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* Calvin's Quiz #132 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e9eb7a69d225dcf0?hl=en
* *REVISED RESULTS* of Rare Entries contest MSB71 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9f368f6df23a05af?hl=en
* BrainBashers: May 2011 Common Answers Results - 4 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/844606660b62cc21?hl=en
* BrainBashers: June 2011 Common Answers - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/14d10bd4ea8cc284?hl=en
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #132
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e9eb7a69d225dcf0?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, May 30 2011 5:23 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
1.The Shawshank Redemption
2.
3. Happy Feet
4. Dr. Strangelove (or How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love The Bomb)
5. Jailhouse Rock (?)
6. Monty Python And The Holy Grail
7. Easy rider
8.
9.
10. Breaker Morant
Rob
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, May 31 2011 3:23 am
From: "David"
I don't approve of this web based malarkey but :
1. Shawshank Redemption.
2. Schindler's List.
3.
4.
5. Jailhouse Rock?
6. Life of Brian.
7. Easy Rider.
8.
9. A Beautiful Mind?
10. The Wicker Man ( I know this is wrong but can't think of any other Ed WW
Films)
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TOPIC: *REVISED RESULTS* of Rare Entries contest MSB71
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9f368f6df23a05af?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, May 31 2011 3:24 am
From: Duncan Booth
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>> More convincing is http://www.hs.fi/english/article//1135221286410
>> which has a map of the island showing how the border twists about as
>> it crosses the island. It looks like the island is about 100m across
>> but the border is several times that.
>
> I disagree with "more convincing"; this is exactly what I was
> referring to as evidence that it might be a hoax.
"more convincing" for me as someone who was intrigued by the bizarre
border. Since you've already accepted the answer as correct I don't need to
consider it being a hoax.
BTW, I also found some photographs of the island:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/taivasalla/2690226104/in/set-72157605780190557/
--
Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, May 31 2011 5:52 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Duncan Booth:
>>> More convincing is http://www.hs.fi/english/article//1135221286410
>>> which has a map of the island showing how the border twists about as
>>> it crosses the island. It looks like the island is about 100m across
>>> but the border is several times that.
Mark Brader:
>> I disagree with "more convincing"; this is exactly what I was
>> referring to as evidence that it might be a hoax.
Duncan Booth:
> "more convincing" for me as someone who was intrigued by the bizarre
> border. Since you've already accepted the answer as correct I don't
> need to consider it being a hoax.
The quality of being convincing is only relevant in connection with the
possibility of a hoax. Let me be clear: I accept that the island and
the quirky border shape are real. I'm just saying that that article
was *not* what convinced me, but rather, was one of the things that made
me dubious. What convinced me was *other* evidence and Erland found.
(And neither did the existence of a handful of photos on the web,
which could have been photos of someplace else.)
--
Mark Brader "Male got pregnant -- on the first try."
Toronto Newsweek article on high-tech conception
msb@vex.net November 30, 1987
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, May 31 2011 2:47 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> I'm just saying that that article was *not* what convinced me, but
> rather, was one of the things that made me dubious.
I would say that the article from Helsingin Sanomat is convincing enough.
Not that I can claim any experience of reading HS - if I read a Finnish
newspaper, I go for Hufvudstadbladet for obvious reasons - but as I
understand it's a serious newspaper. For me it is unlikely that they
would publish an untrue story about something as serious as the border
to Sweden.
But of course, there is no reason to expect Mark to have any knowledge
or experience of newspapers in this part of the world.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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TOPIC: BrainBashers: May 2011 Common Answers Results
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/844606660b62cc21?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, May 31 2011 4:43 pm
From: "Kevin Stone"
Hi,
March results for BrainBashers Common Answers are now ready. There were
1,748 valid entries and I came 19th.
The percentage below is that of the maximum available score.
Liz Agostinho 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 100.0000%
Pat Amann 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 100.0000%
Barbara Stout 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 100.0000%
Todd Laplace 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 100.0000%
Sean Selvey 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 100.0000%
Benjamin Wake 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 79.8295%
Amanda Snook 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 79.8295%
Raanan Tauber 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 79.8295%
Michael Gillman 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 79.8295%
Dan Therrien 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 79.8295%
Alan Hochbaum 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 79.8295%
William Dunham 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 79.8295%
Kevin Stone [BB] 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 70.0713%
Q1. Name a type of bear.
1 POLAR 704 40.3%
2 GRIZZLY 562 32.2%
3 BLACK 197 11.3%
4 BROWN 114 6.5%
5 TEDDY 64 3.7%
6 PANDA 59 3.4%
7 KOALA 15 0.9%
+ 25 other unranked answers.
Q2. Name a 3-letter word that rhymes with ZOT.
1 DOT 691 39.5%
2 NOT 241 13.8%
3 HOT 215 12.3%
4 POT 190 10.9%
5 LOT 86 4.9%
6 COT 78 4.5%
7 BOT 68 3.9%
8 GOT 63 3.6%
9 TOT 59 3.4%
10 ROT 32 1.8%
+ 13 other unranked answers.
Q3. Name the number of spiders that might live in a garage.
1 10 421 24.1%
2 100 295 16.9%
3 20 183 10.5%
4 5 150 8.6%
5 50 149 8.5%
6 25 69 3.9%
7 3 51 2.9%
8 15 48 2.7%
9 1000 48 2.7%
10 8 41 2.3%
11 6 31 1.8%
12 30 31 1.8%
13 12 27 1.5%
14 4 21 1.2%
15 2 21 1.2%
16 200 15 0.9%
17 1 14 0.8%
18 7 13 0.7%
19 500 12 0.7%
+ 55 other unranked answers.
Q4. Name which came first: Chicken or Egg?
1 CHICKEN 1024 58.6%
2 EGG 724 41.4%
+ no unranked answers.
Q5. Name something found in the sea [excluding water].
1 FISH 1417 81.1%
2 SALT 61 3.5%
3 SHARKS 52 3.0%
4 WHALES 48 2.7%
5 SEAWEED 40 2.3%
6 DOLPHINS 16 0.9%
7 SAND 14 0.8%
8 CORAL 10 0.6%
9 ANIMALS 10 0.6%
+ 48 other unranked answers.
Q6. Name a sport that two people play.
1 TENNIS 1491 85.3%
2 CHESS 38 2.2%
3 BADMINTON 37 2.1%
4 BASKETBALL 28 1.6%
5 PING-PONG 27 1.5%
6 BOXING 18 1.0%
7 GOLF 14 0.8%
+ 44 other unranked answers.
Q7. Name a colour beginning with the letter B.
1 BLUE 1377 78.8%
2 BLACK 204 11.7%
3 BROWN 147 8.4%
4 BEIGE 10 0.6%
+ 9 other unranked answers.
Q8. Name the number of times an average person can blink in 5 seconds.
1 10 545 31.2%
2 20 278 15.9%
3 5 203 11.6%
4 15 163 9.3%
5 25 98 5.6%
6 2 73 4.2%
7 3 63 3.6%
8 30 47 2.7%
9 1 45 2.6%
10 50 32 1.8%
11 7 26 1.5%
12 100 21 1.2%
13 8 18 1.0%
14 6 18 1.0%
15 4 16 0.9%
16 40 14 0.8%
17 12 14 0.8%
+ 28 other unranked answers.
Q9. Name a day of the week with lots of letters.
1 WEDNESDAY 1347 77.1%
2 SATURDAY 283 16.2%
3 THURSDAY 100 5.7%
+ 4 other unranked answers.
Q10. Name the age someone might have grey hair.
1 50 702 40.2%
2 60 284 16.2%
3 40 282 16.1%
4 45 117 6.7%
5 70 57 3.3%
6 65 57 3.3%
7 55 55 3.1%
8 30 40 2.3%
9 35 39 2.2%
10 80 30 1.7%
+ 46 other unranked answers.
--
Kev
www.brainbashers.com/common
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, May 31 2011 4:53 pm
From: "Kevin Stone"
> March results for BrainBashers Common Answers are now ready. There were
> 1,748 valid entries and I came 19th.
Well done to me!
rec.games.trivia results:
19 Kevin Stone [BB] 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1313 Calvin Kelly 2 2 10 1 2 1 1 4 1 6
--
Kev
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, May 31 2011 5:21 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <94ldciFflfU1@mid.individual.net>, newsNOSPAM@brainbashers.com says...
> > March results for BrainBashers Common Answers are now ready. There were
> > 1,748 valid entries and I came 19th.
>
> Well done to me!
>
> rec.games.trivia results:
>
> 19 Kevin Stone [BB] 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1313 Calvin Kelly 2 2 10 1 2 1 1 4 1 6
Only two league entrants?
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, May 31 2011 6:22 pm
From: Ted Schuerzinger
On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 00:43:37 +0100, Kevin Stone wrote:
> Q8. Name the number of times an average person can blink in 5 seconds.
> 1 10 545 31.2%
> 2 20 278 15.9%
> 3 5 203 11.6%
> 4 15 163 9.3%
> 5 25 98 5.6%
> 6 2 73 4.2%
> 7 3 63 3.6%
> 8 30 47 2.7%
> 9 1 45 2.6%
> 10 50 32 1.8%
> 11 7 26 1.5%
> 12 100 21 1.2%
> 13 8 18 1.0%
> 14 6 18 1.0%
> 15 4 16 0.9%
> 16 40 14 0.8%
> 17 12 14 0.8%
> + 28 other unranked answers.
Did anybody else try counting how many times they could blink in 5
seconds?
Every time I see one of these number questions, I'm amazed at how many
different answers are given. There are 45 different answers to this
one, and with 50 and 100 (I presume nobody actually *tried* to blink 100
times in 5 seconds) given, that means that either every answer between 1
and 43 is given, or some other higher numbers were given.
--
Ted S.
fedya at hughes dot net
Now blogging at http://justacineast.blogspot.com
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TOPIC: BrainBashers: June 2011 Common Answers
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/14d10bd4ea8cc284?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, May 31 2011 4:45 pm
From: "Kevin Stone"
Hi,
PLEASE DO NOT POST OR DISCUSS ANSWERS IN THIS NEWSGROUP - ENTER VIA THE SITE
ONLY.
If you create a UserID, and add a league called rec.puzzles and/or
rec.games.trivia, we'll be able to easily see how rec.puzzles and/or
rec.games.trivia regulars compare each month (see
http://www.brainbashers.com/commonrules for league info).
Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:
http://www.brainbashers.com/common
[Here are the questions]
Name a letter of the alphabet that has curves.
Name a Summer month.
Name a food item found in a salad.
Name a reptile.
Name a country that begins with the letter P.
Name a three digit number.
Name a vampire.
Name a colour found on a road sign.
Name the number of cars a wealthy family might own.
Name the most common way of naming the 2-wheeled machine that is pedalled.
--
Kevin Stone
www.brainbashers.com/common
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