Sunday, September 25, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 11 updates in 3 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 01:33PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-11,
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*)".
 
 
I wrote one of these rounds.
 
 
* Game 8, Round 2 - History - Alexander the Great
 
Muhammad Ali thought *he* was the Greatest, but he had nothing
on this guy's record: the conquest of much of the known world,
and zero defeats. Let's see how much you know about the true
Great One -- Alexander the Great, of the original Macedonia.
 
1. Alexander's father was himself King of Macedonia. What was
his name? You don't need to provide his number.
 
2. Alexander's mother outlived both him and her own husband
(<answer 1>), and proved herself adept -- or at the very least
ruthless -- in the arts of realpolitik, in advancing the position
of her grandson after Alexander's death. Angelina Jolie played
her in Oliver Stone's film "Alexander". Name her.
 
3. *Which sage* tutored Alexander in various aspects of learning
from the age of 13 to 16, but was apparently unable to convince
him that it was okay to keep non-Greeks as slaves?
 
4. Naturally, Alexander was educated by <answer 3> in what we would
call the classics. He carried into battle a copy of which work,
annotated by <answer 3> himself?
 
5. *What role* did Bucephalus play in Alexander's military
campaigns? After his death, he was honored by having a city
named after him.
 
6. In 337 BC, Alexander's father <answer 1> united the Greek
states -- with the exception of Sparta -- into what organization,
with himself as hegemon, or president?
 
7. After <answer 1>'s assassination in the following year, Alexander
was proclaimed leader of the <answer 6>. Which Greek city
revolted against him, and was subsequently sacked and destroyed
by Alexander, leaving behind only the home of the poet Pindar?
 
8. Who was the Persian king defeated by Alexander after a series
of battles ending with the Battle of Guagamela ["GO-guh-MEE-luh"]
in 331 BC?
 
9. The easternmost point that Alexander reached in his journey of
conquest is located in which country today?
 
10. Alexander died in 323 BC at the age of 32 -- maybe as the
result of foul play, but maybe not. And maybe you remember
the ancient city where it happened, but, again, you only need
to tell us the modern-day country where the place is located.
 
 
* Game 8, Round 3 - Entertainment - Genius TV
 
This round is about five American TV shows, each of which features
a lead character with mental powers far beyond those of mortal
men -- you know, just like the sort of people you find in the
Canadian Inquisition. There will be two questions about each show.
 
1. The series "Numbers" revolved around the Eppes ["Eps"] family --
Charlie the mathematician, Don the FBI agent, and their father
Alan. Name any one of the three actors who played them.
 
2. The title was not actually spelled "Numbers". How was it
spelled? Exact answer required.
 
3. This lead character of this current series, Walter O'Brien, is
a real person who is also one of the show's executive producers.
He's played by Elyes Gabel on the show. Give the title.
 
4. Please complete the previous question before decoding the rot13.
Bar travhf vfa'g rabhtu sbe "Fpbecvba"; Jnygre B'Oevra yrnqf
n grnz jvgu guerr bgure travhfrf. Fgnegvat jvgu gur svefg
rcvfbqr, gurl ner wbvarq ol bar aba-travhf, Cnvtr Qvarra,
jub hagvy gura jnf jbexvat nf n jnvgerff. Cnvtr vf cynlrq
ol n fvatre naq npgerff jub svefg pnzr gb choyvp nggragvba ol
svavfuvat frpbaq ba "Nzrevpna Vqby". Anzr gung cresbezre.
 
5. The title character of "House, M.D." was played by Hugh Laurie.
What was the character's first name?
 
6. What drug was Dr. House addicted to?
 
7. According to the opening-title sequence of "The Big Bang Theory",
our whole universe was in a what? (The answer is 3 words.)
 
8. Years ago Robert Young said, "I'm not a doctor, but I play
one on TV". On the other hand, one current regular character
on "The Big Bang Theory" actually is played by a person with a
real-life Ph.D. in the same field as the character. Who's that?
(Give either the person's real name, or either the first or
last name of the character.)
 
9. The opening-title sequence of this show included a headline:
"14 YEAR OLD PASSES MEDICAL BOARD -- KID DOCTOR CAN'T BUY
BEER... CAN PRESCRIBE DRUGS" [punctuation sic]. Give the
character's first name as seen in the title -- *correct spelling
required*.
 
10. Please complete the previous question before decoding the rot13.
Jub cynlrq Qbbtvr Ubjfre?
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 24 10:41PM +0200

> 1. Alexander's father was himself King of Macedonia. What was
> his name? You don't need to provide his number.
 
Philip

> ruthless -- in the arts of realpolitik, in advancing the position
> of her grandson after Alexander's death. Angelina Jolie played
> her in Oliver Stone's film "Alexander". Name her.
 
Xantippa

> 3. *Which sage* tutored Alexander in various aspects of learning
> from the age of 13 to 16, but was apparently unable to convince
> him that it was okay to keep non-Greeks as slaves?
 
Artistotle

> 4. Naturally, Alexander was educated by <answer 3> in what we would
> call the classics. He carried into battle a copy of which work,
> annotated by <answer 3> himself?
 
Platon's "The State"?
 
> 5. *What role* did Bucephalus play in Alexander's military
> campaigns? After his death, he was honored by having a city
> named after him.
 
General (Or is that a too general answer?)

> was proclaimed leader of the <answer 6>. Which Greek city
> revolted against him, and was subsequently sacked and destroyed
> by Alexander, leaving behind only the home of the poet Pindar?
 
Athens

> 8. Who was the Persian king defeated by Alexander after a series
> of battles ending with the Battle of Guagamela ["GO-guh-MEE-luh"]
> in 331 BC?
 
Cyrus

> 9. The easternmost point that Alexander reached in his journey of
> conquest is located in which country today?
 
Pakistan

> result of foul play, but maybe not. And maybe you remember
> the ancient city where it happened, but, again, you only need
> to tell us the modern-day country where the place is located.
 
Egypt

> * Game 8, Round 3 - Entertainment - Genius TV
 
Nope, nothing I'm a genius in.
 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 24 09:00PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Great One -- Alexander the Great, of the original Macedonia.
 
> 1. Alexander's father was himself King of Macedonia. What was
> his name? You don't need to provide his number.
Phillip
 
> 5. *What role* did Bucephalus play in Alexander's military
> campaigns? After his death, he was honored by having a city
> named after him.
His Horse
> in 331 BC?
 
> 9. The easternmost point that Alexander reached in his journey of
> conquest is located in which country today?
India
> result of foul play, but maybe not. And maybe you remember
> the ancient city where it happened, but, again, you only need
> to tell us the modern-day country where the place is located.
Iran
> Alan. Name any one of the three actors who played them.
 
> 2. The title was not actually spelled "Numbers". How was it
> spelled? Exact answer required.
Numb3r5, Num8er5
> finishing second on "American Idol". Name that performer.
 
> 5. The title character of "House, M.D." was played by Hugh Laurie.
> What was the character's first name?
Gregory
> 6. What drug was Dr. House addicted to?
Vicodin
> 7. According to the opening-title sequence of "The Big Bang Theory",
> our whole universe was in a what? (The answer is 3 words.)
Hot Dense State
> real-life Ph.D. in the same field as the character. Who's that?
> (Give either the person's real name, or either the first or
> last name of the character.)
Bernadette, Amy
> required*.
 
> 10. Please complete the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> Who played Doogie Howser?
 
 
 
Peter Smyth
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 24 10:20PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:n92dnSRTZP5qW3vKnZ2dnUU7-
> Great One -- Alexander the Great, of the original Macedonia.
 
> 1. Alexander's father was himself King of Macedonia. What was
> his name? You don't need to provide his number.
 
Philip
 
> 3. *Which sage* tutored Alexander in various aspects of learning
> from the age of 13 to 16, but was apparently unable to convince
> him that it was okay to keep non-Greeks as slaves?
 
Aristotle

> 4. Naturally, Alexander was educated by <answer 3> in what we would
> call the classics. He carried into battle a copy of which work,
> annotated by <answer 3> himself?
 
The Iliad
 
> 5. *What role* did Bucephalus play in Alexander's military
> campaigns? After his death, he was honored by having a city
> named after him.
 
horse

> 9. The easternmost point that Alexander reached in his journey of
> conquest is located in which country today?
 
Afghanistan

> result of foul play, but maybe not. And maybe you remember
> the ancient city where it happened, but, again, you only need
> to tell us the modern-day country where the place is located.
 
Iran

 
> 1. The series "Numbers" revolved around the Eppes ["Eps"] family --
> Charlie the mathematician, Don the FBI agent, and their father
> Alan. Name any one of the three actors who played them.
 
Morrow
 
> 2. The title was not actually spelled "Numbers". How was it
> spelled? Exact answer required.
 
NUMB3RS

> 3. This lead character of this current series, Walter O'Brien, is
> a real person who is also one of the show's executive producers.
> He's played by Elyes Gabel on the show. Give the title.
 
"Scorpion"
 
> 5. The title character of "House, M.D." was played by Hugh Laurie.
> What was the character's first name?
 
Gregory

> 6. What drug was Dr. House addicted to?
 
morphine (?)
 
> 7. According to the opening-title sequence of "The Big Bang Theory",
> our whole universe was in a what? (The answer is 3 words.)
 
hot dense state

> real-life Ph.D. in the same field as the character. Who's that?
> (Give either the person's real name, or either the first or
> last name of the character.)
 
Mayim Bialik
(comment: Bialik's Ph.D. is in neuroscience, while Amy Fowler's is in
neurobiology -- related fields, but not the same field)
 
> BEER... CAN PRESCRIBE DRUGS" [punctuation sic]. Give the
> character's first name as seen in the title -- *correct spelling
> required*.
 
Doogie

> 10. Please complete the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> Jub cynlrq Qbbtvr Ubjfre?
 
Neil Patrick Harris
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 24 08:51PM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> Great One -- Alexander the Great, of the original Macedonia.
 
> 1. Alexander's father was himself King of Macedonia. What was
> his name? You don't need to provide his number.
 
Philip
 
> ruthless -- in the arts of realpolitik, in advancing the position
> of her grandson after Alexander's death. Angelina Jolie played
> her in Oliver Stone's film "Alexander". Name her.
 
Olympia
 
 
> 3. *Which sage* tutored Alexander in various aspects of learning
> from the age of 13 to 16, but was apparently unable to convince
> him that it was okay to keep non-Greeks as slaves?
 
Aristotle
 
 
> 4. Naturally, Alexander was educated by <answer 3> in what we would
> call the classics. He carried into battle a copy of which work,
> annotated by <answer 3> himself?
 
Iliad
 
 
> 5. *What role* did Bucephalus play in Alexander's military
> campaigns? After his death, he was honored by having a city
> named after him.
 
Alexander's horse
 
 
> 6. In 337 BC, Alexander's father <answer 1> united the Greek
> states -- with the exception of Sparta -- into what organization,
> with himself as hegemon, or president?
 
Hellenic League
 
 
> 8. Who was the Persian king defeated by Alexander after a series
> of battles ending with the Battle of Guagamela ["GO-guh-MEE-luh"]
> in 331 BC?
 
Darius
 
 
> 9. The easternmost point that Alexander reached in his journey of
> conquest is located in which country today?
 
Pakistan
 
> result of foul play, but maybe not. And maybe you remember
> the ancient city where it happened, but, again, you only need
> to tell us the modern-day country where the place is located.
 
Iraq
 
> Alan. Name any one of the three actors who played them.
 
> 2. The title was not actually spelled "Numbers". How was it
> spelled? Exact answer required.
 
Numb3rs
 
> BEER... CAN PRESCRIBE DRUGS" [punctuation sic]. Give the
> character's first name as seen in the title -- *correct spelling
> required*.
 
Doogie
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 25 02:44AM -0500

In article <n92dnSRTZP5qW3vKnZ2dnUU7-XfNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> Great One -- Alexander the Great, of the original Macedonia.
 
> 1. Alexander's father was himself King of Macedonia. What was
> his name? You don't need to provide his number.
Philip
 
 
> 3. *Which sage* tutored Alexander in various aspects of learning
> from the age of 13 to 16, but was apparently unable to convince
> him that it was okay to keep non-Greeks as slaves?
Aristotle
 
 
> 8. Who was the Persian king defeated by Alexander after a series
> of battles ending with the Battle of Guagamela ["GO-guh-MEE-luh"]
> in 331 BC?
Darius
 
> 9. The easternmost point that Alexander reached in his journey of
> conquest is located in which country today?
India
 
> result of foul play, but maybe not. And maybe you remember
> the ancient city where it happened, but, again, you only need
> to tell us the modern-day country where the place is located.
Iraq
 
 
> 1. The series "Numbers" revolved around the Eppes ["Eps"] family --
> Charlie the mathematician, Don the FBI agent, and their father
> Alan. Name any one of the three actors who played them.
Judd Hirsch
 
> 2. The title was not actually spelled "Numbers". How was it
> spelled? Exact answer required.
Numb3rs
 
> svavfuvat frpbaq ba "Nzrevpna Vqby". Anzr gung cresbezre.
 
> 5. The title character of "House, M.D." was played by Hugh Laurie.
> What was the character's first name?
Gregory
 
> 6. What drug was Dr. House addicted to?
oxycodone
 
> BEER... CAN PRESCRIBE DRUGS" [punctuation sic]. Give the
> character's first name as seen in the title -- *correct spelling
> required*.
Doogie Howser
 
> 10. Please complete the previous question before decoding the rot13.
> Jub cynlrq Qbbtvr Ubjfre?
Neil Patrick Harris
 
 
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 03:03AM -0500

Joshua Kreitzer:
> (comment: Bialik's Ph.D. is in neuroscience, while Amy Fowler's is in
> neurobiology -- related fields, but not the same field)
 
At most, two subfields of the same field.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "'Other than they typo'? Oh, the irony!"
msb@vex.net | --Stan Brown
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 01:29PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
> I wrote one of these rounds.
 
That was the challenge round.
 
 
 
> There were 14 decoys, which are shown in their sequence below;
> name them if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. Name it.
 
Airbnb. 4 for Bruce and Stephen.
 
> 2. Name it.
 
Spotify. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Pete, and Stephen.
 
> 3. (decoy)
 
Shazam. Peter and Stephen got this.
 
> 4. (decoy)
 
Skype. Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
 
> 5. Name it.
 
LinkedIn. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Björn.
 
> 6. Name it.
 
Instagram. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen.
 
> 7. Name it.
 
Snapchat. 4 for Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Stephen,
and Björn.
 
> 8. (decoy)
 
Youtube. Peter, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
 
> 9. (decoy)
 
Hangouts. Pete and Stephen got this.
 
> 10. (decoy)
 
Tinder. Stephen got this.
 
> 11. Name it.
 
Pinterest. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Marc,
and Stephen.
 
> 12. (decoy)
 
Whatsapp. Joshua and Stephen got this.
 
> 13. (decoy)
 
Alibaba.
 
> 14. (decoy)
 
Wechat. Stephen got this.
 
> 15. Name it.
 
Reddit. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen.
 
> 16. Name it.
 
Gmail. 4 for Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Marc, Stephen, and Björn.
 
> 17. Name it.
 
Facebook Messenger. Considering that you were told "Facebook
Messenger" would be an answer, I was reluctant to accept "Messenger",
but I did. 4 for Erland, Bruce, Pete, Stephen, and Björn.
 
> 18. (decoy)
 
Facebook. Peter, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
 
> 19. Name it.
 
Plenty of Fish.
 
> 20. (decoy)
 
Podcast Addict. Bruce got this.
 
> 21. (decoy)
 
Google Maps. Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen
got this.
 
> 22. (decoy)
 
Vine. Joshua and Stephen got this.
 
> 23. (decoy)
 
Grindr.
 
> 24. (decoy)
 
Twitter. Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
 
 
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round from Eh to F
 
 
This was the second-easiest round in the original game, after the
current-events round.
 
 
> audiences to produce the best possible completion for the
> phrase "as Canadian as". For what phrase was 17-year-old
> Heather Scott of Sarnia declared the winner, eh?
 
"As Canadian as possible under the circumstances". 4 for Stephen.
 
> A2. Referring to trivia categories, William Lyon Mackenzie
> King said that Canada had "not enough" *what*, and "too much"
> *what*, eh?
 
"Not enough history and too much geography".
 
 
> * Bee in Science
 
> B1. Name the three types of bees found in a beehive.
 
Queen, drone, worker. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce, Pete,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Björn.
 
> B2. Which of the three types are male and which are female?
 
Male: drone. Female: queen, worker. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce,
Marc, Dan Tilque, and Björn. 2 for Peter.
 
 
> starting at Gibraltar, you will first be going east along
> the north shore of the sea. What are the *first 3* countries
> you'll enter, *in order*?
 
Spain, France, Monaco. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce, Pete,
Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
 
Gibraltar is not a country or part of a country, so obviously there
was no need for the question to to say "enter after Gibraltar"
as with C2.
 
> then will be going west along the south shore of the sea.
> So what will be the next 3 countries you enter after Egypt?
> Again, you must give them *in order*.
 
Libya, Tunisia, Algeria. 4 for Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Björn.
 
 
> a terrible father in "Matilda", and the publisher of a
> sleazy magazine in "L.A. Confidential". He's also had two
> long-running TV roles. Name him.
 
Danny DeVito. ("Taxi", "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia".)
4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Marc, and Stephen.
 
> mobster who has panic attacks in "Analyze This". And for
> some of his other films he's won 2 Oscars out of a total
> of 7 nominations. Name him.
 
Robert De Niro. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Marc,
Stephen, and Björn.
 
Oscar winner for "The Godfather: Part II" (1974) and "Raging Bull"
(1980); nominated for "Taxi Driver" (1976) -- so this was the second
taxi-related question in this pair! -- "The Deer Hunter" (1978),
"Awakenings" (1990), "Cape Fear" (1991), "Silver Linings Playbook"
(2012).
 
 
> that we write as starting with E, and both are commonly
> transliterated into our alphabet as E. Name either of
> these Greek letters.
 
Epsilon, eta. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Erland (the hard way), Bruce
(the hard way), Pete, Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen (the hard
way), and Björn.
 
> into our alphabet as I or Y. Describe what either of these
> Russian letters *looks like*. (Please don't post the actual
> Cyrillic letters in Unicode.)
 
One looks like a backwards capital N; the other looks like the two
letters bl or bI. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland (the hard way), Bruce,
Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
Björn I guess that the Y looks like a capital Lamda - uppercase. That is an uppercase and up side down V
 
The "backwards capital R" is also a vowel, but sounds like "ya" and is
usually transliterated that way. There is no "upside-down V" letter.
 
 
> Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations,
> held at the Crystal Palace in London, which was built
> especially for it. What year was the fair, within 10?
 
1851 (accepting 1841-61). 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua,
Marc, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
The Crystal Palace was the first large building designed to be
assembled relatively quickly from prefabricated parts, and for the
fair it was located in Hyde Park in central London. After the fair
was over, it was dismantled and reerected -- now somewhat differently
shaped -- in south London. It was destroyed by fire in 1936, but
the name Crystal Palace is still used for the district where it
was located.
 
> the time, was the tallest structure in the world. Many
> people called the thing a monstrosity, but for some reason
> it's still there. When was this fair held, within 10 years?
 
1889 (accepting 1879-99). 4 for Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Björn.
 
In case you didn't guess, this tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel
and is now known by his name.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Lit Mis Ent Spo His Sci Cha SIX
Stephen Perry -- -- 40 40 32 50 36 36 234
Joshua Kreitzer 16 32 36 40 35 38 20 32 213
Dan Blum 16 20 20 34 21 23 8 32 150
Pete Gayde -- -- 12 23 38 12 32 28 145
Peter Smyth -- -- 8 31 16 10 24 26 115
Dan Tilque 16 8 8 8 16 34 0 32 114
Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 16 -- -- 36 40 104
Marc Dashevsky 0 12 16 12 16 0 12 32 100
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 8 4 8 20 12 32 96
Björn Lundin -- -- -- -- 0 16 16 28 60
"Calvin" 9 8 12 12 -- -- -- -- 41
 
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Toronto | go on until you come to the end, and then,
msb@vex.net | if you are able to, stop?"
--Dorothy L. Sayers, "Murder Must Advertise"
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 01:31PM -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*)".
 
I'm reposting this answer posting simply to add a proper note at the
top congratulation STEPHEN PERRY for winning Game 7. Well done, sir!
 
 
> I wrote one of these rounds.
 
That was the challenge round.
 
 
 
> There were 14 decoys, which are shown in their sequence below;
> name them if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. Name it.
 
Airbnb. 4 for Bruce and Stephen.
 
> 2. Name it.
 
Spotify. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Pete, and Stephen.
 
> 3. (decoy)
 
Shazam. Peter and Stephen got this.
 
> 4. (decoy)
 
Skype. Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
 
> 5. Name it.
 
LinkedIn. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Björn.
 
> 6. Name it.
 
Instagram. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen.
 
> 7. Name it.
 
Snapchat. 4 for Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Stephen,
and Björn.
 
> 8. (decoy)
 
Youtube. Peter, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
 
> 9. (decoy)
 
Hangouts. Pete and Stephen got this.
 
> 10. (decoy)
 
Tinder. Stephen got this.
 
> 11. Name it.
 
Pinterest. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Marc,
and Stephen.
 
> 12. (decoy)
 
Whatsapp. Joshua and Stephen got this.
 
> 13. (decoy)
 
Alibaba.
 
> 14. (decoy)
 
Wechat. Stephen got this.
 
> 15. Name it.
 
Reddit. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen.
 
> 16. Name it.
 
Gmail. 4 for Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Marc, Stephen, and Björn.
 
> 17. Name it.
 
Facebook Messenger. Considering that you were told "Facebook
Messenger" would be an answer, I was reluctant to accept "Messenger",
but I did. 4 for Erland, Bruce, Pete, Stephen, and Björn.
 
> 18. (decoy)
 
Facebook. Peter, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
 
> 19. Name it.
 
Plenty of Fish.
 
> 20. (decoy)
 
Podcast Addict. Bruce got this.
 
> 21. (decoy)
 
Google Maps. Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen
got this.
 
> 22. (decoy)
 
Vine. Joshua and Stephen got this.
 
> 23. (decoy)
 
Grindr.
 
> 24. (decoy)
 
Twitter. Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
 
 
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round from Eh to F
 
 
This was the second-easiest round in the original game, after the
current-events round.
 
 
> audiences to produce the best possible completion for the
> phrase "as Canadian as". For what phrase was 17-year-old
> Heather Scott of Sarnia declared the winner, eh?
 
"As Canadian as possible under the circumstances". 4 for Stephen.
 
> A2. Referring to trivia categories, William Lyon Mackenzie
> King said that Canada had "not enough" *what*, and "too much"
> *what*, eh?
 
"Not enough history and too much geography".
 
 
> * Bee in Science
 
> B1. Name the three types of bees found in a beehive.
 
Queen, drone, worker. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce, Pete,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Björn.
 
> B2. Which of the three types are male and which are female?
 
Male: drone. Female: queen, worker. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce,
Marc, Dan Tilque, and Björn. 2 for Peter.
 
 
> starting at Gibraltar, you will first be going east along
> the north shore of the sea. What are the *first 3* countries
> you'll enter, *in order*?
 
Spain, France, Monaco. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce, Pete,
Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
 
Gibraltar is not a country or part of a country, so obviously there
was no need for the question to to say "enter after Gibraltar"
as with C2.
 
> then will be going west along the south shore of the sea.
> So what will be the next 3 countries you enter after Egypt?
> Again, you must give them *in order*.
 
Libya, Tunisia, Algeria. 4 for Peter, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Björn.
 
 
> a terrible father in "Matilda", and the publisher of a
> sleazy magazine in "L.A. Confidential". He's also had two
> long-running TV roles. Name him.
 
Danny DeVito. ("Taxi", "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia".)
4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Marc, and Stephen.
 
> mobster who has panic attacks in "Analyze This". And for
> some of his other films he's won 2 Oscars out of a total
> of 7 nominations. Name him.
 
Robert De Niro. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Marc,
Stephen, and Björn.
 
Oscar winner for "The Godfather: Part II" (1974) and "Raging Bull"
(1980); nominated for "Taxi Driver" (1976) -- so this was the second
taxi-related question in this pair! -- "The Deer Hunter" (1978),
"Awakenings" (1990), "Cape Fear" (1991), "Silver Linings Playbook"
(2012).
 
 
> that we write as starting with E, and both are commonly
> transliterated into our alphabet as E. Name either of
> these Greek letters.
 
Epsilon, eta. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Erland (the hard way), Bruce
(the hard way), Pete, Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen (the hard
way), and Björn.
 
> into our alphabet as I or Y. Describe what either of these
> Russian letters *looks like*. (Please don't post the actual
> Cyrillic letters in Unicode.)
 
One looks like a backwards capital N; the other looks like the two
letters bl or bI. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland (the hard way), Bruce,
Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
The "backwards capital R" is also a vowel, but sounds like "ya" and is
usually transliterated that way. There is no "upside-down V" letter.
 
 
> Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations,
> held at the Crystal Palace in London, which was built
> especially for it. What year was the fair, within 10?
 
1851 (accepting 1841-61). 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua,
Marc, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
 
The Crystal Palace was the first large building designed to be
assembled relatively quickly from prefabricated parts, and for the
fair it was located in Hyde Park in central London. After the fair
was over, it was dismantled and reerected -- now somewhat differently
shaped -- in south London. It was destroyed by fire in 1936, but
the name Crystal Palace is still used for the district where it
was located.
 
> the time, was the tallest structure in the world. Many
> people called the thing a monstrosity, but for some reason
> it's still there. When was this fair held, within 10 years?
 
1889 (accepting 1879-99). 4 for Erland, Bruce, Pete, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Björn.
 
In case you didn't guess, this tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel
and is now known by his name.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Lit Mis Ent Spo His Sci Cha SIX
Stephen Perry -- -- 40 40 32 50 36 36 234
Joshua Kreitzer 16 32 36 40 35 38 20 32 213
Dan Blum 16 20 20 34 21 23 8 32 150
Pete Gayde -- -- 12 23 38 12 32 28 145
Peter Smyth -- -- 8 31 16 10 24 26 115
Dan Tilque 16 8 8 8 16 34 0 32 114
Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 16 -- -- 36 40 104
Marc Dashevsky 0 12 16 12 16 0 12 32 100
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 8 4 8 20 12 32 96
Björn Lundin -- -- -- -- 0 16 16 28 60
"Calvin" 9 8 12 12 -- -- -- -- 41
 
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Toronto | go on until you come to the end, and then,
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 24 01:04PM

> is DAN BLUM, the only one to score as high as 11 out of 15. Hearty
> congratulations, Dan! And please start RQ 233 at your earliest
> convenience.
 
Thanks! I will be out today so #233 will be posted Sunday. (Assuming
that resolving the Santo Domingo question doesn't change the outcome.)
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 01:16PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> since?
 
>> St. Augustine. (Founded 1565 by the Spanish.) 1 for Stephen,
>> Dan Tilque, and Pete.

Peter Smyth:
> Santo Domingo was founded in 1496...
 
Hmm, so it was. I intended "North America" to include only the US and
Canada, but even if it's more correct to include Central America,
Caribbean islands are a whole other matter.
 
Oh well, I guess most people do count them, so I have to accept this.
 
> and also follows the theme.
 
No, it doesn't; it's only close. But this is not one of the questions
where I specified that it had to.
 
 
Scores, if there are now no errors:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 TOTALS
 
Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 11
"Joe" 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 10
Chris Johnson 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 10
Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9
Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9
"Calvin" 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7
Dan Tilque 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7
Gareth Owen 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
Marc Dashevsky 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Pete Gayde 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
 
7 5 7 11 10 3 2 7 3 8 6 0 8 6 2
 
[By the way, tiebreakers were not applied within this table. I would
only have checked them if there actually was a tie for the win.]
 
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