- QFTCI16 Final, Round 10: Challenge Round - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #464 - 1 Update
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 24 04:29PM +0100 On 2016-11-23 04:52, Mark Brader wrote: > C1. Today the main island of the Toronto Islands is variously > called Toronto Island or Centre Island. But in the 19th > century, it was called the Peninsula. What changed it? The digging of a a canal - making it an island ? > entering it for agricultural use. Most of the lake has > now evaporated. Before all this happened, what was this > lake called in English? Lake Aral. > been reclaimed as land. The lake is called the IJsselmeer; > what was its name when it was part of the ocean? The name > in Dutch is also used in English. North sea ? The road is an interesting ride - especially in a November storm > * D. History Entertainment > D2. The movie "300" is about an ancient battle between which > *two* armies? Greek army (represented by the Spartians) and the Persian army > D3. A large part of the movie "The Life of Emile Zola" is about > Émile Zola's long effort to save an unjustly convicted man. > Name that man *and* tell what he was convicted of. Dreyfuss - Treason > E1. Give either the width or the height of an HD television > screen in pixels, within 10% of the true number. You must > say which answer you are giving. 1080 x 720 - that is width x height -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 24 02:09PM -0600 Mark Brader: >> E1. Give either the width or the height of an HD television >> screen in pixels, within 10% of the true number. You must >> say which answer you are giving. Björn Lundin: > 1080 x 720 - that is width x height I will score this as two answers: width 1080 and height 720. -- Mark Brader "Great things are not done by those Toronto who sit down and count the cost msb@vex.net of every thought and act." --Daniel Gooch |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 24 06:37PM Calvin wrote: > 1 Which Asian country is home to the most Christians, around 85 > million? China? > 2 Pride, Avarice, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, Lust - which deadly sin is > missing? Wrath > 3 In which country was actress Greta Garbo born? Hungary > 4 Which Pacific island is known as Rapa Nui in its native language? New Guinea > 5 In 79 AD, Pompeii and which other city were buried by the eruption > of Mount Vesuvius? > 6 What is the SI base unit of electrical current? Ampere > 7 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county > in it? New Hampshire > 8 Which segment of an insect is located between its head and > abdomen? Thorax > 9 Which European country's internet domain is .ch? Switzerland > 10 Which city, the third largest in Egypt, lies at the northern end > of the Suez Canal? Alexandria Peter Smyth |
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