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| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 04 12:30PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: >> in any order; if any answer you give is one of the 5 asked for, you get >> the point. No penalty for wrong answers, so guesses are encouraged. > What if people give more than 5 answers on a question? Then only the first five answers they give will be considered. I'd thought about putting this in the original quiz, but it hasn't been a problem in past quizzes, so I figured I didn't need to specify it. >> 4. What are the 5 largest planets in the solar system? > By what measure, in case it matters? Diameter. -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 04 12:37PM -0700 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > administrative units on top of these 89, and in that case five of > these are likely to be the answers. But I have no idea what the names > of these units are. As far as I can tell, those divisions are purely for the administrative convenience of the central government. They have no governments themselves, so I don't count them. -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 04 11:05PM +0200 > As far as I can tell, those divisions are purely for the administrative > convenience of the central government. They have no governments > themselves, so I don't count them. Good for me. :-) If memory servers, they have governors which are appointed by Monsieur Putin himself. Presumably, the governors have some people around them, but there is no locally elected body. Then again, that was not required in the original question. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 04 05:45PM -0500 Dan Tilque: > 1. What are the 5 largest countries? (by area, not population) Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil. > 2. What are the 5 longest rivers in the world? Nile, Amazon, Mississippi, Volga, Yenisei. > 3. What are the 5 largest islands in the world? (not Australia) Greenland, New Guinea, Borneo, Baffin, Sumatra. /* I hope Ellesmere isn't on there -- I think it might be #6. */ > 4. What are the 5 largest planets in the solar system? Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth. /* The lists by mass and diameter as the same, actually */ > 5. What are the 5 nearest star systems to the sun? (not brown dwarfs) Alpha Centauri, Barnard's star, Wolf 359, Sirius, Proxima Centauri. /* Proxima Centauri is probably wrong (as I understand it it's believed, though not known for certain, to be part of Alpha Centauri), but I only had four guesses without it. My other guess would have been "Lalande" and a 5-digit number, and since I can't remember the number, no hope. */ > 6. What are the 5 largest first level administrative subdivisions of the > various countries? (by area, not population) Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory (Australia), Nunavut, Northwest Territories (Canada). /* Interesting one. I wouldn't be surprised if there are correct answers in Russia, for example, but I don't know of any. At first I was going to go with Alaska, Ontario, and Quebec, but then I remembered Australia. */ -- Mark Brader "Computers get paid to extract relevant Toronto information from files; people should not msb@vex.net have to do such mundane tasks." -- Ian Darwin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 05 10:04AM Dan Tilque wrote: > This quiz will run until Monday, 09 July 2018 in the evening my time > (time zone -7 UTC). > 1. What are the 5 largest countries? (by area, not population) Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil > 2. What are the 5 longest rivers in the world? Amazon, Nile, Yangtze, Mississippi, Congo > 3. What are the 5 largest islands in the world? (not Australia) Greenland, Borneo, Great Britain, Java, New Guinea > 4. What are the 5 largest planets in the solar system? Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Venus > 5. What are the 5 nearest star systems to the sun? (not brown dwarfs) Alpha Centauri, Proxima Centauri > 6. What are the 5 largest first level administrative subdivisions of > the various countries? (by area, not population) Siberia, Nunavut, Western Australia, Alaska, Northern Territory Peter Smyth |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 04 03:19PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:69WdnbPbp7j-HaHGnZ2dnUU7- > James Bond usually tours the world in each of his movies. We give > you some locations where a Bond movie was set; you name the movie. > 1. Florida and the fictional country Isthmus. "The Living Daylights"; "Licence to Kill" > 2. Siberia, Hamburg, Vietnam, South China Sea. "You Only Live Twice" > 3. Miami Beach, Switzerland, Fort Knox. "Goldfinger" > 4. This Rat Pack actor was a nominated for 3 Oscars (and won one > of them) for Best Actor. Died 1957: "I should never have > switched from scotch to martinis." Humphrey Bogart > 5. This American actor developed a routine as a wisecracking > hustler with an ever-present cigar. Died 1977: "Die, my dear? > Why, that's the last thing I'll do!" Groucho Marx > Her famed rivalry with actor Bette Davis is portrayed in the > FX television series "Feud". Died 1977: "Dammit! Don't you > dare ask God to help me!" Joan Crawford > with human emotions who is created by Umataro Tenma after the > death of his son. The original name of the series translates as > "Mighty Atom". "Astro Boy" > a wish-granting creature. You might have also seen a related > later and more violent series, under the same name with the > additional suffix of "Z". "Dragon Ball" > him the ability to kill most adversaries through the use of > the human body's secret vital points. This often results in > an exceptionally violent and gory death. "Fist of the North Star" > * TV Show Composers > We'll name a TV show; you tell us who composed its theme music. > 10. "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Vince Guaraldi > 11. "The Simpsons". Danny Elfman > 12. "The Facts of Life". Alan Thicke > * Movie Sequel Subtitles > In each case, complete the title. > 13. "Speed 2: ..." "Cruise Control" > 14. "Star Trek III: ..." (1984). "The Search for Spock" > 15. "Sister Act 2: ..." "Back in the Habit" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jul 04 12:29PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 4:08:09 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > you some locations where a Bond movie was set; you name the movie. > 1. Florida and the fictional country Isthmus. > 2. Siberia, Hamburg, Vietnam, South China Sea. "From Russia With Love" > 3. Miami Beach, Switzerland, Fort Knox. "Goldfinger" > 5. This American actor developed a routine as a wisecracking > hustler with an ever-present cigar. Died 1977: "Die, my dear? > Why, that's the last thing I'll do!" Groucho Marx > Her famed rivalry with actor Bette Davis is portrayed in the > FX television series "Feud". Died 1977: "Dammit! Don't you > dare ask God to help me!" Joan Crawford > * TV Show Composers > We'll name a TV show; you tell us who composed its theme music. > 10. "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Joe Rapozo > 11. "The Simpsons". Danny Elfman > * Movie Sequel Subtitles > In each case, complete the title. > 13. "Speed 2: ..." "Cruise Control" > 14. "Star Trek III: ..." (1984). "The Search For Spock" > 15. "Sister Act 2: ..." "Back in the Habit" |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 02 08:03AM Mark Brader wrote: > his entire professional career with Barcelona. He is Argentina's > all-time leading goal-scorer and has won the Ballon d'Or 5 times, > including 4 years in a row. Lionel Messi > world. He too has won the Ballon d'Or 5 times, and he was > named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese > Football Federation in 2015. Cristiano Ronaldo > 3. This French player, nicknamed Zizou, won the Ballon d'Or in 1998. > He infamously head-butted Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World > Cup final. Zinedine Zidane > 4. Which country set the record for worst overall performance by > a host team? They are the only host team to be eliminated in > the first round. South Africa > 5. Which country set the record for most goals scored in one game > by one team, with 10 goals against El Salvador in 1982? Hungary > 6. The record for attendance at a World Cup final was 114,600, > when Argentina played West Germany in 1986. What was the host > country that time? Mexico > * Canadian Freestyle Wrestlers > * Canadian Baseball > * Blue Jays Baseball Records It started so well ... Peter Smyth |
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