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Erland Sommarskog
Aug 18, 2015, 4:31:37 PM8/18/15
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Welcom to Rotating Quiz 193. There is no theme or anything. Just 12
unassorted questions + some bonus questions.
As always, you should answer using your knowledge only. No sources, no
googling. Score is based on the main questions, and the bonus questions
serve as the first tie breaker. If two entrants have the same score on
both main and bonus questions, I will make a subjective judgement of the
incorrect answer to determine who will get the honour to set RQ 194.
Answer by posting to the newsgroup.
1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
passengers by year?
Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
station?
2. What is Weibo?
3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
borshch?
4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
6. How much is a lakh?
7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
alludes to which North American city?
8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
November 1971?
10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
which independent state existing today?
11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
any of the other.)
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
unassorted questions + some bonus questions.
As always, you should answer using your knowledge only. No sources, no
googling. Score is based on the main questions, and the bonus questions
serve as the first tie breaker. If two entrants have the same score on
both main and bonus questions, I will make a subjective judgement of the
incorrect answer to determine who will get the honour to set RQ 194.
Answer by posting to the newsgroup.
1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
passengers by year?
Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
station?
2. What is Weibo?
3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
borshch?
4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
6. How much is a lakh?
7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
alludes to which North American city?
8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
November 1971?
10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
which independent state existing today?
11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
any of the other.)
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 18, 2015, 4:39:18 PM8/18/15
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I forgot to set a deadline for the quiz, but I guess I will score it during
the weekend. The quiz is open until I start to compose the results
posting. :-)
the weekend. The quiz is open until I start to compose the results
posting. :-)
Dan Blum
Aug 18, 2015, 5:03:19 PM8/18/15
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
London
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
> 2. What is Weibo?
The official Chinese Web search engine
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
> 6. How much is a lakh?
unless that's a crore, I never remember which is which
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
--
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
swp
Aug 18, 2015, 5:13:36 PM8/18/15
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On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 4:31:37 PM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz 193. There is no theme or anything. Just 12
> unassorted questions + some bonus questions.
noted.
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz 193. There is no theme or anything. Just 12
> unassorted questions + some bonus questions.
> As always, you should answer using your knowledge only. No sources, no
> googling. Score is based on the main questions, and the bonus questions
> serve as the first tie breaker. If two entrants have the same score on
> both main and bonus questions, I will make a subjective judgement of the
> incorrect answer to determine who will get the honour to set RQ 194.
>
> Answer by posting to the newsgroup.
>
>
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
> 2. What is Weibo?
a chinese social media company
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
> 6. How much is a lakh?
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
swp
Björn Lundin
Aug 18, 2015, 5:15:52 PM8/18/15
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On 2015-08-18 22:31, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
Sounds like a quote from 'Smoke on the water' :-)
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
--
Björn
Dan Tilque
Aug 18, 2015, 6:08:38 PM8/18/15
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Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>
>
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
Tokyo
>
>
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
>
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
>
> 2. What is Weibo?
>
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
>
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
>
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
>
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
>
> 6. How much is a lakh?
>
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
>
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
>
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
Water as an earworm .. oh well, it beats my usual earworms)
>
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
>
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
>
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
>
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
>
>
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Aug 18, 2015, 6:10:03 PM8/18/15
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On 2015-08-18, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz 193. There is no theme or anything. Just 12
> unassorted questions + some bonus questions.
>
> As always, you should answer using your knowledge only. No sources, no
> googling. Score is based on the main questions, and the bonus questions
> serve as the first tie breaker. If two entrants have the same score on
> both main and bonus questions, I will make a subjective judgement of the
> incorrect answer to determine who will get the honour to set RQ 194.
>
> Answer by posting to the newsgroup.
>
>
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
London
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz 193. There is no theme or anything. Just 12
> unassorted questions + some bonus questions.
>
> As always, you should answer using your knowledge only. No sources, no
> googling. Score is based on the main questions, and the bonus questions
> serve as the first tie breaker. If two entrants have the same score on
> both main and bonus questions, I will make a subjective judgement of the
> incorrect answer to determine who will get the honour to set RQ 194.
>
> Answer by posting to the newsgroup.
>
>
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
> 2. What is Weibo?
>
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
> 6. How much is a lakh?
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Mark Brader
Aug 18, 2015, 6:52:57 PM8/18/15
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Erland Sommarskog:
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
Mumbai?
> 2. What is Weibo?
A martial art?
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
Beet, also called beetroot.
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
Ghana.
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
Benin?
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
Ada Augusta.
> 6. How much is a lakh?
100,000.
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
New Orleans?
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
Luc Besson.
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
Lady Gaga. :-)
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
Geneva?
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
Syria?
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
Ah, one I know. Sri Lanka.
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
Well, I doubt it's Boca Raton. Buenos Aires?
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
Since you invite me to, I'll name it Johnson. :-)
--
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Toronto | the Goto. I use it. I use a revolver too, but
m...@vex.net | I don't give it to my children. --a Prof. Baird
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
Tokyo?
> passengers by year?
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
> 2. What is Weibo?
A martial art?
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
> 6. How much is a lakh?
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
--
Mark Brader | Up until now, you have been told never to use
Toronto | the Goto. I use it. I use a revolver too, but
m...@vex.net | I don't give it to my children. --a Prof. Baird
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader
Aug 18, 2015, 6:54:06 PM8/18/15
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Erland Sommarskog:
> Montreux...
Ah, that makes sense. I was close, at least!
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | In the affairs of this world men are saved,
m...@vex.net | not by faith, but by the want of it. --Franklin
> > 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> > November 1971?
Dan Tilque:
> > November 1971?
> Montreux...
Ah, that makes sense. I was close, at least!
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | In the affairs of this world men are saved,
m...@vex.net | not by faith, but by the want of it. --Franklin
Chris F.A. Johnson
Aug 18, 2015, 7:40:03 PM8/18/15
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On 2015-08-18, Mark Brader wrote:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> > 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
>> > November 1971?
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> Montreux...
>
> Ah, that makes sense. I was close, at least!
It does, doesn't it? As soon as I saw it, I thought, "Of course!".
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> > 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
>> > November 1971?
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> Montreux...
>
> Ah, that makes sense. I was close, at least!
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Calvin
Aug 19, 2015, 12:45:03 AM8/19/15
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On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 6:31:37 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
Moscow
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
> 2. What is Weibo?
>
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
> 6. How much is a lakh?
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
>
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
cheers,
calvin
Gareth Owen
Aug 19, 2015, 2:07:13 AM8/19/15
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> writes:
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
Mumbai?
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
Mumbai?
> 2. What is Weibo?
A state approved search engine / social network in China (China's Google)
> 2. What is Weibo?
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
> 6. How much is a lakh?
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
Also present: some stupid with a flare gun, Funky Claude
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
Gareth Owen
Aug 19, 2015, 2:08:45 AM8/19/15
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swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> writes:
> excellent set of questions!
I concur - really varied and well balanced, with a nice "guessability" factor
> excellent set of questions!
I concur - really varied and well balanced, with a nice "guessability" factor
Marc Dashevsky
Aug 19, 2015, 2:46:29 AM8/19/15
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In article <XnsA4FAE5292...@127.0.0.1>, esq...@sommarskog.se says...
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
Ghana
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
China
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
Ada Lovelace
> 6. How much is a lakh?
>
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
Pittsburgh
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
>
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
>
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
Moldova
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
Thailand
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
>
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
>
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
>
> 2. What is Weibo?
>
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
beet
> passengers by year?
>
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
>
> 2. What is Weibo?
>
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
> 6. How much is a lakh?
>
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
>
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
>
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
>
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
--
Peter Smyth
Aug 19, 2015, 1:21:15 PM8/19/15
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Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
Tokyo
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
Tokyo
> station?
> 2. What is Weibo?
>
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
>
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail
> from?
Ghana
>
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
>
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail
> from?
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
>
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
Charles Babbage
>
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
> 6. How much is a lakh?
>
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only
> river", alludes to which North American city?
>
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
>
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
Montreux
>
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only
> river", alludes to which North American city?
>
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
>
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
>
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
Sri Lanka
> which independent state existing today?
>
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
Buenos Aires
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city.
> (Well, it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have
> one particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly
> named any of the other.)
Independiente
> (Well, it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have
> one particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly
> named any of the other.)
Peter Smyth
Pete
Aug 19, 2015, 10:35:33 PM8/19/15
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote in
news:XnsA4FAE5292...@127.0.0.1:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz 193. There is no theme or anything. Just 12
> unassorted questions + some bonus questions.
>
> As always, you should answer using your knowledge only. No sources, no
> googling. Score is based on the main questions, and the bonus
questions
> serve as the first tie breaker. If two entrants have the same score on
> both main and bonus questions, I will make a subjective judgement of
the
> incorrect answer to determine who will get the honour to set RQ 194.
>
> Answer by posting to the newsgroup.
>
>
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
Moscow
>
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
>
> 2. What is Weibo?
Chinese web search site
>
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
Beets
>
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail
from?
Ghana
>
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
>
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
>
> 6. How much is a lakh?
>
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only
river",
> alludes to which North American city?
New Orleans
>
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
>
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
Montreux
>
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
>
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
>
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
Buenos Aires
>
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city.
River Plate
(Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly
named
> any of the other.)
>
>
Pete
news:XnsA4FAE5292...@127.0.0.1:
> Welcom to Rotating Quiz 193. There is no theme or anything. Just 12
> unassorted questions + some bonus questions.
>
> As always, you should answer using your knowledge only. No sources, no
> googling. Score is based on the main questions, and the bonus
questions
> serve as the first tie breaker. If two entrants have the same score on
> both main and bonus questions, I will make a subjective judgement of
the
> incorrect answer to determine who will get the honour to set RQ 194.
>
> Answer by posting to the newsgroup.
>
>
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
>
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
>
> 2. What is Weibo?
>
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
>
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail
from?
>
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
>
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
>
> 6. How much is a lakh?
>
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only
river",
> alludes to which North American city?
>
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
>
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
>
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
>
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
>
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
>
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
>
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city.
(Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly
named
> any of the other.)
>
>
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 22, 2015, 5:16:04 PM8/22/15
to
Rotating Quiz #193 is over, and the winner and the quizmaster over
RQ #194 is Mark Brader. Congratulations!
Here are the answers. Scores are at the end.
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
Tokyo.
The Shinjuku station sees over 3.5 million per passengers per day.
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
Tokyo. The Ikebukuro station is just two stops north of Shinjuku on the
circular Yamanote line.
> 2. What is Weibo?
A Chinese microblog. Basically, the local Twitter, but Wikipedia says
they have some Facebook-like features too.
Although several enrtants knew that it was Chinese and Internet-related,
no one nailed this. Stephen was however awarded a point, since his
answer was correct enough. Gareth also talked about social media, and
was also alone to point that the service is state-approved. But I took
his entry to be two answers, and since only one is permitted and he
had "search engine" first, I ruled it as wrong. The Chinese search
engine is Baidu.
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
Red beets.
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
Ghana
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
She's Swedish. I had to ask. :-)
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
Countess Ada Lovelace. Ada was sufficient, given that both a programming
a drilling machine have been named after her. She programmed Charles
Babbage mechanical computer, and why Mr. Babbage himself is not getting
the honour, I don't know.
> 6. How much is a lakh?
100 000.
In the SQL forums I hang out, there are a lot of people from India.
That has taught me about lakhs. :-)
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
Memphis, TN.
My sincerest apologies for this question! This is the story: a few
years ago I was listening to a recent album of the Dutch group The Nits,
and paid I attention to the line "he is smelling home-cooking...it's only
the river". The line sounded familiar, and indeed the exact line in
the question appears in "Cities" off Talking Heads' third album "Fear
of Music", and in both songs the line relates to Memphis.
At the time, I googled on the phrase, and I somehow got an impression that
this was a line that generally was used about Memphis, and thought that
could be a good quiz question some time. But when I google it now, almost
all hits relates to the Talking Heads song. So what was intended to be an
Americana question proved to be only a quirky lyrics question, and I
already had another one in the quiz. Again, sorry about that.
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
Luc Besson.
This time the last name was required. "Subway" is one of my favourite
films.
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the leader of the Burmese opposition. Any reference
to her was sufficient - I have difficulties to remember all four
components of her name myself.
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
Montreux, as related in Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water". And, yes,
it was in December.
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
Moldova. The Basarabs were the royal family of the medeival duchys of
Wallachia and Moldavia. Kudos to Marc D for getting this question!
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
Sri Lanka
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
Buenos Aires.
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
River Plate. Peter Smyth took the challenge and correctly named
Independiente - I would not have been able to do that myself!
Here are the scores:
Name 1 B1 2 3 4 B4 5 6 7 8 B8 9 10 11 12 B12 Tot Bonus
Mark Brader 1 - - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 1 - 8 0
Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 7 2
Gareth Owen - - - 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 1 - - 1 1 6 2
Peter Smyth 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 1 5 2
Chris Johnson - - - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 - - 5 1
Pete - - - 1 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 4 1
Calvin - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 4 1
Marc Dashevsky - - - 1 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 4 0
Dan Blum - - - 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 4 0
Dan Tilque 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - 4 0
Björn Lundin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
Thanks to everyone who entered!
RQ #194 is Mark Brader. Congratulations!
Here are the answers. Scores are at the end.
> 1. In which city do you find the busiest railway station in terms of
> passengers by year?
The Shinjuku station sees over 3.5 million per passengers per day.
> Bonus question: In which city do you find the second-busiest railway
> station?
circular Yamanote line.
> 2. What is Weibo?
A Chinese microblog. Basically, the local Twitter, but Wikipedia says
they have some Facebook-like features too.
Although several enrtants knew that it was Chinese and Internet-related,
no one nailed this. Stephen was however awarded a point, since his
answer was correct enough. Gareth also talked about social media, and
was also alone to point that the service is state-approved. But I took
his entry to be two answers, and since only one is permitted and he
had "search engine" first, I ruled it as wrong. The Chinese search
engine is Baidu.
> 3. What is the characteristic ingredient in most varieties of the dish
> borshch?
> 4. Which country does former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hail from?
> Bonus question: His wife Nane is from a different country. Which?
> 5. Who is said to be the world's first programmer?
a drilling machine have been named after her. She programmed Charles
Babbage mechanical computer, and why Mr. Babbage himself is not getting
the honour, I don't know.
> 6. How much is a lakh?
In the SQL forums I hang out, there are a lot of people from India.
That has taught me about lakhs. :-)
> 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> alludes to which North American city?
My sincerest apologies for this question! This is the story: a few
years ago I was listening to a recent album of the Dutch group The Nits,
and paid I attention to the line "he is smelling home-cooking...it's only
the river". The line sounded familiar, and indeed the exact line in
the question appears in "Cities" off Talking Heads' third album "Fear
of Music", and in both songs the line relates to Memphis.
At the time, I googled on the phrase, and I somehow got an impression that
this was a line that generally was used about Memphis, and thought that
could be a good quiz question some time. But when I google it now, almost
all hits relates to the Talking Heads song. So what was intended to be an
Americana question proved to be only a quirky lyrics question, and I
already had another one in the quiz. Again, sorry about that.
> 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
This time the last name was required. "Subway" is one of my favourite
films.
> Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
to her was sufficient - I have difficulties to remember all four
components of her name myself.
> 9. Which Swiss city did both Deep Purple and Frank Zappa visit in
> November 1971?
it was in December.
> 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> which independent state existing today?
Wallachia and Moldavia. Kudos to Marc D for getting this question!
> 11. Singhalese is the dominating language of which country?
> 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
> Bonus question: Name the other major football team from this city. (Well,
> it's a big town, so there are plentiful of teams, but I have one
> particular in mind. Anyway, I would be impressed if you correctly named
> any of the other.)
Independiente - I would not have been able to do that myself!
Here are the scores:
Name 1 B1 2 3 4 B4 5 6 7 8 B8 9 10 11 12 B12 Tot Bonus
Mark Brader 1 - - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 1 - 8 0
Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 7 2
Gareth Owen - - - 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 1 - - 1 1 6 2
Peter Smyth 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 1 5 2
Chris Johnson - - - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 - - 5 1
Pete - - - 1 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 4 1
Calvin - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 4 1
Marc Dashevsky - - - 1 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 4 0
Dan Blum - - - 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 4 0
Dan Tilque 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - 4 0
Björn Lundin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
Thanks to everyone who entered!
Mark Brader
Aug 22, 2015, 6:16:50 PM8/22/15
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Erland Sommarskog:
to think of cities that are near a river mouth and large enough to have
multiple well-known soccer teams that I hadn't heard of.
--
Mark Brader | "The only thing required for the triumph of darkness
Toronto | is for good men not to call Hydro."
m...@vex.net | --Michael Wares
> > 12. The football club Boca Juniors comes from which city?
>
> Buenos Aires.
Neat: I won it on a guess! I know "Boca" meant "mouth", so I was trying
>
> Buenos Aires.
to think of cities that are near a river mouth and large enough to have
multiple well-known soccer teams that I hadn't heard of.
--
Mark Brader | "The only thing required for the triumph of darkness
Toronto | is for good men not to call Hydro."
m...@vex.net | --Michael Wares
swp
Aug 22, 2015, 7:19:32 PM8/22/15
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On Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 5:16:04 PM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Rotating Quiz #193 is over, and the winner and the quizmaster over
> RQ #194 is Mark Brader. Congratulations!
hearty congratulations, Mark! M! A! R! K! Mark! Mark! Mark!
> Rotating Quiz #193 is over, and the winner and the quizmaster over
> RQ #194 is Mark Brader. Congratulations!
> > 7. The line "I smell homecooking. It's only the river, it's only river",
> > alludes to which North American city?
>
> Memphis, TN.
>
> My sincerest apologies for this question! This is the story: a few
> years ago I was listening to a recent album of the Dutch group The Nits,
> and paid I attention to the line "he is smelling home-cooking...it's only
> the river". The line sounded familiar, and indeed the exact line in
> the question appears in "Cities" off Talking Heads' third album "Fear
> of Music", and in both songs the line relates to Memphis.
>
> At the time, I googled on the phrase, and I somehow got an impression that
> this was a line that generally was used about Memphis, and thought that
> could be a good quiz question some time. But when I google it now, almost
> all hits relates to the Talking Heads song. So what was intended to be an
> Americana question proved to be only a quirky lyrics question, and I
> already had another one in the quiz. Again, sorry about that.
> > 8. His earlier films include titles like "Subway", "The Big Blue",
> > and "Nikita". A more recent file is "The Lady". What's his name?
>
> Luc Besson.
> This time the last name was required. "Subway" is one of my favourite
> films.
> > Bonus question: "The Lady" is about a living person. What's her name?
>
> Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the leader of the Burmese opposition. Any reference
> to her was sufficient - I have difficulties to remember all four
> components of her name myself.
> Here are the scores:
>
> Name 1 B1 2 3 4 B4 5 6 7 8 B8 9 10 11 12 B12 Tot Bonus
> Mark Brader 1 - - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 1 - 8 0
> Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 7 2
> Gareth Owen - - - 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 1 - - 1 1 6 2
> Peter Smyth 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 1 5 2
> Chris Johnson - - - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 - - 5 1
> Pete - - - 1 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 4 1
> Calvin - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 4 1
> Marc Dashevsky - - - 1 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 4 0
> Dan Blum - - - 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 4 0
> Dan Tilque 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - 4 0
> Björn Lundin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
>
> Thanks to everyone who entered!
swp
Marc Dashevsky
Aug 23, 2015, 4:36:44 AM8/23/15
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In article <XnsA4FEECAF4...@127.0.0.1>, esq...@sommarskog.se says...
I am descended from Jews who left Bessaria in the 19th century.
> > 10. The historical region of Bessarabia largely coincides which with
> > which independent state existing today?
>
> Moldova. The Basarabs were the royal family of the medeival duchys of
> Wallachia and Moldavia. Kudos to Marc D for getting this question!
Although my last name refers to a village that was once near Kiev,
> > which independent state existing today?
>
> Moldova. The Basarabs were the royal family of the medeival duchys of
> Wallachia and Moldavia. Kudos to Marc D for getting this question!
I am descended from Jews who left Bessaria in the 19th century.
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 23, 2015, 3:35:15 PM8/23/15
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Marc Dashevsky (use...@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> Although my last name refers to a village that was once near Kiev,
> I am descended from Jews who left Bessaria in the 19th century.
>
Aha, a personal advantage! Nothing wrong with that.
> Although my last name refers to a village that was once near Kiev,
> I am descended from Jews who left Bessaria in the 19th century.
>
Speaking of Kiev, there is a Bessarabian Square at the end of Kreshchatyk.
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