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Gareth Owen
Feb 4, 2014, 12:50:18 PM2/4/14
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I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
Gil Scott-Heron?
3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
Honolulu, among the first in the world?
4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
Stone?
6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
[be specific for full credit]
7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
will they have rotated in the jump?
9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
which poem?
10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the centre of
a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
I will mark this at some time after 10AM GMT, Sunday 9th Feb.
(Thanks for the heads-up Mark)
it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
Gil Scott-Heron?
3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
Honolulu, among the first in the world?
4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
Stone?
6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
[be specific for full credit]
7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
will they have rotated in the jump?
9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
which poem?
10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the centre of
a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
I will mark this at some time after 10AM GMT, Sunday 9th Feb.
(Thanks for the heads-up Mark)
Mark Brader
Feb 4, 2014, 1:46:45 PM2/4/14
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Gareth Owen writes:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has...
As in RQ 34, posted 2011-09-11 by me?
> isn't it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
Well reasoned! You certainly didn't repeat any of my questions, which
were much more interesting. :-)
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
Discus?
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
Rotating restaurants?
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
> RPM (singles).
33 1/3 and 45, actually.
> What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
16 2/3 and 78 RPM.
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?
"Spin"?
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
Crop rotation. No, I don't know the specific crops.
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
And "Rain, Steam, and Speed", right? Must be Turner.
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
900.
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
Russian?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Jargon leakage is getting to be a real problem;
m...@vex.net | sb should do sth about it." --R.H. Draney
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has...
As in RQ 34, posted 2011-09-11 by me?
> isn't it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
were much more interesting. :-)
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
> RPM (singles).
> What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Jargon leakage is getting to be a real problem;
m...@vex.net | sb should do sth about it." --R.H. Draney
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp
Feb 4, 2014, 2:23:32 PM2/4/14
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On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 12:50:18 PM UTC-5, Gareth Owen wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
discus
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
swp
Gareth Owen
Feb 4, 2014, 2:48:45 PM2/4/14
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
>> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
>> for some of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long
>> players) and 45 RPM (singles).
>
> 33 1/3 and 45, actually.
Typo!! There are many gaps in my knowledge, but the correct speed at
>> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
>> for some of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long
>> players) and 45 RPM (singles).
>
> 33 1/3 and 45, actually.
which to play LPs is not one of them.
Mark Brader
Feb 4, 2014, 4:00:05 PM2/4/14
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Gareth Owen:
> Typo!!
Oh. I would never have guessed. :-)
> There are many gaps in my knowledge, but the correct speed at which
> to play LPs is not one of them.
If you had a turntable that did 33 1/13 RPM, would you even notice?
The difference from 33 1/3 is only about 0.775%.
--
Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy,
Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.)
m...@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero
> Typo!!
Oh. I would never have guessed. :-)
> There are many gaps in my knowledge, but the correct speed at which
> to play LPs is not one of them.
The difference from 33 1/3 is only about 0.775%.
--
Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy,
Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.)
m...@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero
Mark Brader
Feb 4, 2014, 4:04:45 PM2/4/14
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Gareth Owen:
> the book of revelations?
Or the book of revolutions? :-)
>> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
>> centre of a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms
>> embargo?
> I thought it was a world war i incident, which doesn't fit the category.
Well, there was at least one revolution during WW1... not that that helped me.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The only proven use of antimatter is the production
m...@vex.net | of Nobel Prizes in physics." -- Henry Spencer
>> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
>> which poem?
Stephen Perry:
>> which poem?
> the book of revelations?
Or the book of revolutions? :-)
>> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
>> centre of a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms
>> embargo?
> I thought it was a world war i incident, which doesn't fit the category.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The only proven use of antimatter is the production
m...@vex.net | of Nobel Prizes in physics." -- Henry Spencer
Peter Smyth
Feb 4, 2014, 4:05:46 PM2/4/14
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Gareth Owen wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been
> isn't it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
Discus
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been
> isn't it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet /
> proto-rapper Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde", Honolulu, among the first in the world?
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM
> (long players) and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most
> common rotation speeds for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
78, 60
> proto-rapper Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde", Honolulu, among the first in the world?
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM
> (long players) and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most
> common rotation speeds for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium,
> and popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington
> Carver (US)? [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include
> "Chichester Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the
> Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how
> many degrees will they have rotated in the jump?
900
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium,
> and popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington
> Carver (US)? [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include
> "Chichester Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the
> Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how
> many degrees will they have rotated in the jump?
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms
> embargo?
Peter Smyth
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms
> embargo?
Jeffrey Turner
Feb 4, 2014, 4:27:51 PM2/4/14
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On 2/4/2014 12:50 PM, Gareth Owen wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
Shot put
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
--Jeff
Bruce Bowler
Feb 4, 2014, 4:33:19 PM2/4/14
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On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:50:18 +0000, Gareth Owen wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
Discus
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players)
> and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds
> for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver
> (US)? [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
Gareth Owen
Feb 4, 2014, 4:37:48 PM2/4/14
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> Gareth Owen:
>> Typo!!
>
> Oh. I would never have guessed. :-)
>
>> There are many gaps in my knowledge, but the correct speed at which
>> to play LPs is not one of them.
>
> If you had a turntable that did 33 1/13 RPM, would you even notice?
> The difference from 33 1/3 is only about 0.775%.
Good point. (Although I do actually have a device that will do that.
> Gareth Owen:
>> Typo!!
>
> Oh. I would never have guessed. :-)
>
>> There are many gaps in my knowledge, but the correct speed at which
>> to play LPs is not one of them.
>
> If you had a turntable that did 33 1/13 RPM, would you even notice?
> The difference from 33 1/3 is only about 0.775%.
Its a stroboscopic mat that you put on the turntable and - if your
lights are on a 50Hz AC and your turntable is exactly 33 1/3, the lines
marked on the mat will [should] appear to be stationary).
It's a neat thing, but I kind of have my doubt about whether it'll do
sub-1% accuracy though.
Hell, I don't even know what the variation in frequency of the mains
might be.
ObTrivia: If you play "I'm On Fire" from Born In The USA by Bruce
Springsteen at 45 RPM instead of 33 1/3, it sounds uncannily like Dolly
Parton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3ygq7_eCA
Erland Sommarskog
Feb 4, 2014, 4:40:05 PM2/4/14
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Gareth Owen (gwo...@gmail.com) writes:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
I see that there is a followup to a post from Mark, so I guess that
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
you have already found. Anyway, what comes around, comes around
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde", Honolulu, among the first in the world?
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players)
> and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds
> for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
longer that way.)
OK, so the answers you really want are 16 2/3 and 78.
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Erland Sommarskog
Feb 4, 2014, 4:44:34 PM2/4/14
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Gareth Owen (gwo...@gmail.com) writes:
> ObTrivia: If you play "I'm On Fire" from Born In The USA by Bruce
> Springsteen at 45 RPM instead of 33 1/3, it sounds uncannily like Dolly
> Parton.
Reminds me of when I borrowed an album with the B52's. I thought the first
> ObTrivia: If you play "I'm On Fire" from Born In The USA by Bruce
> Springsteen at 45 RPM instead of 33 1/3, it sounds uncannily like Dolly
> Parton.
song was good, and it was a little cute that they had speed-tricked the
vocals. But when the same speed-tricked vocals was on the second and third
tracks well, I made a reality check. Indeed, I was playing the album on
45 RPM. When playing the album on normal speed, I found it boring, and
I never recorded it.
Mark Brader
Feb 4, 2014, 4:59:43 PM2/4/14
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Mark Brader:
that. I meant 0.769%.
Gareth Owen:
> and - if your lights are on a 50Hz AC...
Ah, THERE's yer PROBlem. You need to be on 60 Hz the way God intended. :-)
You also need the lights to be something other than incandescent ones,
which don't ripple enough with the frequency for that trick to work.
> It's a neat thing, but I kind of have my doubt about whether it'll do
> sub-1% accuracy though.
Sure it would. The record is supposed to take exactly 1.8 seconds to
rotate once. If it was slow by 0.769%, you'd see the marks on the mat
rotating once every 234 seconds, so if the ring of marks is 10 inches
in diameter, they'd move an inch in less than 7.5 seconds.
> Hell, I don't even know what the variation in frequency of the mains
> might be.
Here it's about 0.1% in normal circumstances. See the graph on page 30 of:
http://www.nerc.com/docs/docs/blackout/NERC_Final_Blackout_Report_07_13_04.pdf
--
Mark Brader "Hey, I don't want to control people's lives!
Toronto (If they did things right, I wouldn't have to.)"
m...@vex.net -- "Coach"
>> If you had a turntable that did 33 1/13 RPM, would you even notice?
>> The difference from 33 1/3 is only about 0.775%.
Sorry, obviously I reversed the correct and incorrect speeds in computing
>> The difference from 33 1/3 is only about 0.775%.
that. I meant 0.769%.
Gareth Owen:
> Good point. (Although I do actually have a device that will do that.
> Its a stroboscopic mat that you put on the turntable
Oh, right. We used to have one of those in the olden days.
> Its a stroboscopic mat that you put on the turntable
> and - if your lights are on a 50Hz AC...
Ah, THERE's yer PROBlem. You need to be on 60 Hz the way God intended. :-)
You also need the lights to be something other than incandescent ones,
which don't ripple enough with the frequency for that trick to work.
> It's a neat thing, but I kind of have my doubt about whether it'll do
> sub-1% accuracy though.
rotate once. If it was slow by 0.769%, you'd see the marks on the mat
rotating once every 234 seconds, so if the ring of marks is 10 inches
in diameter, they'd move an inch in less than 7.5 seconds.
> Hell, I don't even know what the variation in frequency of the mains
> might be.
http://www.nerc.com/docs/docs/blackout/NERC_Final_Blackout_Report_07_13_04.pdf
--
Mark Brader "Hey, I don't want to control people's lives!
Toronto (If they did things right, I wouldn't have to.)"
m...@vex.net -- "Coach"
Marc Dashevsky
Feb 4, 2014, 4:59:59 PM2/4/14
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In article <87r47ik...@gmail.com>, gwo...@gmail.com says...
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
crop rotation
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
Turner
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
720
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
The Maelstrom
>
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
>
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
78, 16.5
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
>
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
Pete
Feb 4, 2014, 7:40:54 PM2/4/14
to
Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> wrote in news:87r47ik...@gmail.com:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been
> isn't it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
Discus
>
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
Carousel
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long
> players) and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most common
> rotation speeds for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
78 and 16
>
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling Stone?
Spin
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium,
> and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver
> (US)? [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include
> "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
Turner
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
900
>
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
>
> I will mark this at some time after 10AM GMT, Sunday 9th Feb.
>
> (Thanks for the heads-up Mark)
>
Pete
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been
> isn't it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
>
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long
> players) and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most common
> rotation speeds for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
>
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium,
> and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver
> (US)? [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include
> "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
>
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
>
> I will mark this at some time after 10AM GMT, Sunday 9th Feb.
>
> (Thanks for the heads-up Mark)
>
Rob Parker
Feb 4, 2014, 7:41:37 PM2/4/14
to
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
discus (?)
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for
> some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and
> 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
Dan Tilque
Feb 5, 2014, 1:07:04 AM2/5/14
to
Gareth Owen wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
discus
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
>
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players) and 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
>
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
>
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
>
> I will mark this at some time after 10AM GMT, Sunday 9th Feb.
>
> (Thanks for the heads-up Mark)
Dan Tilque
Helix, if everything goes according to plan, the plan has been
compromised. -- Sam Starfall in "Freefall"
calvin
Feb 5, 2014, 3:24:35 AM2/5/14
to
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 03:50:18 +1000, Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
Discus
> I don't recall seeing this theme used before - but if it has, been isn't
> it appropriate that it's come around for another cycle?
>
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> for some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players)
> and 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling
> Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver
> (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
--
cheers,
calvin
David B
Feb 5, 2014, 4:13:16 AM2/5/14
to
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
>
Discus?
>
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
>
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La
> Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
>
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended for
> some
> of us) the most common formats rotated at 33 1/13 RPM (long players)
> and 45
> RPM (singles). What were next two most common rotation speeds for
> vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
>
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream
> Rolling
> Stone?
>
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver
> (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
>
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
>
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees
> will they have rotated in the jump?
>
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
>
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of
> a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms embargo?
>
Gareth Owen
Feb 9, 2014, 12:48:06 PM2/9/14
to
Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
Discus
> 1. Al Oerter was a four time Olympic champion. In which event?
Representing USA Oerter won in 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968, and was the
first man to throw a discus 200ft. Diagnosed with a cardiovascular
disease when in his late 60s, it was recommended he have a transplant.
Oerter replied "I've had an interesting life. I'm going out with what
I had." He died in 2007, age 71.
> 2. What is the best known recording by performance poet / proto-rapper
> Gil Scott-Heron?
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
(The revolution will be no rerun brothers,
The revolution, will be live.)
> 3. Of what kind of structure were "Florianturm" in Dortmund and "La Ronde",
> Honolulu, among the first in the world?
> 4. Back in the days of vinyl records (times which still haven't ended
> players) and 45 RPM (singles). What were next two most common
> rotation speeds for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
78 RPM, 16 2/3 RPM.
> rotation speeds for vinyl records? (1/2 mark each)
My first record player had both of these speeds on it - the latter was
great for slowing down albums to figure out Mick was singing or what
Keith was playing.
16 2/3 was often denoted simply as "16", so any value in the interval
[16,17) scored the point.
> 5. Which music magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr, as an
> alternative/college-rock competitor to the increasingly-mainstream Rolling
> Stone?
> 6. What agricultural revolution was developed in Waasland, Belgium, and
> popularised by Charles Townshend (UK) and George Washington Carver (US)?
> [be specific for full credit]
(typically turnips)]. This breakthrough earned Townshend the nickname
"Turnip Townshend".
Dan Tilque got the closest, and I ummed and ahhed about giving him full
credit, but erred on the side of being a misery (I have a reputation to
maintain).
[Crop rotation was worth partial credit, but in some form or other
preexisted the Belgian innovation by thousands of years]
> 7. Born 14 May, 1775, which British painter's works include "Chichester
> Canal", "The Slave Ship" and "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur"?
known works
> 8. If a figure skater performs a perfect double axel, through how many
> degrees will they have rotated in the jump?
forward, and the landing skating backwards. A double axel and contains
two additional rotations, for 2.5 complete rotations.
> 9. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is the opening line of
> which poem?
For a short poem it contains several well known lines. My favourite of
these is "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of
passionate intensity".
Doesn't that describe everything thats wrong with everything?
> 10. During which Revolution was the German steamship SS Ypiranga the
> centre of a major diplomatic incident over the breach of an arms
> embargo?
supplying arms to the warring parties, and a German ship attempted to
supply the Huerta government. The US initially blockaded the shipment,
then released it after domestic and international pressure of the
legality of the action.
This started April 21, 1914, predating WWI by 3 months.
Scores
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 1 .5 1 1 0 1 7.5
swp 1 1 0 .5 1 .5 1 0 0 1 6
Peter Smyth 1 0 0 .5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.5
Jeffrey Turner 0 1 1 1 1 .5 0 0 0 0 4.5
Bruce Bowler 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Erland Sommar~1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 1 0 .5 1 0 0 0 2.5
Pete 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
Rob Parker 1 0 0 .5 0 .5 1 0 0 0 3
Dan Tilque 1 0 1 .5 0 .5 1 0 0 0 4
calvin 1 0 1 .5 0 .5 1 0 0 0 4
David B 1 0 1 1 0 .5 1 0 0 0 4.5
Soooo ... I guess WB Yeats isn't that big outside of Ireland :)
And the winner is Mark Brader.
Congratulations Mark, you're back in the hotseat I'm afraid.
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