| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 15 07:35AM -0700 Welcome to Rotating Quiz #309. Sorry for taking so long to get one together. As the subject line says, this quiz is half about constellations and half about island groups. There is no secret theme to this quiz. The usual rules apply about tiebreakers, no outside references, etc. Quiz will end sometime in the evening my time on Saturday, October 20, 2018. Some questions ask for multiple items. One point for each correct answer. If more answers are given than requested, the excess will be ignored. Part I. Constellations 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations? Give the English name for each of these constellations. For example, for Cancer, the answer would be "crab". 2. Antlia 3. Ara 4. Carina 5. Draco 6. Monoceros 7. Vulpecula Part II. Islands 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan. 9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not those in California) Have fun. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 15 02:43PM -0500 Dan Tilque: > 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard > constellations... Serpent; Perseus; Orion; Pegasus; Cassiopeia; Chained lady. (For the four in the middle their proper names are also the names I normally see used in English, but I think I've also seen "chained lady" used somewhere as the English name of Cassiopeia, and since I don't have a 6th guess I'll put that one down just in case. > 2. Antlia Ant-lion. > 3. Ara Altar. > 4. Carina Crown. > 5. Draco Dragon. > 6. Monoceros Unicorn. > 7. Vulpecula Little fox. > Part II. Islands > 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan. Hokkaido; Honshu; Kyushu; Shikoku. > 9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii; Oahu; Maui; Kauai; Molokai; Hawaii; Niihau; Kahoolawe; and the other one. > 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not > those in California) They're not in England either. Jersey; Guernsey; Alderney; Sark. -- Mark Brader | Given the degree of bitterness... here recently, it might Toronto | [be better described] as an againstum than a forum. msb@vex.net | --Peter Moylan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 15 11:51PM +0200 > with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really > belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of > that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations? Orion > 6. Monoceros Unicorn > 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan. Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikuku, (Okinawa). > 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not > those in California) Jersey, Guernsey |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 16 01:12AM > with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really > belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of > that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations? Perseus Andromeda Cassiopeia Hydra Pegasus > 5. Draco dragon > 6. Monoceros unicorn > 7. Vulpecula fox > Part II. Islands > 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan. Honshu Hokkaido Shikoku > 9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii Hawai'i Maui Oahu > 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not > those in California) Jersey Guernsey Sark Alderney -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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