Rotating Quiz #24
Pete
refer to locations we visited on a 2-week trip from our home outside
Chicago to the East Coast. I will score the quiz on or about August 1.
1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm Emanuel.
2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
structures. Name either one.
4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
connection?
6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used today
mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed by which
American philanthropic family?
7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel Adams.
Which other American patriot is depicted?
8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name both
cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago as
leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg Solti
(KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991.
Name the second, who still holds his post.
Pete
Calvin
> This quiz is entitled: What I did on my summer vacation. The questions
> refer to locations we visited on a 2-week trip from our home outside
> Chicago to the East Coast.
Hmmmm. This could be tough.
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
> Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
> teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
Chicago Cubs?
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
Burj Dubai
And I'm done.
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Marc Dashevsky
> This quiz is entitled: What I did on my summer vacation. The questions
> refer to locations we visited on a 2-week trip from our home outside
> Chicago to the East Coast. I will score the quiz on or about August 1.
>
> 1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm Emanuel.
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
> Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
> teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
Cleveland Indians
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
the one in Dubai
> 4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
Champlain
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
You can see I-90 from its summit.
> 6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used today
> mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed by which
> American philanthropic family?
Rockefeller
> 7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel Adams.
> Which other American patriot is depicted?
Paul Revere
> 8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name both
> cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
Boston, Massachusetts and Seattle, Washington
> 9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
Soap Box Derby National Park
> 10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago as
> leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg Solti
> (KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991.
> Name the second, who still holds his post.
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Mark Brader
> This quiz is entitled: What I did on my summer vacation.
(Grin)
> 1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm Emanuel.
Was there a Simpson?
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
> Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
> teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
I'll guess the Brewers.
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
Burj Dubai.
> 4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
L. Champlain.
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
No idea.
> 6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used today
> mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed by which
> American philanthropic family?
Rockefeller?
> 7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel Adams.
> Which other American patriot is depicted?
Nice question. I'll guess Paine.
> 8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name both
> cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
Boston, Seattle.
> 9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
Hmm, I can't think of any. The Serpent Mounds?
> 10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago as
> leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg Solti
> (KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991.
> Name the second, who still holds his post.
Johnson.
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> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
Tapei 101
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
Since Acadia is in Maine, I would guess it's the lake in #4. Then again, the
Cadillac was designed in Detroit
swp
> This quiz is entitled: What I did on my summer vacation. The questions
> refer to locations we visited on a 2-week trip from our home outside
> Chicago to the East Coast. I will score the quiz on or about August 1.
>
> 1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm Emanuel.
bill thompson
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
> Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
> teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
cleveland indians
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
burj dubai
> 4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
lake champlain
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
it was called green mountain until sometime around the end of world war i, and vermont (see #4 above) is the "green mountain" state.
> 6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used today
> mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed by which
> American philanthropic family?
kennedy?
> 7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel Adams.
> Which other American patriot is depicted?
paul revere? (paul revere beer doesn't sound as appealing as samuel adams beer for some reason)
> 8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name both
> cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
boston, seattle (much like I-95 follows route-1 south, I-90 follows route-20 for most of its length)
> 9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
and here I thought they only had rollercoaster parks in ohio
> 10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago as
> leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg Solti
> (KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991.
> Name the second, who still holds his post.
no idea
swp
Rob Parker
Johnson
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
> Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
> teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
New York Yankees
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
Taipei 101
> 4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
>
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
A road
> 6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used
> today
> mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed by which
> American philanthropic family?
Rockefeller
> 7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel
> Adams.
> Which other American patriot is depicted?
Paul Revere
> 8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name both
> cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
New York & Seattle
> 9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
>
> 10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago as
> leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg Solti
> (KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991.
> Name the second, who still holds his post.
Rob
Jeffrey Turner
>
> 1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm Emanuel.
Harold Washington
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
> Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
> teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
Milwaukee Brewers
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
>
> 4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
Champlain
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
It's named after the answer to question 6.
> 6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used today
> mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed by which
> American philanthropic family?
Astor
> 7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel Adams.
> Which other American patriot is depicted?
>
> 8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name both
> cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
Seattle and Boston
> 9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
>
> 10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago as
> leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg Solti
> (KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991.
> Name the second, who still holds his post.
--Jeff
Pete
news:Xns9F2DE922AA9F0pa...@94.75.214.39:
> This quiz is entitled: What I did on my summer vacation. The
> questions refer to locations we visited on a 2-week trip from our home
> outside Chicago to the East Coast. I will score the quiz on or about
> August 1.
>
> 1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm
> Emanuel.
Rahm Emanuel is the 55th mayor of Chicago. Well-known answers are
Harold Washington, the first African American mayor, and Anton Cermak,
who was assassinated by a bullet supposedly intended for Franklin
Roosevelt.
2/7
>
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former
> Detroit Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3
> Major League teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and Baltimore Orioles
0/7
>
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2
> completed structures. Name either one.
Burj Khalifa (formerly known as the Burj Dubai), Canton Tower (in
Guangzhou, China)
4/7
>
> 4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
Lake Champlain
4/7
>
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
The mountain is named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.
I accepted 2 answers:
1. Cadillac was the founder of the City of Detroit.
2. The Cadillac automobile was designed in Detroit.
1/7
>
> 6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used
> today mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed
> by which American philanthropic family?
Rockefeller
3/7
>
> 7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel
> Adams. Which other American patriot is depicted?
Paul Revere
3/7
>
> 8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name
> both cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
Boston, Massachusetts and Seattle, Washington
4/7
>
> 9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, established in 2000
0/7
>
> 10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago
> as leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg
> Solti (KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from
> 1969-1991. Name the second, who still holds his post.
Sir Andrew Davis, Music Director of the Chicago Lyric Opera since 2000
0/7
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Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -----
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Calvin
0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Mark Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 Mark Brader
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Erland
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Rob Parker
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Jeffrey Turner
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 Stephen Perry
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -----
2 0 4 4 1 3 3 4 0 0 21 TOTAL
Mark Dashevsky and Stephen Perry tie on 5.
Pete
Marc Dashevsky
>
> Mark Dashevsky and Stephen Perry tie on 5.
>
> Pete
Did you intend to give me full credit for #3?
> > 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> > standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> > structures. Name either one.
> the one in Dubai
Mark Brader
> > 1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm
> > Emanuel.
> Rahm Emanuel is the 55th mayor of Chicago. Well-known answers are
> Harold Washington, the first African American mayor, and Anton Cermak,
> who was assassinated by a bullet supposedly intended for Franklin
> Roosevelt.
> 2/7
Dang, I should've remembered Cermak.
My guess of Simpson wasn't totally random -- the one I was trying to
remember was Carter Henry Harrison, who was mayor during the heyday
of transit tycoon Charles T. Yerkes.
> > 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> > connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> > connection?
>
> The mountain is named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.
>
> I accepted 2 answers:
>
> 1. Cadillac was the founder of the City of Detroit.
> 2. The Cadillac automobile was designed in Detroit.
> 1/7
Huh? Oh, you mean "would have accepted", not that both were given.
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -----
> 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Calvin
> 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Mark Dashevsky
> 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 Mark Brader
> 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Erland
> 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Rob Parker
> 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Jeffrey Turner
> 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 Stephen Perry
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -----
> 2 0 4 4 1 3 3 4 0 0 21 TOTAL
And you get 6/7 for spelling.
> Mark Dashevsky and Stephen Perry tie on 5.
So who goes next?
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Pete
news:MPG.28a133733...@news.supernews.com:
> In article <Xns9F34DB80E1C78pa...@216.196.97.142>,
> pag...@wideopenwest.com says...
>>
>> Mark Dashevsky and Stephen Perry tie on 5.
>>
>> Pete
>
> Did you intend to give me full credit for #3?
>
>> > 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest
>> > free- standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by
>> > 2 completed structures. Name either one.
>> the one in Dubai
>
You're right, that answer should not have received full credit.
Apologies for misspelling your name.
Pete
Pete
news:cpOdnZj_aPv19qrT...@vex.net:
Oops, sorry Marc.
>
>> Mark Dashevsky and Stephen Perry tie on 5.
>
> So who goes next?
See the revised scores in a separate post.
Pete
news:Xns9F34DB80E1C78pa...@216.196.97.142:
>> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
>> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2
>> completed structures. Name either one.
>
> Burj Khalifa (formerly known as the Burj Dubai), Canton Tower (in
> Guangzhou, China)
> 4/7
I should not have accepted Marc's answer.
3/7
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Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL
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0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Calvin
0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 Mark Brader
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Erland
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Rob Parker
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Jeffrey Turner
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 Stephen Perry
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2 0 3 4 1 3 3 4 0 0 20 TOTAL
Stephen Perry is the winner with 5.
> Pete