| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jul 02 12:39PM On Wed, 01 Jul 2020 23:02:05 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > I originally wrote one of these two rounds. > ** Game 1, Round 9 - Literature - The Horse nope > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * C. Science, Not Exactly to Scale > C1. What is a scalene triangle? A triangle with 3 sides, all different. > C2. What type of quantity or measurement is a scalar? > (Not "scaler".) A measurement that has only magnitude and no direction. One might also say it's a "1 dimensional measurement" > * D. The Leader who Would Be King > D1. Which US president was formerly named King? Ford > For each question in this pair, complete the quote. > E1. This aphorism is a guideline in medical diagnosis: "When > you hear hoofbeats..." Think horses, not zebras. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 02 11:21AM -0700 On 7/1/20 9:02 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Game 1, Round 9 - Literature - The Horse > 1. What book features the Houyhnhnms ["h'WIN-ems"]? Gulliver's Travels > 2. What horsey bestseller became a movie that helped launch a > star's career? It also featured Mickey Rooney. > > 3. Whose horse was Rosinante ["ro-sin-ON-tay"]? Don Quixote > 8. Which bestseller protested against the often cruel treatment > of horses, especially working horses, and was the only novel > its author ever wrote? Black Beauty > * B. Not So Far from the Nile > B1. Niamey """is""" the capital of what country? > B2. What city officially became the capital of Nigeria in 1991? Abuja > C1. What is a scalene triangle? > C2. What type of quantity or measurement is a scalar? > (Not "scaler".) a single number > * D. The Leader who Would Be King > D1. Which US president was formerly named King? Gerald Ford > D2. William Lyon Mackenzie was once Mayor of Toronto. > William Lyon Mackenzie King was once Prime Minister of > Canada. How were they related? uncle-nephew > For each question in this pair, complete the quote. > E1. This aphorism is a guideline in medical diagnosis: "When > you hear hoofbeats..." expect horses, not zebras > E2. Hermann Göring ["Gurring"] liked to quote this line from > the Nazi playwright Hanns Johst ["Yost"]. "When I hear > the word culture..." I reach for my pistol > Million" -- but enough with the numbers. He also directed > "Ben-Hur", "Jezebel", "Mrs. Miniver", and "Roman Holiday". > Name him. Cecil B DeMille -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 02 08:34PM +0200 > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * B. Not So Far from the Nile > B1. Niamey """is""" the capital of what country? Niger > B2. What city officially became the capital of Nigeria in 1991? Abuja > * C. Science, Not Exactly to Scale > C1. What is a scalene triangle? Two of the sides have the same length. > C2. What type of quantity or measurement is a scalar? > (Not "scaler".) It's a single value (as opposed to a vector or a set). |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 03 02:03AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8Zmdnc0xOsugwWDDnZ2dnUU7- > I originally wrote one of these two rounds. > ** Game 1, Round 9 - Literature - The Horse > 1. What book features the Houyhnhnms ["h'WIN-ems"]? Gulliver's Travels > 2. What horsey bestseller became a movie that helped launch a > star's career? It also featured Mickey Rooney. National Velvet > 3. Whose horse was Rosinante ["ro-sin-ON-tay"]? Don Quixote; Sancho Panza > 5. What horsey novella by John Steinbeck sometimes appears on > high-school curriculums? > 6. What play by Peter Shaffer won the 1974 Tony award? Equus > 8. Which bestseller protested against the often cruel treatment > of horses, especially working horses, and was the only novel > its author ever wrote? Equus > """last""" win the Grey Cup? The game was played in Toronto. > A2. Within 1, what was the last year that the Ottawa Rough > Riders played? 1989; 1992 > * B. Not So Far from the Nile > B1. Niamey """is""" the capital of what country? Niger > B2. What city officially became the capital of Nigeria in 1991? Abuja > * C. Science, Not Exactly to Scale > C1. What is a scalene triangle? All angles less than 90 degrees > (Not "scaler".) > * D. The Leader who Would Be King > D1. Which US president was formerly named King? Ford > D2. William Lyon Mackenzie was once Mayor of Toronto. > William Lyon Mackenzie King was once Prime Minister of > Canada. How were they related? Cousins > Million" -- but enough with the numbers. He also directed > "Ben-Hur", "Jezebel", "Mrs. Miniver", and "Roman Holiday". > Name him. Wyler Pete Gayde |
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