Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 2 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 09 04:52PM -0700

On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 8:39:03 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Dan Tilque:
> > Yes, the game played by Toronto FC. Where FC stands for 'football club'.
 
> Etymological fallacy. :-)
 
It sure is, but people refuse to believe it.
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 09 09:41PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > 7. What is defined as the smallest detectable movement of a
> > computer mouse?
 
> Mickey. 4 for Bruce.
 
By the way, a reversed version of this question appeared on "Jeopardy!"
yesterday -- just a few days after I posted these answers here. It was
answered correctly on the first try.
--
Mark Brader | "I realised... at the traditional time --
Toronto | just after clicking on Send."
msb@vex.net | --Peter Duncanson
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 09 10:40PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:HMudnYd4Z-JhOUDDnZ2dnUU7-
> * the Lions, the Tigers, and the Cats;
> * the Eagles, the Hawks, the Crows, the Swans, and the Magpies;
> * the Bombers, the Dockers, and the Power.
 
Australian Rules Football
 
 
> 4. What is the name for a formal papal decree to which a
> traditionally a metal seal was appended, a practice
> followed today only on the most solemn occasions?
 
Encyclical
 
> of course, answer with a Roman numeral. *Note*: for this
> question you must give the answer that was correct when this
> game was originally played.
 
 
XXXVIII
 
 
> 9. What is the Apgar scale used for?
 
Measuring the health of a newborn baby
 
> """recent""" revival of "Doctor Who". *Note*: Now you can
> name anyone who has had a regular role as the Doctor since
> the show was revived.
 
David Tennant
 
> ballet who moved to the US and started a cosmetics firm that
> was closely associated with Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s?
> The firm """is now""" owned by Procter and Gamble.
 
Max Factor
 
> date in 2020* as the original game in 2006. In either case,
> for this question you must *say* whether you are giving the
> 2006 or the 2020 answer.
 
5 cents (2006); 6 cents (2006)
 
 
> 18. What was Norman Mailer's first novel, published in 1948?
 
> 19. What US secretary of state was responsible for the Alaska
> Purchase?
 
Seward
 
> some have had other shapes. Name all the denominations that
> at one time or another have not been circular. You must
> give the exact list; any partial answer is wrong.
 
Pete Gayde
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 09 05:02PM -0700

On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 12:40:01 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. What is a lusophone?
 
A Portuguese speaker

> * the Lions, the Tigers, and the Cats;
> * the Eagles, the Hawks, the Crows, the Swans, and the Magpies;
> * the Bombers, the Dockers, and the Power.
 
Australian Football
 
 
> 4. What is the name for a formal papal decree to which a
> traditionally a metal seal was appended, a practice
> followed today only on the most solemn occasions?
 
Papal Bull

> 5. Name the Italian verse form used by Dante, and also by Shelley
> in "Ode to the West Wind": it consists of a series of three-line
> stanzas followed by a final couplet.
 
Canto?
 
> of course, answer with a Roman numeral. *Note*: for this
> question you must give the answer that was correct when this
> game was originally played.
 
XL, XXXIX
 
> 9. What is the Apgar scale used for?
 
Assessing newborn babies
 
> """recent""" revival of "Doctor Who". *Note*: Now you can
> name anyone who has had a regular role as the Doctor since
> the show was revived.
 
Smith
 
> 13. In what field of accomplishment """is""" the French prize
> called the César awarded?
 
Film?
 
 
> 18. What was Norman Mailer's first novel, published in 1948?
 
> 19. What US secretary of state was responsible for the Alaska
> Purchase?
 
Seward
 
> some have had other shapes. Name all the denominations that
> at one time or another have not been circular. You must
> give the exact list; any partial answer is wrong.
 
cheers,
calvin
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