- RQFTCI07 Game 5 Rounds 7,8,10: baseball, albums, challenge - 1 Update
- CQ #608 - Rescore - 3 Updates
- CQ #609 - 2 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 18 10:44PM -0700 On 8/16/20 10:33 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 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 > 3. Roberto Clemente. 8 > 4. Joe DiMaggio. 2 > 5. Rollie Fingers. 18 > 6. Stan Musial. 17 > 7. Jackie Robinson. 19 > 8. Honus Wagner. 12 > 9. Ted Williams. 5 > 10. Cy Young. 9 > we're always talking about the original albums.) > 1. (track 4) Getting Better; (8) Within You, Without You; > (11) Good Morning, Good Morning. Beatles, Rubber Soul > 2. (track 1): Wouldn't it Be Nice; (8) God Only Knows; > (11) I Just Wasn't Made for These Times Beach Boys, Pet Sounds > 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. Jimi Hendrix, (damned if I could even guess at an album) > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. Chemical Formulas > A1. Give the formula for sulfuric acid. H2SO4 > A2. Give the formula for ammonia. NH3 > * 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.) it's a place holder for the actual day of a military operation, meant to be used in planning so they don't have to change a bunch of documents if the actual date is changed > 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 > mostly nonfiction; the earlier ones include "My African > Journey", "The People's Rights", and a six-volume series > called "The World Crisis". Name him. Churchill > * E. Not *That* Toronto > E1. Which state """has""" the largest City of Toronto in the US, > the birthplace of actor Robert Urich? Ohio > 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 -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 18 01:04PM -0700 On 8/16/20 2:14 PM, Calvin wrote: Calvin is apparently not paying attention to the newsgroup, so I decided to rescore the quiz myself. In the process, I discovered that Bruce Bowler had been missed in the original scoring. Here's the original scoring: > 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% My rescore is: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOT TB Quiz 608 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 48 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 51 Bruce Bowler 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 51 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 43 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 45 Aren Ess 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 48 Dan Blum 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 36 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 23 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 7 8 6 2 7 8 6 1 3 54 So Congratulations, umm... Me! Barring, of course, any other corrections. Hope the formatting looks OK to everyone. Since my news software line wraps before it posts, I had to reformat with spaces instead of tabs. I'm sorry of this doesn't display very well in your reader. Now about the palindromic dates. Being in a nerdy mood, I decided to find all such dates in the 909 year period in question. Along the way, I realized that all palindromic dates of mm/dd/yyyy format were also palindromic in the yyyy/mm/dd format. This is a peculiarity of having 4-digit years. The same relationship does not apply to other length years. Anyway, here's my list. It's possible I missed some. dd/mm/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy 11-NOV-1111 11/11/1111 11/11/1111 11-FEB-1120 02/11/1120 12-NOV-1121 12/11/1121 11-DEC-1121 12/11/1121 22-NOV-1122 22/11/1122 03-NOV-1130 03/11/1130 23-NOV-1132 23/11/1132 24-NOV-1142 24/11/1142 25-NOV-1152 25/11/1152 26-NOV-1162 26/11/1162 27-NOV-1172 27/11/1172 28-NOV-1182 28/11/1182 29-NOV-1192 29/11/1192 21-OCT-1201 10/21/1201 21-NOV-1211 11/21/1211 21-DEC-1221 12/21/1221 31-OCT-1301 10/31/1301 31-JAN-1310 01/31/1310 31-DEC-1321 12/31/1321 31-MAR-1330 03/31/1330 10-FEB-2001 10/02/2001 02-OCT-2001 10/02/2001 20-FEB-2002 20/02/2002 02-JAN-2010 01/02/2010 01-FEB-2010 01/02/2010 11-FEB-2011 11/02/2011 02-NOV-2011 11/02/2011 21-FEB-2012 21/02/2012 02-FEB-2020 02/02/2020 02/02/2020 The previous date palindromic in both formats is 01-JAN-1010 01/01/1010 01/01/1010 The next one will be 12-DEC-2121 12/12/2121 12/12/2121 The one after that will be 10-OCT-10101 10/10/10101 10/10/10101 However, as I said, the equivalence between M-D-Y and Y-M-D breaks down for 5-digit years. So that date is not palindromic in yyyyy/mm/dd format. Instead, this date is palindromic in that format: 01-JAN-10101 = 10101/01/01 -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 18 03:50PM -0700 Addressing multiple issues raised in the thread: > > 5 What was unusual about the second day of February this year, which hadn't happened for 909 years? > [Numeric] palindrome The question (or answer) was insufficiently specific but I marked as correct any reference to a palindrome. > > 9 In the Christian liturgical calendar, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday, approximately how many weeks later? > 6 Now also accepting 7 since it is arguably (more?) correct. And I've included Bruce's result which seemed to slip through the first time. So: 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 65 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 65 Bruce Bowler 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 59 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 62 Aren Ess 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 55 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 55 Dan Blum 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 43 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 37 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 7 8 6 7 7 8 6 7 3 65 81% Congratulations Stephen and Bruce. cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 18 10:21PM -0700 On 8/18/20 3:50 PM, Calvin wrote: >>> 5 What was unusual about the second day of February this year, which hadn't happened for 909 years? >> [Numeric] palindrome > The question (or answer) was insufficiently specific but I marked as correct any reference to a palindrome. The question was just fine. The expected answer wasn't specific enough. I have a question for you: Have you ever, even once in your career as quiz-giver, considered that the expected answer is wrong? And then fixed up the scoring to reflect that? -- Dan Tilque |
| R. Ess <Chifan@yahoo.com>: Aug 18 10:00AM -0500 On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:16:50 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote: >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? >3 Which American hard rock band's albums include The Spaghetti Incident (1993) and Chinese Democracy (2008)? Guns & Roses >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? Schumann is the only one I can think of, but he was born in 1810, not 1910, but everything else stated is similar to his life. >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? ArenEss |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Aug 18 03:38PM On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:16:50 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 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? > 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? 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? > 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 |
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