Friday, April 08, 2011

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* QFTCI5GNM Game 9 Rounds 9-10: where killed, challenge round - 3 messages, 3
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http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c919404e586f4e94?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #114 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2ece354a9e60230e?hl=en

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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Game 9 Rounds 9-10: where killed, challenge round
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c919404e586f4e94?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Apr 7 2011 12:02 am
From: "Rob Parker"


> * Game 9, Round 9 - History - Where Were They Killed?
>
> We'll give you the name of a famous person and the date and
> method of their assassination; you tell us the *city or community*
> where they met with fatal violence. (You don't need to include
> the state or country.)
>
> 1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria: shot June 28, 1914.

Sarajevo

> 2. US President William McKinley: shot September 6, 1901,
> died September 14.

Washington; New York

> 3. Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi: shot October 31, 1984.

New Delhi

> 4. American civil right leader Martin Luther King Jr.: shot
> April 4, 1968.

Memphis

> 5. American civil rights activist Medgar Evers: shot June 12,
> 1963.

It's mentioned in a Bob Dylan song, but that's all I can recall about
Medgar Evers

> 6. Gunfighter and lawman Wild Bill Hickok: shot August 2, 1876.

Tombstone; Deadwood

> 7. Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic and controversial figure
> in Tsar Nicholas II's royal court: poisoned, shot, clubbed,
> and thrown into a river on December 16, 1916.

St. Petersburg; Moscow

> 8. American politician Robert F. Kennedy: shot June 5, 1968,
> died June 6.

New York

> 9. American black Muslim activist Malcolm X: shot February 21,
> 1965.

New York; Chicago

> 10. Rapper Tupac Shakur: shot September 7, 1996, died
> September 13.

Chicago; Detroit

> * Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> B1. This is a form of extrasensory perception, the supposed
> power to perceive things that are not present to the
> senses.

Second sight

> B2. This religious movement, during the early 19th century
> in the United States, believed every person could be
> saved through revivals.

Second coming

> C1. What is Newton's third law of motion?

To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

> C2. Nazi Germany was known as the Third Reich. Identify
> either of the previous two reichs.

First Reich; Second Reich

> E1. The basic tastes have long been given as sweet, sour,
> bitter and salty. But a fifth basic taste is now
> accepted. What is it called?

Umami
[fortunately I was paying attention to a cooking show on TV last night ;-) ]

> F1. Bruce Willis is dead for this entire movie.

The Sixth Sense


Rob

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Apr 7 2011 6:18 am
From: swp


On Apr 6, 2:05 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>
> > > 4. American civil right leader Martin Luther King Jr.: shot
> > >    April 4, 1968.
>
> Stephen Perry:
>
> > I abstain, I looked it up for the rotating quiz before coming here.
> > it wouldn't be fair.
>
> Of course it's fair.  Go ahead and answer if you think you would have
> remembered it.
> --
> Mark Brader         "The world little knows or cares the storm through
> Toronto              which you have had to pass.  It asks only if you
> m...@vex.net          brought the ship safely to port."  -- Joseph Conrad

THAT is a great puzzle: why would I look it up if I remembered it?

hint: things are not always in the last place you look!

swp


== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Apr 7 2011 9:53 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Stephen Perry:
>>> I abstain, I looked it up for the rotating quiz before coming here.
>>> it wouldn't be fair.

Mark Brader:
>> Of course it's fair. Go ahead and answer if you think you would have
>> remembered it.

Stephen Perry:
> THAT is a great puzzle: why would I look it up if I remembered it?

Who are you and where did you find the Shift key?

If you still remember something from recently looking it up, before
seeing a question about it in QFTCI, then you are welcome to use it
in QFTCI, just as you would be if you'd just seen it on Jeopardy!.
It doesn't matter how recently you learned something, only that you
know it.

> hint: things are not always in the last place you look!

I don't quite see what Winnie-the-Pooh has to do with this.
--
Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy,
Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.)
msb@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero

My text in this article is in the public domain.

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #114
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2ece354a9e60230e?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Apr 7 2011 6:17 am
From: swp


On Apr 4, 11:36 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1       Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

salvation army

> 2       Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

john goodman

> 3       Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

four

> 4       Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

four?

> 5       Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in 1968?

the commodores

> 6       What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

the art of war

> 7       Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?

ac/dc

> 8       Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?

ridley scott

> 9       Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

sasha b cohen

> 10      What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in the  
> 100 Years War?

longbow

swp


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