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Erland Sommarskog
Sep 20, 2018, 3:16:44 PM9/20/18
to
Welcome to Rotating Quiz 307. This quiz has a sort of anti-theme:
there are no questions in this quiz that asks for a country or other sort
of place. (Which is a little odd to be a quiz of mine.) But apart from
that it is a mixed bag of unrelated questions (except for the two that
obviously are related).
The regular rules apply: post answers to the newsgroup and answer
only based on your knowledge. Each question is worth one point.
The bonus questions are the first tie-breaker. Second tie-breaker is
a subjective evaluation of the incorrect answers (where a reasonable,
but incorrect, answer is better than none at all, but a really
far out answer can be worse than nothing at all.) Last tie breaker
is posting order.
I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
1. "Hooked on a Feeling" as originally a hit for which artist?
Answer this question before you proceed with the rest of the questions.
2. Explain the concept of karoshi.
3. António Guterres is the head of which organisation?
4. Danish Mads Mikkelsen played the villain in which Bond movie?
5. Since little more than a month Armand Duplantis is the new holder
of the US record in pole vault with 6.05. There are a few remarkable
facts about this record. Name any of them for a regular point. Name
one more for a bonus point.
6. The last song on Todd Rundgren's iconical pop album "Something/
Anything?" from 1972 is called "Slut". Why does the song have
this title?
7. Nougat, Pie, Eclair and KitKat are all what?
8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to at the
time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company that
constructed the church bore the name of which constructor and
designer?
9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta method?
10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second earlier
this year?
Bonus question: Who was the first to do this?
11. Earlier this year, France and Croatia met in the final of the
World Cup in football. Chance has it that national teams from
these countries will meet in another international final later
this year. In which sport?
You did answer question one, didn't you? Now it's too late to go back
and change.
12. The famous ooka-chaka chant was not on the original recording of
"Hooked on a Feeling", but it was added by which artist?
there are no questions in this quiz that asks for a country or other sort
of place. (Which is a little odd to be a quiz of mine.) But apart from
that it is a mixed bag of unrelated questions (except for the two that
obviously are related).
The regular rules apply: post answers to the newsgroup and answer
only based on your knowledge. Each question is worth one point.
The bonus questions are the first tie-breaker. Second tie-breaker is
a subjective evaluation of the incorrect answers (where a reasonable,
but incorrect, answer is better than none at all, but a really
far out answer can be worse than nothing at all.) Last tie breaker
is posting order.
I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
1. "Hooked on a Feeling" as originally a hit for which artist?
Answer this question before you proceed with the rest of the questions.
2. Explain the concept of karoshi.
3. António Guterres is the head of which organisation?
4. Danish Mads Mikkelsen played the villain in which Bond movie?
5. Since little more than a month Armand Duplantis is the new holder
of the US record in pole vault with 6.05. There are a few remarkable
facts about this record. Name any of them for a regular point. Name
one more for a bonus point.
6. The last song on Todd Rundgren's iconical pop album "Something/
Anything?" from 1972 is called "Slut". Why does the song have
this title?
7. Nougat, Pie, Eclair and KitKat are all what?
8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to at the
time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company that
constructed the church bore the name of which constructor and
designer?
9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta method?
10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second earlier
this year?
Bonus question: Who was the first to do this?
11. Earlier this year, France and Croatia met in the final of the
World Cup in football. Chance has it that national teams from
these countries will meet in another international final later
this year. In which sport?
You did answer question one, didn't you? Now it's too late to go back
and change.
12. The famous ooka-chaka chant was not on the original recording of
"Hooked on a Feeling", but it was added by which artist?
Mark Brader
Sep 20, 2018, 4:10:48 PM9/20/18
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Erland Sommarskog:
> 7. Nougat, Pie, Eclair and KitKat are all what?
Candy bars.
> 8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
> of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
> in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to at the
> time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company that
> constructed the church bore the name of which constructor and
> designer?
Eiffel?
> 9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta method?
Is "differential equation" close enough?
When I learned the term, it was a method for doing the sort of
calculations involved when you have an equation giving you the
acceleration of a body at different points along its path, and
you want to estimate its position at different times.
> 10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second earlier
> this year?
Give birth while in office.
> Bonus question: Who was the first to do this?
Jacinda Ardern?
--
Mark Brader "Exercise 5-3: ... When should you
Toronto have stopped adding features...?"
m...@vex.net -- Kernighan & Pike
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 3. António Guterres is the head of which organisation?
IOC?
> 7. Nougat, Pie, Eclair and KitKat are all what?
> 8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
> of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
> in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to at the
> time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company that
> constructed the church bore the name of which constructor and
> designer?
> 9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta method?
When I learned the term, it was a method for doing the sort of
calculations involved when you have an equation giving you the
acceleration of a body at different points along its path, and
you want to estimate its position at different times.
> 10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second earlier
> this year?
> Bonus question: Who was the first to do this?
--
Mark Brader "Exercise 5-3: ... When should you
Toronto have stopped adding features...?"
m...@vex.net -- Kernighan & Pike
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Sep 20, 2018, 4:43:09 PM9/20/18
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dropping dead suddenly due to overwork
> 4. Danish Mads Mikkelsen played the villain in which Bond movie?
Casino Royale
> 8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
> of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
> in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to at the
> time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company that
> constructed the church bore the name of which constructor and
> designer?
Eiffel
> 9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta method?
a system of linear equations
> 10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second earlier
> this year?
gave birth as a head of government
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
> 4. Danish Mads Mikkelsen played the villain in which Bond movie?
> 8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
> of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
> in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to at the
> time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company that
> constructed the church bore the name of which constructor and
> designer?
> 9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta method?
> 10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second earlier
> this year?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Don Piven
Sep 21, 2018, 4:45:36 PM9/21/18
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On 9/20/18 14:16, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 307. This quiz has a sort of anti-theme:
> there are no questions in this quiz that asks for a country or other sort
> of place. (Which is a little odd to be a quiz of mine.) But apart from
> that it is a mixed bag of unrelated questions (except for the two that
> obviously are related).
>
> The regular rules apply: post answers to the newsgroup and answer
> only based on your knowledge. Each question is worth one point.
> The bonus questions are the first tie-breaker. Second tie-breaker is
> a subjective evaluation of the incorrect answers (where a reasonable,
> but incorrect, answer is better than none at all, but a really
> far out answer can be worse than nothing at all.) Last tie breaker
> is posting order.
>
> I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
> usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
>
>
>
> 1. "Hooked on a Feeling" as originally a hit for which artist?
> Answer this question before you proceed with the rest of the questions.
B. J. Thomas
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 307. This quiz has a sort of anti-theme:
> there are no questions in this quiz that asks for a country or other sort
> of place. (Which is a little odd to be a quiz of mine.) But apart from
> that it is a mixed bag of unrelated questions (except for the two that
> obviously are related).
>
> The regular rules apply: post answers to the newsgroup and answer
> only based on your knowledge. Each question is worth one point.
> The bonus questions are the first tie-breaker. Second tie-breaker is
> a subjective evaluation of the incorrect answers (where a reasonable,
> but incorrect, answer is better than none at all, but a really
> far out answer can be worse than nothing at all.) Last tie breaker
> is posting order.
>
> I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
> usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
>
>
>
> 1. "Hooked on a Feeling" as originally a hit for which artist?
> Answer this question before you proceed with the rest of the questions.
> 4. Danish Mads Mikkelsen played the villain in which Bond movie?
> 7. Nougat, Pie, Eclair and KitKat are all what?
> 8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
> of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
> in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to at the
> time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company that
> constructed the church bore the name of which constructor and
> designer?
> 9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta method?
> 10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second earlier
> this year?
> Bonus question: Who was the first to do this?
> 12. The famous ooka-chaka chant was not on the original recording of
> "Hooked on a Feeling", but it was added by which artist?
Dan Tilque
Sep 23, 2018, 2:09:15 AM9/23/18
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>
> 8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
> of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
> in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to at the
> time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company that
> constructed the church bore the name of which constructor and
> designer?
>
> 9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta method?
>
> 10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second earlier
> this year?
>
> Bonus question: Who was the first to do this?
>
> 11. Earlier this year, France and Croatia met in the final of the
> World Cup in football. Chance has it that national teams from
> these countries will meet in another international final later
> this year. In which sport?
>
> You did answer question one, didn't you? Now it's too late to go back
> and change.
>
> 12. The famous ooka-chaka chant was not on the original recording of
> "Hooked on a Feeling", but it was added by which artist?
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 27, 2018, 4:14:16 PM9/27/18
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Rotating Quiz 307 is over and the winner is Don Piven! Congratulations,
and we are all looking forward to RQ308 set by you at your convenience!
Here is the score board:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Mark B - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - - 3
Dan B - 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - 4
Don P 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - - 5
Dan T - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 2
It's a general trend that participation RQ has been going down,
but I will have to admit that I had hoped for a few more. Maybe
some questions were a little too difficult. I can't say that about
all stumpers though.
Here are the correct answers.
> 1. "Hooked on a Feeling" as originally a hit for which artist?
B.J. Thomas
> 2. Explain the concept of karoshi.
A Japanese word referring to death by overwork, particularly
sudden ones.
> 3. António Guterres is the head of which organisation?
A stumper, which is surprising and I will have to admit a little
worrying. Anyway the answer is the United Nations. You might
have heard ot them.
> 4. Danish Mads Mikkelsen played the villain in which Bond movie?
Casino Royale
> 5. Since little more than a month Armand Duplantis is the new holder
> of the US record in pole vault with 6.05. There are a few remarkable
> facts about this record. Name any of them. If you enter more
> than one of the, there is a bonus point.
1. It also the junior world record.
2. He made his jump at the European Ahtletics Championship.
3. It is also the Swedish national record.
Armand Duplantis grew up in Texas, and is certainly an American boy.
But is mother is Swedish, and he has opted to compete for Sweden.
The US track-and-field organisation still recognises it as a US
record, as they look to the citizenship.
> 6. The last song on Todd Rundgren's iconical pop album "Something/
> Anything?" from 1972 is called "Slut". Why does the song have
> this title?
It's the last song on the album. (Yes, the answer was in the question!)
"Slut" is Swedish for "End". Which I doubt that Todd - whose last
name indicates a Swedish origin - was unaware of. The actual lyrics
are based on the English meaning of the letter sequence: "S L U T,
she may be a slut, but she looks good to me".
> 7. Nougat, Pie, Eclair and KitKat are all what?
Versions of the Android operating system.
> 8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
> of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
> in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to
> at the time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company
> that constructed the church bore the name of which constructor
> and designer?
Gustave Eiffel. Which two entrants spotted, although I doubt that
they know the cathedral. I wanted to see it when I was in Chile
last year, but I only came as far as Iquique which is further down
the coast.
> 9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta
> method?
Differential equations.
>10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second
> earlier this year?
Gave birth while in office (as head of government). I gather that
she was pregant when she took office.
> Bonus question: Who was the first to do this?
Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan.
>11. Earlier this year, France and Croatia met in the final of the
> World Cup in football. Chance has it that national teams from
> these countries will meet in another international final later
> this year. In which sport?
Tennis.
I thought that "later his year" would be a hint. In most sports,
team competitions are concentrated to run during a shorter period,
but up to 2018, Davis Cup has been scattered over the year. But
they are changing it that now, and next year 18 teams will compete
for Davis Cup during a week.
>12. The famous ooka-chaka chant was not on the original recording
> of "Hooked on a Feeling", but it was added by which artist?
Jonathan King
My intention (and hope) was that people would answer Björn
Skifs a.k.a Blue Swede, but that failed miserably when only
one entry recalled the the name, and then only partly.
Anyway, King's original ooka-chaka sounds a bit wimpy. Skifs and
his producer Bengt Palmers made it a lot more powerful and have
defined the song ever since.
and we are all looking forward to RQ308 set by you at your convenience!
Here is the score board:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Mark B - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - - 3
Dan B - 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - 4
Don P 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - - 5
Dan T - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 2
It's a general trend that participation RQ has been going down,
but I will have to admit that I had hoped for a few more. Maybe
some questions were a little too difficult. I can't say that about
all stumpers though.
Here are the correct answers.
> 1. "Hooked on a Feeling" as originally a hit for which artist?
> 2. Explain the concept of karoshi.
sudden ones.
> 3. António Guterres is the head of which organisation?
worrying. Anyway the answer is the United Nations. You might
have heard ot them.
> 4. Danish Mads Mikkelsen played the villain in which Bond movie?
> 5. Since little more than a month Armand Duplantis is the new holder
> of the US record in pole vault with 6.05. There are a few remarkable
> than one of the, there is a bonus point.
1. It also the junior world record.
2. He made his jump at the European Ahtletics Championship.
3. It is also the Swedish national record.
Armand Duplantis grew up in Texas, and is certainly an American boy.
But is mother is Swedish, and he has opted to compete for Sweden.
The US track-and-field organisation still recognises it as a US
record, as they look to the citizenship.
> 6. The last song on Todd Rundgren's iconical pop album "Something/
> Anything?" from 1972 is called "Slut". Why does the song have
> this title?
"Slut" is Swedish for "End". Which I doubt that Todd - whose last
name indicates a Swedish origin - was unaware of. The actual lyrics
are based on the English meaning of the letter sequence: "S L U T,
she may be a slut, but she looks good to me".
> 7. Nougat, Pie, Eclair and KitKat are all what?
> 8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
> of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
> in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to
> at the time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company
> that constructed the church bore the name of which constructor
> and designer?
they know the cathedral. I wanted to see it when I was in Chile
last year, but I only came as far as Iquique which is further down
the coast.
> 9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta
> method?
>10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second
> earlier this year?
she was pregant when she took office.
> Bonus question: Who was the first to do this?
>11. Earlier this year, France and Croatia met in the final of the
> World Cup in football. Chance has it that national teams from
> these countries will meet in another international final later
> this year. In which sport?
I thought that "later his year" would be a hint. In most sports,
team competitions are concentrated to run during a shorter period,
but up to 2018, Davis Cup has been scattered over the year. But
they are changing it that now, and next year 18 teams will compete
for Davis Cup during a week.
>12. The famous ooka-chaka chant was not on the original recording
> of "Hooked on a Feeling", but it was added by which artist?
My intention (and hope) was that people would answer Björn
Skifs a.k.a Blue Swede, but that failed miserably when only
one entry recalled the the name, and then only partly.
Anyway, King's original ooka-chaka sounds a bit wimpy. Skifs and
his producer Bengt Palmers made it a lot more powerful and have
defined the song ever since.
Calvin
Sep 27, 2018, 8:42:42 PM9/27/18
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 5:16:44 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 307. This quiz has a sort of anti-theme:
> there are no questions in this quiz that asks for a country or other sort
> of place. (Which is a little odd to be a quiz of mine.) But apart from
> that it is a mixed bag of unrelated questions (except for the two that
> obviously are related).
>
> The regular rules apply: post answers to the newsgroup and answer
> only based on your knowledge. Each question is worth one point.
> The bonus questions are the first tie-breaker. Second tie-breaker is
> a subjective evaluation of the incorrect answers (where a reasonable,
> but incorrect, answer is better than none at all, but a really
> far out answer can be worse than nothing at all.) Last tie breaker
> is posting order.
>
> I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
> usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
Thanks :-)
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 307. This quiz has a sort of anti-theme:
> there are no questions in this quiz that asks for a country or other sort
> of place. (Which is a little odd to be a quiz of mine.) But apart from
> that it is a mixed bag of unrelated questions (except for the two that
> obviously are related).
>
> The regular rules apply: post answers to the newsgroup and answer
> only based on your knowledge. Each question is worth one point.
> The bonus questions are the first tie-breaker. Second tie-breaker is
> a subjective evaluation of the incorrect answers (where a reasonable,
> but incorrect, answer is better than none at all, but a really
> far out answer can be worse than nothing at all.) Last tie breaker
> is posting order.
>
> I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
> usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
> 1. "Hooked on a Feeling" as originally a hit for which artist?
> Answer this question before you proceed with the rest of the questions.
>
> 2. Explain the concept of karoshi.
>
> 3. António Guterres is the head of which organisation?
> 4. Danish Mads Mikkelsen played the villain in which Bond movie?
> 5. Since little more than a month Armand Duplantis is the new holder
> of the US record in pole vault with 6.05. There are a few remarkable
> facts about this record. Name any of them for a regular point. Name
> one more for a bonus point.
> 6. The last song on Todd Rundgren's iconical pop album "Something/
> Anything?" from 1972 is called "Slut". Why does the song have
> this title?
>
> 7. Nougat, Pie, Eclair and KitKat are all what?
> 8. Catedral de San Marcos in Arica in northern Chile was a sort
> of an IEKA thing of the 19th century. It was built and constructed
> in France and shipped over to Peru (to which Arica belonged to at the
> time) in pieces and assembled at the site. The company that
> constructed the church bore the name of which constructor and
> designer?
> 9. What are you solving if you are employing the Runge-Kutta method?
>
> 10. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did what second earlier
> this year?
> Bonus question: Who was the first to do this?
> 11. Earlier this year, France and Croatia met in the final of the
> World Cup in football. Chance has it that national teams from
> these countries will meet in another international final later
> this year. In which sport?
> You did answer question one, didn't you? Now it's too late to go back
> and change.
>
> 12. The famous ooka-chaka chant was not on the original recording of
> "Hooked on a Feeling", but it was added by which artist?
calvin
Mark Brader
Sep 27, 2018, 10:44:39 PM9/27/18
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Erland Sommarskog:
> Thanks :-)
Unfortunately Thursday this week, when Erland scored the contest, was
(or for some of us that's "is") actually the 27th. I think Calvin's
entry should be accepted.
(I haven't looked at his answers yet, to know if it will matter.)
--
Mark Brader | "...given time, a generally accepted solution to
Toronto | this problem will evolve, as it has in the past for
m...@vex.net | [others], only to be replaced by the next issue, which
| no-one has even dreamt of yet." -- Andrew Lawrence
> > I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
> > usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
"Calvin":
> > usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
> Thanks :-)
Unfortunately Thursday this week, when Erland scored the contest, was
(or for some of us that's "is") actually the 27th. I think Calvin's
entry should be accepted.
(I haven't looked at his answers yet, to know if it will matter.)
--
Mark Brader | "...given time, a generally accepted solution to
Toronto | this problem will evolve, as it has in the past for
m...@vex.net | [others], only to be replaced by the next issue, which
| no-one has even dreamt of yet." -- Andrew Lawrence
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 28, 2018, 4:11:45 PM9/28/18
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
>> I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
>> usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
>
> Thanks :-)
>
But as Mark pointed out I had goofed on the dates, and I thought that
>> I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
>> usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
>
> Thanks :-)
>
you were coming one day earlier than you were. As it happens, it was not
really an option for me to wait one more day, since I'm away over the
weekend and just posting this quickly.
Anyway Calvin appears to have 3 points + one bonus point, although I
need to add a disclaimer on this one.
>> 5. Since little more than a month Armand Duplantis is the new holder
>> of the US record in pole vault with 6.05. There are a few remarkable
>> facts about this record. Name any of them for a regular point. Name
>> one more for a bonus point.
>
> The previous record stood for decades
>
not relly expect so. But if the old record was more than 20 years old,
that's one more point for Calvin.
Calvin
Oct 2, 2018, 8:23:09 PM10/2/18
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On Saturday, September 29, 2018 at 6:11:45 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> >> I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
> >> usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
> >
> > Thanks :-)
> >
>
> But as Mark pointed out I had goofed on the dates, and I thought that
> you were coming one day earlier than you were. As it happens, it was not
> really an option for me to wait one more day
No problem.
> Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> >> I plan to score this quiz Thursday 28th (a little longer than
> >> usual to give Calvin a chance to enter.)
> >
> > Thanks :-)
> >
>
> But as Mark pointed out I had goofed on the dates, and I thought that
> you were coming one day earlier than you were. As it happens, it was not
> really an option for me to wait one more day
> >> 5. Since little more than a month Armand Duplantis is the new holder
> >> of the US record in pole vault with 6.05. There are a few remarkable
> >> facts about this record. Name any of them for a regular point. Name
> >> one more for a bonus point.
> >
> > The previous record stood for decades
> >
>
> I don't know about this, but given the development in pole vault, I would
> not relly expect so. But if the old record was more than 20 years old,
> that's one more point for Calvin.
I don't know about other countries, but an Australian record is the best time recorded *anywhere in the world* by an Australian citizen; an Australian All Comers record is the best time recorded *in Australia* by anyone.
cheers,
Christian
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