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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 22 08:11PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-01-30, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of 5 Easy Pieces and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Eponymous Airports In each case, name the major city that the airport serves. 1. George Bush Intercontinental Airport. 2. Robert L. Stanfield International Airport. 3. Norman Manley International Airport. 4. Frédéric Chopin International Airport. 5. Nikola Tesla International Airport. 6. Franz Josef Strauss International Airport. 7. Benito Juárez International Airport. 8. Louis Armstrong International Airport. 9. Ferenc Liszt International Airport. 10. Václav Havel International Airport. * Game 3, Round 6 - Arts - Richest Living Artists In the past, the work of most artists sold for large sums of money only after they died. Not today. Today many artists get millions of dollars for their work while they're alive. (Whether it's any good is another story.) In each case, name the artist. 1. This man, worth $1,000,000,000, is the world's richest artist. One example of his work is the diamond-encrusted platinum skull "For the Love of God", which sold for $77,900,00 in 2007. Other works include various sharks in formaldehyde and medicine cabinets. 2. This sculptor, born in 1955, is known for his balloon dogs made of stainless steel. One sold for $58,400,000. His estimated worth is $500,000,000. 3. Born in 1937, this British painter is known for his contribution to the pop art movement. Equally expressionistic, his works are similar to Francis Bacon's. When he visited California, where he eventually settled, he produced a series of realistic paintings of swimming pools. His estimated worth is $40,000,000. 4. Born in 1932, this German artist defies description. He's known both for abstracts and for photo-realistic paintings, and he also describes himself as a surrealist. Known for blurring things and "capitalist realism", he set the record of £21,000,000 for highest auction price in 2012 for a painting. His estimated wealth is $40,000,000. 5. A British-Indian sculptor born in 1954, he has received many awards, including the Turner Prize. Notable public works are "Cloud Gate" (nicknamed "The Bean"), made of stainless steel and located in Chicago's Millennium Park, and "Sky Mirror", another stainless-steel piece that looks like a satellite dish. His estimated worth is $71,000,000. 6. Born in Britain in 1963, this artist created an appliquéd tent titled "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-95". You can imagine what sort of scenes it features! Another of her works is "My Bed", a ready-made installation first displayed in 1998 that uses the filthy bed where she drank, slept, smoked, ate, and copulated while going through an emotional crisis. That piece eventually sold for over £2,500,000. 7. Born in 1930, this American painter, sculptor, and printmaker is associated with abstract expressionism, neo-dada, and pop art. He is best known for his painting "The Flag", which shows -- you guessed it! -- the American flag, in oil and collage on fabric. His estimated worth is $300,000,000. 8. Her photographs are among the most expensive in the world. "Untitled No. 96 (1981) sold for almost $4,000,000, and "Untitled No. 153" (1985) went for $2,700,000. Born in 1954, she is known for using herself as both the model and subject. 9. Born in Germany in 1938, this artist is a neo-expressionist and postmodern painter. In the 1970s, he became famous for his upside-down images, which often included birds. His estimated worth is $20,000,000. 10. Born in 1976, this Korean-American muralist, graffiti artist, and figure painter has been a favourite guest of Howard Stern and a contributor to Marvel Comics and VICE Media. Famously, he was commissioned by Mark Zuckerberg in 2007 to paint murals in Facebook's new headquarters and was paid in Facebook stock. He is worth an estimated $200,000,000. -- Mark Brader, Toronto / "A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, msb@vex.net / tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 23 01:21AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:EISdnQ2HOY_YEb7EnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Eponymous Airports > In each case, name the major city that the airport serves. > 1. George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Houston > 3. Norman Manley International Airport. Kingston > 4. Frédéric Chopin International Airport. Warsaw > 5. Nikola Tesla International Airport. Zagreb > 6. Franz Josef Strauss International Airport. Vienna > 7. Benito Juárez International Airport. Mexico City > 8. Louis Armstrong International Airport. New Orleans > 9. Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Budapest > 10. Václav Havel International Airport. Prague > skull "For the Love of God", which sold for $77,900,00 in 2007. > Other works include various sharks in formaldehyde and medicine > cabinets. Hirst > are similar to Francis Bacon's. When he visited California, > where he eventually settled, he produced a series of realistic > paintings of swimming pools. His estimated worth is $40,000,000. Hockney > and located in Chicago's Millennium Park, and "Sky Mirror", > another stainless-steel piece that looks like a satellite dish. > His estimated worth is $71,000,000. Kapoor > He is best known for his painting "The Flag", which shows -- you > guessed it! -- the American flag, in oil and collage on fabric. > His estimated worth is $300,000,000. Johns > "Untitled No. 96 (1981) sold for almost $4,000,000, and > "Untitled No. 153" (1985) went for $2,700,000. Born in 1954, > she is known for using herself as both the model and subject. Sherman -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 22 06:52PM -0700 On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 11:11:39 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Eponymous Airports > In each case, name the major city that the airport serves. > 1. George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Houston, San Antonio > 2. Robert L. Stanfield International Airport. Edmonton, Vancouver > 3. Norman Manley International Airport. Edmonton, Vancouver > 4. Frédéric Chopin International Airport. Warsaw, Krakow > 5. Nikola Tesla International Airport. Budapest, Bucharest > 6. Franz Josef Strauss International Airport. Vienna > 7. Benito Juárez International Airport. Buenos Aires, Rio > 8. Louis Armstrong International Airport. New Orleans > 9. Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Budapest, Bucharest > 10. Václav Havel International Airport. Prague, Bratislava > skull "For the Love of God", which sold for $77,900,00 in 2007. > Other works include various sharks in formaldehyde and medicine > cabinets. Hirst > 2. This sculptor, born in 1955, is known for his balloon dogs > made of stainless steel. One sold for $58,400,000. > His estimated worth is $500,000,000. Koons > and located in Chicago's Millennium Park, and "Sky Mirror", > another stainless-steel piece that looks like a satellite dish. > His estimated worth is $71,000,000. Green? > 1998 that uses the filthy bed where she drank, slept, smoked, > ate, and copulated while going through an emotional crisis. > That piece eventually sold for over £2,500,000. Tracey Emin > He is best known for his painting "The Flag", which shows -- you > guessed it! -- the American flag, in oil and collage on fabric. > His estimated worth is $300,000,000. Johns > he was commissioned by Mark Zuckerberg in 2007 to paint murals > in Facebook's new headquarters and was paid in Facebook stock. > He is worth an estimated $200,000,000. cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 23 02:25AM > * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Eponymous Airports > 1. George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Houston > 2. Robert L. Stanfield International Airport. Canberra; Melbourne > 3. Norman Manley International Airport. Sydney; Melbourne > 4. Fr?d?ric Chopin International Airport. Warsaw > 5. Nikola Tesla International Airport. Ljubljana; Brno > 6. Franz Josef Strauss International Airport. Vienna > 7. Benito Ju?rez International Airport. Mexico City > 8. Louis Armstrong International Airport. New Orleans > 9. Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Budapest > 10. V?clav Havel International Airport. Prague > 2. This sculptor, born in 1955, is known for his balloon dogs > made of stainless steel. One sold for $58,400,000. > His estimated worth is $500,000,000. Koons > are similar to Francis Bacon's. When he visited California, > where he eventually settled, he produced a series of realistic > paintings of swimming pools. His estimated worth is $40,000,000. Hockney > "Untitled No. 96 (1981) sold for almost $4,000,000, and > "Untitled No. 153" (1985) went for $2,700,000. Born in 1954, > she is known for using herself as both the model and subject. Diane Arbus -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: May 23 01:53AM -0500 In article <EISdnQ2HOY_YEb7EnZ2dnUU7-IvNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Eponymous Airports > In each case, name the major city that the airport serves. > 1. George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Houston > 2. Robert L. Stanfield International Airport. > 3. Norman Manley International Airport. Kingston, Jamaica > 4. Frédéric Chopin International Airport. Warsaw > 6. Franz Josef Strauss International Airport. > 7. Benito Juárez International Airport. > 8. Louis Armstrong International Airport. New Orleans > 9. Ferenc Liszt International Airport. > 10. Václav Havel International Airport. Prague -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| gwowen@gmail.com: May 22 04:04AM -0700 On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 10:19:32 AM UTC+1, Mark Brader wrote: > that I described, but to the principle that they *should* be transferred > whenever possible. Close, but not the same thing. > -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 23 03:18AM > > 1 point each. In case of a tie... > No tiebreakers needed: DAN BLUM has won this contest outright. > Hearty congratulations! Thanks. I'll have #257 up tomorrow. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: May 22 12:58PM On Sat, 20 May 2017 17:19:48 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 7. In a normal adult human body, how many bones are in the legs > and feet, excluding the sesamoid bones that vary from one person to > another? 48 |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 22 11:15AM -0500 In article <nMidncbvzLCZXL3EnZ2dnUU7-IXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > 7. In a normal adult human body, how many bones are in the legs > and feet, excluding the sesamoid bones that vary from one person > to another? 40 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 22 01:13PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 7. In a normal adult human body, how many bones are in the legs > and feet, excluding the sesamoid bones that vary from one person > to another? Marc Dashevsky 40 /1.600 Bruce Bowler 48 /1.333 ArenEss 52 /1.231 Joshua Kreitzer 54 /1.185 Stephen Perry 58 /1.103 ** CORRECT ** 64 Each big toe has 2 phalanges; each other toe has 3; each foot also has 5 metatarsals, 7 tarsals, and at least 2 sesamoid bones, which are under the base of big toe; and each leg also has 3 long bones and 1 patella (which is also a sesamoid bone). Many people have additional sesamoid bones, but those were excluded by the terms of the question. When I thought of this question originally, I didn't know that there are any sesamoid bones that don't vary from one person to another, and I didn't know that the patella qualifies as a sesamoid bone. While checking the facts, I was corrected on these points, but I found a source that says the patella is the only sesamoid bone that everyone has. So I was originally expecting the answer 60. But while the answers were coming in, I made additional checks and learned about the other ones. As it turned out, this did not affect the result. Marc Dashevsky is eliminated. This contest is now open only to Bruce Bowler, Joshua Kreitzer, Stephen Perry, and the entrant posting as "ArenEss". You have up to 4 days to enter Round 8, from the time this is posted. 8. What is the speed of light in vacuum? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Just because it's correct doesn't msb@vex.net make it right!" -- Jonas Schlein My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: May 22 02:15PM -0500 >Mark Brader: >8. What is the speed of light in vacuum? 186,000 miles per second (not sure if it varies if its in a vacuum, or elsewheres. Isn't space generally regarded as a vacuum anyways?) ArenEss |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 23 01:12AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:GLKdnbyPO8Wot77EnZ2dnUU7- > "ArenEss". You have up to 4 days to enter Round 8, from the time > this is posted. > 8. What is the speed of light in vacuum? 186,200 miles per second -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 22 08:09PM -0500 Mark Brader: > of government. In each case, we name the person and you give the > photo number. > 1. BC premier Christy Clark. #13. 3 for Joshua. > 2. Alberta premier Rachel Notley. #8. > 3. Federal environment minister Catherine McKenna. #16. > 4. Toronto city councillor Michelle Holland. #7. > 5. Newfoundland premier Dwight Ball. #17. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Dan. > 6. Nova Scotia premier Stephen McNeil. #12. > 7. Edmonton mayor Don Iveson. #18. > 8. Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson. #11. > 9. Federal finance minister Bill Morneau. #4. 3 for Dan. > 10. Quebec premier Philippe Couillard. #10. > So there were 8 decoys. If you like, decode the rot13 and give their > photo numbers for fun, but for no points. Oddly enough, nobody tried these. > 11. Liberal MP Pam Goldsmith Jones. #5. > 12. Liberal MP Scott Brison. #3. > 13. Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi. #1. > 14. Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer. #9. > 15. Federal transport minister Marc Garneau. #15. > 16. Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins. #14. > 17. Federal health minister Jane Philpott. #2. > 18. Interim federal Conservative leader Rona Ambrose. #6. > In 1980-81, playing for the Vancouver Canucks, he scored a > career-high 35 goals -- the most of any Canuck that year -- > while amassing a league-leading 343 penalty minutes. Dave "Tiger" Williams. (He also played for Detroit, Los Angeles, and Hartford.) > Stanley Cup champions from 1979-80 to 1982-83. In a career > that spanned 958 games, he notched 319 goals and 1,023 penalty > minutes. In 1996 his #9 jersey was retired by the Islanders. Clark Gillies. (Also with Buffalo.) > the glass boards and charged into the stands. His teammates > followed when other fans tried to intervene. He was suspended > for 8 games for his part in the ensuing brawl. Terry O'Reilly. > greatest enforcers and holds the NHL record for most penalty > minutes in a single season at 472. He was a member of the > Philadelphia Flyers' infamous "Broad Street Bullies". Dave Schultz. (Also with Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo.) 4 for Jason. > by star players Darryl Sittler and Frank Mahovlich. But off > the ice he had problems: 27 was also his age when he died of > a drug overdose and other causes. John Kordic. > of vehicular homicide and handed a 1-year jail term. When he > got out, he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers, which was the > best thing that ever happened to him as a player. Craig MacTavish. (Also with Boston, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.) > a 90-day jail sentence. In 1990 he was reinstated in the NHL > and went on to play for another decade, though he continued to > have run-ins with the police even after his retirement. Bob Probert. > head. In addition to the league suspension, he was convicted > of assault in a Canadian court and given 18 months probation. > The incident effectively terminated his NHL career. Marty McSorley. (Also with Pittsburgh, Edmonton, New York Rangers, San Jose, and Boston.) > league, was convicted of assault, and was sentenced to a year > of probation. In the 2005-06 season, he was allowed to resume > playing in the NHL. He retired in 2014. Todd Bertuzzi. (Also with Florida, Detroit, Anaheim, and Calgary.) > dating other NHLers, he gained notoriety by telling reporters, > "It's become a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love > with my sloppy seconds". Sean Avery. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Spo Joshua Kreitzer 6 0 6 Dan Blum 5 0 5 Jason Kreitzer 0 4 4 Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net In the absence of the ability to redirect output and input, a still clumsier method would have been to require the "ls" command to accept user requests to paginate its output, to print in multi-column format, and to arrange that its output be delivered off-line. Actually it would be surprising, and in fact unwise for efficiency reasons, to expect authors of commands such as "ls" to provide such a wide variety of output options. -- Ritchie & Thompson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| gwowen@gmail.com: May 22 07:35AM -0700 On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 8:21:16 PM UTC+1, Mark Brader wrote: > > Except by the English who call it spin... > Now that's so typical of English -- the language, I mean! Anyway, > no one gave that answer. Oh, I forgot. Left-hand side and right-hand side are usually only called that if the cue-ball is going to hit another ball before the cushion. If the cue-ball is going hit the cushion, they're called "check side" or "running side" depending on whether the spin is intended to decrease or increase the angle of reflection... All pretty obvious really. |
| gwowen@gmail.com: May 22 05:17AM -0700 On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 11:33:13 PM UTC+1, Calvin wrote: > > Deducible from "Plutocracy", but a nice tempting wrong answer ... > > Good question > If no-one gets it right then I consider it a poor question. In retrospect it would have worked better in reverse. Fair enough. I still think its a good question though. |
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