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| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Sep 30 04:00PM +0200 On 2016-09-30 06:02, Calvin wrote: > 1 In musical notation, how many lines are in a stave? 5 > 2 In which country did Barack Obama live from the age of 6 to 10? Kenya ? > 3 Which 18th century Scottish philosopher is considered the father of modern economics? Milles > 6 The Frankfurt Galaxy, Barcelona Dragons and Scottish Claymores competed in which defunct sports league? > 7 Which 1954 film won eight Oscars, including Best Actor for Marlon Brando? > 8 How long is one period of play in a standard ice hockey match? 20 minutes > 9 Which form of traditional medicine draws on "meridian theory"? > 10 Which comic strip duo were created by Bill Watterson? Calvin and Hobbes -- -- Björn |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 30 02:36PM Calvin wrote: > 1 In musical notation, how many lines are in a stave? Five > 2 In which country did Barack Obama live from the age of 6 to 10? Kenya > 3 Which 18th century Scottish philosopher is considered the father of > modern economics? Adam Smith > 4 Based on Ian Fleming's novel, which British author wrote the > screenplay for the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"? Roald Dahl > 5 In medicine, for what does the abbreviation "MRI" stand for? Magnetic Resonanance Imaging > 6 The Frankfurt Galaxy, Barcelona Dragons and Scottish Claymores > competed in which defunct sports league? NFL Europe > 7 Which 1954 film won eight Oscars, including Best Actor for Marlon > Brando? On the Waterfront > 8 How long is one period of play in a standard ice hockey match? 15 minutes > 9 Which form of traditional medicine draws on "meridian theory"? Acupuncture > 10 Which comic strip duo were created by Bill Watterson? Calvin and Hobbes Peter Smyth |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Sep 30 03:31PM On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 21:02:18 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 In musical notation, how many lines are in a stave? 5 > 4 Based on Ian Fleming's novel, which British author wrote the > screenplay for the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"? > 5 In medicine, for what does the abbreviation "MRI" stand for? Magnetic Resonance Imaging > 6 The Frankfurt Galaxy, Barcelona Dragons and Scottish Claymores > competed in which defunct sports league? World Football League > 7 Which 1954 film won eight Oscars, including Best Actor for Marlon > Brando? On The Water Front > 8 How long is one period of play in a standard ice hockey match? 1/3 of an hour > 9 Which form of traditional medicine draws on "meridian theory"? acupuncture > 10 Which comic strip duo were created by Bill Watterson? Calvin and Hobbes |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Sep 30 01:13PM -0400 On 2016-09-30, Calvin wrote: > 1 In musical notation, how many lines are in a stave? 5 > 2 In which country did Barack Obama live from the age of 6 to 10? Indonesia > 3 Which 18th century Scottish philosopher is considered the father of modern economics? Adam Smith > 4 Based on Ian Fleming's novel, which British author wrote the screenplay for the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"? Roald Dahl > 5 In medicine, for what does the abbreviation "MRI" stand for? Magnetic resonance imaging > 6 The Frankfurt Galaxy, Barcelona Dragons and Scottish Claymores competed in which defunct sports league? > 7 Which 1954 film won eight Oscars, including Best Actor for Marlon Brando? On the Waterfront > 8 How long is one period of play in a standard ice hockey match? 20 minutes > 9 Which form of traditional medicine draws on "meridian theory"? > 10 Which comic strip duo were created by Bill Watterson? Calvin & Hobbes -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 30 09:54PM +0100 > 1 In musical notation, how many lines are in a stave? Leger lines? 5 (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge) > 2 In which country did Barack Obama live from the age of 6 to 10? Kenya > 3 Which 18th century Scottish philosopher is considered the father of > modern economics? Adam Smith > 4 Based on Ian Fleming's novel, which British author wrote the > screenplay for the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"? Le Carré?? > 5 In medicine, for what does the abbreviation "MRI" stand for? Magnetic Resonance Imaging > 6 The Frankfurt Galaxy, Barcelona Dragons and Scottish Claymores > competed in which defunct sports league? NFL Europe > 7 Which 1954 film won eight Oscars, including Best Actor for Marlon > Brando? On The Waterfront > 8 How long is one period of play in a standard ice hockey match? 20 minutes > 9 Which form of traditional medicine draws on "meridian theory"? Chinese? > 10 Which comic strip duo were created by Bill Watterson? You and hobbes |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 30 10:01PM +0100 >> 4 Based on Ian Fleming's novel, which British author wrote the >> screenplay for the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"? > Le Carré?? Bollocks, just remembered the real answer to this. And it was his day recently too... And he's Welsh... |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 30 06:26PM -0500 "Calvin": > > 1 In musical notation, how many lines are in a stave? Gareth Owen: > Leger lines? 5 (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge) Actually ledger lines are the extra, short ones they use when the 5 lines of the staff *aren't* enough to represent the specific note, e.g. middle C in your example. -- Mark Brader | ...I am constantly surprised by the questions which apparently Toronto | have not been litigated, at least to the point of producing msb@vex.net | an appellate decision. --Richard R. Hershberger |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Oct 01 06:29AM +0100 > Actually ledger lines are the extra, short ones they use when the > 5 lines of the staff *aren't* enough to represent the specific note, > e.g. middle C in your example. Well, whaddya know. I was lied to by my Year 9 music teacher. I've been calling them that forever... But you'll never get me to add that horrible 'd' to leger. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 30 01:18PM -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 7 - Geography - Map Errors Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-7/oops.pdf To create this round, we have taken a number of maps and moved some labels to places where they do not belong. For example, please look at Map A on the handout. As you know, the city of Belleville is in fact between Toronto and Kingston. But we have erased it from that position and moved it to the actual location of Brockville, on the other side of Kingston. Clear? Similarly, look at Map B. In this case the Royal Ontario Museum isn't even in the area that the map covers, so we didn't have to erase it, but we've put it on the map at Yonge and Front where the Hockey Hall of Fame should be. See it? Okay, so on each map, one label that you see is wrong. For each question we'll name a map and all you have to do is tell us which label that is. You don't need to tell us what the place really is. *So for Map B, you would answer R.O.M., not Hockey Hall of Fame.* You answer with the label you *actually see* on the map. For this forum, I have rearranged the round in order by map, with the 4 decoys in sequence with the others. On the maps we used as actual questions, we often removed some of the labels to allow players a better chance to solve them within the time limit, but we didn't do this for the 4 decoys, so they may be harder. But we did create an error in each decoy map. Try them if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. (Map C is a decoy. All street names and buildings are correct. Which label that you see is wrong?) 2. Which label that you see on Map D is wrong? 3. Which *city* is wrong on Map E? 4. (Map F is a decoy. Which label for a landmark is wrong?) 5. (Map G is a decoy. Which station label is wrong?) 6. Which *city* label is wrong on Map H? 7. On Map I, don't worry about the bodies of water; we'll tell you that those are correct. But which label for a *city, state, or territory* is wrong? 8. On Map J, everything is correct in the small print showing street names, subway stations, and so on. Which *landmark* label in large print is wrong? 9. On Map K, everything related to the U of T is correct, or was correct when this map was made. That is, all the circles with building codes, and all the names of other U of T facilities, those are all correct. So which label that you see is wrong? 10. On Map L, which *country* label is wrong? 11. On Map M, which *city* label is wrong? 12. (Map N is a decoy. Which label for a landmark is wrong?) 13. On Map O, all the street names and numbers are correct and so are the bridges and tunnels. The label that's wrong is for *a river, a district, or a park or square*. Which one is wrong? 14. On Map P, we'll tell you that once again all the bodies of water are correct. Which *city* label is wrong? * Game 8, Round 8 - Science - Old-Fashioned Disease Names We'll give you an old name of a disease, you give the modern name or describe the condition. Something tells us that the older you are, the more fun you'll have with this round. Go try some of them on your doctor the next time you're afflicted. 1. Dropsy. 2. Ague ["EH-gyoo"]. 3. Apoplexy. 4. Carbuncle. 5. Neurasthenia. 6. Quinsy. 7. Falling sickness. 8. Hydrophobia. 9. Consumption. 10. Wen. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur dhrfgvba nobhg nthr, vs lbh anzrq n flzcgbz engure guna n qvfrnfr naq tnir bayl n bar-jbeq nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq rkcnaq vg gb vaqvpngr n pbzovangvba bs gjb flzcgbzf. -- Mark Brader "We can get ideas even from a clever man." ... Toronto "Yes, I think you can. Even ideas you should msb@vex.net have had yourselves." -- John Dickson Carr My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 30 06:50PM Mark Brader wrote: > Which label that you see is wrong?) > 2. Which label that you see on Map D is wrong? > 3. Which city is wrong on Map E? Asuncion > 4. (Map F is a decoy. Which label for a landmark is wrong?) > 5. (Map G is a decoy. Which station label is wrong?) St Paul's > 6. Which city label is wrong on Map H? Denver > 7. On Map I, don't worry about the bodies of water; we'll > tell you that those are correct. But which label for a > *city, state, or territory* is wrong? Wellington > 8. On Map J, everything is correct in the small print showing > street names, subway stations, and so on. Which landmark > label in large print is wrong? Tour Eiffel > building codes, and all the names of other U of T facilities, > those are all correct. So which label that you see is wrong? > 10. On Map L, which country label is wrong? Botswana > 11. On Map M, which city label is wrong? Pyongyang > 13. On Map O, all the street names and numbers are correct and so are > the bridges and tunnels. The label that's wrong is for *a river, > a district, or a park or square*. Which one is wrong? Times Square > 14. On Map P, we'll tell you that once again all the bodies of > water are correct. Which city label is wrong? Warsaw > them on your doctor the next time you're afflicted. > 1. Dropsy. > 2. Ague ["EH-gyoo"]. Plague > 3. Apoplexy. Seizure > 4. Carbuncle. > 5. Neurasthenia. Stroke > 6. Quinsy. > 7. Falling sickness. Vertigo > 8. Hydrophobia. Rabies > 9. Consumption. Whooping Cough |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Sep 30 07:24PM On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:18:51 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. (Map C is a decoy. All street names and buildings are correct. > Which label that you see is wrong?) > 2. Which label that you see on Map D is wrong? Lake Titicaca > 3. Which *city* is wrong on Map E? La Paz > 4. (Map F is a decoy. Which label for a landmark is wrong?) > 5. (Map G is a decoy. Which station label is wrong?) > 6. Which *city* label is wrong on Map H? Albuquerque > 7. On Map I, don't worry about the bodies of water; we'll > tell you that those are correct. But which label for a *city, state, > or territory* is wrong? Wellington > 8. On Map J, everything is correct in the small print showing > street names, subway stations, and so on. Which *landmark* label in > large print is wrong? Palais Bourbon > building codes, and all the names of other U of T facilities, those > are all correct. So which label that you see is wrong? > 10. On Map L, which *country* label is wrong? Botswana > 11. On Map M, which *city* label is wrong? Pyongyang > 13. On Map O, all the street names and numbers are correct and so are > the bridges and tunnels. The label that's wrong is for *a river, > a district, or a park or square*. Which one is wrong? Manhattan Bridge > 14. On Map P, we'll tell you that once again all the bodies of > water are correct. Which *city* label is wrong? Kyiv > 1. Dropsy. > 2. Ague ["EH-gyoo"]. > 3. Apoplexy. Stroke > 4. Carbuncle. boil > 5. Neurasthenia. > 6. Quinsy. > 7. Falling sickness. Epilepsy? > 8. Hydrophobia. rabies > 9. Consumption. tuberculosis > 10. Wen. cyst |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 30 08:02PM > * Game 8, Round 7 - Geography - Map Errors > 1. (Map C is a decoy. All street names and buildings are correct. > Which label that you see is wrong?) Golden Gate Bridge > 2. Which label that you see on Map D is wrong? Lake Titicaca > 3. Which *city* is wrong on Map E? Asuncion > 4. (Map F is a decoy. Which label for a landmark is wrong?) Circus Maximus > 5. (Map G is a decoy. Which station label is wrong?) St. Paul's > 6. Which *city* label is wrong on Map H? Denver > 7. On Map I, don't worry about the bodies of water; we'll > tell you that those are correct. But which label for a > *city, state, or territory* is wrong? Wellington > 8. On Map J, everything is correct in the small print showing > street names, subway stations, and so on. Which *landmark* > label in large print is wrong? Tour Eiffel > correct when this map was made. That is, all the circles with > building codes, and all the names of other U of T facilities, > those are all correct. So which label that you see is wrong? Queen's Park; St. George Street > 10. On Map L, which *country* label is wrong? Botswana > 11. On Map M, which *city* label is wrong? Pyongyang > 13. On Map O, all the street names and numbers are correct and so are > the bridges and tunnels. The label that's wrong is for *a river, > a district, or a park or square*. Which one is wrong? Times Square > 14. On Map P, we'll tell you that once again all the bodies of > water are correct. Which *city* label is wrong? Warsaw > * Game 8, Round 8 - Science - Old-Fashioned Disease Names > 1. Dropsy. edema > 2. Ague ["EH-gyoo"]. influenza > 3. Apoplexy. stroke > 4. Carbuncle. wart > 6. Quinsy. pertussis > 7. Falling sickness. epilepsy > 8. Hydrophobia. rabies > 9. Consumption. tuberculosis > 10. Wen. blister; wart -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Oct 01 12:13AM +0200 > 1. (Map C is a decoy. All street names and buildings are correct. > Which label that you see is wrong?) Eh, with that resolution I cannot read most of the labels at all. > 2. Which label that you see on Map D is wrong? Lake Titicaca > 3. Which *city* is wrong on Map E? Asuncíon is in the wrong guay. (Well, that was wrong too.) > 5. (Map G is a decoy. Which station label is wrong?) S:t Pauls (That's Picadilly Circus) > 6. Which *city* label is wrong on Map H? Amarillo > 7. On Map I, don't worry about the bodies of water; we'll > tell you that those are correct. But which label for a > *city, state, or territory* is wrong? Wellington > 8. On Map J, everything is correct in the small print showing > street names, subway stations, and so on. Which *landmark* > label in large print is wrong? Tour Eiffel is definitely not on Place de la Concorde - or even on that side of the Seine! > 10. On Map L, which *country* label is wrong? Botswana > 11. On Map M, which *city* label is wrong? Pyongyang is not the coast. The name of the is, S...hm, but I have been there. > 13. On Map O, all the street names and numbers are correct and so are > the bridges and tunnels. The label that's wrong is for *a river, > a district, or a park or square*. Which one is wrong? Chelsea (Never been to New York, so that's a pure guess.) > 14. On Map P, we'll tell you that once again all the bodies of > water are correct. Which *city* label is wrong? Warsaw > * Game 8, Round 8 - Science - Old-Fashioned Disease Names > 8. Hydrophobia. Rabies -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 01 12:34AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:A8idnaW_2NkWMXPKnZ2dnUU7- > Please see: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-7/oops.pdf > 2. Which label that you see on Map D is wrong? Lake Titicaca > 3. Which *city* is wrong on Map E? Asuncion > 6. Which *city* label is wrong on Map H? Denver > 7. On Map I, don't worry about the bodies of water; we'll > tell you that those are correct. But which label for a > *city, state, or territory* is wrong? Wellington > 8. On Map J, everything is correct in the small print showing > street names, subway stations, and so on. Which *landmark* > label in large print is wrong? Tour Eiffel (?) > 10. On Map L, which *country* label is wrong? Botswana > 11. On Map M, which *city* label is wrong? Pyongyang > 13. On Map O, all the street names and numbers are correct and so are > the bridges and tunnels. The label that's wrong is for *a river, > a district, or a park or square*. Which one is wrong? Times Square > 14. On Map P, we'll tell you that once again all the bodies of > water are correct. Which *city* label is wrong? Warsaw > We'll give you an old name of a disease, you give the modern name > or describe the condition. > 3. Apoplexy. stroke > 7. Falling sickness. epilepsy > 8. Hydrophobia. rabies > 9. Consumption. tuberculosis -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Sep 30 06:42PM -0700 On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 2:18:57 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > them on your doctor the next time you're afflicted. > 1. Dropsy. > 2. Ague ["EH-gyoo"]. Influenza/the Flu > 6. Quinsy. > 7. Falling sickness. > 8. Hydrophobia. Rabies |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 30 07:25PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. (Map C is a decoy. All street names and buildings are correct. > Which label that you see is wrong?) > 2. Which label that you see on Map D is wrong? Lake Titicaca > 3. Which *city* is wrong on Map E? Asuncion > 4. (Map F is a decoy. Which label for a landmark is wrong?) > 5. (Map G is a decoy. Which station label is wrong?) > 6. Which *city* label is wrong on Map H? Denver > 7. On Map I, don't worry about the bodies of water; we'll > tell you that those are correct. But which label for a > *city, state, or territory* is wrong? Wellington > 8. On Map J, everything is correct in the small print showing > street names, subway stations, and so on. Which *landmark* > label in large print is wrong? Tour Eiffel > building codes, and all the names of other U of T facilities, > those are all correct. So which label that you see is wrong? > 10. On Map L, which *country* label is wrong? Botswana > 11. On Map M, which *city* label is wrong? Pyongyang > 13. On Map O, all the street names and numbers are correct and so are > the bridges and tunnels. The label that's wrong is for *a river, > a district, or a park or square*. Which one is wrong? East River > 14. On Map P, we'll tell you that once again all the bodies of > water are correct. Which *city* label is wrong? Warsaw > are, the more fun you'll have with this round. Go try some of > them on your doctor the next time you're afflicted. > 1. Dropsy. stroke > 2. Ague ["EH-gyoo"]. influenza > 3. Apoplexy. epilepsy > 4. Carbuncle. cyst > 6. Quinsy. > 7. Falling sickness. > 8. Hydrophobia. rabies > 9. Consumption. tuberculosis -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 30 10:50PM -0500 In article <A8idnaW_2NkWMXPKnZ2dnUU7-XvNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > 4. (Map F is a decoy. Which label for a landmark is wrong?) > 5. (Map G is a decoy. Which station label is wrong?) > 6. Which *city* label is wrong on Map H? Denver > 13. On Map O, all the street names and numbers are correct and so are > the bridges and tunnels. The label that's wrong is for *a river, > a district, or a park or square*. Which one is wrong? Times Square > 14. On Map P, we'll tell you that once again all the bodies of > water are correct. Which *city* label is wrong? Warsaw > them on your doctor the next time you're afflicted. > 1. Dropsy. > 2. Ague ["EH-gyoo"]. influenza > 3. Apoplexy. stroke > 4. Carbuncle. > 5. Neurasthenia. depression > 6. Quinsy. > 7. Falling sickness. epilepsy > 8. Hydrophobia. rabies > 9. Consumption. tuberculosis -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 30 01:09PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. This 7'6"-tall player's 8-season career in the NBA with the > Houston Rockets is said to have sparked increased interest in > the sport in his home country of China. Yao Ming. ("Yao" is the surname.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, Marc, and Pete. > NBA championship during his time spent with the Dallas Mavericks, > Phoenix Suns, and Los Angeles Lakers. He is currently the > general manager of Canada's senior men's basketball team. Steve Nash. 4 for Joshua and Calvin. > He won the NBA championship in 2011 and the MVP award in 2007. > His entire NBA career, 18 seasons so far, has been with the > Dallas Mavericks. Dirk Nowitzki. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. 3 for Calvin (or. > Lakers in 2009 and '10. That's two more than his younger > brother, named Marc, has managed so far in his career with the > Memphis Grizzlies. Give their surname. Gasol ["Gas-OLL"], not to be confused with any words for certain petroleum products in certain European languages. (The older brother is Pau ["Pow"] Gasol.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. > Toronto Raptors in 2011, and has since played a pivotal part > in their last three playoff runs, despite suffering an injury > in last season's playoff series against the Miami Heat. Jonas Valanciunas ["YO-nahss Val-lahn-CHEW-nahss"]. > his important role with last season's Toronto Raptors and > his impressive job of replacing an injured <answer 5> in the > playoffs. Bismack ["Biz-MOCK"] Biyombo. > international play but won 4 NBA championship titles with the > San Antonio Spurs. He is also known in entertainment news > circles as the ex-husband of Eva Longoria. Tony Parker. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Marc, and Pete. > He was an integral part of the 2004 Argentinian Olympic team > that won gold by beating the USA in the semifinals and Italy > in the finals. Manu Ginobili ["MAN-oo Jin-OH-blee"]. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > won an NBA championship title in 2011 with the Dallas Mavericks, > he is much better known for his 8½ seasons with the Sacramento > Kings. The Kings retired his #16 jersey. "Peja" (Predrag) Stojakovic ["PAY-zhah Stoy-AH-ko-vitch"]. > EuroLeague and won two Olympic silver medals before coming to > the NBA and winning 3 NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls, > where he often played the role of the "sixth man". Toni Kukoc ["KOO-coach"]. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > known for stories such as "Boys and Girls", "How I Met My > Husband", and "The Bear Came Over the Mountain". That last > one was the basis of the Canadian movie "Away from Her". Alice Munro. 4 for Dan Blum and Peter. > 2. Prior to <answer 1>, Canada's only claim to a Nobel in Literature > was this Canadian-born American novelist of works such as > "Herzog", "Humboldt's Gift", and "Henderson the Rain King". Saul Bellow. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc. > Name this Indian novelist, painter, musician, and the author of > "Gitanjali", a collection of 157 poems, known as "Song Offerings" > in English translation. Rabindranath Tagore. (In 1913.) 4 for Joshua. > second round of voting. He's also famous for novels such as > "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" and "Conversation in the > Cathedral". Mario Vargas Llosa ["Yo-sa"]. "Vargas" was required; I accepted "Varga". 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Calvin. > in Argos: Archives", a 5-book series about societies undergoing > accelerated evolution), but is better known for novels such as > "The Grass is Singing" and "The Golden Notebook". Doris Lessing. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Joshua. > 6. The most recent American writer to receive the prize was in > 1993; this author's novels include "Beloved", "The Bluest Eye", > and "Song of Solomon". Toni Morrison. "Jeopardy!" asked about her on 2016-07-13. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 7. 1986 was the first time an African writer was given the prize. > This Nigerian author is best known for plays such as "The Lion > and the Jewel" and "Death and the King's Horseman" Wole Soyinka. > "Snow Country". The other was in 1994; his brain-damaged son > has played a large role in his writing, in works such as "A > Personal Matter" and "A Healing Family". Name *either* writer. Yasunari *Kawabata*, Kenzaburo *Oe* ["oh-eh"]. (The surnames are marked.) 4 for Joshua. > 9. The only person so far to win both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar > is this Irish dramatist. He won the Oscar in 1938 for adapting > his own play. George Bernard Shaw. ("Pygmalion".) 4 for Joshua and Calvin. > was employed as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1930s and 1940s, > receiving credits on movies such as "The Big Sleep" and "To > Have and Have Not". William Faulkner. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Ent Spo Lit Joshua Kreitzer 16 32 28 32 108 Stephen Perry 40 40 -- -- 80 Marc Dashevsky 20 20 16 4 60 Dan Blum 23 12 4 20 59 Dan Tilque 32 8 16 0 56 Pete Gayde 11 20 24 0 55 "Calvin" 22 4 15 8 49 Peter Smyth 12 17 0 8 37 Björn Lundin 16 8 0 0 24 Erland Sommarskog 12 0 0 4 16 -- Mark Brader | "Opening a monitor case is not for the inexperienced Toronto | or the faint of heart, unless you need msb@vex.net | defibrillation." -- Kevin D. Swan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Sep 30 04:01PM +0200 On 2016-09-30 06:00, Calvin wrote: > Congratulations Gareth. It was a tougher than average set which perhaps explains the bi-modal distribution. > cheers, > calvin I only replied on one question but I do think I should be mentioned in the table anyway... -- -- Björn |
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