| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 12 10:57PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-18, 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 9, Round 7 - Sports in Entertainment This round resides where the worlds of sports and TV pop culture meet. In each case you'll be asked about an incident or plot point where fictional events intersect with a real-life player or team. We'll give you some additional clues about that player or team, and then you'll have to name them. Where we ask for a team, the full name is required, e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs". 1. On "The League", in the season-4 episode "The Curse of Shiva", Pete crosses paths with *which Minnesota Vikings running back*? He won the 2012 NFL MVP award and came 9 yards short of breaking the single-season record for the most rushing yards. 2. On "Frasier", in a season-8 episode "Hooping Cranes", Niles is elated when he successfully makes the free-throw shot during half-time at *which team*'s home court? 3. The 1980s sitcom "Mr. Belvedere" follows the title character as he cares for the family of George Owens -- who was played by *which retired baseball player*, who for the past 45 years has also been known as a radio commentator for the Milwaukee Brewers? 4. On "The Simpsons", in the season-5 Halloween episode, the Devil (portrayed by Ned Flanders) creates a jury made up of some of the most evil figures in history, including the 1976 starting lineup of *what NHL team*? In real life they became the one of the first NHL teams to win an exhibition game against a Soviet hockey team, in that year's "Super Series". 5. Also on "The Simpsons", in the season-11 episode "Brother's Little Helper", the family receives a gift from *which major-league baseball player*? It's an autographed bat, commemorating his record-breaking 70th home run during the 1998 season. 6. On "The Brady Bunch", in the season-5 episode "Mail Order Hero", the Brady kids write a letter faking an illness for Bobby, in order to get *which Hall of Fame quarterback* to visit? He is best known for helping the New York Jets achieve an upset win in Super Bowl III. 7. In a season-5 episode of "Family Matters", *which NBA player*, appearing as his alter ego "Grandmama", helps Urkel in a basketball tournament? Grandmama was a character created to help sell Converse shoes in TV commercials starting in the early 1990s. 8. On "Home Improvement", in the season-1 episode "Unchained Malady", which "Tool Time" guest makes Tim cower back when he wants to hammer in a nail "as if it were Evander Holyfield"? *This boxer* had fought Holyfield a year earlier in an attempt to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history at age 42, and would eventually achieve this goal at age 45 against Michael Moorer. 9. On "Entourage", in the season-3 episode "Gotcha!", Drama, thinking he's about to be "punk'd", picks a fight with *which mixed-martial-arts fighter*, who is known as the Iceman and currently holds the all-time UFC record of 13 knockouts? 10. On "Seinfeld", in the season-3 episode "The Boyfriend", Kramer and Newman accuse *which baseball player* of spitting on them, prompting Jerry to come up with the "Magic Loogie Theory" to clear the player's name? The player in question is a 5-time All-Star and, playing with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, he set a record that still stands, for the most Gold Glove Awards won by a first baseman. * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Hugo Award-Winners At the World Science Fiction Convention each year, Hugo awards are presented in various categories based on voting by fans. These questions are about 10 winners for Best Novel. We'll give you the author's initials and the year of the award, and we'll summarize the plot; you just have to give the title. 1. By J.B., winner in 1969. In the far future year of 2010, crushing overpopulation has led to many changes in society. Norman House is an executive at the company that developed the supercomputer Shalmaneser. Donald Hogan is a spy who gets "eptified" to assassinate Dr. Sugaiguntung, a leader in genetic engineering. Among the fragmentary passages setting the scene are excerpts from "The Hipcrime Vocab" by Chad C. Mulligan. Name the novel. 2. By W.G., 1985. First, Henry Dorsett Case and Molly Millions are hired to steal a man's recorded personality. Then they are sent to the Tessier-Ashpool family's space station, where the family owns two artificial intelligences -- and they find out that one of those is their real employer, and their real job is to help it merge with the other. 3. By N.G., 2002. Newly released from prison, Shadow is recruited by Mr. Wednesday and finds himself involved in a war between the Old Gods, which are the ones from ancient mythology, and the New Gods, representing modern lifestyle elements such as television and the Internet. 4. By I.A., 1973. In Part I of this novel, Frederick Hallam observes a sample of plutonium-186, which should not exist, and realizes it came from a parallel universe with different laws of physics -- promising a cheap source of energy. Part II takes place in the other universe and involves aliens that have three sexes as children, but as adults become sexless "hard ones" such as Estwald. Part III is set on the Moon and deals with the risk that the connection between universes will cause a catastrophe. 5. By R.J.S., 2003. This novel also involves a connection between parallel universes, but in this case the main difference in the other universe is not in physics, but in prehistory. In that universe it's Neanderthals and not our type of humans who survived to the present and developed technology. The connection between universes takes place at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, where Neanderthal man Ponter Boddit finds himself in our world. The lead character among the people he meets is Mary Vaughan of York University. 6. By C.W., 2011. This is one novel published as two volumes with distinct titles, and we will accept *either* title. It's part of a series involving time-traveling historians from Oxford University. In this case Michael Davies, Polly Churchill, and Merope Ward travel back in time to research the early part of World War II, but a few weeks later when they should return home, they find they are trapped in the past. 7. By A.C.C., 1980. This is the story of the building of the first space elevator, a structure linking the Earth's surface to geosynchronous orbit. Much of the novel takes place on Taprobane [ends in "knee"], a fictitious island resembling Sri Lanka but located on the equator; the engineer in charge of the project is named Vannevar Morgan. 8. By J.S., 2013. Andrew Dahl and his friends, crew members of the starship "Intrepid", notice that although junior members of the crew are often killed in various incidents, any senior officers present somehow always survive. They also observe enough other improbable events that they realize that *they are characters* in a badly written TV show! And then they find a way to communicate with its producers. 9. By R.A.H., 1960. Humanity is in an interstellar conflict against an arachnoid species that we call "bugs", which escalates to war when they destroy Buenos Aires. The novel follows Johnny Rico and his friends as the war proceeds and he progresses from a recruit to a Mobile Infantryman, goes into combat on a distant world, and becomes an officer. 10. By W.M.M. Jr., 1961. This novel is set on the Earth, among an order of monks. In the first part, 600 years after a devastating nuclear war, relics of our time are discovered in a fallout shelter and Abbot Arkos tries to control this dangerous information. The second and third parts take place at further 600-year intervals. By the end, nuclear weapons have been rediscovered, leading to a new nuclear war, but a few monks escape in the spaceship Quo Peregrinatur. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I tried to hit Bjarne Stroustrup with a snowball, msb@vex.net | but missed." --Clive Feather My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 13 04:07AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:26KdnX9jT_Lem2LKnZ2dnUU7- > Pete crosses paths with *which Minnesota Vikings running back*? > He won the 2012 NFL MVP award and came 9 yards short of breaking > the single-season record for the most rushing yards. Peterson (?) > 2. On "Frasier", in a season-8 episode "Hooping Cranes", Niles > is elated when he successfully makes the free-throw shot during > half-time at *which team*'s home court? Seattle SuperSonics > as he cares for the family of George Owens -- who was played by > *which retired baseball player*, who for the past 45 years has > also been known as a radio commentator for the Milwaukee Brewers? Bob Uecker > lineup of *what NHL team*? In real life they became the one of > the first NHL teams to win an exhibition game against a Soviet > hockey team, in that year's "Super Series". Philadelphia Flyers > major-league baseball player*? It's an autographed bat, > commemorating his record-breaking 70th home run during the > 1998 season. Mark McGwire > in order to get *which Hall of Fame quarterback* to visit? > He is best known for helping the New York Jets achieve an upset > win in Super Bowl III. Joe Namath > basketball tournament? Grandmama was a character created to > help sell Converse shoes in TV commercials starting in the > early 1990s. Larry Johnson (?) > to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history at age > 42, and would eventually achieve this goal at age 45 against > Michael Moorer. George Foreman > a 5-time All-Star and, playing with the St. Louis Cardinals and > New York Mets, he set a record that still stands, for the most > Gold Glove Awards won by a first baseman. Keith Hernandez > engineering. Among the fragmentary passages setting the scene > are excerpts from "The Hipcrime Vocab" by Chad C. Mulligan. > Name the novel. "Stand on Zanzibar" > family owns two artificial intelligences -- and they find out > that one of those is their real employer, and their real job > is to help it merge with the other. "Neuromancer" > the Old Gods, which are the ones from ancient mythology, and > the New Gods, representing modern lifestyle elements such as > television and the Internet. "American Gods" > sexes as children, but as adults become sexless "hard ones" such > as Estwald. Part III is set on the Moon and deals with the risk > that the connection between universes will cause a catastrophe. "The Gods Themselves" > Neutrino Observatory, where Neanderthal man Ponter Boddit finds > himself in our world. The lead character among the people he > meets is Mary Vaughan of York University. "Hominids" > and Merope Ward travel back in time to research the early part > of World War II, but a few weeks later when they should return > home, they find they are trapped in the past. "Blackout"; "All Clear" > enough other improbable events that they realize that *they are > characters* in a badly written TV show! And then they find a > way to communicate with its producers. "Redshirts" > and his friends as the war proceeds and he progresses from a > recruit to a Mobile Infantryman, goes into combat on a distant > world, and becomes an officer. "Starship Troopers" > at further 600-year intervals. By the end, nuclear weapons > have been rediscovered, leading to a new nuclear war, but a > few monks escape in the spaceship Quo Peregrinatur. "A Canticle for Leibowitz" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 13 04:36AM > 2. On "Frasier", in a season-8 episode "Hooping Cranes", Niles > is elated when he successfully makes the free-throw shot during > half-time at *which team*'s home court? Seattle Supersonics > lineup of *what NHL team*? In real life they became the one of > the first NHL teams to win an exhibition game against a Soviet > hockey team, in that year's "Super Series". New York Rangers; Pittsburgh Penguins > major-league baseball player*? It's an autographed bat, > commemorating his record-breaking 70th home run during the > 1998 season. McGwire > in order to get *which Hall of Fame quarterback* to visit? > He is best known for helping the New York Jets achieve an upset > win in Super Bowl III. Namath > to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history at age > 42, and would eventually achieve this goal at age 45 against > Michael Moorer. Foreman > family owns two artificial intelligences -- and they find out > that one of those is their real employer, and their real job > is to help it merge with the other. Neuromancer > the Old Gods, which are the ones from ancient mythology, and > the New Gods, representing modern lifestyle elements such as > television and the Internet. American Gods > sexes as children, but as adults become sexless "hard ones" such > as Estwald. Part III is set on the Moon and deals with the risk > that the connection between universes will cause a catastrophe. The Gods Themselves > and Merope Ward travel back in time to research the early part > of World War II, but a few weeks later when they should return > home, they find they are trapped in the past. Blackout > enough other improbable events that they realize that *they are > characters* in a badly written TV show! And then they find a > way to communicate with its producers. Redshirts > and his friends as the war proceeds and he progresses from a > recruit to a Mobile Infantryman, goes into combat on a distant > world, and becomes an officer. Starship Troopers > at further 600-year intervals. By the end, nuclear weapons > have been rediscovered, leading to a new nuclear war, but a > few monks escape in the spaceship Quo Peregrinatur. A Canticle for Leibowitz -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 12 11:09PM -0700 On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 1:58:00 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. On "Frasier", in a season-8 episode "Hooping Cranes", Niles > is elated when he successfully makes the free-throw shot during > half-time at *which team*'s home court? Seattle Supersonics > lineup of *what NHL team*? In real life they became the one of > the first NHL teams to win an exhibition game against a Soviet > hockey team, in that year's "Super Series". Philadelphia Flyers > major-league baseball player*? It's an autographed bat, > commemorating his record-breaking 70th home run during the > 1998 season. Mark McGwire > in order to get *which Hall of Fame quarterback* to visit? > He is best known for helping the New York Jets achieve an upset > win in Super Bowl III. Joe Namath > to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history at age > 42, and would eventually achieve this goal at age 45 against > Michael Moorer. George Foreman > thinking he's about to be "punk'd", picks a fight with *which > mixed-martial-arts fighter*, who is known as the Iceman and > currently holds the all-time UFC record of 13 knockouts? McGregor? > a 5-time All-Star and, playing with the St. Louis Cardinals and > New York Mets, he set a record that still stands, for the most > Gold Glove Awards won by a first baseman. Hernandez > sexes as children, but as adults become sexless "hard ones" such > as Estwald. Part III is set on the Moon and deals with the risk > that the connection between universes will cause a catastrophe. Foundation Trilogy > [ends in "knee"], a fictitious island resembling Sri Lanka but > located on the equator; the engineer in charge of the project > is named Vannevar Morgan. 2001: A Space Odyssey > at further 600-year intervals. By the end, nuclear weapons > have been rediscovered, leading to a new nuclear war, but a > few monks escape in the spaceship Quo Peregrinatur. cheers, calvin |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 13 01:13AM -0500 In article <26KdnX9jT_Lem2LKnZ2dnUU7-bfNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > Pete crosses paths with *which Minnesota Vikings running back*? > He won the 2012 NFL MVP award and came 9 yards short of breaking > the single-season record for the most rushing yards. Adrian Peterson > 2. On "Frasier", in a season-8 episode "Hooping Cranes", Niles > is elated when he successfully makes the free-throw shot during > half-time at *which team*'s home court? Seattle Supersonics > as he cares for the family of George Owens -- who was played by > *which retired baseball player*, who for the past 45 years has > also been known as a radio commentator for the Milwaukee Brewers? Bob Eucker > lineup of *what NHL team*? In real life they became the one of > the first NHL teams to win an exhibition game against a Soviet > hockey team, in that year's "Super Series". Philadelphia Flyers > major-league baseball player*? It's an autographed bat, > commemorating his record-breaking 70th home run during the > 1998 season. Barry Bonds > in order to get *which Hall of Fame quarterback* to visit? > He is best known for helping the New York Jets achieve an upset > win in Super Bowl III. Joe Namath > a 5-time All-Star and, playing with the St. Louis Cardinals and > New York Mets, he set a record that still stands, for the most > Gold Glove Awards won by a first baseman. Keith Hernandez > sexes as children, but as adults become sexless "hard ones" such > as Estwald. Part III is set on the Moon and deals with the risk > that the connection between universes will cause a catastrophe. The Gods Themselves > at further 600-year intervals. By the end, nuclear weapons > have been rediscovered, leading to a new nuclear war, but a > few monks escape in the spaceship Quo Peregrinatur. A Canticle for Liebowitz -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 13 02:00AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 2. On "Frasier", in a season-8 episode "Hooping Cranes", Niles > is elated when he successfully makes the free-throw shot during > half-time at *which team*'s home court? Seattle Supersonics > major-league baseball player*? It's an autographed bat, > commemorating his record-breaking 70th home run during the > 1998 season. Mark McGwire > in order to get *which Hall of Fame quarterback* to visit? > He is best known for helping the New York Jets achieve an upset > win in Super Bowl III. Joe Namath > basketball tournament? Grandmama was a character created to > help sell Converse shoes in TV commercials starting in the > early 1990s. Shaquille O'Neal > to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history at age > 42, and would eventually achieve this goal at age 45 against > Michael Moorer. George Foreman > engineering. Among the fragmentary passages setting the scene > are excerpts from "The Hipcrime Vocab" by Chad C. Mulligan. > Name the novel. Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner) > family owns two artificial intelligences -- and they find out > that one of those is their real employer, and their real job > is to help it merge with the other. Neuromancer (William Gibson) > the Old Gods, which are the ones from ancient mythology, and > the New Gods, representing modern lifestyle elements such as > television and the Internet. American Gods (Neil Gaiman) > sexes as children, but as adults become sexless "hard ones" such > as Estwald. Part III is set on the Moon and deals with the risk > that the connection between universes will cause a catastrophe. The Gods Themselves (Isaac Asimov) > and Merope Ward travel back in time to research the early part > of World War II, but a few weeks later when they should return > home, they find they are trapped in the past. Author is Connie Willis, but I haven't read these yet. Have to look them up next trip to the bookstore. > [ends in "knee"], a fictitious island resembling Sri Lanka but > located on the equator; the engineer in charge of the project > is named Vannevar Morgan. The Fountains of Paradise (Arthur C Clarke) > and his friends as the war proceeds and he progresses from a > recruit to a Mobile Infantryman, goes into combat on a distant > world, and becomes an officer. Starship Troopers (Robert A Heinlein) > at further 600-year intervals. By the end, nuclear weapons > have been rediscovered, leading to a new nuclear war, but a > few monks escape in the spaceship Quo Peregrinatur. A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M Miller) -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 13 04:56AM -0500 Dan Tilque: > I haven't read these yet. Have to look them > up next trip to the bookstore. I certainly liked them, but then I'm a sucker for that period. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "And kissed her for a hundred and sixty-nine years." msb@vex.net | -- Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 12 10:56PM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > I wrote most of one of these rounds. I wrote the round on longest names, except for question #2. > and you identify the correct picture on the handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-4/compo.pdf > 1. Leonard Bernstein ["BERN-styne"]. Picture C. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > 2. Arvo Pärt. Picture B. 4 for Jason and Pete. 3 for Joshua. > 3. Henryk Górecki ["HEN-rick Goo-RET-ski]. Picture O. > 4. Vangelis. Picture M -- any resemblance to a certain player in the Canadian Inquisition (no, not me) is purely coincidental. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Pete, and Erland. 3 for Joshua. > 5. Benjamin Britten. Picture D. 4 for Pete and Erland. > 6. Aaron Copeland. Picture P. 4 for Calvin, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Pete. > 7. Picture N, an American born in 1937. He's known for operas, > symphonies, film scores, and other works, many in a minimalist > style. Philip Glass. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Jason, Pete, and Erland. > 8. Picture A, an American, lived 1898-1937, composer of popular > and classical works. George Gershwin. The surname was sufficient, as Ira Gershwin was a lyricist. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Pete. > 9. Picture E, an Italian born in 1928, known for film and TV scores, > but also the composer of over 100 classical works. Ennio Morricone. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Peter, and Pete. > This one is a Russian and Soviet composer who lived 1906-75. > He composed 15 symphonies, 6 concertos, and many other classical > works. Dmitri Shostakovich ["shoss-tuh-KO-vitch"]. 4 for Joshua, Peter, and Pete. 3 for Calvin. > So there were 6 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you would like to > identify them for fun, but for no points: > 11. Igor Stravinsky. Picture J. Jason and Pete got this. > 12. Aram Khatchaturian. Picture F. Pete got this. > 13. Michael Nyman. Picture L. Pete got this. > 14. Erik Satie ["sah-TEE"]. Picture G. Pete got this. > 15. John Adams. No, not the US president after Washington. This one is picture K. Pete got this. > 16. Frank Zappa. Picture H. Joshua, Bruce, Jason, Pete, and Erland got this. > for example, Toronto, 7 letters, not City of Toronto; Toronto > Argonauts, not Toronto Argonauts Football Club; and Mexico, not > United Mexican States. Since this was not a spelling round, as usual I accepted misspelled answers as long as they might reasonably be pronounced the same. Entrants whose answers were misspelled (*) below if the length was at least right, and (**) if it wasn't. > that are based in the US, then the longest name is a mere > 21 letters. Name this NBA basketball team that plays in the > Western Conference. Minnesota Timberwolves. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Peter, and Pete. > we can tell it's the longest surname of all time in baseball.) > His previous teams include Texas and Boston, and currently he's > with the Detroit Tigers, usually playing catcher. Who is he? Jarrod Saltalamacchia ["Sal-ta-la-MAH-kee-ya"]. 4 for Marc and Pete. > 3. Which one of Jane Austen's novels had the longest title, at > 19 letters? "Sense and Sensibility". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, and Peter. > but in 1966 he became one of the title characters in a new play > showing other events taking place during the action of "Hamlet". > Name him. Guildenstern. ("Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", by Tom Stoppard.) 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Bruce (**), Dan Blum, Peter, and Pete. > 5. What country has the longest name *that is only one word*? > It's in Europe, it's landlocked, and it's 13 letters. Liechtenstein. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque (*), Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, and Erland. > 6. Of countries whose names end in -stan, which one has the longest > name, at 12 letters? Turkmenistan. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Jason, Pete, and Erland. > count separately. In Canada there are about 25 cities with > over 200,000 population. The longest name is 11 letters, > and by the way, 4 of those letters are the same. Name that city. Mississauga, adjacent to Toronto on the west. 4 for Dan Tilque (*), Dan Blum, and Pete. > longest name, using the form currently shown on the TTC map? > Since we said "subway", the Scarborough RT does not count. > The station opened in 1987 and its name has 15 letters. North York Centre. (This is the only case in Toronto of a station that was added to an existing line. It's on the underground section between Sheppard and Finch stations, which opened in 1974, and was planned for when the route was being constructed.) > a 10-letter surname, who worked mostly in England and also > in Canada, but was born in a third English-speaking country. > Name that 13-letter *element*. Rutherfordium. (Ernest Rutherford was born in New Zealand.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Peter. The other name proposed for this element, which was eventually rejected, was just one letter shorter -- kurchatovium. > 10. In math, which one of the regular polyhedra has the longest > name at 12 letters? Dodecahedron. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter, and Jason. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Sci His Mis Mis Pete Gayde 6 35 36 24 101 Dan Blum 29 33 10 28 100 Joshua Kreitzer 8 36 26 28 98 Marc Dashevsky 24 27 16 24 91 Peter Smyth 10 33 12 28 83 Dan Tilque 16 28 4 32 80 Erland Sommarskog 3 39 12 8 62 Bruce Bowler 0 20 12 20 52 "Calvin" 0 29 15 0 44 Jason Kreitzer 0 12 20 8 40 Björn Lundin 0 16 0 0 16 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "People say I'm a skeptic -- msb@vex.net but I find that hard to believe." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 12 05:59PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 10:17:37 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > I wanted to do a music round but feared accusations of bias (not that rgt is *that* type of newsgroup) so here is a compromise. RQ234 is based on historical events from the 1989 Billy Joel hit "We Didn't Start the Fire". All you need to do is name the year in which the following 15 events occurred. They are listed in chronological order and answers do NOT repeat, which should provide enough clues, So you need to be spot-on with the year. > No cheating and all that. Any ties will be decided in an arbitrary and yet to be determined manner. Good luck gentleman! > 1 Harry Truman's is the first US Presidential Inauguration to be televised. 1949 This was at the start of his *second* term. > 2 North Korea and South Korea declare war after communist forces invade the south. 1950 > 3 Queen Elizabeth II succeeds to the throne. 1952 The year her father KG6 died. Her coronation was the following year. > 4 Joseph Stalin dies on March 5. 1953 5th March, the same day as Prokofiev as you doubtless know. > 5 Disneyland opens on July 17. 1955 > 6 The Suez Crisis worsens as Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal. 1956 > 7 Sputnik becomes the first artificial satellite. 1957 > 8 Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France. 1958 > 9 Fidel Castro comes to power after a revolution in Cuba. 1959 > 10 Berlin is separated into East and West when the Berlin Wall is erected. 1961 > 11 Cardinal Giovanni Montini is elected to the papacy as Paul VI. 1963 There was no scope to work in Pius XII alas. > 12 Richard Nixon is elected President. 1968 Commencing in 1696 of course > 13 Woodstock rock and roll festival. 1969 The question referred to the first one obviously > 14 Sally Ride becames the first American woman in space aboard Challenger on the STS-7 shuttle mission. 1983 > 15 Bernie Goetz shoots four young men who he said were threatening him on a New York City subway. 1984 The scores have been calculated by adding the (absolute) differences between correct and given answers. Lower is better. Mark B SWP Dan B Dan T Pete G Peter S Erland Marc Chris 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 10 1 2 2 12 2 0 2 1 9 0 0 3 12 7 0 7 3 20 30 4 10 30 SWP takes it with a perfect 0 and thereby gains the hosting rights for RQ235. Dan T is second and Erland third. Thanks for playing. cheers, calvin |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Oct 12 06:48PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 8:59:48 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > Thanks for playing. > cheers, > calvin I'll have something up in the next day or so. swp |
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