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* Calvin's Rare Entries Quiz #1 - RESULTS - REVISED - 4 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/d32d06781a0a20d2?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #121 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/13cc157c0e0b74e4?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #122 - 5 messages, 5 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/33efc1dfe11e4338?hl=en
* 2011 world quizzing championships - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9bc40bfc71cd2c0d?hl=en
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TOPIC: Calvin's Rare Entries Quiz #1 - RESULTS - REVISED
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/d32d06781a0a20d2?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 12:08 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:27:27 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
>
> I've allowed Erland's answer of Bashkortostan to Q3 which moves him into
> second place. His answers were:
>
> Kim Hughes
> Netscape Navigator 2.02
> Kyrgyzstan
> Tennis
> Charles Sturt
> Chad
> Blinky Bill
> Reg Gadney
> Douala, Cameroon
> Polonium
No, this was someone else's answers. I was the one who answered Chameleon.
> I trust this aligns properly...
It exceeds 80 column, so it gets a bit complicated to read.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 1:15 pm
From: Duke
Calvin:
> 1 Name someone who has captained the Australian cricket team in a Test
> match since 1980.
Me: Rob Baker
Calvin:
> Incorrect
> Rob Baker - under age matches are not Test matches, whatever Wikipedia says...
Well, it's your contest, but it's not just Wikipedia. The ICC itself
uses the term "test matches" to refer to certain U19 matches. See, for
example, their news release:
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/events_and_awards/u19/newsdetails.php?newsId=10668_1278382980,
whose first sentence says:
"The ECB has announced a 14-man England U19 squad for the two-match
Test series against Sri Lanka U19s beginning on Wednesday, 21 July in
Northampton..."
The BBC also uses "test match" for certain U19 matches (see, e.g.,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/static/cricket/statistics/scorecards/2011/01/86717/html/scorecard.stm)
Just FYI. Next time I'll...well, I don't imagine this will come up
again, actually.
Duke Lefty
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 2:59 pm
From: Calvin
On Tue, 03 May 2011 17:08:38 +1000, Erland Sommarskog
<esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:27:27 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've allowed Erland's answer of Bashkortostan to Q3 which moves him into
>> second place. His answers were:
>>
>> Kim Hughes
>> Netscape Navigator 2.02
>> Kyrgyzstan
>> Tennis
>> Charles Sturt
>> Chad
>> Blinky Bill
>> Reg Gadney
>> Douala, Cameroon
>> Polonium
>
> No, this was someone else's answers. I was the one who answered
> Chameleon.
Yes, and Bashkortostan. How's this:
Adam Gilchrist
Chameleon
Bashkortostan
Cricket
Western Sydney
Kosovo
Marsupilami
Roger Moore
Almaty
Yttrium
--
cheers,
calvin
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 3:05 pm
From: Calvin
On Wed, 04 May 2011 06:15:28 +1000, Duke <buttrey@gmail.com> wrote:
> Calvin:
>> 1 Name someone who has captained the Australian cricket team in a Test
>> match since 1980.
>
> Me: Rob Baker
>
> Calvin:
>> Incorrect
>> Rob Baker - under age matches are not Test matches, whatever Wikipedia
>> says...
>
> Well, it's your contest, but it's not just Wikipedia. The ICC itself
> uses the term "test matches" to refer to certain U19 matches. See, for
> example, their news release:
> http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/events_and_awards/u19/newsdetails.php?newsId=10668_1278382980,
> whose first sentence says:
> "The ECB has announced a 14-man England U19 squad for the two-match
> Test series against Sri Lanka U19s beginning on Wednesday, 21 July in
> Northampton..."
>
>
> The BBC also uses "test match" for certain U19 matches (see, e.g.,
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/static/cricket/statistics/scorecards/2011/01/86717/html/scorecard.stm)
Well they are wrong and ought to know better.
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #121 - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/13cc157c0e0b74e4?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 5:31 pm
From: Calvin
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:03:14 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 Who played Magnum PI in the 1980s TV series of that name?
Tom Selleck
9/10
> 2 To the nearest 10 million, what is the population of Germany?
80 million
6/10
Apologies for the wording. The question was written before we had that
controversy over the Poland question and I forgot to amend it before
posting it here.
> 3 Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd co-starred in which 1999 thriller?
Double Jeopardy
3/10
> 4 St Basil's Cathedral is located in which European capital city?
Moscow
5/10
I'm sure everyone is familiar with the building (Google it) but perhaps
not the name.
> 5 Who co-starred with Robert Culp in the 1960s TV series I Spy?
Bill Cosby
8/10
> 6 Which Middle Eastern country's national sporting teams regularly
> compete in the European zone?
Israel
7/10
I suppose Turkey is arguable, but then what would be the point of the
question?
> 7 Which Hindu deity is often depicted as being blue and having four arms?
Vishnu
7/10
> 8 Who is the apparent successor to Kim Jong-Il in North Korea?
Kim Jong-Un
1/10 - well done Pete!
I would have accepted third or youngest son. Kim Il-Sung may be leader in
perpetuity, but he's not his own grandson :-)
> 9 In which 1995 Oscar winning film was the title character played by
> more than 40 different cast members?
Babe
0/10
> 10 Which Austrian painted the 1908 work The Kiss?
Gustav Klimt
4/10
Hitler was an intelligent guess which a number of teams at the local club
gave too.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 121
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 Chris Johnson
1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.5 0 0 2.5 Erland S
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 Rob Parker
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 swp
9 6 3 5 8 7 7 1.5 0 4 50.5 TOTAL
51%
Pete takes a tough one with 8/10.
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #122
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/33efc1dfe11e4338?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 5:34 pm
From: Calvin
1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down
(when written in capitals)?
4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
Explorer?
5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
8 What is gravlax?
9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
soccer WC?
10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
nation?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 6:43 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vuxk74wvyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
>
>
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Marseilles
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down (when written in capitals)?
HOOH (I can't wait to see what you think is a correct answer to this question.)
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the Explorer?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
philospher's stone
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
Lithuania
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 8 What is gravlax?
cold-cured salmon
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 soccer WC?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth nation?
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 7:38 pm
From: swp
On May 3, 8:34 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
lyon
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down
> (when written in capitals)?
noon (what does the location you are in while writing have to do with
it?)
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
boots
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
the philosopher's stone
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
latvia
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
hong kong
> 8 What is gravlax?
a typo (from eating too much salmon with mustard/dill sauce)
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
> soccer WC?
maradona?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
> nation?
the bahamas?
swp
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 8:07 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 5/3/2011 8:34 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
ice hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Marseilles
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside
> down (when written in capitals)?
NOON
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
Philosopher's stone
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
Poland
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
> 8 What is gravlax?
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
> soccer WC?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
> nation?
Canada
--Jeff
--
Money to get power;
Power to protect money.
--Medici family motto
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 9:07 pm
From: Stan Brown
On Wed, 04 May 2011 10:34:42 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
Hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Lyon
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down
> (when written in capitals)?
NOON
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
Curious George?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
Philosopher's stone
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 8 What is gravlax?
Salmon marinated in a special way
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
> soccer WC?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
> nation?
Bermuda
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
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TOPIC: 2011 world quizzing championships
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9bc40bfc71cd2c0d?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, May 3 2011 11:31 pm
From: Calvin
http://www.wqc2011.com/index.html
Still missing venue details but likely to include Sydney and several in
North America.
I plan to attend- anyone else?
--
cheers,
calvin
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