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* Calvin's Quiz #143 - 4 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/34d727680976c9da?hl=en
* Results of Rotating Quiz #21 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c8084e138326d65c?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 7-8: detectives, Oscar-winners - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4bbbfd89dd13f2ab?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #22 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/5cbb61a5597cab47?hl=en
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #143
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/34d727680976c9da?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 12:39 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vyjf2ddhyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
>1 Who directed the 1972 film American Graffiti?
>2 What is the capital city of Kenya?
Nairobi
>3 In Harry Potter, from which London station does the Hogwarts Express
>depart?
Kings Cross
>4 How many furlongs are in one mile?
8
>5 Who was Britain's only Welsh prime minister?
David Lloyd George
>6 What name is given to a line that connects points of equal height on a
>map?
contour line
>7 Mount Rushmore is located in which US state?
South Dakota
>8 Who wrote the play A Streetcar Named Desire?
Tennessee Williams
>9 What is the flavouring of the Italian liqueur Sambuca?
>10 Who played Queen Elizabeth I in the second series of Blackadder?
Miranda Richardson
Peter Smyth
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 1:05 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 2 What is the capital city of Kenya?
Nairobi
> 3 In Harry Potter, from which London station does the Hogwarts Express
> depart?
Waterloo
> 4 How many furlongs are in one mile?
14
> 5 Who was Britain's only Welsh prime minister?
Atlee
> 7 Mount Rushmore is located in which US state?
Colorado
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:32 am
From: Stan Brown
On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:31:15 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Who directed the 1972 film American Graffiti?
Ron Howard?
> 2 What is the capital city of Kenya?
I said Kinshasa. I've looked it up and I am embarrassed that I
didn't think of the correct answer on my own, but I didn't.
> 3 In Harry Potter, from which London station does the Hogwarts Express
> depart?
Victoria
> 4 How many furlongs are in one mile?
Eight
> 5 Who was Britain's only Welsh prime minister?
Lloyd George
> 6 What name is given to a line that connects points of equal height on a
> map?
Contour line
> 7 Mount Rushmore is located in which US state?
South Dakota
> 8 Who wrote the play A Streetcar Named Desire?
Tennessee Williams
> 9 What is the flavouring of the Italian liqueur Sambuca?
Anise or licorice
> 10 Who played Queen Elizabeth I in the second series of Blackadder?
Miranda Richardson, and you could tell she had great fun with it.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 5:13 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> 1 Who directed the 1972 film American Graffiti?
> 2 What is the capital city of Kenya?
Nairobi
> 3 In Harry Potter, from which London station does the Hogwarts Express
> depart?
Kings Cross
> 4 How many furlongs are in one mile?
8
> 5 Who was Britain's only Welsh prime minister?
Lloyd George
> 6 What name is given to a line that connects points of equal height on a
> map?
Contour line
> 7 Mount Rushmore is located in which US state?
South Dakota
> 8 Who wrote the play A Streetcar Named Desire?
Tennessee Williams
> 9 What is the flavouring of the Italian liqueur Sambuca?
Aniseed
> 10 Who played Queen Elizabeth I in the second series of Blackadder?
I should know this, but her name won't come to mind
Rob
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TOPIC: Results of Rotating Quiz #21
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c8084e138326d65c?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 1:27 am
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>>>>> Only if you count Y as a vowel in words like "Bay".
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> Since it's silent (this is arguable, but I'm going to ignore that here),
>> let's look at the etymology to see where the letter derives from.
>
> That route just gets into complications. Let's not.
Perhaps, but I'd be surprised if there's any case where a word ends with
a vowel-Y and and the Y doesn't derive from a vowel.
> If *you* count Y as a vowel in "Bay", fine. I won't.
My rule for Y is that it's a consonant if it begins a syllable and is
not the only letter in that syllable. Otherwise it's a vowel. I don't
think there's any exceptions where the pronunciation of a Y violates
this rule, but I could be wrong.
--
Dan Tilque
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 2:00 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Dan Tilque (dtilque@frontier.com) writes:
> Perhaps, but I'd be surprised if there's any case where a word ends with
> a vowel-Y and and the Y doesn't derive from a vowel.
You have words like "key" and "way" where the "y" rather reflects an
initial -g that has been palatalised. For instance "way" is "weg" in modern
German and "väg" in Swedish. Whereas it is "vej" in Danish.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 11:52 pm
From: björn lundin
On 13 Juli, 11:00, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> Dan Tilque (dtil...@frontier.com) writes:
> > Perhaps, but I'd be surprised if there's any case where a word ends with
> > a vowel-Y and and the Y doesn't derive from a vowel.
>
Right now, I consider myself lucky, having a mother tounge in a
language with a
*fixed* set of vowels and consonants. They do not change depending on
their context,
They are measured by pronounceabilty (is there such a word?) when
standing alone.
--
Björn Lundin
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 7-8: detectives, Oscar-winners
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4bbbfd89dd13f2ab?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 2:30 am
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Detectives and their Creators
>
> For each of the fictional professional or amateur detectives
> that we name, name the author on the list below who created them.
> Note that in some cases the author may also have created another
> better-known detective.
>
> Margery Allingham | Ngaio Marsh
> Lawrence Block | Lynda La Plante
> Giles Blunt | Henning Mankell
> John Dickson Carr | Sara Paretsky
> G.K. Chesterton | Ian Rankin
> Agatha Christie | Ruth Rendell
> Colin Dexter | Peter Robinson
> Carter Dickson | Dorothy Sayers
> Elizabeth George | Rex Stout
> Sue Grafton | Patricia Wentworth
> Reginald Hill | R.D. Wingfield
>
> 1. John Rebus.
> 2. Thomas Lynley.
> 3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
John Dickson Carr
> 4. Reg Wexford.
Sue Grafton
> 5. Father Brown.
G K Chesterton
> 6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Dorothy Sayers
> 7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
> 8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
> 9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
> 10. Jane Tennison.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Six Characters in Search of an Oscar-Winner
>
> On each question we will name six movie characters who have been
> played by the same Oscar-winning star, in chronological order of
> the six movies. Of course, some of these characters may also
> have been played by other people at other times. We will also
> give you the dates of the first and last movies in each list.
> And you, of course, must name the actor or actress.
>
> 1. 1944-94: Velvet Brown, Kay Banks, Maggie Pollitt, Helen of
> Troy, Zee Blakeley, Pearl Slaghoople.
>
> 2. 1940-67: Thomas Edison, Henry Jekyll, Adam Bonner, Stanley
> Banks, Judge Haywood, Matt Drayton.
>
> 3. 1990-99: Vivian Ward, Darby Shaw, Mary Reilly, Alice Sutton,
> Anna Scott, Maggie Carpenter.
>
> 4. 1961-94: Eddie Felson, Henry Gondorff, Frank Galvin, Governor
> Long, General Groves, Sidney J. Mussburger.
Paul Newman
>
> 5. 1932-59: Tony Camonte, Louis Pasteur, Wang Lung, Émile Zola,
> Benito Juárez, Sam Abelman.
>
> 6. 1953-89: Princess Ann, Rima, Reggie Lampert, Nicole Bonnet
> ["Bon-NAY"], Lady Marian, Hap.
>
> 7. 1979-2006: Joanna Kramer, Sophie Zawistowski, Karen Silkwood,
> Karen Blixen, Aunt Josephine, Miranda Priestly.
>
> 8. 1950-73: Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Father Brown,
> Professor Marcus, Colonel Nicholson, Prince Feisal, Chancellor
> and Führer Adolf Hitler.
>
> 9. 1987-2007: Ronny Cammareri, Stanley Goodspeed, Cameron Poe,
> Antonio Corelli, Donald Kaufman, Benjamin Gates.
>
> 10. 1997-2007: Bud White, John Nash, Jack Aubrey, Jim Braddock,
> Ben Wade, Richie Roberts.
>
> Please read the rot13 after you have finished with the round:
> Vs lbh whfg nafjrerq "Urcohea" gb nal dhrfgvba, jr arrq gur
> svefg anzr. Tb onpx naq chg vg va.
--
Dan Tilque
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 9:08 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Detectives and their Creators
>
> For each of the fictional professional or amateur detectives
> that we name, name the author on the list below who created them.
> Note that in some cases the author may also have created another
> better-known detective.
>
> Margery Allingham | Ngaio Marsh
> Lawrence Block | Lynda La Plante
> Giles Blunt | Henning Mankell
> John Dickson Carr | Sara Paretsky
> G.K. Chesterton | Ian Rankin
> Agatha Christie | Ruth Rendell
> Colin Dexter | Peter Robinson
> Carter Dickson | Dorothy Sayers
> Elizabeth George | Rex Stout
> Sue Grafton | Patricia Wentworth
> Reginald Hill | R.D. Wingfield
>
> 1. John Rebus.
Ian Rankin
> 2. Thomas Lynley.
Margery Allingham; Giles Blunt
> 3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
Ngaio Marsh; Peter Robinson
> 4. Reg Wexford.
Ruth Rendell
> 5. Father Brown.
G.K. Chesterton
> 6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Dorothy Sayers
> 7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
Agatha Christie
> 8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
Reginald Hill
> 9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
R.D. Wingfield
> 10. Jane Tennison.
Lynda La Plante
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Six Characters in Search of an Oscar-Winner
>
> 1. 1944-94: Velvet Brown, Kay Banks, Maggie Pollitt, Helen of
> Troy, Zee Blakeley, Pearl Slaghoople.
Elizabeth Taylor
> 2. 1940-67: Thomas Edison, Henry Jekyll, Adam Bonner, Stanley
> Banks, Judge Haywood, Matt Drayton.
Spencer Tracy
> 4. 1961-94: Eddie Felson, Henry Gondorff, Frank Galvin, Governor
> Long, General Groves, Sidney J. Mussburger.
Paul Newman
> 6. 1953-89: Princess Ann, Rima, Reggie Lampert, Nicole Bonnet
> ["Bon-NAY"], Lady Marian, Hap.
Audrey Hepburn
> 7. 1979-2006: Joanna Kramer, Sophie Zawistowski, Karen Silkwood,
> Karen Blixen, Aunt Josephine, Miranda Priestly.
Merryl Streep
> 10. 1997-2007: Bud White, John Nash, Jack Aubrey, Jim Braddock,
> Ben Wade, Richie Roberts.
Russell Crowe
Rob
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #22
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/5cbb61a5597cab47?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:56 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal bands of
blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?
2. [botany] what university is home to the only known instance of a
naturally-growing sequoia east of the mississippi river?
3. [geography] what is the capital of new zealand?
Wellington
4. [science] what does a 'brannock device' measure?
Brannocks (? whatever they are)
5. [sports, current events] derek jeter got his 3000th hit on july 9th. what
was the pitcher's name?
Johnson
6. [entertainment] what television show that ran from 1978 to 1991 is being
revived on the tnt network in summer 2012?
7. [literature] which of mark twain's books begins with the following
preface?
"PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted;
persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons
attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."
8. [history] john hancock signed the declaration of independence on july
4th, 1776 along with 1 other person. name him.
9. [music] whhat do the letters in the name 'abba' stand for?
Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn, Ann-Frida
10. [movies] within 3, how many lines did arnold schwarzenegger have in the
movie 'the terminator' ?
4
Rob
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