- QFTCIUA19 Game 3, Rounds 4,6: the Met's portraits and birds - 2 Updates
- Erland's occasional quiz: Odd one out! - 2 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Current Events 5-6 answers - 1 Update
| 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 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "But going repeatedly back and forth in time is msb@vex.net | cheating. Anybody can do that!" --Paul Kriha My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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