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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:21 am
Post subject: Shoe Guy or Black Eye -- Quiz Quilt 170 Puzzle
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Trafton Cole and Eddie Haan started out as shoe guys but diversified,
escaping the fate of Sigmund and Milton S. Florsheim's, George Romanta
Kinney's, and Thomas McAn's companies (okay, McAnn was actually a golfer
whose name Ward Melville borrowed), which have all fallen on hard times.
[Don't let not knowing the quilt rules give you a black eye:
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CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
[ Math & Science ]
What Swiss mathematician wrote "Theory of the Motions of Rigid
Bodies" and "Mechanica"?
[ History & Government ]
Who was Ronald Reagan's commerce secretary whose sister is an
etiquette expert?
[ Literature & Arts ]
What maternal sequel did Alex Haley put out seventeen years after
"Roots"?
[ Entertainment & Food ]
What Italian composed the opera "Aida" in 1871?
[ Sports & Games ]
What female jockey married Fred Astaire in 1980?
[ Geography & Nature ]
Which populous city in Nigeria was its capital until 1991?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:21 am
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Robert Jen:
> What Swiss mathematician ...
If it isn't EULER, it ought to be. One of the only two mathematicians
I've seen honored by having their picture on paper money. (Sadly,
neither of the two bills is now in use.)
> Who was Ronald Reagan's commerce secretary whose sister is an
> etiquette expert?
Well, I think he name is BALDRIGE, so I'll try that.
> What maternal sequel did Alex Haley put out seventeen years after
> "Roots"?
I don't know.
> What Italian composed the opera "Aida" in 1871?
VERDI, I think.
> What female jockey married Fred Astaire in 1980?
Oh dear. GIVENS?
> Which populous city in Nigeria was its capital until 1991?
And when was the last time you got email from there? LAGOS.
Well, the last letters down could be REMISS, and I can manage to see
an interpretation by which that could fit the clue. For M I'll try
just MOM.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:21 am
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In article <rjen-14CF8E.22214603012009.RemoveThis@news.verizon.net>, rjen.RemoveThis@rjen.com
says...
> [ Math & Science ]
> What Swiss mathematician wrote "Theory of the Motions of Rigid Bodies" and "Mechanica"?
EULER (The only Swiss mathematician I know. Besides, he fits.)
> [ History & Government ]
> Who was Ronald Reagan's commerce secretary whose sister is an etiquette expert?
*E
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What maternal sequel did Alex Haley put out seventeen years after "Roots"?
*N
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What Italian composed the opera "Aida" in 1871?
VERDI
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What female jockey married Fred Astaire in 1980?
*H
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> Which populous city in Nigeria was its capital until 1991?
LAGOS (I thought it still was the capital!)
Quilt answer: SHINER, last letters up.
This is the easiest ever quilt for me to ID from the subject
and be certain about.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:21 am
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On Jan 3, 9:21 pm, Robert Jen <r....DeleteThis@rjen.com> wrote:
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> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
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> [ Math & Science ]
> What Swiss mathematician wrote "Theory of the Motions of Rigid
> Bodies" and "Mechanica"?
EULER, Leonhard
> [ History & Government ]
> Who was Ronald Reagan's commerce secretary whose sister is an
> etiquette expert?
BALDRIDGE, Malcolm
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What maternal sequel did Alex Haley put out seventeen years after
> "Roots"?
QUEEN
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What Italian composed the opera "Aida" in 1871?
VERDI, Giuseppe
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What female jockey married Fred Astaire in 1980?
SMITH, Robyn (? -- pretty sure of the last name, not sure of the
first)
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> Which populous city in Nigeria was its capital until 1991?
LAGOS
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EULER
BALDRIDGE
QUEEN
VERDI
SMITH
LAGOS
The quilt answer is SHINER, reading the last letter of each word
upward.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:22 am
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"Robert Jen" <rjen RemoveThis @rjen.com> wrote
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> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
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> [ Math & Science ]
> What Swiss mathematician wrote "Theory of the Motions of Rigid
> Bodies" and "Mechanica"?
Bernoulli
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> [ History & Government ]
> Who was Ronald Reagan's commerce secretary whose sister is an
> etiquette expert?
>
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What maternal sequel did Alex Haley put out seventeen years after
> "Roots"?
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> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What Italian composed the opera "Aida" in 1871?
Verdi
>
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What female jockey married Fred Astaire in 1980?
>
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> Which populous city in Nigeria was its capital until 1991?
Quilt is SHINER, which I got from the subject line alone. At least I
think it is, but it doesn't work with the two questions I think I know
the answers to. Two of the three can be right, but not all three.
Nevertheless, I'm sticking with it.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:32 am
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In article
<a271563f-43cd-40e2-9281-5a3e7f07fdf5.RemoveThis@g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > What Swiss mathematician wrote "Theory of the Motions of Rigid
> > Bodies" and "Mechanica"?
>
> EULER, Leonhard
Correct.
> > Who was Ronald Reagan's commerce secretary whose sister is an
> > etiquette expert?
>
> BALDRIDGE, Malcolm
Correct ("Baldrige"; I made the same mistake!).
> > What maternal sequel did Alex Haley put out seventeen years after
> > "Roots"?
>
> QUEEN
Correct.
> > What Italian composed the opera "Aida" in 1871?
>
> VERDI, Giuseppe
Correct.
> > What female jockey married Fred Astaire in 1980?
>
> SMITH, Robyn (? -- pretty sure of the last name, not sure of the
> first)
Correct.
> > Which populous city in Nigeria was its capital until 1991?
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> LAGOS
Correct.
> EULER
> BALDRIDGE
> QUEEN
> VERDI
> SMITH
> LAGOS
>
> The quilt answer is SHINER, reading the last letter of each word
> upward.
Correct.
Ten points!
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:37 am
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In article <MPG.23ca0980fb52429898a024.TakeThisOut@news.supernews.com>,
Marc Dashevsky <usenet.TakeThisOut@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote:
> > What Swiss mathematician wrote "Theory of the Motions of Rigid Bodies" and
> > "Mechanica"?
> EULER (The only Swiss mathematician I know. Besides, he fits.)
Correct.
> > What Italian composed the opera "Aida" in 1871?
> VERDI
Correct.
> > Which populous city in Nigeria was its capital until 1991?
> LAGOS (I thought it still was the capital!)
Correct (it'll take me a lot longer than 18 years to come up with the
new capital before the old one!).
> Quilt answer: SHINER, last letters up.
Correct.
> This is the easiest ever quilt for me to ID from the subject
> and be certain about.
Only because UNDERDOG is eight letters  .
Seven points.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:39 am
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In article <vQW7l.3272$Es4.3158@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>,
"Dan Tilque" <dtilque.DeleteThis@verizon.net> wrote:
> > What Swiss mathematician wrote "Theory of the Motions of Rigid
> > Bodies" and "Mechanica"?
>
> Bernoulli
Incorrect.
> > What Italian composed the opera "Aida" in 1871?
>
> Verdi
Correct.
> Quilt is SHINER, which I got from the subject line alone. At least I
> think it is, but it doesn't work with the two questions I think I know
> the answers to. Two of the three can be right, but not all three.
> Nevertheless, I'm sticking with it.
Correct (hedging more successfully than most fund managers).
Five points.
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:44 am
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In article <lJidnXFq343Lqf3UnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d.RemoveThis@vex.net>,
msb.RemoveThis@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> > What Swiss mathematician ...
>
> If it isn't EULER, it ought to be. One of the only two mathematicians
> I've seen honored by having their picture on paper money. (Sadly,
> neither of the two bills is now in use.)
Correct (I really need to go through all of my trivia questions and
remove the nationality whenever it's a dead or near-dead giveaway).
> > Who was Ronald Reagan's commerce secretary whose sister is an
> > etiquette expert?
>
> Well, I think he name is BALDRIGE, so I'll try that.
Correct.
> > What Italian composed the opera "Aida" in 1871?
>
> VERDI, I think.
Correct.
> > What female jockey married Fred Astaire in 1980?
>
> Oh dear. GIVENS?
Incorrect (one logical leap away, as the first name of your answer
could be almost the same as the correct answer's).
> > Which populous city in Nigeria was its capital until 1991?
>
> And when was the last time you got email from there? LAGOS.
Correct (I think I just deleted one a few minutes ago, which makes me
a little unhappy about my filtering).
> Well, the last letters down could be REMISS, and I can manage to see
> an interpretation by which that could fit the clue. For M I'll try
> just MOM.
Incorrect (right letter, wrong direction) and incorrect.
Four points.
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:44 am
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Robert Jen writes:
> Incorrect (one logical leap away, as the first name of your answer
> could be almost the same as the correct answer's).
Indeed, I was remembering the first name. You might say I had my
T. migratorius and my E. rubecula mixed up, if only those two pretty
ladies were from different continents instead of different coasts.
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