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Dan Blum
Oct 3, 2017, 12:17:47 AM10/3/17
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This is Rotating Quiz #270. Entries must be posted by Monday,
October 9th, 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 does not have a theme. Instead it has acrostics - the first
letters of each answer form a word and the last letters of each answer
form a different word. Each of the non-acrostic answers is worth 2
points, or 1 if it's almost right in some way. The acrostic answers
are worth 1 point each. If an answer is a person's name, the surname
is the part that is required for points and is used for the
acrostics. If any other part of the name is given it must be correct
for points to be awarded.
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. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
under colonial rule.
2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
North Africa.
4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
(as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
capital.)
5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
affairs.
6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
generally called what?
7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
Periodic Table.
8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
finished canvas.
9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
known as Prince. What was his surname?
10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
than Chorley cakes.
11. The first letters spell what?
12. The last letters spell what?
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
October 9th, 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 does not have a theme. Instead it has acrostics - the first
letters of each answer form a word and the last letters of each answer
form a different word. Each of the non-acrostic answers is worth 2
points, or 1 if it's almost right in some way. The acrostic answers
are worth 1 point each. If an answer is a person's name, the surname
is the part that is required for points and is used for the
acrostics. If any other part of the name is given it must be correct
for points to be awarded.
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. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
under colonial rule.
2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
North Africa.
4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
(as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
capital.)
5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
affairs.
6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
generally called what?
7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
Periodic Table.
8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
finished canvas.
9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
known as Prince. What was his surname?
10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
than Chorley cakes.
11. The first letters spell what?
12. The last letters spell what?
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Oct 3, 2017, 1:31:57 AM10/3/17
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Dan Blum:
> 2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
> involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
> with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
> methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
> incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
Daguerrotype.
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
I have no clue, so I'll make something up. Rabac?
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
That must be Ecuador.
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
Niue. (Working backwards.)
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
Adit.
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
Levi.
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
Intaglio? (Working backwards.)
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
Nelson.
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
Well, it's not Eastbourne, Epping, East Ham, Edgware, Exeter, Exmouth,
Effingham, Edmonton... I guess I'll make something up again. Edgeness?
> 11. The first letters spell what?
ADRENALINE.
> 12. The last letters spell what?
SECRETIONS.
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
> This quiz does not have a theme. Instead it has acrostics - the first
> letters of each answer form a word and the last letters of each answer
> form a different word. Each of the non-acrostic answers is worth 2
> points, or 1 if it's almost right in some way. The acrostic answers
> are worth 1 point each. If an answer is a person's name, the surname
> is the part that is required for points and is used for the
> acrostics. If any other part of the name is given it must be correct
> for points to be awarded.
> letters of each answer form a word and the last letters of each answer
> form a different word. Each of the non-acrostic answers is worth 2
> points, or 1 if it's almost right in some way. The acrostic answers
> are worth 1 point each. If an answer is a person's name, the surname
> is the part that is required for points and is used for the
> acrostics. If any other part of the name is given it must be correct
> for points to be awarded.
> 1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
Algiers.
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
> 2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
> involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
> with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
> methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
> incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
Effingham, Edmonton... I guess I'll make something up again. Edgeness?
> 11. The first letters spell what?
> 12. The last letters spell what?
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
Calvin
Oct 3, 2017, 1:37:41 AM10/3/17
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On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 2:17:47 PM UTC+10, Dan Blum wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz #270. Entries must be posted by Monday,
> This is Rotating Quiz #270. Entries must be posted by Monday,
> 1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
>
> 2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
> involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
> with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
> methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
> incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
>
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
>
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
Ecuador
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
>
> 2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
> involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
> with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
> methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
> incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
>
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
>
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
>
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
>
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
>
> 11. The first letters spell what?
>
> 12. The last letters spell what?
cheers,
calvin
Peter Smyth
Oct 3, 2017, 9:52:01 AM10/3/17
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> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
Ecuador
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
Niue
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
>
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
>
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
>
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
>
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
Eccles
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
>
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
>
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
>
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
>
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
> 11. The first letters spell what?
>
> 12. The last letters spell what?
Peter Smyth
>
> 12. The last letters spell what?
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 3, 2017, 11:30:06 AM10/3/17
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In article <oqv31b$4lh$1...@reader2.panix.com>, to...@panix.com says...
> 2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
> involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
> with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
> methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
> incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
daugerretype
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
rebec
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
Ecuador
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
N*e
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
a*t
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
Levi
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
I*o
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
Nelson
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
E*s
> 11. The first letters spell what?
adrenaline
> 12. The last letters spell what?
secretions
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> 1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
Algiers
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
> 2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
> involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
> with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
> methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
> incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
> 11. The first letters spell what?
> 12. The last letters spell what?
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Oct 3, 2017, 12:06:21 PM10/3/17
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In article <YOOdnVPtx8NavU7E...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> Dan Blum:
> Dan Blum:
> > 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> > from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> > single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> > viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> > North Africa.
>
> I have no clue, so I'll make something up. Rabac?
Good job! I'd give you credit.
> > from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> > single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> > viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> > North Africa.
>
> I have no clue, so I'll make something up. Rabac?
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 3, 2017, 2:47:21 PM10/3/17
to
Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
> 1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
Tanger
> 1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
is the same in English, although it is maybe not that likely that we
would have borrowed older mining terminology from English.
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
Toronto quiz!
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Dan Blum
Oct 3, 2017, 6:46:04 PM10/3/17
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Marc Dashevsky <use...@marcdashevsky.com> wrote:
> In article <YOOdnVPtx8NavU7E...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> > Dan Blum:
> > > 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> > > from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> > > single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> > > viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> > > North Africa.
> >
> > I have no clue, so I'll make something up. Rabac?
> Good job! I'd give you credit.
Yeah, that's worth 1 point.
> In article <YOOdnVPtx8NavU7E...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> > Dan Blum:
> > > 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> > > from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> > > single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> > > viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> > > North Africa.
> >
> > I have no clue, so I'll make something up. Rabac?
> Good job! I'd give you credit.
Dan Tilque
Oct 8, 2017, 6:00:51 AM10/8/17
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Dan Blum wrote:
>
> 1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
Algiers
>
> 1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
>
> 2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
> involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
> with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
> methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
> incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
>
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
>
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
>
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
>
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
>
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
>
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
>
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
>
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
>
> 11. The first letters spell what?
>
> 12. The last letters spell what?
>
>
>
>
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Dan Blum
Oct 9, 2017, 11:05:01 PM10/9/17
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Rotating Quiz #270 is over and Mark Brader is the winner. He may now
set RQ #271.
> 1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
Algiers
> 2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
> involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
> with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
> methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
> incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
daguerreotype
"Daguerretype" is worth 1 point.
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
rebec
I decided "rabac" is worth 1 point, what with the Great Vowel Shift
and all.
Lutes are plucked or strummed, not bowed (and not generally made from
a single piece of wood, although that probably varies).
Even if I accepted "gamba" for "viola da gamba," that instrument was
made much like a violin, e.g. from several pieces of wood joined
together. (It also doesn't date back as far as the 13th century.)
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
Ecuador
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
Niue
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
adit
"Drift" is a word for a horizontal tunnel within a mine, but doesn't
appear to be used for those that exit the mine.
"Ort" might be the correct Swedish term for this but I can't find
anything that says so. (If it is, it's probably not borrowed from
English, since it means something different in English.)
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
(Primo) Levi
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
impasto
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
Nelson
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
Eccles
> 11. The first letters spell what?
adrenaline
> 12. The last letters spell what?
secretions
Scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
----------------------------------------
Mark 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 17
Marc 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 13
Dan 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Calvin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6
Peter 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
Erland 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
set RQ #271.
> 1. This city's name derives from the Arabic for "islands" for the four
> islands which used to exist in its harbor. While nominally under
> Ottoman rule for some time it acted independently and was a major
> pirate base before the Barbary Wars. Not longer after those it fell
> under colonial rule.
> 2. This was the first practical type of photograph, although it still
> involved treating a silver-coated copper plate several times, once
> with mercury vapor, so it unsurprisingly was mostly replaced by easier
> methods within about twenty years. However, the name is often
> incorrectly applied to other types of 19th-century photograph.
"Daguerretype" is worth 1 point.
> 3. A string instrument played with a bow which was popular in Europe
> from roughly the 13th to the 16th centuries. Its body was made from a
> single piece of wood, unlike later string instruments such as
> viols. These days it sees some use in folk music in regions such as
> North Africa.
I decided "rabac" is worth 1 point, what with the Great Vowel Shift
and all.
Lutes are plucked or strummed, not bowed (and not generally made from
a single piece of wood, although that probably varies).
Even if I accepted "gamba" for "viola da gamba," that instrument was
made much like a violin, e.g. from several pieces of wood joined
together. (It also doesn't date back as far as the 13th century.)
> 4. This country has only the second-highest capital in the world, but
> (as one might expect) it is the closest capital to the equator, so
> there's that. (The answer is the name of the country, not the
> capital.)
> 5. This large coral atoll is self-governing but exists in free
> association with New Zealand, which generally handles its foreign
> affairs.
> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> generally called what?
"Drift" is a word for a horizontal tunnel within a mine, but doesn't
appear to be used for those that exit the mine.
"Ort" might be the correct Swedish term for this but I can't find
anything that says so. (If it is, it's probably not borrowed from
English, since it means something different in English.)
> 7. This Italian chemist gained fame as an author, in particular for
> his memoir of his time in Auschwitz and his short story collection The
> Periodic Table.
> 8. In painting this refers to a technique whereby the paint (usually
> oil paint) is applied in very thick layers, giving texture to the
> finished canvas.
> 9. Among the notable deaths of 2016 was that of the musician generally
> known as Prince. What was his surname?
> 10. These pastries, called "<answer 10> cakes" after the English town
> where they were first sold, are round, make of a flaky pastry, and
> filled with currants. They are rounder than Banbury cakes and taller
> than Chorley cakes.
> 11. The first letters spell what?
> 12. The last letters spell what?
Scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
----------------------------------------
Mark 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 17
Marc 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 13
Dan 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Calvin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6
Peter 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
Erland 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 10, 2017, 3:23:28 AM10/10/17
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Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
>> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
>> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
>> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
>> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
>> generally called what?
>
> adit
>
>> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
>> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
>> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
>> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
>> generally called what?
>
> adit
>
> "Ort" might be the correct Swedish term for this but I can't find
> anything that says so. (If it is, it's probably not borrowed from
> English, since it means something different in English.)
Looking up "adit" in Wikipedia, and then choosing the Swedish article,
> anything that says so. (If it is, it's probably not borrowed from
> English, since it means something different in English.)
leads me to an entry for "stoll" (a word that I have never heard). The
entry starts "En *stoll* or /dagort/ är en..." Thus, would mean that
this is a special kind of "ort" which then is a more general word. Swedish
Wikipedia has an entry for "ort" alone, but this entry has no links to
any other language.
As I understand from the entry for "stoll", this an horisontal shaft with
an entry to the land around (that would explain dag-). I believe "ort"
can refer to any horizontal shaft, including those deep underground.
Mining is certainly not my area.
Mark Brader
Oct 10, 2017, 4:22:38 AM10/10/17
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Dan Blum:
> ...Mark Brader is the winner. He may now set RQ #271.
Oh, I was afraid of that. Okay, you asked for it...
> ...Mark Brader is the winner. He may now set RQ #271.
Oh, I was afraid of that. Okay, you asked for it...
Dan Blum
Oct 10, 2017, 8:19:14 AM10/10/17
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
> >> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> >> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> >> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> >> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> >> generally called what?
> >
> > adit
> >
> > "Ort" might be the correct Swedish term for this but I can't find
> > anything that says so. (If it is, it's probably not borrowed from
> > English, since it means something different in English.)
>
> Looking up "adit" in Wikipedia, and then choosing the Swedish article,
> leads me to an entry for "stoll" (a word that I have never heard). The
> entry starts "En *stoll* or /dagort/ ?r en..." Thus, would mean that
> Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
> >> 6. Many mines are accessed via vertical shafts, but in cases where the
> >> material being extracted is above some local land level they are often
> >> accessed via more or less horizontal tunnels ("more or less" because
> >> they often slope a bit to drain water from the mine). Such a tunnel is
> >> generally called what?
> >
> > adit
> >
> > "Ort" might be the correct Swedish term for this but I can't find
> > anything that says so. (If it is, it's probably not borrowed from
> > English, since it means something different in English.)
>
> Looking up "adit" in Wikipedia, and then choosing the Swedish article,
> leads me to an entry for "stoll" (a word that I have never heard). The
> this is a special kind of "ort" which then is a more general word. Swedish
> Wikipedia has an entry for "ort" alone, but this entry has no links to
> any other language.
> As I understand from the entry for "stoll", this an horisontal shaft with
> an entry to the land around (that would explain dag-). I believe "ort"
> can refer to any horizontal shaft, including those deep underground.
I checked some Swedish dictionaries and they didn't even mention this meaning,
> Wikipedia has an entry for "ort" alone, but this entry has no links to
> any other language.
> As I understand from the entry for "stoll", this an horisontal shaft with
> an entry to the land around (that would explain dag-). I believe "ort"
> can refer to any horizontal shaft, including those deep underground.
which is odd.
> Mining is certainly not my area.
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 10, 2017, 2:33:30 PM10/10/17
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Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
> I checked some Swedish dictionaries and they didn't even mention this
> meaning, which is odd.
I checked my quite comprehensive dictionary - now an app in my phone, very
> I checked some Swedish dictionaries and they didn't even mention this
> meaning, which is odd.
handy! - and it translates "ort" in the mining meaning as "drift" or
"gallery" which you did not approve of. Case closed.
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