| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Feb 26 02:17PM On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:23:55 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 3 (2019-02-11), Round 1 - Current Events > 3. US president Trump has announced that he will meet with North > Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27 in *what country*? Vietnam > 4. Which Mars rover was officially taken out of service recently, > having exceeded its planned operational lifetime by more than 50 > times? Opportunity > a device on the Moon? The dishwasher-sized rover was paid for mostly > by private funding, and was launched recently from Cape Canaveral by > SpaceX. Israel > 6. Formerly acting director of the FBI, he is now on tour promoting > his new book "The Threat". Who is he? Andrew McCabe > 7. After Jussie Smollett was charged with filing a false police > report, his character was deleted from what TV series? Empire > concert on Friday, just across the Venezuelan border in Cúcuta, > Colombia? > 9. Who was finally chosen to host yesterday's Academy Awards show? Nobody > of New Yorkers when her "Green New Deal" was cited as one of the > reasons for Amazon canceling its plans for a secondary headquarters > in New York? Ocasio-Cortez |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 26 02:55PM > * Game 3 (2019-02-11), Round 1 - Current Events > 3. US president Trump has announced that he will meet with North > Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27 in *what country*? China; Japan > 4. The House of Commons Heritage Committee approved a measure > Thursday to make the last day of *what month* National Truth > and Reconciliation Day? May; June > 7. The Chinese lunar New Year was last week -- introducing the > year of what animal in the Chinese zodiac? pig > * Game 4 (2019-02-25), Round 1 - Current Events > 3. What famous, iconic fashion designer died this week at age 85? Karl Lagerfeld > 4. Which Mars rover was officially taken out of service recently, > having exceeded its planned operational lifetime by more than > 50 times? Opportunity > a device on the Moon? The dishwasher-sized rover was paid for > mostly by private funding, and was launched recently from Cape > Canaveral by SpaceX. China; Israel > 6. Formerly acting director of the FBI, he is now on tour promoting > his new book "The Threat". Who is he? McCabe > 7. After Jussie Smollett was charged with filing a false police > report, his character was deleted from what TV series? Empire > 9. Who was finally chosen to host yesterday's Academy Awards show? no one > of New Yorkers when her "Green New Deal" was cited as one of > the reasons for Amazon canceling its plans for a secondary > headquarters in New York? Alexandria Ocasio Cortez -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Feb 26 11:06AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > Give her first name. > 3. US president Trump has announced that he will meet with North > Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27 in *what country*? Vietnam > manager of the Montreal Expos. He died on Thursday. Who was he? > 7. The Chinese lunar New Year was last week -- introducing the > year of what animal in the Chinese zodiac? pig > 8. The Conservative provincial government has set a lifetime limit > for autism treatments for children. Within $9,000, what is it? $9,000 > 4. Which Mars rover was officially taken out of service recently, > having exceeded its planned operational lifetime by more than > 50 times? Opportunity > a device on the Moon? The dishwasher-sized rover was paid for > mostly by private funding, and was launched recently from Cape > Canaveral by SpaceX. Israel > 6. Formerly acting director of the FBI, he is now on tour promoting > his new book "The Threat". Who is he? Comey > of New Yorkers when her "Green New Deal" was cited as one of > the reasons for Amazon canceling its plans for a secondary > headquarters in New York? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 26 08:38PM +0100 > 2. An eastern Newfoundland town has been gripped by the mystery > of billboards declaring in large letters that K.R. loves *who*? > Give her first name. Lisa > 3. US president Trump has announced that he will meet with North > Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27 in *what country*? Vietnam > 5. What day last week was the NBA deadline for player trades? Wedenesday > 7. The Chinese lunar New Year was last week -- introducing the > year of what animal in the Chinese zodiac? Cat > * Game 4 (2019-02-25), Round 1 - Current Events > 3. What famous, iconic fashion designer died this week at age 85? Lagerfeldt > a device on the Moon? The dishwasher-sized rover was paid for > mostly by private funding, and was launched recently from Cape > Canaveral by SpaceX. Israel > 6. Formerly acting director of the FBI, he is now on tour promoting > his new book "The Threat". Who is he? Comley > 8. Which billionaire businessman hosted a Venezuelan Aid Live > concert on Friday, just across the Venezuelan border in Cúcuta, > Colombia? Richard Branson > fheanzr ner gjb-cneg anzrf, yvxr Rkkba-Zbovy. Va rnpu pnfr vs > lbh bayl tnir bar cneg, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur bgure bar, jvgubhg > punatvat jung lbh jebgr. I suspected #10 was the lass with the two-part name, but since I don't recall any part very closely, I did not enter. Just two-part name is not likely to give any points! |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 27 02:09AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:I-ydnQgbT93mRunBnZ2dnUU7- > Give her first name. > 3. US president Trump has announced that he will meet with North > Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27 in *what country*? Vietnam > 4. The House of Commons Heritage Committee approved a measure > Thursday to make the last day of *what month* National Truth > and Reconciliation Day? May; June > 5. What day last week was the NBA deadline for player trades? Feb 7; Feb 8 > in career home runs, and is in the Hall of Fame. He was also > the first black manager in major-league baseball, and the final > manager of the Montreal Expos. He died on Thursday. Who was he? Frank Robinson > 7. The Chinese lunar New Year was last week -- introducing the > year of what animal in the Chinese zodiac? Pig > 8. The Conservative provincial government has set a lifetime limit > for autism treatments for children. Within $9,000, what is it? $100,000; $150,000 > 9. Two CBC series, "Anne with an E" and "Schitt's Creek", were > the leading nominees for which awards? Golden Globe > 2. A pioneering transgender soul singer died this week at age 78. > Who was she? > 3. What famous, iconic fashion designer died this week at age 85? Lagerfeld > 4. Which Mars rover was officially taken out of service recently, > having exceeded its planned operational lifetime by more than > 50 times? Discovery > a device on the Moon? The dishwasher-sized rover was paid for > mostly by private funding, and was launched recently from Cape > Canaveral by SpaceX. Israel > 6. Formerly acting director of the FBI, he is now on tour promoting > his new book "The Threat". Who is he? McCabe > 7. After Jussie Smollett was charged with filing a false police > report, his character was deleted from what TV series? Empire > concert on Friday, just across the Venezuelan border in Cúcuta, > Colombia? > 9. Who was finally chosen to host yesterday's Academy Awards show? No one. > of New Yorkers when her "Green New Deal" was cited as one of > the reasons for Amazon canceling its plans for a secondary > headquarters in New York? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez > fheanzr ner gjb-cneg anzrf, yvxr Rkkba-Zbovy. Va rnpu pnfr vs > lbh bayl tnir bar cneg, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur bgure bar, jvgubhg > punatvat jung lbh jebgr. Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 26 08:29PM +0100 > for commercial programming, and it's still used today, especially > on mainframe computer systems. Grace Hopper, who was in the > US Navy, was instrumental in the original design of the language. Cobol > 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is > used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today. Fortran > 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was > developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN. HTML > 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note > was developed by Microsoft around 2000. C# > 5. This environment developed by Microsoft allows developers > to write, test, and install programs in a variety of languages. > It runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. .NET > 6. This object-oriented language was developed by Sun Microsystems > in the mid-1990s. Today it is a very popular programming > language, whose icon is a steaming cup of coffee. Java > 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and > tablets. Android > in the 1960s. It is used extensively on their mid-range AS400 > system. The language is still used by many large organizations > such as banks in their back-office systems. RPG > 9. Named after Lord Byron's daughter, this language was developed > by the DOD in the late 1970s and early 1980s to supersede > multiple languages that they were then using. Ada > New Hampshire. It became very popular in the mid-1970s with the > emergence of microcomputers, but has since fallen in popularity > as the performance of computers has dramatically improved. PLC > * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America > 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America? Colombia > 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city > is the most southerly? As we all know by now: Montevideo > 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked? Paraguay and Bolivia > 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil? Chile and Ecuador > 5. Which region in South America is still administered by a > European country? It has a spaceport from where the European > Space Agency and Russia launch rockets. French Guyana > 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language? Suriname > 7. What is the main airline of Chile? Name *either* the current > one or its predecessor before a merger in about 2015. LANChile > 8. What is the capital of Guyana? Georgetown > 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish. Las Malvinas Which also is administered from Europe. But there is no spaceport. > 10. In what year did Brasília replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's > capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this. 1960 > 11. As you may have heard, cannabis was recently legalized for > recreational use in Canada. Which South American country was > the first in the world to legalize it? Uruguay |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 26 06:01PM -0800 On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 4:30:29 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > US Navy, was instrumental in the original design of the language. > 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is > used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today. COBOL > 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was > developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN. HTML > 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note > was developed by Microsoft around 2000. Doe, Ray > 5. This environment developed by Microsoft allows developers > to write, test, and install programs in a variety of languages. > It runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. Sandbox > 6. This object-oriented language was developed by Sun Microsystems > in the mid-1990s. Today it is a very popular programming > language, whose icon is a steaming cup of coffee. Java > 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and > tablets. Android > in the 1960s. It is used extensively on their mid-range AS400 > system. The language is still used by many large organizations > such as banks in their back-office systems. No idea, but how many Russian grenade launchers does the question writer think people are familiar with? > 9. Named after Lord Byron's daughter, this language was developed > by the DOD in the late 1970s and early 1980s to supersede > multiple languages that they were then using. Ava > New Hampshire. It became very popular in the mid-1970s with the > emergence of microcomputers, but has since fallen in popularity > as the performance of computers has dramatically improved. Basic > * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America > 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America? Colombia > 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city > is the most southerly? I believe that would be Montevideo > 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked? Paraguay and Bolivia > 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil? Ecuador, Chile > 5. Which region in South America is still administered by a > European country? It has a spaceport from where the European > Space Agency and Russia launch rockets. French Guyana > 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language? Suriname > 7. What is the main airline of Chile? Name *either* the current > one or its predecessor before a merger in about 2015. > 8. What is the capital of Guyana? Georgetown > 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish. Las Malvinas > 10. In what year did Brasília replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's > capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this. 1967, 1960 > 11. As you may have heard, cannabis was recently legalized for > recreational use in Canada. Which South American country was > the first in the world to legalize it? Uruguay cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 26 05:54PM -0800 On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 4:28:57 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > I think the possibility was simply missed at the time, but it was > later suggested that instead of recording a zero, the QM should > first have asked for the rest of the title to be supplied! Indeed he (or she) should have! cheers, calvin |
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