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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 01 11:54PM +0200 Here is a set of 12 questions. I believe this set to be a bit difficult, so don't shy even if you only know a few questions. Some questions certainly invite for educated or just wild guesses. For this quiz, I employ the same system as Mark Brader. That is, you can enter one or two answers. If you enter a single answer and it is correct, you get 4 points. If you enter two answers, your first answer is worth 3 points if correct, and the second is worth 2 points when correct. Like Mark, I may award partial points for answers that are almost correct. Post your answers to the newsgroup. You must use your own knowledge only, no googling, asking grandma etc. I plan to score this quiz on Sunday 6th. I will be accepting answers until I post the results posting. Have fun! 1. In which country do you find the world's busiest air route in terms of number of flights per year? 2. Recently, the world's biggest bicycle garage was inaugurated in Utrecht, Netherlands. Within 1000, how many bicycles does it fit? 3. The FIBA World Cup in basketball finished recently. Which team emerged as the winner? 4. In 1904 Montenegro declared war on which country despite that they did not have any common border or even a common neighbour, neither by land nor by sea? 5. The Roman emperor Diocletian built an enormous palace around the turn of the 4th century AD. Today the remains of the palace forms the centre of which Mediterranean city? 6. Bayonne is a French city, located on the Biscayan coast, some 40 km north of the Spanish border. Most signs in Bayonne are in French only, but some are tri-lingual. Name any of the other two languages on the signs. (These are languages native to the area around Bayonne.) 7. The composer Arnold Schönberg is associated with which form compositional technique? 8. Jonny Cash and Ritchie Blackmore (ex-guitarist of Deep Purple) are both known by which four-word moniker? 9. Which world leader recently faced criticism for old pictures where this person appears with a "blackface"? 10. What sort of activity are you looking forward to if you are interacting with amadeus.net or amadeus.com? 11. The books of which author include characters such as Steve Carella and Meyer Meyer? 12. On http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/IMG_2198.jpg you can see some rocks that have been formed over a completely different material. What two-word name is usually given to a site where you find such rocks? |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 01 10:02PM > 1. In which country do you find the world's busiest air route in > terms of number of flights per year? USA > 2. Recently, the world's biggest bicycle garage was inaugurated > in Utrecht, Netherlands. Within 1000, how many bicycles does > it fit? 20,000; 25,000 > 4. In 1904 Montenegro declared war on which country despite that > they did not have any common border or even a common neighbour, > neither by land nor by sea? Japan > 5. The Roman emperor Diocletian built an enormous palace around > the turn of the 4th century AD. Today the remains of the > palace forms the centre of which Mediterranean city? Split > in French only, but some are tri-lingual. Name any of the > other two languages on the signs. (These are languages native > to the area around Bayonne.) Basque > 7. The composer Arnold Sch?nberg is associated with which form > compositional technique? use of the 12-tone scale > 8. Jonny Cash and Ritchie Blackmore (ex-guitarist of Deep Purple) > are both known by which four-word moniker? The Man in Black > 9. Which world leader recently faced criticism for old pictures > where this person appears with a "blackface"? Justin Trudeau > 11. The books of which author include characters such as Steve > Carella and Meyer Meyer? Philip Roth > rocks that have been formed over a completely different material. > What two-word name is usually given to a site where you find > such rocks? petrified forest -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 01 10:31PM Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in > Have fun! > 1. In which country do you find the world's busiest air route in > terms of number of flights per year? Russia; China > 2. Recently, the world's biggest bicycle garage was inaugurated > in Utrecht, Netherlands. Within 1000, how many bicycles does > it fit? 15000; 18000 > 3. The FIBA World Cup in basketball finished recently. Which > team emerged as the winner? France; Argentina > 4. In 1904 Montenegro declared war on which country despite that > they did not have any common border or even a common neighbour, > neither by land nor by sea? Russia > 5. The Roman emperor Diocletian built an enormous palace around > the turn of the 4th century AD. Today the remains of the > palace forms the centre of which Mediterranean city? Naples; Genoa > in French only, but some are tri-lingual. Name any of the > other two languages on the signs. (These are languages native > to the area around Bayonne.) Basque > 7. The composer Arnold Schönberg is associated with which form > compositional technique? Serial > 8. Jonny Cash and Ritchie Blackmore (ex-guitarist of Deep Purple) > are both known by which four-word moniker? The Man in Black > 9. Which world leader recently faced criticism for old pictures > where this person appears with a "blackface"? Justin Trudeau > 10. What sort of activity are you looking forward to if you are > interacting with amadeus.net or amadeus.com? Musical composition > rocks that have been formed over a completely different material. > What two-word name is usually given to a site where you find > such rocks? Petrified forest Pete Gayde |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 02 04:41AM Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in > 1. In which country do you find the world's busiest air route in > terms of number of flights per year? South Korea > 4. In 1904 Montenegro declared war on which country despite that > they did not have any common border or even a common neighbour, > neither by land nor by sea? Japan (?) (note: to an American, such a declaration of war doesn't sound particularly unusual) > 5. The Roman emperor Diocletian built an enormous palace around > the turn of the 4th century AD. Today the remains of the > palace forms the centre of which Mediterranean city? Dubrovnik > in French only, but some are tri-lingual. Name any of the > other two languages on the signs. (These are languages native > to the area around Bayonne.) Catalan > 7. The composer Arnold Schönberg is associated with which form > compositional technique? twelve-tone > 9. Which world leader recently faced criticism for old pictures > where this person appears with a "blackface"? Justin Trudeau > 10. What sort of activity are you looking forward to if you are > interacting with amadeus.net or amadeus.com? listening to classical music -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 01:42AM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > 1. In which country do you find the world's busiest air route in > terms of number of flights per year? Japan. > 2. Recently, the world's biggest bicycle garage was inaugurated > in Utrecht, Netherlands. Within 1000, how many bicycles does > it fit? 25,000. > 4. In 1904 Montenegro declared war on which country despite that > they did not have any common border or even a common neighbour, > neither by land nor by sea? Greece? > 5. The Roman emperor Diocletian built an enormous palace around > the turn of the 4th century AD. Today the remains of the > palace forms the centre of which Mediterranean city? Ravenna? > in French only, but some are tri-lingual. Name any of the > other two languages on the signs. (These are languages native > to the area around Bayonne.) Basque. > 7. The composer Arnold Schönberg is associated with which form > compositional technique? Atonal music? > 8. Jonny Cash and Ritchie Blackmore (ex-guitarist of Deep Purple) > are both known by which four-word moniker? "The Man in Black". > 9. Which world leader recently faced criticism for old pictures > where this person appears with a "blackface"? Justin Trudeau, sigh. > 10. What sort of activity are you looking forward to if you are > interacting with amadeus.net or amadeus.com? Listening to music by Mozart? > rocks that have been formed over a completely different material. > What two-word name is usually given to a site where you find > such rocks? Petrified forest. -- Mark Brader | "It is, in fact, a very good rule to be especially suspicious Toronto | of work that says what you want to hear..." msb@vex.net | --Paul Krugman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 02 04:31AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > the 1976 and 1977 seasons. The closest anybody's come since has > been the Detroit Lions, who lost 19 in a row in 2008 and 2009. > Name those 26-game losers. Tampa Bay Buccaneers > 2. This NASCAR driver -- nicknamed the King -- won 200 races > in his career. To put it in perspective, Jeff Gordon had 93. > Name the King. Richard Petty > 3. In 1941, this Major League Baseball legend had hits in > 56 consecutive games. The closest since then was Pete Rose > with 44. Joe DiMaggio > 4. This Baltimore Orioles great played in 2,362 straight games > without missing one. Only six other players have played in > more than 1,000 consecutively. Name him. Cal Ripken Jr. > 5. Of course, Wayne Gretzky has every NHL scoring record possible. > Within 0.5, how many points -- goals plus assists -- did he > *average* per game through his career? 2.1; 3.1 > closest anyone has come to the 100 points scored by one player > on 1962-03-02 in a 169-147 win over the Philadelphia Warriors. > Who set this unassailable record? Wilt Chamberlain > 7. This fireballer threw 5,714 strikeouts in his career. > The closest challenger is more than 3,000 strikeouts away. Nolan Ryan > 8. He holds the record with 23 Olympic gold medals, double any > nearest competitor. Name him. Michael Phelps > 9. The greatest receiver of all time, he retired with 22,895 > career receiving yards. Terrell Owens came closest, almost > 7,000 yards behind. Name the champ. Jerry Rice > 10. In 1991, he passed Lou Brock's record of 938 stolen bases. > He ended his career with 1,406. Name him. Rickey Henderson > then the Canucks, Devils, and Leafs. In honor of the year > of his arrival in Buffalo and his place in the NHL entry > draft, he wore #89 for his entire playing career. Ovechkin > * B. At New York's Russian Tea Room > B2. The caviar is served on little pancakes, sometimes made > of buckwheat. What are these called? blini > C1. Norman Jewison directed this 1966 comedy about a Soviet > submarine that runs aground off New England. It starred > Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, and Alan Arkin. "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming" > and finds adjusting to American life more difficult than > he imagined. If it's any help, both the musician and the > sax were expertly played by Robin Williams. "Moscow on the Hudson" > leader's debut novel was "We the Living", a story of life > in post-revolutionary Russia, published in 1936. Other more > influential works would follow. Ayn Rand > D2. Born in St. Petersburg, this author of "Pale Fire" and > "Speak, Memory", was also an expert amateur entomologist, > specializing in butterflies. Vladimir Nabokov > E1. These two islands are in the Bering Strait a short distance > apart. Russia has the "Big" one and the US has the "Little" > one. What are they called? Big Diomede and Little Diomede > E2. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in > the world at 9,289 km, connecting Moscow to what city on > the other side of the country? Vladivostok > activist, later portrayed by Warren Beatty in his film > "Reds". What is the title of Reed's firsthand account of > the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution? "Ten Days That Shook the World" > merits of capitalism vs. communism. These were videotaped > in color and broadcast in both countries. What was the > name given collectively to these discussions? Kitchen Debates -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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