tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post3851875232236595405..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: The Thursday Quiz XVIMichael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-9110467511314867122007-12-22T08:16:00.000-08:002007-12-22T08:16:00.000-08:00me too! did i tell you i think i made a 4 on the ...me too! did i tell you i think i made a 4 on the AP euro test? oh yes. finally this info has proven to be useful. yay!blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847339484292778234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-48846853409942807562007-12-22T06:21:00.000-08:002007-12-22T06:21:00.000-08:00WOOT! i got a star. eat that! no. i didn't mean th...WOOT! i got a star. eat that! no. i didn't mean that last bit. i'm just a little overwhelmed by the sudden windfall. after all these many, grueling weeks of undertaking the thursday quiz, my guessing finally paid off! who said statistics don't mean anything?dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769697352301199658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-777918952992529792007-12-21T03:45:00.000-08:002007-12-21T03:45:00.000-08:00Ouch - no brainer on #8, but wrote yes, then expla...Ouch - no brainer on #8, but wrote yes, then explained why it was not true. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. <BR/><BR/>As a Cub fan and 1/4 Lithuanian, I should point out that any country can have a bad millenium. Wait til next century.McGuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300113373059468207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-32357011201580574712007-12-21T02:52:00.000-08:002007-12-21T02:52:00.000-08:00thanks for the purple asterisk recognition, and th...thanks for the purple asterisk recognition, and the blog shout-out. in view of all the silly papal names over history (i mean, "hilarius?"), i'm surprised there has been no charles. i'm sensing some sort of farcical, "life of bryan"-esque possibilities.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788226514286019607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-78104366251684059852007-12-20T22:22:00.000-08:002007-12-20T22:22:00.000-08:00BTW, the Monday Quiz will be taking next week off ...<B><BR/>BTW, the Monday Quiz will be taking next week off for Christmas Eve. The Thursday Quiz will be groggy from too much cookies, turkey, and wine, but will try to make it down the chimney on time.<BR/></B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-68074102496408534062007-12-20T22:21:00.000-08:002007-12-20T22:21:00.000-08:00@Becky: Good eye on the "Pope Charles" thing. We ...<B>@Becky: Good eye on the "Pope Charles" thing. We established the non-existence of Pope Charles back <A HREF="http://michael5000.blogspot.com/2007/11/contested-histories-contested-futures.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>@Phineas: Lithuania is still in the game. It ain't over 'til it's over.<BR/><BR/>@Blythe: Which Defenestration? Well, the second one -- which is to say the <I>important</I> one, the one that kicked off the Thirty Years War and yada yada yada.<BR/><BR/>@Rebel: Well, the French made the Germans sign the Treaty of Versailles there. Although the Germans made the French sign the Armistace of the Franco-Prussian War there, too. So, basically, you are right to be confused.<BR/><BR/>@Sandy: Do I make the no's up myself? Hell, yeah! First, it's the funnest part! Second, where else would I get them?<BR/><BR/>@Luke: I like the way you think. All the no's did have glimpses of truth, but the yes's were especially high in essential truthiness.<BR/><BR/>@Boo: I'm not a real TMI sort of guy. And I'm all for ornate paper fans. And I salute anybody who takes on the quiz when it isn't playing to one of their strong suits.<BR/><BR/>Thanks everybody!</B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-63494492887697029502007-12-20T22:05:00.000-08:002007-12-20T22:05:00.000-08:00Taking home the TQXVI Gold Star with a score of 11...<B><BR/>Taking home the TQXVI Gold Star with a score of 11/12 (like most of you, she scoffs at the proud heritage of the Lithuanian people) is quiz up-and-comer <A HREF="http://rebeccajlong.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Becky</A>, who had the advantage of actually being IN EUROPE while taking the quiz. (Great pics of European art and architecture on her blog, by the by.)<BR/><BR/>Becky is actually a double winner tonight, also taking home the first ever Big Purple Asterisk for pointing out a significant factual error in the Quiz. Indeed, Copernicus came before Galileo. <BR/><BR/>The Silver Star is, as far as I know, the first TQ award to end up in Mountain Time. It was snagged by <A HREF="http://outsideinnoco.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">d</A>.<BR/><BR/>The Blue Star goes to the Priiiiide of Oklahoma, <A HREF="http://bee-spot.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Blythe</A>, making her only the second person to assemble a complete collection of Gold, Silver, Blue, and Green Stars.<BR/><BR/>Two Green Stars this week, one for the lovely and enchanting Mrs.5000 (her fourth) and another for the no doubt lovely and enchanting Sandy (her second). <BR/></B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-811242543341769632007-12-20T21:45:00.000-08:002007-12-20T21:45:00.000-08:00OK, my friends, here goes:1. The Fourth Crusade. ...<B>OK, my friends, here goes:<BR/><BR/>1. The Fourth Crusade. NO. It was the Romans who did that to Carthage, after the Third Punic War in the 2nd Century B.C.<BR/><BR/>2. Lithuanian Might. YES. Lithuania was a 15th-century superpower. If the Polish Monarchy had proven more tractable and the Russian state hadn't developed so successfully in the late Middle Ages, you wouldn't be snickering.<BR/><BR/>3. Henry the Navigator. NO. Henry was considerably earlier, underwriting the educational and technological infrastructure that would eventually get the Portuguese around Africa into the Indian Ocean. Brazil was just a by-product of that adventure, and didn't really get going as a Portuguese colony for several decades after they found it.<BR/><BR/>4. Diet of Wurms. YES.<BR/><BR/>5. Unification of Italy. NO. Italy wasn't unified until the 19th Century, so the Italian Rennaisance had to happen in and among a patchwork of kingdoms that warred, squabbled, feuded, and shifted alliances with soap-opera intensity.<BR/><BR/>6. Galileo. YES, although see next comment.<BR/><BR/>7. Defenestration of Prague. YES. Ain't life crazy?<BR/><BR/>8. Battle of London. NO.<BR/><BR/>9. Glorious Revolution. YES.<BR/><BR/>10. Fall of the Byzantine Empire. NO, that happened in the late 15th Century. The Crimean War happened in the 1850s, and pitted Russia against pretty much everyone else in a conflict over, sheesh, basically a bunch of geopolitical maneuvering that seems impossibly antique from our perspective.<BR/><BR/>11. War of Austrian Succession. YES, I'm afraid so.<BR/><BR/>12. Versailles. NO. Nobody was taking that bait. <BR/><BR/></B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-69721872605094422482007-12-20T20:04:00.000-08:002007-12-20T20:04:00.000-08:00I don't know any of these, but what the heck.1. Is...I don't know any of these, but what the heck.<BR/><BR/>1. Is<BR/>2. Isn't : I think Lithuania could make a comeback.<BR/>3. I like it so I want it to be Is<BR/>4. I heart this one too Is<BR/>5. How lovely is this! Is<BR/>6. How long till my soul gets it right? Is for lyrics alone<BR/>7. Isn't but I want it to be Is. But Isn't.<BR/>8. Is<BR/>9. Isn't<BR/>10. Isn't. Theirs is not to reason why. It just isn't.<BR/>11. Isn't<BR/>12. Isn't<BR/><BR/>I did not use a question mark after each one but I should have and I should have paid far more attention to history courses. But I was going through a weed thing back then and all I did was draw pictures and make ornate paper fans out of them instead of taking notes. TMI? you betcha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-26257484520048085632007-12-20T19:42:00.000-08:002007-12-20T19:42:00.000-08:00They all have glimpses of truth, but they are all ...They all have glimpses of truth, but they are all no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-60452584880295930182007-12-20T13:09:00.000-08:002007-12-20T13:09:00.000-08:00Yes = 3,5,6,7,10,11No = 1,2,4,8,9,12Yes = 3,5,6,7,10,11<BR/>No = 1,2,4,8,9,12Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-69975737436011895362007-12-20T10:10:00.000-08:002007-12-20T10:10:00.000-08:00No: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 12Yes: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11Some ...No: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 12<BR/>Yes: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11<BR/><BR/>Some of the "nos" sound pretty cool though. Did you make them up yourself? You should make them into fake (or real, if I'm wrong) Wikipedia entries and see if they ever turn up in your random 10 facts for the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-77098454277459406882007-12-20T09:41:00.000-08:002007-12-20T09:41:00.000-08:00If there's a price for last place, I might be in t...If there's a price for last place, I might be in the running!<BR/><BR/>1 - sure<BR/>2 - Lithuania? Isn't<BR/>3 - isn't <BR/>4 - I kinda think this one is true - I remember something about Wurms in history.<BR/>5. I didn't think Italy got unified until after WWI... Isn't<BR/>6 EXCELLENT song btw - is<BR/>7 Sounds just crazy enough to be true - is<BR/>8 isn't? purely guessing<BR/>9 is (Irish getting screwed sounds familiar)<BR/>10 is<BR/>11 isn't<BR/>12 Isn't... Versailles was built for Louis XIV (?), but the Germans made the French sign the ... well... treaties of Versailles there. Or have I totally confused everything?Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-44093522461303186222007-12-20T09:24:00.000-08:002007-12-20T09:24:00.000-08:001 did2 did not3 no way4 way5 mais oui6 nope7 yep8 ...1 did<BR/>2 did not<BR/>3 no way<BR/>4 way<BR/>5 mais oui<BR/>6 nope<BR/>7 yep<BR/>8 not as I recall<BR/>9 remember it well<BR/>10 big N little o<BR/>11 that's a lie!<BR/>12 not a chance<BR/><BR/><BR/>Is there a prize for last place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-30032858270891830292007-12-20T08:24:00.000-08:002007-12-20T08:24:00.000-08:001 No, because Carthage was already salty from the ...1 No, because Carthage was already salty from the Romans. <BR/>2 Yes. I know Lithuania did have its glory days. <BR/>3 Yes. You betcha. Go Henry. <BR/>4 Yes. Sounds good. I'm a little shaky on the whole Diet of Wurms thing, but I know no one lost weight on it. <BR/>5 No. Too many happy days wandering around Venice to fall for that one. They had to wait for Garibaldi etc. Also, by that date we're into the latish Renaissance. <BR/>6 Yes. Maybe he would have fared better at the Vatican if the Indigo Girls had been there to back him. <BR/>7 No. I don't know what the Defenestration of Prague really was, but that just sounds too ridiculous. <BR/>8 No. The Great Fire was the Great Fire. No battles need apply. <BR/>9 Yes. Though once again I turn to belief when knowledge fails me. <BR/>10 No. I am wobbling on this, but no. <BR/>11 Yes. What the hell. <BR/>12 No. That's crazy talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-12088534132886005512007-12-20T08:13:00.000-08:002007-12-20T08:13:00.000-08:00oh. i got this one. no. no. no. yes. no. yay ind...oh. i got this one. <BR/><BR/>no. no. no. yes. no. yay indigo girls! no, and which one? no. yes. no. yes. no.<BR/><BR/>by i got this one i mean, blind guesses!blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847339484292778234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-14626194440662721232007-12-20T05:36:00.000-08:002007-12-20T05:36:00.000-08:001. no?2. no. lithuanian might is an oxymoron, but ...1. no?<BR/>2. no. lithuanian might is an oxymoron, but very funny.<BR/>3. i'm gonna say no. it was isabell who sent chris over, right?<BR/>4. this sounds plausible. i don't know if it was called this, but i'll say yes anyway.<BR/>5. no. largely because the date seems way too late for that to have happened.<BR/>6. yes... is the date right?<BR/>7. yes...<BR/>8. no. the great fire of london wasn't caused by war. i think...<BR/>9. yes?<BR/>10. no. the byzantine empire definitely fell, but way before the 1700s<BR/>11. no (but probably yes, but i'm gonna say no)<BR/>12. no. but funny.dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769697352301199658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-11089124765319373162007-12-20T05:23:00.000-08:002007-12-20T05:23:00.000-08:00fingers....despite the cost, the salt thing happen...fingers....despite the cost, the salt thing happened somewhere, I'm thinking Carthage, but not a crusade. I'll have to look it up instead of working on this pesky "2007 Accomplishments" report I've got up.McGuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300113373059468207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-49907381901896085472007-12-20T05:14:00.000-08:002007-12-20T05:14:00.000-08:00All I know (and I mean, ALL, by the way) is that n...All I know (and I mean, ALL, by the way) is that numbers 8 and 12 are wrong wrong wrong.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08184277343263236877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-23655526941432905862007-12-20T04:18:00.000-08:002007-12-20T04:18:00.000-08:00I can't find that statue anywhere. A different sta...I can't find that statue anywhere. A different statue of Henry, yes. I'm not feeling so good about Henry the N anymore.McGuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300113373059468207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-90334765603418490042007-12-20T04:09:00.000-08:002007-12-20T04:09:00.000-08:001. No? Near 1400 sounds a little too late for a ...1. No? Near 1400 sounds a little too late for a true crusade. <BR/>2. Yes. Silly name, but my Lithuanian Grandma would be proud. We’re not sure why Lithuania faded. Must have had something to do with Grandpa. (Dad visited there last year).<BR/>3. Yes. There’s an impressive statue of him in……dang, where was that again? Definitely in somewhere in Portugal…..oh, yeah, some little city I’ll never remember. But I can picture an impressive statue of Henry, sextant in hand. <BR/>4. Torn. Wanted no because of the excellently distracting cluing. But timeframe and events are a go. Let’s go with a Yea. <BR/>5. Yes? Medici timeframe seems right. Don’t remember Medici warmongering. Taking a flier here. <BR/>6. Torn again. This quiz is breaking my....back? Same problem as 4. Never heard the title phrase. I’m thinking that M5K is taking liberties with titles, but that doesn’t negate the event itself. Again Yea. <BR/>7. Yes. I gotta go with this just to support the image painted in the first sentence, though I fear this will sink me. <BR/>8. Yes. There was definitely a fire, but not a war.<BR/>9. Yes. Got some Dutch ancestors too. Really. <BR/>10. No. Centuries earlier, maybe. <BR/>11. Yes. Sounds reasonable. <BR/>12. No. See #10.McGuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300113373059468207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-11393191041571010652007-12-20T01:12:00.000-08:002007-12-20T01:12:00.000-08:001. no. i don't think carthage really still existe...1. no. i don't think carthage really still existed in 1381. i also don't think there was a pope charles. especially not three of them.<BR/>2. no. "lithuanian might" sounds too silly.<BR/>3. no. he sent fleets to africa. also, i think those dates are too late.<BR/>4. I would have spelled it "Worms," but yes. Our good buddy Charles V, or Carlos I de Espana.<BR/>5. No. Italy wasn't unified until the 19th century. Plus, Cosimo was Grand Duke in 1555.<BR/>6. Good song. Yes. But Copernicus came before him.<BR/>7. Sounds too silly to be true, but indeed yes.<BR/>8. No.<BR/>9. Yes.<BR/>10. No. Constantinople went to the heathen Turks in the 15th century.<BR/>11. Eh, yes? <BR/>12. Tee hee. No.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788226514286019607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-51129579537884591122007-12-20T00:48:00.000-08:002007-12-20T00:48:00.000-08:00I see that I'm better equipped to make guesses abo...I see that I'm better equipped to make guesses about scientific subjects than historic ones. Although I would've done 1 better had I gone with my gut instincts.<BR/><BR/>Next time, you should do a quiz of events of Asian history...and watch me bomb that!fingerstothebonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-9937581909177687062007-12-20T00:27:00.000-08:002007-12-20T00:27:00.000-08:001. I'm guessing no...salt was probably too expensi...1. I'm guessing no...salt was probably too expensive to plough enough into the ground to have the intended effect, and I'm also not sure the crusades were fought outside of the Levant. But I'm probably wrong on both counts.<BR/><BR/>2. I'm guessing no...or one might've heard of some great artists from that era/region. But I'm probaby wrong about that, too.<BR/><BR/>3. I'm guess no again...no particular reason though.<BR/><BR/>4. I'm guessing yes...because Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column about it many years ago, I only wish I can remember exactly what he said!<BR/><BR/>5. I'm guessing yes...except that if it happend in 1555, that seems like that's already the height of the Renaissance...but I'll stick with yes.<BR/><BR/>6. Yes...sounds about right.<BR/><BR/>7. I'm guessing no...only because I'm thinking the 30 year war was fought further west. But I'm probably wrong about that.<BR/><BR/>8. Yes, sure, why not.<BR/><BR/>9. I'm guessing no...seems like 1688 is a bit late for the English to still be having someone 'too darn Catholic' on the throne. But I'm probably wrong.<BR/><BR/>10. No. Hey, I know this answer.<BR/><BR/>11. I'm guessing yes...sounds plausible.<BR/><BR/>12. No.<BR/><BR/>Well, no use thinking about it any further. Good night!fingerstothebonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com