* Game 6, Round 7 - History - American Vice-Presidents
1. Who was the first US VP?
2. <answer 1> then became president, but when he ran for reelection,
he was defeated by the man who had been *his* VP. Who was that?
3. Elbridge Gerry [with a hard G, not "Jerry"], VP under James
Madison, pioneered the technique of contriving the boundaries
of electoral districts so as to benefit one party. What is
the name of his eponymous ploy?
5. Upon succeeding to the presidency following the assassination
of William McKinley, which VP became the youngest president at
the age of 42?
6. Herbert Hoover's VP, Charles Curtis, was the first person
with significant non-white ancestry to rise to that office:
which non-whites was he descended from?
7. Taking office at the age of 40, who was the youngest VP of the
"""last 150 years"""?
8. """Two""" VPs have resigned from office. Name *either one*.
9. Which president did Nelson Rockefeller serve as VP?
10. Who is the only person in the """last 150 years""" to be
elected president while serving as VP?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - When it's on the Internet,
it's Everybody's Business!
1. We start off with """last week's""" stunning announcement
that Facebook was paying 1/10 of its entire value for smartphone
instant-messaging service WhatsApp. In US dollars to the
nearest whole billion, how much is Facebook paying for WhatsApp?
3. This much-hyped-at-the-time Internet startup is remembered as
much for being the highest-profile bust of the 2000 dot-com
bubble as it is for its sock-puppet advertising campaign mascot.
Name it.
4. In 1999, when Yahoo bought this geographically-based online
community, organized around virtual versions of real
neighborhoods and regions, it was the 3rd-most-popular site on
the Web. It is """now""" defunct everywhere but in Japan.
5. In 2000, AOL merged with this this major old-school media company
in what turned out be such a disastrous deal: it destroyed over
$200,000,000,000 in shareholder value, before AOL was eventually
spun off again in 2009. What company?
6. In 1998, AOL paid $4,200,000,000 for *which* early fixture
of the World Wide Web in a bid to free itself of the tyranny
of Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
7. Google bought *which* once-leading mobile phone maker in
2011, only to sell it to Lenovo in January 2014 -- for about
$10,000,000,000 less?
8. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought this social-networking
site in 2005 for $580,000,000, but due to bad corporate decisions
regarding the site and competition from Facebook, sold it just
6 years later for a mere $35,000,000. What site?
9. It was reported """last November""" that the founders of
this social-networking app, which features photo messages that
disappear forever seconds after they are viewed by the recipient,
had recently turned down a $3,000,000,000 offer from Facebook,
and possibly a $4,000,000,000 offer from Google as well.
What app?
10. Google's purchase of this website for $1,650,000,000 in 2006
left many scratching their heads, as the site in question had
no business model (i.e. no plan for earning money), and risked
opening up the deep-pocketed Google to copyright lawsuits from
movie and music studio companies such as Viacom. """Today,
though, the site earns billions for Google and is said to be
the 3rd-most-visited site on the web""", after Facebook and
Google itself. Name it.
* Game 6, Round 7 - History - American Vice-Presidents
In all cases that ask for a name, if more than one person with
the same surname was *either* president or vice-president (VP),
then you must be sufficiently specific.
1. Who was the first US VP?
2. <answer 1> then became president, but when he ran for reelection,
he was defeated by the man who had been *his* VP. Who was that?
3. Elbridge Gerry [with a hard G, not "Jerry"], VP under James
Madison, pioneered the technique of contriving the boundaries
of electoral districts so as to benefit one party. What is
the name of his eponymous ploy?
4. What Texas city is allegedly named after the 11th VP?
5. Upon succeeding to the presidency following the assassination
of William McKinley, which VP became the youngest president at
the age of 42?
6. Herbert Hoover's VP, Charles Curtis, was the first person
with significant non-white ancestry to rise to that office:
which non-whites was he descended from?
7. Taking office at the age of 40, who was the youngest VP of the
"""last 150 years"""?
8. """Two""" VPs have resigned from office. Name *either one*.
9. Which president did Nelson Rockefeller serve as VP?
10. Who is the only person in the """last 150 years""" to be
elected president while serving as VP?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - When it's on the Internet,
it's Everybody's Business!
2. In 2008, CEO Jerry Yang of this Internet company turned down
a $44,600,000,000 offer from Microsoft -- much to the chagrin
of its shareholders, since the company """has never again"""
been worth as much. What company?
3. This much-hyped-at-the-time Internet startup is remembered as
much for being the highest-profile bust of the 2000 dot-com
bubble as it is for its sock-puppet advertising campaign mascot.
Name it.
4. In 1999, when Yahoo bought this geographically-based online
community, organized around virtual versions of real
neighborhoods and regions, it was the 3rd-most-popular site on
the Web. It is """now""" defunct everywhere but in Japan.
5. In 2000, AOL merged with this this major old-school media company
in what turned out be such a disastrous deal: it destroyed over $200,000,000,000 in shareholder value, before AOL was eventually
spun off again in 2009. What company?
6. In 1998, AOL paid $4,200,000,000 for *which* early fixture
of the World Wide Web in a bid to free itself of the tyranny
of Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
8. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought this social-networking
site in 2005 for $580,000,000, but due to bad corporate decisions
regarding the site and competition from Facebook, sold it just
6 years later for a mere $35,000,000. What site?
9. It was reported """last November""" that the founders of
this social-networking app, which features photo messages that
disappear forever seconds after they are viewed by the recipient,
had recently turned down a $3,000,000,000 offer from Facebook,
and possibly a $4,000,000,000 offer from Google as well.
What app?
10. Google's purchase of this website for $1,650,000,000 in 2006
left many scratching their heads, as the site in question had
no business model (i.e. no plan for earning money), and risked
opening up the deep-pocketed Google to copyright lawsuits from
movie and music studio companies such as Viacom. """Today,
though, the site earns billions for Google and is said to be
the 3rd-most-visited site on the web""", after Facebook and
Google itself. Name it.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 7 - History - American Vice-Presidents
In all cases that ask for a name, if more than one person with
the same surname was *either* president or vice-president (VP),
then you must be sufficiently specific.
1. Who was the first US VP?
2. <answer 1> then became president, but when he ran for reelection,
he was defeated by the man who had been *his* VP. Who was that?
3. Elbridge Gerry [with a hard G, not "Jerry"], VP under James
Madison, pioneered the technique of contriving the boundaries
of electoral districts so as to benefit one party. What is
the name of his eponymous ploy?
4. What Texas city is allegedly named after the 11th VP?
5. Upon succeeding to the presidency following the assassination
of William McKinley, which VP became the youngest president at
the age of 42?
6. Herbert Hoover's VP, Charles Curtis, was the first person
with significant non-white ancestry to rise to that office:
which non-whites was he descended from?
7. Taking office at the age of 40, who was the youngest VP of the
"""last 150 years"""?
8. """Two""" VPs have resigned from office. Name *either one*.
9. Which president did Nelson Rockefeller serve as VP?
10. Who is the only person in the """last 150 years""" to be
elected president while serving as VP?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - When it's on the Internet,
it's Everybody's Business!
A round on Internet businesses.
1. We start off with """last week's""" stunning announcement
that Facebook was paying 1/10 of its entire value for smartphone instant-messaging service WhatsApp. In US dollars to the
nearest whole billion, how much is Facebook paying for WhatsApp?
2. In 2008, CEO Jerry Yang of this Internet company turned down
a $44,600,000,000 offer from Microsoft -- much to the chagrin
of its shareholders, since the company """has never again"""
been worth as much. What company?
3. This much-hyped-at-the-time Internet startup is remembered as
much for being the highest-profile bust of the 2000 dot-com
bubble as it is for its sock-puppet advertising campaign mascot.
Name it.
4. In 1999, when Yahoo bought this geographically-based online
community, organized around virtual versions of real
neighborhoods and regions, it was the 3rd-most-popular site on
the Web. It is """now""" defunct everywhere but in Japan.
5. In 2000, AOL merged with this this major old-school media company
in what turned out be such a disastrous deal: it destroyed over $200,000,000,000 in shareholder value, before AOL was eventually
spun off again in 2009. What company?
6. In 1998, AOL paid $4,200,000,000 for *which* early fixture
of the World Wide Web in a bid to free itself of the tyranny
of Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
7. Google bought *which* once-leading mobile phone maker in
2011, only to sell it to Lenovo in January 2014 -- for about
$10,000,000,000 less?
8. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought this social-networking
site in 2005 for $580,000,000, but due to bad corporate decisions
regarding the site and competition from Facebook, sold it just
6 years later for a mere $35,000,000. What site?
9. It was reported """last November""" that the founders of
this social-networking app, which features photo messages that
disappear forever seconds after they are viewed by the recipient,
had recently turned down a $3,000,000,000 offer from Facebook,
and possibly a $4,000,000,000 offer from Google as well.
What app?
10. Google's purchase of this website for $1,650,000,000 in 2006
left many scratching their heads, as the site in question had
no business model (i.e. no plan for earning money), and risked
opening up the deep-pocketed Google to copyright lawsuits from
movie and music studio companies such as Viacom. """Today,
though, the site earns billions for Google and is said to be
the 3rd-most-visited site on the web""", after Facebook and
Google itself. Name it.
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
* Game 6, Round 7 - History - American Vice-Presidents
In all cases that ask for a name, if more than one person with
the same surname was *either* president or vice-president (VP),
then you must be sufficiently specific.
1. Who was the first US VP?
2. <answer 1> then became president, but when he ran for reelection,
he was defeated by the man who had been *his* VP. Who was that?
3. Elbridge Gerry [with a hard G, not "Jerry"], VP under James
Madison, pioneered the technique of contriving the boundaries
of electoral districts so as to benefit one party. What is
the name of his eponymous ploy?
4. What Texas city is allegedly named after the 11th VP?
5. Upon succeeding to the presidency following the assassination
of William McKinley, which VP became the youngest president at
the age of 42?
6. Herbert Hoover's VP, Charles Curtis, was the first person
with significant non-white ancestry to rise to that office:
which non-whites was he descended from?
7. Taking office at the age of 40, who was the youngest VP of the
"""last 150 years"""?
8. """Two""" VPs have resigned from office. Name *either one*.
9. Which president did Nelson Rockefeller serve as VP?
10. Who is the only person in the """last 150 years""" to be
elected president while serving as VP?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - When it's on the Internet,
it's Everybody's Business!
A round on Internet businesses.
1. We start off with """last week's""" stunning announcement
that Facebook was paying 1/10 of its entire value for smartphone
instant-messaging service WhatsApp. In US dollars to the
nearest whole billion, how much is Facebook paying for WhatsApp?
2. In 2008, CEO Jerry Yang of this Internet company turned down
a $44,600,000,000 offer from Microsoft -- much to the chagrin
of its shareholders, since the company """has never again"""
been worth as much. What company?
3. This much-hyped-at-the-time Internet startup is remembered as
much for being the highest-profile bust of the 2000 dot-com
bubble as it is for its sock-puppet advertising campaign mascot.
Name it.
4. In 1999, when Yahoo bought this geographically-based online
community, organized around virtual versions of real
neighborhoods and regions, it was the 3rd-most-popular site on
the Web. It is """now""" defunct everywhere but in Japan.
5. In 2000, AOL merged with this this major old-school media company
in what turned out be such a disastrous deal: it destroyed over
$200,000,000,000 in shareholder value, before AOL was eventually
spun off again in 2009. What company?
6. In 1998, AOL paid $4,200,000,000 for *which* early fixture
of the World Wide Web in a bid to free itself of the tyranny
of Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
7. Google bought *which* once-leading mobile phone maker in
2011, only to sell it to Lenovo in January 2014 -- for about
$10,000,000,000 less?
8. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought this social-networking
site in 2005 for $580,000,000, but due to bad corporate decisions
regarding the site and competition from Facebook, sold it just
6 years later for a mere $35,000,000. What site?
9. It was reported """last November""" that the founders of
this social-networking app, which features photo messages that
disappear forever seconds after they are viewed by the recipient,
had recently turned down a $3,000,000,000 offer from Facebook,
and possibly a $4,000,000,000 offer from Google as well.
What app?
10. Google's purchase of this website for $1,650,000,000 in 2006
left many scratching their heads, as the site in question had
no business model (i.e. no plan for earning money), and risked
opening up the deep-pocketed Google to copyright lawsuits from
movie and music studio companies such as Viacom. """Today,
though, the site earns billions for Google and is said to be
the 3rd-most-visited site on the web""", after Facebook and
Google itself. Name it.
* Game 6, Round 7 - History - American Vice-Presidents
1. Who was the first US VP?
2. <answer 1> then became president, but when he ran for reelection,
he was defeated by the man who had been *his* VP. Who was that?
3. Elbridge Gerry [with a hard G, not "Jerry"], VP under James
Madison, pioneered the technique of contriving the boundaries
of electoral districts so as to benefit one party. What is
the name of his eponymous ploy?
4. What Texas city is allegedly named after the 11th VP?
5. Upon succeeding to the presidency following the assassination
of William McKinley, which VP became the youngest president at
the age of 42?
6. Herbert Hoover's VP, Charles Curtis, was the first person
with significant non-white ancestry to rise to that office:
which non-whites was he descended from?
7. Taking office at the age of 40, who was the youngest VP of the
"""last 150 years"""?
8. """Two""" VPs have resigned from office. Name *either one*.
9. Which president did Nelson Rockefeller serve as VP?
10. Who is the only person in the """last 150 years""" to be
elected president while serving as VP?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - When it's on the Internet,
it's Everybody's Business!
A round on Internet businesses.
1. We start off with """last week's""" stunning announcement
that Facebook was paying 1/10 of its entire value for smartphone
instant-messaging service WhatsApp. In US dollars to the
nearest whole billion, how much is Facebook paying for WhatsApp?
2. In 2008, CEO Jerry Yang of this Internet company turned down
a $44,600,000,000 offer from Microsoft -- much to the chagrin
of its shareholders, since the company """has never again"""
been worth as much. What company?
5. In 2000, AOL merged with this this major old-school media company
in what turned out be such a disastrous deal: it destroyed over
$200,000,000,000 in shareholder value, before AOL was eventually
spun off again in 2009. What company?
6. In 1998, AOL paid $4,200,000,000 for *which* early fixture
of the World Wide Web in a bid to free itself of the tyranny
of Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
7. Google bought *which* once-leading mobile phone maker in
2011, only to sell it to Lenovo in January 2014 -- for about
$10,000,000,000 less?
8. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought this social-networking
site in 2005 for $580,000,000, but due to bad corporate decisions
regarding the site and competition from Facebook, sold it just
6 years later for a mere $35,000,000. What site?
9. It was reported """last November""" that the founders of
this social-networking app, which features photo messages that
disappear forever seconds after they are viewed by the recipient,
had recently turned down a $3,000,000,000 offer from Facebook,
and possibly a $4,000,000,000 offer from Google as well.
What app?
10. Google's purchase of this website for $1,650,000,000 in 2006
left many scratching their heads, as the site in question had
no business model (i.e. no plan for earning money), and risked
opening up the deep-pocketed Google to copyright lawsuits from
movie and music studio companies such as Viacom. """Today,
though, the site earns billions for Google and is said to be
the 3rd-most-visited site on the web""", after Facebook and
Google itself. Name it.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 7 - History - American Vice-Presidents
In all cases that ask for a name, if more than one person with
the same surname was *either* president or vice-president (VP),
then you must be sufficiently specific.
1. Who was the first US VP?
2. <answer 1> then became president, but when he ran for reelection,
he was defeated by the man who had been *his* VP. Who was that?
3. Elbridge Gerry [with a hard G, not "Jerry"], VP under James
Madison, pioneered the technique of contriving the boundaries
of electoral districts so as to benefit one party. What is
the name of his eponymous ploy?
4. What Texas city is allegedly named after the 11th VP?
5. Upon succeeding to the presidency following the assassination
of William McKinley, which VP became the youngest president at
the age of 42?
6. Herbert Hoover's VP, Charles Curtis, was the first person
with significant non-white ancestry to rise to that office:
which non-whites was he descended from?
7. Taking office at the age of 40, who was the youngest VP of the
"""last 150 years"""?
8. """Two""" VPs have resigned from office. Name *either one*.
9. Which president did Nelson Rockefeller serve as VP?
10. Who is the only person in the """last 150 years""" to be
elected president while serving as VP?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - When it's on the Internet,
it's Everybody's Business!
A round on Internet businesses.
1. We start off with """last week's""" stunning announcement
that Facebook was paying 1/10 of its entire value for smartphone
instant-messaging service WhatsApp. In US dollars to the
nearest whole billion, how much is Facebook paying for WhatsApp?
2. In 2008, CEO Jerry Yang of this Internet company turned down
a $44,600,000,000 offer from Microsoft -- much to the chagrin
of its shareholders, since the company """has never again"""
been worth as much. What company?
3. This much-hyped-at-the-time Internet startup is remembered as
much for being the highest-profile bust of the 2000 dot-com
bubble as it is for its sock-puppet advertising campaign mascot.
Name it.
4. In 1999, when Yahoo bought this geographically-based online
community, organized around virtual versions of real
neighborhoods and regions, it was the 3rd-most-popular site on
the Web. It is """now""" defunct everywhere but in Japan.
5. In 2000, AOL merged with this this major old-school media company
in what turned out be such a disastrous deal: it destroyed over
$200,000,000,000 in shareholder value, before AOL was eventually
spun off again in 2009. What company?
6. In 1998, AOL paid $4,200,000,000 for *which* early fixture
of the World Wide Web in a bid to free itself of the tyranny
of Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
7. Google bought *which* once-leading mobile phone maker in
2011, only to sell it to Lenovo in January 2014 -- for about
$10,000,000,000 less?
8. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought this social-networking
site in 2005 for $580,000,000, but due to bad corporate decisions
regarding the site and competition from Facebook, sold it just
6 years later for a mere $35,000,000. What site?
9. It was reported """last November""" that the founders of
this social-networking app, which features photo messages that
disappear forever seconds after they are viewed by the recipient,
had recently turned down a $3,000,000,000 offer from Facebook,
and possibly a $4,000,000,000 offer from Google as well.
What app?
10. Google's purchase of this website for $1,650,000,000 in 2006
left many scratching their heads, as the site in question had
no business model (i.e. no plan for earning money), and risked
opening up the deep-pocketed Google to copyright lawsuits from
movie and music studio companies such as Viacom. """Today,
though, the site earns billions for Google and is said to be
the 3rd-most-visited site on the web""", after Facebook and
Google itself. Name it.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 7 - History - American Vice-Presidents
In all cases that ask for a name, if more than one person with
the same surname was *either* president or vice-president (VP),
then you must be sufficiently specific.
1. Who was the first US VP?
2. <answer 1> then became president, but when he ran for reelection,
he was defeated by the man who had been *his* VP. Who was that?
3. Elbridge Gerry [with a hard G, not "Jerry"], VP under James
Madison, pioneered the technique of contriving the boundaries
of electoral districts so as to benefit one party. What is
the name of his eponymous ploy?
4. What Texas city is allegedly named after the 11th VP?
5. Upon succeeding to the presidency following the assassination
of William McKinley, which VP became the youngest president at
the age of 42?
6. Herbert Hoover's VP, Charles Curtis, was the first person
with significant non-white ancestry to rise to that office:
which non-whites was he descended from?
7. Taking office at the age of 40, who was the youngest VP of the
"""last 150 years"""?
8. """Two""" VPs have resigned from office. Name *either one*.
9. Which president did Nelson Rockefeller serve as VP?
10. Who is the only person in the """last 150 years""" to be
elected president while serving as VP?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - When it's on the Internet,
it's Everybody's Business!
A round on Internet businesses.
1. We start off with """last week's""" stunning announcement
that Facebook was paying 1/10 of its entire value for smartphone
instant-messaging service WhatsApp. In US dollars to the
nearest whole billion, how much is Facebook paying for WhatsApp?
2. In 2008, CEO Jerry Yang of this Internet company turned down
a $44,600,000,000 offer from Microsoft -- much to the chagrin
of its shareholders, since the company """has never again"""
been worth as much. What company?
3. This much-hyped-at-the-time Internet startup is remembered as
much for being the highest-profile bust of the 2000 dot-com
bubble as it is for its sock-puppet advertising campaign mascot.
Name it.
4. In 1999, when Yahoo bought this geographically-based online
community, organized around virtual versions of real
neighborhoods and regions, it was the 3rd-most-popular site on
the Web. It is """now""" defunct everywhere but in Japan.
5. In 2000, AOL merged with this this major old-school media company
in what turned out be such a disastrous deal: it destroyed over
$200,000,000,000 in shareholder value, before AOL was eventually
spun off again in 2009. What company?
6. In 1998, AOL paid $4,200,000,000 for *which* early fixture
of the World Wide Web in a bid to free itself of the tyranny
of Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
7. Google bought *which* once-leading mobile phone maker in
2011, only to sell it to Lenovo in January 2014 -- for about
$10,000,000,000 less?
8. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought this social-networking
site in 2005 for $580,000,000, but due to bad corporate decisions
regarding the site and competition from Facebook, sold it just
6 years later for a mere $35,000,000. What site?
9. It was reported """last November""" that the founders of
this social-networking app, which features photo messages that
disappear forever seconds after they are viewed by the recipient,
had recently turned down a $3,000,000,000 offer from Facebook,
and possibly a $4,000,000,000 offer from Google as well.
What app?
10. Google's purchase of this website for $1,650,000,000 in 2006
left many scratching their heads, as the site in question had
no business model (i.e. no plan for earning money), and risked
opening up the deep-pocketed Google to copyright lawsuits from
movie and music studio companies such as Viacom. """Today,
though, the site earns billions for Google and is said to be
the 3rd-most-visited site on the web""", after Facebook and
Google itself. Name it.
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