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Tag: typesetting

Quiz: Triangulation

Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on March 3, 2009
Average score: 6.71 (14 teams)

Premise: Given three definitions (in the loose sense of the word), give me the term that fits them all.

Example: an after-dinner cocktail, a kosher insect, and a pop cultural synonym for padawan are all “grasshopper”

Here we go:

1) a type of photography, a Rick Astley album, and the opposite of landscape

2) a Samsung cell phone, a kind of Mac OS file, and an espionage TV series

3) a kind of dog collar, something you might see in a parking lot, and part of a volcano

4) a kind of steak, an Adam Ant song, and a daily dose of Peanuts

5) a kind of wire, a thorn in Robin Hood’s side, and something you might burn in Britain

6) a piece of chocolate, Dale’s partner, and a buffalo byproduct

7) a kind of play, an episode of Buffy, and Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack to Last Temptation of Christ

8) a typesetting term, having a lot of money, and a poker hand

9) Wonka’s successor, a kind of list, and something a walrus might have

10) a Thomas Pynchon novel, the middle of many court cases, and the invasion of the lizard people

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Elementary, My Dear Watson

Round 5 at the Old Pequliar on Feb. 5, 2008
Average score: 7/10 (9 teams)

Each answer includes an element from the periodic table, either on its own or as part of a longer word.

1) What subcompact car replaced both the Plymouth Sundance and the Dodge Shadow?
2) What is the second most abundant element in the universe?
3) What traditional pasta recipe do some people believe gets its name from its popularity among charcoal makers?
4) What British rock singer was given a Zoroastrian funeral after dying of AIDS in 1991?
5) In Disney’s The Fox and the Hound, what’s the name of the hound?
6) What series did Raymond Burr star in after Perry Mason ended?
7) Microsoft Word calls it “line spacing,” but what’s the technical term for vertical spacing between lines of type, based on the days of the printing press?
8) In “The Great Computer Caper,” Arnold from Diff’rent Strokes accidentally commits treason with Ricky Stratton, a character on what sitcom?
9) The British pop band Thompson Twins took their name from supporting characters in what Belgian comic book?
10) It’s biocompatible, it’s become easier to work with it, and an example was featured in The Abyss, so wedding rings made of what metal have become increasingly popular in the last 20 years?

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