Thursday, January 30, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 4 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 29 06:43PM -0800

1 Which directors works include The Graduate, Silkwood, and Charlie Wilson's War?
2 In November 2019, German politician Ursula von der Leyen became the first woman to be president of which body?
3 Which sporting goods company supplies Rafael Nadal's footwear?
4 Which character did Diana Rigg portray in the television series The Avengers?
5 Which English actress and writer both stars in and wrote the comedy-drama TV series Fleabag?
6 Th "phanatic" is the mascot of which Major League Baseball team? [Nickname or city]
7 Who played the title role in the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
8 The Bahía de Cochinos is an inlet located on which Caribbean island?
9 Which British comedians had a double act called Derek and Clive? [BOTH surnames required]
10 What links Omaha, HORSE, stud and lowball, among others?
 
cheers,
calvin
Joe Masters <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Jan 30 06:27AM

On 2020-01-30 02:43:03 +0000, Calvin said:
 
 
> 1 Which directors works include The Graduate, Silkwood, and Charlie
> Wilson's War?
 
Nicholls
 
> 2 In November 2019, German politician Ursula von der Leyen became the
> first woman to be president of which body?
 
IMF
 
> 3 Which sporting goods company supplies Rafael Nadal's footwear?
 
Nike
 
> 4 Which character did Diana Rigg portray in the television series The Avengers?
 
Mrs Peel
 
> 5 Which English actress and writer both stars in and wrote the
> comedy-drama TV series Fleabag?
 
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
 
> 6 Th "phanatic" is the mascot of which Major League Baseball team?
> [Nickname or city]
 
Dallas
 
> 7 Who played the title role in the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris
> Bueller's Day Off?
 
John Candy
 
> 8 The Bahía de Cochinos is an inlet located on which Caribbean island?
 
Haiti
 
> 9 Which British comedians had a double act called Derek and Clive?
> [BOTH surnames required]
 
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
 
> 10 What links Omaha, HORSE, stud and lowball, among others?
 
Versions of poker
 
 
--
"To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely
fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 29 07:06PM -0800

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 3:50:54 AM UTC+10, Joe Masters wrote:
> Interesting article in today's Guardian.
 
> https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/28/question-time-my-life-as-a-quiz-obsessive
 
 
Thanks for sharing- very interesting and well written. I don't agree with all her observations but it certainly touched several chords with me!
 
cheers,
calvin
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 29 02:53PM

> nearly landed on a taxiway containing four fully-loaded
> passenger planes. It came within 14 feet of hitting one of
> them. At which city's airport did this incident occur?
 
San Francisco
 
> at 41,000 feet on 1983-07-23, due in part to confusion between
> metric and Imperial fuel measurements. What nickname was the
> plane then given?
 
Gimli Glider
 
> that could cause the building to collapse in a "once every
> 16 years" storm. The building underwent secret emergency
> repairs and still stands -- in what city?
 
New York City
 
> 4. Apollo 13 is a famous near-disaster and we've all seen the movie.
> Name any *astronaut* on board Apollo 13. No, we will not accept
> Tom Hanks.
 
Lovell
 
> agent in the Tokyo subway in 1995. Two years earlier they failed
> to cause an epidemic in Tokyo despite spraying *what bacteria*
> from the water tower on top of their headquarters?
 
E. coli
 
> air and two of *these* fell to the ground. Documents revealed
> in 2013 told how close this event came to being a much bigger
> disaster. What fell to the earth?
 
nuclear weapons
 
> bss gur fvyb naq rwrpgvat gur ahpyrne jneurnq 100 srrg njnl.
> Abg gur Qnznfphf va Flevn, bs pbhefr -- va jung HF fgngr
> jnf guvf?
 
Nevada; Montana
 
> O-59, naq ba 1962-10-27, gur fhoznevar jnf qrgrpgrq ol HF fuvcf.
> Nexuvcbi jnf gur ybar ibgr ntnvafg ynhapuvat n ahpyrne fgevxr.
> *Bss gur pbnfg bs juvpu pbhagel* qvq guvf rirag hasbyq?
 
Cuba
 
> flfgrz reebarbhfyl qrgrpgrq gur Nzrevpnaf unq ynhapurq gurvef.
> Grafvbaf jrer uvtu orpnhfr, rneyvre gung zbagu, gur Fbivrgf
> unq fubg qbja jung?
 
Korean Air Lines flight 007
 
> 10. 80,000 crbcyr jrer rinphngrq va 1971 sebz gur Ybf Natryrf nern
> orpnhfr gur Ina Abezna qnz jnf ernql gb oernpu. Jung pnhfrq
> guvf arne-qvfnfgre?
 
earthquake
 
 
> 1. The name Vanessa was invented for a poem written in 1726 by
> which Anglo-Irish satirist, once a dean of St. Patrick's
> Cathedral in Dublin?
 
Jonathan Swift
 
> toward the end of the sixteenth century for the pastoral romance
> "Arcadia". The inventor of this name also wrote "Astrophel
> and Stella". Name him.
 
Sidney
 
> last plays that he wrote alone, in which Miranda lives with
> her banished father. She is 3 years old when she is first
> introduced. Name the play.
 
The Tempest
 
> daughter, although in a more minor capacity. She elopes with
> Lorenzo after stealing her father's gold, which results in her
> father exacting revenge upon Antonio. Name the play.
 
The Merchant of Venice
 
> 5. Olivia was yet another name coined by Shakespeare. In this
> play she was a rich countess wooed by a duke, but is not to be
> confused with the play's main character, Viola. Name the play.
 
Twelfth Night
 
> England by Sir Walter Scott, following one of the last Saxon
> noble families in an era of Norman nobility. What is the name
> of this novel?
 
Ivanhoe
 
> 7. This name was created for the title character in an 1887 Marie
> Corelli novel, but more popularly was a character played by
> Geena Davis in a 1991 road trip movie directed by Ridley Scott.
 
Thelma
 
> in literature, this name may predate its appearance in a 1904
> play by J.M. Barrie, but only became popular after its use in
> the play. Which name?
 
Wendy
 
> it appeared in a novel in which Cora and Alice Munro traverse the
> wilderness of New York state, eventually finding Natty Bumppo.
> Name this novel.
 
The Deerslayer; The Last of the Mohicans
 
> 10. Claribel is often thought to be another Shakespeare name,
> also from <answer 3>, but actually originated earlier in which
> 1590 epic poem by Edmund Spenser?
 
The Faerie Queene
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 29 09:06PM +0100

> system erroneously detected the Americans had launched theirs.
> Tensions were high because, earlier that month, the Soviets
> had shot down what?
 
A South Korean passenger plane.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 29 06:58PM -0800

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 3:49:26 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 4. Apollo 13 is a famous near-disaster and we've all seen the movie.
> Name any *astronaut* on board Apollo 13. No, we will not accept
> Tom Hanks.
 
Lovell
 
> O-59, naq ba 1962-10-27, gur fhoznevar jnf qrgrpgrq ol HF fuvcf.
> Nexuvcbi jnf gur ybar ibgr ntnvafg ynhapuvat n ahpyrne fgevxr.
> *Bss gur pbnfg bs juvpu pbhagel* qvq guvf rirag hasbyq?
 
Cuba?
 
 
 
> 1. The name Vanessa was invented for a poem written in 1726 by
> which Anglo-Irish satirist, once a dean of St. Patrick's
> Cathedral in Dublin?
 
Swift
 
> toward the end of the sixteenth century for the pastoral romance
> "Arcadia". The inventor of this name also wrote "Astrophel
> and Stella". Name him.
 
Marlowe?
 
> last plays that he wrote alone, in which Miranda lives with
> her banished father. She is 3 years old when she is first
> introduced. Name the play.
 
The Tempest
 
> daughter, although in a more minor capacity. She elopes with
> Lorenzo after stealing her father's gold, which results in her
> father exacting revenge upon Antonio. Name the play.
 
The Merchant of Venice
 
> 5. Olivia was yet another name coined by Shakespeare. In this
> play she was a rich countess wooed by a duke, but is not to be
> confused with the play's main character, Viola. Name the play.
 
Two Gentlemen of Verona?
 
> England by Sir Walter Scott, following one of the last Saxon
> noble families in an era of Norman nobility. What is the name
> of this novel?
 
Ivanhoe
 
> 7. This name was created for the title character in an 1887 Marie
> Corelli novel, but more popularly was a character played by
> Geena Davis in a 1991 road trip movie directed by Ridley Scott.
 
Thelma
 
> in literature, this name may predate its appearance in a 1904
> play by J.M. Barrie, but only became popular after its use in
> the play. Which name?
 
Wendy
 
 
> 10. Claribel is often thought to be another Shakespeare name,
> also from <answer 3>, but actually originated earlier in which
> 1590 epic poem by Edmund Spenser?
 
The Fairie Queen
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 29 06:30PM -0800

On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:52:12 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
Apologies for the delay.
 
> 1 Also known as XR, what is the two-word name of the socio-political movement which aims to use non-violent demonstration to protest against climate change?
 
eXtinction Rebellion
 
> 2 What two-word term refers to an organism that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier geologic times and whose close relatives are usually extinct?
 
Living fossil
 
> 3 What is Elvis Presley's middle name?
 
Aron or Aaron
 
> 4 What was the name of the spin-off series from the rebooted 'Doctor Who' that centred on a fictional alien hunting institute based in Cardiff, Wales?
 
Torchwood
 
> 5 In 1949 who won the inaugural Bollingen Prize for poetry, despite being incarcerated in a Washington DC mental hospital at the time?
 
Ezra Pound
 
> 6 Who played the title role in the 1993 film What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
 
Johnny Depp
Singleton for Dan B
 
> 7 Which architect's design for the New National Stadium in Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics was scrapped in 2015, with critics comparing it to a turtle and a white elephant?
 
Zaha Hadid
No one got this, but can I recommend this (the family name) to you as an all purpose guess for questions in many genres
 
> 8 In 2008, which actress launched the natural health company and lifestyle brand named Goop?
 
Gwyneth Paltrow
 
> 9 British prime ministers Robert Walpole, Pitt the Elder and Lord Melbourne were all members of which political party?
 
Whigs
 
> 10 In 1664, New Amsterdam was renamed New York in honour of the Duke of York - who would later be crowned as which English monarch?
 
James II
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 586
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 27 Dan Blum
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 29 Joe Masters
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 23 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 21 Mark Brader
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 Pete Gayde
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 4 5 5 2 1 0 4 3 3 30 60%
 
Congratulations Dan B.
 
cheers,
calvin
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 3 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 28 11:49PM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-18,
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 Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 9, Round 4 - History - Nearly Disasters
 
This round tests your knowledge of historical events that were
*almost* major disasters.
 
1. On 2017-07-17, instead of a runway, Air Canada flight 759
nearly landed on a taxiway containing four fully-loaded
passenger planes. It came within 14 feet of hitting one of
them. At which city's airport did this incident occur?
 
2. Air Canada flight 143 was a passenger plane that ran out of fuel
at 41,000 feet on 1983-07-23, due in part to confusion between
metric and Imperial fuel measurements. What nickname was the
plane then given?
 
3. A skyscraper originally called Citicorp Center stands 59 stories
tall and was the 7th-tallest building on earth when it opened
in 1977. In 1978, an engineering student discovered a flaw
that could cause the building to collapse in a "once every
16 years" storm. The building underwent secret emergency
repairs and still stands -- in what city?
 
4. Apollo 13 is a famous near-disaster and we've all seen the movie.
Name any *astronaut* on board Apollo 13. No, we will not accept
Tom Hanks.
 
5. Aum Shinrikyo achieved notoriety after releasing Sarin nerve
agent in the Tokyo subway in 1995. Two years earlier they failed
to cause an epidemic in Tokyo despite spraying *what bacteria*
from the water tower on top of their headquarters?
 
6. On 1961-01-23 a plane flying near Goldsboro, NC, broke up in the
air and two of *these* fell to the ground. Documents revealed
in 2013 told how close this event came to being a much bigger
disaster. What fell to the earth?
 
Please do not decode the rot13 for questions #7-10 until after you have
finished with #1-6.
 
7. Va bgure ahpyrne zvfunc arjf, n 1980 nppvqrag fnj n Gevqrag
zvffvyr fvyb va Qnznfphf rkcybqr, oybjvat gur 740-gba fgrry qbbe
bss gur fvyb naq rwrpgvat gur ahpyrne jneurnq 100 srrg njnl.
Abg gur Qnznfphf va Flevn, bs pbhefr -- va jung HF fgngr
jnf guvf?
 
8. Infvyl Nexuvcbi vf jvqryl perqvgrq jvgu fvatyr-unaqrqyl nibvqvat
ahpyrne qvfnfgre. Ur jnf pbzzbqber bs Fbivrg ahpyrne fhoznevar
O-59, naq ba 1962-10-27, gur fhoznevar jnf qrgrpgrq ol HF fuvcf.
Nexuvcbi jnf gur ybar ibgr ntnvafg ynhapuvat n ahpyrne fgevxr.
*Bss gur pbnfg bs juvpu pbhagel* qvq guvf rirag hasbyq?
 
9. Fgnavfyni Crgebi nyfb snzbhfyl naq fvatyr-unaqrqyl nibvqrq
ahpyrne jne ba 1983-09-26, juvyr jbexvat sbe gur Fbivrg nve
qrsrafr, ol ershfvat gb ynhapu zvffvyrf nsgre na rneyl jneavat
flfgrz reebarbhfyl qrgrpgrq gur Nzrevpnaf unq ynhapurq gurvef.
Grafvbaf jrer uvtu orpnhfr, rneyvre gung zbagu, gur Fbivrgf
unq fubg qbja jung?
 
10. 80,000 crbcyr jrer rinphngrq va 1971 sebz gur Ybf Natryrf nern
orpnhfr gur Ina Abezna qnz jnf ernql gb oernpu. Jung pnhfrq
guvf arne-qvfnfgre?
 
 
* Game 9, Round 6 - Literature - First First Names
 
1. The name Vanessa was invented for a poem written in 1726 by
which Anglo-Irish satirist, once a dean of St. Patrick's
Cathedral in Dublin?
 
2. The name Pamela, originally pronounced "Pa-MEL-a", was created
toward the end of the sixteenth century for the pastoral romance
"Arcadia". The inventor of this name also wrote "Astrophel
and Stella". Name him.
 
3. Miranda is a name created by Shakespeare for one of the
last plays that he wrote alone, in which Miranda lives with
her banished father. She is 3 years old when she is first
introduced. Name the play.
 
4. Also created by Shakespeare, the name Jessica is another famous
daughter, although in a more minor capacity. She elopes with
Lorenzo after stealing her father's gold, which results in her
father exacting revenge upon Antonio. Name the play.
 
5. Olivia was yet another name coined by Shakespeare. In this
play she was a rich countess wooed by a duke, but is not to be
confused with the play's main character, Viola. Name the play.
 
6. The name Cedric was created for a novel written about medieval
England by Sir Walter Scott, following one of the last Saxon
noble families in an era of Norman nobility. What is the name
of this novel?
 
7. This name was created for the title character in an 1887 Marie
Corelli novel, but more popularly was a character played by
Geena Davis in a 1991 road trip movie directed by Ridley Scott.
 
8. One of the most famous names created (or at least popularized)
in literature, this name may predate its appearance in a 1904
play by J.M. Barrie, but only became popular after its use in
the play. Which name?
 
9. "Cora" was not used as a given name in the English world until
it appeared in a novel in which Cora and Alice Munro traverse the
wilderness of New York state, eventually finding Natty Bumppo.
Name this novel.
 
10. Claribel is often thought to be another Shakespeare name,
also from <answer 3>, but actually originated earlier in which
1590 epic poem by Edmund Spenser?
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The singular of 'data' is not 'anecdote.'"
msb@vex.net | -- Jeff Goldberg
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 29 06:21AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
> at 41,000 feet on 1983-07-23, due in part to confusion between
> metric and Imperial fuel measurements. What nickname was the
> plane then given?
 
Gimli Glider
 
> that could cause the building to collapse in a "once every
> 16 years" storm. The building underwent secret emergency
> repairs and still stands -- in what city?
 
New York
 
> 4. Apollo 13 is a famous near-disaster and we've all seen the movie.
> Name any *astronaut* on board Apollo 13. No, we will not accept
> Tom Hanks.
 
Jim Lovell

> flfgrz reebarbhfyl qrgrpgrq gur Nzrevpnaf unq ynhapurq gurvef.
> Grafvbaf jrer uvtu orpnhfr, rneyvre gung zbagu, gur Fbivrgf
> unq fubg qbja jung?
 
a Korean Air Lines plane
 
> 10. 80,000 crbcyr jrer rinphngrq va 1971 sebz gur Ybf Natryrf nern
> orpnhfr gur Ina Abezna qnz jnf ernql gb oernpu. Jung pnhfrq
> guvf arne-qvfnfgre?
 
earthquake

 
> 1. The name Vanessa was invented for a poem written in 1726 by
> which Anglo-Irish satirist, once a dean of St. Patrick's
> Cathedral in Dublin?
 
Swift
 
> toward the end of the sixteenth century for the pastoral romance
> "Arcadia". The inventor of this name also wrote "Astrophel
> and Stella". Name him.
 
Sidney

> last plays that he wrote alone, in which Miranda lives with
> her banished father. She is 3 years old when she is first
> introduced. Name the play.
 
"The Tempest"
 
> daughter, although in a more minor capacity. She elopes with
> Lorenzo after stealing her father's gold, which results in her
> father exacting revenge upon Antonio. Name the play.
 
"The Merchant of Venice"

> 5. Olivia was yet another name coined by Shakespeare. In this
> play she was a rich countess wooed by a duke, but is not to be
> confused with the play's main character, Viola. Name the play.
 
"Twelfth Night"
 
> England by Sir Walter Scott, following one of the last Saxon
> noble families in an era of Norman nobility. What is the name
> of this novel?
 
"Ivanhoe"; "Waverley"

> 7. This name was created for the title character in an 1887 Marie
> Corelli novel, but more popularly was a character played by
> Geena Davis in a 1991 road trip movie directed by Ridley Scott.
 
Thelma
 
> in literature, this name may predate its appearance in a 1904
> play by J.M. Barrie, but only became popular after its use in
> the play. Which name?
 
Wendy

> it appeared in a novel in which Cora and Alice Munro traverse the
> wilderness of New York state, eventually finding Natty Bumppo.
> Name this novel.
 
"The Deerslayer"; "The Last of the Mohicans"
 
> 10. Claribel is often thought to be another Shakespeare name,
> also from <answer 3>, but actually originated earlier in which
> 1590 epic poem by Edmund Spenser?
 
"The Faerie Queene"
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 28 11:44PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> Municipality of Bayham in Elgin County. It is situated at the
> mouth of Big Otter Creek, which stretches more than 40 miles
> north through Bayham to Tillsonburg and Otterville.
 
Port Burwell.
 
> under 1,500 people and sports a number of traditional small
> businesses such as Twin's Ice Cream Parlour, which has been
> operating there for decades.
 
Port Rowan.
 
> 3. This city is located on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the
> Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region. The original settlement,
> known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832.
 
Port Colborne.
 
> of Toronto and 159 km west of Kingston. It is located at the
> mouth of the Ganaraska River on the north shore of Lake Ontario,
> in the west end of Northumberland County.
 
Port Hope.
 
> 13th Motorcycle Rally, which was started in November 1981 by a
> local bike shop owner named Chris Simons at what was then the
> Commercial Hotel on Main St.
 
Port Dover.
 
> Originally named Normanton, when it was incorporated in 1874 the
> town was renamed after James Bruce, a former Governor-General
> of the Province of Canada.
 
Port Elgin. (Bruce was the Earl of Elgin, i.e. Lord Elgin.)
 
> 1971. It has several hundred year-round residents and is a
> service center for thousands of other seasonal residents in
> the area.
 
Port Carling.
 
> port on the southern shores of Georgian Bay, it was made the
> home port of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Great Lakes services,
> replacing Owen Sound as by their eastern terminus.
 
Port McNicoll.
 
> commercial center for Scugog Township. The town is home to
> a 24-bed hospital, the township's offices, and many retail
> establishments.
 
Port Perry.
 
> of Mississauga, centered around the mouth of the eponymous river
> on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Its main intersection is
> Hurontario St. and Lakeshore Rd., about 0.6 km east of the river.
 
Port Credit.
 
And so this round never happened. Don't you all feel stupid now? :-)
 
 
> on the TV show "Seinfeld".
 
> 1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to
> you as a gift.
 
Regift. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 2. To perform this action at a buffet table is equivalent to
> "putting your whole mouth right in the dip". Seinfeld gave a
> new meaning to this hyphenated term.
 
Double-dip. 4 for Joshua*, Dan Blum, Pete*, and Calvin.
 
*Who apparently don't believe the word "hyphenated".
 
> horrible beast." This cruel term was applied to Jerry's
> girlfriend at the time, who was very attractive and feminine
> other than having... what?
 
Man hands. 4 for Joshua.
 
> 4. Not to be confused with the French leave or Irish goodbye,
> this word is a greeting given to those at a certain somber event.
 
Funeral hello. 4 for Pete.
 
> 5. In question is Elaine's boyfriend Tony, a good-looking yet
> vapid man, not much personality or intelligence. What word
> was used to describe him?
 
Mimbo. (Not "himbo", although the meaning is similar.)
 
> in male genitalia to shut down. Another culprit is stress,
> since it affects the sympathetic nervous system in a similar
> way that cold does. What is it?
 
Shrinkage. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin.
 
> 7. This term describes the supposed phenomenon of Jewish men being
> attracted to non-Jewish or gentile women.
 
Shiksappeal.
 
> 8. In 1995, pharmaceutical company Wyeth ceased production of a
> female contraceptive. Elaine stocks up on it and interviews
> men to see if they are *what*? Name her term.
 
Sponge-worthy. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> of grievances (or telling your family members how they've
> disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an
> aluminum pole. Name this holiday.
 
Festivus. 4 for everyone.
 
> Sorry, there were only 9 questions in this round. The top score
> available will be 36.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 9 ROUND-> 3
TOPIC-> Ent
Pete Gayde 24
Joshua Kreitzer 24
Dan Blum 20
"Calvin" 16
Dan Tilque 8
 
--
Mark Brader | "If you need features not found in any language,
Toronto | you can try your hand at creating your own.
msb@vex.net | (Mind you, language design is incredibly difficult.
| It is easy to create an unholy mess.)" -- Chris Torek
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joe Masters <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Jan 28 05:50PM

Interesting article in today's Guardian.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/28/question-time-my-life-as-a-quiz-obsessive
 
 
--
"To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely
fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 2 topics

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 27 08:26PM +0100

> not apply to Bosnia, Jordan, Malawi, or Uruguay. How does that not
> qualify under the terms of the contest and what do you mean by "there
> is nothing particular"?
 
As I said in the original post:
 
My thinking is that that is rather that the four have something
"special" in common and the fifth is commonplace, than the other way
round.
 
I did not want stretch tihs too far, since for instance being an apple is not more special than being an orange.
 
But being a name which is shared by more than one country is quite special. A name which is used by only one country on the other hand is certainly commonplace.
 
It is evitable that in this type of quiz there will be some subjective judgement. But I would say that there was a hint that you should have looked further than Congo.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 27 02:05PM -0600

Erland Sommarskog:
>>> Intended answer: Malawi. Not named after a river...
>>> I did not award Congo "Name of two different countries", because
>>> there is nothing particular about only being the name of one country,
 
Mark Brader:
>> I don't undersatnd that ruling at all.
 
Erland Sommarskog:
 
> My thinking is that that is rather that the four have something
> "special" in common and the fifth is commonplace, than the other way
> round.
 
Ah, now that makes sense. Thanks.
 
> It is evitable that in this type of quiz there will be some subjective
> judgement. But I would say that there was a hint that you should have
> looked further than Congo.
 
On the other hand, the fact that your list included four countries that
were clearly identified and one that was obviously ambiguous meant, to
me, that there was no need to look further. It was apples and oranges.
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 27 10:31PM +0100

> On the other hand, the fact that your list included four countries that
> were clearly identified and one that was obviously ambiguous meant, to
> me, that there was no need to look further.
 
Nah, there was one more name that was a bit lax. The is not really any
country called Bosnia - it's Bosnia-Hercegovina-
 
> It was apples and oranges.
 
No, that was the next question. :-)
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 28 03:29AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> > On the other hand, the fact that your list included four countries that
> > were clearly identified and one that was obviously ambiguous meant, to
> > me, that there was no need to look further.

Erland Sommarskog:
> Nah, there was one more name that was a bit lax. The is not really any
> country called Bosnia - it's Bosnia-Hercegovina-
 
True, but it was still clearly identified.
 
No big deal; thanks for discussing.
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 27 06:29PM -0800

On 1/25/20 9:54 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> on the TV show "Seinfeld".
 
> 1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to
> you as a gift.
 
regifting
 
> of grievances (or telling your family members how they've
> disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an
> aluminum pole. Name this holiday.
 
Festivus
 
 
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Monday, January 27, 2020

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 26 03:31PM


> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment - Terms Coined on "Seinfeld"
 
> 1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to
> you as a gift.
 
regifting
 
> 2. To perform this action at a buffet table is equivalent to
> "putting your whole mouth right in the dip". Seinfeld gave a
> new meaning to this hyphenated term.
 
double-dipping
 
> in male genitalia to shut down. Another culprit is stress,
> since it affects the sympathetic nervous system in a similar
> way that cold does. What is it?
 
shrinkage
 
> 8. In 1995, pharmaceutical company Wyeth ceased production of a
> female contraceptive. Elaine stocks up on it and interviews
> men to see if they are *what*? Name her term.
 
spongeworthy
 
> of grievances (or telling your family members how they've
> disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an
> aluminum pole. Name this holiday.
 
Festivus
 
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Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 27 04:16AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:rdmdnRLwdvsGtLDDnZ2dnUU7-
> Municipality of Bayham in Elgin County. It is situated at the
> mouth of Big Otter Creek, which stretches more than 40 miles
> north through Bayham to Tillsonburg and Otterville.
 
Port Pelee
 
> on the TV show "Seinfeld".
 
> 1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to
> you as a gift.
 
Regift
 
 
> 2. To perform this action at a buffet table is equivalent to
> "putting your whole mouth right in the dip". Seinfeld gave a
> new meaning to this hyphenated term.
 
Double dip
 
> other than having... what?
 
> 4. Not to be confused with the French leave or Irish goodbye,
> this word is a greeting given to those at a certain somber event.
 
Funeral hello
 
> in male genitalia to shut down. Another culprit is stress,
> since it affects the sympathetic nervous system in a similar
> way that cold does. What is it?
 
Shrinkage
 
 
> 8. In 1995, pharmaceutical company Wyeth ceased production of a
> female contraceptive. Elaine stocks up on it and interviews
> men to see if they are *what*? Name her term.
 
Sponge worthy
 
> of grievances (or telling your family members how they've
> disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an
> aluminum pole. Name this holiday.
 
Festivus
 
 
> Sorry, there were only 9 questions in this round. The top score
> available will be 36.
 
Pete Gayde
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 27 01:26AM -0800

On Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 3:54:41 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> * Game 9, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Port Towns in Ontario
 
> All these towns or communities are in Ontario and have names that
> start with "Port".
 
Is that right?
 
 

> on the TV show "Seinfeld".
 
> 1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to
> you as a gift.
 
Re-gift
 
> 2. To perform this action at a buffet table is equivalent to
> "putting your whole mouth right in the dip". Seinfeld gave a
> new meaning to this hyphenated term.
 
Double-dipping
 
> horrible beast." This cruel term was applied to Jerry's
> girlfriend at the time, who was very attractive and feminine
> other than having... what?
 
Horns?
 
 
> 5. In question is Elaine's boyfriend Tony, a good-looking yet
> vapid man, not much personality or intelligence. What word
> was used to describe him?
 
Himbo
 
> in male genitalia to shut down. Another culprit is stress,
> since it affects the sympathetic nervous system in a similar
> way that cold does. What is it?
 
Shrinkage
 
> of grievances (or telling your family members how they've
> disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an
> aluminum pole. Name this holiday.
 
Festivus
 
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 26 02:32PM +0100

This quiz is over and MARK BRADER emerges as the winner (although
there is some uncertainty, as he may have asked the cats).
Congratulations, and the glory is yours for the entire Sunday!
(And since it's late in Brisbane, Calvin is asked to stretch
until Monday.)
 
Here is the full scoreboard:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Mark - 1 - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 8
Dan B - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - - 7
Joshua - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - 7
Calvin - 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 - - - - 5
Pete G - - 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 5
Joe - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 4
 
 
Here are the answers:
 
> 1. Country names: Bosnia, Congo, Jordan, Malawi, Uruguay
 
Intended answer: Malawi. Not named after a river. And while there
is a lake with the same name, it appears that it is not named after
the lake either, but as I understand Wikipedia, the name comes from
a local people.
 
I did not award Congo "Name of two different countries", because
there is nothing particular about only being the name of one country,
As for the suggestion on the Olympics, that has no relation to the
*name*.
 
I suspect that at least someone would have gotten this, if I had
left out Bosnia and instead take any of the other river countries
in Africa, but I wanted some diversity. The river in question is called
Bosna.
 
 
> 2. Fruits: Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Jazz, McIntosh, Seville
 
Intended answer: Seville. It's an orange, whereas the others are
cultivars of apples.
 
 
 
>3. Music: "Helter Skelter", "Here Comes the Sun", "Something",
> "Taxman", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
 
Intended answer: "Helter Skelter" is written by (Lennon-)McCartney. The
others were all penned by George Harrison.
 
> 4. Japan: Ginza, Nara, Nihonbashi, Shibuya, Shinjuku
 
Intended answer: Nara. Nara is the old imperial capital, pre-dating
Kyoto. The others are all areas within Tokyo.
 
 
> "La dolce vita",
> "Prova d'orchestra" ("Orchestra Rehearsal")
> "Roma"
 
Intended answer: "Brutti, sporchi e cattivi", directed by Ettore Scola.
The others were all directed by Federico Fellini, born 100 years ago.
 
Also approved: "Roma" (Not set in Italy, not Italian). So this was a
goof of mine. The entrants who gave this answer had a different film
in mind, a Mexican film that came out in 2018 (and which I should have
been aware of). I should have picked another Fellini title, or just
simply added the release year to the titles to resolve the ambiguity.
 
> 6: Lakes: Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Lake Chad, Lake Eyre,
> Great Salt Lake
 
Intended answer: Lake Baikal, the only lake to be drained in the normal
way through a river. However, not the only freshwater lake - Lake Chad
is also freshwater. But instead of a river, the waters percolates
into the Soro and Bodélé depressions, Wikipedia says.
 
Lake Eyre is in Australia and is a few metres below sea level.
 
 
> 7: Chemistry: Barium, Calcium, Cesium, Magnesium, Strontium
 
Intended answer: Caesium. This is an alkali metal (+1), whereas the
others are in the group of alkali earth metals (+2). However, it is not
named after a person, from what I can tell from Wikipedia. My excuse
for using the American spelling "cesium" is that this is also the
spelling used in Swedish.
 
A case could also be made for magnesium: it appears that this is the
only of the five that can be stored in open air, whereas the others
all will corrode or catch fire.
 
When it comes to radioactivity, they all have stable isotopes.
 
> 8: Sports: Cycling, Fencing, Riding, Shooting, Swimming
 
Intended answer: Cycling, not part of modern pentathlon.
 
Also approved: Swimming, no extra equipment.
Fencing: only game with one-to-one matches.
 
I purposely did not analyse this question for alternative answers,
but I thought it would be fun to see what people would come up with.
 
When it comes to fencing, one-to-one sports are not particularly rare,
so one-to-one and competing-many-in-parallel can be seen as different
categories.
 
> 9: Computing: Pascal, Perl, PHP, Powershell, Python
 
Intended answer: Pascal. Only language to be fully statically typed.
Arguably, it is also the only compiled language, although Python
typically compiles the scripts to some intermediate format behind
the scenes.
 
Some entrants did not seem to be familiar with Powershell. This is a
language from Microsoft, and originally it was only available on
Windows, but it is now also available as open source on other platforms.
You could say that it is a scripting interface to .NET.
 
 
> 10: History: Deng, Qing, Song, Tang, Yuan
 
Intended answer: Deng, not a Chinese dynasty. (But the surname of a
recent Chinese ruler.)
 
 
> 11: Business: Boeing, Costco, Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks
 
Intended answer: Nike, the only company with no relation to the
Seattle area. Nike are in Beaverton, outside Portland, OR.
 
Also approved: Boeing (headquarters not in Pacific Northwest)
Costco (origin not in Pacific Northwest)
 
Not one of my best questions. I should have picked the odd one from
elsewhere in the US, maybe Chicago. And throwing in Costco last
minute was really stupid. Costco has its headquarters in Issaquah,
which is in greater Seattle, and the Costco part of the company
has its origin in Seattle. However, the Price Club part,
which is the older one, started in San Diego. These two parts were
originally competitors, but merged. (All this based on my reading
of Wikipedia.)
 
I could of course have used Amazon instead of Costco, but I wanted
some diversity, so I did not like having two IT companies on the list.
I was considering Nordstrom, but then I would have had to pick an odd
company that only has business in US and Canada, and that would have
made the question difficult for people from elsewhere.
 
While Boeing has its headquarters in Chicago, it is still very stronly
associated with Seattle, so I felt that it was a fair entry on the list.
 
Several entrants gave Costco without a motivation. I feel sorry for
you, but I stand by my original plan. You were after all encouraged
to give a motivation.
 
 
> 12: New Zealand: Haast, Kaka Point, Lumsden, National Park, Seddonville
 
Intended answer: National Park. It's on North Island. The others are
on South Island.
 
So the devil caught me on this one. I had absolutely to reason to
expect that any entrant would know any of these places - not even
Kiwis are likely to know all of them. Thus, it was equal for all.
 
All five are small unassuming places, but as it happens, I've been to
all five.
 
Haast is on the west coast. This is where road 6 leaves the coast to
turn up the mountains towards Wanaka and Queenstown. I stayed here for
two nights, although it was not in my plan. But heavy rain caused
mud slides and other issues which closed the road in both directions
from Haast.
 
Kaka Point is along the Southern Scenic Route between Invercargill
and Dunedin. I stopped here for dinner after having been to the Nugget
Point lighthouse. I was at the restaurant around 20:45, but the kitchen
had closed 15 minutes earlier (as often is the case in these small
places). Thankfully, they had a bar menu with some mixed grill.
 
Lumsden is on road 6 between Queesntown and Invercargill. I was heading
towards Te Anau, but took a short detour, since at the time I had a
neighbour whose last name was Lumsden. There is nothing to see here,
but I had lunch at a café with an attitude, and it was also here I
got the T-shirt with their motto "This is as Lumsden as it gets!".
With 400 souls, this is probably the biggest place on the list.
 
National Park is in the Tongariro National Park, and it is a good
base if you want to do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, "the best
one-day walk in New Zealand".
 
Seddonville is also on the west coast, a few km off the road between
Westport and Karamea. There are only a couple of houses here, but
there is a hotel. The surroundings are just immensly beautiful. Here
is a sample:
http://privat.sommarskog.se/NZ2018/04-Seddonville/Stor-0140_IMG_0331.jpg
The blue houses on the right is the hotel. I'm surprised that Calvin knew
about this place. When I have mentioned the name to Kiwis, I have only
gotten blank stares back.
 
 
Thanks to everyone for playing!
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 26 05:01PM -0600

Erland Sommarskog:
 
> Intended answer: Malawi. Not named after a river...
> I did not award Congo "Name of two different countries", because
> there is nothing particular about only being the name of one country,
 
I don't undersatnd that ruling at all. Congo is the name of two different
countries (Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo); this does
not apply to Bosnia, Jordan, Malawi, or Uruguay. How does that not
qualify under the terms of the contest and what do you mean by "there
is nothing particular"?
 
> way through a river. However, not the only freshwater lake - Lake Chad
> is also freshwater. But instead of a river, the waters percolates
> into the Soro and Bodélé depressions, Wikipedia says.
 
Huh, interesting.
 
 
> I purposely did not analyse this question for alternative answers,
> but I thought it would be fun to see what people would come up with.
 
> When it comes to fencing, one-to-one sports are not particularly rare...
 
Indeed, but it was the only one of that type on the list. See Congo.
 
> Arguably, it is also the only compiled language, although Python
> typically compiles the scripts to some intermediate format behind
> the scenes.
 
So does Perl.

 
> Costco has its headquarters in Issaquah,
> which is in greater Seattle, and the Costco part of the company
> has its origin in Seattle....
 
Well, you can take this point away from me if you give me the one
for Congo. Howzat? :-)
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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 12 updates in 4 topics

Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 21 12:58AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:16KdnTofi-Umq7jDnZ2dnUU7-
> needed to pump the coolant were built in the basement of the
> reactors, and flooded with seawater in a natural disaster,
> leading to three meltdowns. Name that nuclear power plant.
 
Fukushima
 
> fallen from another plane. A tire burst, sending a piece of
> rubber into the fuel tank, resulting in a powerful fire and
> 2 minutes later a crash. What model?
 
Concorde

> when Australia's athletic team was crossing it into the stadium.
> Four died, one from injuries and three from infections caused
> by the polluted river. What country holds the Maccabiah Games?
 
Israel
 
> to take off, mistaken about his air-traffic-control clearance,
> and collided on the ground with another 747, killing 583 people.
> Name *either airline* involved in this disaster.
 
Air France; Lufthansa
 
> to sabotage, a lightning strike, and even a lethal buildup of
> static electricity. A memorial remains in New Jersey at the
> site of the disaster. What disaster does this question refer to?
 
Hindenburg explosion

> supports moved, resulting in 4 times the weight on each column
> compared to the design. *What country* was the Sampoong
> Department Store in?
 
South Korea

> being 4 minutes slow. Nine people were killed, and it led to
> an overhaul of the regulations concerning pocket watches in
> the relevant industry. What kind of accident happened in Kipton?
 
railroad
 
> Union Carbide plant, after years of poor maintenance, released
> a gas cloud that killed 3,000 to 16,000 nearby residents.
> In what Indian *city* did this disaster occur?
 
Bhopal
 
> communications pioneer, in 1949. His hand-held invention
> has often been synonymous with drug dealers as portrayed on
> television and in movies.
 
pager
 
> in 1884 by Canadian pharmacist Marcellus Gilmore Edson, who
> likened the consistency of his product to that of butter, lard,
> or ointment.
 
peanut butter

> large-screen films for Expo 67, the filmmakers realized they
> needed different equipment. Name this trademarked equipment
> standard.
 
IMAX

> Charles Best, John Macleod, and Bertram Collip. Banting and
> Macleod were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
> two years later. What was it?
 
insulin
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 20 11:01PM +0100

> needed to pump the coolant were built in the basement of the
> reactors, and flooded with seawater in a natural disaster,
> leading to three meltdowns. Name that nuclear power plant.
 
Fukushima
 
> fallen from another plane. A tire burst, sending a piece of
> rubber into the fuel tank, resulting in a powerful fire and
> 2 minutes later a crash. What model?
 
Concorde

> when Australia's athletic team was crossing it into the stadium.
> Four died, one from injuries and three from infections caused
> by the polluted river. What country holds the Maccabiah Games?
 
Israel

> to take off, mistaken about his air-traffic-control clearance,
> and collided on the ground with another 747, killing 583 people.
> Name *either airline* involved in this disaster.
 
Pan-Am

> to sabotage, a lightning strike, and even a lethal buildup of
> static electricity. A memorial remains in New Jersey at the
> site of the disaster. What disaster does this question refer to?
 
Hindenburg

> ventilation was poor and there were numerous miscommunications
> between the French and Italian sides. The tunnel is named
> after the *mountain* that it passes under: what mountain?
 
Mont Bland

> supports moved, resulting in 4 times the weight on each column
> compared to the design. *What country* was the Sampoong
> Department Store in?
 
South Korea

> being 4 minutes slow. Nine people were killed, and it led to
> an overhaul of the regulations concerning pocket watches in
> the relevant industry. What kind of accident happened in Kipton?
 
Train collision

> Union Carbide plant, after years of poor maintenance, released
> a gas cloud that killed 3,000 to 16,000 nearby residents.
> In what Indian *city* did this disaster occur?
 
Bhopal

> Over 100 power plants automatically shut down, all stemming
> from trouble at a single power company in Akron, Ohio. What
> was the initial cause of the problem in Akron?
 
Overheating
 
 
> 2. This was originally invented by Harry Wasylyk and Larry Hansen
> in Winnipeg in 1950, bought by Union Carbide, and sold under
> the name "Glad".
 
Plastic folio

> communications pioneer, in 1949. His hand-held invention
> has often been synonymous with drug dealers as portrayed on
> television and in movies.
 
Walkie-talkie

> Ontario and Quebec in 1930, having been invented by Ontario
> department of transport engineer John D. Millar. This was
> the first of its kind.
 
White lines on the highway
 
> popularized this modern marvel, making the first of these in
> 1939 at his Montreal-based Canadian fashion company. You could
> say the public really "supported" the idea. Give the brand name.
 
Levi's

> the AM radio band in 1900 -- and issued the first transatlantic
> radio broadcast in 1906. He is also known for inventing what
> sound-based technology?
 
Sonic radar
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 20 06:53AM -0800

On 1/19/20 9:12 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> needed to pump the coolant were built in the basement of the
> reactors, and flooded with seawater in a natural disaster,
> leading to three meltdowns. Name that nuclear power plant.
 
Fukushima
 
> fallen from another plane. A tire burst, sending a piece of
> rubber into the fuel tank, resulting in a powerful fire and
> 2 minutes later a crash. What model?
 
Concorde
 
> when Australia's athletic team was crossing it into the stadium.
> Four died, one from injuries and three from infections caused
> by the polluted river. What country holds the Maccabiah Games?
 
Israel
 
> to take off, mistaken about his air-traffic-control clearance,
> and collided on the ground with another 747, killing 583 people.
> Name *either airline* involved in this disaster.
 
Pan Am
 
> to sabotage, a lightning strike, and even a lethal buildup of
> static electricity. A memorial remains in New Jersey at the
> site of the disaster. What disaster does this question refer to?
 
Hindenburg
 
> ventilation was poor and there were numerous miscommunications
> between the French and Italian sides. The tunnel is named
> after the *mountain* that it passes under: what mountain?
 
Mont Blanc
 
> supports moved, resulting in 4 times the weight on each column
> compared to the design. *What country* was the Sampoong
> Department Store in?
 
Bangladesh
 
> being 4 minutes slow. Nine people were killed, and it led to
> an overhaul of the regulations concerning pocket watches in
> the relevant industry. What kind of accident happened in Kipton?
 
railroad crash
 
> Union Carbide plant, after years of poor maintenance, released
> a gas cloud that killed 3,000 to 16,000 nearby residents.
> In what Indian *city* did this disaster occur?
 
Bhopal
 
> Over 100 power plants automatically shut down, all stemming
> from trouble at a single power company in Akron, Ohio. What
> was the initial cause of the problem in Akron?
 
generator out of sync
 
 
> 2. This was originally invented by Harry Wasylyk and Larry Hansen
> in Winnipeg in 1950, bought by Union Carbide, and sold under
> the name "Glad".
 
plastic wrap
 
> communications pioneer, in 1949. His hand-held invention
> has often been synonymous with drug dealers as portrayed on
> television and in movies.
 
pager
 
> in 1884 by Canadian pharmacist Marcellus Gilmore Edson, who
> likened the consistency of his product to that of butter, lard,
> or ointment.
 
peanut butter
 
> Ontario and Quebec in 1930, having been invented by Ontario
> department of transport engineer John D. Millar. This was
> the first of its kind.
 
mileage sign
 
> popularized this modern marvel, making the first of these in
> 1939 at his Montreal-based Canadian fashion company. You could
> say the public really "supported" the idea. Give the brand name.
 
Playtex
 
> McGill University around 1988. It was used to search FTP
> archives on a nightly basis. Eventually it was made available
> for public use in 1990. Name the search engine.
 
Alta Vista
 
> large-screen films for Expo 67, the filmmakers realized they
> needed different equipment. Name this trademarked equipment
> standard.
 
IMAX
 
> Charles Best, John Macleod, and Bertram Collip. Banting and
> Macleod were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
> two years later. What was it?
 
insulin
 
> the AM radio band in 1900 -- and issued the first transatlantic
> radio broadcast in 1906. He is also known for inventing what
> sound-based technology?
 
public address system
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 20 10:55PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:16KdnTofi-Umq7jDnZ2dnUU7-
> needed to pump the coolant were built in the basement of the
> reactors, and flooded with seawater in a natural disaster,
> leading to three meltdowns. Name that nuclear power plant.
 
Fukushima
 
> fallen from another plane. A tire burst, sending a piece of
> rubber into the fuel tank, resulting in a powerful fire and
> 2 minutes later a crash. What model?
 
Concorde SST
 
> when Australia's athletic team was crossing it into the stadium.
> Four died, one from injuries and three from infections caused
> by the polluted river. What country holds the Maccabiah Games?
 
Israel
 
> to take off, mistaken about his air-traffic-control clearance,
> and collided on the ground with another 747, killing 583 people.
> Name *either airline* involved in this disaster.
 
Pan Am; Air France
 
> to sabotage, a lightning strike, and even a lethal buildup of
> static electricity. A memorial remains in New Jersey at the
> site of the disaster. What disaster does this question refer to?
 
Hindenburg crash
 
> ventilation was poor and there were numerous miscommunications
> between the French and Italian sides. The tunnel is named
> after the *mountain* that it passes under: what mountain?
 
St. Bernhard; Mont Blanc
 
> supports moved, resulting in 4 times the weight on each column
> compared to the design. *What country* was the Sampoong
> Department Store in?
 
Indonesia; South Korea
 
> Union Carbide plant, after years of poor maintenance, released
> a gas cloud that killed 3,000 to 16,000 nearby residents.
> In what Indian *city* did this disaster occur?
 
Bhopal
 
> Over 100 power plants automatically shut down, all stemming
> from trouble at a single power company in Akron, Ohio. What
> was the initial cause of the problem in Akron?
 
Animal interfered with power line
 
> the world via a tablet PC, the Internet, and a robotic hand.
> Conrad Black used it to sign his stupid book when he was
> in prison. Name it.
 
Autopen
 
 
> 2. This was originally invented by Harry Wasylyk and Larry Hansen
> in Winnipeg in 1950, bought by Union Carbide, and sold under
> the name "Glad".
 
Plastic bag
 
> communications pioneer, in 1949. His hand-held invention
> has often been synonymous with drug dealers as portrayed on
> television and in movies.
 
Pager
 
> in 1884 by Canadian pharmacist Marcellus Gilmore Edson, who
> likened the consistency of his product to that of butter, lard,
> or ointment.
 
Peanut butter
 
> Ontario and Quebec in 1930, having been invented by Ontario
> department of transport engineer John D. Millar. This was
> the first of its kind.
 
Mile markers; Road signs
 
> popularized this modern marvel, making the first of these in
> 1939 at his Montreal-based Canadian fashion company. You could
> say the public really "supported" the idea. Give the brand name.
 
Pantyhose
 
> McGill University around 1988. It was used to search FTP
> archives on a nightly basis. Eventually it was made available
> for public use in 1990. Name the search engine.
 
Webcrawler
 
> large-screen films for Expo 67, the filmmakers realized they
> needed different equipment. Name this trademarked equipment
> standard.
 
THX
 
> the AM radio band in 1900 -- and issued the first transatlantic
> radio broadcast in 1906. He is also known for inventing what
> sound-based technology?
 
Pete Gayde
Joe Masters <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Jan 20 06:39AM

On 2020-01-20 00:52:11 +0000, Calvin said:
 
 
> 1 Also known as XR, what is the two-word name of the socio-political
> movement which aims to use non-violent demonstration to protest against
> climate change?
 
Extinction Rebellion
 
> 2 What two-word term refers to an organism that has remained
> essentially unchanged from earlier geologic times and whose close
> relatives are usually extinct?
 
Living fossil
 
> 3 What is Elvis Presley's middle name?
 
Aaron
 
> 4 What was the name of the spin-off series from the rebooted 'Doctor
> Who' that centred on a fictional alien hunting institute based in
> Cardiff, Wales?
 
Torchwood
 
> 5 In 1949 who won the inaugural Bollingen Prize for poetry, despite
> being incarcerated in a Washington DC mental hospital at the time?
 
Ezra Pound
 
> 6 Who played the title role in the 1993 film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
 
Di Caprio?
 
> it to a turtle and a white elephant?
> 8 In 2008, which actress launched the natural health company and
> lifestyle brand named Goop?
 
Gwyneth Paltrow
 
> 9 British prime ministers Robert Walpole, Pitt the Elder and Lord
> Melbourne were all members of which political party?
 
Whigs
 
> 10 In 1664, New Amsterdam was renamed New York in honour of the Duke of
> York - who would later be crowned as which English monarch?
 
James II
 
 
--
"To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely
fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 20 08:39PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 Also known as XR, what is the two-word name of the
> socio-political movement which aims to use non-violent demonstration
> to protest against climate change?
 
Crossroads
 
> an organism that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier
> geologic times and whose close relatives are usually extinct?
> 3 What is Elvis Presley's middle name?
 
Aaron
 
> 4 What was the name of the
> spin-off series from the rebooted 'Doctor Who' that centred on a
> fictional alien hunting institute based in Cardiff, Wales?
 
Torchwood
 
> 5 In
> 1949 who won the inaugural Bollingen Prize for poetry, despite being
> incarcerated in a Washington DC mental hospital at the time?
 
Dylan Thomas
 
> 7 Which architect's design for the New National Stadium in Tokyo
> for the 2020 Summer Olympics was scrapped in 2015, with critics
> comparing it to a turtle and a white elephant?
 
Gehry
 
> 8 In 2008, which
> actress launched the natural health company and lifestyle brand named
> Goop?
 
Gwyneth Paltrow
 
> 10 In
> 1664, New Amsterdam was renamed New York in honour of the Duke of York
> - who would later be crowned as which English monarch?
 
George I
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 20 06:26AM -0800

On 1/19/20 4:52 PM, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Also known as XR, what is the two-word name of the socio-political movement which aims to use non-violent demonstration to protest against climate change?
 
Xtinction Rebelion
 
> 2 What two-word term refers to an organism that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier geologic times and whose close relatives are usually extinct?
 
living fossil
 
> 3 What is Elvis Presley's middle name?
 
Aron
 
> 4 What was the name of the spin-off series from the rebooted 'Doctor Who' that centred on a fictional alien hunting institute based in Cardiff, Wales?
 
Torchwood
 
> 7 Which architect's design for the New National Stadium in Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics was scrapped in 2015, with critics comparing it to a turtle and a white elephant?
> 8 In 2008, which actress launched the natural health company and lifestyle brand named Goop?
> 9 British prime ministers Robert Walpole, Pitt the Elder and Lord Melbourne were all members of which political party?
 
Whigs
 
> 10 In 1664, New Amsterdam was renamed New York in honour of the Duke of York - who would later be crowned as which English monarch?
 
James II
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 11:54PM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-18,
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 Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 9, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Port Towns in Ontario
 
All these towns or communities are in Ontario and have names that
start with "Port". Name them.
 
1. This community is on the north shore of Lake Erie, in the
Municipality of Bayham in Elgin County. It is situated at the
mouth of Big Otter Creek, which stretches more than 40 miles
north through Bayham to Tillsonburg and Otterville.
 
2. This town in Norfolk County is located on Lake Erie, adjacent
to Long Point. The lakeside community has a population of
under 1,500 people and sports a number of traditional small
businesses such as Twin's Ice Cream Parlour, which has been
operating there for decades.
 
3. This city is located on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the
Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region. The original settlement,
known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832.
 
4. This is a municipality in Southern Ontario, about 109 km east
of Toronto and 159 km west of Kingston. It is located at the
mouth of the Ganaraska River on the north shore of Lake Ontario,
in the west end of Northumberland County.
 
5. This unincorporated community and former town is located in
Norfolk County, on the north shore of Lake Erie. It hosts tens
of thousands of people every Friday the 13th for the Friday the
13th Motorcycle Rally, which was started in November 1981 by a
local bike shop owner named Chris Simons at what was then the
Commercial Hotel on Main St.
 
6. This community lies on the shores of Lake Huron, in Bruce County.
Originally named Normanton, when it was incorporated in 1874 the
town was renamed after James Bruce, a former Governor-General
of the Province of Canada.
 
7. This is an unincorporated community in the Township of Muskoka
Lakes. It has been the municipal seat of the township since
1971. It has several hundred year-round residents and is a
service center for thousands of other seasonal residents in
the area.
 
8. This a community, on the shores of Georgian Bay, is located in
the Simcoe County township of Tay. Established in 1908 as a
port on the southern shores of Georgian Bay, it was made the
home port of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Great Lakes services,
replacing Owen Sound as by their eastern terminus.
 
9. This community on Lake Scugog serves as the administrative and
commercial center for Scugog Township. The town is home to
a 24-bed hospital, the township's offices, and many retail
establishments.
 
10. This is a neighborhood in the south-central part of the City
of Mississauga, centered around the mouth of the eponymous river
on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Its main intersection is
Hurontario St. and Lakeshore Rd., about 0.6 km east of the river.
 
 
* Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment - Terms Coined on "Seinfeld"
 
Name these terms that were coined, or given an extended meaning,
on the TV show "Seinfeld".
 
1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to
you as a gift.
 
2. To perform this action at a buffet table is equivalent to
"putting your whole mouth right in the dip". Seinfeld gave a
new meaning to this hyphenated term.
 
3. "Like a creature out of Greek Mythology... part woman, part
horrible beast." This cruel term was applied to Jerry's
girlfriend at the time, who was very attractive and feminine
other than having... what?
 
4. Not to be confused with the French leave or Irish goodbye,
this word is a greeting given to those at a certain somber event.
 
5. In question is Elaine's boyfriend Tony, a good-looking yet
vapid man, not much personality or intelligence. What word
was used to describe him?
 
6. This effect happens when cold temperatures cause blood vessels
in male genitalia to shut down. Another culprit is stress,
since it affects the sympathetic nervous system in a similar
way that cold does. What is it?
 
7. This term describes the supposed phenomenon of Jewish men being
attracted to non-Jewish or gentile women.
 
8. In 1995, pharmaceutical company Wyeth ceased production of a
female contraceptive. Elaine stocks up on it and interviews
men to see if they are *what*? Name her term.
 
9. George's father's alternative to Christmas involves the airing
of grievances (or telling your family members how they've
disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an
aluminum pole. Name this holiday.
 
Sorry, there were only 9 questions in this round. The top score
available will be 36.
 
--
Mark Brader | "While President Obama isn't from Kenya, he is a Keynesian--
Toronto | so you can see where the confusion arises."
msb@vex.net | --Supreme Court brief by Cato Inst. & P.J. O'Rourke
 
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 26 06:19AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:rdmdnRLwdvsGtLDDnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 9, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Port Towns in Ontario
 
> All these towns or communities are in Ontario and have names that
> start with "Port". Name them.
 
Sorry!

> on the TV show "Seinfeld".
 
> 1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to
> you as a gift.
 
regifting
 
> 2. To perform this action at a buffet table is equivalent to
> "putting your whole mouth right in the dip". Seinfeld gave a
> new meaning to this hyphenated term.
 
double dipping

> horrible beast." This cruel term was applied to Jerry's
> girlfriend at the time, who was very attractive and feminine
> other than having... what?
 
man hands
 
> 5. In question is Elaine's boyfriend Tony, a good-looking yet
> vapid man, not much personality or intelligence. What word
> was used to describe him?
 
himbo

> in male genitalia to shut down. Another culprit is stress,
> since it affects the sympathetic nervous system in a similar
> way that cold does. What is it?
 
shrinkage
 
> 8. In 1995, pharmaceutical company Wyeth ceased production of a
> female contraceptive. Elaine stocks up on it and interviews
> men to see if they are *what*? Name her term.
 
spongeworthy

> of grievances (or telling your family members how they've
> disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an
> aluminum pole. Name this holiday.
 
Festivus
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 26 12:28AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> > All these towns or communities are in Ontario and have names that
> > start with "Port". Name them.

Joshua Kreitzer:
> Sorry!
 
I am not surprised. I'm guessing nobody here will score on this round,
in which case, of course, it won't count.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "*Nature*, Mr. Allnutt, is what we are put in this
msb@vex.net | world *to rise above*." -- The African Queen
 
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 25 03:40PM -0800

On 1/22/20 10:28 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 2. Name the chess-playing computer that became the first computer
> to beat a human reigning world champion in a chess game under
> regular time controls.
 
Deep Thought
 
 
> 3. Which world champion did <answer 2> beat?
 
> 4. What is the smallest number of moves in a game (by each side)
> required to achieve a checkmate?
 
2
 
 
> 5. In computer programming, a common assignment is a chess puzzle
> called a knight's tour. What does the knight have to do to
> complete the knight's tour?
 
land on every square of the board without repeating
 
> one square*, then it can still be captured by the enemy pawn
> provided that this is done immediately on the following turn.
> What is this special pawn capture called?
 
en passant
 
 
> 7. What is the only action in chess where two pieces are moved on
> the same turn?
 
castling
 
 
> 10. What is it called when a chess opening involves the sacrifice of
> a piece, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving an
> advantageous position?
 
gambit
 
> is in fact a misnomer, as it is dispersed as a fine mist of
> liquid droplets. As a weapon, it is usually yellowish-brown
> and gets its name from its odor. Name it.
 
mustard fas
 
 
> B2. What was the nickname of the *second* atomic bomb dropped
> by the USAF, on Nagasaki?
 
Little Boy
 
 
> * D. The Great War
 
> D1. Which WW1 battle is often cited as the beginning of a
> Canadian identity separate from that of Great Britain?
 
Ypres
 
 
> D2. Canada's-worst ever epidemic was spread by troops returning
> from overseas at the end of the war. 50,000 Canadians died
> during the epidemic. What was the disease?
 
Spanish flu
 
 
> * F. Names for Today
 
> F1. Prior to being renamed "Remembrance Day" in 1931, by what
> name was the occasion known?
 
Armistice Day
 
 
> F2. The US also called it <answer F1> -- until 1954, when they
> changed the name to what?
 
Veterans' Day
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 11:53PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
Game 8 is over, and by 10 points the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER.
Hearty contratulations, sir -- well done!
 
 
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Leisure - Chess
 
> 1. Who is the current top-ranked grandmaster in the world?
 
Magnus Carlsen. 4 for Erland and Calvin. 3 for Joshua.
 
> 2. Name the chess-playing computer that became the first computer
> to beat a human reigning world champion in a chess game under
> regular time controls.
 
Deep Blue. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Joshua.
 
> 3. Which world champion did <answer 2> beat?
 
Garry Kasparov. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Joshua.
 
> 4. What is the smallest number of moves in a game (by each side)
> required to achieve a checkmate?
 
2. 4 for Calvin and Dan Tilque.
 
It's called a Fool's Mate, and one version goes like this:
1. f3 e5
2. g4 Qh4#
or for us old-fashioned types, that means:
1. P-KB3 P-K4
2. P-KN4 Q-R5 mate
Other variations on the pawn moves are also possible.
 
> 5. In computer programming, a common assignment is a chess puzzle
> called a knight's tour. What does the knight have to do to
> complete the knight's tour?
 
Visit every square on the board (exactly once, but this was not
required). 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
> one square*, then it can still be captured by the enemy pawn
> provided that this is done immediately on the following turn.
> What is this special pawn capture called?
 
En passant. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 7. What is the only action in chess where two pieces are moved on
> the same turn?
 
Castling. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland (Erand), Calvin, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> of people including Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin.
> It was of course a hoax, and controlled by a person hiding
> within the mechanism. But what was it called?
 
The (mechanical) Turk. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Joshua.
 
See: http://i1.wp.com/batterseaartscentreblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/4-Mechnical-Turk.jpg
 
> 9. The word "checkmate" comes from the Persian phrase "shah mat",
> which translates to what?
 
"The king is dead". 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, and Joshua.
 
> 10. What is it called when a chess opening involves the sacrifice of
> a piece, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving an
> advantageous position?
 
A gambit. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
> paintings of combat are based on his experiences at the
> front. Among his wartime works are "Some Day the People
> Will Return", "For What", and "German Prisoners".
 
Frederick (F.H.) Varley.
 
> After his recovery, he served as a war artist from 1917 to
> 1919. Among his war time works are "Springtime at Picardy",
> "Gas Attack, Liévin", and "A Copse, Evening".
 
Alexander (A.Y.) Jackson.
 
 
> is in fact a misnomer, as it is dispersed as a fine mist of
> liquid droplets. As a weapon, it is usually yellowish-brown
> and gets its name from its odor. Name it.
 
Mustard gas (or sulfur mustard). 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland,
Calvin, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> B2. What was the nickname of the *second* atomic bomb dropped
> by the USAF, on Nagasaki?
 
Fat Man.
 
 
> which in each case is 8 words.
 
> C1. Take up our quarrel with the foe:
> To you from failing hands we throw...
 
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
 
> C2. We are the Dead. Short days ago
> We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow...
 
Loved and were loved, and now we lie.
 
 
> * D. The Great War
 
> D1. Which WW1 battle is often cited as the beginning of a
> Canadian identity separate from that of Great Britain?
 
Vimy Ridge.
 
See: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/vimy-ridge
 
 
> D2. Canada's-worst ever epidemic was spread by troops returning
> from overseas at the end of the war. 50,000 Canadians died
> during the epidemic. What was the disease?
 
Influenza. 4 for everyone.
 
 
> of Van during the Armenian genocide. Written by Atom
> Egoyan and starring Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer,
> and Arsinée Khanjian. Name the film.
 
"Ararat". 4 for Joshua.
 
> and a naïve boy intersect first in Alberta and later
> in Belgium. Written by Paul Gross and starring himself,
> Caroline Dhavernas, and Joe Dinicol.
 
"Passchendaele".
 
 
> * F. Names for Today
 
> F1. Prior to being renamed "Remembrance Day" in 1931, by what
> name was the occasion known?
 
Armistice Day. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
> F2. The US also called it <answer F1> -- until 1954, when they
> changed the name to what?
 
Veterans Day. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 6 7 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Ent His A+L Sci Can Lei Can SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 32 32 28 20 28 16 31 20 171
Dan Blum 33 24 23 20 29 16 32 16 161
Pete Gayde 24 28 27 22 27 8 0 12 140
"Calvin" 23 12 20 12 28 0 40 12 135
Erland Sommarskog 32 12 16 0 36 8 20 8 124
Dan Tilque -- -- 12 0 32 16 20 16 96
Bruce Bowler 20 20 23 0 -- -- -- -- 63
 
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