Thursday, June 02, 2011

rec.games.trivia - 6 new messages in 2 topics - digest

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Today's topics:

* Calvin's Quiz #133 - 4 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/84538de66c772cee?hl=en
* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 7: Entertainment - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4b4787430ffe547c?hl=en

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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: Wed, Jun 1 2011 6:09 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


"Calvin":
> 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)?

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?

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?
--
Mark Brader | "It is refreshing to have Republican presidential
Toronto | candidates we can believe about *something*.
msb@vex.net | I believe what Bush says about Dole...
| And... what Dole says about Bush." --Craig B. Leman

My text in this article is in the public domain.


== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 1 2011 7:08 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


> 1 Anarchy in the U.K. was a 1976 hit song for which band?

The 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)?

3 ft

> 4 Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle co-starred in which 1990 comedy film?

Nuns on the Run
(or something similar)

> 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?

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


Rob

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 1 2011 8:38 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <op.vwe9v3ffyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
>
>
> 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?
Rubella

> 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?
Serbian

--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.


== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 1 2011 9:54 pm
From: John Masters


On 2011-06-02 01:20:17 +0100, Calvin said:

> 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)?

3

> 4 Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle co-starred in which 1990 comedy film?

Nuns on the Run

> 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?
> 9 In darts, how many points are scored for a bullseye?

50

> 10 What nationality was tennis player Goran Ivanisevic?

Croatian
--
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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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 7:19 pm
From: "Rob Parker"


> ** Final, Round 7 - Entertainment
>
> 1. In the 1931 movie "Public Enemy", what fruit does James
> Cagney mash into Mae Clarke's face?

orange; banana

> 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

> 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 St Bridge Song


Rob

== 2 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


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