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* 2011 world quizzing championships - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Rotating Quiz #16 RESULTS - 4 messages, 4 authors
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* Calvin's Quiz #128 - 1 messages, 1 author
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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: Thurs, May 19 2011 5:54 pm
From: Calvin
On Wed, 04 May 2011 16:31:50 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
Information re: North American venues is now available
http://www.wqc2011.com/america.html
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #16 RESULTS
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/720e6665521c09c9?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, May 20 2011 10:11 am
From: swp
On May 14, 9:06 am, swp <stephen.w.pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> as usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
> this round in about 5 days, or next Friday if it rains.
it's been raining here every day for about a week now...
> 1. what is the first name of the lead singer for the stooges?
Iggy (no points for Moe and Curly, clearly Larry was the lead singer
in that bunch!)
> 2. what is the name of frank capra's 1931 adventure film about the
> competition between american naval fixed-wing and airship pilots to
> reach the south pole by air?
Dirigible
> 3. what nationality is oscar winning actor peter o'toole?
Irish
> 4. what land animal has a gestation period of 22 months?
Elephant
> 5. what game, first published in 1974 by tactical studies rules, inc,
> was originally designed by gary gygax and dave arneson?
Dungeons & Dragons
> 6. what is the name of the hypothetical subatomic particle that moves
> faster than light?
Tachyon
> 7. what is the name of the ultimate villain in _the watchmen_ graphic
> novel and movie?
Ozymandius
> 8. what is the capital city of the northern territory, australia?
Darwin
> 9. what is green tea called in a traditional japanese sushi house?
Aracha (but accepting Gyokuro, Kabusecha, Sencha, Tamaryokucha,
Bancha, and Kamairicha because I left out the key word "raw") (chai is
black tea)
> 10. who is famous for saying "it aint over till it's over"
Yogi berra
> bonus points are available...
the first letters going down spell out "I died today" to which the
intended answer was "frank sinatra" but there are others I would have
also accepted.
The scores, if there are no errors:
Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
Erland 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
John M 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Peter S 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Chris J 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
Pete 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Marc D 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
Jeff T 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
Rob P 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
Calvin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
David 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dan T 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -----
Totals 6 0 7 11 8 6 0 6 0 5 49
And the winner is ... Chris 'Frequently Amazed' Johnson! with special
honors to Rob Parker!
By rule, Chris gets to host the Rotating Quiz #17 because he answered
first.
And next time, I will refrain from questions about 80 year old movies,
comic book villains, and answers involving Japanese words. OK, maybe
not the comic book villans.
over to you Chris!
swp
(I'm experimenting with new things, I think they're called capital
letters most places...)
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, May 20 2011 10:32 am
From: John Masters
On 2011-05-20 18:11:34 +0100, swp said:
>> 6. what is the name of the hypothetical subatomic particle that moves
>> faster than light?
>
> Tachyon
>
>>
>>
As is the Higgs Boson particle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson
This is what the Large Hadron Collider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider has been trying to
find.
--
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box
when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
(Terry Pratchett)
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, May 20 2011 6:17 pm
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"
On 2011-05-20, swp wrote:
...
> By rule, Chris gets to host the Rotating Quiz #17 because he answered
> first.
>
> And next time, I will refrain from questions about 80 year old movies,
> comic book villains, and answers involving Japanese words. OK, maybe
> not the comic book villans.
80-year-old movies are fine; comic books hold no interest for me.
> over to you Chris!
I'll have the questions up in a day or so.
--
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)
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, May 20 2011 11:24 pm
From: Dan Tilque
John Masters wrote:
> On 2011-05-20 18:11:34 +0100, swp said:
>
>>> 6. what is the name of the hypothetical subatomic particle that moves
>>> faster than light?
>>
>> Tachyon
>>
>>>
>>>
>
> As is the Higgs Boson particle
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson
Where on that page does it say that the Higgs boson is expected to go
FTL? I've never heard that it's expected to have that property.
--
Dan Tilque
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #128
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9378c10886547233?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 20 2011 2:16 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vvphyxzryr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>1 Harrison Ford played the character Rick Deckard in which 1982 movie?
>2 How many on-court players are there in an ice hockey team?
6
>3 Bright Eyes was the theme song to which 1978 movie?
Watership Down
>4 Who became chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in 1969?
Yasser Arafat
>5 Who was the female lead in the 1989 film 'When Harry met Sally'?
Meg Ryan
>6 Kent Brockman is a character on which animated TV series?
The Simpsons
>7 Which historical event does the 1858 film A Night to Remember recount?
>8 Holyrood Palace is located in which British city?
Edinburgh
>9 What is the key ingredient in the dish Babaganoosh?
>10 Who rules in a plutocracy?
The rich
Peter Smyth
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