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Erland Sommarskog
Nov 14, 2020, 4:00:31 PM11/14/20
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I have again been able to assemble 12 random questions into a quiz.
The regular rules apply. Post your answers to the newsgroup and only
use your knowledge and common sense. But no sources or help from other
beings, be that the wife or the fly on the wall. I plan to score this
on Thu 19th.
All questions are worth one point. The last question is a little special,
see below. In case of a time, I will make a subjective judgement of
the incorrect answers to name a single winner. Prizes? Only the glory.
Have fun!
1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
2. The name of what make of car translates to "I roll" in English?
3. What is, or rather was, EncroChat?
4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new thing.)
5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an end
earlier the same year?
6. He was a true master of the fretless bass, and for several years member
of one the most important jazz-rock combos. His most well-known
composition in that group might be "Teen Town". After leaving the
group, he had his own big bad. Sadly, he died in a bar brawl, only
35 years old. Who am I talking about?
7. In Sweden, Gerd is a woman's name. But in Africa, Gerd is a bone
of contention between two countries. Name any of them.
8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
9. Sputnik V has been in the news recently. What is it?
10. You are in Paris and you walk along Avenue de la Grande Armeée
in the south-eastern direction. You come to a big roundabout.
On the other side of the roundabout, the continuation of the avenue
has a different name, which?
11. What is an affricative (also written affricate)? Explain, or just
give an example.
12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
a) by area?
b) by population, as of 2020-01-01 according to worldpopulation.de?
You will get one point if any of these are correct, regardless if
you give an incorrect answer to the other question. There is no bonus
if you get both right.
The regular rules apply. Post your answers to the newsgroup and only
use your knowledge and common sense. But no sources or help from other
beings, be that the wife or the fly on the wall. I plan to score this
on Thu 19th.
All questions are worth one point. The last question is a little special,
see below. In case of a time, I will make a subjective judgement of
the incorrect answers to name a single winner. Prizes? Only the glory.
Have fun!
1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
2. The name of what make of car translates to "I roll" in English?
3. What is, or rather was, EncroChat?
4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new thing.)
5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an end
earlier the same year?
6. He was a true master of the fretless bass, and for several years member
of one the most important jazz-rock combos. His most well-known
composition in that group might be "Teen Town". After leaving the
group, he had his own big bad. Sadly, he died in a bar brawl, only
35 years old. Who am I talking about?
7. In Sweden, Gerd is a woman's name. But in Africa, Gerd is a bone
of contention between two countries. Name any of them.
8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
9. Sputnik V has been in the news recently. What is it?
10. You are in Paris and you walk along Avenue de la Grande Armeée
in the south-eastern direction. You come to a big roundabout.
On the other side of the roundabout, the continuation of the avenue
has a different name, which?
11. What is an affricative (also written affricate)? Explain, or just
give an example.
12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
a) by area?
b) by population, as of 2020-01-01 according to worldpopulation.de?
You will get one point if any of these are correct, regardless if
you give an incorrect answer to the other question. There is no bonus
if you get both right.
Mark Brader
Nov 14, 2020, 5:28:19 PM11/14/20
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Erland Sommarskog:
> 4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
> sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new thing.)
Nice hint, but I can't think of any sport like that.
> 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an end
> earlier the same year?
The reign of King Henry VII of England?
> 8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
> non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
> non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
Either 1906 or 1994. They've gone back and forth as to whether the
1906 games should be officially counted, and I forget what the current
position is. If I must pick one, I'll say 1906.
> 9. Sputnik V has been in the news recently. What is it?
An early Soviet satellite. Is that the one that they destroyed in a
weapons experiment?
> 10. You are in Paris and you walk along Avenue de la Grande Armeée
> in the south-eastern direction. You come to a big roundabout.
> On the other side of the roundabout, the continuation of the avenue
> has a different name, which?
Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Last time I was at that spot, I drove around
the circle one and a half times, just for fun.
> 11. What is an affricative (also written affricate)? Explain, or just
> give an example.
F.
> 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> a) by area?
Oh, that damned Mercator projection! At least the US is also fairly
far north, so the effect isn't as big as for some. I'll guess 2.
I'll guess 4.
--
Mark Brader | "Have you got anything without Spam in it?"
Toronto | "Well, there's Spam, egg, sausage, and Spam.
m...@vex.net | That's not got *much* Spam in it." --Monty Python
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 2. The name of what make of car translates to "I roll" in English?
Volvo.
> 4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
> sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new thing.)
> 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an end
> earlier the same year?
> 8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
> non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
> non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
1906 games should be officially counted, and I forget what the current
position is. If I must pick one, I'll say 1906.
> 9. Sputnik V has been in the news recently. What is it?
weapons experiment?
> 10. You are in Paris and you walk along Avenue de la Grande Armeée
> in the south-eastern direction. You come to a big roundabout.
> On the other side of the roundabout, the continuation of the avenue
> has a different name, which?
the circle one and a half times, just for fun.
> 11. What is an affricative (also written affricate)? Explain, or just
> give an example.
> 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> a) by area?
far north, so the effect isn't as big as for some. I'll guess 2.
I'll guess 4.
--
Mark Brader | "Have you got anything without Spam in it?"
Toronto | "Well, there's Spam, egg, sausage, and Spam.
m...@vex.net | That's not got *much* Spam in it." --Monty Python
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Nov 14, 2020, 6:58:05 PM11/14/20
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> 1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
> most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
I thought he was most known for playing the narrator in Chess.
> 1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
> most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
> 2. The name of what make of car translates to "I roll" in English?
> 4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
> sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new thing.)
> 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an end
> earlier the same year?
> 8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
> non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
> non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
> 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> a) by area?
> b) by population, as of 2020-01-01 according to worldpopulation.de?
> You will get one point if any of these are correct, regardless if
> you give an incorrect answer to the other question. There is no bonus
> if you get both right.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
swp
Nov 15, 2020, 2:44:50 AM11/15/20
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On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 4:00:31 PM UTC-5, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> I have again been able to assemble 12 random questions into a quiz.
> The regular rules apply. Post your answers to the newsgroup and only
> use your knowledge and common sense. But no sources or help from other
> beings, be that the wife or the fly on the wall. I plan to score this
> on Thu 19th.
>
> All questions are worth one point. The last question is a little special,
> see below. In case of a time, I will make a subjective judgement of
> the incorrect answers to name a single winner. Prizes? Only the glory.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
> most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
judas iscariot
> I have again been able to assemble 12 random questions into a quiz.
> The regular rules apply. Post your answers to the newsgroup and only
> use your knowledge and common sense. But no sources or help from other
> beings, be that the wife or the fly on the wall. I plan to score this
> on Thu 19th.
>
> All questions are worth one point. The last question is a little special,
> see below. In case of a time, I will make a subjective judgement of
> the incorrect answers to name a single winner. Prizes? Only the glory.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
> most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
> 2. The name of what make of car translates to "I roll" in English?
> 3. What is, or rather was, EncroChat?
> 4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
> sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new thing.)
> 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an end
> earlier the same year?
> 6. He was a true master of the fretless bass, and for several years member
> of one the most important jazz-rock combos. His most well-known
> composition in that group might be "Teen Town". After leaving the
> group, he had his own big bad. Sadly, he died in a bar brawl, only
> 35 years old. Who am I talking about?
> 7. In Sweden, Gerd is a woman's name. But in Africa, Gerd is a bone
> of contention between two countries. Name any of them.
> 8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
> non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
> non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
> 9. Sputnik V has been in the news recently. What is it?
> 10. You are in Paris and you walk along Avenue de la Grande Armeée
> in the south-eastern direction. You come to a big roundabout.
> On the other side of the roundabout, the continuation of the avenue
> has a different name, which?
> 11. What is an affricative (also written affricate)? Explain, or just
> give an example.
> 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> a) by area?
9
> You will get one point if any of these are correct, regardless if
> you give an incorrect answer to the other question. There is no bonus
> if you get both right.
Pete Gayde
Nov 16, 2020, 9:23:58 PM11/16/20
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote in
news:XnsAC75DFE07...@127.0.0.1:
> I have again been able to assemble 12 random questions into a quiz.
> The regular rules apply. Post your answers to the newsgroup and only
> use your knowledge and common sense. But no sources or help from other
> beings, be that the wife or the fly on the wall. I plan to score this
> on Thu 19th.
>
> All questions are worth one point. The last question is a little
> special, see below. In case of a time, I will make a subjective
> judgement of the incorrect answers to name a single winner. Prizes?
> Only the glory.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
> most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
Pontius Pilate
>
> 2. The name of what make of car translates to "I roll" in English?
>
> 3. What is, or rather was, EncroChat?
>
> 4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
> sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new
> thing.)
Rowing
>
> 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an
> end
> earlier the same year?
>
> 6. He was a true master of the fretless bass, and for several years
> member
> of one the most important jazz-rock combos. His most well-known
> composition in that group might be "Teen Town". After leaving the
> group, he had his own big bad. Sadly, he died in a bar brawl, only
> 35 years old. Who am I talking about?
Jaco Pastorius
>
> 7. In Sweden, Gerd is a woman's name. But in Africa, Gerd is a bone
> of contention between two countries. Name any of them.
DR Congo
>
> 8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
> non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
> non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
1902
>
> 9. Sputnik V has been in the news recently. What is it?
>
> 10. You are in Paris and you walk along Avenue de la Grande Armeée
> in the south-eastern direction. You come to a big roundabout.
> On the other side of the roundabout, the continuation of the
> avenue has a different name, which?
>
> 11. What is an affricative (also written affricate)? Explain, or just
> give an example.
>
> 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> a) by area?
> b) by population, as of 2020-01-01 according to
> worldpopulation.de? You will get one point if any of these are
> correct, regardless if you give an incorrect answer to the other
> question. There is no bonus if you get both right.
>
Pete Gayde
news:XnsAC75DFE07...@127.0.0.1:
> I have again been able to assemble 12 random questions into a quiz.
> The regular rules apply. Post your answers to the newsgroup and only
> use your knowledge and common sense. But no sources or help from other
> beings, be that the wife or the fly on the wall. I plan to score this
> on Thu 19th.
>
> All questions are worth one point. The last question is a little
> special, see below. In case of a time, I will make a subjective
> judgement of the incorrect answers to name a single winner. Prizes?
> Only the glory.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
> most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
>
> 2. The name of what make of car translates to "I roll" in English?
>
> 3. What is, or rather was, EncroChat?
>
> 4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
> sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new
> thing.)
>
> 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an
> end
> earlier the same year?
>
> 6. He was a true master of the fretless bass, and for several years
> member
> of one the most important jazz-rock combos. His most well-known
> composition in that group might be "Teen Town". After leaving the
> group, he had his own big bad. Sadly, he died in a bar brawl, only
> 35 years old. Who am I talking about?
>
> 7. In Sweden, Gerd is a woman's name. But in Africa, Gerd is a bone
> of contention between two countries. Name any of them.
>
> 8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
> non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
> non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
>
> 9. Sputnik V has been in the news recently. What is it?
>
> 10. You are in Paris and you walk along Avenue de la Grande Armeée
> in the south-eastern direction. You come to a big roundabout.
> On the other side of the roundabout, the continuation of the
> avenue has a different name, which?
>
> 11. What is an affricative (also written affricate)? Explain, or just
> give an example.
>
> 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> a) by area?
> b) by population, as of 2020-01-01 according to
> worldpopulation.de? You will get one point if any of these are
> correct, regardless if you give an incorrect answer to the other
> question. There is no bonus if you get both right.
>
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 19, 2020, 3:48:32 PM11/19/20
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This quiz is over, and Stephen W Perry is the undisputed winner!
You are obliged to hold him in awe for the next 24 hours from your
reading of this post.
Here is the scoreboard:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Stephen 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
Mark B - 1 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 4
Dan B - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - 2
Pete G - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Apparently this was quiz a little bit on the difficult side, which may
explain that some people preferred to stay out. But I like to give some
kudos to Pete Gayde. He only knew one question, but that was the only
that Stephen did not know!
Here are the correct answers.
> 1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
> most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
Judas Iscariot (in Jesus Christ Superstar)
I still get shivers when I listen to the shouting match between him
and Ian Gillan (Jesus) in "The Last Supper".
> 2. The name of what make of car translates to "I roll" in English?
Volvo.
> 3. What is, or rather was, EncroChat?
It was a communication service based modified mobile phones that
offered very strong encryption that was very popular among criminals.
Earlier this year, the French police was able to crack the encryption
and EncroChat went out of business. And some of the criminals are
now going to jail, after the decryption of their conversations.
> 4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
> sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new thing.)
Swimming.
A Ukranian oligarch felt that the swimmers deserved more prize money,
so he started ISL, International Swimming League. To get a new flavour
to it, he organised the league of teams. I don't know if idea is that the
matches should be in the home towns of the teams. This year's ISL has
been running the last few weeks, but due to the pandemic, all games
are taking place in Budapest.
> 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an end
> earlier the same year?
The (East) Roman Empire. Also often referred to as the Byzantine Empire
for the later part of its existence. I approved "Constantineople",
although that is technically incorrect, as the city itself did not
come to an end but still stands.
As for Henry VII... King of England on 1453-01-01 as well as on
1453-12-31 was Henry VI.
> 6. He was a true master of the fretless bass, and for several years member
> of one the most important jazz-rock combos. His most well-known
> composition in that group might be "Teen Town". After leaving the
> group, he had his own big bad. Sadly, he died in a bar brawl, only
> 35 years old. Who am I talking about?
Jaco Pastorious.
The group mentioned was Weather Report. "Teen Town" is on "Heavy Weather",
and admittedly there is at least one tune on that album that is more
known than "Teen Town".
> 7. In Sweden, Gerd is a woman's name. But in Africa, Gerd is a bone
> of contention between two countries. Name any of them.
Ethiopia and Egypt.
GERD = "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam". This is a big dam project
on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia for a power plant. Egypt does not like
it, because they fear that it will reduce the amount of water in
their part of the Nile. Sudan is of course also affected, but Egypt
has been a lot more vocal, even threating to bomb the dam. (Which a
President on a different continent even seems to have encouraged them to.)
> 8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
> non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
> non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
The intended answer was 1994, but I completely overlooked the games
in 1906 when I wrote the question, so both answers are fine.
When Mark posted his question, I noticed that those who missed 1900,
till had the year wrong. And that includes most shamefully me as
well. For some reason I thought "1992". But at least I did not
post that answer...
> 9. Sputnik V has been in the news recently. What is it?
It is a Russian vaccine against covid-19 that got official clearance
already in September, although it only had been tested on 38 persons.
But reportedly, Putin's daughter got a shot.
> 10. You are in Paris and you walk along Avenue de la Grande Armeée
> in the south-eastern direction. You come to a big roundabout.
> On the other side of the roundabout, the continuation of the avenue
> has a different name, which?
Avenue de Champs-Elysées.
> 11. What is an affricative (also written affricate)? Explain, or just
> give an example.
It's a consonant sound which is a stop which is released and immediately
followed by a fricative sound in the same position. Examples in English
are CH as in CHURCH and G as GINGER. An example from German is PF as in
PFERD. But F alone is a fricative.
> 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> a) by area?
1, accepting 0 to 2.
Alaska: 1 717 856 km2
Sweden: 450 295 km2
California: 423 970 km2
9, accepting 8 to 10.
California 39 512 223
Texas 28 995 881
Florida 21 477 737
New York 19 453 561
Pennsylvania 12 801 989
Illinois 12 671 821
Ohio 11 689 100
Georgia 10 617 423
North Carolina 10 488 084
Sweden 10 327 589
Michigan 9 986 857
I wrote the question before I actually went to worldpopulation.de. The
numbers for US are actually per 2019-07-31.
And, no, I did not know the answer to 12b when I wrote the question.
Thanks to everyone (well all four of you) for playing!
You are obliged to hold him in awe for the next 24 hours from your
reading of this post.
Here is the scoreboard:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Stephen 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
Mark B - 1 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 4
Dan B - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - 2
Pete G - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Apparently this was quiz a little bit on the difficult side, which may
explain that some people preferred to stay out. But I like to give some
kudos to Pete Gayde. He only knew one question, but that was the only
that Stephen did not know!
Here are the correct answers.
> 1. Murray Head has recorded a couple of solo albums, but he possibly
> most known for playing the role of which biblical person?
I still get shivers when I listen to the shouting match between him
and Ian Gillan (Jesus) in "The Last Supper".
> 2. The name of what make of car translates to "I roll" in English?
> 3. What is, or rather was, EncroChat?
offered very strong encryption that was very popular among criminals.
Earlier this year, the French police was able to crack the encryption
and EncroChat went out of business. And some of the criminals are
now going to jail, after the decryption of their conversations.
> 4. Toronto Titans, LA Current and London Roar are all teams in which
> sport? (Hint: this is a sport where having teams is kind of new thing.)
A Ukranian oligarch felt that the swimmers deserved more prize money,
so he started ISL, International Swimming League. To get a new flavour
to it, he organised the league of teams. I don't know if idea is that the
matches should be in the home towns of the teams. This year's ISL has
been running the last few weeks, but due to the pandemic, all games
are taking place in Budapest.
> 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an end
> earlier the same year?
for the later part of its existence. I approved "Constantineople",
although that is technically incorrect, as the city itself did not
come to an end but still stands.
As for Henry VII... King of England on 1453-01-01 as well as on
1453-12-31 was Henry VI.
> 6. He was a true master of the fretless bass, and for several years member
> of one the most important jazz-rock combos. His most well-known
> composition in that group might be "Teen Town". After leaving the
> group, he had his own big bad. Sadly, he died in a bar brawl, only
> 35 years old. Who am I talking about?
The group mentioned was Weather Report. "Teen Town" is on "Heavy Weather",
and admittedly there is at least one tune on that album that is more
known than "Teen Town".
> 7. In Sweden, Gerd is a woman's name. But in Africa, Gerd is a bone
> of contention between two countries. Name any of them.
GERD = "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam". This is a big dam project
on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia for a power plant. Egypt does not like
it, because they fear that it will reduce the amount of water in
their part of the Nile. Sudan is of course also affected, but Egypt
has been a lot more vocal, even threating to bomb the dam. (Which a
President on a different continent even seems to have encouraged them to.)
> 8. We learnt in a recently reposted quiz from Mark that the first
> non-leap year to have Olympic Games was 1900. Which was next
> non-leap year when Olympic Games were held?
in 1906 when I wrote the question, so both answers are fine.
When Mark posted his question, I noticed that those who missed 1900,
till had the year wrong. And that includes most shamefully me as
well. For some reason I thought "1992". But at least I did not
post that answer...
> 9. Sputnik V has been in the news recently. What is it?
already in September, although it only had been tested on 38 persons.
But reportedly, Putin's daughter got a shot.
> 10. You are in Paris and you walk along Avenue de la Grande Armeée
> in the south-eastern direction. You come to a big roundabout.
> On the other side of the roundabout, the continuation of the avenue
> has a different name, which?
> 11. What is an affricative (also written affricate)? Explain, or just
> give an example.
followed by a fricative sound in the same position. Examples in English
are CH as in CHURCH and G as GINGER. An example from German is PF as in
PFERD. But F alone is a fricative.
> 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> a) by area?
Alaska: 1 717 856 km2
Sweden: 450 295 km2
California: 423 970 km2
9, accepting 8 to 10.
California 39 512 223
Texas 28 995 881
Florida 21 477 737
New York 19 453 561
Pennsylvania 12 801 989
Illinois 12 671 821
Ohio 11 689 100
Georgia 10 617 423
North Carolina 10 488 084
Sweden 10 327 589
Michigan 9 986 857
I wrote the question before I actually went to worldpopulation.de. The
numbers for US are actually per 2019-07-31.
And, no, I did not know the answer to 12b when I wrote the question.
Thanks to everyone (well all four of you) for playing!
Mark Brader
Nov 19, 2020, 5:54:30 PM11/19/20
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Erland Sommarskog:
And now I feel stupid. Thanks for the quiz, Erland.
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m...@vex.net | why should [this] be correct?" -- Rob Novak
> > 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an end
> > earlier the same year?
>
> The (East) Roman Empire...
> > earlier the same year?
>
And now I feel stupid. Thanks for the quiz, Erland.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "...everything else in [the] list is wrong;
m...@vex.net | why should [this] be correct?" -- Rob Novak
Dan Blum
Nov 19, 2020, 5:58:16 PM11/19/20
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> > 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> > a) by area?
> 1, accepting 0 to 2.
> Alaska: 1 717 856 km2
> Sweden: 450 295 km2
> California: 423 970 km2
The correct answer is 2: Texas is the second-largest state (California
> > 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
> > a) by area?
> 1, accepting 0 to 2.
> Alaska: 1 717 856 km2
> Sweden: 450 295 km2
> California: 423 970 km2
is third) and has an area of 695,662 km2.
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 20, 2020, 2:45:11 AM11/20/20
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Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
>
>> > 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
>> > a) by area?
>
>> 1, accepting 0 to 2.
>
>> Alaska: 1 717 856 km2
>> Sweden: 450 295 km2
>> California: 423 970 km2
>
> The correct answer is 2: Texas is the second-largest state (California
> is third) and has an area of 695,662 km2.
>
Oops! I know that during my research I read an article in Wikiepdia which
> Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
>
>> > 12. Within one, how many US states exceed Sweden
>> > a) by area?
>
>> 1, accepting 0 to 2.
>
>> Alaska: 1 717 856 km2
>> Sweden: 450 295 km2
>> California: 423 970 km2
>
> The correct answer is 2: Texas is the second-largest state (California
> is third) and has an area of 695,662 km2.
>
listed next few states by area and I thouhgt "Oh, Montana is #4, I did not
know that". But I was so preconceived on that California was #2 that I did
not notice that Texas was listed before California on that list.
I thought it was a fun with a question that I did not know the answer
to myself before checking. I certainly did not know the answer to 12b
before checking. And nor to 12a it seems...
So, I'm accepting 1 to 3 for 12a, but it does not change the scoring.
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 20, 2020, 2:48:49 AM11/20/20
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> > 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an
>> > end earlier the same year?
>>
>> The (East) Roman Empire...
>
> And now I feel stupid. Thanks for the quiz, Erland.
>
And I had a little bit of a similar feeling when I failed on the
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> > 5. The Hundred-Years War came to an end in 1453. What else came to an
>> > end earlier the same year?
>>
>> The (East) Roman Empire...
>
> And now I feel stupid. Thanks for the quiz, Erland.
>
question when Hundred-Years War ended in your quiz. Not that I felt
that I should have known it as such, but that particular year makes
it very easy to remember, and I felt that I had not been paying
attention.
(Since then I have learnt a lot more, since I've read a book about this
senseless war.)
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