- RQFTCI07 Game 10 Rounds 7-8: box sets, web-site founders - 2 Updates
- CQ #614 - 4 Updates
- CQ #613 - Answers and Scores - 1 Update
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 12 08:28PM +0200 > * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders > 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig > Newmark in San Francisco in 1995. eBay > 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web > company at Stanford University in 1998? > 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004, > originally intending it for college students only; Andrew > McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding. > company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was > accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder. > How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.) Wikipedia > operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the > Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable > until 2002. Amazon > 2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of > the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company > mentioned in this round. YouTube |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 13 02:32AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:NqydnSO6-r0IRB7CnZ2dnUU7- > identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work. > 1. "Il Paradiso". > 2. "The Two Towers". Lord of the Rings > "Inc." or whatever. > 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig > Newmark in San Francisco in 1995. Yelp > University. Col Needham took the lead and soon became the > company's president, while Rob Hartill designed the first > web interface. WebMD > site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar. > 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web > company at Stanford University in 1998? > 5. This web site was started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994, > also at Stanford; the company was incorporated the following > year. Yahoo > 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004, > originally intending it for college students only; Andrew > McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding. > company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was > accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder. > How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.) Wikipedia.org > operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the > Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable > until 2002. Amazon > 2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of > the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company > mentioned in this round. Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 12 03:12PM -0700 1 Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been director-general of which organisation since 2017? 2 Which term is missing from this ordered list: velocity, acceleration, … , snap [aka jounce], crackle, pop? 3 What was the given name of the founder of the Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque? 4 The name of the London thoroughfare Pall Mall is named for a ball game played there during the 17th century, which was the precursor to which genteel contemporary sport? 5 What links the Eurovision song contest entries of Belgium (2003 & 2008), Netherlands (2006) and Israel (2020), and no others? 6 Which Roman god is included in the logo for the Goodyear tyre company? 7 What nine-letter word is the antonym of transgender? 8 Name either of the two authors who have each won the Miles Franklin Literary Award four times, the most by any author since the inception of the Award in 1957. 9 According to the Australian standard, household fridges should be set to what temperature (in degrees Celsius)? We'll accept one degree either way. 10 Who won his first major tennis title at the age of 19 by winning the 1990 US Open? cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 12 10:34PM > 1 Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been director-general of which organisation since 2017? WHO > 2 Which term is missing from this ordered list: velocity, acceleration, ??? , snap [aka jounce], crackle, pop? jerk > 3 What was the given name of the founder of the Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque? Enzo > 4 The name of the London thoroughfare Pall Mall is named for a ball game played there during the 17th century, which was the precursor to which genteel contemporary sport? croquet > 6 Which Roman god is included in the logo for the Goodyear tyre company? Vulcan > 7 What nine-letter word is the antonym of transgender? cisgender > 9 According to the Australian standard, household fridges should be set to what temperature (in degrees Celsius)? We'll accept one degree either way. 7 > 10 Who won his first major tennis title at the age of 19 by winning the 1990 US Open? Michael Chang -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 12 07:35PM -0500 Calvin: > 1 Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been > director-general of which organisation since 2017? Who? :-) World Health Organization. > 2 Which term is missing from this ordered list: velocity, > acceleration, ... , snap [aka jounce], crackle, pop? Jerk. > 3 What was the given name of the founder of the Ferrari Grand Prix > motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile > marque? Enrico? > 4 The name of the London thoroughfare Pall Mall is named for a > ball game played there during the 17th century, which was the > precursor to which genteel contemporary sport? Croquet. > 5 What links the Eurovision song contest entries of Belgium (2003 > & 2008), Netherlands (2006) and Israel (2020), and no others? Scored 0? > 6 Which Roman god is included in the logo for the Goodyear tyre company? Mercury. > 7 What nine-letter word is the antonym of transgender? Cisgender. > 8 Name either of the two authors who have each won the Miles > Franklin Literary Award four times, the most by any author since > the inception of the Award in 1957. Dr. Seuss? > 9 According to the Australian standard, household fridges should > be set to what temperature (in degrees Celsius)? We'll accept one > degree either way. 4. > 10 Who won his first major tennis title at the age of 19 by > winning the 1990 US Open? Borg? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Any story that needs a critic to explain it, msb@vex.net | needs rewriting." -- Larry Niven My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 13 02:21AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been > director-general of which organisation since 2017? WHO > 3 What was the given name of the > founder of the Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently > of the Ferrari automobile marque? Enzo > thoroughfare Pall Mall is named for a ball game played there during > the 17th century, which was the precursor to which genteel > contemporary sport? Lawn bowling > (2020), and no others? > 6 Which Roman god is included in the logo > for the Goodyear tyre company? Mercury > 9 According to > the Australian standard, household fridges should be set to what > temperature (in degrees Celsius)? We'll accept one degree either way. 6 > 10 Who won his first major tennis title at the age of 19 by > winning the 1990 US Open? Agassi > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 12 03:09PM -0700 On Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 7:49:30 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Green, golden, purple, fuzzy, hardy and Arctic are varieties of which fruit? Kiwifruit > 2 Rita Wilson is married to which Oscar-winning actor? Tom Hanks > 3 In number theory, a positive integer that is neither abundant nor deficient must what have unusual quality? Perfect (ion) number > 4 Named for an English city, what name is traditionally given to a sporting match between two teams in the same town, state or vicinity? Derby > 5 George Bernard Shaw once humorously defined what activity as "the vertical expression of horizontal desire"? Dancing > 6 According to Greek Mythology, after being spurned by Narcissus, which heart-broken nymph pined away until only her voice remained? Echo > 7 The cities of Graz and Linz are located in which European country? Austria > 8 Also known as colophony and Greek pitch and denoted by E number E915, which solid form of conifer resin has a myriad of uses including being a component in ink, varnish, adhesive and soap? Due to its friction-increasing abilities it is also popular with musicians, dancers and sportspeople. Rosin > 9 Founded in 1909, which US media company owns titles including Epicurious, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Vogue? Conde Nast > 10 Which Hollywood legend (1901-1960) was married five times, including to fellow actor Carol Lombard and English socialite Sylvia Ashley? Clark Gable Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 613 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 44 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 44 Aren Ess 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 42 Mark Brader 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 34 Dan Blum 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 26 Pete Gayde 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 11 Erland S 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Dan Tilque - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 2 5 5 5 3 4 6 4 5 5 44 63% Congratulations Stephen and Aren. cheers, calvin |
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