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| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 27 08:09PM -0700 Erland Sommarskog wrote: >> the first two Latin words of that phrase: "Inter Gravissimas". >> What did it tell people to do? > Delete 13 days from the calendar At the time, it was only 10 days. The idea was to get the calendar back to what it was in the 4th century when the Council of Nicaea was held. Why then and not all the way back to when Jesus was alive? Because the important thing to the Church was to get the calculation of the date of Easter right. That calculation was determined at that Council. Thirteen days is what you have to drop today (any time from 1900 to 2099, in fact) if you were to change from the Julian to Gregorian. No country still uses the Julian calendar, but some Eastern Rite churches still do. Russia and Greece both changed calendars in the 20th century, so they dropped 13 days. Curiously, they both did so at the beginning of February in different years, so those months had only 15 days in them. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 28 01:56AM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > > Delete 13 days from the calendar Dan Tilque: > Why then and not all the way back to when Jesus was alive? Because the > important thing to the Church was to get the calculation of the date of > Easter right. That calculation was determined at that Council. The interesting thing is that the intervening period contained only 9 years (500, 600, 700, 900, 100,0 1100, 1300, 1400, 1500) that would not have been leap years if the Gregorian calendar had been in effect all along. So why was it 10 days? Because Lilio, the man who actually worked out the new calendar for Pope Gregory, was using a slightly incorrect length for the year, and concluded that the Council of Nicaea must themselves have made a 1-day error. > country still uses the Julian calendar, but some Eastern Rite churches > still do. Russia and Greece both changed calendars in the 20th century, > so they dropped 13 days. An interesting case is Alaska, which switched when Russia sold it to the US in 1867. At that time the two calendars were 12 days apart, but the Alaskans dropped 13 days anyway. Why? In order to move the International Date Line, as we now call it, to its present position. For obvious reasons it previously on the other side of Alaska. -- Mark Brader "In fact I am thinking of adopting a religion Toronto that forbids the use of non-electric tools." msb@vex.net --Theodore W. Gray My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 28 01:44AM -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 recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Former British Crown Colonies The following round is about territories that belonged by settlement, conquest, or annexation to the British Crown or to an independent Commonwealth nation. We provide some events in the timeline of the colony, and tell you what it eventually became or merged with. Unless requested otherwise, you must give its 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. 2. A colony from 1733 to 1776, it became part of the USA. 3. A colony from 1843 to 1910, it became part of the Union of South Africa. 4. Called Van Diemen's Land from 1803 to 1856, originally part 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*? 5. In 1763 the British took control of this area and formed two 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. 6. A self-governing colony from 1923, Britain accepted its independence in 1980 and it became Zimbabwe. 7. A colony from 1884 to 1981, it changed its name to Belize and then became independent in 1981. Give its previous name. 8. This colony was founded in 1858, absorbed an adjacent, older colony in 1866, and became part of the Dominion of Canada in 1871. 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. 10. This archipelago separated from British Mauritius in 1903 and was a distinct Crown Colony until gaining independence in 1976. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg fnvq "Eubqrfvn" sbe nal nafjre, jr arrq zber. * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana Leisure - Toronto's Annual Events For each of these events, give the first year it was held, within the 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. 2. Nuit Blanche, 2 years. 3. Toronto International Film Festival, 4 years. 4. Taste of the Danforth, 3 years. 5. Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, 4 years. 6. Luminato, 2 years. 7. Caribana, 6 years. 8. Pride Parade, 4 years. 9. Santa Claus Parade, 8 years. 10. Doors Open Toronto, 3 years. -- Mark Brader | "Ooh, righteous indignation -- a bold choice! Toronto | I myself would start with dismay and *work my way up* msb@vex.net | to righteous indignation." --Murphy Brown My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 28 01:43AM -0500 Mark Brader: > communications company was replaced by Apple. It had joined > the index in March 1939 under a longer official name, which > was shortened in 2005. Name it. AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph). 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Joshua, Erland, and Pete. > different publicly traded companies, one concentrating on their > PC and printer business, the other on software and services. > Name the original company or either of the ones formed from it. Hewlett-Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP. 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua, and Pete. > 3. In June 2009, which car company was dropped from the list for > the second time in its history? General Motors (GM). 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Peter. > in that year's financial crisis, received a $180,000,000,000 > bailout from the US government and was dropped from the list. > Name it. American International Group (AIG). 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, and Joshua. > 5. In April 2008, which imaging manufacturing company was dropped > from the list? Eastman Kodak. (Accepting Kodak.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Peter, Marc, Bruce, Erland, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > 6. Which retail giant, founded in 1886, dropped off the list in > November 1999? Sears Roebuck. (Accepting Sears.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Joshua, and Pete. > word "Minnesota", joined the list. It remains there today. > Either give the name it now goes by, or show off by giving its > full original name. 3M, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing. 4 for Dan Tilque*, Don*, Dan Blum, Marc*, Bruce, Jason, Joshua, and Erland. The *'s indicate those who successfully showed off. > the list in September 2013. In 2007 it had failed in a hostile > takeover bid for its chief rival, which instead joined Rio Tinto. > Name the company that was on the index. Alcoa. (The rival was Alcan.) 2 for Dan Blum. > 9. United Aircraft & Transport joined the index in June 1930. > It remains on the index today after numerous acquisitions > and splits. What's its official company name now? United Technologies. > 2012 after splitting into two companies. One was called Mondelez > ["-LEEZ"] International; the other kept the original name. > What was that? Kraft Foods. (Accepting Kraft. Following a merger it's now Kraft Heinz.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Peter, and Joshua. > A round inspired by the current history we are living through! > 1. Aldous Huxley's title "Brave New World" derives from a speech > by Miranda in which William Shakespeare play? "The Tempest". 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 2. This Kurt Vonnegut book published in 1952 depicts a dystopia > existing 10 years after a fictional World War III, where most > factory workers have been replaced by machines. Name the novel. "Player Piano". 4 for Don. One entrant's guess of "Fahrenheit 421" was particularly interesting in view of question #7. > 3. The film "Blade Runner" is a loose adaptation of which 1968 > novel by Philip K. Dick? "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Joshua. > primarily used a form of Russian-influenced English for the > language, along with Cockney rhyming slang. What does the > Russian word "nadsat" translate into in English? Teen. 4 for Dan Tilque and Don. > 5. Name *any one* of the four government ministries in George > Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Answer in Oldspeak or Newspeak. The Ministries of Truth, Love, Peace, and Plenty -- or Minitrue, Miniluv, Minipax, and Miniplenty. 4 for Dan Tilque*, Don, Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Jason, and Joshua. The * indicates who answered in Newspeak. This wasn't an option in the original game, but I figured "Why not?" > 6. Back to "Brave New World" now. Name the drug administered > by the government in order to prevent people from speaking and > thinking freely. Soma. 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Jason, and Joshua. > 7. What is the significance of the title of Ray Bradbury's novel > "Fahrenheit 451"? It is (supposed to be) the temperature at which paper ignites. 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Jason, Joshua, Erland, and Pete. > To identify them with the commander who owns them, they must > adopt the commander's first name prefixed by which two-letter > word? "Of". (For example, "Offred".) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > the overpopulation of the Earth in 1999. Soylent is a food; > the name refers to soy and lentils. In the movie, what was > Soylent Green made from? People. 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Jason, Joshua, and Pete. Yes, I know, this was supposed to be a literature round. I didn't write it! > Australians as they await the arrival of deadly radiation from > a fictional World War III fought in the Northern Hemisphere. > The title is a Royal Navy expression meaning what? Retired from service. 4 for Don and Bruce. Did you notice that the odd-numbered questions in this round were generally a great deal easier than the even-numbered ones? At the original game, our opponents who got the even-numbered questions certainly did! Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Lit Dan Tilque 28 32 60 Don Piven 28 32 60 Joshua Kreitzer 28 28 56 Dan Blum 28 28 56 Marc Dashevsky 24 20 44 Bruce Bowler 24 16 40 Peter Smyth 18 12 30 Pete Gayde 16 12 28 Jason Kreitzer 4 20 24 Erland Sommarskog 16 4 20 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Polly-ticks: Bloodsucking parasites that squawk msb@vex.net | mindless slogans in place of thought. --Chris Vernell My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 27 10:09PM -0700 I think I posted a link here to my first Wiki page. If not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-US_cities_with_a_US_namesake After some false starts with different ideas, I decided to do the same for Canada. This one went prime time a couple days ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-Canadian_cities_with_a_Canadian_namesake The main problem I had was lack of useful references (books with etymologies of town names) for several provinces. The ones I missed were the middle of the country, from Sask to Quebec. There are such books, but the publishers didn't give Google permission to even give snippet views of them. Well, I'm not sure if there's one for Quebec, but it would be in French so it didn't come up in my search. Quebec isn't much of an issue for this project, though, since half the towns in the province are named for saints. Anyway, I have a list of places, mostly in Ontario, for which I'd like to confirm their suspected etymology. Places like Washington, ON and Cairo, ON. If anyone has one of these references, I'd appreciate some help. -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 27 11:48PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:YOadnUEckfLCl1fEnZ2dnUU7- > harder, destroying almost all dwellings and other structures. > Name *either one* of the two islands which sustained the > worst damage. Antigua; Barbuda > a 24-year-old American who was ranked 957th last month after > returning to the tour from injury. It was her first Grand Slam > event win. Name her. Sloane Stephens > outlaw regime, which launched its sixth and largest nuclear > test earlier this month. Name the leader of North Korea. > (Full name required.) Kim Jong Un > camera, and facial-recognition capability. But it is the most > expensive iPhone ever. What will be the cost of the basic > version in Canadian dollars, within $50? $1100 > death and destruction caused by Myanmar troops and have sought > shelter in neighboring Bangladesh. Who is the democratically > elected leader of Myanmar, also a Nobel Peace Prize laureate? Aun Song Suu Kyi > isn't enough for the team, which has pulled out of negotiations. > The current arena is the Saddledome. Within 2 years, when was > it constructed? 1988 > * Game 2 (2017-09-25), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. A famous boxer whose life was portrayed in the movie "Raging > Bull" died last week. Name him. Jake LaMotta > it is voluntarily filing for bankruptcy protection in the US, > and would be seeking similar protection for its operations in > Canada, as it seeks to reorgnize? Toys R Us > 6. The city of London, England, last week lifted the license of a > large international company to operate there, because it is not a > "fit and proper" operator. Name the company. Amazon; Apple > 7. Which Canadian city is considering a proposal to ban balloons > in its city parks and community centers? The balloons are said > to pose a risk to children, animals, and the environment. Vancouver; Victoria > 8. The war of words between President Trump and the North Korean > dictator continues. Trump dismissed the dictator as "Rocket > Man"; in return he was lambasted with what 6-letter term? Dotard > official languages. But what you have to do is name any one > of the *other*, better-known artists who were shortlisted for > the award. Pete Gayde |
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