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* Calvin's Quiz #123 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/42ab5fe9d06f78cb?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #15 - 4 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0ead3ea1af15b3fc?hl=en
* Calvin's Rare Entries Quiz #1 - RESULTS - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/d32d06781a0a20d2?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #124 - 5 messages, 5 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/1c9cf90d29c3c621?hl=en
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #123
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/42ab5fe9d06f78cb?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, May 7 2011 10:46 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for
> which rock band?
Queen
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
tube?
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part
> of the UK?
Wales
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
Ringo?
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn
> Monroe famously reply?
perfume
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway
> Danny Rose?
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
chihuahua
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark
> 1931 tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
mouse
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
German
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Steffi Graf
--
Dan Tilque
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 5:24 pm
From: Calvin
On Fri, 06 May 2011 11:29:51 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
>
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for
> which rock band?
Queen
8/9
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
Spiral
6/9
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part of
> the UK?
Co. Antrim / Northern Ireland
4/9
And I'm certainly not accepting Ireland :-)
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
John
6/9
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn Monroe
> famously reply?
Chanel Number 5. I'll score half points for Dan's "perfume".
0.5/9
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway Danny
> Rose?
Mia Farrow
4/9
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
Chihuahua
9/9
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark 1931
> tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
Slug / snail
0/9
LOL @ cricket :-) No lawyers here clearly but his is one of the most
famous cases of all time so worth knowing even for the layman. Disclaimer
- IANAL.
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
Swedish
4/9
And they still are!
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Monica Seles
7/9
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 123
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 Chris Johnson
1 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0 0 1 3.5 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 Erland S
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 John Masters
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 swp
8 6 4 6 0.5 4 9 0 4 7 48.5 TOTAL
54%
Well done Bruce!
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #15
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0ead3ea1af15b3fc?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 3:10 pm
From: Calvin
I have resisted the temptation to do an Aussie themed quiz and put the
ball back in Rob's court :-)
These are much harder than the questions used in my regular quizzes but I
hope you enjoy them anyway.
1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the
price of a declining stock?
2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
(complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
citizens of a nation?
3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
Books of the Century?
4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
American engineer, businessman and CEO?
5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star of
the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a short-lived
2008 Broadway play?
10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 4:10 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vu6nwbnsyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> 1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the price of a declining stock?
dead cat bounce
> 2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
> (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
> by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
> citizens of a nation?
>
> 3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
> season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
> sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
> Books of the Century?
Ball Four
> 4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
> American engineer, businessman and CEO?
Jack Welch
> 5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
> strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
> set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
>
> 6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
> the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
>
> 7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star of
> the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
Snooki
> 8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
> sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
>
> 9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
> Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a short-lived
> 2008 Broadway play?
To Be Or Not To Be (Jack Benny is hilarious in the Lubitsch film)
> 10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
> string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 11:28 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> I have resisted the temptation to do an Aussie themed quiz and put the
> ball back in Rob's court :-)
Aw shucks. We could have gone back and forth for ages ;-)
> 1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the
> price of a declining stock?
Dead cat bounce
> 2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
> (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
> by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
> citizens of a nation?
>
> 3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
> season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
> sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
> Books of the Century?
>
> 4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
> American engineer, businessman and CEO?
>
> 5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
> strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
> set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
Doing the Lambeth Walk (?)
> 6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
> the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
Jim Clark
> 7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star of
> the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
>
> 8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
> sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
General Belgrano [It was almost certainly named something else at Pearl
Harbour.]
> 9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
> Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a short-lived
> 2008 Broadway play?
>
> 10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
> string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
Rob
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, May 9 2011 12:33 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vu6nwbnsyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
>I have resisted the temptation to do an Aussie themed quiz and put the
>ball back in Rob's court :-)
>
>These are much harder than the questions used in my regular quizzes but I
>hope you enjoy them anyway.
>
>
>1 Which catchy three-word term refers to a small, brief recovery in the
>price of a declining stock?
dead cat bounce
>2 Which mathematical term for statistical dispersion ranges from 0
>(complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality) and is most commonly used
>by economists to measure inequality of income or wealth amongst the
>citizens of a nation?
kurtosis
>3 Which controversial 1970 book by Jim Bouton, an account of his 1969
>season with the Seattle Pirates Major League Baseball team, is the only
>sports-themed book to make the New York Public Library's 1996 list of
>Books of the Century?
>
>4 "Winning" is a 2005 management book co-authored by which successful
>American engineer, businessman and CEO?
Bill Gates
>5 Which song from the musical Me and My Girl inspired a popular jaunty,
>strutting walk in the late 1930s and later enraged Joseph Goebbels when
>set to video footage of goose-stepping Nazi soldiers?
Lambeth Walk
>6 Which British racing driver won two Formula One world championships in
>the 1960s before being killed in a crash at Hockenheim in 1968?
Graham Hill
>7 By what nickname is the 23 year-old Chilean-born Nicole Polizzi, star of
>the reality TV show Jersey Shore, better known?
>
>8 Which warship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 only to be
>sunk by an enemy torpedo in 1982 with the loss of 323 lives?
>
>9 Which Shakespeare quote is also the title of a 1942 film by Ernst
>Lubitsch, a 1943 radio drama, a 1983 film by Mel Brooks and a short-lived
>2008 Broadway play?
>
>10 In 1964 American cartoonist Mort Walker first used which term for a
>string of typographical symbols representing an obscenity or swear-word?
bowdlerism
Peter Smyth
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TOPIC: Calvin's Rare Entries Quiz #1 - RESULTS
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/d32d06781a0a20d2?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 3:52 pm
From: Nick Wedd
In message <op.vumrz1izyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>,
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> writes
>> 4 Name a sport which I have played competitively (active 42 year
>>old Australian male originally from Brisbane, now living on the Gold
>>Coast).
>
>Cricket 3
>Tennis 1
>
>Incorrect
>Running - not a sport
>Gully Cricket - never heard of it
>Aust Football - the rugby codes are far more popular in Queensland.
>Surfing - not my thing, but a sensible guess given where I live
>Marbles - not played competitively
>
>While I think the principle of asking a question to which no-one can be
>sure of the answer is sound enough, this clearly wasn't a good
>question. Having said that, I expected the entrants to be almost
>exclusively rgt regulars who should have a fair idea of my background.
>But there were lots of other correct answers including:
>
>rugby league
>rugby union
>golf
>basketball
>netball
>athletics
>swimming
>squash
Running is not a sport, but swimming is? Why?
Nick
--
Nick Wedd nick@maproom.co.uk
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 4:18 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 09 May 2011 08:52:48 +1000, Nick Wedd <nick@maproom.co.uk> wrote:
> Running is not a sport, but swimming is? Why?
Athletics (or Track & Field) is a sport. Running is an activity.
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #124
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/1c9cf90d29c3c621?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 5:28 pm
From: Calvin
1 What was the name of Dorothy's dog in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
2 The criminal organisations Triads originated in which country?
3 Ferric oxides are more commonly known as what?
4 What do the rings in the Olympic flag represent?
5 How many countries border Spain?
6 Which country did Kapil Dev play cricket for?
7 Whose 1995 autobiography was titled Long Walk to Freedom?
8 Which actor starred in the 1959 movie The Mouse That Roared?
9 Which teeth are also known as the eye teeth?
10 Which English punk group had a 1979 hit with London Calling?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 10:05 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-05-09 01:28:28 +0100, Calvin said:
> 1 What was the name of Dorothy's dog in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
Toto
> 2 The criminal organisations Triads originated in which country?
China
> 3 Ferric oxides are more commonly known as what?
Rust
> 4 What do the rings in the Olympic flag represent?
The five continents
> 5 How many countries border Spain?
2
> 6 Which country did Kapil Dev play cricket for?
India
> 7 Whose 1995 autobiography was titled Long Walk to Freedom?
Nelson Mandela
> 8 Which actor starred in the 1959 movie The Mouse That Roared?
Peter Sellars
> 9 Which teeth are also known as the eye teeth?
Molars
> 10 Which English punk group had a 1979 hit with London Calling?
The Clash
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 10:16 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vu6t9qtuyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> 1 What was the name of Dorothy's dog in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
Toto
> 2 The criminal organisations Triads originated in which country?
Homg Kong
> 3 Ferric oxides are more commonly known as what?
rust
> 4 What do the rings in the Olympic flag represent?
continents
> 5 How many countries border Spain?
3
> 6 Which country did Kapil Dev play cricket for?
India
> 7 Whose 1995 autobiography was titled Long Walk to Freedom?
> 8 Which actor starred in the 1959 movie The Mouse That Roared?
Peter Sellers
> 9 Which teeth are also known as the eye teeth?
canines
> 10 Which English punk group had a 1979 hit with London Calling?
Clash
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 11:17 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> 1 What was the name of Dorothy's dog in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
Toto
> 2 The criminal organisations Triads originated in which country?
China
> 3 Ferric oxides are more commonly known as what?
rust
> 4 What do the rings in the Olympic flag represent?
no idea
> 5 How many countries border Spain?
3
> 6 Which country did Kapil Dev play cricket for?
India
> 7 Whose 1995 autobiography was titled Long Walk to Freedom?
Nelson Mandela
> 8 Which actor starred in the 1959 movie The Mouse That Roared?
Peter Sellers
> 9 Which teeth are also known as the eye teeth?
Incisors
> 10 Which English punk group had a 1979 hit with London Calling?
The Clash
Rob
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, May 9 2011 12:26 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vu6t9qtuyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>1 What was the name of Dorothy's dog in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
Toto
>2 The criminal organisations Triads originated in which country?
Japan
>3 Ferric oxides are more commonly known as what?
Rust
>4 What do the rings in the Olympic flag represent?
Five continents
>5 How many countries border Spain?
5 (Portugal, France, Andorra, Morocco, Gibraltar)
>6 Which country did Kapil Dev play cricket for?
India
>7 Whose 1995 autobiography was titled Long Walk to Freedom?
Nelson Mandela
>8 Which actor starred in the 1959 movie The Mouse That Roared?
>9 Which teeth are also known as the eye teeth?
wisdom teeth
>10 Which English punk group had a 1979 hit with London Calling?
The Clash
Peter Smyth
>--
>cheers,
>calvin
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