| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 02 08:21PM +0100 > Next thing you're going to tell me that Scotland was never part of > England. :-) It was many years since I read about this, but wasn't the case for a while around year 1300? By the way, there is one part of Norway that has been part of Sweden, to wit what was then known as Trondheims Län. It lasted from 1658 to 1660. (And then there are parts of Sweden that once were in Norway.) /Erland |
| 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 05 11:12AM +0100 > Tough Guide; Lonely Planet Tough Guide? Never heard of those, but there are Rough Guides. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 02 07:33PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:0PadndWDIMs5SFjCnZ2dnUU7- > from whichever page of the 2-page handout it appears on. > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o3/7/games.pdf > 1. Space Invaders. 12 > 2. Missile Command. 2; 10 > 3. Frogger. 7 > 4. Q*bert. 13 > 5. Galaga. 2; 10 > 6. Zaxxon. 2; 10 > 7. Berzerk. 1; 4 > 8. Pole Position. 8; 11 > 9. Joust. 5 > 10. Donkey Kong. 9 > So there were 5 decoys. If you like, decode the rot13 and pick out > those games for fun, but for no points: > 11. Fcevag 1. 5 > 12. Zf. Cnp-Zna. 14 > 13. Qvt Qht. 15 > 14. Chapu-Bhg!!. 3 > 15. Pneaviny. 1 > that some answers will repeat. > 1. On which """planet""" is the length of a day most similar > to ours? Mars; Venus > 2. Which """planet"""'s orbit takes it closest of all """planets""" > to the Earth? Mars; Venus > 3. Which was the first """planet""" discovered using a telescope? > By "discovered" we mean that it was recognized to be a > """planet""". Saturn > photograph the same part of the sky on different nights, then > using a Blink-Comparator to look for differences between the > two photographic plates? Neptune; Uranus > 5. The four largest """planets""" in the Solar System are called > the gas giants. Name *all four*. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune > 6. There are also four """planets""" in the Solar System now known > to have rings around them. Name *any two*. Saturn, Uranus > 7. Seven of the nine """planets""" have at least one """known""" > satellite, or moon. Name the two that do not. Mercury, Venus > """planet""" with the greatest number of """known""" satellites. > Name it. *Note*: This is a historical question, so you must > give the answer that was correct in 2003. Saturn; Jupiter > anticlockwise, like the North Pole on Earth, is on the south > side of the """planet"""'s orbital plane as seen from the Sun. > Name any one of the three. Neptune; Uranus > shape is from an exact circle. Name any one of the three > """planets""" with the most eccentric orbits (that is, the > least circular). Neptune; Uranus Peter Gayde |
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