dlp@akgua.UUCP (D.L. Philen [Dan]) (11/01/84)
Regarding science and nature questions in TP, two recent problems come to mind. 1. The science that deals with heavenly bodies and the universe etc. My asnwer is *astronomy* Their answer is cosmology. A more general answer is surely physics, since physics deals with motions, gravity, fusion (star formation) cosmic rays, etc. Also cosmology is a subgroup of astronomy which is a subgroup of physics. 2. An even more perplexing question is "The other two dimensions besides length and width are?" Their answer is depth and time. Now we can all agree on time but as for depth? To anyone accustomed to cartesian coordinates the use of length and width are a little strange, but depth is beyond belief. Most people would at least answer height, but if you are going to use depth, then length and width also become slightly ambigious. I agree with the previous comments that there are so many really good science questions that they really didn't have to resort to such confusion in order to come up with good questions. Here is a good one for Arts and Entertainment. Q. How many TP questions are wrong?
stumpf@homxa.UUCP (P.STUMPF) (11/02/84)
> Here's a good TP question: > How many TP questions are wrong? Many of the questions are poorly phrased and some are in the wrong category. How many of the TP answers are wrong? Seriously, other TP errors: Q. Where is Penn Station? A. New York There is a Penn Station at least in New York, Newark, and Philadelphia; probably there are more along the old Penn Railroad route. Q. What is the longest running Broadway musical? A. Grease (or something which was once correct) This became A Chorus Line last year, and may change again. TP error/typo (?) There was a question concerning the plane that hit the Empire State Building. Their answer was a B-52; my almanac states that it was a B-25, which seems more likely. Was is Einstein who said that he never remembered anything that he could look up? .Pete.
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (11/08/84)
> Seriously, other TP errors: > Q. Where is Penn Station? > A. New York > There is a Penn Station at least in New York, Newark, and Philadelphia; > probably there are more along the old Penn Railroad route. Just for trivia, there is one in Baltimore, too. > Q. What is the longest running Broadway musical? > A. Grease (or something which was once correct) > This became A Chorus Line last year, and may change again. "Fiddler on the Roof" which closed around 1974 held the distinction at the time.
stumpf@homxa.UUCP (P.STUMPF) (11/13/84)
>> Q. What is the longest running Broadway musical? >> A. Grease (or something which was once correct) >> This became A Chorus Line last year, and may change again. >"Fiddler on the Roof" which closed around 1974 held the distinction >at the time. FotR played 3242 times, Grease beat that with 3388 performances; ACL is now up to about 3600. What's the longest running off-Broadway musical? Broadway non-musical? non-Broadway show? .Pete.
jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar) (11/14/84)
In article <486@homxa.UUCP> stumpf@homxa.UUCP (P.STUMPF) writes: > >What's the longest running off-Broadway musical? Broadway non-musical? >non-Broadway show? >.Pete. "Mousetrap" by Agatha Cristy has been running non-stop in London for over ten years (I can't remember the exact length, maybe even 15 years). When I saw it last summer, it was the longest continuously running play in the world. I am pretty sure that is is still going strong. Jon Biggar {allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdccsu3}!sdcrdcf!jonab
rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) (11/19/84)
The play "The Mousetrap", based on a story by Agatha Christie, has been
running continuously in London's West End (in several different theatres)
for over 32 years. I know this because my parents took me to see it on
my 21st birthday, which was a few weeks after its 21st anniversary!
--
Rod Williams
dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw
"There's so much left to say - don't drift away"gordon@uw-june (Gordon Davisson) (11/27/84)
>>What's the longest running off-Broadway musical? Broadway non-musical? >>non-Broadway show? >>.Pete. >"Mousetrap" by Agatha Cristy has been running non-stop in London for >over ten years (I can't remember the exact length, maybe even 15 years). >When I saw it last summer, it was the longest continuously running play >in the world. I am pretty sure that is is still going strong. > >Jon Biggar From The Seattle Times, Saturday, November 24, 1984: Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," the world's longest-running play, will be 32 years old tomorrow. The play, a typical Christie murder mystery, has had 30 changes of cast in its 13,676 London performances. More than six million paying customers have packed the tiny theaters where "The Mousetrap" played in its London version. "It will last out my lifetime," said producer Sir Peter Saunders, who first risked staging the play in 1952. He said Christie, after opening night, figured "we might get six months out of it." -- Human: Gordon Davisson USnail: 5008 12th NE, Seattle, WA, 98105 UUCP: {ihnp4,decvax,tektronix}!uw-beaver!uw-june!gordon ARPA: gordon@uw-june
nst@uvaee.UUCP (12/17/84)
> >>What's the longest running off-Broadway musical? Broadway non-musical? > >>non-Broadway show? > >>.Pete. > > >"Mousetrap" by Agatha Cristy has been running non-stop in London for > >over ten years (I can't remember the exact length, maybe even 15 years). > >When I saw it last summer, it was the longest continuously running play > >in the world. I am pretty sure that is is still going strong. > > > >Jon Biggar > > From The Seattle Times, Saturday, November 24, 1984: > > Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," the world's longest-running play, > will be 32 years old tomorrow. The play, a typical Christie murder > mystery, has had 30 changes of cast in its 13,676 London performances. > More than six million paying customers have packed the tiny theaters > where "The Mousetrap" played in its London version. "It will last out > my lifetime," said producer Sir Peter Saunders, who first risked > staging the play in 1952. He said Christie, after opening night, > figured "we might get six months out of it." > > -- > Human: Gordon Davisson > USnail: 5008 12th NE, Seattle, WA, 98105 > UUCP: {ihnp4,decvax,tektronix}!uw-beaver!uw-june!gordon > ARPA: gordon@uw-june *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***