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Friday, February 16, 2024
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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 16 01:00AM Mark Brader: >>> and serve it in a pita, then you have this lovely treat to >>> serve to hungry bar-hoppers in Atlantic Canada. What is it? >> Donair. Dan Blum: > Wikipedia thinks "doner" and "donair" are the same thing. Not at the moment it doesn't. "A variation known as donair was introduced in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the early 1970s." > (So do I but Wikipedia is a bit more authoritative.) Hardly. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Actor sent to jail for not finishing sentence msb@vex.net | --Knoxville, TN, News-Sentinel, 1989-01-21 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 2 topics
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 14 07:51PM +0100 > "Partners in Crime". She was portrayed on TV in the 1980s > by Francesca Annis. (For this one either the first name or > surname is sufficient.) Miss Marple > Nash, and Young cranked up the volume and the tempo for their > hit recording of the song. Who was the writer of the original, > dreamier version? Joni Mitchell > Girl" from a buddy who was down on his luck and turning it into > a #1 hit -- and perennial source of royalties. Who was Bowie's > lucky songwriting pal? Iggy Pop > The following are among the top science stories of 2023. > 4. Name the submersible that imploded en route to a tour of the > Titanic. Ocean Blue > 5. In July, a moon lander surveyed the previously unexplored > south pole of the moon, where frozen water reservoirs are > believed to exist. *Which country* launched this moon lander? China > but now he is one of many speaking out about its potential > misuse and need for regulation. What is "it"? (Give the > general answer, but a specific project or product.) AI |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 14 05:46PM -0800 On Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 4:02:19 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote: > Each of the detectives we'll ask you to name exists both in print > fiction and as a character in movies and/or on TV. > 1. Who did Humphrey Bogart play in "The Maltese Falcon"? Sam Spade > 2. Name another Dashiell Hammett detective, played by William > Powell on the big screen and by Peter Lawford on TV. Nick Charles > "Partners in Crime". She was portrayed on TV in the 1980s > by Francesca Annis. (For this one either the first name or > surname is sufficient.) Marple > in movies by Charles Laughton and Jean Gabin -- among others -- > and on television by Michael Gambon, Bruno Cremer, and Rowan > Atkinson. Maigret > small, but Albert Finney is the only one to have earned a Best > Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal. The year of the > movie is 1974. Name the detective. Hercule Poirot > gave him one name; Paul Newman played the character twice under > a different name. Give either name of this sleuth, but please > specify books or movies. Harper (in movies); Archer (in books) > Nash, and Young cranked up the volume and the tempo for their > hit recording of the song. Who was the writer of the original, > dreamier version? Joni Mitchell > first tour. Only problem is, they still don't have a hit song. > Some buddies loaned them "I Wanna Be Your Man", which went to > #12 on the charts. Who were the Stones' songwriting friends? John Lennon & Paul McCartney > But in this case, Chaka Khan just helped herself to the song > "I Feel For You", which won her a Grammy and went to #1 on the > Cashbox charts. Who was the songwriter? Prince > Girl" from a buddy who was down on his luck and turning it into > a #1 hit -- and perennial source of royalties. Who was Bowie's > lucky songwriting pal? Iggy Pop > again in 1982 -- before Whitney Houston swooped down and turned > it into the best-selling single of all time by a female artist. > Name the songwriter. Dolly Parton > death, making it a rare example of a posthumous #1 hit, and > an even rarer example of a #1 written by a Rhodes scholar. > Name the songwriter. Kris Kristofferson > Apparently, he was nonplussed when the Pointer Sisters scored > a worldwide #1 with this song, which he had yet to commit to > vinyl himself. Name the songwriter. Bruce Springsteen > Ironically, the highest any of her own recordings ever reached > on the charts was #43 -- and that was for her cover of a Carole > King song. The song is "And When I Die". Name the songwriter. Laura Nyro (the above implies that Carole King wrote "And When I Die," but I'm pretty sure Nyro herself wrote that song) > of the song has since joined the party, now using UB40's ska > arrangement when he performs his song live. The song is "Red, > Red Wine". Name the songwriter/balladeer. Neil Diamond > it on an album till 1977. In the meantime, Aretha Franklin had > scored a #1 hit with it. Four other performers have reached > the top 100 with the song since then. Name the songwriter. Stevie Wonder > 5. In July, a moon lander surveyed the previously unexplored > south pole of the moon, where frozen water reservoirs are > believed to exist. *Which country* launched this moon lander? China; India > 6. 2023 saw a new record in Canada of land lost to wildfires -- > more than double the previous record set in what year, within > four? 2018; 2009 > 7. In March, two teenage girls from New Orleans presented a new, > trigonometric proof of what theorem? Pythagorean theorem > but now he is one of many speaking out about its potential > misuse and need for regulation. What is "it"? (Give the > general answer, but a specific project or product.) artificial intelligence; ChatGPT -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 15 05:07AM > * Game 1, Round 4 - Entertainment - Detectives from Page to Screen > 1. Who did Humphrey Bogart play in "The Maltese Falcon"? Sam Spade > 2. Name another Dashiell Hammett detective, played by William > Powell on the big screen and by Peter Lawford on TV. Continental Op > "Partners in Crime". She was portrayed on TV in the 1980s > by Francesca Annis. (For this one either the first name or > surname is sufficient.) Marple > in movies by Charles Laughton and Jean Gabin -- among others -- > and on television by Michael Gambon, Bruno Cremer, and Rowan > Atkinson. Maigret > small, but Albert Finney is the only one to have earned a Best > Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal. The year of the > movie is 1974. Name the detective. Sherlock Holmes > 1. Canadian Jeremy Hansen was tapped by NASA to be a part of its > mission to the moon. What mission? Include the sequence number > if applicable. Artemis > 2. For the first time, the FDA has approved a gene-editing technique > to treat what blood disorder? hemophilia > 5. In July, a moon lander surveyed the previously unexplored > south pole of the moon, where frozen water reservoirs are > believed to exist. *Which country* launched this moon lander? China > superconductor i.e. a material that carries electric current > with no resistance. Superconductivity is not new, but what do > they say makes this one -- LK-99 -- special? it works at room temperature -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Feb 14 11:44PM -0800 On 2/14/24 02:02, Mark Brader wrote: > Each of the detectives we'll ask you to name exists both in print > fiction and as a character in movies and/or on TV. > 1. Who did Humphrey Bogart play in "The Maltese Falcon"? Sam Spade > small, but Albert Finney is the only one to have earned a Best > Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal. The year of the > movie is 1974. Name the detective. Sherlock Holmes > death, making it a rare example of a posthumous #1 hit, and > an even rarer example of a #1 written by a Rhodes scholar. > Name the songwriter. Kris Kristofferson > 1. Canadian Jeremy Hansen was tapped by NASA to be a part of its > mission to the moon. What mission? Include the sequence number > if applicable. Artemis III > 2. For the first time, the FDA has approved a gene-editing technique > to treat what blood disorder? sickle cell anemia > 3. Rocks and dust collected from an asteroid 2,000,000,000 km > away were brought back to earth in September. Name *either* > the asteroid or the probe. OSIRIS-REx > 4. Name the submersible that imploded en route to a tour of the > Titanic. Titan > 5. In July, a moon lander surveyed the previously unexplored > south pole of the moon, where frozen water reservoirs are > believed to exist. *Which country* launched this moon lander? India > superconductor i.e. a material that carries electric current > with no resistance. Superconductivity is not new, but what do > they say makes this one -- LK-99 -- special? works at room temperature (ecept that it doesn't) > but now he is one of many speaking out about its potential > misuse and need for regulation. What is "it"? (Give the > general answer, but a specific project or product.) artificial intelligence > 10. Sales of a certain GLP-1 receptor agonist went through the roof. > What is this drug popularly known as? Ozempic -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 15 05:02AM > > and serve it in a pita, then you have this lovely treat to > > serve to hungry bar-hoppers in Atlantic Canada. What is it? > Donair. Wikipedia thinks "doner" and "donair" are the same thing. (So do I but Wikipedia is a bit more authoritative.) -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 12 11:50PM +0100 > my password there just last week, which has complicated things as well. > throughout this I saw various people's answers on this round using other > services, so I couldn't submit a slate in good conscience. Chance has it that I use X-news and eternal-september. Yes, Xnews was abandoned more than ten years ago, but since the only group I follow that has regular traffic is this one, it works for me. I can't say why eternal-september does not like your login, though. |
| swp <swp@aol.com>: Feb 13 03:14AM Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in > abandoned more than ten years ago, but since the only group I follow > that has regular traffic is this one, it works for me. > I can't say why eternal-september does not like your login, though. thank you. I got the password issue resolved with eternal-september. now to see if posting from here really works. swp |
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