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That would be fine by me.
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What sydhe said.
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Of course, my friend, since the other contestants don't object I don't either. The more, the merrier,as I usually say.Ciceronian said:I completely forgot about this. Could you please extend the deadline for a couple of days so that I can make a submission? Three contestants is still better than two.
I will be absent in the weekend, so the new deadline is Tuesday the 17th 24.00. Is that OK?
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It would be a great relief
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And I am still waiting for Ciceronian's contribution...
This means that I will have the postpone the deadline again, the new one is Thursday 19th October, 15.00 CET.
This means that I will have the postpone the deadline again, the new one is Thursday 19th October, 15.00 CET.
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I have just been in touch with Ciceronian, and since he has been indisposed but wants to participate, the final deadline is moved to Monday 2400 CET.
Let me also hasten to add that the contest is still open for anybody else who want to cover themselves in glory.
Let me also hasten to add that the contest is still open for anybody else who want to cover themselves in glory.
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Breaking news: New man to dominate the event!
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There is a new (at least for me) guy in town,who goes by the name of Dachspmg, who has taken the clear lead with 41 p.
Still waiting for Cice, though...
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There is a new (at least for me) guy in town,who goes by the name of Dachspmg, who has taken the clear lead with 41 p.
Still waiting for Cice, though...
Adler17
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For all, who wants to join, I do have a quiz on the reseachable quiz thread.
Just a small announciation.
Adler
Just a small announciation.
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You know, if you pay for it you can get a bigger one - with girls!Adler17 said:
Anyway, Ciceronian came, saw and did not quite conquer, but he did well enough to take 2nd place with 36, and it is still many hours left...
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I see no sense in keeping the contest open any longer, so let me just congratulate Dachspmg with a fine victory and thank all the participants.
I will post the answers tonight or more likely early tomorrow.
I will post the answers tonight or more likely early tomorrow.
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So here is the answers:
1. Let us start with an example of brains and beauty.
The lady below was one of the screen godesses of Hollywood, but she also made an important contribution on the field of science.
What was her name (3 p),
Hedy Lamarr(1914-2000) Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, and a graduate at Max Reinhardt's famous actor school in Berlin, she was eventually to be considered by many the most beautiful woman in Hollywood.
More information can be found here:http://www.hedylamarr.com/
and what sort of contribution did she make (5 p)?
In 1942, together with George Antheil,she patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was two decades ahead of its time.
2. What is more common name for a camelopard(3 p)?
Giraffe. The giraffe was called camelopard in the Middle Ages because it has the head like a camel's and the spots of a leopard.
3. What very common item which I am sure of most of you (if not all) own is this(3 p)?
- The Arabs made it from Salvadora persica and called it siwak. Muhammed himself is supposed even to have used it on his deathbed.
-The first ones that look like those we use today was made in China around 1500.
- The first electric ones was manufactured in 1908.
- The first one which used nylon instead of natural material was made in 1938.
The toothbrush.
4.Which US president proposed a maximum wage (3 p)?
Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1942 he suggested a 100 percent tax rate on all individual income over $25,000 a year.
Times surely have changed, and not always to the better.
5.Below is a scene, depicted with a lot of artistic license, of a plebeian hero of Ancient Rome.
What was his name (3 p)
Manius Curius Dentatus (d 270 BC), who as a consul celebrated many military triumphs and also showed himself to be a good administrator in peacetime.
and what is happening on the picture (2 p)?
Curius Dentatus was famous for being incorruptible and frugal. The story, which is to be found at many Roman writers goes that during the war with the Samnites when Samnite ambassadors, bringing expensive gifts, searched for him, they were shown to a tent where a man simply dressed was roasting turnips. He replied to them that he preferred his pot of clay to their gold, that he intented to stay poor and that he wanted to rule over people with money.
6. And to stay with the Romans for a little while; what sort of people are these :Andebate, Dimachaerus, Essedarius, Laquearius, Paegniarius, Secutor (3 p)?
Different types of gladiators.
Andebate: Limbs and lower torso protected by mail armour, chest and back plate, large vizored helmet with eye holes.
Dimachaerus: Sword fighter using two swords and no shield.
Essedarius: War chariot fighter.
Laquearius: With scaled armour (manica) covering left arm and projecting shoulderpiece to protect the neck (galerus), using a lassoo, a lance and a dagger.
Paegniarius: Using a whip, a club and a shield which is fixed to the left arm with straps.
Secutor: Large, almost spherical helmet with eye holes or large crested helmet with vizor, small or medium rectangular shield.
7. A lot of important inventions was made by the Chinese. One of them is attributted to the half-mythical Ko Yu, about whom can be read first at the first century BC. What invention is that( 4 p ) ?
The wheel barrel.
8.With the help of the four persons below, find the name of a 5th person (3 p).
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) . Important German social dramatist, stage instructor and poet.
Additionally, you get 2 p for each person correctly identified.
1. John Gay (1685-1732). English poet and dramatist. His most famous work was The Beggar's Opera set to music by Johann Christian Pepusch, which Brecht based his Dreigroschenoper(Threepennyopera) upon.
2. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Astronomer, physicist and philosopher, one of the most important figures in the Scientific Revolution. His controversy with the Catholic Church was the basis of another of Brecht's plays; Galileo.
3. Kurt Weill (1900-1950). German composer who wrote the music to Dreigroschenopfer and also colaborated with Brecht on later occassions.
4. Walter Ulbricht (1893-1973). German politician, as leader of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, he was the most important person in the early development and establishment of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) where Brecht lived for the last part of his life.
9.In which field is the treatise Sushruta Samhita from the 8th century BC, a pioneer one(5 p)?
Plastic and cosmetic surgery. Sushruta was an illustrious surgeon in ancient India, and this treatise describes rhinoplasty and otoplasty by using the technique of skin grafts for reconstructive work
10.
The most illustrious phase of Poland's cultural history is arguably the 16th century.
Below are the pictures of five of the most important people from that period, as well as their names, a short description and the years of their births and deaths.Combine the rows correctly for 3ps each, two or three correct ones gives 2.
1-C-III-b
2-E-I-e
3-B-V-c
4-D-IV-d
5-A-II-a
11. The pictures below are from an ancient city which was established about 300 BC and lasted for more than 9 centuries. Besides being the capital of an illustrious kingdom, it was also famed for its massive iron production.
What was its name (3 p)
Meroe, the capital of Kush
and where was it located (2 p)?
In today's Sudan.
12. Here are the names of ten armed conflicts. You get 2 p for each you can identifying the principal parties , and additionally 2 for each you can place approximately correct in time:
Not being a military man (I can only claim expertise in 7 and 9), I just give you wiki-links to this one:
1.Kalinga War:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_War
2.War of Jenkins ear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_Ear
3.Schmalkaldic War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmalcaldic_war
4.War of the Oranges:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Oranges
5.Black War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_War
6.Pastry War:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastry_War
7.The Deluge:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deluge_(Polish_history)
8.Ten Years War:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Years_War
9.Torstenssons War:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torstenson_War
10.War of Tatters:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Tatters
13. Personally I am a bit fed up with Mozartkugeln now. So let us, just for a brief moment at least, turn our attention to another of this year's musical jubilants. The young man below was indeed dubbed the Mozart of his country, but his premature death prevented him to fullfill his great promise. What was his name (5 p)?
Juan Crisostomo Arriaga (1806-1826), "The Spanish Mozart".A short biography about him and some midi-files with his music can be found here. His symphony and string quartets exists in some quite good recordings at the Naxos label.
14. What is the origin of the expression "it's raining cat and dogs" (3 p)?
There are several explanations on this one, so more than one answer will be accepted.
More information here: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/raining cats and dogs.html
15.Which former world champion of chess was accused of espionage (4 p),
Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900). The Austrian Steinitz, usually reckoned as the first official world champion, was accused of espionage after his cable match with the Russian master Chigorin in 1890/91.
and for what reason (4 p)?
The police found it highly suspicious that he received strange coded messages from St.Petersburg...
I welcome any (well, almost any) sorts of feedback.
1. Let us start with an example of brains and beauty.
The lady below was one of the screen godesses of Hollywood, but she also made an important contribution on the field of science.
What was her name (3 p),
Hedy Lamarr(1914-2000) Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, and a graduate at Max Reinhardt's famous actor school in Berlin, she was eventually to be considered by many the most beautiful woman in Hollywood.
More information can be found here:http://www.hedylamarr.com/
and what sort of contribution did she make (5 p)?
In 1942, together with George Antheil,she patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was two decades ahead of its time.
2. What is more common name for a camelopard(3 p)?
Giraffe. The giraffe was called camelopard in the Middle Ages because it has the head like a camel's and the spots of a leopard.
3. What very common item which I am sure of most of you (if not all) own is this(3 p)?
- The Arabs made it from Salvadora persica and called it siwak. Muhammed himself is supposed even to have used it on his deathbed.
-The first ones that look like those we use today was made in China around 1500.
- The first electric ones was manufactured in 1908.
- The first one which used nylon instead of natural material was made in 1938.
The toothbrush.
4.Which US president proposed a maximum wage (3 p)?
Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1942 he suggested a 100 percent tax rate on all individual income over $25,000 a year.
Times surely have changed, and not always to the better.
5.Below is a scene, depicted with a lot of artistic license, of a plebeian hero of Ancient Rome.
What was his name (3 p)
Manius Curius Dentatus (d 270 BC), who as a consul celebrated many military triumphs and also showed himself to be a good administrator in peacetime.
and what is happening on the picture (2 p)?
Curius Dentatus was famous for being incorruptible and frugal. The story, which is to be found at many Roman writers goes that during the war with the Samnites when Samnite ambassadors, bringing expensive gifts, searched for him, they were shown to a tent where a man simply dressed was roasting turnips. He replied to them that he preferred his pot of clay to their gold, that he intented to stay poor and that he wanted to rule over people with money.
6. And to stay with the Romans for a little while; what sort of people are these :Andebate, Dimachaerus, Essedarius, Laquearius, Paegniarius, Secutor (3 p)?
Different types of gladiators.
Andebate: Limbs and lower torso protected by mail armour, chest and back plate, large vizored helmet with eye holes.
Dimachaerus: Sword fighter using two swords and no shield.
Essedarius: War chariot fighter.
Laquearius: With scaled armour (manica) covering left arm and projecting shoulderpiece to protect the neck (galerus), using a lassoo, a lance and a dagger.
Paegniarius: Using a whip, a club and a shield which is fixed to the left arm with straps.
Secutor: Large, almost spherical helmet with eye holes or large crested helmet with vizor, small or medium rectangular shield.
7. A lot of important inventions was made by the Chinese. One of them is attributted to the half-mythical Ko Yu, about whom can be read first at the first century BC. What invention is that( 4 p ) ?
The wheel barrel.
8.With the help of the four persons below, find the name of a 5th person (3 p).
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) . Important German social dramatist, stage instructor and poet.
Additionally, you get 2 p for each person correctly identified.
1. John Gay (1685-1732). English poet and dramatist. His most famous work was The Beggar's Opera set to music by Johann Christian Pepusch, which Brecht based his Dreigroschenoper(Threepennyopera) upon.
2. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Astronomer, physicist and philosopher, one of the most important figures in the Scientific Revolution. His controversy with the Catholic Church was the basis of another of Brecht's plays; Galileo.
3. Kurt Weill (1900-1950). German composer who wrote the music to Dreigroschenopfer and also colaborated with Brecht on later occassions.
4. Walter Ulbricht (1893-1973). German politician, as leader of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, he was the most important person in the early development and establishment of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) where Brecht lived for the last part of his life.
9.In which field is the treatise Sushruta Samhita from the 8th century BC, a pioneer one(5 p)?
Plastic and cosmetic surgery. Sushruta was an illustrious surgeon in ancient India, and this treatise describes rhinoplasty and otoplasty by using the technique of skin grafts for reconstructive work
10.
The most illustrious phase of Poland's cultural history is arguably the 16th century.
Below are the pictures of five of the most important people from that period, as well as their names, a short description and the years of their births and deaths.Combine the rows correctly for 3ps each, two or three correct ones gives 2.
1-C-III-b
2-E-I-e
3-B-V-c
4-D-IV-d
5-A-II-a
11. The pictures below are from an ancient city which was established about 300 BC and lasted for more than 9 centuries. Besides being the capital of an illustrious kingdom, it was also famed for its massive iron production.
What was its name (3 p)
Meroe, the capital of Kush
and where was it located (2 p)?
In today's Sudan.
12. Here are the names of ten armed conflicts. You get 2 p for each you can identifying the principal parties , and additionally 2 for each you can place approximately correct in time:
Not being a military man (I can only claim expertise in 7 and 9), I just give you wiki-links to this one:
1.Kalinga War:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_War
2.War of Jenkins ear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_Ear
3.Schmalkaldic War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmalcaldic_war
4.War of the Oranges:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Oranges
5.Black War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_War
6.Pastry War:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastry_War
7.The Deluge:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deluge_(Polish_history)
8.Ten Years War:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Years_War
9.Torstenssons War:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torstenson_War
10.War of Tatters:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Tatters
13. Personally I am a bit fed up with Mozartkugeln now. So let us, just for a brief moment at least, turn our attention to another of this year's musical jubilants. The young man below was indeed dubbed the Mozart of his country, but his premature death prevented him to fullfill his great promise. What was his name (5 p)?
Juan Crisostomo Arriaga (1806-1826), "The Spanish Mozart".A short biography about him and some midi-files with his music can be found here. His symphony and string quartets exists in some quite good recordings at the Naxos label.
14. What is the origin of the expression "it's raining cat and dogs" (3 p)?
There are several explanations on this one, so more than one answer will be accepted.
More information here: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/raining cats and dogs.html
15.Which former world champion of chess was accused of espionage (4 p),
Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900). The Austrian Steinitz, usually reckoned as the first official world champion, was accused of espionage after his cable match with the Russian master Chigorin in 1890/91.
and for what reason (4 p)?
The police found it highly suspicious that he received strange coded messages from St.Petersburg...
I welcome any (well, almost any) sorts of feedback.
Adler17
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The last point reminds me of the story of a German visiting the Iran. He was arrested and accused of espionage. They thought the hologram of Beethoven on his EC card, a credit card, was the picture of his leading agent! Only after a few weeks they were finally convinced he was only a tourist!
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luceafarul said:
Brecht eh? One comment:
Nice quiz luc although a bit hard for an amateur like me.
Congrats Dachspmg!
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I agree on that one. Since you identified Kurt Weill, common sende would have dictated guessing on one of my favourite authors...thetrooper said:Brecht eh? One comment:
Thanks, and I think that you have no reason to be ashamed with your performance. Only three of the biggest guns on the entire CFC beat you - and only marginally.
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Actually that is the topic most people here are supposed to know and love, so knowledge must have played its big part.Dachspmg said:Thanks.
You don't have to spend much time. If you manage to win one of my quizzes, you have to be a big gun...
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So Dachspmg, you working on a new quiz or what?
Dragonlord
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Hellooooooo?Are you going to let this thread die?
I admit I didn't participate in the last quizzes - way too hard for me - but I loved reading the questions and answers...
Dachspmg, you were up!
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