| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Mar 20 10:30AM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. World War II began in the city that the Germans call Danzig. > Later, Lech Walesa started the Solidarity movement there. > What """do""" the Poles call this city? Gdansk > 2. Irish republicans """call""" this city Derry. What name did the > English give it in 1613? Londonderry > Baltic Sea, and is in an exclave cut off from the rest of Russia > by the three Baltic states. Its German name is Königsberg. > What """is""" its Russian name? Kaliningrad > Arabic name? > 5. The Egyptians today call this large city by the Arabic name > Iskandaria. What did the ancient Greeks name it? Alexandria > 6. The Turks say Istanbul. What do (and did) the Greeks say? Constantinople > Rabbat-Ammon. Much later the Greeks captured it and called > it Philadelphia. It is now the capital city of a rather small > country. What is its modern Arabic name? Amman > unification, Garibaldi, was born; but the Italians traded > it to France in 1860 for, ah, future considerations. What > is its French name? Nice > movie about the sinking premiered on May 14, 1912. So what > was the date, as kept aboard the ship, when it sank -- within > 10 days? (Include the year.) April 10, 1912; April 10, 1911 > remained in service into the 1930s; but the third was diverted to > become a hospital ship in the First World War and sunk by a mine > or perhaps a torpedo. Name either one of the other two ships. Gigantic > 3. What company owned these ships? (The direct owner, not the > company that owned it in turn.) White Star > 4. Name *either* the president of <answer 3> at the time of the > Titanic's sinking, who was on board and survived, or the > American financier who controlled it. Wilson; Taft > this ship; yet its radioman was not awakened and no action was > taken until dawn. This ship had a geographical name relating > to the US. Name *either* it or its captain. Carpathia > all the survivors from the lifeboats. This ship also had a > geographical name, but relating to Europe. Again, name *either* > it or its captain. Carpathia > 7. Passengers intending to cross the Atlantic boarded the Titanic > at three ports and were bound for a single port on this side > of the ocean. Name *any two* of the four ports. Halifax > 8. Within 10% of the correct number, how many people were killed? 1900 > 9. *Of those killed*, how many percent were adult males? > Please answer by giving the nearest multiple of 10%, i.e. 40%, > 50%, 60%, etc. 80% > 10. Within 25% of the correct number, how many *more* people could > the lifeboats have carried according to their rated capacity? > Give the actual number, not a percentage. 500 Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 20 04:52PM -0500 If Pete Gayde had posted his answers on time, he would have scored 28 points on Round 4 and 15 on Round 6. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "You keep using that word. I do not think it means msb@vex.net | what you think it means." -- The Princess Bride |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 20 04:53AM -0700 On 3/19/21 9:56 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > setting it in medieval times (1066-1399). The first novel (1939) > emphasizes Arthur's youth and is the basis for Disney's animated > movie "The Sword in the Stone". The Once and Future King > titles "The Crystal Cave" (1970), "The Hollow Hills" (1973), > "The Last Enchantment" (1979), and "The Wicked Day" (1983). > Name her. Bradley ? > Questions #5-6 are on characters. > 5. Who is the illegitimate son of Arthur by his half-sister Morgause > (sometimes Morgan Le Fay, in later retellings)? Mordred > That clothe the wold and meet the sky; > And thro' the field the road runs by > To many-tower'd Camelot; On second thought, let's not go to Camelot, tis a silly place. > 8. What English poet (who lived 1837-1909) wrote many poems about > the Arthurian sagas, including "Joyeuse Gard" and "Lancelot"? Tennyson > 9. J.R.R. Tolkien, among several others, edited a version of *what > story* about a Knight of the Round Table who was the pearl of > courtesy and chivalry? Sir Gawain and the Green Knight > 10. Malory's "Le Mort d'Arthur" was one of the first books printed > in English. Who *printed* it, around 1485? Caxton > 1. Though modern English has been enormously influenced by Norman > French, it is still considered a member of what branch of the > Indo-European language family? Germanic > 2. Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew belong to what branch of the > Afro-Asiatic language family? Semitic > Spanish, Italian, etc.). Similarly, what language is the common > ancestor of the Prakrits languages, which evolved into Hindi, > Bengali, and other languages of the northern Indian subcontinent? Sanskrit > 4. What language spoken """today""" by some 500,000 people in Western > Europe is unrelated to any other known language? Basque > people who lack a common tongue. Usually words from one > widely-used language become the basis of an improvised code. > What is such a language called? pidgin > becomes richer and more complex. What is the word used to > describe this type of language, whose members include Gullah > (the US South), Sranan (Suriname), and Tok Pisin (New Guinea)? creole > Native American tribes and languages of the southwest USA > are also Athapaskan, from a migration that happened less than > 1,000 years ago. Name *either* language. Apache; Navajo > why they are called different languages can be nationalistic > or religious. These pairs include Czech and Slovak, Serbian > and Croatian, and what *two* prominent languages of India? Hindi, Urdu > 9. What is the distinguishing sound characteristic of the Khoisan > family of languages of southern Africa, as well as some of the > Niger-Congo languages used around the same geographical area? clicks > 10. Many Austronesian languages are spoken in the Philippines, > including Cebuano, Ilocano, and *what official language* > (also called Pilipino sometimes)? Tagalog -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 20 02:44PM > * Game 1, Round 7 - Literature - Arthuriana > 1. What extremely popular book, published in 1982, tells the entire > Arthurian saga from the women's point of view? The Mists of Avalon > setting it in medieval times (1066-1399). The first novel (1939) > emphasizes Arthur's youth and is the basis for Disney's animated > movie "The Sword in the Stone". The Once and Future King > titles "The Crystal Cave" (1970), "The Hollow Hills" (1973), > "The Last Enchantment" (1979), and "The Wicked Day" (1983). > Name her. Mary Stewart > 5. Who is the illegitimate son of Arthur by his half-sister Morgause > (sometimes Morgan Le Fay, in later retellings)? Mordred > a tree. Despite foreseeing his fate, Merlin is unable to prevent > being captivated and captured by her. She has had several names > in the various Arthurian legends; give *any one*. Nimue > 8. What English poet (who lived 1837-1909) wrote many poems about > the Arthurian sagas, including "Joyeuse Gard" and "Lancelot"? Tennyson; Swinburne > 9. J.R.R. Tolkien, among several others, edited a version of *what > story* about a Knight of the Round Table who was the pearl of > courtesy and chivalry? Sir Gawain and the Green Knight > 10. Malory's "Le Mort d'Arthur" was one of the first books printed > in English. Who *printed* it, around 1485? Caxton > 1. Though modern English has been enormously influenced by Norman > French, it is still considered a member of what branch of the > Indo-European language family? Germanic > 2. Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew belong to what branch of the > Afro-Asiatic language family? Semitic > Spanish, Italian, etc.). Similarly, what language is the common > ancestor of the Prakrits languages, which evolved into Hindi, > Bengali, and other languages of the northern Indian subcontinent? Sanskrit > 4. What language spoken """today""" by some 500,000 people in Western > Europe is unrelated to any other known language? Basque > people who lack a common tongue. Usually words from one > widely-used language become the basis of an improvised code. > What is such a language called? pidgin > becomes richer and more complex. What is the word used to > describe this type of language, whose members include Gullah > (the US South), Sranan (Suriname), and Tok Pisin (New Guinea)? creole > Native American tribes and languages of the southwest USA > are also Athapaskan, from a migration that happened less than > 1,000 years ago. Name *either* language. Navajo > why they are called different languages can be nationalistic > or religious. These pairs include Czech and Slovak, Serbian > and Croatian, and what *two* prominent languages of India? Hindi and Urdu > 9. What is the distinguishing sound characteristic of the Khoisan > family of languages of southern Africa, as well as some of the > Niger-Congo languages used around the same geographical area? clicks > 10. Many Austronesian languages are spoken in the Philippines, > including Cebuano, Ilocano, and *what official language* > (also called Pilipino sometimes)? Tagalog -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Mar 20 01:17PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > 9. J.R.R. Tolkien, among several others, edited a version of *what > story* about a Knight of the Round Table who was the pearl of > courtesy and chivalry? Tales of Sir Lancelot > Bengali, and other languages of the northern Indian subcontinent? > 4. What language spoken """today""" by some 500,000 people in Western > Europe is unrelated to any other known language? Romansch; Basque > Native American tribes and languages of the southwest USA > are also Athapaskan, from a migration that happened less than > 1,000 years ago. Name *either* language. Navajo > 9. What is the distinguishing sound characteristic of the Khoisan > family of languages of southern Africa, as well as some of the > Niger-Congo languages used around the same geographical area? Clicks > 10. Many Austronesian languages are spoken in the Philippines, > including Cebuano, Ilocano, and *what official language* > (also called Pilipino sometimes)? Tagalog Pete Gayde |
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