Rotating Quiz #208: translated cities

[Dan Tilque]

Welcome to Rotating Quiz #208. This quiz will run through some time in
the evening, Wednesday 27-Jan-2016. The usual rules apply: no
discussion; no looking things up; ties will be resolved first by whoever
got the most difficult answers, and second by earliest post. Winner gets
to set the RQ#209.

For this quiz, I've selected 30 US and Canadian cities whose names mean
something in another language and translated them into English. Your
task is to give the names of the cities. For example, for the clue "the
angels", you would naturally answer Los Angeles.

There are several languages these were translated from, including some
American Indian languages. There's a couple that are Indian-European
mixtures (specifically Dakota-Greek and Choctaw-English). However, the
majority are from Spanish or French.

Hints: The city names are in alphabetic order. If you can get some of
the easier ones, this should help you eliminate some wrong answers. The
code in parentheses after the clue gives an indication of where the city
is located:

c = Canada
ne = northeast
nc = north central
nw = northwest
se = southeast
sc = south central
sw = southwest

Some of the more difficult ones have the state's name. In one case,
there are two reasonably well-known cities with the name, so it has two
regions.

1. yellow (sc)
2. red stick (sc)
3. mouse's mouth (se)
4. wooded (nw)
5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)
6. wild garlic (nc)
7. heart of an awl (nw)
8. body of Christ (sc)
9. of the monks (nc)
10. the step (sw)
11. clear water (nc)
12. ash tree (sw)
13. the meadows (sw)
14. the cats (sw)
15. mercy (sw)
16. city of water (nc)
17. modest (sw)
18. royal mountain (c)
19. red people city (sc)
20. famous land (Florida)
21. tall tree (sw)
22. where the river narrows (c)
23. queen (c)
24. sacrament (sw)
25. peace (nw, ne)
26. saint faith (sw)
27. high land (nc)
28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)
29. where there are trees in the water (c)
30. many waters (nw)

Have fun!


--
Dan Tilque

[Erland Sommarskog]

Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> 1. yellow (sc)

Amarillo

> 2. red stick (sc)
> 3. mouse's mouth (se)

Boca Raton

> 4. wooded (nw)

Boise

> 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)

Chattanooga

> 6. wild garlic (nc)

Chicago

> 7. heart of an awl (nw)
> 8. body of Christ (sc)

Corpus Christi

> 9. of the monks (nc)

Des Moines

> 10. the step (sw)

El Paso

> 11. clear water (nc)

Fargo

> 12. ash tree (sw)

Fresno

> 13. the meadows (sw)

Las Vegas

> 14. the cats (sw)

Las Vegas

> 15. mercy (sw)

Mercedes

> 16. city of water (nc)

Minneapolis

> 17. modest (sw)
> 18. royal mountain (c)

Montréal

> 19. red people city (sc)

Oklahoma City

> 20. famous land (Florida)

Orlando

> 21. tall tree (sw)
> 22. where the river narrows (c)

Quebéc

> 23. queen (c)

Regina

> 24. sacrament (sw)

Sacramento

> 25. peace (nw, ne)

Salem

> 26. saint faith (sw)

Santa Fe

> 27. high land (nc)
> 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)

Topeka

> 29. where there are trees in the water (c)

Toronto

> 30. many waters (nw)

Tukwila (Which seems far too obscure to qualify, but it's the only place
I can think of that fits the alphabet. But whos says nw = WA? Dan is
probably thinking of some place in his native Oregon that I know far
less.)


--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

[Marc Dashevsky]

In article <n7qd5o$tll$1...@dont-email.me>, dti...@frontier.com says...

Baton Rouge

> 3. mouse's mouth (se)

Boca Raton

> 4. wooded (nw)
Boise

> 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)

Chatanooga

> 6. wild garlic (nc)
> 7. heart of an awl (nw)

Coeur d'Alene

> 8. body of Christ (sc)

Corpus Christie

> 9. of the monks (nc)

Des Moines

> 10. the step (sw)
> 11. clear water (nc)
> 12. ash tree (sw)
> 13. the meadows (sw)
> 14. the cats (sw)

Los Gatos

> 15. mercy (sw)
> 16. city of water (nc)
> 17. modest (sw)

Modesto

> 18. royal mountain (c)
Montreal

> 19. red people city (sc)

Indianapolis

> 20. famous land (Florida)
Talahassee

> 21. tall tree (sw)
Palo Alto

> 22. where the river narrows (c)
> 23. queen (c)

Regina

> 24. sacrament (sw)
> 25. peace (nw, ne)

Salem

> 26. saint faith (sw)
> 27. high land (nc)

Terre Haut

> 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)

Topeka

> 29. where there are trees in the water (c)
> 30. many waters (nw)

Seattle

> Have fun!



--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.

[Mark Brader]

Dan Tilque:
> 1. yellow (sc)

Amarillo.

> 2. red stick (sc)

Baton Rouge.

> 3. mouse's mouth (se)

Boca Raton.

> 4. wooded (nw)

Boise.

> 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)

Chattanooga?

> 6. wild garlic (nc)

Chicago.

> 7. heart of an awl (nw)

Coeur d'Alene.

> 8. body of Christ (sc)

Corpus Christi.

> 9. of the monks (nc)

Des Moines.

> 10. the step (sw)

El Paso.

> 11. clear water (nc)

Eau Claire.

> 12. ash tree (sw)

Fresno?

> 13. the meadows (sw)

Las Vegas.

> 14. the cats (sw)

Los Gatos.

> 15. mercy (sw)

Merced.

> 16. city of water (nc)

Minneapolis.

> 17. modest (sw)

Modesto. Some translation job!

> 18. royal mountain (c)

Montreal.

> 19. red people city (sc)

Oklahoma City?

> 20. famous land (Florida)

Pensacola?

> 21. tall tree (sw)

Ponderosa?

> 22. where the river narrows (c)

Quebec.

> 23. queen (c)

Regina.

> 24. sacrament (sw)

Sacramento!

> 25. peace (nw, ne)

Portland. :-)

> 26. saint faith (sw)

San Fidelio??

> 27. high land (nc)

Terre Haute.

I am reminded of an episode of "Law & Order". The police talk to
receptionist or some such person, who isn't the sort to pay much
attention to anything and can't give much information about the woman
they're interested in, but does say that she was from someplace in
the Midwest with an Indian name. The woman turns out to be from
Terre Haute. At which the two detectives (Benjamin Bratt, I think,
and Jerry Orbach) say to each other:

"Indian name?"
"Consider the source."

> 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)

Topeka.

> 29. where there are trees in the water (c)

Toronto?

> 30. many waters (nw)

Walla Walla?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "... pure English is de rigueur"
m...@vex.net -- Guardian Weekly

My text in this article is in the public domain.

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

Aramillo

> 2. red stick (sc)

Baton Rouge

> 3. mouse's mouth (se)

Boca Raton

> 4. wooded (nw)

Boise

> 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)

Chattanooga

> 6. wild garlic (nc)
> 7. heart of an awl (nw)
> 8. body of Christ (sc)

Corpus Christi

> 9. of the monks (nc)

Des Moines

> 10. the step (sw)
> 11. clear water (nc)
> 12. ash tree (sw)
> 13. the meadows (sw)

Las Vegas (NV and NM)

> 14. the cats (sw)

Los Gatos

> 15. mercy (sw)
> 16. city of water (nc)
> 17. modest (sw)

Modesto

> 18. royal mountain (c)

Montreal

> 19. red people city (sc)

Roanoke

> 20. famous land (Florida)
> 21. tall tree (sw)
> 22. where the river narrows (c)

Quebec City

> 23. queen (c)

Regina

> 24. sacrament (sw)

Sacramento

> 25. peace (nw, ne)

Salem

> 26. saint faith (sw)

Santa Fe

> 27. high land (nc)
> 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)
> 29. where there are trees in the water (c)

Toronto

> 30. many waters (nw)

--
Chris F.A. Johnson

[Pete]

Dan Tilque <dti...@frontier.com> wrote in news:n7qd5o$tll$1@dont-
email.me:

Amarillo

> 2. red stick (sc)

Baton Rouge

> 3. mouse's mouth (se)
> 4. wooded (nw)
> 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)
> 6. wild garlic (nc)

Chicago

> 7. heart of an awl (nw)

Coeur d'Alene

> 8. body of Christ (sc)

Corpus Christi

> 9. of the monks (nc)
> 10. the step (sw)
> 11. clear water (nc)

Eau Claire

> 12. ash tree (sw)
> 13. the meadows (sw)
> 14. the cats (sw)

Los Gatos

> 15. mercy (sw)
> 16. city of water (nc)

Minneapolis

> 17. modest (sw)

Modesto

> 18. royal mountain (c)
> 19. red people city (sc)
> 20. famous land (Florida)

Orlando

> 21. tall tree (sw)
> 22. where the river narrows (c)
> 23. queen (c)
> 24. sacrament (sw)

Sacramento

> 25. peace (nw, ne)
> 26. saint faith (sw)

Santa Fe

> 27. high land (nc)
> 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)

Topeka

> 29. where there are trees in the water (c)
> 30. many waters (nw)
>
> Have fun!
>
>

Pete

[Dan Tilque]

Erland Sommarskog wrote:

> Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:

>
>> 30. many waters (nw)
>
> Tukwila (Which seems far too obscure to qualify, but it's the only place
> I can think of that fits the alphabet. But whos says nw = WA? Dan is
> probably thinking of some place in his native Oregon that I know far
> less.)

It is too obscure. But you got the state right and others have gotten
the right answer.

As for Oregon, one city is elsewhere in this quiz. Otherwise, most of
the largish ones are not words in other languages: Portland, Eugene,
Bend, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Gresham, Medford. I suppose I could have
added Corvallis, which is derived from Latin for "heart of the valley".

--
Dan Tilque

[Calvin]

Baton Rouge

> 3. mouse's mouth (se)
> 4. wooded (nw)
> 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)
> 6. wild garlic (nc)
> 7. heart of an awl (nw)
> 8. body of Christ (sc)

Corpus Christi

> 9. of the monks (nc)
> 10. the step (sw)
> 11. clear water (nc)
> 12. ash tree (sw)
> 13. the meadows (sw)
> 14. the cats (sw)

Gateaux
Or is that cakes?

> 15. mercy (sw)
> 16. city of water (nc)
> 17. modest (sw)
> 18. royal mountain (c)

Montreal

> 19. red people city (sc)
> 20. famous land (Florida)
> 21. tall tree (sw)
> 22. where the river narrows (c)
> 23. queen (c)

Regina

> 24. sacrament (sw)

Sacramento

> 25. peace (nw, ne)
> 26. saint faith (sw)

San Jose

> 27. high land (nc)
> 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)
> 29. where there are trees in the water (c)

Toronto

> 30. many waters (nw)

cheers,
calvin

[Erland Sommarskog]

Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> It is too obscure. But you got the state right and others have gotten
> the right answer.

Looking at the population, I would not say that Walla Walla is that much
less obscure than Tukwila. Save for the funky name, then.

> As for Oregon, one city is elsewhere in this quiz.

I think I spotted that one. :-)

[Dan Tilque]

Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
>> It is too obscure. But you got the state right and others have gotten
>> the right answer.
>
> Looking at the population, I would not say that Walla Walla is that much
> less obscure than Tukwila. Save for the funky name, then.

Tukwila is just one of many suburbs in the Seattle area. Unless it has
some special reason (e.g. Redmond, home of Microsoft), that makes it
more obscure than the same sized or even somewhat smaller city which is
the largest city in its region. Admittedly, it's hard to separate out
the unusual name factor that makes Walla^2 even more notable than other
cities of its size.


--
Dan Tilque

[Erland Sommarskog]

Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> Tukwila is just one of many suburbs in the Seattle area. Unless it has
> some special reason (e.g. Redmond, home of Microsoft), that makes it
> more obscure than the same sized or even somewhat smaller city which is
> the largest city in its region. Admittedly, it's hard to separate out
> the unusual name factor that makes Walla^2 even more notable than other
> cities of its size.
>

If you really want an obscure place in the Seattle area, try Medina!


I think did pretty well for being an out-of-town guy. In the answers given
there were quite a few places I've never heard of. It occurred to me that
the only reason I had heard the name Walla Walla before is because I've
been looking at the list of cities for WA on citypopulation.de. Looking at
the map, I see that it is way out from the parts of Washington I've been to.

[Dan Tilque]

Erland Sommarskog wrote:

> I think did pretty well for being an out-of-town guy.

For being a non-North American, I think you did an outstanding job.

Knowing we have people from several countries on three different
continents, I try to avoid sets of questions where one group has an
advantage. It's hard to come up with such sets and I knew this one was
not one. But I liked the concept so well that I went ahead with it anyway.

It doesn't translate (excuse the pun) to either Australia or Europe very
well, though. Australian placenames that are not named after people, are
generally either English or Aboriginal, and I wouldn't expect anyone to
be able to translate the latter. European names, at least of the larger
cities, don't tend to be words in any language. They may have started
that way centuries ago, but no longer. Unless I gave "new city" as a
clue, but then there'd be at least a couple dozen valid answers in as
many languages (from Villeneuve to Novgorod).

--
Dan Tilque

[Erland Sommarskog]

Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> It doesn't translate (excuse the pun) to either Australia or Europe very
> well, though. Australian placenames that are not named after people, are
> generally either English or Aboriginal, and I wouldn't expect anyone to
> be able to translate the latter. European names, at least of the larger
> cities, don't tend to be words in any language. They may have started
> that way centuries ago, but no longer. Unless I gave "new city" as a
> clue, but then there'd be at least a couple dozen valid answers in as
> many languages (from Villeneuve to Novgorod).
>

Black Water (Western Europe)
Danish Castle (Northern Europe)
Monday (North Asia)
Log Islet (Northern Europe)
White Fort (Southeast Europe)
Edge of Waters (Southwest Europe)
Monks (Central Europe)
Cup (Southern Europe)
River (Southern Europe)
Of Lions (Eastern Europe)

You may not know all these citites even by their real name, but all exceed
Walla Walla in population. :-)

[Dan Tilque]

Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
>> It doesn't translate (excuse the pun) to either Australia or Europe very
>> well, though. Australian placenames that are not named after people, are
>> generally either English or Aboriginal, and I wouldn't expect anyone to
>> be able to translate the latter. European names, at least of the larger
>> cities, don't tend to be words in any language. They may have started
>> that way centuries ago, but no longer. Unless I gave "new city" as a
>> clue, but then there'd be at least a couple dozen valid answers in as
>> many languages (from Villeneuve to Novgorod).
>>

I didn't mention another difficulty for Europe: the multiplicity of
languages. Example:

>
> Black Water (Western Europe)

That could be Agua Negra, Eau Noir, Schwarzwasser, or Aqua Niger, none
of which sound like a city I'm familiar with. Or it could be in some
language I'm not as familiar with such as Irish, Catalan, Portuguese,
Welsh, Scottish, or Basque.

>
> You may not know all these citites even by their real name, but all exceed
> Walla Walla in population. :-)

Which is irrelevant. As I said before, the absolute value of the
population is less important than the population of the city compared to
its region. Eastern Washington has a much lower density than pretty much
all of Europe except northern Scandinavia, Iceland, and parts of Russia.
For most of Europe, you'd have to have a city at least 5 times as large
as Walla Walla to have a similar level of familiarity.

--
Dan Tilque

[Erland Sommarskog]

Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> I didn't mention another difficulty for Europe: the multiplicity of
> languages. Example:
>

True. On your list, all but one are from a language different from the
local lingo, whereas most of the names I came up with means something
in the local language. (Or meant, some names have been contracted by time,
why the original meaning is no longer obvious.)

There is one exception though, and that is the black water. Actually, I
happen to know two black-water cities in Europe for which this applies.
Except that I was somewhat wrong on the one I listed; I did it all
from memory, and the actual origin of Dublin is rather Blackpool. The
other black-water city is Cernavoda in Roumania. (In area that historically
is Bulgarian.)

The rest:

> Danish Castle (Northern Europe)

Tallinn, Estonia.

> Monday (North Asia)

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

> Log Islet (Northern Europe)

Stockholm, Sweden

> White Fort (Southeast Europe)

Belgrade, Serbia. There is also a Belgorod in Russia.

> Edge of Waters (Southwest Europe)

Bordeaux, France

> Monks (Central Europe)

Munich, Germany

> Cup (Southern Europe)

Brindisi, Italy

> River (Southern Europe)

Rijeka, Croatia. When the city was part of Italy in the inter-war period
it was known as Fiume. Which means the same thing.

> Of Lions (Eastern Europe)

Lviv, Ukraine. Although the city has no relation to lions. It is named
after the king's son Leo. But for some reason the form is genitiv plural,
why I have never understood.

> Which is irrelevant. As I said before, the absolute value of the
> population is less important than the population of the city compared to
> its region. Eastern Washington has a much lower density than pretty much
> all of Europe except northern Scandinavia, Iceland, and parts of Russia.
> For most of Europe, you'd have to have a city at least 5 times as large
> as Walla Walla to have a similar level of familiarity.

There is probably something I don't understand about the mindset across
the pond. I can understand you as an almost-local knows about Walla
Walla. But I am more surprised when I see correct answers from far-
away Toronto. For all the sparseness of Eastern WA, Walla Walla is not
a metropolitan signularity. There is after all the lot bigger Spokane.
But maybe Walla Walla is along the I-90 and lot of people see the name
because of this.

The same would not happen in Europe. Take Swedish Östersund, which is
somewhat larger than Walla Walla. It is a provincial capital, and the
nearest other significant city is about 200 km away, so it certainly
qualifies as a singularity. But I would expect very few people in Europe
outside the Nordic countries to have a clue of where it is.

[Mark Brader]

Erland Sommarskog:

> There is probably something I don't understand about the mindset across
> the pond. I can understand you as an almost-local knows about Walla
> Walla. But I am more surprised when I see correct answers from far-
> away Toronto. For all the sparseness of Eastern WA, Walla Walla is not
> a metropolitan signularity. There is after all the lot bigger Spokane.
> But maybe Walla Walla is along the I-90 and lot of people see the name
> because of this.

No, it's somewhat famous for its unusual name. Read the "In popular
culture" section of the Wikipedia article on the city.

Also, it had to be some place alphabetically after Toronto, assuming
that I had Toronto right.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | It depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" is.
m...@vex.net | -- Bill Clinton

[Dan Tilque]

Erland Sommarskog wrote:

>
> There is probably something I don't understand about the mindset across
> the pond. I can understand you as an almost-local knows about Walla
> Walla. But I am more surprised when I see correct answers from far-
> away Toronto.

That's undoubtedly due to the notability of the name. I would not expect
as many to get the similarly-sized Corvallis, for example.

The European equivalent, by the way, is Baden-Baden, which I've heard of
even though it's about the same size as Walla Walla.


--
Dan Tilque

[Erland Sommarskog]

Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> No, it's somewhat famous for its unusual name. Read the "In popular
> culture" section of the Wikipedia article on the city.

I thought so. And I suppose this applies to Eau Claire and some of the
other names that were listed that I'd never heard of. (It irks me a little
that I did not enter Los Gatos. But I was not sure of the Spanish word
for "cat". Never heard of the place anyway.)

> Also, it had to be some place alphabetically after Toronto, assuming
> that I had Toronto right.

I was a little suprised to see you having a question mark there. As a
native, I would expect that you would know that - or would know that
Toronto means something else. (Yes, I also entered Toronto. A Canandian
city that comes after Topeka alphabetically.)

[Mark Brader]

Mark Brader:

> > Also, it had to be some place alphabetically after Toronto, assuming
> > that I had Toronto right.

Erland Sommarskog:

> I was a little suprised to see you having a question mark there. As a
> native, I would expect that you would know that - or would know that
> Toronto means something else.

I've seen several explanations of the name. Apparently researchers
have now decided on the one that was given in the quiz, but I didn't
remember that. See for example:

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/place-names/origins-geographical-names/9226

--
Mark Brader "A hundred billion is *not* infinite
Toronto and it's getting less infinite all the time!"
m...@vex.net -- Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"

[Dan Blum]

> 1. yellow (sc)

Amarillo

> 2. red stick (sc)

Baton Rouge

> 3. mouse's mouth (se)

Boca Raton

> 4. wooded (nw)

Boise

> 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)

Chattanooga

> 6. wild garlic (nc)

Chicago

> 7. heart of an awl (nw)

Coeur d'Alene

> 8. body of Christ (sc)

Corpus Christi

> 9. of the monks (nc)

Des Moines

> 10. the step (sw)

El Paso

> 11. clear water (nc)

Eau Claire

> 12. ash tree (sw)

Hidalgo

> 13. the meadows (sw)

Las Palmas

> 14. the cats (sw)

Los Gatos

> 15. mercy (sw)

Mesa

> 16. city of water (nc)

Minneapolis

> 17. modest (sw)

Modesta

> 18. royal mountain (c)

Montreal

> 19. red people city (sc)

Nachitoches

> 22. where the river narrows (c)

Quebec

> 23. queen (c)

Regina

> 24. sacrament (sw)

Sacramento

> 26. saint faith (sw)

Santa Fe

> 27. high land (nc)

Terre Haute

> 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)

Wichita

> 29. where there are trees in the water (c)

Winnipeg

> 30. many waters (nw)

Yakima

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

[Dan Tilque]

Dan Tilque wrote:

Answers (the language is parens)

>
> 1. yellow (sc)

Amarillo TX (Spanish)

> 2. red stick (sc)

Baton Rouge LA (French)

> 3. mouse's mouth (se)

Boca Raton FL (Spanish)

> 4. wooded (nw)

Boise ID (French)

> 5. to draw fish out of water (Tennessee)

Chattanooga TN (Cherokee)

> 6. wild garlic (nc)

Chicago IL (Miami-Illinois)

> 7. heart of an awl (nw)

Coeur d'Alene ID (French)

> 8. body of Christ (sc)

Corpus Christi TX (Latin)

> 9. of the monks (nc)

Des Moines IA (French)

> 10. the step (sw)

El Paso TX (Spanish)

> 11. clear water (nc)

Eau Claire WI (French)

> 12. ash tree (sw)

Fresno CA (Spanish)

> 13. the meadows (sw)

Las Vegas NV (Spanish)

> 14. the cats (sw)

Los Gatos CA (Spanish)

> 15. mercy (sw)

Merced CA (Spanish)

I gave credit for Mercedes here. It seemed close enough to a typo, and I
gave credit for a couple of them elsewhere.

> 16. city of water (nc)

Minneapolis MN (Dakota and Greek)

> 17. modest (sw)

Modesto CA (Spanish)

> 18. royal mountain (c)

Montreal QC (French)

> 19. red people city (sc)

Oklahoma City OK (Choctaw and English)

> 20. famous land (Florida)

Orlando FL (Italian)

Note: This name is the Italian form of Roland, which is a Frankish
(Germanic) name. Thus the "land" part of it is actually cognate with the
English word.

> 21. tall tree (sw)

Palo Alto CA (Spanish)

> 22. where the river narrows (c)

Quebec QC (Algonquin)

> 23. queen (c)

Regina SK (Latin)

> 24. sacrament (sw)

Sacramento CA (Spanish)

> 25. peace (nw, ne)

Salem OR, MA (Hebrew)

> 26. saint faith (sw)

Santa Fe NM (Spanish)

> 27. high land (nc)

Terre Haute IN (French)

> 28. place where we dug potatoes (Kansas)

Topeka KS (Kansa-Osage)

> 29. where there are trees in the water (c)

Toronto ON (Iroquoian)

> 30. many waters (nw)

Walla Walla WA (Walla Walla)


Scores: To avoid line-wrap, I've broken the table into two parts

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Mark B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Erland 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Chris Johnson 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Marc D 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pete 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
"Calvin" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T
Mark B 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 26
Erland 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 22
Dan Blum 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 20
Chris Johnson 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 17
Marc D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15
Pete 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 13
"Calvin" 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6

Thanks to everyone who played. Congratulations to Mark and a Well Done
to Erland.

So over to Mark for RQ #209...

--
Dan Tilque

[Mark Brader]

This is Rotating Quiz #209.


My thanks to Dan Tilque for running RQ 208 and for writing a
contest that allowed me to win. The winner of RQ 209, in turn,
will be the first choice to set RQ 210, in whatever manner they
prefer.

Please answer these questions based only on your own knowledge; put
all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before
each one. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is shown below;
the second tiebreaker will be who answered the hardest questions;
and the third tiebreaker will be who posted first.

Answer slates must be posted by Tuesday, February 2 (by Toronto
time, zone -5), which gives you almost exactly 6 days from the
time of posting.


*ATTENTION!* This is not QFTCI! In all cases where the name
of a real or fictional person is asked for, you *must* give the
*two-word* name as commonly used. Normally this will be the
first and last name, but for historical figures it might be a
name and soubriquet. Likewise, for a real or fictional business,
you must give the full name as commonly used.


1. This man was a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins for
14 years, 1980-93. In his whole 16-year NFL career his total
gains on running plays were over 13,000 yards, and on passes
a similar amount. He made the Hall of Fame in 2008. Name him.

2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?

3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
pea plants?

4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
all species of what?

5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?

6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
Micky, and Peter?

7. For most of the run of "Seinfeld", what was the coffee show
where the characters regularly got together?

8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
and then by Hy Conrad.

9. Speaking of mystery novels, Anne Perry has written a number
of them that are set in Victorian-era Britain. One of her
lead characters is Thomas Pitt. Name the other one, who was
introduced as an amnesiac in "The Face of a Stranger".

10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?

11. Decode the rot13 for the tiebreaker question only after you
have finished with the quiz: Ubj znal dhrfgvbaf unq lbh nafjrerq
jura lbh svtherq bhg jung gur gurzr jnf? (Naq, whfg nf n znggre
bs vagrerfg, juvpu barf?)

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "What's fair got to do with it? It's going
m...@vex.net | to happen." -- Lawrence of Arabia

[Mark Brader]

This is Rotating Quiz #209, reposted because I forgot to start
a new thread the first time. (Sorry about that.) Post your
answers in either thread.

[Calvin]

On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 3:03:06 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz #209.
>

> 1. This man was a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins for
> 14 years, 1980-93. In his whole 16-year NFL career his total
> gains on running plays were over 13,000 yards, and on passes
> a similar amount. He made the Hall of Fame in 2008. Name him.
>
> 2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
> of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
> of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?
>
> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?

Gregor Mendel (a monk)

> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?

Monkey

> 5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?

Monk

> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

The Monkees

> 7. For most of the run of "Seinfeld", what was the coffee show
> where the characters regularly got together?

Monks

> 8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
> title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
> mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
> and then by Hy Conrad.

Ellery Queen?

> 9. Speaking of mystery novels, Anne Perry has written a number
> of them that are set in Victorian-era Britain. One of her
> lead characters is Thomas Pitt. Name the other one, who was
> introduced as an amnesiac in "The Face of a Stranger".
>
> 10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
> derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
> called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
> Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
> blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?

Monkey's Paw

> 11. Decode the rot13 for the tiebreaker question only after you
> have finished with the quiz: Ubj znal dhrfgvbaf unq lbh nafjrerq
> jura lbh svtherq bhg jung gur gurzr jnf? (Naq, whfg nf n znggre
> bs vagrerfg, juvpu barf?)

4

cheers,
calvin

[Erland Sommarskog]

Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
>> 15. mercy (sw)
>
> Merced CA (Spanish)
>
> I gave credit for Mercedes here. It seemed close enough to a typo, and I
> gave credit for a couple of them elsewhere.
>

That was too kind of you! That wasn't a typo, just a completely wild
guess. I know that there is a city by the name of Mercedes, but that is in
the Corrientes province in Argentina. (And it's smaller than Walla Walla.
But I've been there, even if it was less than an hour.)

[Dan Blum]

Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:

> 2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
> of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
> of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?

St. Augustine

> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?

Gregor Mendel

> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?

monkey

> 5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?

Thelonius Monk

> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

The Monkees

> 8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
> title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
> mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
> and then by Hy Conrad.

Gregory Monk

> 10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
> derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
> called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
> Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
> blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?

monkshood

> 11. Decode the rot13 for the tiebreaker question only after you
> have finished with the quiz: Ubj znal dhrfgvbaf unq lbh nafjrerq
> jura lbh svtherq bhg jung gur gurzr jnf? (Naq, whfg nf n znggre
> bs vagrerfg, juvpu barf?)

three - 3, 4, and 6

[Marc Dashevsky]

In article <9smdnT_bd5iVPDTL...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...

> 1. This man was a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins for
> 14 years, 1980-93. In his whole 16-year NFL career his total
> gains on running plays were over 13,000 yards, and on passes
> a similar amount. He made the Hall of Fame in 2008. Name him.
>
> 2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
> of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
> of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?

Gregorian Monk

> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?

Gregor Mendel

> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?

monkeys

> 5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?

Thelonius Monk

> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

The Monkees

> 7. For most of the run of "Seinfeld", what was the coffee show
> where the characters regularly got together?

Monk's Cafe

> 8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
> title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
> mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
> and then by Hy Conrad.

Mark Monk

> 9. Speaking of mystery novels, Anne Perry has written a number
> of them that are set in Victorian-era Britain. One of her
> lead characters is Thomas Pitt. Name the other one, who was
> introduced as an amnesiac in "The Face of a Stranger".
>
> 10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
> derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
> called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
> Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
> blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?

Monks Hood

> 11. How many questions had you answered
> when you figured out what the theme was? (And, just as a matter
> of interest, which ones?)
3->4->5->noticed theme

[Peter Smyth]

Mark Brader wrote:

>
> 1. This man was a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins for
> 14 years, 1980-93. In his whole 16-year NFL career his total
> gains on running plays were over 13,000 yards, and on passes
> a similar amount. He made the Hall of Fame in 2008. Name him.
>
> 2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
> of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
> of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?

Augustine of Hippo

> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?

Gregor Mendel

> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?

Monkeys

> 5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?

Liberace

> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

The Monkees

> 7. For most of the run of "Seinfeld", what was the coffee show
> where the characters regularly got together?
>
> 8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
> title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
> mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
> and then by Hy Conrad.
>
> 9. Speaking of mystery novels, Anne Perry has written a number
> of them that are set in Victorian-era Britain. One of her
> lead characters is Thomas Pitt. Name the other one, who was
> introduced as an amnesiac in "The Face of a Stranger".
>
> 10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
> derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
> called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
> Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
> blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?
>
> 11. Decode the rot13 for the tiebreaker question only after you

> have finished with the quiz: How many questions had you answered

> when you figured out what the theme was? (And, just as a matter
> of interest, which ones?)

I don't know what the theme is, unless it is something to do with
monkeys.

Peter Smyth

[Pete]

m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8KidnSEaX_7EPDTLnZ2dnUU7-
aOd...@giganews.com:

Art Monk

>
> 2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
> of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
> of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?
>
> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?
>
> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?
>
> 5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?

Thelonius Monk

>
> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

The Monkees

>
> 7. For most of the run of "Seinfeld", what was the coffee show
> where the characters regularly got together?

Monk's

>
> 8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
> title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
> mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
> and then by Hy Conrad.
>
> 9. Speaking of mystery novels, Anne Perry has written a number
> of them that are set in Victorian-era Britain. One of her
> lead characters is Thomas Pitt. Name the other one, who was
> introduced as an amnesiac in "The Face of a Stranger".
>
> 10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
> derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
> called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
> Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
> blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?
>
> 11. Decode the rot13 for the tiebreaker question only after you
> have finished with the quiz: Ubj znal dhrfgvbaf unq lbh nafjrerq
> jura lbh svtherq bhg jung gur gurzr jnf? (Naq, whfg nf n znggre
> bs vagrerfg, juvpu barf?)

2 (1 and 5)

>

Pete

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On 2016-01-28, Mark Brader wrote:
...

> 1. This man was a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins for
> 14 years, 1980-93. In his whole 16-year NFL career his total
> gains on running plays were over 13,000 yards, and on passes
> a similar amount. He made the Hall of Fame in 2008. Name him.

James Monk

> 2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
> of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
> of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?

Dionysus Exiguus

> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?

Gregor Mendel

> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?

Monkeys

> 5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?

Thelonious Monk

> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

The Monkees

> 7. For most of the run of "Seinfeld", what was the coffee show
> where the characters regularly got together?

Monk's Cafe

> 8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
> title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
> mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
> and then by Hy Conrad.

Adrian Monk

> 9. Speaking of mystery novels, Anne Perry has written a number
> of them that are set in Victorian-era Britain. One of her
> lead characters is Thomas Pitt. Name the other one, who was
> introduced as an amnesiac in "The Face of a Stranger".

William Monk

> 10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
> derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
> called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
> Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
> blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?

Monk's Hood

> 11. Decode the rot13 for the tiebreaker question only after you
> have finished with the quiz: Ubj znal dhrfgvbaf unq lbh nafjrerq
> jura lbh svtherq bhg jung gur gurzr jnf? (Naq, whfg nf n znggre
> bs vagrerfg, juvpu barf?)

Three questions: 4, 6, and 9; the theme enabled me to fill in some
others. Q1 is a guess.


--
Chris F.A. Johnson

[Erland Sommarskog]

Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?

Mendel

> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?

Bowl plants

> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

The Monkeys

[Dan Tilque]

Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> 1. This man was a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins for
> 14 years, 1980-93. In his whole 16-year NFL career his total
> gains on running plays were over 13,000 yards, and on passes
> a similar amount. He made the Hall of Fame in 2008. Name him.
>
> 2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
> of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
> of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?
>
> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?

Gregor Mendel

>
> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?

primates

>
> 5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?
>
> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

The Monkeys

>
> 7. For most of the run of "Seinfeld", what was the coffee show
> where the characters regularly got together?
>
> 8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
> title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
> mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
> and then by Hy Conrad.

Columbo

>
> 9. Speaking of mystery novels, Anne Perry has written a number
> of them that are set in Victorian-era Britain. One of her
> lead characters is Thomas Pitt. Name the other one, who was
> introduced as an amnesiac in "The Face of a Stranger".
>
> 10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
> derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
> called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
> Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
> blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?

bluebonnet

>
> 11. Decode the rot13 for the tiebreaker question only after you
> have finished with the quiz: Ubj znal dhrfgvbaf unq lbh nafjrerq
> jura lbh svtherq bhg jung gur gurzr jnf? (Naq, whfg nf n znggre
> bs vagrerfg, juvpu barf?)
>


--

Dan Tilque

[Erland Sommarskog]

Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
>> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
>> Micky, and Peter?
>
> The Monkeys
>

I am glad to see that I am the only one who can't spell them. I was
quite sure that their name were spelled differently, but not of the
variations I tried seemed right. I was thinking that I should leave a
note about it, but then I forgot it.

Knowing Mark, I doubt that this correct spelling of their mispelled name
will reward any points.

Here is a fairly obscure read-my-thoughts piece of trivia: when I first
saw the time frame and the list of names my first thought was "what a funny
question and there is one name too few". So which quintet named after the
members slipped into my mind?

[Peter Smyth]

Great minds think alike! I thought of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and
Tich at first as well.

Peter Smyth

[swp]

On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 12:04:25 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz #209, reposted because I forgot to start
> a new thread the first time. (Sorry about that.) Post your
> answers in either thread.

it's still under the previous thread in google groups. no big deal, it has happened before and surely will again.

but I'm only entering for fun, and to quell the rumor of my untimely demise. I'm only mostly dead. miracle max is working on it....

> My thanks to Dan Tilque for running RQ 208 and for writing a
> contest that allowed me to win. The winner of RQ 209, in turn,
> will be the first choice to set RQ 210, in whatever manner they
> prefer.
>
> Please answer these questions based only on your own knowledge; put
> all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before
> each one. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is shown below;
> the second tiebreaker will be who answered the hardest questions;
> and the third tiebreaker will be who posted first.
>
> Answer slates must be posted by Tuesday, February 2 (by Toronto
> time, zone -5), which gives you almost exactly 6 days from the
> time of posting.
>
> *ATTENTION!* This is not QFTCI! In all cases where the name
> of a real or fictional person is asked for, you *must* give the
> *two-word* name as commonly used. Normally this will be the
> first and last name, but for historical figures it might be a
> name and soubriquet. Likewise, for a real or fictional business,
> you must give the full name as commonly used.
>
>
> 1. This man was a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins for
> 14 years, 1980-93. In his whole 16-year NFL career his total
> gains on running plays were over 13,000 yards, and on passes
> a similar amount. He made the Hall of Fame in 2008. Name him.

art monk

> 2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
> of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
> of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?

pope gregory xiii

> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?

gregor mendel

> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?

monkies

> 5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?

thelonious monk

> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

the monkeys

> 7. For most of the run of "Seinfeld", what was the coffee show
> where the characters regularly got together?

monk's cafe

> 8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
> title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
> mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
> and then by Hy Conrad.

adrian monk

> 9. Speaking of mystery novels, Anne Perry has written a number
> of them that are set in Victorian-era Britain. One of her
> lead characters is Thomas Pitt. Name the other one, who was
> introduced as an amnesiac in "The Face of a Stranger".

william monk

> 10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
> derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
> called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
> Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
> blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?

monkshood

> 11. Decode the rot13 for the tiebreaker question only after you

> have finished with the quiz: How many questions had you answered
> when you figured out what the theme was? (And, just as a matter
> of interest, which ones?)

all of them. seriously. I was just answering as I went along and didn't notice the pattern until after I decoded the rot13 above. clever using actual monks as some of the answers. I am only slightly disappointed that you didn't have kwai-chang caine as one of the answers.

swp, who is playing for fun only.

[Erland Sommarskog]

Peter Smyth (smy...@gmail.com) writes:
> Great minds think alike! I thought of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and
> Tich at first as well.
>

Zabadak!

[Mark Brader]

Mark Brader:

>> This is Rotating Quiz #209, reposted because I forgot to start
>> a new thread the first time.

Stephen Perry:

> it's still under the previous thread in google groups.

So?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "group this in post-top usually don't we"
m...@vex.net | -- Mike Lyle

[Mark Brader]

Mark Brader:
> Please answer these questions based only on your own knowledge...

RQ 209 is over and the winner is *Chris Johnson*! Hearty congratulations!

> *ATTENTION!* This is not QFTCI! In all cases where the name
> of a real or fictional person is asked for, you *must* give the
> *two-word* name as commonly used. Normally this will be the
> first and last name, but for historical figures it might be a
> name and soubriquet. Likewise, for a real or fictional business,
> you must give the full name as commonly used.

A number of entrants scored 0 on some questions because they ignored
this rule (or just didn't know the rest of the name).

I did not specify this time how I would deal with badly spelled
answers. I decided to ignore minor errors, but when there was
only one key word in an answer and it was misspelled, I allowed
only ½ point. I also allowed ½ point for a correct but less than
fully specific (and non-thematic) answer on one question.

> 1. This man was a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins for
> 14 years, 1980-93. In his whole 16-year NFL career his total
> gains on running plays were over 13,000 yards, and on passes
> a similar amount. He made the Hall of Fame in 2008. Name him.

Art Monk. 1 for Pete and Stephen.

> 2. Who made the erroneous calculations that led to the numbering
> of years we now use, resulting in several years of the lifetime
> of Jesus being called "Before Christ"?

Dionysius Exiguus. 1 for Chris.

> 3. Who announced in 1865 the concepts of dominant and recessive
> hereditary traits, based on his years of experiments with
> pea plants?

Gregor Mendel. 1 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Chris,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.

> 4. Speaking of living things, tamarins, uakaris, and kipunjis are
> all species of what?

Monkeys. 1 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, and Chris.
½ for Dan Tilque and Stephen.

> 5. What pianist who lived 1917-82 had the middle name Sphere?

Thelonious Monk. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Chris, and Stephen.

> 6. Speaking of musicians, from 1966 to 1968, who were Davy, Michael,
> Micky, and Peter?

The Monkees (on the eponymous TV series). 1 for Calvin, Dan Blum,
Marc, Peter, Pete, and Chris. ½ for Erland, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.

> 7. For most of the run of "Seinfeld", what was the coffee show
> where the characters regularly got together?

(Speaking of TV...) Monk's Cafe. 1 for Marc, Chris, and Stephen.

> 8. Speaking of TV series, what obsessive-compulsive man was the
> title character of both a TV series and a tie-in series of comic
> mystery novels? The books were written first by Lee Goldberg
> and then by Hy Conrad.

Adrian Monk. 1 for Chris and Stephen.

Some of Goldberg's "Monk" novels appeared while the series was still
on the air, and the first of them was subsequently *adapted into*
an episode of the series. He says in a note to one of the later
books that as far as he could find out, this was the first time that
a tie-in novel to an American TV series had been adapted "back" into
the series in this way.

> 9. Speaking of mystery novels, Anne Perry has written a number
> of them that are set in Victorian-era Britain. One of her
> lead characters is Thomas Pitt. Name the other one, who was
> introduced as an amnesiac in "The Face of a Stranger".

William Monk. 1 for Chris and Stephen.

> 10. And speaking of death, the poison aconite (or aconitine) is
> derived from a similarly named genus of plants, which are also
> called wolf's bane because the poison was used against wolves.
> Still another name for the plants relates the shape of their
> blue flowers to an item of clothing. What's that name?

Monkshood. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Chris, and Stephen.

> 11. Decode the rot13 for the tiebreaker question only after you

> have finished with the quiz: How many questions had you answered
> when you figured out what the theme was? (And, just as a matter
> of interest, which ones?)

The theme was "monk". (Answers 2 and 3 were names of monks.)
Pete Gayde got it fastest, in just 2 questions (1 and 5); several
others got it in 3 or 4 questions.


Scores, if there are no errors:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTALS

Chris Johnson 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9
Stephen Perry 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 8
Marc Dashevsky 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
Dan Blum 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
"Calvin" 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pete Gayde 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Peter Smyth 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dan Tilque 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 2
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½

2 1 7 6 5 7½ 3 2 2 4 0
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