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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 30 02:26AM -0500 Mark Brader: > a day after the owner of PAOK Thessaloniki marched onto > the field following a disputed goal at the end of a match. > What about his action triggered the league suspension? He was carrying a gun. 4 for Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, and Erland. > submission at the last-minute over concerns about FIFA's demands, > three Canadian cities remain on that host-city-candidate list. > Name *two* of the three. Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto. 4 for Peter, Erland, Joshua, and Pete. > 3. Although plagued by bugs in the app, a new ride-sharing service > was set to launch in Toronto on Friday, catering to women only. > What is the name of this service? DriveHer. No points for "Uher", but nice idea. > officials narrowly avoided a hitch relating to the tree planted > by Her Majesty Queen Fabiola in 1977. What was the cause of > this potential problem? They decorated it with Canadian and *German* flags. (Hey, the Belgian flag is the black, yellow, and red one, isn't it?) > Pompeo to replace Tillerson. According to the tweet, who is > replacing Pompeo as director of the CIA, the first female to > hold this position? Gina Haspel. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > in the Senate and represent Ontario -- the first Indigenous > person appointed to the Red Chamber from that province. > Name Parliament's newest independent Senator. Yvonne Boyer. > 7. What theoretical physicist, perhaps the best-known of his time, > died this week? Stephen Hawking. 4 for everyone -- Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, Jason, Joshua, and Pete. > 8. Which French couturier, a pioneer of ready-to-wear fashion, > who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress for "Breakfast > at Tiffany's", died this week at age 91? Hubert de Givenchy. 4 for Peter, Joshua, and Pete. > 9. The Canadian national DNA databank program launched an expansion > this week to include the collection of DNA relating to which > of people? Missing ones. Any reference to crime victims or similar was acceptable. > 10. A global study released this week evaluated 11 brands of > bottled water bought in 9 countries. What type of contaminant > was found in 93% of the tested bottles? Microplastics -- specifically polypropylene, polystyrene, nylon, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Something more specific than "plastic" was required. 4 for Marc. > on Monday? Two females are still alive, and scientists > hope to save the subspecies from extinction through in-vitro > fertilization. The northern white rhinoceros. "White" was required. 4 for Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Pete. > 2. The Toronto Blue Jays announced their opening day starting > pitcher on Tuesday. It will be the first time in his 10-year > career that he will start on opening day. Who is he? J.A. Happ. > as part of an investigation into allegations that he received > millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from the regime > of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi? Nicolas Sarkozy. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua, and Pete. 3 for Peter. > equity firm that he co-founded? It combines the meanings of > the German word "schwarz" and the Greek word "petros", relating > to the two founders' names. Blackstone Group LP. 4 for Marc and Jason. 3 for Joshua. > in Trinity Bay. They were eventually freed with the help of > excavators that were used to dig out the ice. Name the town > where the harbor is located. Heart's Delight - Islington. ("Heart's Delight" was sufficient.) > that there are more than 79,000 tonnes of ocean plastic in a > 1,600,000 km² (600,000 sq.mi.) area of the North Pacific Ocean. > What is this often referred to as? Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 4 for Marc and Dan Tilque. > skating championships in Milan on Friday. The 22-year-old from > Marystown, Newfoundland, scored 150.50 points for her "Black > Swan" routine, to finish with 223.23 points overall. Name her. Kaetlyn Osmond. > The prize, sometimes referred to as the Nobel prize of math, > was created by the government of Norway in 2003 and comes with > a cash award of more than $1,000,000. Name the prize. The Abel Prize. 4 for Joshua. Yeah, I too have heard the Field Medal referred to as the Nobel prize of math more often than the Abel Prize. But hey, if Nobel wanted there to be a Nobel prize for math, there would be one. > 9. US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would replace > national security adviser H.R. McMaster with a former UN > Ambassador and current Fox News commentator. Name him. John Bolton. 4 for Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Jason, Joshua, and Pete. > 10. The World War II veteran who founded Toys'R'Us six decades ago > and transformed it into an iconic piece of Americana died > Thursday at age 94. Name him. Charles P. Lazarus. 4 for Peter. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST EIGHT Pete Gayde 12 12 22 24 4 12 12 10 16 12 122 Dan Blum 20 8 15 20 6 4 12 12 12 12 111 Joshua Kreitzer 18 12 8 19 7 4 12 12 12 15 108 Marc Dashevsky 12 4 8 16 -- -- 12 8 12 20 92 Dan Tilque 8 12 8 16 8 4 16 8 4 12 88 Peter Smyth 8 12 12 4 -- -- 8 8 16 15 83 Erland Sommarskog 12 7 4 8 4 8 12 4 12 8 71 Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 12 16 8 -- -- -- -- 48 Jason Kreitzer -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 4 4 12 24 -- Mark Brader "He'll spend at least part of his life Toronto in prison, or parliament, or both." msb@vex.net --Peter Moylan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 29 11:12AM -0500 Welcome to Rotating Quiz 286. The usual rules apply: answer only from your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will provide the scores and the answers Tuesday evening, April 3. The winner will host Rotating Quiz 287. While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Now you have an opportunity to answer questions about snakes. All questions are worth one point each except where stated. 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families: Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in each of these families. (1 point for each) 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this process called? 03. What is a glass snake? 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country without snakes. 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes. 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century. 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail. 08. What snake is considered to be the longest? 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest? 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another method as well. What do they detect? -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Mar 29 05:29PM +0100 On 2018-03-29 16:12:26 +0000, Marc Dashevsky said: > 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families: > Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in > each of these families. (1 point for each) Grass Snake, Adder > 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this > process called? > 03. What is a glass snake? A Chinese Grass Snake > 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country > without snakes. Iceland > 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes. Hawaii > 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century. Alaska > 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail. > 08. What snake is considered to be the longest? Anaconda > 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest? Anaconda > 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another > method as well. What do they detect? Heat -- "To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 29 06:14PM > 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families: > Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in > each of these families. (1 point for each) cobra and rattlesnake > 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this > process called? parthenogenesis > 03. What is a glass snake? a snake with a mostly transparent body > 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country > without snakes. Iceland > 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes. Alaska > 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century. Hawaii > 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail. ouroborous > 08. What snake is considered to be the longest? anaconda > 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest? boa constrictor > 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another > method as well. What do they detect? infrared -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Mar 29 06:16PM Marc Dashevsky wrote: > 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families: > Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in > each of these families. (1 point for each) Python / Cobra > 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this > process called? Parthanogenesis > 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country > without snakes. > 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes. Hawaii > 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century. Hawaii > 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail. Ouroborous > 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest? > 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another > method as well. What do they detect? Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 29 08:17PM +0200 > 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families: > Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in > each of these families. (1 point for each) Adder, Python > 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country > without snakes. New Zealand > 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes. Hawaii > 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century. Alaska > 08. What snake is considered to be the longest? Boa Constrictor > 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest? Python |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 29 02:56PM -0500 Marc Dashevsky: > While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my > attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Imagine what might've happened if you'd had an *unattractive* albino corn snake. > 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families: > Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in > each of these families. (1 point for each) Coral snake, sidewinder. > 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this > process called? Parthenogenesis. > 03. What is a glass snake? It's a reptile that's capable of leaving its tail behind to escape a predator. > 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country > without snakes. Iceland? > 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes. Alaska? > 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century. Hawaii? > 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail. Ouroboros. > 08. What snake is considered to be the longest? Reticulated python. > 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest? Anaconda? > 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another > method as well. What do they detect? Ground vibrations. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net Until 3,000 million years ago we can say not a lot happened although further study would not come amiss. Then signs of life appeared, including some large reptiles and, very recently, bipeds. It is too soon to say whether these bipeds will play an important part in the world's story. -- Colin Morris in "History Today" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 29 01:38PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:crSdne4aFak5rCbHnZ2dnUU7- > 1. On small boats like the one shown, item F can be moved for > sailing in shallows, or for transport on a trailer. What is > item F called? Sailboard > Vs lbh fnvq "sbvy" sbe gur ynfg nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq zber fcrpvsvp. > 2. What is the term for item B, the wire that supports the mast > from the bow? Spinnaker > 3. Item H controls the rudder. What is it called? Tiller > 4. What is item M called? > 5. Which letter is a shroud? G > 6. Which letter is a painter? J > For questions #7-10 please see: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/4-2/sail/2.png > 7. What number is a sloop? 4 > punenpgrevfgvp vf gung gur nsg znfg vf gnyyre naq pneevrf gur > znvafnvy. Gur fnzr jbeq vf nyfb hfrq sbe n qevaxvat irffry. > Jung glcr bs fuvc vf vg? Tankard; Decanter > it was a common fishing vessel. The rigging allows the boat to > remain pointed windward while anchored, so it is not broadsided > by waves while handling the nets. 5; 6 > 6. This popular pocket monster's name was derived from a combination > of two Japanese words for sounds: the sound an electric spark > makes, and the sound a mouse makes. Pikachu > 10. This character is a pink spherical creature who lives in the > country of Dream Land. His main ability is inhaling things > and spitting them out. Pete Gayde |
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