- CQ #608 - Answers & Scores - V2 - 3 Updates
- RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 2-3: NYC clubs, recently extinct - 3 Updates
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 20 08:26PM +0200 > of any others in use. And I agree with Mark's point that we ignore > 2-digit year formats, expecially since we're discussing a 909 year > period. So what other numerical date formats do you know of? Those that skip the zeroes. The format which was dominating in Sweden when I grew up was d/m-yy(yy). So the date in February was 2/2-2020. And, yeah, in that format nothing is palindromic. But there are plenty with symmetric delimiters that do not use zeroes. I looked in the Windows Control Panel for the various formats for different locales, I found than one that uses zero-less formats. Just to name one: English (United States). |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 20 10:54PM -0700 On Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 3:21:14 PM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote: > 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? Can't recall one. I prefer not to penalise participants for my shortcomings. cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 21 01:03AM -0700 On 8/20/20 10:54 PM, Calvin wrote: >> I have a question for you: Have you ever, even once in your career as >> quiz-giver, considered that the expected answer is wrong? > Can't recall one. I prefer not to penalise participants for my shortcomings. You obviously don't realize it, but you're penalizing people by not doing it. -- Dan Tilque |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Aug 20 02:03PM On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 23:04:37 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 3. 254 W. 54 St. Open 1977-86, it was operated by Steve Rubell. > Previously a radio and TV soundstage, it was the model for the club > featured in the movie "The Last Days of Disco". Studio 54 > 4. This jazz club in a dark basement in Greenwich Village has been > open since 1935. Over a hundred jazz albums have been recorded at > the venue, including ones by Bill Evans and John Coltrane in 1961. The Bitter End > featuring performances by all the major jazz artists of the day. In > the '60s, it helped launch the careers of artists such as Ella > Fitzgerald, James Brown, and the Jackson 5. The Apollo Theater > 1974-2003. Many major musical acts including Bruce Springsteen > played there, and it had a reputation for premiering new talent. Lou > Reed recorded the album "Live: Take No Prisoners" there. The Bitter End > war. Billie Holiday and many other famous jazz acts sang there; it > closed in 1948. Its name comes from a nickname for the "beautiful > people". The Bitter End > front part of the body only. The last wild one was probably shot in > the late 1870s, and the last specimen in captivity died on > 1883-08-12. Quagga > only flightless, but in fact wingless. They reached up to 10 feet (3 > m) in height and weighed 550 pounds (250 kg). > They are thought to have become extinct around 1500. Moa > 3. This was a flightless bird 3 feet (1 m) high that lived on the > islands of Mauritius. It's been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th > century. The Dodo > were as many as 5,000,000,000 of them at the time of the European > conquest. The last one, named Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo on > 1914-09-01. Passenger Pigeon > to extinction in the North Atlantic; the last specimen died around > 1852. Many types of birds of this family survive; we need the > specific term for this extinct type. Great Auk > vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, in 1979 > the World Health Organization certified the eradication of this > disease in the wild (though some labs still have specimens). Small pox > under 2,000 cases worldwide in 2005, > where there used to be epidemics affecting tens of thousands. Name > the disease. The short name is okay. Polio > This is attributed to climate change due to global warming. > The toad has many names, but we want the most common one, > which refers to its color. Golden Toad > endangered species, but at the end of the 20th century had widely > been considered extinct. This iconic bird is a symbol of lost > southern bayous and swamps. The short name is okay. Ivory billed woodpecker |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 20 08:31PM +0200 > the front part of the body only. The last wild one was probably > shot in the late 1870s, and the last specimen in captivity died > on 1883-08-12. Quagga > only flightless, but in fact wingless. They reached up to > 10 feet (3 m) in height and weighed 550 pounds (250 kg). > They are thought to have become extinct around 1500. Moa And with the Moa gone, there was nothing for the Haast eagle who also went out of business. > Europe. They are depicted in many paleolithic cave paintings > there. The last recorded live specimen, a female, died in 1627 > in Poland's Jaktorów Forest. Vicent > centuries, in 1979 the World Health Organization certified the > eradication of this disease in the wild (though some labs still > have specimens). Smallpox > Nigeria. There were under 2,000 cases worldwide in 2005, > where there used to be epidemics affecting tens of thousands. > Name the disease. The short name is okay. Polio |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 20 04:09PM -0700 On 8/19/20 9:04 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > featuring performances by all the major jazz artists of the day. > In the '60s, it helped launch the careers of artists such as > Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, and the Jackson 5. Cotton Club > the era, such as Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, it generally > denied admission to blacks. A movie of the fictionalized > history of the club was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. 21 Club > the front part of the body only. The last wild one was probably > shot in the late 1870s, and the last specimen in captivity died > on 1883-08-12. quagga > only flightless, but in fact wingless. They reached up to > 10 feet (3 m) in height and weighed 550 pounds (250 kg). > They are thought to have become extinct around 1500. moa > 3. This was a flightless bird 3 feet (1 m) high that lived on the > islands of Mauritius. It's been extinct since the mid-to-late > 17th century. dodo > were as many as 5,000,000,000 of them at the time of the > European conquest. The last one, named Martha, died in the > Cincinnati Zoo on 1914-09-01. passenger pigeon > hunted to extinction in the North Atlantic; the last specimen > died around 1852. Many types of birds of this family survive; > we need the specific term for this extinct type. skua > Europe. They are depicted in many paleolithic cave paintings > there. The last recorded live specimen, a female, died in 1627 > in Poland's Jaktorów Forest. aurochs > centuries, in 1979 the World Health Organization certified the > eradication of this disease in the wild (though some labs still > have specimens). smallpox > Nigeria. There were under 2,000 cases worldwide in 2005, > where there used to be epidemics affecting tens of thousands. > Name the disease. The short name is okay. polio (still not eradicated) > an endangered species, but at the end of the 20th century had > widely been considered extinct. This iconic bird is a symbol > of lost southern bayous and swamps. The short name is okay. ivory-billed woodpecker -- Dan Tilque |
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