Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 15 updates in 6 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 13 03:16AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-03-26,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
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* Game 10, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Norse Mythology
 
1. The god Loki is a shape-shifter. Name one of the creatures
that Loki has assumed the shape of.
 
2. Name Loki's giant wolf son who was tied up by the gods, but
was destined to grow too big for his bonds and eat Odin.
 
3. What goddess was associated with love, sex, beauty, fertility,
gold, sorcery, war, and death? She was accompanied by the boar
Hildisvíni, who she sometimes rode. She also rode in a chariot,
pulled by two cats.
 
4. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Juvpu tbqqrff vf qrfpevorq nf
gur jvsr bs gur tbq Bqva naq zbgure bs gur tbq Onyqe? Qhr gb
fvtavsvpnag gurzngvp bireync, fpubynef unir cebcbfrq n pbaarpgvba
gb Serln. Sevqnl vf anzrq nsgre ure.
 
5. Name the god who possesses the horn Gjallarhorn. Before
Ragnarök, he will blow this horn to call all of the gods
to battle.
 
6. Odin had two pet ravens named Huginn and Muninn. What do either
of those names mean in English?
 
7. Odin's horse Sleipnir was known as the best of all horses.
How many legs did Sleipnir have?
 
8. In order to gain knowledge, Odin hung himself from a tree for
9 nights. Name that tree.
 
9. What is the collective term for the lesser goddesses in Norse
Mythology that serve Odin? Their task is to choose those who
have died in the most heroic way in battle and carry them off
to Valhalla.
 
10. Only half of the warriors who die in combat go to Valhalla.
Where do the other half go?
 
 
* Game 10, Round 5 - Audio - Postmodern Jukebox
 
Yes, it's an audio round without the audio.
 
In its original form, this round featured clips from the group
Postmodern Jukebox, and the preamble began, "This is another
jazz round. Well, not really."
 
In this format, I'll just give you the title of the song that you
would have had to recognize from the audio clip, and you name the
original artist or band as applicable.
 
1. "Closer".
2. "Bad Romance".
3. "Sweet Child o' Mine".
4. "Seven Nation Army".
5. "Black Hole Sun".
6. "Creep".
7. "Gangsta's Paradise".
8. "Thong Song".
9. "All About the Bass".
10. "Who Can it be Now?".
 
 
* Game 10, Round 6 - Science - Science of Food
 
1. Baking powder is is a combination of several ingredients.
Primarily an acid such as cream of tartar or monocalcium
phosphate combined with an alkali that produces bubbles when
the mixture is exposed to water. What is the most common alkali
component of baking powder?
 
2. When you chew wintergreen Lifesavers, they emit light.
The sparking is an effect of sugar crystals being fractured.
The structural change to the sugar crystals results in the
release of energy that is absorbed by flavor compounds which
emit visible light as they return to ground state. What is
the name of this effect?
 
3. When cream is whipped, the fat is stretched to form a foamy
structure that holds tiny pockets of air. But these fat pockets
melt when heated. When eggs are whipped, a different substance
is stretched to form the air pockets -- one that is stable when
heated. This is why we can have meringues and angel food cake.
What is this substance?
 
4. When proteins are cooked they uncurl and can relink into
larger molecules. But proteins can also be forced to uncurl
by exposing them to an acid, such as in preparing ceviche.
What is this process called?
 
5. Proteins are made of smaller "building blocks". In humans,
8 of these are essential in one's diet; the others we can build
from those. What are these "building blocks" collectively
called?
 
6. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the above ones. Orsber onxvat fbqn jnf pbzzba,
guvf bgure purzvpny jnf hfrq nf n yrniravat ntrag. Vg vf
fgvyy hfrq va fbzr genqvgvbany erpvcrf, rfcrpvnyyl Trezna naq
Fpnaqvanivna barf. Vg vf fbzrgvzrf pnyyrq Unegfubea orpnhfr
gur bevtvany fbhepr jnf sebz qrre nagyref. Naq nygubhtu vg
vf eryngrq gb n pyrnavat ntrag, guvf pbzcbhaq vf aba-gbkvp.
Jung vf guvf genqvgvbany yrniravat ntrag?
 
7. Food turns brown for many reasons. Caramelization of sugars
when they're heated is one. But it is a different process when
fresh food turns brown on its own, such as cut apples browning,
or bananas getting too ripe. This type of browning is because
of oxidation and is named for one of the types of chemicals
involved. What is it called?
 
8. A third major source of browning is the chemical reaction
between <answer 5> and reducing sugars that gives browned
food its distinctive flavor. Seared steaks, pan-fried
dumplings, cookies and other kinds of biscuits, breads, toasted
marshmallows, as well as many other foods, undergo this reaction.
What is it called?
 
9. Oil and water don't mix, as anyone who has tried to make salad
dressing can understand. But there are compounds that allow
them to mix without separating. One is found in egg yolks,
making possible such foods as hollandaise sauce and mayonnaise.
What are these compounds called?
 
10. Most pickles these days are made by adding vinegar (acetic
acid) to vegetables to preserve them. Traditionally, though,
pickles were fermented, which produced a different acid that
acted as the preservative. Which acid?
 
After completing the round, please decode this final bit of rot13:
Vs lbh tnir nal bs gur sbyybjvat nf lbhe jubyr nafjre, cyrnfr tb
onpx naq tvir gur erfg bs gur anzr: nzzbavn be nzzbavhz, pneobangr
be ovpneobangr, fbqn be fbqvhz.
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 12 03:28PM -0500

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Game 3 (2018-06-04), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. On Tuesday, Roseanne Barr referred to this former senior advisor
to Barack Obama as "the offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood
and the Planet of the Apes." Barr then apologized, but ABC
cancelled her sitcom regardless. Which person of color was
the target of her insult?
 
2. Another comedienne also came under fire for referring to Ivanka
Trump as a "feckless phag" -- only without the rot13. Name her.
 
3. Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced that Canada would buy
the Trans Mountain Pipeline System from Kinder Morgan in hopes
of saving the project. Within $100,000,000, what is the price
tag for the pipeline?
 
4. This independent senator introduced a bill on Tuesday that
would federally prohibit companies from paying for people's
blood. Name the senator.
 
5. An upcoming R-rated puppet movie, "The Happytime Murders", is
being advertised with the slogan "No Sesame. All Street." --
leading to legal action by the Sesame Workshop, the makers
of "Sesame Street". Their request for a restraining order
against the slogan was denied. But your question is, who is
the non-puppet star of this film?
 
6. What did Uber add to their phone app in an effort to make their
rides safer?
 
7. Which former soccer player, who scored two goals for France in
their 1998 World Cup Final win, announced he was stepping down
as coach of Real Madrid?
 
8. Why was Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in the news last
week?
 
9. Workers for this company, originally incorporated in 1881,
voted to strike late Tuesday night, but their union reached a
tentative deal and the strike was averted. Name the company.
 
10. American medical-marijuana company MedMen Enterprises is now
listed on a market north of the border, with a valuation of
over $2,000,000,000. Which market?
 
 
* Game 4 (2018-06-11), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. Last week we were all rocked by two prominent suicides: fashion
designer Kate Spade and author / TV host Anthony Bourdain.
Tell us how old either of them was.
 
2. On Saturday, the Royal Ontario Museum displayed a golden silk
cape that is featured in an upcoming exhibit. Why is the
cape special?
 
3. Which horse became the 15th to win the Triple Crown when it
came in first at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday?
 
4. The Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup on Thursday, beating
the Las Vegas Golden Knights in a 4-1 series. What was the
score in the final game?
 
5. The Caps weren't the only world champions to be crowned last
week: the Golden State Warriors completed their sweep of the
Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Which Warrior won the
Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award?
 
6. Donald Trump made headlines at the G7 Summit this weekend
when he threate ned to punish Canada with tariffs on dairy and
automotive exports. Where exactly in Canada was the summit held?
 
7. Also at the G7 summit, Justin Trudeau announced that he had
secured $3,800,000,000 in commitments from the EU, the UK,
and Japan, in to a $400,000,000 Canadian commitment, for what?
 
8. The Ontario election last week had the highest voter turnout
-- percentage of participating eligible voters -- in Ontario
since 1999. Within one percentage point, what was the turnout?
 
9. Fuego, a volcano in Central America, erupted over the weekend
in rapid pyroclastic flows that have caused at least 109
fatalities so far. In what Central American country is this?
 
10. Disney announced that their head of animation -- formerly the
chairman of Pixar, and the director of "Toy Story" -- would be
leaving the company permanently following sexual harassment
allegations. Name him.
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 12 11:07PM +0200


> 7. Which former soccer player, who scored two goals for France in
> their 1998 World Cup Final win, announced he was stepping down
> as coach of Real Madrid?
 
Zidane

> 8. Why was Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in the news last
> week?
 
First because he was murdered. Then because he was not murdered
after all.

> 9. Workers for this company, originally incorporated in 1881,
> voted to strike late Tuesday night, but their union reached a
> tentative deal and the strike was averted. Name the company.
 
Walmart

 
> 1. Last week we were all rocked by two prominent suicides: fashion
> designer Kate Spade and author / TV host Anthony Bourdain.
> Tell us how old either of them was.
 
55

> 4. The Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup on Thursday, beating
> the Las Vegas Golden Knights in a 4-1 series. What was the
> score in the final game?
 
3-4

> 8. The Ontario election last week had the highest voter turnout
> -- percentage of participating eligible voters -- in Ontario
> since 1999. Within one percentage point, what was the turnout?
 
74

> 9. Fuego, a volcano in Central America, erupted over the weekend
> in rapid pyroclastic flows that have caused at least 109
> fatalities so far. In what Central American country is this?
 
Guatemala
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 12 11:14PM

> and the Planet of the Apes." Barr then apologized, but ABC
> cancelled her sitcom regardless. Which person of color was
> the target of her insult?
 
Jarrett
 
> 2. Another comedienne also came under fire for referring to Ivanka
> Trump as a "feckless phag" -- only without the rot13. Name her.
 
Samantha Bee
 
> the Trans Mountain Pipeline System from Kinder Morgan in hopes
> of saving the project. Within $100,000,000, what is the price
> tag for the pipeline?
 
$900,000,000
 
> 8. Why was Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in the news last
> week?
 
he faked his death
 
 
> 1. Last week we were all rocked by two prominent suicides: fashion
> designer Kate Spade and author / TV host Anthony Bourdain.
> Tell us how old either of them was.
 
61 (Bourdain)
 
> week: the Golden State Warriors completed their sweep of the
> Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Which Warrior won the
> Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award?
 
Steph Curry
 
> 9. Fuego, a volcano in Central America, erupted over the weekend
> in rapid pyroclastic flows that have caused at least 109
> fatalities so far. In what Central American country is this?
 
Honduras
 
> chairman of Pixar, and the director of "Toy Story" -- would be
> leaving the company permanently following sexual harassment
> allegations. Name him.
 
John Lasseter
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jun 12 04:31PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 4:28:17 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> the target of her insult?
 
> 2. Another comedienne also came under fire for referring to Ivanka
> Trump as a "feckless phag" -- only without the rot13. Name her.
Samantha Bee
> cape special?
 
> 3. Which horse became the 15th to win the Triple Crown when it
> came in first at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday?
Justify
> week: the Golden State Warriors completed their sweep of the
> Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Which Warrior won the
> Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award?
Steph Curry
> 6. Donald Trump made headlines at the G7 Summit this weekend
> when he threatened to punish Canada with tariffs on dairy and
> automotive exports. Where exactly in Canada was the summit held?
Montreal
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 13 12:03AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:cKGdneLQCv1Gsb3GnZ2dnUU7-
> and the Planet of the Apes." Barr then apologized, but ABC
> cancelled her sitcom regardless. Which person of color was
> the target of her insult?
 
Valerie Jarrett
 
 
> 2. Another comedienne also came under fire for referring to Ivanka
> Trump as a "feckless phag" -- only without the rot13. Name her.
 
Samantha Bee
 
> the Trans Mountain Pipeline System from Kinder Morgan in hopes
> of saving the project. Within $100,000,000, what is the price
> tag for the pipeline?
 
$2,100,000,000; $1,800,000,000
 
 
> 4. This independent senator introduced a bill on Tuesday that
> would federally prohibit companies from paying for people's
> blood. Name the senator.
 
Rand Paul
 
 
> 7. Which former soccer player, who scored two goals for France in
> their 1998 World Cup Final win, announced he was stepping down
> as coach of Real Madrid?
 
Zinedine Zidane
 
 
> 8. Why was Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in the news last
> week?
 
He faked his death
 
 
> 1. Last week we were all rocked by two prominent suicides: fashion
> designer Kate Spade and author / TV host Anthony Bourdain.
> Tell us how old either of them was.
 
Bourdain was 61
 
> cape special?
 
> 3. Which horse became the 15th to win the Triple Crown when it
> came in first at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday?
 
Justify
 
 
> 4. The Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup on Thursday, beating
> the Las Vegas Golden Knights in a 4-1 series. What was the
> score in the final game?
 
4-3
 
> week: the Golden State Warriors completed their sweep of the
> Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Which Warrior won the
> Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award?
 
Curry
 
 
> 6. Donald Trump made headlines at the G7 Summit this weekend
> when he threate ned to punish Canada with tariffs on dairy and
> automotive exports. Where exactly in Canada was the summit held?
 
Charlevoix, Quebec
 
 
> 8. The Ontario election last week had the highest voter turnout
> -- percentage of participating eligible voters -- in Ontario
> since 1999. Within one percentage point, what was the turnout?
 
67; 70
 
 
> 9. Fuego, a volcano in Central America, erupted over the weekend
> in rapid pyroclastic flows that have caused at least 109
> fatalities so far. In what Central American country is this?
 
Guatemala
 
> chairman of Pixar, and the director of "Toy Story" -- would be
> leaving the company permanently following sexual harassment
> allegations. Name him.
 
Lassetter
 
 
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 12 11:10PM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 7. Which former soccer player, who scored two goals for France in
> their 1998 World Cup Final win, announced he was stepping down
> as coach of Real Madrid?
 
Zidane
 
 
> 8. Why was Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in the news last
> week?
 
faked his death
 
 
> 10. American medical-marijuana company MedMen Enterprises is now
> listed on a market north of the border, with a valuation of
> over $2,000,000,000. Which market?
 
Toronto Stock Exchange
 
 
> 1. Last week we were all rocked by two prominent suicides: fashion
> designer Kate Spade and author / TV host Anthony Bourdain.
> Tell us how old either of them was.
 
61 (Bourdain)
 
> cape special?
 
> 3. Which horse became the 15th to win the Triple Crown when it
> came in first at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday?
 
Justify
 
> week: the Golden State Warriors completed their sweep of the
> Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Which Warrior won the
> Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award?
 
Steve Curry
 
 
> 9. Fuego, a volcano in Central America, erupted over the weekend
> in rapid pyroclastic flows that have caused at least 109
> fatalities so far. In what Central American country is this?
 
Nicaragua
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 13 08:15AM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 7. Which former soccer player, who scored two goals for France in
> their 1998 World Cup Final win, announced he was stepping down
> as coach of Real Madrid?
Zidane
> 8. Why was Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in the news last
> week?
He faked his own death
 
> 1. Last week we were all rocked by two prominent suicides: fashion
> designer Kate Spade and author / TV host Anthony Bourdain.
> Tell us how old either of them was.
50
> week: the Golden State Warriors completed their sweep of the
> Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Which Warrior won the
> Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award?
Curry
 
> 9. Fuego, a volcano in Central America, erupted over the weekend
> in rapid pyroclastic flows that have caused at least 109
> fatalities so far. In what Central American country is this?
Guatemala
> chairman of Pixar, and the director of "Toy Story" -- would be
> leaving the company permanently following sexual harassment
> allegations. Name him.
 
 
Peter Smyth
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jun 12 04:29PM -0700

On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 1:48:13 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> or Karen Blixen. Born in 1885, she was a Danish author who is
> best known for "Out of Africa" and "Babette's Feast", both of
> which have been adapted into Oscar-winning motion pictures.
Isak Dinesen
> final collection of stories before his death in World War I,
> and several of its stories (in particular "The Open Window")
> are reprinted frequently in anthologies.
Saki
> that enough of the public would buy more than one novel per
> year from a single author. So what pen name did he use for
> number of novels?
Richard Bachman
> and you name the only state that borders all three. For example,
> if we said New York, Ohio, and Maryland, you would say Pennsylvania.
 
> 1. Colorado, Missouri, South Dakota.
Nebraska
> 2. California, Oregon, Utah.
Nevada
 
> And for #5-10, it's countries.
 
> 5. Iraq, Jordan, Turkey.
> 6. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar.
Vietnam
> 7. Libya, Niger, Sudan.
> 8. Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
> 9. Brazil, Colombia, Guyana.
Venezuela
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 13 03:12AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> and some other information and you provide us with their pen name.
> In some cases they used more than one pen name -- if we don't
> specify otherwise, any one of them is acceptable.
 
Rather to my surprise -- because I knew all the answers except, of
course, for the question that went to me, namely #10 -- this proved
to be the hardest round in a rather hard original game.
 
> which described the period that they spent on the island.
> Some of her other novels include "La Mare au diable", "Indiana",
> "Lélia", "Mauprat", and "Consuelo".
 
George Sand. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> or Karen Blixen. Born in 1885, she was a Danish author who is
> best known for "Out of Africa" and "Babette's Feast", both of
> which have been adapted into Oscar-winning motion pictures.
 
Isak Dinesen, Pierre Andrézel, Tania Blixen, Peter Lawless, Osceola.
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Calvin, Pete, and Jason.
 
> It was not publicly known until 1977 that she was a woman.
> Her 1976 novella "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" won both the
> Nebula Award and the Hugo Award for Best Novella.
 
James Tiptree Jr., Raccoona Sheldon. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America
> Hall of Fame. Under what pen name does she write futuristic
> crime novels, including the "in Death" series?
 
J.D. Robb. 4 for Joshua.
 
In the original game the question described the novels as simply
as "erotic thrillers", but the sex scenes are typically entirely
incidental to the stories; and while they do have thriller elements,
I would primarily describe the series as futuristic mysteries --
the series takes place around the year 2060. -- in large part police
procedurals. I chose a more general phrase for the revised question.
 
> 5. His real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Born in 1832, he
> was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon,
> and photographer.
 
Lewis Carroll. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
 
> writer and musician. He wrote his popular series of books under
> a pseudonym to present them as memoirs by an acquaintance of
> the main characters. What pseudonym?
 
Lemony Snicket. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> final collection of stories before his death in World War I,
> and several of its stories (in particular "The Open Window")
> are reprinted frequently in anthologies.
 
Saki. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, and Jason.
 
> that enough of the public would buy more than one novel per
> year from a single author. So what pen name did he use for
> number of novels?
 
Richard Bachman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Calvin
(or someone like that), and Jason.
 
> include "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "Starship Troopers".
> Similarly to King, he wrote stories under various pseudonyms
> so that two or three could be published in a single magazine.
 
Anson MacDonald, Lyle Monroe, John Riverside, Caleb Saunders,
Caleb Strong, Simon York. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
 
> did not think people would believe the name "Turtledove".
> He has recently begun publishing historical novels under a
> second pseudonym.
 
Eric G. Iverson, H.N. Turteltaub. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
 
> and you name the only state that borders all three. For example,
> if we said New York, Ohio, and Maryland, you would say Pennsylvania.
 
> 1. Colorado, Missouri, South Dakota.
 
Nebraska. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jason.
 
> 2. California, Oregon, Utah.
 
Nevada. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete,
and Jason.
 
> Questions #3-4 work the same way, only instead of US states,
> the places are Ontario municipalities.
 
> 3. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Pelham, Welland.
 
Thorold.
 
> 4. Leeds & the Thousand Islands, Loyalist, South Frontenac.
 
Kingston.
 
> And for #5-10, it's countries.
 
> 5. Iraq, Jordan, Turkey.
 
Syria. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
 
> 6. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar.
 
Thailand. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
 
> 7. Libya, Niger, Sudan.
 
Chad. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 8. Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
 
Botswana. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 9. Brazil, Colombia, Guyana.
 
Venezuela. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Jason.
2 for Peter.
 
> 10. Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador.
 
Peru. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Geo
Dan Blum 36 32 68
Joshua Kreitzer 32 32 64
Peter Smyth 12 30 42
Pete Gayde 16 24 40
Dan Tilque 12 28 40
"Calvin" 16 19 35
Erland Sommarskog 0 32 32
Jason Kreitzer 12 12 24
 
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Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jun 13 05:51AM +0100


> 1 Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet were leading exponents of
> which school of painting?
 
Impressionism
 
> 2 Reflected in the nickname of its NBA team, which US state is known
> as the 'Pelican State'?
 
Louisiana
 
> 3 A mochaccino is traditionally made by adding what ingredient to a
> cappuccino?
 
Chocolate
 
> 4 Of Western European countries, at 7-9% which has the highest
> proportion of Muslims in its population?
 
Spain?
 
> 5 How would one most easily recognise a dish being served
> flambéed?
 
Its on fire
 
> 6 The April 1972 issue of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine sold over 1.5
> million copies, mostly due to a nude centrefold of which actor?
 
Burt Reynolds
 
> 7 The Battle of Naseby in 1645 was decisive in determining the outcome
> of which war?
 
English Civil War
 
> 8 Which architect's works include the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los
> Angeles, and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilboa?
 
Antonio Gaudi
 
> 9 Espadrilles are a variety of which type of clothing?
 
Shoes
 
> 10 John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" is an official state song of
> what U.S. state?
 
Colorado
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 12 06:18PM -0700

On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 1:10:59 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
 
> > so please let me know if there are any errors.
 
> Only one, on the first question, and it only affects 5th vs. 6th place.
 
 
Thanks for spotting it- now corrected.
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 TOTAL TB RQ293
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 33 Erland S
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 26 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 24 Dan Blum
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 23 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 Peter Smyth
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 Pete Gayde
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 4 5 5 2 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 37 39%
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 12 06:19PM -0700

On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 1:10:59 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> > Also it was a tough one to mark since correct answers were often given
> > for the wrong question,
 
> I was hoping for part marks for answers placed close to the right line.
 
Nice try :-)
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 12 06:21PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 5:00:29 PM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> With ">1 country" appearing twice, you would think that remaining entries
> would be single-country islands.
 
I realised when marking that some entrants had interpreted it that way. Apologies, but OTOH since there was only one clue each time other interpretations were equally valid.
 
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 12 10:30PM +0200

Welcome to Rotating Quiz #294, and as it says in the subject line,
this is a very unusual RQ. You are permitted to use sources and as
a consequence of this you are requested to mail your answers.
 
All questions are designed to have a set of correct answers. (Originally,
I thought of these questions for a Rare Entries.) How big each set is, I
don't know myself. You are supposed to find up to find up to five correct
answers. That does not mean however, that all questions have that many
answers.
 
Your first correct answer is worth 10 points. The next is worth 7 points.
The next three are worth 5 points each. Any correct answers beyond that
reward you nothing but glory. Incorrect answers have a penalty of -5.
However, your score for a question cannot be negative, so you can always
afford a guess, if you don't care to do any research. (I may also set 0
points, if I find that an answer is not really correct but nor is fully
incorrect.)
 
I expect these questions to be difficult, so I will let this quiz run
longer than usual. I will score this no earlier than Friday 22nd; it could
be later depending on weather and World Cup football. :-) I plan to post a
reminder.
 
I appreciate if you retain the questions in your answer slate.
 
Here are the questions:
 
1) Give one or more independent states of which the name normally used for
the state coincides with the normally used name of an entity in a
neighbouring state. "Entity" here can be an existing administrative
division, or merely a historical region, but it cannot be a strictly
geographical feature like a river or a lake.

The names do not have to match exactly, as different forms
of the same name may be in use on different sides of the border.
However, none of the names may include further qualifying parts.
For instance, Lower Saxland would not be a correct answer, even
if there is an entity called Saxland in a neighbouring state.
 
The question relates to the official situation at the time the
quiz is posted.
 
2) Give one or more administrative entities (country, county, city etc)
with a population of at least 20000 people of which the name includes
an uppercase letter which is directly preceded and succeeded by a
lowercase letter. That is, there is no space or other punctuation in
this sequence of three letters.
 
3) Name a movie, or a series of movies, that has been the direct
source of inspiration of a pinball game.
 
4) Name or describe a situation where an independent state lost the
territory of its capital for a period of at least ten years, but
the state continued to exist (with a new capital elsewhere) for
at least fifteen years after the old capital had been lost. (You
can refer to this situation as you like, for instance by giving
name of the city or the states involved together with the approximate
year for the conquest. If I cannot recognize the scene, I may
request that you supply more information.)
 
5) Name a person born after AD1000 who was the head of state of
two different independent states at different points in time,
but not holding both positions simultaneously. In the case of
split of mergers of states, a person who was head of state at the
time of the split/merger qualifies only if he/she did not become
head of state of any of the new states created after at least one
year after the split/merge.
 
6) In which countries are the two largest cities adjacent to each other
or part of the same metropolitan area?
 
7) There are many cases of new states that have arisen because of
secession, liberation wars, amicable splits etc. But can you name an
independent state that was created after 1800 AD after having been more
or less involuntarily kicked out from a larger state? For the purpose
of this question, the states created as part of the break of the Soviet
Union do not qualify.
 
8) Name a person who have won the same sport title at least eleven
times. The title must be contested at most once per year, and
the contenders for the title must generally be professionals.
The title can be contested in a single tournament or similar, or
it can be contested in a series of competition, matches etc that
run for the better part of the year. In case of leagues or similar,
only the final title counts, not any regional titles achieved along
the way to the final game. In case of team sports, the person
may have achieved the title playing for different teams.
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