- QFTCISG Game 10, Rounds 9-10 answers: extinct, last challenge - 2 Updates
- QFTCISG Final, Round 2: History - 5 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #514 - 1 Update
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jan 26 04:07PM -0800 On Friday, January 26, 2018 at 2:03:23 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > So Game 10 is over -- and STEPHEN PERRY has won it the hard way! > Hearty congratulations, sir! thank you, it was not intentional. I will withhold my protest over spelling. you have previously allowed poor spelling to not count against an entrant because the answers were meant to be spoken aloud in the original game, so there's precedent. and you should have given me credit for spelling 'woolly' correctly. > Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama, and (censored). For some reason the > expected answer for this question in the original game was Lyndon > Johnson, who was only the last one born on a farm. huh. that's exactly what I thought I was answering when I misread the question. what're the odds? swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 26 06:15PM -0600 Mark Brader: >> So Game 10 is over -- and STEPHEN PERRY has won it the hard way! >> Hearty congratulations, sir! Stephen Perry: > spelling. you have previously allowed poor spelling to not count > against an entrant because the answers were meant to be spoken aloud in > the original game, so there's precedent. -ceros is a horn, -saurus is a lizard. My policy in QFTCI is to accept badly spelled answers *unless* they more closely resemble some other thing relevant to the category. > and you should have given me credit for spelling 'woolly' correctly. Not so hard, as it has two spellings. >> Johnson, who was only the last one born on a farm. > huh. that's exactly what I thought I was answering when I misread the > question. Great minds misthink alike? > what're the odds? "I have never computed them." -- Mark Brader | "I had never thought of Jesus as being msb@vex.net | a variety of grape plant, but Toronto | if you put it that way..." --Jan Sand My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 26 05:13AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > intellect, instead of noble birth. Name this dynasty. > 5. Considered by many historians as the high point in Chinese > civilization, this dynasty lasted from 618 to 907. Name it. Tang > 6. After the turmoil of the Five Dynasties period (907-960), this > dynasty arose; it stabilized China and lasted for over 300 years, > until 1279. Name it. Sung > Name the empire shown on each map, as of the date marked on the map. > In some cases modern country outlines are also shown, for reference. > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/7.jpg Assyrian > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/8.jpg Mongolian > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/9.jpg Ottoman > the Crusades, though. In fact, the majority of their members > were involved in another activity that is said to have led to > their downfall. What was that? selling holy relics > of the order were carried out. The date of this action is > claimed by many historians as being the origin of the common > superstition about what? Friday 13th > or unhorsing an opponent. Historians say this might be the > weapon that killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. > Name it. halberd > incorrectly called a mace, but that does not have the chain. > There was a one-handed and two-handed version of this weapon. > Name it. morningstar -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 26 02:51PM > university, and later recalled in his memoirs his isolation that > led to despair, as a French Catholic living outside of Quebec in > a predominantly Protestant university. What university was this? University of Waterloo; Simon Fraser University > 3. Justin Trudeau and his brother Alexandre share the same notable > birth date, two years apart. What day is it? December 25th; January 1st > The first ruler of the newly emerged dynasty, which lasted > until 9, was Liu Bang. The resulting bureaucracy was based on > intellect, instead of noble birth. Name this dynasty. Han > 5. Considered by many historians as the high point in Chinese > civilization, this dynasty lasted from 618 to 907. Name it. T'ang > 6. After the turmoil of the Five Dynasties period (907-960), this > dynasty arose; it stabilized China and lasted for over 300 years, > until 1279. Name it. Ming > * Name the Empire > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/7.jpg Babylonian > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/8.jpg Mongol > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/9.jpg Ottoman > the Crusades, though. In fact, the majority of their members > were involved in another activity that is said to have led to > their downfall. What was that? moneylending > have started rumors against the Templars, and brought false > claims against them to justify arresting leaders of the order and > erasing his debt or seizing their assets. Which king was this? Philip IV > of the order were carried out. The date of this action is > claimed by many historians as being the origin of the common > superstition about what? Friday the 13th > or unhorsing an opponent. Historians say this might be the > weapon that killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. > Name it. guisarme; pole-axe > incorrectly called a mace, but that does not have the chain. > There was a one-handed and two-handed version of this weapon. > Name it. morningstar > so it wasn't for use by everyone. Also, the knight had to be > careful because the weapon could be hard to retrieve if it got > stuck in his opponent (or the opponent's armor). Name it. pickhammer -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 26 05:47PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:_o2dnXXi16yHSffHnZ2dnUU7- > university, and later recalled in his memoirs his isolation that > led to despair, as a French Catholic living outside of Quebec in > a predominantly Protestant university. What university was this? University of Toronto > 3. Justin Trudeau and his brother Alexandre share the same notable > birth date, two years apart. What day is it? January 1; December 25 > intellect, instead of noble birth. Name this dynasty. > 5. Considered by many historians as the high point in Chinese > civilization, this dynasty lasted from 618 to 907. Name it. Ming > Name the empire shown on each map, as of the date marked on the map. > In some cases modern country outlines are also shown, for reference. > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/7.jpg Assyria > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/8.jpg Mongol > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/9.jpg Ottoman > the Crusades, though. In fact, the majority of their members > were involved in another activity that is said to have led to > their downfall. What was that? Reading the Bible > of the order were carried out. The date of this action is > claimed by many historians as being the origin of the common > superstition about what? Friday the 13th > or unhorsing an opponent. Historians say this might be the > weapon that killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. > Name it. Scythe > incorrectly called a mace, but that does not have the chain. > There was a one-handed and two-handed version of this weapon. > Name it. Scythe > so it wasn't for use by everyone. Also, the knight had to be > careful because the weapon could be hard to retrieve if it got > stuck in his opponent (or the opponent's armor). Name it. Pete Gayde |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 26 12:09PM -0600 In article <_o2dnXXi16yHSffHnZ2dnUU7-V3NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > Name the empire shown on each map, as of the date marked on the map. > In some cases modern country outlines are also shown, for reference. > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/7.jpg Assyrian > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/8.jpg Mongol > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/9.jpg Ottoman > of the order were carried out. The date of this action is > claimed by many historians as being the origin of the common > superstition about what? Friday the 13th > or unhorsing an opponent. Historians say this might be the > weapon that killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. > Name it. pole ax > incorrectly called a mace, but that does not have the chain. > There was a one-handed and two-handed version of this weapon. > Name it. flail -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jan 26 06:19PM Mark Brader wrote: > a predominantly Protestant university. What university was this? > 3. Justin Trudeau and his brother Alexandre share the same notable > birth date, two years apart. What day is it? December 25, January 1 > The first ruler of the newly emerged dynasty, which lasted > until 9, was Liu Bang. The resulting bureaucracy was based on > intellect, instead of noble birth. Name this dynasty. Ming, Han > 5. Considered by many historians as the high point in Chinese > civilization, this dynasty lasted from 618 to 907. Name it. Ming, Han > 6. After the turmoil of the Five Dynasties period (907-960), this > dynasty arose; it stabilized China and lasted for over 300 years, > until 1279. Name it. Ming, Han > Name the empire shown on each map, as of the date marked on the map. > In some cases modern country outlines are also shown, for reference. > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/7.jpg Babylonian > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/8.jpg Mongol > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr2/empi/9.jpg Ottoman > or unhorsing an opponent. Historians say this might be the > weapon that killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. > Name it. Halberd > incorrectly called a mace, but that does not have the chain. > There was a one-handed and two-handed version of this weapon. > Name it. Flail > so it wasn't for use by everyone. Also, the knight had to be > careful because the weapon could be hard to retrieve if it got > stuck in his opponent (or the opponent's armor). Name it. Peter Smyth |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 26 05:27PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > Cherish each day. > cheers, > calvin Calvin, My heartfelt condolences to you and your family. Pete |
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