Rotating Quiz 190 - In 2015

[Gareth Owen]

As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.

In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.

1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
eradicated from the Americas?
3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
full set of middle names).
4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
"AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
point for each]
6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
the title, one for the artist]
7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
team won the team competition?
9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
Current Program And Beyond"?

[Dan Blum]

Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
> far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.

> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.

> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

Belarus and Kazakhstan

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

malaria

> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?

Death

> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]

Avengers 2: Age of Ultron and Jurassic World

> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]

? by Beck

> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?

France

> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?

Italy

> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

Go Set a Watchman

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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On 2015-07-29, Gareth Owen wrote:
> As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
> far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
>
> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
>
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

Belarus, Georgia

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

Polio

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).

Charlotte

> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]

Taylow Swift

> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?

France

> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?

Italy

> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

Go Set a Watchman

> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The Current Program And Beyond"?

Greek voters

--
Chris F.A. Johnson

[Mark Brader]

Gareth Owen:

> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

China, India.

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

Polio.

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).

Charlotte Anne Elizabeth.

> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]

"Jaws XX", or whatever number it was in BTTF2.

> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?

Thankfully, not Canada. Uh, France?

> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote

Well, I wouldn't put it that way.

> another novel - what was its title?

"Go Set a Watchman".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Save our planet: it's the only one with chocolate"
m...@vex.net | --Bumper sticker

My text in this article is in the public domain.

[swp]

On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 3:48:16 PM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote:
> As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
> far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
>
> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.

check your paypal account...

> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

armenia, belarus

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

smallpox

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).

charlotte elizabeth diana windsor

> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?

Sir Terry Pratchett (*sniff*)

> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]

jurassic world, avengers: age of ultron

> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]

morning phase by beck

> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?

germany

> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?

the US Women's National Soccer Team

> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

go set a watchman

> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?

the citizens of greece


swp

[Gareth Owen]

The deadline for this quiz is 23:59UTC, Saturday, 1 Aug 2015.

I'll post the answers sometime on Sunday.

[Erland Sommarskog]

Gareth Owen (gwo...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

Kazakhstan and White Russia. I believe Armenia is there as well, but
are there really four other? Aren't they four in total?

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

Polio?

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).

(So while you were out, this was one of these Toronto pub quizzes. At
that time I had problems rememberin the first name. I've learnt that
lesson, but now I am unsure about one of the middle names.)

Charlotte Elizabeth Diana

> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?

Hilary Clinton

> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]

Ant-Man, Fifty Shades of Grey

> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?

Germany.

> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?

Since Astana is about the only team I know, I will have to go with
that, although I think they are fading away.

> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

Finally and finally - didn't she write this one before "To Kill a
Mockingbird"? I suppose I've seen the original title, but my mind is
occluded by the Swedish title which is "Ställ ut en väktare" (and I'm
fairly sure it is not a direct translation.)

> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?

Sounds like a question you would ask the Chinese Folk Congress-


--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

[Erland Sommarskog]

Erland Sommarskog (esq...@sommarskog.se) writes:
> Finally and finally - didn't she write this one before "To Kill a
> Mockingbird"? I suppose I've seen the original title, but my mind is
> occluded by the Swedish title which is "Ställ ut en väktare" (and I'm
> fairly sure it is not a direct translation.)

Having seen the other answers, it appears that it is.

On the other hand, the Swedish title of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is
"Dödssynden", "The Deadly Sin".

[Peter Smyth]

Gareth Owen wrote:

> As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened
> thus far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
>
> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a
> massive bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating
> Quiz.
>
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

China, Kazakhstan

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

Polio

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is
> the child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for
> the full set of middle names).

Charlotte Elizabeth Diana

> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?

Terry Pratchett

> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to
> the unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one
> point for the title, one for the artist]
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but
> which team won the team competition?

Movistar

> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

Catch a Watchman

> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?

The people of Greece

Peter Smyth

[Calvin]

On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 5:48:16 AM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote:
> As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
> far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
>
> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
>
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

Georgia, Kazakhstan

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

Polio

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).

Charlotte

> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]

Avengers

> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?

Germany

> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

Go Set a Watchman

> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?

The Greeks

cheers,
calvin

[Marc Dashevsky]

In article <87twsmi...@gmail.com>, gwo...@gmail.com says...

>
> As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
> far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
>
> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
>
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

Kazakhstan, Belarus

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

polio

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).
> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

Go Tell a Watchman

> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?

--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.

[Pete]

Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> wrote in news:87twsmi...@gmail.com:

> As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
> far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
>
> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
>
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

Ebola

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).
> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]

Jurassic World

> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

Go Set a Watchman

> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?

Chinese

>

Pete

[Dan Tilque]

Gareth Owen wrote:
> As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
> far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
>
> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
>
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

Belarus, Kazakhstan

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

malaria

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).

George

> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?

Germany ?

> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

Go Set a Watchman

> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?

voters in Greece


--
Dan Tilque

[Gareth Owen]

Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> writes:

> As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
> far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
>
> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
>
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].

Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
(I'm scoring "White Russia" as correct, being a transliteration of
"Belarus", and presumably Belarus's name in Swedish)

> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?

Rubella (German Measles) - good news, despite the backlash against the
MMR vaccine in the USA and elsewhere. Rubella infection during
pregnancy remains a major cause of congenital birth defects,
particularly in Africa. No-one got this.

> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).

Charlotte [Elizabeth Diana] - middle names are mum's and grandma's.

> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?

Sir Terry Pratchett, who had passed away. In Pratchett's book, the
figure of Death always speaks in capitals.

> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]

Furious 7 (aka Fast and Furious 7) set a new record in April;
Jurassic World broke that record in June.

No-one got the first one.

> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]

Morning Phase by Beck. Personally, I don't think he ever topped Odelay.

> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?

Germany. I was a little worried that some of these questions would have
come up here in other RQs, Calvin's quizzes or the topical rounds of the
Canadian Inquisition. This one, and Q3, or ones like them, have
appeared. It didn't seem to help much.

> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?

Movistar - two of whose riders, Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde,
also placed second and third in the General Classification. Ironically,
Quintana may have won the GC but for a dreadful team error, getting
caught on the wrong side of a split created by crosswinds on the
seemingly-innocuous second stage of the race.

> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?

Go Set A Watchman - as Mark Brader and Erland Sommarskog point out,
while the book was *released* this year, the text is considerably older.
Despite this poor wording, and given that I'm scoring "Ställ ut en
väktare" as correct, everyone got this one.

> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?

The population of Greece. The document is one of two outlining the
economic bailout package on offer by the EC, the IMF and the ECB, whose
approval was sought in the July referendum. The Greeks did not approve,
but will seemingly be getting it anyway.

Scores:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Tot
Dan Blum 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6
Chris F.A. Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6
Mark Brader 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
swp 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 15
Erland Sommarskog 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8
Peter Smith 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 11
Calvin 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 8
Marc Dashevsky 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Pete 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4
Dan Tilque 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 6

And the winner is .... SWP.

Congratulations Stephen, the next quiz is yours.

Congratulations to Peter Smith for pushing him close(ish) and for
being the only person to know the Tour de France answer.

[swp]

thank you. I will post the slate for RQ #191 later today.

swp

[Dan Tilque]

Gareth Owen wrote:

> Scores:
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Tot

> Dan Tilque 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 6

Minor nitpick: I actually scored 8.

--
Dan Tilque

[gwo...@gmail.com]

Um, yes. Yes you did. Sorry about that.

[Peter Smyth]

Gareth Owen wrote:

> > 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is
> > the child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point
> > for the full set of middle names).
>
> Charlotte [Elizabeth Diana] - middle names are mum's and grandma's.

Grandma's and Great Grandma's actually.

Peter Smyth

[Gareth Owen]

Yes, of course.