Monday, April 11, 2011

rec.games.trivia - 6 new messages in 3 topics - digest

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Today's topics:

* 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
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2c6f3ec6eb160269?hl=en
* Rare Entries DJT01 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/257e813261ae8732?hl=en

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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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