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Erland Sommarskog
Aug 28, 2016, 8:04:09 AM8/28/16
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Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
Post the answers to the group.
I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
present-day country?
3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
present-day countries?
4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
the band?
6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
In which sport did he compete?
7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
he do?
8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
what?
10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
Equatorial Guinea?
11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
a) North
b) East
12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
sufficiently specific.
13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
either the name or position + country.
14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
Post the answers to the group.
I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
present-day country?
3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
present-day countries?
4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
the band?
6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
In which sport did he compete?
7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
he do?
8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
what?
10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
Equatorial Guinea?
11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
a) North
b) East
12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
sufficiently specific.
13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
either the name or position + country.
14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Gareth Owen
Aug 28, 2016, 8:20:37 AM8/28/16
to
Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> writes:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
Africa (by Toto, I assume)
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
> 5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
> Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
> In which sport did he compete?
- the victor charged around like a man possessed and the vanquised cried
in the mix zone interview. They showed that a lot over here.
We do like a crier :)
> 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
b) Nigeria?
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
> 14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
its underrated... An African Musical instrument?
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Peter Smyth
Aug 28, 2016, 8:44:47 AM8/28/16
to
Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set
> RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
Tunisia
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set
> RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
Egypt and Syria
> present-day countries?
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
Casablanca
> 5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
>
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent
> Olympic Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the
> Ivory Coast. In which sport did he compete?
Taekwondo
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
>
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent
> Olympic Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the
> Ivory Coast. In which sport did he compete?
> 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
>
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
South Africa
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
>
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
>
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
>
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
Ivory Coast
> what?
>
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
>
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
Republic of Congo
>
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
A farmer presumably :-)
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
Queen Elizabeth II
> either the name or position + country.
> 14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
>
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
South Africa
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
>
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Peter Smyth
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Dan Blum
Aug 28, 2016, 10:49:32 AM8/28/16
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
Roseannadanna
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
> 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> he do?
he was a cannibal (supposedly)
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> a) North
> b) East
a. Gabon
b. Equatorial Guinea
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
swp
Aug 28, 2016, 11:04:23 AM8/28/16
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On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 8:04:09 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
"it's a feeling" (unless you meant the other side, in which case it's "africa")
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
> 5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
> Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
> In which sport did he compete?
> 7. Africa has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
president for life?
> he do?
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
b - gabon (I believe that sao tome and principe is a near miss)
(this location is a 'favorite' spot for people learning coding when doing map calculations. strong data typing is a lost art.)
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
> 14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
swp, earth
Gareth Owen
Aug 28, 2016, 11:08:35 AM8/28/16
to
swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 8:04:09 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>>
>> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
>> Post the answers to the group.
>>
>> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>>
>>
>> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> "it's a feeling" (unless you meant the other side, in which case it's
> "africa")
Old school. I like your style.
> On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 8:04:09 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>>
>> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
>> Post the answers to the group.
>>
>> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>>
>>
>> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> "it's a feeling" (unless you meant the other side, in which case it's
> "africa")
> (this location is a 'favorite' spot for people learning coding when
> doing map calculations. strong data typing is a lost art.)
IP Address -> geography
mappings end up
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 28, 2016, 2:50:31 PM8/28/16
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Erland Sommarskog (esq...@sommarskog.se) writes:
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize.
Oops! That should of course be "Peace Prize".
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize.
Dan Tilque
Aug 29, 2016, 3:05:51 AM8/29/16
to
Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
Roseannadanna
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
>
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
>
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
>
> 5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
>
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
> Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
> In which sport did he compete?
>
> 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
>
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
>
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
>
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
(British Columbia shares this feature)
>
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
Cameroon
>
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
>
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
>
> 14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
>
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
>
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
>
>
--
Calvin
Aug 29, 2016, 7:10:04 PM8/29/16
to
On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 10:04:09 PM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
Tunisia
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
> 5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
> Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
> In which sport did he compete?
> 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
>
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
>
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
Angola
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
>
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
> 14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
>
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Nice quiz thanks.
cheers,
calvin
swp
Aug 29, 2016, 8:43:45 PM8/29/16
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On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 11:08:35 AM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote:
> swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 8:04:09 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> >> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
> >>
> >> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> >> Post the answers to the group.
> >>
> >> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
> >
> > "it's a feeling" (unless you meant the other side, in which case it's
> > "africa")
>
> Old school. I like your style.
when I was little the only thing we had to play with were cooling rocks...
> swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 8:04:09 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> >> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
> >>
> >> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> >> Post the answers to the group.
> >>
> >> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
> >
> > "it's a feeling" (unless you meant the other side, in which case it's
> > "africa")
>
> Old school. I like your style.
swp
Dan Blum
Aug 29, 2016, 9:18:25 PM8/29/16
to
Calvin
Aug 30, 2016, 10:35:09 PM8/30/16
to
On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 11:18:25 AM UTC+10, Dan Blum wrote:
> swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 11:08:35 AM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote:
> > > swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 8:04:09 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> > > >> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
> > > >>
> > > >> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> > > >> Post the answers to the group.
> > > >>
> > > >> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
> > > >
> > > > "it's a feeling" (unless you meant the other side, in which case it's
> > > > "africa")
> > >
> > > Old school. I like your style.
>
> > when I was little the only thing we had to play with were cooling rocks...
>
> Yours had solidified into rocks? Lucky.
Lugsoorry.
> swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 11:08:35 AM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote:
> > > swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 8:04:09 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> > > >> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
> > > >>
> > > >> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> > > >> Post the answers to the group.
> > > >>
> > > >> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
> > > >
> > > > "it's a feeling" (unless you meant the other side, in which case it's
> > > > "africa")
> > >
> > > Old school. I like your style.
>
> > when I was little the only thing we had to play with were cooling rocks...
>
> Yours had solidified into rocks? Lucky.
cheers,
calvin
Pete
Aug 31, 2016, 2:14:41 PM8/31/16
to
Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote in
news:XnsA6728F1E8...@127.0.0.1:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ
> #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
Tunisia
>
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
Egypt and Syria
>
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
Casablanca
Northern Ireland
>
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Barry
>
>
Pete Gayde
news:XnsA6728F1E8...@127.0.0.1:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ
> #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
>
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
>
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
>
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
>
>
Pete Gayde
Marc Dashevsky
Sep 2, 2016, 2:21:42 AM9/2/16
to
In article <XnsA6728F1E8...@127.0.0.1>, esq...@sommarskog.se says...
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
Egypt and Syria
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
Casablanca
> 5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
>
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
> Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
> In which sport did he compete?
>
> 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
>
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
>
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
refugee camp
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
>
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
>
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
>
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
>
> 14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
>
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
>
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Streep
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
Tunisia
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz #229. The winner will get the honour to set RQ #230!
>
> As always post only from your knowledge - research is not permitted.
> Post the answers to the group.
>
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
>
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
>
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
> 5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
>
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
> Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
> In which sport did he compete?
>
> 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
>
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
>
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
>
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
>
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
>
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
>
> 14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
>
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
>
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
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Erland Sommarskog
Sep 3, 2016, 9:12:42 AM9/3/16
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Rotating Quiz 229 is over and stomping the field with a decisive
victory is STEPHEN W PERRY who is to set RQ230. Congratulations.
Here is the results grid:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11a 11b 12 13 14 15 16 Total
swp 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 - ½ ½ - 1 - 1 1 11
Gareth 1 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - 5
Peter S - 1 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 5
Dan B - 1 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - 5
Calvin - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 5
Dan T - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 - - 4
Pete - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 4
Marc D - 1 1 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 4
As you may have noticed, the quiz had Africa as its theme, and the
questions 2 to 15 were loosely organised north to south.
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
"Africa". As noted, "it" here refers to the album "Toto IV" by Toto.
"Roseannadanna" was suggested, but that starts with RosEanna. (Luckily,
I did check the Toto spelling before I posted the quiz!)
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
Tunisia. Tunis is a city in the same country.
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
Egypt and Syria. Egypt kept the moniker for another nine years after the
split. Libya was never part of it. (And was a kingdom during the most
of the duration of UAR.)
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
Casablanca.
> 5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
No, they are not Timbuktu - that's a Swedish rap artist - but they are
Timbuk 3.
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
> Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
> In which sport did he compete?
Taekwondo.
I'm impressed that so many knew this. I only knew about it because there
was a short note about it in my newspaper about it. When researching the
question, I observed that one more Ivorian got a medal in Taekwondo. And
a person from Niger got a silver medal. Who would have known that this
sport is big in this part of the world?
> 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
Crowned himself emperor. The country was the Central African Republic.
(Called Central African Empire after the coronation.)
He was indeed accused for cannibalism, but Wikipedia says that he wss
cleared from these charges, why I scored it as wrong.
Swp suggested "president for life", and indeed he was before he made
himself emperor. However, that is so incredibly commonplace for this
type of guys, that it does not qualify for the next level. So no points.
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
Somalia.
No, they are not based in Mogadishu or elsewhere in Somalia, but mainly
in the Swedish town of Borlänge. It started as an integration project
to pick up Somalian kids who did not really find their place in the
Swedish soceity. A former bandy star took care of them, and the goal
was from the start that they should play in the world championships,
despite they had never stood on skates before. At least the first time
they played they were augmented by a Somalian guy from Canada who is
a hockey player and who joined them on his own cost.
They have yet to win a tournament game, but they have nevertheless been
immensly popular with the local folks in Russia. (Where the last three
championships have been held.)
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
Refugee camp. It in northern Kenya, which I should have said in the
question. If nothing else, that would have been a hint for #8.
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
Capital is on a island, but they also have territory on continental
mainland. The UK is arguably a third case. British Columbia too, if
we go to second-level enities.
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
Ghana
> b) East
Gabon. And you have to stick very strictly to the equator, since else
you will run afloat in São Tomé e Principe. The equator passes through
a strait between the main island and a smaller one. (Had anyone answers
São Tomé, I would have approved it.)
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
To quote Wikipedia:
Denis Mukwege (born 1 March 1955)[2][3] is a Congolese gynecologist.
He founded and works in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he specializes
in the treatment of women who have been gang-raped by rebel forces.
Gynecologist was required for the profession. For the location I did
not need Bukavu, but I wanted you to say North-Eastern Congo-Kinshasa.
My sincerest apologies for the typo (or whatever we should call it)
that may have distracted some entrants.
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
People knew this one better than the King Of Thailand in my last quiz,
but I was amused to see QEII being suggested this time as well. But she
is a young girl of 90, compared to 92-year old Mugabe.
> 14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
Frente de Libertação de Moçambique. At the time, the leading liberation
guerilla, today the leading policital party in Mozambique.
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
South Africa.
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Sydney Pollack, Kurt Luedtke, David Watkin, Stephen B. Grimes,
Josie MacAvin, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold,
Peter Handford, John Barry.
Meryl Streep was a popular answer, but she was only nominated.
I did see the film, but I will have to confess that I found it utterly
boring. It might not really have helped that I saw it dubbed in German.
victory is STEPHEN W PERRY who is to set RQ230. Congratulations.
Here is the results grid:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11a 11b 12 13 14 15 16 Total
swp 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 - ½ ½ - 1 - 1 1 11
Gareth 1 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - 5
Peter S - 1 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 5
Dan B - 1 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - 5
Calvin - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 5
Dan T - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 - - 4
Pete - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 4
Marc D - 1 1 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 4
As you may have noticed, the quiz had Africa as its theme, and the
questions 2 to 15 were loosely organised north to south.
> 1. It starts with Rosanna, but what does it end with?
"Roseannadanna" was suggested, but that starts with RosEanna. (Luckily,
I did check the Toto spelling before I posted the quiz!)
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
split. Libya was never part of it. (And was a kingdom during the most
of the duration of UAR.)
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
> 5. "Life is hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
> Can't get to heaven on roller skates --
> can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu"
> The title of the song is "Life is Hard" - but what's the name of
> the band?
Timbuk 3.
> 6. Cheick Sallah Cissé made himself a national hero in the recent Olympic
> Games in Rio by winning the first gold medal ever for the Ivory Coast.
> In which sport did he compete?
I'm impressed that so many knew this. I only knew about it because there
was a short note about it in my newspaper about it. When researching the
question, I observed that one more Ivorian got a medal in Taekwondo. And
a person from Niger got a silver medal. Who would have known that this
sport is big in this part of the world?
> 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> he do?
(Called Central African Empire after the coronation.)
He was indeed accused for cannibalism, but Wikipedia says that he wss
cleared from these charges, why I scored it as wrong.
Swp suggested "president for life", and indeed he was before he made
himself emperor. However, that is so incredibly commonplace for this
type of guys, that it does not qualify for the next level. So no points.
> 8. Bandy is a winter sport played on ice. The field is the same size
> as a football field but the goals are smaller. Games are usually
> 2*45 min. 11 men in each team. They have a hooked stick (save for
> the goal keepers) and a ball about the size of a tennis ball.
> World championships are played every year. Typically, Sweden and
> Russia plays the final, but this year Finland butted in. The family
> of bandy is not very big. In the world championships different
> divisions there are teams from Europe, Asia and North America.
> There is also a team representing an African country. Which?
No, they are not based in Mogadishu or elsewhere in Somalia, but mainly
in the Swedish town of Borlänge. It started as an integration project
to pick up Somalian kids who did not really find their place in the
Swedish soceity. A former bandy star took care of them, and the goal
was from the start that they should play in the world championships,
despite they had never stood on skates before. At least the first time
they played they were augmented by a Somalian guy from Canada who is
a hockey player and who joined them on his own cost.
They have yet to win a tournament game, but they have nevertheless been
immensly popular with the local folks in Russia. (Where the last three
championships have been held.)
> 9. With over 300 000 dwellers, Dadaab is said to be world's greatest
> what?
question. If nothing else, that would have been a hint for #8.
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
mainland. The UK is arguably a third case. British Columbia too, if
we go to second-level enities.
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
Gabon. And you have to stick very strictly to the equator, since else
you will run afloat in São Tomé e Principe. The equator passes through
a strait between the main island and a smaller one. (Had anyone answers
São Tomé, I would have approved it.)
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize. Give
> either his profession or where he is active. In either case, be
> sufficiently specific.
Denis Mukwege (born 1 March 1955)[2][3] is a Congolese gynecologist.
He founded and works in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he specializes
in the treatment of women who have been gang-raped by rebel forces.
Gynecologist was required for the profession. For the location I did
not need Bukavu, but I wanted you to say North-Eastern Congo-Kinshasa.
My sincerest apologies for the typo (or whatever we should call it)
that may have distracted some entrants.
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
People knew this one better than the King Of Thailand in my last quiz,
but I was amused to see QEII being suggested this time as well. But she
is a young girl of 90, compared to 92-year old Mugabe.
> 14. Miles Davis's double album from 1974 "Get Up with It" features
> the half-hour long "Calypso Frelimo". What is Frelimo here?
guerilla, today the leading policital party in Mozambique.
> 15. The rocker Mannfred Mann hails from which country?
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Josie MacAvin, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold,
Peter Handford, John Barry.
Meryl Streep was a popular answer, but she was only nominated.
I did see the film, but I will have to confess that I found it utterly
boring. It might not really have helped that I saw it dubbed in German.
swp
Sep 3, 2016, 11:34:10 AM9/3/16
to
On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 9:12:42 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Rotating Quiz 229 is over and stomping the field with a decisive
> victory is STEPHEN W PERRY who is to set RQ230. Congratulations.
thank you. I will set the next rq sometime between tonight and tomorrow, hurricane hermine will determine when.
> Rotating Quiz 229 is over and stomping the field with a decisive
> victory is STEPHEN W PERRY who is to set RQ230. Congratulations.
> Here is the results grid:
>
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11a 11b 12 13 14 15 16 Total
> swp 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 - ½ ½ - 1 - 1 1 11
> Gareth 1 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - 5
> Peter S - 1 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 5
> Dan B - 1 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - 5
> Calvin - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 5
> Dan T - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 - - 4
> Pete - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 4
> Marc D - 1 1 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 4
> > 7. Afria has seen more than one megalomaniac dictator. Still you have
> > to say that Jean-Bédel Bokassa took it to the next level. What did
> > he do?
>
> Crowned himself emperor. The country was the Central African Republic.
> (Called Central African Empire after the coronation.)
>
> He was indeed accused for cannibalism, but Wikipedia says that he wss
> cleared from these charges, why I scored it as wrong.
> Swp suggested "president for life", and indeed he was before he made
> himself emperor. However, that is so incredibly commonplace for this
> type of guys, that it does not qualify for the next level. So no points.
swp
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 3, 2016, 1:14:00 PM9/3/16
to
swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> I disagree, but understand why you ruled it that way. when I saw the
> other answers, cannibalism was the most outrageous and seemed like the
> answer you were looking for. crowning oneself emperor seems rather tame
> by comparison. I mean, come on, who hasn't crowned themselves
> god-emperor of all time and space?
Yeah, that was a difficult one. Cannibalism is certainly the level above
> I disagree, but understand why you ruled it that way. when I saw the
> other answers, cannibalism was the most outrageous and seemed like the
> answer you were looking for. crowning oneself emperor seems rather tame
> by comparison. I mean, come on, who hasn't crowned themselves
> god-emperor of all time and space?
making yourself emperor. But after all, that was only accusations, and
he has been cleared of them. So we don't know if he ever was on that level.
Dan Tilque
Sep 3, 2016, 7:42:07 PM9/3/16
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Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>
>> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
>> present-day countries?
>
> Egypt and Syria. Egypt kept the moniker for another nine years after the
> split. Libya was never part of it. (And was a kingdom during the most
> of the duration of UAR.)
When I said Libya, I was getting it mixed up with the Federation of Arab
>
>> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
>> present-day countries?
>
> Egypt and Syria. Egypt kept the moniker for another nine years after the
> split. Libya was never part of it. (And was a kingdom during the most
> of the duration of UAR.)
Republics. That started off with Libya and Egypt.
--
Dan Tilque
Peter Smyth
Sep 4, 2016, 6:46:56 AM9/4/16
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Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> > 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> > you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> > a) North
>
> Ghana
>
> > b) East
>
> Gabon. And you have to stick very strictly to the equator, since else
> you will run afloat in São Tomé e Principe. The equator passes through
> a strait between the main island and a smaller one. (Had anyone
> answers São Tomé, I would have approved it.)
It looks like the equator does just clip the island of Ilheu das Rolas,
> > 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> > you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> > a) North
>
> Ghana
>
> > b) East
>
> Gabon. And you have to stick very strictly to the equator, since else
> you will run afloat in São Tomé e Principe. The equator passes through
> a strait between the main island and a smaller one. (Had anyone
> answers São Tomé, I would have approved it.)
search on Google Maps for 0N 6.52E.
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 4, 2016, 7:49:01 AM9/4/16
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Peter Smyth (smy...@gmail.com) writes:
>> Gabon. And you have to stick very strictly to the equator, since else
>> you will run afloat in São Tomé e Principe. The equator passes through
>> a strait between the main island and a smaller one. (Had anyone
>> answers São Tomé, I would have approved it.)
>
> It looks like the equator does just clip the island of Ilheu das Rolas,
> search on Google Maps for 0N 6.52E.
>
Indeed it does. I know that when I researched the question, I concluded that
>> Gabon. And you have to stick very strictly to the equator, since else
>> you will run afloat in São Tomé e Principe. The equator passes through
>> a strait between the main island and a smaller one. (Had anyone
>> answers São Tomé, I would have approved it.)
>
> It looks like the equator does just clip the island of Ilheu das Rolas,
> search on Google Maps for 0N 6.52E.
>
the equator passed through in the strait. But that was a over a month before
I ran the quiz, and I don't remember exactly what procedure I employed. I
find it difficult to believe that the island has drifted north since then.
:-)
Given that Stephen's victory was so superior, it does not really matter
if he loses half a point on this question or not.
Mark Brader
Sep 6, 2016, 2:06:10 AM9/6/16
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Erland Sommarskog:
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
Tunisia.
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
Egypt and Syria.
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
"Casablanca" is the famous one, but the song wasn't new and there
might be other correct answers.
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
Mainland country with the capital city on an island?
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
Ouch, I should know these but I don't. I'll try (a) Nigeria and
(b) Angola.
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize.
(Giggle)
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
I don't imagine it's correct but I'll go with Queen Elizabeth II
(Canada).
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Kim Basinger.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "We are informed many things,
m...@vex.net | some of them correct." --Greg Goss
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
Late entry for fun:
> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
might be other correct answers.
> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
> 11. For half a point each, tell me in which country you bump into if
> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
(b) Angola.
> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize.
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
(Canada).
> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "We are informed many things,
m...@vex.net | some of them correct." --Greg Goss
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 6, 2016, 3:20:41 AM9/6/16
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
> Late entry for fun:
So if Mark had entered in time, he would have scored 4, having 2, 3, 4 and
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
>
> Late entry for fun:
10 correct.
Given that Mark is fairly good a movie questions, I am little surprised
over:
>> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
>> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
>
> Kim Basinger.
Bay Packers.
Mark Brader
Sep 6, 2016, 4:30:18 AM9/6/16
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Erland Sommarskog:
to see on a plane) was Kim Basinger's *next movie after* she won the Oscar
for "L.A. Confidential" (which I liked a lot). I never saw "Out of Africa",
but that was more than 10 years earlier, so all in all it was a pretty
stupid mistake.
> I thought she was playing for Green Bay Packers.
ObFilm: "Cheeseheads: The Documentary".
(Note: I know nothing about it, just found it by an IMDB keyword search.)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "But put in one lousy dragon and they call you
m...@vex.net | a fantasy writer." --Terry Pratchett
> Given that Mark is fairly good a movie questions, I am little surprised
> over:
>
>>> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
>>> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
Mark Brader:
> over:
>
>>> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
>>> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
>> Kim Basinger.
> She wasn't in that movie, was she?
What I was misremembering was that "I Dreamed of Africa" (which I happened
> She wasn't in that movie, was she?
to see on a plane) was Kim Basinger's *next movie after* she won the Oscar
for "L.A. Confidential" (which I liked a lot). I never saw "Out of Africa",
but that was more than 10 years earlier, so all in all it was a pretty
stupid mistake.
> I thought she was playing for Green Bay Packers.
(Note: I know nothing about it, just found it by an IMDB keyword search.)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "But put in one lousy dragon and they call you
m...@vex.net | a fantasy writer." --Terry Pratchett
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