Tuesday, May 09, 2017

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ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: May 08 06:15AM -0500


>Question 1 is about math:
 
>1. What is the numerical value of pi squared?
 
Depends on how many decimal places you want to go out to, but
9.8696045671 I hope is sufficient.
 
ArenEss
Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: May 08 11:41AM

> Question 1 is about math:
 
> 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared?
 
9.8
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 08 01:23PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:fIedndVLPK8uPJLEnZ2dnUU7-
> of rounds.
 
> Question 1 is about math:
 
> 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared?
 
9.8696877281
 
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 08 12:19PM -0500

In article <g_2dnUTPa6JkoY3EnZ2dnUU7-VfNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> > 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.
 
In that case, I'd like to change my answer to 9.87.
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 08 02:47PM -0500

Marc Dashevsky:
> In that case, I'd like to change my answer to 9.87.
 
Okay, if you did not look at anyone else's answer before posting this.
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 08 02:58PM -0500

In article <Vrednd8QaqilVo3EnZ2dnUU7-K3NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> Marc Dashevsky:
> > In that case, I'd like to change my answer to 9.87.
 
> Okay, if you did not look at anyone else's answer before posting this.
 
I have seen other answers, but I derived the revised answer solely through
the process of multiplication with pen and paper. I understand that
you are not likely to allow the revised answer.
 
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swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: May 08 04:43PM -0700

On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 6:37:45 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> of rounds.
 
> Question 1 is about math:
 
> 1. What is the numerical value of pi squared?
 
9.8696
 
swp, who did not like doing that in his head
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 09 10:16AM

> 9.8696
 
> swp, who did not like doing that in his head
 
Me too! Those pen-and-paper guys are cheaters, if you ask me!
 
 
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ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: May 08 01:06PM -0500

On Thu, 4 May 2017 17:57:17 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com>
wrote:
 
 
>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?
War of the World?
 
>3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
Men At Work
 
>4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
Victory
 
>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?
Luke
 
>8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
Four
 
>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
 
 
>cheers,
>calvin
 
ArenEss
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