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Mark Brader
Nov 12, 2015, 10:36:53 PM11/12/15
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
of Spain?
3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
to the Magna Carta.
4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
its first majority in Saskatchewan?
8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
Sharon Tate murders?
10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
20th century?
* Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
and slowest organisms on Earth.
*Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
(70 mph). Name it.
2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
at its front. Name the fish.
3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
(2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
Name it.
7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
Be sufficiently specific.
9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
0.6 microseconds. What creature?
10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
Name either one.
--
Mark Brader "They are taking to the new methods
Toronto like a duck takes to stock trading."
m...@vex.net --Mark Leeper
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
of Spain?
3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
to the Magna Carta.
4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
its first majority in Saskatchewan?
8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
Sharon Tate murders?
10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
20th century?
* Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
and slowest organisms on Earth.
*Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
(70 mph). Name it.
2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
at its front. Name the fish.
3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
(2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
Name it.
7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
Be sufficiently specific.
9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
0.6 microseconds. What creature?
10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
Name either one.
--
Mark Brader "They are taking to the new methods
Toronto like a duck takes to stock trading."
m...@vex.net --Mark Leeper
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Jason Kreitzer
Nov 12, 2015, 11:01:19 PM11/12/15
to
On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 10:36:53 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and
> are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
1875?
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and
> are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
>
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
1810?
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
1312?
> to the Magna Carta.
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
1502?
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
>
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
>
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
>
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
>
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
1971
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
>
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
>
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
>
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
>
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
> there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
> and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
> up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
> and slowest organisms on Earth.
>
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
Sailfin
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
> there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
> and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
> up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
> and slowest organisms on Earth.
>
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
Hammerhead?
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
>
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
Sloth
>
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
Joshua Kreitzer
Nov 12, 2015, 11:38:10 PM11/12/15
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:_cWdnRvWR4BIx9jLnZ2dnUU7-
Ved...@vex.net:
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
1870
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
1805
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
1215
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
1504
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
1850; 1866
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
1920; 1942
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
1952; 1959
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
1847
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
1969
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
1991
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
sloth
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
tortoise; turtle
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
snail
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Ved...@vex.net:
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
kudzu
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Calvin
Nov 13, 2015, 12:35:31 AM11/13/15
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On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 1:36:53 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
1890, 1901
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
Sailfish
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
There is some dispute about this from memory. And given the rider above I am tempted to just answer "fish" :-)
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
> 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
> and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
> slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
>
> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
> Be sufficiently specific.
> 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
> times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
> 0.6 microseconds. What creature?
> 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
> the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
> are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
> Name either one.
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Nov 13, 2015, 9:04:46 AM11/13/15
to
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
1900
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
stickleback
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
> 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
> and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
> slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
> Be sufficiently specific.
> 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
> times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
> 0.6 microseconds. What creature?
> 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
> the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
> are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
> Name either one.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 13, 2015, 9:35:52 AM11/13/15
to
In article <_cWdnRvWR4BIx9jL...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
>
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
1111
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
1498
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
1855
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
1755
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
>
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
1855
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
1971
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
1990
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
> there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
> and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
> up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
> and slowest organisms on Earth.
>
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
>
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
swordfish
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
bamboo
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
sloth
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
tortoise
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
slug
> 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
> and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
> slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
anemone
> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
> Be sufficiently specific.
cuticle
> 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
> times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
> 0.6 microseconds. What creature?
stingray
> 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
> the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
> are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
> Name either one.
insects is a class -- did they mean order?
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
1902
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
>
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
>
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
> there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
> and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
> up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
> and slowest organisms on Earth.
>
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
>
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
> 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
> and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
> slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
> Be sufficiently specific.
> 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
> times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
> 0.6 microseconds. What creature?
> 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
> the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
> are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
> Name either one.
bbowler
Nov 13, 2015, 10:36:58 AM11/13/15
to
On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:36:53 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on
> your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and
> place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been
> retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-08-18
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
>
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
>
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
1630
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on
> your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and
> place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been
> retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-08-18
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
>
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
>
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
>
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
>
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the United
> States and British North America west of the Rockies?
>
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th
> century?
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However, there
> are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration, and
> endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make up for
> these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest and slowest
> organisms on Earth.
>
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the answer
> was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h (70 mph).
> Name it.
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance at
> its front. Name the fish.
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average walking
> speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
> 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
> and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly slow
> speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
> Be sufficiently specific.
> 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
> times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in 0.6
> microseconds. What creature?
> 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
> the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
> are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
> Name either one.
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 13, 2015, 4:20:44 PM11/13/15
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
1890
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
Shark
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque
Nov 15, 2015, 3:22:48 AM11/15/15
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
1892
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
>
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
>
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
>
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
>
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
>
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
>
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
>
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
>
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
>
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
> there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
> and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
> up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
> and slowest organisms on Earth.
>
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
>
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
>
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
>
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
>
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
>
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
>
> 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
> and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
> slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
>
> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
> Be sufficiently specific.
>
> 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
> times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
> 0.6 microseconds. What creature?
>
> 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
> the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
> are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
> Name either one.
--
Dan Tilque
Björn Lundin
Nov 15, 2015, 8:00:58 AM11/15/15
to
On 2015-11-13 04:36, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and
> are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
1902
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and
> are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
>
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
>
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
>
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
>
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
>
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
>
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
>
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
>
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
>
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
>
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
>
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
>
> The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
> there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
> and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
> up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
> and slowest organisms on Earth.
>
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
>
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
>
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
>
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
>
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
>
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
>
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
>
> 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
> and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
> slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
>
> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
> Be sufficiently specific.
>
> 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
> times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
> 0.6 microseconds. What creature?
>
> 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
> the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
> are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
> Name either one.
--
--
Björn
Mark Brader
Nov 15, 2015, 11:16:46 PM11/15/15
to
Mark Brader:
I scored answers within double the leeway as "almost correct".
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
1888 (accepting 1883-93). 4 for Calvin, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
1808 (accepting 1803-13). 4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland,
Dan Tilque, and Björn. 3 for Calvin.
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
1215. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
1502 (accepting 1499-1505). 4 for Jason, Joshua, Erland,
and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin.
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
1844 (accepting 1839-49). 2 for Joshua.
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
1667 (accepting 1657-77).
Nobody got this even within double the leeway. The trick is that it
took until 1900, when Karl Landsteiner discovered blood types, for
patients to actually have a good chance of surviving the transfusion.
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
1944 (accepting 1941-47). 2 for Dan Blum.
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
1846 (accepting 1841-51). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for
Dan Blum.
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
1970 (accepting 1969-71). 4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc,
and Björn. Oddly enough, none of them got the exact year.
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
1991 (accepting 1988-94). 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Dan Tilque.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
> The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
> there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
> and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
> up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
> and slowest organisms on Earth.
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
Sailfish. (Not the same as sailfin.) 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn.
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
Swordfish. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, and Björn.
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
Bamboo. 4 for Calvin, Marc, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
2 for Dan Blum.
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
Three-toed sloth. 4 for Jason, Joshua, Calvin, Dan Blum, Marc,
Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
Giant tortoise. I accepted "turtle". 4 for Joshua (the hard way),
Calvin, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
Garden snail. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
3 for Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
> and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
> slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
Sea anemone. 4 for Marc, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
> Be sufficiently specific.
Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn.
> 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
> times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
> 0.6 microseconds. What creature?
Jellyfish. (Portuguese man-o'-war was accepted on protest in
the original game as close enough, so I'm accepting it also.)
4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
> the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
> are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
> Name either one.
Trap-jaw ant, soldier termite. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
Apologies for the incorrect use of "class".
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Sci
Dan Tilque 24 28 52
Dan Blum 17 24 41
Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 38
"Calvin" 13 23 36
Bruce Bowler 0 36 36
Björn Lundin 8 28 36
Marc Dashevsky 8 20 28
Erland Sommarskog 16 8 24
Jason Kreitzer 12 4 16
--
Mark Brader | "Do I look stupid?"
Toronto | "Yes, actually, a little. It's one of your
m...@vex.net | greatest professional assets."
| -- Spider Robinson, "Lady Slings the Booze"
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
When nobody got the right answer within the acceptable range,
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15
> Today is the anniversary of all of these important events.
> You just give the year, within the margin indicated.
I scored answers within double the leeway as "almost correct".
> 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser
> Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire?
> 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King
> of Spain?
Dan Tilque, and Björn. 3 for Calvin.
> 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal
> to the Magna Carta.
> 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island
> of Martinique on his fourth voyage?
and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin.
> 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for
> vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber?
> 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion
> administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys?
Nobody got this even within double the leeway. The trick is that it
took until 1900, when Karl Landsteiner discovered blood types, for
patients to actually have a good chance of surviving the transfusion.
> 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win
> its first majority in Saskatchewan?
> 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus
> establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the
> United States and British North America west of the Rockies?
Dan Blum.
> 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the
> Sharon Tate murders?
and Björn. Oddly enough, none of them got the exact year.
> 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the
> Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the
> 20th century?
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Fastest & Slowest Things on Earth
> The cheetah is considered the fastest animal on land. However,
> there are many other animals that have higher speeds, acceleration,
> and endurance. Also, we often ignore the slow organisms. To make
> up for these oversights, here are 10 questions on both the fastest
> and slowest organisms on Earth.
> *Note*: Single-word answers are sufficient in each case. If the
> answer was "polar bear", for example, "bear" would be acceptable.
> 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive
> shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h
> (70 mph). Name it.
> 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over
> 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance
> at its front. Name the fish.
> 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day?
2 for Dan Blum.
> 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than
> 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph).
Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
> 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious
> for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average
> walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal.
Calvin, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
> 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s
> (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land.
> Name it.
3 for Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor
> and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly
> slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature.
> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
> Be sufficiently specific.
> 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000
> times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in
> 0.6 microseconds. What creature?
the original game as close enough, so I'm accepting it also.)
4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. At a larger scale, and ignoring gravity-powered diving birds,
> the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph)
> are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects.
> Name either one.
Apologies for the incorrect use of "class".
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Sci
Dan Tilque 24 28 52
Dan Blum 17 24 41
Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 38
"Calvin" 13 23 36
Bruce Bowler 0 36 36
Björn Lundin 8 28 36
Marc Dashevsky 8 20 28
Erland Sommarskog 16 8 24
Jason Kreitzer 12 4 16
--
Mark Brader | "Do I look stupid?"
Toronto | "Yes, actually, a little. It's one of your
m...@vex.net | greatest professional assets."
| -- Spider Robinson, "Lady Slings the Booze"
Dan Tilque
Nov 16, 2015, 2:15:59 AM11/16/15
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Mark Brader wrote:
>
>> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
>> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
>> Be sufficiently specific.
>
> Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn.
I want to protest this answer. The earlobes and nose continue to grow
>
>> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
>> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
>> Be sufficiently specific.
>
> Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn.
throughout life but don't grow anywhere near that fast. Otherwise all
adults would look like Pinocchio with elephant ears.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Nov 16, 2015, 4:40:01 AM11/16/15
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Mark Brader:
look here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18196763
During adult life the ears grow 1 mm in about 4-5 *years*. Despite
the answer being given as "toenail" in the original game, that's a
large enough discrepancy that I can't continue to accept it.
4 for Dan Tilque, and NOT for anyone else on this question.
While confirming this, I also noticed scoring errors on the first
two questions. In both cases, Calvin gave two guesses but only
4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin.
Then on question 2, I previously said:
> 4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
> 3 for Calvin.
This time Calvin's second answer was correct, not his first,
so this should have been:
4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
2 for Calvin.
So poor Calvin loses 6 points in a single correction posting.
Sorry about all this, folks. Corrected scores, if there are
*now* no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Sci
Dan Tilque 24 32 56
Björn Lundin 8 24 32
"Calvin" 11 19 30
Toronto | -- research establishments in the Stone Age, by now we
m...@vex.net | would have had absolutely superb flint tools. But no one
| would have invented steel." -- Arthur C. Clarke
>>> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
>>> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
>>> Be sufficiently specific.
>>
>> Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn.
Dan Tilque:
>>> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
>>> Be sufficiently specific.
>>
>> Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn.
> I want to protest this answer. The earlobes and nose continue to grow
> throughout life but don't grow anywhere near that fast.
Hmm, he's right. I couldn't find a growth rate for the nose, but
> throughout life but don't grow anywhere near that fast.
look here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18196763
During adult life the ears grow 1 mm in about 4-5 *years*. Despite
the answer being given as "toenail" in the original game, that's a
large enough discrepancy that I can't continue to accept it.
4 for Dan Tilque, and NOT for anyone else on this question.
While confirming this, I also noticed scoring errors on the first
two questions. In both cases, Calvin gave two guesses but only
one was correct. On question 1, I previously said:
> 4 for Calvin, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
Calvin's first answer was correct, so it should have been:
> 4 for Calvin, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin.
Then on question 2, I previously said:
> 4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
> 3 for Calvin.
so this should have been:
4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
So poor Calvin loses 6 points in a single correction posting.
Sorry about all this, folks. Corrected scores, if there are
*now* no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Sci
Dan Blum 17 24 41
Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 38
Bruce Bowler 0 32 32
Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 38
Björn Lundin 8 24 32
"Calvin" 11 19 30
Marc Dashevsky 8 20 28
Erland Sommarskog 16 8 24
Jason Kreitzer 12 4 16
--
Mark Brader | "If there had been government -- and dare I say industrial?
Erland Sommarskog 16 8 24
Jason Kreitzer 12 4 16
--
Toronto | -- research establishments in the Stone Age, by now we
m...@vex.net | would have had absolutely superb flint tools. But no one
| would have invented steel." -- Arthur C. Clarke
bbowler
Nov 16, 2015, 9:34:47 AM11/16/15
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On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 03:39:59 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>>>> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
>>>> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
>>>> Be sufficiently specific.
>>>
>>> Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn.
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> I want to protest this answer. The earlobes and nose continue to grow
>> throughout life but don't grow anywhere near that fast.
>
> Hmm, he's right. I couldn't find a growth rate for the nose, but look
> here:
>
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18196763
>
> During adult life the ears grow 1 mm in about 4-5 *years*. Despite the
> answer being given as "toenail" in the original game, that's a large
> enough discrepancy that I can't continue to accept it.
>
> 4 for Dan Tilque, and NOT for anyone else on this question.
But... 1mm/4-5 *years* is nowhere near the same as 1mm/month, which was
> Mark Brader:
>>>> 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout
>>>> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it.
>>>> Be sufficiently specific.
>>>
>>> Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn.
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> I want to protest this answer. The earlobes and nose continue to grow
>> throughout life but don't grow anywhere near that fast.
>
> Hmm, he's right. I couldn't find a growth rate for the nose, but look
> here:
>
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18196763
>
> During adult life the ears grow 1 mm in about 4-5 *years*. Despite the
> answer being given as "toenail" in the original game, that's a large
> enough discrepancy that I can't continue to accept it.
>
> 4 for Dan Tilque, and NOT for anyone else on this question.
specified as part of the question...
Mark Brader
Nov 16, 2015, 5:07:41 PM11/16/15
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Bruce Bowler:
--
Mark Brader "I used to think that the name C++
Toronto was a euphemism for D-."
m...@vex.net --Peter Moylan
> But... 1mm/4-5 *years* is nowhere near the same as 1mm/month, which was
> specified as part of the question...
Yeah, I know. It was a broken question. Revised scoring stands.
> specified as part of the question...
--
Mark Brader "I used to think that the name C++
Toronto was a euphemism for D-."
m...@vex.net --Peter Moylan
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