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Marc Dashevsky
Mar 29, 2018, 12:12:27 PM3/29/18
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Welcome to Rotating Quiz 286. The usual rules apply: answer only from
your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event
of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and
then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will provide the
scores and the answers Tuesday evening, April 3. The winner will host
Rotating Quiz 287.
While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Now you have an opportunity to
answer questions about snakes.
All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
each of these families. (1 point for each)
02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this
process called?
03. What is a glass snake?
04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
without snakes.
05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail.
08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another
method as well. What do they detect?
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event
of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and
then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will provide the
scores and the answers Tuesday evening, April 3. The winner will host
Rotating Quiz 287.
While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Now you have an opportunity to
answer questions about snakes.
All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
each of these families. (1 point for each)
02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this
process called?
03. What is a glass snake?
04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
without snakes.
05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail.
08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another
method as well. What do they detect?
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Joe
Mar 29, 2018, 12:29:42 PM3/29/18
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On 2018-03-29 16:12:26 +0000, Marc Dashevsky said:
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 286. The usual rules apply: answer only from
> your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event
> of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and
> then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will provide the
> scores and the answers Tuesday evening, April 3. The winner will host
> Rotating Quiz 287.
>
> While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
> attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Now you have an opportunity to
> answer questions about snakes.
>
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
Grass Snake, Adder
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 286. The usual rules apply: answer only from
> your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event
> of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and
> then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will provide the
> scores and the answers Tuesday evening, April 3. The winner will host
> Rotating Quiz 287.
>
> While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
> attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Now you have an opportunity to
> answer questions about snakes.
>
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
>
> 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this
> process called?
>
> 03. What is a glass snake?
>
> 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
> without snakes.
>
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
>
> 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
>
> 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail.
>
> 08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
>
> 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
>
> 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another
> method as well. What do they detect?
--
“To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.”
― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
Dan Blum
Mar 29, 2018, 2:14:25 PM3/29/18
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Marc Dashevsky <use...@marcdashevsky.com> wrote:
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
cobra and rattlesnake
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
> 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this
> process called?
> 03. What is a glass snake?
> 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
> without snakes.
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
> 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
> 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail.
> 08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
> 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
> 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another
> method as well. What do they detect?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Peter Smyth
Mar 29, 2018, 2:16:30 PM3/29/18
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Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 286. The usual rules apply: answer only from
> your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event
> of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and
> then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will provide the
> scores and the answers Tuesday evening, April 3. The winner will host
> Rotating Quiz 287.
>
> While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
> attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Now you have an opportunity to
> answer questions about snakes.
>
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
Python / Cobra
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 286. The usual rules apply: answer only from
> your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event
> of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and
> then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will provide the
> scores and the answers Tuesday evening, April 3. The winner will host
> Rotating Quiz 287.
>
> While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
> attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Now you have an opportunity to
> answer questions about snakes.
>
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
> 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this
> process called?
Parthanogenesis
> process called?
> 03. What is a glass snake?
>
> 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
> without snakes.
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
Hawaii
>
> 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
> without snakes.
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
> 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
Hawaii
> 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail.
Ouroborous
> 08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
>
> 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
>
> 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another
> method as well. What do they detect?
Peter Smyth
>
> 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
>
> 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another
> method as well. What do they detect?
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 29, 2018, 2:17:21 PM3/29/18
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Marc Dashevsky (use...@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
Adder, Python
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
> 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
> without snakes.
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
> 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
> 08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
> 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
Mark Brader
Mar 29, 2018, 3:55:14 PM3/29/18
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Marc Dashevsky:
corn snake.
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
Coral snake, sidewinder.
> 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this
> process called?
Parthenogenesis.
> 03. What is a glass snake?
It's a reptile that's capable of leaving its tail behind to escape
a predator.
> 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
> without snakes.
Iceland?
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
Alaska?
> 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
Hawaii?
> 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail.
Ouroboros.
> 08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
Reticulated python.
> 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
Anaconda?
> 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another
> method as well. What do they detect?
Ground vibrations.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
Until 3,000 million years ago we can say not a lot happened
although further study would not come amiss. Then signs of life
appeared, including some large reptiles and, very recently, bipeds.
It is too soon to say whether these bipeds will play an important
part in the world's story. -- Colin Morris in "History Today"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
> attractive albino corn snake, Flame.
Imagine what might've happened if you'd had an *unattractive* albino
> attractive albino corn snake, Flame.
corn snake.
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
> 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this
> process called?
> 03. What is a glass snake?
a predator.
> 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
> without snakes.
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
> 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
> 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail.
> 08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
> 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
> 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another
> method as well. What do they detect?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
Until 3,000 million years ago we can say not a lot happened
although further study would not come amiss. Then signs of life
appeared, including some large reptiles and, very recently, bipeds.
It is too soon to say whether these bipeds will play an important
part in the world's story. -- Colin Morris in "History Today"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque
Apr 3, 2018, 12:35:28 PM4/3/18
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Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 286. The usual rules apply: answer only from
> your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event
> of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and
> then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will provide the
> scores and the answers Tuesday evening, April 3. The winner will host
> Rotating Quiz 287.
>
> While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
> attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Now you have an opportunity to
> answer questions about snakes.
>
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
Elapid: rattlesnakes
> Welcome to Rotating Quiz 286. The usual rules apply: answer only from
> your own knowledge without recourse to external references. In the event
> of a tie the hardest question will be used as the first tie-breaker and
> then, if necessary, the first set of answers posted. I will provide the
> scores and the answers Tuesday evening, April 3. The winner will host
> Rotating Quiz 287.
>
> While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
> attractive albino corn snake, Flame. Now you have an opportunity to
> answer questions about snakes.
>
> All questions are worth one point each except where stated.
>
> 01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families:
> Elapids and Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in
> each of these families. (1 point for each)
Viperid: asp
>
> 02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this
> process called?
>
> 03. What is a glass snake?
>
> 04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country
> without snakes.
>
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes.
>
> 06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
>
> 07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail.
>
> 08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
>
> 09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
>
> 10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another
> method as well. What do they detect?
--
Dan Tilque
Marc Dashevsky
Apr 4, 2018, 1:04:51 PM4/4/18
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> Now you have an opportunity to answer questions about snakes.
All questions were answered correctly by at least one entrant. Mark Brader
wins by getting 10 out of 11 points. RQ287 is yours.
01. Venomous snakes are classified in two taxonomic families: Elapids and
Viperids. Provide the common name of a snake in each of these families.
sea snakes, coral snakes
Correct: Dan B., Peter, Mark
-- Viperids: vipers, rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, bushmasters
Correct: Joe, Dan B., Erland, Mark
02. Some snakes can reproduce without fertilization. What is this process
called?
Correct: Dan B., Peter, Mark, Dan T.
03. What is a glass snake?
Correct: Mark
Mark answered, in part, "reptile that's capable of leaving its tail behind"
which I accepted because he used "reptile," not snake.
04. Ireland has no native snake population. Name another country without snakes.
Correct: Joe, Dan B., Erland, Mark, Dan T.
05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes?
-- Alaska
Correct: Dan B., Mark, Dan T.
06. Name a U.S. state that did not have snakes until the 20th century.
Correct: Dan B., Peter, Mark, Dan T.
07. Name the symbol that shows a snake consuming its own tail.
Correct: Dan B., Peter, Mark
08. What snake is considered to be the longest?
Correct: Mark
09. What snake is considered to be the heaviest?
Correct: Joe, Mark
10. All snakes use scent to track their prey. Some snakes use another method as
well. What do they detect?
Correct: Joe, Dan B., Dan T.
Results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Joe 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 1 4
Dan B 2 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 8
Peter 1 1 - - - 1 1 - - - 4
Erland 1 1 - - - - - - - - 2
Mark 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 10
Dan T - 1 - 1 1 1 - - - 1 7
Marc Dashevsky
Apr 4, 2018, 1:06:12 PM4/4/18
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In article <fpWdnbqZmYpL2SDH...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
>
> Marc Dashevsky:
> > While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
> > attractive albino corn snake, Flame.
>
> Imagine what might've happened if you'd had an *unattractive* albino
> corn snake.
I prefer to imagine that I'm not a clunky writer. :(
> Marc Dashevsky:
> > While considering what this quiz would deal with, my eyes lit upon my
> > attractive albino corn snake, Flame.
>
> Imagine what might've happened if you'd had an *unattractive* albino
> corn snake.
Bruce Bowler
Apr 4, 2018, 4:03:47 PM4/4/18
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I didn't participate so don't really care (other than for the truth) but...
On Wed, 04 Apr 2018 12:04:50 -0500, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes?
> -- Alaska
> Correct: Dan B., Mark, Dan T.
https://ktna.org/2013/09/natural-observations-snakes-in-alaska/
On Wed, 04 Apr 2018 12:04:50 -0500, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> 05. Name a U.S. state with no snakes?
> -- Alaska
> Correct: Dan B., Mark, Dan T.
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