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swp
Nov 11, 2015, 1:36:30 PM11/11/15
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This is Rotating Quiz #202.
The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 203, in a manner of their choosing.
Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one.
Answer slates must be posted by 6pm Philadelphia time (GMT-4) on Tuesday, 2015-11-17, which gives about 6 days from the time of this posting.
In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.
Correct answers are worth 1 point each.
Have fun!
0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France?
2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
3. What year was NATO formed?
4. What treaty created the European Union?
5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what?
6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who?
10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
swp
The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 203, in a manner of their choosing.
Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one.
Answer slates must be posted by 6pm Philadelphia time (GMT-4) on Tuesday, 2015-11-17, which gives about 6 days from the time of this posting.
In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.
Correct answers are worth 1 point each.
Have fun!
0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France?
2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
3. What year was NATO formed?
4. What treaty created the European Union?
5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what?
6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who?
10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
swp
Dan Blum
Nov 11, 2015, 1:42:06 PM11/11/15
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swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
The armistice was signed ending active hostilities in World War I
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what?
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who?
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
> bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Nov 11, 2015, 2:58:27 PM11/11/15
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Stephen Perry:
that's when the Armistice, actually signed around 5:30 am but backdated
to 5:00 for the sake of simplicity, took effect.
> 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of
> Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of
> Versailles, France?
1919.
More specific? I'll try June 1919.
Still more specific? I'll try June 20, 1919.
But in at least some countries the treaty still had to be ratified
before the war officially ended. In the US it failed ratification;
eventually the US signed a separate treaty, which was ratified
in 1923. It was during this 4-year overtime period that the US
confiscated Bayer's North American subsidiary for being the property
of an enemy country, and Bayer thus lost the trademark rights in
the US and Canada to its own name and the name of Aspirin.
(The genericization of "aspirin" in the US was a separate matter,
and in the UK, separate again. I mention all this because a lot
of people these days seem to think it was genericized as part of
the Treaty of Versailles.)
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce
> man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the
> timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
Churchill?
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
1949.
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
Maastricht.
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose
> built ... what?
Aircraft carrier.
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
Washington.
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is
> how long?
2 minutes.
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What
> was its number?
XII.
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the
> death of who?
Arafat?
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
You got me. If it's one I've heard of it's probably too old... but
I'll guess World of Warcraft.
> bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
I don't wear symbols.
--
Mark Brader | "...it's always easier to see the mud when it's
Toronto | coming toward your side rather than from your side."
m...@vex.net | --Mike Kruger
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the
> 11th month?
Not much unless you're talking about the GMT time zone, in which case,
> 11th month?
that's when the Armistice, actually signed around 5:30 am but backdated
to 5:00 for the sake of simplicity, took effect.
> 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of
> Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of
> Versailles, France?
More specific? I'll try June 1919.
Still more specific? I'll try June 20, 1919.
But in at least some countries the treaty still had to be ratified
before the war officially ended. In the US it failed ratification;
eventually the US signed a separate treaty, which was ratified
in 1923. It was during this 4-year overtime period that the US
confiscated Bayer's North American subsidiary for being the property
of an enemy country, and Bayer thus lost the trademark rights in
the US and Canada to its own name and the name of Aspirin.
(The genericization of "aspirin" in the US was a separate matter,
and in the UK, separate again. I mention all this because a lot
of people these days seem to think it was genericized as part of
the Treaty of Versailles.)
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce
> man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the
> timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose
> built ... what?
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is
> how long?
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What
> was its number?
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the
> death of who?
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
I'll guess World of Warcraft.
> bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
--
Mark Brader | "...it's always easier to see the mud when it's
Toronto | coming toward your side rather than from your side."
m...@vex.net | --Mike Kruger
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 11, 2015, 4:55:06 PM11/11/15
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swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the
> 11th month?
Armistice WW1
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the
> 11th month?
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man,
> and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join
> him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
he should be a quiz centred on Nov 11th.)
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose
> built ... what?
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is
> how long?
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What
> was its number?
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the
> death of who?
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
> bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
>
have.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Mark Brader
Nov 11, 2015, 11:36:01 PM11/11/15
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Erland Sommarskog:
> Not sure what poppies are...
Unavoidable in a number of countries around this time. A brief synopsis:
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/remember/flandersfields_e.shtml
Side notes: (1) McCrae was born in Guelph, where I lived at one time.
(2) Symbolically appropriately, he did not survive the war. And
(3) There are two published versions of the poem, the 6th word being
either "blow" or "grow".
The symbolic poppy looks like this:
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2015/1104/20151104__trudeau~1.JPG
In Canada they are given out (on street corners, etc.) by members of the
Canadian Legion, our association of military veterans, in return for a
donation.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Any story that needs a critic to explain it,
m...@vex.net | needs rewriting." -- Larry Niven
> Not sure what poppies are...
Unavoidable in a number of countries around this time. A brief synopsis:
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/remember/flandersfields_e.shtml
Side notes: (1) McCrae was born in Guelph, where I lived at one time.
(2) Symbolically appropriately, he did not survive the war. And
(3) There are two published versions of the poem, the 6th word being
either "blow" or "grow".
The symbolic poppy looks like this:
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2015/1104/20151104__trudeau~1.JPG
In Canada they are given out (on street corners, etc.) by members of the
Canadian Legion, our association of military veterans, in return for a
donation.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Any story that needs a critic to explain it,
m...@vex.net | needs rewriting." -- Larry Niven
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 12, 2015, 1:19:30 PM11/12/15
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In article <33d390c5-ea88-48b4...@googlegroups.com>, Stephen...@gmail.com says...
> 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France?
1919?
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
Churchill
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
1949
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
Maastrict
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what?
submarine; air craft carrier
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
Idaho; Wyoming
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
1 minute
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
9
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who?
Yasir Arafat
>
> This is Rotating Quiz #202.
>
> The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 203, in a manner of their choosing.
>
> Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one.
>
> Answer slates must be posted by 6pm Philadelphia time (GMT-4) on Tuesday, 2015-11-17, which gives about 6 days from the time of this posting.
>
> In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.
>
> Correct answers are worth 1 point each.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
WWI armistice
> This is Rotating Quiz #202.
>
> The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 203, in a manner of their choosing.
>
> Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one.
>
> Answer slates must be posted by 6pm Philadelphia time (GMT-4) on Tuesday, 2015-11-17, which gives about 6 days from the time of this posting.
>
> In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.
>
> Correct answers are worth 1 point each.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
> 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France?
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what?
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
9
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who?
Peter Smyth
Nov 13, 2015, 3:04:45 PM11/13/15
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swp wrote:
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the
> 11th month?
End of First World War
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the
> 11th month?
> 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of
> Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of
> Versailles, France?
>
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce
> man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the
> timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
>
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first
> purpose built ... what?
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What
> state?
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day
> is how long?
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966.
> What was its number?
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the
> death of who?
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque
Nov 15, 2015, 1:18:00 AM11/15/15
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swp wrote:
>
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
armistice ending WWI was signed
>
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
> 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France?
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what?
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
> 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
> 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
> 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who?
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
Dan Tilque
Pete
Nov 16, 2015, 4:26:01 PM11/16/15
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swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:33d390c5-ea88-48b4...@googlegroups.com:
> This is Rotating Quiz #202.
>
> The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 203, in a manner of
> their choosing.
>
> Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your
> answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one.
>
> Answer slates must be posted by 6pm Philadelphia time (GMT-4) on
> Tuesday, 2015-11-17, which gives about 6 days from the time of this
> posting.
>
> In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the
> hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.
>
> Correct answers are worth 1 point each.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the
> 11th month?
Armistice ending World War I
> 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the
> Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside
> the town of Versailles, France?
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a
> change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and
> scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it
> costs nothing to be a patriot."
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
1950
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
Maastricht
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first
> purpose built ... what?
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union
> on 11/11/1889. What state?
> 7. The generally accepted pause during
> Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
11 seconds
> 8. That last of the Gemini
> spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
8
> 9. On
> 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death
> of who?
Arafat
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
>
> bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
>
> swp
>
Pete
news:33d390c5-ea88-48b4...@googlegroups.com:
> This is Rotating Quiz #202.
>
> The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 203, in a manner of
> their choosing.
>
> Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your
> answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one.
>
> Answer slates must be posted by 6pm Philadelphia time (GMT-4) on
> Tuesday, 2015-11-17, which gives about 6 days from the time of this
> posting.
>
> In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the
> hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.
>
> Correct answers are worth 1 point each.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the
> 11th month?
> 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the
> Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside
> the town of Versailles, France?
> 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a
> change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and
> scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it
> costs nothing to be a patriot."
> 3. What year was NATO formed?
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
> 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first
> purpose built ... what?
> 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union
> on 11/11/1889. What state?
> 7. The generally accepted pause during
> Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
> 8. That last of the Gemini
> spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
> 9. On
> 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death
> of who?
> 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
>
> bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
>
> swp
>
swp
Nov 17, 2015, 11:03:53 PM11/17/15
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On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 1:36:30 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz #202.
> This is Rotating Quiz #202.
0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month?
the armistice between Germany and the Allied nations took effect ['armistice' was all that was required]
1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France?
2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
3. What year was NATO formed?
4. What treaty created the European Union?
5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what?
6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state?
7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long?
8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number?
9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who?
10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game?
bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today?
the scores:
name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 total
---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
Dan B 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Mark B 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8
Erland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Marc D 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Peter S 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4
Dan T 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Pete 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
totals 6 0 0 5 5 4 2 2 1 6 1 32
MARK BRADER has won in convincing fashion! Well done young man! Doing 2 concurrent postings of QFTCI isn't enough for you I suppose.
swp, #PorteOuverte #JeSuisParis
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 18, 2015, 2:46:51 AM11/18/15
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swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
>
> The Maastricht Treaty [but I like Erland's answer better]
>
My answer was the Coal and Steel Union, which probably does not count as
> 4. What treaty created the European Union?
>
> The Maastricht Treaty [but I like Erland's answer better]
>
a treaty as such, but there probably was a treaty behind it.
The Coal and Steel Union was formed in 1951, and it was a radical thing
at the time, as it comprised the two century-long arch enemies of
France and (West) Germany.
It became the EEC in 1957 and later the EC (European Community) and
in 1992 the European Union through the Maastricht treaty. I read
Stephen's question to ask for the absolute origin, rather than asking
for when transforming the EC to the EU.
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