Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 2 topics

"David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Nov 24 12:21PM

1 The Brandenberg Gate is located in which European city?
2 In which French town was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in 1431?
3 The Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey is the setting
for which TV show?
4 What six-letter acronym is an ostensibly non-governmental organisation
which nevertheless performs governmental functions and is often funded by
the government funding?
5 In 1963 who became the first person who's murder was broadcast live on
television?
6 The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to which country?
7 Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are former members of which rock band?
8 In 1782, which species of bird (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was made a
national symbol of the United States of America?
9 Constantly in the Australian charts since his first album release in 2010
who is Peter Gene Hernandez better known as?
10 Germany's bizarre "Zimmerman Telegram" of 1917 was designed to provoke
the invasion of the United States by which country?
 
For some reason Dan Tilque's answers appeared above your questions in my
post order in this thread.
I have to opt out.
 
--
David B
http://waterfalls.me.uk
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 24 06:23PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 The Brandenberg Gate is located in which European city?
 
Berlin
 
> 2 In which French town was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in
> 1431?
 
Orleans
 
> 4 What six-letter acronym is an
> ostensibly non-governmental organisation which nevertheless performs
> governmental functions and is often funded by the government funding?
 
UNICEF
 
> 5 In 1963 who became the first person who's murder was broadcast
> live on television?
 
Lee Harvey Oswald
 
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to which country?
 
France
 
> 7 Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are former
> members of which rock band?
 
Fleetwood Mac
 
> 8 In 1782, which species of bird
> (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was made a national symbol of the United
> States of America?
 
Eagle
 
> as?
> 10 Germany's bizarre "Zimmerman Telegram" of 1917 was designed
> to provoke the invasion of the United States by which country?
 
Mexico
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Nov 24 03:38PM -0500

On 2015-11-24, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 The Brandenberg Gate is located in which European city?
 
Berlin
 
> 2 In which French town was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in 1431?
 
Lyons
 
> 3 The Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey is the setting for which TV show?
 
E.R.
 
> 4 What six-letter acronym is an ostensibly non-governmental organisation which nevertheless performs governmental functions and is often funded by the government funding?
> 5 In 1963 who became the first person who's murder was broadcast live on television?
 
Kennedy
 
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to which country?
 
France
 
> 7 Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are former members of which rock band?
 
Fleetwood Mac
 
> 8 In 1782, which species of bird (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was made a national symbol of the United States of America?
 
Bald Eagle
 
> 9 Constantly in the Australian charts since his first album release in 2010 who is Peter Gene Hernandez better known as?
> 10 Germany's bizarre "Zimmerman Telegram" of 1917 was designed to provoke the invasion of the United States by which country?
 
Mexico
 
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 24 10:11PM


> 1 The Brandenberg Gate is located in which European city?
 
Berlin
 
> 2 In which French town was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in 1431?
 
Rouen
 
> 3 The Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey is the
> setting for which TV show?
 
House MD
 
> 4 What six-letter acronym is an ostensibly non-governmental
> organisation which nevertheless performs governmental functions and is
> often funded by the government funding?
 
QUANGO
 
> 5 In 1963 who became the first person who's murder was broadcast live
> on television?
 
Lee Harvey Oswald
 
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to which country?
 
Italy
 
> 7 Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are former members of which rock
> band?
 
Fleetwood Mac
 
> 8 In 1782, which species of bird (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was made a
> national symbol of the United States of America?
 
Bald Eagle
 
> 9 Constantly in the Australian charts since his first album release in
> 2010 who is Peter Gene Hernandez better known as?
 
Bruno Mars?
 
> 10 Germany's bizarre "Zimmerman Telegram" of 1917 was designed to
> provoke the invasion of the United States by which country?
 
Mexico
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 24 10:43PM

Calvin wrote:
 
 
> 1 The Brandenberg Gate is located in which European city?
Berlin
> 2 In which French town was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in 1431?
Arc
> 3 The Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey is the
> setting for which TV show?
House
> 4 What six-letter acronym is an ostensibly non-governmental
> organisation which nevertheless performs governmental functions and
> is often funded by the government funding?
Quango
> 5 In 1963 who became the first person who's murder was broadcast live
> on television?
Lee Harvey Oswald
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to which country?
France
> 7 Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are former members of which rock
> band?
Fleetwood Mac
> 8 In 1782, which species of bird (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was made
> a national symbol of the United States of America?
Golden Eagle
> in 2010 who is Peter Gene Hernandez better known as?
 
> 10 Germany's bizarre "Zimmerman Telegram" of 1917 was designed to
> provoke the invasion of the United States by which country?
 
 
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 24 10:00PM -0800

David B wrote:
 
> For some reason Dan Tilque's answers appeared above your questions in my
> post order in this thread.
> I have to opt out.
 
That's my fault, I think. My computer is old enough that the clock chip
battery is worn out. Usually the computer reverts to 2005-12-30 20:04 or
thereabouts.[1] When that happens, there's no problem, because the
difference in dates between my computer and my ISP is too great and it
complains when I open my mail/news program.
 
But other times, it just doesn't advance the time when the computer is
off, so it's less than a day behind and there's no complaint. If I don't
notice it, I'll post with the wrong time on my articles and make them
look like they're older than they are. Your news software apparently
sorts articles by date rather than by which articles are followups to
which, so mine came up first.
 
Now that I think about it, there's a file somewhere where I could put a
date command to prompt me to set it when I log in, but I'm not sure
which one.
 
--
Dan Tilque
 
[1] Why that time, I'm not sure. It could be it's when the chip was made
or possibly when the software on the chip was compiled.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 24 02:54PM

> There were 7 entrance for Rotating Quiz #203, and DAN BLUM
> wins a squeaker -- the outcome turned out to depend on a
> tiebreaker and a judgement calls!
 
Thanks. The next RQ probably won't go up until next week due to American
Thanksgiving.
 
--
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

The Frontstretch Newsletter: Chad Johnston Leaves SHR for Ganassi

THE FRONTSTRETCH NEWSLETTER
Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
Nov. 24, 2015
Volume IX, Edition CCXIII

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What to Watch: Tuesday
 
- Today, Sprint Cup Champion Kyle Busch will make a number of appearances.  You can find him on ESPN, FOX and Friends, Live! With Kelly and Michael, SiriusXM and various other programs.

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Today's TV Listings can be found here.

Top News
by the Frontstretch Staff

Chad Johnston Named Crew Chief for Kyle Larson

Monday, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced that Chad Johnston has been named the new crew chief for Kyle Larson's No. 42, effective immediately.  Johnston replaces Chris Heroy atop the pit box.  Read more

Have news for The Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com with a promising lead or tip.

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Today's Featured Commentary
What Will Gordon Nation Do Now? A NASCAR Apocalypse
Sitting in the Stands: A Fan's View
by S.D. Grady

"What will you do when Jeff Gordon retires?"

The question has been bandied around this year, mostly asked by those who are not diehard Gordon fans. What will we do? It's like there's supposed to be a national crisis when the man we have cheered for since 1993 will no longer compete on a weekly basis. Answer: ummm, find somebody new to cheer for. We're fans. That's what we do.

Well, who will receive our adulation? I imagine in 1992 there was a similar feeling of loss and slight panic among the NASCAR fans who had been pulling for the No. 43 and "King" Richard Petty since…well, since forever. But NASCAR was changing; we did have new faces appear on the stage, and we applauded for them. Yes, there was Jeff Gordon but the '90s also heralded the arrival of Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth and even Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Rising stars dotted the proverbial NASCAR heavens.

Fast forward to 2015 and our sport has held on tight to some of those faces for two decades. Now, they are leaving. Is there somebody to replace them?

(Photo: CIA Stock Photo, Inc. ©2015)
Who can possibly replace the irreplaceable? There are some possibilities... (Photo: CIA Stock Photo, Inc. ©2015)

As far back as 2001 we saw the introduction of the millennial generation in NASCAR. Remember a young Kyle Busch taking to the track in a Craftsman Truck? Oh, I do. It was a glorious day. The booth could not stop chattering about the sibling to the already hot and feisty Kurt. Yes, it has taken him fourteen years to reach the ultimate goal in NASCAR, and it feels more like an eternity, but the truth is that 30 is not such an old age to have won your first Cup. Whether we like the Shrub or not it was made extremely clear to everyone this year that he has finally figured out how to put emotion aside and just drive his Toyota Camry like nobody else can. So, there's one member of the post-Gordon NASCAR era. Who else will we be adding to the roster?

You need look no farther than the other two champions we crowned this past weekend. Like the M&M's driver, both Erik Jones and Chris Buescher have been working the national circuits since the age of 16. Other "young guns" named Kyle Larson, the Dillon brothers and newcomers such as Brett Moffitt are eager to continue to fill out the Sprint Cup fields on a regular basis. Even Joey Logano ought to be added to this new list of the future of NASCAR — "Sliced Bread" is only 25, after all, even though he has been running the Cup Series for years and years.

Jeff Gordon may have competed as our sport morphed from the shade-tree mechanic's heaven to corporate America's favorite billboard. But the Gen-6 drivers are the ones who will be here while NASCAR looks at franchising and creating a sport that fills seats every single week. We shouldn't worry that there will be nobody exciting and fun to cheer for; we just have to accept that they won't be sporting puffy jackets from 1993.

What will I do? Well, I'm already putting words to action. I've added a couple Chase Elliott T-shirts to my wardrobe. There's an Austin Theriault car displayed in my tire table. I've patronized Richard Childress Racing in order to add Austin Dillon's No. 3 to the collection. I did purchase a collector's coin celebrating Gordon's Iron Man record-setting start — that is the last Gordon No. 24 item going on the shelf.

There have been 23 fantastic years to shout over. It was an amazing ride. I undoubtedly would never have become the NASCAR fan I am today if Jeff Gordon never showed up. He is my generation's stock car superhero. However, just like the retiring gentleman I'm hardly ready to hang up my hat. There are another few decades left in my future as a fan. There will be races run in February. 43 drivers will hop behind the wheel. Some of them I love, some I adore to boo, to some I am indifferent, but they are still NASCAR.

Sunday may have been the last ride for the Rainbow Warriors, but it was most definitely not the end of NASCAR. Good times are coming. I can't wait for them to arrive.

Sonya's Scrapbook

Last Call

One last tribute for Jeff Gordon. If you didn't see your fill of them in the last couple weeks, here's one to savor. I love the snippet between him and Senior!

S.D. Grady is a Senior Writer for Frontstretch and runs a NASCAR blog called the S-Curves. She can be reached via email at sonya.grady@frontstretch.com. Follow her on Twitter at @laregna and on her Facebook page (she's an author, too!) at https://www.facebook.com/Author.SDGrady.

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Numbers Game: Ford EcoBoost 400
by Tom Bowles

0
Races won by Kyle Busch as a championship-eligible driver inside the Chase... until Sunday's season finale. The only race Busch had ever won within the ten-race playoff was as a rookie in 2005, at Phoenix, during a season he failed to qualify.

1
Title won by Kyle Busch on the Cup level in his 11 years full-time as a Cup driver. Busch, with 34 victories had the most wins of any active driver who had yet to capture the championship.

1
Cup title won by Toyota. It's their first since joining the Cup circuit in 2007.

2nd
Finish for Kevin Harvick, both at Homestead and inside the Chase. Harvick's 13 runner-up results this season set a new modern-era record.

5
Of 7 cautions thrown Sunday that were either "competition" related, thrown for debris or fluid on the racetrack.

5
Top-5 finishes scored by Jeff Gordon this season, the fewest in any season of his Sprint Cup career.

6
Wins by Joey Logano this season, both a career and a Sprint Cup high.

10th
The final points position for Jimmie Johnson; it's the second worst of his Cup career (11th, 2014).

11th
The highest any winless driver this season placed in the year-end standings. Ryan Newman wound up there after failing to score a victory for the second straight year.

23
Top-5 finishes scored by Kevin Harvick this season, the most since Dale Jarrett in 1999.

545
Laps led by Brad Keselowski in the season's final four races. He failed to win an event during that stretch.

$82,040
Money won by Carl Edwards for winding up 11th at Homestead.

$103,654
Money won by Tony Stewart for winding up 29th at Homestead.

$4,814,003
The purse for Sunday's season-ending race at Homestead, a decrease from 2014 despite a new TV contract and the fact this race sold out.

Tom Bowles is the Editor-in-Chief of Frontstretch.  He can be reached via e-mail at tom.bowles@frontstretch.com.
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TODAY AT FRONTSTRETCH:

by Jeff Wolfe

by Danny Peters

ATHLON SPORTS:

by Tom Bowles

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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:

Q: In the same 1995 Australian Grand Prix, attrition resulted in Gianni Morbidelli scoring a third-place finish for Footwork.  What was notable about this accomplishment?

Check back Wednesday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!

Monday's Answer:

Q:  The Australian Grand Prix has always been tough on equipment, regardless of whether it was at the beginning of the schedule (as in Melbourne) or the end (Adelaide).  In the last Grand Prix in Adelaide back in 1995, David Coulthard was having a great race.  Then, it suddenly ended in a strange way.  What happened?

A: Coulthard was leading the race when he came into the pits for what was supposed to be a routine pit stop.  The pit entry has (and continues to contain to this day) a sharp right turn.  Coulthard failed to make the turn and hit the wall, putting himself out in a very embarrassing fashion.  The crash, complete with Murray Walker commentary, can be seen in this short clip.

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COMING TOMORROW
In The Frontstretch Newsletter:
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Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 11 updates in 4 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 23 06:39PM -0800

1 The Brandenberg Gate is located in which European city?
2 In which French town was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in 1431?
3 The Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey is the setting for which TV show?
4 What six-letter acronym is an ostensibly non-governmental organisation which nevertheless performs governmental functions and is often funded by the government funding?
5 In 1963 who became the first person who's murder was broadcast live on television?
6 The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to which country?
7 Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are former members of which rock band?
8 In 1782, which species of bird (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was made a national symbol of the United States of America?
9 Constantly in the Australian charts since his first album release in 2010 who is Peter Gene Hernandez better known as?
10 Germany's bizarre "Zimmerman Telegram" of 1917 was designed to provoke the invasion of the United States by which country?
 
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 23 02:10PM -0800

Calvin wrote:
> 1 The Brandenberg Gate is located in which European city?
 
Berlin
 
> 2 In which French town was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in 1431?
 
Orlean
 
> 3 The Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey is the setting for which TV show?
> 4 What six-letter acronym is an ostensibly non-governmental organisation which nevertheless performs governmental functions and is often funded by the government funding?
 
QuANGO
 
> 5 In 1963 who became the first person who's murder was broadcast live on television?
 
Lee Harvey Oswald
 
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to which country?
 
France
 
> 7 Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are former members of which rock band?
> 8 In 1782, which species of bird (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was made a national symbol of the United States of America?
 
bald eagle
 
> 9 Constantly in the Australian charts since his first album release in 2010 who is Peter Gene Hernandez better known as?
> 10 Germany's bizarre "Zimmerman Telegram" of 1917 was designed to provoke the invasion of the United States by which country?
 
Mexico
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 24 12:23AM -0600

"Calvin":
> 1 The Brandenberg Gate is located in which European city?
 
Berlin.
 
> 2 In which French town was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in 1431?
 
Orleans, I suppose.
 
> 3 The Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey is the
> setting for which TV show?
 
"House M.D."
 
> 4 What six-letter acronym is an ostensibly non-governmental organisation
> which nevertheless performs governmental functions and is often funded
> by the government funding?
 
Quango.
 
> 5 In 1963 who became the first person who's murder was broadcast live on
> television?
 
Oswald.
 
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to which country?
 
France.
 
> 7 Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are former members of which rock band?
 
> 8 In 1782, which species of bird (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was made a
> national symbol of the United States of America?
 
Bald eagle.
 
> 2010 who is Peter Gene Hernandez better known as?
 
> 10 Germany's bizarre "Zimmerman Telegram" of 1917 was designed to
> provoke the invasion of the United States by which country?
 
Mexico.
--
Mark Brader "After all, it is necessary to get behind
Toronto someone before you can stab them in the back."
msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay, "Yes, Prime Minister"
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 24 08:40AM +0100

> 1 The Brandenberg Gate is located in which European city?
 
Berlin
 
> 2 In which French town was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in 1431?
 
Orléans
 
> 4 What six-letter acronym is an ostensibly non-governmental
> organisation which nevertheless performs governmental functions and is
> often funded by the government funding?
 
UNESCO
 
> 5 In 1963 who became the first person who's murder was broadcast
> live on television?
 
JFK
 
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to which country?
 
France
 
> 7 Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are former members of which rock
> band?
 
Fleetwood Mac
 
> 8 In 1782, which species of bird (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was made
> a national symbol of the United States of America?
 
Eagle
 
> 10 Germany's bizarre "Zimmerman Telegram" of 1917 was designed to
> provoke the invasion of the United States by which country?
 
Mexico
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 24 12:54AM -0600

There were 7 entrance for Rotating Quiz #203, and DAN BLUM
wins a squeaker -- the outcome turned out to depend on a
tiebreaker and a judgement calls!
 
Here's the table of results:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT
 
Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 17
Dan Tilque 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 17
Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 15
Pete Gayde 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13
Erland Sommarskog 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8
"Calvin" 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Peter Smyth 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
 
7 5 5 7 4 9 7 4 4 6 7 0 0 4 3 5 3 4
 
The first tiebreaker was who scored on the hardest questions. Dan Blum
scored on #5, which 3 other people got, but Dan Tilque scored on #10,
which 5 others got.
 
However, Dan Blum only scored on that answer because I decided to accept
"Ionian" rather than the correct "Ionic", on the grounds that both terms
refer to Ionia. If this contest had gone to the second tiebreaker,
correct spelling and capitalization, Dan would likely have lost on it.
 
There was another judgement call on #18; Marc Dashevsky came very close
to answering that one correctly, but skipped over the key point. If
I had accepted his answer, he too would have had 17 out of 20. However,
in that case he would still have lost on the first tiebreaker.
 
 
So congratulations to Dan, commiserations to Dan, and it's over to Dan
Blum for RQ 204.
 
 
> * Ancient Gods of War
 
> 1. Name the ancient Roman god of war.
 
Mars. 1 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Marc, Peter, Dan Tilque,
Pete, and Calvin.
 
> 2. Name the ancient Greek god of war.
 
Ares. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
 
 
> and the most ornate, not to say florid, was Corinthian:
 
> http://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3069/3096830506_dfd4329763.jpg
 
> What was the other style, the one of intermediate ornateness?
 
Ionic. As noted above, I accepted "Ionian". 1 for Dan Blum, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin.
 
It's this one:
 
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Temple/Ionic.jpg
 
> the capital city of one part remained in what is now Italy.
> Name the modern-day *country* where the capital of the other
> part was located.
 
Turkey. It was then called Byzantium, and now Istanbul.
1 for everyone.
 
 
> in Cleveland. She has appeared in several superhero movies
> and a James Bond movie, but her Oscar win was for a 2001 drama.
> Give her last name.
 
Berry. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, and Calvin.
 
This is Halle Berry (with the Oscar for "Monster's Ball"):
 
http://ionenewsone.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/2002_halle_berry_oscar.jpg
 
This is the Halle Bros. building:
 
http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CC/20141204/FREE/141209889/AR/0/AR-141209889.jpg
 
I can't say I see the resemblance, myself. :-)
 
> generals from the US Civil War. Her Oscar was for a supporting
> role in a 1975 comedy-drama. Give her stage name -- first *and*
> last name.
 
Lee Grant. 2 for Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 1 for Calvin.
 
That is, A + B = C where
 
A = http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarpics/lee.jpg
B = http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarpics/grant.jpg
C = http://dialmformoviesblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/leegrant.jpeg
(with the Oscar for "Shampoo")
 
I'm not sure I see the math there either. :-) By the way, her actual
surname, when she started acting, was Rosenthal.
 
 
> * French-Speaking Places
 
> 7. What is the principal river of the region known as the
> Île-de-France?
 
Seine. It's the region centered on Paris. 1 for everyone.
 
> 8. The French city of Cannes lies on the Mediterranean coast about
> 30 miles (50 km) from the border with Italy. What well-known
> city is on the coast halfway between those points?
 
Nice. 1 for Dan Blum, Erland, Marc, and Dan Tilque.
 
The city/country of Monaco, in turn, is halfway between Nice and
the Italian border.
 
 
> * Other Places
 
> 9. Speaking of ports, what is the principal port city of Alabama?
 
Mobile. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
> zone that is in Canada". In the whole world, obviously there
> must be one such area with the largest population. Never mind
> the time zone, but what *country* is it in?
 
China. 1 for Erland, Marc, Peter, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin.
 
Essentially the whole country is on one time zone, except that the
Uighur people are allowed to use a different one.
 
 
> his contributions to this then-secret work, but he was not
> the first man to find a method of decoding Enigma messages;
> Marian Rejewski was. What was *his* nationality?
 
Polish. 1 for everyone.
 
He did it in 1938, and he and his group turned over the details
of their techniques and devices to the British and French the
following year.
 
> most notably including a conventional bomber, the 88, and
> a dive bomber, the 87 or Stuka. What company? The name is
> usually shortened to its first word, so just give that word.
 
Junkers.
 
I didn't think this would be that hard.
 
 
> moving sideways on curves, as seen here:
 
> http://www.railpictures.net/images/d2/3/4/0/3340.1431469099.jpg
> http://www.museumoftheamericanrailroad.org/portals/0/Big_Boy_4018_Exercise_6_9_2013%20%2816%29_350px.jpg
 
Incidentally, it took quite a bit of searching to find those pictures.
There are lots of photos of big Mallet locomotives on the Internet,
but almost all of them are taken on straight track, like this:
 
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/bigboy/4004.jpg
 
perhaps because the engine looks more symmetrical that way.
 
> same steam was used successively in both sets of cylinders.
> But these people just called the other ones "articulated",
> so for purposes of this question they can be ignored.)
 
Mallet.
 
I did think this would be that hard.
 
 
There were also steam locomotives where both sets of driving wheels
pivoted independently with the boiler slung in the middle: this
design was the Garratt, also named after its inventor. It was most
popular in southern Africa and was used not only for large main-line
locomotives but also for smaller ones that ran on narrow-gauge lines
with sharp curves.
 
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/2/4/4/7244.1182391200.jpg
http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/articulateds/pics/garratt09038.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Class_GMAM_4122_July_2004_%287863980914%29.jpg
 
> one that existed in real life when the game was first published.
> Its name is often shortened to a single word, which is a city it
> served, today with a population of about 88,000. Give that name.
 
Reading. (In Pennsylvania; pronounced "redding", like the one
in England.) 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
 
> new-style 10-day week.
 
> Anyway, *during what month of our calendar* was the end of
> their month of Floréal and the start of the next one, Prairial?
 
May. 1 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 16. In 1978 the leaders of Israel and Egypt met in the US and
> negotiated a peace treaty, for which they promptly won the
> Nobel Prize. Give the last name of that Israeli prime minister.
 
Begin. 1 for Dan Blum, Erland, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
 
 
> 17. In what play does the title character announce his choice of
> successor by declaring, "But I do prophesy the election lights
> on Fortinbras: he has my dying voice"?
 
Hamlet. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 18. What should you have noticed about answers #1-17?
 
Each one, if uncapitalized, becomes an ordinary word whose meaning
is unrelated (or at most indirectly related) to the answer word.
2 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
 
I decided that to get the 2 points you not only had to refer
to this pairing but mention that the words were distinguished by
capitalization (or by one being a proper noun). Marc failed on the
last part.
 
 
Thank you all for playing.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Oh what a tangled web we weave,
msb@vex.net | a literate geekiness to achieve." --Steve Summit
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 24 08:22AM +0100

In article <h7udnURW9pc0lMnLnZ2dnUU7-b_OydjZ@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> There were 7 entrance for Rotating Quiz #203, and DAN BLUM
 
Heh heh, he said "entrance."
 
> wins a squeaker -- the outcome turned out to depend on a
> tiebreaker and a judgement calls!
 
Too bad you could not have used first names.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 23 06:35PM -0800

On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 3:58:18 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
 
Ireland
"present day country" would have been better wording.
 
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
 
New Jersey
 
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
 
Paleontology
 
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
 
Jethro Tull
 
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
 
Chicago
 
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
 
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
 
Mosquito
 
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
 
Boz
 
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name?
 
Zero
 
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
 
Rugby League
Both words were required
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 416
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 46 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 48 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 49 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 49 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 49 Bruce Bowler
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 55 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 33 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 26 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
9 5 9 8 7 1 7 5 6 3 60 67%
 
Mark's singleton on Q6 gives him a narrow TB win ahead of the pack on 8.
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 24 12:19AM -0600

"Calvin":
> Mark's singleton on Q6 gives him a narrow TB win ahead of the pack on 8.
 
No doubt everyone else was impaired by the absence of a correct answer
for it. :-)
 
For those who don't want to look back to my answer-slate posting,
the movie was "The Apartment".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I conducted a Usenet poll ... on this subject ...
msb@vex.net | Laura is single. By a 2-1 margin." --Ken Perlow
bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 23 04:10PM

On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:42:21 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Playlist", "Superbad", and "Juno".
 
> 4. (decoy)
> 5. (decoy)
 
Dan Akyrod
 
> and "Godzilla, King of the Monsters", but he's probably best
> remembered for starring in the TV series "Perry Mason" and
> "Ironside".
 
Raymond Burr
 
> Her movie credits include "Mean Girls", "The Notebook",
> "Wedding Crashers", "Red Eye", and "Sherlock Holmes".
 
> 11. (decoy)
 
Keifer Sutherland
 
 
> 14. His movie credits include "Earthquake" and "Nevada Smith",
> but he's probably best remembered for starring in the TV series
> "Bonanza", "Battlestar Galactica", and "Galactica 1980".
 
Lorne Green
 
> 15. (decoy)
 
Mike Myers
 
> first place in our solar system besides Earth where liquids were
> known to flow on its surface, although the liquids are not water
> but methane and related substances. Name this moon.
 
Titan
 
> moon in our solar system. It is larger than the planet Mercury,
> and is 3/4 the size of Mars. It is so large that it would be
> considered a planet if it did not orbit Jupiter. Name it.
 
Ganymede
 
> enslaved family and friends using the Underground Railroad. She
> became a scout for the Union Army during the American Civil War
> and died in New York State in 1913. Name her.
 
Harriet Tubman
 
> federal armory at Harper's Ferry. The raid ended with his
> capture. He was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging.
> Name him.
 
John Brown
 
> completely out of control and his huge body becomes a lethal
> weapon. It is difficult to see what role he might play in the
> Great Society.
 
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
 
> that we all have a duty to vote. This is like being told you
> have a duty to buy a new car, but you have to choose immediately
> between a Ford and a Chevy.
 
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 23 07:45PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
> Playlist", "Superbad", and "Juno".
 
> 4. (decoy)
> 5. (decoy)
 
Dan Ayckroyd
 
 
> 7. On TV, she's best known as part of the "SCTV" (Second City TV)
> ensemble. Her movie credits include "Home Alone", "Beetlejuice",
> "After Hours", "Waiting for Guffman", and "Best in Show".
 
O'Hara
 
> and "Godzilla, King of the Monsters", but he's probably best
> remembered for starring in the TV series "Perry Mason" and
> "Ironside".
 
Raymond Burr
 
> in the series "Breaker High" and "Young Hercules". His movie
> credits include "The Notebook", "Half Nelson", "Blue Valentine",
> "Drive", and "Gangster Squad".
 
Ryan Gosling
 
 
> 14. His movie credits include "Earthquake" and "Nevada Smith",
> but he's probably best remembered for starring in the TV series
> "Bonanza", "Battlestar Galactica", and "Galactica 1980".
 
Lorne Greene
 
 
> In each case give the year according to the Recording Industry
> Association of America, within a margin of 1 year.
 
> A1. When did CDs first outsell vinyl?
 
1990; 1993
 
> A2. When did CD sales peak?
 
2000; 2003
 
> where liquids were known to flow on its surface, although the
> liquids are not water but methane and related substances.
> Name this moon.
 
Titan; Europa
 
> Mercury, and is 3/4 the size of Mars. It is so large that
> it would be considered a planet if it did not orbit Jupiter.
> Name it.
 
Titan; Europa
 
> Name the Kings player who was primarily responsible for this,
> scoring the overtime winner in Game 6 and a hat-trick in
> Game 7.
 
Gretzky
 
> Railroad. She became a scout for the Union Army during
> the American Civil War and died in New York State in 1913.
> Name her.
 
Tubman
 
> on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry. The raid ended
> with his capture. He was convicted and sentenced to death
> by hanging. Name him.
 
John Brown
 
> idea that we all have a duty to vote. This is like being
> told you have a duty to buy a new car, but you have to
> choose immediately between a Ford and a Chevy.
 
Pete
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 23 07:10PM -0800

On Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 1:42:22 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:

 
> 1. Her movie credits include "Sideways" and "Under the Tuscan Sun",
> but she's probably best known for starring in the TV series
> "Grey's Anatomy".
 
Oh
 
> 2. On TV, she starred in the HBO series "True Blood". Her film
> credits include winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for
> "The Piano" and playing Rogue in the X-Men movies.
 
Pacquin
 
 
> 7. On TV, she's best known as part of the "SCTV" (Second City TV)
> ensemble. Her movie credits include "Home Alone", "Beetlejuice",
> "After Hours", "Waiting for Guffman", and "Best in Show".
 
Coolidge
 
> and "Godzilla, King of the Monsters", but he's probably best
> remembered for starring in the TV series "Perry Mason" and
> "Ironside".
 
Burr
 
> in the series "Breaker High" and "Young Hercules". His movie
> credits include "The Notebook", "Half Nelson", "Blue Valentine",
> "Drive", and "Gangster Squad".
 
Gosling
 
 
> 14. His movie credits include "Earthquake" and "Nevada Smith",
> but he's probably best remembered for starring in the TV series
> "Bonanza", "Battlestar Galactica", and "Galactica 1980".
 
Greene
 
 
> In each case give the year according to the Recording Industry
> Association of America, within a margin of 1 year.
 
> A1. When did CDs first outsell vinyl?
 
1985, 1988
 
> A2. When did CD sales peak?
 
2000, 2003

> where liquids were known to flow on its surface, although the
> liquids are not water but methane and related substances.
> Name this moon.
 
Titan
 
> Mercury, and is 3/4 the size of Mars. It is so large that
> it would be considered a planet if it did not orbit Jupiter.
> Name it.
 
Ganymede
 
> Name the Kings player who was primarily responsible for this,
> scoring the overtime winner in Game 6 and a hat-trick in
> Game 7.
 
Gretzky
 
> overtime. Name the Bruin who who was primarily responsible
> for this, scoring both the tying goal and then the game
> winner in overtime.
 
Pope Pius XII
 
> Railroad. She became a scout for the Union Army during
> the American Civil War and died in New York State in 1913.
> Name her.
 
Seacole?
 
> on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry. The raid ended
> with his capture. He was convicted and sentenced to death
> by hanging. Name him.
 
John Brown
 
> completely out of control and his huge body becomes a
> lethal weapon. It is difficult to see what role he might
> play in the Great Society.
 
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
 
> idea that we all have a duty to vote. This is like being
> told you have a duty to buy a new car, but you have to
> choose immediately between a Ford and a Chevy.
 
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
 
cheers,
calvin
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Monday, November 23, 2015

The Frontstretch Newsletter: Kyle Busch Wins the 2015 Sprint Cup Championship

THE FRONTSTRETCH NEWSLETTER
Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
Nov. 23, 2015
Volume IX, Edition CCXII

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What to Watch: Monday

- Today, the haulers are traversing the long trip back to North Carolina for the final time this year.  If anything of note breaks today, we will bring it to you at Frontstretch.

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Monday's TV Schedule can be found in Couch Potato Tuesday here.
 
Top News
by the Frontstretch Staff

Kyle Busch Captures Sprint Cup Championship with Homestead Win

When the stakes were high, Kyle Busch came out to play.  After a late caution brought everyone to pit road with less than ten laps to go Busch was able to get past Brad Keselowski on the restart and hold off the advances of Kevin Harvick to not only win the Ford EcoBoost 400 but also claim the 2015 Sprint Cup Series Championship.  Keselowski was third followed by Joey Logano, Kyle Larson and Jeff Gordon in his final career start.  Read more

Wood Brothers, Ryan Blaney Plan Full-Time Cup Schedule in 2016

Friday, Wood Brothers Racing announced in a press conference that they will be returning to full-time action in the Sprint Cup Series in 2016.  Ryan Blaney will continue to drive the No. 21 and sponsorship will be provided by Motorcraft/Quick Lane and Ford Performance.  Read more

AJ Allmendinger Enjoying Time on "NASCAR Race Hub"

In addition to his role driving the No. 47 Chevrolet for JTG-Daugherty Racing, AJ Allmendinger has spent the 2015 season serving as a driver analyst on FOX Sports 1's NASCAR RaceHub.  It is a position that Allmendinger greatly enjoys.  Read more

Kyle Larson Wins Homestead, Chris Buescher Takes XFINITY Series Championship

Saturday, Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch dominated the proceedings at Homestead-Miami Speedway to the point where only four drivers were left on the lead lap on legitimate pace.  However, Larson was forced to make a late charge to get past Austin Dillon and take his third career win.  Austin Dillon was second, with Erik Jones, Brian Scott and Ryan Blaney close behind.  Chris Buescher finished 11th, enough to give him the 2015 XFINITY Series Championship.  Read more

Matt Crafton Wins But Erik Jones Takes Title in Homestead

Friday night, Matt Crafton was the class of the field, leading 93 of the 134 laps to claim a career-high sixth victory of the season.  John Hunter Nemechek came home a strong second while Tyler Reddick was third.  Toyota drivers Ben Kennedy and Timothy Peters were fourth and fifth.  Erik Jones finished sixth and claimed the Camping World Truck Series championship by 15 points over Reddick.  Read more

Ford, Chip Ganassi Announce Full-Time IMSA Factory Drivers

Saturday morning, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and Ford Performance introduced their full-time driver lineup for the two car factory Ford GT effort in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.  Joey Hand and Dirk Müller will share No. 66 while Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook will drive the No. 67, a car which will compete in the GT-Le Mans class.  Read more

Have news for The Frontstretch?  Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com with a promising lead or tip.

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Chasing the Chase: Championship 4 Is Set
by Phil Allaway

It was said it would require a victory in order to win the championship Sunday.  For 257 laps, that was not the case.  However, the late debris caution and Kyle Busch's excellent restart changed the final outcome.  Kevin Harvick did everything he could but Busch won the race and the title.  For Harvick, a 13th second-place finish of the season likely just makes it hurt that much more.  Jeff Gordon, meanwhile made a nice run on the final restart to pull himself up to sixth and finish third in points.  It's a decent way for the 44-year-old to end his Sprint Cup career.  Martin Truex, Jr., this year's Chase Cinderella story dealt with handling problems by comparison for much of the evening and eventually finished 12th.  That gave him fourth in the championship, still a career best.

Best of those ineligible for the title was Carl Edwards. Edwards quietly ran well but dropped back due to an ill-advised move to stay out an extra six laps as compared to the other leaders during a round of green-flag stops.  That dropped him from the top 5 to tenth and he failed to progress for the rest of the race, eventually finishing 11th. It's an impressive effort for Edwards in his first year with a new team at Joe Gibbs Racing.

Joey Logano ran sixth in the championship after his fourth-place finish Sunday.  Brad Keselowski finished seventh in points while Kurt Busch was eighth after overcoming wall contact early in the race to post a top-10 finish. Busch did so despite missing three races joining brother Kyle in an unconventional year where drivers missed events yet still wound up in contention for the title.

Denny Hamlin made up three laps on Sunday after a brief stay in the garage due to a fluid leak and eventually generated a decent top-10 result after dropping to the rear.  That run was good enough for ninth in the final points.  Jimmie Johnson, meanwhile was hurt Sunday by being forced to the pits to repair bodywork.  That put the No. 48 car at the back and eventually got him lapped.  However, Johnson eventually recovered to ninth by the finish and a tenth-place result in the final point standings.  Ryan Newman finished 11th in points while Dale Earnhardt, Jr. had a miserable day Sunday.  Caught up in a crash on the backstretch, Earnhardt Jr. finished 40th and dropped four places to 12th.

Final Point Standings: 1) Kyle Busch 5043, 2) Kevin Harvick -1, 3) Jeff Gordon -5, 4) Martin Truex, Jr. -11, 5) Carl Edwards -2675, 6) Joey Logano -2683, 7) Brad Keselowski -2696, 8) Kurt Busch -2710, 9) Denny Hamlin -2716, 10) Jimmie Johnson -2728, 11) Ryan Newman -2729, 12) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -2733, 13) Jamie McMurray -2748, 14) Paul Menard -2781, 15) Matt Kenseth -2809, 16) Clint Bowyer -2868, 17) Aric Almirola -4103, 18) Kasey Kahne -4104, 19) Greg Biffle -4171, 20) Kyle Larson -4174, 21) Austin Dillon -4211, 22) AJ Allmendinger -4285.

Regular Point Standings (1-20): 1) Kevin Harvick 1321, 2) Joey Logano -22, 3) Brad Keselowski -104, 4) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -123, 5) Martin Truex, Jr. -156, 6) Jimmie Johnson -166, 7) Denny Hamlin -204, 8) Jeff Gordon -211, t-9) Kurt Busch -213, t-9) Carl Edwards -213, t-11) Jamie McMurray -269, t-11) Ryan Newman -269, 13) Matt Kenseth -275, 14) Paul Menard -349, 15) Aric Almirola -381, 16) Kasey Kahne -382, 17) Clint Bowyer -430, 18) Kyle Larson -449, 19) Greg Biffle -452, 20) Kyle Busch -454.

Race Winners: Joey Logano (Daytona-1, Watkins Glen, Bristol-2, Charlotte-2, Kansas-2, Talladega-2), Jimmie Johnson (Atlanta, Texas-1, Kansas-1, Dover-1, Texas-2), Kevin Harvick (Las Vegas, Phoenix-1, Dover-2), Brad Keselowski (Fontana), Denny Hamlin (Martinsville-1, Chicagoland), Matt Kenseth (Bristol-1, Pocono-2, Michigan-2, Richmond-2, Loudon-2), Kurt Busch (Richmond-1, Michigan-1), Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (Talladega-1, Daytona-2, Phoenix-2), Carl Edwards (Charlotte-1, Darlington), Martin Truex, Jr. (Pocono-1), Kyle Busch (Sonoma, Kentucky, Loudon-1, Indianapolis, Homestead), Jeff Gordon (Martinsville-2).

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Letter of the Race: Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400 was brought to you by the letter "S," for Surprise. Kyle Busch was overlooked somewhat this week with Jeff Gordon's retirement dominating championship Final Four talk. However, Busch delivered and won the Sprint Cup title nine months after spending this year's Daytona 500 in the hospital.   - Phil Allaway

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Quotes to Remember: Ford EcoBoost 400
compiled by Phil Allaway

"So far it feels amazing.  You know, I don't know that anybody could have ever dreamed of this year especially, but to have dreamed of my career path the way it's kind of gone, it's certainly amazing to have the opportunity right now to be in this position with Joe Gibbs and M&M's and Toyota and Adam Stevens.  For them all to prepare such a great race car for me tonight, to be able to go out there and perform in this format and to do what we did to end up in Victory Lane, to win this championship by winning the race was something special." - Kyle Busch, race and championship winner

"It was really, really hard.  I remember the first time Ken (physical therapist) came over, and he says, 'All right, man, we're going to try to stand up today,' and I was like, 'You're joking.'  It wasn't even that I could stand on one foot and just try to put weight through my other one.  I had to stand on my broken leg and not put any weight on my left foot because the foot was worse.  To just get vertical and get back straight up and down and try to stand, it took me three seconds and I started to see stars and was about ready to black out.  We did that about three or four times and that was it for that day, and about two days later he came over again and we did it again, and I was able to stand up, and that time I stood until it hurt.  Just the pain just going through your leg and everything that was going on." - Busch, on his rehab

"We were just struggling all night, to be honest with you, with our Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevy. We had a lot of trouble getting up off the corner and putting the power down. And the longer the run went, the looser that we would get up off the corner. We just want to thank everybody: Hendrick Engines, SHR, Outback, Mobil 1, Hunt Brothers and everybody who is a part of this car and who has been supportive of us over the last two years, it's been a great couple of years and I'm looking forward to next year. So, it's fun to be able to run like this. You always want to win, but I've learned not to get greedy. After last year, I felt like we had everything go our way way and tonight, it didn't go our way. But, just congratulations to the No. 18 team and everything they did and all of our guys; they've done a great job all year." - Kevin Harvick, finished second

"Yeah, we led a lot of laps. The last four races we have run pretty strong, maybe not quite as strong as Phoenix as we wanted but three of the four races we were really strong and we just didn't have enough to close it at the end. I was really proud of my team tonight, really happy with what they were able to give me and we were able to take a run at it, we just didn't quite have enough at the end on that final restart to hold those guys off." - Brad Keselowski, finished third

"Unfortunately, we didn't win and that's what we wanted to do.  We had a fast Shell/Pennzoil Ford that led a lot of laps, so I'm proud of the laps we led.  We had a few good runs and made an adjustment that just took it out of the track and by the time we got it back we lost too much track position.  We had a bad pit stop under green and lost more there so it was too little, too late.  We couldn't redeem ourselves after a couple mistakes tonight." - Joey Logano, finished fourth

"Well, I didn't need that last caution.  It probably cost me or Brad (Keselowski) a win, but it did make it somewhat exciting at the end.  Disappointed that we didn't get the win because I really thought we were about two to three laps away from passing Brad for the lead.  I don't know.  We will just go back next season and try and fight for some more wins." - Kyle Larson, finished fifth

"You know, gosh, I'll be honest, you know, the competitor in me got a little bit ‑‑ just so caught up in the moment of the race where we took the lead and I got really excited, and I thought, 'OK, we've got clean air, let's see what we have' and I knew we needed a few adjustments.  The track was really slick.  I actually felt like when I got ahead of Kyle that we actually pulled away from him.  I kind of got excited and got my hopes up there, but then Kevin started coming on pretty strong, and then we had that restart, and you know, I knew when those guys got by me I just didn't quite have what they had.  I was just lacking a couple little things." - Jeff Gordon, finished sixth

"Nobody is in Mario Andretti's league.  That's like a whole 'nother league." - Gordon, on Mario Andretti, who was at the track on Sunday.

"We battled hard after scrubbing the fence early.  There was some oil on the track.  I just got up into the fence.  But, all the work to the fenders straightened it back out and we just worked our way through there the best we could.  This is really a perfect type of statement night for the team on how we always scrap back and are always close at the end and then we settle for a nice top 10.  We've got some work to do but really it was a fantastic season.  I'm really proud of everybody and we just have to get that little bit extra out of everybody and come back next year." - Kurt Busch, finished eighth

"Yeah, obviously a little disappointed in the way we ran this weekend, just never could ‑‑ really never could quite hit on anything to get the car to do the things we needed it to.  Not from a lack of effort.  The guys really put a lot of effort into bringing this car here and really throughout the weekend we tried a lot, and we worked really hard on it. We weren't ‑‑ we didn't have much speed in practice, and we changed a lot last night on it trying to kind of go a different direction.  Just never could quite hit on it.  So a little disappointed in our run, but super proud of our season and really proud to come this far from 24th in points last year to fourth this year is a pretty big step. I don't think most people realize just how big of a deal it is and how hard it was for us to get that far." - Martin Truex, Jr., finished 12th

"I don't know what in the hell happened to our car. I was kind of optimistic about the race. We made a pit stop there and the car was just a way big handful. I don't know, I was coming off of (turn) 2 there and Ty (Dillon) kind of got squirrelly, I tried to stay off of him and my car got loose and I just couldn't catch it. I don't know, we just lost the handling on our car big time there. Unfortunately ended – you hate to end this way. I wanted to end on a strong note for everybody at MWR (Michael Waltrip Racing). Appreciate all of their hard work and efforts all these years but unfortunately it's over." - Clint Bowyer, finished 43rd (Crashed Out)

Phil Allaway is the Newsletter Manager for Frontstretch.  He can be reached via e-mail at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com.

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by Jerry Jordan

ATHLON SPORTS:

by Tom Bowles
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:

Q:  The Australian Grand Prix has always been tough on equipment, regardless of whether it was at the beginning of the schedule (as in Melbourne) or the end (Adelaide).  In the last Grand Prix in Adelaide back in 1995, David Coulthard was having a great race.  Then, it suddenly ended in a strange way.  What happened?

Check back Tuesday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!

Friday's Answer:

Q:  In 1996, Homestead-Miami Speedway (then known as the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex) hosted the season opener for the Craftsman Truck Series.  As the series didn't race on any ovals longer than a mile in its inaugural season (or race an event anywhere near the advertised 400-kilometer distance, for that matter) how did NASCAR officiate pit stops so as to keep the playing field as level as possible?

A: NASCAR threw multiple competition cautions (at the one-quarter and three-quarter mark) during the event so that teams could pit for fuel.  Tire changes were also limited to two at a time.  The move was made because the trucks couldn't go to the halfway point on fuel for a "traditional" halftime break.  You got to keep your positions so long as you stayed within the rules.  There was a traditional halftime break where everyone took on four sticker tires as well.
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COMING TOMORROW

In The Frontstretch Newsletter:
We'll have breaking news from Monday and S.D. Grady returns with Sitting In The Stands: A Fan's View.

On Frontstretch.com:
Danny Peters returns with Five Points to Ponder after Sunday's season finale in Homestead.
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