From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Dec 28 2001 - 23:37:55 MST
At 01:28 PM 12/28/01 +0000, Charlie Stross wrote:
>I read it quickly, and I wasn't impressed. It looks easier this year
>than in times past -- I spotted at least six questions that I definitely
>knew the answer to.
>-- Charlie "six out of a hundred ain't bad" Stross
Hmm. It's very Anglocentric. Let's see:
3/2 a test venue and the infinitive of dividing equally into two.
Obviously `the oval'--but maybe not so obvious to a Yank.
3/10 small table mats and an unwilling imbiber of hemlock.
coasters... but is that a term familiar in the States?
6 Which Nobel laureate:
1 shared with his son?
Billy Bragg (with Larry)
3 experimented with maize?
Babs McClintock?
4 received two awards for Chemistry?
Linus Pauling didn't; one was for Peace. Hmm.
8 started as Manya Sklodowska?
Madame Curie, n'est pas?
9 studied canine salivation?
Ding ding, Dr Pavlov
10 studied sticklebacks?
Nikki Tinbergen, I'd guess
8 Who or what:
4 is renowned for bikes, boots and players?
Gimme a fuckin break or I'll force you to answer 10 easy Qs. about Aussies
rules
9 Who or what:
2 is the Lone Star's flower?
Ah, one for Barbara Lamar and Greg Burch
9 Who or what:
9 signals impending departure?
Um, the rising incidence of gun posts on the extrope list?
10 What is:
5 Percheron?
Don't nag
14 Which Old Testament Book:
1 is The Preacher?
Ecclesiastes, I suspect
10 ends with a curse?
The Book of Fuck You, Job
15 Where:
3 did principle discovery precede a nudist's dash?
Syracuse, where else?
8 was the subjugation completed with "Kiss me Kate"?
Padua?
16 Which twins:
1 were called Dioscuri?
Castor & Pollux
6 born to the same mother by different fathers, were confronted by serpents
in infancy?
Hercules had that problem very early but he wasn't a twin I think.
8 were the children of John Brooke and Meg March?
`Little Mother Meg', you mean? Damned if I know
Harder than they look, these things.
Damien Broderick
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