- Calvin's Quiz #483 - 3 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #482 -ANSWERS & SCORES - 2 Updates
- rotating quiz: 252 - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz tiebreaker errors - 1 Update
- Shortest Movie Titles - 3 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 19 10:34PM -0700 1 Which word is both a much-covered song title and a transliteration of the Hebrew term for "Praise the Lord"? 2 Which vitamin plays a major role in blood clotting? 3 In Rugby League what number jersey does the fullback traditionally wear? 4 Which 6-letter word can be a dessert, or a pleasure trip by an official at taxpayers' expense? 5 Many of the works of which 19th century British author are set in the fictional counties of Barchester and Barsetshire? 6 What is the usual English name for the cake known in its native German as Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte? 7 Six of the world's ten largest companies are involved in which industry? 8 Which well-known author's only novel was "The Picture of Dorian Gray", first published in 1890? 9 The headquarters of the Coca Cola Corporation are in which US City? 10 What is the legal term for lying under oath? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 20 01:40AM -0500 Calvin: > 1 Which word is both a much-covered song title and a > transliteration of the Hebrew term for "Praise the Lord"? "Hallelujah"? > 2 Which vitamin plays a major role in blood clotting? K. > 3 In Rugby League what number jersey does the fullback traditionally wear? 1? > 4 Which 6-letter word can be a dessert, or a pleasure trip by an > official at taxpayers' expense? Junket. > 5 Many of the works of which 19th century British author are set in > the fictional counties of Barchester and Barsetshire? Hardy? > 6 What is the usual English name for the cake known in its native > German as Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte? Black Forest Cake. > 7 Six of the world's ten largest companies are involved in which industry? Oil? > 8 Which well-known author's only novel was "The Picture of Dorian > Gray", first published in 1890? Wilde. > 9 The headquarters of the Coca Cola Corporation are in which US City? Atlanta. > 10 What is the legal term for lying under oath? Perjury. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Those who cannot Google the past are destined to msb@vex.net | repost it." -- Huey Callison, after Santayana My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 20 07:28AM > 1 Which word is both a much-covered song title and a transliteration > of the Hebrew term for "Praise the Lord"? Hallelujah > 2 Which vitamin plays a major role in blood clotting? K > 3 In Rugby League what number jersey does the fullback traditionally > wear? Was it the halfback you ask about last time, and had 15? I guess the fullback has 30 then. > 6 What is the usual English name for the cake known in its native > German as Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte? I would call it just Schwarzwald, but I am not English. > 7 Six of the world's ten largest companies are involved in which > industry? Oil. > 9 The headquarters of the Coca Cola Corporation are in which US City? Atlanta, GA. > 10 What is the legal term for lying under oath? In Swedish it's "mened". I guess that I have an occasion to extend my English vocabulary with another word. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 19 10:27PM -0700 On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 11:28:59 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"? Max Planck > 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize? Teddy Roosevelt > 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)? Stephen Hawking > 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first performed in 1892? The Nutcracker > 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of Australian English and its associated vernacular? Strine > 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large crests on the skulls of cassowaries? Casque Singleton for Mark > 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign? Aries > 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most mammals, especially dogs? Dewclaw > 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics? Alex Popov Singleton for Peter > 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither? Sigourney Weaver Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 482 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 50 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 53 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 48 Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 49 Aren Ess 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 49 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 39 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 36 Gareth Owen 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 40 Bruce Bowler 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 8 8 9 8 4 1 5 7 1 4 55 61% Congratulations Mark (and yes, the tie break scores are correct). cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 20 01:37AM -0500 "Calvin": > Congratulations Mark Worth the wait! Welcome back. -- Mark Brader | "I thought it was a big joke. Toronto | Dr. Brader is known for joking around a lot." msb@vex.net | --Matthew McKnight |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 19 10:37PM -0700 On Sunday, April 16, 2017 at 11:38:26 AM UTC+10, swp wrote: > 1. april gave birth to a healthy baby boy 2017-04-15. where? In a hospital :-) > 2. 'tusk' was a hit song for what band? Fleetwood mac > 3. what happened to a canadian man on a united airliunes flight from houston to calgary on april 8th? He was encouraged to disembark before take off > 4. the philadelphia museum of art hosted an exhibition for the works of what great painter in 2012? Degas > 5. what game includes play modes such as 'survival mode', 'hardcore mode', and 'story mode'? Doom > 6. icarly was a tv show from 2007-2012. who played carly? > 7. who is known as the father of medicine? Hippocrates > 8. what was dustin hoffman's character's name in 'rainman'? Raymond > 9. what european nation's name means "little fortress"? Slovenia > 10. the edvard munch museum is located in what city? Oslo cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 19 10:30PM -0700 On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 7:52:42 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > I've just noticed that in some quizzes in the series, the tiebreaker > has been computed wrongly. I have no idea of how this might have > happened. Thanks for spotting that Mark. I guess it was caused by copying and pasting cells with absolute references. When I get time I'll go through all the my quizzes for this year (only) and post the amended scores if the top 3 placegetters have changed. cheers, calvin |
| brentbroyles@gmail.com: Apr 19 05:25PM -0700 PI |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 19 07:28PM -0700 > PI 10 F/X -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 19 10:14PM -0500 Brent Broyles: > > PI Dan Tilque: > 10 > F/X Mark Brader (in 2011): In the IMDB there are 150 listings for movies with 41 different one-character primary titles. The most popular of these titles is 4, which they show being used 11 times from 1995 to 2011 inclusive, including three times in 2005; the most popular letter is X, used 10 times. There are one-character titles using all 10 digits; 25 of the upper-case letters in our alphabet, all except D; the lower-case letters i (4 times) and c; the AE-ligature; the @ sign; the ? mark (5 times); and, as noted, the $ sign. "Movie" here includes documentaries and shorts, but not direct-to-video releases or TV productions of any kind. In 2017 there are 315 listings for 52 different one-character primary titles. 4 and X are still the most popular numerical and alphabetic titles, but now they have been used 20 times each -- there were four movies titled X in 2016 alone, all of them shorts. I'm not going to enumerate all the others. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "If disapproval we will drawback." msb@vex.net --seen on a box of cookies My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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