| 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 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net If ... it seems easier to subvert UNIX systems than most other 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 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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