Rotating Quiz #15
Calvin
I have resisted the temptation to do an Aussie themed quiz and put the
ball back in Rob's court :-)
These are much harder than the questions used in my regular quizzes but I
hope you enjoy them anyway.
1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the
price of a declining stock?
2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
(complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
citizens of a nation?
3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
Books of the Century?
4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
American engineer, businessman and CEO?
5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star of
the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a short-lived
2008 Broadway play?
10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
--
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky
> 1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the price of a declining stock?
> 2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
> (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
> by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
> citizens of a nation?
>
> 3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
> season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
> sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
> Books of the Century?
Ball Four
> 4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
> American engineer, businessman and CEO?
Jack Welch
> 5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
> strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
> set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
>
> 6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
> the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
>
> 7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star of
> the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
Snooki
> 8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
> sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
>
> 9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
> Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a short-lived
> 2008 Broadway play?
To Be Or Not To Be (Jack Benny is hilarious in the Lubitsch film)
> 10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
> string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker
> ball back in Rob's court :-)
Aw shucks. We could have gone back and forth for ages ;-)
> 1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the
> price of a declining stock?
Dead cat bounce
> 2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
> (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
> by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
> citizens of a nation?
>
> 3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
> season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
> sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
> Books of the Century?
>
> 4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
> American engineer, businessman and CEO?
>
> 5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
> strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
> set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
Doing the Lambeth Walk (?)
> 6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
> the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
Jim Clark
> 7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star of
> the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
>
> 8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
> sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
General Belgrano [It was almost certainly named something else at Pearl
Harbour.]
> 9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
> Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a short-lived
> 2008 Broadway play?
>
> 10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
> string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
Rob
Peter Smyth
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>
>
>I have resisted the temptation to do an Aussie themed quiz and put the
>ball back in Rob's court :-)
>
>These are much harder than the questions used in my regular quizzes but I
>hope you enjoy them anyway.
>
>
>1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the
>price of a declining stock?
>2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
>(complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
>by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
>citizens of a nation?
>3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
>season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
>sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
>Books of the Century?
>
>4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
>American engineer, businessman and CEO?
>5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
>strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
>set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
>6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
>the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
>7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star of
>the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
>
>8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
>sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
>
>9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
>Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a short-lived
>2008 Broadway play?
>
>10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
>string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque
>
> I have resisted the temptation to do an Aussie themed quiz and put the
> ball back in Rob's court :-)
>
> These are much harder than the questions used in my regular quizzes but
> I hope you enjoy them anyway.
>
>
> 1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in
> the price of a declining stock?
bear trap rally (except it usually refers to the entire market, not just
a single stock)
>
> 2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
> (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
> by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
> citizens of a nation?
Gini coefficient
>
> 3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
> season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
> sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
> Books of the Century?
Ball Four (except that the Pirates are in Pittsburgh, not Seattle. The
team Bouton was on that year was the Seattle Pilots, which moved to
Milwaukee the next year and became the Brewers.)
>
> 4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
> American engineer, businessman and CEO?
Bill Gates
>
> 5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular
> jaunty, strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph
> Goebbels when set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
>
> 6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships
> in the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
>
> 7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi,
> star of the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
Snookie
>
> 8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to
> be sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
General Belgrano (I don't know what she was called when in the US Navy.)
>
> 9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
> Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a
> short-lived 2008 Broadway play?
>
> 10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for
> a string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
>
>
grawlix
--
Dan Tilque
swp
> I have resisted the temptation to do an Aussie themed quiz and put the
> ball back in Rob's court :-)
>
> These are much harder than the questions used in my regular quizzes but I
> hope you enjoy them anyway.
>
> 1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the
> price of a declining stock?
dead cat bounce
> 2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
> (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
> by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
> citizens of a nation?
gini index
> 3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
> season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
> sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
> Books of the Century?
ball four
> 4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
> American engineer, businessman and CEO?
jack welsh (it was so tempting to put charlie sheen!)
> 5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
> strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
> set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
the turkey trot?
> 6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
> the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
no idea
> 7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star of
> the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
snooki
> 8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
> sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
1982? um... falkland islands war ... general belgrano? (no idea it
was at pearl harbor)
> 9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
> Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a short-lived
> 2008 Broadway play?
to be or not to be
> 10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
> string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
grawlixes
swp
Jeffrey Turner
>
> I have resisted the temptation to do an Aussie themed quiz and put the
> ball back in Rob's court :-)
>
> These are much harder than the questions used in my regular quizzes but
> I hope you enjoy them anyway.
>
>
> 1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the
> price of a declining stock?
>
> 2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
> (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
> by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
> citizens of a nation?
>
> 3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
> season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
> sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
> Books of the Century?
>
> 4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
> American engineer, businessman and CEO?
>
> 5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
> strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
> set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
>
> 6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
> the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
>
> 7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star
> of the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
>
> 8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
> sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
>
> 9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
> Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a
> short-lived 2008 Broadway play?
>
> 10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
> string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
--Jeff
--
Money to get power;
Power to protect money.
--Medici family motto
Calvin
> 1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the
> price of a declining stock?
Dead cat bounce
4/6
> 2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
> (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
> by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
> citizens of a nation?
Gini coefficient
3/6
> 3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
> season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
> sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
> Books of the Century?
Ball Four
3/6
And thanks to Dan for pointing out that the team was "Pilots" not
"Pirates".
> 4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
> American engineer, businessman and CEO?
Former GE CEO Jack Welch
2/6
LOL @ Charlie Sheen
> 5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
> strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
> set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
The Lambeth Walk
2/6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYJ5F8ctyus
> 6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
> the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
Jim Clark
1/6 - well done Rob
> 7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star
> of the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
Snooki
3/6
> 8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
> sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
USS Phoenix / General Belgrano
3/6
> 9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
> Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a
> short-lived 2008 Broadway play?
To Be Or Not To Be
3/6
> 10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
> string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
Grawlix
2/6
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL RQ 15
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Peter Smyth
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 Rob Parker
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 swp
4 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 26 TOTAL
43%
In a tough quiz that's good scoring people.
Over to you, Stephen.
--
cheers,
calvin
swp
thanks. I'll post something in the next day or so. good question
set, despite the #6 :-)
swp
swp
philadelphia area and my b*tt has been severely kicked by it.
animals are our friends. but they won't pick us up at the
airport. :-) I bought batteries the other day, but they weren't
included. :-)) huh. didn't work. well, I suppose laughter isn't
always the best medicine.
as usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
this round in about 5 days, or next Friday if it rains.
1. what is the first name of the lead singer for the stooges?
2. what is the name of frank capra's 1931 adventure film about the
competition between american naval fixed-wing and airship pilots to
reach the south pole by air?
3. what nationality is oscar winning actor peter o'toole?
4. what land animal has a gestation period of 22 months?
5. what game, first published in 1974 by tactical studies rules, inc,
was originally designed by gary gygax and dave arneson?
6. what is the name of the hypothetical subatomic particle that moves
faster than light?
7. what is the name of the ultimate villain in _the watchmen_ graphic
novel and movie?
8. what is the capital city of the northern territory, australia?
9. what is green tea called in a traditional japanese sushi house?
10. who is famous for saying "it aint over till it's over"
bonus points are available...
swp
swp
> sorry for the delay, it's allergy season here ...
please ignore the previous post, I blame the allergies
swp