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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 06 06:35PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-06-11 [sic], 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 4, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Canada within a Year Close is good enough in horseshoes and in this round. These events took place in the 20th century, and you have a one-year leeway on each one. Answers may repeat. 1. When was the St. Lawrence Seaway opened? 2. When did Nunavut become Canada's newest territory? 3. When were the Dionne quintuplets born? 4. Within a year, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her accession to the throne? 5. When did Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope" take place? 6. When was the federal election voting age lowered from 21 to 18? (The law change, not the first election under it.) 7. When did the UK Privy Council decide the case of Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General), ruling that Canadian women are legally "persons"? 8. When did PEI's Catherine Callbeck become the first woman to win a general election for a provincial premiership? 9. When did the federal government cancel the development of the Avro Arrow fighter plane? 10. When did Alec Guinness inaugurate the Stratford Festival with his performance as Richard III? * Game 4, Round 3 - Literature - Based on a Novel by... The following round deals with movies that were based on source material with different titles. We'll give you one title and ask you for the other. 1. In book form, the 1961 gothic horror film "The Innocents" is better known to fans of novelist Henry James as what? In each of the remaining questions, name the movie. 2. The 1979 hostage thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp took place in a Los Angeles office tower and was made into a 1988 movie that spawned four sequels. Name the first movie. 3. A live-action Disney classic -- made in 1961 with Hayley Mills and again in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan -- was taken from a German novel titled "Lottie and Lisa" ("Das doppelte Lottchen"). The same title was used for both movies. 4. John W. Campbell's 1938 sci-fi novella "Who Goes There?" was made into a movie three times -- in 1951, in 1982, and a prequel in 2011. Each movie had an Arctic or Antarctic setting, and the short version of each movie's title was the same. Give that short title. 5. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford's 1979 novel "The Short-Timers" was made into what classic 1987 war movie? 6. The Stephen King novella "Cycle of the Werewolf" was made into a 1985 horror film, also scripted by King, and starring Corey Haim. 7. In 1968, Ted Hughes wrote a modern fairy tale called "The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights". Name the animated movie it became 31 years later. 8. Rosalind Wiseman's book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" was made into what 2004 Lindsay Lohan film? 9. Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil!" was made into which Daniel Day-Lewis movie? 10. Vikas Swarup's 2005 novel "Q & A" became this Best Picture Oscar-winning movie. -- Mark Brader | "The only thing required for the triumph of darkness Toronto | is for good men not to call Hydro." msb@vex.net | --Michael Wares My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 07 12:14AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8oednYH0RKmvrbzAnZ2dnUU7- > took place in the 20th century, and you have a one-year leeway on > each one. Answers may repeat. > 1. When was the St. Lawrence Seaway opened? 1958; 1962 > 2. When did Nunavut become Canada's newest territory? 1999; 2002 > 3. When were the Dionne quintuplets born? 1935; 1938 > 4. Within a year, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her accession > to the throne? 26 > 5. When did Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope" take place? 1982 > 6. When was the federal election voting age lowered from 21 to 18? > (The law change, not the first election under it.) 1969; 1972 > 10. When did Alec Guinness inaugurate the Stratford Festival with > his performance as Richard III? 1952; 1955 > you for the other. > 1. In book form, the 1961 gothic horror film "The Innocents" > is better known to fans of novelist Henry James as what? "The Turn of the Screw" > 2. The 1979 hostage thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick > Thorp took place in a Los Angeles office tower and was made into > a 1988 movie that spawned four sequels. Name the first movie. "Die Hard" > Mills and again in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan -- was taken from a > German novel titled "Lottie and Lisa" ("Das doppelte Lottchen"). > The same title was used for both movies. "The Parent Trap" > in 2011. Each movie had an Arctic or Antarctic setting, and > the short version of each movie's title was the same. Give that > short title. "The Thing" > 5. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford's 1979 novel "The > Short-Timers" was made into what classic 1987 war movie? "Full Metal Jacket" > 7. In 1968, Ted Hughes wrote a modern fairy tale called "The Iron > Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights". Name the animated > movie it became 31 years later. "The Iron Giant" > 8. Rosalind Wiseman's book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" was made into > what 2004 Lindsay Lohan film? "Mean Girls" > 9. Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil!" was made into which Daniel > Day-Lewis movie? "There Will Be Blood" > 10. Vikas Swarup's 2005 novel "Q & A" became this Best Picture > Oscar-winning movie. "Slumdog Millionaire" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 07 03:14AM > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Canada within a Year > 1. When was the St. Lawrence Seaway opened? 1955 > 2. When did Nunavut become Canada's newest territory? 1998 > 3. When were the Dionne quintuplets born? 1931 > 4. Within a year, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her accession > to the throne? 20 > 5. When did Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope" take place? 1970 > 6. When was the federal election voting age lowered from 21 to 18? > (The law change, not the first election under it.) 1975 > 7. When did the UK Privy Council decide the case of Edwards > v. Canada (Attorney General), ruling that Canadian women are > legally "persons"? 1912 > 8. When did PEI's Catherine Callbeck become the first woman to > win a general election for a provincial premiership? 1988 > 9. When did the federal government cancel the development of the > Avro Arrow fighter plane? 1965 > 10. When did Alec Guinness inaugurate the Stratford Festival with > his performance as Richard III? 1960 > * Game 4, Round 3 - Literature - Based on a Novel by... > 1. In book form, the 1961 gothic horror film "The Innocents" > is better known to fans of novelist Henry James as what? The Turn of the Screw > 2. The 1979 hostage thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick > Thorp took place in a Los Angeles office tower and was made into > a 1988 movie that spawned four sequels. Name the first movie. Die Hard > Mills and again in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan -- was taken from a > German novel titled "Lottie and Lisa" ("Das doppelte Lottchen"). > The same title was used for both movies. The Parent Trap > in 2011. Each movie had an Arctic or Antarctic setting, and > the short version of each movie's title was the same. Give that > short title. The Thing > 5. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford's 1979 novel "The > Short-Timers" was made into what classic 1987 war movie? Full Metal Jacket > 6. The Stephen King novella "Cycle of the Werewolf" was made into > a 1985 horror film, also scripted by King, and starring Corey > Haim. An American Werewolf in London > 7. In 1968, Ted Hughes wrote a modern fairy tale called "The Iron > Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights". Name the animated > movie it became 31 years later. The Iron Giant > 8. Rosalind Wiseman's book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" was made into > what 2004 Lindsay Lohan film? Mean Girls > 9. Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil!" was made into which Daniel > Day-Lewis movie? There Will Be Blood > 10. Vikas Swarup's 2005 novel "Q & A" became this Best Picture > Oscar-winning movie. Slumdog Millionaire -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Jul 06 10:21PM -0700 On 7/6/19 4:35 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > took place in the 20th century, and you have a one-year leeway on > each one. Answers may repeat. > 1. When was the St. Lawrence Seaway opened? 1959 > 2. When did Nunavut become Canada's newest territory? 1998 > 3. When were the Dionne quintuplets born? 1938; 1935 > 4. Within a year, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her accession > to the throne? 22 > 5. When did Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope" take place? > 6. When was the federal election voting age lowered from 21 to 18? > (The law change, not the first election under it.) 1973 > win a general election for a provincial premiership? > 9. When did the federal government cancel the development of the > Avro Arrow fighter plane? 1958 > 2. The 1979 hostage thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick > Thorp took place in a Los Angeles office tower and was made into > a 1988 movie that spawned four sequels. Name the first movie. Die Hard > 7. In 1968, Ted Hughes wrote a modern fairy tale called "The Iron > Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights". Name the animated > movie it became 31 years later. The Iron Giant -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 07 11:18AM +0200 > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Canada within a Year > 1. When was the St. Lawrence Seaway opened? 1967 > 2. When did Nunavut become Canada's newest territory? 1996 > 4. Within a year, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her accession > to the throne? 29 > 6. When was the federal election voting age lowered from 21 to 18? > (The law change, not the first election under it.) 1969 > 7. When did the UK Privy Council decide the case of Edwards > v. Canada (Attorney General), ruling that Canadian women are > legally "persons"? 1921 > 8. When did PEI's Catherine Callbeck become the first woman to > win a general election for a provincial premiership? 1981 > 9. When did the federal government cancel the development of the > Avro Arrow fighter plane? 1981 > 10. When did Alec Guinness inaugurate the Stratford Festival with > his performance as Richard III? 1959 |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 04 02:34AM > ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Official Languages > 1. Khmer. Cambodia > 2. Tagalog. Philippines > 3. Walloon. Belgium > 4. Amharic. Ethiopia > 5. Catalan. Spain > 6. Pashto. Afghanistan > 7. Malagasy. Madagascar > 8. Swahili -- any of four countries. Kenya > 9. Urdu. Pakistan > 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho, > Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu. South Africa > such as forceps and catheters. But his greatest innovation > was the use of what wrongly-named biological material for > surgical sutures? catgut > A2. In 1979, Pakistani-born Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize -- > in what category? physics > * B. Islamic History > B1. What international movement started with revolts in Tunisia > in late 2010? Arab Spring > B2. In what century (by the calendar we use) was the prophet > Mohammed born? 6th century CE > praying to the Bayt Allah (the House of God). Name either > the place or the-place-within-the-place, within Mecca, > that they are praying to. Kaaba > C2. What country has the greatest number of Muslim citizens -- > about 13% of the religion's 1,800,000,000 worldwide > adherents? China; India > D2. Ibtihaj Mohammed became the first American to compete in > the Olympics wearing a hijab. She chose her sport because > she could wear it without altering the uniform. What sport? fencing > * E. Islamic Literature > E1. This man, dubbed the astronomer-poet, reformed the Seljuq > calendar, but is most famous for his "Rubaiyat". Who is he? Omar Khayyam > E2. Kurshidbanu Natavan died in 1892. The daughter of the > Gulu-Khan, she is most famous for her ghazels or amatory > odes. Which largely Muslim country is she from? Turkey > * F. Islamic Miscellany > F1. What is the name of the facial veil, worn by some Muslim > women, that leaves the eye area open? hijab > F2. What are the two largest denominations of Islam? Sunni and Shia -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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): Jul 06 06:33PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 3 is over and DAN BLUM has won it by 9 points. Hearty congratulations! > country that officially claims it. Some questions have more than > one possible answer. > 1. Khmer. Cambodia. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin. > 2. Tagalog. Philippines. 4 for everyone. > 3. Walloon. Belgium. 4 for everyone. > 4. Amharic. Ethiopia. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 5. Catalan. Spain, Andorra. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin (the hard way). > 6. Pashto. Afghanistan. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 2 for Calvin. > 7. Malagasy. Madagascar. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 8. Swahili -- any of four countries. Kenya, Tazanadia, Uganda, DR Congo. 4 for everyone. > 9. Urdu. Pakistan, Fiji(!). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho, > Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu. South Africa. 4 for everyone. > such as forceps and catheters. But his greatest innovation > was the use of what wrongly-named biological material for > surgical sutures? Catgut. (Actually made from horse or sheep intestines.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > A2. In 1979, Pakistani-born Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize -- > in what category? Physics. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua and Calvin. "Literature" was an interesting guess in view of the category. Of course, people do sometimes win Nobels outside of their primary field, so it wasn't completely silly. > * B. Islamic History > B1. What international movement started with revolts in Tunisia > in late 2010? Arab Spring. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Erland. > B2. In what century (by the calendar we use) was the prophet > Mohammed born? 6th. (The year was 570.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > praying to the Bayt Allah (the House of God). Name either > the place or the-place-within-the-place, within Mecca, > that they are praying to. Great Mosque, Kaaba. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. "Kabbalah" is, roughly speaking, Jewish mysticism. Not quiet the same as "Kaaba". > C2. What country has the greatest number of Muslim citizens -- > about 13% of the religion's 1,800,000,000 worldwide > adherents? Indonesia. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Pete, and Calvin. > D1. This Liverpool FC forward, and Egyptian national, often > celebrates his goals by performing the sujud (the Muslim > prostration to God). Mo Salah. 4 for Erland and Pete. 3 for Calvin. > D2. Ibtihaj Mohammed became the first American to compete in > the Olympics wearing a hijab. She chose her sport because > she could wear it without altering the uniform. What sport? Fencing. 4 for Erland and Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua. > * E. Islamic Literature > E1. This man, dubbed the astronomer-poet, reformed the Seljuq > calendar, but is most famous for his "Rubaiyat". Who is he? Omar Khayyam. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > E2. Kurshidbanu Natavan died in 1892. The daughter of the > Gulu-Khan, she is most famous for her ghazels or amatory > odes. Which largely Muslim country is she from? Azerbaijan. > * F. Islamic Miscellany > F1. What is the name of the facial veil, worn by some Muslim > women, that leaves the eye area open? Niqab. 4 for Erland and Joshua. "Hijab" is a more general term for a head-covering. > F2. What are the two largest denominations of Islam? Shia, Sunni. 4 for everyone. (Oops -- starting this season there weren't supposed to be any more two-part answers. Oh well.) Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can His Art Sci Ent Spo Geo Cha SIX Dan Blum 24 22 15 14 36 0 40 32 169 Dan Tilque 24 24 8 12 36 4 40 24 160 Joshua Kreitzer 20 8 -- -- 36 4 40 38 146 Pete Gayde 4 18 12 20 38 14 28 23 141 Bruce Bowler 19 8 8 24 40 0 -- -- 99 "Calvin" -- -- 11 13 22 0 26 18 90 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 4 4 -- -- 36 31 75 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "Volts are like proof." --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 02 09:26PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> They have a store in Toronto. So what? I'm not in the habit of >>> buying furniture. Erland Sommarskog: >> Yet you knew about IKEA! True, and in fact I've spent hundreds of dollars there. Dan Tilque: > Everyone knows about IKEA! I've never stepped a foot inside one of the > stores and I know about it. Grin. > to put a U in 'colo(u)r' or keep the A in 'h(a)emoglobin'. And of > course, the -er/-re of certain words as in the 'meter' example, but also > 'center' and 'theater' and a bunch of others. There are also many cases where *both* spellings are used in one of the two countries, though typically only one is used in the other. For this reason some people object to describing one spelling of a pair as American and the other as British. > Most of the former colonies agree with Britain on spelling. Well, except for North and South Carolina, Connecticut, Delaware, East and West Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia. > Canada is the exception; they split the difference. For roughly half of > those words, they use American spelling and the other half British. And most Canadians have no idea of it -- if they think about the matter at all, they tend to believe that Canadian spelling is the same as British. My position is that two standards for one language are more than enough and I deny any right for Canada to have its own spelling standards. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "If we gave people a choice, there would be chaos." msb@vex.net | -- Dick McDonald My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 02 02:36PM +0200 This quiz is over and it is a joint victory for Mark Brader and Stephen W Perry, congratulations! (There is however, one semi-open issue which may change this, but we'll see.) I am happy to see that the quiz attracted eight entrants which is quite good these days. Here is the scoreboard: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Mark B 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 9 swp 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1 1 - 9 Calvin 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 - 7 Dan T 1 - - 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 1 7 Dan B 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 6 Bruce B - - - - 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - 5 Joshua K 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 4 Pete G - - 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - 4 Below are the answers. For each question I first give the answer I had intended and in some cases with comments to my own answer. Then follows remarks on alternate answers with motivations, and my explanation why or why not I did not accept that answer. Keep in mind that if you gave an answer different from the intended one you had to give a motivation for it to be considered. It does not help you, if someone else gave a motivation for your answer, even if you had the same reason in mind. > 1. Math. > 1998, 306, 625, 729, 81. 625 - the only number not divisble by 9. > 2. Music: > Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ozzy Osbourne, > Robert Plant, Robert Plant - all the others have been lead singers of Black Sabbath on at least one album. Wikipedia suggests, though, that Plant was on the shortlist after the departure of Dio, but Ian Gillan was picked instead. A case could also be made for Glenn Hughes, since he is the only one of the five who also plays an instrument, and had someone made this point, I would have accepted it. Four of the men above are alive, but sadly Ronnie James Dio is not. I had however decided not to accept that as a motivation, had someone raised it. "Ozzy Osbourne - only one whose first name is a nickanme based on his surname? Obviously incorrect - because what is a "nickanme"? Now, if we, despite the particular entrant in question, interpret this as "nickname", the answer is correct. However, my intention was that the four would have something interesting in common, and not having such a nickname is not particularly noteworthy. Thus, not accepted. > 3. Business: > Bang & Olufsen, BoConcept, Carlsberg, IKEA, Lego, IKEA - all other brands are Danish. Mark had not heard of BoConcept. I don't know big they are internationally, but they have a store in Bellevue, WA, and I find it difficult to believe that it would be a one-of-a-kind. "BoConcept. The others are all named, at least in part, after people" Incorrect. LEGO is derived from "Leg godt", Danish for "Play well". >4. Language: > Czech, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak. Hungarian - not an Indo-European language. "Slovak uses a different alphabet" No, Slovak uses Latin script. >5. Science: > candela, kelvin, metre, second, volt. Volt - not a base unit in the SI system. "Metre - only misspelled one. :-)" Nope. No Toronto pub rules on this side of the Atlantic. :-) >6. City travel: > Charle de Gaulle Étoile, Montmatre, Oberkampf, Odéon, > Porte de Glignancourt. Montmartre - not a métro station in Paris. I also accepted Porte de Glignancourt, despite no comment was given. There is after all no station with that name - the correct spelling is Clignancourt, and I could not tell if that spelling error trapped the entrant who gave it. My apologies for no less than three spelling errors in this list. On the other hand, Oberkampf is a very much metro station - it is one stop from (Place de) Répulique. It was an intentional trap, so I happy to see some people swallowing the bait. :-) >7. Food: > farfalle, gnocchi, linguine, margherita, penne. Margherita is a pizza, not a type of pasta. >8. Science and language: > azote, ilt, oxygen, Sauerstoff, syre. azote, that's French for nitrogen. All the others are words for oxygen. (Danish, English, German and Swedish in that order.) >9. Current sport events: > Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA. Sweden for two reasons: 1) Have never won the FIFA Women's World Cup. (But who knows, maybe this time?) 2) Never hosted the Winter Olympics. The reason the latter counts as current is that on June 24th, the IOC selected the host for the games in 2026. And for the seventh(!) time, Sweden's bid was not accepted. Some of the Swedish bids in the past were probably fairly reasonable, but this one was just ridiculous. Just picture this: Stockholm was said to be the main host city, but the City Council declined to sign the bid, so Åre - where the alpine events were supposed to be held - signed instead. An internal report to the IOC presented on the day before the vote labelled the Swedish bid as a "high-risk project". And, yes, knowing some of the details, I can fully agree. "japan - did not win in round of 16 at FWWC in france" "Japan is out of the world cup" "Japan have not made the quarter finals of the women's world cup." Correct and absolutely significant enough to qualify, so there is no reason for me not to accept it. There is a twist though: it was not correct when I posted the quiz - the game between Japan and Netherlands was still going on. "Norway (only one not in the Women's World Cup)" They are (well, "were" by now), so this is incorrect. >10. Entertainment: > Pierre Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Bruce Willis. Bruce Willis - have never played James Bond. The only question that all entrants got. >11. Politics: > Jair Bolsonaro, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, > Donald Trump, Narendra Modi - The others are Presidents, while Modi is Prime Minister. "Trump. The only world leader with no prior political experience." I did not accept this on the same grounds I did not accept Ozzy Osbourne. That is, having prior political experience is what you can expect from a politician. "Emmanuel Macron (only one not a right wing/nationalist politician)" I accepted this. I realised that this was a possibility when I composed the question, but at that point vaguely thought I would not accept this. But having it thrown in the face, I find it difficult not to accept it. In my original idea, I had Angela Merkel instead of Modi, but then I realised that she stood out for a different reason, and I could not think of any current female President that is well-known enough. As substitutes I also considered Shinzo Abe and Justin Trudeau, but I found Modi, being a PM in a republic a little more subtle. I was thinking of replacing Macron with Erdogan, but that did not happen. >12. Transport: > Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Lufthansa, > Singapore Airlines. British Airways - not a Star Alliance member. The selection of airlines are based on a trip that I did last year. I first flew to Frankfurt with Lufthansa to get on a flight to Singapore with Singapore Airlines. I stayed in Singapore for a few days before continuing to Christchurch, again with Singapore Airlines. I was in New Zealand for 5½ weeks and eventually few out of Auckland with Air New Zealand to Vancouver. I had a ticket with Air Canada to get to Victoria, but I got a ride with a friend. I flew home from SeaTac with Icelandair. However, I felt that Icelandair was too obscure for people to spot, so I replaced that with British Airlines - but it did not really help, as no one spotted the connection. (Mark got BA right, but gave a different motivation, which I have not verified., but appears to be correct.) "lufthansa - not a flag carrier airline" I am not too familiar with the concept of "flag carriers". I've been reading articles on Wikipedia. The article "Flag carrier" includes a list of flag-carrier airlines. This list includes Lufthansa, but the reference given is not particularly convincing. But nor is the reference for British Airways. I get the impression that these days the term itself is not used in a well-defined way, but it was more applicable in older days when about every country with self-respect had a nationally owned airline. For these reasons, I decided not to accept the answer. But if Stephen or someone else have more authoritative information, I can be persuaded. "Lufthansa (only one representing a country that does not have English as a major/national language)" A bit far-fetched, and on the margin of what I am prepared to accept, but since languages often plays a role in my quizzes, I thought that it was not entirely unreasonable to suspect that it could be involved here as well. I could have picked AIr France instead. Oh well. Accepted. "Lufty was never government owned?" From what I can tell, it was until 1994. (Today, Lufthansa is privately owned as are BA and Air Canada.) Thus, not accepted. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 01 05:46AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 3 Which > prolific artist released the hit 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only > the Piano Player"? Elton John > 6 > Students hoping to study in which discipline might sit a GAMSAT or > MCAT entry test? Medicine > 7 What happens to a pyrophoric substance when it > is exposed to air? Sets on fire > 8 A physician would use a scratch test to test for what? Allergies > 9 Which company has produced the Barbie doll since 1959? Hasbro > 10 The annual 'Hackademy Awards' discourage the depiction of what > human activity in movies? Programming > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Jul 01 06:15AM +0100 On 2019-07-01 04:56:45 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 Which UK 'joke' political party was created by 'Screaming' Lord Such in 1980? The Monster Raving Loony Party > 2 A shot of Sambuca "con la mosca" (literally "with a fly") is served > with what item floating on top? Grape? > 3 Which prolific artist released the hit 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me I'm > Only the Piano Player"? Elton John > 4 What is the two-word name of the tests which all black cab drivers > must pass in order to gain a licence to work in London? The Knowledge > 5 Operating since at least 1727 and located in County Kildare, what is > the premier horse-racing track in Ireland? The Curragh > 6 Students hoping to study in which discipline might sit a GAMSAT or > MCAT entry test? Medicine? > 7 What happens to a pyrophoric substance when it is exposed to air? It combusts > 8 A physician would use a scratch test to test for what? Allergy > 9 Which company has produced the Barbie doll since 1959? Matel? > 10 The annual 'Hackademy Awards' discourage the depiction of what human > activity in movies? Smoking? -- "To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 01 10:06AM +0200 > 2 A shot of Sambuca ?con la mosca? (literally "with a fly") is > served with what item floating on top? A cherry > 3 Which prolific artist released the hit 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me > I'm Only the Piano Player"? Elton John > 7 What happens to a pyrophoric substance when it is exposed to air? It catches fire |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jul 01 02:03PM On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 02:55:42 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: >> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup? > Swallows. 4 for Erland. Protest! https://www.audubon.org/news/birds-nest-soup-more-popular-ever-thanks- swiftlet-house-farms |
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