On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 11:59:30 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> this is rotating quiz #243. today is january 17th, 2017.
> at least for a few more minutes...
time is having its way with me. again.
first up, the expected answers.
1. edward vi was the last english king of what dynasty?
the tudors
2. who wrote the novel 'the ocean at the end of the lane' in 2013?
neil gaiman
3. who played jor-el in the 1978 version of the movie 'superman'?
marlon brando
4. who was the last man to walk on the moon?
gene cernan
5. who is scheduled to perform at the half-time show of superbowl 51?
lady gaga
6. what organization announced that it is shutting down in may after 146 years?
ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus
7. how old is actress betty white?
95
8. jumbo sized eggs have what minimum weight per dozen?
30 oz (or 850.5g)
9. what was rob reiner's feature film directing debut?
this is spinal tap
10. woody allen composed the score, co-wrote, directed & starred in what 1973 movie?
sleeper
11. how old is melanie hamrick, mick jagger's ballerina girlfriend?
29 (and she's pregnant!)
12. what are the only 2 pieces that can start a game of chess?
white pawns & white knights
13. in what city was 'the drew carey show' set?
cleveland
14. who did president barack obama greet at the white house on monday january 16th?
baseball world series champions, the Chicago Cubs
15. put these three values in order from least to greatest: pi, the square root of ten, 22/7
pi (3.1415928), 22/7 (3.142857), the square root of ten (3.162277)
now for the scores...
name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 total
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Mark B 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 9.0
Dan T 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 0 1 5.5
Don P 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 0 6.5
Dan B 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 8.5
Marc D 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 0 0 6.5
Calvin 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 0 0 1 4.5
Peter S 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 2.5
ArenEss 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 10.0
Gareth 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 10.0
---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
totals 8 2 6 8 3 5 4 0 3 3 1 5 6 3 6 63.0
I laughed at "the democratic party" by Gareth, much like the voters did. but no bonus points for that.
#8 was not intended to be a stumper. I guess not everyone has spent time working on a farm.
the judgment call for the #12 was that you needed to include both piece types and the color white in your answer. if you only got the piece types I gave 1/2 point.
after a strong start from Mark, it came down to a race at the end between ArenEss and Gareth. but in the end, there can be only 1. and with a singleton on #11, the winner and *NEW* Rotating Quiz Champion! is ArenEss!! Congratulations! Well done! ArenEss now has the sacred honor and duty to set the slate for the next RQ.
thank you each for playing. and my sincere apology for the delay in posting the results.
swp