
> church than to him. Allegedly the king called for someone to
> "rid him" of the archbishop; in any event, soon enough someone
> did. Name the archbishop, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
St. Thomas a Becket
 
> 15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in
> his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary.
> Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz.
 
St. Wenceslas
 
 
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 18 10:53PM -0700

On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 11:59:44 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> the students are, let's say, completely uncontrolled, was
> invented by Ronald Searle in a series of cartoons, and first
> appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it.
 
St Trinians
 
> 2. The 1980s American TV series "St. Elsewhere" was set at an
> inferior hospital. What was its actual name?
 
Chicago General Hospital
 
> > 3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats,
> where was I going?
 
St Ives
 
 
> * US Cities
 
> 4. What is the capital of Minnesota?
 
St Paul
 
> 5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of
> the two longest rivers in the US?
 
St Paul

> 6. What city is the oldest place in North America to have been
> founded by European settlers and continuously inhabited ever
> since?
 
St Johns
 
> station, at what station would you normally change trains?
 
> 8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station
> in London would you normally change trains?
 
St Pancras
 
> airplane wings and sailing-ship masts may produce a corona
> discharge of static electricity. What term relevant to this
> quiz describes this phenomenon?
 
St Elmo's Fire
 
> and adventitious movements of the face, neck, trunk, and
> extremities. It is also known by what other term relevant to
> this quiz?
 
St Vitus Dance
 
> 12. Ergotism, or ergot poisoning, may produce symptoms from
> itchiness and hallucinations to gangrene and death. It is
> also known by what other term relevant to this quiz?
 
St Vitus Dance
 
 
> titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous
> for never happened, as there never were any of the things in
> the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
St Patrick
 
> church than to him. Allegedly the king called for someone to
> "rid him" of the archbishop; in any event, soon enough someone
> did. Name the archbishop, in a manner relevant to this quiz.
 
St Thomas Beckett
 
> 15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in
> his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary.
> Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz.
 
St Wenceslas?
 
Bless you.
 
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 19 04:30AM -0500

In article <Pt2dnYpQbu_ZA0PKnZ2dnUU7-S_NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it.
 
> 2. The 1980s American TV series "St. Elsewhere" was set at an
> inferior hospital. What was its actual name?
St. Eligius
 
> 3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats,
> where was I going?
St. Ives
 
> * US Cities
 
> 4. What is the capital of Minnesota?
St. Paul
 
> 5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of
> the two longest rivers in the US?
St. Louis
 
> airplane wings and sailing-ship masts may produce a corona
> discharge of static electricity. What term relevant to this
> quiz describes this phenomenon?
St. Elmo's Fire
 
> and adventitious movements of the face, neck, trunk, and
> extremities. It is also known by what other term relevant to
> this quiz?
St. Vitus Dance
 
 
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 18 09:57PM -0700

On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 12:29:12 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> And this page says "up to 50%" lead:
 
> http://www.ramshornstudio.com/pewter.htm
 
> So 60-40 would be in range.
 
Agreed. The revised scores are:
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 456
1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 43 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 44 Chris Johnson
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 45 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 45 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 37 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 38 Mark Brader
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 41 Peter Smyth
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 27 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
7 0 4 5 7 1 6 4 8 8 50 63%
 
cheers,
calvin
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