Monday, February 22, 2021

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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 21 03:07AM -0800

On 2/20/21 9:25 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o10/4/animalfruitmineral.pdf
 
> 1. Arrange fossils A, B, and C into chronological order, earliest
> first.
 
C A B
 
 
> 2. Arrange fossils D, E, and F into chronological order, earliest
> first.
 
F E D
 
> the corresponding fruit.
 
> 3. G.
> 4. J.
 
kiwifruit
 
> 5. K.
 
avocado
 
 
> And for the last 4 questions, we name a gemstone, and you must give
> the corresponding letter.
 
> 7. Turquoise.
 
T
 
> 8. Opal.
 
S
 
> founded in 1720, where conspirators used to hatch plots against
> the Austrians who frequented Caffè Quadri across the square.
> Name the city.
 
Venice
 
> some monks. In real life, before the Arabs discovered how to
> brew hot coffee, the people of this goatherd's country drank
> cold fermented coffee. What country is it?
 
Ethiopia
 
> Arabian Peninsula through the 15th to 17th centuries? A kind
> of coffee, and a blend of coffee with another beverage, both
> take their name from this port.
 
Mocha
 
 
> 5. What country """has been""" the world's biggest coffee producer
> since the 19th century?
 
Brazil
 
> the Turks in 1683, and as a reward, they were allowed to bake
> a pastry based on an image that appears on the Turkish flag.
> What is this pastry?
 
croisant
 
 
> 8. Who composed the Coffee Cantata in 1734: a tale of a naughty
> German girl who refuses to give up coffee drinking? It is one
> of this composer's few secular cantatas.
 
Mozart
 
> Among the sizes you """can""" choose are (in alphabetical order)
> grande, tall, and venti. Arrange these three Starbucks sizes
> in order from smallest to largest.
 
tall, venti, grande
venti, tall, grande
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 21 12:15PM +0100

> * Game 10, Round 4 - Science - Animal, Fruit, or Mineral?
 
> 1. Arrange fossils A, B, and C into chronological order, earliest
> first.
 
B C A

> 2. Arrange fossils D, E, and F into chronological order, earliest
> first.
 
E F D

> 3. G.
 
Pomegranate
 
> 4. J.
 
Passion fruit
 
> 5. K.
 
Yellow mango
 
> 6. M.
 
Stuffed bell pepper. :-)
 

> 7. Turquoise.
 
V
 
> 8. Opal.
 
Q
 
> 9. Peridot.
 
O
 
> 10. Malachite.
 
P
 
 
> So there were 8 decoys, 4 fruits and 4 gems. If you like, decode
> the rot13 and identify them for fun, but for no points.
 
> 11. Fgne sehvg.
 
N
 
> 12. Svt.
 
I
 
> 13. Znatb.
 
L
 
> 14. Xhzdhng.
 
H
 
> existentialist loafers in the 1950s, where you could have
> seen Jean-Paul Sartre sitting and thinking at the Café des
> Deux Magots.
 
Boulevard de Montparnasse

> founded in 1720, where conspirators used to hatch plots against
> the Austrians who frequented Caffè Quadri across the square.
> Name the city.
 
Venice

> some monks. In real life, before the Arabs discovered how to
> brew hot coffee, the people of this goatherd's country drank
> cold fermented coffee. What country is it?
 
Yemen

> Arabian Peninsula through the 15th to 17th centuries? A kind
> of coffee, and a blend of coffee with another beverage, both
> take their name from this port.
 
Aden
 
> 5. What country """has been""" the world's biggest coffee producer
> since the 19th century?
 
Brazil

> the Turks in 1683, and as a reward, they were allowed to bake
> a pastry based on an image that appears on the Turkish flag.
> What is this pastry?
 
Apfelstrudel

> 8. Who composed the Coffee Cantata in 1734: a tale of a naughty
> German girl who refuses to give up coffee drinking? It is one
> of this composer's few secular cantatas.
 
J.S. Bach

> Among the sizes you """can""" choose are (in alphabetical order)
> grande, tall, and venti. Arrange these three Starbucks sizes
> in order from smallest to largest.
 
tall, grande, venti

> 10. Name the coffeehouse that used to exist at 134 Yorkville,
> owned by Bernie Fiedler, where countless musicians got their
> start in the 1960s and '70s.
 
Bernie's coffee
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 21 03:06PM


> * Game 10, Round 4 - Science - Animal, Fruit, or Mineral?
 
> 1. Arrange fossils A, B, and C into chronological order, earliest
> first.
 
C B A
 
> 2. Arrange fossils D, E, and F into chronological order, earliest
> first.
 
E F D
 
> 3. G.
 
mango; kumquat
 
> 4. J.
 
durian
 
> 5. K.
 
durian
 
> 7. Turquoise.
 
T
 
> 8. Opal.
 
V
 
> 9. Peridot.
 
Q; R
 
> 10. Malachite.
 
P
 
> existentialist loafers in the 1950s, where you could have
> seen Jean-Paul Sartre sitting and thinking at the Caf? des
> Deux Magots.
 
Rue des Ecoles
 
> founded in 1720, where conspirators used to hatch plots against
> the Austrians who frequented Caff? Quadri across the square.
> Name the city.
 
Venice
 
> some monks. In real life, before the Arabs discovered how to
> brew hot coffee, the people of this goatherd's country drank
> cold fermented coffee. What country is it?
 
Ethiopia
 
> Arabian Peninsula through the 15th to 17th centuries? A kind
> of coffee, and a blend of coffee with another beverage, both
> take their name from this port.
 
Mocha
 
> 5. What country """has been""" the world's biggest coffee producer
> since the 19th century?
 
Brazil; Colombia
 
> the Turks in 1683, and as a reward, they were allowed to bake
> a pastry based on an image that appears on the Turkish flag.
> What is this pastry?
 
croissant
 
> character who haunts society drawing rooms. The character
> complains: "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."
> Name *either* the poet or the title character.
 
J. Alfred Prufrock
 
> 8. Who composed the Coffee Cantata in 1734: a tale of a naughty
> German girl who refuses to give up coffee drinking? It is one
> of this composer's few secular cantatas.
 
J. S. Bach
 
> Among the sizes you """can""" choose are (in alphabetical order)
> grande, tall, and venti. Arrange these three Starbucks sizes
> in order from smallest to largest.
 
tall venti grande
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Feb 21 11:42AM -0600

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o10/4/animalfruitmineral.pdf
 
> 1. Arrange fossils A, B, and C into chronological order, earliest
> first.
 
C, B, A; B, C, A
 
 
> 2. Arrange fossils D, E, and F into chronological order, earliest
> first.
 
E, F, D; F, E, D
 
 
> For the next 4 questions, we give you a letter, and you must name
> the corresponding fruit.
 
> 3. G.
 
Persimmon
 
> 4. J.
 
Pomegranate
 
> 5. K.
 
Papaya
 
> 6. M.
 
Pomegranate
 
 
> And for the last 4 questions, we name a gemstone, and you must give
> the corresponding letter.
 
> 7. Turquoise.
 
S
 
> 8. Opal.
 
P
 
> 9. Peridot.
 
Q; T
 
> 10. Malachite.
 
T; V
 
> founded in 1720, where conspirators used to hatch plots against
> the Austrians who frequented Caffè Quadri across the square.
> Name the city.
 
Venice; Milan
 
> some monks. In real life, before the Arabs discovered how to
> brew hot coffee, the people of this goatherd's country drank
> cold fermented coffee. What country is it?
 
Ethiopia; Somalia
 
> Arabian Peninsula through the 15th to 17th centuries? A kind
> of coffee, and a blend of coffee with another beverage, both
> take their name from this port.
 
Mocha
 
 
> 5. What country """has been""" the world's biggest coffee producer
> since the 19th century?
 
Colombia; Brazil
 
> the Turks in 1683, and as a reward, they were allowed to bake
> a pastry based on an image that appears on the Turkish flag.
> What is this pastry?
 
Crescent roll
 
 
> 8. Who composed the Coffee Cantata in 1734: a tale of a naughty
> German girl who refuses to give up coffee drinking? It is one
> of this composer's few secular cantatas.
 
J. S. Bach
 
> Among the sizes you """can""" choose are (in alphabetical order)
> grande, tall, and venti. Arrange these three Starbucks sizes
> in order from smallest to largest.
 
Venti, Tall, Grande; Tall, Venti, Grande
 
 
> 10. Name the coffeehouse that used to exist at 134 Yorkville,
> owned by Bernie Fiedler, where countless musicians got their
> start in the 1960s and '70s.
 
Pete Gayde
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