From: J.Theodore.Schuerzinger@dartmouth.edu (J. Theodore Schuerzinger)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Zed's Trivia Contest: Part One Answers
Date: 23 Nov 92 23:41:56 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Here are the answers to Part one of Zed's Trivia Contest.  Two
half-point bonuses were awarded for people who corrected the two
mistakes.  A few explanations are also given.

It's nice to see that every question was answered correctly by at least
one person, although I hope I can stump you all somewhere along the
way!

Answers:

1. a. Bishkek
b. Ekaterinburg
c. Vladikavkaz
d. Okhotnij Ryad (or Hunter's Row, for the Russian-impaired)
Frunze, the capital of the former Kirghiz SSR, was named after the
founder of the Red Army who conquered Kirghizia.  No wonder they
changed the name.

2. Passau

3. "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men; 13 weeks.
This song *just* spent its 13th week at #1 (week ending 11/6/92),
surpassing the old record of 11 weeks for Elvis Presley's "Don't Be
Cruel".  The slight trick was the fact that being so recent, it
wouldn't be in any reference books.  Sorry to those of you who guessed
'Don't Be Cruel'!

4. Derek Fowlds
Jim Hacker is the title character in the British TV series 'Yes,
Minister' and 'Yes, Prime Minister' while Bernard is PM Hacker's
personal secretary.  Somebody tried to guess the name of the actor who
played the other major character but couldn't remember the actor's full
name.  It's Nigel Hawthorne.

5. Chariots of Fire

6. Andrew Bonar Law
Tenure as PM: about 7 months in 1922-23

7. San Marino
The full name of the country is 'The Most Serene Republic of San
Marino', hence the reference in the question.

8. Crimea (or the Crimean Peninsula)

9. a. Mika Waltari
b. Erich-Maria Remarque
c. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A half point bonus on part 'a' goes to Ola Rinta-Koski, who mentioned
that the actual full title of the work was 'Sinuhe Egyptilainen',
Sinuhe being the title character.  My luck that somebody from Finland
would answer the question.

10. Uranium Hexafluoride
I didn't ask for the heaviest elemental gas, just the heaviest gas
period.

11. Albert Einstein

12. Frederic Joliot(-Curie)
Both he and Irene Curie took the last name Joliot-Curie when they
married, but I deemed simply Joliot acceptable since that was his birth
name.

13. Karpov-Korchnoi, Baguio, 1978
Baguio is in the Philippines.  One of you (who frequently posts to
rec.games.chess) actually missed this question.  Shame on you! 
(However, I won't mention your name.)

14. St. Louis
Helsinki and Antwerp are close seconds.

15. OOPS!!  Five answers: Hana Mandlikova, Chris Evert (Lloyd), Steffi
Graf, Zina Garrison, Andrea Jaeger
My original source originally mentioned Chris Evert and asked for the
other four, which was why I thought there were only four answers. 
Vitaly Shmatikov pointed out that there were five, so I gave him an
extra half-point (actually, one-half point for each correct answer; he
gave me five of them)

The scores (given in descending order):
Vitaly Shmatikov -- 16
Sven Hauptfeld -- 7
M. D. Byrne -- 6-1/2
Ilan Caron -- 6
Mark Brader -- 6
Erland Sommarskog -- 6
Dave Robinson -- 4
Adam Levin -- 3-1/2
Rick Schubert -- 3
Sudhakar Subrahmanyam -- 3
Ola Rinta-Koski -- 3
Dmitri Laurence II -- 3
Jim Griffith -- 2
Doug Mraz -- 1-1/2
Dan Tilque -- 0

Good luck on part two!   Remember that answers are due by 12:01 am EST,
Wednesday, December 2, 1992.

--Ted Schuerzinger
email: .zed@Dartmouth.EDU
"I should have realized it would be bad vodka when all the label said
was 'Russian Vodka'."