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Calvin
Jan 13, 2019, 6:39:30 PM1/13/19
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1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
4 The Hallelujah Chorus is part of which work, often performed at Christmas?
5 Which US president served the most terms?
6 What is the occupation of Silas Marner, title character of the 1861 George Eliot novel?
7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Jan 13, 2019, 7:30:34 PM1/13/19
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Calvin:
> 2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
Lisbon.
> 3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
South Africa.
> 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is part of which work, often performed
> at Christmas?
"The Messiah" by Handel.
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
Franklin Roosevelt.
> 6 What is the occupation of Silas Marner, title character of
> the 1861 George Eliot novel?
Miller.
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
B1.
> 8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
Roberta Flack.
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
Buenos Aires.
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
Jupiter.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth"
m...@vex.net | --Washington Post, June 24, 2002
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is
> typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
Ice. :-)
> typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
> 2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
> 3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
> 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is part of which work, often performed
> at Christmas?
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
> 6 What is the occupation of Silas Marner, title character of
> the 1861 George Eliot novel?
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
> 8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth"
m...@vex.net | --Washington Post, June 24, 2002
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Jan 13, 2019, 9:22:50 PM1/13/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
Turkish delight
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
> 2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
> 3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
> 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is part of which work, often performed at Christmas?
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Jan 14, 2019, 2:08:56 AM1/14/19
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
> 2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
Lisbon
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
> 2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
> 3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
> 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is part of which work, often performed at Christmas?
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
> 6 What is the occupation of Silas Marner, title character of the 1861 George Eliot novel?
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
> 8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 14, 2019, 2:35:49 AM1/14/19
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Lisbon
> 3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
South Africa
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
FDR
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
B12
> 8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
Roberta Flack
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
Santiago
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
>
Mercury
> 3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
> 8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
>
Pete Gayde
Jan 14, 2019, 10:27:38 AM1/14/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:f74b7d34-91fe-4dca...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically
> flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
Marron glace
> 2 What is the
> westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
Lisbon
> 3 Sun City is a
> premium resort located in which country?
South Africa
> 4 The Hallelujah Chorus
> is part of which work, often performed at Christmas?
Handel's Messiah
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
Franklin Roosevelt
> 6 What is the occupation of Silas
> Marner, title character of the 1861 George Eliot novel?
Preacher
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
B12
> 8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
Roberta Flack
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
Santiago
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
> collided with which planet?
Jupiter
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:f74b7d34-91fe-4dca...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically
> flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
> 2 What is the
> westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
> 3 Sun City is a
> premium resort located in which country?
> 4 The Hallelujah Chorus
> is part of which work, often performed at Christmas?
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
> 6 What is the occupation of Silas
> Marner, title character of the 1861 George Eliot novel?
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
> 8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
> collided with which planet?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Bruce Bowler
Jan 14, 2019, 4:18:17 PM1/14/19
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On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:39:30 -0800, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically
> flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
Turkish Delight
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically
> flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
> 2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
> 3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
> 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is part of which work, often performed at
> Christmas?
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
> 6 What is the occupation of Silas Marner, title character of the
1861
> George Eliot novel?
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
> 8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which
planet?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
ArenEss
Jan 14, 2019, 5:35:21 PM1/14/19
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On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:39:30 -0800 (PST), Calvin <334...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
Turkish Delight
>2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
Lisbon
>3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
South Africa
>4 The Hallelujah Chorus is part of which work, often performed at Christmas?
Handel's "Messiah"
>5 Which US president served the most terms?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
>6 What is the occupation of Silas Marner, title character of the 1861 George Eliot novel?
Linen Weaver
>7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
B1
>8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
Roberta Flack
>9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
Montevideo
>10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
Jupiter
ArenEss
>
>
>cheers,
>calvin
wrote:
>
>1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
>2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
>3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
>4 The Hallelujah Chorus is part of which work, often performed at Christmas?
>5 Which US president served the most terms?
>6 What is the occupation of Silas Marner, title character of the 1861 George Eliot novel?
>7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
>8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
>9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
>10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
ArenEss
>
>
>cheers,
>calvin
Calvin
Jan 15, 2019, 8:06:37 PM1/15/19
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On Monday, January 14, 2019 at 9:39:30 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
Turkish Delight
> 1 Which sweet, known as lokum in its native language, is typically flavoured with rosewater and eaten in cubes?
> 2 What is the westernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
> 3 Sun City is a premium resort located in which country?
> 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is part of which work, often performed at Christmas?
> 5 Which US president served the most terms?
> 6 What is the occupation of Silas Marner, title character of the 1861 George Eliot novel?
> 7 Which B vitamin is also known as thiamine?
> 8 'Killing Me Softly' was a 1973 hit for which singer?
> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
> 10 In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 550
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 46 Aren Ess
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 37 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 37 Dan Blum
0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 40 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 37 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 32 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 25 Erland S
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3 7 6 6 7 1 3 5 2 6 46 66%
Congratulations Aren.
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 16, 2019, 3:02:46 PM1/16/19
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
>> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
>
> Montevideo
>
Brilliant question! I walked right into the trap.
>> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
>
> Montevideo
>
...but the answer could have been Viedma. (To wit, in the 1980s, President
Alfosín floated an idea to move the federal captial to Viedma, which is
just on the border to what counts as Patagonia. Not much happened out of it,
though.)
Mark Brader
Jan 16, 2019, 3:20:25 PM1/16/19
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"Calvin":
right into the *other* one. I knew that from a past email discussion
that small-scale maps are often misleading[1] as to which of Buenos
Aires and Montevideo is farther south, but forgot which relative
position was false and which was true.
[1] When a city is on the coast, the dot used to represent it on a map
is normally placed fully inland rather than centered on the coastline.
Since Montevideo is on a south-facing coast, this pushes its dot north.
If the map is small-scale enough, this can makes it look farther north
than Buenos Aires.
--
Mark Brader "Well, I didn't completely test it, and
Toronto of course there was a power failure the
m...@vex.net next day." -- Louis J. Judice
>>> 9 What is the southernmost South American capital?
>> Montevideo
Erland Sommarskog:
>> Montevideo
> Brilliant question! I walked right into the trap.
Whereas I cleverly evaded the trap that Erland walked into, and walked
right into the *other* one. I knew that from a past email discussion
that small-scale maps are often misleading[1] as to which of Buenos
Aires and Montevideo is farther south, but forgot which relative
position was false and which was true.
[1] When a city is on the coast, the dot used to represent it on a map
is normally placed fully inland rather than centered on the coastline.
Since Montevideo is on a south-facing coast, this pushes its dot north.
If the map is small-scale enough, this can makes it look farther north
than Buenos Aires.
--
Mark Brader "Well, I didn't completely test it, and
Toronto of course there was a power failure the
m...@vex.net next day." -- Louis J. Judice
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 16, 2019, 5:03:07 PM1/16/19
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Whereas I cleverly evaded the trap that Erland walked into, and walked
> right into the *other* one. I knew that from a past email discussion
> that small-scale maps are often misleading[1] as to which of Buenos
> Aires and Montevideo is farther south, but forgot which relative
> position was false and which was true.
>
Not sure what you mean. I answered Santiago, as I seemed to recall that it
> Whereas I cleverly evaded the trap that Erland walked into, and walked
> right into the *other* one. I knew that from a past email discussion
> that small-scale maps are often misleading[1] as to which of Buenos
> Aires and Montevideo is farther south, but forgot which relative
> position was false and which was true.
>
slightly south of Buenos Aires. Montevideo I did not even consider, and
when I saw people entering I thought they were totally confused.
My mental picture of it all was that since Montevideo is across the river
from Buenos Aires it must be north from B.A.
You could of course say that I did two mistakes. First ignoring Montevideo
and then picking the wrong of Buenos Aires and Santiago. So, yes, you did
better than me.
Dan Blum
Jan 16, 2019, 5:23:49 PM1/16/19
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guessing, right?
Mark Brader
Jan 16, 2019, 6:08:04 PM1/16/19
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Mark Brader:
it doesn't make sense for the capital to be so far north, but it is, and
I cleverly knew that was wrong.
>> My mental picture of it all was that since Montevideo is across the river
>> from Buenos Aires it must be north from B.A.
Whereas I knew that the relative position of those two on some maps looks
wrong, but I also knew that since Montevideo is across the river (estuary,
really) from Buenos Aires it must be farther north.
Dan Blum:
--
Mark Brader | Are governments capable of evil? Yes, of course they are.
Toronto | All institutions are. But they're MORE capable of incompetence.
m...@vex.net | (That's good! I should post that.)
--Sherlock Holmes (Craig Sweeney, "Elementary")
>>> Whereas I cleverly evaded the trap that Erland walked into, and walked
>>> right into the *other* one. I knew that from a past email discussion
>>> that small-scale maps are often misleading[1] as to which of Buenos
>>> Aires and Montevideo is farther south, but forgot which relative
>>> position was false and which was true.
>>>
Erland Sommarskog:
>>> right into the *other* one. I knew that from a past email discussion
>>> that small-scale maps are often misleading[1] as to which of Buenos
>>> Aires and Montevideo is farther south, but forgot which relative
>>> position was false and which was true.
>>>
>> Not sure what you mean.
Santiago is the obvious answer because Chile is long and straight and
it doesn't make sense for the capital to be so far north, but it is, and
I cleverly knew that was wrong.
>> My mental picture of it all was that since Montevideo is across the river
>> from Buenos Aires it must be north from B.A.
wrong, but I also knew that since Montevideo is across the river (estuary,
really) from Buenos Aires it must be farther north.
Dan Blum:
> This would probably be a bad time to admit that I got this correct by
> guessing, right?
I'd say it serves us right!
> guessing, right?
--
Mark Brader | Are governments capable of evil? Yes, of course they are.
Toronto | All institutions are. But they're MORE capable of incompetence.
m...@vex.net | (That's good! I should post that.)
--Sherlock Holmes (Craig Sweeney, "Elementary")
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 17, 2019, 3:31:33 PM1/17/19
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Santiago is the obvious answer because Chile is long and straight and
> it doesn't make sense for the capital to be so far north, but it is, and
> I cleverly knew that was wrong.
>
Since I travellled through Chile from north to south two years ago, that
> Santiago is the obvious answer because Chile is long and straight and
> it doesn't make sense for the capital to be so far north, but it is, and
> I cleverly knew that was wrong.
>
was not a trap I did not walk into. And even before that I had a clear
mental picture of Chile. Roughly, you can divide Chile into five sections,
not all of the same size: Sur Grande, Sur Chico, Central, Norte Chico, Norte
Grande. Sur Grande is basically the area that extends south from Puerto
Montt (not including the islands of Chiloé), and this is a quite a wild
area where the distance from the mountains to the sea is very short.
And if you exclude Sur Grande, Santiago is rather south of the middle
line. If you also exlucde Norte Grande (which was not in Chile before
1884), Santiago is in the middle.
However, while I have travelled in both Chile and Argentina, it is not
always easy to tell exactly what is on the other side due east/west from
where you are. The only reason you would how the two are located in
relation to each other is because you have looked it up before.
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