| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Mar 10 11:40PM Peter Smyth wrote: > In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions, and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first. > You have until 2359 GMT, 9th March, to enter. > 1. In what year did the first Winter Olympics take place? 1924 (in Chamonix, France) > 2. Which country led the medal table in the 2018 Winter Olympics with 39 medals, 14 of them gold? Norway > 3. What is the only Winter Olympic sport which is not currently open to female athletes? Nordic Combined (a combination of ski-jumping and cross-country skiing) > 4. Noriaki Kasai of Japan took part in a record 8th Winter Olympics, in which sport? Ski-Jumping (he was 45) > 5. In which city will the 2022 Winter Olympics be held? Beijing, China > In which Winter Olympic sports might you use the following terms? > 6. Salchow Figure Skating (a jump that takes off from the back inside edge of the skate) > 7. Hammer Curling (the team that throws last in an end) > 8. Goofy Snowboarding (a rider that rides with their right foot forward) > 9. Telemark Ski-Jumping (the ideal landing technique, with one foot in front of the other) > The following athletes won multiple gold medals at the 2018 Olympics, but in which sports? > 10. Martin Fourcade Biathlon (3 golds - Pursuit, Mass Start and Mixed Relay) > 11. Marcel Hirscher Alpine Skiing (2 golds - Giant Slalom and Combined) > 12. Ester Ledecka Alpine Skiing (gold - Super-G) AND Snowboarding (gold - Parallel Giant Slalom) As Stephen Perry implied, the wording left open the possibility of there being multiple correct answers to these questions, so for this question I would have awarded 2 points to anyone who named both sports. > 13. Kjeld Nuis Speed Skating (2 golds - 1000m and 1500m) > 14. Marit Bjørgen Cross-Country Skiing (2 golds - 30km classical and 4 x 5km Relay, 1 silver - 15km skiathlon, 2 bronzes - 10km freestyle and team sprint) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 TOTAL Erland Sommarskog 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 Mark Brader 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 Dan Tilque 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Dan Blum 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 So the gold medal goes to Sweden, and it is over to Erland to set Rotating Quiz 284 Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 11 07:49AM +0100 > So the gold medal goes to Sweden, and it is over to Erland to set > Rotating Quiz 284 > Thanks Peter, I expect to be able to get up a new quiz tomorrow. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 10 01:48PM > * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - TV is Good Medicine > 1. Dr. Bob Kelso, Dr. Elliot Reid, Nurse Carla Espinosa. Grey's Anatomy; St. Elsewhere > 2. Zoey Barkow, Gloria Akalitus, Kevin Peyton. Grey's Anatomy; St. Elsewhere > 3. Sonny Corinthos, Elizabeth Webber, Dr. Patrick Drake. Grey's Anatomy; St. Elsewhere > 4. Dr. Wayne Fiscus, Dr. Mark Craig, Dr. Philip Chandler. Grey's Anatomy; St. Elsewhere > 5. Jack Hodgins, Camille Saroyan, Lance Sweets. Grey's Anatomy; St. Elsewhere > 6. Sam Fujiyama, Sgt. Brill, Dr. Robert Asten. Grey's Anatomy; St. Elsewhere > 7. Nurse Curly Spaulding, Vinnie Delpino, Dr. Benjamin Canfield. Grey's Anatomy; St. Elsewhere > 8. Luka Kovac, Kerry Weaver, Mark Greene. ER > 9. Dr. Kathryn Austin, Dr. Jeffrey Geiger, Dr. Aaron Shutt. Grey's Anatomy; St. Elsewhere > 10. Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Dr. Robert Chase, Dr. James Wilson. Scrubs > * Game 2, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - US Aircraft Nicknames > 1. The F-22 stealth fighter has a name straight out of the Jurassic. Raptor > 3. Designated the P-51, this "workhorse" of a fighter helped turn > the tide in World War II. Mustang > 4. Designated the P-38, this World War II fighter had a "shockingly" > distinctive twin-engine, twin-boom design. Lightning > 6. The SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft was the world's fastest > aircraft until it was retired in 1998. Blackbird > 8. Designated the F-4, this "ghostly" interceptor and fighter-bomber > saw action in the Vietnam war. Phantom > 10. Designated the F-16, this fighter with an avian name has served > in the air forces of 26 nations. Falcon -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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