Calvin's Quiz #154
Calvin
1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
2 What is the smallest US state by population?
3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
--
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13.
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Delaware?
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
10-pin bowling.
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
Depends on how "ancient" you mean. October, then Sextilis, then Augustus.
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver.
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
Total Quality Management.
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th.
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Never heard of it. But Anglesey is in the UK. And the country of
the UK that it's in is Wales.
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980?
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swp
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
thirteen
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
montana?
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
10-pin bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
october
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
total quality management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
isle of wight?
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980 (december 8th)(jodie still hasn't gone out with the guy who did it)(but she did contribute a lot of money to the seti program recently)(I like her movies)(do you ask why the storm rages? don't ask me why I code.)
swp
Joachim Parsch
Calvin schrieb:
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> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Rhode Island?
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
Black Jack
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th century (around 1350)
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Wales?
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
John Masters
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Alaska
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
American football
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
15th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Wales
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1984
Dan Tilque
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> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Wyoming
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
10-pin bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
Total Quality Management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
England
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1986
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Dan Tilque
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Erland Sommarskog
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
7
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Alaska
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
Sailing
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
Depends on how ancient you mean, but waaaaay long back it was October. If
you are looking for the name August had before Octavianus, I'm afraid I
don't knwo.
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Foundation
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Wales
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
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David
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> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
10 Pin Bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
The Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
...... Quality Management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Anglesey is North West Wales
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
Marc Dashevsky
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Wyoming
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
total quality management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1981
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Mark Brader
> > 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Stephen Perry:
> isle of wight?
Did you miss the R?
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Peter Smyth
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>1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
>2 What is the smallest US state by population?
>3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
>4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
>5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
>6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
>7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
>8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
>9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
>10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
> Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
>> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game
>> bridge?
>
> 7
clarify this answer. In Swedish bridge terminology "trick" is the number
of the bidding card. So if I bid 7NT, I want to take all 13 "stick" (as
we call them in Swedish), but that is only 7 "trick". (I seem to recall
that I discussed this with Mark at some point, but I've forgotten the
outcome of that.)
Mark Brader
> Since everyone else is saying 13 and I am bridge player, I like to
> clarify this answer. In Swedish bridge terminology "trick" is the number
> of the bidding card. So if I bid 7NT, I want to take all 13 "stick" (as
> we call them in Swedish), but that is only 7 "trick". (I seem to recall
> that I discussed this with Mark at some point, but I've forgotten the
> outcome of that.)
Yes, I remember that exchange. The Swedish "trick" is known formally in
English as an "odd-trick", but some people do say "trick" informally
with that meaning, even though its proper meaning is Swedish "stick".
I think Calvin should accept Erland's "7".
The reason it's an "odd-trick" goes back to the original game of whist,
where points were always scored by the side that took the most tricks.
If each side had 6 tricks, the 13th one was the "odd" trick in the sense
of the one left over, and so the odd trick determined who would score.
The sense then got generalized a little to say that an "odd-trick" meant
any trick taken by one side after their 6th one.
(Then in bridge, when the concept of the contract was introduced and
scores were in relation to whether the contract was made or not, the
meaning became a bit more specific again -- an "odd-trick" now is a
trick taken by the *declaring side* after their 6th one.)
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Jeffrey Turner
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>
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
--Jeff
swp
yes. yes, I did.
I throw myself on the mercy of the court...
swp
Stan Brown
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> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Montana
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
Bowlinge
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
August
, or October, depending on your definition of "ancient"
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
Total Quality Management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th (1300s)
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Did you mean Anglesey? That's an island in Wales.
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1972?
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Pete
news:op.vz2xh...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
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> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game
> bridge?
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Wyoming
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
Bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
13th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Wales
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
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Pete
Rob Parker
13
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Alaska (?)
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
10-pin bowling
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
Total Quality Management
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
17th
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy
> 9 Angelsea is located in which country of the British isles?
Wales
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
Rob
Calvin
> 1 How many tricks are needed for a grand-slam in the card game bridge?
13, and I'll accept 7 from Erland as it seems the word "trick" has other
meanings in Swedish.
13/13, appropriately
> 2 What is the smallest US state by population?
Wyoming
5/13
> 3 A "7-10 split" is a term used in which sport?
[10-Pin] Bowling
10/13
Guesses included Blackjack and American Football
> 4 What was the eighth month in the ancient Roman Calendar?
October
13/13
> 5 The disease hepatitis affects which organ?
Liver
13/13
> 6 What does the business acronym TQM stand for?
Total Quality Management
7/13
> 7 Europe's Black Death plague occurred during which century?
14th / 1300s
9/13
> 8 Which fictional book's chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
11/13
> 9 Angelsey is located in which country of the British isles?
Wales
9/13
> 10 In which year was John Lennon shot?
1980
8/13
1972???
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 154
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 David
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 Erland S
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 Jeffrey Turner
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Joachim Parsch
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 John Masters
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Rob Parker
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 Stan Brown
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
13 5 10 13 13 7 9 11 9 8 98 TOTAL
75%
Congratulations Mark and Peter.
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cheers,
calvin
Joachim Parsch
Mark Brader schrieb:
>
> Erland Sommarskog:
> > Since everyone else is saying 13 and I am bridge player, I like to
> > clarify this answer. In Swedish bridge terminology "trick" is the number
> > of the bidding card. So if I bid 7NT, I want to take all 13 "stick" (as
> > we call them in Swedish), but that is only 7 "trick". (I seem to recall
> > that I discussed this with Mark at some point, but I've forgotten the
> > outcome of that.)
>
> Yes, I remember that exchange. The Swedish "trick" is known formally in
> English as an "odd-trick", but some people do say "trick" informally
> with that meaning, even though its proper meaning is Swedish "stick".
> I think Calvin should accept Erland's "7".
I was also considering for a moment to give the answer 7, just because
of this reason. I remember reading about tricks in the Whist definition
in some English bridge literature, though now it is universally used
counting from 1 to 13.
Anyway, lots of Bridge players around here, it seems.
Joachim