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Calvin
Apr 18, 2016, 9:09:42 PM4/18/16
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1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Apr 18, 2016, 11:18:38 PM4/18/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
Burton-upon-Trent
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Apr 19, 2016, 12:58:53 AM4/19/16
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"Calvin":
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
Egypt.
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the
> official distance of a location from that city?
City Hall.
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the
> campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
Goldwater.
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
Rock-paper-scissors.
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which
> humanitarian organization?
Red Cross.
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European
> country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
Belarus?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
5.
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the
> Nobel Prize for Literature?
Kipling?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government
> paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but
> without any commitment to action?
Green.
--
Mark Brader | There is no rule that relates [these behaviors]...
Toronto | In general, they do what you want, unless you want
m...@vex.net | consistency. -- Wall, Christiansen, and Orwant
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
Nottingham, I suppose. (I was born there.)
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the
> official distance of a location from that city?
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the
> campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which
> humanitarian organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European
> country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the
> Nobel Prize for Literature?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government
> paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but
> without any commitment to action?
--
Mark Brader | There is no rule that relates [these behaviors]...
Toronto | In general, they do what you want, unless you want
m...@vex.net | consistency. -- Wall, Christiansen, and Orwant
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 19, 2016, 7:06:04 AM4/19/16
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Stoke
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
Egypt
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official
> distance of a location from that city?
Town hall
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign
> slogan "vote for AuH20"?
Barry Goldwater
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
Sax, stone bag
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which
> humanitarian organization?
Salvation army
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European
> country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
Bulgaria
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
Five
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper
> listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any
> commitment to action?
>
White
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official
> distance of a location from that city?
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign
> slogan "vote for AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which
> humanitarian organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European
> country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper
> listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any
> commitment to action?
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky
Apr 19, 2016, 9:33:22 AM4/19/16
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In article <0536cbf3-9b85-4488...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
city hall
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
Barry Goldwater
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
rock, paper, scissors
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
Red Cross
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
Belarus
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
4
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
>
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
white
> cheers,
> calvin
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
Egypt
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
>
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
> cheers,
> calvin
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Björn Lundin
Apr 19, 2016, 10:17:06 AM4/19/16
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On 2016-04-19 03:09, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
York
>
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the
>official distance of a location from that city?
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign
>slogan "vote for AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic
>game?
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which
>humanitarian organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European
>country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel
> Prize for Literature?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper
>listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any
>commitment to action?
--
Björn
ArenEss
Apr 19, 2016, 11:47:12 AM4/19/16
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 18:09:41 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
Nottingham
>2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
Egypt
>3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
No clue. As for Chicago, it's an intersection of State and Madison
Streets. No specific building there that would determine. But since
Chicago is on a grid system, it's the 0,0 point on an X,Y axis.
>4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
Barry Goldwater (AU=Gold, H2O=water)
>5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
Rock, paper, scissors?
>6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
The Red Cross?
>7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
Bulgaria?
>8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
5
>9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Rudyard Kipling?
>10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
Green?
>
>cheers,
>calvin
wrote:
>
>1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
>2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
>3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
Streets. No specific building there that would determine. But since
Chicago is on a grid system, it's the 0,0 point on an X,Y axis.
>4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
>5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
>6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
>7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
>8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
>9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
>10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
>
>cheers,
>calvin
Peter Smyth
Apr 19, 2016, 1:28:44 PM4/19/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
Nottingham
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
Egypt
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official
> distance of a location from that city?
Depends on the city doesn't it? I guess you are looking for the city
> distance of a location from that city?
hall?
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign
> slogan "vote for AuH20"?
Goldwater
> slogan "vote for AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
Rock Paper Scissors
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian
> organization?
Red Cross
> organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country
> to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
Bulgaria
> to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
Five
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize
> for Literature?
Rudyard Kipling
> for Literature?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper
> listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any
> commitment to action?
Green
> listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any
> commitment to action?
Peter Smyth
Gareth Owen
Apr 19, 2016, 2:03:49 PM4/19/16
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Nottingham
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
Egypt, I assume
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official
> distance of a location from that city?
City hall?
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign
> slogan "vote for AuH20"?
Barry Goldwater
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
Rock, paper, scissors
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian
> organization?
Red cross
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country
> to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
Bulgaria
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
6
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize
> for Literature?
Kipling?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing
> policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment
> to action?
Green
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official
> distance of a location from that city?
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign
> slogan "vote for AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian
> organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country
> to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize
> for Literature?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing
> policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment
> to action?
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 19, 2016, 4:06:25 PM4/19/16
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Erland Sommarskog (esq...@sommarskog.se) writes:
>> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
>
> Sax, stone bag
>
OK, so I did this quiz in a hurry while a colleague was trying to
>> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
>
> Sax, stone bag
>
find an avilable meeting room. "Sax" here does not refer to the
musical instrument, but an occasional regression into Swedish where
"sax" is the word for "scissors". In the Swedish version of the game
we prefer to use a small bag rather than paper.
Chris F.A. Johnson
Apr 19, 2016, 4:08:03 PM4/19/16
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On 2016-04-19, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
Nottingham (it's not, but it's close)
>
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Mark Brader
Apr 19, 2016, 4:13:54 PM4/19/16
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Erland Sommarskog:
--
Mark Brader | "The occasional accidents had been much overemphasized,
Toronto | and later investigations ... revealed that nearly 90%
m...@vex.net | ... could have been prevented." --Wiley Post, 1931
> > Sax, stone bag
> OK, so I did this quiz in a hurry while a colleague was trying to
> find an avilable meeting room. "Sax" here does not refer to the
> musical instrument, but an occasional regression into Swedish where
> "sax" is the word for "scissors". In the Swedish version of the game
> we prefer to use a small bag rather than paper.
And I guess you also meant "stone, bag" rather than imagining a stone bag!
> OK, so I did this quiz in a hurry while a colleague was trying to
> find an avilable meeting room. "Sax" here does not refer to the
> musical instrument, but an occasional regression into Swedish where
> "sax" is the word for "scissors". In the Swedish version of the game
> we prefer to use a small bag rather than paper.
--
Mark Brader | "The occasional accidents had been much overemphasized,
Toronto | and later investigations ... revealed that nearly 90%
m...@vex.net | ... could have been prevented." --Wiley Post, 1931
Pete
Apr 22, 2016, 9:30:20 PM4/22/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:0536cbf3-9b85-4488...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
Stoke
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
Egypt
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the
> official distance of a location from that city?
City Hall
> 4 Which 1964 US
> Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for
> AuH20"?
Barry Goldwater
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which
> classic game?
Rock, paper, scissors
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of
> which humanitarian organization?
Red Cross
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only
> male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles
> tennis tournament?
Belarus
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
5
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the
> Nobel Prize for Literature?
Shaw
> 10 What colour is traditionally
> assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and
> discussion but without any commitment to action?
White
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:0536cbf3-9b85-4488...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the
> official distance of a location from that city?
> 4 Which 1964 US
> Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for
> AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which
> classic game?
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of
> which humanitarian organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only
> male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles
> tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the
> Nobel Prize for Literature?
> 10 What colour is traditionally
> assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and
> discussion but without any commitment to action?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Calvin
Apr 27, 2016, 1:57:16 AM4/27/16
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On Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 11:09:42 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
Nottingham
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
No one got this!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre_zero
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 436
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 67 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 67 Aren Ess
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 59 Gareth Owen
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 61 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 63 Chris Johnson
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 53 Erland S
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 45 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 47 Pete Gayde
0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 47 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 38 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
5 10 0 9 10 10 6 8 5 4 67 67%
Congratulations Peter and Aren.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Apr 27, 2016, 2:10:53 AM4/27/16
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"Calvin":
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre_zero
And what do kilometers have to do with it?
--
Mark Brader "When a supposedly indivisible transaction
Toronto fails to complete properly, this is known
m...@vex.net as an atomic bomb." -- Peter Neumann
> > 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure
> > the official distance of a location from that city?
>
> General Post Office
> No one got this!
No, I gave the correct answer, city hall. So did at least one other entrant.
> > the official distance of a location from that city?
>
> General Post Office
> No one got this!
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre_zero
And what do kilometers have to do with it?
--
Mark Brader "When a supposedly indivisible transaction
Toronto fails to complete properly, this is known
m...@vex.net as an atomic bomb." -- Peter Neumann
Calvin
Apr 27, 2016, 5:55:52 PM4/27/16
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On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 4:10:53 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > > 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure
> > > the official distance of a location from that city?
> >
> > General Post Office
> > No one got this!
>
> No, I gave the correct answer, city hall.
It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim.
> "Calvin":
> > > 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure
> > > the official distance of a location from that city?
> >
> > General Post Office
> > No one got this!
>
> No, I gave the correct answer, city hall.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Apr 27, 2016, 6:31:03 PM4/27/16
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"Calvin":
Here's the first hit on a search for "mileage" and "to city hall":
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-361663.html
--
Mark Brader | "...'consulted' the public, using 'consulted' with
Toronto | the special meaning of 'told them what I think'."
m...@vex.net | --Cheryl Perkins
> It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim.
I did: at least one other entrant gave that answer.
Here's the first hit on a search for "mileage" and "to city hall":
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-361663.html
--
Mark Brader | "...'consulted' the public, using 'consulted' with
Toronto | the special meaning of 'told them what I think'."
m...@vex.net | --Cheryl Perkins
Peter Smyth
Apr 27, 2016, 6:45:13 PM4/27/16
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them mention using a post office to measure distances.
As you did not specify a particular country, there are dozens of
answers that could be considered correct.
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 28, 2016, 2:44:53 AM4/28/16
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> "Calvin":
>> It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim.
>
> I did: at least one other entrant gave that answer.
>
Quite a few, as I recall, including your truly. (Well, I said "town hall".)
> "Calvin":
>> It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim.
>
> I did: at least one other entrant gave that answer.
>
Not that I claim any knowledge, but let's apply some logic: I would
assume that having a point zero is a fairly old thing - quite a bit older
than having a central post office. Town halls, on the other hand, have
also been around for a long time.
Calvin
Apr 28, 2016, 8:57:59 PM4/28/16
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On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 8:45:13 AM UTC+10, Peter Smyth wrote:
> Calvin wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 4:10:53 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> > > "Calvin":
> > > > > 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure
> > > > > the official distance of a location from that city?
> > > >
> > > > General Post Office
> > > > No one got this!
> > >
> > > No, I gave the correct answer, city hall.
> >
> > It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim.
> >
> Calvin wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 4:10:53 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> > > "Calvin":
> > > > > 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure
> > > > > the official distance of a location from that city?
> > > >
> > > > General Post Office
> > > > No one got this!
> > >
> > > No, I gave the correct answer, city hall.
> >
> > It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim.
> >
> The Wikipedia article you provided lists 37 countries and only 3 of
> them mention using a post office to measure distances.
Well the question was originally written for an Australian audience but I accept that internationally things can be different. So I'm accepting town hall (or similar).
> them mention using a post office to measure distances.
Revised scores, if there are no further protests:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 436
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 67 Aren Ess
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 67 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 69 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 71 Chris Johnson
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 61 Erland S
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 53 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 55 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 55 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 38 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
5 10 8 9 10 10 6 8 5 4 75 75%
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
cheers,
calvin
Calvin
Apr 28, 2016, 8:58:26 PM4/28/16
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cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Apr 28, 2016, 10:18:56 PM4/28/16
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"Calvin":
> ...So I'm accepting town hall (or similar).
Thanks. And congratulations to Peter Smyth!
--
Mark Brader "All this government stuff, in other words,
Toronto is not reading matter, but prefabricated
m...@vex.net parts of quarrels." -- Rudolf Flesch
> ...So I'm accepting town hall (or similar).
Thanks. And congratulations to Peter Smyth!
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Mark Brader "All this government stuff, in other words,
Toronto is not reading matter, but prefabricated
m...@vex.net parts of quarrels." -- Rudolf Flesch
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