| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 17 08:30PM +0100 > 1. World War II began in the city that the Germans call Danzig. > Later, Lech Walesa started the Solidarity movement there. > What """do""" the Poles call this city? Gdansk > 2. Irish republicans """call""" this city Derry. What name did the > English give it in 1613? Londonderry > Baltic Sea, and is in an exclave cut off from the rest of Russia > by the three Baltic states. Its German name is Königsberg. > What """is""" its Russian name? Kaliningrad > 4. Jerusalem is the third-holiest city for Muslims. What is its > Arabic name? Al-Quds > 5. The Egyptians today call this large city by the Arabic name > Iskandaria. What did the ancient Greeks name it? Alexandria > 6. The Turks say Istanbul. What do (and did) the Greeks say? Constantineopel > settlers massacred a large number of Muslims praying at a mosque > in the early 1990s. The Palestinians call the city al-Khalil. > Canadian newspapers use the city's Hebrew name. What is that? Hebron > Rabbat-Ammon. Much later the Greeks captured it and called > it Philadelphia. It is now the capital city of a rather small > country. What is its modern Arabic name? Beirut > his capital. He also built a church there that still contains > his throne. The city is called Aachen in German. What is its > full name in French? Aix-en-Rhine > unification, Garibaldi, was born; but the Italians traded > it to France in 1860 for, ah, future considerations. What > is its French name? Nice > 7. Passengers intending to cross the Atlantic boarded the Titanic > at three ports and were bound for a single port on this side > of the ocean. Name *any two* of the four ports. Liverpool > 8. Within 10% of the correct number, how many people were killed? 2500 > 9. *Of those killed*, how many percent were adult males? > Please answer by giving the nearest multiple of 10%, i.e. 40%, > 50%, 60%, etc. 30% > 10. Within 25% of the correct number, how many *more* people could > the lifeboats have carried according to their rated capacity? > Give the actual number, not a percentage. 700 |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 17 10:32PM > 1. World War II began in the city that the Germans call Danzig. > Later, Lech Walesa started the Solidarity movement there. > What """do""" the Poles call this city? Gdansk > 2. Irish republicans """call""" this city Derry. What name did the > English give it in 1613? Londonderry > Baltic Sea, and is in an exclave cut off from the rest of Russia > by the three Baltic states. Its German name is K?nigsberg. > What """is""" its Russian name? Kaliningrad > 5. The Egyptians today call this large city by the Arabic name > Iskandaria. What did the ancient Greeks name it? Alexandria > 6. The Turks say Istanbul. What do (and did) the Greeks say? Byzantium > settlers massacred a large number of Muslims praying at a mosque > in the early 1990s. The Palestinians call the city al-Khalil. > Canadian newspapers use the city's Hebrew name. What is that? Hebron > Rabbat-Ammon. Much later the Greeks captured it and called > it Philadelphia. It is now the capital city of a rather small > country. What is its modern Arabic name? Amman; Beirut > unification, Garibaldi, was born; but the Italians traded > it to France in 1860 for, ah, future considerations. What > is its French name? Nice > movie about the sinking premiered on May 14, 1912. So what > was the date, as kept aboard the ship, when it sank -- within > 10 days? (Include the year.) January 20, 1912 > remained in service into the 1930s; but the third was diverted to > become a hospital ship in the First World War and sunk by a mine > or perhaps a torpedo. Name either one of the other two ships. Britannic > 3. What company owned these ships? (The direct owner, not the > company that owned it in turn.) White Star Line > this ship; yet its radioman was not awakened and no action was > taken until dawn. This ship had a geographical name relating > to the US. Name *either* it or its captain. California > 7. Passengers intending to cross the Atlantic boarded the Titanic > at three ports and were bound for a single port on this side > of the ocean. Name *any two* of the four ports. Portsmouth > 8. Within 10% of the correct number, how many people were killed? 500; 800 > 9. *Of those killed*, how many percent were adult males? > Please answer by giving the nearest multiple of 10%, i.e. 40%, > 50%, 60%, etc. 60%; 80% > 10. Within 25% of the correct number, how many *more* people could > the lifeboats have carried according to their rated capacity? > Give the actual number, not a percentage. 234 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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