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From: bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Play Jeopardy with Yen 8/26/92
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:46:47 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ

bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan) writes:

>1.  the two signatures that appear in the US dollar
     Well, look it up.
>2.  the chemical element with the highest boiling point
     mercury (that's why it's use in thermometers)
>3.  the last blood type to be discovered
     AB (the rarest)
>4.  before Mt. Everest was discovered, this was the highest mountain
     Mt Everest, of course
>5.  in a life insurance policy, this provision provides for twice
>    the payment in case of accidental death
     Double Indemnity (watch the old movie of the same title, with
     Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray)
>6.  Lincoln was assassinated 5 days after this historic event
     The surrender
>7.  when Martin Luther King was shot, he was talking with this person
     Jesse Jackson
>8.   Verona, Italy has commissioned someone to answer letters addressed
>    to this 13-year old girl (fictional character)
     Juliet (Romeo's)
>9.  the most popular song in the world
     happy birthday to you
>10. the first US president to visit China
     Nixon
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
From: bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Play Jeopardy w/ Yen 9/2
Date: 2 Sep 92 17:09:22 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ

Note:  No need to e-mail the QUESTIONS to me unless you want to call my
attention to the correction or enlightenment on a particular item.  QUESTIONS
given at the end of the quiz.  Enjoy and Learn!

ANSWERS

1.  Withheld from civilian use in WWII because it was needed for
    the manufacture of parachutes
2.  Since Jefferson was a widower, she became unofficial first lady
    during his administration.
3.  the Great Lake entirely within US territory
4.  the Republican Party's first president
5.  the invisible empire of the South
6.  the killing of one's wife
7.  cowboys called it "a Texas cakewalk" or "a necktie social"
8.  used to kindle life in Dr. Frankenstein's monster
9.  temporary shack communities built during the depression named after
    the president at that time
10.  the musical instrument named for its shape

QUESTIONS









1.  What is nylon?
2.  Who was Dolly Madison? (official first lady during the next administration)
3.  What is Lake Michigan?
4.  Who was Abraham Lincoln?
5.  What is the Ku Klax Klan?
6.  What is uxoricide?
7.  What is a hanging?
8.  What is lightning?
9.  What are Hoovervilles?
10. What is a triangle?
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From: hogan@csl.sri.com (Emmett Hogan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: WANTED: Computer Trivia
Date: 3 Sep 92 01:01:39 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Lab, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.


[ Please excuse this if you get two postings...buggy news server]

Hi All,

I am trying to help a friend put together a newsletter, and one of the
sections in the newsletter will be a COMPUTER TRIVIA section.  I
figured that I had the worlds largest source of computer trivia in the
world right at my fingertips....THE INTERNET !!

So basically, what I am looking for are silly little facts or special
dates that relate to computers....things like:

	- Where the term "bug" first came from (I know, it's an old one)
	- Bill Gates' birthday.
	- the day Microsoft was founded.
	- Why the call a 3.5" disk a floppy, when it really isn't
	  floppy at all !

Anything at all would be a BIG help.  Please e-mail all trivia to me
at Hogan@csl.sri.com, since I have crossposted this to several groups,
I am afraid I might miss a good respose if it were posted.

I will post a summary of all the trivia I receive, if there is
interest, maybe I could run a little trivia contest. :-)

Thanks in advance,
Emmett

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Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
From: dfo@csi.compuserve.com (Duane Ott)
Subject: Re: Play Jeopardy (4) w/ Yen 8/24
Organization: CompuServe Incorporated
Distribution: rec
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 23:36:45 GMT

In article <1518@rwja.umdnj.edu> bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan) writes:
>Please Note:  Questions not only from the show
>
>2.  The US state with the shortest slogan
CA? (Eureka)

>3.  The only president to die before his parents
JFK

>4.  The only state that borders only one state
Maine

>7.  The first president to marry someone with children
>    from a former marriage
Reagan?

>8.  The successful commission of this crime is not punishable
Suicide (had to think for a minute...)

>9.  The biggest real estate deal in the U.S. is under whose
>    presidency
Jefferson - La. Purchase (I *think* it was bigger than Alaska...)

>10. The first two presidents to come from the same state 
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
From: cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy)
Subject: Re: Play Jeopardy with Yen 8/26/92
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 23:58:01 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: A Suffusion of Yellow

rajesh@unlv.edu (Rajesh Viswanathan) writes: 
| In article <1526@rwja.umdnj.edu> bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan) writes:
| >4.  before Mt. Everest was discovered, this was the highest mountain
| K2

Oh come on. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, the highest mountain was
*still* Mt. Everest.   It just didn't have a name yet.

| >5.  in a life insurance policy, this provision provides for twice
| >    the payment in case of accidental death

Double indemnity.

+--------------------------------------------------+
|Dave Cochran, Data General Corporation, RTP, NC   |
|cochran@dg-rtp.dg.com                             |
+--------------------------------------------------+
|Any closet is a walk-in closet if you try hard    |
|enough.                                           |
+--------------------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,rec.arts.tv
From: dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (David W. Tamkin)
Subject: Re: Jeannie's sister's name
Keywords: Don't forget to vote!
Organization: Contributor Account at ddsw1, Chicago, Illinois  60657
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 05:50:15 GMT
X-Disclaimer:  Material posted in this article is the sole responsibility of
                the poster and does not represent MCSNet or the system owners.

bixenman@ccop1.ocpt.ccur.com (michael bixenman) wrote in
<2452@ccop1.ocpt.ccur.com>:

[Oy, what an FAQ.]

| Barbara Eden played Jeannie and her raven haired sister.

Yes.

| 1) What was her name? 

Also Jeannie.  At least you paid enough attention to the show's title screen
to spell "Jeannie" correctly, unlike others who have asked or answered the
same question.  You're ready for the next lesson: f-o-r-g-e-t.

| 2) Did Jeannie have a full name, ala Scheherezade Fatima?

No.  In the episode that introduced the sister, main-character-Jeannie-the-
blonde explained, "We are all named Jeannie."  Yet in later episodes other
djinni had different names.  The series didn't score high in consistency,
but it was television, not science.

Eden also played their mother.  No one seems to ask about that.

| Thank you all!

You're welcome.

David W. Tamkin   Box 59297   Northtown Station, Illinois  60659-0297
dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com    CompuServe: 73720,1570    MCI Mail: 426-1818
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
From: bunny@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Laura Kozma)
Subject: Re: Reworked TV show theme song lyrics.
Organization: AT&T, Piscataway, NJ
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:01:20 GMT

In article <BtB5Kp.7u1@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca> awpaeth@watpix.uwaterloo.ca (Alan Wm Paeth) writes:
><palomb.714341054@beagle>palomb@boulder.Colorado.EDU(Anthony Palombella) sings:
>>
>>Boy, the way Glen Miller played...
>>...Gee, our old La Salle ran great
>
>The "La Salle" was a recurring bit of trivia (you know "Ask Mr. TV" and he'll
>see that your in the Rotogravue [this is tunes, right?]). Ever notice that the
>vocals were retracked many years in so the "Laa Saale" was more clear?
>
>Soo...what other TV shows ever did this? Can YOU add to this list?

Many of the Nick At Nite shows have done this...

The very first "Mr. Ed" episode did not have lyrics.
When "F-Troop" went to color, its lyrics went away.
"Get Smart" and (I think) "The Dick Van Dyke Show" changed their instrumental
themes slightly.
"Dragnet"(1967-1970) originally had a different closing theme. 

Some others...
"Flipper" changed from a Muzak version to jazzy version, sung by Frankie 
Randall.
"Happy Days" originally used "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the
Comets.
"Growing Pains" had different singers virtually every year.  
-- 
Laura Kozma
AT&T, 30 Knightsbridge Rd                
Piscataway, NJ   att!attmail!lkozma
From: sfriedman@pbs.org (FRED)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: The geographic search
Date: 24 Aug 92 09:34:58 EDT
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA

In article <1992Aug21.072705.2058@techbook.com>, dant@techbook.com (Dan Tilque)
writesthat somebody writes that somebody writes to which somebody replies so that
matthew@base.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Merzbacher) writes and so on, I've lost
track:
>>>1. What countries have names that begin with the word "The"?  

One I haven't seen here: The Gambia.  Also, The Sudan?

>>>3. What other geographic entity's names begin with "The". 

The Bronx. (It's not a city or a town.) 

-- 
<<<<<sfriedman@pbs.org     ...{uupsi,vrdhxq,csed-1,ida.org}!pbs!sfriedman!>>>>>
<<<<<<<<   I'm Fred.  Don't blame my employer; it's not responsible.   >>>>>>>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Avoid contact with eyes. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
From: shrum@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Rick Shrum)
Subject: Re: A PROPOSAL
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr, Calif.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 23:49:07 GMT

In article <87353@netnews.upenn.edu> rsk@aspen.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec) writes:
>In article <1992Aug28.161332.3142@memstvx1.memst.edu> mcsweinberg@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
>>WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT????
>
>I want a lot of things, but that's hardly relevant.  Is it necessary to
>respond to measured argument with silly all-caps questions?
>
>>> Second, a new group, such as rec.games.trivia.postable, will *not*
>>> alleviate my objections, at least -- I can't speak for anyone else.
>>
>>Why the Hell not? If it's not in rec.games.trivia why should you object
>>to it!!!!!
>
>Because my objections are not based on where the postings occur, but on
>the nature of the postings themselves.  Sending those same sorts of postings
>to a different newsgroup will not fix the problem.  See article ID
><86343@netnews.upenn.edu>, if you haven't already, for details.
>
>>I just think you want something to complain about and that really is a waste of
>>bandwidth in this group!
>
>Your assumption is incorrect.
>
>>> Third, I would like to know what rationale you have for creating this group,
>>> and what response you have to the (already expressed) specific complaints
>>> that have been lodged against "post answers" quizzes.
>>
>>The rationale is that many people are enjoying the quizzes you can post to.
>
>First of all, that's a conjecture on your part; and secondly, it ignores
>the netiquette issues involved.  I note as well that you have not made any
>attempt to respond to the "specific complaints" mentioned above.
>
>>Can't you just give it up or doe  it just chap your butt when some people
>>are enjoying the group.
>
>It's unlikely that I will "just give it up".  As the person proposing
>a new group, you bear the responsibility for justifying its existence by
>explaining the reasoning process that suggests its creation, and by
>rebutting objections it.  If you are unable or unwilling to do so,
>you should abandon the process.



Its not like this grp. gets a lot of traffic, so multiple responses
to OAA (On the Air Answers) are NO Big Deal. If the same quiz were
presented to say, rec.movies or tv, it would be a Big Deal. I think
it should be up to the person originating the quiz to decide whether
the responses should be thru e mail or posted. *some* people don't
have a lot of time to read/tally/respond to each e mail individually.
Stop whining.

Froster:

OBTrivia:

What was the name of the "food processor" Lucy was selling on
_I_Love_Lucy_?

POST ANSWERS!


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From: dternes@duke.cdc.com (David Ternes)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Sequioas and shrooms
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:17:44 GMT
Reply-To: dternes@mips.COM (David Ternes)
Distribution: rec
Organization: Advanced Product Development

In article <1543@rwja.umdnj.edu> bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan) writes:
>
>2.  What is California?  (the sequioas)
>
I've seen twice here recently that sequioas are the largest living things.
I was just wondering how those large underground mushrooms (in New England?)
compare.  They were in the news within the last year and were described as
covering large areas (acres) of which only a little of the growth was above
ground.  

-david
E. David J. Ternes                                       dternes@udev.cdc.com
Goal: To live either in obscurity or in competance.
From: sfriedman@pbs.org (FRED)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: TV show!
Date: 24 Aug 92 09:41:07 EDT
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA

In article <1992Aug21.152812.20754@news.nd.edu>,jstiver@beethoven.helios.nd.edu
(Jim Stiver) writes (after quoting a lot of twaddle about spinoffs 
from or yielding `All in the Family,' `Sanford and Son' et al.):

> STOP IT!!!  STOP IT!!!  THIS THREAD HAS BECOME TOO SILLY
> 
> Ahh, a paraphrase from the British comedy series "Are You Being Served?"

You seem to have inadvertently hit the nail on the head.  :-)  What may be
causing all this confusion is that both `All in the Family' and `Sanford
and Son' were derived from British sitcoms -- `Till Death Do Us Part' and
`Steptoe and Son,' respectively.

-- 
<<<<<sfriedman@pbs.org     ...{uupsi,vrdhxq,csed-1,ida.org}!pbs!sfriedman!>>>>>
<<<<<<<<   I'm Fred.  Don't blame my employer; it's not responsible.   >>>>>>>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Avoid contact with eyes. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
From: bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Play Jeopardy w/ Yen 8/27
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:53:22 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ

bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan) writes:

>1.  The American war that lasted precisely 8 years
The Revolutionary War
>2.  Celebrated on Dec 15
Bill of Rights Day
>3.  The US pres that granted amnesty to draft dodgers of Vietnam
Jimmy Carter
>4.  This California valley was named after an element
Silicon Valley
>5.  The greatest buy of 1626
Manhattan Island for $24
>6.  "Music City, USA"
Nashville
>7.  The proper name for a watch pocket
Fob
>8.  This agency regulates radio and television broadcasts
The Federal Communications Commission
>9.  The state that celebrates its own independence day
Texas
>10. The 1st state to adopt a woman's suffrage law
Wyoming
From: mcsweinberg@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: **RaI aNd TuN's LyRiCs QuIz IiI**
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:09:57 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University

	    		***RaI aNd TuN's LyRiCs QuIz III***

PoSt oR sElF ScOrE

1. "Without your love, I'm nothing but a beggar."

2. "This much love drives a man insane."

3. "Red light, Yellow light, Green Light Go!
	Crazy little woman in a one man show"

4. "What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue."

5. "Old tin Lizzy, Do it till you're dizzy, Give it all ya got until you're put
	out of your misery."

6. "Women seem wicked, when you're unwanted, streets are up, 
	even when you're down."
7. "Why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it. Buy time don't lose it."

8. "You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach
	You'll never drill for oil on a city street."

9. "Well one and one is two. Six and two is eight, 
	C'mon baby don't you make me late." (From what movie)

10. "Each little snail here, Know how to wail here.
	That's why it's hotter, Under the water." (From what movie)

11. "Time can break your heart, make you beg and plead..."
 
12. "You didn't hear it, You didn't see it.
	You won't say nothing to no one ever in your life.
	You never heard it, Oh how absurd it All seems without any proof."

13. "Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner..."

14. "And I have been around the world looking for that ......."

15. "Baby I don't understand why can't just hold on to each other's hands."

16. "Listen, you know I love you, but I just can't take this,
	You know I love you, but I'm playing for keeps,"

17. "I feel so unsure as I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor."

18. "But if you insist, babe, the challenge delights me.
	The more you resist, babe, the more it excites me."
     (from what movie)
19. "I would lock you up but I could not bear
	 to hear you screaming to be set free."

20. "She comes to me when I'm feelin' down, Inspires me without a sound
	She touches me and I get turned around"


If you think you have figured out ALL of the answers please mail your entry.
No one as of yet seems to have completed an entire "RaI aNd TuN's" quiz 
let alone correctly.

Answers will be posted 9/9/92 (TuN's B-Day)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Questions for Yen
From: cmacdonald@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:26:12 EDT
Organization: Wesleyan University

Hey Yen,

I thought that Washington (state) had the shortest motto with "Alki", a local
Abo-American word meaning "by and by."  And isn't "Silicon Valley" just a
nickname, the real name being Santa Clara Valley or something like that?



yours,
From: sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Re: A PROPOSAL
Date: 29 Aug 92 09:53:24 GMT
Organization: Enea Data AB

Rick Shrum (shrum@eos.arc.nasa.gov) have difficulties with trimming
the article he replies to, but eventuallyl he says:
>Its not like this grp. gets a lot of traffic, so multiple responses
>to OAA (On the Air Answers) are NO Big Deal.

This is true. We also see here are other forms of trivia collections,
like "give me songs for so many American states as possible" which
generate a list of postings. They are however different from the
postable quizzes in so far, that the full answer is not known and
the suite of article is a joint effort to solve the problem.

My main problem with the postable quizzes is that newcomers may
get the impression that posting the answers is the way to go.
One person posting the answers to a real quiz, may destroy the
satisfaction for many.

>If the same quiz were presented to say, rec.movies or tv, it would
>be a Big Deal.

Haven't some of the postable lyrics quizzes been cross-posted to
rec.music.misc?

>I think it should be up to the person originating the quiz to decide
>whether the responses should be thru e mail or posted. *some* people
>don't have a lot of time to read/tally/respond to each e mail individually.

Well if you don't have that time, you hardly have the time to compile
a good quiz, have you?

But if that is your situation, just post the quiz and say you do
not intend to score any results, but that you will post the answers
within a week.
-- 
Erland Sommarskog - ENEA Data, Stockholm - sommar@enea.se
F|rst till kvarn f}r f|rst vankiva
From: mcsweinberg@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: A PROPOSAL
Date: 28 Aug 92 06:46:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: memstvx1.1992Aug28.124613.3139
Organization: Memphis State University

I am hereby proposing that a group entitled REC.GAMES.TRIVIA.POSTABLE be
formed. This will eleviate the complaints that certain persons have about
"Post Answers" quizes. Please "Post" comments concerning this proposal.


Rai. of (Rai and Tun)
___________________________________________________________________________
"Damn, I wish I was your lover			       Raina Weinberg
I'd rock you till the daylight comes              Memphis State University
Make sure you are smiling and warm"         	MCSWEINBERG@MSUVX1.MEMST.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
Subject: Re: Play Jeopardy with Yen 8/25/92
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 19:26:00 GMT

> > > > > 8.  The only planet smaller than the earth's moon
> > > > Pluto
> > > This may or may not be correct...
> > No, it is certain now.  Astronomer James Christy had the good luck to
> > discover Pluto's satellite Charon only about 10 years before the Earth
> > passed through the plane of Charon's orbit around Pluto. ...
 
> How lovely that we are SO certain of these things.  In fact, we are not.
> Until we send a satellite careening through the Pluto-Charon system to
> find out their relative masses and distances for certain, there is NO way 
> to know much about their relationships.  
> I remain a bit skeptical ...

Indeed it would take a probe to discover the *relative* masses of the two
bodies.  Their diameters and their *total* mass are quite another thing;
these are easily determined from the data available.  (No, I haven't done
it myself.  But the calculations don't depend on anything discovered since
the time of Kepler.)  What exactly do you disbelieve?

Rather than bothering rec.games.trivia with this any further, perhaps it
would be better to start a fresh thread in sci.astro.  Quote me if you like.

By the way, at least one earlier article in this thread was posted with
"Distribution: rec".  This is not valid, and only works at all because
many sites ignore invalid Distribution lines (including ours).  If you
want an article posted to rec.* to go everywhere that rec.* goes, either
post without a Distribution line or use "Distribution: world".

-- 
Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto			"'Run me,' Alice?"
utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com					-- Tom Neff

This article is in the public domain.
From: bawagan@rwja.umdnj.edu (Hinayana Bawagan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Play Jeopardy w/ Yen 8/28
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:05:57 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ

All the answers of previous quizzes are in the follow-up articles.  From
this game on, the answers will be listed after all the questions.  You 
don't have to mail me your answers. If there is any item that needs to be
corrected, please do so for everybody's benefit.  Enjoy and learn!

1.  In this island country, the Greeks outnumber the Turks 4 to 1
2.  The scientific name of this mammaml is abbreviated H. amphibius
3.  This American was described as "Prometheus who stole fire from heaven"
4.  The great invention of the Greek warrior  Ulysses
5.  This state is the world's chief producer of macadamia nuts
6.  This state has the world's largest living things
7.  The name shared by 6 English kings since 1700
8.  The name given to the lowest point in the US
9.  The only class in professional boxing where there is no 
    upper weight limit
10.  The war of 1812 ended this year

ANSWERS  ANSWERS  ANSWERS  ANSWERS










1.  Cyprus
2.  hippopotamus
3.  Benjamin Franklin
4.  the Trojan horse
5.  Hawaii
6.  California (the sequioas)
7.  George
8.  Death Valley in California
9.  Of course, heavyweight
10. 1815


 
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