On Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 1:38:16 PM UTC-4, swp wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz #199.
>
> The winner will be the first choice to set RQ 200, in a manner of their choosing.
and of course the winner was the first entrant, with a perfect slate. Congratulations to Dan Blum! The bicentennial edition of the rotating quiz is yours to do with as you please.
> 1. What is the name of the largest online retailer.
amazon
> 2. Jon Lester is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. Which hand does he throw with?
left
> 3. Selena Gomez recently let the world know that she has this chronic autoimmune disease.
lupus
> 4. Pharrell Williams won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video with this 2014 song.
happy
> 5. Founded in 1971, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation is a partially government-funded American passenger railroad service better known as what?
amtrak
> 6. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is the stage name of what American singer?
lady gaga
> 7. What is the name of the teenage mutant ninja turtle whose signature weapons are two katanas?
leonardo
> 8. Zayn Malik recently left what boy band?
one direction
> 9. What character did Michael Dorn play in the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation?
worf
> 10. Name the Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who didn't know if his cat was dead or alive.
schroedinger
> 11. This mountain is known in Nepal as Sagarmatha and in Tibet as Chomolungma.
everest
> 12. Who is the largest American retailer of women's lingerie?
victoria's secret
> 13. Who is the fictional Queen of Arendelle in the movie Frozen (2013) from Walt Disney Animation Studios?
elsa
the first letters spell out "all hallows eve" also known as halloween.
thank you each for playing.
name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 swp total
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Dan B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 16
Gareth 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 16
Mark B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 15
Dan T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 14
Peter S 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 8
Marc D 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
Erland 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
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totals 6 7 6 4 7 7 4 5 4 6 6 5 3 12 82
swp