Monday, August 17, 2020

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 17 12:33AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
 
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
 
 
I wrote one round in this set.
 
 
** Game 5, Round 7 - Sports - Baseball Players
 
This round has a 2-page handout showing 24 Baseball Hall of Famers:
Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5/hofers.pdf
and pick out the players we name, from whichever page they are on.
(Give the picture number in each case.)
 
1. Hank Aaron.
2. Johnny Bench.
3. Roberto Clemente.
4. Joe DiMaggio.
5. Rollie Fingers.
6. Stan Musial.
7. Jackie Robinson.
8. Honus Wagner.
9. Ted Williams.
10. Cy Young.
 
So there were 14 decoys. After you're finished with the round,
decode the rot13 if you'd like to see their picture numbers (in
random order), and name them for fun, but for no points.
 
11. Cvpgher bar.
12. Gjryir.
13. Ryrira.
14. Gjragl-bar.
15. Svsgrra.
16. Guerr.
17. Sbhe.
18. Gjragl-gjb.
19. Friragrra.
20. Gjb.
21. Frira.
22. Gjragl-sbhe.
23. Guvegrra.
24. Rvtugrra.
 
 
** Game 5, Round 8 - Entertainment - Top Albums of All Time
 
Given the names and track numbers of three songs, name the album
from the """top 20 albums of all time""" according to "Rolling
Stone". There """are""" lots of repeat artists in the top 20,
but not in this round: each artist is only used once.
 
*Note*: In each case we need *both* the name of the singer
or band (as applicable) *and* the album these tracks were on.
(There won't be any "Greatest Hits of" or anything like that;
we're always talking about the original albums.)
 
1. (track 4) Getting Better; (8) Within You, Without You;
(11) Good Morning, Good Morning.
 
2. (track 1): Wouldn't it Be Nice; (8) God Only Knows;
(11) I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
 
3. (2) Tombstone Blues; (5) Ballad of a Thin Man;
(8) Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues.
 
4. (2) What's Happening Brother; (3) Flyin' High (in the Friendly
Sky); (6) Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology).
 
5. (1) Rocks Off; (7) Torn and Frayed; (14) Let it Loose.
 
6. (8) Lost in the Supermarket; (12) Death or Glory; (19) Train
in Vain.
 
7. (3) Hey Joe; (7) The Wind Cries Mary; (10) Foxey Lady.
 
8. (3) Come as you Are; (5) Lithium; (6) Polly.
 
9. (1) Thunder Road; (6) She's the One; (8) Jungleland.
 
10. (2) Baby Be Mine; (7) Human Nature; (8) PYT (Pretty Young Thing).
 
 
Surprise! There's one more round in this set.
 
In the original game, Round 9 (Canadiana) was a second current-
events round based on Canadian news, so I won't be posting it here.
Instead I'll just tack Round 10 onto the end of this set, and
you'll be scored on your best 5 out of 7 rounds.
 
 
** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round
 
* A. Chemical Formulas
 
A1. Give the formula for sulfuric acid.
A2. Give the formula for ammonia.
 
 
* B. Known as "D-Day"
 
B1. June 6, 1944, is popularly called D-Day, but what was the
actual code name of the military operation to invade Normandy?
 
B2. "D-Day" actually is military jargon, but it doesn't refer
specifically to <answer B1>. What does it mean? (We want
an explanation, not an etymology.)
 
 
* C. Known as "Wrong Way"
 
C1. In 1938 this American aviator had been denied permission to
attempt an Atlantic crossing, so he announced plans to fly
from New York to California instead. And when he landed in
Ireland, he said his compass had been set wrong. From then
on he was known as "Wrong Way"... who?
 
C2. It only takes a small accident to inadvertently score on
your own goal in hockey or soccer, but in football you
have to work to set it up. In the 1929 Rose Bowl this
University of California star recovered a Georgia Tech
fumble and ran 65 yards the wrong way. He was stopped on
his own 1-yard line, but Georgia scored a safety on the next
play and went on to win 8-7. And our star became known as
"Wrong Way"... who?
 
 
* D. Not Just a Writer
 
D1. One of the best of Alfred Hitchcock's early movies was
adapted from a novel by a future Governor-General of Canada.
Name this Scottish writer and politician.
 
D2. This man was best known for work in another field, but
won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. His books are
mostly nonfiction; the earlier ones include "My African
Journey", "The People's Rights", and a six-volume series
called "The World Crisis". Name him.
 
 
* E. Not *That* Toronto
 
E1. Which state """has""" the largest City of Toronto in the US,
the birthplace of actor Robert Urich?
 
E2. In Ontario, the City of Toronto was formed in the old
Township of York, but there was a Township of Toronto
elsewhere. What """present-day""" city largely coincides
with that old Toronto Township?
 
 
* F. On the Movies
 
These are movies whose titles begin with "On the".
 
F1. This 1949 musical includes the song lyric, "The Bronx is up
and the Battery's down. The people ride in a hole in the
ground."
 
F2. This 1959 drama includes a subplot where a submarine is
sent to San Francisco to investigate a radio transmission
from a city where everyone is supposed to be dead.
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto Attenton to dteail; thats' the secreg.
msb@vex.net --Robin Bignall
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 17 06:03AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:AJ6dnTfymt1Zi6fCnZ2dnUU7-
> and pick out the players we name, from whichever page they are on.
> (Give the picture number in each case.)
 
> 1. Hank Aaron.
 
23
 
> 2. Johnny Bench.
 
16; 1
 
> 3. Roberto Clemente.
 
8
 
> 4. Joe DiMaggio.
 
13; 20
 
> 5. Rollie Fingers.
 
14
 
> 6. Stan Musial.
 
11; 6
 
> 7. Jackie Robinson.
 
19
 
> 8. Honus Wagner.
 
9
 
> 9. Ted Williams.
 
5
 
> 10. Cy Young.
 
12

> decode the rot13 if you'd like to see their picture numbers (in
> random order), and name them for fun, but for no points.
 
> 14. Gjragl-bar.
 
Willie Mays
 
> 15. Svsgrra.
 
Rod Carew
 
> 24. Rvtugrra.
 
Wade Boggs
 
> but not in this round: each artist is only used once.
 
> 1. (track 4) Getting Better; (8) Within You, Without You;
> (11) Good Morning, Good Morning.
 
The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
 
> 2. (track 1): Wouldn't it Be Nice; (8) God Only Knows;
> (11) I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
 
The Beach Boys, "Pet Sounds"

> 3. (2) Tombstone Blues; (5) Ballad of a Thin Man;
> (8) Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues.
 
Bob Dylan, "Highway 61 Revisited"
 
> 4. (2) What's Happening Brother; (3) Flyin' High (in the Friendly
> Sky); (6) Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology).
 
Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On"
 
> 5. (1) Rocks Off; (7) Torn and Frayed; (14) Let it Loose.
 
Aerosmith, "Dream On"
 
> 6. (8) Lost in the Supermarket; (12) Death or Glory; (19) Train
> in Vain.
 
The Clash, "Sandinista"

> 7. (3) Hey Joe; (7) The Wind Cries Mary; (10) Foxey Lady.
 
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Are You Experienced?"

> 8. (3) Come as you Are; (5) Lithium; (6) Polly.
 
Nirvana, "Nevermind"

> 9. (1) Thunder Road; (6) She's the One; (8) Jungleland.
 
Bruce Springsteen, "Born to Run"
 
> 10. (2) Baby Be Mine; (7) Human Nature; (8) PYT (Pretty Young Thing).
 
Michael Jackson, "Thriller"

> ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round
 
> * A. Chemical Formulas
 
(assume subscripts as required)

> A1. Give the formula for sulfuric acid.
 
H2SO4
 
> A2. Give the formula for ammonia.
 
NH3; NH4

> * B. Known as "D-Day"
 
> B1. June 6, 1944, is popularly called D-Day, but what was the
> actual code name of the military operation to invade Normandy?
 
Operation Overlord
 
> B2. "D-Day" actually is military jargon, but it doesn't refer
> specifically to <answer B1>. What does it mean? (We want
> an explanation, not an etymology.)
 
The day any operation is to take place

> from New York to California instead. And when he landed in
> Ireland, he said his compass had been set wrong. From then
> on he was known as "Wrong Way"... who?
 
Corrigan
 
> his own 1-yard line, but Georgia scored a safety on the next
> play and went on to win 8-7. And our star became known as
> "Wrong Way"... who?
 
Riggles

> mostly nonfiction; the earlier ones include "My African
> Journey", "The People's Rights", and a six-volume series
> called "The World Crisis". Name him.
 
Winston Churchill

 
> F1. This 1949 musical includes the song lyric, "The Bronx is up
> and the Battery's down. The people ride in a hole in the
> ground."
 
"On the Town"

> F2. This 1959 drama includes a subplot where a submarine is
> sent to San Francisco to investigate a radio transmission
> from a city where everyone is supposed to be dead.
 
"On the Beach"
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 16 08:38PM -0700

On 8/13/20 10:09 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
 
refraction when the light passes a boundary between two different materials.
 
 
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
 
Ohm's Law
 
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
 
Gresham's Law
 
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
 
deMorgan's Laws
 
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
 
Newton's Laws of Motion
 
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
 
Kepler's Laws
 
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
 
Hubble's Law
 
 
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
 
springs
 
> density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
> absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
> Name either of their laws.
 
Boyle's Law
 
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
 
Avogandro's Law
 
 
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
 
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
 
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
 
Ukraine and Romania
 
 
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
 
Montana
 
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
 
Utah
 
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
 
South Dakota
 
> water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
> which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
> includes other streams.)
 
Don River
 
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
 
Blackpool
 
 
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
 
Germany
 
 
> 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
> Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
 
Lake Huron
 
 
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
> in this round?
 
Blackpool
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 17 12:31AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
 
Refraction. A description was ruled acceptable on protest, and
I accepted one here also. But references to a prism without
indicating the specific interaction of the light with it were too
non-specific. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
 
Ohm's Law. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Joshua.
 
Here and below, it was not necessary to actually say "law".
 
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
 
Gresham's Law. (Also accepting Oresme and Copernicus; they stated it
before Gresham did.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
 
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
 
De Morgan's Laws. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
 
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
 
Newton's Laws. The question paraphrases the third and first laws
in that order. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum,
Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
 
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
 
Kepler's Laws. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
 
Hubble's Law. 4 for everyone.
 
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
 
A spring, or any elastic material. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
> absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
> Name either of their laws.
 
Boyle's Law (also called Mariotte's Law or a combination), Charles's
Law. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Stephen (the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
3 for Pete.
 
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
 
Avogadro's Law. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.
 
 
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
 
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
 
This was the easiest round in the original game.
 
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
 
Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine. (Still true.)
4 for everyone. I'm tempted to penalize Erland for not being able
to count to two, though.
 
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
 
Alberta, Montana. (Still true.) 4 for Bruce, Erland, Pete, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
 
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
 
Nevada (within one: Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon, Utah).
4 for everyone.
 
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
 
South Dakota (within one: Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Wyoming; the memorial is Mt. Rushmore). 4 for everyone.
 
> water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
> which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
> includes other streams.)
 
Lake Simcoe, Humber River. 4 for Stephen.
 
> 6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the
> intersection of two other streets; name either one.
 
Humber Blvd., Weston Rd. (Still true.)
 
The intersection is about 2 miles from the mouth of Black Creek.
You really had to know the city to get either of these two questions.
 
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
 
Blackpool. (Still true, but the streetcar line has been modernized
and the historic cars no longer run every day.) 4 for everyone.
 
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
 
Germany. (Still true.) 4 for everyone.
 
> 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
> Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
 
Lake Superior. 4 for Stephen.
 
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
> in this round?
 
Blackpool. (It's up to about 115,000 people now.) 4 for Bruce,
Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Lit Sci Geo
Stephen Perry 40 40 40 36 156
Dan Tilque 28 40 40 28 136
Dan Blum 32 40 36 24 132
Joshua Kreitzer 36 32 27 23 118
Pete Gayde 36 12 15 28 91
Erland Sommarskog 28 7 27 28 90
Bruce Bowler 24 8 24 28 84
 
--
Mark Brader | "I don't want to say they're unsafe,
Toronto | but they're dangerous."
msb@vex.net | --former US transportation sec'y Ray Lahood
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 16 02:14PM -0700

On Friday, July 31, 2020 at 8:13:37 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
Apologies for the delay.
 
> 1 In 1849 which future US President was awarded a patent for a flotation device?
 
Abe Lincoln
 
> 2 Which 1987 film was loosely based on the life of Adrian Cronauer?
 
Good Morning, Vietnam
 
> 3 Manga comics and comic novels developed in the late 19th century in which country?
 
Japan
 
> 4 Which American performer won the Original Song Academy Award in 1994 for the theme to Streets of Philadelphia?
 
Bruce Springsteen
As Dan B pointed out, the film's title is just Philadelphia
 
> 5 What was unusual about the second day of February this year, which hadn't happened for 909 years?
 
[Numeric] palindrome
 
> 6 The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir is a memoir by which former attorney, political commentator, Republican consultant, diplomat and national security advisor?
 
John Boulton
 
> 7 What name is commonly given to a tube used to convey liquid upwards from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of its own accord?
 
Siphon
 
> 8 Also known as indigestion, which D is a medical term covers a group of nonspecific symptoms in the digestive tract?
 
Dyspepsia
 
> 9 In the Christian liturgical calendar, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday, approximately how many weeks later?
 
6
 
> 10 To within 10%, the International Space Station orbits the Earth at what average distance?
 
409 km / 254 miles [10% tolerance]
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 608
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 53 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 51 Aren Ess
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 45 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 46 Dan Blum
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 38 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 36 Pete Gayde
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 30 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
5 6 7 5 5 6 7 5 5 2 53 76%
 
Congratulations Stephen.
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 16 05:03PM -0500

"Calvin":
> Congratulations Stephen.
 
And Bruce, who tied with 10.
--
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msb@vex.net | are someone else's opinions..." --Oscar Wilde
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 16 07:45PM -0700

On 8/16/20 2:14 PM, Calvin wrote:
> On Friday, July 31, 2020 at 8:13:37 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
 
>> 5 What was unusual about the second day of February this year, which hadn't happened for 909 years?
 
> [Numeric] palindrome
 
This is insufficiently specific. There've been lots of palindromic dates
in those 909 years. There are many examples in every format in common
use, including some that are palindromic in multiple 2-digit-year
formats. So correct answers to the question need to be more specific
than just 'palindrome'.
 
What made that date not happening for 909 years was that it was
palindromic in multiple 4-digit-year formats.
 
 
 
>> 9 In the Christian liturgical calendar, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday, approximately how many weeks later?
 
> 6
 
Lent has 40 days, that there's no dispute on that. Six weeks is 42 days,
so those numbers are close. But an interesting fact about Lent is that
it does not include Sundays in those 40 days. There's 6 Sundays between
Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday, so the number of days in that period is
actually 46. Forty-six is closer to 7 weeks than it is to 6 weeks, so 7
should be the answer.
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 16 09:50PM -0500

"Calvin":
>>> 5 What was unusual about the second day of February this year, which
>>> hadn't happened for 909 years?
 
>> [Numeric] palindrome

Dan Tilque:
> in those 909 years. There are many examples in every format in common
> use, including some that are palindromic in multiple 2-digit-year
> formats.
 
So what? I say abbreviated dates are ipso facto irrelevant.
 
>>> 9 In the Christian liturgical calendar, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday
and ends on Holy Saturday, approximately how many weeks later?
 
>> 6

> ...an interesting fact about Lent is that it does not include
> Sundays in those 40 days... so 7 should be the answer.
 
Huh, he's right. Calvin, you've gotta rescore this one.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Good Lord, it's not a locomotive.
msb@vex.net | --Tony Cooper
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 16 08:13PM -0700

On 8/16/20 7:50 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>> use, including some that are palindromic in multiple 2-digit-year
>> formats.
 
> So what? I say abbreviated dates are ipso facto irrelevant.
 
That doesn't make my objection irrelevant. There are palindromic dates
within that 909 year period in all 4-digit-year formats. The thing that
makes it unique is palindromic in multiple formats.
 
 
>> ...an interesting fact about Lent is that it does not include
>> Sundays in those 40 days... so 7 should be the answer.
 
> Huh, he's right. Calvin, you've gotta rescore this one.
 
Thank you for the confirmation.
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 17 12:22AM -0500

"Calvin":
>>>>> 5 What was unusual about the second day of February this year, which
>>>>> hadn't happened for 909 years?
 
>>>> [Numeric] palindrome
 
Dan Tilque:
>>> in those 909 years. There are many examples in every format in common
>>> use, including some that are palindromic in multiple 2-digit-year
>>> formats.
 
Mark Brader:
>> So what? I say abbreviated dates are ipso facto irrelevant.

Dan Tilque:
> That doesn't make my objection irrelevant. There are palindromic dates
> within that 909 year period in all 4-digit-year formats.
 
Hmm, you're right again -- for example, 11/21/1211 or 21/11/1112.
Sorry, I didn't think of those.
 
Calvin, I think you need to rescore this one too.
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msb@vex.net | to Dorothy Parker or Mark Twain." -- Joe Fineman
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 16 02:16PM -0700

1 Who played the title role in the 1996 comedy film Happy Gilmore?
2 Who is the only actress to have portrayed Dr Who?
3 Which American hard rock band's albums include The Spaghetti Incident (1993) and Chinese Democracy (2008)?
4 What is the currency unit of Hong Kong?
5 In 2010 which UK singer released an album appropriately titled Symphonicities, featuring reinventions of his classic hits backed by a philharmonic orchestra?
6 Which of the Seven Dwarfs is most closely associated with sternutation?
7 After a hand injury curtailed his career as a pianist, which German composer (b. 1910) became one of the greatest Romantic era composers before dying in a mental asylum at the age of 46?
8 Which human gland produces hormones that promote growth, and regulates the metabolic rate?
9 What four-letter word can be an ancient ceremonial hill in Ireland where High Kings were traditionally inaugurated, or Scarlet O'Hara's plantation in Gone With The Wind?
10 Which 1990 sci-fi film, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, shares its title with Arnold Schwarzenegger's autobiography?
 
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 16 05:06PM -0500

"Calvin":
> 1 Who played the title role in the 1996 comedy film Happy Gilmore?
 
Sandler.
 
> 2 Who is the only actress to have portrayed Dr Who?
 
Johnson.
 
> 3 Which American hard rock band's albums include The Spaghetti
> Incident (1993) and Chinese Democracy (2008)?
 
Johnson.
 
> 4 What is the currency unit of Hong Kong?
 
Dollar.
 
> 5 In 2010 which UK singer released an album appropriately
> titled Symphonicities, featuring reinventions of his classic
> hits backed by a philharmonic orchestra?
 
Johnson.
 
> 6 Which of the Seven Dwarfs is most closely associated with
> sternutation?
 
Sleepy.
 
> 7 After a hand injury curtailed his career as a pianist, which
> German composer (b. 1910) became one of the greatest Romantic
> era composers before dying in a mental asylum at the age of 46?
 
Johnson.
 
> 8 Which human gland produces hormones that promote growth, and
> regulates the metabolic rate?
 
Pituitary.
 
> 9 What four-letter word can be an ancient ceremonial hill in
> Ireland where High Kings were traditionally inaugurated, or
> Scarlet O'Hara's plantation in Gone With The Wind?
 
Tara.
 
> 10 Which 1990 sci-fi film, loosely based on the Philip K.
> Dick short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, shares
> its title with Arnold Schwarzenegger's autobiography?
 
"Total Recall".
--
Mark Brader | "I dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road
Toronto | without having their motives questioned."
msb@vex.net | --not Bill Murray
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 17 01:55AM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 Who played the title role in the 1996 comedy film Happy Gilmore?
 
Adam Sandler
 
> 2 Who is the only actress to have portrayed Dr Who?
 
Jody Whittaker
 
> 3 Which American hard rock band's albums include The Spaghetti
> Incident (1993) and Chinese Democracy (2008)?
 
Green Day
 
> 4 What is the currency unit of Hong Kong?
 
Hong Kong Dollar
 
> 5 In 2010 which UK singer released an
> album appropriately titled Symphonicities, featuring reinventions of
> his classic hits backed by a philharmonic orchestra?
 
Sting
 
> 6 Which of
> the Seven Dwarfs is most closely associated with sternutation?
 
Sneezy
 
> 7 After a hand injury curtailed his career as a pianist, which German
> composer (b. 1910) became one of the greatest Romantic era composers
> before dying in a mental asylum at the age of 46?
 
Robert Schumann (definitely not born in 1910)
 
> 8 Which human
> gland produces hormones that promote growth, and regulates the
> metabolic rate?
 
Pituitary
 
> 9 What four-letter word can be an ancient
> ceremonial hill in Ireland where High Kings were traditionally
> inaugurated, or Scarlet O'Hara's plantation in Gone With The Wind?
 
Tara
 
> 10 Which 1990 sci-fi film, loosely based on the Philip K.
Dick short
> story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, shares its title with
> Arnold Schwarzenegger's autobiography?
 
Face Off
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 16 09:46PM -0700

On 8/16/20 2:16 PM, Calvin wrote:
> 2 Who is the only actress to have portrayed Dr Who?
> 3 Which American hard rock band's albums include The Spaghetti Incident (1993) and Chinese Democracy (2008)?
> 4 What is the currency unit of Hong Kong?
 
HK Dollar
 
> 5 In 2010 which UK singer released an album appropriately titled Symphonicities, featuring reinventions of his classic hits backed by a philharmonic orchestra?
 
Clapton
 
> 6 Which of the Seven Dwarfs is most closely associated with sternutation?
 
Sneezy
 
> 7 After a hand injury curtailed his career as a pianist, which German composer (b. 1910) became one of the greatest Romantic era composers before dying in a mental asylum at the age of 46?
> 8 Which human gland produces hormones that promote growth, and regulates the metabolic rate?
 
thyroid
 
> 9 What four-letter word can be an ancient ceremonial hill in Ireland where High Kings were traditionally inaugurated, or Scarlet O'Hara's plantation in Gone With The Wind?
 
Tara
 
> 10 Which 1990 sci-fi film, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, shares its title with Arnold Schwarzenegger's autobiography?
 
Total Recall
 
--
Dan Tilque
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