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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 11:32PM -0500 Mark Brader: > * Game 1 (2019-05-13), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Two Toronto schools suffered serious damage from fires this week. > Name either one. Jones Av. Adult Education Centre, York Memorial Collegiate Institute. > 2. The Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a son this week, who becomes > 7th in line to the throne. What's his name? Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. "Archie" was sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 3. The two teams who will play in the UEFA Champions League final > on June 1 got there as giant-killers this week, beating Barcelona > and Ajax respectively. Name either of the finalists. Liverpool, Tottenham. 4 for Erland (the hard way). > 4. What word was misspelled on the new Australian $50 bill? Responsibility. > 5. Name the Niagara Region MPP who made the news this week by > reopening the abortion debate and by having a group of librarians > arrested at his constituency office. Sam Oosterhof. > 6. Former soccer star David Beckham has been given a 6-month > driving ban after pleading guilty to what? Driving while holding a cellphone. (The penalty points for this were added to ones he already had for speeding.) > 7. Which actress known for portraying Julie Barnes in "The Mod > Squad" and Norma Jennings in "Twin Peaks" died on May 11? Peggy Lipton. > 8. Vice-Admiral Mark Norman had breach-of-trust charges against > him dropped this week. Who is his famous lawyer? Marie Henein. > 9. Name the female 400 m and 800 m runner who has been banned from > competing unless she lowers her testosterone levels. Caster Semenya. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Joshua. > Cup winner, his pallbearers at Toronto's Holy Rosary Church > included Eddie Shack, Frank Mahovlich, Lanny McDonald, and > Darryl Sittler. Leonard "Red" Kelly. He played 13 seasons on defense with the Detroit Red Wings, including Stanley Cups in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1955. He chose to retire rather than be traded to New York, but accepted a trade to Toronto, where he switched to playing center was on Cup-winning teams in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967. At that point he retired again, and the Leafs stopped winning Stanley Cups. You will remember that last year I posted this link to his reminiscence about the *other* career he had simultaneously with playing for Toronto: http://www.revparl.ca/12/3/12n3_89e_zinterview.pdf > 1. In English soccer, which team became the first men's team to > win the domestic triple -- the EFL Trophy, Premier League title, > and FA Cup? Manchester City. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland. > 2. Which country won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest? Netherlands. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 3. Name the three-time Formula One Driver's Champion who died on > May 20 at the age of 70. Niki Lauda. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Joshua. > 4. Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as mayor of one of North America's > largest cities this week. Which one? Chicago. 4 for Erland and Joshua. > 5. Canadian radio lost an icon and advocate this week. He worked at > CFNY "The Edge" for over a decade and was influential at > Indie 88. Who is he? David "Bookie" Bookman. > 6. Which British celebrity chef's empire entered into administration > (bankruptcy protection), threatening over 1,000 jobs? Jamie Oliver. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland. > 7. 2,500 attendees from 120 countries were in Toronto for > the world's self-proclaimed fastest-growing tech conference. > What's its name? Collision. > 8. Which indigenous leader, wrongly convicted of treason for > inciting the North-West Rebellion, received a formal apology > from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? Pitikwahanapiwiyin, better known to most of us as Chief Poundmaker (1842-86). Louis Riel (1844-85) was a reasonable guess. He was a Métis, who are constitutionally recognized as one of the aboriginal peoples of Canada; he was involved in inciting the rebeillion and was convicted and executed for treason in that connection; he is no longer widely seen as a criminal, and in 2017 Trudeau praised him as "a courageous and impassioned defender of minority rights". On the other hand, Poundmaker apparently was not involved in inciting the rebellion at all; his role was to negotiate for his people (the Cree) and try *not* to get them involved in battle. Despite this he was found guilty as described and served a short prison sentence, which may have impaired his health, as he died shortly afterwards. Anyway, the recent apology was about Poundmaker, not Riel. > 9. Which Hindu nationalist was re-elected Prime Minister of India? Narenda Modi. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 10. Name the Bong Joon-Ho film that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. "Parasite". I accepted "Parasites". 4 for Erland. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 TOTALS Erland Sommarskog 8 24 32 Dan Blum 8 20 28 Joshua Kreitzer 8 16 24 Dan Tilque 0 4 4 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net In the absence of the ability to redirect output and input, a still clumsier method would have been to require the "ls" command to accept user requests to paginate its output, to print in multi-column format, and to arrange that its output be delivered off-line. Actually it would be surprising, and in fact unwise for efficiency reasons, to expect authors of commands such as "ls" to provide such a wide variety of output options. -- Ritchie & Thompson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 30 04:15AM -0700 On 5/29/19 4:01 PM, Mark Brader wrote: >> F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes? > Neutron. (It's unstable in isolation, but stable within a stable > nucleus.) 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Tilque. I'm puzzled about why I didn't get full credit. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 07:24PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes? >> Neutron. (It's unstable in isolation, but stable within a stable >> nucleus.) 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Tilque. Dan Tilque: > I'm puzzled about why I didn't get full credit. So am I. That is, I can't imagine an explanation for that error. 4 for Erland *and* Dan Tilque, then. Scores, if there are now no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Sci His Can Spo A+L Ent Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 35 28 50 35 52 40 48 56 281 Dan Tilque 34 40 36 36 20 8 16 44 210 Dan Blum 32 44 39 15 30 27 16 36 208 "Calvin" 16 31 34 8 21 19 28 51 184 Erland Sommarskog 27 24 44 11 4 4 16 32 154 Pete Gayde 13 18 31 7 34 19 -- -- 122 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | This is Programming as a True Art Form, where style msb@vex.net | is more important than correctness... --Pontus Hedman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 30 04:27AM -0700 On 5/29/19 4:06 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 3. Picture C. > 4. Decoy -- picture D. > 5. Picture E. Daenerys > and Andes. > 1. Name the longest mountain range that is considered to form part > of the boundary between Europe and Asia. Urals > For each of the remaining questions, we name the range and you > name *any* country that it runs through or borders on. > 2. Atlas Mtns. Morocco > 3. Carpathian Mtns. Rumania > 4. Pamir Mtns. Russia > 5. Altai Mtns. Russia > 6. Zagros Mtns. Croatia > 7. Rwenzori Mtns. Rwanda > 8. Taurus Mtns. Azerbaijan > 9. Alborz Range. Austria > 10. Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri. Pakistan -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 30 09:46AM +0200 > and Andes. > 1. Name the longest mountain range that is considered to form part > of the boundary between Europe and Asia. Ural Mountains > 2. Atlas Mtns. Morrocco > 3. Carpathian Mtns. Romania > 4. Pamir Mtns. China > 5. Altai Mtns. Russia > 6. Zagros Mtns. Greece > 7. Rwenzori Mtns. South Africa > 8. Taurus Mtns. Turkey > 9. Alborz Range. Algeria > 10. Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri. Pakistan |
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