- QFTCIBP Game 9, Rounds 2,4,5: impressionism, ex-capitals, piano - 4 Updates
- QFTCIWSS Current Events 1-2 - 5 Updates
- Shortest Movie Titles - 2 Updates
- QFTCIBP Game 8, Rounds 9-10: glass, India challenge - 1 Update
- QFTCIBP Game 8, Rounds 7-8: NBA, GTA - 1 Update
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 29 04:05PM > * Game 9, Round 2 - Art - Impressionists and Post-Impressionists > 1. Alfred Sisley. L; A > 2. Gustave Caillebotte. M > 3. Mary Cassatt. B; J > 4. Berthe Morisot. E; H > 5. O. Toulouse-Lautrec > 6. P. Monet > 8. S. Seurat > 9. T. Cezanne > 10. U. Manet; Degas > 11. X. van Gogh > * Game 9, Round 4 - Geography - Capital Cities of Former Countries > 1. Corsican Republic (1755-68). Ajotta > 2. Yugoslavia (1918-92). Belgrade > 3. West Germany (1949-90). Bonn > 4. Prussia (1525-1701). Berlin > 5. Zanzibar (1963-64). Dar es Salaam > 7. South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) (1954-76). Saigon > 8. Tibet (1912-51). Lhasa > 9. United Arab Republic (1958-61). Cairo > 10. Federation of South Arabia (1962-67). Muscat > * Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - Classical Piano > 1. 1722, "Prelude #1 in C#, BWV 846, from "The Well-Tempered > Clavier". Bach > 2. 1783, "Rondo alla turca", sonata in A, #11, K331:III. Mozart > 3. 1801, piano Sonata #14 in C# minor, op.27 #2 "Moonlight": > 3rd movement, Presto agitato. Beethoven > 4. 1828, piano sonata in Bb major, D960, #1: Molto moderato. Chopin > 5. 1838, "Tr?umerei", from "Kinderszenen". Brahms > 6. 1847, waltz #7 in C# minor, op. 64 #2. Brahms > 7. Between 1842 and 1844, "Spring Song" from "Lieder Ohne W?rter", > op. 62 #6. Wagner > 8. 1852, "?tudes d'ex?cution transcendante", #12: "Chasse-neige", > S139. Saint-Saens > 9. Published 1905, "Claire de Lune". Debussy > 10. 1924, "Rhapsody in Blue". Gershwin -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 29 08:05PM +0200 > For questions #1-4, we name the artist and you give the letter of > the image. > 1. Alfred Sisley. M > 2. Gustave Caillebotte. J > 3. Mary Cassatt. G > 4. Berthe Morisot. L > 5. O. Vincent vnc Gogh > 6. P. Edvard Munch > 10. U. Paul Gaugion > 11. X. Munch > the city was the capital. If the name of the city has changed, > you can use either its name at the time or its present name. > 1. Corsican Republic (1755-68). Ajaccio > 2. Yugoslavia (1918-92). Belgrade > 3. West Germany (1949-90). Bonn > 4. Prussia (1525-1701). Königsberg > 5. Zanzibar (1963-64). Tanganyika > 6. Rhodesia (1965-79). Salisbury > 7. South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) (1954-76). Saigon > 8. Tibet (1912-51). Lhasa > 9. United Arab Republic (1958-61). Cairo > 10. Federation of South Arabia (1962-67). Aden > You name the composer. (Surnames are sufficient in all cases.) > 1. 1722, "Prelude #1 in C#, BWV 846, from "The Well-Tempered > Clavier". Johan Sebastian Bach > 2. 1783, "Rondo alla turca", sonata in A, #11, K331:III. Wolfgang Amadeuss Mozard > 3. 1801, piano Sonata #14 in C# minor, op.27 #2 "Moonlight": > 3rd movement, Presto agitato. Ludvig van Beethoven > 4. 1828, piano sonata in Bb major, D960, #1: Molto moderato. Johannes Brahms > 5. 1838, "Träumerei", from "Kinderszenen". Franz Schubert > 6. 1847, waltz #7 in C# minor, op. 64 #2. Franz Liszt > 7. Between 1842 and 1844, "Spring Song" from "Lieder Ohne Wörter", > op. 62 #6. Robert Schumann > 8. 1852, "Études d'exécution transcendante", #12: "Chasse-neige", > S139. Frédéric Chopin > 9. Published 1905, "Claire de Lune". Claude Debussy > 10. 1924, "Rhapsody in Blue". George Gershwin |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 30 01:11AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:vdGdnaJrwYrqS5HGnZ2dnUU7- > For questions #1-4, we name the artist and you give the letter of > the image. > 1. Alfred Sisley. B; A > 2. Gustave Caillebotte. M; L > 3. Mary Cassatt. J > 4. Berthe Morisot. D > in order by letter, and interspersed the 2 decoys with the others; > answer for the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points. > 8. S. Seurat > 11. X. Van Gogh > the city was the capital. If the name of the city has changed, > you can use either its name at the time or its present name. > 1. Corsican Republic (1755-68). Ajaccio > 2. Yugoslavia (1918-92). Belgrade > 3. West Germany (1949-90). Bonn > 4. Prussia (1525-1701). Berlin > 6. Rhodesia (1965-79). Salisbury > 7. South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) (1954-76). Saigon > 8. Tibet (1912-51). Lhasa > 9. United Arab Republic (1958-61). Cairo > 10. Federation of South Arabia (1962-67). Aden; Sana'a > You name the composer. (Surnames are sufficient in all cases.) > 1. 1722, "Prelude #1 in C#, BWV 846, from "The Well-Tempered > Clavier". Bach > 2. 1783, "Rondo alla turca", sonata in A, #11, K331:III. Mozart > 3. 1801, piano Sonata #14 in C# minor, op.27 #2 "Moonlight": > 3rd movement, Presto agitato. Beethoven > 9. Published 1905, "Claire de Lune". Debussy > 10. 1924, "Rhapsody in Blue". Gershwin -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 30 08:28AM Mark Brader wrote: > you can use either its name at the time or its present name. > 1. Corsican Republic (1755-68). > 2. Yugoslavia (1918-92). Belgrade > 3. West Germany (1949-90). Bonn > 4. Prussia (1525-1701). > 5. Zanzibar (1963-64). Dodoma > 6. Rhodesia (1965-79). Salisbury > 7. South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) (1954-76). Saigon > 8. Tibet (1912-51). > 9. United Arab Republic (1958-61). Cairo > 10. Federation of South Arabia (1962-67). Aden > You name the composer. (Surnames are sufficient in all cases.) > 1. 1722, "Prelude #1 in C#, BWV 846, from "The Well-Tempered > Clavier". Bach > 2. 1783, "Rondo alla turca", sonata in A, #11, K331:III. Mozart > 3. 1801, piano Sonata #14 in C# minor, op.27 #2 "Moonlight": > 3rd movement, Presto agitato. Beethoven > 4. 1828, piano sonata in Bb major, D960, #1: Molto moderato. > 5. 1838, "Träumerei", from "Kinderszenen". > 6. 1847, waltz #7 in C# minor, op. 64 #2. Strauss > 8. 1852, "Études d'exécution transcendante", #12: "Chasse-neige", > S139. > 9. Published 1905, "Claire de Lune". Debussy > 10. 1924, "Rhapsody in Blue". Gershwin Peter Smyth |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 29 03:56PM > Harvey Weinstein for sexual abuse, resigned last week when a > "New Yorker" story detailed accusations by four women of his > own sexual abuses. Name him. Schneiderman > 5. Name the company that is paying $7,150,000,000 US for the right > to sell Starbucks products worldwide. McDonald's; Nestle > sue the city where his team plays. He says police used a > stun-gun on him and beat him without provocation during an > arrest in January. Which city is he suing? Milwaukee > actor record voice announcements for the city's transit system > was on hold, after he was accused of sexual harrassment by > eight women. Which actor? Morgan Freeman > 4. This Pulitzer-prizewinning novelist, author of "American > Pastoral", died on Tuesday at age 85. Name him. Philip Roth > branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had > "lost" a staggeringly large number of immigrant children placed > in homes of sponsors. Within 100, how many children? 1500 > 8. Last week the federal government quashed a $1,500,000,000 Chinese > takeover bid for a Canadian construction company, citing national- > security concerns. What Canadian company? Huawei > that was added by) a previous constitutional amendment that had > recognized the "equal right to life" of the mother and the unborn. > *What number* was that previous amendment? 8 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 29 07:55PM +0200 > * Game 1 (2018-05-14), Round 1 - Current Events > 5. Name the company that is paying $7,150,000,000 US for the right > to sell Starbucks products worldwide. Nestle > 7. It was down to the wire for the Eurovision Song Contest in > Lisbon, but Israel squeaked out a victory. Name either the > winning song or the singer. I knew that Israel won, but I'm happy to not know any of the answers. > branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had > "lost" a staggeringly large number of immigrant children placed > in homes of sponsors. Within 100, how many children? 1150 > that was added by) a previous constitutional amendment that had > recognized the "equal right to life" of the mother and the unborn. > *What number* was that previous amendment? 8th |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 30 12:59AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8KidnUDxqc8nSZHGnZ2dnUU7- > Harvey Weinstein for sexual abuse, resigned last week when a > "New Yorker" story detailed accusations by four women of his > own sexual abuses. Name him. Schneiderman > 7. It was down to the wire for the Eurovision Song Contest in > Lisbon, but Israel squeaked out a victory. Name either the > winning song or the singer. "Toy" > actor record voice announcements for the city's transit system > was on hold, after he was accused of sexual harrassment by > eight women. Which actor? Morgan Freeman > 4. This Pulitzer-prizewinning novelist, author of "American > Pastoral", died on Tuesday at age 85. Name him. Philip Roth > branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had > "lost" a staggeringly large number of immigrant children placed > in homes of sponsors. Within 100, how many children? 1,500 > that was added by) a previous constitutional amendment that had > recognized the "equal right to life" of the mother and the unborn. > *What number* was that previous amendment? 8th -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 30 01:05AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Harvey Weinstein for sexual abuse, resigned last week when a > "New Yorker" story detailed accusations by four women of his > own sexual abuses. Name him. Schneiderman > sue the city where his team plays. He says police used a > stun-gun on him and beat him without provocation during an > arrest in January. Which city is he suing? New York > branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had > "lost" a staggeringly large number of immigrant children placed > in homes of sponsors. Within 100, how many children? 1300 > that was added by) a previous constitutional amendment that had > recognized the "equal right to life" of the mother and the unborn. > *What number* was that previous amendment? 8 -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 30 08:11AM Mark Brader wrote: > 7. It was down to the wire for the Eurovision Song Contest in > Lisbon, but Israel squeaked out a victory. Name either the > winning song or the singer. Netta > eight women. Which actor? > 4. This Pulitzer-prizewinning novelist, author of "American > Pastoral", died on Tuesday at age 85. Name him. Phillip Roth > that was added by) a previous constitutional amendment that had > recognized the "equal right to life" of the mother and the unborn. > *What number* was that previous amendment? 8th > 10. An explosion at a Mississauga restaurant sent multiple people > to hospital Thursday night. What restaurant? Peter Smyth |
| spacebarshift2012@gmail.com: May 29 04:27PM -0700 Da (1988) If... (1968) |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 30 03:22AM > Da (1988) > If... (1968) M (1931) Z (1969) -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 26 09:34AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. What product, used for short- and long-range telecommunications, > consists of glass components bundled together in a flexible > sheath? fiber optics > 2. What type of glass is usually made from a combination of two > or more types of glass, one hard and one soft? The softer layer > makes the glass more elastic, so it can flex instead of shatter. pyrex > 3. In medical X-ray facilities, technicians view the patient > through a glass screen that has been embedded with what > substance? lead > 4. What type of narrow-necked laboratory glassware, typically > conical or spherical, and used to hold reagents or samples, > has variations known as Florence, Schlenk, and Erlenmeyer? flask > 5. What type of laboratory glassware is used to culture living > cells? Petri dish > is known for being lightweight, corrosion-resistant and a good > insulator, making it popular in the construction industry? > Its form also becomes stronger as the glass ages. fiberglass > 26 mm wide and about 1 mm thick, used to hold samples for > close and precisely movable examination in optical microscopes, > the kind you may have used in a high-school biology class? slide > glass? Given their large surveillance area, they are commonly > used as a safety feature on cars, at intersections of building > hallways and on automated banking machines. convex > cause the glass, when broken, to crumble into small granular > chunks instead of splintering into jagged shards. The granular > chunks are less likely to cause injury. windshield safety glass > glass with a mercury-tin amalgam, obtaining near-perfect and > undistorted reflection. Name the city which became the center > of this manufacturing process. Venice > A1. Which city is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal? > The city is widely regarded as the "cultural capital" > of India, and is also nicknamed the "City of Joy". Calcutta > A2. Which city is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra? > It is also the most populous city in India with an estimated > population of 12,400,000 in the city proper as of 2011. Bombay > B2. In what year did Gandhi famously lead Indians in challenging > the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km Salt March to > Dandi? 1946 > be an irreverent depiction of Muhammad? In 1989 a fatwa > ordering Rushdie's execution was proclaimed by Ayatollah > Khomeini because of this novel. Satanic Verses > contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, > infinite series, and continued fractions? The 2015 film > "The Man Who Knew Infinity" was based on his life. Ramanujan > traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected > light changes wavelength. This effect and the resulting > type of scattering are both named for him. Chandrasekar ? -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 23 05:01AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:7KWdneZKUaKd_ZnGnZ2dnUU7- > service as an officer in the United States Navy. He played > his entire career for the San Antonio Spurs. He also was a > 10-time NBA All-Star and the 1995 NBA MVP. David Robinson > 3. He is the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points. > Originally known as Lew Alcindor, he played 20 seasons in the > NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar > 4. He is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game. Wilt Chamberlain > over the course of his career. He is a Sudanese-American who > is also tied for the title of tallest player in the history of > the NBA at 7'7" (231 cm). Manute Bol > by the Indiana Pacers with the second overall pick in the 1988 > NBA draft and spent his entire professional career with the team. > He is the most successful Dutch basketball player ever. Smits > 20 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 blocks in a single game off > the bench. He is a 7'6" tall (229 cm) German-American who also > had a role as one of the NBA stars in the film "Space Jam". Schrempf > in 2000. In addition to his basketball career, he has released > four rap albums, with his first one going platinum. His acting > career has met with less success. Shaquille O'Neal > * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Region Municipalities > municipalities in the Toronto region. For each question, we'll > give you the number on the map and the name of its mayor. You name > the place. I'll have to pass on this round. -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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