From: hamel@primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: WEEKLY QUIZ #12 -- ANSWERS
Date: 31 Jul 92 12:51:58 GMT
Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center


SCORES:
5    David Weinstein <david@olympic.acuson.com>
3    Doughboy <rajesh@longhair.cs.unlv.edu> 
3    David Ewing <ewing@npg-sd.sandiego.ncr.com> 
2    Wes Morgan <morgan@ms.uky.edu> 
2    Peter Taylor <Peter.Taylor@canada.sun.com>
2    Rai Weinberg <MCSWEINBERG@memstvx1.memst.edu> 
2    Bruce Buck <beb@pt.com>
2    Carl Poellnitz <carlos@chopin.udel.edu> 
2    Pete Gayde <gayde@cbnewsc.att.com> (11)
1    Jim Hulsey <dbsun!hulsey@wupost.wustl.edu>  
1    Jeffrey Turner <jturner@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>
1    Kaushik Banerjee <kbanerje@grad04.math.ncsu.edu
1    Greg Barnes <greg@cs.washington.edu>
1    Steve Hammond <hammond@css.itd.umich.edu> 
1    Russell I. Dyreng <bd670@cleveland.freenet.edu>
1    Dan Matt <TABN3@isuvax.iastate.edu> 
1    Laurie 8 <heard@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au> 
1    Joshua Saypol <jsaypol@dasher.cc.bellcore.com>
1    Tom Magliery <mag@suna0.cs.uiuc.edu>  
0    Dimitri Laurence II <d2lau@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> 
0    <swalker@uts.edu.au>
0    Rusty Soots <happy@catt.ncsu.edu>
0    william lamonaca <wlamonac@vivaldi.helios.nd.edu> 
 
AVERAGE SCORE:  1.52
 
 
WEEKLY QUIZ #12  
     (Answers are followed by # of correct responses received from
23 players.)
 
#1)  What tv lawman had a horse named Rex and a dog named King?
                         (SGT. PRESTON OF THE YUKON - 5)
 
#2)  Whose picture appears on the U.S. Purple Heart medal?
                         (GEORGE WASHINGTON - 11)
 
#3)  In 1952, what company celebrated its 100th anniversary as a
manufacturer of wagons and trailers, and its 50th birthday as a
manufacturer of automobiles?
                         (STUDEBAKER - 3)
 
#4)  After retiring from pro basketball, Wilt Chamberlain became
the president of an international association in what other sport?
                         (VOLLEYBALL - 12)
 
#5)  What rock band, originally called the Nightriders, was the
first rock band signed by Columbia Records, and released a 1971
single that was the best-selling record in Columbia's history to
that date?
                         (PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS - 2.  As
                         David Ewing pointed out, by 1971, they
                         were known solely as THE RAIDERS.)
 
STANDINGS AFTER 12 QUIZZES:
1.   45   Amy J. McCormack <libajm@gsusgi2.gsu.edu>  (11)
2.   33   Pete Gayde <gayde@cbnewsc.att.com> (12)
3.   30   Jim Hulsey <dbsun!hulsey@wupost.wustl.edu>  (12)
4.   26   Stacie Baumgartner
          <gtephx!baumgartners@asuvax.eas.asu.edu> (9)
5.   25   Doughboy <rajesh@longhair.cs.unlv.edu>  (9)
6.   21   Greg Barnes <greg@cs.washington.edu>  (11)
7.   19   David Ewing <david.ewing@sandiegoca.ncr.com> (8)
8.   19   Bruce Buck <beb@pt.com>  (8)
9.   18   David Weinstein <david@olympic.acuson.com>  (4)
     18   Mark Prysant <ccrwest!map@ucsd.edu>  (5)
11.  16   Mike Bixenman <mikeb@macbeth.ocpt.ccur.com>  (6)
12.  15   Debbie Minett <minett@seismo.css.gov>  (6)
13.  14   Peter Taylor <Peter.Taylor@canada.sun.com> (9)
14.  13   Mark Held <markh+@andrew.cmu.edu> (3)
15.  12   James A Berninger <berninge@ecn.purdue.edu>  (4)
     12   Steve Hammond  <hammond@umich.edu> (7)
17.  11   Laurie 8 <heard@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au>  (7)
     11   Jeff Soesbe <yeff@apple.com>  (4)
     11   <dascoser.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>  (5)
     11   Mary Rose Campbell <mc3d+@andrew.cmu.edu>  (5)
21.  10   Matt Telles <mattel@mattel.auto-trol.com>  (5)
     10   Mark Przybyszewski <V070N53B@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu> (3)
     10   Arlene M Osborne <amo@mvuxd.att.com>  (4)
     10   New Wave Dave <damatt01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> (9)
25.  9    William Lamonaca <wlamonac@bach.helios.nd.edu> (3)
     9    Alice R. Ritter <arritter@madhatter.cber.nih.gov> (3)
     9    Joseph Hernandez <jtchern@ocf.berkeley.edu> (6)
     9    Tom Magliery <mag@suna0.cs.uiuc.edu>  (5)
29.  8    Russell I. Dyreng <bd670@cleveland.freenet.edu>  (5)
     8    Michael J. Malervy <mmalervy@sdcc13.ucsd.edu> (5)
31.  7    Jeffrey Turner <jturner@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>  (3)
     7    Anne Kight <kight@wash.rand.org>  (2)
     7    Blue Dragon <kablooey@control.spies.com>  (5)
34.  6    Matt Courtois <matt@tara.sandiegoca.ncr.com>  (4)
     6    Ron A. '5150' Echeverri <rone%chort.usc.edu@usc.edu>  (4)
     6    Daniel I. Matt <TABN3@isuvax.iastate.edu>  (3)
     6    Wes Morgan <morgan@ms.uky.edu> (2)
     6    Matthew Ellis <matt@scrc.umanitoba.ca>  (2)
     6    Timothy M Wright <tim@theory.lcs.mit.edu>  (2)
40.  5    Joanne Felci <jfelci@ssd.intel.com>  (2)
     5    Jeff Wilkinson <jw7348@medtronic.com> (3)
     5    Tom Hillman <hillman@delfin.com>  (2)
43.  4    Bruce Kukuch <kukuch@inland.com>
     4    Roberta Rheaume <rrheaume@emr1.emr.ca>
     4    John Bremer <jbremer@ruf.rice.edu>
     4    Scott McElfresh <samc@coos.dartmouth.edu>
     4    Christopher G. Palacios <chrispy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>  (4)
     4    Rai Weinberg <MCSWEINBERG@memstvx1.memst.edu> (3)
     4    Glenn Shirley <shirley@swanee.ee.uwa.oz.au>
     4    Kenneth Lang <kalang@attmail.att.com> (4)
51.  3    A Kyle Berman <hyperion@cs.widener.edu>
     3    Don Bennett <punisher@iastate.edu>
     3    Lisa Koh <lkoh@ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com>  (3)
     3    Mark Taranto <mtaranto@shearson.com>  
     3    Will Bell <bell@cs.tamu.edu>
     3    John Snyder <snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu>
     3    Chris Kennedy <ckennedy@sleepy.helios.nd.edu> 
     3    Carl Poellnitz <carlos@chopin.udel.edu>  (2)
     3    Joshua Saypol <jsaypol@dasher.cc.bellcore.com>  (2)
     3    Kevin John Griffith <kjgriffi@acs.ucalgary.ca>
     3    Joseph H. Downing <M20069@mbvm.mitre.org> 
     3    Charles Jordan <jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu>
     3    Susan Berube <mvsmb2@mvgpl.att.com>
     3    Curtis Desjardins <cadesjar@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>  (3)
65.  2    Bill Wendling <wcw27974@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>  (2)
     2    Jeff Sandler <jsandler@encore.com>  (2)
     2    Robert Henderson <robh@grex.ann-arbor.mi.us>
     2    MaryLynn Orzechowski <i001460@disc.dla.mil>
     2    The Phantom <MGGPW@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
     2    Don Kirkby <dkirkby@pulmonary.ubc.ca>
     2    Gracious Network Hostess <belville@athena.mit.edu>
     2    Nancy M. Winter <winter@ecn.purdue.edu>
     2    Et3 Sena <n911m@pnet16.cts.com>  (2)
     2    Brian Smith <bsmith@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
     2    Arthur S Kamlet <ask@cblph.att.com>
     2    C. Reid Harmon Jr. <crharmo@hubcap.clemson.edu>
     2    Robert Aaron Book <rbook@rice.edu>  
     2    Benjamin C. Kite <ajax@judy.indstate.edu>
     2    Gene Gotimer <gotimer@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
     2    Ralph Craig <craig@grad02.math.ncsu.edu>
     2    <ilanc@microsoft.com>
     2    Joseph H Presley <presley@whservd.att.com>
     2    Timothy C. Worsley <tw1r+@andrew.cmu.edu> 
     2    D. A. Carney <carneyda@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu>  (2)
     2    Drew <lost address>
     2    Bill Bailey <daver!cypress.com!as10!wfb@mips.com>
87.  1    Virgilio Velasco <vxv4@po.cwru.edu>
     1    <gt1293c@prism.gatech.edu>
     1    Horatio Giordano <horatio@caticsuf.csufresno.edu>
     1    G. Arkoff <lost addres>
     1    <JMOLINARI@hamp.hampshire.edu>
     1    Rod Currie <mks!rod@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
     1    Brandy J. Ewing <bje27088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>  
     1    Tom Smith <toms@utoday.com> 
     1    Jordan Mann <mannj@acf9.nyu.edu>
     1    Kaushik Banerjee <kbanerje@grad04.math.ncsu.edu>
97.  0    Avatar of the Collective <wangc@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> 
     0    Dimitri Laurence II <d2lau@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> 
     0    Rusty Soots <happy@catt.ncsu.edu>
     0    <swalker@uts.edu.au>  (3)
     
     
 TOP 5 AVERAGES (4 QUIZ MINIMUM):
 4.50  David Weinstein  (4)
 4.09  Amy C. McCormack  (11)
 3.60  Mark Prysant  (5)
 3.00  James A. Berninger  (4)
 2.89  Stacie Baumgartner  (9)
 
Ray Hamel 
University of Wisconsin