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Rotating Quiz #309: Constellations and island groups
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Dan Tilque
Oct 15, 2018, 10:37:29 AM10/15/18
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Welcome to Rotating Quiz #309. Sorry for taking so long to get one
together. As the subject line says, this quiz is half about
constellations and half about island groups. There is no secret theme to
this quiz.
The usual rules apply about tiebreakers, no outside references, etc.
Quiz will end sometime in the evening my time on Saturday, October 20,
2018. Some questions ask for multiple items. One point for each correct
answer. If more answers are given than requested, the excess will be
ignored.
Part I. Constellations
1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
Give the English name for each of these constellations. For example, for
Cancer, the answer would be "crab".
2. Antlia
3. Ara
4. Carina
5. Draco
6. Monoceros
7. Vulpecula
Part II. Islands
8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan.
9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii
10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not
those in California)
Have fun.
--
Dan Tilque
together. As the subject line says, this quiz is half about
constellations and half about island groups. There is no secret theme to
this quiz.
The usual rules apply about tiebreakers, no outside references, etc.
Quiz will end sometime in the evening my time on Saturday, October 20,
2018. Some questions ask for multiple items. One point for each correct
answer. If more answers are given than requested, the excess will be
ignored.
Part I. Constellations
1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
Give the English name for each of these constellations. For example, for
Cancer, the answer would be "crab".
2. Antlia
3. Ara
4. Carina
5. Draco
6. Monoceros
7. Vulpecula
Part II. Islands
8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan.
9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii
10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not
those in California)
Have fun.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Oct 15, 2018, 3:43:55 PM10/15/18
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Dan Tilque:
Serpent;
Perseus;
Orion;
Pegasus;
Cassiopeia;
Chained lady.
(For the four in the middle their proper names are also the names
I normally see used in English, but I think I've also seen "chained
lady" used somewhere as the English name of Cassiopeia, and since
I don't have a 6th guess I'll put that one down just in case.
> 2. Antlia
Ant-lion.
> 3. Ara
Altar.
> 4. Carina
Crown.
> 5. Draco
Dragon.
> 6. Monoceros
Unicorn.
> 7. Vulpecula
Little fox.
> Part II. Islands
>
> 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan.
Hokkaido;
Honshu;
Kyushu;
Shikoku.
> 9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii;
Oahu;
Maui;
Kauai;
Molokai;
Hawaii;
Niihau;
Kahoolawe;
and the other one.
> 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not
> those in California)
They're not in England either.
Jersey;
Guernsey;
Alderney;
Sark.
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
> constellations...
Serpent;
Perseus;
Orion;
Pegasus;
Cassiopeia;
Chained lady.
(For the four in the middle their proper names are also the names
I normally see used in English, but I think I've also seen "chained
lady" used somewhere as the English name of Cassiopeia, and since
I don't have a 6th guess I'll put that one down just in case.
> 2. Antlia
Ant-lion.
> 3. Ara
Altar.
> 4. Carina
Crown.
> 5. Draco
Dragon.
> 6. Monoceros
Unicorn.
> 7. Vulpecula
Little fox.
> Part II. Islands
>
> 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan.
Honshu;
Kyushu;
Shikoku.
> 9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii;
Oahu;
Maui;
Kauai;
Molokai;
Hawaii;
Niihau;
Kahoolawe;
and the other one.
> 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not
> those in California)
Jersey;
Guernsey;
Alderney;
Sark.
--
Mark Brader | Given the degree of bitterness... here recently, it might
Toronto | [be better described] as an againstum than a forum.
m...@vex.net | --Peter Moylan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 15, 2018, 5:51:07 PM10/15/18
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Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
> constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
> Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
> monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
> with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
> belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
> that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
Orion
> 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
> constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
> Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
> monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
> with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
> belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
> that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
> 6. Monoceros
Unicorn
> 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan.
> 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not
> those in California)
>
Dan Blum
Oct 15, 2018, 9:12:30 PM10/15/18
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Dan Tilque <dti...@frontier.com> wrote:
> Part I. Constellations
> 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
> constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
> Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
> monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
> with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
> belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
> that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
Perseus
> Part I. Constellations
> 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
> constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
> Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
> monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
> with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
> belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
> that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
Andromeda
Cassiopeia
Hydra
Pegasus
> 5. Draco
dragon
> 6. Monoceros
unicorn
> 7. Vulpecula
fox
> Part II. Islands
> 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan.
Hokkaido
Shikoku
> 9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii
Maui
Oahu
> 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not
> those in California)
Guernsey
Sark
Alderney
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Calvin
Oct 16, 2018, 7:36:53 PM10/16/18
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On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 12:37:29 AM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote:
> Part I. Constellations
>
> 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
> constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
> Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
> monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
> with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
> belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
> that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
>
> Give the English name for each of these constellations. For example, for
> Cancer, the answer would be "crab".
>
> 2. Antlia
Scorpion?
> Part I. Constellations
>
> 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
> constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
> Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
> monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
> with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
> belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
> that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
>
> Give the English name for each of these constellations. For example, for
> Cancer, the answer would be "crab".
>
> 2. Antlia
> 3. Ara
Spider
> 4. Carina
Dog?
> 5. Draco
Bat
> 6. Monoceros
Narwhal?
> 7. Vulpecula
Fox
> Part II. Islands
>
> 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan.
Hokkaido
Kyoshu
Shikoshu
> 9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii
Hawaii
Maui
and the others
> 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not
> those in California)
Jersey
Sark
Breqhou
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Oct 21, 2018, 1:44:47 AM10/21/18
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Dan Tilque wrote:
>
> Part I. Constellations
>
> 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
> constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
> Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
> monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
> with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
> belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
> that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
Perseus (hero)
>
> Part I. Constellations
>
> 1. There's a Greek myth which has contributed 5 of the standard
> constellations. The story involves a Hero who rescues a Damsel in
> Distress from a sea monster. (Hint: one of the constellations is the sea
> monster.) There's one other constellation that's peripherally associated
> with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really
> belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of
> that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations?
Andromeda (damsel in distress)
Cassiopeia (her mother)
Cepheus (her father)
Cetus (sea monster)
Pegasus (other animal)
Pegasus really belongs to the Bellerophon myth, but since he was born to
Medusa (actually from her neck and/or blood) when Perseus slew her,
he's often given to Perseus as a mount. But Perseus didn't need a mount,
since he'd been given winged shoes by Hermes before starting his quest.
The chained lady would be Andromeda, so I'll give Mark a tiebreaking
bonus for that.
>
> Give the English name for each of these constellations. For example, for
> Cancer, the answer would be "crab".
>
> 2. Antlia
(named in the 18th century by a Frenchman named Lacaille; it's a faint
constellation that even most serious amateur astronomers are probably
unfamiliar with. I probably shouldn't have included it here, since I
didn't expect anyone to get it.)
>
> 3. Ara
altar
>
> 4. Carina
keel
(originally part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis, which was broken
up into three smaller ones: Carina, Pupis (poop deck) and Vela (sails))
>
> 5. Draco
dragon
>
> 6. Monoceros
unicorn
>
> 7. Vulpecula
fox
>
>
> Part II. Islands
>
> 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan.
Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku
>
> 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan.
>
> 9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii
(Lana'i), Ni'ihau, Kaho'olawe
The diacritics are optional.
>
> 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not
> those in California)
Scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T
------------------------------------
Mark 3+ 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 7 4 22+
Dan Blum 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 4 17
Calvin 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 3 11
Erland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 7
Mark does not need the bonus to win easily. Congratulations! Rotating
Quiz #310 is yours, Mark.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Oct 21, 2018, 2:03:48 AM10/21/18
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Dan Tilque:
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "But I want credit for all the words
m...@vex.net I spelled *right*!" -- BEETLE BAILEY
> Mark does not need the bonus to win easily. Congratulations!
Thanks! FWIW, I was annoyed at missing Antlia and Carina.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "But I want credit for all the words
m...@vex.net I spelled *right*!" -- BEETLE BAILEY
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