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| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 06 01:51PM > Although the question allowed 10% leeway, I was not surprised to see > that all entrants either were within 0.16% -- Dan Blum came closest, > within 0.0025% -- or else were in error by a *factor* of 10 or 100. So I should have scored for it, I feel. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 10 01:53AM -0500 Mark Brader: > hardest questions, the second tiebreaker will be correct spelling > and capitalization, and and the third tiebreaker will be who > posted first. In fact there was a 3-way tie, as 3 entrants each scored 8 points out of a maximum 14. And thanks to the lovely and talented Catherine Zeta-Jones, who won the Best Supporting Actress award for "Chicago" (2002), your winner on the first tiebreaker is DAN BLUM. Hearty congratulations, Dan! Unfortunately, I learn that, due to travel, Dan is unable to moderate RQ 288 unless we wait until late April. It is therefore necessary to know who finished second. And, after resolving a judgement issue as explained below, it turns out that we need to use the *third* tiebreaker to see that Erland Sommarskog finished second ahead of Peter Smyth. Erland, are you available? > You have until Monday, April 9, 2018, to enter, by Toronto time > (zone -5); that gives you 5 days and about almost hours from the > time of posting. My apologies for the stupid error; of course Toronto time currently is zone -4. Nobody entered between midnight and midnight EST anyway, so it didn't matter for contest purposes. > What is the ALPHABETICALLY LAST: > * Geography > 1. Independent country now existing? Zimbabwe. 1 for everyone -- Erland, John, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Jason. > 2. State of the US? Wyoming. 1 for everyone. > * Entertainment > 3. Movie to have won the Oscar for Best Picture? "You Can't Take It with You" (1938). > 4. Person to have won an Oscar for acting? Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Supporting Actress for "Chicago" (2002). 1 for Dan Blum. > * History > 5. Person to have been Secretary-General of the UN? Kurt Waldheim (1972-81). 1 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Peter. > 6. Person to have been President of the US? Woodrow Wilson (1913-21). 1 for Erland, John, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, and Dan Tilque. > * Science > 7. Chemical element? Zirconium. 1 for Erland, John, Peter, and Dan Tilque. > 8. Bone in the human body? Zygomatic bone (there are two, left and right). > * Sports > 9. Team to have played in the Premier League of British soccer? Wolverhampton Wanderers (4 seasons between 2003 and 2012). Here's where the judgement call comes in. I wrote in the detailed rules: You must alphabetize on the following basis... * For sports teams, use the usual name whether one or multiple words, e.g. "Germany" or "Detroit Red Wings". Well, Erland's answer was just "Wolverhampton". But what I said was that you had to *alphabetize* on the full usual name, not that you had to *give it as your answer*. There has only been one Wolverhampton team in the major British soccer leagues during the era of the Premier League; and therefore I judge that "Wolverhampton" is a correct answer. So, finally, 1 for Erland, John, and Peter. > 10. City to have hosted the Olympics? Vancouver (2010). 1 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > * Literature > 11. Member of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Fellowship of the Ring"? Peregrin (or "Pippin") Took. The surname was required. 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Dan Tilque. > 12. Tom Clancy novel featuring Jack Ryan (the original character, > not his son Jack Jr.)? "The Sum of All Fears". > * Current Events (give or take a couple of years, if applicable) > 13. Person fired from the US cabinet by Donald Trump? Rex Tillerson (secretary of state; fired March 2018). 1 for Erland, John, Dan Blum, and Peter. > 14. Person fired from the UK cabinet by Theresa May? John Whittingdale (culture, media, and sport; fired July 2016). > * Canadiana > Just kidding, we're done. Scores, if there are no errors: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 TOTALS Dan Blum 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8 Erland Sommarskog 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 Peter Smyth 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 8 John Masters 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 Dan Tilque 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jason Kreitzer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 So it's over to Erland for RQ 288. -- Mark Brader | The last 10% of the performance sought contributes Toronto | one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems. msb@vex.net | -- Norm Augustine My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 10 01:59AM -0500 Er, that is, for the results see the previous posting, where I forgot to change the subject line. Dan Blum wins on the first tiebreaker; Erland Sommarskog comes second on the third tiebreakers and will set RQ 288. -- Mark Brader "Clearly, neither Mark Brader nor Toronto Steve Summit read the whole book..." msb@vex.net -- Greg Black |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 10 09:08AM +0200 > Erland, are you available? Indeed I am! I have an interesting idea for my next RQ that I now will need to finalise. Should be up tonight, or possibly tomorrow night. As for the answer on Wolverhampton, I would suggest that Premier League teams (like most other teams in European leagues) are primarily known by their place, and often what comes after the name is something generic like FC etc. Only when there are two teams in the same city (and that both takes their name from the city) you use the qualifier. At least I was not aware of the Wanderers moniker. Then again, I don't follow Premier League that closely. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 09 02:17PM > such as Russia that extend into Asia. With those exclusions, > Ukraine is the *largest country in Europe by area*. What is > the second-largest? Germany; Romania > 2. Greenland is the *largest island by area* in the world. What is > the second-largest? New Guinea > 3. The Caspian Sea is the *largest lake by area* in the world. > What is the second-largest? Lake Superior; Lake Michigan > 4. Of the 7 continents, Asia is the *largest continent by > population*. What is the second-largest? Africa > the continent where their capital is, then Brazil is the > *largest country by population in South America*. What is > the second-largest? Argentina; Colombia > 6. Alaska is the *largest US state by area*. What is the > second-largest? Texas > 7. Sudan used to be the *largest country in Africa by area* until > it split. Now Algeria is the largest -- and what is the > second-largest? (Hint: it's not Sudan or South Sudan.) Chad; Mali > 8. Honshu is the *largest island in Japan by area*. What is the > second-largest? Hokkaido > 9. Western Australia is the *largest state in Australia by area*. > What is the second-largest? South Australia > 10. Mt. Everest is the *tallest mountain in the world by elevation > of the summit above sea level*. What is the second-tallest? K2 > to mathematics as well. Although the theorem that bears his name > was known to eastern mathematicians earlier, he was the first > to introduce it to Greek philosophy. Name any year he was alive. 300 BCE > zngurzngvpny jbex bs vgf gvzr naq gur sbhaqngvba bs trbzrgel > nf jr xabj vg, juvpu unf orra hfrq nf n grkgobbx rire fvapr. > Jub jnf ur? Euclid > arabic or Hindu-Arabic numeral system. He also introduced the > famous growth sequence which bears his name. Name any year he > was alive. 1250 CE > 4. Calculus was simultaneously developed by two people. > Isaac Newton was one. Who was the other? Leibniz > 5. Name any year both Newton and <answer 4> were alive. 1670 > calculus. He also had a famous conjecture that began the > development of algebraic number theory. It remained unproven > until 1994. Name any year Fermat was alive. 1690 > study of trigonometric series. A Fourier series decomposes > any periodic function into the sum of a set of sine waves. > Name any year he was alive. 1800 > 8. The "Principia Mathematica" is an important work written by > Alfred North Whitehead and a former student of his, Bertrand > Russell. Name any year they were both alive. 1900 > general theory of relativity, which included the behavior of > gravity and other topics. Name either of the two publication > years or any year in between. 1920 > flaws: in any sufficiently complete system there are things > that are true, but cannot be proven. Within 10 years, when > was this published? 1936 -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Apr 09 04:58PM Mark Brader wrote: > such as Russia that extend into Asia. With those exclusions, > Ukraine is the *largest country in Europe by area*. What is > the second-largest? Poland, Germany > 2. Greenland is the *largest island by area* in the world. What is > the second-largest? New Guinea > 3. The Caspian Sea is the *largest lake by area* in the world. > What is the second-largest? Victoria > 4. Of the 7 continents, Asia is the *largest continent by > population*. What is the second-largest? Africa > the continent where their capital is, then Brazil is the > *largest country by population in South America*. What is > the second-largest? Argentina > 6. Alaska is the *largest US state by area*. What is the > second-largest? Texas > 7. Sudan used to be the *largest country in Africa by area* until > it split. Now Algeria is the largest -- and what is the > second-largest? (Hint: it's not Sudan or South Sudan.) DR Congo > 8. Honshu is the *largest island in Japan by area*. What is the > second-largest? Hokkaido > 9. Western Australia is the *largest state in Australia by area*. > What is the second-largest? South Australia > 10. Mt. Everest is the *tallest mountain in the world by elevation > of the summit above sea level*. What is the second-tallest? K2 > to mathematics as well. Although the theorem that bears his name > was known to eastern mathematicians earlier, he was the first > to introduce it to Greek philosophy. Name any year he was alive. 100BC, 200BC > mathematical work of its time and the foundation of geometry > as we know it, which has been used as a textbook ever since. > Who was he? Euclid > arabic or Hindu-Arabic numeral system. He also introduced the > famous growth sequence which bears his name. Name any year he > was alive. 1300AD, 1400AD > 4. Calculus was simultaneously developed by two people. > Isaac Newton was one. Who was the other? Leibnitz > 5. Name any year both Newton and <answer 4> were alive. 1650 > calculus. He also had a famous conjecture that began the > development of algebraic number theory. It remained unproven > until 1994. Name any year Fermat was alive. 1750 > study of trigonometric series. A Fourier series decomposes > any periodic function into the sum of a set of sine waves. > Name any year he was alive. 1750 > 8. The "Principia Mathematica" is an important work written by > Alfred North Whitehead and a former student of his, Bertrand > Russell. Name any year they were both alive. 1850 > general theory of relativity, which included the behavior of > gravity and other topics. Name either of the two publication > years or any year in between. 1922 > flaws: in any sufficiently complete system there are things > that are true, but cannot be proven. Within 10 years, when > was this published? 1880 Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 09 08:21PM +0200 > such as Russia that extend into Asia. With those exclusions, > Ukraine is the *largest country in Europe by area*. What is > the second-largest? France > 2. Greenland is the *largest island by area* in the world. What is > the second-largest? Borneo > 3. The Caspian Sea is the *largest lake by area* in the world. > What is the second-largest? Lake Victoria > 4. Of the 7 continents, Asia is the *largest continent by > population*. What is the second-largest? Africa > the continent where their capital is, then Brazil is the > *largest country by population in South America*. What is > the second-largest? Colombia > 6. Alaska is the *largest US state by area*. What is the > second-largest? California > 7. Sudan used to be the *largest country in Africa by area* until > it split. Now Algeria is the largest -- and what is the > second-largest? (Hint: it's not Sudan or South Sudan.) Congo-Kinshasa > 8. Honshu is the *largest island in Japan by area*. What is the > second-largest? Hokkaido > 9. Western Australia is the *largest state in Australia by area*. > What is the second-largest? Queensland > 10. Mt. Everest is the *tallest mountain in the world by elevation > of the summit above sea level*. What is the second-tallest? K12 > to mathematics as well. Although the theorem that bears his name > was known to eastern mathematicians earlier, he was the first > to introduce it to Greek philosophy. Name any year he was alive. 380 BC > zngurzngvpny jbex bs vgf gvzr naq gur sbhaqngvba bs trbzrgel > nf jr xabj vg, juvpu unf orra hfrq nf n grkgobbx rire fvapr. > Jub jnf ur? Euclid > arabic or Hindu-Arabic numeral system. He also introduced the > famous growth sequence which bears his name. Name any year he > was alive. 1285 > 4. Calculus was simultaneously developed by two people. > Isaac Newton was one. Who was the other? Kepler > 5. Name any year both Newton and <answer 4> were alive. 1685 > calculus. He also had a famous conjecture that began the > development of algebraic number theory. It remained unproven > until 1994. Name any year Fermat was alive. 1838 > study of trigonometric series. A Fourier series decomposes > any periodic function into the sum of a set of sine waves. > Name any year he was alive. 1888 > 8. The "Principia Mathematica" is an important work written by > Alfred North Whitehead and a former student of his, Bertrand > Russell. Name any year they were both alive. 1928 > general theory of relativity, which included the behavior of > gravity and other topics. Name either of the two publication > years or any year in between. 1910 > flaws: in any sufficiently complete system there are things > that are true, but cannot be proven. Within 10 years, when > was this published? 1987 |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 09 03:27PM -0500 In article <OK2dnVE_3-vY3lbHnZ2dnUU7-b3NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > such as Russia that extend into Asia. With those exclusions, > Ukraine is the *largest country in Europe by area*. What is > the second-largest? France > 2. Greenland is the *largest island by area* in the world. What is > the second-largest? Madagascar > 3. The Caspian Sea is the *largest lake by area* in the world. > What is the second-largest? Superior > 4. Of the 7 continents, Asia is the *largest continent by > population*. What is the second-largest? Africa > the continent where their capital is, then Brazil is the > *largest country by population in South America*. What is > the second-largest? Argentina > 6. Alaska is the *largest US state by area*. What is the > second-largest? Texas > 7. Sudan used to be the *largest country in Africa by area* until > it split. Now Algeria is the largest -- and what is the > second-largest? (Hint: it's not Sudan or South Sudan.) Nigeria > second-largest? > 9. Western Australia is the *largest state in Australia by area*. > What is the second-largest? Northern Territory > 10. Mt. Everest is the *tallest mountain in the world by elevation > of the summit above sea level*. What is the second-tallest? K2 > to mathematics as well. Although the theorem that bears his name > was known to eastern mathematicians earlier, he was the first > to introduce it to Greek philosophy. Name any year he was alive. 450 B.C. > zngurzngvpny jbex bs vgf gvzr naq gur sbhaqngvba bs trbzrgel > nf jr xabj vg, juvpu unf orra hfrq nf n grkgobbx rire fvapr. > Jub jnf ur? Aristotle > was alive. > 4. Calculus was simultaneously developed by two people. > Isaac Newton was one. Who was the other? Leibnitz > 5. Name any year both Newton and <answer 4> were alive. 1650 > 8. The "Principia Mathematica" is an important work written by > Alfred North Whitehead and a former student of his, Bertrand > Russell. Name any year they were both alive. 1890 > general theory of relativity, which included the behavior of > gravity and other topics. Name either of the two publication > years or any year in between. 1910 > flaws: in any sufficiently complete system there are things > that are true, but cannot be proven. Within 10 years, when > was this published? 1930 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 09 11:34PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:OK2dnVE_3-vY3lbHnZ2dnUU7- > such as Russia that extend into Asia. With those exclusions, > Ukraine is the *largest country in Europe by area*. What is > the second-largest? France > 2. Greenland is the *largest island by area* in the world. What is > the second-largest? Java > 3. The Caspian Sea is the *largest lake by area* in the world. > What is the second-largest? Lake Superior; Lake Baikal > 4. Of the 7 continents, Asia is the *largest continent by > population*. What is the second-largest? Europe > the continent where their capital is, then Brazil is the > *largest country by population in South America*. What is > the second-largest? Argentina > 6. Alaska is the *largest US state by area*. What is the > second-largest? Texas > 7. Sudan used to be the *largest country in Africa by area* until > it split. Now Algeria is the largest -- and what is the > second-largest? (Hint: it's not Sudan or South Sudan.) Libya; Chad > 8. Honshu is the *largest island in Japan by area*. What is the > second-largest? Hokkaido > 9. Western Australia is the *largest state in Australia by area*. > What is the second-largest? Queensland > 10. Mt. Everest is the *tallest mountain in the world by elevation > of the summit above sea level*. What is the second-tallest? K2 > to mathematics as well. Although the theorem that bears his name > was known to eastern mathematicians earlier, he was the first > to introduce it to Greek philosophy. Name any year he was alive. 600 BC; 500 BC > arabic or Hindu-Arabic numeral system. He also introduced the > famous growth sequence which bears his name. Name any year he > was alive. 1650; 1700 > 4. Calculus was simultaneously developed by two people. > Isaac Newton was one. Who was the other? > 5. Name any year both Newton and <answer 4> were alive. 1630; 1640 > calculus. He also had a famous conjecture that began the > development of algebraic number theory. It remained unproven > until 1994. Name any year Fermat was alive. 1800; 1820 > study of trigonometric series. A Fourier series decomposes > any periodic function into the sum of a set of sine waves. > Name any year he was alive. 1850; 1860 > 8. The "Principia Mathematica" is an important work written by > Alfred North Whitehead and a former student of his, Bertrand > Russell. Name any year they were both alive. 1900; 1910 > general theory of relativity, which included the behavior of > gravity and other topics. Name either of the two publication > years or any year in between. 1914 > flaws: in any sufficiently complete system there are things > that are true, but cannot be proven. Within 10 years, when > was this published? 1925; 1936 Pete Gayde |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 10 04:21AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:OK2dnVE_3-vY3lbHnZ2dnUU7- > such as Russia that extend into Asia. With those exclusions, > Ukraine is the *largest country in Europe by area*. What is > the second-largest? Germany > 2. Greenland is the *largest island by area* in the world. What is > the second-largest? New Guinea > 3. The Caspian Sea is the *largest lake by area* in the world. > What is the second-largest? Lake Superior > 4. Of the 7 continents, Asia is the *largest continent by > population*. What is the second-largest? Africa > the continent where their capital is, then Brazil is the > *largest country by population in South America*. What is > the second-largest? Argentina > 6. Alaska is the *largest US state by area*. What is the > second-largest? Texas > 7. Sudan used to be the *largest country in Africa by area* until > it split. Now Algeria is the largest -- and what is the > second-largest? (Hint: it's not Sudan or South Sudan.) Democratic Republic of the Congo > 8. Honshu is the *largest island in Japan by area*. What is the > second-largest? Hokkaido > 9. Western Australia is the *largest state in Australia by area*. > What is the second-largest? Queensland > 10. Mt. Everest is the *tallest mountain in the world by elevation > of the summit above sea level*. What is the second-tallest? K2 > to mathematics as well. Although the theorem that bears his name > was known to eastern mathematicians earlier, he was the first > to introduce it to Greek philosophy. Name any year he was alive. 450 BCE; 400 BCE > zngurzngvpny jbex bs vgf gvzr naq gur sbhaqngvba bs trbzrgel > nf jr xabj vg, juvpu unf orra hfrq nf n grkgobbx rire fvapr. > Jub jnf ur? Euclid > arabic or Hindu-Arabic numeral system. He also introduced the > famous growth sequence which bears his name. Name any year he > was alive. 1375; 1425 > 4. Calculus was simultaneously developed by two people. > Isaac Newton was one. Who was the other? Liebniz > 5. Name any year both Newton and <answer 4> were alive. 1680 > calculus. He also had a famous conjecture that began the > development of algebraic number theory. It remained unproven > until 1994. Name any year Fermat was alive. 1675; 1725 > study of trigonometric series. A Fourier series decomposes > any periodic function into the sum of a set of sine waves. > Name any year he was alive. 1775; 1825 > 8. The "Principia Mathematica" is an important work written by > Alfred North Whitehead and a former student of his, Bertrand > Russell. Name any year they were both alive. 1920 > general theory of relativity, which included the behavior of > gravity and other topics. Name either of the two publication > years or any year in between. 1907 > flaws: in any sufficiently complete system there are things > that are true, but cannot be proven. Within 10 years, when > was this published? 1905; 1926 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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