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* Rotating Quiz #17 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/dd37c336ff98c290?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #18 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/705920394e0d557f?hl=en
* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 7: Entertainment - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4b4787430ffe547c?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #133 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/84538de66c772cee?hl=en
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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 2 ==
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)
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Jun 3 2011 2:08 pm
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"
On 2011-06-03, Dan Tilque wrote:
> 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.
True.
5 swp
4 Mark, Dan
3 Peter
2 Calvin, Rob, John
1 Marc, Erland
--
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)
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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 2 ==
Date: Fri, Jun 3 2011 1:18 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
swp (stephen.w.perry@gmail.com) writes:
> 1. a mutiny occurred aboard what British Royal Navy ship on 28 April
> 1789?
Pitcairn
> 4. name the region to the east of central america, north of south
> american and south of north america
Caribbean
> 6. what is the title of the French literary folktale written by
> charles perrault
Pirates of the Caribbean
> 7. who played lieutenant theodore groves in the movie pirates of the
> caribbean: at world's end?
Error Flynn
> 8. everyone knows that errol flynn played the lead in captain blood,
> but who played colonel bishop?
No, not everyone knows that! The name Errol Flynn rings a bell, but
I've never hear of the other guys. But who knows, maybe Fred Astaire
played that 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
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Jun 3 2011 5:33 am
From: swp
On Jun 3, 4:18 am, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> swp (stephen.w.pe...@gmail.com) writes:
> > 7. who played lieutenant theodore groves in the movie pirates of the
> > caribbean: at world's end?
>
> Error Flynn
:-)
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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 1 ==
Date: Fri, Jun 3 2011 5:22 am
From: Dan Tilque
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?
banana
>
> 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?
onions
>
>
> * 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!"
>
>
> * 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".
>
> 8. David Bowie's "Ground Control to Major Tom".
>
> 9. Simon and Garfunkel's "Feelin' Groovy".
49th 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.
>
> 11. This actor has played author Samuel Clemens in more than
> 2,000 performances of "Mark Twain Tonight" since 1954.
> Name him.
>
> 12. Name the actor and playwright best known for his stage and
> film monologues "Swimming to Cambodia" and "Monster in a Box".
>
>
> * 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.
>
> 15. Director Norman Jewison turned to the split screen, showing
> multiple action simultaneously, in what 1968 Steve McQueen
> heist movie?
>
--
Dan Tilque
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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 1 ==
Date: Fri, Jun 3 2011 11:19 pm
From: Dan Tilque
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)?
3 feet
> 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?
aaarrrgh!
> 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
--
Dan Tilque
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