- Rotating Quiz #300: ATANA - 3 Updates
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| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 31 12:26AM -0700 Welcome to Rotating Quiz #300. I was going to make the theme of this quiz based on the quiz number. Such as "What's a perfect score in a ten-pin bowling game?", "How many Spartans stayed behind at Thermopylae to hold off the Persians?" and "What was the 2006 movie about the preceding battle?" but the answers were just a tad too repetitive. So instead you get this quiz about Acronyms That Are Not Abbreviations(ATANA). Most acronyms are abbreviations of multi-word terms, but sometimes the words are just a collection of similar things that are ordered so the first letters make up something pronounceable. So the questions in this quiz are such an acronym and a category. You supply the words that make up the acronym. Examples: NEWS (directions) -- North East West South CHONPS (elements) -- Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Phosphorus Sulfur (these are found in all living beings including viruses, although others are usually found too) One point for each word in each acronym and no penalties for wrong answers. So if you only know part of an answer, go ahead and give it. The usual rules apply for tiebreakers, etc. This quiz will go until Friday 3-Aug-2018 sometime in the evening my time. 1. STEM (fields of study) 2. HOMES (lakes) 3. ABBA (musicians) 4. PIIGS (countries) 5. BRICS (countries) 6. FANG (stocks) 7. CABAL (councillors of Charles II) For answers with personal names (#3 and #7), you only need to give the part of the name that supplies the letter for the acronym. -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 31 09:45AM +0200 > 2. HOMES (lakes) Huron, Ontatio, Michigan, Eire, Superior > 3. ABBA (musicians) Agneta (Fältskog), Björn (Ulvaues), Benny (Andersson), Annifrid (Lyngstad) > 4. PIIGS (countries) Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain > 5. BRICS (countries) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa > 6. FANG (stocks) Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 31 03:04AM -0500 Dan Tilque: > 1. STEM (fields of study) Science, technology, engineering, math. > 2. HOMES (lakes) Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. > 3. ABBA (musicians) Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-Frid. I don't know if there's a canonical order, though. > 4. PIIGS (countries) Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Germany, South Korea? (Yeah, I know that doesn't make sense.) > 5. BRICS (countries) Britain, Russia, India, China, Spain? > 6. FANG (stocks) Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Google? > 7. CABAL (councillors of Charles II) Aaaagh! -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make msb@vex.net | us see a thread which is not there." --E.H. Gombrich |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 30 11:48AM Calvin wrote: > 1 In which country is Mount Ararat located? Jordan > 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Michael Balzary is better known by nickname, shared with insects from the order Siphonaptera? Flea > 3 Which Christian saint was originally known as Saul when born in the city of Tarsus around 5 BC? Paul > 4 Coined by George Bernard Shaw, the term 'bardolatry' refers to the excessive worship of which other writer? Shakespeare > 5 Which American heavy metal band's hits include 'We're Not Gonna Take It' and 'I Wanna Rock'? > 6 With the scientific name Desmodus rotundus, what is is the only mammal that can (arguably) live as a parasite? > 7 Which famous composer's musical works are classified by Kochel (or K) numbers? Mozart > 8 Commencing with Barbara Bush in 1990, the US First Lady traditionally makes a cameo appearance on which children's TV show? Sesame Street > 9 Which gas comprises about 96% of the atmosphere of the planet Venus? Carbon Dioxide > 10 With two French Open titles and a record 120 wins in Davis Cup matches, who (b. 1933) is generally regarded as Italy's greatest tennis player? Peter Smyth |
| bbowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jul 30 12:47PM On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:32:14 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 In which country is Mount Ararat located? Turkey > 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Michael Balzary is better known by > nickname, shared with insects from the order Siphonaptera? Flea > 3 Which Christian saint was originally known as Saul when born in the > city of Tarsus around 5 BC? Paul > 4 Coined by George Bernard Shaw, the term 'bardolatry' refers to the > excessive worship of which other writer? Shakespeare > 5 Which American heavy metal band's hits include 'We're Not Gonna Take > It' and 'I Wanna Rock'? Twisted Sister > 6 With the scientific name Desmodus rotundus, what is is the only mammal > that can (arguably) live as a parasite? Vampire bat > 7 Which famous composer's musical works are classified by Kochel (or K) > numbers? Bach? > 8 Commencing with Barbara Bush in 1990, the US First Lady traditionally > makes a cameo appearance on which children's TV show? Sesame Street > 9 Which gas comprises about 96% of the atmosphere of the planet Venus? |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 31 12:58AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 In which country is Mount Ararat located? Turkey > 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Michael Balzary is better known by nickname, shared with insects from the order Siphonaptera? Mosquito > 3 Which Christian saint was originally known as Saul when born in the city of Tarsus around 5 BC? Saint Paul > 4 Coined by George Bernard Shaw, the term 'bardolatry' refers to the excessive worship of which other writer? Shakespeare > 5 Which American heavy metal band's hits include 'We're Not Gonna Take It' and 'I Wanna Rock'? The Who (they aren't American, so the answer's probably wrong, but they did do a song with the first title.) > 6 With the scientific name Desmodus rotundus, what is is the only mammal that can (arguably) live as a parasite? > 7 Which famous composer's musical works are classified by Kochel (or K) numbers? Mozart > 8 Commencing with Barbara Bush in 1990, the US First Lady traditionally makes a cameo appearance on which children's TV show? Sesame Street > 9 Which gas comprises about 96% of the atmosphere of the planet Venus? carbon dioxide -- Dan Tilque |
| bbowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jul 30 12:40PM On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 02:28:59 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > tell us the main city that airport servess. For example, if we said > "YYZ", you would say "Toronto". > 1. LGA. New York > 2. ORD. Chicago > 3. NRT. Tokyo > 4. TXL. > 5. JNB. Johanesburg > 6. DXB. > 7. YYT. Montreal? > 8. YQR. > 9. FAT is the code for Fresno's airport, in which US state? California > 10. DAD is the code for Da Nang International, in which country? Vietnam > by it. The first instance of this disease in Britain's royal > familiar was diagnosed in Prince Leopold, Victoria and Albert's 8th > child. What is this disease? haemophilia > 4. Until 2015-09-09, Queen Victoria was the longest-reigning British > monarch and the longest-reigning queen regnant in world history. > Ignoring parts of a year and within 2 years, how long did she reign? 61 > 9. What did Queen Victoria wear at her wedding, which immediately > became the choice of elite brides? The tradition carries on to this > day, for elites and commoners alike. white > 10. What Canadian lake is named for Victoria and Albert's 6th child, > the future Duchess of Argyll? Lake Louise |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jul 30 08:00PM -0700 On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 3:29:04 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > and you tell us the main city that airport servess. For example, > if we said "YYZ", you would say "Toronto". > 1. LGA. New York City > 7. YYT. > 8. YQR. > 9. FAT is the code for Fresno's airport, in which US state? California > 10. DAD is the code for Da Nang International, in which country? Vietnam? |
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