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rotating quiz #33 - the revenge of the fallen
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swp
Sep 21, 2011, 1:28:48 PM9/21/11
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good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's name?
3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either the short name or its much longer full name.
5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his first day at work?
6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin summer home.
8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
I'll reveal the answers in about 5 days time. good luck!
swp
each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's name?
3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either the short name or its much longer full name.
5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his first day at work?
6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin summer home.
8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
I'll reveal the answers in about 5 days time. good luck!
swp
Mark Brader
Sep 21, 2011, 3:50:20 PM9/21/11
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Stephen Perry:
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid
> has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him
> in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that
> half-brother's name?
Grawp, I think.
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first
> to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
I guess you want Braille. However, there were earlier systems based on
dot-grids; Braille's innovation was to use only 6 dots.
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give
> either the short name or its much longer full name.
All I can think of is Bedlam, for which I'm pretty sure the present tense
would be wrong, and I'm not sure about "Europe's oldest" either.
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his
> first day at work?
For improvising a sexualized parody of Mickey Mouse.
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
Shakespeare in Love.
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin
> summer home.
Taliesin? Was that a poet?
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Coral Sea.
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
NATO.
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
Allen?
> there is an overall theme
Questions previously used in the RQ?
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Mark Brader | "Don't you want to... see my ID? ... I could be anybody."
Toronto | "No you couldn't, sir. This is Information Retrieval."
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the
> year she won 2 hugo awards.
1993?
> year she won 2 hugo awards.
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid
> has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him
> in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that
> half-brother's name?
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first
> to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
dot-grids; Braille's innovation was to use only 6 dots.
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give
> either the short name or its much longer full name.
would be wrong, and I'm not sure about "Europe's oldest" either.
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his
> first day at work?
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin
> summer home.
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
> there is an overall theme
Questions previously used in the RQ?
--
Mark Brader | "Don't you want to... see my ID? ... I could be anybody."
Toronto | "No you couldn't, sir. This is Information Retrieval."
m...@vex.net | --Brazil
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Jeffrey Turner
Sep 21, 2011, 8:51:37 PM9/21/11
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On 9/21/2011 1:28 PM, swp wrote:
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's name?
>
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
Morse code
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's name?
>
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either the short name or its much longer full name.
>
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his first day at work?
>
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
>
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin summer home.
>
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
>
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
>
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
--Jeff
Marc Dashevsky
Sep 21, 2011, 11:29:23 PM9/21/11
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In article <4500639.3.1316626128078.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbba7>,
Stephen...@gmail.com says...
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either the short name or its much longer full name.
Bedlam
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his first day at work?
In the Disney cafeteria, he loudly described making a porn flick with Disney characters.
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
>
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin summer home.
>
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
>
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
NATO
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
Jack Paar
Theme: The Rotating Quiz Hall of Fame (reused questions)
--
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Stephen...@gmail.com says...
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's name?
>
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
Braille
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's name?
>
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either the short name or its much longer full name.
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his first day at work?
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
>
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin summer home.
>
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
>
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
Theme: The Rotating Quiz Hall of Fame (reused questions)
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
Joachim Parsch
Sep 22, 2011, 2:12:43 AM9/22/11
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swp schrieb:
>
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award,
> or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn
> that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley
> played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that
> half-brother's name?
Grawp.
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award,
> or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn
> that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley
> played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that
> half-brother's name?
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been
> the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give
> either the short name or its much longer full name.
>
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on
> his first day at work?
because he called founder Walt Disney an "old motherfucker"?
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin summer home.
>
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Edward the Shortsighted?
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker
Sep 22, 2011, 3:38:10 AM9/22/11
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> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year
> she won 2 hugo awards.
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid
> has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in
> the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's
> name?
>
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first
> to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
>
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either
> the short name or its much longer full name.
Bedlam
> she won 2 hugo awards.
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid
> has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in
> the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's
> name?
>
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first
> to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
>
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either
> the short name or its much longer full name.
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his
> first day at work?
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
>
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin
> summer home.
>
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 22, 2011, 5:33:22 PM9/22/11
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swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring
> it out is worth 4 points.
All these questions have appeared here before. Some in your quizzes, but
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring
> it out is worth 4 points.
I believe you have also borrowed some other people's questions as well.
Unfortunately, I don't remember all answers...
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the
> year she won 2 hugo awards.
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first
> to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give
> either the short name or its much longer full name.
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his
> first day at work?
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Calvin
Sep 22, 2011, 6:59:43 PM9/22/11
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On Sep 22, 3:28 am, swp <Stephen.W.Pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
1968
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's name?
>
>
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
>
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either the short name or its much longer full name.
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his first day at work?
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin summer home.
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
I believe the theme is that all these questions have appeared in rgt
perviously :-)
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Sep 23, 2011, 4:02:24 AM9/23/11
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swp wrote:
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
Is it that you were too lazy to think of new questions so you recycled
questions from previous rotating quizzes?
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
1981
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's name?
>
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
Braille
>
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either the short name or its much longer full name.
Bedlam
>
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his first day at work?
suggesting inappropriate stories for Disney characters
>
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
>
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin summer home.
Talesin
>
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Hey that was one of mine... Battle of the Coral Sea
>
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
NATO
>
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
Steve Allen
--
Dan Tilque
Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
swp
Sep 29, 2011, 7:40:57 PM9/29/11
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On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 1:28:48 PM UTC-4, swp wrote:
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme,
> and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
the theme was "previous questions that only 1 person got right in the original quiz"
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme,
> and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award,
> or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn
> that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony
> maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human
> did. What is that half-brother's name?
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been
> the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may
> give either the short name or its much longer full name.
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios
> on his first day at work?
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his
> wisconsin summer home.
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in
> which neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Battle of the Coral Sea
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
NATO
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
> I'll reveal the answers in about 5 days time. good luck!
name total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bonus
-------- ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
Mark B 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Jeff T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marc D 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Joachim 4+ 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 + 1 0
Rob P 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Erland 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Calvin 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
Dan T 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
Total 0 1 2 4 6 5 2 2 3+ 7 1 2
the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader! Congratulations Mark! #34 is yours to do with as you see fit.
swp
Mark Brader
Sep 30, 2011, 9:41:51 AM9/30/11
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Stephen Perry:
> name total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bonus
> -------- ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
> Mark B 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
> Jeff T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Marc D 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
> Joachim 4+ 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 + 1 0
> Rob P 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
> Erland 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
> Calvin 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
> Dan T 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
> Total 0 1 2 4 6 5 2 2 3+ 7 1 2
>
> the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
Thanks. It would be a clearer margin if you hadn't awarded
2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
same thing.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "X-ray of girl shows bureaucratic mentality"
m...@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, January 18, 1988
> name total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bonus
> -------- ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
> Mark B 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
> Jeff T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Marc D 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
> Joachim 4+ 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 + 1 0
> Rob P 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
> Erland 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
> Calvin 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
> Dan T 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
> Total 0 1 2 4 6 5 2 2 3+ 7 1 2
>
> the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
same thing.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "X-ray of girl shows bureaucratic mentality"
m...@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, January 18, 1988
David
Sep 30, 2011, 9:55:48 AM9/30/11
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"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:CIydnTGHn4OCWhjT...@vex.net...
Stephen Perry:
> name total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bonus
> -------- ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
> Mark B 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
> Jeff T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Marc D 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
> Joachim 4+ 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 + 1 0
> Rob P 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
> Erland 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
> Calvin 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
> Dan T 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
> Total 0 1 2 4 6 5 2 2 3+ 7 1 2
>
> the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
Thanks. It would be a clearer margin if you hadn't awarded
2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
same thing.
....and Marc, Erland, Calvin and Dan.
news:CIydnTGHn4OCWhjT...@vex.net...
Stephen Perry:
> name total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bonus
> -------- ----- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
> Mark B 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
> Jeff T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Marc D 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
> Joachim 4+ 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 + 1 0
> Rob P 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
> Erland 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
> Calvin 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
> Dan T 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
> Total 0 1 2 4 6 5 2 2 3+ 7 1 2
>
> the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
Thanks. It would be a clearer margin if you hadn't awarded
2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
same thing.
swp
Sep 30, 2011, 11:24:21 AM9/30/11
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On Friday, September 30, 2011 9:41:51 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> > the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
>
> Thanks. It would be a clearer margin if you hadn't awarded
> 2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
> same thing.
it wasn't that they were recycled, it was that I was being lazy and picked specific questions that only 1 person got right the first time around. everyone else merely mentioned that they were recycled.
> > the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
>
> Thanks. It would be a clearer margin if you hadn't awarded
> 2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
> same thing.
swp
Mark Brader
Sep 30, 2011, 11:28:04 AM9/30/11
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Stephen Perry:
for impolitely mentioning your laziness? Okay, fair enough.
--
Mark Brader | "It can be amusing, even if painful, to watch the
Toronto | ethnocentrism of those who are convinced their
m...@vex.net | local standards are universal." -- Tom Chapin
>>> the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
Mark Brader:
>> Thanks. It would be a clearer margin if you hadn't awarded
>> 2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
>> same thing.
Stephen Perry:
>> 2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
>> same thing.
> it wasn't that they were recycled, it was that I was being lazy and
> picked specific questions that only 1 person got right the first time
> around. everyone else merely mentioned that they were recycled.
Well, nobody got the "only 1 person right" part. So the 2 points was
> picked specific questions that only 1 person got right the first time
> around. everyone else merely mentioned that they were recycled.
for impolitely mentioning your laziness? Okay, fair enough.
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Marc Dashevsky
Sep 30, 2011, 11:21:17 PM9/30/11
to
In article <27459963.430.1317396261885.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqjw35>,
Stephen...@gmail.com says...
I cannot find any instance of Dan mentioning that in
the previous appearance only one person got the answer.
Stephen...@gmail.com says...
the previous appearance only one person got the answer.
Mark Brader
Sep 30, 2011, 11:35:28 PM9/30/11
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Stephen Perry:
But he did mention that Stephen was being lazy, unlike me.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Where is down special?" ... "Good."
m...@vex.net | "Do you refuse to answer my question?" "Don't know."
>>>> the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
Mark Brader:
>>> Thanks. It would be a clearer margin if you hadn't awarded
>>> 2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
>>> same thing.
Stephen Perry:
>>> 2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
>>> same thing.
>> it wasn't that they were recycled, it was that I was being lazy and
>> picked specific questions that only 1 person got right the first time
>> around. everyone else merely mentioned that they were recycled.
Marc Dashevsky:
>> picked specific questions that only 1 person got right the first time
>> around. everyone else merely mentioned that they were recycled.
> I cannot find any instance of Dan mentioning that in
> the previous appearance only one person got the answer.
Which no doubt was why Dan only got half points on the question.
> the previous appearance only one person got the answer.
But he did mention that Stephen was being lazy, unlike me.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Where is down special?" ... "Good."
m...@vex.net | "Do you refuse to answer my question?" "Don't know."
swp
Oct 1, 2011, 12:42:04 PM10/1/11
to use...@marcdashevsky.com
swp
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 1, 2011, 1:05:34 PM10/1/11
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In article <32616490.228.1317487324303.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqlb4>,
Dan's answer and those of Mark, me and the others that David
identified.
Stephen...@gmail.com says...
> On Friday, September 30, 2011 11:21:17 PM UTC-4, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> > In article <27459963.430.1317396261885.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqjw35>,
> > Stephen...@gmail.com says...
> > > On Friday, September 30, 2011 9:41:51 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> > > > > the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks. It would be a clearer margin if you hadn't awarded
> > > > 2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
> > > > same thing.
> > >
> > > it wasn't that they were recycled, it was that I was being lazy and picked specific questions that only 1 person got right the first time around. everyone else merely mentioned that they were recycled.
> >
> > I cannot find any instance of Dan mentioning that in
> > the previous appearance only one person got the answer.
>
> correct. that's why he got 2 points and not the full 4.
To the best of my ability, I cannot find any difference between
> On Friday, September 30, 2011 11:21:17 PM UTC-4, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> > In article <27459963.430.1317396261885.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqjw35>,
> > Stephen...@gmail.com says...
> > > On Friday, September 30, 2011 9:41:51 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> > > > > the winner by a clear margin is Mark Brader!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks. It would be a clearer margin if you hadn't awarded
> > > > 2 points to Dan Tilque and 0 to me for saying essentially the
> > > > same thing.
> > >
> > > it wasn't that they were recycled, it was that I was being lazy and picked specific questions that only 1 person got right the first time around. everyone else merely mentioned that they were recycled.
> >
> > I cannot find any instance of Dan mentioning that in
> > the previous appearance only one person got the answer.
>
> correct. that's why he got 2 points and not the full 4.
Dan's answer and those of Mark, me and the others that David
identified.
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 1, 2011, 4:48:11 PM10/1/11
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swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
>> I cannot find any instance of Dan mentioning that in
>> the previous appearance only one person got the answer.
>
> correct. that's why he got 2 points and not the full 4.
I think Dan should be awarded four points. While you only get two points
>> I cannot find any instance of Dan mentioning that in
>> the previous appearance only one person got the answer.
>
> correct. that's why he got 2 points and not the full 4.
yourself. At most.
To wit, in Rotating Quiz #10 at least two of us answered NATO (I and Pete).
This was the quiz where Stephen numbered the questions from 0 and then
messed up the scorecard, which explain why he thinks only person knew
that question.
See
http://www.gamesforum.ca/showthread.php?s=32c92afa77d2daa7682359e3de84b693&t
=541848
(That was the hit Google Groups gave me.)
There were also six (at least) that knew about Bedlam. See
http://www.gamesforum.ca/showthread.php?t=539436
So, it's not correct that that all questions had only one correct answer.
But it's certainly correct that you were lazy. :-)
I would suggest that Mark B, Marc D, myself, Calvin and Dan T all should
be awarded four points. At least we can chalk that up in our private
notebooks. (I put next to the page where I counted all bridges in
Stockholm. :-)
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