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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 31 05:12PM -0700 On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 5:27:39 PM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote: > Welcome to Rotating Quiz #300. > 1. STEM (fields of study) Science Technology Engineering Mathematics > 2. HOMES (lakes) Hurom Ontario Michigan Erie Superior > 3. ABBA (musicians) Annifred Benny Bjorn Agnetha > 4. PIIGS (countries) Philippines Indonesia India Ghana South Korea > 5. BRICS (countries) Brazil Russia India China South Africa > 6. FANG (stocks) Ford Apple No idea General Motors > 7. CABAL (councillors of Charles II) Lamb? cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 01 12:51AM > NEWS (directions) -- North East West South Not an acronym: "late Middle English newis, plural of newe new thing, novelty (see new); on the model of Middle French noveles (plural of novele), or Medieval Latin nova (plural of novum)" Other words that are not acronyms, honestly: tip, tag, posh, fuck. > 1. STEM (fields of study) science technology engineering math > 2. HOMES (lakes) Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior > 3. ABBA (musicians) Astrid Bjorn Anders > 4. PIIGS (countries) Pakistan Iran India Sri Lanka > 5. BRICS (countries) Britain Russia Ireland Sweden > 7. CABAL (councillors of Charles II) Also not an acronym. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 31 11:09PM -0700 Dan Blum wrote: > Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com> wrote: >> NEWS (directions) -- North East West South > Not an acronym: Yes, it is. It's not the origin of the word "news" (which I never claimed), but it is an acronym. The only way it could be construed as not an acronym is because acronyms are defined as an abbreviation of a multi-word term or phrase, and these aren't exactly that.[1] But that has nothing to do with whether it's the etymon of "news". >> 7. CABAL (councillors of Charles II) > Also not an acronym. Same thing here. [1] Everyone calls them acronyms anyway, so I used that term. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 01 05:19AM -0500 Dan Tilque: > acronyms are defined as an abbreviation of a multi-word term or > phrase, and these aren't exactly that... But that has nothing to > do with whether it's the etymon of "news". "Acronym" is normally defined in terms of the derivation of a word, so yes, "whether it's the etymon" has something to do with it. Of course, you could argue that when you wrote NEWS you were creating a new acronym distinct from the existing word "news". Anyway, we know what you meant and I say there's no reason to go on talking about it. -- Mark Brader | [It was] based on a rather unique interpretation Toronto | [of the law]... (and, by unique, we mean "wrong")... msb@vex.net | --Mike Masnick My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 01 05:03AM -0500 Mark Brader: >> classified as fantasy, and you name the novelist who wrote it. > There aren't many people into F&SF in our league. This was the > hardest round in the original game. And now that Game 10 has been played, I can add that this round in Game 1 was the fourth-hardest in the entire season. -- Mark Brader "... we still feel that color is hard Toronto on the eyes for so long a picture ..." msb@vex.net -- N.Y. Times review of GONE WITH THE WIND My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 01 05:14AM -0500 Mark Brader: >> hardest round in the original game. > And now that Game 10 has been played, I can add that this round in > Game 1 was the fourth-hardest in the entire season. Whoops, I spoke too fast there. It was actually tied for third-hardest, with a round that you haven't seen yet. Sorry about that. -- 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 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 01 05:00AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date. 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup, 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. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of other rounds. For further information see my 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 9 (2018-07-23), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Popular Raptors star DeMar DeRozan has been traded to the San Antonio Spurs. Which star NBA player do the Raptors get in return? 2. Which Blue Jays pitcher recorded his first career save at last week's All-Star Game? 3. Ontario's Minister of Community Safety has, shall we say, come under fire for comments he made about wearing a bullet-proof vest when he spent an evening touring the Jane-Finch neighborhood. What is his name? 4. Prime Minister Trudeau shuffled his cabinet last week, creating the Ministry of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction. Which Scarborough MP has been appointed minister of this portfolio? 5. City of Toronto has locked out IATSE Local 58 union members at which major tourist attraction? 6. This band returned to play two sold-out shows at the Scotiabank Arena last week, the first time they've played in Toronto since a member of their crew was killed in the Downsview stage collapse in 2012. Name the band. 7. The US and Russian presidents met privately and then jointly addressed the international press, where the American president attracting bipartisan fury by making remarks variously referred to as "treasonous", "stupid", "shocking", and "disgraceful". In what city did the two leaders meet? 8. In the midst of the aforementioned summit, the EU signed its largest-ever trade agreement with which major nation? 9. Adrian Cronauer died last week, aged 79. He was best known for his time with the US Armed Forces Radio, as depicted immortally by Robin Williams in which 1987 movie? 10. Two of the last three Blockbuster Video stores left in the US closed this week. The one location still open is in Bend, Oregon, but in what state were the two that closed? * Game 10 (2018-08-30), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Which controversial American fast-food chain, known for supporting anti-gay politicians, announced they will open three restaurants in the GTA in 2019? 2. Air Canada announced that it is planning a hostile takeover bid of a company called Aimea. What does Aimea control that made them a target for this takeover? 3. Doug Ford announced on Friday that he would seek to pass legislation which would reduce cancel planned elections of regional chairs in four Ontario regions. Name *any two* of the regions whose chairs are no longer be elected. 4. Also on Friday, several additional people responded to the last-minute deadline and entered the mayoral race. One of them is a well-known white nationalist who has appeared on the Daily Stormer podcast, who spoke the infamous "14 words" on an Infowars broadcast, and who promoted a truther/false-flag movement regarding last year's mosque shooting in Quebec City. Name her. 5. The Assembly of First Nations reelected its current national chief last week. Who is he? 6. Canada's special envoy to Syria, Robin Wettlaufer, was instrumental last week in arranging the escape of 300 members of an aid group from Syria, with the help of the Israeli Defense Force. What group? 7. Wildfires spread through part of this country last week and are ongoing, having as of Saturday killed a confirmed 88 people. They are the first widespread fires in this country since 2009. What country? 8. Theodore McCarrick was forced to resign this week from his prestigious position, in a widely-praised move by his direct superior -- who? 9. Jacob Hoggard was arrested last week in Toronto and charged with sexual assault. Hoggard is better known as the front man for which popular Canadian band? 10. On Thursday, Facebook's stock price tumbled dramatically in the company's biggest single-day stock drop since the company went public. In US dollars, to the nearest whole billion and within $2,000,000,000, how much value did Facebook lose on Thursday? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "This quote is very memorable." msb@vex.net --Randall Munroe My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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