- QFTCIRS Game 9, Rounds 2-3: Ontario ports, Seinfeld words - 3 Updates
- Erland's Occasional Quiz: Odd One Out - 2 Updates
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 26 03:31PM > * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment - Terms Coined on "Seinfeld" > 1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to > you as a gift. regifting > 2. To perform this action at a buffet table is equivalent to > "putting your whole mouth right in the dip". Seinfeld gave a > new meaning to this hyphenated term. double-dipping > in male genitalia to shut down. Another culprit is stress, > since it affects the sympathetic nervous system in a similar > way that cold does. What is it? shrinkage > 8. In 1995, pharmaceutical company Wyeth ceased production of a > female contraceptive. Elaine stocks up on it and interviews > men to see if they are *what*? Name her term. spongeworthy > of grievances (or telling your family members how they've > disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an > aluminum pole. Name this holiday. Festivus -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Jan 27 04:16AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:rdmdnRLwdvsGtLDDnZ2dnUU7- > Municipality of Bayham in Elgin County. It is situated at the > mouth of Big Otter Creek, which stretches more than 40 miles > north through Bayham to Tillsonburg and Otterville. Port Pelee > on the TV show "Seinfeld". > 1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to > you as a gift. Regift > 2. To perform this action at a buffet table is equivalent to > "putting your whole mouth right in the dip". Seinfeld gave a > new meaning to this hyphenated term. Double dip > other than having... what? > 4. Not to be confused with the French leave or Irish goodbye, > this word is a greeting given to those at a certain somber event. Funeral hello > in male genitalia to shut down. Another culprit is stress, > since it affects the sympathetic nervous system in a similar > way that cold does. What is it? Shrinkage > 8. In 1995, pharmaceutical company Wyeth ceased production of a > female contraceptive. Elaine stocks up on it and interviews > men to see if they are *what*? Name her term. Sponge worthy > of grievances (or telling your family members how they've > disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an > aluminum pole. Name this holiday. Festivus > Sorry, there were only 9 questions in this round. The top score > available will be 36. Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 27 01:26AM -0800 On Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 3:54:41 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 9, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Port Towns in Ontario > All these towns or communities are in Ontario and have names that > start with "Port". Is that right? > on the TV show "Seinfeld". > 1. To give a gift to someone that another person may have given to > you as a gift. Re-gift > 2. To perform this action at a buffet table is equivalent to > "putting your whole mouth right in the dip". Seinfeld gave a > new meaning to this hyphenated term. Double-dipping > horrible beast." This cruel term was applied to Jerry's > girlfriend at the time, who was very attractive and feminine > other than having... what? Horns? > 5. In question is Elaine's boyfriend Tony, a good-looking yet > vapid man, not much personality or intelligence. What word > was used to describe him? Himbo > in male genitalia to shut down. Another culprit is stress, > since it affects the sympathetic nervous system in a similar > way that cold does. What is it? Shrinkage > of grievances (or telling your family members how they've > disappointed you over the year), feats of strength, and an > aluminum pole. Name this holiday. Festivus cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 26 02:32PM +0100 This quiz is over and MARK BRADER emerges as the winner (although there is some uncertainty, as he may have asked the cats). Congratulations, and the glory is yours for the entire Sunday! (And since it's late in Brisbane, Calvin is asked to stretch until Monday.) Here is the full scoreboard: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Mark - 1 - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 8 Dan B - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - - 7 Joshua - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - 7 Calvin - 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 - - - - 5 Pete G - - 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 5 Joe - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 4 Here are the answers: > 1. Country names: Bosnia, Congo, Jordan, Malawi, Uruguay Intended answer: Malawi. Not named after a river. And while there is a lake with the same name, it appears that it is not named after the lake either, but as I understand Wikipedia, the name comes from a local people. I did not award Congo "Name of two different countries", because there is nothing particular about only being the name of one country, As for the suggestion on the Olympics, that has no relation to the *name*. I suspect that at least someone would have gotten this, if I had left out Bosnia and instead take any of the other river countries in Africa, but I wanted some diversity. The river in question is called Bosna. > 2. Fruits: Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Jazz, McIntosh, Seville Intended answer: Seville. It's an orange, whereas the others are cultivars of apples. >3. Music: "Helter Skelter", "Here Comes the Sun", "Something", > "Taxman", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Intended answer: "Helter Skelter" is written by (Lennon-)McCartney. The others were all penned by George Harrison. > 4. Japan: Ginza, Nara, Nihonbashi, Shibuya, Shinjuku Intended answer: Nara. Nara is the old imperial capital, pre-dating Kyoto. The others are all areas within Tokyo. > "La dolce vita", > "Prova d'orchestra" ("Orchestra Rehearsal") > "Roma" Intended answer: "Brutti, sporchi e cattivi", directed by Ettore Scola. The others were all directed by Federico Fellini, born 100 years ago. Also approved: "Roma" (Not set in Italy, not Italian). So this was a goof of mine. The entrants who gave this answer had a different film in mind, a Mexican film that came out in 2018 (and which I should have been aware of). I should have picked another Fellini title, or just simply added the release year to the titles to resolve the ambiguity. > 6: Lakes: Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Lake Chad, Lake Eyre, > Great Salt Lake Intended answer: Lake Baikal, the only lake to be drained in the normal way through a river. However, not the only freshwater lake - Lake Chad is also freshwater. But instead of a river, the waters percolates into the Soro and Bodélé depressions, Wikipedia says. Lake Eyre is in Australia and is a few metres below sea level. > 7: Chemistry: Barium, Calcium, Cesium, Magnesium, Strontium Intended answer: Caesium. This is an alkali metal (+1), whereas the others are in the group of alkali earth metals (+2). However, it is not named after a person, from what I can tell from Wikipedia. My excuse for using the American spelling "cesium" is that this is also the spelling used in Swedish. A case could also be made for magnesium: it appears that this is the only of the five that can be stored in open air, whereas the others all will corrode or catch fire. When it comes to radioactivity, they all have stable isotopes. > 8: Sports: Cycling, Fencing, Riding, Shooting, Swimming Intended answer: Cycling, not part of modern pentathlon. Also approved: Swimming, no extra equipment. Fencing: only game with one-to-one matches. I purposely did not analyse this question for alternative answers, but I thought it would be fun to see what people would come up with. When it comes to fencing, one-to-one sports are not particularly rare, so one-to-one and competing-many-in-parallel can be seen as different categories. > 9: Computing: Pascal, Perl, PHP, Powershell, Python Intended answer: Pascal. Only language to be fully statically typed. Arguably, it is also the only compiled language, although Python typically compiles the scripts to some intermediate format behind the scenes. Some entrants did not seem to be familiar with Powershell. This is a language from Microsoft, and originally it was only available on Windows, but it is now also available as open source on other platforms. You could say that it is a scripting interface to .NET. > 10: History: Deng, Qing, Song, Tang, Yuan Intended answer: Deng, not a Chinese dynasty. (But the surname of a recent Chinese ruler.) > 11: Business: Boeing, Costco, Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks Intended answer: Nike, the only company with no relation to the Seattle area. Nike are in Beaverton, outside Portland, OR. Also approved: Boeing (headquarters not in Pacific Northwest) Costco (origin not in Pacific Northwest) Not one of my best questions. I should have picked the odd one from elsewhere in the US, maybe Chicago. And throwing in Costco last minute was really stupid. Costco has its headquarters in Issaquah, which is in greater Seattle, and the Costco part of the company has its origin in Seattle. However, the Price Club part, which is the older one, started in San Diego. These two parts were originally competitors, but merged. (All this based on my reading of Wikipedia.) I could of course have used Amazon instead of Costco, but I wanted some diversity, so I did not like having two IT companies on the list. I was considering Nordstrom, but then I would have had to pick an odd company that only has business in US and Canada, and that would have made the question difficult for people from elsewhere. While Boeing has its headquarters in Chicago, it is still very stronly associated with Seattle, so I felt that it was a fair entry on the list. Several entrants gave Costco without a motivation. I feel sorry for you, but I stand by my original plan. You were after all encouraged to give a motivation. > 12: New Zealand: Haast, Kaka Point, Lumsden, National Park, Seddonville Intended answer: National Park. It's on North Island. The others are on South Island. So the devil caught me on this one. I had absolutely to reason to expect that any entrant would know any of these places - not even Kiwis are likely to know all of them. Thus, it was equal for all. All five are small unassuming places, but as it happens, I've been to all five. Haast is on the west coast. This is where road 6 leaves the coast to turn up the mountains towards Wanaka and Queenstown. I stayed here for two nights, although it was not in my plan. But heavy rain caused mud slides and other issues which closed the road in both directions from Haast. Kaka Point is along the Southern Scenic Route between Invercargill and Dunedin. I stopped here for dinner after having been to the Nugget Point lighthouse. I was at the restaurant around 20:45, but the kitchen had closed 15 minutes earlier (as often is the case in these small places). Thankfully, they had a bar menu with some mixed grill. Lumsden is on road 6 between Queesntown and Invercargill. I was heading towards Te Anau, but took a short detour, since at the time I had a neighbour whose last name was Lumsden. There is nothing to see here, but I had lunch at a café with an attitude, and it was also here I got the T-shirt with their motto "This is as Lumsden as it gets!". With 400 souls, this is probably the biggest place on the list. National Park is in the Tongariro National Park, and it is a good base if you want to do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, "the best one-day walk in New Zealand". Seddonville is also on the west coast, a few km off the road between Westport and Karamea. There are only a couple of houses here, but there is a hotel. The surroundings are just immensly beautiful. Here is a sample: http://privat.sommarskog.se/NZ2018/04-Seddonville/Stor-0140_IMG_0331.jpg The blue houses on the right is the hotel. I'm surprised that Calvin knew about this place. When I have mentioned the name to Kiwis, I have only gotten blank stares back. Thanks to everyone for playing! |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 26 05:01PM -0600 Erland Sommarskog: > Intended answer: Malawi. Not named after a river... > I did not award Congo "Name of two different countries", because > there is nothing particular about only being the name of one country, I don't undersatnd that ruling at all. Congo is the name of two different countries (Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo); this does not apply to Bosnia, Jordan, Malawi, or Uruguay. How does that not qualify under the terms of the contest and what do you mean by "there is nothing particular"? > way through a river. However, not the only freshwater lake - Lake Chad > is also freshwater. But instead of a river, the waters percolates > into the Soro and Bodélé depressions, Wikipedia says. Huh, interesting. > I purposely did not analyse this question for alternative answers, > but I thought it would be fun to see what people would come up with. > When it comes to fencing, one-to-one sports are not particularly rare... Indeed, but it was the only one of that type on the list. See Congo. > Arguably, it is also the only compiled language, although Python > typically compiles the scripts to some intermediate format behind > the scenes. So does Perl. > Costco has its headquarters in Issaquah, > which is in greater Seattle, and the Costco part of the company > has its origin in Seattle.... Well, you can take this point away from me if you give me the one for Congo. Howzat? :-) -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "It's been proven. Places stay clean until somebody msb@vex.net | drops the first piece of litter." -- TTC poster |
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