Saturday, February 17, 2018

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 8 updates in 3 topics

"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Feb 16 02:05PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> B1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b1.png
 
> The letter Q as shown is used to represent what set of
> numbers?
Rational numbers
> B2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b2.png
 
> This type of rectangular array of numbers is known by
> what term?
Matrix
> and post news and edicts. This famous stela was used to
> post the laws of ancient Mesopotamia. Give the common name
> of these laws, also the name of this object.
Code of Hammurabi
> nights and consisted of three series: "Columbo", "MacMillan
> and Wife", and what third series that was also named after
> its lead character?
Magnum PI
> beside it. If the upcard is a joker, deuce, or three, one
> or more additional cards must be turned upon it until a
> "natural" card (a four or higher) appears.
 
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 16 06:42AM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> the natural use of light and color. Its topics were more
> abstract and symbolic than real subjects. Key artists were
> Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat.
 
Impressionism
 
 
> B1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b1.png
 
> The letter Q as shown is used to represent what set of
> numbers?
 
transcendental ?
 
 
> B2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b2.png
 
> This type of rectangular array of numbers is known by
> what term?
 
matrix
 
> with different boundaries, starting around the 6th century.
> It was eventually absorbed by the Swiss Confederation and
> the Kingdom of France. Name it.
 
Burgundy
 
 
> Empire B had several incarnations. The first empire was
> founded around 681. The empire ended by 1018, surrendering
> to the Byzantines. Name it.
 
Serbian
 
> having been ruled by Visigoths and Moors. It was one of
> the first areas to be conquered during the "reconquista"
> and existed as a kingdom until 1230.
 
Léon
 
> and post news and edicts. This famous stela was used to
> post the laws of ancient Mesopotamia. Give the common name
> of these laws, also the name of this object.
 
code of Hammerabi
 
> 37 internal bronze gears, and is capable of many different
> astronomical functions. It is named after the place where
> it was found. What is it named?
 
Antikythera mechanism
 
> nights and consisted of three series: "Columbo", "MacMillan
> and Wife", and what third series that was also named after
> its lead character?
 
McCloud
 
> placed on the table; it is the trump card and every card
> of that suit is a trump. The remainder of the pack forms
> the stock and is placed face down.
 
Canasta
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 16 02:52PM

> romantic, or folk styles of decoration. Key artists were
> William Morris, Tiffany Studios, and the Newcomb pottery
> studio.
 
Arts & Crafts
 
> the natural use of light and color. Its topics were more
> abstract and symbolic than real subjects. Key artists were
> Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat.
 
Art Nouveau
 
 
> B1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b1.png
 
> The letter Q as shown is used to represent what set of
> numbers?
 
complex numbers; quaternions
 
> B2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b2.png
 
> This type of rectangular array of numbers is known by
> what term?
 
matrix
 
> with different boundaries, starting around the 6th century.
> It was eventually absorbed by the Swiss Confederation and
> the Kingdom of France. Name it.
 
Provence; Burgundy
 
 
> Empire B had several incarnations. The first empire was
> founded around 681. The empire ended by 1018, surrendering
> to the Byzantines. Name it.
 
Bulgars
 
> having been ruled by Visigoths and Moors. It was one of
> the first areas to be conquered during the "reconquista"
> and existed as a kingdom until 1230.
 
Castile; Leon
 
> and post news and edicts. This famous stela was used to
> post the laws of ancient Mesopotamia. Give the common name
> of these laws, also the name of this object.
 
Code of Hammurabi
 
> 37 internal bronze gears, and is capable of many different
> astronomical functions. It is named after the place where
> it was found. What is it named?
 
Antikythera device
 
> nights and consisted of three series: "Columbo", "MacMillan
> and Wife", and what third series that was also named after
> its lead character?
 
Baretta
 
> E2. The next two seasons on Sunday night saw a fourth
> series in the rotation, featuring Richard Boone as a
> gunfighter-turned-detective. Name it.
 
Paladin
 
> 4 cards are placed face down in the middle of the table.
> The top card is turned face up; this card initially sets
> the trump suit.
 
pinochle; euchre
 
> placed on the table; it is the trump card and every card
> of that suit is a trump. The remainder of the pack forms
> the stock and is placed face down.
 
euchre; pinochle
 
> beside it. If the upcard is a joker, deuce, or three, one
> or more additional cards must be turned upon it until a
> "natural" card (a four or higher) appears.
 
sheepshead; euchre
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 16 10:00AM -0600

In article <woWdnSVT2qrF5xvHnZ2dnUU7-cnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> romantic, or folk styles of decoration. Key artists were
> William Morris, Tiffany Studios, and the Newcomb pottery
> studio.
Arts and Crafts
 
> the natural use of light and color. Its topics were more
> abstract and symbolic than real subjects. Key artists were
> Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat.
Post-Impressionism
 
> previous movement. Their style was ornate and used light
> colors, asymmetrical designs, curves, and gold. Key artists
> were Antoine Watteau and Thomas Chippendale
Rococo

 
> B2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b2.png
 
> This type of rectangular array of numbers is known by
> what term?
matrix
 
> having been ruled by Visigoths and Moors. It was one of
> the first areas to be conquered during the "reconquista"
> and existed as a kingdom until 1230.
Castille
 
> and post news and edicts. This famous stela was used to
> post the laws of ancient Mesopotamia. Give the common name
> of these laws, also the name of this object.
Hammurabi's code
 
> 37 internal bronze gears, and is capable of many different
> astronomical functions. It is named after the place where
> it was found. What is it named?
something Greek
 
> nights and consisted of three series: "Columbo", "MacMillan
> and Wife", and what third series that was also named after
> its lead character?
McCloud [loved it]
 
> respectively starring Richard Widmark and James Farentino,
> lasted only one seaon. The third lasted two seasons.
> Name *any one* of the three.
Madigan
 
> 4 cards are placed face down in the middle of the table.
> The top card is turned face up; this card initially sets
> the trump suit.
pitch
 
 
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 17 12:00AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:woWdnSVT2qrF5xvHnZ2dnUU7-
> the natural use of light and color. Its topics were more
> abstract and symbolic than real subjects. Key artists were
> Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat.
 
Impressionism
 
> previous movement. Their style was ornate and used light
> colors, asymmetrical designs, curves, and gold. Key artists
> were Antoine Watteau and Thomas Chippendale
 
Rococo
 
 
> B2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b2.png
 
> This type of rectangular array of numbers is known by
> what term?
 
Matrix
 
> with different boundaries, starting around the 6th century.
> It was eventually absorbed by the Swiss Confederation and
> the Kingdom of France. Name it.
 
Savoy
 
 
> Empire B had several incarnations. The first empire was
> founded around 681. The empire ended by 1018, surrendering
> to the Byzantines. Name it.
 
Serbia
 
> having been ruled by Visigoths and Moors. It was one of
> the first areas to be conquered during the "reconquista"
> and existed as a kingdom until 1230.
 
Murcia; Galicia
 
> and post news and edicts. This famous stela was used to
> post the laws of ancient Mesopotamia. Give the common name
> of these laws, also the name of this object.
 
Code of Hammurabi
 
> it was found. What is it named?
 
> * E. "NBC Mystery Movie"
 
> The "NBC Mystery Movie" was the overall name used for several TV
series
> with movie-length episodes that rotated in the same time slot from
1971
> nights and consisted of three series: "Columbo", "MacMillan
> and Wife", and what third series that was also named after
> its lead character?
 
McLeod
 
 
> E2. The next two seasons on Sunday night saw a fourth
> series in the rotation, featuring Richard Boone as a
> gunfighter-turned-detective. Name it.
 
McLeod
 
> 4 cards are placed face down in the middle of the table.
> The top card is turned face up; this card initially sets
> the trump suit.
 
Euchre
 
> beside it. If the upcard is a joker, deuce, or three, one
> or more additional cards must be turned upon it until a
> "natural" card (a four or higher) appears.
 
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 16 04:26AM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
 
>> of two massive black holes over 100,000,000 light-years away.
>> The result was observable in 2015. What did they detect?
 
> Gravity waves. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
You mean gravitational waves, which I believe everyone got right.
Gravity waves are a different phenomenon.
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
 
PS How do we deduct a point from the quiz master?
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 16 07:12AM -0600

Dan Tilque:
> You mean gravitational waves, which I believe everyone got right.
> Gravity waves are a different phenomenon.
 
Bah, humbug.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "The cure of the typo has struck again."
msb@vex.net --Peter Young
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 16 04:35AM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> Stephen Perry:
>> I have the flu. it sucks.
 
Sorry to hear that. Hope you're feeling better soon.
 
 
> From the answers that Stephen has posted, the winner is Dan Tilque
> and it isn't close. Hearty congratulations, if I may say so!
 
Thank you very much.
 
Unlike the last time I posed the rotating quiz, I don't have anything
prepared ahead of time. It may be a day or three before I get something
together.
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
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