- QFTCIMM16 Game 5, Rounds 2-3: private space, flag maps - 4 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #470 - 1 Update
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 15 05:21PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. British entrepreneur Richard Branson started what company > in 2004 to facilitate sub-orbital tourist flights and orbital > satellite launches? Virgin Galactic > 2. This $10,000,000 prize was created in 1996 to encourage space > ventures. The winner would have to launch a reusable manned > ship into space twice within 2 weeks. Name the prize. X Prize > 5. The major investor in <answer 3>'s winning project is also one > of the founders of Microsoft. He started Vulcan Aerospace in > 2015 to plan and build reusable vehicles for space travel. Who? Paul Allen > the first privately funded liquid-propellant rocket into space, > is the brainchild of another Silicon Valley billionaire. > Name him. Elon Musk > *for questions #7-9 only*. > 7. Anzr rvgure gur erhfnoyr ynhapu iruvpyr be gur fcnprpensg > qrirybcrq ol Ryba Zhfx'f FcnprK. Falcon > 8. Jung jnf hahfhny nobhg gur ynaqvat bs PEF-8, gur svefg-fgntr > ebpxrg ynhapurq guvf cnfg Ncevy ol FcnprK? it was on a barge > 9. FcnprK vf abj jbexvat ba n ynetre-fpnyr cebwrpg, juvpu Zhfx > ubcrf gb npuvrir va gur arkg 30 lrnef. Jung vf gur bowrpg bs > gung raqrnibe? Mars colony > 10. Zber guna 100,000 crbcyr unir nccyvrq gb Znef Bar, nabgure > cebcbfrq zvffvba gb gur erq cynarg, qrfcvgr bar gur zbfg abgnoyr > qenjonpx gb gur cyna. Jung qenjonpx? there will be no returning > if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. A (decoy) > 2. B (decoy) Bahamas > 3. C (decoy) Sri Lanka > 4. D (decoy) > 5. E. Name it. Cyprus > 6. F. Name it. Morocco > 7. G (decoy) Ghana ? > 8. H. Name it. Mongolia > 9. I (decoy) Kazakhstan > 10. J. Name it. South Africa > 11. K (decoy) Zambia ? > 12. L. Name it. Vatican City > 13. M (decoy) Libya > 14. N (decoy) Iran > 15. O (decoy) Venezuela > 16. P (decoy) Somalia > 17. Q. Name it. Malaysia > 18. R. Name it. Finland > 19. S. Name it. Panama > 20. T. Name it. Chile > 21. U (decoy) Greece > 22. V. Name it. Thailand -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 15 11:12PM -0300 > 1. British entrepreneur Richard Branson started what company > in 2004 to facilitate sub-orbital tourist flights and orbital > satellite launches? Virgin Space > 5. The major investor in <answer 3>'s winning project is also one > of the founders of Microsoft. He started Vulcan Aerospace in > 2015 to plan and build reusable vehicles for space travel. Who? Paul Alln > the first privately funded liquid-propellant rocket into space, > is the brainchild of another Silicon Valley billionaire. > Name him. Elon Musk > * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Carto-Vexillology or Vexillo-Cartography? > 3. C (decoy) Sri Lanka > 4. D (decoy) Angola > 5. E. Name it. Cyprus > 6. F. Name it. Morrocc > 7. G (decoy) Ghana > 8. H. Name it. Bhutan > 9. I (decoy) Kazakhstan > 10. J. Name it. South Afriva > 12. L. Name it. Holy See > 13. M (decoy) Algeria > 15. O (decoy) Colombia > 16. P (decoy) Somalia > 17. Q. Name it. Malaysia > 18. R. Name it. Finland > 19. S. Name it. Panamá > 20. T. Name it. Chile. You can find me almost at the bottom, but not really. > 21. U (decoy) Greece > 22. V. Name it. Thailand |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 16 07:13AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > 1. British entrepreneur Richard Branson started what company > in 2004 to facilitate sub-orbital tourist flights and orbital > satellite launches? Virgin Galactic > 2. This $10,000,000 prize was created in 1996 to encourage space > ventures. The winner would have to launch a reusable manned > ship into space twice within 2 weeks. Name the prize. X Prize > He is also the designer of Voyager, the first plane to fly > around the world without stopping or refueling. He retired > from his company, Scaled Composites, in 2011. Fossett > 5. The major investor in <answer 3>'s winning project is also one > of the founders of Microsoft. He started Vulcan Aerospace in > 2015 to plan and build reusable vehicles for space travel. Who? Paul Allen > the first privately funded liquid-propellant rocket into space, > is the brainchild of another Silicon Valley billionaire. > Name him. Elon Musk > 9. FcnprK vf abj jbexvat ba n ynetre-fpnyr cebwrpg, juvpu Zhfx > ubcrf gb npuvrir va gur arkg 30 lrnef. Jung vf gur bowrpg bs > gung raqrnibe? a permanent moon base > 10. Zber guna 100,000 crbcyr unir nccyvrq gb Znef Bar, nabgure > cebcbfrq zvffvba gb gur erq cynarg, qrfcvgr bar gur zbfg abgnoyr > qenjonpx gb gur cyna. Jung qenjonpx? participants are not expected to ever return to Earth > , each image shows an outline map of a country, and the land > area is filled by as much as possible of the flag of that country. > 1. A (decoy) Belize > 2. B (decoy) Barbados > 3. C (decoy) Sri Lanka > 4. D (decoy) Angola > 5. E. Name it. Cyprus > 6. F. Name it. Morocco > 7. G (decoy) Ghana > 8. H. Name it. Mongolia > 9. I (decoy) Kazakhstan > 10. J. Name it. South Africa > 11. K (decoy) Ethiopia > 12. L. Name it. Vatican City > 13. M (decoy) Libya > 14. N (decoy) Iran > 15. O (decoy) Venezuela > 16. P (decoy) Somalia > 17. Q. Name it. Malaysia > 18. R. Name it. Finland > 19. S. Name it. Panama > 20. T. Name it. Chile > 21. U (decoy) Greece > 22. V. Name it. Thailand -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 16 02:34AM -0600 In article <ZeednYLFuMlgl-HFnZ2dnUU7-fnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. British entrepreneur Richard Branson started what company > in 2004 to facilitate sub-orbital tourist flights and orbital > satellite launches? Virgin Galactic > 5. The major investor in <answer 3>'s winning project is also one > of the founders of Microsoft. He started Vulcan Aerospace in > 2015 to plan and build reusable vehicles for space travel. Who? Paul Allen > the first privately funded liquid-propellant rocket into space, > is the brainchild of another Silicon Valley billionaire. > Name him. Elon Musk > 10. Zber guna 100,000 crbcyr unir nccyvrq gb Znef Bar, nabgure > cebcbfrq zvffvba gb gur erq cynarg, qrfcvgr bar gur zbfg abgnoyr > qenjonpx gb gur cyna. Jung qenjonpx? one-way ticket > 3. C (decoy) > 4. D (decoy) > 5. E. Name it. Cyprus > 6. F. Name it. Morocco > 7. G (decoy) > 8. H. Name it. Tibet > 9. I (decoy) > 10. J. Name it. South Africa > 11. K (decoy) > 12. L. Name it. Vatican City > 15. O (decoy) > 16. P (decoy) > 17. Q. Name it. Malaysia > 18. R. Name it. Finland > 19. S. Name it. Panama > 20. T. Name it. Chile > 21. U (decoy) > 22. V. Name it. Thailand -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 16 02:12AM -0600 In article <4b3cf0cb-8692-47c2-83ae-8d0738af66bd@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Which element makes up about 10% of the alloy bronze? tin > 2 In 1964 which two African countries became Tanzania? Tanganyika and Zanzibar > 3 In 1861 who was elected President of the Confederated States of America? Jefferson Davis > 4 Which country was awarded the George Cross in 1942, with the symbol now incorporated in its flag? > 5 Which British author wrote the 1941 novel "Evil Under the Sun"? Agatha Christie > 6 Which car manufacturer produced the Oldsmobile from 1908-2004? General Motors > 7 Which veteran Canadian actor is the only person to have appeared in all 8 "American Pie" films (including spinoffs)? Eugene Levy > 8 Which British actor portrayed Thomas Cromwell in the BBC TV series "Wolf Hall" and the title role in Steven Spielberg's 2016 movie "The BFG"? > 9 Avocadoes, wheat germ and many nuts are good sources of which vitamin? E > 10 Which benefit concert began as a one-off event organised by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young held in Illinois in 1985, but soon became an annual event and in 2015 celebrated its 30th anniversary? Farm Aid -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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