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* Calvin's Quiz #119 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #11: answers and scores - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2c510b00e2ab2c9c?hl=en
* QFTCI5GNM Game 10 Rounds 7-8: Potter cast, SW Ontario - 2 messages, 2
authors
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* QFTCI5GNM Game 10 Rounds 9-10: Reubens, challenge - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #119
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/6c8b52f327e0a549?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 18 2011 5:05 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in message
news:op.vt33pepoyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Chelsea Clinton
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
The Joker
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Bach
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000
> people?
Bhopal
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
Lie Detector
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Basic Instinct
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots
> on it?
Billiards
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make
> the 1st move?
Knight
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
Judith Durham
Peter Smyth
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 19 2011 1:51 am
From: Dan Tilque
Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Madonna
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
Norman Bates
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Tchaikovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000
> people?
Bopal
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
lie detector test
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots
> on it?
snooker
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make
> the 1st move?
knights
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
>
>
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Dan Tilque
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 19 2011 4:34 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vt33pepoyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Chelsea Clinton
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger?
The Joker
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Tchaicovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000 people?
Bhopal
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
lie detector
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Basic Instinct
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on it?
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make the 1st move?
knight
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
I should know this
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #11: answers and scores
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2c510b00e2ab2c9c?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 19 2011 4:27 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <yYCdneY--qKYuDbQnZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> Mark Brader:
> > Time's up! And Jeff Turner wins. Hearty congratulations, Jeff!
> > And, of course, please start Rotating Quiz #12.
>
> I emailed Jeff when he didn't do so, and he said he doesn't have
> time to. Marc Dashevsky finished 2nd; Marc, can *you* do Quiz #12?
Having recently done a couple and not seeing a lot of time available
for me through the weekend, I'd like to offer it to Chris Johnson
who was just 1/2 point behind my score.
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Game 10 Rounds 7-8: Potter cast, SW Ontario
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/bd03ea115974e1a0?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 19 2011 4:55 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <uPednbX2X-SwGjfQnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Entertainment - Great British Thespians of Harry Potter
>
> Okay, Muggles... for each picture, you can name *either* the character
> from the Harry Potter series or the renowned British actor portraying
> the character.
>
> 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/01.jpg
Robbie Coltrane
> 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/02.jpg
Voldemort
> 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/03.jpg
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/04.jpg
Gary Oldman
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/05.jpg
Alan Rickman
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/06.jpg
Maggie SMith
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/07.jpg
Emma Thompson
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/08.jpg
Helene Bonham Carter
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/09.jpg
Kenneth Branagh
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/10.jpg
Dumbledore
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== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 19 2011 10:35 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-06,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2010-11-16 companion posting on "Five Guys Named Moe
> Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM)".
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Entertainment - Great British Thespians of Harry Potter
> Okay, Muggles... for each picture, you can name *either* the character
> from the Harry Potter series or the renowned British actor portraying
> the character.
This was the easiest round in the original game, so I was rather
surprised not to see a higher turnout for it here.
> 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/01.jpg
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid. 4 for everyone -- Joshua (the
hard way), Peter, Stephen, Pete, Calvin, and Marc.
> 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/02.jpg
Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Pete, Calvin,
and Marc.
> 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/03.jpg
John Hurt as Ollivander. 4 for Stephen and Pete.
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/04.jpg
Gary Oldman as Sirius Black. 4 for Stephen, Pete, and Marc.
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/05.jpg
Alan Rickman as Severus Snape. 4 for everyone (the hard way again
for Joshua).
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/06.jpg
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall. 4 for everyone.
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/07.jpg
Emma Thompson as Sybil Trelawney. 4 for Stephen, Pete, Calvin,
and Marc.
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/08.jpg
Helena Bonham-Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange. 4 for Joshua, Stephen
(the hard way), Pete, and Marc. 2 for Calvin.
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/09.jpg
Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Pete,
Calvin, and Marc.
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/10.jpg
Michael Gambon (not the original actor, Richard Harris) as Albus
Dumbledore. 4 for everyone.
> The original handout had two decoys. Name them if you like for fun,
> but for no points.
> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/11.jpg
Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgoeur. Calvin got this.
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10.07/hp/12.jpg
Brendan Gleeson as Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody. Stephen and Pete
got this.
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Canadiana Geography - Southwestern Ontario
And once again Stephen singlehandedly keeps the round from being
dropped.
> 1. What place is sometimes known by the nickname "Forest City"?
London.
> 2. Stompin' Tom Connors wrote (and sang): "My back still aches
> when I hear that word!" What community was he referring to?
Tillsonburg.
> 3. Before 1916, the city of Kitchener was known by what name?
Berlin.
> 4. What place is sometimes nicknamed the Telephone City?
Brantford. According to Bell, the telephone was "conceived in
Brantford and born in Boston".
> 5. Historic Uncle Tom's cabin lies near what Ontario community?
Dresden (also accepting Wallaceburg or Chatham, the closest major
communities). 4 for Stephen.
> 6. Motorcyclists generally take over what community on every
> occurrence of Friday the 13th?
Port Dover.
> 7. The unique layout of this town's core encompasses eight
> primary streets radiating from an octagon bounded by eight
> business blocks. This octagon, with a park at its centre,
> is popularly known as "The Square". Name the town.
Goderich.
> 8. What community is known as the "Tomato Capital of Canada"?
Leamington.
> 9. Back in 1990, this town spent a brief time in the national
> spotlight when a tire fire involving approximately 14,000,000
> tires raged for 17 days. What town?
Hagersville. 3 for Stephen (the hard way).
> 10. This plant is the largest coal-fired power plant in North
> America and in 2001 was cited by Environment Canada as the
> largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.
> The generating station is named after the town. What town?
Nanticoke.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci His Geo Spo Ent Can FOUR
Stephen Perry 40 28 27 32 40 7 140
Marc Dashevsky 35 20 24 20 36 0 115
Joshua Kreitzer 32 27 24 24 28 0 111
Dan Blum 32 18 16 36 -- -- 102
Peter Smyth 32 8 28 24 16 0 100
"Calvin" 17 6 30 20 30 0 97
Pete Gayde 24 20 -- -- 40 0 84
Rob Parker 32 16 20 12 -- -- 80
Dan Tilque 15 18 24 20 -- -- 77
Erland Sommarskog 12 12 32 16 -- -- 72
Jeff Turner 32 12 -- -- -- -- 44
--
Mark Brader "I can see the time when every city will have one."
Toronto -- An American mayor's reaction to the
msb@vex.net news of the invention of the telephone
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Game 10 Rounds 9-10: Reubens, challenge
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a82f92a106bdba22?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 19 2011 10:37 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-06,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2010-11-16 companion posting on "Five Guys Named Moe Questions
from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM)".
All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe,
and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
* Game 10, Round 9 - Arts & Literature - Reuben Awards
The Reuben Awards have been presented annually since 1946 by
the National Cartoonist Society in the US to the Cartoonist of
the Year. The award is named after Rube Goldberg, the society's
first president. We'll give you the year and the cartoonist's name,
and you tell us the name of the winning comic strip.
1. 1951, Walt Kelly.
2. 1957, Hal Foster.
3. 1948, Chic Young.
4. 1953, Mort Walker.
5. 1982, Bil Keane.
6. 1985, Lynn Johnston.
7. 1997, Scott Adams.
8. 1989, Jim Davis.
9. 1973, Dik Browne.
10. 1976, Ernie Bushmiller.
(What *I* want to know is how someone named Ernie Bushmiller got
into this club, when everyone else's names average 9.3 letters
and 2.7 syllables for the *first and last names combined*!)
* Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge Round
A. Canadian Nobel Prize Winners
In each case, name the scientist.
A1. In 1989 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with
Thomas R. Cech for their work on the catalytic properties
of ribonucleic acid.
A2. Although he was born in England, he did his post-doctoral
work at the University of British Columbia. And in 1993
he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kary Mullis.
B. "Big Bang Theory" Guest Stars
B1. Name the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor who has
made several guest appearances on CBS's "The Big Bang
Theory" and become Sheldon Cooper's nemesis.
B2. Name *either* the "Battlestar Galactica" actress or the
"Star Trek" original series actor who appeared together
in Harold Wolowitz's fantasies in an episode earlier
this season.
C. Great NFL Comebacks
C1. The Dallas Cowboys were down 28-13 in the 4th quarter of a
1972 divisional playoff game against the San Francisco
49ers, when Cowboys' Coach Tom Landry pulled quarterback
Craig Morton and replaced him with what quarterback,
who led the Cowboys to a 30-28 win and earned himself
the nickname Captain Comeback?
C2. The Buffalo Bills were losing 35-3 to the Houston Oilers
in the second half of a 1993 wildcard playoff game,
and without their starting quarterback, Jim Kelly,
due to injury. However, they came back to take the
lead and eventually win the game in overtime on a Doug
Christie field goal. Name the Bills' backup QB who led
them to victory.
D. This Day in History
D1. The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
was adopted on December 6, 1865. What did this amendment
prohibit?
D2. What country declared its independence from Russia on
December 6, 1917?
D3. For fun, but for no points: what was the *other* big
news story of December 6, 1917?
E. Countries Canada does Not Want You to Visit
Canada's Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Trade has
travel warnings and recommendations for many countries; however,
there are only a handful where avoiding all travel is recommended.
We will give you a portion of the official warning for a country
that the government does not recommend you travel to under any
circumstances; you give us the name of the country.
E1. Canadians should be aware that the situation throughout
this country has been tense since the International
Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against
President Al Bashir on March 4, 2009. Following the ICC
announcement, the government of this country expelled
numerous aid agencies.
E2. The security situation in this country is highly
unstable. Since late December 2006, the transitional
federal government and rebel groups have been fighting
over the control of the south-central area including
the capital.
F. A War Cry and a Motto
F1. "Blood and Fire" is the war cry of what army? Hint:
The blood refers to the blood of Jesus and the fire
refers to the fire of the Holy Spirit.
F2. "Don't be evil" is the informal corporate motto of
what company?
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