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* Calvin's Quiz #121 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Rotating Quiz #13, April 26 - 2 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #121
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/13cc157c0e0b74e4?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Apr 29 2011 5:11 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vukk3oeeyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 Who played Magnum PI in the 1980s TV series of that name?
Selleck
> 2 To the nearest 10 million, what is the population of Germany?
80 million
> 3 Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd co-starred in which 1999 thriller?
> 4 St Basil's Cathedral is located in which European capital city?
Moscow
> 5 Who co-starred with Robert Culp in the 1960s TV series I Spy?
Bill Cosby
> 6 Which Middle Eastern country's national sporting
> teams regularly compete in the European zone?
Israel
> 7 Which Hindu deity is often depicted as being blue and having
> four arms?
Vishnu
> 8 Who is the apparent successor to Kim Jong-Il in North Korea?
Kim Jong-Un
> 9 In which 1995 Oscar winning film was the title character
> played by more than 40 different cast members?
> 10 Which Austrian painted the 1908 work The Kiss?
Klimt
>
>
Pete
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #13, April 26
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3d1048954e452b8e?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 10:40 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-04-26 21:13:53 +0100, John Masters said:
> Continuing with the theme of Seven I present Rotating Quiz #13, April 26
>
> Post your answers in this thread, based only on your own knowledge.
>
> You have 5 days from the instant of posting to answer.
>
> Please place each answer on a separate line after quoting the
> corresponding question.
My apologies if I set the bar a tad high on this. I'll do better next
time (if there is a next time).
>
> 1. Which German mathematician & astronomer was born in 1777?
Karl Gauss. 1 for Erland, Mark and Marc.
>
> 2.Who directed the film "Se7en"?
David Fincher. 1 for Mark and Marc.
>
> 3. In which year was "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" published? I will accept
> either of two answers and a year either side of each.
Privately printed in 1926.
Published in 1935. 1 to Erland and 0.5 to Rob
>
> 4. Which artist, probably best known as a singer/songwriter, published
> in 1972 a collection of poetry entitled "Seventh Heaven"?
Patti Smith. I thought this was one of the easier ones.
>
> 5.Of the seven Greek Muses which is the muse of comedy?
Thalia. 1 to Rob. In mitigation I was taking the three poetry muses as
a single entity :)
>
> 6. Which heavy metal band recorded the album "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"?
Iron Maiden. 1 to Peter and Rob
>
> 7. What was the nickname of the hair obsessed parking valet in "77
> Sunset Strip"?
Kookie. 1 to Rob. I never missed that show.
>
> 8. Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Pride. What's missing?
Wrath (will accept Anger). 1 to Erland, Mark, Peter, Calvin and Rob.
Nose picking should surely become the eighth sin.
>
> 9. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of
> Rhodes is a statue of which Greek God?
Helios
>
> 10. Which Roman legend was the basis of a short story by Stephen
> Vincent Benét which itself formed the basis of the film "Seven Brides
> for Seven Brothers"?
The Rape of the Sabine Women. Tough one I know but Howard Keel would
have been too easy.
So, I make it Rob Parker the winner with 4.5. Over to you Rob
--
I don't like the place at all. It's all wrong. An imposition on the
Landscape. I reckon that Stonehenge was build by the contemporary
equivalent of Microsoft, whereas Avebury was definitely an Apple circle.
(Terry Pratchett)
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 10:53 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-05-01 06:40:34 +0100, John Masters said:
Sorry, forgot to change the subject on my previous post.
>
--
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)
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