| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 04 12:50PM +0100 > in 1975", and "written at a kitchen table and collated, > trimmed and stapled by hand." """Now there are""" over > 650 books in the series. Name it. Lonely Planet > 1835, originally in German. The books became so well known > that their name """is""" sometimes used colloquially as a > synonym for "guidebook". Warta Führer > * C. Documentaries about Musicians > C1. Name the often-married big-band leader and clarinetist who > was the subject of a 1985 biography by Brigitte Berman. Nebby Goodman > * D. Canadian Prime Ministers > D1. Name any year during which Arthur Meighen was Prime Minister. 1938 > D2. Within 1, what year did Richard Bennett become Prime > Minister? 1952 > E1. The Latin title of this book translates to "The Mathematical > Principles of Natural Philosophy". What great scientist > wrote it? Newton > E2. The Latin title of this book may be translated as "About > the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres". Again, name > the author. Kepler |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 04 07:58PM > ** Game 3, Round 9 - Canadiana - Let's Go to the "Ex" > 1. Within 5 years, in what year was the CNE founded (under the name > "Toronto Industrial Exhibition")? 1876; 1865 > 2. Either tell us the price of general admission that year, or else > what the price of general admission (including taxes) """will > be in 2003""". We will allow 5? leeway on any of these answers. that year: 5 cents > 3. In 1882, the closing hour was extended to 10 pm as the Ex > had become the first exhibition in the world to adopt which > technological advance? electric lighting > transportation, the first of its kind in Canada? In 1883 > it didn't work properly, but many people rode on it starting > in 1884. Be sufficiently specific. electric trams > at the Exhibition by Thomas Edison in 1888, and featured > greetings from Lord Stanley (of Stanley Cup fame) to which > politician? You can give his name or his political position. Mayor of Toronto > 7. Within one year, what was the last year that a Blue Jay baseball > game was played at Exhibition Stadium? 1967; 1972 > 9. For many years, a popular exhibit in the Horse Palace was a > sculpture made out of what? (There was a new one every year.) hay; ice > in 1975", and "written at a kitchen table and collated, > trimmed and stapled by hand." """Now there are""" over > 650 books in the series. Name it. Tough Guide; Lonely Planet > 1835, originally in German. The books became so well known > that their name """is""" sometimes used colloquially as a > synonym for "guidebook". Baedeker > * C. Documentaries about Musicians > C1. Name the often-married big-band leader and clarinetist who > was the subject of a 1985 biography by Brigitte Berman. Goodman > C2. This violinist's 1979 tour of China was documented by > Murray Lerner. Perlman > E1. The Latin title of this book translates to "The Mathematical > Principles of Natural Philosophy". What great scientist > wrote it? Newton > E2. The Latin title of this book may be translated as "About > the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres". Again, name > the author. Kepler; Copernicus -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 05 11:12AM +0100 > Tough Guide; Lonely Planet Tough Guide? Never heard of those, but there are Rough Guides. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 04 07:48PM > > Name any one of the three. > Venus, Uranus, Pluto. (Still true, but Pluto...) 4 for Dan Tilque, > Joshua, Erland, and Bruce. I answered "Uranus" for this. -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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): Dec 04 02:08PM -0600 Mark Brader: > > > Name any one of the three. > > Venus, Uranus, Pluto. (Still true, but Pluto...) 4 for Dan Tilque, > > Joshua, Erland, and Bruce. Dan Blum: > I answered "Uranus" for this. Oops, sorry. 4 for Dan Blum also. Scores, if there are now no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Art Ent Geo His Lei Sci FOUR Dan Blum 20 32 8 11 40 40 132 Joshua Kreitzer 7 40 8 8 36 34 118 Pete Gayde 36 8 16 6 21 19 92 Erland Sommarskog 28 0 11 4 8 32 79 Dan Tilque 4 4 4 8 24 40 76 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 16 24 40 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | It is never good to adapt the design to the software; msb@vex.net | it should be the other way around. --J.A. Durieux My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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