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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 10 09:39AM -0300 > 1 Who wrote the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"? Was Atwood here name? I think the first name was Margaret anyway. > 2 Which position has been held by Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin, > among others? Head of the International Olympics Committee. > 4 What is the most popular tourist attraction in Zambia? The Victoria Falls. > 5 Despite the name, Kansas City is actually located in which US state? As far as I know there are two of them, one in Kansas and one in Missouri, but it is the latter that is the bigger one, and hte one in Kansas is just a suburb. > 6 What English word has 3 double letters in a row? Bookkeeping |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 10 01:38AM -0600 Calvin: > 1 Who wrote the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"? Mitchell. > 2 Which position has been held by Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin, > among others? Haed of the IOC. > 3 The fictional firms Wernham-Hogg and Dundler-Mifflin appear in which > TV comedy program? I believe those are two different shows: "The Office" and "The Office". > 4 What is the most popular tourist attraction in Zambia? I presume that it's Victoria Falls and that this is also the most popular tourist attraction in Zimbabwe. > 5 Despite the name, Kansas City is actually located in which US state? Once again there are two of them: one in Missouri and one in Kansas. (The one in Missouri is the big one.) > 6 What English word has 3 double letters in a row? "Bookkeeper". > 7 Which mythical creatures can supposedly be recognised, when in human > guise, by their long ring fingers? Trolls? -- Mark Brader | "It doesn't have to actually *be* special, but you have Toronto | to make people think it is, and sometimes the easiest way msb@vex.net | to do that is to make it special." -- Peter Reiher |
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Feb 10 07:05AM -0600 On 2/9/17 23:46, Calvin wrote: > 7 questions only for this one. > 1 Who wrote the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"? Margaret Mitchell > 2 Which position has been held by Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin, among others? President of the International Olympic Committee > 3 The fictional firms Wernham-Hogg and Dundler-Mifflin appear in which TV comedy program? The Office > 4 What is the most popular tourist attraction in Zambia? Victoria Falls. > 5 Despite the name, Kansas City is actually located in which US state? Missouri. (I predict some discussion about this question.) > 6 What English word has 3 double letters in a row? Bookkeeper > 7 Which mythical creatures can supposedly be recognised, when in human guise, by their long ring fingers? Werewolves |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 10 01:39PM > 1 Who wrote the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"? Margaret Mitchell > 2 Which position has been held by Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin, among others? Poet Laureate > 3 The fictional firms Wernham-Hogg and Dundler-Mifflin appear in which TV comedy program? The Office > 5 Despite the name, Kansas City is actually located in which US state? Missouri (Although there is also a Kansas City in Kansas.) > 6 What English word has 3 double letters in a row? bookkeeper > 7 Which mythical creatures can supposedly be recognised, when in human guise, by their long ring fingers? werewolves -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Feb 10 08:29AM > 7 questions only for this one. > 1 Who wrote the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"? Margaret Mitchell > 2 Which position has been held by Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin, > among others? President of the IOC > 3 The fictional firms Wernham-Hogg and Dundler-Mifflin appear in which > TV comedy program? The Office > 4 What is the most popular tourist attraction in Zambia? Victoria Falls? > 5 Despite the name, Kansas City is actually located in which US > state? Missouri > 6 What English word has 3 double letters in a row? BOOKKEEPER > 7 Which mythical creatures can supposedly be recognised, when in human > guise, by their long ring fingers? Vampires |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 12 08:09PM -0800 On Friday, February 10, 2017 at 5:35:30 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > Congratulations to Gareth and Mark for the high scores on a very tough set. > Ah, that would be because you gave Gareth an extra point, and me 2 extra. > I haven't checked anyone else's scores. That's a pretty big error, even by my standards. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 473 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 27 Gareth Owen 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 29 Mark Brader 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 30 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 27 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 18 Dan Blum 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 23 Don Piven 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 17 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 Dan Tilque 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 1 4 3 3 7 3 3 1 7 38 42% Congratulations to Gareth for the win and the singleton for Q9, and Dan B for the singleton on Q2. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 10 01:35AM -0600 "Calvin": > Congratulations to Gareth and Mark for the high scores on a very tough set. Ah, that would be because you gave Gareth an extra point, and me 2 extra. I haven't checked anyone else's scores. -- Mark Brader | Plan B is: Toronto | "Try Plan A again; if this fails, try Plan B". msb@vex.net | --Michael Wares |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 10 09:35AM -0300 > Yeah. I got the World Cup one wrong. So did I, but still got a point. A very tough question. It seemed reasonable to assume that that the host nation would have been in that game, but no so. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Feb 10 07:49AM >> Congratulations to Gareth and Mark for the high scores on a very tough set. > Ah, that would be because you gave Gareth an extra point, and me 2 extra. > I haven't checked anyone else's scores. Yeah. I got the World Cup one wrong. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 12 08:31PM -0800 On Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 6:13:12 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. The first capital of the Phoenicians (circa 1200-1000 BC), Byblos > is one of the longest continuously inhabited cities in the world. > In what modern-day country is Byblos located? Tunisia > 2. The power of Byblos waned with the rise of this southern Lebanese > city, whose most famous trading product was an eponymous royal > purple dye. Name the city. Tripoli, Beirut > an epic struggle for maritime power that lasted intermittently > for over a century and ended with the destruction of the last > capital of the Phoenicians. Name that city. Carthage > as a quasi-independent city. Today, its ruins are considered > among the most spectacular of the ancient Mediterranean. > In what modern-day country is Leptis Magna located? Turkey, Egypt > 5. The Phoenician settlement of Kiteon is today called Larnaca. > On what Mediterranean island can we find Larnaca? Crete, Cyprus > The Portuguese occupied it in 1471, only to give it in 1662 to > the English, who held it till 1684. By what name do we know > Tingi today? Malta > 7. Another colony of <answer 3>, Karalis -- now Cagliari > ["Kal-YAR-ee"] -- is today the principal city of which > Italian island? Sardinia > 8. Which glamorous Spanish island resort started life as a > Phoenician port named Ibossim? Majorca, Ibiza > 1200 BC. The trading post stood by the river estuary, near the > foot of the slope below the castle hill and the Sé Cathedral. > Name the city. Lisbon, Dublin > that excel at them. > 1. Before he was a general, he was an Olympian. In which combined > event did George S. Patton place 5th in 1912? Modern Pentathlon > 2. Sbhe bs gur fxvyyf grfgrq va gur zbqrea cragnguyba ner > cvfgby-fubbgvat, pebff-pbhagel ehaavat, fjvzzvat, naq fubj > whzcvat. Anzr gur svsgu. Fencing > 3. Gur svefg yrt bs na Bylzcvp gevnguyba pbafvfgf bs qbvat jung > sbe 1.5 xz? Swimming > 4. Gur svefg Bylzcvp gevnguybaf jrer uryq va 2000. Anzr gur jvaare > bs gur zra'f rirag gung lrne. Whitfield? > tbyqf va Yvyyrunzzre? > 6. Ubj znal gnetrgf ner pbagrfgnagf erdhverq gb uvg va rnpu fubbgvat > ebhaq bs n ovnguyba? 2 > 8. Pnanqvna naq Cna-Nz punzcvba Qnzvna Jneare ubyqf qrpnguyba orfgf > va 2 bs gur 10 riragf. Bar vf gur 110 z uheqyrf; jung vf > gur bgure? Long jump, 200 metres > 9. Ubj znal riragf ner gurer va gur Bylzcvp genpx naq svryq -nguyba > sbe jbzra? 7 > 10. Ertneqvat gung ynfg -nguyba, juvpu guebjvat rirag qbrf vg *abg* > vapyhqr gung vf cneg bs gur zra'f qrpnguyba? Discus cheers, calvin |
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Feb 12 05:21AM -0600 This is rotating quiz #245. Today is February 12nd, 2017. Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one. Answers must be posted before 11:59pm CDT (Chicago, IL) on Sunday, February 19, 2017. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first. Correct answers are worth 1 point each. The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 246, in a manner of their choosing. Don Piven . . . . . 1) In 1989, Metallica was widely expected to win the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance (the first such award in that category). Which decidedly non-metal rock group actually won the 1989 Grammy in that category? 2) The National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin is the home of the world's largest fiberglass fish, checking in at 143 feet (44m). What species of fish is it an outsized model of? 3) The Cleveland Indians now hold the dubious record of the longest time since their last Major League Baseball World Series championship (68 years). Ignoring teams which have never won a Series, which MLB team is second in terms of years since their last World Series championship? 4) In Monty Python's Flying Circus, Spiny Norman was what kind of animal? 5) On August 21, 1961, William Magruder broke Mach 1.0 with what kind of commercial aircraft? (Answer with manufacturer and model name; e.g., "Boeing 747" except that's not the answer.) 6) In the original "Get Smart" television series, Maxwell Smart drove three makes of automobile during the series' five-year run. Name any of those cars. 7) You have just won an event sanctioned by Worldloppet. What sport do you compete in? 8) The Emmy Awards recognize excellence in the television industry. From which electronic device did the name "Emmy" originate? 9) Austria's Christoph Strasser holds the current record for riding a bicycle 3,020 miles between Oceanside, California and Annapolis, Maryland in the annual Race Across America. Within six hours, what was Strasser's time? 10) Travel writer William Least Heat-Moon wrote about crossing the United States on a vehicle named "Nikawa". What kind of vehicle was it? 11) Amtrak's Auto Train service is the only passenger rail service in the US that allows passengers to bring their cars with them. Between which two states does the Auto Train operate? 12) What was the name of the noxious fluid prepared at the original "Skonk Works"? 13) Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and George Harrison, along with two other famous rock musicians, were members of the "Traveling Wilburys", who recorded two top-selling albums between 1988 and 1990. Name one of the other two members of the Wilburys. 14) Patrick Marleau of the NHL's San Jose Sharks recently performed a very uncommon feat; the last time it was done in an NHL game was almost exactly twenty years prior to Marleau, that time by Mario Lemieux. What did these two players do? 15) Haggis, by tradition, is cooked in what unconventional container? |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 12 03:21PM > 2) The National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin is > the home of the world's largest fiberglass fish, checking in at 143 feet > (44m). What species of fish is it an outsized model of? striped bass > since their last Major League Baseball World Series championship (68 > years). Ignoring teams which have never won a Series, which MLB team is > second in terms of years since their last World Series championship? New York Mets > 4) In Monty Python's Flying Circus, Spiny Norman was what kind of animal? hedgehog > 7) You have just won an event sanctioned by Worldloppet. What sport do > you compete in? lumberjacking > bicycle 3,020 miles between Oceanside, California and Annapolis, > Maryland in the annual Race Across America. Within six hours, what was > Strasser's time? 300 hours > 10) Travel writer William Least Heat-Moon wrote about crossing the > United States on a vehicle named "Nikawa". What kind of vehicle was it? motorcycle > 11) Amtrak's Auto Train service is the only passenger rail service in > the US that allows passengers to bring their cars with them. Between > which two states does the Auto Train operate? Virginia and Florida > 15) Haggis, by tradition, is cooked in what unconventional container? sheep stomach -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 12 10:44AM -0600 In article <o7pgcp$li7$1@dont-email.me>, don@piven.net says... > 2) The National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin is > the home of the world's largest fiberglass fish, checking in at 143 feet > (44m). What species of fish is it an outsized model of? large-mouth bass > years). Ignoring teams which have never won a Series, which MLB team is > second in terms of years since their last World Series championship? > 4) In Monty Python's Flying Circus, Spiny Norman was what kind of animal? hedgehog > 5) On August 21, 1961, William Magruder broke Mach 1.0 with what kind of > commercial aircraft? (Answer with manufacturer and model name; e.g., > "Boeing 747" except that's not the answer.) Douglas DC8 > you compete in? > 8) The Emmy Awards recognize excellence in the television industry. From > which electronic device did the name "Emmy" originate? M.E. > 11) Amtrak's Auto Train service is the only passenger rail service in > the US that allows passengers to bring their cars with them. Between > which two states does the Auto Train operate? Virginia and Florida > famous rock musicians, were members of the "Traveling Wilburys", who > recorded two top-selling albums between 1988 and 1990. Name one of the > other two members of the Wilburys. Jeff Lynne > very uncommon feat; the last time it was done in an NHL game was almost > exactly twenty years prior to Marleau, that time by Mario Lemieux. What > did these two players do? score 6 goals in a game > 15) Haggis, by tradition, is cooked in what unconventional container? sheep stomach -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 12 01:05PM -0600 A few of these answers are not wild guesses. Don Piven: > Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance (the first such award in that > category). Which decidedly non-metal rock group actually won the 1989 > Grammy in that category? ZZ Top. > 2) The National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin is > the home of the world's largest fiberglass fish, checking in at 143 feet > (44m). What species of fish is it an outsized model of? Rainbow trout. > since their last Major League Baseball World Series championship (68 > years). Ignoring teams which have never won a Series, which MLB team is > second in terms of years since their last World Series championship? Chicago White Sox. > 4) In Monty Python's Flying Circus, Spiny Norman was what kind of animal? Hedgehog. > 5) On August 21, 1961, William Magruder broke Mach 1.0 with what kind of > commercial aircraft? (Answer with manufacturer and model name; e.g., > "Boeing 747" except that's not the answer.) Douglas DC-8. > 6) In the original "Get Smart" television series, Maxwell Smart drove > three makes of automobile during the series' five-year run. Name any of > those cars. Sunbeam. > 7) You have just won an event sanctioned by Worldloppet. What sport do > you compete in? Orienteering. > 8) The Emmy Awards recognize excellence in the television industry. From > which electronic device did the name "Emmy" originate? Image orthicon tube. > bicycle 3,020 miles between Oceanside, California and Annapolis, > Maryland in the annual Race Across America. Within six hours, what was > Strasser's time? 72 hours. > 10) Travel writer William Least Heat-Moon wrote about crossing the > United States on a vehicle named "Nikawa". What kind of vehicle was it? Unicycle. > 11) Amtrak's Auto Train service is the only passenger rail service in > the US that allows passengers to bring their cars with them. Between > which two states does the Auto Train operate? Virginia, Florida. (By the way, the service not only allows passengers to bring cars, it requires it.) > 12) What was the name of the noxious fluid prepared at the original > "Skonk Works"? Kickapoo Joy Juice. > famous rock musicians, were members of the "Traveling Wilburys", who > recorded two top-selling albums between 1988 and 1990. Name one of the > other two members of the Wilburys. Clapton. > very uncommon feat; the last time it was done in an NHL game was almost > exactly twenty years prior to Marleau, that time by Mario Lemieux. What > did these two players do? Scored 6 goals in a game. > 15) Haggis, by tradition, is cooked in what unconventional container? The animal's stomach. -- Mark Brader "So the American government went to IBM Toronto to come up with a data encryption standard msb@vex.net and they came up with...?" "EBCDIC!" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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