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- Rotating Quiz #291 RESULTS - 1 Update
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: May 09 01:17PM On Wed, 09 May 2018 00:37:01 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > given in the indicated source as if they were exact, so the areas given > in one unit will not be exactly equal to those in another. Of course > I do not expect this issue to matter in practice.) 0.97 |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 09 01:46PM > 10. According to census.gov as of when this contest began, the > *land area* of Kentucky in km? is how many times that of > Virginia? 0.8 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 09 04:04PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Zr6dnanXHNVgFW_HnZ2dnUU7- > given in the indicated source as if they were exact, so the areas given > in one unit will not be exactly equal to those in another. Of course > I do not expect this issue to matter in practice.) .9 Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 09 02:17PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > But, as in the old joke, in this contest "I don't have to outrun the > bear -- I only have to outrun you". It's not about having the best > answer, until the end; it's about not having the worst answer. If memory serves, this is the 4th time I've come in 2nd. I keep outrunning someone, except on that last round. -- Dan Tilque ps Wail.. wail.. gnash gnash... |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 09 02:20PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > given in the indicated source as if they were exact, so the areas given > in one unit will not be exactly equal to those in another. Of course > I do not expect this issue to matter in practice.) Wow, that one would have been tough as a last question. .93 -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 09 04:31PM -0500 Dan Tilque: > If memory serves, this is the 4th time I've come in 2nd. I keep > outrunning someone, except on that last round. Which two did you conveniently forget? (Evil grin) Spo 2012-01-05 2012-01-16 Calvin 1 Russ S. Stephen Perry His 2012-01-17 2012-02-09 Calvin 2 Stephen Perry Erland Sommarskog Sci 2012-04-10 2012-05-14 Calvin 3 Stephen Perry David B. Geo 2013-09-16 2013-10-03 MSB 1 Marc Dashevsky Dan Tilque His 2014-01-14 2014-01-26 MSB 2 Stephen Perry Dan Tilque Mix 2014-01-27 2014-02-13 SWP 1 Mark Brader Dan Tilque Mix 2014-02-13 2014-02-27 SWP 2 Peter Smyth Russ S. Sci 2014-04-11 2014-04-30 MSB 3 Stephen Perry Dan Tilque Geo 2014-07-02 2014-07-16 MSB 4 Stephen Perry Dan Tilque Mix 2014-07-17 2014-08-15 SWP 3 Russ S. Dan Blum Swed. 2014-09-14 2014-10-11 Swedish Björn Lundin Stephen Perry Dates 2015-01-31 2015-03-07 Björn Stephen Perry David B. His 2016-02-11 2016-02-28 MSB 5 Stephen Perry Dan Blum Sci 2017-05-07 2017-05-24 MSB 6 Stephen Perry Joshua Kreitzer Geo 2018-04-24 2018-05-09 MSB 7 Joshua Kreitzer Dan Tilque -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "...ordinarily, a 65-pound alligator in an apartment msb@vex.net | would be news." --James Barron, New York Times My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 09 03:05PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: >> If memory serves, this is the 4th time I've come in 2nd. I keep >> outrunning someone, except on that last round. > Which two did you conveniently forget? (Evil grin) Gawd, it's even worse than I remembered... -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 09 04:16PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:6amdnd1zydjf_m_HnZ2dnUU7- > title*. > 1. "Bullet the Blue Sky"; "With or Without You"; > "Where the Streets Have No Name". Joshua Tree > 2. "Time"; "Us and Them"; "Money". Dark Side of the Moon > 6. "Welcome to the Jungle"; "Paradise City"; "Sweet Child o' Mine". > 7. "With A Little Help from My Friends"; > "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; "A Day In the Life". Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band > 8. "Sloop John B"; "God Only Knows"; "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Pet Sounds > 2. [B] This city boasts 87 towers and a sentry path along its > ramparts. It's also notable for having an intact exterior wall, > unlike most walled cities, which suffer from breaks or damage. Spain > the current fortress built in the 15th century, this is one of > the oldest and best-preserved walled cities in Eastern Europe. > It is known as the birthplace of its country. Poland; Hungary > by ramparts. Sometimes called "Little Marrakesh", the city's > famous red-mud walls hide a lively souq and market scene with > views of the snowy High Atlas Mountains beyond. Morocco > nicknamed the "Golden City" after its characteristic sandy hue. > Over 5,000 people still live and work inside its walls, making > this remote destination worth the trek. Syria > just under 300. According to tradition it was here that in > 60 AD the Apostle St. Paul is said to have lived after being > shipwrecked on the Islands. Cyprus; Greece > World Heritage Site managed to survive a major earthquake in > 1667 and the armed conflict of the 1990s. Take a walk along > the well-preserved city walls and enjoy the gorgeous ocean views. Croatia > city used sun-dried mud brick walls to create a walled fortress. > According to UNESCO, this is one of the oldest and best examples > of urban planning based on vertical construction. Burkina Faso; Mali > 9. [I] According to UNESCO, the 32-foot-high brick walls protect > the inner town of the old Khiva oasis, the last resting-place > of caravans before crossing the desert to Iran. Iraq; Afghanistan > With stone fortifications, the city has 14 tower houses built > between the 11th and 13th centuries as power symbols of wealthy > merchant families. Italy > 11. [K] (decoy) Germany > thanks to the restoration campaign of one of the founders of > the modern science of conservation, and is designated as a > UNESCO Heritage Site. France; Spain Pete Gayde |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: May 09 06:04PM On Tue, 08 May 2018 21:56:02 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. "Bullet the Blue Sky"; "With or Without You"; > "Where the Streets Have No Name". > 2. "Time"; "Us and Them"; "Money". Dark Side of the Moon > 6. "Welcome to the Jungle"; "Paradise City"; "Sweet Child o' Mine". > 7. "With A Little Help from My Friends"; > "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; "A Day In the Life". Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band > 8. "Sloop John B"; "God Only Knows"; "Wouldn't It Be Nice". > 9. "Just The Way You Are"; "Scenes from An Italian Restaurant"; > "Only the Good Die Young". 52nd Street > 10. "You Can Call Me Al"; "The Boy in the Bubble"; > "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes". Graceland |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 09 08:35PM +0200 > title*. > 1. "Bullet the Blue Sky"; "With or Without You"; > "Where the Streets Have No Name". The Joshua Tree > 2. "Time"; "Us and Them"; "Money". Dark Side of the Moon > 7. "With A Little Help from My Friends"; > "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; "A Day In the Life". Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band > 8. "Sloop John B"; "God Only Knows"; "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Pet Sounds > the current fortress built in the 15th century, this is one of > the oldest and best-preserved walled cities in Eastern Europe. > It is known as the birthplace of its country. Poland > by ramparts. Sometimes called "Little Marrakesh", the city's > famous red-mud walls hide a lively souq and market scene with > views of the snowy High Atlas Mountains beyond. Morrocco > nicknamed the "Golden City" after its characteristic sandy hue. > Over 5,000 people still live and work inside its walls, making > this remote destination worth the trek. Spain > just under 300. According to tradition it was here that in > 60 AD the Apostle St. Paul is said to have lived after being > shipwrecked on the Islands. Greece > World Heritage Site managed to survive a major earthquake in > 1667 and the armed conflict of the 1990s. Take a walk along > the well-preserved city walls and enjoy the gorgeous ocean views. Dubrovnik, Croatia While Ragusa did survive the earthquake, it never really recovered and the earthquake marked the start of its decay. > city used sun-dried mud brick walls to create a walled fortress. > According to UNESCO, this is one of the oldest and best examples > of urban planning based on vertical construction. China > 9. [I] According to UNESCO, the 32-foot-high brick walls protect > the inner town of the old Khiva oasis, the last resting-place > of caravans before crossing the desert to Iran. Uzbekistan > With stone fortifications, the city has 14 tower houses built > between the 11th and 13th centuries as power symbols of wealthy > merchant families. Italy > thanks to the restoration campaign of one of the founders of > the modern science of conservation, and is designated as a > UNESCO Heritage Site. France |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 09 07:54PM +0100 > 1. "Bullet the Blue Sky"; "With or Without You"; > "Where the Streets Have No Name". The Joshua Tree > 2. "Time"; "Us and Them"; "Money". Dark Side Of The Moon > 3. "You Oughta Know"; "Hand in My Pocket"; "Ironic". Jagged Little Pill > 4. "Subterranean Homesick Alien"; "Paranoid Android"; > "Karma Police". OK Computer > 5. "Working Day and Night"; "Rock With You"; > "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough". Off The Wall > 6. "Welcome to the Jungle"; "Paradise City"; "Sweet Child o' Mine". Appetite For Destruction > 7. "With A Little Help from My Friends"; > "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; "A Day In the Life". Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band > 8. "Sloop John B"; "God Only Knows"; "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Pet Sounds > 9. "Just The Way You Are"; "Scenes from An Italian Restaurant"; > "Only the Good Die Young". Meh, don't care for Billy Joel.... Glass Houses, Piano Man??? > 10. "You Can Call Me Al"; "The Boy in the Bubble"; > "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes". Graceland |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 09 11:05PM +0200 >> 4. "Subterranean Homesick Alien"; "Paranoid Android"; >> "Karma Police". > OK Computer Obviously, it helps if you have the album in question to answer these questions. But not always. I do have "OK Computer", but I did not recognized any titles from it. Then again, I find that album incredibly boring. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 09 02:49PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. "Bullet the Blue Sky"; "With or Without You"; > "Where the Streets Have No Name". > 2. "Time"; "Us and Them"; "Money". The Dark Side of the Moon > 6. "Welcome to the Jungle"; "Paradise City"; "Sweet Child o' Mine". > 7. "With A Little Help from My Friends"; > "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; "A Day In the Life". Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band > 8. "Sloop John B"; "God Only Knows"; "Wouldn't It Be Nice". > 9. "Just The Way You Are"; "Scenes from An Italian Restaurant"; > "Only the Good Die Young". by Billy Joel, but damned if I know the album name > 10. "You Can Call Me Al"; "The Boy in the Bubble"; > "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes". There Goes Rhymin' Simon > 2. [B] This city boasts 87 towers and a sentry path along its > ramparts. It's also notable for having an intact exterior wall, > unlike most walled cities, which suffer from breaks or damage. France > the current fortress built in the 15th century, this is one of > the oldest and best-preserved walled cities in Eastern Europe. > It is known as the birthplace of its country. Hungary > by ramparts. Sometimes called "Little Marrakesh", the city's > famous red-mud walls hide a lively souq and market scene with > views of the snowy High Atlas Mountains beyond. Morocco > nicknamed the "Golden City" after its characteristic sandy hue. > Over 5,000 people still live and work inside its walls, making > this remote destination worth the trek. India > just under 300. According to tradition it was here that in > 60 AD the Apostle St. Paul is said to have lived after being > shipwrecked on the Islands. Malta > World Heritage Site managed to survive a major earthquake in > 1667 and the armed conflict of the 1990s. Take a walk along > the well-preserved city walls and enjoy the gorgeous ocean views. Croatia > city used sun-dried mud brick walls to create a walled fortress. > According to UNESCO, this is one of the oldest and best examples > of urban planning based on vertical construction. Mali > 9. [I] According to UNESCO, the 32-foot-high brick walls protect > the inner town of the old Khiva oasis, the last resting-place > of caravans before crossing the desert to Iran. Afghanistan > With stone fortifications, the city has 14 tower houses built > between the 11th and 13th centuries as power symbols of wealthy > merchant families. Germany > thanks to the restoration campaign of one of the founders of > the modern science of conservation, and is designated as a > UNESCO Heritage Site. Spain (that's the Alhambra at Granada, if I'm not mistaken) -- Dan Tilque |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 09 07:50PM +0100 >> second tiebreaker. (See below for details.) > I have nothing prepared and I'm going to be out of action all next > week so I'll pass RQ 291 to Gareth if he cares to set it. I will do so, if you can all wait for the weekend |
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