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Author A Chess Quiz
Sam Sloan

2004-10-15, 5:53 pm

Harry Kerry is:

1. A Chinese term for suicide
2. A Candidate for President of the United States
3. An Irish Grandmaster
4. The move 1. g4

Pelican is:

1. A tall blue bird
2. A type of round container
3. A chess opening
4. An Argentine Grandmaster

Kramnik is:

1. A dull chess player
2. The Birdbrain World Champion
3. A Variation of the Sicilian Defense
4. An Island in the Mediterranean

Lucena is:

1. An Argentine Chess Master
2. A type of rook and pawn against rook endgame
3. A former President of the Professional Chess Players Association
4. A Street in Moscow

A variation of chess played in Asia is:

1. Shogi
2. Xiangqi
3. Makrook
4. All of the Above

The Spanish Game is:

1. A form of Three Card Monte
2. Characterized by the move 3. Bb5
3. Played with dice
4. Begun with the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6

Jerome:

1. A station on the IRT
2. A variation of the Kingfs Gambit
3. An Italian Grandmaster
4. A sacrifice of two pieces

Fried Liver is:

1. Popular in China
2. A knight sacrifice
3. The favorite food of Bobby Fischer
4. A variation of The Giuoco Piano

Giuoco Piano is:

1. Older than Steinway
2. With 52 white Notes and 36 black Notes
3. A King-Pawn Chess Opening
4. Made in Italy

Orang-Utan is:

1. Also known as the Polish
2. A City in Mongolia
3. A type of gorilla
4. The move 1. g4

The best women chess players in America come from:

1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. Pennsylvania
4. California

OK. Now, I admit that these questions are not very good and I hope
that everyone can answer them.

I would like to receive some suggestions for better questions.

Sam Sloan

Sam Sloan

2004-10-15, 5:53 pm

Pandolfini is

1. Played by Ben Kingsley
2. A manager of the Marshall Chess Club in the 1970s
3. An author of chess books
4. All of the above

Weikel is:

1. A slang term for masturbation
2. A variation of the Sicilian Defense
3. An organizer in the Sands
4. A chess master

Sam Sloan

2004-10-15, 5:53 pm

I have just posted the first 10 questions of this quiz at
http://pub.alxnet.com/quiz?id=2150304

Please test this to see if it works.

Sam Sloan
StanB

2004-10-15, 5:53 pm

Most of your questions have been plagiarized from Tim Hanke's soon to be
released Chess Trivia Game.

"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
news:416ca1fd.44293171@ca.news.verio.net...
quote:

> Harry Kerry is:
>
> 1. A Chinese term for suicide
> 2. A Candidate for President of the United States
> 3. An Irish Grandmaster
> 4. The move 1. g4
>
> Pelican is:
>
> 1. A tall blue bird
> 2. A type of round container
> 3. A chess opening
> 4. An Argentine Grandmaster
>
> Kramnik is:
>
> 1. A dull chess player
> 2. The Birdbrain World Champion
> 3. A Variation of the Sicilian Defense
> 4. An Island in the Mediterranean
>
> Lucena is:
>
> 1. An Argentine Chess Master
> 2. A type of rook and pawn against rook endgame
> 3. A former President of the Professional Chess Players Association
> 4. A Street in Moscow
>
> A variation of chess played in Asia is:
>
> 1. Shogi
> 2. Xiangqi
> 3. Makrook
> 4. All of the Above
>
> The Spanish Game is:
>
> 1. A form of Three Card Monte
> 2. Characterized by the move 3. Bb5
> 3. Played with dice
> 4. Begun with the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
>
> Jerome:
>
> 1. A station on the IRT
> 2. A variation of the Kingfs Gambit
> 3. An Italian Grandmaster
> 4. A sacrifice of two pieces
>
> Fried Liver is:
>
> 1. Popular in China
> 2. A knight sacrifice
> 3. The favorite food of Bobby Fischer
> 4. A variation of The Giuoco Piano
>
> Giuoco Piano is:
>
> 1. Older than Steinway
> 2. With 52 white Notes and 36 black Notes
> 3. A King-Pawn Chess Opening
> 4. Made in Italy
>
> Orang-Utan is:
>
> 1. Also known as the Polish
> 2. A City in Mongolia
> 3. A type of gorilla
> 4. The move 1. g4
>
> The best women chess players in America come from:
>
> 1. Georgia
> 2. Florida
> 3. Pennsylvania
> 4. California
>
> OK. Now, I admit that these questions are not very good and I hope
> that everyone can answer them.
>
> I would like to receive some suggestions for better questions.
>
> Sam Sloan
>



Sam Sloan

2004-10-15, 5:53 pm

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:09:41 -0400, "StanB" <stanbooz@comXXXcast.net>
wrote:
quote:

>Most of your questions have been plagiarized from Tim Hanke's soon to be
>released Chess Trivia Game.


I doubt that it is true but it would be interesting if it is.

I wrote these questions myself and have never seen his chess trivia
game, so it would have to be a coincidence.

I have been thinking of putting Hanke into my chess quiz as follows:

Hanke is:

1. The son of a Nazi War Criminal who escaped to Paraguay
2. The man who ran for USCF Executive Board so that he could force the
USCF to sell his chess trivia game.
3. A great place to blow your nose
4. A person who wants to expel scholastic chess players from the USCF
5. The Dirty Vicar
StanB

2004-10-15, 5:53 pm


"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
news:416d1d1d.75813218@ca.news.verio.net...
quote:

> I have been thinking of putting Hanke into my chess quiz as follows:
>
> Hanke is:
>
> 1. The son of a Nazi War Criminal who escaped to Paraguay
> 2. The man who ran for USCF Executive Board so that he could force the
> USCF to sell his chess trivia game.
> 3. A great place to blow your nose
> 4. A person who wants to expel scholastic chess players from the USCF
> 5. The Dirty Vicar


It would have to be 2 or 3. As 5 is Frank Niro.


Bill Smythe

2004-10-15, 5:53 pm

Here's a more genuine chess quiz question (sorry to put a wet blanket on
your attempts at humor, Sam):

Is there such a thing as a SYMMETRIC position in which, no matter whose move
it is, the player on the move loses, with best play by his opponent?

SYMMETRIC means that, for example, if white has a knight on e3, then black
has a knight on e6.

Bill Smythe



Sam Sloan

2004-10-19, 12:46 am

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:09:41 -0400, "StanB" <stanbooz@comXXXcast.net>
wrote:
quote:

>Most of your questions have been plagiarized from Tim Hanke's soon to be
>released Chess Trivia Game.


I doubt that it is true but it would be interesting if it is.

I wrote these questions myself and have never seen his chess trivia
game, so it would have to be a coincidence.

I have been thinking of putting Hanke into my chess quiz as follows:

Hanke is:

1. The son of a Nazi War Criminal who escaped to Paraguay
2. The man who ran for USCF Executive Board so that he could force the
USCF to sell his chess trivia game.
3. A great place to blow your nose
4. A person who wants to expel scholastic chess players from the USCF
5. The Dirty Vicar
StanB

2004-10-19, 12:46 am

Most of your questions have been plagiarized from Tim Hanke's soon to be
released Chess Trivia Game.

"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
news:416ca1fd.44293171@ca.news.verio.net...
quote:

> Harry Kerry is:
>
> 1. A Chinese term for suicide
> 2. A Candidate for President of the United States
> 3. An Irish Grandmaster
> 4. The move 1. g4
>
> Pelican is:
>
> 1. A tall blue bird
> 2. A type of round container
> 3. A chess opening
> 4. An Argentine Grandmaster
>
> Kramnik is:
>
> 1. A dull chess player
> 2. The Birdbrain World Champion
> 3. A Variation of the Sicilian Defense
> 4. An Island in the Mediterranean
>
> Lucena is:
>
> 1. An Argentine Chess Master
> 2. A type of rook and pawn against rook endgame
> 3. A former President of the Professional Chess Players Association
> 4. A Street in Moscow
>
> A variation of chess played in Asia is:
>
> 1. Shogi
> 2. Xiangqi
> 3. Makrook
> 4. All of the Above
>
> The Spanish Game is:
>
> 1. A form of Three Card Monte
> 2. Characterized by the move 3. Bb5
> 3. Played with dice
> 4. Begun with the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
>
> Jerome:
>
> 1. A station on the IRT
> 2. A variation of the Kingfs Gambit
> 3. An Italian Grandmaster
> 4. A sacrifice of two pieces
>
> Fried Liver is:
>
> 1. Popular in China
> 2. A knight sacrifice
> 3. The favorite food of Bobby Fischer
> 4. A variation of The Giuoco Piano
>
> Giuoco Piano is:
>
> 1. Older than Steinway
> 2. With 52 white Notes and 36 black Notes
> 3. A King-Pawn Chess Opening
> 4. Made in Italy
>
> Orang-Utan is:
>
> 1. Also known as the Polish
> 2. A City in Mongolia
> 3. A type of gorilla
> 4. The move 1. g4
>
> The best women chess players in America come from:
>
> 1. Georgia
> 2. Florida
> 3. Pennsylvania
> 4. California
>
> OK. Now, I admit that these questions are not very good and I hope
> that everyone can answer them.
>
> I would like to receive some suggestions for better questions.
>
> Sam Sloan
>



Bill Smythe

2004-10-21, 9:46 am

Here's a more genuine chess quiz question (sorry to put a wet blanket on
your attempts at humor, Sam):

Is there such a thing as a SYMMETRIC position in which, no matter whose move
it is, the player on the move loses, with best play by his opponent?

SYMMETRIC means that, for example, if white has a knight on e3, then black
has a knight on e6.

Bill Smythe



fs

2004-11-06, 5:46 pm

How about:

Which of these players has "defeated Najdorf, Dzindzichashvili, Browne,
Benko, Polgars3, Kupchik, Edward Lasker and many other famous players" in
chess?

a. Tim Hanke
b. Jason Repa
c. Matt Nemmers
d. Pete Casso
e. Sam Sloan


Sam Sloan

2004-11-07, 12:46 am

On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:51:19 GMT, "fs" <a@b.c> wrote:
quote:

>How about :
>
>Which of these players has "defeated Najdorf, Dzindzichashvili, Browne,
>Benko, Polgars3, Kupchik, Edward Lasker and many other famous players" in
>chess?
>
>a. Tim Hanke
>b. Jason Repa
>c. Matt Nemmers
>d. Pete Casso
>e. Sam Sloan


I give up.
fs

2004-11-07, 12:46 am


"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
news:418d551f.1370515@ca.news.verio.net...
quote:

> On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:51:19 GMT, "fs" <a@b.c> wrote:
>
in[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> I give up.


Don't give up so easily - would a hint help?


StanB

2004-11-07, 12:46 am


"fs" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:X1fjd.1025$rx5.842@trnddc06...
quote:

>
> "Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
> news:418d551f.1370515@ca.news.verio.net...
> in
>
> Don't give up so easily - would a hint help?


1. g4



fs

2004-11-07, 12:46 am


"StanB" <stanbooz@comXXXcast.net> wrote in message
news:eOGdnf45BJD0ChDcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
quote:

>
> "fs" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:X1fjd.1025$rx5.842@trnddc06...
Browne,[vbcol=seagreen]
players"[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> 1. g4
>
>
>


What does the Orangutan have to do with this?? ;-)

P.S. To make the question more precise, it should have read "... famous
players in *at least one game* of chess.


Sam Sloan

2004-11-10, 12:46 am

On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:51:19 GMT, "fs" <a@b.c> wrote:
quote:

>How about :
>
>Which of these players has "defeated Najdorf, Dzindzichashvili, Browne,
>Benko, Polgars3, Kupchik, Edward Lasker and many other famous players" in
>chess?
>
>a. Tim Hanke
>b. Jason Repa
>c. Matt Nemmers
>d. Pete Casso
>e. Sam Sloan


I give up.
fs

2004-11-10, 6:48 am


"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
news:418d551f.1370515@ca.news.verio.net...
quote:

> On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:51:19 GMT, "fs" <a@b.c> wrote:
>
in[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> I give up.


Don't give up so easily - would a hint help?


StanB

2004-11-10, 6:48 am


"fs" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:X1fjd.1025$rx5.842@trnddc06...
quote:

>
> "Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
> news:418d551f.1370515@ca.news.verio.net...
> in
>
> Don't give up so easily - would a hint help?


1. g4



fs

2004-11-10, 6:48 am


"StanB" <stanbooz@comXXXcast.net> wrote in message
news:eOGdnf45BJD0ChDcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
quote:

>
> "fs" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:X1fjd.1025$rx5.842@trnddc06...
Browne,[vbcol=seagreen]
players"[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> 1. g4
>
>
>


What does the Orangutan have to do with this?? ;-)

P.S. To make the question more precise, it should have read "... famous
players in *at least one game* of chess.


fs

2004-11-13, 12:46 am

How about:

Which of these players has "defeated Najdorf, Dzindzichashvili, Browne,
Benko, Polgars3, Kupchik, Edward Lasker and many other famous players" in
chess?

a. Tim Hanke
b. Jason Repa
c. Matt Nemmers
d. Pete Casso
e. Sam Sloan


fs

2004-11-16, 5:03 pm


"StanB" <stanbooz@comXXXcast.net> wrote in message
news:eOGdnf45BJD0ChDcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
quote:

>
> "fs" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:X1fjd.1025$rx5.842@trnddc06...
Browne,[vbcol=seagreen]
players"[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> 1. g4
>
>
>


What does the Orangutan have to do with this?? ;-)

P.S. To make the question more precise, it should have read "... famous
players in *at least one game* of chess.


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