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RQFTCI07 Game 10 Rounds 7-8: box sets, web-site founders
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Mark Brader
Oct 12, 2020, 12:20:44 AM10/12/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-26,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote most of one of these rounds, and one question in the other.
* Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
1. "Il Paradiso".
2. "The Two Towers".
3. "Fifth Business".
4. "The Rebel Angels".
5. "Titus Groan".
6. "The Jewel in the Crown".
7. "Palace Walk".
8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
9. "Agamemnon".
10. "The Subtle Knife".
* Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
This is, of course, the history round. In all cases, short-form
answers are fine; don't bother with "www" or ".com" or "Ltd." or
"Inc." or whatever.
1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
2. This project incorporated data that volunteers had been
assembling and posting to a Usenet newsgroup for about 5 years
when it became a web site in 1993, first based at Cardiff
University. Col Needham took the lead and soon became the
company's president, while Rob Hartill designed the first
web interface.
3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
company at Stanford University in 1998?
5. This web site was started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994,
also at Stanford; the company was incorporated the following
year.
6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
until 2002.
9. People associated with this web site, """now""" owned by
News Corp., say that it was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson
and Chris DeWolfe; others tell a different story.
10. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded this site in
2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of
the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company
mentioned in this round.
--
Mark Brader "We demand rigidly defined areas
Toronto of doubt and uncertainty!"
m...@vex.net -- Vroomfondel (Douglas Adams: HHGTTG)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote most of one of these rounds, and one question in the other.
* Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
1. "Il Paradiso".
2. "The Two Towers".
3. "Fifth Business".
4. "The Rebel Angels".
5. "Titus Groan".
6. "The Jewel in the Crown".
7. "Palace Walk".
8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
9. "Agamemnon".
10. "The Subtle Knife".
* Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
This is, of course, the history round. In all cases, short-form
answers are fine; don't bother with "www" or ".com" or "Ltd." or
"Inc." or whatever.
1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
2. This project incorporated data that volunteers had been
assembling and posting to a Usenet newsgroup for about 5 years
when it became a web site in 1993, first based at Cardiff
University. Col Needham took the lead and soon became the
company's president, while Rob Hartill designed the first
web interface.
3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
company at Stanford University in 1998?
5. This web site was started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994,
also at Stanford; the company was incorporated the following
year.
6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
until 2002.
9. People associated with this web site, """now""" owned by
News Corp., say that it was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson
and Chris DeWolfe; others tell a different story.
10. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded this site in
2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of
the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company
mentioned in this round.
--
Mark Brader "We demand rigidly defined areas
Toronto of doubt and uncertainty!"
m...@vex.net -- Vroomfondel (Douglas Adams: HHGTTG)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Oct 12, 2020, 12:26:48 AM10/12/20
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> 1. "Il Paradiso".
Divine Comedy
> 2. "The Two Towers".
Lord of the Rings
> 4. "The Rebel Angels".
Paradise Lost
> 5. "Titus Groan".
Gormenghast
> 8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
Theban trilogy
> 10. "The Subtle Knife".
His Dark Materials
> * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
> 3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
> the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
> site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
eBay
> 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
> company at Stanford University in 1998?
Google
> 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
> originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
> McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
Facebook
> 7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
> company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
> accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
> How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
Wikipedia
> 8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
> operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
> Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
> until 2002.
Amazon
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Divine Comedy
> 2. "The Two Towers".
> 4. "The Rebel Angels".
> 5. "Titus Groan".
Gormenghast
> 8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
> 10. "The Subtle Knife".
> * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
> 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
CraigsList
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
> 3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
> the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
> site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
> 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
> company at Stanford University in 1998?
> 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
> originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
> McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
> 7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
> company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
> accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
> How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
> 8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
> operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
> Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
> until 2002.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 12, 2020, 1:05:15 AM10/12/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:NqydnSO6-r0IRB7CnZ2dnUU7-
e_N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
>
> Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
> tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
> identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
>
> 1. "Il Paradiso".
"The Divine Comedy"
> 2. "The Two Towers".
"The Lord of the Rings"
> 5. "Titus Groan".
"Gormenghast"
> 8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
"The Theban Plays"
> 9. "Agamemnon".
"Oresteia"
> 10. "The Subtle Knife".
"His Dark Materials"
> * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
>
> This is, of course, the history round. In all cases, short-form
> answers are fine; don't bother with "www" or ".com" or "Ltd." or
> "Inc." or whatever.
>
> 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
Craigslist
> 2. This project incorporated data that volunteers had been
> assembling and posting to a Usenet newsgroup for about 5 years
> when it became a web site in 1993, first based at Cardiff
> University. Col Needham took the lead and soon became the
> company's president, while Rob Hartill designed the first
> web interface.
Internet Movie Database
> 3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
> the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
> site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
eBay
> 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
> company at Stanford University in 1998?
Google
> 5. This web site was started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994,
> also at Stanford; the company was incorporated the following
> year.
Yahoo
> 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
> originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
> McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
Facebook
> 7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
> company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
> accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
> How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
Wikipedia
> 8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
> operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
> Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
> until 2002.
Amazon
> 9. People associated with this web site, """now""" owned by
> News Corp., say that it was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson
> and Chris DeWolfe; others tell a different story.
Myspace
> 10. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded this site in
> 2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of
> the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company
> mentioned in this round.
YouTube
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
e_N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
>
> Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
> tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
> identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
>
> 1. "Il Paradiso".
> 2. "The Two Towers".
> 5. "Titus Groan".
"Gormenghast"
> 6. "The Jewel in the Crown".
"The Raj Quartet"
> 8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
> 9. "Agamemnon".
"Oresteia"
> 10. "The Subtle Knife".
> * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
>
> This is, of course, the history round. In all cases, short-form
> answers are fine; don't bother with "www" or ".com" or "Ltd." or
> "Inc." or whatever.
>
> 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
> 2. This project incorporated data that volunteers had been
> assembling and posting to a Usenet newsgroup for about 5 years
> when it became a web site in 1993, first based at Cardiff
> University. Col Needham took the lead and soon became the
> company's president, while Rob Hartill designed the first
> web interface.
> 3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
> the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
> site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
> 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
> company at Stanford University in 1998?
> 5. This web site was started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994,
> also at Stanford; the company was incorporated the following
> year.
> 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
> originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
> McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
> 7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
> company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
> accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
> How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
> 8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
> operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
> Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
> until 2002.
> 9. People associated with this web site, """now""" owned by
> News Corp., say that it was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson
> and Chris DeWolfe; others tell a different story.
> 10. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded this site in
> 2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of
> the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company
> mentioned in this round.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Oct 12, 2020, 4:26:20 AM10/12/20
to
On 10/11/20 9:20 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
>
> Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
> tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
> identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
>
> 1. "Il Paradiso".
Devine Comedy
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
>
> Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
> tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
> identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
>
> 1. "Il Paradiso".
> 2. "The Two Towers".
> 3. "Fifth Business".
> 4. "The Rebel Angels".
> 5. "Titus Groan".
Gormenghast
> 6. "The Jewel in the Crown".
> 7. "Palace Walk".
> 8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
> 9. "Agamemnon".
> 10. "The Subtle Knife".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
>
> This is, of course, the history round. In all cases, short-form
> answers are fine; don't bother with "www" or ".com" or "Ltd." or
> "Inc." or whatever.
>
> 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
Craigslist
> 7. "Palace Walk".
> 8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
> 9. "Agamemnon".
> 10. "The Subtle Knife".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
>
> This is, of course, the history round. In all cases, short-form
> answers are fine; don't bother with "www" or ".com" or "Ltd." or
> "Inc." or whatever.
>
> 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
>
> 2. This project incorporated data that volunteers had been
> assembling and posting to a Usenet newsgroup for about 5 years
> when it became a web site in 1993, first based at Cardiff
> University. Col Needham took the lead and soon became the
> company's president, while Rob Hartill designed the first
> web interface.
>
> 3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
> the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
> site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
>
> 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
> company at Stanford University in 1998?
>
> 5. This web site was started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994,
> also at Stanford; the company was incorporated the following
> year.
>
> 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
> originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
> McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
>
> 7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
> company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
> accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
> How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
>
> 8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
> operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
> Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
> until 2002.
>
> 9. People associated with this web site, """now""" owned by
> News Corp., say that it was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson
> and Chris DeWolfe; others tell a different story. >
> 10. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded this site in
> 2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of
> the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company
> mentioned in this round.
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 12, 2020, 2:28:50 PM10/12/20
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> 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
eBay
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
> 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
> company at Stanford University in 1998?
> 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
> originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
> McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
> 7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
> company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
> accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
> How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
> 8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
> operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
> Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
> until 2002.
> 10. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded this site in
> 2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of
> the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company
> mentioned in this round.
Pete Gayde
Oct 12, 2020, 10:32:29 PM10/12/20
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-26,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote most of one of these rounds, and one question in the other.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
>
> Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
> tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
> identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
>
> 1. "Il Paradiso".
> 2. "The Two Towers".
Lord of the Rings
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote most of one of these rounds, and one question in the other.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
>
> Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
> tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
> identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
>
> 1. "Il Paradiso".
> 2. "The Two Towers".
> 3. "Fifth Business".
> 4. "The Rebel Angels".
> 5. "Titus Groan".
> 6. "The Jewel in the Crown".
> 7. "Palace Walk".
> 8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
> 9. "Agamemnon".
> 10. "The Subtle Knife".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
>
> This is, of course, the history round. In all cases, short-form
> answers are fine; don't bother with "www" or ".com" or "Ltd." or
> "Inc." or whatever.
>
> 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
>
> 2. This project incorporated data that volunteers had been
> assembling and posting to a Usenet newsgroup for about 5 years
> when it became a web site in 1993, first based at Cardiff
> University. Col Needham took the lead and soon became the
> company's president, while Rob Hartill designed the first
> web interface.
>
> 3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
> the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
> site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
>
> 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
> company at Stanford University in 1998?
>
> 5. This web site was started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994,
> also at Stanford; the company was incorporated the following
> year.
>
> 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
> originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
> McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
>
> 7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
> company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
> accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
> How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
>
> 8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
> operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
> Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
> until 2002.
>
> 9. People associated with this web site, """now""" owned by
> News Corp., say that it was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson
> and Chris DeWolfe; others tell a different story.
>
> 10. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded this site in
> 2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of
> the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company
> mentioned in this round.
>
Mark Brader
Oct 15, 2020, 12:24:20 AM10/15/20
to
Mark Brader:
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
> Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
> tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
> identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
> 1. "Il Paradiso".
"The Divine Comedy" or "La Divina Commedia" (by Dante Alighieri).
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. "The Two Towers".
"The Lord of the Rings" (by J.R.R. Tolkien). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 3. "Fifth Business".
The Deptford trilogy (by Robertson Davies).
> 4. "The Rebel Angels".
The Cornish trilogy (again, by Robertson Davies).
> 5. "Titus Groan".
"Gormenghast" (by Mervyn Peake). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> 6. "The Jewel in the Crown".
The Raj Quartet (by Paul Scott). 4 for Joshua.
> 7. "Palace Walk".
The Cairo trilogy (by Naguib Mahfouz).
> 8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
The Theban trilogy (by Sophocles). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 9. "Agamemnon".
The "Oresteia" (by Aeschylus). 4 for Joshua.
> 10. "The Subtle Knife".
"His Dark Materials" (by Philip Pullman). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
In the original game question 10 asked about William Kennedy's
"Ironweed", but the Albany Cycle is now up to 9 books if Wikipedia is
correct. I decided the simplest thing was to swap in a new question.
> * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
> This is, of course, the history round. In all cases, short-form
> answers are fine; don't bother with "www" or ".com" or "Ltd." or
> "Inc." or whatever.
"!" was't needed either.
> 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
Craigslist. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. This project incorporated data that volunteers had been
> assembling and posting to a Usenet newsgroup for about 5 years
> when it became a web site in 1993, first based at Cardiff
> University. Col Needham took the lead and soon became the
> company's president, while Rob Hartill designed the first
> web interface.
IMDB (Internet Movie Database). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
> the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
> site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
EBay (from Echo Bay). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
> company at Stanford University in 1998?
Google. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland,
and Pete.
> 5. This web site was started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994,
> also at Stanford; the company was incorporated the following
> year.
Yahoo!. 4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
> originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
> McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
(The) Facebook. 4 for everyone.
> 7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
> company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
> accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
> How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
Wikipedia (accepting Wikimedia, but not "Wiki"). 4 for everyone.
> 8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
> operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
> Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
> until 2002.
Amazon. 4 for everyone.
> 9. People associated with this web site, """now""" owned by
> News Corp., say that it was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson
> and Chris DeWolfe; others tell a different story.
MySpace (now owned by Meredith Corp.). 4 for Joshua.
> 10. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded this site in
> 2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of
> the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company
> mentioned in this round.
YouTube (owned by Google; still true). 4 for Joshua and Erland.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Mis Ent Spo Can Lit His FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 36 28 28 20 28 40 132
Dan Blum 28 12 24 28 20 24 104
Dan Tilque 15 0 24 28 12 28 95
Pete Gayde 8 12 36 16 4 20 84
Stephen Perry 40 36 -- -- -- -- 76
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 8 0 0 20 28
--
Mark Brader | The chief use to which we put our love of the truth is
Toronto | in persuading ourselves that what we love is true.
m...@vex.net | -- Pierre Nicole, c.1675
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-26,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote most of one of these rounds, and one question in the other.
That was the history round and the last literature question.
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote most of one of these rounds, and one question in the other.
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Boxed Sets
> Perfect for gift-giving, here are ten literary trilogies or
> tetralogies. In each case we name a single volume, and you
> identify the boxed set -- that is, the complete work.
> 1. "Il Paradiso".
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. "The Two Towers".
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 3. "Fifth Business".
The Deptford trilogy (by Robertson Davies).
> 4. "The Rebel Angels".
> 5. "Titus Groan".
"Gormenghast" (by Mervyn Peake). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> 6. "The Jewel in the Crown".
> 7. "Palace Walk".
The Cairo trilogy (by Naguib Mahfouz).
> 8. "Oedipus Rex" (or "Oedipus the King").
> 9. "Agamemnon".
The "Oresteia" (by Aeschylus). 4 for Joshua.
> 10. "The Subtle Knife".
In the original game question 10 asked about William Kennedy's
"Ironweed", but the Albany Cycle is now up to 9 books if Wikipedia is
correct. I decided the simplest thing was to swap in a new question.
> * Game 10, Round 8 - History - Web-Site Founders
> This is, of course, the history round. In all cases, short-form
> answers are fine; don't bother with "www" or ".com" or "Ltd." or
> "Inc." or whatever.
> 1. This web site began as an online mailing list started by Craig
> Newmark in San Francisco in 1995.
> 2. This project incorporated data that volunteers had been
> assembling and posting to a Usenet newsgroup for about 5 years
> when it became a web site in 1993, first based at Cardiff
> University. Col Needham took the lead and soon became the
> company's president, while Rob Hartill designed the first
> web interface.
> 3. Pierre Omidyar invented this web site in 1995; Jeff Skoll was
> the first president of the company. The peculiar name of the
> site comes from a previous company owned by Omidyar.
> 4. Sergey Brin and the aptly-named Larry Page founded what web
> company at Stanford University in 1998?
and Pete.
> 5. This web site was started by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994,
> also at Stanford; the company was incorporated the following
> year.
> 6. Mark Zuckerberg founded this site at Harvard University in 2004,
> originally intending it for college students only; Andrew
> McCollum contributed and Eduardo Saverin supplied funding.
> 7. This web site was founded in 2001. After Larry Sanger parted
> company with it the following year, Jimmy (or "Jimbo") Wales was
> accused of changing history to call himself its sole founder.
> How appropriate. (Be sufficiently specific.)
> 8. Jeff Bezos founded this Seattle-based company, which started
> operations in 1995 and made him "Time" magazine's Man of the
> Year in 1999 -- although the company did not become profitable
> until 2002.
> 9. People associated with this web site, """now""" owned by
> News Corp., say that it was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson
> and Chris DeWolfe; others tell a different story.
> 10. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded this site in
> 2005; Time magazine proclaimed *it* their "*Invention* of
> the Year" in 2006. It """is now""" owned by another company
> mentioned in this round.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Mis Ent Spo Can Lit His FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 36 28 28 20 28 40 132
Dan Blum 28 12 24 28 20 24 104
Dan Tilque 15 0 24 28 12 28 95
Pete Gayde 8 12 36 16 4 20 84
Stephen Perry 40 36 -- -- -- -- 76
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 8 0 0 20 28
--
Mark Brader | The chief use to which we put our love of the truth is
Toronto | in persuading ourselves that what we love is true.
m...@vex.net | -- Pierre Nicole, c.1675
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