| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 19 02:44PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ytSdnW1R-peG85v9nZ2dnUU7- > We'll also tell you which language it's in. You give the country's > name in English. By the way, they are all UN member countries. > 1. The language is French: the country is Lettonie ["leh-toe-NEE"]. Lithuania; Latvia > 2. The language is Hebrew: the country is Sefarad ["se-fa-RAD"]. Spain > 3. The language is Arabic: the country is al-Urdun ["al-oor-DOON"]. Jordan > 4. The language is Latin: the country is Lusitania. Portugal > 5. The language is Spanish: the country is Argelia ["ar-HAIL-ya"]. Algeria > 6. The language is Arabic: the country is al-Hind. India > 7. The language is Spanish: the country is Paises Bajos > ["pie-EE-sess-BA-hoce"]. Netherlands > 8. The language is German: the country is Griechenland > ["GREE-shen-lahnt"]. Greece > 9. The language is Russian: the country is Khorvatiya > ["khor-VAT-ee-yah"]. Croatia > 10. The language is Russian: the country is Shveytsariya > ["shvey-TSAR-ee-yah"]. Switzerland > court requires a lower standard of proof. The original criminal > trial gave rise to a boatload of minor or transient celebrities. > We'll ask you to name just one: the presiding judge. Lance Ito > brought to trial since he died of a drug overdose a few months > later. At what venerable New York *location* did the murder > take place? Chelsea Hotel > 1986 movie "Sid and Nancy"; a year later Oldman played the > real-life victim of a domestic killing in another movie. > Who was that? Joe Orton > 4. The author of "The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet" was > murdered by his lover in 1980. Name either of the principals > in this incident. Tarnower; Harris > was murdered in 1327, allegedly on the instigation of his wife > Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. Name and number required > if applicable. Edward III > by a medication she was taking -- even though both cocaine > and alcohol were also found in her system. Which popular > anti-depressant was she using? Zoloft; Prozac > 7. Who (other than himself) was killed by Paul Snider on 1980-08-14? Dorothy Stratten > 8. Which Roman emperor was allegedly murdered by his wife Agrippina > by being fed a dish of poison mushrooms? Nero; Caligula > 9. On 1976-03-21, Andy Williams's ex-wife killed her then-lover. > Name either her or her victim. Claudine Longet; "Spider" Sabich > 10. Actor Robert Blake """currently""" sits in jail awaiting trial > for the murder of his wife. Name her. Bonny Bakley -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 19 11:00AM -0800 On 1/18/21 9:28 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > For example: We say, "The language is German: the country is > Frankreich." You say, "France". > 1. The language is French: the country is Lettonie ["leh-toe-NEE"]. Latvia > 2. The language is Hebrew: the country is Sefarad ["se-fa-RAD"]. South Africa > 3. The language is Arabic: the country is al-Urdun ["al-oor-DOON"]. Ukraine > 4. The language is Latin: the country is Lusitania. Portugal > 5. The language is Spanish: the country is Argelia ["ar-HAIL-ya"]. Algeria > 6. The language is Arabic: the country is al-Hind. India > 7. The language is Spanish: the country is Paises Bajos > ["pie-EE-sess-BA-hoce"]. Netherlands > 8. The language is German: the country is Griechenland > ["GREE-shen-lahnt"]. Greece > 9. The language is Russian: the country is Khorvatiya > ["khor-VAT-ee-yah"]. Korea > 10. The language is Russian: the country is Shveytsariya > ["shvey-TSAR-ee-yah"]. Switzerland > court requires a lower standard of proof. The original criminal > trial gave rise to a boatload of minor or transient celebrities. > We'll ask you to name just one: the presiding judge. Ito > was murdered in 1327, allegedly on the instigation of his wife > Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. Name and number required > if applicable. Edward II > by a medication she was taking -- even though both cocaine > and alcohol were also found in her system. Which popular > anti-depressant was she using? Xanax -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 19 08:18PM +0100 > * Game 7, Round 7 - Geography - Place Names in Other Languages > 1. The language is French: the country is Lettonie ["leh-toe-NEE"]. Latvia > 2. The language is Hebrew: the country is Sefarad ["se-fa-RAD"]. Ethiopia > 3. The language is Arabic: the country is al-Urdun ["al-oor-DOON"]. Pakistan > 4. The language is Latin: the country is Lusitania. Portugal > 5. The language is Spanish: the country is Argelia ["ar-HAIL-ya"]. Algeria > 6. The language is Arabic: the country is al-Hind. India > 7. The language is Spanish: the country is Paises Bajos > ["pie-EE-sess-BA-hoce"]. Netherlands > 8. The language is German: the country is Griechenland > ["GREE-shen-lahnt"]. Greece > 9. The language is Russian: the country is Khorvatiya > ["khor-VAT-ee-yah"]. Croatia > 10. The language is Russian: the country is Shveytsariya > ["shvey-TSAR-ee-yah"]. Switzerland > was murdered in 1327, allegedly on the instigation of his wife > Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. Name and number required > if applicable. Edward II |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 19 11:40PM > * Game 7, Round 7 - Geography - Place Names in Other Languages > 1. The language is French: the country is Lettonie ["leh-toe-NEE"]. Lithuania > 2. The language is Hebrew: the country is Sefarad ["se-fa-RAD"]. Spain > 3. The language is Arabic: the country is al-Urdun ["al-oor-DOON"]. Pakistan > 4. The language is Latin: the country is Lusitania. Portugal > 5. The language is Spanish: the country is Argelia ["ar-HAIL-ya"]. Poland; Hungary > 6. The language is Arabic: the country is al-Hind. India > 7. The language is Spanish: the country is Paises Bajos > ["pie-EE-sess-BA-hoce"]. Netherlands > 8. The language is German: the country is Griechenland > ["GREE-shen-lahnt"]. Greece > 9. The language is Russian: the country is Khorvatiya > ["khor-VAT-ee-yah"]. Hungary; Poland > 10. The language is Russian: the country is Shveytsariya > ["shvey-TSAR-ee-yah"]. Georgia > court requires a lower standard of proof. The original criminal > trial gave rise to a boatload of minor or transient celebrities. > We'll ask you to name just one: the presiding judge. Ito > brought to trial since he died of a drug overdose a few months > later. At what venerable New York *location* did the murder > take place? Pennsylvania Hotel; Waldorf-Astoria > was murdered in 1327, allegedly on the instigation of his wife > Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. Name and number required > if applicable. Edward II > by a medication she was taking -- even though both cocaine > and alcohol were also found in her system. Which popular > anti-depressant was she using? Prozac > 8. Which Roman emperor was allegedly murdered by his wife Agrippina > by being fed a dish of poison mushrooms? Nero -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Jan 19 08:13PM +0100 >> present-day *country*. > 2003 answer: Czech Republic. 2020 answer: Czechia. Wrong answer: > Czechoslovakia. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland. Absolute no points for me! Just because my answer started on C does not mean that it counts as "close enough". > a video game, a movie, and more -- Wikipedia has a list. Helen Mirren > was involved, but only to the extent of providing a computer's voice > in the movie. That was a little funny that my confused answer actually had some relation to the correct answer. The film I had in mind was "The Clearing" and I found that when I looked it up that the pertrator had a first name starting on A, and a relatively short last name, but it was not that close to Artur Dent. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 19 03:11PM -0600 Mark Brader: >>> present-day *country*. >> 2003 answer: Czech Republic. 2020 answer: Czechia. Wrong answer: >> Czechoslovakia. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland. Erland Sommarskog: > Absolute no points for me! Just because my answer started on C > does not mean that it counts as "close enough". Cripes! Which also starts with C. Sorry, folks. 4 for the two Dans only. Scores, if there are now no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Spo Sci His Lit Dan Blum 0 28 20 40 88 Dan Tilque 4 40 4 36 84 Joshua Kreitzer 4 28 12 20 64 Erland Sommarskog 7 39 8 4 58 Pete Gayde 8 4 8 8 28 -- Mark Brader "A facility for quotation covers the absence Toronto of original thought" -- Lord Peter Wimsey msb@vex.net (Philip Broadley, "Gaudy Night") My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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