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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 31 12:33AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date. 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup, 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. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of other rounds. For further information see my recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 5 (2017-10-23), Round 1 - Current Events 1. This playoff season is unique in Major League Baseball. The New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs all entered the two league championship series leading to this week's World Series. What makes this so unique and lucrative for baseball? 2. After the Harvey Weinstein scandal in the US focused attention on sexual harassment in the entertainment industry, two more entertainment personalities, this time from Canada, have resigned or been removed from their positions. Name either one. 3. New Zealand gets its youngest prime minister in 50 years after the Labour Party joined with the New Zealand First Party to form a new government this week. She is 37 years old and assumed Labour's leadership in August. Elections on September 23 were inconclusive. Name her. 4. Two key aides for former premier Dalton McGuinty went on trial last week for mischief and criminal breach of trust in connection with the destruction of thousands of email messages and other government records. The email and records were about the government's controversial decision to cancel two gas-fired power plants before the 2011 election. Name either one of the two staffers. 5. These days, in our current economic climate, there aren't too many large strikes. But last week faculty at Ontario's community colleges went on strike, the main issue being the trend to part-time rather than full-time teaching staff. About 70% are now part-time but the union wants that to be 50% or less. The number of students affected by the strike has been variously reported as all the way from 220,000 to 500,000, depending on who is counted, but how many colleges are involved, within 3? 6. Three men died in Fernie, BC, last week as they worked at the town's memorial arena. it is believed the deaths may be the first of their kind in Canada. What was the cause of death? 7. In a bid to avoid sky-high tariffs threatened by the US, Bombardier has announced it plans to sell control of its signature C Series plane to another aircraft manufacturer. Which company has agreed to take over this venture in the hope of new aerospace revenue for the next two decades? 8. A federal court based in Hawaii has blocked a third attempt by the Trump administration to limit entry to the US from six Muslim-majority countries. Visa restrictions will still be permitted, but family members of American citizens and sponsored refugees will not be prohibited from entry. The Supreme Court is soon expected to rule on the issue of keeping out residents of Muslim-majority countries. Name *any three* of the six. (Note: North Korea and Venezuela were also affected by the executive order but are outside the scope of the court case.) 9. In one of the biggest terrorist attacks so far in 2017, 276 people were killed and hundreds more injured by a truck bomb. Name the *city and country* where this took place. 10. In Quebec a controversial new law called the Religious Neutrality Act came into effect this past week. It is intended to prevent Muslim women wearing the niqab from getting government services without showing their faces. However, the provincial government contends it is not discriminating against Muslim women, because what non-religious item would also have to be removed to receive government services under the new act? * Game 6 (2017-10-30), Round 1 - Current Events 1. He played Benson in a hit TV comedy from 1979 to 1986, and he voiced Rafiki in "The Lion King". He died last week at 89. Who was he? 2. This piano-playing rock-and-roller from New Orleans is best known for his cover of the 1940 song "Blueberry Hill". He also died last week at 89. Name him. 3. An African leader has his controversial appointment as a goodwill ambassador for the World Health Organization rescinded after widespread protests. Name him. 4. In Japan, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party coalition won another election victory last week. Name the prime minister who consequently will soon become Japan's longest-serving one. 5. The new US ambassador to Canada, Kelly Craft, who is married to a coal billionaire, made the news with what statement soon after taking office? 6. The manager of the New York Yankees was fired last week after 10 years on the job, including a World Series victory in 2009. Name him. 7. Canadian athletes are tuning up for the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. Our figure skaters won gold medals in two events at Skate Canada. Name *either* the women's singles winner *or both* members of the winning ice-dancing team. 8. What prominent author and feminist activist spoke in Toronto last week at Branksome Hall, a private girls' school? 9. Alberta's newly formed United Conservative Party elected a new leader this past Saturday. Who? 10. The Canada C3 Expedition just ended a 150-day, 23,000 km voyage around Canada's three coasts to mark the country's 150th anniversary year. "Canada C3" ("C3" as in "coast to coast to coast") was the temporary name of the ship used for this journey; what is its usual name? -- Mark Brader | "...not one accident in a hundred deserves the name. Toronto | [This occurrence] was simply the legitimate result msb@vex.net | of carelessness." -- Washington Roebling My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 31 02:00AM -0500 In article <3LSdnUfWQc2LlmXEnZ2dnUU7-RfNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > Cubs all entered the two league championship series leading > to this week's World Series. What makes this so unique and > lucrative for baseball? Among the largest TV markets in the country so advertising will yield much profits > of Muslim-majority countries. Name *any three* of the six. > (Note: North Korea and Venezuela were also affected by the > executive order but are outside the scope of the court case.) Yemen, Somalia, Syria > 1. He played Benson in a hit TV comedy from 1979 to 1986, and > he voiced Rafiki in "The Lion King". He died last week at 89. > Who was he? Robert Guillaume > 2. This piano-playing rock-and-roller from New Orleans is best > known for his cover of the 1940 song "Blueberry Hill". He also > died last week at 89. Name him. Antoine "Fats" Domino > 3. An African leader has his controversial appointment as a > goodwill ambassador for the World Health Organization rescinded > after widespread protests. Name him. Robert Mugabe > 4. In Japan, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party coalition won > another election victory last week. Name the prime minister > who consequently will soon become Japan's longest-serving one. Abe > 6. The manager of the New York Yankees was fired last week after > 10 years on the job, including a World Series victory in 2009. > Name him. Joe Girardi -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 31 12:30AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-10-16, 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Scandals Here's a round on Canadian scandals. Sometimes they involved lawbreaking and time in the good ol' Graybar Hotel. Other times it was just bad judgement that led to huge sums of money being flushed down the toilet. 1. The biggest political corruption in one prairie province's history erupted during the 1990s. Members of the province's former ruling party, including cabinet ministers, were jailed or fined after dummy companies provided receipts for false expense claims. Name the province. 2. One Atlantic province blew $22,000,000 in the 1980s on a hydroponic greenhouse to grow cucumbers. Among the problems was that those cucumbers were more expensive than those already sold in grocery stores. Name the province. 3. Name the BC premier who was forced to resign in 1991 over conflict-of-interest charges related to his sale of a Vancouver-area amusement park called Fantasy Gardens. 4. In the 1960s, a prairie-province government teamed with an Austrian businessman to build a paper and lumber mill in the province's north. With little oversight, the Austrian stole about 1/3 of the $93,000,000 that the province poured into the project. Name this province. 5. Name the Ontario town where 7 people died in 2000 when E. coli bacteria contaminated the water supply. 6. Name the Alberta premier forced to resign in 2014 over a series of spending scandals. They included using government planes for personal travel and building a private penthouse in a government building. 7. Scandal erupted at Toronto City Hall between 2001 and 2005 over the city improperly spending more than $40,000,000 on computer equipment. Many of the allegations centered on a computer salesman (who was the brother of a Toronto Maple Leafs player) and a city councillor. Name either of them. 8. A political scandal was largely blamed for the defeat of David Peterson's Ontario Liberal government in 1990. A Liberal insider was eventually jailed for fraud and breach of trust over illegal contributions to political parties (not just Liberals). Name that insider, who later wrote a book about the affair, and two novels. 9. Name the New Brunswick premier charged in 1984 with possession of marijuana. 10. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the other questions. Arj Oehafjvpx'f ovttrfg svnfpb pnzr va gur 1970f, jura gur cebivapr oyrj zber guna $20,000,000 ba qrirybczrag bs n fcbegf pne jvgu thyy-jvat qbbef. Anzr gur pne. * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Around the Borders First we'll tell you the type of place; then for each question we'll give you a list of the places that surround it, in clockwise order. You, of course, must name the place. For example, if we asked for a US state and said "state of Vermont; provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada; Atlantic Ocean", then you would say "Maine". The first two are about counties of England. (Current ones, that is, including metropolitan counties.) 1. County of Cornwall; Bristol Channel; county of Somerset; county of Dorset; English Channel. Hint: its largest city is Plymouth. 2. County of Lancashire; Greater Manchester; county of Cheshire; Dee Estuary; Irish Sea. Hint: its largest city is Liverpool. The next two are about provinces of Belgium. 3. A country also named <answer 3>; France; provinces of Namur and Liège, Belgium. 4. Netherlands; provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant, and East Flanders, Belgium. Hint: it includes Belgium's largest city, which is also named <answer 4>. The next two are about states of Germany. 5. State of Brandenburg, Germany. (That is, this state surrounds the one you want.) 6. Czechia; Austria; Switzerland; states of Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Thuringia (Thüringen), and Saxony (Sachsen), Germany. Hint: it is the country's largest state by area. The next two are about countries in Asia. 7. China; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Kazakhstan. 8. Caspian Sea; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Afghanistan; Iran. The last two are about seas that are arms of the Mediterranean. Narrow straits (e.g. between Sardinia and Corsica) and small islands are omitted from the lists of bordering places. 9. Sardinia; Corsica; Ligurian Sea; mainland Italy; Sicily; Strait of Sicily; Tunisia; the main Mediterranean Sea. 10. Mainland Italy; Adriatic Sea; Albania; Greece; the main Mediterranean Sea. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | It is never good to adapt the design to the software; msb@vex.net | it should be the other way around. --J.A. Durieux My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 31 01:52AM -0500 In article <t9GdnbQlK9gMl2XEnZ2dnUU7-V_NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > Hint: it is the country's largest state by area. > The next two are about countries in Asia. > 7. China; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Kazakhstan. Tajikistan > 8. Caspian Sea; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Afghanistan; Iran. Turkmenistan -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 30 08:15PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:AsOdnZpKu-fXumnEnZ2dnUU7- > number of scientific papers which she collaborated on during > an affair with the philosopher Voltaire. And she was the first > to translate *which seminal work* by Isaac Newton into French? Principia Mathematica > partner observed that uranium atoms would split when bombarded > with neutrons she calculated the energy that was released, > and coined *what term* for the splitting of an atoms nucleus? Fission > She helped to separate uranium into isotopes, and she disproved > the law of conservation of parity. She was also a part of what > important physics organization or project in the 1940s? Manhattan Project > work using <answer 5>, having discovered the structure of a > number of compounds in the human body such as penicillin, vitamin > B12 -- and which hormone that plays a major role in diabetes? Insulin > pesticides. Years of work lead to the publishing of her book > "Silent Spring", which is credited with the creation of the > EPA as well as the general banning on *what pesticide*? DDT > studying wild chimpanzees. Using present-day place names, > her work began in Gombe Stream National Park -- in which > African country? Tanzania; Kenya > surrounded the Belgian town of Bastogne. When they > demanded the American defenders surrender, what was the > famous one-word reply from the US commander? Nuts > A2. Name the ballet that premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, > in 1892. The Nutcracker > * B. Sports: Professor > B1. Which Hall of Fame manager of the New York Yankees was > nicknamed "The Old Perfessor?" Casey Stengel > B2. Name the CFL Hall of Fame coach who was nicknamed "The > Professor". He won 147 regular season games -- 3rd-best > all time -- and 5 Grey Cups with Toronto and Ottawa. Levy > C1. Jerry Lewis rocketed to stardom through his music-comedy > act with Dean Martin. Within 2 years, how long was the > team of Martin and Lewis together until their angry break-up? 10 > D1. Jerry Lewis raised more than $2,600,000,000 US through > his annual telethon for muscular dystrophy. Within 2 years, > for how many years did Lewis host the Labor Day weekend show? 40; 45 > D2. Muscular dystrophy is a group of more than 30 diseases > which weaken and break down skeletal muscles. Within 2, > how many main categories of the disease are there? 4; 9 > * E. Geography: Lewis > E1. Lewis and Harris is the largest island in which archipelago > off the coast of Scotland? Orkneys > E2. Name the largest community on Lewis and Harris. Hint: > it shares its name with the official residence of the Leader > of the Opposition in Ottawa. Kingston > Exact answer required. > F2. Who was the first American writer to be awarded the Nobel > Prize in literature? First and last name required. Sinclair Lewis Pete Gayde |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 30 05:07PM -0500 In article <AsOdnZpKu-fXumnEnZ2dnUU7-XPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > number of scientific papers which she collaborated on during > an affair with the philosopher Voltaire. And she was the first > to translate *which seminal work* by Isaac Newton into French? Principlia > partner observed that uranium atoms would split when bombarded > with neutrons she calculated the energy that was released, > and coined *what term* for the splitting of an atoms nucleus? fission > work that Watson and Crick built on. What type of imaging did > she use? (After answering this question, please decode the > rot13: Vs lbh whfg fnvq k-enlf, jr arrq zber. Nqq gur erfg.) X-ray crystallography > work using <answer 5>, having discovered the structure of a > number of compounds in the human body such as penicillin, vitamin > B12 -- and which hormone that plays a major role in diabetes? insulin > and is incredibly important for the proliferation and survival > of nerve cells in the human body. The N in NGF stands for > "nerve"; what does the GF mean? growth factor > years later (with better cell imaging) that her work was seen > as revolutionary. She performed almost all of her genetic > experiments on what plant? pea > pesticides. Years of work lead to the publishing of her book > "Silent Spring", which is credited with the creation of the > EPA as well as the general banning on *what pesticide*? DDT > studying wild chimpanzees. Using present-day place names, > her work began in Gombe Stream National Park -- in which > African country? Tanzania > surrounded the Belgian town of Bastogne. When they > demanded the American defenders surrender, what was the > famous one-word reply from the US commander? nuts > A2. Name the ballet that premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, > in 1892. The Nutcracker > * B. Sports: Professor > B1. Which Hall of Fame manager of the New York Yankees was > nicknamed "The Old Perfessor?" Casey Stengel > C1. Jerry Lewis rocketed to stardom through his music-comedy > act with Dean Martin. Within 2 years, how long was the > team of Martin and Lewis together until their angry break-up? 12 > D1. Jerry Lewis raised more than $2,600,000,000 US through > his annual telethon for muscular dystrophy. Within 2 years, > for how many years did Lewis host the Labor Day weekend show? 52 > * E. Geography: Lewis > E1. Lewis and Harris is the largest island in which archipelago > off the coast of Scotland? Inner Hebrides -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 31 12:28AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 3 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER -- though it looks awfully much as though this only happened because Stephen Perry somehow sabotaged himself by skipping Round 9. Hearty congratulations to Joshua anyway! > number of scientific papers which she collaborated on during > an affair with the philosopher Voltaire. And she was the first > to translate *which seminal work* by Isaac Newton into French? "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica". Any short version containing "Principia" was acceptable. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Gareth, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Marc. > She is known as the first woman to have her work published by > the Royal Society. What is her name? (First and last name > required.) Caroline (or Karoline) Herschel. 4 for Dan Tilque. > partner observed that uranium atoms would split when bombarded > with neutrons she calculated the energy that was released, > and coined *what term* for the splitting of an atoms nucleus? Fission. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Marc. > She helped to separate uranium into isotopes, and she disproved > the law of conservation of parity. She was also a part of what > important physics organization or project in the 1940s? Manhattan Project. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Gareth, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > hand in discovering the structure of DNA, as it was mainly her > work that Watson and Crick built on. What type of imaging did > she use? X-ray crystallography. I also accepted x-ray diffraction; "x-ray" alone was insufficient. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Gareth, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > work using <answer 5>, having discovered the structure of a > number of compounds in the human body such as penicillin, vitamin > B12 -- and which hormone that plays a major role in diabetes? Insulin. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Gareth, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Marc. > and is incredibly important for the proliferation and survival > of nerve cells in the human body. The N in NGF stands for > "nerve"; what does the GF mean? "Growth factor". 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Gareth, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > years later (with better cell imaging) that her work was seen > as revolutionary. She performed almost all of her genetic > experiments on what plant? Corn (maize). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. > pesticides. Years of work lead to the publishing of her book > "Silent Spring", which is credited with the creation of the > EPA as well as the general banning on *what pesticide*? Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Jason, Gareth, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Marc. > studying wild chimpanzees. Using present-day place names, > her work began in Gombe Stream National Park -- in which > African country? Tanzania. 4 for Joshua, Jason, and Marc. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. This came up on the 2017-10-20 episode of "Jeopardy!", but in their case they mentioned the country and asked for her name. It was answered correctly. > surrounded the Belgian town of Bastogne. When they > demanded the American defenders surrender, what was the > famous one-word reply from the US commander? "Nuts!" (said Gen. Anthony McAuliffe). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Marc. > A2. Name the ballet that premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, > in 1892. "The Nutcracker" (or "Shchyelkunchk"). No points for "Nutcracker Suite", which is just some of the music from the ballet played on its own. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Gareth, Calvin, Pete, and Marc. > * B. Sports: Professor > B1. Which Hall of Fame manager of the New York Yankees was > nicknamed "The Old Perfessor?" Casey Stengel. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Pete, and Marc. > B2. Name the CFL Hall of Fame coach who was nicknamed "The > Professor". He won 147 regular season games -- 3rd-best > all time -- and 5 Grey Cups with Toronto and Ottawa. Frank Clair. 4 for Stephen. > C1. Jerry Lewis rocketed to stardom through his music-comedy > act with Dean Martin. Within 2 years, how long was the > team of Martin and Lewis together until their angry break-up? 10 (accepting 8-12). The years were 1946-56. 4 for Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Pete, and Marc. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Calvin. > dean of the college that Rodney Dangerfield's character > decides to attend. What was the surname of Beatty's > character? Martin. ("Dean Martin", get it?) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Jason. 3 for Stephen. > D1. Jerry Lewis raised more than $2,600,000,000 US through > his annual telethon for muscular dystrophy. Within 2 years, > for how many years did Lewis host the Labor Day weekend show? 45 (accepting 43-47) years: 1966-2010 inclusive. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. 2 for Pete. > D2. Muscular dystrophy is a group of more than 30 diseases > which weaken and break down skeletal muscles. Within 2, > how many main categories of the disease are there? 9 (accepting 7-11). 4 for Stephen and Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum, Gareth, Calvin, and Pete. > * E. Geography: Lewis > E1. Lewis and Harris is the largest island in which archipelago > off the coast of Scotland? Outer Hebrides (Hebrides was sufficient; also accepting Western Isles; and since this question had no warning analogous to the standard "give more than the surname at your own risk" for questions asking for a name, I decided to also accept the Inner Hebrides. 4 for Peter, Stephen, Gareth, Dan Tilque, and Marc. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum. > E2. Name the largest community on Lewis and Harris. Hint: > it shares its name with the official residence of the Leader > of the Opposition in Ottawa. Stornoway. 4 for Peter, Stephen, and Gareth. > * F. Literature: Lewis > F1. Lewis Carroll's first book was published in 1865. Name it. > Exact answer required. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". 4 for Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. No points for "Alice's Adventures Underground", which was only the book's working title before publication. A protest of this answer in the original game was denied. > F2. Who was the first American writer to be awarded the Nobel > Prize in literature? First and last name required. Sinclair Lewis (in 1930). The category title might have been a hint. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete. 2 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can Geo Lit Spo Ent Mis Sci Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 8 32 36 40 36 32 24 34 210 Stephen Perry -- -- 40 40 40 36 0 47 203 Gareth Owen -- -- 32 33 36 36 28 26 191 Dan Blum 7 16 32 20 28 22 32 23 157 Peter Smyth 8 29 4 40 28 12 28 20 157 Pete Gayde 0 9 16 32 32 20 23 24 147 "Calvin" 9 26 8 36 27 24 16 15 144 Dan Tilque 4 24 20 28 -- -- 36 12 124 Erland Sommarskog 0 28 7 29 0 20 12 8 104 Jason Kreitzer 0 4 8 8 32 16 8 12 84 Marc Dashevsky -- -- 32 0 -- -- 28 20 80 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | WARNING: This Product Warps Space and Time msb@vex.net | in Its Vicinity. --JIR My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 31 03:23AM Rotating Quiz #272 is over and Stephen Perry is the winner. He may set RQ #273 and hopefully will attract more entrants. The theme is numbers, specifically those from 1-10; each question has some relation to a different number, but not its own. > traditional stories are applied to Br'er Rabbit. In the current > American Gods TV series he is played by Orlando Jones. Any of the > common names used for the character will be accepted. Anansi. He often appears as a spider. > designated him heir to the French throne, but sadly for the English he > died unexpectedly two months before the French king, prolonging the > Hundred Years' War. Henry V. The intended line of reasoning to get to the answer (other than eliminating numbers 1-4) is "which king had that kind of leverage?" Agincourt was the leverage. > never built, which was probably just as well since Rodin was still > working on the sculpture when he died, 32 years after the original > delivery date. The Gates of Hell. This is specifically Dante's Hell which has nine circles. > 4. This English-Irish boy band took third place on The X Factor in > 2010 and then were signed by Simon Cowell's label. They have released > five albums. One Direction > 5. This Westminster site near Charing Cross was originally occupied by > the Royal Mews, but after George IV moved those it was (slowly) > developed into its current open form. Trafalgar Square > relinquish the kingship of their city to his brother as they > agreed. The brother gets an army and invades, as one does. Please give > the usual English title. Seven Against Thebes "The Oresteia" is the name of a trilogy, not a play, and in any case it's a different trilogy. > 7. This is the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Godfather Part II > latter part of the Peloponnesian War but is probably best known for > his account of the march or Greek mercenaries to the Battle of Cunaxa > and back again; he was one of the leaders of the return journey. Xenophon. The group of mercenaries is commonly known as "the Ten Thousand." Admittedly a bit weak. > 9. This Chinese hydroelectric facility is the world's largest power > station measured by rated capacity, and the second-largest measured by > annual power generation (in 2016, anyway). Three Gorges Dam > 10. In World War II the Allied Operation Neptune was an > appropriately-named phase of what larger operation? Operation Overlord. Neptune was the D-Day landing, which occurred on the sixth day of the sixth month. "D-Day" I am giving just one point since it really refers to Neptune itself. Scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total ---------------------------------- Stephen 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 12 Peter 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 7 Calvin 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 Marc 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 Mark Brader did not officially enter but his unofficial slate would have been worth 8 points. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 30 08:29PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 What carmaker manufactures the iconic 911 model, a two-door > sports coupe? Porsche > 2 Branches of which tree appear on the UN flag? Olive > characters in which classic radio show? > 4 Before going solo, > British singer Morrissey was front man for which 1980s band? The Clash > 5 Which 1982 Oscar-nominated film starred Julie Andrews playing a > transvestite entertainer? Victor/Victoria > 7 Daniel Handler wrote the children's book series 'A > Series of Unfortunate Events' under what pen name? [BOTH names > required] Lemony Snicket > 8 Super 8, Grandeur 70 and Omnimax are varieties of what? Film > 9 Who played the title role in the 1995 film 'Rob Roy'? > 10 Will Smith received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his title > role in which 2001 biopic? Ali > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 30 05:16PM -0500 In article <b59446c2-b32f-4459-bce4-5843ce28b408@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 What carmaker manufactures the iconic 911 model, a two-door sports coupe? Porsche > 2 Branches of which tree appear on the UN flag? olive > 3 Eccles, Neddie Seagoon and Hercules Grytpype-Thynne were characters in which classic radio show? > 4 Before going solo, British singer Morrissey was front man for which 1980s band? > 5 Which 1982 Oscar-nominated film starred Julie Andrews playing a transvestite entertainer? Victor Victoria > 6 What three-word sentence is inadvertently formed by the titles of the 6th, 7th and 8th books of the Bible? Joshua judges Ruth. > 7 Daniel Handler wrote the children's book series 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' under what pen name? [BOTH names required] Lemony Snickett > 8 Super 8, Grandeur 70 and Omnimax are varieties of what? motion picture film formats > 9 Who played the title role in the 1995 film 'Rob Roy'? > 10 Will Smith received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his title role in which 2001 biopic? Ali -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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