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* Calvin's Quiz #116 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3aa2ed9b29cd51de?hl=en
* QFTCI5GNM Game 10 Rounds 2-3: -ologies, road to WW2 - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* Rare Entries DJT01 - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #116
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3aa2ed9b29cd51de?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Apr 10 2011 8:55 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> 1 What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bat.
> 2 Lombok is a part of which island nation?
Philippines?
> 3 What was the name of the pet dog in the 1960s TV series The Jetsons?
Astro.
> 4 Which was the only undefeated team at the 2010 soccer World Cup?
The winner.
Um, Brazil?
> 5 How many American presidents been assassinated while in office?
4.
> 6 Which Australian businessman created World Series Cricket in the 1970s?
This question game up before, and I still don't remember. Ford?
> 7 What object appears on Pink Floyd's iconic 1973 album cover
> Dark Side of the Moon?
The moon?
> 8 Denny Crane is a character in which American TV series?
Denny Crane. "Boston Legal". Denny Crane.
> 9 Which accessory would one associate with the fashion brand Louboutin?
One wouldn't. --Okay, I'll try purses.
> 10 Holly Hunter won an Oscar for her role in which 1993 film?
"Nell"?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "The language should match the users,
msb@vex.net not vice versa" -- Brian W. Kernighan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Apr 10 2011 10:15 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-04-11 02:51:36 +0100, Calvin said:
> 1 What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bat
> 2 Lombok is a part of which island nation?
Maldives
> 3 What was the name of the pet dog in the 1960s TV series The Jetsons?
Fido
> 4 Which was the only undefeated team at the 2010 soccer World Cup?
Germany
> 5 How many American presidents been assassinated while in office?
3
> 6 Which Australian businessman created World Series Cricket in the 1970s?
Kerry Packer
> 7 What object appears on Pink Floyd's iconic 1973 album cover Dark Side
> of the Moon?
Prism
> 8 Denny Crane is a character in which American TV series?
Frasier
> 9 Which accessory would one associate with the fashion brand Louboutin?
Shoes
> 10 Holly Hunter won an Oscar for her role in which 1993 film?
The Piano
--
I once absent-mindedly ordered Three Mile Island dressing in a
restaurant and, with great presence of mind, they brought Thousand
Island Dressing and a bottle of chili sauce.
(Terry Pratchett)
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 12:09 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bat
> 2 Lombok is a part of which island nation?
Phillipines
> 4 Which was the only undefeated team at the 2010 soccer World Cup?
New Zealand
> 5 How many American presidents been assassinated while in office?
4
> 7 What object appears on Pink Floyd's iconic 1973 album cover Dark
> Side of the Moon?
A prism
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Game 10 Rounds 2-3: -ologies, road to WW2
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2c6f3ec6eb160269?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Apr 10 2011 9:24 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Apr 10, 10:50 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - -Ologies
>
> We'll give you a medical specialty; you name the body part that
> is the focus of that specialty.
>
> 1. Otology.
ears
> 2. Osteology.
bones
> 3. Enterology.
intestines
> 4. Gastrology.
stomach
> 5. Heparology.
liver
> 6. Nephrology.
kidneys
> 7. Hysterology.
uterus
> 8. Arthrology.
joints
> 9. Chondrology.
bones (?)
> 10. Stomatology.
stomach (?)
> * Game 10, Round 3 - History - The Road to World War II
>
> 1. Neville Chamberlain takes all the flak for the signing of
> the Munich Pact, but what other Allied leader also signed it?
Balladur (?)
> 3. During September 1931, the Imperial Japanese army invaded
> which Chinese state?
Manchuria
> 4. In October of 1935, what nation was invaded by Italy?
Ethiopia
> 5. Who was chancellor of Germany prior to Hitler and served as
> his first vice-chancellor in 1933 and 1934?
Weiszacker (?)
> 6. What were the anti-Semitic laws passed by the Nazis in
> 1935 called?
Nuremburg Laws
> 8. Name the paramilitary group that was instrumental in
> Mussolini's rise to power in Italy.
Black Shirts
> 9. What event was triggered by the assassination of German
> diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born
> Polish Jew, in Paris, France?
Kristallnacht
> 10. Hitler's initial attempt to take power in Germany is
> generally known as what?
Beer Hall Putsch
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Apr 10 2011 9:51 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:50:05 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - -Ologies
>
> We'll give you a medical specialty; you name the body part that
> is the focus of that specialty.
>
> 1. Otology.
Ears
> 2. Osteology.
Bones
> 3. Enterology.
Stomach, intestine
> 4. Gastrology.
Stomach, intestine
> 5. Heparology.
Blood?
> 6. Nephrology.
Heart
> 7. Hysterology.
Ovaries
> 8. Arthrology.
Joints
> 9. Chondrology.
Hands
> 10. Stomatology.
The bile duct
> * Game 10, Round 3 - History - The Road to World War II
>
> World War II began on September 1, 1939, when the Nazis invaded
> Poland, but there were many signposts along the way to tell the
> world what was coming.
>
> 1. Neville Chamberlain takes all the flak for the signing of
> the Munich Pact, but what other Allied leader also signed it?
The French President presumably, whoever it was.
> 2. In July 1936, when the Spanish Civil War broke out, General
> Franco was rebelling against which duly elected president
> of the Second Spanish Republic?
>
> 3. During September 1931, the Imperial Japanese army invaded
> which Chinese state?
>
> 4. In October of 1935, what nation was invaded by Italy?
Libya, Ethiopia
> 5. Who was chancellor of Germany prior to Hitler and served as
> his first vice-chancellor in 1933 and 1934?
Hindenburg?
> 6. What were the anti-Semitic laws passed by the Nazis in
> 1935 called?
>
> 7. In 1933 the Nazis established the first concentration camp.
> Which one?
Dunno, but it certainly wasn't the first.
> 8. Name the paramilitary group that was instrumental in
> Mussolini's rise to power in Italy.
Young Italy
> 9. What event was triggered by the assassination of German
> diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born
> Polish Jew, in Paris, France?
>
> 10. Hitler's initial attempt to take power in Germany is
> generally known as what?
The Beer Hall Putsch
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Rare Entries DJT01
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/257e813261ae8732?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 12:20 am
From: Dan Tilque
DJT01 is now over. I've sent a reply to everyone who submitted an entry.
If you sent in an entry but did not receive an acknowledgment, please
let me know.
I should have the answers out soon.
--
Dan Tilque
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