Saturday, September 23, 2017

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 2 topics

Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 23 01:44AM

I am requesting that an additional answer be accepted, and this would
affect not only me but Dan Blum and Marc Dashevsky.
 
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Rf-dnavX8v98klnEnZ2dnUU7-
 
>> In each case name the sport played by all four.
 
>> 10. Jack Johnson, Mike Johnson, Chad Johnson, Eric Johnson.
 
> Hockey.
 
Dan, Marc, and I all had football or American football as our answer or
one of our answers. While there have been hockey players with each of
these names, there have also been American football players in the NFL
with each of these names as well. (Note that the question doesn't
specify that the players have to be current players.)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(tackle)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(defensive_back)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johnson_(cornerback)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johnson_(linebacker)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johnson_(offensive_lineman)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Johnson
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Johnson_(tight_end)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Johnson_(defensive_back)
 
My selection of American football as my answer was motivated by Chad
Johnson, the football player who is famous enough that Wikipedia doesn't
need to disambiguate him.
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 23 01:33AM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> In each case name the sport played by all four.
>>> 10. Jack Johnson, Mike Johnson, Chad Johnson, Eric Johnson.
 
>> Hockey.

Joshua Kreitzer:
> these names, there have also been American football players in the NFL
> with each of these names as well. (Note that the question doesn't
> specify that the players have to be current players.)
 
Protest accepted. 4 for Marc and Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
 
Scores, if there are now no errors:
 
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Sci Ent Geo His Lit Spo FIVE
Dan Blum 4 36 32 29 48 28 13 173
Stephen Perry -- 52 56 60 -- -- -- 168
Joshua Kreitzer 12 16 44 43 28 24 22 161
Marc Dashevsky 12 40 -- 28 24 24 24 140
Dan Tilque 4 28 4 32 32 12 0 108
Peter Smyth -- 16 20 32 12 -- 12 92
Erland Sommarskog -- 8 -- 32 27 -- 8 75
"Calvin" -- 8 -- 35 14 -- -- 57
Pete Gayde 3 0 20 -- -- -- 24 47
Gareth Owen -- -- 40 -- -- -- -- 40
Jason Kreitzer -- 0 28 -- -- -- 8 36
 
--
Mark Brader | I rise to speak ... well, actually, I don't rise,
Toronto | nor do I speak, but I lounge to type in his defense.
msb@vex.net | -- Bob Lipton
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 23 09:30AM

Joshua Kreitzer wrote:
 
 
> My selection of American football as my answer was motivated by Chad
> Johnson, the football player who is famous enough that Wikipedia doesn't
> need to disambiguate him.
 
And as far as I can tell there has never been a hockey player called Eric
Johnson (although there is an Erik Johnson).
 
Peter Smyth
swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Sep 22 03:53PM -0700

On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 3:17:16 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-04-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
noted
 
 
> A1. This US snowboarder is a 2-time Olympic gold-medalist (2006
> and 2010), and holds the record for the most X Games gold
> medals with 13.
 
shaun white
 
> A2. This Canadian snowboarder won gold at the 1998 Winter
> Olympics has founded of a company selling branded medical
> marijuana.
 
he's like, just this guy ya know?
 
> A3. This Canadian snowboarder and Olympic hopeful was seriously
> injured in March during a back-country excursion.
 
mcmorris?
 
 
> Administered by the Baltimore-based Lieber Research
> Institute, it rewards innovative research in which
> discipline?
 
neuroscience
 
> B2. The Lemelson-MIT Prize honors mid-career individuals for
> achievements in what?
 
innovation in technology
 
> B3. Named after Canadian academic J.C. Fields, the Fields Medal
> is awarded every 4 years and is one of the most prestigious
> awards in what discipline?
 
mathematics
 
> the mega-brewery.
 
> C1. Toronto brewery Mill Street was taken over by which much
> larger brewer in the fall of 2015?
 
anheuser–busch
 
> as Maximus and Hop Stoopid) sold 50% of the company in
> 2015 for an estimated $500,000,000 US to which European
> mega-brewer?
 
heinekin
 
> acquisition of Goose Island in 2011. As a result of
> subsequent mergers, that company is now the largest brewer
> in the world. Name the mega-brewery.
 
anheuser–busch
 
 
> D1. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR10/canal1.jpg>.
> Name this Belgian city, often referred to as the "Venice
> of the North".
 
amsterdam
 
> D2. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR10/canal2.jpg>.
> Similarly, this western Indian city in Rajasthan Province
> has been called the "Venice of the East".
 
alleppey
 
> D3. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR10/canal3.jpg>.
> And this Atlantic port city of rivers, islands, and over
> 50 bridges is often called the "Brazilian Venice".
 
recife
 
> this rapper acquired legendary status with his graphic
> accounts of ghetto life and East Coast / West Coast feuds.
> He was shot dead in Las Vegas in 1996.
 
tupac shakur
 
> of the 1980s. The group became known for their emphatic
> politics and for contributing an iconic song to Spike Lee's
> movie "Do the Right Thing".
 
public enemy ("fight the power")
 
> by adding real instruments and writing sophisticated lyrics.
> They are currently the house band for NBC's "Late Night
> with Jimmy Fallon".
 
the roots
 
 
> F1. "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted
> the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in
> New York."
 
the bell jar
 
> F2. "They're out there. Black boys in white suits up before
> me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up
> before I can catch them."
 
a clockwork orange
 
> F3. "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel
> Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon
> when his father took him to discover ice."
 
100 years of solitude
 
 
swp
 
if you can, please help
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 23 01:34AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:uPydnbBcZ4aqjVnEnZ2dnUU7-
 
> B3. Named after Canadian academic J.C. Fields, the Fields Medal
> is awarded every 4 years and is one of the most prestigious
> awards in what discipline?
 
mathematics

> as Maximus and Hop Stoopid) sold 50% of the company in
> 2015 for an estimated $500,000,000 US to which European
> mega-brewer?
 
InBev Anheuser Busch
 
> acquisition of Goose Island in 2011. As a result of
> subsequent mergers, that company is now the largest brewer
> in the world. Name the mega-brewery.
 
InBev Anheuser Busch

> this rapper acquired legendary status with his graphic
> accounts of ghetto life and East Coast / West Coast feuds.
> He was shot dead in Las Vegas in 1996.
 
Tupac Shakur

> of the 1980s. The group became known for their emphatic
> politics and for contributing an iconic song to Spike Lee's
> movie "Do the Right Thing".
 
Public Enemy
 
> by adding real instruments and writing sophisticated lyrics.
> They are currently the house band for NBC's "Late Night
> with Jimmy Fallon".
 
The Roots

 
> F3. "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel
> Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon
> when his father took him to discover ice."
 
"One Hundred Years of Solitude"
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 23 09:29AM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> A1. This US snowboarder is a 2-time Olympic gold-medalist (2006
> and 2010), and holds the record for the most X Games gold
> medals with 13.
Shaun White
 
> B3. Named after Canadian academic J.C. Fields, the Fields Medal
> is awarded every 4 years and is one of the most prestigious
> awards in what discipline?
Mathematics
> this rapper acquired legendary status with his graphic
> accounts of ghetto life and East Coast / West Coast feuds.
> He was shot dead in Las Vegas in 1996.
Tupac Shakur, Notorious BIG
> of the 1980s. The group became known for their emphatic
> politics and for contributing an iconic song to Spike Lee's
> movie "Do the Right Thing".
Public Enemy
 
> F3. "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel
> Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon
> when his father took him to discover ice."
 
 
Peter Smyth
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