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Dan Tilque
Jan 1, 2018, 2:52:34 PM1/1/18
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Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more
participation than the last RQ.
This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for
each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong
answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply.
Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
as governor of California?
2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
the 1890s?
5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first published
on or about 12 March 1951?
6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
be elected governor of a US state?
12. Who was he?
Have fun, everybody.
--
Dan Tilque
participation than the last RQ.
This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for
each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong
answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply.
Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
as governor of California?
2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
the 1890s?
5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first published
on or about 12 March 1951?
6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
be elected governor of a US state?
12. Who was he?
Have fun, everybody.
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 1, 2018, 4:03:41 PM1/1/18
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Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
> 2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
> Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which
> country?
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
> 12. Who was he?
>
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Gareth Owen
Jan 1, 2018, 4:29:33 PM1/1/18
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Dan Tilque <dti...@frontier.com> writes:
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate
> predecessor as governor of California?
Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate
> predecessor as governor of California?
> 2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
> Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which
> country?
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
> 5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first
> published on or about 12 March 1951?
>
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
> 12. Who was he?
Arnold Schwarzenegger, .... Jesse Ventura??
Mark Brader
Jan 1, 2018, 5:45:16 PM1/1/18
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Dan Tilque:
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
India, Pakistan?
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
Basketball, handball.
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
Hadrian's Wall, Antonine Wall? (I'm sure it starts with A, anyway.)
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
Brando, Pacino?
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
Lincoln, Darwin.
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
5 yards, corner kick.
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
Shakespeare, Cervantes.
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
"Predator", "Predator".
> 12. Who was he?
Ventura, Schwarzenegger.
--
Mark Brader | Republicans... admire the Government of the United States
Toronto | so much that they would like to buy it.
m...@vex.net | --Harry Truman, 1948
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
Reagan, Schwarzenegger.
> as governor of California?
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
> 12. Who was he?
Ventura, Schwarzenegger.
--
Mark Brader | Republicans... admire the Government of the United States
Toronto | so much that they would like to buy it.
m...@vex.net | --Harry Truman, 1948
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Jan 1, 2018, 8:58:03 PM1/1/18
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Dan Tilque <dti...@frontier.com> wrote:
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
> 2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
> Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
> 5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first published
> on or about 12 March 1951?
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
> 12. Who was he?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Peter Smyth
Jan 2, 2018, 6:26:21 AM1/2/18
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Dan Tilque wrote:
> Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more participation than the last RQ.
>
> This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
>
> Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply. Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
>
>
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor as governor of California?
Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger
> Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more participation than the last RQ.
>
> This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
>
> Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply. Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
>
>
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor as governor of California?
> 2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
Microsoft, Apple
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
Pakistan, India
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in the 1890s?
Basketball, Handball
> 5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first published on or about 12 March 1951?
>
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
Hadrian's Wall
>
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
Marlon Brando, Robert de Niro
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
Queen Victoria, Abraham Lincoln
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
Indirect Free Kick
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later be elected governor of a US state?
Terminator
> 12. Who was he?
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura
>
> Have fun, everybody.
Marc Dashevsky
Jan 2, 2018, 11:37:16 AM1/2/18
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In article <p2e3i1$sn8$1...@dont-email.me>, dti...@frontier.com says...
> 2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
> Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
>
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
India
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
Basketball was invented in a Springfield YMCA and volleyball was invented
in a Holyoke YMCA, both in the 1890s and both in western Mass.
{I'm a Springfield native.]
> 5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first published
> on or about 12 March 1951?
Ketcham
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
Hadrian's wall
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
Brando
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
Abraham Lincoln
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
5 yards
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
Shakespeare
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
>
> 12. Who was he?
Ahnold
> Have fun, everybody.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more
> participation than the last RQ.
>
> This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
> it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
> for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
> there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
> for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
>
> Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for
> each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong
> answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply.
> Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
>
>
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
Ahnold
> Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more
> participation than the last RQ.
>
> This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
> it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
> for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
> there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
> for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
>
> Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for
> each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong
> answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply.
> Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
>
>
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
> 2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
> Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
>
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
in a Holyoke YMCA, both in the 1890s and both in western Mass.
{I'm a Springfield native.]
> 5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first published
> on or about 12 March 1951?
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
>
> 12. Who was he?
> Have fun, everybody.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Marc Dashevsky
Jan 3, 2018, 2:34:49 PM1/3/18
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I now belatedly understand the theme. I think it's brilliant.
Gareth Owen
Jan 4, 2018, 2:19:42 PM1/4/18
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Marc Dashevsky <use...@MarcDashevsky.com> writes:
> I now belatedly understand the theme. I think it's brilliant.
I second this sentiment.
> I now belatedly understand the theme. I think it's brilliant.
Calvin
Jan 7, 2018, 8:12:03 PM1/7/18
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On Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 5:52:34 AM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote:
> Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more
> participation than the last RQ.
>
> This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
> it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
> for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
> there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
> for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
>
> Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for
> each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong
> answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply.
> Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
>
>
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
Schwarzenegger
> Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more
> participation than the last RQ.
>
> This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
> it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
> for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
> there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
> for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
>
> Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for
> each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong
> answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply.
> Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
>
>
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
> 2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
> Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
> 5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first published
> on or about 12 March 1951?
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
> 12. Who was he?
Schwarzenegger
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Jan 7, 2018, 9:34:24 PM1/7/18
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New Years SALE!!! -- Everything must GO!! -- only ONE DAY left!!
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Just a reminder there's only one day left for this quiz.
Dan Tilque
Jan 9, 2018, 12:00:29 AM1/9/18
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Dan Tilque wrote:
> Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more
> participation than the last RQ.
>
> This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
> it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
> for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
> there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
> for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
The theme, in case anyone hasn't figured it out, is that all the
> Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more
> participation than the last RQ.
>
> This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
> it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
> for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
> there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
> for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
questions actually have two answers, even though they're phrased as if
they only have one. Thus the allowance of two answers each with no
penalty for a wrong answer.
>
> Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for
> each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong
> answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply.
> Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
>
>
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
>
> 2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
> Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
Microsoft
This one was on one of the Canadian Inquisition quizzes a while back. In
that one, several others answered Microsoft. I knew there were two
answers (at one time I followed the stock markets fairly closely and it
happened during that time) and randomly chose Intel, and then had to
protest when the "official" answer was only Microsoft. I thought maybe
some people would remember that, but even Mark didn't.
>
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
>
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
volleyball (1895, Holyoke, Massachusetts -- some 15 km away from
Springfield; they're now in the same Metropolitan area.)
Note that volleyball was invented to have a less vigorous winter sport
than basketball for older players.
>
> 5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first published
> on or about 12 March 1951?
David Law (British comic)
Amazing coincidence for these: two totally different comics with the
same name published on the same day (or very close to it) in two
different countries. The date on the publication of the British comic
was 17 March 1951, but that, I understand, was the pull date. That is,
the date the comic comes off the news stand. So the British "Dennis the
Menace" could have been out a couple days before the US one was
published in newspapers.
I didn't really expect anyone to know the British artist, but I couldn't
think of any other detail to ask about where it would have been
reasonable to mention the original publication date.
>
> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
Antonine Wall
>
> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
Robert de Niro (Best Supporting Actor in "The Godfather, Part II")
>
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
Abraham Lincoln
>
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
5 yards (American/Canadian football)
>
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
William Shakespeare
Cervantes actually died on April 22, although some sources give the
23rd. Of course, Spain was on the Gregorian calendar and England still
on the Julian at the time, so Shakespeare outlived Cervantes by 11 days.
But it makes for a more interesting trivia question to ignore that.
>
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
The Running Man
Note to Mark: you don't get a point by repeating a correct answer. Nice
try, though. Kudos to Erland for being the only one to get Running Man.
>
> 12. Who was he?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Yep, both were in both movies.
Scores:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 T
Gareth Owen 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 17
Mark Brader 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 16
Peter Smyth 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 13
Dan Blum 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 11
Marc Dashevsky 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 11
Erland 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
Calvin 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 10
Looks like Gareth edges out Mark. Glad you guys didn't tie; this would
have been a bit of bother to compute the tiebreaker.
So it's over to Gareth for RQ #279. And thanks to everyone for playing.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Jan 9, 2018, 1:26:47 AM1/9/18
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Dan Tilque:
> > This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
> > it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
> > for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
> > there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
> > for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
>
> The theme, in case anyone hasn't figured it out, is that all the
> questions actually have two answers, even though they're phrased as if
> they only have one. Thus the allowance of two answers each with no
> penalty for a wrong answer.
Yep, that was a fun idea.
> > 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> > be elected governor of a US state?
>
> Predator
> The Running Man
>
> Note to Mark: you don't get a point by repeating a correct answer. Nice
> try, though.
I didn't think so, but I couldn't resist. I knew they were both in
Predator, which I haven't seen, but I thought it was the only such
movie.
> Kudos to Erland for being the only one to get Running Man.
And that one I *have* seen, but Ventura wasn't a person known to me
at the time. (Perhaps I didn't think if it because my brain has it
pigeonholed as science fiction rather than action-adventure, though
I agree that the question is not misleading.
> So it's over to Gareth for RQ #279. And thanks to everyone for playing.
Have fun, Gareth. Thanks again, Dan.
--
Mark Brader "Remember, this is Mark we're dealing with.
Toronto Rationality and fact won't work very well."
m...@vex.net -- Jeff Scott Franzman
> > Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more
> > participation than the last RQ.
There could hardly not have been, but thanks.
> > participation than the last RQ.
> > This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
> > it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
> > for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
> > there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
> > for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
>
> The theme, in case anyone hasn't figured it out, is that all the
> questions actually have two answers, even though they're phrased as if
> they only have one. Thus the allowance of two answers each with no
> penalty for a wrong answer.
> > 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> > be elected governor of a US state?
>
> Predator
> The Running Man
>
> Note to Mark: you don't get a point by repeating a correct answer. Nice
> try, though.
Predator, which I haven't seen, but I thought it was the only such
movie.
> Kudos to Erland for being the only one to get Running Man.
at the time. (Perhaps I didn't think if it because my brain has it
pigeonholed as science fiction rather than action-adventure, though
I agree that the question is not misleading.
> So it's over to Gareth for RQ #279. And thanks to everyone for playing.
--
Mark Brader "Remember, this is Mark we're dealing with.
Toronto Rationality and fact won't work very well."
m...@vex.net -- Jeff Scott Franzman
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 9, 2018, 3:05:11 PM1/9/18
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Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> Note to Mark: you don't get a point by repeating a correct answer. Nice
> try, though. Kudos to Erland for being the only one to get Running Man.
>
It happens to be the only film with Arnold I have seen. A friend of mine
> Note to Mark: you don't get a point by repeating a correct answer. Nice
> try, though. Kudos to Erland for being the only one to get Running Man.
>
was visiting town and dragged me to it.
Gareth Owen
Jan 14, 2018, 12:35:41 PM1/14/18
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Dan Tilque <dti...@frontier.com> writes:
> So it's over to Gareth for RQ #279. And thanks to everyone for playing.
I'll have something up tomorrow
> So it's over to Gareth for RQ #279. And thanks to everyone for playing.
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