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Calvin
Oct 24, 2018, 1:39:43 AM10/24/18
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1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'?
6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour?
7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia, among others?
8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film franchise?
10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 24, 2018, 3:16:42 AM10/24/18
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 What does the business abbreviation ?R & D? stand for?
Research and Development
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
Ear
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
Magellan
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
Tchaikovsky
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving
> it a bitter flavour?
Quinine - is that how it's spelled in English?
> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia,
> among others?
Crossed by the equator.
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
>
Prince Harry
> 1 What does the business abbreviation ?R & D? stand for?
Research and Development
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving
> it a bitter flavour?
> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia,
> among others?
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
>
Mark Brader
Oct 24, 2018, 4:35:31 AM10/24/18
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Calvin:
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
Ear.
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
Magellan.
Although that answer only works if you don't count having an astronomical
catalog designation as being named after the person that the catalog is
named after.
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
Tchaikovsky, among other spellings.
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986
> sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own
> short story 'Trucks'?
King?
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water,
> giving it a bitter flavour?
Quinine.
> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and
> Colombia, among others?
None of them are Portuguese-speaking. :-)
Um, are they all countries that have a seacoast but the capital is inland?
(Seems weak if so -- there are way too many others.)
> 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
Tennis?
> 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of
> the Caribbean' film franchise?
Sparrow.
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
Prince Henry.
--
Mark Brader "... Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan
Toronto are Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan,
m...@vex.net and I am not." -- Steve Summit
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 What does the business abbreviation "R & D" stand for?
Research and Development.
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
Although that answer only works if you don't count having an astronomical
catalog designation as being named after the person that the catalog is
named after.
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986
> sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own
> short story 'Trucks'?
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water,
> giving it a bitter flavour?
> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and
> Colombia, among others?
Um, are they all countries that have a seacoast but the capital is inland?
(Seems weak if so -- there are way too many others.)
> 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
> 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of
> the Caribbean' film franchise?
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
--
Mark Brader "... Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan
Toronto are Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan,
m...@vex.net and I am not." -- Steve Summit
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 24, 2018, 7:32:29 AM10/24/18
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
>> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and
>> Colombia, among others?
>
> None of them are Portuguese-speaking. :-)
>
> Um, are they all countries that have a seacoast but the capital is inland?
> (Seems weak if so -- there are way too many others.)
>
Jakarta is on the coast, and Libreville is almost. (Google maps tells
>> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and
>> Colombia, among others?
>
> None of them are Portuguese-speaking. :-)
>
> Um, are they all countries that have a seacoast but the capital is inland?
> (Seems weak if so -- there are way too many others.)
>
me that it's on the end of an estuary.)
But you are right, your success with Portuguese may be limited in
some of these countries, although Indonesia once was under Portuguese
control, I believe.
Dan Blum
Oct 24, 2018, 10:06:00 AM10/24/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 What does the business abbreviation ???R & D??? stand for?
research and development
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
ear
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
Magellan
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
Tschaikovsky
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror??comedy??'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'?
Stephen King
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour?
quinine
> 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
tennis
> 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film franchise?
Captain Jack Sparrow
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
> 1 What does the business abbreviation ???R & D??? stand for?
research and development
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror??comedy??'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'?
Stephen King
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour?
> 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
> 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film franchise?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Bruce Bowler
Oct 25, 2018, 2:46:37 PM10/25/18
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:39:42 -0700, Calvin wrote:
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
Research and Development
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi
> horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story
> 'Trucks'?
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving
it a
> bitter flavour?
> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia,
among
> others?
> 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
> 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the
> Caribbean' film franchise?
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
Bruce Bowler
Oct 25, 2018, 4:01:58 PM10/25/18
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:46:36 +0000, Bruce Bowler wrote:
>> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
>
> Copernicus?
When scoring this question, don't forget about Holmberg and Maffei when
>> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
>
> Copernicus?
handing out points for Magellan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_galaxies_named_after_people)
Dan Tilque
Oct 25, 2018, 6:06:58 PM10/25/18
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
research and development
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'?
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour?
> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia, among others?
> 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
> 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film franchise?
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Oct 25, 2018, 7:49:03 PM10/25/18
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Bruce Bowler:
--
Mark Brader "Eventually, of course, I fell into the trap of
Toronto becoming comfortable with find(1)'s syntax..."
m...@vex.net -- Steve Summit
> When scoring this question, don't forget about Holmberg and Maffei when
> handing out points for Magellan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> List_of_galaxies_named_after_people)
Your source would be more impressive if it listed the Magellanic Clouds.
> handing out points for Magellan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> List_of_galaxies_named_after_people)
--
Mark Brader "Eventually, of course, I fell into the trap of
Toronto becoming comfortable with find(1)'s syntax..."
m...@vex.net -- Steve Summit
Dan Tilque
Oct 25, 2018, 9:45:16 PM10/25/18
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
research and development
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'?
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour?
> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia, among others?
> 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
> 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film franchise?
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
Dan Tilque
Oct 25, 2018, 9:48:09 PM10/25/18
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Ignore the post this is a followup to. My news software told me the
first post failed, but apparently it did not.
--
Dan Tilque
first post failed, but apparently it did not.
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Tilque
Oct 26, 2018, 4:03:32 PM10/26/18
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Mark Brader wrote:
>> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
>
> Magellan.
>
> Although that answer only works if you don't count having an astronomical
> catalog designation as being named after the person that the catalog is
> named after.
I don't think there's any catalog of galaxies named after a person. The
>> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
>
> Magellan.
>
> Although that answer only works if you don't count having an astronomical
> catalog designation as being named after the person that the catalog is
> named after.
most commonly referenced catalog is NGC = New General Catalog. What you
are probably thinking of is the Messier list (named after Charles
Messier), which has only 110 objects. That's too short to count as a
catalog, and only a minority (about 40) of the Messier objects are galaxies.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Oct 26, 2018, 6:57:07 PM10/26/18
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Mark Brader:
> I don't think there's any catalog of galaxies named after a person...
Eh?
> What you are probably thinking of is the Messier list (named after
> Charles Messier),
No, I was thinking that a number of astronomical catalogs are named that
way, and they might include catalogs that include galaxies; *and* that
if nothing else there was Messier's.
After some searching I find the Zwicky catalog of galaxies, the Parkes
catalog of radio sources (some of which are galaxies), and the Shapley-Ames
catalog of galaxies (but that last one is two people). The Abell catalog
is a near miss, because it lists *clusters* of galaxies.
> which has only 110 objects. That's too short to count as a catalog,
*Huh?*
> and only a minority (about 40) of the Messier objects are galaxies.
True, but I did not say "catalog of galaxies".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The three dots '...' here suppress a lot of detail
m...@vex.net | -- maybe I should have used four dots." -- Knuth
> > Although that answer only works if you don't count having an astronomical
> > catalog designation as being named after the person that the catalog is
> > named after.
Dan Tilque:
> > catalog designation as being named after the person that the catalog is
> > named after.
> I don't think there's any catalog of galaxies named after a person...
Eh?
> What you are probably thinking of is the Messier list (named after
> Charles Messier),
way, and they might include catalogs that include galaxies; *and* that
if nothing else there was Messier's.
After some searching I find the Zwicky catalog of galaxies, the Parkes
catalog of radio sources (some of which are galaxies), and the Shapley-Ames
catalog of galaxies (but that last one is two people). The Abell catalog
is a near miss, because it lists *clusters* of galaxies.
> which has only 110 objects. That's too short to count as a catalog,
> and only a minority (about 40) of the Messier objects are galaxies.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The three dots '...' here suppress a lot of detail
m...@vex.net | -- maybe I should have used four dots." -- Knuth
Pete Gayde
Oct 27, 2018, 1:30:48 PM10/27/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:d73a0a5f-bb9f-4178...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
Research & Development
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
Ear
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
Arthur C. Clarke
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
Tchaikovsky
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986
> sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short
> story 'Trucks'?
Stephen King
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of
> tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour?
Dopamine
> 7 What links the nations
> of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia, among others?
The equator passes through them
> 8 Babe
> Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
Modern Heptathlon
> 9
> Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the
> Caribbean' film franchise?
Jack Sparrow
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
Prince William
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:d73a0a5f-bb9f-4178...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986
> sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short
> story 'Trucks'?
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of
> tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour?
> 7 What links the nations
> of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia, among others?
> 8 Babe
> Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
> 9
> Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the
> Caribbean' film franchise?
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Calvin
Oct 30, 2018, 9:23:12 PM10/30/18
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On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 3:39:43 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
Research and Development
> 1 What does the business abbreviation “R & D” stand for?
> 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate?
> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
> 4 Who composed the 1812 overture?
> 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'?
> 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour?
> 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia, among others?
> 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport?
> 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film franchise?
> 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge?
Harry is Sussex
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 541
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 35 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 34 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 34 Dan Blum
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 34 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 34 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 29 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 6 3 6 5 4 4 1 4 3 42 70%
Congratulations Bruce. It's a strangely bunched distribution given only 3 questions were answered correctly by everyone.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Oct 31, 2018, 12:20:38 AM10/31/18
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"Calvin";
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "When I wanted to be a sigquote, that wasn't
m...@vex.net | the one I was thinking of." --Clive Feather
> > 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him?
>
> Ferdinand Magellan
No comment on the comments??
>
> Ferdinand Magellan
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "When I wanted to be a sigquote, that wasn't
m...@vex.net | the one I was thinking of." --Clive Feather
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