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* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 7: Entertainment - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* Calvin's Quiz #133 - 4 messages, 4 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #17 - 4 messages, 4 authors
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* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 6: Sports - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58e18a8e56d8b8a3?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #18 - 4 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/705920394e0d557f?hl=en
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 7: Entertainment
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4b4787430ffe547c?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 1 2011 11:26 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Jun 1, 10:28 am, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - Entertainment
>
> * Food at the Movies
>
> 1. In the 1931 movie "Public Enemy", what fruit does James
> Cagney mash into Mae Clarke's face?
grapefruit
> 2. In one of the most-often-quoted lines in "The Godfather",
> hitman Peter Clemenza admonishes a colleague in crime to
> leave the gun and take the what?
cannoli
> 3. In 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lecter warns
> Clarice Starling: "A census taker once tried to test me.
> I ate his liver with..." a nice Chianti, and what other
> food item?
fava beans
> * TV Catchphrases
>
> Given a popular expression or phrase, give the TV show with which it
> is indelibly linked.
>
> 4. "Let's be careful out there."
"Hill Street Blues"
> 5. "That's a damn fine cup of coffee!"
"Twin Peaks"
> 6. "We were on a break!"
"Seinfeld"; "Friends"
> * Song Titles Not Based on Lyrics
>
> Sometimes we think a song title is actually the most common lyric.
> Sometimes we're very wrong. Give the proper title of these
> oft-confused songs.
>
> 7. The Who's "Teenage Wasteland".
"Baba O'Riley"
> 8. David Bowie's "Ground Control to Major Tom".
"Space Oddity"
> 9. Simon and Garfunkel's "Feelin' Groovy".
"The 59th Street Bridge Song"
> * One-Person Shows
>
> 10. In 1986, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress, playing
> a dozen characters in "The Search for Signs of Intelligent
> Life in the Universe". Name this actress and comedienne.
Lily Tomlin
> 11. This actor has played author Samuel Clemens in more than
> 2,000 performances of "Mark Twain Tonight" since 1954.
> Name him.
Hal Holbrook
> 12. Name the actor and playwright best known for his stage and
> film monologues "Swimming to Cambodia" and "Monster in a Box".
Spalding Gray
> * Movie Gimmicks
>
> Filmmakers will resort to various gimmicks to get audiences into movie
> theatres, the revival of 3-D being the latest example. Let's see
> familiar you are with some of these films and gimmicks.
>
> 14. Inspired by William Castle's Smell-O-Vision, in 1981 director
> John Waters introduced Odorama, where scratch-and-sniff
> cards were handed out to audiences going to see a comedy
> starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, and Mink Stole.
> Name the movie.
"Polyester"
> 15. Director Norman Jewison turned to the split screen, showing
> multiple action simultaneously, in what 1968 Steve McQueen
> heist movie?
"The Thomas Crown Affair"
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 10:34 am
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 6/1/2011 11:28 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - Entertainment
>
> * Food at the Movies
>
> 1. In the 1931 movie "Public Enemy", what fruit does James
> Cagney mash into Mae Clarke's face?
>
> 2. In one of the most-often-quoted lines in "The Godfather",
> hitman Peter Clemenza admonishes a colleague in crime to
> leave the gun and take the what?
>
> 3. In 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lecter warns
> Clarice Starling: "A census taker once tried to test me.
> I ate his liver with..." a nice Chianti, and what other
> food item?
fava beans
> * TV Catchphrases
>
> Given a popular expression or phrase, give the TV show with which it
> is indelibly linked.
>
> 4. "Let's be careful out there."
Hill Street Blues
> 5. "That's a damn fine cup of coffee!"
>
> 6. "We were on a break!"
>
>
> * Song Titles Not Based on Lyrics
>
> Sometimes we think a song title is actually the most common lyric.
> Sometimes we're very wrong. Give the proper title of these
> oft-confused songs.
>
> 7. The Who's "Teenage Wasteland".
Baba O'Reilly
> 8. David Bowie's "Ground Control to Major Tom".
Space Oddity
> 9. Simon and Garfunkel's "Feelin' Groovy".
The 59th Street Bridge Song
> * One-Person Shows
>
> 10. In 1986, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress, playing
> a dozen characters in "The Search for Signs of Intelligent
> Life in the Universe". Name this actress and comedienne.
Lily Tomlin
> 11. This actor has played author Samuel Clemens in more than
> 2,000 performances of "Mark Twain Tonight" since 1954.
> Name him.
Hal Holbrook
> 12. Name the actor and playwright best known for his stage and
> film monologues "Swimming to Cambodia" and "Monster in a Box".
Quentin Tarantino
> * Movie Gimmicks
>
> Filmmakers will resort to various gimmicks to get audiences into movie
> theatres, the revival of 3-D being the latest example. Let's see
> familiar you are with some of these films and gimmicks.
>
> 13. In 1959, producer William Castle decided to give audiences
> a jolt with Percepto, attaching buzzers to seats and
> activating them at the climactic moment in a Vincent Price
> horror movie. Name the movie.
>
> 14. Inspired by William Castle's Smell-O-Vision, in 1981 director
> John Waters introduced Odorama, where scratch-and-sniff
> cards were handed out to audiences going to see a comedy
> starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, and Mink Stole.
> Name the movie.
Hairspray
> 15. Director Norman Jewison turned to the split screen, showing
> multiple action simultaneously, in what 1968 Steve McQueen
> heist movie?
--Jeff
--
It is very easy for rich people to preach
the virtues of self-reliance to the poor.
--Winston Churchill
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #133
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/84538de66c772cee?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 1:26 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 Anarchy in the U.K. was a 1976 hit song for which band?
Sex Pistols But wasn't it 1977?
> 8 Chernobyl is located in which former Soviet republic?
Ukraine
> 9 In darts, how many points are scored for a bullseye?
50
> 10 What nationality was tennis player Goran Ivanisevic?
Croat
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 10:30 am
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 6/1/2011 8:20 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Anarchy in the U.K. was a 1976 hit song for which band?
Sex Pistols
> 2 Which golfer won the British Open 5 times between 1975 and 1983?
Jack Nicklaus
> 3 How high is a standard tennis net at its centre (in feet)?
2.5
> 4 Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle co-starred in which 1990 comedy film?
> 5 Which American city is also known as The Windy City?
Chicago
> 6 What is the medical name for German Measles?
Rubella
> 7 Who is Warren Beatty's famous sister?
> 8 Chernobyl is located in which former Soviet republic?
Ukraine
> 9 In darts, how many points are scored for a bullseye?
50
> 10 What nationality was tennis player Goran Ivanisevic?
Romanian
--Jeff
--
It is very easy for rich people to preach
the virtues of self-reliance to the poor.
--Winston Churchill
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 10:32 am
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"
On 2011-06-02, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Anarchy in the U.K. was a 1976 hit song for which band?
> 2 Which golfer won the British Open 5 times between 1975 and 1983?
> 3 How high is a standard tennis net at its centre (in feet)?
3
> 4 Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle co-starred in which 1990 comedy film?
> 5 Which American city is also known as The Windy City?
Chicago
> 6 What is the medical name for German Measles?
Rubela
> 7 Who is Warren Beatty's famous sister?
Shirley MacLaine
> 8 Chernobyl is located in which former Soviet republic?
Ukraine
> 9 In darts, how many points are scored for a bullseye?
50
> 10 What nationality was tennis player Goran Ivanisevic?
Yugoslavian (at birth)
Croatian (after Y. split up)
--
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: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 12:36 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vwe9v3ffyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>1 Anarchy in the U.K. was a 1976 hit song for which band?
Sex Pistols
>2 Which golfer won the British Open 5 times between 1975 and 1983?
Tom Watson
>3 How high is a standard tennis net at its centre (in feet)?
3
>4 Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle co-starred in which 1990 comedy film?
>5 Which American city is also known as The Windy City?
Chicago
>6 What is the medical name for German Measles?
Rubella
>7 Who is Warren Beatty's famous sister?
>8 Chernobyl is located in which former Soviet republic?
Ukraine
>9 In darts, how many points are scored for a bullseye?
50
>10 What nationality was tennis player Goran Ivanisevic?
Croatian
Peter Smyth
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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 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 11:38 am
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"
On 2011-05-27, Chris F.A. Johnson 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.
Kit Fielding ("Break In", "Bolt")
Sid Halley ("Odds Against", "Whip Hand", "Come to Grief", "Under Orders")
1 for swp
> 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 (Little John)
1 for swp
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
New Mexico
1 for Mark Brader, Dan Tilque, Peter Smyth
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Bustopher Jones
(Mark remembered it after he posted a wrong answer)
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
Making cricket bats
1 for swp
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Schubert
1 for John Masters, swp
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess
(I could have added Karpov and Kasparov, but that would have been too easy)
1 for Mark Brader, Erland Sommarskog, Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Calvin, swp
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park
1 for Mark Brader, Dan Tilque, Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, John Masters
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Taliesin
1 for Dan Tilque
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Grant Wood
1 for Mark Brader, Dan Tilque, Calvin, Marc Dashevsky, swp
5 swp
4 Mark
3 Peter
2 Calvin, Rob, John
1 Marc, Erland
Over to swp for #18.
--
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 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 1:58 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Chris Johnson:
> > 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
>
> Schubert
Dang! I was half right, for no points! (None deserved, of course.)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pedantic and
msb@vex.net that's just as good." -- D Gary Grady
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 3:59 pm
From: swp
On Jun 2, 2:38 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 5 swp
> 4 Mark
> 3 Peter
> 2 Calvin, Rob, John
> 1 Marc, Erland
>
> Over to swp for #18.
>
I'll post a set later tonight.
that's an interesting distribution of scores, perhaps unique for any
quiz I think.
swp
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 10:48 pm
From: Dan Tilque
swp wrote:
> On Jun 2, 2:38 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 5 swp
>> 4 Mark
>> 3 Peter
>> 2 Calvin, Rob, John
>> 1 Marc, Erland
>>
>
> that's an interesting distribution of scores, perhaps unique for any
> quiz I think.
Except that it's not quite complete.
--
Dan Tilque (doing a Rodney Dangerfield impression)
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 6: Sports
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58e18a8e56d8b8a3?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 12:15 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 5/29/2011 1:00 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 6 - Sports
>
> * Canadian Gold Medallists at the 1984 Olympics
>
> Primarily due to the Soviet-led boycott of these Games, Canada
> enjoyed its best-ever results at the Summer Games in Los Angeles,
> coming in 6th place for number of gold medals won. How well do you
> remember these athletes?
>
> 1. He was a double gold medalist in swimming, winning both
> men's 200 m and 400 m Individual Medley. Name him.
>
> 2. Sylvie Bernier was a gold medalist. What was her sport?
>
> 3. Larry Cain, Lori Fung, and Linda Thom were all gold medalists
> and household names in the summer of 1984. Name one of
> their sports, but you must tell us which athlete you mean.
>
>
> * Just Odd Sports Stuff
>
> 4. This annual event, the premier competition in its sport, first
> took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition.
> There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by
> Spencer Gore.
Wimbledon
> 5. In what year, within 2, did it become illegal for Olympic
> athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during
> competition?
>
> 6. Who performed the first triple jump in figure-skating
> competition, in 1952?
Sonja Henie
> * Former Leafs of the Past 20 Years
>
> In each case, name the Leaf.
>
> 7. In 523 games with the Leafs, this defenseman scored 83 goals,
> assisted on 214 others and had 755 minutes in penalties.
>
> 8. In just 223 games with the Leafs, this lanky forward scored
> 120 goals and assisted on 98 others.
>
> 9. In 379 games with the Leafs, this goalie had 160 wins and
> 149 losses with 12 shutouts.
>
>
> * NFL Record Holders
>
> 10. Name the kicker who holds the record for most points
> scored in his career, with 2,544. He started playing in 1982
> and retired in 2008, serving with the New Orleans Saints,
> the Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs,
> and Minnesota Vikings.
>
> 11. Name the running back who holds the record for most rushing
> touchdowns in a single season, with 28, set in 2006.
>
> 12. Five quarterbacks share the record of throwing 7 touchdown
> passes in a single game. The last time the feat was
> accomplished was on Sept. 28, 1969. Name any one of the five.
>
>
> * Video Games
>
> 13. This video game series was created by Rockstar North
> (formerly DMA Design) and first released in 1997, but it was
> the third installment, released in October 2001, that made
> it one of the most popular video franchises of all time.
> That one replaced the traditional top-down view with a
> third-person view for gameplay. Name the game.
Guitar Hero
> 14. This Capcom game series, know as Biohazard in Japan and
> released in 1996 for the Playstation, was one of the first
> "survival horror" video games. It has also spawned five
> films. Name the game.
>
> 15. This game series was first released on October 29, 2003.
> It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision.
> Although the first installment of the game was set in
> World War II, future releases have been set in the present
> day and the most recent version, set during the Cold War,
> allows players to run around the Pentagon as John F. Kennedy
> wasting zombies. Name the game.
--Jeff
--
It is very easy for rich people to preach
the virtues of self-reliance to the poor.
--Winston Churchill
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 1:56 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
If Jeff Turner had responded on time, he would have scored
4 points on this round, and I would have commented on *three*
people guessing Sonja Henie for the figure-skating question.
--
Mark Brader | "... you're a detective, you like mysteries."
Toronto | "I hate mysteries. What I like are *solutions*."
msb@vex.net | --Barbara Paul, "The Apostrophe Thief"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #18
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/705920394e0d557f?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 5:16 pm
From: swp
as usual, only answer using your own knowledge yada yada yada.
under penalty of banishment, for yourself, your children, and your
children's children, for a period of 3 weeks.
have at it and anchors aweigh me hearties!
1. a mutiny occurred aboard what British Royal Navy ship on 28 April
1789?
2. what is the name of lieutenant commander data's evil brother in the
star trek franchise?
3. what is the common abbreviation for c6 h14 n4 o2, an essential
amino acid?
4. name the region to the east of central america, north of south
american and south of north america
5. what current new york mets announcer was also a hall of fame player
for the pittsburgh pirates?
6. what is the title of the French literary folktale written by
charles perrault
7. who played lieutenant theodore groves in the movie pirates of the
caribbean: at world's end?
8. everyone knows that errol flynn played the lead in captain blood,
but who played colonel bishop?
9. what is the only letter in the basic modern latin alphabet in which
the upper case has a closed section and the lower case does not?
10. what is the common short name of the company that produces the
pirates of the caribbean movies?
bonus points are available.
swp
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 6:40 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <0c10fff4-f619-49bf-8d1c-f835d08e5b9b@em7g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, stephen.w.perry@gmail.com says...
> as usual, only answer using your own knowledge yada yada yada.
>
> under penalty of banishment, for yourself, your children, and your
> children's children, for a period of 3 weeks.
>
> have at it and anchors aweigh me hearties!
>
> 1. a mutiny occurred aboard what British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789?
HMS Bounty
> 2. what is the name of lieutenant commander data's evil brother in the star trek franchise?
> 3. what is the common abbreviation for c6 h14 n4 o2, an essential amino acid?
> 4. name the region to the east of central america, north of south american and south of north america
The Caribbean
> 5. what current new york mets announcer was also a hall of fame player
> for the pittsburgh pirates?
> 6. what is the title of the French literary folktale written by charles perrault
> 7. who played lieutenant theodore groves in the movie pirates of the
> caribbean: at world's end?
> 8. everyone knows that errol flynn played the lead in captain blood,
> but who played colonel bishop?
> 9. what is the only letter in the basic modern latin alphabet in which
> the upper case has a closed section and the lower case does not?
Rr
> 10. what is the common short name of the company that produces the
> pirates of the caribbean movies?
>
> bonus points are available.
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 8:09 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Stephen Perry:
> 1. a mutiny occurred aboard what British Royal Navy ship on 28 April
> 1789?
BOUNTY?
> 2. what is the name of lieutenant commander data's evil brother in the
> star trek franchise?
LORE.
> 3. what is the common abbreviation for c6 h14 n4 o2, an essential
> amino acid?
ARG? (OR: ARRRRRRRRRGH.)
> 4. name the region to the east of central america, north of south
> american and south of north america
CARIBBEAN.
> 5. what current new york mets announcer was also a hall of fame player
> for the pittsburgh pirates?
JOHNSON?
> 6. what is the title of the French literary folktale written by
> charles perrault
BLUEBEARD?
> 7. who played lieutenant theodore groves in the movie pirates of the
> caribbean: at world's end?
> 8. everyone knows that errol flynn played the lead in captain blood,
> but who played colonel bishop?
> 9. what is the only letter in the basic modern latin alphabet in which
> the upper case has a closed section and the lower case does not?
R. (OR: ARRRRRRRRR.)
> 10. what is the common short name of the company that produces the
> pirates of the caribbean movies?
MGM?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net C unions never strike!
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Thurs, Jun 2 2011 8:37 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 6/2/2011 8:16 PM, swp wrote:
>
> 1. a mutiny occurred aboard what British Royal Navy ship on 28 April
> 1789?
HMS Bounty
> 2. what is the name of lieutenant commander data's evil brother in the
> star trek franchise?
> 3. what is the common abbreviation for c6 h14 n4 o2, an essential
> amino acid?
> 4. name the region to the east of central america, north of south
> american and south of north america
Caribbean Sea/Gulf of Mexico
> 5. what current new york mets announcer was also a hall of fame player
> for the pittsburgh pirates?
Ralph Kiner
> 6. what is the title of the French literary folktale written by
> charles perrault
> 7. who played lieutenant theodore groves in the movie pirates of the
> caribbean: at world's end?
> 8. everyone knows that errol flynn played the lead in captain blood,
> but who played colonel bishop?
> 9. what is the only letter in the basic modern latin alphabet in which
> the upper case has a closed section and the lower case does not?
R
> 10. what is the common short name of the company that produces the
> pirates of the caribbean movies?
--Jeff
--
It is very easy for rich people to preach
the virtues of self-reliance to the poor.
--Winston Churchill
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