| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 11:46PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-04-20, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". I think I wrote one question in the literature round, and one triple in the challenge round. ** Final, Round 8 - Literature * Unofficial Anthems We will read two lines of a patriotic or idealistic national song. You continue the lyric for another two lines or until you get to the word that rhymes (or sort-of-rhymes) with the one where we left off. 1. "The Maple Leaf Forever": In days of yore, from Britain's shore Wolfe the dauntless hero came 2. "America the Beautiful": O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain; 3. Blake's "Milton", often called "Jerusalem": And did those feet in ancient times Walk upon England's mountains green? * """Modern""" Pundits We give the names of three books; you name the author. All were published in the 1990s. 4. "The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society"; "Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus"; "Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader". 5. "Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How to Use It"; "Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood"; "Women in the Material World" (co-author). 6. "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson"; "Vamps and Tramps: New Essays"; "Sex, Art, and American Culture". * Early Giants of the European Novel 7. Alessandro Manzoni was the father of the modern Italian novel, and a story he published in 1827 has been called the greatest Italian novel of modern times. It tells of two peasants who try to marry in spite of the opposition of the local landowner. Name the novel, in either Italian or English. 8. Aleksandr Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature, published a verse novel in 1833 about a bored aristocrat who moves to the countryside, rejects the love of a woman named Tatyana, and years later suffers when Tatyana, now married to a great nobleman, in turn rejects him. Name it, in either Russian (in our alphabet, please; no Cyrillic) or English. 9. John Wolfgang von Goethe published a hugely popular novel in 1774 that told of a dreamy, artistic young man who commits suicide out of unrequited love and a belief in the meaninglessness of life. Supposedly the novel inspired hundreds of young men to follow his example and kill themselves. Name it, in either German or English. * Classics of Philosophy 10. What philosopher wrote his "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" in 1919, then repudiated much of it in his later book "Philosophical Investigations"? 11. What is Immanuel Kant's masterwork, in which he attempts to describe the categories of thought that we use to understand the world, and divides the world into things-in-themselves and things-as-we-perceive-them? Please give the title in English. 12. What is the title (in English) of Plato's investigation into the nature of love, in which he discusses the charming notion that men and women were once the joined halves of single bisexual beings? * Science Fiction And The following authors write, or wrote, both science fiction and other genres of fiction. Here we will concentrate on those other genres. In each case name the author. 13. SF and mainstream literature. Though she's best known for her SF and fantasy, she """is""" a prolific author of mainstream literary fiction. Her stories have appeared in the "New Yorker", "Harper's", and other literary magazines; they are collected in such books as "Searoad" (1991) and "Unlocking the Air and Other Stories" (1996). 14. SF and period fiction. This writer, best known for his SF and science writing, wrote a novel called "Glide Path" in 1963, based on his experiences when involved with the development of radar-guided descent of aircraft in World War II. 15. SF and mainstream literature. This prolific Scottish writer """publishes""" SF and literary fiction alternately. Some of his mainstream titles are "The Wasp Factory", "Complicity", and in 1997, "Song of Stone". His SF stories often deal with a galactic civilization called the Culture. ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. Famous Australians In what field of endeavor did the following Australians achieve fame? A1. Billy Hughes. A2. Albert Namatjira. A3. Stevie Wright. * B. Home Improvement From "The Modern Woman's Guide to Home Repair" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Home Repair", we bring you the following. B1. Which tool comes in three basic types: orbital, random orbital, and belt? B2. Single-pole, 3-way, and 4-way are types of what? B3. And pole barn, sinker, box, siding, and ring shank are types of what? Would it help if we told you that in the US their sizes are commonly designated in "pennies"? * C. Triples Name the third member of each set. C1. Shadrach, Abednego, and... C2. Brahma, Vishnu, and... C3. Porthos, Athos, and... * D. Frank Sinatra's Sex Life Dean Martin once said of Frank Sinatra: "When he dies, they are giving his zipper to the Smithsonian Institute." These questions are about some of the people who formed part of Frank's frankly public pubic life. D1. Frank started dating this woman in 1958, one year after her husband had died from cancer. Days after asking her to marry him, he dumped her by demanding she leave a New Year's party she was hosting at her own home. Name her. D2. Name the woman who complained that Frank always wanted to sing to her before sex, and who is best remembered for her role opposite Sean Connery as James Bond. D3. Frank's first wife was his high-school sweetheart. Given that she's usually remembered by the last name Sinatra, all we'll ask you for is her first name. * E. Trivia How trivial can you get? It's current events of 1998 in trivia! This triple asked about three of the league's secondary prizes, whose winners had been announced at the start of the Final. Teams playing in the Final are not eligible. *Note*: Since play was interrupted during the first season of 2020, if giving the present-day answer you should answer for the last season of 2019. E1. Which team won the Stinker prize """this season"""? E2. Which team won the Canadiana prize """this season"""? E3. Which team won the Protest prize """this season"""? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "We don't use clubs; they weren't invented here. msb@vex.net | We use rocks." -- David Keldsen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 17 10:02AM +0200 > 3. Blake's "Milton", often called "Jerusalem": > And did those feet in ancient times > Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy lamb of God In England's pleasant pastures seen (Thank you, ELP!) > Supposedly the novel inspired hundreds of young men to follow > his example and kill themselves. Name it, in either German > or English. The Sorrowful Life of Young Werther > ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. Famous Australians > B2. Single-pole, 3-way, and 4-way are types of what? power outletes > * C. Triples > C2. Brahma, Vishnu, and... Shiva |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jul 16 09:01PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 12:03:10 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Final, Round 4 - Canadiana > By the way, this was the hardest round for the players in the original > game, so now you have warning of what it's going to be like here! oh, joy > * Canadian magazine editors > We'll name a Canadian magazine, you tell us the name of its editor. > 1. "Frank" (Central Canada version) no one (defunct) ; johnson > 2. "Report on Business". no one (defunct) ; johnson > 3. "Maclean's". no one (defunct) ; johnson > * Ontario Canoe Routes > 4. In what Ontario park """can""" you follow a canoe route that > includes OSA Lake, Artist Lake, and George Lake? killarney provincial park > 5. In what Ontario park """can""" you follow a canoe route that > includes Timberwolf Lake, McIntosh Lake, and Big Trout Lake? algonquin provincial park > 6. In what Ontario township """can""" you follow a canoe route > that includes Diamond Lake, Sharp Rock Inlet, and Lady Evelyn > Lake? temagami > If the answer is on a small island, the name of the island suffices. > Otherwise name the *specific* cape or similar landform in each case. > 7. What is the easternmost point of land in Canada? cape spear > 8. What is the southernmost point of land in Canada? middle island, ontario > 9. What is the northernmost point of land in Canada? cape columbia, ellesmere island > were at one time or another three other villages, at least > two of whose names are still familiar today as districts. > Name *any two* of the three. braderville, summittown > 11. Similarly, along Yonge St. between Yorkville and York Mills > were four other villages, at least two of those names are still > familiar today. Name *any two* of the four. braderville, summittown > were three other villages, one with the name of a country and > one that one of our main streets is named for today. Name *any > one* of the three. braderville, summittown > * Toronto Subway Numbers > 13. Within 50 feet or 15 meters, how long is a standard subway > platform in Toronto? 150 meters > 14. Within 50 volts, what nominal voltage """is""" on the third > rail, and """is""" it AC or DC? It """is""" the same as on > the overhead wires for streetcars. 600 volts dc > rails. Within ž inch or 20 mm, how much *wider than standard > gauge* are subway tracks in Toronto? Again, the answer for > streetcars is the same. 50 mm > one much larger than the others. *Either* name that larger > island; *or else* the large city nearest to the bridge (it's > on that island); *or else* the bridge itself. honshu japan > you think the bridge is in one country and you're guessing > twice, or if you think it's an international bridge and you're > answering once.) great belt bridge in denmark > one we expect you to have heard of the land masses (that is, > islands or continents) at each end of it, so you have to name > *both* of them -- *or* just name the tunnel. gotthard tunnel (the jokes just write themselves on this one) in switzerland > * Mediterranean Islands > 4. On what island is Valletta? malta > 5. On what island is Cagliari? sardinia > 6. On what island is Palma? majorca (aka mallorca) > * Rivers of Eastern Europe > 7. The Danube starts in Germany and exits into the Black Sea via > a large swampy delta, located principally in what country? romania > 8. Ukraine's principal river starts in Russia west of Moscow, > flows by Kiev, and exits into the Black Sea. Name it. dneiper > 9. Name the Polish river that starts near the border with Slovakia, > flows by Krakow and through Warsaw, and exits into the Baltic > Sea near Gdansk. wisla > 10. In London, England, the little statue in Piccadilly Circus is > commonly known as Eros. But this is nothing to do with its > actual name, which is what? anteros > 11. Everyone has heard of the Statue of Liberty, in New York Harbor, > but that's only the first part of its name. What are the other > three words? enlightening the world > 12. And what's the proper name of that 600-foot stainless-steel > weighted-catenary arch in St. Louis? gateway arch > * Official Languages > 13. German and French are easy; what are the other two official > languages of Switzerland? italian, romanian > 14. Finnish is obvious; what is the second official language > of Finland? swedish > 15. Name *both* official languages of Lebanon. french and hebrew > 1. Name either one of the two ancient Greek cities that were the > patrons of the Olympic games from 572 BC onwards. Hint: > Olympia itself was not one of them. sparta > 2. Name *any three* of the five events that made up the pentathlon > at the ancient Olympics. discus, javelin, running > 3. Most competitions were track and field events, but at the 25th > Olympiad a crowd-pleasing event that usually attracted only > wealthy contestants was added. What? chariot races > 4. In the early 1960s, the fans of the Liverpool soccer club > adopted a then-popular song as an anthem to sing at their games. > Name the song. never walk alone > 5. In what year, within 1, were about half the players on the > Manchester United team killed in a plane crash? 1958 > 6. Name any one of the """three""" teams that would be relegated > from the English Premier League if the season ended """today""". sheffield united, fulham, west bromwich albion [20-21 season] > for cigarette companies, but curiously none of the three brands > is available domestically in Canada. (You can buy them as > imports.) Marlboro is one brand; name either of the other two. I will guess that none currently do > 8. Michael Schumacher """is""" Ferrari's top driver. Who """is""" > the Ferrari team's second driver? lando [he was in a commercial recently for webex so I know he is a driver] > 9. Who is Jacques Villeneuve's teammate """at""" Williams? lando > 10. In snooker, as everyone knows, each red ball is worth 1 point. > Give us a list of *all six* so-called colored balls in order > of value from 2 points upward. (Point scores not required.) yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black > in between a straight flush and one pair in value. (This means > the usual short descriptions, like "straight flush".) List them > in order from highest to lowest. four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pair > List *all* the trump cards, in order from highest to lowest. > You may use either standard card terminology or euchre > terminology to express the sequence. jack of clubs, jack of spades, ace king queen ten and nine of clubs > which also included the Chicago Fire, the Detroit Wheels, and > the Hawaiians. *In addition*, tell us *one* of the years that > the league operated. world football league 1975 > included the Chicago Blitz, the Denver Gold, the Memphis > Showboats, and the Oklahoma Outlaws. Again, name the league > *and* tell us one of the years when it operated. united states football league 1985 > League and one named the United States Football League. But how > many *different* rival major leagues *each named the American > Football League* has the NFL faced """so far""" in its existence? four > Mark Brader, Toronto | "Unfortunately, real life is usually > m...@vex.net | not a movie." --Al Kriman > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 11:43PM -0500 Mark Brader: > Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I think I wrote 3 triples in the Canadiana round, part or all of > the geography round, and 2 triples in the sports round. In Canadiana, I wrote questions #10-15 and probably also questions #7-9. In geography, questions #1-3 and #10-14 were definitely mine, and I think #4; I'm not sure which if any the others I may have contributed. In sports, I wrote questions #10-15. > ** Final, Round 4 - Canadiana > By the way, this was the hardest round for the players in the original > game, so now you have warning of what it's going to be like here! And it was, unless you were Stephen! > * Canadian magazine editors > We'll name a Canadian magazine, you tell us the name of its editor. > 1. "Frank" (Central Canada version). 1998 answer: Michael Bate. No 2021 answer; it's defunct. Oh, but I guess that means I have to accept "no one (defunct)"! So, 3 for Stephen. > 2. "Report on Business". 1998 answer: Patricia Best. 2021 answer: Dennis Choquette. This one isn't really a magazine, it's part of the "Globe & Mail". > 3. "Maclean's". 1998 answer: Robert Lewis. 2021 answer: Alison Uncles. > * Ontario Canoe Routes (These are all still true.) > 4. In what Ontario park """can""" you follow a canoe route that > includes OSA Lake, Artist Lake, and George Lake? Killarney Provincial Park. 4 for Stephen. OSA Lake is named after the Ontario Society of Artists. > 5. In what Ontario park """can""" you follow a canoe route that > includes Timberwolf Lake, McIntosh Lake, and Big Trout Lake? Algonquin Provincial Park. 4 for Stephen. > 6. In what Ontario township """can""" you follow a canoe route > that includes Diamond Lake, Sharp Rock Inlet, and Lady Evelyn > Lake? Temagami. 4 for Stephen. > If the answer is on a small island, the name of the island suffices. > Otherwise name the *specific* cape or similar landform in each case. > 7. What is the easternmost point of land in Canada? Cape Spear, on the island of Newfoundland in Newfoundland & Labrador. 4 for Stephen. Incidentally, this question was reused in a game one day after I posted it here in 2009. In our game it went to our opponents; the individual it went to didn't know it for the 2 points, but a teammate got it for 1. > 8. What is the southernmost point of land in Canada? Middle Island, in Ontario. 4 for Stephen. It's in Lake Erie, near Pelee Island -- nearby Point Pelee is the southernmost mainland point. > 9. What is the northernmost point of land in Canada? Cape Columbia, on Ellesmere I., in the Northwest Territories in 1998 and now in Nunavut. 4 for Stephen. > were at one time or another three other villages, at least > two of whose names are still familiar today as districts. > Name *any two* of the three. Lansing, Newtonbrook, Willowdale. > 11. Similarly, along Yonge St. between Yorkville and York Mills > were four other villages, at least two of those names are still > familiar today. Name *any two* of the four. Bedford Park, Davisville, Drummondville, Eglington (sic, but the modern street name Eglinton -- also the original Scottish spelling -- was acceptable). > were three other villages, one with the name of a country and > one that one of our main streets is named for today. Name *any > one* of the three. Leslieville (Leslie, the street name, was sufficient), Mortlake, Norway. > * Toronto Subway Numbers > 13. Within 50 feet or 15 meters, how long is a standard subway > platform in Toronto? 500 feet (accepting 450-550) or 152.4 m (137-168). 4 for Stephen. 2 for Joshua. > 14. Within 50 volts, what nominal voltage """is""" on the third > rail, and """is""" it AC or DC? It """is""" the same as on > the overhead wires for streetcars. 600 V (accepting 550-650) DC. (Still true.) 4 for Stephen. > rails. Within ¾ inch or 20 mm, how much *wider than standard > gauge* are subway tracks in Toronto? Again, the answer for > streetcars is the same. 2+3/8 inches (accepting 1+5/8 to 3+1/8) or 60 mm (40-80). 4 for Stephen. > one much larger than the others. *Either* name that larger > island; *or else* the large city nearest to the bridge (it's > on that island); *or else* the bridge itself. Honshu, Kobe, Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge. (Japan, of course. Still true.) 4 for Stephen. Still true for now, that is. A longer one of just over 2 km to cross the Dardanelles from Asia to Europe in Turkey is scheduled to open in March 2022. > you think the bridge is in one country and you're guessing > twice, or if you think it's an international bridge and you're > answering once.) Storebælt East Bridge (anything with Storebælt or Great Belt was sufficient); Denmark. 4 for Stephen. Although forming part of the country's road link to Sweden, the bridge is within Denmark. It opened on schedule. > one we expect you to have heard of the land masses (that is, > islands or continents) at each end of it, so you have to name > *both* of them -- *or* just name the tunnel. 1998 answer: Honshu, Hokkaido; Seikan Tunnel. 2021 answer: Europe, Europe; Gotthard Base Tunnel (not undersea but in the Swiss Alps). 4 for Erland. 3 for Stephen. The Gotthard Tunnel is the summit tunnel on the *old* Gotthard Pass route -- it was the world's longest railway tunnel itself from 1882 until 1906 -- but I accepted it as "almost correct" for the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Here's what the portals of the two Gotthard rail tunnels look like: http://files.structurae.net/files/photos/2546/ffs-sangottardonp-cimg5523.jpg http://cdn.openphoto.net/volumes/sizes/stg/33025/2.jpg The Channel Tunnel, connecting Europe and Great Britain, ranked #2 when it opened and is now #3. > * Mediterranean Islands > 4. On what island is Valletta? Malta. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Stephen. > 5. On what island is Cagliari? Sardinia (Sardegna). 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Stephen. > 6. On what island is Palma? Majorca (Mallorca). 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Stephen. > * Rivers of Eastern Europe > 7. The Danube starts in Germany and exits into the Black Sea via > a large swampy delta, located principally in what country? Romania. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 8. Ukraine's principal river starts in Russia west of Moscow, > flows by Kiev, and exits into the Black Sea. Name it. Dneiper. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 9. Name the Polish river that starts near the border with Slovakia, > flows by Krakow and through Warsaw, and exits into the Baltic > Sea near Gdansk. Wisla ["VEESS-wa"] or Vistula. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Stephen. > 10. In London, England, the little statue in Piccadilly Circus is > commonly known as Eros. But this is nothing to do with its > actual name, which is what? The Angel of Christian Charity; also accepting Anteros. 4 for Stephen. > 11. Everyone has heard of the Statue of Liberty, in New York Harbor, > but that's only the first part of its name. What are the other > three words? Enlightening the World. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 12. And what's the proper name of that 600-foot stainless-steel > weighted-catenary arch in St. Louis? Gateway Arch. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua. The park containing it was formerly the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, but this was not an acceptable answer. It's been renamed to Gateway Arch National Park, by the way. This question originally described the arch as a parabola, but although seen in a number of sources, that was wrong. > * Official Languages > 13. German and French are easy; what are the other two official > languages of Switzerland? Italian, (Rhaeto-)Romansch. The latter is spoken in a small area in the southeast of the country, near the Austrian and Italian borders. 4 for everyone. > 14. Finnish is obvious; what is the second official language > of Finland? Swedish. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Stephen. > 15. Name *both* official languages of Lebanon. Arabic, French. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 1. Name either one of the two ancient Greek cities that were the > patrons of the Olympic games from 572 BC onwards. Hint: > Olympia itself was not one of them. Sparta, Elis. 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen. > 2. Name *any three* of the five events that made up the pentathlon > at the ancient Olympics. Discus (or quoit throw), javelin, long jump, running (or stadion), wrestling. 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen. > 3. Most competitions were track and field events, but at the 25th > Olympiad a crowd-pleasing event that usually attracted only > wealthy contestants was added. What? Chariot race. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. I scored "horse race" as almost correct. > 4. In the early 1960s, the fans of the Liverpool soccer club > adopted a then-popular song as an anthem to sing at their games. > Name the song. "You'll Never Walk Alone". 4 for Erland and Joshua. 3 for Stephen. > 5. In what year, within 1, were about half the players on the > Manchester United team killed in a plane crash? 1958 (accepting 1957-59). 4 for Stephen. The airplane was unable to take off and ran off the runway. There were 6 crew and 38 passengers aboard; 2 crew and 21 passengers died, including 8 members of the team and 3 of the team staff. > 6. Name any one of the """three""" teams that would be relegated > from the English Premier League if the season ended """today""". 1998 answer: Barnsley, Bolton, Crystal Palace. 2021 answer: Fulham, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United. 4 for Stephen (the hard way). Yes, current events of 1998 in British soccer! And the three teams listed for 1998 were in fact the ones relegated at the season's end. For 2021 the season is already over. > for cigarette companies, but curiously none of the three brands > is available domestically in Canada. (You can buy them as > imports.) Marlboro is one brand; name either of the other two. 1998 answer: West, Winfield. 2021 answer: I have no idea if there are any or, if so, what they are. If any other answers were was posted and you think one is correct, please cite evidence. I think the question should be interpreted as referring to the current three top teams, not the ones named. > 8. Michael Schumacher """is""" Ferrari's top driver. Who """is""" > the Ferrari team's second driver? 1998 answer: Eddie Irvine. 2021 answer: their drivers are Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz; accepting either one. > 9. Who is Jacques Villeneuve's teammate """at""" Williams? 1998 answer: Heinz-Harold Frentzen. 2021 answer: their drivers are Nicholas Latifi and George Russell; accepting either. > 10. In snooker, as everyone knows, each red ball is worth 1 point. > Give us a list of *all six* so-called colored balls in order > of value from 2 points upward. (Point scores not required.) Yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black. 4 for Stephen. > in between a straight flush and one pair in value. (This means > the usual short descriptions, like "straight flush".) List them > in order from highest to lowest. Four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pairs. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 3 for Erland and Joshua. > List *all* the trump cards, in order from highest to lowest. > You may use either standard card terminology or euchre > terminology to express the sequence. Jack of clubs, jack of spades, A-K-Q-10-9 of clubs. Or: right bower, left bower, A-K-Q-10-9. (If you know the word "bower" we assume you know what suit the other cards are.) 4 for Stephen. Apparently the game is also played with the 8 and 7 included at the bottom of the suit, and we decided to accept that version as well. > which also included the Chicago Fire, the Detroit Wheels, and > the Hawaiians. *In addition*, tell us *one* of the years that > the league operated. World Football League, 1974-75. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > included the Chicago Blitz, the Denver Gold, the Memphis > Showboats, and the Oklahoma Outlaws. Again, name the league > *and* tell us one of the years when it operated. United States Football League, 1983-85. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > Yrnthr naq bar anzrq gur Havgrq Fgngrf Sbbgonyy Yrnthr. Ohg ubj > znal *qvssrerag* eviny znwbe yrnthrf *rnpu anzrq gur Nzrevpna > Sbbgonyy Yrnthr* unf gur ASY snprq """fb sne""" va vgf rkvfgrapr? 4 (in 1926, 1936-37, 1940-41, and 1960-69). (All still true.) 4 for Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 BEST TOPICS-> His Sci Can Geo Spo THREE Stephen Perry 60 60 39 55 47 175 Dan Tilque 36 40 0 23 16 99 Dan Blum 22 42 0 35 10 99 Erland Sommarskog 12 24 0 40 7 76 Joshua Kreitzer 20 16 2 30 19 69 -- Mark Brader | "If you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent... Toronto | the skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly msb@vex.net | the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is." --David Dunning My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 17 09:55AM +0200 > sufficient); Denmark. 4 for Stephen. > Although forming part of the country's road link to Sweden, the > bridge is within Denmark. It opened on schedule. Storebælt is entirely in Denmark. The campaign in 1660 did not really turn out as Karl X Gustav intended, so Sjælland remained Danish. (One of the complications was that he himself caught a fever and died.) You may be thinking of Øresund which is the strait between Sweden and Denmark. This link is a bridge + tunnel. If I remember correctly, the tunnel is entirely on the Danish side, whereas the bridge starts in Sweden before descending into the tunnel. |
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