Rotating Quiz #264

[Mark Brader]

Welcome to Rotating Quiz #264. I'd like to thank Dan Tilque
for running RQ 263 and Don Piven for declining to do this one,
leaving you all stuck with one of mine. The winner of this contest,
in turn, will be the first choice to set RQ 265.

This one is a visual round. See

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/rq/264.jpg

and simply tell me what each image shows (or refers to). However,
there is an overall theme, and only answers fitting that theme will
be accepted. (In two cases it's uncertain, or there's conflicting
information, as to whether they do truly fit the theme or not.
Don't worry about that; just assume they do.)

As usual, please answer only from your own knowledge and post all
your answers to the newsgroup in a single posting. Please use a
style like this:

1. Copper
2. Gold
3. Charlemagne

You have 6 days to enter from the time of posting -- that is until
about 6:48 pm Toronto time (zone -4) on Wednesday, 2017-08-16.

Each question will be worth the same number of points; that number
will be the smallest number that allows scoring in integers.
The points in each question will be *divided equally* between all
entrants who get it right. For example, say there are 4 entrants.
Then each question will be worth 12 points, and if you are the
only one to answer it correctly, you get all 12. In this case if 2
people answer correctly, they each get 6 points; if 3 do, they each
get 4; and if all 4 get it, that's 3 points each. This should give
you a strong incentive to answer the questions that nobody else can.

In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be the entrant who
answered the *fewest* questions correctly to reach the tie score,
and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first.

Have fun.
--
Mark Brader | "... there is no such word as 'impossible' in
Toronto | my dictionary. In fact, everything between
m...@vex.net | 'herring' and 'marmalade' appears to be missing."
| -- Dirk Gently (Douglas Adams)

My text in this article is in the public domain.

[Dan Blum]

1. Anaconda
2. Lyon
3. Spider
4. Osprey
5. Tiger
6. Vulpes
8. Seal
10. Wolverine

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

[Marc Dashevsky]

1.
2.
3.
4.
5. Panzer
6. Scorpio
7.
8.
9.
10.

[Dan Tilque]

1.
2. Lyon
3. Cougar ?

4. Osprey
5. Tiger
6.

7.
8.
9.
10. Wolverine

--
Dan Tilque

[Calvin]

On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 8:48:06 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:

1. Anaconda
2. Berlin?
3. Looks like a Holden Commodore but presumably re-badged in the US. Cougar? Mustang?
4. Deathtrap :-)
5. Panther
6. Scorpio
7. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
8. Seal
9. Tiger?
10. Wolverine


The theme is animals.

cheers,
calvin

[Mark Brader]

This is a reminder that Rotating Quiz #264, based on the following
array of images:

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/rq/264.jpg

, is now in its last 21 hours.

The more the merrier! See the original posting for further details.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "... pure English is de rigueur"
m...@vex.net -- Guardian Weekly

[Mark Brader]

Rotating Quiz #264 is ofter. Sadly, there were only 4 entrants.
The winner is the person posting as "Calvin", who scored more
than double the second-place finisher -- so, moderately hearty
congratulations!

Mark Brader:

> This one is a visual round. See

> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/rq/264.jpg

> and simply tell me what each image shows (or refers to). However,
> there is an overall theme, and only answers fitting that theme will
> be accepted. (In two cases it's uncertain, or there's conflicting
> information, as to whether they do truly fit the theme or not.
> Don't worry about that; just assume they do.)

The theme, of course, was "named after animals".

> ...Each question will be worth the same number of points; that

> number will be the smallest number that allows scoring in integers.
> The points in each question will be *divided equally* between all
> entrants who get it right. For example, say there are 4 entrants.
> Then each question will be worth 12 points, and if you are the
> only one to answer it correctly, you get all 12. In this case if 2
> people answer correctly, they each get 6 points; if 3 do, they each
> get 4; and if all 4 get it, that's 3 points each. This should give
> you a strong incentive to answer the questions that nobody else can.

Since 4 was in fact the number of entrants, the scoring example is
exactly what was used.


1. Anaconda (part of the 1997 movie poster, title blurred out).
6 for Dan Blum and Calvin.

2. Bern or Berne (Switzerland, allegedly named after bears).

3. Jaguar (a recent or current year XF model, I think -- I lost the
URL where I found this exact image).

4. Osprey (otherwise known as a Boeing V-22). 6 for Dan Blum
and Dan Tilque.

5. Panther (WW2-era German tank, specifically a model G, preserved
in Belgium). 12 for Calvin. (The word "Panther" is the same in
German and English, whereas "Panzer" is simply German for "tank"
and therefore wrong. And even if you didn't know what they looked
like, it wasn't going to be a Tiger tank, their other best-known one,
because Tiger was used on #9.)

6. Scorpius, the Scorpion (constellation, of course; accepting
Scorpio). 6 for Marc and Calvin.

7. "Chayka" or "The Seagull" (play by Anton Chekhov).

8. Seal (singer, allegedly named after a seal in a children's book).
6 for Dan Blum and Calvin.

9. Tiger (Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Alex Wilson). 12 for Calvin.
(You only had to recognize the team logo.)

10. Wolverine (comic-book and later movie character). 4 for Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, and Calvin.


Scores, if there are no errors:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTALS

"Calvin" 6 0 0 0 12 6 0 6 12 4 46
Dan Blum 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 4 22
Dan Tilque 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 10
Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6

12 0 0 12 12 12 0 12 12 12


Thanks to all who played, and it's over to Calvin for RQ 265.
--
Mark Brader | "...it's always easier to see the mud when it's
Toronto | coming toward your side rather than from your side."
m...@vex.net | --Mike Kruger

[Mark Brader]

[Reposting with the right subject line]

Rotating Quiz #264 is ofter. Sadly, there were only 4 entrants.
The winner is the person posting as "Calvin", who scored more
than double the second-place finisher -- so, moderately hearty
congratulations!

Mark Brader:

> This one is a visual round. See

> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/rq/264.jpg

> and simply tell me what each image shows (or refers to). However,
> there is an overall theme, and only answers fitting that theme will
> be accepted. (In two cases it's uncertain, or there's conflicting
> information, as to whether they do truly fit the theme or not.
> Don't worry about that; just assume they do.)

The theme, of course, was "named after animals".

> ...Each question will be worth the same number of points; that

> number will be the smallest number that allows scoring in integers.
> The points in each question will be *divided equally* between all
> entrants who get it right. For example, say there are 4 entrants.
> Then each question will be worth 12 points, and if you are the
> only one to answer it correctly, you get all 12. In this case if 2
> people answer correctly, they each get 6 points; if 3 do, they each
> get 4; and if all 4 get it, that's 3 points each. This should give
> you a strong incentive to answer the questions that nobody else can.

[Calvin]

On Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 12:00:13 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:

> Thanks to all who played, and it's over to Calvin for RQ 265.

Thanks, I guess. Should have something up by tomorrow.

cheers,
calvin