Rotating Quiz #23
Calvin
Again, these are harder than my usual questions. Seems to be a business /
entertainment bias but they are drawn at random. I'll leave it open for
one week. Enjoy!
1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
its price rises, violating the law of demand?
2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the subject
of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy every
employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the first anti-war
novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his employer
while working undercover?
8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
industry analysis and business strategy development?
9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
(1991)?
10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
winter Olympics?
--
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
>
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the subject
> of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
>
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy every
> employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the first anti-war
> novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
>
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
> two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
> during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
vuvuzela
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his employer
> while working undercover?
>
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
> (1991)?
>
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
--
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swp
> Again, these are harder than my usual questions. Seems to be a business /
> entertainment bias but they are drawn at random. I'll leave it open for
> one week. Enjoy!
>
>
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
miller lite? (after james mill, of course)
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
andy kaufman?
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy
> every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
peter principle
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
mark twain (samuel langhorne clemens)
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the first
> anti-war novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in
> the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
the good private?
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn,
> which two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide
> publicity during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
vu vu zela
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his
> employer while working undercover?
um ... the fuller brush company?
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specializes in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
john smith?
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
> (1991)?
loch?
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
sochi
swp
Mark Brader
> 1[.] Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
> 2[.] Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
Andy Kaufman?
> 3[.] Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy every
> employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
The Peter Principle.
> 4[.] Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain.
> 5[.] Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha¨ek, one of the first anti-war
> novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
>
> 6[.] Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
> two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
> during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela.
> 7[.] Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his employer
> while working undercover?
International Exports?
> 8[.] Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9[.] Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
> (1991)?
>
> 10[.] Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
Sochi
--
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My answers in this article are in the public domain.
Pete
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>
> Again, these are harder than my usual questions. Seems to be a
> business / entertainment bias but they are drawn at random. I'll
> leave it open for one week. Enjoy!
>
>
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish
> economist describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is
> consumed more as its price rises, violating the law of demand?
>
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
Andy Kaufman
>
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a
> hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
The Peter Principle
>
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both
> years marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Samuel Clemens
>
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha�ek, one of the first
> anti-war novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in
> the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
Good Soldier Schweik
>
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn,
> which two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide
> publicity during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela
>
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his
> employer while working undercover?
>
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in
> competitive advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces"
> framework for industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style
> has produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and
> Riff-Raff (1991)?
>
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host
> the 2014 winter Olympics?
Sochi
>
Pete (I'm sorry for the confusion I caused. I'm back and ready to
submit a new quiz if needed)
Jeffrey Turner
>
>
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
>
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
Andy Kaufman
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy
> every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
Peter Principle
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the first anti-war
> novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
The Elephant
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
> two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
> during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his
> employer while working undercover?
>
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and
> Riff-Raff (1991)?
>
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
--Jeff
Erland Sommarskog
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn,
> which two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide
> publicity during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
vuvuzela
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
> (1991)?
Ken Logan
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the
> 2014 winter Olympics?
Sochi
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Joachim Parsch
Calvin schrieb:
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
>
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the subject
> of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
Andy Kaufman
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy every
> employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
Peter principle
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha¨ek, one of the first anti-war
> novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
The adventures of the brave soldier Schweijk
(that's a literal translation of the german title)
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
> two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
> during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his employer
> while working undercover?
>
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
> (1991)?
Mike Leigh
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
Sotchi
Joachim
David
describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
its price rises, violating the law of demand?
No idea unless there is a Scottish Economist who is miraculously called
Laissez Faire.
2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the subject
of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
John Malcovich.
3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy every
employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela.
9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
(1991)?
Ken Loach.
10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
winter Olympics?
leningrad
Peter Smyth
news:op.vysa3...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
>Again, these are harder than my usual questions. Seems to be a business /
>entertainment bias but they are drawn at random. I'll leave it open for
>one week. Enjoy!
>
>
>1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
>describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
>its price rises, violating the law of demand?
>2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the subject
>of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
>3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy every
>employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
>4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
>marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
>
>5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the first anti-war
>novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
>Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
>
>6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
>two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
>during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
>7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his employer
>while working undercover?
>
>8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
>advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
>industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
>9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
>produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and Riff-Raff
>(1991)?
>
>10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
>winter Olympics?
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque
>
> Again, these are harder than my usual questions. Seems to be a business
> / entertainment bias but they are drawn at random. I'll leave it open
> for one week. Enjoy!
>
>
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
>
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
>
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy
> every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
Peter Principle
>
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain
>
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha¨ek, one of the first
> anti-war novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
>
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn,
> which two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide
> publicity during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
vuvuzela
>
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his
> employer while working undercover?
ACME Corp.
>
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
>
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and
> Riff-Raff (1991)?
>
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the
> 2014 winter Olympics?
>
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
> International Exports?
Arrgh! Now I remember -- I was thinking of something less modest.
*Universal* Exports!
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I'm pleased to have my own pothole number..."
m...@vex.net | --Claudia Bloom
Calvin
> Mark Brader:
>> International Exports?
>
> Arrgh! Now I remember -- I was thinking of something less modest.
> *Universal* Exports!
International Exports is something of a tautology but I'll give you 1/2 as
no one even got that close (so far anyway).
--
cheers,
calvin
Rob Parker
employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
Peter Principle
4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain
6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela
7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his employer
while working undercover?
Universal Exports
8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
industry analysis and business strategy development?
Porter
[I knew my wife's MBA course would be useful for something!]
Rob
Calvin
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
Giffen Good
0/11
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
Andy Kaufman
6/11
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy
> every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
The Peter Principle
9/11
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain
8/11
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the first anti-war
> novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
The Good Soldier Svejk
2/11
Recommended reading!
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
> two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
> during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela
11/11
Bloody things ought to be banned
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his
> employer while working undercover?
Universal Exports
1.5/11
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
Michael Porter
1/11
Well done Rob, but seriously have *none* of you taken a first year
business course in the past 30 years???
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and
> Riff-Raff (1991)?
Ken Loach
2/11
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
Sochi
5/11
Not to be confused with Leningrad.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL RQ 23
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Dan Tilque
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 David
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Erland S
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Jeffrey Turner
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 Joachim Parsch
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 1 5.5 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 Peter Smythe
0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Rob Parker
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 Stephen Perry
0 6 9 8 2 11 1.5 1 2 5 45.5 TOTAL
41%
Joachim and Pete take it with 6 and win the honour of compiling RQ24.
First in gets it.
Thanks for playing.
--
cheers,
calvin
Joachim Parsch
Calvin schrieb:
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL RQ 23
> 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Dan Tilque
> 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 David
> 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Erland S
> 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Jeffrey Turner
> 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 Joachim Parsch
> 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Marc Dashevsky
> 0 1 1 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 1 5.5 Mark Brader
> 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 Pete Gayde
> 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 Peter Smythe
> 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Rob Parker
> 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 Stephen Perry
> 0 6 9 8 2 11 1.5 1 2 5 45.5 TOTAL
> 41%
>
> Joachim and Pete take it with 6 and win the honour of compiling RQ24.
> First in gets it.
I have not been following this NG for a very long time, so maybe Pete should
have the first choice, if he wants to do it. I can try to set something up
as well, just a question: is *anything* ok (say: find movies from a made-up
tagline, for example), or should it be a standard quiz?
Joachim
swp
> > Joachim and Pete take it with 6 and win the honour of compiling RQ24.
> > First in gets it.
>
> I have not been following this NG for a very long time, so maybe Pete should
> have the first choice, if he wants to do it. I can try to set something up
> as well, just a question: is *anything* ok (say: find movies from a made-up
> tagline, for example), or should it be a standard quiz?
>
> Joachim
anything is quite fine, the only rule that everyone seems to adhere to is that there are a limited number of questions and each has usually only 1 correct answer. theme based quizes are good, so finding movies from made-up taglines would be perfectly reasonable.
we do try not to be culturally biased, nor discriminate based on age in either direction, nor be intentionally offensive. we don't always succeed, but we try.
swp