QFTCI11 Game 6 Rounds 9-10: no border, challenge round
Mark Brader
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I wrote both of these rounds.
* Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
All borders in the round are land borders.
1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
* Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
A. Northern Lights
A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
Why?
A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
B. Southern Cooking
B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
What's his name?
C. Eastern Orthodox
C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
is no person whose position directly compares to the
Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
D. Western Music
D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
"Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
baseball team. Who was he?
D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
E. Central Station
E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
it mean?
E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
F. Everywhere You Want to Be
F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
it was called Visa?
F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
that was previously used for the Visa card in either
country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
first issued the card there.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "This one isn't close. It's not even close to
m...@vex.net | being close." --Adam Beneschan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky
>
> For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
> countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
> that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
> those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
> well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
> New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
> adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
> have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
>
> All borders in the round are land borders.
>
> 1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
> This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
> are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
> Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
>
> A. Northern Lights
>
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
> B. Southern Cooking
>
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
> C. Eastern Orthodox
>
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
> D. Western Music
>
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
> E. Central Station
>
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
>
> E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
>
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
>
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
Calvin
> * Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
>
> For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
> countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
> that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
> those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
> well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
> New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
> adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
> have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
>
> All borders in the round are land borders.
>
> 1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
> This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
> are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
> Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
>
> A. Northern Lights
>
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
currently skewed towards Canada
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
> B. Southern Cooking
Pass
> C. Eastern Orthodox
>
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
> D. Western Music
>
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
> E. Central Station
>
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
> E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
>
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
>
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
--
cheers,
calvin
Joshua Kreitzer
>
> * Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
>
> For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
> countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
> that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
> those two.
>
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
> B. Southern Cooking
>
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
> C. Eastern Orthodox
>
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
> D. Western Music
>
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
> E. Central Station
>
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
for all of them to use
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
>
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
>
> For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
> countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
> that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
> those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
> well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
> New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
> adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
> have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
>
> All borders in the round are land borders.
>
> 1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil, Ecuador
>
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
Vietnam, Thailand
>
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
Saudi Arabia, Syria
>
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Paraguay, Uruguay
>
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
Russia, Sweden
>
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
Czechia, Switzerland
>
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
New Hampshire, New York
>
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
South Africa, Zimbabwe
>
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
CAR, Libya
>
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Iowa, North Dakota
Followup question: What are the only two sets of four countries that are
all adjacent to each other? (Single-point adjacency does not count.)
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
> This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
> are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
> Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
>
> A. Northern Lights
>
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
the aurora is centered on the north magnetic pole and that is closer to
Canada than Scandinavia
>
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
11 years (this may change soon. The current cycle started late, is very
weak, and there are indications that it be the last one for a while.)
>
> B. Southern Cooking
>
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
>
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
>
> C. Eastern Orthodox
>
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
Patriarch of Constantinople
>
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
1054 CE
>
> D. Western Music
>
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
Gene Autry
>
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
Roy Rogers
>
> E. Central Station
>
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
a station used by more than one railway
>
> E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
>
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
>
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
>
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
BankAmeriCard
--
Dan Tilque
Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
Peter Smyth
news:SZudnaKyerRVnvXT...@vex.net...
>These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-28,
>and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
>On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
>both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
>Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
>based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
>the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
>the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
>my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
>I wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
>* Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
>
>For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
>countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
>that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
>those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
>well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
>New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
>adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
>have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
>
>All borders in the round are land borders.
>
>1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
>* Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
>This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
>are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
>Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
>
>A. Northern Lights
>
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
>
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
>
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
>
>C. Eastern Orthodox
>
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
>
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
>
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
>
>F. Everywhere You Want to Be
>
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
>
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
Erland Sommarskog
> Followup question: What are the only two sets of four countries that are
> all adjacent to each other? (Single-point adjacency does not count.)
six such sets:
France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg
Russia, Latvia, Lithuana and White Russia
Russia, Lithuania, White Russia and Poland
Bosnia-Hercegovnia, Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and Georgia
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and Iran
(In the last two cases, the border between Azerbaijan and Turkey
is very short, but more than a single-point adjaency: about 300 metres.)
Mark Brader
> Swedeb and Russia
You have a cold, eh? Ged well soon. :-)
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Dan Blum
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
> B. Southern Cooking
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
> C. Eastern Orthodox
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
> D. Western Music
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
> E. Central Station
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
railroad
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
> > all adjacent to each other? (Single-point adjacency does not count.)
> six such sets:
>
> France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg
> Russia, Latvia, Lithuana and White Russia
> Russia, Lithuania, White Russia and Poland
> Bosnia-Hercegovnia, Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia
> Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and Georgia
> Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and Iran
exclave to see if it produced another example, but it doesn't. But while
I was on that map, I spotted Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Because this is of the same type as the group with Luxembourg, I think
these are the two that Dan had in mind.
Except, after I did this, I looked in a downloaded CIA World Factbook for
other examples -- i.e. landlocked countries with exactly three neighbors.
And I found three more listed:
Burundi, D.R. Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania
Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
I suspect Dan's mention of "single-point adjacency" was intended to exclude
the last one. In fact there is no clear example of single-point adjacency
between any countries in the world, but the borders in the area where
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Zambia come together are undemarcated
and unclear. According to the CIAWF, Botswana and Zambia appear to have
made a de facto recognition of a short mutual border -- which would mean
that, de facto, Namibia and Zimbabwe shere even a single point and that
last four-country set is bogus.
But Dan could have intended any two of the Luxembourg, Malawi, Burundi,
and Paraguay groups.
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Erland Sommarskog
>
> You have a cold, eh? Ged well soon. :-)
gets well soon. That is, vacation is leading towards its end.
Erland Sommarskog
> Looks like Dan didn't consider exclaves. I looked at Angola's Cabinda
> exclave to see if it produced another example, but it doesn't. But while
> I was on that map, I spotted Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
> Because this is of the same type as the group with Luxembourg, I think
> these are the two that Dan had in mind.
extent is an exclave it is not really in the sense as Cabinda, Nakhichevan
or Kalingrad. B-H has Neum which intrudes on the Croatian coast-line deep
in a bay. But even if Tito had not transferred Neum to B-H (Neum has an
overwhelmingly Croatian population), the set of Croatia, B-H, Serbia and
Montenegro would qualify.
And I read some time back that Croatia has plans to build a bridge over
to the Korcula peninsula, which would mean that you could drive from
Split to Dubrovnik without any border control. (Well, I have passed those
borders in total three times, and I don't recall that there was much
controls anyway.)
Dan Tilque
> Dan Tilque:
>>> Followup question: What are the only two sets of four countries that are
>>> all adjacent to each other? (Single-point adjacency does not count.)
>
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> Not sure if I understand your question correctly, but I can think of
>> six such sets:
>>
>> France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg
>> Russia, Latvia, Lithuana and White Russia
>> Russia, Lithuania, White Russia and Poland
>> Bosnia-Hercegovnia, Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia
>> Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and Georgia
>> Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and Iran
>
> Looks like Dan didn't consider exclaves.
is, situations where four colors are required to map the countries.
Exclaves could conceivably be colored differently from the main country.
I also last looked for these before Montenegro became independent, so
that's probably why I missed the one centered on Bosnia.
I looked at Angola's Cabinda
> exclave to see if it produced another example, but it doesn't. But while
> I was on that map, I spotted Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
> Because this is of the same type as the group with Luxembourg, I think
> these are the two that Dan had in mind.
I forgot about the ones in Africa.
> Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
>
> I suspect Dan's mention of "single-point adjacency" was intended to exclude
> the last one.
Requiring exclaves and overseas territories to be colored the same as
the main country could result in more than 4 colors being required. If
you count the ocean as a territory with its own color, any group of 4
mutually adjacent countries where none are landlocked will result in 5
colors required. Of those mentioned in this thread, only
Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus
all have ocean shores. There is one other group of four countries plus
the ocean which become require 5 colors. Anyone know what those
countries are? (Hint: it involves overseas territories, not exclaves.)
Mark Brader
> is, situations where four colors are required to map the countries.
> Exclaves could conceivably be colored differently from the main country.
> I also last looked for these before Montenegro became independent, so
> that's probably why I missed the one centered on Bosnia.
4-colorable without having to cheat by "coloring exclaves differently".
The world's gained a few more countries since then, but I don't think
anything has changed to affect that conclusion.
> Requiring exclaves and overseas territories to be colored the same as
> the main country could result in more than 4 colors being required. If
> you count the ocean as a territory with its own color, any group of 4
> mutually adjacent countries where none are landlocked will result in 5
> colors required.
the same color, which obviously causes the world to require 5 colors
-- you only need to consider a group of 4 mutually adjacent countries
and their lakes.
> Of those mentioned in this thread, only
>
> Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus
>
> all have ocean shores. There is one other group of four countries plus
> the ocean which become require 5 colors. Anyone know what those
> countries are? (Hint: it involves overseas territories, not exclaves.)
seem to require either a landlocked country with overseas territories,
or else countries whose territories touch on two separate continents,
and I don't know an example of either.
Here's what I posted in 2003. This is consolidated from two postings
to alt.fan.cecil-adams; I got the Azerbaijan part wrong originally
and had to correct it, but here I'll just fold the correction in place.
...if you say that the lakes and oceans don't count, then none of
the actual countries with disconnected pieces causes a problem in
four-coloring, as far as I know. In every case one of the following
situations applies:
(1) The disconnected pieces are enclaves within a country that was
already adjacent to the main piece of the country (e.g. Campione
d'Italia, Italy, surrounded by Switzerland; Belgian enclaves
surrounded by the Netherlands), and don't touch any other
countries, so they don't affect coloring.
(2) The disconnected pieces are islands and don't touch any other
country (e.g. Hawaii, USA; Martinique, France; Canary Is., Spain).
(3) The disconnected pieces are on physically separate continents,
which can be colored independently. If there were two such
cases involving the same continents, that wouldn't work, but
there's only the one: French Guiana, France.
(4) The disconnected piece shares a coastline with the main piece
of the country (e.g. Kaliningrad oblast, Russia; Alaska, USA;
Cabinda, Angola; European Turkey; Ceuta, Spain). The coastline
doesn't touch any other country, so we can imagine a strip of
coast connecting the main and disconnected pieces being
transferred to the country that they're both part of -- or if
simpler, imagine a section of water between the two pieces
being treated as national territory.
Such a change eliminates the disconnected piece and makes the map
conform to the four-color theorem, and any coloring that would
work if was done happened will also work on the real-world map.
Of course this only works if these hypothetical transfers do not
intersect, but in fact none of them do.
(5) Azerbaijan doesn't meet any of these descriptions. But imagine
Russia, Turkey, and Georgia united into a single country,
and Armenia and Azerbaijan united into a single country.
This eliminates the disconnection and creates a 4-colorable world.
Now restore the actual borders. Russia and Turkey can keep the
same color, since they don't touch each other; and Georgia can
become the same color as Iran, which it doesn't touch. So now the
complete set of four other countries that touch Armenia and/or
Azerbaijan is using just two colors, so Armenia and Azerbaijan
can have the other two. QED.
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robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker
>
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
(I was going to give him as the answer to D1, but I KNOW his horse was
Trigger)
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
Rob
swp
> * Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
>
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
> This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
> are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
> Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
>
> A. Northern Lights
>
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
> B. Southern Cooking
>
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
> C. Eastern Orthodox
>
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
> D. Western Music
>
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
> E. Central Station
>
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
> E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
>
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
swp
Jeffrey Turner
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
>
> For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
> countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
> that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
> those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
> well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
> New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
> adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
> have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
>
> All borders in the round are land borders.
>
> 1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil, Ecuador
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
Vietnam, Thailand
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
Saudi Arabia, Syria
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Paraguay, Argentina
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
Norway, Russia
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
Switzerland, Czech Republic
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
New Hampshire, New York
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Botswana, Zimbabwe
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
Libya, Central African Republic
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
North Dakota, Iowa
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
> This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
> are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
> Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
>
> A. Northern Lights
>
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
Because the North Magnetic Pole is in/nearer to Canada, so the lines of
the Earth's magnetic field are lower further south there.
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
22 years.
> B. Southern Cooking
>
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
Paul
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
Paul
> C. Eastern Orthodox
>
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
>
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and<answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
400
> D. Western Music
>
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
Gene Autry
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
Roy Rogers
> E. Central Station
>
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
Where various train lines meet.
> E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
>
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
>
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
>
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
Bank Americard
--Jeff
Dan Tilque
> Dan Tilque:
>> the main country could result in more than 4 colors being required. If
>> you count the ocean as a territory with its own color, any group of 4
>> mutually adjacent countries where none are landlocked will result in 5
>> colors required.
>
> The usual mapping convention is that the ocean *and all lakes* are in
> the same color, which obviously causes the world to require 5 colors
> -- you only need to consider a group of 4 mutually adjacent countries
> and their lakes.
But lakes are never international waters. They always have borders drawn
completely through them no matter how large they are. In fact, even
state and provincial borders usually go through large lakes on their
borders. Most people don't know it, but Illinois and Michigan border
each other inside lake Michigan.
So I look at coloring the ocean as actually coloring international
waters. Territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles out to sea, but I
don't think that makes any difference to this question.
>
>> Of those mentioned in this thread, only
>>
>> Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus
>>
>> all have ocean shores. There is one other group of four countries plus
>> the ocean which become require 5 colors. Anyone know what those
>> countries are? (Hint: it involves overseas territories, not exclaves.)
>
> I don't know. If the four countries aren't mutually adjacent, it would
> seem to require either a landlocked country with overseas territories,
> or else countries whose territories touch on two separate continents,
> and I don't know an example of either.
Answer rot-13ed, in case anyone else wants to take a shot at it.
Gur nafjre vf Orytvhz, Senapr, Treznal, Argureynaqf naq gur bprna.
Argureynaqf naq Senapr obeqre rnpu bgure ba Fg Znegva va gur Pnevoorna.
Calvin
optusnet.com.au ME> wrote:
>> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
>> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
>> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
>> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
>> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
>
> Magic Johnson ;-)
Like it :-)
--
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
> Argureynaqf naq Senapr obeqre rnpu bgure ba Fg Znegva va gur Pnevoorna.
was an actual border such as you mention.
--
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Mark Brader
>> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
--
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Mark Brader
>> The usual mapping convention is that the ocean *and all lakes* are in
Dan Tilque:
> But lakes are never international waters. They always have borders drawn
> completely through them no matter how large they are...
True, but the usual mapping convention is that a distinct color is
used for water anyway.
> So I look at coloring the ocean as actually coloring international
> waters.
As long as you're keeping things theoretical, that's a reasonable choice.
> Territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles out to sea, but I
> don't think that makes any difference to this question.
I'm not sure; I haven't thought about it, and anyway you never know
whether mapmakers are being careful about showing borders in the ocean.
Also, "12 nautical miles out" is a distinct simplification, and there
probably are disputed claims where it's not clear even what the de
facto situation is.
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Pete
news:SZudnaKyerRVnvXT...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-28,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
>
> For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
> countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
> that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
> those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
> well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
> New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
> adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
> have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
>
> All borders in the round are land borders.
>
> 1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
>
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
>
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
>
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
>
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
>
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
>
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
>
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
>
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
>
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
>
> This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
> are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
> Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
>
> A. Northern Lights
>
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
>
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
>
> B. Southern Cooking
>
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
>
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
>
> C. Eastern Orthodox
>
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
>
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
>
> D. Western Music
>
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
>
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
>
> E. Central Station
>
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
>
> E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
>
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
>
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
>
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
>
Pete
Mark Brader
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
to win this game. Congratulations!
> I wrote both of these rounds.
> * Game 6, Round 9 - No Common Border
> For each question in this round we'll give you a list of four
> countries or US states. Only two in each list *are not* adjacent --
> that is, they *do not* have a common border -- and you must name
> those two. For example, if we'd included Canadian provinces as
> well, we might have said "New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont".
> New York is adjacent to Ontario, Quebec, and Vermont; Quebec is
> adjacent to New York, Ontario, and Vermont; but Ontario and Vermont
> have no common border, so the answer would be Ontario and Vermont.
"The West Wing" in response to the 9/11 attacks, a suspected
terrorist was said to have entered the US by the Ontario-Vermont
border. Of course, that show *was* set in a universe where 1998
and 2002 were presidential election years, and where 9/11 as such
apparently never happened...
> All borders in the round are land borders.
countries A,B,C,D on the list, two sets of three (say A,B,C and B,C,D)
each share common point (triple point or tripoint). Then the correct
answer is A and D, whereas B and C share a border connecting those
two triple points. Along with each answer, I will show one or two
numbers in parentheses. The first one is the straight-line distance
between the two triple points, approximately, as measured by me on
an atlas map. For international borders, the second number is the
actual length of the B/C border, as given in the CIA World Factbook
the last time I downloaded it.
> 1. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
1,800 km border length.) 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Rob, Stephen, and Jeff. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 2. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Rob, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
> 3. Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Rob, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
> 4. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Rob, and Stephen.
> 5. Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Stephen, and Pete. 2 for Rob.
> 6. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland.
Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Rob,
Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
> 7. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete. 2 for Calvin and Rob.
Vermont was created out of territory that, while de facto independent,
was claimed by both New York and New Hampshire.
> 8. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Peter, Erland, Stephen, and Pete. 3 for Rob.
> 9. Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Sudan.
Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
Fortunately, the independence this year of South Sudan does not
affect this question.
> 10. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Rob.
> * Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round from All Directions
> This is the Challenge Round from All Directions. The categories
> are: Northern Lights, Southern Cooking, Eastern Orthodox, Western
> Music, Central Station, and Everywhere You Want to Be.
> A. Northern Lights
> A1. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, currently appear
> at latitudes farther south in Canada than in Scandinavia.
> Why?
currently nearer Canada. I accepted anything reasonably close, but
it's about the direction of the magnetic field, not its strength.
4 for Marc, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Jeff.
> A2. We are currently approaching a "solar maximum", when the
> intensity of sunspots and solar magnetic activity will be
> highest, and in consequence, so will the Northern Lights.
> To the nearest whole year and within 1 year, how long does
> it take on average from one solar maximum to the next?
Rob, and Stephen. 3 for Calvin.
One or two entrants suggested times about twice that long. This is
one of those cases where a cycle of one length is driven by one twice
as long with alternating polarity, like the way fluoresecent lights
flicker at 120 Hz on 60 Hz AC power. There is a 22-year cycle, but
that's for the Sun's magnetic field to return to maximum intensity
*with the same polarity as before*. But the question was about
solar maximums, which only relate to the field's intensity.
> B. Southern Cooking
> B1. These questions are about chefs from New Orleans, and as
> usual we need their surnames. This chef is known for
> Cajun cooking; his restaurant takes its name from his late
> wife and his own first name, and his brand of seasonings
> is his "Magic Seasoning Blends". What's his name?
4 for Marc, Joshua, Stephen, and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum.
> B2. This chef grew up in Massachusetts but now lives in
> New Orleans. He has had two TV shows, and owns
> restaurants in several cities, many of them bearing his
> first name. His spice blend is known as his "Essence".
> What's his name?
Dan Blum.
> C. Eastern Orthodox
> C1. In the Eastern Orthodox or simply Orthodox Church, there
> is no person whose position directly compares to the
> Pope in Roman Catholicism. But there is one position
> that stands out as the leader for practical purposes
> if not on matters of faith. This position is currently
> held by Bartholomew I; what is his title?
was sufficient, or anything like "Archbishop of Constantinople".)
4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Rob,
Stephen, and Pete.
> C2. Various dates are given for the schism between the
> Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but one of
> the definitive events took place when Pope Leo IX
> and <answer C1> Cerularius excommunicated each other.
> Within 50 years, in what year did they do that?
and Stephen. 3 for Pete.
> D. Western Music
> D1. During the last century, several people became famous for
> their movie roles as "singing cowboys". But one of them
> was *The* Singing Cowboy. He was a top box-office draw
> despite appearing mostly in B-movies, he wrote the song
> "Back in the Saddle Again" (which became his signature
> piece), and in later life he owned the Los Angeles Angels
> baseball team. Who was he?
Jeff, and Pete.
> D2. Another singing cowboy did not own a baseball team, but
> was born on a site where a baseball stadium would later
> be built. His horse was Trigger, his dog was Bullet,
> his wife's horse was Buttermilk, and his real name was
> Leonard Slye. What do we know him as?
Rob, Stephen, Jeff, and Pete.
> E. Central Station
> E1. The central railway station in Toronto is called Union
> Station. You may have heard of it. But that name also
> occurs in many other cities in North America. What does
> it mean?
reference to multiple lines or companies. 4 for Calvin, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Peter, Rob, Stephen, and Jeff.
> E2. What's the official name of Toronto's central bus station
> for Greyhound and other long-distance bus companies?
"Metropolitan Toronto Coach Terminal").
> F. Everywhere You Want to Be
> F1. The category title refers to a slogan used for Visa
> credit cards. In Canada, what was Visa called before
> it was called Visa?
> F2. Same question for either the US or the UK. Give the name
> that was previously used for the Visa card in either
> country. Hint: each name is derived from the bank that
> first issued the card there.
America card" were acceptable, so I scored "Americard" as almost
correct.) 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum,
Rob, Stephen, and Jeff. 3 for Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo Lit Sci Ent His Mis Geo Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 16 32 32 36 -- -- 40 40 196
Marc Dashevsky 7 28 40 24 8 24 36 28 180
Joshua Kreitzer 0 28 10 32 31 4 36 32 169
Rob Parker 0 20 40 0 20 32 29 24 165
Dan Blum 0 28 26 15 32 16 22 24 148
Peter Smyth 0 28 25 0 26 12 32 20 143
Pete Gayde 18 16 16 20 27 12 32 26 139
Jeff Turner 0 16 36 16 16 20 28 20 136
"Calvin" 0 28 21 4 18 8 37 15 127
Dan Tilque 0 28 -- -- 4 20 36 32 120
Stan Brown -- -- 32 24 -- -- -- -- 56
Bruce Bowler -- -- 36 20 -- -- -- -- 56
Erland Sommarskog -- -- -- -- -- -- 24 16 40
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and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
"The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
What is the name of this operation?
2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
"The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
"Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
this operation on sets?
3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
root of 2, and the number pi?
5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
of different powers of a single variable? For example,
5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x� - 2x� + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
superscript 4).
6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
it is what?
7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
that has what property? Name the property.
9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
What is that?
10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
* Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
There is no copyright protection for the titles of movies or songs.
As a result, it's common to see a song and a movie share the same
title, even when they have nothing to do with each other. In recent
years we've often seen film titles following songs, in order to
capture some interest due to familiarity with the title -- and,
of course, to avoid having to actually be creative. Less common
nowadays is to have a song named for a movie, when it wasn't used
in the movie, but *these* are the ones we'll be asking about.
For this round, we will give you the year of a movie, its genre,
and one or two of the stars, and we'll give you the year of release
and the artist for a song that came out some time later, but has
the same title. In each case, we want that common title.
1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
2000 song from Iron Maiden.
2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
1959 song from The Coasters.
4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
from Deep Blue Something.
6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
from Jackson Browne.
8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
from Iron Maiden.
9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
1973 song from Edgar Winter.
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in the same thread as the last two rounds of the previous game,
instead of starting a new thread as usual.
Now that it's done, please look in that thread for the questions and
respond there.
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Peter Smyth
>* Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
>
>1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x³ - 2x² + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
>* Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
>There is no copyright protection for the titles of movies or songs.
>As a result, it's common to see a song and a movie share the same
>title, even when they have nothing to do with each other. In recent
>years we've often seen film titles following songs, in order to
>capture some interest due to familiarity with the title -- and,
>of course, to avoid having to actually be creative. Less common
>nowadays is to have a song named for a movie, when it wasn't used
>in the movie, but *these* are the ones we'll be asking about.
>
>For this round, we will give you the year of a movie, its genre,
>and one or two of the stars, and we'll give you the year of release
>and the artist for a song that came out some time later, but has
>the same title. In each case, we want that common title.
>
>1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
>
>2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
>
>3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
> 1959 song from The Coasters.
>
>4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
>
>5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
>
>7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
>
>8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
> from Iron Maiden.
>
>9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
Marc Dashevsky
>
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x³ - 2x² + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
> There is no copyright protection for the titles of movies or songs.
> As a result, it's common to see a song and a movie share the same
> title, even when they have nothing to do with each other. In recent
> years we've often seen film titles following songs, in order to
> capture some interest due to familiarity with the title -- and,
> of course, to avoid having to actually be creative. Less common
> nowadays is to have a song named for a movie, when it wasn't used
> in the movie, but *these* are the ones we'll be asking about.
>
> For this round, we will give you the year of a movie, its genre,
> and one or two of the stars, and we'll give you the year of release
> and the artist for a song that came out some time later, but has
> the same title. In each case, we want that common title.
>
> 1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
>
> 2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
> 3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
> 1959 song from The Coasters.
> 4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
> 5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
> 6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
>
> 7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
>
> 8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
> from Iron Maiden.
>
> 9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
> 10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
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Dan Blum
> * Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
intersection
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
union
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
integers
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
reals
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x? - 2x? + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
polynomial
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
median
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
reciprocals
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
commutative
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
hypotenuse
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
bisected
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
> 1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
The Wicker Man
> 2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
Key Largo
> 5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
> 9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
Some Like it Hot
> 10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
Bride of Frankenstein
Joshua Kreitzer
>
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x - 2x + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
>
> 1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
> 2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
> 3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
> 1959 song from The Coasters.
> 4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
> 5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
> 6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
> 7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
> 8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
> from Iron Maiden.
> 9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
> 10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Jeffrey Turner
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
>
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the<answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x³ - 2x² + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
> There is no copyright protection for the titles of movies or songs.
> As a result, it's common to see a song and a movie share the same
> title, even when they have nothing to do with each other. In recent
> years we've often seen film titles following songs, in order to
> capture some interest due to familiarity with the title -- and,
> of course, to avoid having to actually be creative. Less common
> nowadays is to have a song named for a movie, when it wasn't used
> in the movie, but *these* are the ones we'll be asking about.
>
> For this round, we will give you the year of a movie, its genre,
> and one or two of the stars, and we'll give you the year of release
> and the artist for a song that came out some time later, but has
> the same title. In each case, we want that common title.
>
> 1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
>
> 2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
Erland Sommarskog
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Erland Sommarskog
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
to whole numbers, so I guess I lose this one.
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
Calvin
> * Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
>
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x³ - 2x² + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
> 2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
> 3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
> 1959 song from The Coasters.
> 4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
Great song!
> 5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
> 6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
> 7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
> 8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
> from Iron Maiden.
> 9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
> 10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
--
cheers,
calvin
Rob Parker
>
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x³ - 2x² + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
> 4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
> 5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
> 6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
> 7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
> 10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
Rob
Dan Tilque
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
>
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
>
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
>
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
>
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
>
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x³ - 2x² + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
>
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
>
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
>
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
>
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
>
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
> There is no copyright protection for the titles of movies or songs.
> As a result, it's common to see a song and a movie share the same
> title, even when they have nothing to do with each other. In recent
> years we've often seen film titles following songs, in order to
> capture some interest due to familiarity with the title -- and,
> of course, to avoid having to actually be creative. Less common
> nowadays is to have a song named for a movie, when it wasn't used
> in the movie, but *these* are the ones we'll be asking about.
>
> For this round, we will give you the year of a movie, its genre,
> and one or two of the stars, and we'll give you the year of release
> and the artist for a song that came out some time later, but has
> the same title. In each case, we want that common title.
>
> 1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
>
> 2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
>
> 3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
> 1959 song from The Coasters.
>
> 4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
>
> 5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
>
> 6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
>
> 7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
>
> 8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
> from Iron Maiden.
>
> 9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
>
> 10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
swp
> I wrote one of these rounds.
> * Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
>
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> superscript 4).
polynomial
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
>
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
> 2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
> 3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
> 1959 song from The Coasters.
> 4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
> 5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
> 6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
> 7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
> 8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
> from Iron Maiden.
> 9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
> 10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
swp
Mark Brader
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
> see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
That was the math round.
> * Game 7, Round 2 - Math Jargon
> 1. What is the term for taking the set of elements that
> are in common between two or more other sets? For example,
> if set A contains "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", and "It's a Wonderful Life"; and
> set B contains "Mark", "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", "David",
> and "Harvey"; then the result of doing this operation on
> sets A and B would be a set that just contains "Harvey".
> What is the name of this operation?
Intersection. 4 for everyone -- Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua,
Jeff, Erland, Calvin, Rob, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
Set B consists of the first names of recent or current regular players
on the Usual Suspects. Some people in the league had been in the
habit, when a team played shorthanded, of notating the empty seat as
"Harvey", and were a bit disconcerted when we put a real Harvey on
our team!
> 2. Another operation on two or more sets makes a set out of
> all the elements that appear in either (or any) one. In the
> same example, doing this on sets A and B would produce the
> set containing "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington",
> "The Philadelphia Story", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mark",
> "Cy", "Rodney", "Miles", and "David". What's the name of
> this operation on sets?
Union. 4 for everyone.
> 3. The "natural numbers" are 1, 2, 3, etc. and perhaps also 0,
> depending on which mathematician is talking. But if, as well
> as 0, you include both the positive and negative versions of
> the natural numbers, what set of numbers do you get? That is,
> 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. and also -1, -2, -3, etc.: what is the name
> for those numbers? Note: we don't want "whole numbers",
> a term more often used similarly to "natural numbers".
Integers. 4 for Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jeff, Calvin, Rob,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> 4. What is the name of the set of numbers that includes not
> only all of the <answer 3>, but also all possible numbers
> in between them, such as fractions, decimals, the square
> root of 2, and the number pi?
Real numbers. 4 for Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jeff, Erland,
Rob, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> 5. What is the term for an expression that is a sum of multiples
> of different powers of a single variable? For example,
> 5x + 1 or x^4 + 6x� - 2x� + x + 30 (where ^4 represents a
> superscript 4).
(Univariate) polynomial. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jeff, Rob,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> 6. If you have a list of numbers, sort them in order, and take
> the middle one, what is that number called? For example,
> if there are 9 numbers and you take the 5th-largest one,
> it is what?
Median. 4 for Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jeff, Erland, Calvin,
Rob, and Dan Tilque.
> 7. If two numbers multiply together to equal 1, what are
> they called? For example, 1/6 and 6 are a pair of what?
Reciprocals or (multiplicative) inverses. 4 for Peter, Marc,
Dan Blum, Joshua, Jeff, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> 8. 7 + 6 equals 6 + 7, or in general A + B equals B + A for any
> numbers A and B. In other words, addition is an operation
> that has what property? Name the property.
The commutative property. 4 for Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua,
Jeff, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.
> 9. In a right-angled triangle, the longest side is always
> the one opposite the right angle, and it has a special name.
> What is that?
Hypotenuse. 4 for everyone.
> 10. If you have a geometrical figure and you perform an operation
> that divides it exactly into two equal halves -- such as
> drawing a diagonal of a square -- what have you done to
> the figure? No, "halved it" is not acceptable.
Bisection. 4 for Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jeff, Rob,
and Dan Tilque.
> * Game 7, Round 3 - You Can't Copyright a Title
> There is no copyright protection for the titles of movies or songs.
> As a result, it's common to see a song and a movie share the same
> title, even when they have nothing to do with each other. In recent
> years we've often seen film titles following songs, in order to
> capture some interest due to familiarity with the title -- and,
> of course, to avoid having to actually be creative. Less common
> nowadays is to have a song named for a movie, when it wasn't used
> in the movie, but *these* are the ones we'll be asking about.
> For this round, we will give you the year of a movie, its genre,
> and one or two of the stars, and we'll give you the year of release
> and the artist for a song that came out some time later, but has
> the same title. In each case, we want that common title.
> 1. 1973 horror movie with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee;
> 2000 song from Iron Maiden.
"The Wicker Man". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Stephen.
> 2. 1948 crime drama with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall;
> 1981 song from Bertie Higgins.
"Key Largo". 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, Rob, Dan Tilque,
and Stephen.
> 3. 1945 comedy-Western with Gary Cooper and Loretta Young;
> 1959 song from The Coasters.
"Along Came Jones". 4 for Marc and Joshua.
> 4. 1981 crime drama with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon;
> 1982 song from Bruce Springsteen.
"Atlantic City". 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Stephen.
> 5. 1961 romantic comedy-drama with Audrey Hepburn; 1995 song
> from Deep Blue Something.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's". 4 for Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua,
Calvin, Rob, and Stephen.
> 6. 1954 crime drama / suspense movie with Frank Sinatra and
> Sterling Hayden; 1984 song from Billy Ocean.
"Suddenly".
> 7. 1962 drama with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards; 1983 song
> from Jackson Browne.
"Tender is the Night". 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 2 for Rob.
> 8. 1981 drama with Ron Perlman and Rae Dawn Chong; 1983 song
> from Iron Maiden.
"Quest for Fire". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 9. 1959 comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; 1985 song from
> The Power Station with Robert Palmer.
"Some Like It Hot". 4 for Peter, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin,
and Stephen.
> 10. 1931 horror movie with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive;
> 1973 song from Edgar Winter.
"Frankenstein". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Rob, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
3 for Calvin.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Ent
Joshua Kreitzer 40 36 76
Stephen Perry 28 32 60
Marc Dashevsky 36 24 60
Dan Blum 40 16 56
Peter Smyth 40 8 48
Dan Tilque 40 8 48
Rob Parker 32 14 46
Jeff Turner 40 0 40
"Calvin" 24 15 39
Erland Sommarskog 27 0 27
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