- CQ #605 - 4 Updates
- RQFTCI07 Game 1 Rounds 4,6: CanElectric, science lists - 5 Updates
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 26 09:58PM +0200 > 2 What is the more common name of the building material also known > as asbestos cement or AC sheet? I believe it's called "eternit" here. I abstain from trying to anglify that name, > 3 Anderlecht and Standard Liège are top division football (soccer) > clubs in which European country? Belgium > 4 Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, is under investigation > for money-laundering and fraud with regard to her work for the state oil > company of which country? Angola > 5 Active from 1947-1994, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade > (GATT) was succeeded by what intergovernmental organisation? WTO > 6 Lieutenant Ellen Ripley is a character in which film series? Star Trek > 8 By what name is the Mexican festival Día de Muertos commonly known > in English? Day of the Dead > 10 The Vegas Golden Knights participate in which North American > professional sports league? NHL |
| Joe Masters <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Jun 26 09:04PM +0100 On 2020-06-25 22:57:50 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 Both Katharine Ross and Nicole Kidman have portrayed Joanna Eberhart, > the main character from which 1972 Ira Levin novel? The Stepford Wives > asbestos cement or AC sheet? > 3 Anderlecht and Standard Liège are top division football (soccer) > clubs in which European country? Belgium > 4 Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, is under investigation for > money-laundering and fraud with regard to her work for the state oil > company of which country? Kenya > 5 Active from 1947-1994, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade > (GATT) was succeeded by what intergovernmental organisation? WTO > 6 Lieutenant Ellen Ripley is a character in which film series? Alien > 7 What links Nereid, Charon, Dione and Rhea? They are all characters from Greek mythology, or is that too vague? All moons named from Greek mythology. > 8 By what name is the Mexican festival DÃa de Muertos commonly known > in English? Day of the Dead > 9 What four-letter word can mean a stiff pleated circular collar worn > in the 16th and 17th centuries, the playing of a trump card when one > cannot follow suit, or various species of fish? Ruff > 10 The Vegas Golden Knights participate in which North American > professional sports league? National 10 pin Bowling League > I'm on leave next week so answers will not appear before Monday, 6th July. Have a good break. -- "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>: Jun 26 08:32PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > Eberhart, the main character from which 1972 Ira Levin novel? > 2 What is the more common name of the building material also known as > asbestos cement or AC sheet? Gypsum board > 3 Anderlecht and Standard Liège are > top division football (soccer) clubs in which European country? Belgium > 4 Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, is under investigation for > money-laundering and fraud with regard to her work for the state oil > company of which country? Angola > Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was succeeded by what > intergovernmental organisation? > 6 Lieutenant Ellen Ripley is a character in which film series? Alien > 7 What links Nereid, Charon, Dione and Rhea? > 8 By what name is the Mexican festival Día de Muertos > commonly known in English? Day of the Dead > stiff pleated circular collar worn in the 16th and 17th centuries, the > playing of a trump card when one cannot follow suit, or various > species of fish? Ruff > 10 The Vegas Golden Knights participate in which > North American professional sports league? NHL > July. > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 27 02:12AM -0700 On 6/25/20 3:57 PM, Calvin wrote: > 1 Both Katharine Ross and Nicole Kidman have portrayed Joanna Eberhart, the main character from which 1972 Ira Levin novel? > 2 What is the more common name of the building material also known as asbestos cement or AC sheet? sheet rock > 3 Anderlecht and Standard Liège are top division football (soccer) clubs in which European country? Belgium > 4 Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, is under investigation for money-laundering and fraud with regard to her work for the state oil company of which country? Angola > 5 Active from 1947-1994, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was succeeded by what intergovernmental organisation? World Trade Organization > 6 Lieutenant Ellen Ripley is a character in which film series? Alien > 7 What links Nereid, Charon, Dione and Rhea? moons of outer solar system planets > 8 By what name is the Mexican festival Día de Muertos commonly known in English? Day of the Dead > 9 What four-letter word can mean a stiff pleated circular collar worn in the 16th and 17th centuries, the playing of a trump card when one cannot follow suit, or various species of fish? ruff > 10 The Vegas Golden Knights participate in which North American professional sports league? National Hockey League -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 26 01:23PM > * Game 1, Round 4 - Canadiana - Electricity > 7. The D in <answer 6> is another name for the kind of hydrogen > that is part of heavy water. What does it stand for? deuterium > * Game 1, Round 6 - Science - What are These? > 1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane, > Octane, Toluene. petroleum fractions > 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, > Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine. amino acids > 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol. programming languages (Some of those should properly have more upper-case letters.) > 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious > Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia. deficiency diseases > 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone, > Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea. moons of Saturn > 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset, > Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi. monkey species > 7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid, > Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid, > Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi. mathematical curves > 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi > Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle. cell sub-structures > 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes. human bones > 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron, > W Boson. subatomic particles -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 26 10:07PM +0200 > * Game 1, Round 4 - Canadiana - Electricity > Yes, this is pretty hardcore Canadiana. You knew that was coming. And you knew what is not coming here. > * Game 1, Round 6 - Science - What are These? > 1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane, > Octane, Toluene. Carbon-hydrogen compoings > 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, > Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine. Enzymes > 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol. Program languages > 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious > Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia. Diseases (related to the lack of some nutrion components, at least the name I recognize.) > 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone, > Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea. Judging from Calvin's quiz: moons in the solar system. > 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset, > Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi. Active chemical substances in spices > 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi > Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle. Parts of a cell > 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron, > W Boson. Nucleons > 11. Argentite, Bauxite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, > Cinnabar, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pitchblende, > Sphalerite, Wolframite. Minerals > 12. Atmosphere, Bar, Barye, Foot of Head, Kgf/Cm², Inch of Mercury, > Pascal, Psi, Technical Atmosphere, Torr. Units for pressure > 13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus, > Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus, > Treponema. Bacterias > 14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, > Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium. Rare earth metals |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 26 04:55PM -0500 Dan Blum: > (Some of those should properly have more upper-case letters.) Skipped reading the round's preamble, eh? -- Mark Brader | "What a strange field. Studying beings instead of mathematics. Toronto | Could lead to recursive problems in logic." msb@vex.net | -- Robert L. Forward (The Flight of the Dragonfly) |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 26 09:58PM > Dan Blum: > > (Some of those should properly have more upper-case letters.) > Skipped reading the round's preamble, eh? Yes. -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Jun 26 11:53PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:E66dndqoIa-P42jDnZ2dnUU7- > of Haldimand, Ontario, near Lake Erie. Name it. > 5. At what time, Eastern Daylight, did the power fail in Toronto > on August 14, 2003? Answer within 30 minutes on either side. 2:00pm; 3:01pm > like movies or mythology will not be accepted. > 1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane, > Octane, Toluene. Volatile gases > 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, > Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine. > 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol. Computer programming languages > Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea. > 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset, > Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi. Monkeys > 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi > Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle. > 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes. Bones in the human body > 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron, > W Boson. Atomic particles > 13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus, > Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus, > Treponema. Bacteria > 14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, > Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium. Rare earth elements Pete Gayde |
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