Trivia Rounds - March: Round 21/Mar. 21st RESULTS: 8 players participated


QUESTION 1

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A painting by Group of Seven artist A.Y. (Alexander Young) Jackson

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10 points: Barns; cacouna, Quebec; Quebec Farm In Winter; A Lake In Labrador; St. Pie Church, Quebec; Canal In France

5 points: York River (2)

Not Mentioned: There are lots more to chose from, several of which can be seen here (items 7 thru 60)



QUESTION 2

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A book written by Robert Munsch

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10 points: Mmm Cookies, Ribbon Rescue, Millicent And The Wind, Purple Green And Yellow, The Boy In The Drawer, Show And Tell, Mud Puddle, I Have To Go

5 points: Everbody scored 10 points

Not Mentioned: There were many others to choose from (Robert Munsch Books)



QUESTION 3

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A song on the Silver & Gold album by Neil Young

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10 points: Good To See You, Razor Love

5 points: Red Sun (2), Without Rings (2), Horseshoe Man (2)

Not mentioned: Silver & Gold, Daddy Went Walkin', Buffalo Springfield Again, Great Divide, Distant Camera


QUESTION 4

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A manager (past or present) of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays (There has been some confusion with what I am asking for here: I am looking for the manager/person who makes out the lineups, etc. and looks after the on-field details, NOT the general manager/one who looks after the off-field details - works out any trades, etc.)

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10 points: Buck Martinez, Roy Hartsfield, Mel Queen, Jimy Williams, John Gibbons

5 points: Cito Gaston (3)

Not Mentioned: Bobby Matick, Bobby Cox, Jim Fergosi, Tim Johnson, Carlos Tosca (See here for details)


QUESTION 5

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A place in Canada that has a monument of a cow as a roadside attraction

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10 points: Nobody

5 points: Springbank Snow Countess --- Woodstock, Ontario (7), Buttercup the Cow and Daisy the Calf --- Sussex, New Brunswick (2)

Not Mentioned: La Broquerie, Manitoba; Ms Claybelt the Cow, Township of Dymond, Ontario

There may be others as well --- the Springbank Snow Countess is one that I am very familiar with as it is near where I live.


Results

bracklaman: 45 points
santana2002: 45points

gatsby722: 40 points
Mugaboo: 40 points
ozzz2002: 40 points

littlewoman2: 35 points
ceci1980: 35 points

Bbsean: 30 points


Congratulations to bracklaman and santana2002 who each collect a point for this round.

Thanks for playing everyone!

Round 23 is now closed. Results shortly!

Round 23 Results

Eight people played this round.

Question 1:

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Name one of the nine members of the US Supreme Court.

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For 10 points:
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Justices David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer

For 5 points:
Justices Sandra Day O'Connor [2] and Clarence Thomas [2]

Not Mentioned:
Justices John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, and Anthony Kennedy

Question 2:

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Name a state that has a border along the Mississippi River.

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For 10 points:
Missouri, Kentucky

For 5 points:
Illinois [2], Arkansas [2], Tennessee [2]

Not Mentioned:
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Louisiana

Question 3:

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Name someone who has won the Nobel Prize for physics at any time in the 21st century.

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For 10 points:
Anthony J. Leggett, Masatoshi Koshiba

For 5 points:
H. David Politzer [2], Frank Wilczek [2], Wolfgang Ketterle [2]

Not Mentioned:
David J. Gross, Alexei A. Abrikosov, Vitaly L. Ginzburg, Raymond Davis Jr., Riccardo Giacconi, Eric A. Cornell, Carl E. Wieman

Question 4:

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Name someone who was on the "jury" (the group that selected the winner) on the first season of the US version of Survivor.

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For 10 points:
Gervase Peterson, Colleen Haskell, Rudy Boesch

For 5 points:
Susan Hawk [2], Jenna Lewis [3]

Not Mentioned:
Greg Buis, Sean Kenniff

Question 5:

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Name something you would find in a bathroom.

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For 10 points:
Shower Curtain, Dust, Pumice Stone, Washcloth, Toilet Brush, Bath, Toilet Paper Holder, Towel

Scores:

40: BbSean, gatsby722, cinnam0n, ElfTwinkle
35: Mugaboo, Julia103, ozzz2002
30: littlewoman2

Congratulations to everybody, and thanks for playing!

(Edited to correct a player's score)

Round 24 is now closed. Results shortly.

Round 24 results

1. A woman who has won the Nobel prize in either Medicine, Chemistry or Physics
10 points: Gerty Theresa Cori (Medicine, 1947), Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin (Chemistry; 1964), Maria Goeppert-Mayer (Physics, 1963)
5 points: Marie Sklodowska Curie (Physics 1903 & Chemistry 1911) (2), Barbara McClintock (Medicine, 1983) (2), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (Medicine, 1995) (2)
Not mentioned: Linda Buck (Medicine, 2004), Irene Curie (Chemistry, 1935), Rita Levi-Montalicini (Medicine, 1986), Gergrude Elion (Medicine, 1988), Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (Medicine, 1977)

The first page of google results on "women Nobel Prize winners" includes two funtrivia pages! (one for the Nobel prize subcategory and one for a quiz "The Noblest Women")

2. A woman whose picture appeared on a U.S. postage stamp prior to 1950
10 points: Pocahontas (1907), Susan B. Anthony (1936), Frances E. Willard (1940), Queen Isabella of Spain (1893), Clara Barton (1948), Virginia Dare (1937)
5 points: Martha Washington (1902) (3)
Not mentioned: Molly Pitcher (1928), Eleanor Roosevelt (1930), Louisa May Alcott (1940), Jane Addams (1940), Juliet Gordon Low (1948), Moina Michael (1948)

3. A woman Olympic gold medalist prior to 1930
10 points: Lina Radke (800m, running, 1928), Suzanne Lenglen, (singles, tennis, 1920), Irene Guest (part of 4x100m freestyle relay, swimming, 1920), Fanny Durack (100m freestyle, swimming, 1912), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (women’s doubles and mixed doubles, tennis; 1924), Gertrude Ederle (part of 4x100m freestyle relay, swimming 1924), Ethel Catherwood (high jump, 1928)
5 points: Aileen Riggin Soule (Springboard diving, 1920) (2)
In researching the answers I found that Aileen Riggins Soule, who was 14 when she competed in the Olympics, was still swimming competitively at age 90 and had set 5 world records for the 90-94 age group!

There are too many others to list those not mentioned.
No women were included as competitors in the ancient Olympics or in 1896. Women's tennis was included in 1900. Equestrian, in which men and women compete in the same event was also added in 1900. 1908 added figure skating for both men and women. Women's swimming was added in 1912. Women's foil (fencing) was first included in 1924. Women's track and field and women's gymnastics were added to the Olympics in 1928.

4. A woman who has been in space (as an astronaut, cosmonaut, etc.)
10 points: Kalpana Chawla, Kathy Thornton, Sandra Magnus
5 points: Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (2), Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (2), Roberta Bondar (2)

Again, too many others to mention. A complete listing is found at Women of Space

5. A woman author of science fiction who had something published prior to 1970
10 points for everyone
Answers given were: Ursula Kroeber LeGuin ( Rocannon's World,pub. 1966), Charlotte Armstrong (better known as a mystery writer, her novelette Three Day Magic was first published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1948), Katherine MacLean (The Diploids,pub. 1953), Anne McCaffrey (Freedom of the Race,pub.1953), Andre Norton (The Witch World,pub.1963), Joanna Russ (Picnic on Paradise,pub.1968), Marion Zimmer Bradley (The Door Through Space,pub.1961), Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged,pub.1957), Leigh Brackett (Shadow Over Mars, pub.1951)

Among those not mentioned are Mary Shelley (Frankenstein pub.1818) Charlotte Perkins Gilman Herland, pub.1915), C.L. Moore ( Jirel of Joiry stories, pub.1930's), and Judith Merril (That Only a Mother, pub.1948)

For more women's SF see this site

Scores:
Gatsby722 50
Ceci1980 45
Cinnam0n 40
ElfTwinkle 40
Kevinatilusa 40
Littlewoman2 40
Ozzz2002 40
BbSean 35
Mugaboo 35

One point to gatsby!
And congratulations to everyone who played!

Round 26:

Please give:

1. An English King who was the most recent to bear his name (So, for example, Henry IV would not be acceptable since Henry V came later).
2. A new word created by Lewis Carroll for use in the poem "Jabberwocky"
3. An actor who has played (or will soon play) Batman in a movie
4. One of the 10 most populous nations in the world (as of this year)
5. A word of at least 5 letters whose letters are all distinct and appear in reverse alphabetical order. (so zytea, if it were a word, would be acceptible)

Round 27

1. Name a Chess Opening that has the name of a country in it.
2. Name a Women's World Chess Champion.
3. Name a sea that can be found within the Mediterranean Sea.
4. What is 'Happy Easter' in another language (and please specify the language).
5. An ingredient in a BigMac.

If you need any help on the chess questions, please send me a PM.

Round XV - March 15th, 2005...

The Results!

9 people played this round...

Question I: Name the official state tree of any American state beginning with an 'M'...
For 10 points: White Pine (Maine and Michigan); White Oak (Maryland); Ponderosa Pine (Montana)
For 5 points: Flowering Dogwood (Missouri) (3); Magnolia (Mississippi) (3)
Not mentioned: American Elm (Massachusets), and Norway Pine (Minnesota)

Question II: Name the capital of any Dutch province...
For 10 points: Haarlem (N. Holland); Den Bosch/Hertogenbosch (N. Brabant); Arnhem (Gelderland);

Groningen (Groningen); Utrecht (Utrecht)
For 5 points: Zwolle (Overijssel) (2); Assen (Drenthe) (2);
Not mentioned: Middelburg (Zeeland); The Hague (S. Holland); Leeuwarden (Friesland); Maastricht

(Limburg); Lelystad (Flevoland);

Question III: Name a Swiss canton with an animal on its flag...
For 10 points: Geneva, Grisons/Graubunden, and Thurgau
For 5 points: Appenzell Innerrhoden (2); Uri (4)
Not Mentioned: Schaffhausen, Bern, Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Question IV: Name a French region bordering on salt-water...
For 10 points: Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon, Pays de la Loire
For 5 points: Aquitaine (2), Normandy (3)
Not accepted: Region 4
Not mentioned: Brittany, Poitou-Charentes, Corsica, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy,

Question V: Name the official provincial bird for any Canadian province...
For 10 points: Common Loon (Ontario); Great Grey Owl (Manitoba); Blue Jay (Prince Edward Island)
For 5 points: Atlantic puffin (Newfoundland) (2); Osprey (Nova Scotia) (3);
Not accepted: Raven (Yukon) - Yukon is a territory, and not a province.
Not mentioned: Great Horned Owl (Alberta); Steller's Jay (British Columbia); Sharp-tailed

Grouse, (Saskatchewan); Snowy Owl (Quebec); Black-capped Chickadee (New Brunswick);

The Results:
Our winner: mugaboo with 45! points...
The rest:
40 points: ceci1980
35 points: Julia103, ozzz2002, and cinnamOn
30 points: ElfTwinkle and littlewoman2
25 points: gatsby722 and beaker411

Thanks to all for playing.
Congratulations to mugaboo.
Have a great week!

Round 25 Results:

Only 5 players this time. I know it was a busy Easter weekend for many of us!

1. Pick a U.S. state that begins with the letter N.

10 points: North Carolina
5 points: New Hampshire (2), New Mexico (2)

Not mentioned: Nevada, North Dakota, New York, New Jersey, Nebraska

2. Name a word with five consecutive consonants.

10 points: blackstrap, slyly, sylph, sportswriter
Not accepted: heights, which has only four consecutive consonants

Not mentioned: birthplace, backsplash, matchstick, heartthrob, lengths, catchphrase, and many more

3. Name a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring either Cary Grant OR James Stewart.

10 points: To Catch a Thief, The Man Who Knew Too Much
5 points: Rope (3)

Not mentioned: Notorious, Suspicion, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest

4. Name one of the colleges within Oxford University that begins with the letter S.

10 points: St. Cross College, Somerville College
5 points: St. Hilda's College (2)
Not accepted: Keble College, which does not begin with the letter S

Not mentioned: St. Anne's College, St. Antony's College, St. Catherine's College, St. Edmund Hall, St. Hugh's College, St. John's College, St. Peter's College

5. Name a female celebrity who currently promotes a brand of cosmetics in ads/commercials, and give the cosmetics company also.

10 points: Jennifer Lopez for Glow by JLo, a division of Coty; Sarah Michelle Gellar for Maybelline; Ashley Judd for American Beauty, a division of Estee Lauder; Eva Mendes for Revlon; Susan Sarandon for Revlon

Not mentioned: Julianne Moore for Revlon; Elizabeth Hurley for Estee Lauder; Uma Thurman for Lancome; Halle Berry for Revlon; Catherine Zeta-Jones for Elizabeth Arden; Mandy Moore for Neutrogena; and many, many more!

Scores:

45 points!
Ozzz2002

40 points!
Gatsby722
Mugaboo

30 points!
ElfTwinkle
CinnamOn

Congratulations and thanks for playing, everyone!

ROUND 28 - MONDAY

Please tell me me:

1) Something you can do with your mobile phone
2) A tune from the 2nd Medley Selection set of the St Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band (Dublin)
3) One of the groups of tiles in the game Mahjong
4) An image to be seen on any of the four provicincial flags of Ireland
5) One of the five principal characters (fairies) of the Winx Club

Round 27
It appears that a number of you are having a bit of difficulty with the chess question so I will hold the round open for another 24 hours.

Welcome to another round of: The Tuesday questions!
I'm feeling kind of morbid, so here's one to do with the finer points of DEATH...

So without further ado, I give you:
Round XXIX - Tuesday March 29th, 2005.

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The Questions:

1. Name a leader of a modern-day country that was assassinated...
2. Name a form of Capital Punishment that is used nowadays (and tell me where)...
3. Name one of the things people believe can happen to your soul when we pass away...
4. Name a person who died in Niagara Falls...
5. Name an active terrorist organization (they cause a lot of death)...

Good luck and have a great week!

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Round 26 is now closing, with results soon to follow.

Round 27 is now closing (very soon), with results soon to follow. (very soon)

Round 26 Results

9 people participated this round

1. An English King who was the last of his name
10: Edwy the Only, John the Only, Harold II, William IV, George III
5: Charles II (2), Henry VIII (2)

Edwy, Harold, and John have been out of fashion for nearly 800 years, perhaps because in each case the last King to take on the name did not exactly have a distinguished reign: John was forced against his will to sign the Magna Carta, Harold lost his Country to the Normans, and Edwy lost half his Kingdom before dying at the age of 18. Charles, on the other hand, doesn't seem in danger of dying out as a Royal Name.

2: A word coined by Lewis Carroll for Jabberwocky
10: Burbled, Callooh, Galumphing, Manxome, Mimsy, Tulgey, Vorpal
5: Frabjous(2)

Some of these words are what are known as "Portmanteau words" (a term also coined by Carroll), meaning words formed by smushing together two or more other words into one. For example, lithe+slime=slithy, and fabulous+joyous=frabjous. Other words (galumphing, for example) were chosen more for the general sound they made when read aloud. Both galumphing and chortled (not given as an answer) have made their way into common use.

3. An actor who played/will play Batman in a movie
10: Lewis Wilson ("The Batman", 1943) Robert Lowery ("Batman and Robin", 1949), Michael Keaton ("Batman", 1989, and "Batman Returns", 1992)
5: Adam West ("Batman", 1966), Val Kilmer ("Batman Forever", 1995), Christian Bale ("Batman Begins", soon to open) (2 people each)
Most notably absent was George Clooney (1997's "Batman and Robin).

The first Batman film was a 15 episode serial showing Batman fighting against the evil Japanese mastermind (perhaps not surprising given its 1943 year of release).

4. One of the 10 most populous nations
10: Russia (8th)
5: China (1st, 4 people), India (2nd, 2 people), Brazil (5th, 2 people)

The U.S., Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Japan (in that order) round out the top 10

5: A 5+ letter word in reverse alphabetical order
10: Solid, Trona, Wrong, Yoked, Zonked
5: Spoke (2)
Not accepted: Ranged, Linge (out of order)

A very nice variety of answers from everybody. As far as I know, Wronged and Sponged are the longest acceptible words for this question. If I had asked for forward alphabetical order instead, it looks like the longest words are 6 letter ones like almost.


Scores:
45: Exit10
40: ElfTwinkle, littlewoman2
35: bracklaman, ceci1980, Mugaboo, SRSTrekker
30: gatsby722
25: Cinnam0n

Congrats to Exit10, and thanks to everybody who participated!

(editted to add SRSTrekker's score)

Just to say I hope everyone is Ok with the April (can it be April already? ) rounds the same quiz hosts as usual! Any problems let me know

I'm cool with April! Especially since I get the April Fool's Day Round . I'm sure (I think) my Fridays buddy littlewoman2 is on board too.

Yes, I'm on board for April.

Time got away from me folks. It's way past my bed time and I must get my ugly sleep. Hope to post Round 27 first thing tomorrow.

ROUND 30 Questions

1) A famous woman with the first name Diana/Dianne/Diane (or another variation of this name)

2) A member of the United Nations that is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean

3) Something a person would wear on their feet

4) A book of the old Testament that doesn't contain the letter 'a'

5) A breed of domestic dog that starts with the letter 'L'

ROUND 28 NOW CLOSED

Results soon, once one answer is verified. Late entries accepted until then.

Round 27 Results - 12 players

1. Name a Chess Opening that has the name of a country in it. [Unfortunately I didn't specify whether it be France or French but you all got there in the end. There are very few with the actual name of the country.] I haven't included variations at the third move etc.

10 points: Queen's Indian, Dutch, Portuguese, French, English, Hungarian
5 Points: Sicilian (2), King's Indian (2), Latvian (2)

Not mentioned: Stacks including Danish, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Scotch, Spanish, Yugoslav etc

2. Name a Women's World Chess Champion.

10 points:Zsuzsa Polgar
5 Points:Antoaneta Stefanova (3), Maya Chiburdanidze (2), Olga Rubstova (2), Ludmilla Rudenko (2), Nona Gaprindashvili (2)

Not mentioned: Vera Menchik, Elisabeth Bikova, Xie Jun, Zhu Chen


3. Name a sea that can be found within the Mediterranean Sea.
10 points: Balearic, Ionian , Sea of Marmara
5 Points: Tyrrhenian (3), Ligurian (2), Sea of Crete (2), Aegean Sea (2)

Not mentioned: Adriatic, Black, Sea of Azov, Mirtoon Sea, Gulf of Sidra

4. What is 'Happy Easter' in another language (and please specify the language). There were slight variations on spellings depending on sources but I took these as read.

10 points: Joyeuses Pâques (French), Kahlo Pascha (Greek), Hau`oli Lâ i Ala Hou ai ka Haku! (Hawaiian) (How original is that!), Linksmu Velyku (Lithuanian), Wesolych swiat (Polish), Frohe Ostern (German), Caise Shona Dhuit (Irish), 'Páscoa feliz' (Portuguese)
5 Points: Felices Pascuas (Spanish) (3)

Not allowed: dedwydd Pasq (Welsh). Googled forever but couldn't get any hits. "pasg hapus" is Happy Easter in Welsh. If the contestant can help me out here I will readjust the scores.

5. An ingredient in a BigMac.
10 points: Propylene glycol alginate (in the sauce), pickles, Big Mac Bun,
5 Points: Onions (2), Lettuce (3), beef/hamburger patty (3)

Not allowed: Milk. One contestant told me there was milk in the bread. According to http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.categories.ingredients.index.html there is just about everything else BUT milk. If you want to be put off McDonalds for life check out that link for all of the foreign muck that is in there.

Not mentioned: Cheese

Scores:

littlewoman2, Mugaboo 40
Ozzz, Sean, Elftwinkle, Julia, cinnam0n, SRSTrekker 35
Gats, Kevin 30
ceci 25
bracklaman 20

Congratulations littlewoman and Mugaboo and thanks for playing (especially the chess question).

RESULTS - ROUND 28

1) Something you can do with your mobile phone

10 points: Alarm Clock function, Stop Watch timer, Video clip, Send fax, Play games

5 points: Talk (2)

Not Mentioned: Send/receive text, Check credit, Calendar/Agenda/Reminders, Tell time etc

2) A tune from the 2nd Medley Selection set of the St Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band (Dublin)

This seems to have been the most difficult for you all, although a straightforward Google on 'St Laurence O Toole Pipe Band+Repertoire' would have solved all your troubles.

10 Points: Peata Beat a Mhathair (Reel), Hard Times (Slow Air), The Happy Days of Easter (Reel), Glencune (Strathspey), Alen's Lucky Stone (Jig)

5 Points: The Tar Road to Sligo (Jig) (2)

Not Mentioned: The Girl from Dungannon (Hornpipe & Jig), Mrs Margaret McKenzie (Strathspey), The Primrose Lass (Reel)


3) One of the groups of tiles in the game Mahjong

10 Points: Balls/Circles/Dots, Bamboos

5 Points: Winds (3) Seasons (2)

Not Mentioned: Characters, Dragons, Flowers

Whilst I've often played this game I was not aware of the names for the groups of tiles. I found this site very clear and helpful in explaining a little more about the game.

4) An image to be seen on any of the four provicincial flags of Ireland

10 Points: Hand, Crowns, Arm, Harp, Red Cross

5 points: Eagle (2)

5) One of the five principal characters (fairies) of the Winx Club

10 Points: Flora, Techna, Musa

5 Points: Stella (2), Bloom (2)

THE SCORES

50 Points: Cinnam0n, ElfTwinkle
45 Points: Bracklaman
35 Points: ozzz2002, Gatsby722
30 Points: Mugaboo, Littlewoman

Thank you all for playing and congratulations to Cinnam0n & ElfTwinkle who each collect a point for this round.

Ozz is having computer probs, so wasn't able to post his questions yesterday. So March round is over and I shall calculate the results over the weekend!

^^^ Not quite over.

Round 30 is closed. Answers and scores up soon.