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QFTCISG Game 1, Rounds 9-10: senses, challenge by gun

Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Oct 04 06:52AM -0500 On 10/4/17 00:46, Mark Brader wrote:   > 1. This brain center is critical to the integration of the senses, > receiving information from almost all the senses and transmitting > this to the cerebral cortex. Name it.   Thalamus   > input into the cerebral cortex. This sense is believed to be > reduced in humans due to our large cerebral cortex. Which sense > is it?   Smell   > 3. Meissner corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, Merkel cell complexes, > and Rufinni endings are all receptors for one of our senses. > In which organ would you find these mechanoreceptors?   Ear   > vaare. Gur bhgre rne'f checbfr vf gur shaaryvat bs fbhaq sebz > gur raivebazrag vagb gur rne. Jung vf gur nangbzvpny anzr sbe > gur cneg bs gur rne gung jr frr ba gur bhgfvqr bs gur uhzna obql?   Pinna   > pryyf naq genafzvggrq gb gur oenva. Gur unve pryyf ner va gur > onfvyne zrzoenar va gur betna bs Pbegv, juvpu vf sbhaq va *jung > fcveny fgehpgher* va gur vaare rne?   Cochlea   > 6. Nppbeqvat gb rkcregf, juvpu frafr vf zbfg yvxryl gb or vzcnverq > evtug nsgre rngvat n ynetr zrny?   Taste   > fbzr vaqvivqhnyf unir 4-5 gvzrf gur erthyne qrafvgl, terngyl > urvtugravat gurve frafr bs gnfgr. Jung anzr vf tvira gb > fhpu crbcyr?   Supertasters   > hfrq va fpbgbcvp be ybj-yvtug ivfvba. Guerr glcrf bs pbarf > ner hfrq va pbybe ivfvba: gurl rnpu frafr qvssrerag jniryratguf > bs yvtug. Anzr nal bs gur guerr glcrf.   Medium     > A1. What was the original name of the baseball team that joined > the National League in 1962 along with the New York Mets? > Full name required.   Houston Colt 45s   > city and has a different name. What is his nickname?   > * B. Entertainment: Shooters   > B1. Name the 1976 movie with John Wayne in his last role.   The Shootist   > was a play on a 1960 French movie by François Truffaut > ["Troo-FOH"]. In English, give the title of *either* > the movie or the album. Full and exact answer required.   Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player   > foreign dignitaries. Within 2, how many guns are fired in > salutes for provincial lieutenant-governors on occasions > such as the Speech from the Throne?   15     > E1. Firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson was founded in 1852 > by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson. In which northeastern > US state is the company headquartered?   Massachusetts   > E2. Name the Austrian gunmaker whose pistols account for an > estimated 65% of the market share for handguns for American > law-enforcement agencies.   Glock   > the 100 top American movie quotes of all time. #94 on > the list was "I feel the need -- the need for speed." > Name the 1986 Tom Cruise movie it comes from.   Top Gun

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 04 12:26PM > 1. This brain center is critical to the integration of the senses, > receiving information from almost all the senses and transmitting > this to the cerebral cortex. Name it.   hippocampus; cerebellum   > input into the cerebral cortex. This sense is believed to be > reduced in humans due to our large cerebral cortex. Which sense > is it?   scent   > 3. Meissner corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, Merkel cell complexes, > and Rufinni endings are all receptors for one of our senses. > In which organ would you find these mechanoreceptors?   tongue; nose   > pryyf naq genafzvggrq gb gur oenva. Gur unve pryyf ner va gur > onfvyne zrzoenar va gur betna bs Pbegv, juvpu vf sbhaq va *jung > fcveny fgehpgher* va gur vaare rne?   cochlea   > 6. Nppbeqvat gb rkcregf, juvpu frafr vf zbfg yvxryl gb or vzcnverq > evtug nsgre rngvat n ynetr zrny?   taste; smell   > fbzr vaqvivqhnyf unir 4-5 gvzrf gur erthyne qrafvgl, terngyl > urvtugravat gurve frafr bs gnfgr. Jung anzr vf tvira gb > fhpu crbcyr?   supertasters   > hfrq va fpbgbcvp be ybj-yvtug ivfvba. Guerr glcrf bs pbarf > ner hfrq va pbybe ivfvba: gurl rnpu frafr qvssrerag jniryratguf > bs yvtug. Anzr nal bs gur guerr glcrf.   red   > 10. What is the scientific name for the sensing of our body's > positioning in space and sense of movement in muscles?   kinesthesia     > A1. What was the original name of the baseball team that joined > the National League in 1962 along with the New York Mets? > Full name required.   Houston Astronauts   > * B. Entertainment: Shooters   > B1. Name the 1976 movie with John Wayne in his last role.   The Shootist   > was a play on a 1960 French movie by Fran?ois Truffaut > ["Troo-FOH"]. In English, give the title of *either* > the movie or the album. Full and exact answer required.   Day for Night   > foreign dignitaries. Within 2, how many guns are fired in > salutes for provincial lieutenant-governors on occasions > such as the Speech from the Throne?   13; 18   > * D. Literature: Killings   > D1. In the novel "The Great Gatsby", who murders Gatsby?   Daisy Buchanan     > E1. Firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson was founded in 1852 > by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson. In which northeastern > US state is the company headquartered?   New Hampshire   > E2. Name the Austrian gunmaker whose pistols account for an > estimated 65% of the market share for handguns for American > law-enforcement agencies.   Ruger   > * F. History: Gun Quotes   > F1. Who said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"?   Mao Tse-Tung   > the 100 top American movie quotes of all time. #94 on > the list was "I feel the need -- the need for speed." > Name the 1986 Tom Cruise movie it comes from.   Top Gun   -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 04 02:36PM Mark Brader wrote:     > 1. This brain center is critical to the integration of the senses, > receiving information from almost all the senses and transmitting > this to the cerebral cortex. Name it. Hippocampus > input into the cerebral cortex. This sense is believed to be > reduced in humans due to our large cerebral cortex. Which sense > is it? Smell > 3. Meissner corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, Merkel cell complexes, > and Rufinni endings are all receptors for one of our senses. > In which organ would you find these mechanoreceptors? Tongue > cells and transmitted to the brain. The hair cells are in the > basilar membrane in the organ of Corti, which is found in *what > spiral structure* in the inner ear? Cochlea > 6. According to experts, which sense is most likely to be impaired > right after eating a large meal? Smell > used in scotopic or low-light vision. Three types of cones > are used in color vision: they each sense different wavelengths > of light. Name any of the three types. Red > foreign dignitaries. Within 2, how many guns are fired in > salutes for provincial lieutenant-governors on occasions > such as the Speech from the Throne? 13 > the 100 top American movie quotes of all time. #94 on > the list was "I feel the need -- the need for speed." > Name the 1986 Tom Cruise movie it comes from. Top Gun   Peter Smyth

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 04 11:06PM +0200 > 1. This brain center is critical to the integration of the senses, > receiving information from almost all the senses and transmitting > this to the cerebral cortex. Name it.   Hyopthalamus > input into the cerebral cortex. This sense is believed to be > reduced in humans due to our large cerebral cortex. Which sense > is it?   Sensitity > pryyf naq genafzvggrq gb gur oenva. Gur unve pryyf ner va gur > onfvyne zrzoenar va gur betna bs Pbegv, juvpu vf sbhaq va *jung > fcveny fgehpgher* va gur vaare rne?   Trumpet snail > 6. Nppbeqvat gb rkcregf, juvpu frafr vf zbfg yvxryl gb or vzcnverq > evtug nsgre rngvat n ynetr zrny?   Smell   > A1. What was the original name of the baseball team that joined > the National League in 1962 along with the New York Mets? > Full name required.   Kansas City Scouts > was a play on a 1960 French movie by François Truffaut > ["Troo-FOH"]. In English, give the title of *either* > the movie or the album. Full and exact answer required.   Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player > E1. Firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson was founded in 1852 > by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson. In which northeastern > US state is the company headquartered?   Connecicut > E2. Name the Austrian gunmaker whose pistols account for an > estimated 65% of the market share for handguns for American > law-enforcement agencies.   Glock     -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se

Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Oct 04 08:08PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 1:44:29 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   > 1. This brain center is critical to the integration of the senses, > receiving information from almost all the senses and transmitting > this to the cerebral cortex. Name it. Cerebellum > city and has a different name. What is his nickname?   > * B. Entertainment: Shooters   > B1. Name the 1976 movie with John Wayne in his last role. The Shootist > was a play on a 1960 French movie by François Truffaut > ["Troo-FOH"]. In English, give the title of *either* > the movie or the album. Full and exact answer required. "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player" > law-enforcement agencies.   > * F. History: Gun Quotes   > F1. Who said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"? Mao Tse-Tung > the 100 top American movie quotes of all time. #94 on > the list was "I feel the need -- the need for speed." > Name the 1986 Tom Cruise movie it comes from. "Top Gun"

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 05 02:50AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote:   > 1. This brain center is critical to the integration of the senses, > receiving information from almost all the senses and transmitting > this to the cerebral cortex. Name it.   Broca's area   > input into the cerebral cortex. This sense is believed to be > reduced in humans due to our large cerebral cortex. Which sense > is it?   smell     > 3. Meissner corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, Merkel cell complexes, > and Rufinni endings are all receptors for one of our senses. > In which organ would you find these mechanoreceptors?   tongue   > fcveny fgehpgher* va gur vaare rne?   > 6. Nppbeqvat gb rkcregf, juvpu frafr vf zbfg yvxryl gb or vzcnverq > evtug nsgre rngvat n ynetr zrny?   smell   > hfrq va fpbgbcvp be ybj-yvtug ivfvba. Guerr glcrf bs pbarf > ner hfrq va pbybe ivfvba: gurl rnpu frafr qvssrerag jniryratguf > bs yvtug. Anzr nal bs gur guerr glcrf.   red   > sensing of pain and noxious stimuli in the body?   > 10. What is the scientific name for the sensing of our body's > positioning in space and sense of movement in muscles?   proprioception     > A1. What was the original name of the baseball team that joined > the National League in 1962 along with the New York Mets? > Full name required.   Houston Colt .45s   > city and has a different name. What is his nickname?   > * B. Entertainment: Shooters   > B1. Name the 1976 movie with John Wayne in his last role.   The Shooter   > foreign dignitaries. Within 2, how many guns are fired in > salutes for provincial lieutenant-governors on occasions > such as the Speech from the Throne?   18     > E1. Firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson was founded in 1852 > by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson. In which northeastern > US state is the company headquartered?   Massachusetts     > E2. Name the Austrian gunmaker whose pistols account for an > estimated 65% of the market share for handguns for American > law-enforcement agencies.   Glock     > * F. History: Gun Quotes   > F1. Who said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"?   Chairman Mao; Stalin   > the 100 top American movie quotes of all time. #94 on > the list was "I feel the need -- the need for speed." > Name the 1986 Tom Cruise movie it comes from.   Top Gun     -- Dan Tilque

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• QFTCISG Game 1, Rounds 7-8: Grim Reaper and Canada 150 - 6 Updates
• Rotating Quiz #269 theme explained - 6 Updates
• Calvin's Quiz #504 - 5 Updates
• Rotating Quiz #270: Fight or Flight - 3 Updates
• Calvin's Quiz #503 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 Update

QFTCISG Game 1, Rounds 7-8: Grim Reaper and Canada 150

Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 02 01:05PM On Sun, 01 Oct 2017 00:53:36 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:     > We give you the date, place, and age, and you identify the musician who > died. Look, some of them actually made it past 27.   > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42.   Elvis Pressley   > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40.   John Lennon   > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27.   Amy Winehouse   > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27.   Kurt Cobain   > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27.   Jim Morrison   > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22.   Buddy Holly   > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57.   Prince   > 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73.   James Brown   > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69.   David Bowie   > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27.   Jimmy Hendrix     > 150" web sites.   > 1. Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote, > in 1916?   P.E.I.   > 2. Dawson City, Yukon, is home to the Sour Toe Cocktail. > What garnish is put into the drink?   A human toe ("You can drink it fast, you can drink slow, but your lips must touch the toe")   > to produce Canadian paper money. Among the denominations first > issued, two were short-lived and both had been withdrawn from > circulation by 1938. Name *either* of those two.   50 cent   > "Toronto Maple Leafs".)   > 5. What province claims to be the first to be free of rats -- > the actual rodent kind, that is?   Newfoundland; P.E.I.     > 9. In 1959 this city became the first to have a special short phone > number for emergency calls -- 999, later changed to 911. > What city?   Montreal   > 10. In 1953 Trans-Canada became the first airline in the world to > use a computer for what function?   Managing reservations

Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Oct 02 06:12PM -0700 On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 1:53:41 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   > We give you the date, place, and age, and you identify the musician > who died. Look, some of them actually made it past 27.   > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42. Elvis Presley > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40. John Lennon > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27. > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27. Kurt Cobain > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27. Jim Morrison > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22. Buddy Holly > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57. Prince > 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73. James Brown > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69. David Bowie > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27. Jimi Hendrix

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 02 10:11PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote:   > We give you the date, place, and age, and you identify the musician > who died. Look, some of them actually made it past 27.   > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42.   Elvis Presley   > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40.   John Lennon   > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27. > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27.   Kurt Cobain   > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27.   Joni Mitchell   > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22.   Buddy Holly   > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57. > 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73.   Gregg Allman   > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69.   George Harrison   > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27.   Jim Morrison   > "Canada 150" web sites.   > 1. Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote, > in 1916?   Saskatchewan   > to produce Canadian paper money. Among the denominations first > issued, two were short-lived and both had been withdrawn from > circulation by 1938. Name *either* of those two.   twenty-five dollar bill   > like "Toronto Maple Leafs".)   > 5. What province claims to be the first to be free of rats -- > the actual rodent kind, that is?   Alberta     > 6. Around the world 7,000,000 boxes of this product are sold weekly. > Canada is the #1 consumer, at 1,700,000 boxes per week. > What is it? Brand name required.   Tim Horton's donuts     > 7. The first "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast televised in > English was in November 1952, from Toronto. Who did the Leafs > face in that game? (Full name required.)   Boston Bruins   > did not become our official national anthem until Parliament > passed the National Anthem Act. Within 5 years, when did > that happen?   1980     > 9. In 1959 this city became the first to have a special short phone > number for emergency calls -- 999, later changed to 911. > What city?   Scarborough, Ontario     > 10. In 1953 Trans-Canada became the first airline in the world to > use a computer for what function?   schedule planes     -- Dan Tilque

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 03 12:32AM -0500 Dan Tilque: > Boston Bruins   Lucky guess, or did you know, and if so how? -- Mark Brader | "This website offers to conjugate your French verb. Toronto | Trust the French to come up with something kinky msb@vex.net | like that." --Al Kriman

Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 03 01:50AM -0500 In article <NrGdna2k3uN9H03EnZ2dnUU7-TvNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...   > We give you the date, place, and age, and you identify the musician > who died. Look, some of them actually made it past 27.   > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42. Elvis Presley   > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40. John Lennon   > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27. Amy Winehouse   > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27. Kurt Cobain   > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27. Jim Morrison   > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22. Buddy Holly   > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57. Prince   > 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73. James Brown   > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69. David Bowie   > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27. Jimi Hendrix       > in 1916?   > 2. Dawson City, Yukon, is home to the Sour Toe Cocktail. > What garnish is put into the drink? spruce needles     -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.   --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 03 02:04AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Dan Tilque: >> Boston Bruins   > Lucky guess, or did you know, and if so how?   Pure luck.   -- Dan Tilque

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Rotating Quiz #269 theme explained

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 11:37AM -0500 Mark Brader: >> Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Name him.   > Salmon P. Chase...     >> 13. What is the hidden theme in #1-12?   Signs of the zodiac.   You may remember that in the preamble to the contest I said it was hard to come up with a good hidden theme that hadn't been used before. When I was drafting this quiz, I had the nagging thought that the zodiac *had* already been used, but I hoped I was hiding it well enough this time that even if it had, the quiz would still work.   After I finished writing the quiz, I finally dared to check and found that it was *me* who'd used the same theme before -- specifically, in RQ 129 in 2014. Well, no wonder I sort of remembered it.   Anyway, I also discovered that in the previous quiz I'd only asked 10 questions, and in a random order. Two entrants got the theme that time: Gareth Owen and Jeff Turner. So I wasn't expecting no one to get it this time, even if it was hidden a bit deeper.   This time I'd decided to use all 12 signs, and in sequence, and I found I'd only repeated one question that I'd used in RQ 129 (on the "archer" question, I'd asked for the name Miles Archer from "The Maltese Falcon"). So I changed that one to ask about a different well-known novel and movie, and I had an all-new quiz.     >> 14. Explain in detail how the theme applies in each case.   1. Aries the ram -- The team Slater played his 20 seasons with was the Los Angeles (then the St. Louis) Rams.   2. Taurus the bull -- The papal proclamation is called a bull.   3. Gemini the twins -- The McWhirters were twin brothers.   4. Cancer the crab -- Crab Nebula.   5. Leo the lion -- The 2016 movie based on his true story was titled "Lion", which is also the etymological origin of his first name.   6. Virgo the virgin -- Elizabeth I, in the question, was known as the Virgin Queen and, for all anyone knows, may actually have been a virgin.   7. Libra the scale -- Scales of temperature, in the question.   8. Scorpio the scorpion -- Scorpion, in the question.   9. Sagittarius the archer -- Katniss Everdeen is a skilled archer.   10. Capricorn the goat -- His fans call Federer the Greatest Of All Time or "GOAT".   11. Aquarius the water-bearer -- That's what an aqueduct does.   12. Pisces the fish -- Salmon.     With the hint, Dan Blum got the theme and some of the specifics. -- Mark Brader | "shenli" Silent Domolition Agent uses in exploiting Toronto | and cutting rock and non-explosive fragmentate and msb@vex.net | demolish concrete. --seen in spam   My text in this article is in the public domain.

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 02 08:37PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote:   > he had come or what his home town was called -- until 25 years later, > when he was able to browse in Google Earth to find the landmarks he > still remembered.   I remember seeing some show on TV about this. Since I only watch sports on TV at home, it must have been the night before the eclipse when I stayed at my brother's house. (He lives in Salem, which was right on the path.) The only thing is, the name of the Indian guy didn't stay with me. If you'd given details about the train trip, I probably would have gotten it.     > these answers for the moment and just give a hint. There's a reason > why there were 12 questions and not more, and their sequence was > relevant as well. Now do you get it?   When I first saw there were 12 questions, I figured the theme was likely the zodiac. But if it was, it was so obscure that it didn't help me and I forgot about it by the time I completed the quiz.     -- Dan Tilque

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 11:31PM -0500 Mark Brader: >> he had come or what his home town was called -- until 25 years later, >> when he was able to browse in Google Earth to find the landmarks he >> still remembered. Dan Tilque: > I remember seeing some show on TV about this. Since I only watch sports > on TV at home, it must have been the night before the eclipse...   Must've been "60 Minutes". They did an item about it a few months ago, and their summer shows generally consist of rerun items with a short update after each one. Checking on the web, it appears that they originally showed it on December 8 and did indeed rerun it on August 20.   > when I stayed at my brother's house. (He lives in Salem, which was > right on the path.)   Nice planning! But not the best place for clear weather. How was it there?   > The only thing is, the name of the Indian guy didn't stay with > me. If you'd given details about the train trip, I probably would have > gotten it.   Oh well. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "True excitement lies in doing msb@vex.net | 'sdb /unix /dev/kmem'" -- Pontus Hedman   My text in this article is in the public domain.

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 02 10:37PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote:   >> I remember seeing some show on TV about this. Since I only watch sports >> on TV at home, it must have been the night before the eclipse...   > Must've been "60 Minutes".   That's right, it was 60 Minutes.   >> right on the path.)   > Nice planning! But not the best place for clear weather. How was it > there?   The weather was perfect. Not a cloud in the sky. Right on the coast it was probably cloudy, but Salem is 80 or 90 miles inland and there's a small mountain range in between.   His house is only 60-some miles away from mine. I bicycled down the day before. It took me about 4 hours or so. The centerline of the eclipse went south of Salem, but his house is also south of Salem. He said he calculated the difference in duration between his location and the maximum and there was only about one second difference.   -- Dan Tilque

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 03 12:49AM -0500 Dan Tilque: >>> when I stayed at my brother's house. (He lives in Salem, which was >>> right on the path.)   Mark Brader: >> Nice planning! But not the best place for clear weather. How was it >> there? Dan Tilque: > The weather was perfect. Not a cloud in the sky. Right on the coast it > was probably cloudy, but Salem is 80 or 90 miles inland and there's a > small mountain range in between.   Ah. Excellent.   I drove to western Nebraska and also was able to find perfect weather. I just tried to get within 2-3 miles of the centerline, but afterwards worked out that the spot where I stopped (on NE 29, north of Mitchell) was actually within about 700 feet of it.   > went south of Salem, but his house is also south of Salem. He said he > calculated the difference in duration between his location and the > maximum and there was only about one second difference.   Excellent! (Though from where I was, I did beat you on duration.) -- Mark Brader | "The occasional accidents had been much overemphasized, Toronto | and later investigations ... revealed that nearly 90% msb@vex.net | ... could have been prevented." --Wiley Post, 1931

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 03 01:54AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote:   > Excellent! (Though from where I was, I did beat you on duration.)   That was my biggest (only) complaint. The eclipse was way too short.   Speaking of which, the next North American eclipse (8 April 2024) is going to be about twice as long. And it's coming to you! Well, sort of.   The northern edge of the eclipse is going right by Toronto. Just to the south, actually, which means it'll be out in the lake. The centerline will go right through Buffalo. So you'll have travel a bit to get a decent view. Have you made plans yet?   -- Dan Tilque

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Calvin's Quiz #504

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 06:39PM -0700 In which river was Jesus baptised? Who was Nicole Kidman's co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"? Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion? Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters? What is the state capital of Louisiana? Which English king signed The Magna Carta?    American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high school nickname? Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"? In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies? What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?     cheers, calvin

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 10:14PM -0500 "Calvin": > [1] In which river was Jesus baptised?   Jordan.   > [2] Who was Nicole Kidman's co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?   Someone I've heard of, I'm sure...   > [3] Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?   Crab?   > [4] Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master > Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?   "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?   > [5] What is the state capital of Louisiana?   Baton Rouge.   > [6] Which English king signed The Magna Carta?   John.   > [7] American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a > high school nickname?   Meat Loaf.   > [8] Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?   Michigan.   > [9] In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the > Fairies?   Puck? Whoever it was, I bet he's in "A Midsummer Night's Dream".   > [10] What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?   The air. :-) They're all winds. -- Mark Brader | "A colorful quilt reflecting the dispersed development msb@vex.net | of the nation. A sentence fragment." Toronto | --Eric Walker   My text in this article is in the public domain.

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 03 03:16AM > In which river was Jesus baptised?   Jordan   > Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?   crab   > Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?   Eat Drink Man Woman   > What is the state capital of Louisiana?   Baton Rouge   > Which English king signed The Magna Carta? ??   John   > Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?   Michigan   > In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?   Oberon   > What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?   winds   -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 02 09:36PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > In which river was Jesus baptised?   Jordan   > Who was Nicole Kidman's co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?   Tom Cruise   > Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?   lobster   > Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters? > What is the state capital of Louisiana?   Baton Rouge   > Which English king signed The Magna Carta?   John   > American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high school nickname? > Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?   MIchigan   > In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?   Oberon   > What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?   winds       -- Dan Tilque

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 03 07:14AM > In which river was Jesus baptised?   Jordan   > What is the state capital of Louisiana?   Baton Rouge   > Which English king signed The Magna Carta?      John without land   > Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?   Michigan   > In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?   The elf king   > What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?   Not sure that they connect to each other, but they are all winds.   -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se

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Rotating Quiz #270: Fight or Flight

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 03 04:17AM This is Rotating Quiz #270. Entries must be posted by Monday, October 9th, 2017 at 11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time).   Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner gets to create the next RQ.   Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question.   This quiz does not have a theme. Instead it has acrostics - the first letters of each answer form a word and the last letters of each answer form a different word. Each of the non-acrostic answers is worth 2 points, or 1 if it's almost right in some way. The acrostic answers are worth 1 point each. If an answer is a person's name, the surname is the part that is required for points and is used for the acrostics. If any other part of the name is given it must be correct for points to be awarded.   In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored the most points on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest people got any points on). Second tiebreaker will be posting order.   1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell under colonial rule.   2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.   3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as North Africa.   4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the capital.)   5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign affairs.   6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the material being extracted is above some local land level they are often accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is generally called what?   7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The Periodic Table.   8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the finished canvas.   9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally known as Prince. What was his surname?   10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller than Chorley cakes.   11. The first letters spell what?   12. The last letters spell what?         -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 03 12:31AM -0500 Dan Blum: > Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major > pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell > under colonial rule.   Algiers.   > with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier > methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often > incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.   Daguerrotype. > single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as > viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as > North Africa.   I have no clue, so I'll make something up. Rabac? > (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so > there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the > capital.)   That must be Ecuador. > 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free > association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign > affairs.   Niue. (Working backwards.) > accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because > they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is > generally called what?   Adit. > 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for > his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The > Periodic Table.   Levi. > 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually > oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the > finished canvas.   Intaglio? (Working backwards.)   > 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally > known as Prince. What was his surname?   Nelson. > where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and > filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller > than Chorley cakes.   Well, it's not Eastbourne, Epping, East Ham, Edgware, Exeter, Exmouth, Effingham, Edmonton... I guess I'll make something up again. Edgeness? > 11. The first letters spell what?   ADRENALINE. > 12. The last letters spell what?   SECRETIONS. -- Mark Brader | "Yeah. Writers working under tight restrictions produce Toronto | novel material -- like, for example, epigrams employing msb@vex.net | backward alphabetization." --Randall Munroe   My text in this article is in the public domain.

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 10:37PM -0700 On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 2:17:47 PM UTC+10, Dan Blum wrote: > (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so > there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the > capital.)   Ecuador   > 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free > association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign > affairs.   Cook Islands     > 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually > oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the > finished canvas.   Impasto   > 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally > known as Prince. What was his surname?   Nelson > than Chorley cakes.   > 11. The first letters spell what?   > 12. The last letters spell what?   nope.   cheers, calvin

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Calvin's Quiz #503 - ANSWERS & SCORES

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 06:36PM -0700 On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 11:42:56 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:   I'm back!   > 1 What links Brooklyn, Romeo and Harper?   Beckham [children]   > 2 Brno is a city of around 100,000 people in which European country?   Czech Republic   > 3 Which conflict lasted from 17th July 1936 to 1st April 1939?   Spanish Civil War   > 4 These words from various different languages all have what identical meaning: Gehve, Qahwa, Sourj, Koohii, Kape?   Coffee Singleton for Dan   > 5 Which NFL team is sometimes nicknamed "Americas Team"?   Dallas Cowboys   > 6 Which country has won the most Davis Cups?   USA   > 7 A piano suite by which French composer (1862-1918) includes the movement 'Clair De Lune'?   Claude Debussy   > 8 In 1934 which African country became the first to compete in a football (soccer) World Cup?   Egypt Singleton for Peter   > 9 Diwali is an important festival in which religion?   Hindusim was the expected answer, but as two posters noted Sikhism is also correct.   > 10 The Husqvarna manufacturing group is headquartered in which European country?   Sweden   Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 503 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 33 Dan Blum 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 27 Peter Smyth 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 31 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 31 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 6 32 Erland S 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 24 Gareth Owen 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 25 Mark Brader - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 3 6 5 1 4 5 5 1 7 4 41 59%   Congratulations Dan B.   cheers, calvin

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Rotating Quiz #269 RESULTS and hint

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 01 02:14PM > these answers for the moment and just give a hint. There's a reason > why there were 12 questions and not more, and their sequence was > relevant as well. Now do you get it?   The theme is signs of the zodiac, but I can't tell how all apply without research. Some are (now) obvious - scorpion, Crab Nebula, aqueduct, Salmon P. Chase, aqueduct, Reamur, and the McWhirters, but some are not. I assume Katniss is Sagitarrius in which case Virgo is presumably Elizabeth I, in which case I would probably never have gotten it under the assmumption that the theme applies to the answers and not the questions.   -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Oct 01 06:58PM -0500 On 10/1/17 09:14, Dan Blum wrote: > presumably Elizabeth I, in which case I would probably never have > gotten it under the assmumption that the theme applies to the answers > and not the questions.   Leo was pretty tenuous (being an "earth" sign), but for the life of me I can't figure out how Capricorn relates to #10, unless it's the Grand Slam events are played on grass or clay, and Capricorn is another "earth" sign, which would be even more tenuous than the Leo connection.

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QFTCISG Game 1, Rounds 7-8: Grim Reaper and Canada 150

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 01 02:22PM > * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - A Date with the Grim Reaper   > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42.   Elvis Presley   > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40.   John Lennon   > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27.   Amy Winehouse   > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27.   Kurt Cobain   > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27.   Jimi Hendrix; Jim Morrison   > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22.   Richie Valens   > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57.   Prince   > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69.   David Bowie   > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27.   Jim Morrison; Janis Joplin   > * Game 1, Round 8 - Canadiana - Canada 150   > 1. Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote, > in 1916?   British Columbia; Alberta   > 2. Dawson City, Yukon, is home to the Sour Toe Cocktail. > What garnish is put into the drink?   pickle   > to produce Canadian paper money. Among the denominations first > issued, two were short-lived and both had been withdrawn from > circulation by 1938. Name *either* of those two.   $1; $10   > 5. What province claims to be the first to be free of rats -- > the actual rodent kind, that is?   Prince Edward Island   > 6. Around the world 7,000,000 boxes of this product are sold weekly. > Canada is the #1 consumer, at 1,700,000 boxes per week. > What is it? Brand name required.   Timbits   > 7. The first "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast televised in > English was in November 1952, from Toronto. Who did the Leafs > face in that game? (Full name required.)   Boston Bruins; Chicago Blackhawks   > did not become our official national anthem until Parliament > passed the National Anthem Act. Within 5 years, when did > that happen?   1900; 1920   > 9. In 1959 this city became the first to have a special short phone > number for emergency calls -- 999, later changed to 911. > What city?   Toronto; Vancouver   > 10. In 1953 Trans-Canada became the first airline in the world to > use a computer for what function?   tracking tickets and passengers   Knowing the airline industry's computer practices, that same system is probably still being used.   -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 01 03:08PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:NrGdna2k3uN9H03EnZ2dnUU7-   > We give you the date, place, and age, and you identify the musician > who died. Look, some of them actually made it past 27.   > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42.   Elvis Presley   > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40.   John Lennon   > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27.   Amy Winehouse   > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27.   Kurt Cobain   > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27.   Jim Morrison   > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22.   Buddy Holly   > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57.   Prince   > 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73.   Ray Charles   > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69.   David Bowie   > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27.   Jimi Hendrix > "Canada 150" web sites.   > 1. Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote, > in 1916?   Alberta; Saskatchewan > 2. Dawson City, Yukon, is home to the Sour Toe Cocktail. > What garnish is put into the drink?   a human toe   > 5. What province claims to be the first to be free of rats -- > the actual rodent kind, that is?   Prince Edward Island > 6. Around the world 7,000,000 boxes of this product are sold weekly. > Canada is the #1 consumer, at 1,700,000 boxes per week. > What is it? Brand name required.   Kraft Dinner macaroni & cheese   > 7. The first "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast televised in > English was in November 1952, from Toronto. Who did the Leafs > face in that game? (Full name required.)   Montreal Canadiens; Boston Bruins > did not become our official national anthem until Parliament > passed the National Anthem Act. Within 5 years, when did > that happen?   1965   > 10. In 1953 Trans-Canada became the first airline in the world to > use a computer for what function?   reservations   -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com

Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Oct 01 07:17PM +0100 > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42.   Elvis Aron Presley   > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40.   John Winston Ono Lennon   > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27.   Amy Winehouse   > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27.   Kur(d)t Donald Cobain   > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27.   James Douglas "Jim" Morrison   > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22.   Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holly   > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57.   Prince Rogers Nelson   > 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73.   Soul Brother #1, Mr Please Please, The Hardest Working Man In Show Business, Godfather of Soul, The Incredible, Mister James Brown   > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69.   David Bowie (né Jones)   > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27.   James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix

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QFTCISG Game 1, Rounds 7-8: Grim Reaper and Canada 150

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 01 12:53AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-09-18, and should be interpreted accordingly.   On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.   All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin' and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".     * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - A Date with the Grim Reaper   We give you the date, place, and age, and you identify the musician who died. Look, some of them actually made it past 27.   1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42. 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40. 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27. 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27. 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27. 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22. 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57. 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73. 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69. 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27.     * Game 1, Round 8 - Canadiana - Canada 150   This round consists of miscellaneous trivia items inspired by "Canada 150" web sites.   1. Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote, in 1916?   2. Dawson City, Yukon, is home to the Sour Toe Cocktail. What garnish is put into the drink?   3. In 1934 the Bank of Canada was designated as the only source to produce Canadian paper money. Among the denominations first issued, two were short-lived and both had been withdrawn from circulation by 1938. Name *either* of those two.   4. Long before the Raptors, this Toronto team was the first Canadian team in the NBA, playing out of Maple Leaf Gardens from 1946 until 1947. What were they called? (Full name required, like "Toronto Maple Leafs".)   5. What province claims to be the first to be free of rats -- the actual rodent kind, that is?   6. Around the world 7,000,000 boxes of this product are sold weekly. Canada is the #1 consumer, at 1,700,000 boxes per week. What is it? Brand name required.   7. The first "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast televised in English was in November 1952, from Toronto. Who did the Leafs face in that game? (Full name required.)   8. "O Canada" was first performed in Quebec City in 1880, but it did not become our official national anthem until Parliament passed the National Anthem Act. Within 5 years, when did that happen?   9. In 1959 this city became the first to have a special short phone number for emergency calls -- 999, later changed to 911. What city?   10. In 1953 Trans-Canada became the first airline in the world to use a computer for what function?   -- Mark Brader "As penance, I suppose I should read the standard Toronto again, but I've already lost as much hair as msb@vex.net I can afford." -- Tom Kelly   My text in this article is in the public domain.

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 01 11:36AM +0200 > We give you the date, place, and age, and you identify the musician > who died. Look, some of them actually made it past 27.   > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42.   Elvis Presley   > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40.   John Lennon   > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27.   Amy Whitehouse   > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27.   Kurt Cobain   > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27.   Jim Morrison   > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22.   Buddy Holly   > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57.   Prince   > 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73.   Chuck Berry   > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69.   David Bowie   > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27.   Jimi Hendrix   > * Game 1, Round 8 - Canadiana - Canada 150   > 1. Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote, > in 1916?   New Brunswick > 2. Dawson City, Yukon, is home to the Sour Toe Cocktail. > What garnish is put into the drink?   Seal tar > to produce Canadian paper money. Among the denominations first > issued, two were short-lived and both had been withdrawn from > circulation by 1938. Name *either* of those two.   3$   > 5. What province claims to be the first to be free of rats -- > the actual rodent kind, that is?   Prince Edward Island   > 7. The first "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast televised in > English was in November 1952, from Toronto. Who did the Leafs > face in that game? (Full name required.)   Montréal Canadiens > did not become our official national anthem until Parliament > passed the National Anthem Act. Within 5 years, when did > that happen?   1935 > 9. In 1959 this city became the first to have a special short phone > number for emergency calls -- 999, later changed to 911. > What city?   Ottawa > 10. In 1953 Trans-Canada became the first airline in the world to > use a computer for what function? Flight planning     -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se

"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 01 09:54AM Mark Brader wrote:     > We give you the date, place, and age, and you identify the musician > who died. Look, some of them actually made it past 27.   > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42. Elvis Presley > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40. John Lennon > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27. Amy Winehouse > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27. Kurt Cobain > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27. Jim Morrison > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22. Buddy Holly > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57. Prince > 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73. > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69. David Bowie > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27. Jimi Hendrix > "Canada 150" web sites.   > 1. Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote, > in 1916? Manitoba, Nova Scotia > 2. Dawson City, Yukon, is home to the Sour Toe Cocktail. > What garnish is put into the drink? An amputated toe > to produce Canadian paper money. Among the denominations first > issued, two were short-lived and both had been withdrawn from > circulation by 1938. Name either of those two. $1000 > Canadian team in the NBA, playing out of Maple Leaf Gardens from > 1946 until 1947. What were they called? (Full name required, > like "Toronto Maple Leafs".) Toronto St Patricks > 5. What province claims to be the first to be free of rats -- > the actual rodent kind, that is? Newfoundland & Labrador > What city?   > 10. In 1953 Trans-Canada became the first airline in the world to > use a computer for what function? Reservations   Peter Smyth

Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Oct 01 05:54AM -0500 On 10/1/17 00:53, Mark Brader wrote:   > We give you the date, place, and age, and you identify the musician > who died. Look, some of them actually made it past 27.   > 1. 1977-08-16, Memphis TN, age 42.   Elvis Presley   > 2. 1980-12-08, Manhattan, New York NY, age 40.   John Lennon   > 3. 2011-07-23, Camden, London, UK, age 27. > 4. 1994-04-05, Seattle WA, age 27.   Kurt Cobain   > 5. 1971-07-03, Paris, France, age 27.   Jim Morrison   > 6. 1959-02-03, Clear Lake IA, age 22.   Buddy Holly   > 7. 2016-04-21, Chanhassen MN, age 57.   Prince   > 8. 2006-12-25, Atlanta GA, age 73.   Ray Charles   > 9. 2016-01-10, Manhattan, New York NY, age 69.   David Bowie   > 10. 1970-09-18, Kensington, London, UK, age 27.   Jimi Hendrix   > "Canada 150" web sites.   > 1. Which province was the first to grant women the right to vote, > in 1916?   British Columbia   > 2. Dawson City, Yukon, is home to the Sour Toe Cocktail. > What garnish is put into the drink?   A human toe   > to produce Canadian paper money. Among the denominations first > issued, two were short-lived and both had been withdrawn from > circulation by 1938. Name *either* of those two.   $25   > like "Toronto Maple Leafs".)   > 5. What province claims to be the first to be free of rats -- > the actual rodent kind, that is?   PEI ; Nova Scotia   > 6. Around the world 7,000,000 boxes of this product are sold weekly. > Canada is the #1 consumer, at 1,700,000 boxes per week. > What is it? Brand name required.   Kellogg's Corn Flakes   > 7. The first "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast televised in > English was in November 1952, from Toronto. Who did the Leafs > face in that game? (Full name required.)   Chicago Black Hawks   > did not become our official national anthem until Parliament > passed the National Anthem Act. Within 5 years, when did > that happen?   1950   > 9. In 1959 this city became the first to have a special short phone > number for emergency calls -- 999, later changed to 911. > What city?   Montreal ; Ottawa   > 10. In 1953 Trans-Canada became the first airline in the world to > use a computer for what function?   Flight dispatching

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QFTCISG Game 1, Rounds 4,6 answers: UK ex-colonies, TO events

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 01 12:51AM -0500 Mark Brader: > colonial name.   > 1. A colony from 1937 to 1967, located on the south of today's > Yemen, it became part of the Federation of Saudi Arabia.   Urk! As Joshua and Dan Blum noted, there was no such federation; it was the Federation of *South* Arabia. My error when retyping the round for use here; sorry! Some people did get the answer anyway, which is Aden. 4 for Peter, Don, Erland, and Dan Tilque.   > 2. A colony from 1733 to 1776, it became part of the USA.   Georgia. 4 for Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Erland, and Dan Tilque.   > 3. A colony from 1843 to 1910, it became part of the Union of > South Africa.   Natal. 2 for Marc.   The Cape Colony was the most popular wrong answer (and my suggestion too, at the original game), but it was actually a British colony as early as 1795. I have to say I didn't think much of these questions where you had to pick out a colony from multiple possible answers solely by the date it was establsihed.   > of New South Wales until it became an independent colony in 1825. > In 1901 it became part of the Commonwealth of Australia. > What is it called *today*?   Tasmania. 4 for Peter, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.   > separate colonies; in 1783 they ceded it back to Spain, and in > 1821 it joined the USA. Give its present name *or* name either > of the two British colonies.   Florida, East Florida, West Florida. 4 for Peter, Don, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.   > 6. A self-governing colony from 1923, Britain accepted its > independence in 1980 and it became Zimbabwe.   Southern Rhodesia. (Both words required. Northern Rhodesia was a separate colony that became Zambia. Rhodesia was the name adopted by Southern Rhodesia when it first declared independence in 1965, not a colonial name.) 4 for Don, Marc, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.   > 7. A colony from 1884 to 1981, it changed its name to Belize and > then became independent in 1981. Give its previous name.   British Honduras. 4 for everyone -- Peter, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Joshua.   > 8. This colony was founded in 1858, absorbed an adjacent, older > colony in 1866, and became part of the Dominion of Canada > in 1871.   British Columbia. (Amalgamated with Vancouver Island.) 4 for Don, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.   > 9. It separated from British India in 1937 and became a Crown > Colony until its independence in 1948. Give *either* the > colonial or the present name.   Burma, Myanmar. 4 for Marc.   > 10. This archipelago separated from British Mauritius in 1903 and > was a distinct Crown Colony until gaining independence in 1976.   Seychelles. 4 for Don, Dan Blum, Erland, and Joshua.     > indicated range. If the name has changed over the years, we mean the > first year under the original name.   > 1. Beaches International Jazz Festival, within 3 years.   1989 (accepting 1986-92).   > 2. Nuit Blanche, 2 years.   2006 (accepting 2004-08).   > 3. Toronto International Film Festival, 4 years.   1976 (accepting 1972-80). 3 for Dan Blum.   > 4. Taste of the Danforth, 3 years.   1994 (accepting 1991-97).   > 5. Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, 4 years.   1987 (accepting 1983-91). 2 for Dan Blum.   > 6. Luminato, 2 years.   2007 (accepting 2005-09). 4 for Dan Blum (the hard way).   > 7. Caribana, 6 years.   1967 (accepting 1961-73).   I think this is the only one where the question did not use the event's current name. It was renamed in 2011 for trademark reasons and is now officially the Toronto Caribbean Carnival.   > 8. Pride Parade, 4 years.   1979 (accepting 1975-83). 4 for Joshua.   > 9. Santa Claus Parade, 8 years.   1905 (accepting 1897-1913).   > 10. Doors Open Toronto, 3 years.   2000 (accepting 1997-2003). 3 for Dan Blum.     Scores, if there are no errors:   GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Lit Geo Can Dan Blum 28 28 24 12 92 Don Piven 28 32 32 0 92 Dan Tilque 28 32 28 0 88 Joshua Kreitzer 28 28 20 4 80 Marc Dashevsky 24 20 22 0 66 Bruce Bowler 24 16 12 0 52 Erland Sommarskog 16 4 31 0 51 Peter Smyth 18 12 16 0 46 Jason Kreitzer 4 20 4 0 28 Pete Gayde 16 12 -- -- 28   -- Mark Brader | "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, Toronto | when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" msb@vex.net | --Upton Sinclair   My text in this article is in the public domain.

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Rotating Quiz #269 RESULTS and hint

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 01 12:34AM -0500 Mark Brader: > these will be the first tiebreaker in case of a tie. The second > tiebreaker is who scored on the hardest questions of #1-12, and > the third tiebreaker is who posted first.   No tiebreakers were needed. The clear winner is DAN BLUM with a score of 6 points. Hearty congratulations!   > playing right tackle, and was a great help to his team's offense. > He made the Pro Bowl 7 times and is in the Hall of Fame. > Name him.   Jackie Slater.   > only in Latin, of course. The proclamation is now known by > the first two Latin words of that phrase: "Inter Gravissimas". > What did it tell people to do?   Switch to the calendar now named for that pope -- the Gregorian one. I accepted any reference to a calendar change. 1 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland.   > 3. The "Guinness Book of Records", as it was originally known, > was first published in 1955. For its first 20 years it was > edited by two brothers. Name them.   Norris and Ross McWhirter. 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Pete.   > else in the night sky except the Moon. What's the name of the > object that you'll see if you look today at the place where it > was, using a suitably large telescope?   Crab Nebula. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Erland.   > 5. How did Saroo Brierley identify where he'd come from?   With Google Earth.   At age 5 he got onto a train without a ticket, and fell asleep. He was carried about 900 miles across India and did not know which way he had come or what his home town was called -- until 25 years later, when he was able to browse in Google Earth to find the landmarks he still remembered.   > 6. Many Roman Catholics denied that Elizabeth I was the legitimate > Queen of England because they considered her parents' marriage > to be invalid due to bigamy. Name both parents.   King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn. 1 for Peter and Dan Tilque.   Henry's marriage to Katherine of Aragon had been annulled by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, who not-so-incidentally had been nominated for that job by Henry himself -- but the Catholic point of view was that nobody could annul a marriage except the Pope.   > 7. Name the temperature scale, formerly used in Europe, that has > the same zero point as Celsius, but even larger degrees, so > that water boils at 80 degrees.   Réaumur. 1 for Erland.   > thought about it, and finally agreed. But halfway across the > river, the scorpion did sting the fox! Before they drowned, > he asked the scorpion why. What did the scorpion say?   It's my nature. I accepted "I'm a scorpion". 1 for Dan Blum and Pete.   > straight path to the stage. I reach her just as she is about to > mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm, I push her being me. > "I volunteer!" I gasp. --Who am "I"? (First or last name.)   Katniss Everdeen. (In "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins.) 1 for Dan Blum.   > this man has a record 19 wins. He has never completed the > Grand Slam by winning all four in one year, but three times he > has won three out of four. Name him.   Roger Federer. 1 for Peter and Erland.   > built using three levels of arches. Another unusual feature, > compared to most other bridges, is the reason why it was built. > What's that?   To carry an aqueduct (over the Gardon River). 1 for Marc, Dan Tilque, and Pete.   > Anyway, the portrait on the bill shows the man who was Secretary > of the Treasury during most of the Civil War and then became > Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Name him.   Salmon P. Chase. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Pete.   > 13. What is the hidden theme in #1-12? > 14. Explain in detail how the theme applies in each case.   Somewhat to my surprise, nobody got these. So I'm going to suppress these answers for the moment and just give a hint. There's a reason why there were 12 questions and not more, and their sequence was relevant as well. Now do you get it?     Scores, if there are no errors:   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TOTALS   Dan Blum 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 Erland Sommarskog 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Peter Smyth 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3   0 3 3 4 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 4   So now it's over to Dan Blum for RQ 270. But come on, let's see *someone* come up with answers on #13-14 of this contest, eh? If the complete answers aren't given sooner, I'll reveal them in another 36 hours or so from the time of this posting.   -- Mark Brader | "'Settlor', (i) in relation to a testamentary trust, Toronto | means the individual referred to in paragraph (i)." msb@vex.net | -- Income Tax Act of Canada (1972-94), 108(1)(h)   My text in this article is in the public domain.

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