Thursday, February 28, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 15 updates in 6 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 27 11:38PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Erland. 3 for Joshua.
 
> 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is
> used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today.
 
FORTRAN (or Fortran these days). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce,
and Erland. 3 for Joshua and Pete.
 
> 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was
> developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN.
 
Hypertext Markup Language: HTML. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note
> was developed by Microsoft around 2000.
 
C# ["C-sharp"]. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete,
and Erland.
 
> 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 ["dot net"]. Also accepting Visual Studio and Sandbox, through
I'm not sure how completely each of the answers given meets the
description. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 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. 4 for everyone.
 
> 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and
> tablets.
 
Android. 4 for everyone.
 
> 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Erland.
 
> 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Erland, and Calvin.
 
As for "superseding" multiple languages, see: http://xkcd.com/927
 
> 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Calvin.
 
 
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America
 
> 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America?
 
Colombia. 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city
> is the most southerly?
 
Montevideo. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete, Erland,
and, yes, Calvin.
 
> 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked?
 
Bolivia, Paraguay. 4 for everyone.
 
> 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil?
 
Chile, Ecuador. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Erland,
and Calvin. 2 for Pete.
 
> 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 Guiana. (Guyane Française.) It's part of France.
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language?
 
Suriname. 4 for everyone.
 
> 7. What is the main airline of Chile? Name *either* the current
> one or its predecessor before a merger in about 2015.
 
LATAM, LAN. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, and Erland.
 
LAN merged with Brazil-based TAM to create LATAM.
 
> 8. What is the capital of Guyana?
 
Georgetown. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish.
 
Islas Malvinas. 4 for everyone.
 
> 10. In what year did Brasília replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's
> capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this.
 
1960 (accepting 1957-63). 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin.
 
In the original game no leeway was allowed, which most of us thought was
a bit rough. However, Erland did get it exactly.
 
 
> 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 (starting in 2014). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete,
Erland, and Calvin.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo His Ent Sci Geo THREE
Erland Sommarskog 0 28 4 36 44 108
Joshua Kreitzer 8 12 40 30 36 106
Dan Blum 4 16 28 40 28 96
Dan Tilque 12 20 4 36 40 96
"Calvin" 15 20 8 24 38 82
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- 36 36 72
Pete Gayde 16 6 11 23 26 65
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 27 11:40PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> > 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.

Erland Sommarskog:
 
> > 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish.
 
> Las Malvinas
 
> Which also is administered from Europe.
 
Well, if you count the UK as in Europe. And the Falklands as South
America, for that matter. I mean, they are islands.
 
> But there is no spaceport.
 
Whew.
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 27 11:42PM -0600

[Repost with subject line corrected.]
 
Mark Brader:
> 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Erland. 3 for Joshua.
 
> 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is
> used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today.
 
FORTRAN (or Fortran these days). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce,
and Erland. 3 for Joshua and Pete.
 
> 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was
> developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN.
 
Hypertext Markup Language: HTML. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note
> was developed by Microsoft around 2000.
 
C# ["C-sharp"]. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete,
and Erland.
 
> 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 ["dot net"]. Also accepting Visual Studio and Sandbox, through
I'm not sure how completely each of the answers given meets the
description. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 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. 4 for everyone.
 
> 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and
> tablets.
 
Android. 4 for everyone.
 
> 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Erland.
 
> 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Erland, and Calvin.
 
As for "superseding" multiple languages, see: http://xkcd.com/927
 
> 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Calvin.
 
 
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America
 
> 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America?
 
Colombia. 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city
> is the most southerly?
 
Montevideo. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete, Erland,
and, yes, Calvin.
 
> 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked?
 
Bolivia, Paraguay. 4 for everyone.
 
> 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil?
 
Chile, Ecuador. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Erland,
and Calvin. 2 for Pete.
 
> 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 Guiana. (Guyane Française.) It's part of France.
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language?
 
Suriname. 4 for everyone.
 
> 7. What is the main airline of Chile? Name *either* the current
> one or its predecessor before a merger in about 2015.
 
LATAM, LAN. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, and Erland.
 
LAN merged with Brazil-based TAM to create LATAM.
 
> 8. What is the capital of Guyana?
 
Georgetown. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish.
 
Islas Malvinas. 4 for everyone.
 
> 10. In what year did Brasília replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's
> capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this.
 
1960 (accepting 1957-63). 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin.
 
In the original game no leeway was allowed, which most of us thought was
a bit rough. However, Erland did get it exactly.
 
 
> 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 (starting in 2014). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete,
Erland, and Calvin.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo His Ent Sci Geo THREE
Erland Sommarskog 0 28 4 36 44 108
Joshua Kreitzer 8 12 40 30 36 106
Dan Blum 4 16 28 40 28 96
Dan Tilque 12 20 4 36 40 96
"Calvin" 15 20 8 24 38 82
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- 36 36 72
Pete Gayde 16 6 11 23 26 65
 
--
Mark Brader | "In my youth", said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
Toronto | "I kept all my verbs very supple
msb@vex.net | By the use of these smileys -- one shilling a box --
| Allow me to sell you a couple?" --John Dean (after Carroll)
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 28 10:05AM +0100

> Well, if you count the UK as in Europe. And the Falklands as South
> America, for that matter. I mean, they are islands.
 
Apparently, the quiz masters through Las Malvinas to be in South America,
since they had a question about. But you are right, they may not include
the UK in Europe.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 28 10:12AM +0100


> .NET ["dot net"]. Also accepting Visual Studio and Sandbox, through
> I'm not sure how completely each of the answers given meets the
> description. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Erland, and Calvin.
 
I don't know about Sandbox, but Visual Studio definitely fits the
description, and a lot better than .NET. .NET is a run-time environment
that several languages can compile down to and use the same libraries. I
guess that JVM (Java Virtual Machine) is analoguous. Visual Studio is
the tool where you primarily build .NET applications, but you can use
VS for other languages too. VS itself is a shell, so you if you have your
own language, you can plug it into VS with some work. But Micrsoft also
ships support for C++ and SQL and maybe more languages that are not using
.NET. (With C++, you can use .NET, but it is mainly used to for native,
that is non-.NET, applications.)
 
I entered .NET myself, but when I saw people entering Visual Studio, I
realised that I had read the questoin carelessly, so I was surprised
to see that I got full points.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 04:03AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> > Well, if you count the UK as in Europe. And the Falklands as South
> > America, for that matter. I mean, they are islands.

Erland Sommarskog:
> Apparently, the quiz masters through Las Malvinas to be in South America,
> since they had a question about.
 
There is that.
 
> But you are right, they may not include the UK in Europe.
 
I'd be surprised if they didn't. You cooked it, all right.
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 27 11:46PM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-02-11,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 the Cellar Rats and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
** Game 3, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Symbols
 
Please see the handout at:
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3-9/sym.png
 
In each case we will name a symbol or describe what it means,
and you must give us its number on the handout.
 
1. The square root of -1.
2. Octothorpe.
3. Tilde.
4. Null set (in set theory).
5. Infinity.
6. Euro (currency).
7. Ellipsis.
8. Indicates that two triangles are congruent (in geometry).
9. Factorial (in math).
 
10. Used in the German language to represent a double S or "sz"
sound, for example replacing the "ss" in "Strasse" (street).
 
The organizers did not provide a list of the other symbols shown,
but I will. If you want to identify them for fun, but for no points,
decode the following rot13:
 
11. Fdhner ebbg.
12. Wncnarfr lra.
13. Engvb bs n pvepyr'f pvephzsrerapr gb vgf qvnzrgre (va trbzrgel).
14. Vaqvpngrf fhzzngvba bs n frevrf (va zngu).
15. "Vf n cebcre fhofrg bs" (va frg gurbel).
16. Vaqvpngrf vagrtengvba (va pnyphyhf).
17. Gurersber (va zngu).
18. "Vf cebcbegvbany gb" (va zngu).
19. Oevgvfu cbhaq (pheerapl).
20. Gur frg bs vagrtref.
 
 
** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
 
* A. Quiz Show Scandals
 
A1. Charles Ingram was found guilty of cheating on a certain TV
quiz show by having a member of the audience send him signals
by coughing. Give the title *and* name the country where
the show was produced.
 
A2. In the 1950s a TV quiz-show contestant named Charles
Van Doren was seen to obtain unusually high scores.
He eventually admitted he had been given information by the
producers to prepare before the show -- they wanted to keep
him on the air because he was quite photogenic. What show?
 
 
* B. Cold War Invasion Attempts
 
B1. In the early 1960s the US sent a number of combatants into
Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the Castro regime. In fact
they were rapidly captured by the Cuban authorities.
How is this incident usually referred to?
 
B2. In the late 1940s the US and the UK sent a number of
combatants into *this* country in an attempt to overthrow
*its* Communist regime. In fact they were rapidly captured.
It later emerged that their spy in Britain, Kim Philby,
had tipped off the Soviets to the correct time and place.
In which country was this failed attack?
 
 
* C. Sports Competitions
 
C1. The Ryder Cup golf tournament takes place every two years --
always between which two teams?
 
C2. The Ashes is a test cricket series between two countries,
which emerged out of a resounding victory in 1892 of one
of them over the other. Which two countries play?
 
 
* D. City Centers
 
D1. What type of geographical feature is at the center of the
Hanoi Capital Region?
 
D2. In the center of Milan are many shops and restaurants,
the cathedral known as the Dome, and which famous opera
house?
 
 
* E. Nuclear-Weapon Physicists Called Disloyal
 
E1. Name the US physicist who, with General Groves, headed up
the development of the atom bomb during the Manhattan
Project. After the war his security clearance was revoked
due to his association with left-wing individuals.
 
E2. Name the Soviet physicist who helped his country develop
the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s. A dissident and
human-rights activist, he was exiled to the city of Gorky
after criticizing the invasion of Afghanistan.
 
 
* F. Relatives
 
F1. Germany physicist Max Born contributed to quantum mechanics
by studying the probabilistic aspects of the theory --
but never mind that, these are not the physicist questions.
Just name his famous *granddaughter*, who was born in Wales
but moved at an early age to Australia.
 
F2. British actor Anthony Booth played the role of Warren
Mitchell's son-in-law on the British TV series "Till Death
Us Do Part" -- but these are not actor questions either.
Booth had a very famous *son-in-law*: who?
 
--
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Toronto | off the top of its head..."
msb@vex.net | --Steve Summit
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 28 10:28AM +0100

> 1. The square root of -1.
 
5
 
> 2. Octothorpe.
 
1
 
 
> 3. Tilde.
 
16
 
> 4. Null set (in set theory).
 
13
 
> 5. Infinity.
 
2
 
> 6. Euro (currency).
 
18
 
> 7. Ellipsis.
 
20
 
> 8. Indicates that two triangles are congruent (in geometry).
 
6
 
> 9. Factorial (in math).
 
4
 
 
> 10. Used in the German language to represent a double S or "sz"
> sound, for example replacing the "ss" in "Strasse" (street).
 
8
 
> but I will. If you want to identify them for fun, but for no points,
> decode the following rot13:
 
> 11. Fdhner ebbg.
 
10
 
> 12. Wncnarfr lra.
 
3
 
> 13. Engvb bs n pvepyr'f pvephzsrerapr gb vgf qvnzrgre (va trbzrgel).
 
11
 
> 14. Vaqvpngrf fhzzngvba bs n frevrf (va zngu).
 
7
 
> 15. "Vf n cebcre fhofrg bs" (va frg gurbel).
 
14
 
> 16. Vaqvpngrf vagrtengvba (va pnyphyhf).
 
9
 
> 17. Gurersber (va zngu).
 
19
 
> 18. "Vf cebcbegvbany gb" (va zngu).
 
12
 
> 19. Oevgvfu cbhaq (pheerapl).
 
17
 
> 20. Gur frg bs vagrtref.
 
15
 
> Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the Castro regime. In fact
> they were rapidly captured by the Cuban authorities.
> How is this incident usually referred to?
 
Bay of Pigs
 
> It later emerged that their spy in Britain, Kim Philby,
> had tipped off the Soviets to the correct time and place.
> In which country was this failed attack?
 
 
China
 
 
> * C. Sports Competitions
 
> C1. The Ryder Cup golf tournament takes place every two years --
> always between which two teams?
 
Europe and America
 
 
> C2. The Ashes is a test cricket series between two countries,
> which emerged out of a resounding victory in 1892 of one
> of them over the other. Which two countries play?
 
Australia and England

> * D. City Centers
 
> D1. What type of geographical feature is at the center of the
> Hanoi Capital Region?
 
A lake. (Only heard about it the other day in an article about the
Trump/Kim meeting where it was mentioned in passing.
 
 
> D2. In the center of Milan are many shops and restaurants,
> the cathedral known as the Dome, and which famous opera
> house?
 
La Scala
 
> the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s. A dissident and
> human-rights activist, he was exiled to the city of Gorky
> after criticizing the invasion of Afghanistan.
 
Sakharov
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 27 07:50PM -0800

Hi all
 
In the absence of any questions of my own I'll run another KO quiz. This one does not have a theme, and will not be written by me. Rather, anyone who wishes to play must email me one question.
 
Questions can be on any topic but must have a numerical or date answer so that it is possible to eliminate the answer/poster that is furthest from being correct. I will write the first question, and then use the question from the eliminated person for each subsequent round. So no-one will be asked their own question. I reserve the right to edit or reject submitted questions.
 
I'll accept entries up until noon GMT on Monday, 4th March 2019. Send your question to 334152[at]gmail.com.
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 02:14AM -0600

"Calvin":
> Questions can be on any topic but must have a numerical or date answer
> so that it is possible to eliminate the answer/poster that is furthest
> from being correct.
 
If the question allows for a wide range of answers, it may be fairest to
define "furthest from correct" in terms of ratios instead of differences.
Something to think about.
 
> I will write the first question,
 
I hope you have already done so.
 
> and then use the question from the eliminated person for each
> subsequent round. So no-one will be asked their own question.
 
And the winner's question will not be used!
 
> I reserve the right to edit or reject submitted questions.
 
If you reject a question, I suggest asking the entrant to submit another
one. I'm guessing you won't get more than about 7 entrants as it is.
 
 
 
In craps, the "shooter" rolls two dice. If you are betting on the
shooter, called a "pass" bet, then you win if the initial roll is
7 or 11; you lose if it is 2, 3, or 12. Otherwise the initial roll
becomes "the point" and the shooter continues rolling until either
the point is rolled again (in which case you win) or 7 is rolled
(in which case you lose).
 
Assuming that the dice are fair and no one is cheating, what is the
probability of winning? Answer with a decimal number from 0 to 1
or with a fraction in lowest terms.
 
Correct answer: 244/495, which is 0.49292929... (29 repeating).
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msb@vex.net | is the surprises." -- Tim Baker
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 28 02:16AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> In craps, the "shooter" rolls two dice...
 
Damn, that was meant to be emailed to Calvin!
 
Okay, here comes another question (in email) about something completely
different.
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 19 07:57PM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> with his new team. Name *any one* of the four.
 
> 2. The longest span between Super Bowl wins for a player is
> 12 seasons. Name him or the team he played for.
 
Green Bay Packers
 
 
> 3. Two teams share the record for the most *losses* in the Super
> Bowl game, namely 5 games. Name *either one*.
 
Oakland Raiders
 
 
> 4. One team holds the record for losses in *consecutive* Super
> Bowl games, namely 4. Name them.
 
Buffalo Bills
 
> previous question. Gurer ner gjb grnzf gung unir znqr gur Fhcre
> Objy sbhe gvzrf naq ybfg *nyy sbhe* gvzrf. Bar vf Ohssnyb,
> jub qvq vg va pbafrphgvir lrnef. Anzr gur bgure.
 
Minnesota Vikings
 
> successive occasions when they made it into the game? That is,
> over some time period they won 5 times and the other years they
> did not reach the Super Bowl at all.
 
San Francisco 49ers
 
> at 40 years 185 days. Now as of 2019 he is also the *oldest
> winning* SQB at 41 years 184 days. Who was the previous holder
> of that last record?
 
Brett Favre
 
> points scored in the Super Bowl, at 48, scored over four Super
> Bowls. He played these games with the San Francisco 49ers and
> which other team?
 
Seattle Seahawks
 
 
> For example, if we said "UK: George III in 1760, preceded by who
> in 1727?" you would say "George II".
 
> 1. Netherlands: William-Alexander in 2013, preceded by who in 1980?
 
Beatrix
 
> 2. Norway: Harald V in 1991, preceded by who in 1957?
> 3. UK: Elizabeth II in 1952, preceded by who in 1936?
 
George VI
 
> 4. Russia: Nicholas II in 1894, preceded by who in 1881?
 
Alexander III
 
> 6. Denmark: Margrethe II in 1972, preceded by who in 1947?
> 7. Belgium: Phillipe in 2013, preceded by who in 1993?
> 8. Monaco: Albert II in 2005, preceded by who in 1949?
 
Rainier
 
 
> 9. Pre-Napoleonic France, according to the royalists: Louis XVII
> in 1795, preceded by who in 1774?
 
Louis XVI
 
> hands twice. We'll give you a break on this: name *either one*
> of his two most recent predecessors, one in 1871 and the other
> in 1888 about 3 months before him.
 
Wilhelm I
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 19 09:05PM +0100

> * Game 3, Round 2 - Sports - Super Bowl Records
 
> 4. One team holds the record for losses in *consecutive* Super
> Bowl games, namely 4. Name them.
 
Green Bay Packers
 
 
> * Game 3, Round 3 - History - The Preceding Monarch
> 1. Netherlands: William-Alexander in 2013, preceded by who in 1980?
 
Beatrix
 
> 2. Norway: Harald V in 1991, preceded by who in 1957?
 
Haakon VII
 
> 3. UK: Elizabeth II in 1952, preceded by who in 1936?
 
George VI
 
> 4. Russia: Nicholas II in 1894, preceded by who in 1881?
 
Alexander III
 
> 5. Sweden: Carl XVI Gustav in 1973, preceded by who in 1950?
 
Gustav VI Adolf
 
> 6. Denmark: Margrethe II in 1972, preceded by who in 1947?
 
Fredrik IX
 
> 7. Belgium: Phillipe in 2013, preceded by who in 1993?
 
Albert III
 
> 8. Monaco: Albert II in 2005, preceded by who in 1949?
 
Rainier
 
> 9. Pre-Napoleonic France, according to the royalists: Louis XVII
> in 1795, preceded by who in 1774?
 
Louis XVI
 
> hands twice. We'll give you a break on this: name *either one*
> of his two most recent predecessors, one in 1871 and the other
> in 1888 about 3 months before him.
 
Wilhelm I
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 21 08:31PM +0100


> 2. 2017: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Jackie Weaver.
> A behind-the-scenes look at the making of perhaps the worst
> movie ever.
 
Snakes on a Plane

> paleontologist and a troubled young woman is being filmed in
> the current era -- with an actor and actress whose situation
> parallels the characters'.
 
The French Lieutenant's Woman

> * Game 3, Round 6 - Canadiana Literature - GG&G Winners
 
Geee! No, I think I pass.
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 27 01:08PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:I-ydnQgbT93mRunBnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * 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

> 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

> * Game 4 (2019-02-25), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 3. What famous, iconic fashion designer died this week at age 85?
 
Karl Lagerfeld
 
> 7. After Jussie Smollett was charged with filing a false police
> report, his character was deleted from what TV series?
 
"Empire"

> 8. Which billionaire businessman hosted a Venezuelan Aid Live
> concert on Friday, just across the Venezuelan border in Cúcuta,
> Colombia?
 
Richard Branson
 
> 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?
 
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
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