- MSBKO7 Round 7 - 5 Updates
- QFTCIBP Game 7, Rounds 4,6: EGOTs, traitors - 3 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 07 02:47PM -0700 On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 8:21:55 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > (Answer in degrees, with decimal fractions if applicable, not > degrees and minutes or other units. Answers will be compared > by absolute difference from the correct answer, not be ratio.) 33.333 cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 07 10:13PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > (Answer in degrees, with decimal fractions if applicable, not > degrees and minutes or other units. Answers will be compared > by absolute difference from the correct answer, not be ratio.) 28.5 degrees -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 08 12:58AM -0500 Mark Brader: > (Answer in degrees, with decimal fractions if applicable, not > degrees and minutes or other units. Answers will be compared > by absolute difference from the correct answer, not be ratio.) North 17.4983 S South 56.5378 S Answer is 39.0395 Dan Tilque 28.5 -27.0% Calvin 33.333 -14.6% Joshua Kreitzer 35 -10.3% ** CORRECT ** 39.0395 Dan Blum 55 +40.9% Dan Blum is eliminated. -- Mark Brader "You have a truly warped mind. Toronto I admire that in a person." msb@vex.net -- Bill Davidsen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 08 01:00AM -0500 And then there were three. This contest is now open only to Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, and the entrant posting as "Calvin". See the earlier postings for full rules. 8. According to latest numbers given for each country in the CIA World Factbook as of when this contest began, the *percentage* of the population of Afghanistan *that is urban* is how many times the corresponding percentage for Canada? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Perhaps I should have done the posting and sleeping msb@vex.net | in the other order." --Peter Duncanson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 07 11:21PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > World Factbook as of when this contest began, the *percentage* > of the population of Afghanistan *that is urban* is how many > times the corresponding percentage for Canada? .34 -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 07 01:43PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:M-mdnWYRRdua6nPHnZ2dnUU7- > for Best Original Screenplay for "The Producers" and his > Tonys are for Best Original Score and Best Musical, also for > "The Producers". Mel Brooks > African-American EGOT winner. Her Oscar is for "Ghost", one > of her Emmys is for "The View", and her Tony is for "Thoroughly > Modern Millie". Whoopi Goldberg > 5. She was the first Hispanic EGOT winner, with an Oscar for "West > Side Story", Emmy for "The Muppet Show", Grammy for "The Electric > Company", and Tony for "The Ritz". Rita Moreno > and Tony for Best Director for "Big Fish, Little Fish" in 1961. > 7. She was the first to complete the cycle posthumously. Her Oscar > win was for "Roman Holiday" and her Tony was for "Ondine". Audrey Hepburn > at 51 years. His Oscar was for Best Director for "The Graduate" > and his Emmy was for Best Director for a Miniseries, Movie or > Special for "Angels in America". Nichols > and 43 Broadway musicals. He was the first EGOT winner and > had successful partnerships with both Lorenz Hart and Oscar > Hammerstein. Richard Rodgers > Way We Were"; Pulitzer for "A Chorus Line"; and Best Original > Score for "Sophie's Choice". Two of his Emmy awards were for > music direction of Barbra Streisand specials. Marvin Hamlisch > 1. He participated in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which was an > attempt to assassinate James I of England. He is now the best > known of the group who were convicted of treason and executed. Guy Fawkes > 2. He was a general during the American Revolutionary War, who > fought for the American Continental Army and later defected to > the British. His name is now a byword for traitor. Benedict Arnold > and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island in French > Guiana. In 1906, he was officially exonerated by a military > commission. Dreyfuss > participant in the Rye House Plot of 1683. The plan to > assassinate King Charles II of England failed, and he was > executed for treason. Guy Fawkes > convicted on one count of treason. Give her name *or* the > nickname used for her at the time. She was pardoned in the > 1970s. Tokyo Rose > 7. He was the third Vice-President of the United States, and > killed Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel. He was also arrested > on charges of treason in 1807, and later acquitted. Aaron Burr > treason against the state of Missouri and imprisoned in an > Illinois jail. A mob stormed the jail and shot him to death > while he was trying to escape by a window. Joseph Smith > Canadian Prairies. He was executed for treason in 1885. > 10. The last Queen of France before the French Revolution, she > was found guilty of high treason and executed in 1793. Marie Antoinette Pete Gayde |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: May 07 07:28PM On Sat, 05 May 2018 22:31:19 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > African-American EGOT winner. Her Oscar is for "Ghost", one > of her Emmys is for "The View", and her Tony is for "Thoroughly > Modern Millie". Whoopie Goldberg > 5. She was the first Hispanic EGOT winner, with an Oscar for "West > Side Story", Emmy for "The Muppet Show", Grammy for "The Electric > Company", and Tony for "The Ritz". Rita Moreno > 6. He was the oldest EGOT winner, with an Oscar for "Arthur" > in 1981, Emmy for "Summer's Lease", Grammy for "Ages of Man", > and Tony for Best Director for "Big Fish, Little Fish" in 1961. John Geilgud > and 43 Broadway musicals. He was the first EGOT winner and > had successful partnerships with both Lorenz Hart and Oscar > Hammerstein. Rogers > 1. He participated in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which was an > attempt to assassinate James I of England. He is now the best > known of the group who were convicted of treason and executed. Guy Fawkes > 2. He was a general during the American Revolutionary War, who > fought for the American Continental Army and later defected to > the British. His name is now a byword for traitor. Benedict Arnold > convicted on one count of treason. Give her name *or* the > nickname used for her at the time. She was pardoned in the > 1970s. Tokyo Rose > 7. He was the third Vice-President of the United States, and > killed Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel. He was also arrested > on charges of treason in 1807, and later acquitted. Aaron Burr > treason against the state of Missouri and imprisoned in an > Illinois jail. A mob stormed the jail and shot him to death > while he was trying to escape by a window. Joseph Smith |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 07 03:08PM -0700 On Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 1:31:24 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > for Best Original Screenplay for "The Producers" and his > Tonys are for Best Original Score and Best Musical, also for > "The Producers". Brooks > African-American EGOT winner. Her Oscar is for "Ghost", one > of her Emmys is for "The View", and her Tony is for "Thoroughly > Modern Millie". Goldberg > Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording"; and his Tony > awards include Best Play for "Doubt", Best Musical for "The > Book of Mormon", and Best Revival of a Play for "Hello, Dolly!" Weinstein? > 4. This winner was a composer, conductor, and music arranger. > His Oscar was for "A Little Night Music"; Emmy for "Night of > 100 Stars"; Grammy for "No One is Alone"; and Tony for "Titanic". Elfman, Williams > 5. She was the first Hispanic EGOT winner, with an Oscar for "West > Side Story", Emmy for "The Muppet Show", Grammy for "The Electric > Company", and Tony for "The Ritz". Morena > 6. He was the oldest EGOT winner, with an Oscar for "Arthur" > in 1981, Emmy for "Summer's Lease", Grammy for "Ages of Man", > and Tony for Best Director for "Big Fish, Little Fish" in 1961. Gielgud > 7. She was the first to complete the cycle posthumously. Her Oscar > win was for "Roman Holiday" and her Tony was for "Ondine". Hepburn > and 43 Broadway musicals. He was the first EGOT winner and > had successful partnerships with both Lorenz Hart and Oscar > Hammerstein. Rodgers > Way We Were"; Pulitzer for "A Chorus Line"; and Best Original > Score for "Sophie's Choice". Two of his Emmy awards were for > music direction of Barbra Streisand specials. Sondheim > 1. He participated in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which was an > attempt to assassinate James I of England. He is now the best > known of the group who were convicted of treason and executed. Fawkes > 2. He was a general during the American Revolutionary War, who > fought for the American Continental Army and later defected to > the British. His name is now a byword for traitor. Arnold > and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island in French > Guiana. In 1906, he was officially exonerated by a military > commission. Dreyfuss > participant in the Rye House Plot of 1683. The plan to > assassinate King Charles II of England failed, and he was > executed for treason. Oates? > a Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the United Kingdom during World > War II with the nickname "Lord Haw-Haw". He was the second-last > person to be executed for treason in the United Kingdom. Muggeridge is the only name I can come up with but I don't think it was him. > convicted on one count of treason. Give her name *or* the > nickname used for her at the time. She was pardoned in the > 1970s. Tokyo Rose > 7. He was the third Vice-President of the United States, and > killed Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel. He was also arrested > on charges of treason in 1807, and later acquitted. Burr > treason against the state of Missouri and imprisoned in an > Illinois jail. A mob stormed the jail and shot him to death > while he was trying to escape by a window. Smith, Young > Canadian Prairies. He was executed for treason in 1885. > 10. The last Queen of France before the French Revolution, she > was found guilty of high treason and executed in 1793. Antoinette cheers, calvin |
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