- QFTCIRS Final, Rounds 2-3: arts & literature, Canadiana - 2 Updates
- QFTCIRS Game 10, Rounds 9-10: Bad Africans, CanChallenge - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #588 - 3 Updates
- QFTCIMI520 Current Events 5-6 - 1 Update
- QFTCIRS Final, Rounds 7-8: geography, sports - 1 Update
- QFTCIRS Final, Rounds 4,6: entertainment, science - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #590 - 4 Updates
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 19 05:58AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:1-ydnZbqHdvkVNHDnZ2dnUU7- > * Famous Art Forgeries > 3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966 > art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole? "How to Steal a Million" > * Marvel Supervillains > In each case name the supervillain. > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg Dr. Doom > * Sue Grafton Novels > In each case complete the title. > 10. "K is for..."? Killer > 11. "N is for..."? Noose > 12. "H is for..."? Howdy Doody > * Literary Ghosts > 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall > covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat? Duncan; Banquo > 14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate > in which Henry James novella? "The Turn of the Screw" > finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly > adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series > in 2018. Name it. "The Haunting of Hill House" > * Canadian Neighbors > 10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's > River share the same name: what is it? Sault Ste. Marie > 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department, > that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland. St. Pierre et Miquelon > 14. This prime minister was the first to get married while in office, > the first to be divorced while in office, and the first to be > a single parent while in office. Who? Pierre Trudeau -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Joe Masters <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Feb 19 05:36PM On 2020-02-19 05:36:57 +0000, Mark Brader said: > ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to > the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings > was he forging? Rembrandt > white collar. The signed date is 1609, but the painting was > revealed in 2005 to be a 19th-century fake. Who is depicted in > "Flower Portrait"? Shakespeare > * Flemish Painters > In each case name the artist. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg Bosch > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg Breughel > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg Van Eyck > * Marvel Supervillains > In each case name the supervillain. > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg Judge Dredd > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg The Hulk > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg No idea > * Literary Ghosts > 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall > covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat? Banquo > 14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate > in which Henry James novella? The Turn of the Screw > (This means the principal city served by the airport -- If we > said Lester Pearson you'd say Toronto, not Mississauga.) > 4. James Armstrong Richardson, founder of Western Canadian Airways. Vancouver > 5. Roméo LeBlanc, 25th governor-general of Canada. Quebec > 6. John Diefenbaker, 13th prime minister of Canada. Winnipeg -- "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 |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 18 09:24PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:V-mdnSrK5vV0SdXDnZ2dnUU7- > diamonds, ran weapons, and trained child soldiers to fight in > the 1990s civil war in Sierra Leone -- all the while serving > as the president of a nearby country. Which one? Liberia > to Belgium to finance building projects. Millions of Congolese > died in this enterprise. Name that king (give name and number > if applicable), or name the city as it used to be known. Leopold I > Spanish-speaking central African country, he's been accused > of any number of extrajudicial killings and disappearances -- > and cannibalism, too. Name the country. Chad; Burkina Faso > of the Order of the British Empire, but "Conqueror of the > British Empire". *Name* His Excellency, President for Life, > Field Marshal Al-haji Doctor, VC, DSO, MC, CBE. Idi Amin > country in 1989. He is responsible for the deaths of over > 300,000 people after he funded terrorist groups to kill > non-Arab Africans. Name the country. Sudan > be pink, magenta, or purple, and occasionally are white > or yellow. The Yukon adopted this as its provincial flower > in 1957. Phoenix Flower > Within 1 in each case, in what year did the following provinces join > Confederation? > D1. Manitoba. 1891; 1894 > D2. Alberta. 1895; 1898 > * F. Large Canadian Lakes > Of lakes wholly in Canada, by area, what is... > F1. ...the 2nd-largest? Lake Manitoba > F2. ...the 3rd-largest? Lake Manitoba Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 17 09:39PM -0800 On 2/15/20 9:36 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > a gilded eagle throne for 3 years before he was deposed by > the French. In 1976 he renamed the country he ruled, but it > later reverted to its previous name -- which was what? Central African Republic > diamonds, ran weapons, and trained child soldiers to fight in > the 1990s civil war in Sierra Leone -- all the while serving > as the president of a nearby country. Which one? Liberia > to Belgium to finance building projects. Millions of Congolese > died in this enterprise. Name that king (give name and number > if applicable), or name the city as it used to be known. Leopoldville > of the Order of the British Empire, but "Conqueror of the > British Empire". *Name* His Excellency, President for Life, > Field Marshal Al-haji Doctor, VC, DSO, MC, CBE. Idi Amin > country in 1989. He is responsible for the deaths of over > 300,000 people after he funded terrorist groups to kill > non-Arab Africans. Name the country. Algeria > first time. We'll name two of them, and in each case, you give > us their portfolio. (Both are still in the that portfolio now.) > C1. Mona Fortier (hint: this is also a brand-new portfolio). Climate Crisis > Within 1 in each case, in what year did the following provinces join > Confederation? > D1. Manitoba. 1870; 1875 > D2. Alberta. 1905 > * F. Large Canadian Lakes > Of lakes wholly in Canada, by area, what is... > F1. ...the 2nd-largest? Lake Winnipeg > F2. ...the 3rd-largest? Great Slave Lake -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 18 09:14PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 How many different letters are used in Roman numerals? 7 > 2 Who portrayed Solitaire in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let > Die? Barbara Bach > 3 What two-word term refers to a heavy-duty towing engine > that provides motive power for hauling a towed or trailered load? > 4 Plutophobia is the fear of what? Plutocrats > 5 Which 2000 Dreamworks animated > movie had taglines including Escape or die frying and This ain't no > chick flick? Chicken Run > 9 Which song from the 1969 film > Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid won an Academy Award for Best > Original Song? Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head > School from 1828 to 1841? > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 17 10:53PM +0100 > 1 How many different letters are used in Roman numerals? VII > 2 Who portrayed Solitaire in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let > Die? Tony Curtis |
| Joe Masters <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Feb 17 08:09AM On 2020-02-17 01:56:56 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 How many different letters are used in Roman numerals? 7 > 2 Who portrayed Solitaire in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die? Barbara Bach > 3 What two-word term refers to a heavy-duty towing engine that provides > motive power for hauling a towed or trailered load? Road Train > 4 Plutophobia is the fear of what? Wealth > 5 Which 2000 Dreamworks animated movie had taglines including Escape or > die frying and This ain't no chick flick? Chicken Run > 6 Which 1985 Dire Straits album included the hits Money for Nothing and > Walk of Life? Brothers in Arms > 7 An iconic 1890 painting by Tom Roberts is titled Shearing the… what? Sheep > 8 In the card game 500, what bid is worth 220 points? Never heard of the game > 9 Which song from the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid won > an Academy Award for Best Original Song? Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head > 10 Which reformist educator was headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841? Arnold -- "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 |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 24 11:58PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date. 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup, 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 MI5 and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of other rounds. For further information see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 5 (2020-02-10), Round 1 - Current Events 1. This man, who was born Issur Danielovitch, died last week at age 103. By what name did we know him? 2. Canadians evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus in China will be quarantined for 2 weeks at the Yukon Lodge -- located in which city? 3. In other coronavirus news, 251 Canadians on board a cruise ship will be quarantined on the ship for two weeks in Yokohama, Japan. What ship? 4. This 91-year-old TV, movie, and stage actor and comedian died after being hit by a car in Venice, California. Name him. 5. Montreal-born Laurent Duvernay-Tardif did something last week that no other doctor has ever done. What did he do? 6. Which Baltimore Raven was unanimously named the AP NFL MVP Award winner? 7. February 2 was the first global *what kind of day* in 909 years? 8. One day after revealing that he has advanced lung cancer, this man was awarded the Medal of Freedom in an unprecedented move during President Trump's State of the Union address. Who? 9. Women and non-binary writers in Canada and the US will be eligible for a new $150,000 fiction prize named after *which Canadian author*? 10. Gritty, the fuzzy orange mascot of this NHL team, was cleared by police of assaulting a 13-year-old boy during a photo shoot at the team's arena. Which NHL team? (Full answer required, like "Toronto Argonauts".) * Game 6 (2020-02-24), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Name the 42-year-old kidney-transplant recipient and Zamboni driver who debuted as the Carolina Hurricanes goalie after their two regular goalies were injured -- and then helped them beat the hapless Maple Leafs 6-3. 2. Name the Washington Capitals player who became the 8th NHLer ever to reach 700 career goals. 3. China expelled three reporters last week over a derogatory headline that referred to China as "the sick man of Asia". What paper do they work for? (Full name required.) 4. Name the retail chain that announced last week that it will close all its Canadian stores amid bankruptcy restructuring. 5. Name the organization that announced last week that it will file for bankruptcy protection amid a wave of sexual-abuse lawsuits. 6. Author Charles Portis died last week at 86. He is best known for a novel that was made into movies in 1969 and 2010. Name the novel. 7. The new blue Ontario license plates are being recalled after police complained that they were unreadable at night. What *slogan* appears on the plates? 8. The founder of L'Arche International (which provides support for people with intellectual disabilities), who was a perennial candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, was posthumously implicated in the sexual abuse of women last week. Name him. 9. Which Trump advisor was sentenced to 40 months in prison for obstructing a Congressional investigation into 2016 Russian election meddling? 10. Last week British musician Dagmar Turner had surgery to remove a brain tumor -- *during* which she notably did what? After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq "Obl Fpbhgf" be "Cvre 1" sbe nal nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp. -- Mark Brader | "It is only a guess, of course. msb@vex.net | I hope none of you ever finds out for certain." Toronto | -- Insp. Grandpierre (Peter Stone, "Charade") My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 24 11:56PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-12-10, 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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". ** Final, Round 7 - Geography * Hometown Heroes On each list, which city are all of the people from? (Note: this does not necessarily mean their birthplace.) 1. Paul Newman, Harvey Pekar, Bob Hope. 2. Sidney Crosby, Sarah Mclaughlin, Ellen Page. 3. Prince, Jesse Ventura, Charles Schulz. * What's in a Name? Which country's name, in its primary language, means... 4. "Little Venice"? 5. "Middle Kingdom"? 6. "Land of the Black Mountain"? * Asian Country Outlines Name the countries. Yes, north is at the top in each case. 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/out/7.gif 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/out/8.gif 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/out/9.gif * Two Cities, One Name On each map the two marked cities have names that are either the same or equivalent. Name one of the cities in each case. 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/same/10.png 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/same/11.png 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/same/12.png * We Can't Help but Stan Which former Soviet republic has the capital city... 13. Ashgabat? 14. Tashkent? 15. Nur-Sultan (formerly known as Astana)? ** Final, Round 8 - Sports For questions #1-5 you must give the team name, like "Maple Leafs". * Sports Franchises that Went Away 1. The major-league baseball franchise founded in Washington in 1901 moved in 1960 to Minnesota and became the Twins. Give the name they were regularly known by until 1960. 2. This team started in the WHA, then moved to the NHL. It was based in Boston, and then in Connecticut. In 1997 they moved again to became the Carolina Hurricanes. What were they called until then? 3. This team started in 1948 in the Basketball Association of America, which later became the NBA. A frequent contender in the 1950s and '60s, the team was moved in 1972 and eventually became the Sacramento Kings. What was it called originally? * First Winners 4. 1927 was the first year that the WHL dropped out of Stanley Cup competition and the trophy went to NHL teams exclusively. Who won it that year? 5. Which team defeated the Boston Red Sox in 1967 to become the first winners of the Commissioners Trophy? 6. Which country's team won the first-ever World Cup of soccer? * Canadian Athlete Endorsements 7. This male Olympic silver medalist for figure skating shilled for McCain fruit punch in 1998. Name him. 8. In 1994 this NHL hockey superstar lent his name and image to Noma GT Snow Racers. One of them even came in this player's signature colors. Name him. 9. In 1995 this NHL player starred in a series of commercials advertising milk, sometimes donning cow legs. Name him. * Terminology of Billiards/Pool Games Give the words. 10. This term is used when the cue ball is hit on either side of the vertical axis, imparting a spin on the ball. You are said to "give" the ball this. 11. The hand shape used to guide the cue is called this. It is also a name for a second special "cue" used to guide the player's main cue when a very long reach is required. 12. In snooker, this term is used when a player scores 100 points or more after potting (sinking) at least 25 consecutive balls on the same turn. * Horse Racing 13. All thoroughbred horses in the Northern Hemisphere have the same birthday, by convention. What day of the year is that? 14. Every horse competing in the Kentucky Derby is the same age. What age? 15. The winner of this race is draped in a blanket of black-eyed susans, but the flowers are fake because black-eyed susans don't bloom in Maryland until June. Which race? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Perhaps I should have done the posting and sleeping msb@vex.net | in the other order." --Peter Duncanson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 24 08:02PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8u-dnT5gm7syUs3DnZ2dnUU7- > 6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie, > but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner > Herzog followup. Pulp Fiction > 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991 > Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box". > What movie? Schindler's List > musician as a major influence on his character, and the > musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the > third installment of the movie series. Name the musician. Keith Richards > * TV Spinoffs > In each case, name the series that these were spun off from. > 10. "Joey". Friends > 11. "Better Call Saul". Breaking Bad > 12. "Mork & Mindy". Happy Days > second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic, > and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet. > Give his name as it appears in the title. Jack Van Impe > 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening > his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017. > Name him. Joel Osteen > in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among > the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century. > Who? Billy Graham > 7. What name was given to the virus believed to have been written > for the US Government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities > in 2010? Huxnet > Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list, > which language is *not* in the same family as the others? > 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish. Hungarian > 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan. Burmese; Tibetan > 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi). Maltese Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 24 11:52PM -0600 Mark Brader: > Shape of Water" (2017), it was the fourth time in 5 years that > the prize had been claimed by a Mexican director. Name *any one* > of the others. Alfonso Cuarón [for "Gravity" (2013)], Alejandro G. Iñárritu [for "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" [sic] (2014) and "The Revenant" (2015)], 4 for Joshua. A related, but harder, question came up on 2020-01-09 in the "Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time" tournament. On the second "Final Jeopardy!" of the match, they asked for the names of the *two* foreign-born [i.e. non-US-born] directors who had each won Best Director *twice*, but *none* of their movies had won Best Picture. Cuarón was one of the correct answers there, as he won Best Director again for "Roma" (2018); the other was Ang Lee, who won it for "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) and "Life of Pi" (2012). Iñárritu was wrong since "Birdman" did win Best Picture. Of the three superstar contestants on the show, Ken Jennings tried Lee and Iñárritu and the other two had no real answers and just put down joking responses. It didn't matter for winning the match anyway, as Ken already had a lock on that. > 2. Name the Mexican director responsible for movies such as "The > Holy Mountain", "El Topo", and "Fando y Lis". Alejandro Jodorowsky. (The movies appeared in 1968, 1970, 1973 respectively.) 4 for Joshua. > 3. Name the Latino director who shared some award nominations > with Quentin Tarantino for the 2007 "double-feature" horror movie > "Grindhouse". Robert Rodriguez. 4 for Joshua. In the original game this triple was titled "Oscar-Winning Latino Directors", which is wrong for both Jodorowsky and Rodriguez, and claimed that "Grindhouse" won Best Director, which is also wrong. None of these people or movies were even nominated for Oscars, but they did win other awards, mostly at film festivals, so I changed the category title. > Name the movies. > 4. This David Fincher movie from 1999 features a main character > who is never named. "Fight Club". 4 for Joshua. > 5. Two men forge a tense alliance against a third, as they all > search for buried gold in a remote cemetery. The main character > has a nickname, but is never named. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966). 4 for Joe, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 6. Harvey Keitel is never named in this 1992 crime-drama cult movie, > but his character was given a name in the bizarre 2009 Werner > Herzog followup. "Bad Lieutenant". (The 2009 movie was "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans", and the character, now played by Nicolas Cage, became Sgt. Terence McDonagh.) 4 for Joshua. > * Weird Movie Cameos > 7. One of the few human characters in "The SpongeBob SquarePants > Movie", this actor is first seen running along the beach. David Hasselhoff. (This movie was from 2004.) 4 for Joshua. > 8. Glenn Close had a bearded, seconds-long cameo in this 1991 > Spielberg movie before her character was placed in the "Boo Box". > What movie? "Hook". 4 for Joshua. See: http://i.imgur.com/AOdCn9x.jpg > musician as a major influence on his character, and the > musician was brought in to play Jack Sparrow's father in the > third installment of the movie series. Name the musician. Keith Richards. I accepted "Keith Richard". 4 for Joe, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete. > * TV Spinoffs > In each case, name the series that these were spun off from. > 10. "Joey". "Friends". 4 for Joe, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete. > 11. "Better Call Saul". "Breaking Bad". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 12. "Mork & Mindy". "Happy Days". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete. > second coming of Christ. He is also vehemently anti-Islamic, > and as of 2017 has referred to himself as God's final prophet. > Give his name as it appears in the title. Jack Van Impe. 4 for Pete. > 16,000-seat stadium. He was heavily criticized for not opening > his church to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Harvey in 2017. > Name him. Joel Osteen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among > the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century. > Who? Billy Graham. 4 for Joe, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete. > In each case name the household product based on the indicated > chemical (perhaps diluted with water or otherwise). Give the > generic terms, not brand names. And not chemical names either. > 1. NH3, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/1.png Ammonia. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. 3 for Erland. > 2. CH3COOH, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/2.jpg Vinegar. > 3. NaClO, http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/chem/3.png Bleach. 4 for Dan Tilque. > * Famous Thought-Experiments > 4. What is the linguistic name of John Searle's 1980 thought- > experiment that argues against strong artificial intelligence? The Chinese Room. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua. > 5. What general concept does David Hilbert's Grand Hotel paradox > seek to address? Infinity. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 6. Who is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise attributed to? > This thought-experiment argues against the possibility of motion. Zeno of Elea. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 7. What name was given to the virus believed to have been written > for the US Government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities > in 2010? Stuxnet. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Hint: The author's father was > the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center, > a division of the NSA. Robert Morris Jr. or Robert T. Morris. (As usual, "Morris" was sufficient.) > day every year, so many users did not boot their computers on > that date just to "be safe". The virus was given the name of > a painter and sculptor who was born on March 6. Give that name. Michelangelo. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > In each case give the usual single-letter (or for any B vitamins, > letter-and-number) name. > 10. Ascorbic acid. C. 4 for Joe, Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 11. Tocopherol. E. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 12. Calciferol. D. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > Here's an easy triple -- it's multiple-choice. In each list, > which language is *not* in the same family as the others? > 13. English, Faroese, Hindi, Hungarian, Spanish. Hungarian. (Uralic; the others are Indo-European.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Calvin. > 14. Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Tibetan. Japanese. (An isolate; the others are Sino-Tibetan.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 15. Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, Persian (or Farsi). Persian. (Indo-European; the others are Semitic.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> A+L Can Ent Sci Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 56 31 125 Dan Blum 46 8 20 44 118 Dan Tilque 4 16 12 44 76 "Calvin" 20 0 16 15 51 Joe Masters 24 0 16 4 44 Pete Gayde -- -- 28 4 32 Erland Sommarskog 0 4 4 23 31 -- Mark Brader Hackers are far more likely ... to either Toronto (a) be aggressively apolitical or (b) entertain msb@vex.net peculiar or idiosyncratic political ideas and actually try to live by them day-to-day. -- Eric S. Raymond My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 24 05:09AM -0800 On 2/23/20 6:18 PM, Calvin wrote: > 1 In 1962, who became the first woman to own and run a major television studio in the USA? Lucille Ball > 2 Which city is home to Rynek Glowny, the largest medieval town square in Europe, and is served by John Paul II International Airport? Krakow > 3 Kenny Dalglish represented which country in football (soccer)? > 4 The highest active volcano in Europe at over 3,000 metres tall, Mount Etna is situated on which Italian island? Sicily > 5 The official colours of which American university located near South Bend, Indiana are Madonna Blue and Papal Gold? Notre Dame > 6 Which author penned the 1930s novels Of Mice and Men and East Of Eden? Steinbeck > 7 The 1990-91 Gulf War was precipitated by Iraq's invasion of which country? Kuwait > 8 Edward, the Black Prince, considered one of the finest commanders of the Hundred Years War, was the son of which king of England? Richard II -- Dan Tilque |
| Joe Masters <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Feb 24 05:31PM On 2020-02-24 02:18:51 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 In 1962, who became the first woman to own and run a major television > studio in the USA? Mary Tyler Moore > 2 Which city is home to Rynek Glowny, the largest medieval town square > in Europe, and is served by John Paul II International Airport? Warsaw > 3 Kenny Dalglish represented which country in football (soccer)? Scotland > 4 The highest active volcano in Europe at over 3,000 metres tall, Mount > Etna is situated on which Italian island? Sicily > 5 The official colours of which American university located near South > Bend, Indiana are Madonna Blue and Papal Gold? > 6 Which author penned the 1930s novels Of Mice and Men and East Of Eden? John Steinbeck > 7 The 1990-91 Gulf War was precipitated by Iraq's invasion of which country? Kuwait > 8 Edward, the Black Prince, considered one of the finest commanders of > the Hundred Years War, was the son of which king of England? Edward III > 9 The Sorento and Sportage models are produced by which car manufacturer? Kia (My boss has one) > 10 Which cycling event requires a derny? Pursuit -- "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 |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 24 08:12PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 In 1962, who became the first woman to own and run a major > television studio in the USA? Lucille Ball > 2 Which city is home to Rynek > Glowny, the largest medieval town square in Europe, and is served by > John Paul II International Airport? Cracow > 3 Kenny Dalglish represented > which country in football (soccer)? Scotland > 4 The highest active volcano > in Europe at over 3,000 metres tall, Mount Etna is situated on which > Italian island? Sicily > 5 The official colours of which American > university located near South Bend, Indiana are Madonna Blue and Papal > Gold? Notre Dame > 6 Which author penned the 1930s novels Of Mice and Men and > East Of Eden? Steinbeck > 7 The 1990-91 Gulf War was precipitated by Iraq's > invasion of which country? Kuwait > 8 Edward, the Black Prince, considered > one of the finest commanders of the Hundred Years War, was the son of > which king of England? Henry VI > 9 The Sorento and Sportage models are > produced by which car manufacturer? Kia > 10 Which cycling event requires a derny? Pursuit > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 24 11:05PM +0100 > 2 Which city is home to Rynek Glowny, the largest medieval town > square in Europe, and is served by John Paul II International Airport? Kraków > 3 Kenny Dalglish represented which country in football (soccer)? Scotland > 4 The highest active volcano in Europe at over 3,000 metres tall, > Mount Etna is situated on which Italian island? Sicily > 7 The 1990-91 Gulf War was precipitated by Iraq's invasion of which > country? Kwueit > 8 Edward, the Black Prince, considered one of the finest commanders > of the Hundred Years War, was the son of which king of England? Richard III > 9 The Sorento and Sportage models are produced by which car > manufacturer? Alfa Romeo > 10 Which cycling event requires a derny? Velodrome |
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