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Mark Brader
Jul 10, 2018, 6:35:31 AM7/10/18
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This is RQ 297. I'd like to thank Dan Tilque for running RQ 296
and writing a contest that allowed me to win. As usual, the
winner of this contest will be the first choice to run RQ 298.
You can have 5½ days from the instant of posting to enter this one
-- that's until about 6:35 pm Toronto time (zone -4) on Sunday,
July 15.
This is a Quiz Quilt in the manner of Robert Jen, but not exactly.
I'll repeat, with minor changes, the explanation of what that
means that I used in RQ 246. For each of questions #1-8, write
down the thing being described or referred to. All answers are
in English.
If you write down the correct answers to these 8 questions in order
along successive rows of a grid, you will find the "quilt" answer
reading *either upward or downward* in one of these positions:
(1) vertically along a column, or (2) diagonally to/from one of
the left-hand corners, or (3) zigzaggily along the last letters
of the answers.
For example, if there were only 3 questions and the answers were
T W O H Y
A H
M O E S
then the quilt answer might be any of (1) TAM, MAT, WHO, or OHW;
(2) THE, EHT, MHO, or OHM; (3) SHY, or YHS -- but, as they are not
(as far as I know) words or names, you could immediately eliminate
OHW, EHT, and YHS.
In fact the quilt answer is a *single word or name in English*.
In this case I will not gave an explicit clue pointing to it.
This time the scoring will be out of 10: 1 point each for answers
tiebreaker is who got the quilt answer; the second tiebreaker is
who scored on the hardest questions; and the third tiebreaker is
who posted first.
Naturally, you are to answer all questions from your own knowledge
only. Please post a single message with your answers, quoting the
questions you are answering and placing your answer below each one.
* Languages
1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
second one.
2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for
"stock market" in this language.
* Geography
3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
4. In connection with the last RQ, I mentioned the three Canadian
islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not*
in the Arctic Ocean?
* Vehicles
5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
Give just the surname.
* History
7. In 1494 the Portuguese signed a treaty with the Spanish, or more
precisely the Castilians, assigning all future discoveries
of land to Spain or Portugal according to their location.
(Other countries were beneath mention.) Although the treaty
was based on a boundary line that there was no practical way
to locate, it led to the present division of South America
between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost
everywhere else. This was the treaty of what?
8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
which country were they fighting against?
* Quilt
9. What is the quilt answer?
--
Mark Brader "I am taking what you write in the spirit in
Toronto which it is intended. That's the problem."
m...@vex.net -- Tony Cooper
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and writing a contest that allowed me to win. As usual, the
winner of this contest will be the first choice to run RQ 298.
You can have 5½ days from the instant of posting to enter this one
-- that's until about 6:35 pm Toronto time (zone -4) on Sunday,
July 15.
This is a Quiz Quilt in the manner of Robert Jen, but not exactly.
I'll repeat, with minor changes, the explanation of what that
means that I used in RQ 246. For each of questions #1-8, write
down the thing being described or referred to. All answers are
in English.
If you write down the correct answers to these 8 questions in order
along successive rows of a grid, you will find the "quilt" answer
reading *either upward or downward* in one of these positions:
(1) vertically along a column, or (2) diagonally to/from one of
the left-hand corners, or (3) zigzaggily along the last letters
of the answers.
For example, if there were only 3 questions and the answers were
T W O H Y
A H
M O E S
then the quilt answer might be any of (1) TAM, MAT, WHO, or OHW;
(2) THE, EHT, MHO, or OHM; (3) SHY, or YHS -- but, as they are not
(as far as I know) words or names, you could immediately eliminate
OHW, EHT, and YHS.
In fact the quilt answer is a *single word or name in English*.
In this case I will not gave an explicit clue pointing to it.
This time the scoring will be out of 10: 1 point each for answers
tiebreaker is who got the quilt answer; the second tiebreaker is
who scored on the hardest questions; and the third tiebreaker is
who posted first.
Naturally, you are to answer all questions from your own knowledge
only. Please post a single message with your answers, quoting the
questions you are answering and placing your answer below each one.
* Languages
1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
second one.
2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for
"stock market" in this language.
* Geography
3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
4. In connection with the last RQ, I mentioned the three Canadian
islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not*
in the Arctic Ocean?
* Vehicles
5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
Give just the surname.
* History
7. In 1494 the Portuguese signed a treaty with the Spanish, or more
precisely the Castilians, assigning all future discoveries
of land to Spain or Portugal according to their location.
(Other countries were beneath mention.) Although the treaty
was based on a boundary line that there was no practical way
to locate, it led to the present division of South America
between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost
everywhere else. This was the treaty of what?
8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
which country were they fighting against?
* Quilt
9. What is the quilt answer?
--
Mark Brader "I am taking what you write in the spirit in
Toronto which it is intended. That's the problem."
m...@vex.net -- Tony Cooper
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Don Piven
Jul 10, 2018, 6:58:21 AM7/10/18
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> 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for
> "stock market" in this language.
> * Geography
>
> 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
> inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
> and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
> 4. In connection with the last RQ, I mentioned the three Canadian
> islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
> in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not*
> in the Arctic Ocean?
> * Vehicles
>
> 5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
> 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
> just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
> Give just the surname.
> * History
>
> 7. In 1494 the Portuguese signed a treaty with the Spanish, or more
> precisely the Castilians, assigning all future discoveries
> of land to Spain or Portugal according to their location.
> (Other countries were beneath mention.) Although the treaty
> was based on a boundary line that there was no practical way
> to locate, it led to the present division of South America
> between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost
> everywhere else. This was the treaty of what?
> 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
> which country were they fighting against?
> * Quilt
>
> 9. What is the quilt answer?
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 10, 2018, 4:38:05 PM7/10/18
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
> Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
> second one.
CREOLE
> 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
> Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
> second one.
> 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for
> "stock market" in this language.
> 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
> inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
> and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
> * Vehicles
>
> 5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
> 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
> which country were they fighting against?
Peter Smyth
Jul 11, 2018, 5:47:33 PM7/11/18
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> 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for
> "stock market" in this language.
Icelandic
> "stock market" in this language.
>
> * Geography
>
> 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
> inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
> and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
Tristan da Cunha
> * Geography
>
> 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
> inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
> and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
> 4. In connection with the last RQ, I mentioned the three Canadian
> islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
> in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is not
> islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
> in the Arctic Ocean?
>
>
> * Vehicles
>
> 5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
>
> 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
> just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
> Give just the surname.
Lindbergh
>
>
> * Vehicles
>
> 5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
>
> 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
> just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
> Give just the surname.
>
> * History
>
> 7. In 1494 the Portuguese signed a treaty with the Spanish, or more
> precisely the Castilians, assigning all future discoveries
> of land to Spain or Portugal according to their location.
> (Other countries were beneath mention.) Although the treaty
> was based on a boundary line that there was no practical way
> to locate, it led to the present division of South America
> between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost
> everywhere else. This was the treaty of what?
>
> 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
> which country were they fighting against?
Argentina
> * History
>
> 7. In 1494 the Portuguese signed a treaty with the Spanish, or more
> precisely the Castilians, assigning all future discoveries
> of land to Spain or Portugal according to their location.
> (Other countries were beneath mention.) Although the treaty
> was based on a boundary line that there was no practical way
> to locate, it led to the present division of South America
> between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost
> everywhere else. This was the treaty of what?
>
> 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
> which country were they fighting against?
>
> * Quilt
>
> 9. What is the quilt answer?
ATLANTIC
> * Quilt
>
> 9. What is the quilt answer?
Peter Smyth
Calvin
Jul 12, 2018, 9:00:44 PM7/12/18
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On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:35:31 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Languages
>
> 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
> Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
> second one.
Creole
> * Languages
>
> 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
> Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
> second one.
> 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for
> "stock market" in this language.
> * Geography
>
> 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
> inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
> and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
> 4. In connection with the last RQ, I mentioned the three Canadian
> islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
> in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not*
> in the Arctic Ocean?
> * Vehicles
>
> 5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
>
> 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
> just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
> Give just the surname.
> * History
>
> 7. In 1494 the Portuguese signed a treaty with the Spanish, or more
> precisely the Castilians, assigning all future discoveries
> of land to Spain or Portugal according to their location.
> (Other countries were beneath mention.) Although the treaty
> was based on a boundary line that there was no practical way
> to locate, it led to the present division of South America
> between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost
> everywhere else. This was the treaty of what?
>
> 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
> which country were they fighting against?
> * Quilt
>
> 9. What is the quilt answer?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Jul 13, 2018, 12:48:35 AM7/13/18
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>
> 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for
> "stock market" in this language.
>
>
> * Geography
>
> 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
> inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
> and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
>
> 4. In connection with the last RQ, I mentioned the three Canadian
> islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
> in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not*
> in the Arctic Ocean?
>
>
> * Vehicles
>
> 5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
>
> 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
> just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
> Give just the surname.
>
>
> * History
>
> 7. In 1494 the Portuguese signed a treaty with the Spanish, or more
> precisely the Castilians, assigning all future discoveries
> of land to Spain or Portugal according to their location.
> (Other countries were beneath mention.) Although the treaty
> was based on a boundary line that there was no practical way
> to locate, it led to the present division of South America
> between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost
> everywhere else. This was the treaty of what?
>
> 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
> which country were they fighting against?
>
>
> * Quilt
>
> 9. What is the quilt answer?
>
--
Dan Blum
Jul 16, 2018, 12:13:26 AM7/16/18
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Languages
> 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
> Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
> second one.
Creole
> * Languages
> 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
> Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
> second one.
> 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabr?famarka?ur" is the word for
> "stock market" in this language.
Icelandic
> * Geography
> 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
> inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
> and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
> 4. In connection with the last RQ, I mentioned the three Canadian
> islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
> in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not*
> in the Arctic Ocean?
> * Vehicles
> 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
> just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
> Give just the surname.
> * History
> 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
> which country were they fighting against?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Jul 16, 2018, 4:49:49 AM7/16/18
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Mark Brader:
> This is a Quiz Quilt in the manner of Robert Jen, but not exactly...
> In fact the quilt answer is a *single word or name in English*.
> In this case I will not gave an explicit clue pointing to it.
Instead, the other answers had it as a hidden theme.
> This time the scoring will be out of 10: 1 point each for answers
> #1-8 and 2 points for the quilt. In case of a tie, the first
9 out of 10. Hearty congratulations, sir! And please, if possible,
begin Rotating Quiz #298 at your earliest convenience.
> * Languages
> 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
> Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
> second one.
Creole. (Full name is Haitian Creole. There are many other creole
languages, but this one has the most speakers.) 1 for everyone --
Don, Erland, Peter, Calvin, and Dan.
> 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for
> "stock market" in this language.
Icelandic. 1 for Don, Erland, Peter, and Dan. ½ for Calvin.
> * Geography
> 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
> inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
> and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
Tristan da Cunha. 1 for Don and Peter.
> 4. In connection with the last RQ, I mentioned the three Canadian
> islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
> in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not*
> in the Arctic Ocean?
Newfoundland. 1 for Don and Dan.
> * Vehicles
> 5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
Andrea Doria. 1 for Don, Erland, and Dan.
> 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
> just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
> Give just the surname.
Lindbergh. NYP for "New York to Paris", see? 1 for Don and Peter.
> * History
> 7. In 1494 the Portuguese signed a treaty with the Spanish, or more
> precisely the Castilians, assigning all future discoveries
> of land to Spain or Portugal according to their location.
> (Other countries were beneath mention.) Although the treaty
> was based on a boundary line that there was no practical way
> to locate, it led to the present division of South America
> between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost
> everywhere else. This was the treaty of what?
Tordesillas. No points for "T<something>"!
> 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
> which country were they fighting against?
Argentina. (1982.) 1 for everyone.
> * Quilt
> 9. What is the quilt answer?
ATLANTIC -- first column upward. 2 for Don and Peter.
Scores, if there are no errors:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTALS
Don Piven 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 9
Peter Smyth 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
Dan Tilque 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
Erland Sommarskog 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
"Calvin" 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2½
5 4½ 2 2 3 2 0 5 4
If Dan Blum had entered on time, he would have scored 4.
--
Mark Brader | "And remember, my friends, future events such as
Toronto | these will affect you, in the future."
m...@vex.net | -- Ed Wood, Plan 9 from Outer Space
> This is RQ 297. I'd like to thank Dan Tilque for running RQ 296
> and writing a contest that allowed me to win. As usual, the
> winner of this contest will be the first choice to run RQ 298...
> and writing a contest that allowed me to win. As usual, the
> This is a Quiz Quilt in the manner of Robert Jen, but not exactly...
> In fact the quilt answer is a *single word or name in English*.
> In this case I will not gave an explicit clue pointing to it.
> This time the scoring will be out of 10: 1 point each for answers
> tiebreaker is who got the quilt answer; the second tiebreaker is
> who scored on the hardest questions; and the third tiebreaker is
> who posted first.
No tiebreakers needed. DON PIVEN is the winner with a score of
> who scored on the hardest questions; and the third tiebreaker is
> who posted first.
9 out of 10. Hearty congratulations, sir! And please, if possible,
begin Rotating Quiz #298 at your earliest convenience.
> * Languages
> 1. This is an official language of Haiti and of nowhere else.
> Its full name in English is two words, but just give the
> second one.
languages, but this one has the most speakers.) 1 for everyone --
Don, Erland, Peter, Calvin, and Dan.
> 2. If Wikipedia is correct, "hlutabréfamarkaður" is the word for
> "stock market" in this language.
> * Geography
> 3. This British possession is considered the world's most isolated
> inhabited island. It has about 250 residents and no airport,
> and is 1,500 miles from either St. Helena or South Africa.
> 4. In connection with the last RQ, I mentioned the three Canadian
> islands in the Arctic Ocean that are among the 10 largest islands
> in the world. But what is Canada's largest island that is *not*
> in the Arctic Ocean?
> * Vehicles
> 5. This ocean liner sank in 1956 after colliding with the Stockholm.
> 6. The Ryan company designed the model NYP airplane, and built
> just one of them, for a single flight planned by this pilot.
> Give just the surname.
> * History
> 7. In 1494 the Portuguese signed a treaty with the Spanish, or more
> precisely the Castilians, assigning all future discoveries
> of land to Spain or Portugal according to their location.
> (Other countries were beneath mention.) Although the treaty
> was based on a boundary line that there was no practical way
> to locate, it led to the present division of South America
> between Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Spanish-speaking almost
> everywhere else. This was the treaty of what?
> 8. The last time that the UK *on its own* went to war (de facto),
> which country were they fighting against?
> * Quilt
> 9. What is the quilt answer?
Scores, if there are no errors:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTALS
Don Piven 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 9
Peter Smyth 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
Dan Tilque 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
Erland Sommarskog 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
"Calvin" 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2½
5 4½ 2 2 3 2 0 5 4
If Dan Blum had entered on time, he would have scored 4.
--
Mark Brader | "And remember, my friends, future events such as
Toronto | these will affect you, in the future."
m...@vex.net | -- Ed Wood, Plan 9 from Outer Space
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