| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 05 01:28PM > Dan Blum (tool@panix.com) writes: > > Tough Guide; Lonely Planet > Tough Guide? Never heard of those, but there are Rough Guides. That's probably what I was thinking of. -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 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 |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 05 09:21AM -0800 On 12/3/20 11:13 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > Since the CNE for 2020 was canceled, if you choose to give answers > based on current information where applicable, that would be > for 2019. Right. What's the CNE? (Never mind. It's virtually certain that it's Canadian National Exhibition.) > 1. Within 5 years, in what year was the CNE founded (under the name > "Toronto Industrial Exhibition")? 1870 > 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. 10 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 lights > 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. cable car > 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. Prime Minister > 8. What company """runs""" the Midway? > 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.) ice > 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. Copernicus -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 05 02:25PM -0600 Erland Sommarskog: > > Tough Guide? Never heard of those, but there are Rough Guides. Dan Blum: > That's probably what I was thinking of. If Rough Guide is the right answer, then you shouldn't've admitted it. I might've accepted Tough Guide as a plausible typo. -- Mark Brader "I like to think of [this] as self-explanatory." Toronto "I hope *I* think of [it] that way." msb@vex.net -- Donald Westlake: "Trust Me On This" |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 05 02:26PM -0600 Dan Tilque: > Right. What's the CNE? > (Never mind. It's virtually certain that it's Canadian National Exhibition.) Well, that's what it *stands for*. Nothing national about it, really. -- Mark Brader | "If I quoted each [part] that had serious problems, Toronto | [the author] could sue me for copyright infringement." msb@vex.net | -- Steve Summit |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 06 04:32AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Nu2dnXdx0tULfFTCnZ2dnUU7- > for 2019. > 1. Within 5 years, in what year was the CNE founded (under the name > "Toronto Industrial Exhibition")? 1900; 1911 > 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. Horse-drawn trolley > 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. Kitchener > Canadian broadcaster? > 7. Within one year, what was the last year that a Blue Jay baseball > game was played at Exhibition Stadium? 2001; 2004 > 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 > In these questions you will be asked to name the actress who > played the mother in the given program. > B1. Who played Florida Evans in "Good Times"? Esther Rolle > B2. Who played Olivia Walton in "The Waltons"? Michael Learned > the subject of an Academy-Award-winning documentary feature film. > C1. Name the often-married big-band leader and clarinetist who > was the subject of a 1985 biography by Brigitte Berman. Woody Herman > C2. This violinist's 1979 tour of China was documented by > Murray Lerner. Isaac Stern; Itzhak Perlman > * D. Canadian Prime Ministers > D1. Name any year during which Arthur Meighen was Prime Minister. 1922; 1930 > D2. Within 1, what year did Richard Bennett become Prime > Minister? 1945; 1948 > 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. Galileo > F1. The 2003 NBA All-Star Game """will be""" played this > coming Sunday. Which Houston Rockets rookie """will start""" > at center for the Western Conference team? Yao Ming > F2. Where will the game be held """this year"""? Name *either* > the arena or the city. Orlando (2020) Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 06 11:27AM +0100 > If Rough Guide is the right answer, then you shouldn't've admitted it. > I might've accepted Tough Guide as a plausible typo. Indeed, R and T are next to each other on the keyboard. (And I have certainl made typos with keys that are further apart.) But it did look funny. :-) |
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