Sunday, June 30, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 30 02:55AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> two decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; answer
> them if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
 
El Greco. ("St. Jerome as Scholar".) 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
 
> 2. (Decoy) Flemish.
 
Anthony Van Dyck. (Self-portrait.)
 
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrant van Rijn. ("Portrait of a Man".) 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum,
Erland, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Frans Hals. ("Portrait of a Man".)
 
> 5. Spanish.
 
Diego Velasquez. ("Maria Teresa, Infanta of Spain".)
 
> 6. Dutch.
 
Vermeer. ("Portrait of a Young Woman".) 4 for Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum
and Calvin.
 
> 7. (Decoy) French.
 
Hyacinthe Rigaud. ("Louis XV at the Age of Five in the Costume of
the Sacre".)
 
> 8. English.
 
Thomas Gainsborough. ("Queen Charlotte".) 4 for Pete.
 
> 9. Spanish.
 
Francisco de Goya. ("Manuel Osorio Manrique de ZЗЯiga".)
4 for Dan Blum and Calvin.
 
> 10. French.
 
Edouard Manet. ("Boy with a Sword".)
 
> 11. French.
 
Paul Cezanne. ("Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert".) 4 for Pete.
 
> 12. French.
 
Pierre-Auguste Renoir. ("A Waitress at Duval's Restaurant".)
4 for Calvin.
 
 
> Here's a round of ornithological questions, conspicuously missing
> the chicken's motivation for traversing the thoroughfare.
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
2. 4 for Bruce. 3 for Pete.
 
See: http://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2015/08/26/12/53/feet-908450_960_720.jpg
 
> 2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
 
Canada. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin.
 
> 3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
 
Hen. 4 for Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 4. In birds, what is a furcula better known as?
 
Wishbone.
 
> 5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
 
The trumpeter swan. I decided that "swan" was insufficiently
specific, although there was no such instruction in the original gme.
 
> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
 
Swallows. 4 for Erland.
 
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
Year of the Rooster. I accepted Chicken. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum,
Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
> 8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
Ostrich. 4 for Bruce and Calvin. 2 for Pete.
 
> 9. What bird family is the world's largest in population and number
> of species?
 
Sparrows. 3 for Pete. 2 for Calvin.
 
> 10. In certain countries in Asia, this large sea bird was trained
> to fetch fish for its human masters. Name that bird.
 
Cormorant. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Can His Art Sci
Dan Blum 24 22 15 14 75
Dan Tilque 24 24 8 12 68
Bruce Bowler 19 8 8 20 55
Pete Gayde 4 18 12 20 54
Joshua Kreitzer 20 8 -- -- 28
"Calvin" -- -- 11 13 24
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 4 4 8
 
--
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systems, the impression is a false one. The subversion techniques
are the same. It is just that it is often easier to write,
install, and use programs on UNIX systems than on most other
systems, and that is why the UNIX system was designed in the
first place. -- Frederick T. Grampp & Robert H. Morris
 
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Saturday, June 29, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 3 topics

Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 28 03:59PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:A-6dnY1MB-FPzInAnZ2dnUU7-
> two decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; answer
> them if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
 
El Cid
 
> 2. (Decoy) Flemish.
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 6. Dutch.
> 7. (Decoy) French.
> 8. English.
 
Gainesborough
 
> 9. Spanish.
 
Picasso
 
> 10. French.
> 11. French.
 
Cezanne
 
> 12. French.
 
Cezanne
 
> Here's a round of ornithological questions, conspicuously missing
> the chicken's motivation for traversing the thoroughfare.
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
2; 3
 
> 2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
 
Russia
 
> 3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
 
Hen
 
> 4. In birds, what is a furcula better known as?
 
Tail
 
> 5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
 
Canada Goose
 
> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
Year of the Chicken
 
> 8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
Emu; Ostrich
 
 
> 9. What bird family is the world's largest in population and number
> of species?
 
Sparrow; Swallow
 
 
> 10. In certain countries in Asia, this large sea bird was trained
> to fetch fish for its human masters. Name that bird.
 
Cormorant
 
 
Pete Gayde
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 29 03:24AM -0700

On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 3:19:19 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> two decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; answer
> them if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
 
Velasquez
 
> 2. (Decoy) Flemish.
 
Rubens, Hals
 
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rubens, Hals
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 5. Spanish.
 
Goya?
 
> 6. Dutch.
 
Vermeer, Van Eyk
 
> 7. (Decoy) French.
 
David
 
> 8. English.
 
Reynolds?
 
> 9. Spanish.
 
Goya
 
> 10. French.
> 11. French.
 
 
> 12. French.
 
Renoir?
 
 
The year would have helped.
 
 
> Here's a round of ornithological questions, conspicuously missing
> the chicken's motivation for traversing the thoroughfare.
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
3
 
> 2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
 
Canada, Mexico
 
> 3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
 
Chicken
 
> 4. In birds, what is a furcula better known as?
 
Beak
 
> 5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
Rooster
 
> 8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
Ostrich
 
> 9. What bird family is the world's largest in population and number
> of species?
 
Chicken, sparrow
 
> 10. In certain countries in Asia, this large sea bird was trained
> to fetch fish for its human masters. Name that bird.
 
Pelican
 
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 28 09:28AM -0700

On 6/25/19 1:10 PM, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> Have fun!
 
> 1. Math.
> 1998, 306, 625, 729, 81.
 
625 (only one not divisible by 3)
 
> Bang & Olufsen, BoConcept, Carlsberg, IKEA, Lego,
 
> 4. Language:
> Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak.
 
Hungarian (only one not Indo-European)
 
 
> 5. Science:
> candela, kelvin, metre, second, volt.
 
volt (only one not a base SI unit)
 
> Porte de Glignancourt.
 
> 7. Food:
> farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne.
 
margherita (only one not a form of pasta)
 
> azote, ilt, oxygen, Sauerstoff, syre.
 
> 9. Current sport events:
> Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA.
 
Norway (only one not in the Women's World Cup)
 
 
> 10. Entertainment:
> Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce Willis.
 
Bruce Willis (only one who didnt't play Bond, James Bond)
 
 
> 11. Politics:
> Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin,
> Donald Trump,
 
Emmanuel Macron (only one not a right wing/nationalist politician)
 
 
> 12. Transport:
> Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Lufthansa,
> Singapore Airlines.
 
Lufthansa (only one representing a country that does not have English as
a major/national language)
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 29 03:07AM -0700

On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 6:10:55 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> Have fun!
 
> 1. Math.
> 1998, 306, 625, 729, 81.
 
625, the others are multiples of 9
 
> 2. Music:
> Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ozzy Osbourne,
> Robert Plant,
 
Ian Gillan, just a guess
 
> 3. Business:
> Bang & Olufsen, BoConcept, Carlsberg, IKEA, Lego,
 
IKEA is Swedish, the rest Danish
 
> 4. Language:
> Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak.
 
Slovak uses a different alphabet
 
> 5. Science:
> candela, kelvin, metre, second, volt.
 
Volt is a derived SI
 
> 6. City travel:
> Charle de Gaulle Étoile, Montmatre, Oberkampf, Odéon,
> Porte de Glignancourt.
 
Oberkampf is not a Metro station?

> 7. Food:
> farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne.
 
Margherita is not a type of pasta
 
> 8. Science and language:
> azote, ilt, oxygen, Sauerstoff, syre.
 
Syre, a guess
 
> 9. Current sport events:
> Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA.
 
Japan have not made the quarter finals of the women's world cup.

> 10. Entertainment:
> Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce Willis.
 
Bruce Willis has not played James Bond
 
> 11. Politics:
> Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin,
> Donald Trump,
 
Modi is a PM, the rest presidents

> 12. Transport:
> Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Lufthansa,
> Singapore Airlines.
 
Lufty was never government owned?
 
Great quiz thanks.
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 28 07:03PM -0500

Mark Brader:
 
> * Game 5 (2019-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Which former Boston Red Sox player was shot in the back in his
> native Dominican Republic?
 
David Ortiz. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete, and Joshua.
 
> 2. Which company is embroiled in a years-old trademark dispute
> with MLSE over the clawed-basketball logo of the Toronto Raptors?
 
Monster Energy Drink.
 
> 3. Ten US states are suing to prevent two telecommunications
> giants from merging, saying it will hurt consumers.
> Name *either* of the companies in the proposed merger.
 
Sprint, T-Mobile. 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete.
 
> 4. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences filed a defense
> last week in a lawsuit over its expulsion of a member in 2018.
> Who is suing them?
 
Roman Polanski. 4 for Joshua.
 
> 5. Lauren Tilley and Bailey Chitty -- two University of New
> Brunswick Students volunteering for Youth Challenge International
> -- were kidnapped and released. In what country did this happen?
 
Ghana.
 
> 6. Axe partnered with a technology giant to produce gaming-oriented
> personal care products that are being test-marketed in Australia.
> Name the digital partner.
 
Microsoft. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Pete.
 
> 7. Who did Justin Bieber challenge to an MMA cage (octagon) fight?
 
Tom Cruise. 4 for Pete.
 
> fractures after crashing into a wall at 60 km/h at the Criterium
> de Dauphine. The crash ended his hopes of a fifth Tour de
> France win. Who is he?
 
Chris Froome. 4 for Erland and Pete.
 
> Florence, Italy, of one of the world's most popular cocktails --
> a concoction of Campari, vermouth, gin, and bitters. Name that
> poison.
 
The Negroni. 4 for Joshua.
 
> 10. Who won the Larry O'Brien Trophy last week?
 
The Toronto Raptors. 4 for Pete.
 
Yes, it's the NBA championship trophy. Unnatural Axxxe guessed
that not a lot of people would know that.
 
 
> most career pro golf titles by a Canadian. Name either the
> woman who set the record with 9 tournament wins, or the one
> who held the record previously with 8.
 
Brooke Henderson, Sandra Post.
 
> custody case. She went on to create a glamorous fashion empire
> that included her signature blue jeans. Name that poor little
> rich girl who died last week at age 95.
 
Gloria Vanderbilt. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete,
and Joshua.
 
> was sued last week by the company "Dame" for infringing on
> their First Amendment rights and invoking a gender-based double
> standard of censorship. What does Dame sell?
 
Sex toys. I accepted "vibrators". 4 for Bruce.
 
> 4. What is Facebook's proposed new cryptocurrency called?
 
Libra. 4 for Bruce, Erland, and Pete.
 
> followers included actress Allison Mack and heiress Clare
> Bronfman -- was convicted of multiple counts of sex trafficking.
> Give either his name or that of his organization.
 
Keith Raniere, NXIVM. 4 for Bruce and Joshua.
 
> 6. Name *either one* of the two TTC stations which were temporarily
> renamed, with altered spellings, for Pride Month.
 
Queen ("Qween"), Wellesley ("Welleslay").
 
> 7. What was celebrated on June 19, also known as Juneteenth?
 
The abolition of slavery -- specifically, the 1865-06-19
announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, symbolizing
the political end of slavery throughout the former Confederacy.
The Emancipation Proclamation was on 1863-01-01, but I decided to
score it as almost correct. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, and Joshua.
3 for Dan Blum and Bruce.
 
> 8. British arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been declared unlawful
> because they contributed to civilian deaths where?
 
Yemen. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
 
> 9. The Tampa Bay Rays are requesting to split their home games
> with which Canadian city?
 
Montreal. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Joshua.
 
> 10. Who is representing the People's Party of Canada in Etobicoke
> North in the fall federal election?
 
Renata Ford. (Widow of Rob.) This one probably should have required
her first name, but it didn't, so 4 for Dan Tilque.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 BEST FOUR
Pete Gayde -- -- 16 12 22 20 70
Dan Blum 8 20 16 12 7 15 63
Erland Sommarskog 8 24 4 16 4 8 56
Joshua Kreitzer 8 16 8 8 12 16 52
Dan Tilque 0 4 8 8 8 20 44
Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 7 4 19 42
 
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msb@vex.net | cheating. Anybody can do that!" --Paul Kriha
 
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Friday, June 28, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 1 topic

Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 27 12:18PM

On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:19:14 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
> 2. (Decoy) Flemish.
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 5. Spanish.
> 6. Dutch.
 
Vermeer
 
> a round of ornithological questions, conspicuously missing the chicken's
> motivation for traversing the thoroughfare.
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
2
 
> 2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
 
Canada
 
> 3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
 
hen
 
> 4. In birds, what is a furcula better known as?
> 5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
 
Swan
 
> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
 
Swiftlet
 
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
Rooster
 
> 8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
Ostrich
 
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 27 04:30PM


> * Game 3, Round 4 - Art - The Met's Portraits
 
> 1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
 
El Greco
 
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Holbein the Younger; Vermeer
 
> 5. Spanish.
 
Goya
 
> 6. Dutch.
 
Vermeer; Holbein the Younger
 
> 8. English.
 
Constable
 
> 9. Spanish.
 
Goya
 
> 11. French.
 
Manet; Gauguin
 
> 12. French.
 
Toulouse-Lautrec
 
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - The Bird is the Word
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
3
 
> 2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
 
Canada
 
> 3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
 
layer; hen
 
> 5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
 
flamingo; blue heron
 
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
Year of the Rooster
 
> 8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
Great Horned Owl
 
> 10. In certain countries in Asia, this large sea bird was trained
> to fetch fish for its human masters. Name that bird.
 
cormorant
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 27 08:07PM +0200

> * Game 3, Round 4 - Art - The Met's Portraits
 
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt van Rijn
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Vermeer
 
> 11. French.
 
Gauguin
 
> 12. French.
 
Matisse
 
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - The Bird is the Word
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
4
 
> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
 
Swallow
 
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
Owl
 
> 9. What bird family is the world's largest in population and number
> of species?
 
Finchs
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 28 12:09AM -0700

On 6/26/19 10:19 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> two decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; answer
> them if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
 
El Greco
 
> 2. (Decoy) Flemish.
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> Here's a round of ornithological questions, conspicuously missing
> the chicken's motivation for traversing the thoroughfare.
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
4
 
> 2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
 
Canada
 
> 3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
 
It's a surprise. Surely you've heard of a Pullet Surprise?
 
OK, serious answer: hen
 
> 4. In birds, what is a furcula better known as?
 
gizzard
 
> 5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
 
great blue heron
 
> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
 
none
 
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
chicken
 
> 8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
owl
 
 
> 9. What bird family is the world's largest in population and number
> of species?
 
finch
 
 
> 10. In certain countries in Asia, this large sea bird was trained
> to fetch fish for its human masters. Name that bird.
 
pelican
 
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Thursday, June 27, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 4 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 27 12:19AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-06-03,
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 Unnatural Axxxe 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 3, Round 4 - Art - The Met's Portraits
 
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art museum in
the US. On the 2-page handout
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3-4/port.pdf
 
you will see some of the portraits that it exhibits. In each
case we will give you the portrait number and the famous artist's
nationality, and you simply have to name the artist.
 
I have rearranged the round in the order of the handout. There were
two decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; answer
them if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
2. (Decoy) Flemish.
3. Dutch.
4. Dutch.
5. Spanish.
6. Dutch.
7. (Decoy) French.
8. English.
9. Spanish.
10. French.
11. French.
12. French.
 
* Game 3, Round 6 - Science - The Bird is the Word
 
Don't you know about the birds? Everybody knows about the birds.
Here's a round of ornithological questions, conspicuously missing
the chicken's motivation for traversing the thoroughfare.
 
1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
4. In birds, what is a furcula better known as?
5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
9. What bird family is the world's largest in population and number
of species?
 
10. In certain countries in Asia, this large sea bird was trained
to fetch fish for its human masters. Name that bird.
 
--
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Toronto | -- research establishments in the Stone Age, by now we
msb@vex.net | would have had absolutely superb flint tools. But no one
| would have invented steel." -- Arthur C. Clarke
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 27 12:14AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> laughter. Or go ahead and laugh. Whatever.
 
> 1. Part of Clearview Township in Simcoe County, this town's name
> is a reminder that it is *not* Ottawa.
 
Nottawa. 4 for Dan Blum and Bruce.
 
> got its sexually suggestive Biblical name. A novel last year
> by Amber Dawn -- with this road in its title -- was reviewed by
> the Globe as having "queered the horror novel". Name that road.
 
Sodom Rd. (The novel was "Sodom Road Exit".) 4 for Dan Blum.
 
> 3. This Quebec town's laughable name comes from an archaic French
> word for an impasse. It is in the "Guinness Book of World
> Records" for most exclamation marks in a town name.
 
St-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
 
> 4. They don't actually whistle much in Whistler. But we assume they
> do get stoned in this other B.C. town (named for a nearby creek).
> Name the town.
 
Stoner.
 
> 5. In the early 18th century the name of this Newfoundland town
> referred to any cylindrical object. In modern parlance it
> means something specific, sex-wise.
 
Dildo. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
 
> 6. This is the name of a cliff northwest of Fort McLeod, Alberta,
> and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its indigenous historical
> significance.
 
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
3 for Bruce.
 
> its strange name and frequent sign theft. The name ostensibly
> came from a German mispronunciation of "Yankee Doodle", perhaps
> mashed-up with a pumpkin reference.
 
Punkeydoodles Corners. The first word was sufficient.
 
> Ontario mining town during World War II, locals erected a sign
> reading "To hell With Hitler, we came up with our name first."
> Hindus might disagree. What town?
 
Swastika. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce,
and Pete.
 
The same word comes up on the map of Southern Ontario: a minor
road near Cambridge is named Swastika Trail. And it was in the
news the other day: a group of residents in the area had asked the
local council to rename it, and been denied, so they tried suing
the council -- but they lost.
 
> 9. Known for its giant goose and... well, that's about it, this
> Northern Ontario town sounds like it was named by a thirsty
> toddler.
 
Wawa. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
 
> "The Lord of the Rings", but rather for the place in Nordic
> mythology where the survivors of Ragnarok were foretold to live.
> An out-of-fuel Air Canada jet famously landed there.
 
Gimli. (The airplane incident was in 1983.) 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
 
 
 
> June 6th marks the 75th anniversary of "D-Day", the allied invasion
> of France which ultimately led to the end of World War II.
 
> 1. How many beaches were involved in "D-Day"?
 
5. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
 
> 2. Who was the German officer in command of German forces along
> the Atlantic Wall?
 
Erwin Rommel. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete.
 
> you have finished with the first two. Four of the beaches
> were code-named "Omaha", "Utah", "Gold", and "Juno"; what was
> the fifth?
 
Sword. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 4. Erwin Rommel was nicknamed "The Desert Fox" for his campaigns
> in Africa. On "D-Day" he came up against which desert adversary
> who was now the commander of the Allied land forces?
 
Bernard Montgomery. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> a military presence in the area was Overlord. But there was
> a separate code name specifically for the beach and paratroop
> landings that we refer to as "D-Day". What was that?
 
Operation Neptune.
 
> "Omaha" beach landing under live fire -- and lost at least 749
> servicemen in Operation Tiger, which was staged at Slapton Sands.
> Where is Slapton Sands? Be specific.
 
Devon, England.
 
> 7. As part of Operation Fortitude North, Allied forces went on
> training exercises in Scotland -- to make the Germans think
> they were going to invade where?
 
Norway. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 8. The invasion plans called for the capture of Carentan, St-Lô,
> and Bayeux on the first day. How many of these did the Allies
> take on June 6?
 
None. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum and Pete.
 
> four operations code named Operation Vert, Operation Bleu,
> Operation Tortue, and Operation Violet, they effectively
> isolated Normandy. Name one the successes of these operations.
 
Destruction of rail lines, destruction of electrical facilities,
delaying reinforcements, severing communication lines.
 
> 10. A new Allied tank was specially developed for the Normandy
> landings. What was it called?
 
Duplex Drive, hence DD, hence Donald Duck tank. Accepting any
of these.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Can His
Dan Tilque 24 24 48
Dan Blum 24 22 46
Joshua Kreitzer 20 8 28
Bruce Bowler 19 8 27
Pete Gayde 4 18 22
 
--
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Toronto | both parties will... notify the other that communication
msb@vex.net | has become impossible..." --memo to university staff
 
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Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 26 12:48PM

On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 22:10:55 +0200, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> Robert Plant,
 
> 3. Business:
> Bang & Olufsen, BoConcept, Carlsberg, IKEA, Lego,
 
BoConcept. The others are all named, at least in part, after people
 
> Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak.
 
> 5. Science:
> candela, kelvin, metre, second, volt.
 
Volt. The others are all SI units
 
> 6. City travel:
> Charle de Gaulle Étoile, Montmatre, Oberkampf, Odéon, Porte de
> Glignancourt.
 
Oberkampf. The others are stops on the Paris metro
 
> 7. Food:
> farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne.
 
Margherita. The others are all types of pasta
 
> 8. Science and language:
> azote, ilt, oxygen, Sauerstoff, syre.
 
azote is nitrogen, the others are all oxygen
 
> 9. Current sport events:
> Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA.
 
Japan is out of the world cup
 
> 10. Entertainment:
> Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce
> Willis.
 
Bruce Willis never played 007.
 
> 11. Politics:
> Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin,
> Donald Trump,
 
Trump. The only world leader with no prior political experience.
 
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 26 05:27PM

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in
 
> Have fun!
 
> 1. Math.
> 1998, 306, 625, 729, 81.
 
306
 
 
> 2. Music:
> Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ozzy Osbourne,
> Robert Plant,
 
Glenn Hughes
 
 
> 3. Business:
> Bang & Olufsen, BoConcept, Carlsberg, IKEA, Lego,
 
IKEA
 
 
> 4. Language:
> Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak.
 
Hungarian
 
 
> 5. Science:
> candela, kelvin, metre, second, volt.
 
Second
 
 
> 6. City travel:
> Charle de Gaulle Étoile, Montmatre, Oberkampf, Odéon,
> Porte de Glignancourt.
 
Porte de Glignancourt
 
 
> 7. Food:
> farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne.
 
Gnocchi
 
 
> 8. Science and language:
> azote, ilt, oxygen, Sauerstoff, syre.
 
syre
 
 
> 9. Current sport events:
> Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA.
 
Japan
 
 
> 10. Entertainment:
> Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce
> Willis.
 
Bruce Willis
 
 
> 11. Politics:
> Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin,
> Donald Trump,
 
Macron
 
 
> 12. Transport:
> Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Lufthansa,
> Singapore Airlines.
 
Air New Zealand
 
 
Pete Gayde
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 27 01:03AM

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in
> if I think you have spotted something significant enough.
 
> 1. Math.
> 1998, 306, 625, 729, 81.
 
625
(only one that is not a multiple of 9)
 
> 4. Language:
> Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak.
 
Hungarian
 
> 7. Food:
> farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne.
 
margherita

> 10. Entertainment:
> Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce
> Willis.
 
Bruce Willis

> 11. Politics:
> Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin,
> Donald Trump,
 
Emmanuel Macron
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 26 05:10PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:vMmdnd5xV8lUj4_AnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 5 (2019-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Which former Boston Red Sox player was shot in the back in his
> native Dominican Republic?
 
Ortiz
 
 
> 3. Ten US states are suing to prevent two telecommunications
> giants from merging, saying it will hurt consumers.
> Name *either* of the companies in the proposed merger.
 
T-Mobile
 
 
> 4. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences filed a defense
> last week in a lawsuit over its expulsion of a member in 2018.
> Who is suing them?
 
Weinstein
 
 
> 6. Axe partnered with a technology giant to produce gaming-oriented
> personal care products that are being test-marketed in Australia.
> Name the digital partner.
 
Sony; Microsoft
 
 
> 7. Who did Justin Bieber challenge to an MMA cage (octagon) fight?
 
Tom Cruise
 
> fractures after crashing into a wall at 60 km/h at the Criterium
> de Dauphine. The crash ended his hopes of a fifth Tour de
> France win. Who is he?
 
Froome
 
> a concoction of Campari, vermouth, gin, and bitters. Name that
> poison.
 
> 10. Who won the Larry O'Brien Trophy last week?
 
Toronto Raptors
 
> custody case. She went on to create a glamorous fashion empire
> that included her signature blue jeans. Name that poor little
> rich girl who died last week at age 95.
 
Gloria Vanderbilt
 
> their First Amendment rights and invoking a gender-based double
> standard of censorship. What does Dame sell?
 
> 4. What is Facebook's proposed new cryptocurrency called?
 
Libra
 
 
> 6. Name *either one* of the two TTC stations which were temporarily
> renamed, with altered spellings, for Pride Month.
 
> 7. What was celebrated on June 19, also known as Juneteenth?
 
Emancipation of slaves
 
 
> 8. British arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been declared unlawful
> because they contributed to civilian deaths where?
 
Yemen
 
 
> 9. The Tampa Bay Rays are requesting to split their home games
> with which Canadian city?
 
Montreal
 
 
> 10. Who is representing the People's Party of Canada in Etobicoke
> North in the fall federal election?
 
Pete Gayde
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 27 12:59AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:vMmdnd5xV8lUj4_AnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 5 (2019-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Which former Boston Red Sox player was shot in the back in his
> native Dominican Republic?
 
Ortiz
 
> 4. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences filed a defense
> last week in a lawsuit over its expulsion of a member in 2018.
> Who is suing them?
 
Polanski

> Florence, Italy, of one of the world's most popular cocktails --
> a concoction of Campari, vermouth, gin, and bitters. Name that
> poison.
 
Negroni

> custody case. She went on to create a glamorous fashion empire
> that included her signature blue jeans. Name that poor little
> rich girl who died last week at age 95.
 
Vanderbilt

> followers included actress Allison Mack and heiress Clare
> Bronfman -- was convicted of multiple counts of sex trafficking.
> Give either his name or that of his organization.
 
NXIVM

> 7. What was celebrated on June 19, also known as Juneteenth?
 
end of slavery (in Texas, 1865)

> 9. The Tampa Bay Rays are requesting to split their home games
> with which Canadian city?
 
Montreal
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 25 10:10PM +0200

Here is another occasional quiz of mine. For each question you are
given a topic and five items. Four of these items have something in
common (within the given topic), and your task is to identify the
odd one. There is no requirement to motivate your answer, nor do
you get any point if you do. ...however, if you don't give a motivation,
your answer *must' agree with what I have in mind. If you answer
something else that I had intended, I may still award a point if
I think you have spotted something significant enough.
 
As usual: only answer based on your in knowledge. Don't google,
don't ask the wife and don't roll a dice. Post your answers to the
newsgroup.
 
I'll keep the quiz open a week or so.
 
Have fun!
 
 
1. Math.
1998, 306, 625, 729, 81.
 
2. Music:
Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ozzy Osbourne,
Robert Plant,
 
3. Business:
Bang & Olufsen, BoConcept, Carlsberg, IKEA, Lego,
 
4. Language:
Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak.
 
5. Science:
candela, kelvin, metre, second, volt.
 
6. City travel:
Charle de Gaulle Étoile, Montmatre, Oberkampf, Odéon,
Porte de Glignancourt.
 
7. Food:
farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne.
 
8. Science and language:
azote, ilt, oxygen, Sauerstoff, syre.
 
9. Current sport events:
Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA.
 
10. Entertainment:
Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce Willis.
 
11. Politics:
Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin,
Donald Trump,
 
12. Transport:
Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Lufthansa,
Singapore Airlines.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 25 04:27PM -0500

Erland Sommarskog:
> 1. Math.
> 1998, 306, 625, 729, 81.
 
625 - only one not a multiple of 9.

> 2. Music:
> Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ozzy Osbourne,
> Robert Plant,
 
Ozzy Osbourne - only one whose first name is a nickanme based on his surname?

> 3. Business:
> Bang & Olufsen, BoConcept, Carlsberg, IKEA, Lego,
 
BoConcept - only one I haven't heart of. :-)
Ikea - only one not based in Denmark?
 
4. Language:
> Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak.
 
Hungarian - only non-Indo-European language.

> 5. Science:
> candela, kelvin, metre, second, volt.
 
Metre - only misspelled one. :-)
Seriously: Candela - only one that isn't a base unit.

> 6. City travel:
> Charle de Gaulle Étoile, Montmatre, Oberkampf, Odéon,
> Porte de Glignancourt.
 
Tricky: two are spelled correctly and three aren't.
Montmatre (or Montmartre) - no such station on the Paris Metro.
 
> 7. Food:
> farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne.
 
Margherita - not a pasta.

> 8. Science and language:
> azote, ilt, oxygen, Sauerstoff, syre.
 
I never heard of ilt, but I'll guess it's oxygen in some language.
Azote isn't, and that's my answer.

> 9. Current sport events:
> Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA.
 
USA - they are holding no sporting events Erland thinks are interesting?

> 10. Entertainment:
> Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce Willis.
 
Willis - never played James Bond.

> 11. Politics:
> Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin,
> Donald Trump,
 
Modi - only one to be prime minister rather than president?

> 12. Transport:
> Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Lufthansa,
> Singapore Airlines.
 
BA - only one serving all inhabited continents?
--
Mark Brader | "...what can be asserted without evidence
Toronto | can also be dismissed without evidence."
msb@vex.net | --Christopher Hitchens
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 25 11:25PM


> 1. Math.
> 1998, 306, 625, 729, 81.
 
625
 
> 2. Music:
> Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ozzy Osbourne,
> Robert Plant,
 
Robert Plant
 
> 3. Business:
> Bang & Olufsen, BoConcept, Carlsberg, IKEA, Lego,
 
IKEA
 
> 4. Language:
> Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak.
 
Hungarian
 
> 5. Science:
> candela, kelvin, metre, second, volt.
 
second
 
> 6. City travel:
> Charle de Gaulle ?toile, Montmatre, Oberkampf, Od?on,
> Porte de Glignancourt.
 
Odeon
 
> 7. Food:
> farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne.
 
margherita
 
> 8. Science and language:
> azote, ilt, oxygen, Sauerstoff, syre.
 
syre
 
> 9. Current sport events:
> Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA.
 
Japan
 
> 10. Entertainment:
> Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce Willis.
 
Bruce Willis
 
> 11. Politics:
> Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin,
> Donald Trump,
 
Emmanuel Macron
 
> 12. Transport:
> Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Lufthansa,
> Singapore Airlines.
 
Lufthansa
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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): Jun 25 07:31PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> BoConcept - only one I haven't heart of. :-)
> Ikea - only one not based in Denmark?
 
Clarification: ":-)" was marking a joke answer, not part of my entry.
I meant to add "Seriously" on the next line.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
"I am good at fooling myself into believing that what I wrote
is what I meant. I am also good at fooling myself into believing
that what I meant is what I should have meant." --Kent Beck
swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jun 25 08:18PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 4:10:55 PM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> Have fun!
 
> 1. Math.
> 1998, 306, 625, 729, 81.
 
625
 
> 2. Music:
> Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ozzy Osbourne,
> Robert Plant,
 
robert plant - never a frontman for black sabbath
 
> 3. Business:
> Bang & Olufsen, BoConcept, Carlsberg, IKEA, Lego,
 
ikea
 
> 4. Language:
> Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak.
 
hungarian
 
> 5. Science:
> candela, kelvin, metre, second, volt.
 
candela
 
> 6. City travel:
> Charle de Gaulle Étoile, Montmatre, Oberkampf, Odéon,
> Porte de Glignancourt.
 
odéon

> 7. Food:
> farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne.
 
margherita
 
> 8. Science and language:
> azote, ilt, oxygen, Sauerstoff, syre.
 
azote
 
> 9. Current sport events:
> Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA.
 
japan - did not win in round of 16 at FWWC in france
 
> 10. Entertainment:
> Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce Willis.
 
bruce willis
 
> 11. Politics:
> Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin,
> Donald Trump,
 
narendra modi
 
> 12. Transport:
> Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Lufthansa,
> Singapore Airlines.
 
lufthansa - not a flag carrier airline
 
swp
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 25 07:25AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to
give the answers that were correct on that date.
 
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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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 Unnatural Axxxe and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of
current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of
other rounds. For further information see my 2019-01-22 companion
posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 5 (2019-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. Which former Boston Red Sox player was shot in the back in his
native Dominican Republic?
 
2. Which company is embroiled in a years-old trademark dispute
with MLSE over the clawed-basketball logo of the Toronto Raptors?
 
3. Ten US states are suing to prevent two telecommunications
giants from merging, saying it will hurt consumers.
Name *either* of the companies in the proposed merger.
 
4. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences filed a defense
last week in a lawsuit over its expulsion of a member in 2018.
Who is suing them?
 
5. Lauren Tilley and Bailey Chitty -- two University of New
Brunswick Students volunteering for Youth Challenge International
-- were kidnapped and released. In what country did this happen?
 
6. Axe partnered with a technology giant to produce gaming-oriented
personal care products that are being test-marketed in Australia.
Name the digital partner.
 
7. Who did Justin Bieber challenge to an MMA cage (octagon) fight?
 
8. A world-class cyclist is in intensive care with multiple
fractures after crashing into a wall at 60 km/h at the Criterium
de Dauphine. The crash ended his hopes of a fifth Tour de
France win. Who is he?
 
9. Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the invention in
Florence, Italy, of one of the world's most popular cocktails --
a concoction of Campari, vermouth, gin, and bitters. Name that
poison.
 
10. Who won the Larry O'Brien Trophy last week?
 
 
* Game 6 (2019-06-24), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. At the the Meijer LPGA Classic last week, a record was set for
most career pro golf titles by a Canadian. Name either the
woman who set the record with 9 tournament wins, or the one
who held the record previously with 8.
 
2. As a child she was the subject of the world's most publicized
custody case. She went on to create a glamorous fashion empire
that included her signature blue jeans. Name that poor little
rich girl who died last week at age 95.
 
3. New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority refused an ad and
was sued last week by the company "Dame" for infringing on
their First Amendment rights and invoking a gender-based double
standard of censorship. What does Dame sell?
 
4. What is Facebook's proposed new cryptocurrency called?
 
5. The leader of a cultish multi-level marketing group -- whose
followers included actress Allison Mack and heiress Clare
Bronfman -- was convicted of multiple counts of sex trafficking.
Give either his name or that of his organization.
 
6. Name *either one* of the two TTC stations which were temporarily
renamed, with altered spellings, for Pride Month.
 
7. What was celebrated on June 19, also known as Juneteenth?
 
8. British arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been declared unlawful
because they contributed to civilian deaths where?
 
9. The Tampa Bay Rays are requesting to split their home games
with which Canadian city?
 
10. Who is representing the People's Party of Canada in Etobicoke
North in the fall federal election?
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "What are u interesting in?" --seen in spam
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 25 03:22PM


> * Game 5 (2019-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Which former Boston Red Sox player was shot in the back in his
> native Dominican Republic?
 
David Ortiz
 
> 3. Ten US states are suing to prevent two telecommunications
> giants from merging, saying it will hurt consumers.
> Name *either* of the companies in the proposed merger.
 
AT&T
 
> 4. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences filed a defense
> last week in a lawsuit over its expulsion of a member in 2018.
> Who is suing them?
 
Harvey Weinstein
 
> 6. Axe partnered with a technology giant to produce gaming-oriented
> personal care products that are being test-marketed in Australia.
> Name the digital partner.
 
Microsoft; Facebook
 
> custody case. She went on to create a glamorous fashion empire
> that included her signature blue jeans. Name that poor little
> rich girl who died last week at age 95.
 
Gloria Vanderbilt
 
> was sued last week by the company "Dame" for infringing on
> their First Amendment rights and invoking a gender-based double
> standard of censorship. What does Dame sell?
 
bras
 
> 7. What was celebrated on June 19, also known as Juneteenth?
 
Emancipation Proclamation
 
> 8. British arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been declared unlawful
> because they contributed to civilian deaths where?
 
Yemen
 
> 9. The Tampa Bay Rays are requesting to split their home games
> with which Canadian city?
 
Montreal
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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>: Jun 25 09:11AM -0700

On 6/25/19 5:25 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> * Game 5 (2019-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Which former Boston Red Sox player was shot in the back in his
> native Dominican Republic?
 
Ortiz
 
 
> 3. Ten US states are suing to prevent two telecommunications
> giants from merging, saying it will hurt consumers.
> Name *either* of the companies in the proposed merger.
 
Sprint
 
> custody case. She went on to create a glamorous fashion empire
> that included her signature blue jeans. Name that poor little
> rich girl who died last week at age 95.
 
Gloria Vanderbilt
 
 
> 6. Name *either one* of the two TTC stations which were temporarily
> renamed, with altered spellings, for Pride Month.
 
> 7. What was celebrated on June 19, also known as Juneteenth?
 
freeing of slaves in Texas
 
 
> 8. British arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been declared unlawful
> because they contributed to civilian deaths where?
 
Yemen
 
 
> 9. The Tampa Bay Rays are requesting to split their home games
> with which Canadian city?
 
Montreal
 
 
> 10. Who is representing the People's Party of Canada in Etobicoke
> North in the fall federal election?
 
Ford
 
--
Dan Tilque
Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 25 06:35PM

On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 07:25:45 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> * Game 5 (2019-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Which former Boston Red Sox player was shot in the back in his
> native Dominican Republic?
 
Big Papi aka David Ortiz
 
> 3. Ten US states are suing to prevent two telecommunications
> giants from merging, saying it will hurt consumers.
> Name *either* of the companies in the proposed merger.
 
Comcast
 
> custody case. She went on to create a glamorous fashion empire that
> included her signature blue jeans. Name that poor little rich girl
> who died last week at age 95.
 
Gloria Vanderbilt
 
> was sued last week by the company "Dame" for infringing on their
> First Amendment rights and invoking a gender-based double standard of
> censorship. What does Dame sell?
 
Vibrators
 
> 4. What is Facebook's proposed new cryptocurrency called?
 
Libra
 
> followers included actress Allison Mack and heiress Clare Bronfman --
> was convicted of multiple counts of sex trafficking. Give either his
> name or that of his organization.
 
Nxivm
 
> 7. What was celebrated on June 19, also known as Juneteenth?
 
The Emancipation Proclamation
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 25 09:04PM +0200


> 3. Ten US states are suing to prevent two telecommunications
> giants from merging, saying it will hurt consumers.
> Name *either* of the companies in the proposed merger.
 
Verizon

> 5. Lauren Tilley and Bailey Chitty -- two University of New
> Brunswick Students volunteering for Youth Challenge International
> -- were kidnapped and released. In what country did this happen?
 
Colombia

> fractures after crashing into a wall at 60 km/h at the Criterium
> de Dauphine. The crash ended his hopes of a fifth Tour de
> France win. Who is he?
 
Chris Froome

> Florence, Italy, of one of the world's most popular cocktails --
> a concoction of Campari, vermouth, gin, and bitters. Name that
> poison.
 
Dry Martini

> * Game 6 (2019-06-24), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 4. What is Facebook's proposed new cryptocurrency called?
 
Libra

> 7. What was celebrated on June 19, also known as Juneteenth?
 
John the Baptist

> 8. British arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been declared unlawful
> because they contributed to civilian deaths where?
 
Yemen
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 25 12:56PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:W_mdnXc1xJte_43AnZ2dnUU7-
> Ontario mining town during World War II, locals erected a sign
> reading "To hell With Hitler, we came up with our name first."
> Hindus might disagree. What town?
 
Swastika
 
 
> June 6th marks the 75th anniversary of "D-Day", the allied invasion
> of France which ultimately led to the end of World War II.
 
> 1. How many beaches were involved in "D-Day"?
 
4
 
 
> 2. Who was the German officer in command of German forces along
> the Atlantic Wall?
 
Rommel
 
> you have finished with the first two. Sbhe bs gur ornpurf
> jrer pbqr-anzrq "Bznun", "Hgnu", "Tbyq", naq "Whab"; jung jnf
> gur svsgu?
 
Sword
 
 
> 4. Rejva Ebzzry jnf avpxanzrq "Gur Qrfreg Sbk" sbe uvf pnzcnvtaf
> va Nsevpn. Ba "Q-Qnl" ur pnzr hc ntnvafg juvpu qrfreg nqirefnel
> jub jnf abj gur pbzznaqre bs gur Nyyvrq ynaq sbeprf?
 
Montgomery
 
 
> 7. As part of Operation Fortitude North, Allied forces went on
> training exercises in Scotland -- to make the Germans think
> they were going to invade where?
 
Norway
 
 
> 8. The invasion plans called for the capture of Carentan, St-Lô,
> and Bayeux on the first day. How many of these did the Allies
> take on June 6?
 
1; 0
 
> isolated Normandy. Name one the successes of these operations.
 
> 10. A new Allied tank was specially developed for the Normandy
> landings. What was it called?
 
Pete Gayde
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