- Rotating Quiz #271 - 12 Updates
- QFTCISG Game 2, Rounds 4,6: museums, big stadiums - 7 Updates
- QFTCISG Game 2, Rounds 2-3 answers: PM quotes, streets - 1 Update
- Rotating Quiz #270 RESULTS - 2 Updates
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 10 03:07PM 1. Ethan Allen, militia leader (1727) 25. James Wolfe, general (1739) 17. Sacagawea, expedition member (1751) 21. John M.W. Turner, artist (1763) 11. Pierre Laval, politician (1775) 15. Auguste Renoir, artist (1787) 14. Aleksandr Pushkin, author (1799) 20. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author (1811) 3. John Jacob Astor I, businessman (1823) 13. Elisha Otis, inventor (1835) 4. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1847) 18. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer (1859) 9. Pierre Curie, scientist (1871) 22. William "Boss" Tweed, politician (1883) 16. Babe Ruth, baseball player (1895) 8. Stephen Crane, author (1907) 6. Rachel Carson, scientist (1919) 19. William Shatner, actor (1931) 10. John Kerry, politician (1943) 2. Pamela Anderson, actress (1955) 5. Mark Brader, computer programmer (1967) 23. Nik Wallenda, daredevil (1979) 12. Kawhi Leonard, basketball player (1991) 24. Quvenzhané Wallis, actress (2003) 7. Charlotte of Cambridge, princess (2015) Peter Smyth |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 10 04:18PM -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 10 09:03PM +0200 > turnout. I'm reusing the same idea this time, but I've tweaked > some details to make it easier, in the hope that more people will > enter this time. If memory serves, I actually put quite some effort into that quiz, as I was on a flight with lot of time. Not so this time. This is the result with moving around names in Excel to place the persons I know of in reasonable years. 15. Auguste Renoir, artist 17. Sacagawea, expedition member 3. John Jacob Astor I, businessman 22. William "Boss" Tweed, politician 25. James Wolfe, general 8. Stephen Crane, author 1. Ethan Allen, militia leader 21. John M.W. Turner, artist 4. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor 14. Aleksandr Pushkin, author 13. Elisha Otis, inventor 18. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer 9. Pierre Curie, scientist 20. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author 16. Babe Ruth, baseball player 11. Pierre Laval, politician 6. Rachel Carson, scientist 24. Quvenzhané Wallis, actress 10. John Kerry, politician 5. Mark Brader, computer programmer 2. Pamela Anderson, actress 12. Kawhi Leonard, basketball player 23. Nik Wallenda, daredevil 19. William Shatner, actor 7. Charlotte of Cambridge, princess -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 10 07:14PM > I know of in reasonable years. > 19. William Shatner, actor > 7. Charlotte of Cambridge, princess This implies you haven't heard of William Shatner. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 10 03:13PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > > 19. William Shatner, actor > > 7. Charlotte of Cambridge, princess Dan Blum: > This implies you haven't heard of William Shatner. Just imagine, it's as if he lived in a foreign country or something. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "The Dopeler effect: dumb ideas sound smarter msb@vex.net | when they come at you in a hurry." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 10 11:08PM +0200 >> 19. William Shatner, actor >> 7. Charlotte of Cambridge, princess > This implies you haven't heard of William Shatner. Your observation is entirely correct. There are quite a few people on the list, I have never heard of. Given the occupations given, it seems most likely that the person on this slot would be an actor(ess). I mean, James Wolfe seemed less likely to me, as you generally are named general at that low age. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 11 12:58AM > Dan Blum: > > This implies you haven't heard of William Shatner. > Just imagine, it's as if he lived in a foreign country or something. Star Trek is pretty popular. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 10 06:54PM -0700 On Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 6:46:47 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > turnout. I'm reusing the same idea this time, but I've tweaked > some details to make it easier, in the hope that more people will > enter this time. Nice idea. It's good to see something original. 1. James Wolfe, general 2. Sacagawea, expedition member 3. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author 4. Ethan Allen, militia leader 5. Nik Wallenda, daredevil 6. William "Boss" Tweed, politician 7. John Jacob Astor I, businessman 8. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer 9. Pierre Laval, politician 10 John M.W. Turner, artist 11 Auguste Renoir, artist 12 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor 13 Pierre Curie, scientist 14 Elisha Otis, inventor 15 Babe Ruth, baseball player 16 Aleksandr Pushkin, author 17 Rachel Carson, scientist 18 William Shatner, actor 19 John Kerry, politician 20 Mark Brader, computer programmer 21 Pamela Anderson, actress 22 Stephen Crane, author 23 Kawhi Leonard, basketball player 24 Quvenzhané Wallis, actress 25 Charlotte of Cambridge, princess cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 10 10:56PM -0500 Mark Brader: >> Back in 2013, I had an idea for RQ 120 that I thought was >> interesting, but... "Calvin": > Nice idea. It's good to see something original. Thanks, but it wasn't. It was used in 2013. -- Mark Brader "Men are animals." Toronto "What are women? Plants, birds, fish?" msb@vex.net -- Spider Robinson, "Night of Power" |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 11 07:11AM > Star Trek is pretty popular. Never seen it. All I know about Star Trek that it includes some character called Spock and who has a beard. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 11 05:37AM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > Never seen it. All I know about Star Trek that it includes some character > called Spock and who has a beard. Well, no it isn't. Or not normally, anyway. http://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/2/27/Spock%2C_2267.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070802000211&path-prefix=en Or in recent years: http://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/1/16/Spock_%28alternate_reality%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161025010443&path-prefix=en -- Mark Brader | ...I'm comfortably ensconced with a warm newsgroup Toronto | so I'm asking the assembled multitude here... msb@vex.net | --Stephanie Mitchell My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 11 10:51AM >> Never seen it. All I know about Star Trek that it includes some character >> called Spock and who has a beard. > Well, no it isn't. Or not normally, anyway. Maybe they have phased out that character. That was something I heard about in year 2000 as I was introduced to the group Spock's Beard. That was a while, so I can understand that he is no longer in the show. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 10 12:26PM > * Game 2, Round 4 - Arts and Literature - Art Museums > 1. Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia > 2. Salvador Dal? Museum. Tampa > 3. Uffizi Gallery. Florence > 4. Prado Museum. Madrid > 5. Mus?e D'Orsay. Paris > 6. Getty Museum. Los Angeles > 7. Rijksmuseum ["Rikes Museum"]. Amsterdam > 8. Picasso Museum. Paris; Madrid > 9. Rubens House. Brussels; Rotterdam > 10. Guggenheim Museum -- *not* New York, please, but any of the > other ones. Barcelona > Boasting seating for 114,000, it also hosts athletics and > festivals such as the Arirang Festival. In which *country* > can you find this stadium? Indonesia; Malaysia > hosted a team in of North America's "big four" sports leagues. > It currently is the temporary home for a recently moved team; > it is also the home of the USC Trojans football team. Name it. Rose Bowl > does not host either soccer or American football. It instead > hosts events organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association. > Name any sport that is hosted there. shinty > 8. The largest stadium in the NHL has seating for around 21,000. > Built in the mid-1990s, it hosts one of the league's most > storied franchises. Give the current name of this stadium. TD Garden > It hosts one of the events in the triple crown of motor sports, > a race that has been run since 1911. Best not to compete if you > are lactose intolerant. Give the venue's full name or nickname. Brickyard > venue, seating upwards of 260,000, until recent renovations. > It is host to the oldest endurance road race in the world, where > a team of drivers race for an extended period. Name that race. 24 Hours of Le Mans -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 10 01:08PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:w8idnWfL_tE4H0HEnZ2dnUU7- > We give you the name of a famous museum; you name the city it's in. > Some of the names have been translated into English. > 1. Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia > 2. Salvador Dalí Museum. St. Petersburg, Florida, USA > 3. Uffizi Gallery. Florence > 4. Prado Museum. Madrid > 5. Musée D'Orsay. Paris > 6. Getty Museum. Los Angeles > 7. Rijksmuseum ["Rikes Museum"]. Amsterdam > 8. Picasso Museum. Madrid > 9. Rubens House. Amsterdam > 10. Guggenheim Museum -- *not* New York, please, but any of the > other ones. Bilbao > Boasting seating for 114,000, it also hosts athletics and > festivals such as the Arirang Festival. In which *country* > can you find this stadium? North Korea > 2. The next-largest stadium is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and > is home to the University of Michigan's Wolverines. With seating > for approximately 107,000, it has earned what *nickname*? the Big House > 3. The largest soccer-only stadium in the world has seating of > 99,000. Located in Barcelona, Spain, and home to Barcelona FC, > what is the name of this huge stadium? Camp Nou > hosted a team in of North America's "big four" sports leagues. > It currently is the temporary home for a recently moved team; > it is also the home of the USC Trojans football team. Name it. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum > does not host either soccer or American football. It instead > hosts events organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association. > Name any sport that is hosted there. Gaelic football > With seating for 56,000, it is the home of a West Division CFL > team, as well as for select games for this city's soccer team > in the Canadian championship. What is the stadium? B.C. Place > It hosts one of the events in the triple crown of motor sports, > a race that has been run since 1911. Best not to compete if you > are lactose intolerant. Give the venue's full name or nickname. Indianapolis Motor Speedway > venue, seating upwards of 260,000, until recent renovations. > It is host to the oldest endurance road race in the world, where > a team of drivers race for an extended period. Name that race. 24 Hours of Le Mans -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 10 02:04PM On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 03:19:49 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > We give you the name of a famous museum; you name the city it's in. Some > of the names have been translated into English. > 1. Hermitage Museum. St Petersburg Russia > 2. Salvador Dalí Museum. > 3. Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy > 4. Prado Museum. Madrid > 5. Musée D'Orsay. Paris > 6. Getty Museum. Los Angeles > 7. Rijksmuseum ["Rikes Museum"]. Amsterdam > 8. Picasso Museum. Barcelona > 9. Rubens House. > 10. Guggenheim Museum -- *not* New York, please, but any of the > other ones. Bilbao > Both are located in and around London. One Wembley, is the home of > the English national soccer team; the other is the home of the > English national *rugby* team. What is that latter stadium's name? Twickenham > It hosts one of the events in the triple crown of motor sports, a > race that has been run since 1911. Best not to compete if you are > lactose intolerant. Give the venue's full name or nickname. Indianapolis Motor Speedway > venue, seating upwards of 260,000, until recent renovations. > It is host to the oldest endurance road race in the world, where a > team of drivers race for an extended period. Name that race. The 24 hours of Le Mans |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 10 02:34PM Mark Brader wrote: > Some of the names have been translated into English. > 1. Hermitage Museum. > 2. Salvador Dalí Museum. Madrid > 3. Uffizi Gallery. > 4. Prado Museum. Rome > 5. Musée D'Orsay. Paris > 6. Getty Museum. > 7. Rijksmuseum ["Rikes Museum"]. Amsterdam > 8. Picasso Museum. Madrid > Boasting seating for 114,000, it also hosts athletics and > festivals such as the Arirang Festival. In which country > can you find this stadium? North Korea > 3. The largest soccer-only stadium in the world has seating of > 99,000. Located in Barcelona, Spain, and home to Barcelona FC, > what is the name of this huge stadium? Nou Camp > hosted a team in of North America's "big four" sports leagues. > It currently is the temporary home for a recently moved team; > it is also the home of the USC Trojans football team. Name it. Rose Bowl > home of the English national soccer team; the other is the > home of the English national rugby team. What is that latter > stadium's name? Twickenham > does not host either soccer or American football. It instead > hosts events organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association. > Name any sport that is hosted there. Hurling (it did host some soccer games while Lansdowne Road was being redeveloped) > 8. The largest stadium in the NHL has seating for around 21,000. > Built in the mid-1990s, it hosts one of the league's most > storied franchises. Give the current name of this stadium. Madison Square Garden > It hosts one of the events in the triple crown of motor sports, > a race that has been run since 1911. Best not to compete if you > are lactose intolerant. Give the venue's full name or nickname. Indianapolis Speedway > venue, seating upwards of 260,000, until recent renovations. > It is host to the oldest endurance road race in the world, where > a team of drivers race for an extended period. Name that race. 24 Hours of Le Mans > question, the name of the race includes the name of the city, > but there's more to it. If you only mentioned the city, go back > and add the rest. Peter Smyth |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 10 10:47AM -0500 In article <w8idnWfL_tE4H0HEnZ2dnUU7-IXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > We give you the name of a famous museum; you name the city it's in. > Some of the names have been translated into English. > 1. Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia > 2. Salvador Dalí Museum. Madrid > 3. Uffizi Gallery. Florence > 4. Prado Museum. Madrid > 5. Musée D'Orsay. Paris > 6. Getty Museum. Los Angeles > 7. Rijksmuseum ["Rikes Museum"]. Amsterdam > hosted a team in of North America's "big four" sports leagues. > It currently is the temporary home for a recently moved team; > it is also the home of the USC Trojans football team. Name it. Los Angeles Coliseum > 8. The largest stadium in the NHL has seating for around 21,000. > Built in the mid-1990s, it hosts one of the league's most > storied franchises. Give the current name of this stadium. TD Garden > It hosts one of the events in the triple crown of motor sports, > a race that has been run since 1911. Best not to compete if you > are lactose intolerant. Give the venue's full name or nickname. Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 10 08:45PM +0200 > We give you the name of a famous museum; you name the city it's in. > Some of the names have been translated into English. > 1. Hermitage Museum. Rome > 2. Salvador Dalí Museum. Madrid > 3. Uffizi Gallery. Firenze > 4. Prado Museum. Milano > 5. Musée D'Orsay. Paris > 6. Getty Museum. New York > 7. Rijksmuseum ["Rikes Museum"]. Amsterdam > 8. Picasso Museum. Barcelona > 9. Rubens House. Antwerpen > 10. Guggenheim Museum -- *not* New York, please, but any of the > other ones. Bilbao > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs nal bs lbhe > nafjref jnf whfg "Fg. Crgrefohet", lbh zhfg nyfb anzr gur pbhagel. > Tb onpx naq nqq vg. Damn! I looked at the name and said to myself that's a very well known museum, and I should know where it is. But who the hum-hum would think that it would be a museum in Florida? Even a quiz master should know that! (And it's the second quiz in a row where I overlook Russia.) > Boasting seating for 114,000, it also hosts athletics and > festivals such as the Arirang Festival. In which *country* > can you find this stadium? North Korea > 3. The largest soccer-only stadium in the world has seating of > 99,000. Located in Barcelona, Spain, and home to Barcelona FC, > what is the name of this huge stadium? Camp Nou > home of the English national soccer team; the other is the > home of the English national *rugby* team. What is that latter > stadium's name? Twickenham > does not host either soccer or American football. It instead > hosts events organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association. > Name any sport that is hosted there. Gaelic Football -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 10 06:44PM -0700 On Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 6:19:55 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > We give you the name of a famous museum; you name the city it's in. > Some of the names have been translated into English. > 1. Hermitage Museum. St Petersburg in Russia > 2. Salvador Dalí Museum. Madrid, Barcelona > 3. Uffizi Gallery. Milan > 4. Prado Museum. Madrid, Barcelona > 5. Musée D'Orsay. Paris > 6. Getty Museum. New York, Chicago > 7. Rijksmuseum ["Rikes Museum"]. Amsterdam > 8. Picasso Museum. Madrid, Barcelona > 9. Rubens House. Antwerp, Amsterdam > 10. Guggenheim Museum -- *not* New York, please, but any of the > other ones. Valencia > Boasting seating for 114,000, it also hosts athletics and > festivals such as the Arirang Festival. In which *country* > can you find this stadium? North Korea > 2. The next-largest stadium is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and > is home to the University of Michigan's Wolverines. With seating > for approximately 107,000, it has earned what *nickname*? Big W, Big M > 3. The largest soccer-only stadium in the world has seating of > 99,000. Located in Barcelona, Spain, and home to Barcelona FC, > what is the name of this huge stadium? Noue Camp > home of the English national soccer team; the other is the > home of the English national *rugby* team. What is that latter > stadium's name? Twickenham > does not host either soccer or American football. It instead > hosts events organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association. > Name any sport that is hosted there. Hurling, Gaelic Football > venue, seating upwards of 260,000, until recent renovations. > It is host to the oldest endurance road race in the world, where > a team of drivers race for an extended period. Name that race. Le Mans 24 hour race cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 10 08:40PM +0200 >> 5. In which European city would you find Varvaka St., the oldest >> street in the city, known for its churches and medieval sites? > Moscow. Of course! No, I have not heard of the street. And I have not been to Moscow. But I should have added one and one together and taken a Slavic city I have not been to (the name does have a Slavic feel), and in that case there is only one choice. No one would ask about Minsk or Samara. They could ask about St Petersburg, but in that they ask about Nevski Prospekt. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 10 12:19PM > As I understand from the entry for "stoll", this an horisontal shaft with > an entry to the land around (that would explain dag-). I believe "ort" > can refer to any horizontal shaft, including those deep underground. I checked some Swedish dictionaries and they didn't even mention this meaning, which is odd. > Mining is certainly not my area. Yeah, not mine either. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 10 08:33PM +0200 > I checked some Swedish dictionaries and they didn't even mention this > meaning, which is odd. I checked my quite comprehensive dictionary - now an app in my phone, very handy! - and it translates "ort" in the mining meaning as "drift" or "gallery" which you did not approve of. Case closed. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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