- Rotating Quiz #298 - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #527 - 5 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #526 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 4 Updates
- QFTCIWSS Game 1, Rounds 2-3: nude beaches, native war leaders - 1 Update
- Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*) - 1 Update
- Rotating Quiz #297 - 2 Updates
- QFTCIBP Final, Round 10: Challenge Round - 2 Updates
- Extra quiz: World Cup Special - 3 Updates
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Jul 16 06:01AM -0500 This is Rotating Quiz #298. The answers share a common characteristic which should be evident. The customary rules apply: answer from your personal knowledge, intuition, wild-ass guess, or divine revelation; no reference tools should be used. Scoring is one point per accepted answer. Some questions have additional bonus points available; you must provide both the correct answer to the question and the bonus answer to earn the bonus. Bonus answers do not necessarily have the shared characteristic the quiz answers have. Answers must be posted here no later than 0000 UTC 22 July 2018 (or 7pm CDT on July 21st). Tie scores are resolved in favor of the person who posted their answer earliest (by the timestamp on the message). The winner will be named shortly after the answer deadline, and will receive bragging rights, see their name in untold numbers of excited electrons, and have the opportunity to present Rotating Quiz #299 in a format of their choosing. And now: 1. The capital of American Samoa. 2. Musical group fronted by Simon Le Bon. 3. Nickname of a famous female top-fuel drag racer. (0.5 point bonus: Give the driver's name.) 4. Charo's famous catch-phrase. 5. Barney Rubble's overly-strong son. 6. He produced the film "My Dinner with Andre". (0.5 point bonus: This person's original surname was that of his father, who was himself famous in a different artistic discipline. Give that original surname.) 7. Whitman College is located in this city in the state of Washington. 8. If you were sent "up the river" in New York, chances are you ended up here. 9. A tagline used in Mazda car commercials. 10. A licorice breath mint popular in the mid- to late 20th Century. 11. A dog noted by its stocky build and lion-like mane. 12. An entire genre of silly kids' jokes. 13. Lewis Carroll warned you to beware this bird. 14. The author of "Three Men on the Bummel". 15. A character in Joseph Heller's "Catch-22". 16. Yogi's sidekick. 17. Her backup band was Cult Jam. 18. If you hang out in French cabarets, you may see this dance on stage. 19. A European city known for its thermal spas. 20. A GPS manufacturer or a kind of drum.  |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 15 10:12PM -0700 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist? 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3? 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required! 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990? 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'? 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'? 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"? 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester? 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series? 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940? cheers, calvin |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 16 05:25AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard > charts, a record for a solo artist? Kanye West > 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3? Potassium Nitrate > 3 Which three grandchildren are > named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All > three required! Vera, Chuck, and Dave > 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990? > 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'? George Lucas > 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'? Kipling > 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"? > 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester? Salford > 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV > series? Happy Days > 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940? United States > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 16 06:56AM +0100 > 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a > record for a solo artist? Kanye West? (I don't think Jay-Z has 14 albums, and I can't imagine anyone else being close) > 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3? Potassium Nitrate > 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit > 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required! Vera, Chuck and Dave > 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990? Mary Robinson > 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'? George Lucas > 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'? Kipling > 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"? Samuel Johnson > 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester? Salford > 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series? Happy Days > 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940? UK |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 16 09:59AM +0200 > 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, > a record for a solo artist? Ice-T > 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3? Potassium nitrate > 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 > hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required! Vera, Chuck and Dave > 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990? Mary Robinson > 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'? Baudleaire > 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"? Isaac Newton > 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940? UK |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 04:15AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard > charts, a record for a solo artist? Drake? > 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3? Potassium nitrate. > 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The > Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required! > 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990? Murphy? > 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'? Spielberg. > 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'? Kipling. > 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"? Johnson!!! > 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester? > 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series? "Happy Days". > 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940? UK. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "The Dopeler effect: dumb ideas sound smarter msb@vex.net | when they come at you in a hurry." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 15 09:23PM -0700 On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 1:57:09 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 2003 movie's subtitle was 'Rise of the Machines'? Terminator 3 > 2 Which Australian singer/songwriter has a backing group called the Bad Seeds? Nick Cave > 3 Which Austrian composer (1732-1809) is recognised as the 'Father of the Symphony'? Joseph Haydn > 4 Which continent lies in the northern, southern, eastern and western Hemispheres? Asia See thread for Mark's supplementary re: countries. > 5 Which corpulent, orchid-loving private eye was created by Rex Stout? Nero Wolfe > 6 Which creature is most likely to make a sibilant noise? Snake > 7 Which German Admiral offered his country's unconditional surrender on the 7th May 1945? Karl Donitz > 8 Which individual (b. 1941) has been awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature, a Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Légion d'Honneur, as well as one (or more) Grammies, Oscars and Golden Globe? Bob Dylan > 9 Which movie was released in France under the title 'La Guerre des Etoiles'? Star Wars i.e the 1977 original > 10 Which NFL team lost four consecutive Superbowls from 1990-1993? Buffalo Bills Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 526 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 38 Peter Smyth 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 40 Mark Brader 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 35 Dan Blum 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 28 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 31 Erland S 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 23 Gareth Owen 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 28 Dan Tilque - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 2 3 5 4 6 6 4 7 4 45 64% Congratulations Peter S who pips Mark on the tiebreaker. cheers, calvin |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 16 06:53AM +0100 >> Légion d'Honneur, as well as one (or more) Grammies, Oscars and >> Golden Globe? > Bob Dylan *Smashes head repeatedly on table* |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 16 09:51AM +0200 >> 4 Which continent lies in the northern, southern, eastern and >> western Hemispheres? > Asia You did mean to say Africa here, n'est-ce pas? At least you seem to have scored based Africa being the answer. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 04:13AM -0500 "Calvin": > > 2 Which Australian singer/songwriter has a backing group called the > > Bad Seeds? > Nick Cave Hey, do I get half points for answering "Calvin"? I mean, there are accents where most R's are silent, and there are accents where some L's are silent, so it might sound the same as "cavern", which means "cave", right? Right? :-) > > 4 Which continent lies in the northern, southern, eastern and western > > Hemispheres? > Asia I don't think so, Cavern. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I said to myself, 'You're crazier than I am msb@vex.net | if you believe that.'" --overheard |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 04:06AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-05-14, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of What She Said and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 2 - Geography - Nude Beaches We'll name the beach or beaches, you tell us where they are. No bonus points for taking your clothes off. 1. In which Canadian province would you find Patricia Beach and Beaconia Beach? 2. In which Canadian province would you find Crystal Crescent Beach? 3. In which Canadian province would you fine Barnston Beach, Crescent Beach, and the beach at Ram Creek? 4. Wreck Beach is on the land of which Canadian institution of higher learning? 5. Although this country has many nude beaches, the first to actually be made legal (in 2014) was Apricio, which is in Grumani and about an hour from a major city. Name the *country*. 6. This city has many nude beaches, including Cobblers, Lady Jane, Little Congwong, Obelisk, and Werrong Beaches. Name the *city*. 7. This town and its Plage de Tahiti were made famous by Brigitte Bardot in the 1960s. Name the town. 8. Name the *country* that has nude beaches at Sylt, Borkum, and Wannsee ["VAHN-zay"]. 9. In 2002, the City of Toronto recognized part of which beach as clothing-optional? 10. On which island is Orient Beach? * Game 1, Round 3 - History - North American Indian War Leaders As European settlers came to North America and they and their descendants spread across the continent, wars against the indigenous people -- the "Indian Wars" -- often followed. These questions are about some of the indigenous leaders in those wars. In each case, name the leader described. 1. Immediately after the French and Indian Wars, this Odawa leader started a new war that is named after him. During it, he laid siege to Ft. Detroit. 2. Like <answer 1>, this Shawnee leader also had a war named for him, and also laid siege to Ft. Detroit -- but his war was just before the War of 1812. 3. This Mohawk chief led troops for the British during the American Revolution, and as a result was granted land in southwestern Ontario to replace the New York lands his tribe had lost for supporting the British -- although the British would eventually rescind most of the grant. 4. After the defeat of George Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn, this Hunkpapa Lakota chief fled with his followers to Saskatchewan. He was eventually assassinated by American soldiers when he returned to the Standing Rock reservation in 1890. 5. The primary credit for defeating Custer belongs not to <answer 4> but to this Lakota war leader, who also had many other victories in the Indian Wars of the 19th century. 6. This Apache chief led his people first against the Mexican government in alliance with the American government during the Mexican-American War, and then with the Americans when they violated the terms of the treaty they signed with the Apache. 7. This Paiute ["PIE-yoot"] religious leader married Christianity with his people's traditional beliefs to create the Ghost Dance movement, which held that performing their dance would eventually "bring peace and prosperity to all Native Americans -- and make the white people go away". 8. This Apache leader made war on the United States for almost four decades before finally being taken prisoner for the last time in 1886. 9. This Cree leader fought the last major inter-tribal wars on the Canadian plains when he led the Cree against the Blackfoot, and resisted signing a treaty with the Canadian government longer than most other leaders. 10. This Métis chief led the Métis forces during the North-West Rebellion and was credited with their victory at the Battle of Fish Creek. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "If disapproval we will drawback." msb@vex.net --seen on a box of cookies My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 04:01AM -0500 This is a repeat of my 2017-09-25 introductory posting with some minor updates. If you were already familiar with the content and the way I'm scheduling things, then there's no real need to reread it now. On the other hand, it wouldn't hurt to. * Introduction As most of you will remember, the Canadian Inquisition is a team trivia league that plays in Toronto pubs. It's a cooperative league, whose teams take turns to write and ask the questions that the others answer. In the current season, May-August 2018, the questions are being written What She Said. I have obtained their permission to post to this newsgroup the questions from this seasons, to be tagged QFTCIWSS in the subject line. Before posting them here, I'm editing some of them for various reasons -- for brevity, to clarify their intent, to avoid issues raised on protests, for suitability in this medium, and so on. When the current season ends I intend to similarly ask permission either from the next team writing questions, or the one after that, which are currently expected Night Owls and Frankly Scarlett respectively. As you may remember, the league's season consists of 10 regular games and a Final. A regular game contains 102 questions. Most of the game is in rounds of 10 questions on a specific topic within a different general area. For example, one game in 2008 included a geography round on former place names, an entertainment round on Morgan Freeman movies, and a sports round on things that happened during Toronto Blue Jays games. Round 1 is always a current-events round; Round 5 is always an audio round; and Round 10 (the "challenge round") normally contains 12 questions, 2 each on 6 different subjects. I won't be posting audio questions (except if I think they can be answered without the audio), nor will I post the video questions that sometimes occur in the Final. * Scheduling - Regular Games My intent is that for each quiz you'll get about 3 days to answer, plus or minus a few hours, but I'm not going to set exact deadlines; I'll cut off entries at whatever time (after 2 days and about 21 hours) that it's convenient for me to do the scoring and post the results. One series of postings will consist of rounds from a single game: normally those will be Rounds 2-4 and 6-10. I will normally post the questions as four sets of two rounds each: Rounds 2-3 in one posting, Rounds 4 and 6 in the next, and so on. In the Final, most rounds have 15 questions, and these I'll post one round at a time. For each game, I'll keep a cumulative score over the group of postings, counting your best 6 rounds out of 8 (or 5 out of 7, etc.) -- that way if you miss a set, or if there's a subject you're weak on, you still have a chance to finish well. Each game will be totaled after the last round is posted and scored. In a normal game usually one round is Canadiana (this may also fall under another subject such as history or geography), which those of you in distant places may have some trouble with, but I am including them in the posting series anyway. This is your chance to shine by displaying your knowledge of Canadiana. However, if *nobody* in the newsgroup scores *any* points on a round (which has happened with Canadiana occasionally), then I will score as if that round had never existed. * Scheduling - Current Events I will also do a separate series of postings consisting of current-events rounds only, also to be posted two at a time. These will all appear while they're still reasonably current -- normally within a couple of days of the second of the two original games. For this series I'll accumulate scores over all the games from the season, similarly counting the best 9 out of 11 games. So there will be an overall current-events winner for the season. I'm posting current-events games independently of the posting of other games, so there will normally be a regular game running concurrently with each set of current-events questions. The first pair of current-events rounds will be posted later this week. Current-events rounds generally refer to events that took place the week before the original game, sometimes also the week before that. If answers have changed since the date of the original game due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answer that was correct as of the game date. * Procedures and Scoring The usual rule in our regular league games is that each question goes to an individual who can answer for 2 points without assistance, and if he misses, he can consult his team and try again for 1 point. If the quizmaster judges that an answer is incomplete, she can ask for more details before ruling the answer right or wrong. To maintain the spirit of these rules, I will say that you can give two answers on every question. But I will penalize you if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer. My scoring is: 4 points - if you answer once and are right (or twice, both right) 3 points - if you guess twice and are right only the first time 2 points - if you guess twice and are right only the second time Bonus points may occasionally be available and will be explained in the relevant round. If you give only one answer, but with only some sort of additional comment, please make it clear that that's what you're doing. If there is any doubt I'll assume that you are giving two answers. If I see more than two answers, the third and any later ones will be ignored. Although there is no rule like this in the Canadian Inquisition, where it makes sense I will accept answers that I think are almost close enough (*more than half right*), with a 1-point penalty. But I will reject answers that I do not think are sufficiently specific, since there is no opportunity to ask for clarification when answers are posted in the newsgroup. If I anticipate the possibility of insufficiently specific answers I will try to provide guidance in a way that does not spoil the questions, such as a note in rot13 to be read after you have answered. You must, of course, answer based on your own knowledge and nothing else. You must post all your answers in a single posting (Except in case of technical difficulties, when emailed answers or multiple postings will be accepted.) Where a person's name is asked for, *normally you need only give the surname*. If you do give another part of the name and you're wrong, your answer is wrong. -- Mark Brader | "(I've been told that I suffer from rampant narcissism. Toronto | Just to confirm the accuracy of this character assessment, msb@vex.net | I have now shared it with the whole world.)" --Laura Spira My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 16 04:13AM > 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else. > Its full name in English is two words, but just give the > second one. Creole > 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabr?famarka?ur" is the word for > "stock market" in this language. Icelandic > 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated > inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport, > and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa. South Georgia Island > islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands > in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not* > in the Arctic Ocean? Newfoundland > 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built > just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot. > Give just the surname. Branson > * History > 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto), > which country were they fighting against? Argentina -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 03:49AM -0500 Mark Brader: > This is a Quiz Quilt in the manner of Robert Jen, but not exactly... > In fact the quilt answer is a *single word or name in English*. > In this case I will not gave an explicit clue pointing to it. Instead, the other answers had it as a hidden theme. > tiebreaker is who got the quilt answer; the second tiebreaker is > who scored on the hardest questions; and the third tiebreaker is > who posted first. No tiebreakers needed. DON PIVEN is the winner with a score of 9 out of 10. Hearty congratulations, sir! And please, if possible, begin Rotating Quiz #298 at your earliest convenience. > 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else. > Its full name in English is two words, but just give the > second one. Creole. (Full name is Haitian Creole. There are many other creole languages, but this one has the most speakers.) 1 for everyone -- Don, Erland, Peter, Calvin, and Dan. > 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for > "stock market" in this language. Icelandic. 1 for Don, Erland, Peter, and Dan. ½ for Calvin. > 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated > inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport, > and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa. Tristan da Cunha. 1 for Don and Peter. > islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands > in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not* > in the Arctic Ocean? Newfoundland. 1 for Don and Dan. > * Vehicles > 5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm. Andrea Doria. 1 for Don, Erland, and Dan. > 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built > just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot. > Give just the surname. Lindbergh. NYP for "New York to Paris", see? 1 for Don and Peter. > to locate, it led to the present division of South America > between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost > everywhere else. This was the treaty of what? Tordesillas. No points for "T<something>"! > 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto), > which country were they fighting against? Argentina. (1982.) 1 for everyone. > * Quilt > 9. What is the quilt answer? ATLANTIC -- first column upward. 2 for Don and Peter. Scores, if there are no errors: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTALS Don Piven 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 9 Peter Smyth 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 Dan Tilque 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 Erland Sommarskog 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 "Calvin" 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2½ 5 4½ 2 2 3 2 0 5 4 If Dan Blum had entered on time, he would have scored 4. -- Mark Brader | "And remember, my friends, future events such as Toronto | these will affect you, in the future." msb@vex.net | -- Ed Wood, Plan 9 from Outer Space My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 16 05:20AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:LrWdnfEG1vJKi9XGnZ2dnUU7- > A1. Emetophobia. > A2. Gymnophobia. > A3. Ballistophobia. Guns > We give the advertising slogan; you name the breakfast cereal. > For example, "They're magically delicious" would be Lucky Charms. > B1. "Kid tested, mother approved". Life > B2. "The Breakfast of Champions". Wheaties > B3. "Follow my nose. It always knows!" Sugar Pops > animal-welfare activist. She began her career as a > big-band singer and her first hit recording, in 1945, > was "Sentimental Journey". Doris Day > characters was a grown-up version of the "Little Rascals" > character Buckwheat. His first solo leading role was in > "Beverly Hills Cop". Eddie Murphy > D1. While later newspaper editions reported a great loss of > life in this disaster, some earlier editions reported that > *no* lives had been lost. What disaster? Sinking of the Titanic > "Chicago Tribune" noted that this man had won the presidency > over Harry Truman. Of course the opposite was true. > Name this man. Dewey > D3. In December 1956 the "New York Times" ran a headline that > this revolutionary had been killed. He actually died almost > 60 years later. Who? Fidel Castro > F1. Who was the MLB American League Rookie of the Year in 2017? > He was the first rookie to win the Home Run Derby at the > All-Star game. Judge > F3. Who was the Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the > Year in 2017? He plays for the New Orleans Saints, and he > played college football for the University of Tennessee. Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 03:39AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". The Final game is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has whomped the field. Hearty congratulations! This is the end of the season written by Bill Psychs, which I have to say was not one of the most interesting seasons we've had. In a few minutes I will start QFTCIing the new season, written by What She Said. I think this one improves after Game 1, but we will start with that. > ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round This was the easiest round in the original game. > * A. Phobias > We'll name a phobia; you tell us what it is a fear of. > A1. Emetophobia. Vomit or vomiting. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Peter. > A2. Gymnophobia. Nudity. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Jason. > A3. Ballistophobia. Bullets, missiles, etc. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Pete. That one reminds me of a bit of dialogue from the 1990 movie "The Hunt for Red October". As they enter the missile bay on a submarine, Ramius (Sean Connery) warns Ryan (Alec Baldwin), "Most things in here don't react too well to bullets"; and a bit later, during the inevitable shootout, Ryan remarks to himself: "Yeah, like me. I don't react well to bullets." > We give the advertising slogan; you name the breakfast cereal. > For example, "They're magically delicious" would be Lucky Charms. > B1. "Kid tested, mother approved". Kix. 4 for Joshua. > B2. "The Breakfast of Champions". Wheaties. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Jason, and Pete. > B3. "Follow my nose. It always knows!" Froot Loops. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Jason. > animal-welfare activist. She began her career as a > big-band singer and her first hit recording, in 1945, > was "Sentimental Journey". Doris Day. (Or her real name, Doris Kappelhoff). 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Peter, and Pete. > for his supporting role on a TV spin-off of "Cheers". > He was featured (along with other actors from that show) in > a few episodes of "The Simpsons" as a character called Cecil. David Hyde Pierce. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Peter. > characters was a grown-up version of the "Little Rascals" > character Buckwheat. His first solo leading role was in > "Beverly Hills Cop". Eddie Murphy. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Jason, Peter, and Pete. > D1. While later newspaper editions reported a great loss of > life in this disaster, some earlier editions reported that > *no* lives had been lost. What disaster? Sinking of the Titanic. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Peter, and Pete. (See e.g. these: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoUc0RgXYAEqfdS.jpg http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/images/titanic1a.jpg http://titanicstory.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/titanic-headline.jpg . In the original game the words "great loss of life" were in quotation marks, but I'm not sure if that was correct. That exact phrase is certainly seen in a famous photo of newsboys, https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKXm3_Ii5Deo6u2h385mIt1Cn6hgVdfMyG2ahb1QghOmz2FLvyrq71rFrx2sNFyMs4z7LtDvCAAN2B_xaUgE4X_h0d_sCLZgHA0e1NnDabo7GblvEUYtG65jlMyLv1v-fiaGKx9sWL94/s1600/Titanic+Headlines.jpg but it isn't clear whether (1) the "Evening News" gave over its entire front page to the headline or whether (2) that's actually a poster to advertise the paper (for example, meant to be attached to the corners of newsstands) and the front page itself is not in the picture. I haven't been able to find a copy of the paper's front page online, or any other that used that exact wording in the headline, so I removed the quotation marks. In any case, other papers certainly reported the disaster with reasonable accuracy given the information available, whether they used that phrase or not.) > "Chicago Tribune" noted that this man had won the presidency > over Harry Truman. Of course the opposite was true. > Name this man. Thomas Dewey. 4 for everyone. http://www.trbimg.com/img-58262000/turbine/ct-truman-defeats-dewey-1948-flashback-perspec-1113-md-20161111 According to the 2018-06-19 episode of "Jeopardy!", Dewey said to reporters, "I was just as surprised as you were." > D3. In December 1956 the "New York Times" ran a headline that > this revolutionary had been killed. He actually died almost > 60 years later. Who? Fidel Castro. 4 for everyone. I couldn't find a copy of the article reporting his death, but here's a copy of the one where they state that, hey, he isn't dead after all: https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/untitled1.jpg > We give three track titles; you provide the album name. > E1. "Two Hearts Beat as One", "New Year's Day", "Sunday Bloody > Sunday". "War". 4 for Jason. 3 for Calvin. > E2. "Staring at the Sun", "Last Night on Earth", "Discothèque". "Pop". 4 for Peter. > E3. "Even Better than the Real Thing", "Mysterious Ways", "One". "Achtung Baby". 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Jason, and Peter. 2 for Dan Blum. > F1. Who was the MLB American League Rookie of the Year in 2017? > He was the first rookie to win the Home Run Derby at the > All-Star game. Aaron Judge. (New York Yankees.) 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete. > F2. Who was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2017? He plays for > the Milwaukee Bucks, and he played college basketball for > the Virginia Cavaliers. Malcolm Brogdon. > F3. Who was the Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the > Year in 2017? He plays for the New Orleans Saints, and he > played college football for the University of Tennessee. Alvin Kamara. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His A+L Geo Spo Ent Sci Can Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 23 24 54 16 4 52 225 Dan Blum 36 40 18 0 -- 25 0 34 153 Peter Smyth 36 -- 12 24 -- 39 -- 40 151 Dan Tilque 32 4 24 12 16 36 4 28 148 Pete Gayde 20 16 14 32 20 4 -- 32 134 "Calvin" 32 27 15 -- -- -- -- 35 109 Jason Kreitzer 16 16 -- -- 28 12 0 36 108 Erland Sommarskog 24 -- 20 24 -- 10 -- -- 78 -- Mark Brader | "The essence of tyranny is not iron law. Toronto | It is capricious law." msb@vex.net | --Christopher Hitchens My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 15 08:38PM +0200 This is a set up questions that I was thinking of in case I had won Dan's rotating quiz, which I did not, and I will not win Mark's current one, and when the next one finishes, these questions will be out of date. So I'm making it extra quiz. All questions related to the FIFA World Cup (men seniors only), the recent one in Russia and all before. For the purpose of this quiz, the following equalities apply: West Germany = Germany USSR = Russia Yugoslavia = Croatia Czechoslovakia = Chechia Each question is worth 10 points for a full answers. Partial credits for question that ask for multiple facts. There is a -1 penalty if you give more correct facts to a question than there really are. Some of the questions asks for decently well-known facts, others invites to your ability to make intelligent gueses. The normal rules apply: use only your knowledge (and intelligence) and post answers to the newsgroup. I'll score the quiz towards the end of the week. Goalscores: 1) Which player have scored most goals in total in FIFA World Cup, counted over several tournaments? 2) Which player have scored most goals in a single tournament? If you don't remember the name, I will also accept if you give country *and* the year. 3) Which is the youngest player to have scored in the World Cup? (Hint: you know this person.) Top teams: 4) Which are the only teams to have won the World Cup and not being the hosting nation or previous world champion? (Give the years if you like, but this is not required.) 5) Which are the only teams after 1950 to have reached the final without not having been the hosting nation or a previous final team? (Again, year not required.) 6) When was the last time a country reached the semifinal not having been in the top 4 before, and nor being the hosting nation. (Only the year is required. Give the team(s) if you like, but no extra points.) The never-rans: 7) Which are the only two countries in Europe with a population over 250 000 people and that have existed all through the duration since the first World Cup to never have qualified to the World Cup? 8) Which is the only country in CONMEBOL (South America not including the Guyanas) to never have qualified to the World Cup? 9) And which are the only two countries in continental North America to never have qualified? Streaks: 10) Which is the only country to have played all World Cup tournaments? 11) Which country holds the dubious record of having played eight tournaments, but never qualified from the first round? They did not play this year. Connection to national leagues: 12) In the recent World Cup, which was the only team where all players came from the national league? 13 And there were two teams with no players from their respective national league. Which? They start on the same letter. Common games: 14) Which are the two countries have played the most number of games against each in the World Cup? 15) And which is the most common *final* pair? That is, the countries that have played the most number of finals against each other. Miscellanoues: 16) Which was the first city to host a World Cup that previously also had been a hosting city for the Winter Olympic Games? 17) When the game between Sweden and Germany had been going on for ten minutes, they displayed passing statistics. Germany had completed 122 passes. Within ten, how many had Sweden completed? 18) 0-0 is a quite a common result in football. How many games in the recent tournament ended 0-0, not counting extra time? 19) Mexico was the first country to host the World Cup for a second time in 1986. However, a different country was originally selected as the host. Which? 20) For how many months will we have to wait until the next World Cup starts? Have fun! |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 15 09:14PM -0700 On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 4:38:38 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > Goalscores: > 1) Which player have scored most goals in total in FIFA World Cup, counted > over several tournaments? Fontaine > 2) Which player have scored most goals in a single tournament? If you don't > remember the name, I will also accept if you give country *and* the year. Fontaine > 3) Which is the youngest player to have scored in the World Cup? (Hint: > you know this person.) Pele > 4) Which are the only teams to have won the World Cup and not being > the hosting nation or previous world champion? (Give the years if > you like, but this is not required.) Germany 1954 I think that is all. > 5) Which are the only teams after 1950 to have reached the final without > not having been the hosting nation or a previous final team? (Again, > year not required.) Netherlands Hungary Croatia > been in the top 4 before, and nor being the hosting nation. (Only > the year is required. Give the team(s) if you like, but no extra > points.) I assume you mean prior to 2018 (Croatia). Turkey in 2006? > 7) Which are the only two countries in Europe with a population over 250 000 > people and that have existed all through the duration since the first > World Cup to never have qualified to the World Cup? Luxembourg Finland > 8) Which is the only country in CONMEBOL (South America not including the > Guyanas) to never have qualified to the World Cup? Bolivia > 9) And which are the only two countries in continental North America to > never have qualified? Do you mean Central America? Belize Gautamela > Streaks: > 10) Which is the only country to have played all World Cup tournaments? Brazil > 11) Which country holds the dubious record of having played eight > tournaments, but never qualified from the first round? They did > not play this year. Paraguay? > Connection to national leagues: > 12) In the recent World Cup, which was the only team where all players > came from the national league? England Arguably Saudi Arabia too according to some sources iirc > 13 And there were two teams with no players from their respective > national league. Which? They start on the same letter. Sweden was one. Senegal? > Common games: > 14) Which are the two countries have played the most number of games > against each in the World Cup? Brazil v. Mexico > 15) And which is the most common *final* pair? That is, the countries > that have played the most number of finals against each other. Germany v. Italy > Miscellanoues: > 16) Which was the first city to host a World Cup that previously also > had been a hosting city for the Winter Olympic Games? Nagano? > 17) When the game between Sweden and Germany had been going on for ten > minutes, they displayed passing statistics. Germany had completed > 122 passes. Within ten, how many had Sweden completed? 20 > 18) 0-0 is a quite a common result in football. How many games in the > recent tournament ended 0-0, not counting extra time? One > 19) Mexico was the first country to host the World Cup for a second time > in 1986. However, a different country was originally selected as the > host. Which? Argentina > 20) For how many months will we have to wait until the next World Cup > starts? 52 Nice quiz thanks. cheers, calvin |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 16 04:59AM Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in > 1) Which player have scored most goals in total in FIFA World Cup, > counted > over several tournaments? Muller > don't > remember the name, I will also accept if you give country *and* the > year. Fontaine (France) > 3) Which is the youngest player to have scored in the World Cup? > (Hint: > you know this person.) Pele > 4) Which are the only teams to have won the World Cup and not being > the hosting nation or previous world champion? (Give the years if > you like, but this is not required.) Spain (2010), Germany (1954), Brazil (1958) > without > not having been the hosting nation or a previous final team? > (Again, year not required.) Hungary > been in the top 4 before, and nor being the hosting nation. (Only > the year is required. Give the team(s) if you like, but no extra > points.) 2002 > 250 000 > people and that have existed all through the duration since the > first World Cup to never have qualified to the World Cup? Finland, Albania > 8) Which is the only country in CONMEBOL (South America not including > the > Guyanas) to never have qualified to the World Cup? Venezuela > 9) And which are the only two countries in continental North America > to > never have qualified? Nicaragua, Guatemala > Streaks: > 10) Which is the only country to have played all World Cup > tournaments? Brazil > 11) Which country holds the dubious record of having played eight > tournaments, but never qualified from the first round? They did > not play this year. Norway > Connection to national leagues: > 12) In the recent World Cup, which was the only team where all players > came from the national league? Saudi Arabia > 13 And there were two teams with no players from their respective > national league. Which? They start on the same letter. Iran, Iceland > Common games: > 14) Which are the two countries have played the most number of games > against each in the World Cup? Brazil, Germany > 15) And which is the most common *final* pair? That is, the countries > that have played the most number of finals against each other. Germany and Argentina > Miscellanoues: > 16) Which was the first city to host a World Cup that previously also > had been a hosting city for the Winter Olympic Games? Sapporo > 17) When the game between Sweden and Germany had been going on for ten > minutes, they displayed passing statistics. Germany had completed > 122 passes. Within ten, how many had Sweden completed? 30 > 18) 0-0 is a quite a common result in football. How many games in the > recent tournament ended 0-0, not counting extra time? 1 > time > in 1986. However, a different country was originally selected as > the host. Which? Argentina > 20) For how many months will we have to wait until the next World Cup > starts? 50 > Have fun! Pete Gayde |
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