| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 17 08:09PM -0700 On Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 12:20:09 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet were leading exponents of which school of painting? Imperssionism > 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 / Cacao > 4 Of Western European countries, at 7-9% which has the highest proportion of Muslims in its population? France > 5 How would one most easily recognise a dish being served flambéed? By the flames! > 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? [First] English Civil War > 8 Which architect's works include the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilboa? Frank Gehry Who is not on Mark's Christmas card list for some reason. > 9 Espadrilles are a variety of which type of clothing? Shoes / Footwear > 10 John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" is an official state song of what U.S. state? Colorado Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 522 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 42 Peter Smyth 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 43 Dan Blum 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 44 Bruce Bowler 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 44 Mark Brader 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 44 Pete Gayde 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 35 Dan Tilque 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 7 5 6 4 7 6 2 3 4 6 50 71% 8 was a popular score :-) Congratulations Peter S. cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 16 04:32AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 4. Continuing with the trend of widowed TV dads, name the one who > raised a spirited little boy named Opie in Mayberry, North > Carolina, and really loves fishing. Andy > and a fourth was born in season 4. This show faced a lot of > controversy for the fat jokes about the middle daughter and > her eventual bulimia and anorexia. Bob > and participated in four Olympic games starting in 1972. They > became the first indigenous women to be inducted into Canada's > Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Name the sport or discpline. curling > 5. Phyllis Munday and Annette Buck were avid mountain climbers and, > in 1924, were the first women to reach the summit of the highest > peak in the Canadian Rockies. Name this mountain. Mount Logan -- Dan Tilque |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jun 17 10:19AM -0700 On Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 1:56:49 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. Name the widowed TV dad who raised his three daughters with > the help of his brother-in-law and best friend in downtown > San Francisco. Danny > 4. Continuing with the trend of widowed TV dads, name the one who > raised a spirited little boy named Opie in Mayberry, North > Carolina, and really loves fishing. Andy > with his friend. He also spent a lot of time seeking advice > from his neighbor, Wilson, whose face is always partly hidden > behind a fence or something. Tim > 8. Name the TV dad who was a judge and lived in a fancy house > in Bel-Air. He had three kids and was also raising his nephew > who was from West Philadelphia. Phil > wife, kids, mother, sister-in-law, and nephew in Chicago. > He was constantly being annoyed by their nerdy teenage next-door > neighbor. Carl |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 17 11:19PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:zqWdnTZFvZkBO7nGnZ2dnUU7- > to adulthood. He also adopted one of his son's friends and his > new wife's daughter. His series aired on ABC from 1960 to 1965 > and then on CBS until 1972. Steve > 4. Continuing with the trend of widowed TV dads, name the one who > raised a spirited little boy named Opie in Mayberry, North > Carolina, and really loves fishing. Andy > with his friend. He also spent a lot of time seeking advice > from his neighbor, Wilson, whose face is always partly hidden > behind a fence or something. Tim > who was from West Philadelphia. > 9. Name the TV dad who was raising his family on a farm in Walnut > Grove, Minn., in the 1870s and 1880s. James > and participated in four Olympic games starting in 1972. They > became the first indigenous women to be inducted into Canada's > Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Name the sport or discpline. Cross Country Skiing; Biathlon > 8. What was the first time the Canadian women's *and* men's teams > in one sport won Olympic gold medals? Give either the year or > the city. 2002; 1998 > event the following year. Also in 1968, she brought home > Canada's first Olympic gold medal in giant slalom, and a silver > medal in slalom events. Name her. Cochran > American and British ice shows as the headliner. Name her. > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: vs gur fcbeg > lbh anzrq jnf whfg "fxvvat", cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp. Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 17 04:50PM -0700 On Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 3:56:49 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > with his friend. He also spent a lot of time seeking advice > from his neighbor, Wilson, whose face is always partly hidden > behind a fence or something. Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor > who was from West Philadelphia. > 9. Name the TV dad who was raising his family on a farm in Walnut > Grove, Minn., in the 1870s and 1880s. Walton? > 7. Born in Winnipeg, she is the first athlete in history to win > multiple medals in both summer and winter Olympic Games. > Name her. Hughes > 8. What was the first time the Canadian women's *and* men's teams > in one sport won Olympic gold medals? Give either the year or > the city. 1984, 1988 > yet been repeated. Considered one of Canada's best-remembered > sports personalities, after the Olympics she toured North > American and British ice shows as the headliner. Name her. cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 17 10:00PM +0200 This a reminder for you to enter in RQ294. As it says in the subject line, you are permitted to use sources and as a consequence of this you are requested to mail your answers. This post includes the previously posted clarification to #5. 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. (See below for further clarification) 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. Further details on question 5: Assume two countries A and B. X is head of state A and Y is head of state B. A and B merge to form a new state C (which may not be official at the time, but generally in history C is said to have been formed at the time of the merger). Assume that X becomes the head of state of C and 364 days later, Y succeedes X on that position. In this example, neither X nor Y is a correct answer. Assume instead that Y succeeds X on the 365th day of the merger. Y is now correct answer, unless there was a Feb 29th in between. Would X later re-enter in the position as the head of state of C, that would also be a correct answer. Assume now instead that A remains A, that is B is conquered or absorbed into A. In this case, X can never be a correct answer, but Y would be a correct answer on the same condition as above. Assume now a country C which splits in A and B. X is the head of state C. If X later became head of state of A or B, X is a valid answer, if X took that position at least 365 days after the split (or 366 days for leap years). If C remains C, and A simply secedes from C, X is only a valid answer, if X became head of state of A at least 365 days later. |
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