- Erland's Occasional Quiz - 4 Updates
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 25 03:01PM +0200 The joint killing of the rotating quizzes by Stephen Perry and Dan Blum left me with some questions that I had been considering for future quizzes. For this reason, I'm starting a new series of quizzes. Well, series is maybe not the correct word. They will appear very irregularly and occasionally as I have questions to fill them up and the time to compose and score them. Thus, I am not numbering them, and there is not even a promise that there will be a next one. Anyway, the rules are as usual. Post answers to the newsgroup. Use only your knowledge. No googling, and don't ask mom or anyone else. There is no prize whatsoever, so it does not really matter if there is a tie, but I will make a subjective evaluation of the incorrect answer as a tie-breaker if needed. I plan to score the quiz sometime on Thursday 30th. 1. Nicknamed "L'enfer du Nord" (The Hell of the North), it is a prestigious one-day event in which sport? 2. The head of which state claims ancestry to sun goddess Amaterasu? 3. Earlier this year, the long-time president of this country unexpectedly stepped down. It only took ten days after his resignation that the national capital was renamed after him. Which country am I talking about? 4. Jack Ma is the founder and head of which Internet giant? 5. The catalogue of which director includes titles such as "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and "All About My Mother"? 6. The ancient kingdom of Goguryeo - an older transliteration is Koguryo - existed until 668 AD existed on a territory which roughly corresponds to which state existing today? 7. Which former racing champion died at the age of 70 just a few days ago? 8. Which country suffered severe devastation earlier this year from the cyclones Idai and Kenneth? 9. This band had their biggest international success in the end of the 1980s, but kept on until 2002 when a long hiatus started as their lead singer made a political career and was elected to the national Senate and also was minister of the government for a while. Since 2016 they are active again. What is their name? 10. Which popular programming language is named after a British comedy series? Intro to questions 11 & 12: gapminder.org is a site where you can find a wealth of information about the state of the world. One that intrigued me was the sex ratio (all ages) in the countries of the world. I found that the top six countries with male surplus, ranging from 131 to 307 men per 100 women are all neighbouring states. And likewise, the top six countries with biggest female surplus, ranging from 84.8 to 87.9 men per 100 women are all adjacent to each other. (These number relates to the situation in 2015.) 11: Where are the six countries with the highest male surplus located? Give a regional description which is specific enough, or just name any of the six countries. 12: And the same question for the six countries with the highest female surplus. Again, Give a regional description which is specific enough, or just name any of the six countries. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 25 02:22PM > 1. Nicknamed "L'enfer du Nord" (The Hell of the North), it is a > prestigious one-day event in which sport? bicycle racing > 2. The head of which state claims ancestry to sun goddess Amaterasu? Japan > unexpectedly stepped down. It only took ten days after his > resignation that the national capital was renamed after him. > Which country am I talking about? Kazakhstan > 5. The catalogue of which director includes titles such as "Women > on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and "All About My Mother"? Pedro Almodovar > 6. The ancient kingdom of Goguryeo - an older transliteration is > Koguryo - existed until 668 AD existed on a territory which > roughly corresponds to which state existing today? South Korea > 7. Which former racing champion died at the age of 70 just a few > days ago? Nikki Lauda > as their lead singer made a political career and was elected > to the national Senate and also was minister of the government > for a while. Since 2016 they are active again. What is their name? Midnight Oil > 10. Which popular programming language is named after a British > comedy series? Python > 11: Where are the six countries with the highest male surplus located? > Give a regional description which is specific enough, or just > name any of the six countries. Vatican City > 12: And the same question for the six countries with the highest > female surplus. Again, Give a regional description which is > specific enough, or just name any of the six countries. Liberia -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: May 25 01:20PM -0700 On 5/25/19 6:01 AM, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > 1. Nicknamed "L'enfer du Nord" (The Hell of the North), it is a > prestigious one-day event in which sport? cross country skiing > 2. The head of which state claims ancestry to sun goddess Amaterasu? Bhutan > 6. The ancient kingdom of Goguryeo - an older transliteration is > Koguryo - existed until 668 AD existed on a territory which > roughly corresponds to which state existing today? Georgia > days ago? > 8. Which country suffered severe devastation earlier this year from > the cyclones Idai and Kenneth? India > 11: Where are the six countries with the highest male surplus located? > Give a regional description which is specific enough, or just > name any of the six countries. India (also China) > 12: And the same question for the six countries with the highest > female surplus. Again, Give a regional description which is > specific enough, or just name any of the six countries. eastern Europe -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 25 05:42PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > The joint killing of the rotating quizzes by Stephen Perry and > Dan Blum... I'd say they were killed by all the people who stopped entering. > For this reason, I'm starting a new series of quizzes. Well, series > is maybe not the correct word. Have fun, if *that's* the correct word. > 1. Nicknamed "L'enfer du Nord" (The Hell of the North), it is a > prestigious one-day event in which sport? Snowshoeing. > 2. The head of which state claims ancestry to sun goddess Amaterasu. Japan. > unexpectedly stepped down. It only took ten days after his > resignation that the national capital was renamed after him. > Which country am I talking about. Kazakhstan. > 4. Jack Ma is the founder and head of which Internet giant. Alibaba. > 5. The catalogue of which director includes titles such as "Women > on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and "All About My Mother"? Almodovar. > 6. The ancient kingdom of Goguryeo - an older transliteration is > Koguryo - existed until 668 AD existed on a territory which > roughly corresponds to which state existing today? Georgia. > 7. Which former racing champion died at the age of 70 just a few > days ago? Senna. > 8. Which country suffered severe devastation earlier this year from > the cyclones Idai and Kenneth? Cambodia. > as their lead singer made a political career and was elected > to the national Senate and also was minister of the government > for a while. Since 2016 they are active again. What is their name? ABBA. > 10. Which popular programming language is named after a British > comedy series? Python. > 11: Where are the six countries with the highest male surplus located? > Give a regional description which is specific enough, or just > name any of the six countries. China. > 12: And the same question for the six countries with the highest > female surplus. Again, Give a regional description which is > specific enough, or just name any of the six countries. Afghanistan. (Mostly guesses, but I got tired of tagging them all with "?") -- Mark Brader | "...what can be asserted without evidence Toronto | can also be dismissed without evidence." msb@vex.net | --Christopher Hitchens My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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