Sunday, July 22, 2018

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 22 03:19AM -0500

This is Rotating Quiz #299. I'd like to thank Don Piven for running
RQ 298 and writing a contest that allowed me to win. As usual,
the winner of this contest will be the first choice to run RQ 300.
 
You can have until noon Toronto time (zone -4) on Friday, July 27,
to enter this one -- that'll give you about 5 days, 7 hours, and
40 minutes from the time of posting.
 
All questions count equally. Where people's names are asked for,
the surname is sufficient. Some questions may have multiple
possible answers, but the contest has a theme and only answers
that fit the theme will be accepted.
 
In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is who scored on the hardest
questions, and the second tiebreaker is who posted first.
 
Naturally, you are to answer all questions from your own knowledge
only. Please post a single message with your answers, quoting the
questions you are answering and placing your answer below each one.
 
 
1. The novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place
primarily in the towns of East and West what?
 
2. Who won a Grammy for singing "Is That All There Is?"?
 
3. In British automotive parlance, the right-hand side of a car
or of a road is also known as the what side?
 
4. What do humans do?
 
5. Which company, generally known in English by the abbreviation
of its Japanese name, is the world's largest manufacturer of
zippers? (The answer may be on your clothes, so no peeking!)
 
6. During the period when West Berlin had a distinct existence,
its main railway station had the same short-form name in either
German or English: Berlin what?
 
7. Which Boston Bruin revolutionized the way defensemen play hockey
by becoming a leading goal-scorer, with as many as 46 goals in
one season?
 
8. In California, the main newspapers in Fresno and Sacramento
share what short name?
 
9. The University of Michigan is located in the city of what Arbor?
 
10. In England, what traditional unit used for measuring cloth
was equal to 45 inches?
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "There are no new ideas, only new
msb@vex.net mouths to speak them." -- Linda Burman
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 22 10:38AM +0200

> 3. In British automotive parlance, the right-hand side of a car
> or of a road is also known as the what side?
 
Driver's
 
> 4. What do humans do?
 
Answer quizzes in rec.games.trivia on a Sunday morning.
 
> 6. During the period when West Berlin had a distinct existence,
> its main railway station had the same short-form name in either
> German or English: Berlin what?
 
Zoo

> 7. Which Boston Bruin revolutionized the way defensemen play hockey
> by becoming a leading goal-scorer, with as many as 46 goals in
> one season?
 
Bobby Orr
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 21 11:38PM +0200

This quiz is over, and the winner is PETE GAYDE! Well done!
 
Here are the answers:
 
> 1) Which player have scored most goals in total in FIFA World Cup, counted
> over several tournaments?
 
Miroslav Klose, Germany (16 goals from 2002 to 2014)
 
He is followed by Ronaldo (Brazil, 15 goals from 1998 to 2006), Gerd Müller
(West Germany, 14 goals in 1970 and 1974). For the next two guys on the
list, see the following questions.
 
I'm surprised that no entrant remembered Klose.
 
> 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.
 
Just Fonataine, France, 13 goals in 1958.

> 3) Which is the youngest player to have scored in the World Cup? (Hint:
> you know this person.)
 
Pelé. In total 12 goals from 1958 to 1970.
 
 
> 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.)
 
West Germany (1954), Brazil (1958), Spain (2010)
 
> 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.)
 
West Germany (1954), Netherlands (1974), Spain (2010), Croatia (2018)
 
Hungary was mentioned, but they played their first final in 1934. And
Czechoslovakia who played the final in 1962, also played the final in
1938.

> 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 (Turkey). Before that, with the equalities I set up it was Bulgaria
in 1994.
 
In the recent tournament it was clear already before the quater finals
that this would not happen this year.
 
 
> 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?
 
Finland, Albania, Luxembourg.
 
I goofed. I forgot to check the population of Luxembourg before I set
the question. Then if Iceland can make it... Luxembourg get yourself
together! And Finland! Albania has at least played in the European
Championships.
 
> 8) Which is the only country in CONMEBOL (South America not including the
> Guyanas) to never have qualified to the World Cup?
 
Venezuela.
 
Bolivia was mentioned, but they qualified in 1930, 1950, 1994.

> 9) And which are the only two countries in continental North America to
> never have qualified?
 
Guatemala, Belize and Nicaragua.
 
I goofed again! This time I simply overlooked Nicaragua for some reason.

> 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.
 
Scotland.
 
Runner-up is reportedly Tunisia with five.
 
> Connection to national leagues:
> 12) In the recent World Cup, which was the only team where all players
> came from the national league?
 
England.
 
Saudi-Arabia usually ranks in this group, but I noted that this year had one
player in Villareal and more player elsewhere.
 
Also Russia had most players from their own leage, but they also had
about two in foreign leagues - whereof one also plays in Villareal!

> 13 And there were two teams with no players from their respective
> national league. Which? They start on the same letter.
 
Senegal and Sweden.
 
Commonly, teams from south of Sahara have all their players in European
leagues, but this year Nigeria had one or two players from their own
league.
 
Two of the Swedish players (Granqvist and Larsson) will be playing in the
national league after the World Cup. The Swedish national league is not
very impressive, but it did contribute with three players: one each from
Costa Rica, Iceland and Iran. Samman Ghoddos who played for Iran, is
born in Sweden, and could have played in the Swedish team, but Iran
was a little quicker to get him.
 
> Common games:
> 14) Which are the two countries have played the most number of games
> against each in the World Cup?
 
Sweden-Brazil have played seven times:
 
1938 (bronze game, 2-4)
1950 (final round, 1-7)
1958 (final, 2-5)
1978 (first round, 1-1)
1990 (first round, 1-2)
1994 (first round, 1-1)
1994 (semifinal, 0-1)

> 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-Argentina (1986, 1990 and 2014)
 
The only other pair to have repeated is Brazil and Italy (1970 and 1982)
 
> 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.
 
I think Sochi is the only other one.
 
Turin hosted games in 1934 and 1990, but they did not have their Winter
Olympics until 2006.

> 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?
 
Six. Accepting 0-16.
 
Germany started with a furious press, but it was Sweden that made the
first goal. Germany eventually won the game thanks to an exquisite free-
kick by Toni Kroos in the 95th minute. Absolutely a candidate for the
most beuatiful goal in the Cup.
 
> 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, Denmark-France. I did not watch that game, but reports tell me
that I should be very happy that I did not. France had already qualified
for the second round, and Denmark needed one point to qualify, but had
no real incentive to win the group.
 
Thus, in all games where it mattered, goals were scored. That's definitely
a positive thing!
 
> 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?
 
Colombia. As I recall it from the time, the reason was that they were
not able to cope with the enlargement to 24 games, but Wikipedia only
talks about general economic terms.

> 20) For how many months will we have to wait until the next World Cup
> starts?
 
52. The next World Cup will kick off on Novemeber 17th 2022 in Qatar,
unless FIFA gets itself together and reverts on this madness. (And then I
don't mean the date in particular, but the country as such.)
 
Here is the scoreboard:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Tot
Pete Gayde 0 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 110
Calvin 0 10 10 3 5 0 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 98
Peter Smyth 0 10 10 0 5 0 10 0 10 10 0 10 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 80
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 21 06:53PM -0700

On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 7:38:08 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> no real incentive to win the group.
 
> Thus, in all games where it mattered, goals were scored. That's definitely
> a positive thing!
 
To be precise, that game *did* matter, just not to either of the teams actually playing in it.
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 21 06:54PM -0700

On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 7:38:08 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> This quiz is over, and the winner is PETE GAYDE! Well done!
 
Congratulations Pete and thanks Erland.
 
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 22 10:34AM +0200

> To be precise, that game *did* matter, just not to either of the teams
> actually playing in it.
 
So here is another interesting observation from the World Cup. There were
several teams that were out of the game after two rounds. Does this mean
that they did not care about their last game? Not at all, but they played
for their honour. For instance, Spain were only able to get 2-2 against
Morrocco, after Morroco leading with both 1-0 and 2-1. And Peru won over
Australia with 2-0, despite that Peru was out, while Australia would have
qualified if they had won that game *and* France had cared to score a goal
on Denmark. Well, Australia did not do their part, so don't blame the
French. :-)
Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Jul 21 06:31AM -0500

"I repeat myself when under stress
I repeat myself when under stress
I repeat myself when under stress
I repeat myself when under stress
I repeat"
 
-- "Indiscipline", King Crimson
 
As you probably noticed, every answer consisted of one word repeated at
least twice.
 
1. The capital of American Samoa.
 
Pago Pago. Points to Dan B, Gareth, Mark, Dan T, and Pete G.
 
2. Musical group fronted by Simon Le Bon.
 
Duran Duran. Points to Dan B, Gareth, Mark, Peter S, Calvin,
and Pete G.
 
3. Nickname of a famous female top-fuel drag racer.
(0.5 point bonus: Give the driver's name.)
 
The driver in question was Shirley "Cha-Cha" Muldowney.
"Cha-Cha" (her nickname) answers the question, and "Muldowney"
adds the bonus. (Yes, this is the woman that L7's "Shirley" is
about -- with the lyric "Cha-cha! Call her Cha-Cha!".) Note
that if you got the nickname wrong but the name right, you
still get zero points for not answering the question.
Points+bonus to Mark. Props to Pete G for getting the name
right (but missing the nickname).
 
4. Charo's famous catch-phrase.
 
Coochie-Coochie! If your answer sounded right, I scored it as
correct. Points to Dan B and Pete G.
 
5. Barney Rubble's overly-strong son.
 
Bamm-Bamm (or variants thereon). Points to everyone.
 
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.)
 
George George, née George W. Goldberg, the son of cartoonist
Rube Goldberg. "George George" answers the question, and
"Goldberg" adds the bonus. Nobody attempted to answer this one.
 
7. Whitman College is located in this city in the state of Washington.
 
Walla Walla. I think it would have been cool if Whitman College
was named for the poet Walt, but alas. Points to Dan B, Mark,
Dan T, and Pete G.
 
8. If you were sent "up the river" in New York, chances are you ended
up here.
 
Sing Sing. Points to Dan B, Gareth, Mark, Dan T, Calvin, and
Pete G.
 
9. A tagline used in Mazda car commercials.
 
Zoom Zoom. Points to Dan B, Gareth, Mark, Dan T, and Pete G.
 
10. A licorice breath mint popular in the mid- to late 20th Century.
 
Sen-Sen. Points to Dan B.
 
11. A dog noted by its stocky build and lion-like mane.
 
Chow chow. (The double name is per the American Kennel Club.)
Points to Dan B, Mark, and Dan T.
 
12. An entire genre of silly kids' jokes.
 
Knock knock. Who's there? Points to. Points to who?
Points to everyone.
 
13. Lewis Carroll warned you to beware this bird.
 
Jub-jub. Points to Dan B, Gareth, Mark, and Dan T.
 
14. The author of "Three Men on the Bummel".
 
Jerome Jerome. Points to Gareth, Mark, Dan T and Calvin.
 
15. A character in Joseph Heller's "Catch-22".
 
Major Major Major Major. (Between two and four "Major"s count
as a correct answer.) Points to Dan B, Gareth, Mark, Dan T and
Calvin.
 
16. Yogi's sidekick.
 
Boo-Boo. Points to everyone.
 
17. Her backup band was Cult Jam.
 
Lisa Lisa. Points to Gareth.
 
18. If you hang out in French cabarets, you may see this dance on stage.
 
Can-can. Points to Dan B, Gareth, Mark, Peter S, Calvin and
Pete G.
 
19. A European city known for its thermal spas.
 
Baden-Baden (Germany). Points to Dan B, Gareth, Mark, Dan T and
Pete G.
 
20. A GPS manufacturer or a kind of drum.
 
Tom-tom. Points to everyone.
 
And... by the width of a dik-dik's ...ummm... whisker, the winner is
Mark Brader who edged out Dan Blum by correctly identifying Shirley "Cha
Cha" Muldowney in Q3 and earning a 0.5 point bonus.
 
In the scoring grid below, a "#" indicates 1.5 points, one point for
correctly answering the question, and 0.5 point for answering the bonus
question. As mentioned in the rules, a correct bonus answer but a wrong
question answer results in no points awarded. "1" indicates a correct
answer, "0" indicates an incorrect answer, and "-" indicates no answer
provided.
 
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 TOTAL
--------------------------------------------------------+-----
Dan Blum: 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 : 16
Gareth Owen: 1 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 14
Mark Brader: 1 1 # - 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 : 16.5
Peter Smyth: - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 : 6
Dan Tilque: 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 0 1 1 : 13
Calvin: 0 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 : 9
Pete Gayde: 1 1 0 1 1 - 1 1 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 1 : 12
 
Congratulations, Mark, RQ #299 is yours. Thankyou thankyou to all who
participated!
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 21 09:31PM +0200

> I repeat myself when under stress
> I repeat"
 
> -- "Indiscipline", King Crimson
 
The more I look at it - I like it!
 
I saw King Crimson earlier this month, and I was surprised that they
had included this song in the set (and it was not until they came to
the vocal part that I recognised). The reason I was surprised is that
when I saw them about two years ago, they had material from all over
the place, except for the Discipline era.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 21 05:35PM -0500

Don Piven:
> And... by the width of a dik-dik's ...ummm... whisker, the winner is
> Mark Brader... Congratulations, Mark, RQ #299 is yours.
 
Oh! Oh!
 
> Thankyou thankyou to all who participated!
 
Likewise to you.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "...and if sooner or later your revels must be ended,
msb@vex.net | well, at least you reveled." --Roger Ebert
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 21 06:50PM

Calvin wrote:
 
 
> 1 In Greek mythology, which Trojan prince fatally injures Achilles?
Odysseus
 
> 2 John Galliano was head designer of which fashion house from 1996 until
> his dismissal in 2011 following anti-Semitic statements?
Givenchy
 
> 3 In which year of the 1960s was San Francisco's so-called 'Summer of
> Love'?
1963
 
> Bells of St. Mary's'?
> 5 New York's Ellis Island is, appropriately, home to a museum concerning
> what topic?
Immigration
 
> 6 In 2001 who became the first African-American to win the Academy Award
> for best actress?
Halle Berry
 
> 7 From which language do we get the word dacha, meaning a country house or
> cottage?
Russian
 
> 8 Who co-starred with Michael Douglas in the 1984 film 'Romancing the
> Stone'?
Katherine Turner
 
> 9 Columbia and Cornell University are located in which US state?
New York
 
> 10 In the TV quiz show 'Jeopardy!', what should all answers end with?
A question mark
 
Peter Smyth
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