- RESULTS: Erland's Occasional Quiz - 3 Updates
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 12 02:52PM +0200 This quiz is over and Dan Blum emerged as the winner. Congratulations and the glory is yours for the rest of the day. Here is the scoreboard: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total --------------------------------------------- Dan B 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 - - 1 - 7 Stephen P 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - - 6 Joshua K 1 1 - - 1 1 - 1 - - 1 - 6 Calvin 1 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 6 Mark B 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 1 1 - 5 Bruce B 1 1 - - - - 1 - 1 - - - 4 Dan T - 1 1 - - 1 1 - - - - - 4 Here are the answers: > 1. You walk into the elevator of a Chinese hotel. You find that > there are nine buttons from 1 to 10. Which number is missing? 4. The word for the number 4 sounds just like the word for "death". On the other hand, I thknk both 8 and 9 are considered to be lucky numbers. > 2. This person was instrumental in the unification of Germany > and also served as its first Chancellor. What was his name? Otto von Bismarck was the intended answer, but my sloppy wording did not make it clear which unification I was referring to, so I'm also accepting Helumt Kohl. > 3. Normally this time of year, the football is in full swing all over > Europe, but this is not a normal year. Still, there is one country > in Europe where the national league is playing. Which? Belarus. I don't know if they play with spectactors or not. According to a news paper article I read, the only two other countries where tournament football is being played are Nicaragua and Burundi, but I have not confirmed this. Over here, they play some occasional training games - without spectators of course. > named for an exceptional young woman whose sidekick is Wille Garvin. > Among the titles of the adventures we find "The Stone Age Caper", > "Death Trap" and "Million Dollar Game". Give the name of the strip. Modesty Blaise. I've never read the strip, but I once saw the 1966 movie on a flight. The movie as such was so-so, but the signature song was irresistible. > 5. "Spirited Away", "Howl's Moving Castle", "Kiki's Delivery Service" > and "My Neighbour Totoro" are all works of which animation master? Hayao Miyaazki. The last name was sufficient, although his son Goro is also a animation director. Of the films I've seen two first ones, and I loved them both. I've also seen "From Up on Poppy Hill" by the son, a sweet little story. > 6. Zoroastrianism is a religion with roots in which present-day country? Iran. > 7. Somewhat confusingly, that state in the upper-left corner is > called Washington. However, when the Washington Territory (which > preceded the state) was created, what name was originally proposed? (Territory of) Columbia. As Dan T pointed out, the name was refuted because of the risk of confusion with District of Columbia. And then whey went with Washington - what a brainmelt! > 8. Recently, I've found myself singing the chorus of Paul Simon's "Me > and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" for myself. Why? "Well I'm on my way I don't know where I'm going I'm on my way I'm taking my time But I don't know where Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of *Corona* Seein' me and Julio Down by the schoolyard Seein' me and Julio Down by the schoolyard" Any reference to Corona was sufficient (and required). > 9. The Merlion (http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/merlion.jpg) is the > symbol of which vibrant city? Singapore. >10. What sort of facility are you at if you find yourself riding in a > vehicle from Cobus Industries, a German company? An airport. They specialise in buses that takes you between the gate and the aircraft. I arrived at this question after having been in their buses on airport after airport. (Oh, don't you just hate it when the aircraft does not go all the way to the gate?) > Republic? The most famous instantiation of her may be this > iconic painting by Delacroix, > http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/whatshername.jpg Marianne. Maybe I should have left out Delacroix's painting, as the title of the painting is just "Liberty Leading the People", with no mention of Marianne. On the other hand, if you look up the article for Marianne in Wikipedia the painting is there. > steep hillsides in a not-to-organised manner, the historic > quarters of this South American city is a UNESCO World Heritage > Site. What's its name? Valparaíso A bewildering place, and definitely one of the highlights on my trip to Chile a few years ago. Many tried Rio de Janeiro, and while I have not been there, the decription of a commercial centre at the bottom and not overly organised hillsides seems to fit Rio as well. But as Mark pointed out El Plan is not portoguese. Buenos Aires on the other hand is "plan" all over it - being on the edge of Pampas, the city is very flat. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 12 10:39AM -0700 On 4/12/20 5:52 AM, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > As Dan T pointed out, the name was refuted because of the risk of > confusion with District of Columbia. And then whey went with > Washington - what a brainmelt! In their defense, this was in 1852 and the city of Washington had not yet taken over the whole district. But as George R Stewart describes it, when the name Washington was proposed, a wave a hero-worship swept the chamber and no one was going to object to that name. OK, someone did object, but it was two days later by a congressman who'd missed the earlier session. He suggested they use one of the 'beautiful' Indian names of the northwest instead. Stewart disagrees on the beauty of NW Indian names and cites Snohomish, Skagit, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum and Klickitat as counter-examples. (He has a point.) At any rate, that congressman was too late since he was really addressing the Senate from the floor of the House. BTW, the name Washington had years earlier been proposed as a name for the state of Mississippi. Thanks for running this quiz, Erland. At least this time I knew more than one or two answers and didn't skip it because of that. -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 12 09:40PM +0200 > Klickitat as counter-examples. (He has a point.) At any rate, that > congressman was too late since he was really addressing the Senate from > the floor of the House. Wikipedia suggests that Washington was about to gain statehood alternate names were consdidered, and one proposal was apparently "Tacoma" but it did not garner any support. Given how utterly dull that town is, that is just as well! |
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