- QFTCI16 Final, Round 4 answers: Miscellaneous - 3 Updates
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| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 10 05:18PM +0100 On 2016-11-10 06:01, Mark Brader wrote: > Björn Lundin 4 20 -- 24 Was my post too late? Otherwise, ther might be 3-4 points in it -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 10 12:33PM -0600 Mark Brader: > > Björn Lundin 4 20 -- 24 Björn Lundin: > Was my post too late? No; I don't know how it was missed. Apologies, if applicable. 4 for Björn on question A3 (the programming language). Scores, if there are now 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 4 28 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "One thing that surprises you about this business msb@vex.net | is the surprises." -- Tim Baker My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 11 09:55AM +0100 On 2016-11-10 19:33, Mark Brader wrote: > Björn Lundin: >> Was my post too late? > No; I don't know how it was missed. Apologies, if applicable. No need. I'm just happy that you provide this competition. It is a great service. Thanks -- -- Björn |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 10 01:33PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:48ednfggROOXn7nFnZ2dnUU7- > the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played"; > also, "Three hands out, all out." Hint: it's not a card > game. baseball > 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." golf > 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. Otis Elevator > * 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 team handball > 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. lacrosse > 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. Don Cherry -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 10 07:56AM -0600 In article <48ednfggROOXn7nFnZ2dnUU7-dPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > 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. Black Widow > 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)? vulnerable > B3. When a player wins at cribbage by a margin of 31 or more > points, what has he or she achieved? skunk > * 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 handball -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 10 05:23PM +0100 On 2016-11-10 06:13, Mark Brader wrote: > * 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 Handball > C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c2.jpg > The ball is yellow; look near the posts. Rugby > 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. Field hockey? -- -- Björn |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 10 05:03PM Mark Brader wrote: > the one declaring may, instead of declaring trumps, say > 'biritch', which means that the hands shall be played > without trumps." Whist > the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played"; > also, "Three hands out, all out." Hint: it's not a card > game. Baseball > 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." Golf > 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. Otis Elevator > 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)? Vulnerable > * 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 Handball > C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c2.jpg > The ball is yellow; look near the posts. Australian Rules Football > 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. Hurling > 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. Ich bin ein Berliner > 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. Peter Smyth |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 10 06:42PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:48ednfggROOXn7nFnZ2dnUU7- > the one declaring may, instead of declaring trumps, say > 'biritch', which means that the hands shall be played > without trumps." Bridge > the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played"; > also, "Three hands out, all out." Hint: it's not a card > game. Tennis > 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. Osmosis; 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)? Vulnerable > B3. When a player wins at cribbage by a margin of 31 or more > points, what has he or she achieved? Skunk > * 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 Team Handball > C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c2.jpg > The ball is yellow; look near the posts. Australian Rules Football > 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. Gaelic Football > 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. Hewitt > 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? Montreal Maroons > hosted the first-ever game of the Basketball Association > of America (forerunner to the NBA), losing 68-66 to the > New York Knickerbockers? Toronto Americans > 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. Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 10 07:48PM +0100 > 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." Golf > 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)? Vulnerable > C1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c1.jpg Handball > C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c2.jpg > The ball is yellow; look near the posts. Rugby > 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. Polo |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 10 06:53PM > the one declaring may, instead of declaring trumps, say > 'biritch', which means that the hands shall be played > without trumps." Bridge presumably > the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played"; > also, "Three hands out, all out." Hint: it's not a card > game. Baseball > 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." Calvinball > 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. Black Widow > 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)? Vulnerable > B3. When a player wins at cribbage by a margin of 31 or more > points, what has he or she achieved? Won by a street > * 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 Handball (aka Olympic Handball) > C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c2.jpg > The ball is yellow; look near the posts. Aussie Rules Football > 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. Hurling > 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. Don Cherry > he was the voice of the Montreal Expos for 32 years, he's > practically one of us. He currently works for the Miami > Marlins. Don Cherry > 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. Cher Donny > 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? Winnepeg Jets, Edmonton Tediums > E2. Which was the first, and so far the only, US-based team to > win the Grey Cup? Seattle, Detroit > hosted the first-ever game of the Basketball Association > of America (forerunner to the NBA), losing 68-66 to the > New York Knickerbockers? Montreal Maroons, Saskatchewan Persons of Unusual Size > 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. Godzilla, Cones of Dunshire > 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. Cones of Dunshire, Settlers of Marilyn Monroe's Unmentionables > 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. Pandemic |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 10 12:29PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > the one declaring may, instead of declaring trumps, say > 'biritch', which means that the hands shall be played > without trumps." bridge > the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played"; > also, "Three hands out, all out." Hint: it's not a card > game. baseball > 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." rugby > 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)? vulnerable > B3. When a player wins at cribbage by a margin of 31 or more > points, what has he or she achieved? skunk > * 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 team handball > C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c2.jpg > The ball is yellow; look near the posts. Gaelic football > 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. hurling > 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. Mutually Assured Destruction (total wag) > 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. Hot Zone (another total wag) -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 11 05:01AM > the one declaring may, instead of declaring trumps, say > 'biritch', which means that the hands shall be played > without trumps." Bridge (technically probably an ancestor of Bridge) > the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played"; > also, "Three hands out, all out." Hint: it's not a card > game. tennis > 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." golf; ultimate frisbee > 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. Osmosis (or at least the only card game I know of with that name is a non-solitaire game by Sid Sackson) > 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)? vulnerable > B3. When a player wins at cribbage by a margin of 31 or more > points, what has he or she achieved? skunking > * C. What is this Sport? > C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/what/c2.jpg > The ball is yellow; look near the posts. rugby > 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. shinny > 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. King of Tokyo > 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. Twilight Struggle > 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. Pandemic -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 10 04:47PM Dan Blum wrote: > 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. Kardashian > 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. Lois Lane > 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 > 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 Vaughan Peter Smyth |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 10 08:27PM -0800 Dan Blum wrote: > 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. Margaret Mitchell > 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. I recognize the pattern, but most of the answers are too obscure for me. -- Dan Tilque |
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