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* *RESULTS* of Rare Entries contest MSB71 - 7 messages, 6 authors
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* Calvin's Quiz #131 - 10 messages, 8 authors
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* QFTCIMM Current Events 1-2 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Rotating Quiz #17 - 7 messages, 6 authors
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TOPIC: *RESULTS* of Rare Entries contest MSB71
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9f368f6df23a05af?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 12:23 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:LqGdnTcMtZFRkkLQnZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@vex.net...
>| 3. Give a single word in English, used in the grammar of English
>| to designate a part of speech.
>
> 6 Conjunction
> 3 Adverb
> 3 Preposition
> 2 Determiner [= Determiners]
> 2 Verb
> 1 Exclamation
> 1 Interjection
> 1 Pronoun
> WRONG:
> 1 Infinitive
> 1 Predicate
>
>Almost 1/3 of the field picked "conjunction", and nobody picked "noun"
>or "adjective". *Hmmm!*
>
>"Exclamation" and "interjection" are, I believe, alternative terms
>with the same meaning; since the question was "give a word", not
>"name a part of speech", they count separately.
>
>"Infinitive" is a verb form; the corresponding part of speech is
>"verb". And a "predicate" is a part of a sentence and not a part
>of speech.
http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/exercises/diagnostic2.html
http://www.helium.com/items/174150-essential-grammar-understanding-parts-of-speech
http://www.upwritepress.com/_blog/Write_for_Business_-_Blog/post/Understanding_Grammar_Parts_of_Speech_Infinitives/
all say that an infinitive is a part of speech so I think this should be
ruled correct.
Peter Smyth
== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 1:37 am
From: "Andrew B."
On May 27, 3:43 am, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> | 2. Name a chemical element whose name in English starts with C.
>
> 5 Cobalt
> 4 Cerium
> 3 Chromium
> 3 Copper [= Kupfer]
> 2 Carbon
> 1 Cadmium
> 1 Caesium
> 1 Calcium
> 1 Chlorine
>
> There are 11 correct answers and 9 of them were given. The two
> that weren't are the two radioactive elements that start with C:
> californium and curium.
You have something against copernicium?
== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 5:34 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
>>| 2. Name a chemical element whose name in English starts with C.
>> There are 11 correct answers and 9 of them were given. The two
>> that weren't are the two radioactive elements that start with C:
>> californium and curium.
Andrew Bull:
> You have something against copernicium?
Naah, I just missed hearing about it. Okay, 12 correct answers of
which 9 were given.
--
Mark Brader | "[In a country with] the dream that... anyone can grow up
Toronto | to be President... there's also a nightmare where
msb@vex.net | *anyone* can grow up to be President." --Mark Steese
== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 6:31 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
>>| 3. Give a single word in English, used in the grammar of English
>>| to designate a part of speech.
>> "Infinitive" is a verb form; the corresponding part of speech is
>> "verb".
Peter Smyth:
> http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/exercises/diagnostic2.html
> http://www.helium.com/items/174150-essential-grammar-understanding-parts-of-speech
> http://www.upwritepress.com/_blog/Write_for_Business_-_Blog/post/Understanding_Grammar_Parts_of_Speech_Infinitives/
>
> all say that an infinitive is a part of speech so I think this should be
> ruled correct.
Okay, I'll buy it. This correction puts Peter into a tie for third place.
Details to follow after I see if any more changes are required.
--
Mark Brader "Things are getting too standard around here.
Toronto Time to innovate!"
msb@vex.net -- Ian Darwin and David Keldsen
== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 9:52 am
From: ellen
> | 5. Name two adjacent countries (see rule 4.1.1) now existing,
> | whose entire mutual border is (or formerly was) an *inland
> | water border* (i.e. consisting of lakes and/or rivers), or an
> | inland water border plus one or more offshore continuations
> | of the border into seawater.
> 1 Finland, Sweden (rivers)
It is not only river and water borders. A part of the border is on the
small island Märket in the Baltic Sea. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M
%C3%A4rket]
== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 12:24 pm
From: Rich Grise
Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>>>| 2. Name a chemical element whose name in English starts with C.
>
>>> There are 11 correct answers and 9 of them were given. The two
>>> that weren't are the two radioactive elements that start with C:
>>> californium and curium.
>
> Andrew Bull:
>> You have something against copernicium?
>
> Naah, I just missed hearing about it. Okay, 12 correct answers of
> which 9 were given.
I guess Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" needs an update. Does anybody know
if Mr. Lehrer is still alive?
http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html
Cheers!
Rich
== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 2:08 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> For Israel and Jordan it was not necessary to
> trace the border to know that it was wrong; the two countries share
> shoreline on both the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, and since the
> former is below sea level, the two cannot be connected by water.
...unless there is a bifurcation!
Which of course is very unlikely in that desert landscape, and a check
on my Times atlas indicates that there are several stretches of border
over land.
I was actually looking at a local map to see if this could be the case
for the border between Argentina and Brasil, but the map was not good
enough to prove that idea right so I had to give it up.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #131
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0b588fe8987c87c2?hl=en
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== 1 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 2:02 am
From: "David"
1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
A lintel.
2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Willow.
3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
DeLorian. (sp?)
6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42.
7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
Pamela Stevenson.
8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria.
9 On which date did WW One officially end?
1918.
10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
Story'?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 2:16 am
From: Dan Tilque
Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
ash
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese
> city?
Osaka
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
Delorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
11 Nov 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West
> Side Story'?
Jets and Sharks
--
Dan Tilque
== 3 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 2:23 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Oak
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese
> city?
Osaka
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
1918-11-11
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 4 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 6:37 am
From: Bruce Bowler
On Fri, 27 May 2011 08:54:01 +1000, Calvin set fingers to keyboard and
typed:
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
Lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Ash?
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese
city?
Osaka?
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
Delorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42 (21 on each die)
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
Billy who?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
Story'?
Sharks and Jets
Bruce
== 5 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 8:20 am
From: Stan Brown
On Fri, 27 May 2011 08:54:01 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
Lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Ash?
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
Kyoto
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
De Lorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
It never did. There was an armistice on 1918-11-11, but the actual
peace treaties were not signed by all belligerents nor ratified by
all that signed.
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
Sharks and Jets
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
== 6 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 8:22 am
From: Stan Brown
On Thu, 26 May 2011 18:28:34 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> If you're talking about the armistice, that was 1918-11-11. If you
> actually mean what you said, the date of the Versailles Treaty, I'm
> not sure: it was something like 1919-06-20, and that's my guess.
But that was with Germany alone. The Treaty of Trianon was with
Hungary (or Austria?), and there was a separate treaty with the Porte
as well.
I stand by my answer that wwI never actually ended, legally.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
== 7 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 10:23 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vv31wbzoyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
>
>1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
lintel
>2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Willow
>3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
>4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
Kyoto
>5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
DeLorean
>6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
>7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
Pamela Stephenson
>8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
>9 On which date did WW One officially end?
11th Nov 1918
>10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
>Story'?
>
Peter Smyth
== 8 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 10:48 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
>> If you're talking about the armistice, that was 1918-11-11. If you
>> actually mean what you said, the date of the Versailles Treaty, I'm
>> not sure: it was something like 1919-06-20, and that's my guess.
Stan Brown:
> But that was with Germany alone.
And the US didn't ratify it and remained at war until about 1923, too.
But my take is that after the treaty, there weren't enough countries
still participating to call it a world war any more.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "However, 0.02283% failure might be better than 50%
msb@vex.net | failure, depending on your needs." --Norman Diamond
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 9 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 10:58 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
>> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Peter Smyth:
> Willow
So *that's* where Whomping Willows come from! :-)
--
Mark Brader | "People tend to assume that things they don't know
Toronto | about are either safe or dangerous or useless,
msb@vex.net | depending on their prejudices." -- Tim Freeman
== 10 of 10 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 1:32 pm
From: swp
On May 26, 6:54 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
willow
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
yokohama
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
delorian
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
50 (assuming you mean 'normal' dice with six sides and pips that
indicate the number for that side facing up, such as are used when
playing craps in a casino. see my last rare entries contest results
for how many variants there are)(oh, and I assumed you meant 2 of
those objects when you said 'pair')
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
pam stevenson?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
11 november 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
jets and sharks
swp
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TOPIC: QFTCIMM Current Events 1-2
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 4:09 am
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 1 (2011-05-09), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. There is a lovely little town north of Islamabad, named for
> the British army major who founded it in 1853, a town where a
> certain Osama Bin Laden was living until his demise last week.
> Name that town.
Abbottabad
>
> 2. Already infamous as the NDP's so-called "Vegas" candidate,
> newly elected MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau ran into trouble this
> week. What electoral offence have several citizens of her
> riding accused her of?
>
> 3. Toronto rolled out its new bike-sharing program last week.
> Eventually there will be 1000 bikes at 80 stations.
> Name the program.
>
> 4. Save the Children published its Mothers Index last week.
> The index measures lengths of maternity leaves, women's
> life expectancy, maternal and child mortality, and and other
> indicators to reveal the best place to be a mom. Afghanistan
> came in last. Canada was 20th. Which country was first?
Denmark
>
> 5. Within half a percentage point, what percentage of eligible
> voters actually voted in last Monday's federal election,
> according to Elections Canada?
72%
>
> 6. French soccer, a.k.a. football, was rocked last week by
> allegations that its national team coach had made a secret
> agreement with other coaches and officials to do what?
>
> 7. Vancouver journalist Dorothy Parvaz arrived in Damascus,
> Syria, last week to cover the protests there, and was
> immediately detained by the Syrian government upon her
> arrival. Which news service does she work for?
Al Jazeera
>
> 8. The leader of the Apache tribe asked the U.S. president for
> a formal apology last week for the government's use of a code
> name to refer to Osama Bin-laden. What was the code name?
Geronimo
>
> 9. Which on-line gaming network was the target last week of a
> security breach that stole the private credit card data of 100
> million users? Name either the network or the parent company.
>
> 10. Well, Yuri Gagarin beat him into space by a month, but at
> least the first American in space was honoured posthumously
> with his own stamp last week to commemorate the 50th
> anniversary of his flight. Name him.
Alan Shephard
>
>
> * Game 2 (2011-05-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. A pilot for which US airline kicked two Muslim men off
> his plane because "some passengers might be uncomfortable"?
> The men were on their way to a conference on Muslim
> stereotyping.
>
> 2. Which party won a majority in the Scottish parliament for
> the first time, a victory which could lead to a separation
> referendum?
Scottish National Party
>
> 3. Doug Ford pissed off a city other than Toronto, for a
> change, when he suggested a certain NFL team would be ripe for
> relocation to our burg. Officials of which city vehemently
> denied the rumour?
Charlotte
>
> 4. The defending NBA champions were eliminated in the second
> round of playoffs in 4 straight games by the Dallas Mavericks.
> Name the soon-to-be-ex champs.
Los Angeles Lakers
>
> 5. Name the singer whose album "Fumbling Toward Ecstasy" was
> turned into a ballet debuted this week by Ballet Alberta.
>
> 6. Which Canadian entertainment icon was in Toronto this week
> signing copies of her new book "From this Moment On"?
Celine Dion
>
> 7. This new 30-story thrill ride at Canada's Wonderland was
> scheduled to debut with the opening of the park this weekend.
> It has been delayed due to the lousy spring weather. Name it.
>
> 8. Which horse won the Kentucky Derby?
>
> 9. Forzani Group -- the Canadian retail sports chain which
> includes Athlete's World, Sportchek, and Nevada Bob's among
> other stores -- was purchased for $771 million by which
> Canadian retail giant?
Hudson's Bay Co
>
> 10. In another buyout this week, Microsoft is spending
> $8.5 billion to acquire which communications company?
>
--
Dan Tilque
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #17
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/dd37c336ff98c290?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 7:53 am
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"
As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
more than one book. Name either.
2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
home to Highlands University?
4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
Alan Turing among them, worked where?
9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
Wisconsin summer home.
10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com>
Author: =======================
Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 10:20 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Chris F.A. Johnson" wrote in message
news:sfq4b8-7ds.ln1@206-248-139-163.dsl.teksavvy.com...
>
>As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
>this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
>
>1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
The horse
>2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
>
>3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
New Mexico
>4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Macavity
>5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
>6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
>
>7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess
>8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park
>9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Dylan Thomas
>10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 10:30 am
From: John Masters
On 2011-05-27 15:53:16 +0100, Chris F.A. Johnson said:
> As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
> this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
>
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
Smith
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
Peter Lorre
>
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
Maine
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Mr Mestopheles
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Schubert
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Quantum Mechanics
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park
>
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Dylan Thomas
>
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Jackson Pollock
--
I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have
sympathy for those who did.
(Terry Pratchett)
== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 10:56 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Chris Johnson:
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
New Mexico?
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Arrrgh. I can sing the line, but I can't connect it to the rest of the
song. Hmm. I'll go with Mungojerrie; it's close to the right rhythm,
anyway, and it rhymes with "that".
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Schumann?
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess.
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park, Bletchley, England, UK.
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Thomas?
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Wood.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Pleasant dreams!"
msb@vex.net | "I'll dream of Canada." -- THE SUSPECT
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 11:10 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Chris Johnson:
> > 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Mark Brader:
> Arrrgh. I can sing the line, but I can't connect it to the rest of the
> song. Hmm. I'll go with Mungojerrie...
Double arrgh! I thought of it less than 10 minutes after posting --
it's Bustopher Jones. And nobody else has it yet, either.
--
Mark Brader | "...he entertained the notion that I was cribbing from
Toronto | other [students' exams] until it was pointed out that
msb@vex.net | I often had the only correct answer..." --Lars Eighner
== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 1:45 pm
From: swp
On May 27, 10:53 am, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
> this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
sid halley (didn't he die last year?)
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
alan hale?
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
new mexico
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
um ... he doesn't haunt pubs, he has eight or nine clubs, ... andrew
lloyd webber ... grrrr!
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
making cricket bats from willow trees
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
schubert?
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
chess (I only know the name kramnnik, so this is a wag based soley on
that)
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
bletch park (I remember the name sounds like someone vomitting)
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
mark brader
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
grant wood
swp
== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, May 27 2011 2:16 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Chris F.A. Johnson (cfajohnson@gmail.com) writes:
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
Vermont
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Franz Liszt
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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