- Rotating Quiz #304 *results* - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 08 11:18PM -0500 Mark Brader: > for running RQ 303 and writing a contest that allowed me to win. > As usual, the winner of this contest will be the first choice to > run RQ 305. There were 5 entrants, and your winner and presumed next moderator is DAN BLUM. Hearty congratulations! > 1. This man lived 101 years, mostly in New York, and wrote over > 1,000 songs. Jerome Kern said that he "has no *place in* > American music -- he *is* American music". Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin or Baline). 1 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 2. This man, born in California, became a novelist after failing > to get rich in the Klondike gold rush. He lived only 40 years, > but wrote over 50 books. Jack London (real name John Chaney). 1 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 3. The greatest success of this Englishman's long career was > his expedition that mapped Puget Sound and the coast of British > Columbia. George Vancouver. 1 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > of the Boer War, this man began interning enemy civilians in > "concentration camps" -- a phrase that was not then, as it > later became, a euphemism for something worse. Horatio Kitchener (or Lord or Earl Kitchener). 1 for Dan Blum and Calvin. Not a euphemism, but they were nasty enough and a lot of people died there. > 5. Of the three men who wrote the Federalist Papers, this was the > only one who later became President of the United States. James Madison. 1 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Pete. > on Broadway originally by Sam Levene and by Frank Sinatra in > the movie adaptation, operates the "Oldest Established Permanent > Floating Crap Game in New York". Nathan Detroit. The story, play, and movie is "Guys and Dolls". 1 for Dan Blum and Pete. > career. He imposed unprecedented taxation and unprecedented > restrictions on civil liberties, he was called a despot and a > tyrant, and finally he was murdered. Abraham Lincoln. 1 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 8. The next US president after <answer 5>, his term began what > was called the "Era of Good Feelings". James Monroe. 1 for Dan Blum and Calvin. > of the most important books in a certain branch of knowledge > -- more than 15 years after thinking of the idea that was its > basic thesis. Charles Darwin. 1 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 10. In the Christian Bible, up to about half the books of the New > Testament are credited to this man, although it is not so clear > how many he actually wrote. St. Paul (a.k.a. Saul of Tarsus). 1 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 11. An Irishman named Arthur Wellesley achieved great success in > both the military and political fields. He is better known by > what noble title granted in 1814? Duke of Wellington. 1 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 12. On what basis was the sequence of the other questions > determined? Give sufficient details to support your answer. Some of the people who were answers have had cities named after them; for the others, their commonly used name included the name of an existing city. I took the most populous applicable city for each person, and arranged them in order of latitude from north to south: 1. (52.5°N) Berlin, Germany 2. (51.1°N) London, England 3. (49.3°N) Vancouver, BC, Canada 4. (43.4°N) Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 5. (43.1°N) Madison, Wisconsin, USA 6. (42.3°N) Detroit, Michigan, USA 7. (40.8°N) Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 8. (6.3°N) Monrovia, Liberia 9. (12.5°S) Darwin, NT, Australia 10. (23.7°S) Sao Paulo, Brazil 11. (41.2°S) Wellington, New Zealand Calvin was the only person to answer this, and then only partially. It didn't matter, since Dan Blum aced the rest of the contest and no tiebreaker was needed. Scores, if there are no errors: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTALS Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 "Calvin" 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 Pete Gayde 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 Erland Sommarskog 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 3 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "You are becoming far too reasonable. msb@vex.net | I worry about you." --Tony Cooper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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