- QFTCISG Game 10, Rounds 4,6: last art, HHOF - 3 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #279 - 3 Updates
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 18 02:39PM -0600 In article <K_-dnVshg8jxhcLHnZ2dnUU7-YnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > no points. > 1. "La Gerbe" (1953). > 2. "A Bar at the Folies Bergère" (1882). Manet > 3. "Christ Carrying the Cross" (1535). > 4. "Victory Boogie Woogie" (1944). > 5. Untitled (1940). Mondrian > 11. "The Swallow's Tail" (1983). > 12. "Simeon with the Christ Child in the Temple" (1669). > 13. "Two Dancers Resting" (1896). Degas -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 19 03:41AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:K_-dnVshg8jxhcLHnZ2dnUU7- > From the title (sometimes translated into English) and the year > of the painting, you name the artist. > 1. "La Gerbe" (1953). Matisse > 2. "A Bar at the Folies Bergère" (1882). Toulouse-Lautrec > 4. "Victory Boogie Woogie" (1944). Mondrian > 5. Untitled (1940). Miro > 6. (Decoy) Self-portrait (1972). Picasso > 11. "The Swallow's Tail" (1983). Dali > 12. "Simeon with the Christ Child in the Temple" (1669). Rembrandt > 13. "Two Dancers Resting" (1896). Degas > award is named for which pioneer hockey broadcaster? > 2. Who resigned his Hockey Hall of Fame membership in 1998 after > pleading guilty to criminal charges? Eagleson > In fact Toronto was not the first choice for the site. > Which eastern Ontario city originally go the nod, but then > couldn't get the project done? Ottawa > admitted to the Hall of Fame this year. > 5. Joining the Hall this year as a builder is Jeremy Jacobs, > the owner since 1975 of which "Original Six" NHL team? Boston Bruins; New York Rangers > 6. Four NHL players were admitted this year: Dave Andreychuk, > Paul Kariya, Mark Recchi, and Temmu Selanne. Which one of them > played for the Toronto Maple Leafs? Dave Andreychuk; Mark Recchi > Please decode the rot13 for the remaining questions only after > you have finished with #7. Well, that's going to be difficult, since #7 is itself encoded in rot13, but I assume I know what you mean. > 8. Cnhy Xnevln cynlrq va 2 Bylzcvpf sbe Pnanqn naq sbe 4 AUY grnzf > bire 15 frnfbaf. Anzr *nal bar* bs gubfr 4 AUY grnzf. Vancouver Canucks > 10. Grrzh Frynaar fpberq 684 AUY tbnyf naq urycrq Nanurvz jva gur > Fgnayrl Phc va 2007. Gur "Svaavfu Synfu" fgvyy ubyqf gur erpbeq > bs 76 tbnyf ol n ebbxvr, frg va 1992-93 jvgu juvpu Pnanqvna grnz? Edmonton Oilers -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 19 12:58AM -0600 Mark Brader: > > Please decode the rot13 for the remaining questions only after > > you have finished with #7. Joshua Kreitzer: > Well, that's going to be difficult, since #7 is itself encoded in rot13... But 13 - 7 = 6, doesn't it? *Really* now! :-) -- Mark Brader "Although I have not seen any mention of SoftQuad Toronto or HoTMetaL in the magazine, it is certainly msb@vex.net worth while reading." -- Selwyn Wener |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jan 18 11:08AM Gareth Owen wrote: > Usual RQ rules apply, Closing 00:01 AM GMT, Sunday 21st Jan. > 1. Which candidate won the third highest share of the popular vote in the 2016 > US Presidential Election? McMullen > 2. Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in an > acting category? Washington > 3. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes? Curie > 4. Who, in 1997, became the youngest person to win a Grammy award? Spears > 5. Which gymnast was first to record a perfect 10 in an Olympic > gymnastics competition? Comaneci > owner? > Tie break: The highest and lowest points of the continental United > States are both in Californa. How far apart are they? 584km Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 18 04:41PM +0100 > 1. Which candidate won the third highest share of the popular vote in > the 2016 > US Presidential Election? Jill Smith > 3. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes? Marie Curie > 5. Which gymnast was first to record a perfect 10 in an Olympic > gymnastics competition? Nadia Comaneci > 7. Who is presently Prime Minister of New Zealand? It's no longer Helen Clark, that's all I know. > Tie break: The highest and lowest points of the continental United > States are both in Californa. How far apart are they? 1200 km |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 18 02:42PM -0600 In article <87mv1cnu1k.fsf@gmail.com>, gwowen@gmail.com says... > Usual RQ rules apply, Closing 00:01 AM GMT, Sunday 21st Jan. > 1. Which candidate won the third highest share of the popular vote in the 2016 > US Presidential Election? Sanders > 2. Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in an > acting category? Poitier > 3. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes? Marie Curie > gymnastics competition? > 6. Which Hollywood star also made breakthroughs in the field of radio > communications, including frequency hopping and spread spectrum? Dorothy Lamour > 7. Who is presently Prime Minister of New Zealand? > 8. The recent film "The Post" stars Meryl Streep as which newspaper > owner? Graham -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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