REPOST Rotating Quiz #257: You can answer all these, in principle

[Dan Blum]

NOTE: This is a repost by request. You can answer here or in the original
thread.

This is Rotating Quiz #257. Entries must be posted by Tuesday,
May 30th, 2017 at 11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time).

Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner
gets to create the next RQ.

Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the
newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each
one. Only one answer is allowed per question.

This quiz has a theme but since it should be obvious it does not
affect the scoring, which is 1 point per question; for this quiz I am
not going to deduct for misspellings as long as I can be sure what was
meant. If the answer is a person's name only the surname is required
unless the person is commonly known by a single name, in which case
that is sufficient. If any other part of the name is given (the first
name for most people, the surname for others) it must be correct for
the answer to score.

In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored the most
points on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which
the fewest people got any points on). Second tiebreaker will be
posting order.

1. Not much of note happened in 257 (that we have a record of, at
least), but one thing that might have is the birth of Saint Gregory
the Illuminator. He is credited with converting his native country to
Christianity and is its patron saint. This country was the first to
officially adopt Christianity: name it.

Please decode the rot13 for questions 2-10 only after answering
question 1.

2. Guvf Fbivrg pbzcbfre vf orfg xabja sbe uvf onyyrgf Tnlnar naq
Fcnegnphf, va cnegvphyne n zbirzrag yngr va gur sbezre jurer gur
qnapref cresbez jvgu fjbeqf.

3. Guvf Fbivrg nvepensg qrfvtare cnegarerq jvgu Zvxunvy Therivpu gb
sbez n qrfvta ohernh; gur ohernh jnf anzrq sbe gurz ohg jnf trarenyyl
xabja nf "ZvT."

4. Guvf fvatre-fbatjevgre jnf obea va Rtlcg ohg zbirq gb Pnanqn nf n
puvyq. Ur unf unq n irel fhpprffshy pnerre nf n puvyqera'f
ragregnvare, jvgu fbatf fhpu nf "Onanancubar" naq "Onol Oryhtn." Ur vf
nyfb na raivebazrag npgvivfg naq ehaf gur Pragre sbe Puvyq Ubabhevat.

5. Guvf Nzrevpna npgerff jnf bar bs gur bevtvany pnfg bs FPGI. Fur unf
nyfb qbar pbafvqrenoyr svyz jbex (zbfg erpragyl va Zl Ovt Sng Terrx
Jrqqvat 2) naq fgntr jbex; fur unf zber Gbal abzvangvbaf sbe Srngherq
Npgerff va n Zhfvpny guna nalbar ryfr naq unf jba gjvpr, sbe Zl
Snibevgr Lrne naq Cvccva. (Abj jr frr jub jnf cnlvat nggragvba gur
bgure jrrx.)

6. Guvf Nzrevpna cnvagre jnf sebz jurer lbh fubhyq rkcrpg, ohg nsgre
neevivat va gur HF punatrq uvf anzr naq pynvzrq gb or eryngrq gb n
snzbhf Ehffvna jevgre. Uvf rneyl jbex jnf urnivyl vasyhraprq ol
Prmnaar ohg ur yngre qnooyrq jvgu phovfz naq orpnzr n fheernyvfg; ur
jnf tbbq sevraqf jvgu Naqer Oergba naq bar bs uvf zbfg snzbhf (naq
ynetrfg) cnvagvatf, Gur Yvire vf gur Pbpx'f Pbzo, jnf qvfcynlrq ng gur
Fheernyvfg'f ynfg fubj. Ur pbzzvggrq fhvpvqr va 1948.

7. Guvf Pnanqvna vf orfg xabja nf n svyz qverpgbe. Nzbat uvf svyzf ner
Gur Fjrrg Urernsgre, Puybr (uvf uvturfg-tebffvat svyz), Gur Pncgvir,
Neneng, naq Sryvpvn'f Wbhearl.

8. Guvf Nzrevpna nhgube jebgr znal obbxf, fgbevrf, naq cynlf. Uvf
orfg-xabja cynl vf cebonoyl Gur Gvzr bs Lbhe Yvsr, juvpu jba gur 1939
Chyvgmre sbe qenzn naq jnf yngre znqr vagb n zbir fgneevat Wnzrf
Pntarl. Uvf abiry Gur Uhzna Pbzrql jnf bevtvanyyl n fperracynl naq jnf
va snpg znqr nf n zbivr fgneevat Zvpxrl Ebbarl; <nafjre 8> jba gur
Bfpne sbe orfg fgbel sbe guvf.

9. Guvf Nzrevpna fvatre naq npgerff bevtvanyyl orpnzr cbchyne nf cneg
bs n qhb jvgu ure gura-uhfonaq ohg unf orra sylvat fbyb fvapr
1975. Fur fgnegrq ure npgvat pnerre va 1982 naq qvq zbfg bs ure orfg
npgvat jbex va gur 80f, vapyhqvat jvaavat na Bfpne. Fur nyfb unf na
Rzzl naq n Tenzzl.

10. Guvf Pnanqvna jnf bar bs gur orfg-xabja cbegenvg cubgbtencuref bs
gur 20gu praghel. Cbffvoyl uvf zbfg snzbhf jbex jnf uvf 1941 cvpgher
bs Jvafgba Puhepuvyy ba gur pbire bs Yvsr, ohg ur nyfb cubgbtencurq 50
bguref bs gur zbfg 100 vasyhragvny crbcyr bs gur 20gu praghel,
nppbeqvat gb Vagreangvbany Jub'f Jub. (Naq ur jnf ba gur yvfg
uvzfrys.)


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In article <og6q2j$b4i$1...@reader1.panix.com>, to...@panix.com says...

> 1. Not much of note happened in 257 (that we have a record of, at
> least), but one thing that might have is the birth of Saint Gregory
> the Illuminator. He is credited with converting his native country to
> Christianity and is its patron saint. This country was the first to
> officially adopt Christianity: name it.

Armenia

> 4. This singer-songwriter was born in Egypt but moved to Canada as a
> child. He has had a very successful career as a children's
> entertainer, with songs such as "Bananaphone" and "Baby Beluga." He is
> also an environment activist and runs the Center for Child Honouring.
Raffi

> 5. This American actress was one of the original cast of SCTV. She has
> also done considerable film work (most recently in My Big Fat Greek
> Wedding 2) and stage work; she has more Tony nominations for Featured
> Actress in a Musical than anyone else and has won twice, for My
> Favorite Year and Pippin. (Now we see who was paying attention the
> other week.)
Andrea Martin

> 7. This Canadian is best known as a film director. Among his films are
> The Sweet Hereafter, Chloe (his highest-grossing film), The Captive,
> Ararat, and Felicia's Journey.
Atom Egoyan

> 9. This American singer and actress originally became popular as part
> of a duo with her then-husband but has been flying solo since
> 1975. She started her acting career in 1982 and did most of her best
> acting work in the 80s, including winning an Oscar. She also has an
> Emmy and a Grammy.
Cher


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