- QFTCISG Game 1, Rounds 2-3: DJIA changes, dystopian lit - 2 Updates
- QFTCI5EP Final, Round 10 answers: Challenge Round - 3 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #269 - 1 Update
- Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*) - 1 Update
- Rotating Quiz #268 RESULTS - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 01:32AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-09-18, 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 Smith & Guessin' 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 recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 2 - History - The Dow Jones Industrial Average In 1895 the Dow Jones Industrial Average was created to track major manufacturing companies and their combined stock prices. In 1928 the list expanded to its current size of 30 companies, but specific companies have come and gone over the years. These days it has little to do with manufacturing. Answer these questions about companies joining and leaving the list. Commonly used shortened forms of company names will be accepted in all cases, and we'll ignore suffixes like Inc. and Co. 1. The last change in the mix was in March 2015, when this major communications company was replaced by Apple. It had joined the index in March 1939 under a longer official name, which was shortened in 2005. Name it. 2. In March 1997, a well-known computer company joined the list, only to drop out in September 2013 as it was splitting into two different publicly traded companies, one concentrating on their PC and printer business, the other on software and services. Name the original company or either of the ones formed from it. 3. In June 2009, which car company was dropped from the list for the second time in its history? 4. In September 2008 this financial corporation, a central player in that year's financial crisis, received a $180,000,000,000 bailout from the US government and was dropped from the list. Name it. 5. In April 2008, which imaging manufacturing company was dropped from the list? 6. Which retail giant, founded in 1886, dropped off the list in November 1999? 7. In August 1976 this company, whose name started with the word "Minnesota", joined the list. It remains there today. Either give the name it now goes by, or show off by giving its full original name. 8. This metals company headquartered in Pittsburgh dropped off the list in September 2013. In 2007 it had failed in a hostile takeover bid for its chief rival, which instead joined Rio Tinto. Name the company that was on the index. 9. United Aircraft & Transport joined the index in June 1930. It remains on the index today after numerous acquisitions and splits. What's its official company name now? 10. This multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company -- headquartered in Northfield, Illinois -- dropped off in September 2012 after splitting into two companies. One was called Mondelez ["-LEEZ"] International; the other kept the original name. What was that? * Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - Dystopias A round inspired by the current history we are living through! 1. Aldous Huxley's title "Brave New World" derives from a speech by Miranda in which William Shakespeare play? 2. This Kurt Vonnegut book published in 1952 depicts a dystopia existing 10 years after a fictional World War III, where most factory workers have been replaced by machines. Name the novel. 3. The film "Blade Runner" is a loose adaptation of which 1968 novel by Philip K. Dick? 4. Nadsat is the fictional speech register used in teenagers in "A Clockwork Orange". Anthony Burgess was a linguist and primarily used a form of Russian-influenced English for the language, along with Cockney rhyming slang. What does the Russian word "nadsat" translate into in English? 5. Name *any one* of the four government ministries in George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Answer in Oldspeak or Newspeak. 6. Back to "Brave New World" now. Name the drug administered by the government in order to prevent people from speaking and thinking freely. 7. What is the significance of the title of Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451"? 8. In Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale", handmaids are fertile women forced to bear children of barren elite couples. To identify them with the commander who owns them, they must adopt the commander's first name prefixed by which two-letter word? 9. The movie "Soylent Green" was loosely based on the 1968 Harry Harrison book "Make Room! Make Room!", which was about the overpopulation of the Earth in 1999. Soylent is a food; the name refers to soy and lentils. In the movie, what was Soylent Green made from? 10. "On the Beach" by Nevil Shute details the experiences of Australians as they await the arrival of deadly radiation from a fictional World War III fought in the Northern Hemisphere. The title is a Royal Navy expression meaning what? -- Mark Brader | "This is a moral that runs at large; Toronto | Take it. -- You're welcome. -- No extra charge." msb@vex.net | -- Oliver Wendell Holmes My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 25 03:16AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > communications company was replaced by Apple. It had joined > the index in March 1939 under a longer official name, which > was shortened in 2005. Name it. AT&T > different publicly traded companies, one concentrating on their > PC and printer business, the other on software and services. > Name the original company or either of the ones formed from it. Hewlett-Packard > 3. In June 2009, which car company was dropped from the list for > the second time in its history? Chrysler > in that year's financial crisis, received a $180,000,000,000 > bailout from the US government and was dropped from the list. > Name it. AIG > 5. In April 2008, which imaging manufacturing company was dropped > from the list? Kodak > 6. Which retail giant, founded in 1886, dropped off the list in > November 1999? Sears > word "Minnesota", joined the list. It remains there today. > Either give the name it now goes by, or show off by giving its > full original name. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing > the list in September 2013. In 2007 it had failed in a hostile > takeover bid for its chief rival, which instead joined Rio Tinto. > Name the company that was on the index. US Steel > 9. United Aircraft & Transport joined the index in June 1930. > It remains on the index today after numerous acquisitions > and splits. What's its official company name now? United Airlines > 2012 after splitting into two companies. One was called Mondelez > ["-LEEZ"] International; the other kept the original name. > What was that? Kraft > A round inspired by the current history we are living through! > 1. Aldous Huxley's title "Brave New World" derives from a speech > by Miranda in which William Shakespeare play? The Tempest > factory workers have been replaced by machines. Name the novel. > 3. The film "Blade Runner" is a loose adaptation of which 1968 > novel by Philip K. Dick? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? > primarily used a form of Russian-influenced English for the > language, along with Cockney rhyming slang. What does the > Russian word "nadsat" translate into in English? teenager > 5. Name *any one* of the four government ministries in George > Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Answer in Oldspeak or Newspeak. MiniTrue > 6. Back to "Brave New World" now. Name the drug administered > by the government in order to prevent people from speaking and > thinking freely. soma > 7. What is the significance of the title of Ray Bradbury's novel > "Fahrenheit 451"? temperature that paper burns at > To identify them with the commander who owns them, they must > adopt the commander's first name prefixed by which two-letter > word? of > the overpopulation of the Earth in 1999. Soylent is a food; > the name refers to soy and lentils. In the movie, what was > Soylent Green made from? humans > Australians as they await the arrival of deadly radiation from > a fictional World War III fought in the Northern Hemisphere. > The title is a Royal Navy expression meaning what? an officer who does not have an assignment to a ship and is awaiting one -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 01:19AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". The Final game is over and STEPHEN PERRY has romped to a win despite entering only 4 of the 8 rounds! Hearty congratulations! This completes the season of questions by 5 Easy Pieces. Since we're now more than 5 months behind real time, I'm skipping the following season and will now start with the season just begun, by Smith & Guessin'. So stay tuned for QFTCISG! > 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. 4 for Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Peter. > A2. This Canadian snowboarder won gold at the 1998 Winter > Olympics has founded of a company selling branded medical > marijuana. Ross Rebagliati. > A3. This Canadian snowboarder and Olympic hopeful was seriously > injured in March during a back-country excursion. Mark McMorris. 4 for Stephen. > Administered by the Baltimore-based Lieber Research > Institute, it rewards innovative research in which > discipline? Neuroscience. Sorry, "biology" and "medicine" were not specific enough. 4 for Stephen. > B2. The Lemelson-MIT Prize honors mid-career individuals for > achievements in what? Innovation (accepting invention). 4 for Stephen. > 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? Math. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Peter. > the mega-brewery. > C1. Toronto brewery Mill Street was taken over by which much > larger brewer in the fall of 2015? Labatt. 2 for Dan Tilque and Pete. > as Maximus and Hop Stoopid) sold 50% of the company in > 2015 for an estimated $500,000,000 US to which European > mega-brewer? Heineken. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. > 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, now part of Anheuser-Busch InBev (accepting either). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete. > D1. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR10/canal1.jpg>. > Name this Belgian city, often referred to as the "Venice > of the North". Bruges. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Marc, and Pete. "The Venice of the North?" Pfaugh. *Amsterdam*, anyone? What about Amsterdam, *hmmm*? Look here, people: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR10/canal4.jpg http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR10/canal5.jpg Actually, Wikipedia has a whole list of places that have been called "the Venice of the North" -- with 39 entries the last time I looked! Of those 8 are in Germany, 7 in Norway, 7 in the UK, 4 in France, 4 in Poland, 3 in the Netherlands, and 6 in other countries.) > 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". Udaipur. > 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. 4 for Stephen. > 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. I accepted "Tupac". 4 for Gareth, Dan Blum, Marc, Jason, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete. 3 for Peter. > 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. 4 for Gareth, Dan Blum, Marc, Jason, Stephen, Joshua, and Peter. > by adding real instruments and writing sophisticated lyrics. > They are currently the house band for NBC's "Late Night > with Jimmy Fallon". The Roots. 4 for Gareth, Jason, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete. > 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" (Sylvia Plath, 1963). 4 for Stephen. > 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." "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Ken Kesey, 1962). 4 for Marc. > 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" (Gabriel García Márquez, 1967). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can Sci Ent Geo His Lit Spo Cha SIX Stephen Perry -- 52 56 60 -- -- -- 52 220 Dan Blum 4 36 32 29 48 28 13 28 201 Joshua Kreitzer 12 16 44 43 28 24 22 24 185 Marc Dashevsky 12 40 -- 28 24 24 24 20 160 Dan Tilque 4 28 4 32 32 12 0 18 126 Peter Smyth -- 16 20 32 12 -- 12 15 107 Erland Sommarskog -- 8 -- 32 27 -- 8 8 83 Pete Gayde 3 0 20 -- -- -- 24 22 69 "Calvin" -- 8 -- 35 14 -- -- -- 57 Gareth Owen -- -- 40 -- -- -- -- 12 52 Jason Kreitzer -- 0 28 -- -- -- 8 12 48 -- Mark Brader | In order that there may be no doubt as to which is the Toronto | bottom and which is the top ... the bottom of each msb@vex.net | warhead [will] immediately be labeled with the word TOP. --British Admiralty regulation, c.1968 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 25 07:42AM > "the Venice of the North" -- with 39 entries the last time I looked! > Of those 8 are in Germany, 7 in Norway, 7 in the UK, 4 in France, > 4 in Poland, 3 in the Netherlands, and 6 in other countries.) When I think of it, Stockholm counts among those. While there is certainly is a lot of water in this town, there are not really much canals. (Although all waters are not natural straits. Some are man-made.) >> And this Atlantic port city of rivers, islands, and over >> 50 bridges is often called the "Brazilian Venice". > Recife. 4 for Stephen. Damn! I had Recife first - simply on the ground that it was a coastal Brazil city I could think of that was not Rio or São Paolo. But the little I knew about did not seem to match, so I went with Porto Alegre which I believe is posher. Again it has been proved: don't change your original guess! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 05:05AM -0500 Mark Brader: >> "the Venice of the North" -- with 39 entries the last time I looked! >> Of those 8 are in Germany, 7 in Norway, 7 in the UK, 4 in France, >> 4 in Poland, 3 in the Netherlands, and 6 in other countries.) Erland Sommarskog: > When I think of it, Stockholm counts among those. It is indeed on the list. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Polly-ticks: Bloodsucking parasites that squawk msb@vex.net | mindless slogans in place of thought. --Chris Vernell My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 01:58AM -0500 This is Rotating Quiz #269. At this point in the history of the RQ, I think I can safely say that coming up with a good hidden theme that hasn't been used before is *hard*. Not that there's any *need* for RQs to have a hidden theme in the first place -- lots of them haven't. But I do like the idea when it's done well, and Dan Blum's RQ 268 was one of those. Thanks for that contest, Dan. I suppose I should also thank Stephen Perry and Bruce Bowler for pre-declining the opportunity to set this RQ, but I feel more like grumbling at those lazy shirkers! Anyway, the first choice to set RQ 270 will be the winner of this one -- and let's hope that the person actually does do it this time. (This is not to suggest that people shouldn't enter if they do know they can't do the next one, though.) As usual, please answer only from your own knowledge and post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single posting, quoting the questions you are answering and placing your answers below each one. This quiz features 6 questions each from the categories of Arts and Entertainment, History, Literature, Miscellany, Science, and Sports. Where a person's name is are asked for, the surname is sufficient -- *except* for kings and queens, where you need to be unambiguous. One point for each answer on #1-12. No points for #13-14, but these will be the first tiebreaker in case of a tie. The second tiebreaker is who scored on the hardest questions of #1-12, and the third tiebreaker is who posted first. You have until the end of the month, by Toronto time (zone -4), to enter, which gives you 5 days and about 21 hours from the moment of posting. 1. This man played no less than 20 seasons in the NFL, 1976-95 -- all with the same team. He was primarily an offensive lineman, playing right tackle, and was a great help to his team's offense. He made the Pro Bowl 7 times and is in the Hall of Fame. Name him. 2. In 1582 the Pope made a proclamation that began with the words "Among the most serious duties of our pastoral office" -- only in Latin, of course. The proclamation is now known by the first two Latin words of that phrase: "Inter Gravissimas". What did it tell people to do? 3. The "Guinness Book of Records", as it was originally known, was first published in 1955. For its first 20 years it was edited by two brothers. Name them. 4. In 1054, a supernova in the constallation Taurus was seen by Chinese and other astronomers. It was brighter than anything else in the night sky except the Moon. What's the name of the object that you'll see if you look today at the place where it was, using a suitably large telescope? 5. How did Saroo Brierley identify where he'd come from? 6. Many Roman Catholics denied that Elizabeth I was the legitimate Queen of England because they considered her parents' marriage to be invalid due to bigamy. Name both parents. 7. Name the temperature scale, formerly used in Europe, that has the same zero point as Celsius, but even larger degrees, so that water boils at 80 degrees. 8. On the bank of a river, a scorpion saw a fox about to swim across, and asked for a ride to the other side. "No", the fox said. "You'll sting me and I'll drown." The scorpion said not to worry: "If I did that, we'd both drown." The fox thought about it, and finally agreed. But halfway across the river, the scorpion did sting the fox! Before they drowned, he asked the scorpion why. What did the scorpion say? 9. "Prim!" The strangled cry comes out of my throat, and my muscles begin to move again. "Prim!" I don't need to shove through the crowd. The other kids make way immediately, allowing me a straight path to the stage. I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm, I push her being me. "I volunteer!" I gasp. --Who am "I"? (First or last name.) 10. In the four tournaments that make up the Grand Slam of tennis, this man has a record 19 wins. He has never completed the Grand Slam by winning all four in one year, but three times he has won three out of four. Name him. 11. The Pont du Gard is a beautiful Roman bridge near Nîmes, France, built using three levels of arches. Another unusual feature, compared to most other bridges, is the reason why it was built. What's that? 12. In American money, the largest denomination of American money ever produced for circulation is the $10,000 bill. They're still legal tender but they haven't been printed since 1945, so they're actually worth quite a bit more in numismatic value. Anyway, the portrait on the bill shows the man who was Secretary of the Treasury during most of the Civil War and then became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Name him. 13. What is the hidden theme in #1-12? 14. Explain in detail how the theme applies in each case. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "People say I'm a skeptic -- msb@vex.net but I find that hard to believe." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 01:28AM -0500 This is a repeat of my 2016-11-26 introductory posting with some minor updates. If you were already familiar with the content and the way I'm scheduling things, then there's no real need to reread it now. * Introduction As most of you will remember, the Canadian Inquisition is a team trivia league that plays in Toronto pubs. It's a cooperative league, whose teams take turns to write and ask the questions that the others answer. In the current season, September-December 2017, the questions are being written Smith & Guessin'. I have obtained their permission to post to this newsgroup the questions from this seasons, to be tagged QFTCISG in the subject line. Before posting them here, I'm editing some of them for various reasons -- for brevity, to clarify their intent, to avoid issues raised on protests, for suitability in this medium, and so on. When the current season ends I intend to similarly ask permission from the next team writing questions, which is currently expected to be Bill Psychs. As you may remember, the league's season consists of 10 regular games and a Final. A regular game contains 102 questions. Most of the game is in rounds of 10 questions on a specific topic within a different general area. For example, one game in 2008 included a geography round on former place names, an entertainment round on Morgan Freeman movies, and a sports round on things that happened during Toronto Blue Jays games. Round 1 is always a current-events round; Round 5 is always an audio round; and Round 10 (the "challenge round") normally contains 12 questions, 2 each on 6 different subjects. I won't be posting audio questions (except if I think they can be answered without the audio), nor will I post the video questions that sometimes occur in the Final. * Scheduling - Regular Games My intent is that for each quiz you'll get about 3 days to answer, plus or minus a few hours, but I'm not going to set exact deadlines; I'll cut off entries at whatever time (after 2 days and about 21 hours) that it's convenient for me to do the scoring and post the results. One series of postings will consist of rounds from a single game: normally those will be Rounds 2-4 and 6-10. I will normally post the questions as four sets of two rounds each: Rounds 2-3 in one posting, Rounds 4 and 6 in the next, and so on. In the Final, most rounds have 15 questions, and these I'll post one round at a time. For each game, I'll keep a cumulative score over the group of postings, counting your best 6 rounds out of 8 (or 5 out of 7, etc.) -- that way if you miss a set, or if there's a subject you're weak on, you still have a chance to finish well. Each game will be totaled after the last round is posted and scored. In a normal game usually one round is Canadiana (this may also fall under another subject such as history or geography), which those of you in distant places may have some trouble with, but I am including them in the posting series anyway. This is your chance to shine by displaying your knowledge of Canadiana. However, if *nobody* in the newsgroup scores *any* points on a round, which has happened with Canadiana occasionally, then I will score as if that round had never existed. * Scheduling - Current Events I will also do a separate series of postings consisting of current-events rounds only, also to be posted two at a time. These will all appear while they're still reasonably current -- normally within a couple of days of the second of the two original games. For this series I'll accumulating score over all the games from the season, similarly counting the best 9 out of 11. So there will be an overall current-events winner for the season. I'm posting current-events games independently of the posting of other games, so there will normally be a regular game running concurrently with each set of current-events questions. The first pair of current-events rounds will be posted later this week. Current-events rounds generally refer to events that took place the week before the original game, sometimes also the week before that. If answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answer that was correct as of the game date. * Procedures and Scoring The usual rule in our regular league games is that each question goes to an individual who can answer for 2 points without assistance, and if he misses, he can consult his team and try again for 1 point. If the quizmaster judges that an answer is incomplete, she can ask for more details before ruling the answer right or wrong. To maintain the spirit of these rules, I will say that you can give two answers on every question. But I will penalize you if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer. My scoring is: 4 points - if you answer once and are right (or twice, both right) 3 points - if you guess twice and are right only the first time 2 points - if you guess twice and are right only the second time Bonus points may occasionally be available and will be explained in the relevant round. If you give only one answer, but with only some sort of additional comment, please make it clear that that's what you're doing. If there is any doubt I'll assume that you are giving two answers. If I see more than two answers, the third and any later ones will be ignored. Although there is no rule like this in the Canadian Inquisition, where it makes sense I will accept answers that I think are almost close enough (*more than half right*), with a 1-point penalty. But I will reject answers that I do not think are sufficiently specific, since there is no opportunity to ask for clarification when answers are posted in the newsgroup. If I anticipate the possibility of insufficiently specific answers I will try to provide guidance on the individual questions. You must, of course, answer based on your own knowledge and nothing else. You must post all your answers in a single posting. Where a person's name is asked for, *normally you need only give the surname*. If you give another part of the name and you're wrong, your answer is wrong. -- Mark Brader | "(I've been told that I suffer from rampant narcissism. Toronto | Just to confirm the accuracy of this character assessment, msb@vex.net | I have now shared it with the whole world.)" --Laura Spira My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 25 03:03AM Rotating Quiz #268 is over and Stephen Perry is the winner. However, he said he cannot run the next RQ. Bruce Bowler took second place but said he would defer, so Mark Brader in third place gets to do it. The theme was words that are or sound like parts of a ship. The quiz title is from "Anchors Aweigh," which probably didn't help and wasn't really intended to. > 1953. One of his trademarks was a variety of puppet characters such as > White Fang and Pookie the Lion; the other was getting hit in the face > by a pie. Soupy Sales > 2. This American reality show contestant is best known for winning the > first season of Survivor, although he has since appeared on other > shows. More recently he served prison time for tax evasion. Richard Hatch > 3. This alcohol brand, primarily known for bourbon, began in Kentucky > in 1795 although it did not acquire its current name until some time > later. It is currently owned by Suntory Holdings. Jim Beam > 4. This botanical term refers to edible objects produced by woody > plants; soft <answer 4> includes things such as drupes and (true) > berries, while hard <answer 4> includes things such as acorns. mast > in founding the United Nations, the charter for which was drafted by > him and his staff in 1943. He received the 1945 Nobel Peace Prize for > this and other work. Cordell Hull > locally in Washington DC and New York City in the early 1980s and > syndicated nationally from 1986-2005. Since then he has been heard on > SiriusXM and was a judge on America's Got Talent for several seasons. Howard Stern > base for the Prussian/German Baltic fleet in 1865 and was the site of > the sailor's mutiny that sparked the revolution that toppled the > Kaiser. Kiel No, it's not spelled the same as the ship part, but neither is "Sales." And I had enough trouble with the theme without having to match spelling; you'd think there'd be a good way to clue "anchor" (for example), but if there is I didn't find it. (I could have abandoned the theme, I suppose.) > death on a training flight. They are probably best known today for the > 1939 movie The Story of <answer 8> which starred Fred Astaire and > Ginger Rogers. Vernon and Irene Castle > Citizen and ending with The Damagers. In the 1960s four movies > ostensibly based on the books were produced, but they were spoofs > starring Dean Martin and had little actual relation to the books. Matt Helm > indicating that 44% of households played it at some point. While it > declined in popularity after that, it is still played in the US and > many other countries. (Contract) Bridge Scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total ---------------------------------- Stephen 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 Bruce 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 16 Mark 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 14 Erland 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 Dan 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 6 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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