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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 20 05:13PM -0700 1 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by those living on the northside of Chicago, and detested by those on the southside? 2 Which specific piece of music by Richard Wagner was the theme for the film "Apocalypse Now"? 3 In ten pin bowling, which term denotes three consecutive strikes? 4 Which American city is home to the NFL's Lions? 5 Which rock band had a 1992 hit with "November Rain"? 6 Despite the Netherland's neutrality, which Dutchman (1890 – 1939) produced several fighter aircraft for Germany during WWI? 7 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film? 8 Though he now has a wide range of interests, Donald Trump initially made his fortune in which field of business? 9 Which European capital city was known as Christiania (or Kristiania) between 1624 and 1925? 10 The George Cross is awarded "For Gallantry". Which cross is awarded "For Valour"? cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 19 09:35PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by those living on the northside of Chicago, and detested by those on the southside? Chicago White Sox > 2 Which specific piece of music by Richard Wagner was the theme for the film "Apocalypse Now"? Ride of the Valkeries > 3 In ten pin bowling, which term denotes three consecutive strikes? strike out (that's probably wrong, but it's been too many years since I bowled, so I've forgotten the right term) > 4 Which American city is home to the NFL's Lions? Detroit, Michigan > 5 Which rock band had a 1992 hit with "November Rain"? > 6 Despite the Netherland's neutrality, which Dutchman (1890 – 1939) produced several fighter aircraft for Germany during WWI? Fokker > 7 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film? Beauty and the Beast ?? > 8 Though he now has a wide range of interests, Donald Trump initially made his fortune in which field of business? real estate development > 9 Which European capital city was known as Christiania (or Kristiania) between 1624 and 1925? Oslo, Norway > 10 The George Cross is awarded "For Gallantry". Which cross is awarded "For Valour"? Victoria Cross -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 12:46AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by > those living on the northside of Chicago, and detested by those on > the southside? Chicago Cubs. > 2 Which specific piece of music by Richard Wagner was the theme > for the film "Apocalypse Now"? "Ride of the Valkyries". > 3 In ten pin bowling, which term denotes three consecutive strikes? Turkey. > 4 Which American city is home to the NFL's Lions? Detroit. > 5 Which rock band had a 1992 hit with "November Rain"? > 6 Despite the Netherland's neutrality, which Dutchman (1890 -- > 1939) produced several fighter aircraft for Germany during WWI? Fokker. > film? > 8 Though he now has a wide range of interests, Donald Trump > initially made his fortune in which field of business? Real estate. > 9 Which European capital city was known as Christiania (or > Kristiania) between 1624 and 1925? Oslo. > 10 The George Cross is awarded "For Gallantry". Which cross is > awarded "For Valour"? Victoria Cross. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Let me know if that is a convincing argument. msb@vex.net | If it is, I'll try it on myself. --Maria Conlon My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Oct 21 06:55AM +0100 > 1 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by those > living on the northside of Chicago, and detested by those on the > southside? The White Sox > 2 Which specific piece of music by Richard Wagner was the theme for > the film "Apocalypse Now"? Hmmm, I'd argue about "theme" (it opens and closes with "The End" by the Doors) but during the helicopter assault sequence they play "Ride Of The Valkyries" through loudspeakers. > 3 In ten pin bowling, which term denotes three consecutive strikes? Turkey > 4 Which American city is home to the NFL's Lions? Detroit > 5 Which rock band had a 1992 hit with "November Rain"? Guns and Roses > 6 Despite the Netherland's neutrality, which Dutchman (1890 – 1939) > produced several fighter aircraft for Germany during WWI? Fokker? > 7 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated > film? The Jungle Book > 8 Though he now has a wide range of interests, Donald Trump initially > made his fortune in which field of business? Loans and gifts from his father. Oh, ok racist Real Estate developments > 9 Which European capital city was known as Christiania (or Kristiania) > between 1624 and 1925? Copenhagen? > 10 The George Cross is awarded "For Gallantry". Which cross is awarded > "For Valour"? Victoria Cross |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 07:26AM > 1 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by > those living on the northside of Chicago, and detested by those on the > southside? There has been a lot of talk about Chiacago Cubs lately, so I go with them rather than my standard answer Green Bay Packers. > 2 Which specific piece of music by Richard Wagner was the theme for > the film "Apocalypse Now"? The overture to Aida. > 6 Despite the Netherland's neutrality, which Dutchman (1890 – 1939) > produced several fighter aircraft for Germany during WWI? Fokker > 8 Though he now has a wide range of interests, Donald Trump > initially made his fortune in which field of business? Real estate > 9 Which European capital city was known as Christiania (or > Kristiania) between 1624 and 1925? Oslo -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 20 05:10PM -0700 On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 8:23:14 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 What is the first given name of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's second child, born in December 2015? Saint I'm delighted than no-one got this > 2 The city where Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914 is now the capital of which country? Bosnia [and Herz...] > 3 Who wrote the bestselling 1992 relationship guide "Man are from Mars, Women are from Venus"? John Grey > 4 Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster have all starred in a movie with which title? Freaky Friday The latter two in the original, the first two in the re-make. > 5 These days they are most commonly used on small engines such as lawn mowers. Which device mixes air and fuel for internal combustion? Carburetor > 6 The works of which American composer (1900-1990) include "Fanfare for the Common Man" and "Appalachian Spring"? Aaron Copland > 7 In the Kübler-Ross model, also known as 'the five stages of grief', which is the last emotion experienced by people faced with impending trauma? Acceptance > 8 In 1939, which TWO countries invaded Poland? Germany and USSR > 9 Which four-letter word describes the white substance between the coloured skin and flesh of some fruits, for example an orange? Pith > 10 What type of creature is a razorback? Pig / Hog Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 461 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 62 Bruce Bowler 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 59 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 59 Mark Brader 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 53 Chris Johnson 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 56 Gareth Owen 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 51 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 51 Pete Gayde 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 40 Peter Smyth 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 27 Bjorn Lundin 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 28 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 0 10 3 5 8 9 9 9 3 6 62 62% Congratulations Bruce! cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 12:58AM -0500 "Calvin": > > 8 In 1939, which TWO countries invaded Poland? > Germany and USSR Erland also got this. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | I still remember the first time his reality check msb@vex.net | bounced. -- Darlene Richards |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 07:24AM >> > 8 In 1939, which TWO countries invaded Poland? >> Germany and USSR > Erland also got this. Seems like Calvin had a displacement error in the score table. He had a 1 for me for #7 which I didn't even try. So my total score is correct. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 01:29AM -0500 Mark Brader: > give the answers that were correct on that date... For further > information see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". In each of the two original games for this set, the current-events round was the easiest round in that game. > * Game 3 (2010-10-03), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Florida Marlins all-star pitcher José Fernández died Sunday... > in what sort of accident? His 32-foot boat ran aground on a rock jetty at high speed at night, killing all three men on board. (It is not yet known who was driving. Any reference to boating was sufficient.) 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Pete, Marc, and Joshua. > 2. In what American city did a rush-hour commuter train crash > through a barrier last Thursday morning, killing one person > and injuring over 100? Hoboken, NJ. (Across the Hudson River from New York, NY.) 4 for Bruce, Erland, and Marc. > 3. "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" by Madeleine Thien, "The Wonder" > by Emma Donoghue, and "Yiddish for Pirates" by Gary Barwin are > among the nominees announced last week for which literary prize? Scotiabank Giller Prize. "Giller" was sufficient. > was overridden by Congress, by votes of 348-77 in the House > of Representatives and 97-1 in the Senate. What will the bill > allow families of 9/11 victims to do? Sue members of the Saudi Arabian government. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > -- or rather, *not* seen -- in Toronto skies last Friday? > Some fundamentalist Christian websites heralded it as a sign > of the coming end times. The second new moon in the calendar month, which someone has now decided should be called a "black moon". 4 for Bruce. > 6. Name the couple who were in Vancouver's poverty-stricken > Downtown Eastside last Sunday meeting mothers who are battling > drug and alcohol addiction. Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. (Any form of reference to them was sufficient.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > as a homegrown competitor to Netflix, this streaming video > service announced that it will be pulling the plug on > November 30. Name it. Shomi. > world record for circumnavigating the globe in a jet of the > 17,600-24,600 lb. category. Name this sportsman and amateur > pilot. Arnold Palmer. 4 for Peter, Pete, and Joshua. That's how the circumnavigation record was reported in various news sources when he died. However, as far as I can tell from Internet sources, the correct weight class must have been 6,000-9,000 kg (13,227-19,941 lb.; the plane was a Learjet 36) and Palmer no longer held the record when he died. He and two other pilots set that record in 1976, but the present record (also set in a Learjet) dates only from 1996. Unfortunately the FAI web site's database of records lists only current record-holders or holders of retired record catagories. > fiasco, the TTC revealed last week that 5% of these machines > on the streetcar fleet are currently not functioning. > Which machines? Presto card readers. > accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald > replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that > completes his retort. Smart. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Pete, Marc, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > * Game 4 (2010-10-17), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. On Thursday the Swedish Academy announced that Bob Dylan would > be the recipient of a Nobel Prize. In what? Literature. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Pete, Erland, Marc, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > for President." Name the host that NBC suspended last week > after he was caught on tape in 2005 laughing along with Donald > Trump's lewd comments. Billy Bush. (Nephew of George H.W. Bush and first cousin of George W. Bush. He and the network subsequently agreed to part company.) 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Marc, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > revealed their plans for creating a new nation-state to be named > "Asgardia", open to citizens of all nations, beginning some > time next year. Where will this potential new nation be located? In orbit. (Accepting "in space" and scoring "beyond the Earth and its atmosphere" as almost correct.) 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Bruce. 3 for Marc. > Ocean, left the Commonwealth of Nations, claiming that it has > been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental > organization. Name the country. Maldives. 4 for Pete, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 2 for Peter. > 5. The world's longest-reigning monarch died on Thursday. Bhumibol > Adulyadej ["POO-mee-PON a-DOON-ya-DAY"], also known as Rama IX, > was king of which country? Thailand. 4 for everyone. > 6. A former federal cabinet minister and former premier of Alberta, > who held the latter office for 8 months in 2014-15, was killed > in a plane crash in BC last week. Name this former premier. Jim Prentice. No points for "Jim"! > at the fan's Danforth pharmacy. Name the Texas player who > punched José Bautista in May *and* who caused the error that > lost last Sunday's game for Texas. Rougned Odor. 4 for Pete. > 8. Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Auston Matthews entered the history > books in his NHL debut on Wednesday. What did he do? Scored 4 goals. (That's now the record# for a player's first game in the league, but you did not have to mention that part, which was sort of implied in the question anyway.) 4 for Bruce and Pete. 3 for Joshua. In fact Matthews was the *only* scorer for the Leafs that night, as they lost 5-4 in overtime to the Ottawa Senators. # - Okay, Joe Malone and Harry Hyland did each score 5 goals in their first NHL game in 1917, but that was the year the NHL replaced the NHA, and they'd simply moved over from the old league, so it's appropriate not to count it. > 9. On October 10, after 99 years, North America's oldest private > zoo closed its doors, following steeply declining attendance > in the wake of animal-cruelty charges. Name the zoo. Bowmanville Zoo. > leadership (among other factors), the Canadian Centre for Policy > Alternatives presented its list of the best cities in Canada > for women. Toronto was 11th. Which city topped the list? Victoria. 3 for Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 TOTALS Stephen Perry 32 34 -- -- 66 Pete Gayde 4 12 19 27 62 Joshua Kreitzer 4 8 20 18 50 Dan Blum 7 8 12 19 46 Peter Smyth 8 4 16 14 42 Bruce Bowler -- -- 20 20 40 Dan Tilque 4 8 12 16 40 Marc Dashevsky 4 8 12 15 39 Erland Sommarskog 4 4 4 12 24 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "You keep using that word. I do not think it means msb@vex.net | what you think it means." -- The Princess Bride My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 19 10:03PM -0700 Welcome to Rotating Quiz #236. The usual rules apply. This quiz ends Monday, 2016-10-24 sometime in the evening my time. Part 1. General etymology. Sometimes words have an original meaning in some language, then acquire an additional meaning that's not closely related to the first (it's usually figurative), and then English borrows the word but only with the second meaning. Most of these words are like that. First here's the original meanings: beak kingfisher quill calm sea lightning sea foam first little tongues stiffness ghost to make a bottle whirlpool Your job, of course, is to match the above meanings with the words below. To make things a bit easier, there are no dummy meanings. 1. bonanza 2. eclair 3. fiasco 4. halcyon 5. larva 6. linguini 7. meershaum 8. penne 9. proton 10. rostrum 11. strudel 12. torpedo Hint: all these words were borrowed from European languages, and I believe all of them are still words in those languages with the same spelling, modulo a transliteration or two. Part 2. Latin 1st-person, singular verbs. There's a few English words borrowed from Latin 1st-person singular verbs. All of them end with -o, which is the Latin inflection for that part of speech. I couldn't find enough to fill this section, so I added some others where the origin is closely related to a Latin verb and the word is spelled the same as the verb (the definitions for these are marked with an *). First the verbs, this time with some dummy answers. audio gusto placebo studio cameo incognito proviso turbo canto innuendo radio vertigo credo lavabo ratio veto curio limbo stereo video gazebo lingo Match those with these meanings: 13. I believe 14. I disturb* 15. I forbid 16. I gleam* 17. I hear 18. I lick* 19. I look out for* 20. I see 21. I sing 22. I taste* 23. I will please 24. I will wash -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 12:55AM -0500 Dan Tilque: > Part 1. General etymology... > 1. bonanza Kingfisher? > 2. eclair Lightning. > 3. fiasco To make a bottle. > 4. halcyon Calm sea. > 5. larva Stiffness? > 6. linguini Little tongues. > 7. meershaum Sea foam. > 8. penne Quill> > 9. proton First. > 10. rostrum Beak. > 11. strudel Whirlpool. > 12. torpedo Ghost? > Part 2. Latin 1st-person, singular verbs... > 13. I believe Credo. > 14. I disturb* Turbo. > 15. I forbid Veto. > 16. I gleam* Cameo. > 17. I hear Audio. > 18. I lick* Lingo. > 19. I look out for* Gazebo. > 20. I see Video. > 21. I sing Canto. > 22. I taste* Gusto. > 23. I will please Placebo. > 24. I will wash Lavabo. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Computers may be very, very fast, msb@vex.net | but they aren't very, very smart." -- after Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 20 04:03PM Mark Brader wrote: > also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections. > 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in > 1952 and 1956? Adlai Stevenson > candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but > was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad > debts from a previous campaign. Who is he? Gary Hart > 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times > from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored > 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail. Eugene Debs > 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning > presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place > finishers that he defeated. Alf Landon, Thomas Dewey > or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at > winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is > the most recent losing candidate to later become president? Richard Nixon (assuming you are not counting candidates who previously lost in the primaries) > apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush > and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with > less success. Name him. H Ross Perot > 9. The 1968 Nixon/Humphrey election had a third candidate who > got 13.5% of the popular vote and 46 Electoral College votes. > His running mate was Cold War general Curtis LeMay. Name him. George Wallace > Dewey's running mate was a former Governor of California and > a future Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. So... maybe > not such a loser after all. Who was he? Earl Warren, warren Burger > "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, > meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial, > unimportant? Incidental > 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning > "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation, > conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley? Dialogue > 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning > "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive, > magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president? Magistrate > (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission, > interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize, > vacation? Siesta > 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning > "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear, > fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror? Angst > 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for > "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, > intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart? Astute > for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both > Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder, > repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack? Riposte > 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl, > donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble, > slugfest? Donnybrook > 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for > "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang, > liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter? Lynch > "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist, > doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, > skeptic? Iconoclast Peter Smyth |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 20 04:10PM Mark Brader wrote: > > people who got their party nomination. > Yes, those are the candidates for the presidency. The others in the > primaries are only candidates to be candidates for the presidency. Although Reagan did actually get 1 vote in the electoral college in 1976 due to a faithless elector. Peter Smyth |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 20 07:28PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:TpudnbT3wODwZ5vFnZ2dnUU7- > also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections. > 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in > 1952 and 1956? Adlai Stevenson > candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but > was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad > debts from a previous campaign. Who is he? Hart > for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard > for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously, > opposed Darwinism. Name him. William Jennings Bryan > in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as > president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost > badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he? Mencken > 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times > from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored > 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail. Debs > 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning > presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place > finishers that he defeated. Al Smith > or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at > winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is > the most recent losing candidate to later become president? Nixon > apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush > and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with > less success. Name him. Perot > 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub > tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf. > Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz. George Wallace > Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq > n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor > abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur? Warren > "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, > meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial, > unimportant? Superficial > 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning > "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation, > conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley? dialogue > 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning > "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive, > magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president? president; magistrate > (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission, > interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize, > vacation? interval; intermission > 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning > "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear, > fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror? horror > 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for > "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, > intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart? acute; discerning > for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both > Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder, > repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack? response > 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl, > donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble, > slugfest? donnybrook > 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for > "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang, > liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter? slaughter; execute > "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist, > doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, > skeptic? heathen; infidel > * Clay, dirt, earth, ground, humus, land, loam, mud, soil, turf. > * Cage, confine, detain, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, > intern, jail, remand. Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 20 09:32PM +0200 > got their party nomination. After all, this quiz was by and for > Canadians, and they wouldn't be expected to remember all the also-ran > candidates. Well, look at question #2! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 19 04:11PM -0700 Erland Sommarskog wrote: >> Canadians, and they wouldn't be expected to remember all the also-ran >> candidates. > Well, look at question #2! Good point. But Gary Hart had an infamous flameout when he challenged reporters to follow him around, claiming they'd be bored. When some did, they found he was having an affair with a woman. That kind of thing makes him a lot more notable than the run-of-the-mill candidate. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 20 06:19PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: >> Well, look at question #2! Dan Tilque: > Good point. Yes. Still, nobody seems to be misunderstanding anything. -- Mark Brader | "...very satisfying -- it's like the erosion geology edition Toronto | of the electromagnetic spectrum chart." msb@vex.net | --Randall Munroe |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 20 05:24PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 2:45:38 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but > was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad > debts from a previous campaign. Who is he? Hart > in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as > president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost > badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he? Hearst I guess > 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning > presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place > finishers that he defeated. Madison, Monroe > or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at > winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is > the most recent losing candidate to later become president? Nixon, Cleveland > apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush > and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with > less success. Name him. Perot > Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq > n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor > abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur? Warren? cheers, calvin |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 21 12:22AM -0500 In article <TpudnbT3wODwZ5vFnZ2dnUU7-RHNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections. > 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in > 1952 and 1956? Adlai Stevenson > candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but > was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad > debts from a previous campaign. Who is he? Gary Hart > for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard > for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously, > opposed Darwinism. Name him. William Jennings Bryan > 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times > from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored > 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail. Eugene Debs > or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at > winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is > the most recent losing candidate to later become president? Richard Nixon > apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush > and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with > less success. Name him. Ross Perot > 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub > tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf. > Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz. George Wallace > Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq > n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor > abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur? Earl Warren > "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, > meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial, > unimportant? superficial > 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning > "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation, > conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley? colloqy > 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning > "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive, > magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president? boss > (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission, > interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize, > vacation? siesta > 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning > "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear, > fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror? doubt > 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for > "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, > intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart? acute > for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both > Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder, > repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack? repartee > 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl, > donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble, > slugfest? donnybrook > 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for > "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang, > liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter? assassinate > "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist, > doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, > skeptic? iconoclast -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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