Thursday, November 10, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 13 updates in 5 topics

"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 09 02:25PM +0100

On 2016-11-07 06:04, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> A2. Go is a game played on a gridded board like chess or
> checkers, but is played on the intersections of the lines.
> How many intersections wide is a standard Go board?
 
24
 
 
> A3. Something else called Go was invented by Robert Griesemer,
> Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. It incorporates ideas from Alef,
> Oberon, Scheme, C, and others. What is it?
 
programming language
 
 
> In 2011 he published "The Better Angels of our Nature",
> arguing that violence in human societies has been steadily
> decreasing over the centuries. Name him.
 
Dr Phil ?
 
 
> * E. Fictional Afterlives
 
> E1. Which fictional race believes in a heaven, if you can call
> it that, called Sto'Vo'Kor?
 
Vulcans
 
 
 
> F1. * A word pertaining to excrement.
> * In theology, a term pertaining to the end times, the end
> of the world, or final destiny.
 
Arm and Armageddon
 
 
--
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Björn
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 09 11:01PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
> I wrote one triple in this round.
 
Triple A.
 
This was tied with Round 2 and the audio round for being the
hardest in the original game.
 
 
> ** Final, Round 4 -- Miscellaneous
 
> * A. Things Called "Go"
 
> A1. "GO" Transit was an acronym. For what?
 
Government of Ontario.
 
> A2. Go is a game played on a gridded board like chess or
> checkers, but is played on the intersections of the lines.
> How many intersections wide is a standard Go board?
 
19. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
400 was an interesting guess. That'd be some playing board.
 
> A3. Something else called Go was invented by Robert Griesemer,
> Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. It incorporates ideas from Alef,
> Oberon, Scheme, C, and others. What is it?
 
Computer programming language. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter,
Gareth, and Pete.
 
 
> her critiques of contemporary feminism, analyses of classic
> and popular culture, and self-aggrandizing style. Her
> breakthrough book was 1990's "Sexual Personae". Name her.
 
Camille Paglia ["PAL-ya"]. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason,
and Gareth.
 
> In 2011 he published "The Better Angels of our Nature",
> arguing that violence in human societies has been steadily
> decreasing over the centuries. Name him.
 
Steven Pinker. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
 
> culture and low, and at-least-somewhat accessible popular
> writings. He's the narrator of the documentary film "The
> Pervert's Guide to Ideology".
 
Slavoj Zizek ["SLAV-oy ZHI-zhek"]. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
 
> * C. The Acid Tongue of Gore Vidal
 
> C1. Upon learning of the 1984 death of which rival did Vidal
> respond, "A wise career move"?
 
Truman Capote. 4 for Marc.
 
> C2. Finish the following Vidal quote: "The four most beautiful
> words in our common language: 'I ...'"
 
"I told you so."
 
> "crypto-Nazi" in a televised 1968 debate, in return being
> called a "queer"? Just for context, he had previously called
> the same person "the Marie Antoinette of the right wing".
 
William F. Buckley. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
3 for Gareth.
 
 
> influential in several music genres, located in the same
> small town in Alabama. The title of the doc is the name
> of the town and of one of the studios. Name it.
 
"Muscle Shoals". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, Gareth, and Pete.
 
> hand -- American singer who was obscure in his own country
> but had been a significant cultural icon in apartheid-era
> South Africa. Name the film.
 
"Searching for Sugar Man". 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Gareth.
 
> of a group of mostly African-American backup singers who
> worked for some of the greatest stars of rock music, such
> as Sting and the Rolling Stones.
 
"20 Feet From Stardom". 4 for Joshua. 3 for Gareth.
 
 
> * E. Fictional Afterlives
 
> E1. Which fictional race believes in a heaven, if you can call
> it that, called Sto'Vo'Kor?
 
Klingons (in, as we put it in question F3, the "Star Trek" universe
-- specifically, Klingons as developed in "Star Trek: The Next
Generation" and the next two series). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter,
Gareth, and Pete.
 
> afterlife where each person has their own personalized
> heaven from which they can look down upon the current
> goings-on below on earth?
 
"The Lovely Bones" (by Alice Sebold; movie directed by Peter Jackson).
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Gareth.
 
> afterlife called "Sugarcandy Mountain" where, among other
> things, it was Sunday every day and clover was in season
> all year round?
 
"Animal Farm" (by George Orwell). 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Gareth.
 
 
 
> F1. * A word pertaining to excrement.
> * In theology, a term pertaining to the end times, the end
> of the world, or final destiny.
 
Scatological, eschatological (respectively). 4 for Joshua, Jason,
Dan Tilque, and Gareth.
 
> * An American writer, scriptwriter of "The Princess Bride",
> "Marathon Man", "All The President's Men", and "Butch
> Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
 
William Golding, William Goldman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter,
Dan Tilque, and Gareth.
 
> F3. * A militaristic species in the "Star Trek" universe.
> * A family of reality-TV pseudo-celebrities.
 
Cardassians, Kardashians. The Cardassians were first introduced on
"Star Trek: The Next Generation", and primarily seen on its spinoff
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Gareth.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent Geo Mis
Joshua Kreitzer 44 48 48 140
Marc Dashevsky 48 24 32 104
Dan Blum 36 30 36 102
Pete Gayde 43 34 16 93
Dan Tilque 16 56 20 92
Gareth Owen 44 -- 46 90
Peter Smyth -- 30 12 42
Jason Kreitzer 28 -- 12 40
Erland Sommarskog -- 40 -- 40
Björn Lundin 4 20 -- 24
 
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Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 10 06:13AM


> 400 was an interesting guess. That'd be some playing board.
 
Misread the question - I thought how many intersections to (i.e. 20x20)
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 10 01:00AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> > 400 was an interesting guess. That'd be some playing board.

Gareth Owen:
> Misread the question - I thought how many intersections to (i.e. 20x20)
 
Since both your guesses were squares, I suspected as much. But you
didn't try 361.
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Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 10 07:04AM

>> Misread the question - I thought how many intersections to (i.e. 20x20)
 
> Since both your guesses were squares, I suspected as much. But you
> didn't try 361.
 
Thinking back to my feeble knowledge of Go, I'm annoyed I guessed even
squares rather than odd. It seems obvious in retrospect that there
would be a point exactly in the middle of the board.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 09 11:13PM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-08-09,
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 two triples in this round.
 
 
** Final, Round 6 -- Sports & Leisure
 
* A. Early Rule Books
 
The three passages in this triple are taken from early rule books
and may refer to games rather than sports. In each case, name
the game or sport.
 
A1. "In either case of the dealer or his partner declaring,
the one declaring may, instead of declaring trumps, say
'biritch', which means that the hands shall be played
without trumps."
 
A2. "The game to consist of twenty-one counts, or aces; but at
the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played";
also, "Three hands out, all out." Hint: it's not a card
game.
 
A3. "A player having touched the ball straight for a tree, and
touched the tree with it, may drop from either side if he
can, but the opposite side may oblige him to go to his own
side of the tree."
 
 
* B. Card Games
 
B1. Which one of the following is not a form of solitaire?
Black Widow, Captive Queens, Flower Garden, Idiot's Delight,
Osmosis, Otis Elevator, Penguin.
 
B2. If a side has won a game in a current rubber of bridge,
it is then said to be what (aside from happy, presumably)?
 
B3. When a player wins at cribbage by a margin of 31 or more
points, what has he or she achieved?
 
 
* C. What is this Sport?
 
In each case, name the sport being played in the picture.
 
C1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c1.jpg
 
C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c2.jpg
The ball is yellow; look near the posts.
 
C3. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c3.jpg
The ball is white; look to the left of the man in the
yellow helmet, in front of another player's leg.
 
 
* D. Canadian Sportscasters
 
D1. Back in the 1970, when your humble question-setter did
battle on it, *this guy* was the quizmaster of the then-CBC
show "Reach for the Top" in Newfoundland. But then he was
somehow lured away from that plum gig by a long-lasting
stint with "Hockey Night in Canada". Name him.
 
D2. Okay, this broadcaster is actually an American; but since
he was the voice of the Montreal Expos for 32 years, he's
practically one of us. He currently works for the Miami
Marlins.
 
D3. This former hurdler went into broadcasting after retirement
and worked the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto. She is part
of CBC's coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
 
 
* E. Defunct Pro Sports Teams
 
Full names are required, e.g. "Toronto Maple Leafs".
 
E1. When Research in Motion chairman Jim Balsillie was rumored
in 2007 to be purchasing the Nashville Predators and moving
them to a particular Canadian city, many fans were hoping
the team would be renamed after which former NHL club that
had previously been there in the 1920s?
 
E2. Which was the first, and so far the only, US-based team to
win the Grey Cup?
 
E3. Lasting only one season, which Canadian team in 1946
hosted the first-ever game of the Basketball Association
of America (forerunner to the NBA), losing 68-66 to the
New York Knickerbockers?
 
 
* F. Modern Board Games
 
F1. In this game, whose first version was released in 2011, up
to 6 players can each adopt the avatar of a monster, who,
as the game progresses, can be either inside or outside a
certain city. Players roll dice and pick cards in order
to be able to attack other players, while at the same time
maintaining their own state of health.
 
F2. This 2-player strategy game takes its name from a quote by
John F. Kennedy. Players represent the US and USSR and
play out scenarios based on the post-WW2 era.
 
F3. This cooperative board "game" was released in 2007 and
models a scenario where four diseases have broken out and
the players take the roles of medical specialists who have
to work together to find cures.
 
--
Mark Brader | "I'm here to give you the whole truth. All printed
Toronto | dictionaries of English are wrong. ... Deal with it."
msb@vex.net | --Geoffrey K. Pullum
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 09 10:58PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> Whoops. That can happen when you supply two guesses on separate lines
> and when I delete the wrong answers from the list I don't notice that
> one of them was from the same person as a right answer.
 
By the way, I've just changed my scripts to reformat answers of this type
so that this shouldn't happen again.
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Toronto | "We're embedded in bugs, have you noticed?"
msb@vex.net | -- Niven, "The Integral Trees"
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 09 03:20PM

This is Rotating Quiz #239. Entries must be posted by Tuesday,
November 15, 2016 at 10 PM (Eastern Standard Time).
 
Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner
gets to create the next RQ.
 
Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the
newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each
one. Only one answer is allowed per question.
 
This quiz has a theme, but the theme is not a factor in scoring. Each
answer is a person's name; the last name by itself is worth 2 points
and first and last name together are worth 3 points. All information
given must be correct for any points to be awarded.
 
This is a sequel to RQ #157, but knowing that will probably not
help. (If you can remember that quiz, then it might help, but I am
assuming you don't.) The question numbering is deliberate. Any other
apparent mistakes are probably not deliberate.
 
In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored the most
points on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which
the fewest people got any points on). Second tiebreaker will be
posting order.
 
1. This Armenian-American businessman's first business was an airline
(Trans International), but he is much better known for his
entertainment-related investments. He owned the land on the Las Vegas
Strip that Caesars Palace was built on (and later sold the land to
them); later Las Vegas ventures included the International Hotel and
the MGM Grand, the latter of which he built after purchasing the MGM
movie studio. He also invested heavily in the auto industry and tried
to take over Chrysler in the mid-90s.
 
2. <answer 2> is probably the second best-known of Superman's female
supporting characters (not counting Supergirl as a supporting
character). Like everything in long-running comics her character has
changed over time but I am pretty sure she has always been a childhood
friend of Clark Kent and/or Superboy in Smallville. Sometimes she has
still been his friend as an adult.
 
3. The "<answer 3> effect" occurs when a psychologist or psychiatrist
mistakenly assumes a patient's descriptions of real but
hard-to-believe events are delusional. <answer 3> was known for
calling reporters and telling them about criminal things her husband
and associates were doing; since she was married to a prominent member
of Nixon's Cabinet, many of these things turned out to be true. In
particular her husband served 19 minths in prison.
 
4. This Greek-American academic founded MIT's Architecture Machine
Group and later co-founded MIT's Media Lab. He was director of the
Media Lab until 2000 and chairman until 2006. At that point he wanted
to concentrate on his One Laptop Per Child organization. He has
invested in many startups including Wired magazine, in which he was
the first investor.
 
5. William T. Adams was a 19th-century American writer, primarily of
boys' adventure books in series of four to six books. All of these
were published under pseudonyms, by far the most common of which was
<answer 5>. He also edited his own magazine, <answer 5>'s Magazine:
Our Boys and Girls, which was extremely popular.
 
6. Clara Ann Fowler was the best-selling female singer of the 1950s
and continued to have success for several decades after that, although
she shifted somewhat from traditional pop to country over the
years. Her signature song was "Tennessee Waltz." She is much better
known by her professional name, which is <answer 6>.
 
8. This English novelist was the author of 24 mysteries about
Inspector Wexford, plus many other non-series novels, primarily also
about crime. Some of the latter were published under the pseudonym
Barbara Vine.
 
9. This English actress was one of the best-known of the late 18th and
early 19th centuries. She primarily played in tragedies; her signature
role was Lady Macbeth. A portrait of her by Sir Joshua Reynolds is
featured in the movie All About Eve.
 
10. This Scottish civil engineer and architect's first major
appointment was as Surveyor of Public Works in Shropshire, but success
there led to his working on the Ellesmere and Shrewsbury Canals, which
in turn led to his being involved with all sorts of projects,
including consulting for the Swedish Gota Canal (there should be an
umlaut over the "o" [that's not really an umlaut, but you know what I
mean]). Later he was responsible for building and rebuilding many
roads, leading to his being nicknamed "Colossus of Roads" by Robert
Southey. He was the first president of he Institution of Civil
Engineers.
 
12. This American actor's first major role was in the movie
Swingers. In the 1990s he appeared in a variety of movies but in the
2000s became best-known for his roles in comedies, which include Old
School, Dodgeball, and The Wedding Crashers. He appeared on the second
season of True Detective on HBO.
 
 
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 09 11:23AM -0600

In article <nvves6$ii3$1@reader2.panix.com>, tool@panix.com says...
> the MGM Grand, the latter of which he built after purchasing the MGM
> movie studio. He also invested heavily in the auto industry and tried
> to take over Chrysler in the mid-90s.
King Kong
 
> changed over time but I am pretty sure she has always been a childhood
> friend of Clark Kent and/or Superboy in Smallville. Sometimes she has
> still been his friend as an adult.
Lana Lang

> and associates were doing; since she was married to a prominent member
> of Nixon's Cabinet, many of these things turned out to be true. In
> particular her husband served 19 minths in prison.
Martha Mitchell
 
> to concentrate on his One Laptop Per Child organization. He has
> invested in many startups including Wired magazine, in which he was
> the first investor.
Nicholas Negroponte
 
> were published under pseudonyms, by far the most common of which was
> <answer 5>. He also edited his own magazine, <answer 5>'s Magazine:
> Our Boys and Girls, which was extremely popular.
Oliver Osborne
 
> she shifted somewhat from traditional pop to country over the
> years. Her signature song was "Tennessee Waltz." She is much better
> known by her professional name, which is <answer 6>.
Patti Page
 
> Inspector Wexford, plus many other non-series novels, primarily also
> about crime. Some of the latter were published under the pseudonym
> Barbara Vine.
Rutherford Rumstocking
 
> early 19th centuries. She primarily played in tragedies; her signature
> role was Lady Macbeth. A portrait of her by Sir Joshua Reynolds is
> featured in the movie All About Eve.
Sarah Silverman
 
> roads, leading to his being nicknamed "Colossus of Roads" by Robert
> Southey. He was the first president of he Institution of Civil
> Engineers.
Thomas Tank-Engine
 
> 2000s became best-known for his roles in comedies, which include Old
> School, Dodgeball, and The Wedding Crashers. He appeared on the second
> season of True Detective on HBO.
Vince Vaughn
 
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 09 01:35PM -0600

Dan Blum:
> changed over time but I am pretty sure she has always been a childhood
> friend of Clark Kent and/or Superboy in Smallville. Sometimes she has
> still been his friend as an adult.
 
Lana Lang.
 
> and associates were doing; since she was married to a prominent member
> of Nixon's Cabinet, many of these things turned out to be true. In
> particular her husband served 19 minths in prison.
 
Martha Mitchell.
 
> she shifted somewhat from traditional pop to country over the
> years. Her signature song was "Tennessee Waltz." She is much better
> known by her professional name, which is <answer 6>.
 
Patti Page.
 
> Inspector Wexford, plus many other non-series novels, primarily also
> about crime. Some of the latter were published under the pseudonym
> Barbara Vine.
 
Ruth Rendell.
 
> early 19th centuries. She primarily played in tragedies; her signature
> role was Lady Macbeth. A portrait of her by Sir Joshua Reynolds is
> featured in the movie All About Eve.
 
Sarah Siddons. A preserved Metropolitan Railway locomotive is named
after her.
 
> roads, leading to his being nicknamed "Colossus of Roads" by Robert
> Southey. He was the first president of he Institution of Civil
> Engineers.
 
Thomas Telford.
 
> 2000s became best-known for his roles in comedies, which include Old
> School, Dodgeball, and The Wedding Crashers. He appeared on the second
> season of True Detective on HBO.
 
Vince Vaughn.
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Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 09 08:03PM

> changed over time but I am pretty sure she has always been a childhood
> friend of Clark Kent and/or Superboy in Smallville. Sometimes she has
> still been his friend as an adult.
 
Lana Lang
 
> and associates were doing; since she was married to a prominent member
> of Nixon's Cabinet, many of these things turned out to be true. In
> particular her husband served 19 minths in prison.
 
Laura Liddey??
 
> to concentrate on his One Laptop Per Child organization. He has
> invested in many startups including Wired magazine, in which he was
> the first investor.
 
Lawrence Lessig
 
> she shifted somewhat from traditional pop to country over the
> years. Her signature song was "Tennessee Waltz." She is much better
> known by her professional name, which is <answer 6>.
 
Patty Page?
 
> Inspector Wexford, plus many other non-series novels, primarily also
> about crime. Some of the latter were published under the pseudonym
> Barbara Vine.
 
Ruth Rendell
 
> early 19th centuries. She primarily played in tragedies; her signature
> role was Lady Macbeth. A portrait of her by Sir Joshua Reynolds is
> featured in the movie All About Eve.
 
Lily Langtree?
 
> 2000s became best-known for his roles in comedies, which include Old
> School, Dodgeball, and The Wedding Crashers. He appeared on the second
> season of True Detective on HBO.
 
Vince Vaughan
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Nov 09 09:19PM -0500

On 2016-11-09, Dan Blum wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz #239. Entries must be posted by Tuesday,
> November 15, 2016 at 10 PM (Eastern Standard Time).
...
> changed over time but I am pretty sure she has always been a childhood
> friend of Clark Kent and/or Superboy in Smallville. Sometimes she has
> still been his friend as an adult.
 
Lana Lang
 
> and associates were doing; since she was married to a prominent member
> of Nixon's Cabinet, many of these things turned out to be true. In
> particular her husband served 19 minths in prison.
 
Martha Mitchell
 
> to concentrate on his One Laptop Per Child organization. He has
> invested in many startups including Wired magazine, in which he was
> the first investor.
 
Nicholas Negroponte
 
> were published under pseudonyms, by far the most common of which was
><answer 5>. He also edited his own magazine, <answer 5>'s Magazine:
> Our Boys and Girls, which was extremely popular.
 
Oliver Optic
 
> she shifted somewhat from traditional pop to country over the
> years. Her signature song was "Tennessee Waltz." She is much better
> known by her professional name, which is <answer 6>.
 
Patti Page
 
> Inspector Wexford, plus many other non-series novels, primarily also
> about crime. Some of the latter were published under the pseudonym
> Barbara Vine.
 
Ruth Rendell
 
> early 19th centuries. She primarily played in tragedies; her signature
> role was Lady Macbeth. A portrait of her by Sir Joshua Reynolds is
> featured in the movie All About Eve.
 
Sarah Siddons
 
> roads, leading to his being nicknamed "Colossus of Roads" by Robert
> Southey. He was the first president of he Institution of Civil
> Engineers.
 
Brunel
 
 
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Chris F.A. Johnson
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 09 02:18PM +0100

On 2016-11-06 19:18, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> why...
 
> Obviously, I do know of some of the tales from the old mythology, but I am
> not sure that I have ever heard of the concept of the "nine worlds".
 
I've only heard of the nine worlds in Hollywood movies - like Thor
Just as Erland says - they don't teach that much in school about
mythologies anymore
 
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