Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 2 topics

Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Mar 30 11:38PM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
> and Europe
 
> 1. In what US city's downtown """do""" BART trains run under
> Market St.?
 
San Francisco
 
> street designations are also applied to the lines)? Its system
> """features""" a separate pair of tracks for express trains on
> the central section of most lines.
 
New York City
 
> This feature was then copied by both the Montreal and Mexico
> City systems. What is it?
 
> 9. What name is used for a subway in German-speaking countries?
 
U-bahn
 
> Canada and the US """now""" using this method for subway lines;
> some of them may already have been mentioned in this round.
> Name any *two*.
 
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 30 10:28PM -0700

On 3/29/21 8:08 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> I can't give you the dates of those cartoons, so I'll show the
> dates they held the relevant elected office.
 
> 1. A. 1967. Name the man on the right.
 
Trudeau
 
> 2. B (decoy, in office 4 months in 1993).
 
Campbell
 
> and Europe
 
> 1. In what US city's downtown """do""" BART trains run under
> Market St.?
 
San Francisco
 
 
> 2. What US city's subway first opened in 1993 but has already
> appeared in at least two movies?
 
Los Angeles
 
> lettered from A to E? The system """includes""" stations named
> for King George V, Charles de Gaulle, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
> and the one-time city of Stalingrad.
 
Berlin
 
> street designations are also applied to the lines)? Its system
> """features""" a separate pair of tracks for express trains on
> the central section of most lines.
 
New York
 
> identified by line names. Name any *three*. >
> 6. What Canadian city """has""" a bus-only transit system featuring
> a bus-only road called the Transitway?
 
Edmonton; Calgary
 
 
> 7. What Canadian city """has""" a driverless transit line very
> similar to the Scarborough RT, called the SkyTrain although
> some of its route is underground?
 
Vancouver
 
> This feature was then copied by both the Montreal and Mexico
> City systems. What is it?
 
> 9. What name is used for a subway in German-speaking countries?
 
Unterbahn ??
 
> Canada and the US """now""" using this method for subway lines;
> some of them may already have been mentioned in this round.
> Name any *two*.
 
Los Angeles, Portland
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 30 03:51PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > 1. Which two computer manufacturers announced a possible merger
> > this week?

> Compaq and Digital (DEC). Dan Blum and Joshua got this.
 
No they didn't. Sorry about that.
--
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Toronto | the exact instant when I realized that a large part
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| mistakes in my own programs." -- Maurice Wilkes
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 30 11:32PM +0200

>> > this week?
 
>> Compaq and Digital (DEC). Dan Blum and Joshua got this.
 
> No they didn't. Sorry about that.
 
Interesting enough, I also typed Compaq and HP. But then I did know
any of the regular questions, so I never posted.
 
Gee! I didn't recall that Digital hold out that long!
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