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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 07 05:37PM -0500 Here is another knockout contest, as originated in 2012 by the person posting as "Calvin". This one is on the theme of science (including technology), and within that broad subject, each question will refer to a different field. Naturally, all questions are to be answered based on your own knowledge without using any sort of assistance, including aids to calculation. I will accept any reasonable notation for answers. Where I ask for a value that is dimensioned by a unit of measurement, you must explicitly state which unit you are using -- for example, 100 kg or 220 lb. -- and I will accept any reasonable choice of unit. For Round 1, I'll accept entries for 7 days from the moment of posting (that is, until about 6:40 pm EDT on Sunday, May 14), *OR* until there is a period of 48 hours without a new entry -- *WHICHEVER COMES FIRST*! (Based on previous contests, in practice I think the 48-hour deadline is more likely to come first.) After the first round, this becomes a closed contest -- only those who have survived the earlier rounds may continue to enter. For the later rounds you will have a maximum of 4 days to enter, though I would prefer, and in practice expect, a faster pace. On each round, the person whose answer is farthest from the correct value is eliminated. "Farthest" will be determined by the ratio of the larger of the two values (answer given and correct answer) to the smaller -- for example, if the correct answer is 100 kg, then an answer of 20 kg, or 1/5 of the correct number, is farther off than 200 kg, or 2 times the correct number. In case of a tie for farthest, among those entrants the last to enter is eliminated -- unless everyone gets the exact correct answer, in which case everyone survives and there will be an extra round. This continues until there is a single winner. Please post your answers in the thread as a followup to the question posting; but if you have technical difficulties, I will also accept answers by email. Have fun and let's have lots of entries so that there are lots of rounds. Question 1 is about math: 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared? -- Mark Brader | "Sir, your composure baffles me. A single counterexample Toronto | refutes a conjecture as effectively as ten... Hands up! msb@vex.net | You have to surrender." -- Imre Lakatos My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 07 04:33PM -0700 On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 8:37:45 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > of rounds. > Question 1 is about math: > 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared? 9.85833 cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 07 11:54PM > Question 1 is about math: > 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared? 9.9 -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 08 12:22AM -0500 In article <fIedndVLPK8uPJLEnZ2dnUU7-aXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > Question 1 is about math: > 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared? 9.9 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 08 08:58AM +0200 > Question 1 is about math: > 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared? 9.861 -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 08 12:46AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Question 1 is about math: > 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared? 9.8 -- Dan Tilque |
| gwowen@gmail.com: May 08 01:21AM -0700 On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 11:37:45 PM UTC+1, Mark Brader wrote: > Naturally, all questions are to be answered based on your own > knowledge without using any sort of assistance, including aids > to calculation. Does a pencil / paper fall under this category, or am I restricted to mental arithmetic? |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 08 08:19AM Mark Brader wrote: > Question 1 is about math: > 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared? 9.869 Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 08 04:40AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > Naturally, all questions are to be answered based on your own > > knowledge without using any sort of assistance, including aids > > to calculation. Gareth Owen: > Does a pencil / paper fall under this category, or am I restricted to > mental arithmetic? Writing on paper does not constitute assistance to knowing the answer. If you construct an analog computer using origami or if the paper has information already written on it, say, then that might be different. -- Mark Brader "I used to own a mind like a steel trap. Toronto Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it msb@vex.net wouldn't have rusted like this." --Greg Goss "I have a mind like a steel trap. It's hard to pry open." --Michael Wares My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: May 07 11:31AM -0700 On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 9:14:18 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Bogataj. > 4. Luca Cereda, Jeff Ware, Kenny Jonsson, Scott Pearson. > 5. Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson, Diana Taurasi, Rebecca Lobo. Basketball |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 07 03:38PM -0700 On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 11:14:18 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 2, Round 2 - Canadiana Entertainment - "SCTV" Pass > * Game 2, Round 3 - Sports - Athletes and their Sports > 1. Carl Pettersson, Thomas Bjørn, Thorbjorn Olesen, Henrik Stenson, > David Lingmerth. Golf > 2. Gustavo Kuerten, Guillermo Vilas, David Nalbandian, Nick Kyrgios. Tennis > 3. Horst Bulau, Matti Nykänen, Michael "Eddie" Edwards, Vinko > Bogataj. Ski jump > 4. Luca Cereda, Jeff Ware, Kenny Jonsson, Scott Pearson. Stock car racing? > 5. Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson, Diana Taurasi, Rebecca Lobo. Basketball > 6. Jill Officer, Kevin Martin, Brad Jacobs, Jennifer Jones. Swimming, gymnastics > 7. Mika Häkkinen, Jolyon Palmer, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas. F1 motor racing > 8. Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorter, Paula Radcliffe, Jerome Drayton. Distance running > 9. Aqib Talib, Ahmad Rashad, Husain Abdullah, Ndamukong Suh > ["En-DAHM-uh-kin Soo"]. Boxing, Field hockey > 10. Chris Johnson, Josh Johnson, Randy Johnson, Erik Johnson. Baseball, Johnsonball cheers, calvin |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 08 01:42AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:C7OdnQkUJKZ56ZPEnZ2dnUU7- > 1. What was the name of the fictional town where the fictional > SCTV broadcast from? > 2. Hosers Bob and Doug McKenzie hosted what show? Great White North > 3. Which actor portrayed "Human Sexual Response" host Dr. Cheryl > Kinsey? > 4. Who played talk show host Sammy Maudlin? John Candy; Eugene Levy > Answers do not repeat. > 1. Carl Pettersson, Thomas Bjørn, Thorbjorn Olesen, Henrik Stenson, > David Lingmerth. Golf > 2. Gustavo Kuerten, Guillermo Vilas, David Nalbandian, Nick Kyrgios. Tennis > 3. Horst Bulau, Matti Nykänen, Michael "Eddie" Edwards, Vinko > Bogataj. Ski jumping > 4. Luca Cereda, Jeff Ware, Kenny Jonsson, Scott Pearson. Nascar racing > 5. Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson, Diana Taurasi, Rebecca Lobo. Basketball > 6. Jill Officer, Kevin Martin, Brad Jacobs, Jennifer Jones. Beach volleyball > 7. Mika Häkkinen, Jolyon Palmer, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas. Formula 1 racing > 8. Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorter, Paula Radcliffe, Jerome Drayton. Marathon running > 9. Aqib Talib, Ahmad Rashad, Husain Abdullah, Ndamukong Suh > ["En-DAHM-uh-kin Soo"]. American Football > 10. Chris Johnson, Josh Johnson, Randy Johnson, Erik Johnson. Baseball Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 08 12:29AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. What was the name of the fictional town where the fictional > SCTV broadcast from? > 2. Hosers Bob and Doug McKenzie hosted what show? Great White North > 6. Jill Officer, Kevin Martin, Brad Jacobs, Jennifer Jones. > 7. Mika Häkkinen, Jolyon Palmer, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas. > 8. Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorter, Paula Radcliffe, Jerome Drayton. distance runners > 9. Aqib Talib, Ahmad Rashad, Husain Abdullah, Ndamukong Suh > ["En-DAHM-uh-kin Soo"]. American football > 10. Chris Johnson, Josh Johnson, Randy Johnson, Erik Johnson. baseball pitchers -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 07 03:48PM -0700 On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 6:25:31 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > 1. The catalogue of which director includes titles such as "Women > on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and "All About My Mother"? Woody Allen > 2. Dalia Grybauskaite is President of Lithuania. Is she married or > not? Justify your answer! Not in any legal-binding sense > specific. > 4. The debut album of which iconic rocker included titles such as > "Spirits in the Night" and "Blinded by the Light"? Bruce Springsteen > 5. And, speaking of rock'n'roll, which classic rock group does > potassium permanganate make you think of? Deep Purple > 6. How many cards in total are there in a game of canasta? 104 > 7. Joseph Kony is a true scumbag. Which organisation does he lead? African Union? > 8. Easter Island belongs to which country? Chile > 9. What does CONCACAF organise? Football in North and Central America and the Caribbean Well they collect the bribes anyway > 10. In the company of strangers... In which country are you if someone > calls out "Gaijin!" and means you? China, Japan > 11. And among which people are you if you are being referred to as > "gadjo"? Americans > 12. Later this month, with the final on Saturday 13th, is the > Eurovision Song Contest. In which city is ESC held this year? Stockholm > 13. And towards the end of the month, the 27th, starts what period that > is important for many people on this planet? Ramadan > a little easier, for continents with many countries, I will permit > you give any of the top countries as specified below: > a) Europe (any of the top 3): Sweden > b) North America (any of the top 2): Canada > c) Oceania (the top 1): New Zealand > d) South America (the top 1): Chile > e) Africa (any of the top 3): Botswana > f) Asia (any of the top 3): Taiwan Pity you didn't also ask about the bottom ranked countries :-) cheers, calvin |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 07 09:26PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English > football (soccer) club? Manchester United > 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was > based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel? The Time Machine > 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"? Men at Work > Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé? > 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh > make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean? 1927 > 6 The > Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation? Greece > 7 Also > the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, > physicians and surgeons, among others? St. John > 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule? 6 > 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess? Europe > 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox > musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American > composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)? Carole King > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com Pete Gayde |
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