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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 30 11:34PM -0500 Mark Brader: > I'd like to thank Dan Tilque for running RQ 236 and for once again > writing a contest that allowed me to win... And in return, the winner of RQ 237 is none other than Dan Tilque! DAN! DAN! DAN! And congratulations, eh? > For certain questions answers need not be exact, but I won't reveal > specifics in advance. In case you didn't notice, all of the answers are numbers (okay, for question #2 that's only sort of true) *and are sorted numerically*. Entrants were not asked to identify this fact, but it was meant to help anyone who noticed it. To keep the scores in integers, I'm allowing 2 points for each correct answer. * For questions asking for a measurement: * Any answer within a factor of 1.02 of the correct answer (i.e. from 1/1.02 to 1.02 times the correct answer) was worth the full 2 points. If there were any of those, then any other answers within a factor of 1.02 cubed (1.061208) of the correct answer were worth 1 point. * If nobody came within a factor of 1.02 of the correct answer, but someone did come within a factor of 2, then the best answer given was worth 2 points, and any other answer within a factor the cube of the factor of the best answer was worth 1 point. * If nobody came within a factor of 2 either, then any answer within a factor of 5 was worth a 1 point. * For questions asking for an integer value greater than 50; * The exact answer was worth 2 points. If the exact answer was given then any answer off by 1 was worth 1 point. * If the exact answer was not given, then the best answer off by no more than 2 was worth the full 2 points, and any answer within 3 times the error of the best answer was worth a 1 point. * If nobody came within 2 either, than any answer within 6 was worth 1 point. * For other questions, exact answers were required. > 1. [Entertainment] In what 1961 movie does James Cagney play a > Coca-Cola representative in Berlin? "One, Two, Three". 2 for Dan Tilque and Chris. > 2. [Entertainment] What US TV series that ran 2005-10 did this > round make me think of? "Numb3rs". 2 for Dan Tilque. > 3. [Literature] How many books by Douglas Adams comprised the > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy"? 5. 2 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter, Chris, and Calvin. "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" was explicitly identified as the 5th book in the "increasingly inaccurately named" trilogy. The series was extended with a prequel "Young Zaphod Plays it Safe", and a further sequel "And Another Thing..."; but the former was a novella and not published as a separate book, and the latter was written by Eoin Colfer after Adams's death, so neither of them counts. > 4. [History] French history includes the First Republic, Second > Republic, and so on. What number is the present republic? 5th. 2 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, and Calvin. The first three republics were established in 1792, 1848, and 1870 following successive revolts against monarchial government; the fourth followed the liberation of France from Nazi control; the fifth was established by a new constitution in 1958. > sued by Adam Kelno for defamation after writing a novel > describing events at a concentration camp. In which Queen's > Bench courtroom does the trial take place? VII. ("QB VII".) > 6. [Sports] How many inches in diameter is a soccer ball? Accepting anything from 8.52 to 8.78 as exact. (The actual rule is that it's 68 to 70 cm in *circumference*.) 2 for Dan Tilque and Marc (error factor 1.065 for both). > 7. [Science] The "astronomical unit" is the radius, or to be > more precise the semi-major axis, of the Earth's orbit. How > many astronomical units is the same measure for Saturn's orbit? 9.582. 2 for Dan Tilque (error factor 1.0228). 1 for Marc. > 8. [Geography] How many countries does the Danube River enter? > This includes countries that it only runs along the border of. 10. Chris was off by 1, but as this answer was an integer under 50, you had to be exact. They are Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine. Less than 1,500 feet of one side of the river is in Moldova, this at the southern tip of the country! > 9. [Science] How many vertebrae are in a normal human spine, > not counting fused vertebrae such as the coccyx? 24. (7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar.) I was surprised that the best answer here was off by 4. > 10. [Sports] What was the first player number to be officially > retired throughout major-league baseball? 42. (Jackie Robinson.) 2 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Marc. > into polities mostly known in English as states. Ignoring any > other types of subdivisions, how many states are there in all > three countries combined? 51. (6 + 16 + 35.) 2 for Dan Blum and Marc (each off by 1). 1 for Peter and Calvin. > Minister of the UK began with Sir Robert Walpole even though > that title had not yet been invented, how many different people > have held it? 54. (See e.g. <http://www.rulers.org/rulu.html#united kingdom>.) 2 for Peter and Calvin (each off by 1). > of an atom generally considered non-radioactive? (Actually it > is very, *very* slightly radioactive, with a half-life around > 20,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.) 83. (Bismuth.) 2 for Dan Tilque (exact). 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Peter. > 14. [Sports] What year was the last time the Toronto Maple Leafs > won the Stanley Cup? 1967. 2 for Chris (exact). 1 for Dan Tilque. > 15. [Literature] In what novel is it explained: "Everyone knows it. > The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world"? "Nineteen Eighty-Four". (Room 101 is for personalized torture.) 2 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Chris, and Calvin. > 16. [History] What year were East and West Germany reunited as a > single country? 1990. 2 for everyone (off by 1 in every case!). > 17. [Entertainment] According to a movie starring Raquel Welch, > in what year BC were cavemen attacked by dinosaurs? 1,000,000. (<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060782/>.) 2 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Marc, and Chris. > 18. [Geography] According to the CIA World Factbook, how many > square kilometers is the land area of Russia? 16,377,742. 2 for Marc and Calvin (error factor 1.2212 for both). Most interesting wrong answer: 7 (error factor 2,339,677). Perhaps this was a different Russia. :-) Scores, if there are no errors: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOTALS Dan Tilque 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 23 Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 18 Dan Blum 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 15 "Calvin" 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 13 Peter Smyth 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 12 Chris Johnson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 12 4 2 10 10 0 4 3 0 0 6 6 4 5 3 12 12 8 4 Or if you'd like to see it by categories (6 points available in each): Ent Geo His Lit Sci Spo TOTALS Dan Tilque 6 0 4 4 4 5 23 Marc Dashevsky 2 4 4 2 2 4 18 Dan Blum 2 2 4 4 1 2 15 "Calvin" 0 3 6 4 0 0 13 Peter Smyth 0 1 6 4 1 0 12 Chris Johnson 4 0 2 4 0 2 12 14 10 26 22 8 13 And it's over to Dan Tilque for RQ #238. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "You are becoming far too reasonable. msb@vex.net | I worry about you." --Tony Cooper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 30 10:26PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 5. 2 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter, Chris, and Calvin. > "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" was explicitly identified as > the 5th book in the "increasingly inaccurately named" trilogy. Nitpick: #5 was Mostly Humourless^WHarmless. "So Long ..." was #4. > And it's over to Dan Tilque for RQ #238. Thank you. It may be a few days for me to come up with something. Last time I had something prepared in advance; not so this time. It's too soon after the previous. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 31 04:53AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" was explicitly identified as > > the 5th book in the "increasingly inaccurately named" trilogy. Dan Tilque: > Nitpick: #5 was Mostly Humourless^WHarmless. "So Long ..." was #4. Oops, right. Well, it was a mostly harmless error. > > And it's over to Dan Tilque for RQ #238. > Thank you. It may be a few days for me to come up with something. Last > time I had something prepared in advance... So did I... and then I realized it was unusable immediately after your #236 because it too involved etymology. So I came up with a second idea... and then realized that this *also* involved etymology. The actual #237 was my *third* idea. I may use one of the other ones on another occasion if I have the opportunity. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "When you say 'non-trivial', can you msb@vex.net quantify that for me?" --Kate Hamilton My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 30 06:23PM -0700 On Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 4:43:07 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. B (decoy) > 3. C (decoy) > 4. D. Dog > 5. E. Kangaroo, Rabbit > 6. F (decoy) > 7. G (decoy) > 8. H. Frog, Lizard > 9. I. Shark > 10. J. Dog > 12. L (decoy) > 13. M. > 14. N. Horse > 15. O. Dog > 16. P. Gorilla, > 18. R (decoy) > 19. S (decoy) > 20. T. Rhinoceros > a seemingly endless trial over an inheritance: the case of > Jarndyce versus Jarndyce, or as they would pronounce it in > England, "Jarndyce and Jarndyce". Name it. Bleak House > at his accuser, an officer named Claggart--and Claggart dies. > Captain Vere has no option under the law but to try the > sailor for murder. Name the book. Billy Budd > regime were put on trial as "major war criminals" by an > "International Military Tribunal" in Nuremberg. Why not > in Berlin? Because Berlin was split 4 ways, Security concerns > Of the 22, 3 were acquitted; 7 were sentenced to prison, > and 12 to death. Name *any one* of the 12 who were sentenced > to death. Goering, Himmler > C1. Name the singer and actor who in 1927 uttered the famous > line: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard > nothing yet!" Al Jolson > C2. Name the actor who in 1979, as a lawyer pushed past his > breaking point, shouts to the judge: "*You're* out of order! > *You're* out of order! The *whole trial* is out of order!" Hoffman? > on foot -- which is to say, on his one remaining foot and a > prosthetic limb -- only to fail because his cancer returned. > Within 2, what year was that? 1981, 1986 > reasons some feel it should never be done. Either give > the name of this gap in the road system of the Americas, > or just say what country Yaviza is in. Panama, Costa Rica > that period. Today, though, it represents the annual > championship of a single major sports league that did not > even exist during that earlier era. Name the trophy. Stanley Cup, Grey Cup > made a challenge trophy, but in about 160 years since then, > it has only been contested 34 times. The 35th time will > be next year in Bermuda. What trophy? Americas Cup cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 30 11:07PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 2. B (decoy) > 3. C (decoy) > 4. D. dog > 5. E. gerbil > 6. F (decoy) > 7. G (decoy) > 8. H. frog (my initial answer was muppet :) > 11. K (decoy) > 12. L (decoy) > 13. M. star-nosed mole > 14. N. donkey > 15. O. panda > 16. P. rhino > 18. R (decoy) > 19. S (decoy) > 20. T. hippo > at his accuser, an officer named Claggart--and Claggart dies. > Captain Vere has no option under the law but to try the > sailor for murder. Name the book. Billy Budd > regime were put on trial as "major war criminals" by an > "International Military Tribunal" in Nuremberg. Why not > in Berlin? Berlin was too heavily damaged by the war. > Of the 22, 3 were acquitted; 7 were sentenced to prison, > and 12 to death. Name *any one* of the 12 who were sentenced > to death. Goering > C1. Name the singer and actor who in 1927 uttered the famous > line: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard > nothing yet!" Al Jolson > C2. Name the actor who in 1979, as a lawyer pushed past his > breaking point, shouts to the judge: "*You're* out of order! > *You're* out of order! The *whole trial* is out of order!" Al Pacino > on foot -- which is to say, on his one remaining foot and a > prosthetic limb -- only to fail because his cancer returned. > Within 2, what year was that? 2004 > reasons some feel it should never be done. Either give > the name of this gap in the road system of the Americas, > or just say what country Yaviza is in. Darien Gap > among other places. In that particular place, you'll find > a national park named for that type of difficult terrain. > What is that name? Badlands > that period. Today, though, it represents the annual > championship of a single major sports league that did not > even exist during that earlier era. Name the trophy. Stanley Cup > made a challenge trophy, but in about 160 years since then, > it has only been contested 34 times. The 35th time will > be next year in Bermuda. What trophy? America's Cup -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 30 06:10PM -0700 On Friday, October 28, 2016 at 2:55:24 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > "Calvin": > > I'm heading off to the Quiz Olympiad so CQ463 won't appear for 2-3 weeks. > Rotsa ruck, mate! Thanks. It should be challenging experience :-) cheers, calvin |
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