| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Apr 09 01:14PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > age 56. He was known as the "Angry Man of Jazz". His music was > rooted in gospel and blues and he greatly admired of the music > of Duke Ellington. He was one of the great bassists of his time. Mingus > all of the greats of the modern jazz era and changed his musical > style many times. One of his many albums is the best-selling > jazz recording of all time. Miles Davis > of Ragtime", died in 1917. As well as numerous "rags", > he composed music for ballet and opera, and was awarded a > posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1976. Joplin > piano, chamber groups, and orchestra became standard concert > repertoire and are known for their strong melodies, musical > textures, and effects. Ravel > combines a highly percussive attack with dramatic hesitations > and silences. He was featured on the cover of "Time" magazine > and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize posthumously. Thelonius Monk > era. He wrote and performed for piano, jazz trio, quartets, > and big bands; he composed several songs, jazz piano etudes, > and a suite of music called "The Canadiana Suite". Oscar Peterson > strongly associated with Harlem's Cotton Club. Notable for his > scat-singing and dancing, he appeared in films and his music > was used in animated cartoons. Cab Calloway > and performed classical music with the New York Philharmonic > under Leonard Bernstein. He was an early proponent of the > "Third Stream", which blended classical and jazz styles. Benny Goodman > many of which he sold to other performers. He was regarded as a > great performer and was known for his quips during performances. > Around 1925 he recorded a series of solo pipe-organ albums. Fats Waller > have become jazz standards. His virtuosity on the guitar is > even more remarkable because he had only two usable fingers on > his left hand. Django Reinhardt > on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere I. What is it called? > 2. Within 3°C, what is the average daily *low* temperature in > <answer 1> in February? -10; -17 > "near the Bear" or "northern", and what it's referring to > is one of two constellations. Give the full name *in Latin* > of either of those constellations. Ursa majore > 4. Besides Canada, how many other countries """extend""" -- or > """have""" territories that extend -- into the Arctic as defined > by the Arctic Circle? 5 > 6. Baffin I. is the largest land mass among the """36,563""" > islands of Canada's Arctic Archipelago. What is the > second-largest? Ellesmere > 10. This strait, named after a British 16th-century explorer, is > a northern arm of the Labrador Sea and lies between Baffin I. > and mid-western Greenland. Name it. Pete Gayde |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Apr 09 01:16PM -0500 According to my SeaMonkey app, I sent the following reply at 1:00pm on 4/7/2023. Apparently it hasn't arrived yet. Mark Brader wrote:>> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24, > at high risk of suffering from what condition? > * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy > 1. What is the brightest star in the night sky? Polaris; Sirius > of particles are observed at SNOLAB? > 5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in > space, in 1961? Gagarin > 9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as > the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent > galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years? Andromeda > 10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in > astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal > Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it? Brian May > picture number. There were 6 decoys; identify their subjects as > well if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. (decoy) Name the movie. Spelling Bee > 2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo. Bee Gees > 3. Name the character from "The Simpsons". Bee Man > 4. (decoy) Name the song. > 5. Name the TV show, which was followed by two movies. X Files > 6. (decoy) Name the movie. Ulee's Gold > 7. Name the movie, partly based on the book "Queen Bees and > Wannabes". Mean Girls > 10. (decoy) Name the mammal. > 11. (decoy) Name the man in the center. > 12. Name the cereal. Honey Bunches of Oats > 14. Name the TV show. > 15. (decoy) Name the movie. > 16. Name the movie. Pete Gayde |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 09 01:47PM -0700 On Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 12:31:01 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > all of the greats of the modern jazz era and changed his musical > style many times. One of his many albums is the best-selling > jazz recording of all time. Miles Davis > of Ragtime", died in 1917. As well as numerous "rags", > he composed music for ballet and opera, and was awarded a > posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1976. Scott Joplin > combines a highly percussive attack with dramatic hesitations > and silences. He was featured on the cover of "Time" magazine > and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize posthumously. Thelonious Monk > strongly associated with Harlem's Cotton Club. Notable for his > scat-singing and dancing, he appeared in films and his music > was used in animated cartoons. Cab Calloway > and performed classical music with the New York Philharmonic > under Leonard Bernstein. He was an early proponent of the > "Third Stream", which blended classical and jazz styles. Benny Goodman > have become jazz standards. His virtuosity on the guitar is > even more remarkable because he had only two usable fingers on > his left hand. Django Reinhardt > Arctic -- where our temperatures would seem balmy! > 1. The northernmost permanent settlement in the world is located > on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere I. What is it called? Alert > "near the Bear" or "northern", and what it's referring to > is one of two constellations. Give the full name *in Latin* > of either of those constellations. Ursa Major > 4. Besides Canada, how many other countries """extend""" -- or > """have""" territories that extend -- into the Arctic as defined > by the Arctic Circle? 7; 6 > 5. This lake, which extends north of the Arctic Circle, is the > largest lake that is entirely in Canada, the 4th-largest in > North America, and the 8th-largest in the world. Name it. Great Bear Lake > please give two complete lists of three, all on one line. > *Note*: You may instead answer based on the 2021 census, and > you need not say whether you are doing so. [first guess] Yukon; Northwest Terr.; Nunavut. [second guess] Yukon; Nunavut; Northwest Terr. > 10. This strait, named after a British 16th-century explorer, is > a northern arm of the Labrador Sea and lies between Baffin I. > and mid-western Greenland. Name it. Hudson Strait -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 09 11:32PM -0700 On 4/7/23 22:30, Mark Brader wrote: > 41 athletes to Sochi. 23 of the medals were in speed skating > and the other one was in short-track speed skating. Name the > country. South Korea > of Ragtime", died in 1917. As well as numerous "rags", > he composed music for ballet and opera, and was awarded a > posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1976. Scott Joplin > Arctic -- where our temperatures would seem balmy! > 1. The northernmost permanent settlement in the world is located > on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere I. What is it called? Alert > 2. Within 3°C, what is the average daily *low* temperature in > <answer 1> in February? -34 C > "near the Bear" or "northern", and what it's referring to > is one of two constellations. Give the full name *in Latin* > of either of those constellations. Ursa Major > 4. Besides Canada, how many other countries """extend""" -- or > """have""" territories that extend -- into the Arctic as defined > by the Arctic Circle? 6 > 5. This lake, which extends north of the Arctic Circle, is the > largest lake that is entirely in Canada, the 4th-largest in > North America, and the 8th-largest in the world. Name it. Great Bear Lake > 6. Baffin I. is the largest land mass among the """36,563""" > islands of Canada's Arctic Archipelago. What is the > second-largest? Ellesmere Island > please give two complete lists of three, all on one line. > *Note*: You may instead answer based on the 2021 census, and > you need not say whether you are doing so. Yukon, NWT, Nunavut > All 128 men were lost after the ships became icebound in the > Victoria Strait. Remains of the expedition have been found > """on two Canadian Arctic islands.""" Name *either* island. Victoria Island > 10. This strait, named after a British 16th-century explorer, is > a northern arm of the Labrador Sea and lies between Baffin I. > and mid-western Greenland. Name it. Davis Strait -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 09 05:39PM -0700 On 4/7/23 22:26, Mark Brader wrote: >> 8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads >> and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific. > A total solar eclipse. 4 for John. Challenge on this answer. While Baily's beads do appear during total eclipses, they also appear during annular eclipses. In fact, one page (link below) says that Baily described them after seeing an annular eclipse. The Wikipage on Baily's Beads says that the Diamond Ring Effect shows up on both kinds of eclipses. The Diamond Ring Effect is viewing the last Baily's bead with some light showing all the way around the moon. So annular eclipse should also be a valid answer. https://eclipsesoundscapes.org/annular-eclipse-features/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baily%27s_beads -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 10 02:34AM Mark Brader: >> Still more specifically, these are seen at two moments during >> that phenomenon: when totality is about to begin and when it has >> just ended. Dan Tilque: > Challenge on this answer. While Baily's beads do appear during total > eclipses, they also appear during annular eclipses... Hmm, you're right -- they would similarly appear at the start and end of annularity. Sorry about that. 4 for Dan Tilque also. Scores, if there are now no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Sci Ent Joshua Kreitzer 32 32 64 Dan Blum 36 28 64 Dan Tilque 36 8 44 Erland Sommarskog 24 4 28 John Gerson 24 0 24 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net Irving Thalberg's advice on GONE WITH THE WIND: "Forget it, Louis. No Civil War picture ever made a nickel." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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