Triangle Language -- Quiz Quilt 217 Puzzle
Robert Jen
The area equals half the base times the height.
Equilateral, isosceles, or scalene,
Compare the triangles' sides to see what I mean;
Hypotenuse, adjacent, and opposite sides,
Sine, cosine, and tangent are the angle's divides;
AAS, ASA, SAS, SSS,
But not ASS, which would cause teachers much stress;
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CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
[ Entertainment & Food ]
What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
to make a Black Velvet?
[ Geography & Nature ]
What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
[ Literature & Arts ]
Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
Thought"?
[ Sports & Games ]
Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
[ Math & Science ]
What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
gases?
[ History & Government ]
What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
in 1948?
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http://triviawhys.blogspot.com -- Trivia Why's blog
Marc Dashevsky
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout to make a Black Velvet?
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
MARRAKESH (thanks for the "southern" clue)
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of Thought"?
GATES, Bill
> [ Sports & Games ]
> Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
----C---
> [ Math & Science ]
> What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble gases?
RAMSAY (and Raleigh, I believe)
> [ History & Government ]
> What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form in 1948?
BENELUX
Quilt answer: PASCAL, fifth letters down. Pascal: (1) triangular
representation of binomial coefficients, and (2) programming language.
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Mark Brader
Robert Jen:
> What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
> to make a Black Velvet?
I don't remember.
> What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
I don't know.
> Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> Thought"?
Oh dear.
> Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
Good grief!
> What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> gases?
Hmm. CAVENDISH?
> What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
> in 1948?
Only name I know for those countries taken together is BENELUX, so that
must be it. So 5th letter down and it's not Cavendish either. Let's
start over...
> What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
> to make a Black Velvet?
I can't think of one that fits. Oh, wait, how about CHAMPAGNE?
> What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
The only Moroccan cities I can think of are FEZ, RABAT, and CASABLANCA.
Oh, and TANGIER(S). And, of course, none of them fits.
> Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> Thought"?
GATES?
> Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
Well, CLANCY is a name that fits.
> What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> gases?
DEWAR doesn't fit... Hmm, maybe RAMSAY?
I didn't realize the same person did all six, by the way; nice going!
--
Mark Brader "[This computation] assumed that everything
Toronto would work, a happy state of affairs found
m...@vex.net only in fiction." -- Tom Clancy
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp
> For triangles, whether acute, obtuse, or right,
> The area equals half the base times the height.
>
> Equilateral, isosceles, or scalene,
> Compare the triangles' sides to see what I mean;
>
> Hypotenuse, adjacent, and opposite sides,
> Sine, cosine, and tangent are the angle's divides;
>
> AAS, ASA, SAS, SSS,
> But not ASS, which would cause teachers much stress;
um .. about the poetry. stick to your day job.
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
> to make a Black Velvet?
champagne (but sparkling wine is also correct)
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
marrakesh
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> Thought"?
bill gates (who also said something about only needing 640k of RAM.
ever.)
> [ Sports & Games ]
> Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
hmmm
> [ Math & Science ]
> What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> gases?
lord rayleigh
> [ History & Government ]
> What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
> in 1948?
benelux (don't know anything else associated with all 3)
so it's PASCAL in the 5th column ... need a ruling on that chemist,
and the drink I suppose.
swp
Russ
>CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
>[ Entertainment & Food ]
>What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
>to make a Black Velvet?
>
Traditionally CHAMPAGNE, but any white sparkling wine can be used.
>[ Geography & Nature ]
>What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
>Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
>
MARRAKECH
>[ Literature & Arts ]
>Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
>Thought"?
>
Bill GATES
>[ Sports & Games ]
>Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
>in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
>
Jelena DOKIC
>[ Math & Science ]
>What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
>gases?
>
Sir William RAMSAY
>[ History & Government ]
>What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
>in 1948?
The Treaty of Brussels was signed in 1948, but that clue is too
many words for your puzzle answers, So you must be thinking the
BENELUX agreement, but that was ratified in 1947, and placed into
effect in 1948-1958, when the BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION was signed.
CHAM P AGNE
MARR A KECH
GATE S
DOKI C
RAMS A Y
BENE L UX
Quilt solution: PASCAL, as in Pascal's triangle, and the programming
language of the same name.
Russ S.
Robert Jen
Russ <rem...@protection.com> wrote:
> >What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
> >to make a Black Velvet?
> >
>
> Traditionally CHAMPAGNE, but any white sparkling wine can be used.
Correct (I just edited that to add the word "traditionally" when I
realized that).
> >What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> >Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
> >
>
> MARRAKECH
Correct.
> >Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> >Thought"?
> >
>
> Bill GATES
Correct.
> >Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> >in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
> >
>
> Jelena DOKIC
Correct.
> >What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> >gases?
> >
>
> Sir William RAMSAY
Correct.
> >What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
> >in 1948?
>
> The Treaty of Brussels was signed in 1948, but that clue is too
> many words for your puzzle answers, So you must be thinking the
> BENELUX agreement, but that was ratified in 1947, and placed into
> effect in 1948-1958, when the BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION was signed.
Correct (I knew the year might be confusing, but I was referring to
the effective date).
> CHAM P AGNE
> MARR A KECH
> GATE S
> DOKI C
> RAMS A Y
> BENE L UX
>
> Quilt solution: PASCAL, as in Pascal's triangle, and the programming
> language of the same name.
Correct.
Ten points!
Robert Jen
<d4f5bca4-689e-4bdc...@j24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
swp <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 11:45�pm, Robert Jen <r...@rjen.com> wrote:
> > For triangles, whether acute, obtuse, or right,
> > The area equals half the base times the height.
> >
> > Equilateral, isosceles, or scalene,
> > Compare the triangles' sides to see what I mean;
> >
> > Hypotenuse, adjacent, and opposite sides,
> > Sine, cosine, and tangent are the angle's divides;
> >
> > AAS, ASA, SAS, SSS,
> > But not ASS, which would cause teachers much stress;
>
> um .. about the poetry. stick to your day job.
Correct.
> > What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
> > to make a Black Velvet?
>
> champagne (but sparkling wine is also correct)
Correct.
> > What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> > Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
>
> marrakesh
Correct.
> > Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> > Thought"?
>
> bill gates (who also said something about only needing 640k of RAM.
> ever.)
Correct (he adamantly and repeatedly denies saying it).
> > What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> > gases?
>
> lord rayleigh
Incorrect (he only co-discovered argon with the correct answer).
> > What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
> > in 1948?
>
> benelux (don't know anything else associated with all 3)
Correct.
> so it's PASCAL in the 5th column ... need a ruling on that chemist,
> and the drink I suppose.
Correct.
Eight points.
Robert Jen
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> PASCAL, of course. He invented the bus.
Correct (I didn't know that! Those master-of-lots-of-things
Rennaissance men [maybe he was a little late] always amaze me).
> > What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
> > to make a Black Velvet?
>
> I don't remember.
See below.
> > What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> > Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
>
> I don't know.
See below.
> > Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> > Thought"?
>
> Oh dear.
See below.
> > Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> > in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
>
> Good grief!
See below, Mr. Brown.
> > What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> > gases?
>
> Hmm. CAVENDISH?
Incorrect.
> > What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
> > in 1948?
>
> Only name I know for those countries taken together is BENELUX, so that
> must be it. So 5th letter down and it's not Cavendish either. Let's
> start over...
Correct.
> > What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
> > to make a Black Velvet?
>
> I can't think of one that fits. Oh, wait, how about CHAMPAGNE?
Correct.
> > What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> > Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
>
> The only Moroccan cities I can think of are FEZ, RABAT, and CASABLANCA.
> Oh, and TANGIER(S). And, of course, none of them fits.
Yep, none of them.
> > Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> > Thought"?
>
> GATES?
Correct!
> > Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> > in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
>
> Well, CLANCY is a name that fits.
Incorrect.
> > What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> > gases?
>
> DEWAR doesn't fit... Hmm, maybe RAMSAY?
Incorrect on both (the latter is a close but no cigar answer).
> I didn't realize the same person did all six, by the way; nice going!
I didn't either. Quite a surprising fact.
Seven points (checking again... yep, seven points).
Robert Jen
Marc Dashevsky <use...@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote:
> > What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle Ages
> > and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
> MARRAKESH (thanks for the "southern" clue)
Correct.
> > Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> > Thought"?
> GATES, Bill
Correct.
> > What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble gases?
> RAMSAY (and Raleigh, I believe)
Correct.
> > What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form in
> > 1948?
> BENELUX
Correct.
> Quilt answer: PASCAL, fifth letters down. Pascal: (1) triangular
> representation of binomial coefficients, and (2) programming language.
Correct.
Eight points.
Robert Jen
> DEWAR doesn't fit... Hmm, maybe RAMSAY?
Oops, Correct.
Eight points.
Mark Brader
>> PASCAL, of course. He invented the bus.
> Correct (I didn't know that! Those master-of-lots-of-things
> Rennaissance men [maybe he was a little late] always amaze me).
Horse-drawn, of course. He started the first bus company in 1662,
the same year he died. It enjoyed some success initially as a
novelty, but commoners were prohibited from using it and it shut
down in 1675. Buses did not reappear until the 1820s, this time
in another French city, Nantes.
>>> What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
>>> Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
>>
>> The only Moroccan cities I can think of are FEZ, RABAT, and CASABLANCA.
>> Oh, and TANGIER(S). And, of course, none of them fits.
My first three are the country's three largest by metropolitan area
population, and the correct answer is #4. (Tangier is #6.)
>>> What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
>>> gases?
>>
>> DEWAR doesn't fit... Hmm, maybe RAMSAY?
>
> Incorrect on both (the latter is a close but no cigar answer).
What are you talking about? William Ramsay is correct, although
Cavendish (my original guess) also gets part credit in the case of argon.
> Seven points (checking again... yep, seven points).
Now check again!
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "A secret proclamation? How unusual!"
m...@vex.net -- Arsenic and Old Lace
Mark Brader
> What are you talking about? William Ramsay is correct...
Oh, you saw it yourself already. Thanks.
--
Mark Brader What is it about
Toronto Haiku that people find so
m...@vex.net Infatuating? --Pete Mitchell
Joshua Kreitzer
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
TANGIER (?)
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> Thought"?
GATES, Bill
> [ Sports & Games ]
> Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
SHARAPOVA, Maria (?)
> [ Math & Science ]
> What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> gases?
PRIESTLEY, Joseph
> [ History & Government ]
> What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
> in 1948?
BENELUX
No guess for the quilt.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Ruth and Pete
"Robert Jen" <rj...@rjen.com> wrote in message
news:rjen-4522EE.2...@news.eternal-september.org...
> For triangles, whether acute, obtuse, or right,
> The area equals half the base times the height.
>
> Equilateral, isosceles, or scalene,
> Compare the triangles' sides to see what I mean;
>
> Hypotenuse, adjacent, and opposite sides,
> Sine, cosine, and tangent are the angle's divides;
>
> AAS, ASA, SAS, SSS,
> But not ASS, which would cause teachers much stress;
>
> [See at least three sides of the Quiz Quilt story (and no bad poetry)
> at http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
>
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
> to make a Black Velvet?
COURVOISIER
>
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
CASABLANCA
>
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> Thought"?
>
> [ Sports & Games ]
> Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
SHARAPOVA
>
> [ Math & Science ]
> What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> gases?
FARADAY
>
> [ History & Government ]
> What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
> in 1948?
BENELUX
Quilt: ?
>
> --
> Robert Jen, the Trivia Why's Guy (why...@triviawhys.com)
> http://triviawhys.blogspot.com -- Trivia Why's blog
Pete
Robert Jen
"Ruth and Pete" <pag...@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> > What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout
> > to make a Black Velvet?
>
> COURVOISIER
Incorrect.
> > What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> > Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
>
> CASABLANCA
Incorrect.
> > Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> > in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
>
> SHARAPOVA
Incorrect.
> > What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> > gases?
>
> FARADAY
Incorrect.
> > What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
> > in 1948?
>
> BENELUX
Correct.
One point.
Robert Jen
<7b383ec7-f3c2-4a68...@n35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Joshua Kreitzer <grom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle
> > Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
>
> TANGIER (?)
Incorrect.
> > Who pondered "The Road Ahead" and advocated "Business at the Speed of
> > Thought"?
>
> GATES, Bill
Correct.
> > Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis
> > in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
>
> SHARAPOVA, Maria (?)
Incorrect.
> > What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> > gases?
>
> PRIESTLEY, Joseph
Correct.
> > What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form
> > in 1948?
>
> BENELUX
Correct.
Three points.
Mark Brader
>>> What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
>>> gases?
Joshua Kreitzer:
>> PRIESTLEY, Joseph
Robert Jen:
> Correct.
Not only is he not correct, he wasn't Scottish and he doesn't fit the quilt!
Better check your other score postings; I haven't read all of them.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "X-ray of girl shows bureaucratic mentality"
m...@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, January 18, 1988
Robert Jen
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> Robert Jen:
> >>> What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble
> >>> gases?
>
> Joshua Kreitzer:
> >> PRIESTLEY, Joseph
>
> Robert Jen:
> > Correct.
>
> Not only is he not correct, he wasn't Scottish and he doesn't fit the quilt!
> Better check your other score postings; I haven't read all of them.
Thanks, Mark. Incorrect. Joshua's updated score is 2.