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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 09:04PM -0500 In the "CQ #614 - Answers & Scores" posting, "Calvin" writes: > more of my time time and something has to give. I may return once > Mark's league can meet in person and he has current questions. > It's been a great 10+ years - thanks everyone for being part of it. Best wishes, Calvin. Your work over 614 quizzes has been much appreciated. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "To err is human, but to error requires a computer." msb@vex.net | -- Harry Lethall |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 21 04:45PM -0700 On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 8:12:53 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been director-general of which organisation since 2017? WHO And thanks for the puns :-) > 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 > 5 What links the Eurovision song contest entries of Belgium (2003 & 2008), Netherlands (2006) and Israel (2020), and no others? They were sung in fictional languages This one could have used some more clues sorry > 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 / Cissexual > 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. Tim Winton (you've heard of him surely?) or Thea Astley > 9 According to the Australian standard, household fridges should be set to what temperature (in degrees Celsius)? We'll accept one degree either way. 3, accepting 2-4 > 10 Who won his first major tennis title at the age of 19 by winning the 1990 US Open? Pete Sampras Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 614 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 32 Stephen Perry 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 26 Mark Brader 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 26 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 22 Dan Blum 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 14 Pete Gayde 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 14 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 4 4 4 0 4 4 1 4 1 32 53% Congratulations Stephen. And with that I will take my leave from rgt. There are a number of online quizzes which have sprung up during covid which are occupying more of my time time and something has to give. I may return once Mark's league can meet in person and he has current questions. It's been a great 10+ years - thanks everyone for being part of it. cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 21 04:48AM -0700 On 10/17/20 9:19 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > of grunge bands. We'll give you an album name; you name the band > whose debut album it was: > 4. "Facelift", released 1990-08-21, Columbia Records. Nirvana > 5. "Bleach", released 1989-06-15, Sub Pop Records. Nirvana > 6. "Ten", released 1991-08-27, Epic Records. Nirvana > 11. """Two""" movies, released 9 years apart, have starred Julia > Roberts and Richard Gere. Name *both*. *Note*: if there are > now more than two, name *any two*. Pretty Woman and ... um... > take two guesses, please separate them clearly so I can tell which > countries are part of which list. > 1. Liechtenstein. Switzerland and Austria > 2. Andorra. France and Spain > 3. Monaco. France > names. *Note*: Nothing here has changed since the original game. > 4. There are two countries whose names differ only in the *last > letter*, and they are adjacent. Name them. Iran and Iraq > coastline, one in the south that's landlocked. Their names are > 6 letters long, and they both came up in the African round in > Game 9. What are they? Zambia and Gambia > letter. They more or less face each other across about 700 miles > (1,100 km) of ocean, and their names are 7 letters long. > What are they? Iceland and Ireland > and eastern part of the country? Historically they have called > themselves Afghans, but that term is now commonly used to refer > to inhabitants of the country as a whole. Pashtun > 8. The language of <answer 7>, named similarly to the people, is > one of Afghanistan's official languages. What is the *other* > one? Persian > and most of the remaining ones left the country when the > Soviets invaded in 1979. One of the last two died in 2005. > What religion? Judaism > country, which you must name. For example, if we said Detroit, > USA, you would say Canada. > 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Uruguay > 11. Kolkata (or Calcutta), India. Bangladesh > 12. Singapore. Malaysia > not revert to its original name until 1971. Warning: a loose > confederation consisting of this country plus North Yemen had > a similar name, which is not the answer we want. United Arab Republic > aftermath of World War I under what inconveniently long name, > which continued in use until 1929? It used the word "Kingdom" > and referred to several of the ethnic groups that lived there. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes > Panama, but this country formed in 1823 included almost all of > that whole area. Much like Yugoslavia, it broke up in a series > of wars, in this case beginning in 1838. What was it called? Republic of Central America -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 21 01:21PM > > one of Afghanistan's official languages. What is the *other* > > one? > Persian (or Dari or Farsi). 4 for Joshua (the hard way). Dari was my second answer, although I would not call it the same language as Farsi. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 08:33PM +0200 >> Persian (or Dari or Farsi). 4 for Joshua (the hard way). > Dari was my second answer, although I would not call it the same > language as Farsi. Dari is generally considered to be a variation of Farsi, and this is also the essence of the Wikipedia article on Dari. But at the same time, in Sweden I believe we have separate interpreters for Dari. In my opinion, it was perfectly correct to award Joshua full points for his answer, and I would have raised a protest if Mark hadn't. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 08:35PM +0200 >> which continued in use until 1929? It used the word "Kingdom" >> and referred to several of the ethnic groups that lived there. > Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Pete. I had this answer, albeit with the "the" in a different place than you have it. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 04:15PM -0500 If Dan Tilque had posted his answers on time, he would have scored 4 points on Round 2 and 59 on Round 3. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "I'd opt for Oz, myself." msb@vex.net --Buck Henry |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 04:17PM -0500 Dan Blum: > Dari was my second answer... Oops. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "No flames were used in the creation of msb@vex.net | this message." -- Ray Depew |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 04:19PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> which continued in use until 1929? It used the word "Kingdom" >>> and referred to several of the ethnic groups that lived there. >> Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Pete. Erland Sommarskog: > I had this answer, albeit with the "the" in a different place than > you have it. That's two stupid scoring errors! 2 for Dan on the other question, and 4 for Erland on this one also. Scores, if there are now no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Geo Joshua Kreitzer 52 56 108 Dan Blum 26 42 68 Pete Gayde 6 43 49 Erland Sommarskog 4 44 48 -- Mark Brader "I used to think that the name C++ Toronto was a euphemism for D-." msb@vex.net --Peter Moylan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 21 01:44PM > exact length of his unit of measure, only that it was something > like five or six hundred feet. He calculated that the Earth's > circumference was 250,000 *what*? stadia > 3. This largish unit of weight, which is mentioned in the Bible, > was used by the Greeks and the Hebrews and was equivalent to > about 25 or 30 kilograms. oxhide > * Electronics Components > No, we're not asking about the ruler. > 4. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro1.jpg>? diodes > 5. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro2.jpg>? resistors > 6. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro3.jpg>? capacitors > 7. He was born in 1845 in Prussia and lived until 1923, and is > most famous for discovering X-rays, which he gave that name > because their nature was unknown. Who was he? Wilhelm Roentgen > alpha and beta radiation. By studying the deflection of alpha > rays, he then discovered that the atom contains a nucleus. > Name him. Ernest Rutherford > chemistry. He also suggested that fission and similar events > could be modeled by considering the nucleus as a drop of liquid. > Name him. Niels Bohr > * Bones > 11. In which part of the body are the parietal and occipital bones? > Be sufficiently specific. skull > 12. Where are the atlas and axis bones? hand; foot > 13. Mercury is one of two elements that are liquid at room > temperature. Name the other, a halogen element with a melting > point of -7?C and a boiling point of 59?C. iodine > 14. This element has the lowest boiling point of all and is the > only one that remains liquid, except under high pressure, > as the temperature approaches absolute zero. hydrogen > 15. What element has the highest melting point of all metals, > liquefying only at a temperature of just over 3,400?C? tungsten > ** Final, Round 6 - Canadiana > * Towns > 1. Mt. Pearl; Grand Falls - Windsor. Ontario > 2. Weyburn; Estevan. British Columbia; Newfoundland and Labrador > 3. Quesnel; Smithers. Saskatchewan; Manitoba > * QEW > 5. Who is the QEW named after? Be sufficiently specific, of course. the wife of George VI > * Shot in Toronto > 7. John Houseman won an Oscar for this 1973 drama about law school > students. It was filmed in part at the University of Toronto. The Paper Chase > 8. This 1976 satirical drama won four Oscars, one of them a > posthumous award. Scenes set in a TV studio were filmed at CFTO. Network > Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out > in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law > as can be demonstrably justified in a..." court of law > belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press > and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful ____; > (d) freedom of ____." Fill in *either one* of the blanks. assembly > "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable > ____ or ____." Section 9: "Everyone has the right not to be > arbitrarily ____ or ____." search and arrested -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Oct 21 02:55PM On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:29:29 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > * Electronics Components > No, we're not asking about the ruler. > 4. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro1.jpg>? Capacitors > 5. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro2.jpg>? Resistors > 6. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro3.jpg>? Diodes > 7. He was born in 1845 in Prussia and lived until 1923, and is > most famous for discovering X-rays, which he gave that name because > their nature was unknown. Who was he? Roentgen > and beta radiation. By studying the deflection of alpha rays, he > then discovered that the atom contains a nucleus. > Name him. Rutherford > "shells", which in turn explained important aspects of chemistry. He > also suggested that fission and similar events could be modeled by > considering the nucleus as a drop of liquid. Name him. Neils Bohr > 10. The spine or vertebral column terminates with the coccyx > ["KOK-six"] or tailbone; what is the large triangular bone directly > above it, inserted like a wedge between the hip bones? Sacrum > 11. In which part of the body are the parietal and occipital bones? > Be sufficiently specific. skull > 12. Where are the atlas and axis bones? Top of the spinal column > 13. Mercury is one of two elements that are liquid at room > temperature. Name the other, a halogen element with a melting point > of -7°C and a boiling point of 59°C. bromine > 14. This element has the lowest boiling point of all and is the > only one that remains liquid, except under high pressure, > as the temperature approaches absolute zero. helium > 15. What element has the highest melting point of all metals, > liquefying only at a temperature of just over 3,400°C? Carbon > represented settings in the United States. > 7. John Houseman won an Oscar for this 1973 drama about law school > students. It was filmed in part at the University of Toronto. Paper Chase > 8. This 1976 satirical drama won four Oscars, one of them a > posthumous award. Scenes set in a TV studio were filmed at CFTO. Network > belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and > other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful ____; (d) > freedom of ____." Fill in *either one* of the blanks. assembly > "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable ____ or > ____." Section 9: "Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily ____ > or ____." search or seizure |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 08:41PM +0200 > 4. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro1.jpg>? Condensators > 5. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro2.jpg>? Resistor > 6. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro3.jpg>? Diods > 7. He was born in 1845 in Prussia and lived until 1923, and is > most famous for discovering X-rays, which he gave that name > because their nature was unknown. Who was he? Röntgen > alpha and beta radiation. By studying the deflection of alpha > rays, he then discovered that the atom contains a nucleus. > Name him. Lawrence > chemistry. He also suggested that fission and similar events > could be modeled by considering the nucleus as a drop of liquid. > Name him. Niels Bohrs > 13. Mercury is one of two elements that are liquid at room > temperature. Name the other, a halogen element with a melting > point of -7°C and a boiling point of 59°C. Bromine > 14. This element has the lowest boiling point of all and is the > only one that remains liquid, except under high pressure, > as the temperature approaches absolute zero. Helium > 15. What element has the highest melting point of all metals, > liquefying only at a temperature of just over 3,400°C? Tungsten > ** Final, Round 6 - Canadiana > * Towns > 1. Mt. Pearl; Grand Falls - Windsor. ALberta > 2. Weyburn; Estevan. ALberta > 3. Quesnel; Smithers. ALberta > 5. Who is the QEW named after? Be sufficiently specific, of course. Queen Elizabeth II |
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