On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 7:54:20 PM UTC-4, swp wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz #184.
>
> The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 185,
> in a manner of their choosing.
>
> Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all
> of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question
> before each one.
>
> Answer slates must be posted by noon Philadelphia time
> (GMT-4) on Saturday, 2015-06-13, which gives you 6 days
> and some number of hours from the time of posting.
>
> In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored
> on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be
> who posted first.
>
> I tried to get this in before 6pm today, but couldn't quite
> swing it. if I have made any typos or other errors, please
> forgive me. it's been a long day.
>
> have fun!
up first, the expected answers.
0. for 1 point each, name all of the winners of horse racing's 'triple crown' *as of the time of your entry*
Sir Barton (1919)
Gallant Fox (1930)
Omaha (1935)
War Admiral (1937)
Whirlaway (1941)
Count Fleet (1943)
Assault (1946)
Citation (1948)
Secretariat (1973)
Seattle Slew (1977)
Affirmed (1978)
American Pharoah (2015)
[note: the last race completed a little over an hour before this was posted. which means that I forgot what day the race was.]
1. who will meet in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, next week?
the G7 [and accepting the protesters who showed up as well]
2. for the past 16 years, who has audited FIFA's annual financial reports?
kpmg, out of their zurich offices. ['no one' was good for a chuckle]
3. there was a ferry disaster in china this past week, with over 400 people confirmed dead or still missing. on what river?
yangtze
4. the Pope will attend the world meeting of families which will take place this coming september 22nd-27th. in what city?
philadelphia, pa
5. a data breach occurred recently with the US government office of personnel management. how far back, within 1 year either way, is the oldest data compromised?
1985 [kids: yes, we had computers back then]
6. what diet does prime minister narendra modi of india follow?
vegetarian
7. marvel comics is changing a lot of things with their 2015 reboot. dr stephen strange, master of the mystic arts and earth's sorceror supreme, now wields what weapon according to the promo images?
a battle axe [see
http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=45221&disp=ilib&oty=1&oid=62778, he's in the upper right above a very old looking wolverine]
8. today is june 6th. what happened 71 years ago today?
the d-day invasion
9. where will princess charlotte be christened on july 5th?
St Mary Magdalene Church at the Queen's Sandringham estate
>
> sorry, no bruce jenner questions this time around.
apparently everyone else is talking about this private matter for the former olympic decathlon champion. I could not care less.
note: I did not think any of these would be stumpers, with several of them having been in the news recently. I was wrong about that. I am open to suggestions about question formats and topics to make this more enjoyable for everyone in the future. I try to not use north american only questions, although looking back I can see my bias for those and will try to do better in the future.
so now on to the scores:
name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 total
---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
Mark B 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Dan B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Chris 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 10
Erland 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Marc D 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Peter S 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Calvin 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Dan T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
totals 16 3 0 7 2 0 7 0 8 0 43
.. and Chris F.A. Johnson blows away the field for clear victory! very nicely done sir! you may now host RQ 185 in a manner of your choosing.
thank you, each, for playing!
swp