| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 28 03:45PM > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - 3-Digit Numbers > 3. A movie in 2000 told a fictional World War II story of Americans > stealing a German U-boat. What was its U-number, within 10? 715 > 4. According to Boeing, this model of airliner is the most > successful in history. On average there """are""" 1,000 of > them in the air at any time. 737 > 5. The hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran began in > 1979 and lasted to the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency. > How many days was it, within 10? 330 > 6. In computers, how many distinct values can a standard 8-bit > byte represent? 256 > 8. According to the novel by Ray Bradbury, what is the ignition > temperature of book paper in degrees Fahrenheit? 451 > 10. In most of the US and Canada we have 911, but what is the common > emergency phone number now adopted by most European countries? > Hint: this answer has already come up once in this round. 999 > A1. This hero is aided by Princess Narda and the gigantic Lothar. > His comic strip, created in 1934 by Lee Falk, """still > appears""" in daily newspapers. Mandrake the Magician > D1. What is your job if, during a certain activity in your > typical working day, you are careful to inform the co-worker > sitting next to you when your speed has reached V-1? airplane pilot > pnyyrq gur I-1. Jung fcrpvsvp pngrtbel bs zbqrea jrncba, > nyorvg jvgu n orggre ratvar naq n zhpu zber fbcuvfgvpngrq > pbageby flfgrz, vf zbfg fvzvyne gb gur I-1? guided missile > equally far, then we're going to need all of them. And the > question, of course, is: which province, or provinces, > """extends""" the farthest north? Quebec -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Dec 28 08:08PM +0100 > 1. Provincial highways in Ontario are classified into King's, > secondary, and tertiary highways. What """is""" the highest > King's highway number? 536 > 2. On the TTC (okay, that's Toronto Transit Commission), what is > the highest route number operating today, within 3? 952 > 3. A movie in 2000 told a fictional World War II story of Americans > stealing a German U-boat. What was its U-number, within 10? 137 - no that was a different submarine, and it was Soviet. > 4. According to Boeing, this model of airliner is the most > successful in history. On average there """are""" 1,000 of > them in the air at any time. 767 > 5. The hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran began in > 1979 and lasted to the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency. > How many days was it, within 10? 400 > 6. In computers, how many distinct values can a standard 8-bit > byte represent? 256 > 7. How many pounds are there in a long hundredweight (that is, > the British hundredweight)? 100 > 8. According to the novel by Ray Bradbury, what is the ignition > temperature of book paper in degrees Fahrenheit? 451 > 9. Name the """newest""" telephone area code to be partly or > wholly within our local calling region. It was overlaid on > area code 905 in 2001. 904 > 10. In most of the US and Canada we have 911, but what is the common > emergency phone number now adopted by most European countries? > Hint: this answer has already come up once in this round. 112 OK, I guess that I at this point should back and see which question that might be. The submarine? > D1. What is your job if, during a certain activity in your > typical working day, you are careful to inform the co-worker > sitting next to you when your speed has reached V-1? Air pilot > pnyyrq gur I-1. Jung fcrpvsvp pngrtbel bs zbqrea jrncba, > nyorvg jvgu n orggre ratvar naq n zhpu zber fbcuvfgvpngrq > pbageby flfgrz, vf zbfg fvzvyne gb gur I-1? Robot weapon > equally far, then we're going to need all of them. And the > question, of course, is: which province, or provinces, > """extends""" the farthest north? Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 29 04:49AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:WdydnaLaGNbjD3TCnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Provincial highways in Ontario are classified into King's, > secondary, and tertiary highways. What """is""" the highest > King's highway number? 111 > 2. On the TTC (okay, that's Toronto Transit Commission), what is > the highest route number operating today, within 3? 111 > 3. A movie in 2000 told a fictional World War II story of Americans > stealing a German U-boat. What was its U-number, within 10? 111 > 4. According to Boeing, this model of airliner is the most > successful in history. On average there """are""" 1,000 of > them in the air at any time. 747 > 5. The hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran began in > 1979 and lasted to the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency. > How many days was it, within 10? 454 > 6. In computers, how many distinct values can a standard 8-bit > byte represent? 256 > the British hundredweight)? > 8. According to the novel by Ray Bradbury, what is the ignition > temperature of book paper in degrees Fahrenheit? 451 > 10. In most of the US and Canada we have 911, but what is the common > emergency phone number now adopted by most European countries? > Hint: this answer has already come up once in this round. 111 > A1. This hero is aided by Princess Narda and the gigantic Lothar. > His comic strip, created in 1934 by Lee Falk, """still > appears""" in daily newspapers. Prince Valiant > C2. The linea nigra is a darkening that may appear during > pregnancy in the form of a line between what two body > locations? Give both. Navel and waist > D1. What is your job if, during a certain activity in your > typical working day, you are careful to inform the co-worker > sitting next to you when your speed has reached V-1? Airline pilot > pnyyrq gur I-1. Jung fcrpvsvp pngrtbel bs zbqrea jrncba, > nyorvg jvgu n orggre ratvar naq n zhpu zber fbcuvfgvpngrq > pbageby flfgrz, vf zbfg fvzvyne gb gur I-1? Drone > equally far, then we're going to need all of them. And the > question, of course, is: which province, or provinces, > """extends""" the farthest north? Quebec; Ontario Pete Gayde |
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