A to D -- Quiz Quilt 169 Puzzle

Well, it doesn't seem likely to be bra sizes, battery sizes (single
A is obsolete), or the lettered avenues in Manhattan.

Robert Jen:
> What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> million?

HUGHES.

> What color is titanium dioxide?

WHITE, I think.

> What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?

MYERS was on that show, was he? Okay.

> Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
> comic strip?

Hmm, by chance I just looked up Lucy's relatives the other day, and
I still don't remember.

> Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> Hudson Bay Company in 1870?

There is no correct answer. The only province directly east of Alaska
is BRITISH COLUMBIA, which is two words and was a separate British
colony that joined Canada in 1871. Today the YUKON is directly east
of Alaska, and it's part of the land acquired from the Hudson Bay
Company in 1870, but it is not a province and it did not exist at
all until, I think, 1898. The land was then part of the NORTH-WEST
TERRITORIES, which was two words and a hyphen, and not a province.

> What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
> call?

I don't know. The only non-Canadian announcer I can think of is Howard
COSELL, and I doubt he'd've said that.

Okay, if Cosell is wrong, the FOURTH letter upward would make a word,
and D is the fourth letter... oh, is this about musical intervals,
like thirds and fifths? I forget how exactly those work. That'll
do, anyway.
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Robert Jen <rjen DeleteThis @rjen.com> wrote in
news:rjen-255EAD.22155127122008@news.verizon.net:

> In college, my grades ranged from A to D (well, D-, but same
> difference once you get down that low). The D really should have been
> an F, but the college I attended had a rule that if you flunked a
> course, you could take it again, so by raising my grade the professor
> ensured that I couldn't come back.
>
> [Everything you ever wanted to know about playing Quiz Quilt from A to
> D (it's a pretty short page):
> http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
>
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ History & Government ]
> What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> million?

Howard HUGHES

> [ Math & Science ]
> What color is titanium dioxide?

WHITE

> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?

Dana CARVEY

> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
> comic strip?

RERUN

> [ Geography & Nature ]
> Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> Hudson Bay Company in 1870?

The YUKON

> [ Sports & Games ]
> What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
> call?


C-something-- Howard COSELL? If so, I'd say "was" rather than "is". or
maybe Bob COSTAS. I'll go with COSTAS

HUGHE S
WHIT E
CAR V EY
RE R UN
Y U KON
C OSTAS

The only thing I see in the Quilt is the up diagonal starting wit h the
first letter of the sixth word: CURVES. Grading on the curve, I
suppose...

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:15:50 GMT, Robert Jen <rjen.RemoveThis@rjen.com> wrote:

>In college, my grades ranged from A to D (well, D-, but same difference
>once you get down that low). The D really should have been an F, but the
>college I attended had a rule that if you flunked a course, you could
>take it again, so by raising my grade the professor ensured that I
>couldn't come back.
>
>[Everything you ever wanted to know about playing Quiz Quilt from A to D
>(it's a pretty short page): http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
>
>
>CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
>[ History & Government ]
>What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
>million?
Hughes


>[ Math & Science ]
>What color is titanium dioxide?
White


>[ Entertainment & Food ]
>What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
>Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?
Myers


>[ Literature & Arts ]
>Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
>comic strip?
Rerun


>[ Geography & Nature ]
>Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
>Hudson Bay Company in 1870?
Yukon

>[ Sports & Games ]
>What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
>call?
Buffer


Fourth letters up FOURTH

On Dec 27, 10:15 pm, Robert Jen <r....TakeThisOut@rjen.com> wrote:
> In college, my grades ranged from A to D (well, D-, but same difference
> once you get down that low). The D really should have been an F, but the
> college I attended had a rule that if you flunked a course, you could
> take it again, so by raising my grade the professor ensured that I
> couldn't come back.

hmmm ... seems you learned a lesson in there somewhere since you
somehow manage to keep all of us coming back week after week.

> [ History & Government ]
> What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> million?

howard hughes

> [ Math & Science ]
> What color is titanium dioxide?

white

> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?

mike myers

> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
> comic strip?

rerun

> [ Geography & Nature ]
> Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> Hudson Bay Company in 1870?

yukon (you're probably miswording this, I'll defer to Mark Brader on
exactly why)

> [ Sports & Games ]
> What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
> call?

mike buffer

FOURTH is in the 4th column.

swp

"Robert Jen" <rjen DeleteThis @rjen.com> wrote
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ History & Government ]
> What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> million?

Howard Huge, er.. Hughes

>
> [ Math & Science ]
> What color is titanium dioxide?

white

>
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?

Myers

>
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
> comic strip?

Rerun

>
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> Hudson Bay Company in 1870?

Hard to say which province you mean. Seven of the Canadian provinces are
directly east of AK and six or seven (don't know about Labrador) of
those have land which was formerly owned by Hudson Bay. There's also the
three territories which were also owned by the Bay. They aren't
provinces, of course, but Americans sometimes don't appreciate the
distinction.

Now if 'directly' is meant to mean 'immediately', that narrows the
possibilities to BC and Yukon. BC is eliminated by it's being a two-word
name and the Yukon is a territory.

So let's see if the quilt helps resolve this question.

>
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
> call?

Cosell?


HUGHES
WHITE
MYERS
RERUN
YUKON
COSELL

Quilt is probably FOURTH, fourth letter up. Which means Yukon is correct
answer to #5 and Cosell is wrong for #6. I watch a fair amount of sports
on TV, but can't think of any announcer who uses that catchphrase. No
doubt I watch the wrong kinds of sports (sounds like a boxing/wrestling
type thing, and I don't care for those sports).

--
Dan Tilque

> [ History & Government ]
> What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> million?
HUGHES (Howard)

> [ Math & Science ]
> What color is titanium dioxide?
WHITE

> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?
MYERS (Mike)

> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
> comic strip?
RERUN

> [ Geography & Nature ]
> Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> Hudson Bay Company in 1870?
YUKON (I think it's still a territory, not a province, but it's the
only one possible)

> [ Sports & Games ]
> What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
> call?
___F___

Quilt = FOURTH (4th column upward). I'm not sure what the reference
is, but what else? (Oh, never mind, it's a musical chord.)

On Dec 28, 1:38 pm, "aquas.g" <aqua....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
....

It's really me. I guess my daughter must have logged in to her own
account and I didn't notice.

Robert Jen wrote:
>
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ History & Government ]
> What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> million?

Hughes

> [ Math & Science ]
> What color is titanium dioxide?

White

> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?

Myers

> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
> comic strip?
>
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> Hudson Bay Company in 1870?

Nunavut

> [ Sports & Games ]
> What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
> call?

hughes
white
myers
------
nunavut
------

I give up.

--Jeff

--
I learned that ... the most grinding
poverty is a trifling evil compared
with the inequality of classes.
--William Morris

> What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> million?

Howard HUGHES

> What color is titanium dioxide?

WHITE

> What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?

Mike MYERS

> Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
> comic strip?

SCHRODER - a WAG, but nothing else comes to mind.

> Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> Hudson Bay Company in 1870?

YUKON

> What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
> call?

No idea.

And nothing leaps out at me for the quilt.

Rob

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:15:50 GMT, Robert Jen <rjen DeleteThis @rjen.com> wrote:

>In college, my grades ranged from A to D (well, D-, but same difference
>once you get down that low). The D really should have been an F, but the
>college I attended had a rule that if you flunked a course, you could
>take it again, so by raising my grade the professor ensured that I
>couldn't come back.
>
>[Everything you ever wanted to know about playing Quiz Quilt from A to D
>(it's a pretty short page): http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
>
>
>CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
>[ History & Government ]
>What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
>million?
>

Howard Hughes


>[ Math & Science ]
>What color is titanium dioxide?
>

White


>[ Entertainment & Food ]
>What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
>Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?
>

Mike Myers


>[ Literature & Arts ]
>Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
>comic strip?
>

Rerun


>[ Geography & Nature ]
>Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
>Hudson Bay Company in 1870?
>

The only one that fits the quilt is the Yukon Territory


>[ Sports & Games ]
>What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
>call?

I can picture him, but I don't recall his name, but it's something
with an "F" in the fourth position. Maybe Pulfer?


hugHes
whiTe
myeRs
rerUn
yukOn
pulFer

Fourth letter reading up yields FOURTH. Not sure of the reference
here. first to FOURTH letter of the alphabet, or something else.

Russ

On Dec 27, 9:15 pm, Robert Jen <r....TakeThisOut@rjen.com> wrote:
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ History & Government ]
> What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> million?

HUGHES, Howard

> [ Math & Science ]
> What color is titanium dioxide?

RED (?)

> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?

MYERS, Mike

> [ Literature & Arts ]
> Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
> comic strip?

RERUN

> [ Geography & Nature ]
> Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> Hudson Bay Company in 1870?

I know Canadian geography well enough to know that there is only one
province *directly* east of Alaska, and that's British Columbia, which
is two words and ineligible to be an answer. YUKON is also directly
east of Alaska, but that's a territory, not a province. Unless you are
using the word "directly" in an unusual way, I don't think there's a
valid answer to this question. (All of the other provinces of Canada
are east of Alaska as well, but none of the others borders Alaska.)

> [ Sports & Games ]
> What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
> call?

It's Michael something. I'm going to say BELLER because that's the
name that comes to mind, but I don't think that's his exact name.

No guess for the quilt.

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com

In article <hpcgl4d3n10vjigl5eljq2go7266bdpg3d RemoveThis @4ax.com>,
Russ <removed RemoveThis @protection.com> wrote:

> >What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> >million?
> >
>
> Howard Hughes

Correct.

> >What color is titanium dioxide?
> >
>
> White

Correct.

> >What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> >Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?
> >
>
> Mike Myers

Correct.

> >Who is Linus and Lucy Van Pelt's younger brother in the "Peanuts"
> >comic strip?
> >
>
> Rerun

Correct.

> >Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> >Hudson Bay Company in 1870?
> >
>
> The only one that fits the quilt is the Yukon Territory

Correct.

> >What sports announcer is famous for his "Let's get ready to rumble!"
> >call?
>
> I can picture him, but I don't recall his name, but it's something
> with an "F" in the fourth position. Maybe Pulfer?

Incorrect (but not too far off).

> hugHes
> whiTe
> myeRs
> rerUn
> yukOn
> pulFer
>
> Fourth letter reading up yields FOURTH. Not sure of the reference
> here. first to FOURTH letter of the alphabet, or something else.

Correct (close on the reason but missing the important part).

Nine points.

--
Robert Jen, the Trivia Why's Guy (whysguy@triviawhys.com)
http://triviawhys.blogspot.com -- Trivia Why's blog

In article <y5ednXl2XeAqa8rUnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d.RemoveThis@posted.localnet>,
Jeffrey Turner <jturner.RemoveThis@localnet.com> wrote:

> > What American built the flying boat "The Spruce Goose" for $40
> > million?
>
> Hughes

Correct.

> > What color is titanium dioxide?
>
> White

Correct.

> > What "Saturday Night Live" cast member wrote and starred in "Austin
> > Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 1997?
>
> Myers

Correct.

> > Which province, directly east of Alaska, did Canada acquire from the
> > Hudson Bay Company in 1870?
>
> Nunavut

Incorrect.

Three points.

--
Robert Jen, the Trivia Why's Guy (whysguy@triviawhys.com)
http://triviawhys.blogspot.com -- Trivia Why's blog