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* QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 7-8: detectives, Oscar-winners - 5 messages, 5 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4bbbfd89dd13f2ab?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 4,6 answers: unsportsmanlike, unlike - 4 messages, 2
authors
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* Results of Rotating Quiz #21 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #22 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Calvin's Quiz #142 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Calvin's Quiz #143 - 4 messages, 4 authors
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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 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 12:36 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:65-dnWk7b5HuSYbTnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@vex.net...
>
>These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
>and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
>On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
>both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
>Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
>based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
>the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
>the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
>my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
>I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
>* 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.
Rex Stout
>3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
Carter Dickson (are you aware that is a pseudonym of John Dickson Carr?)
>4. Reg Wexford.
Ruth Rendell
>5. Father Brown.
GK Chesterton
>6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Dorothy Sayers
>7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
Lawrence Block
>8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
Reginald Hill
>9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
Reginald Hill
>10. Jane Tennison.
Lynda La Plante
Peter Smyth
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 1:26 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 1. John Rebus.
Rex Stout
> 2. Thomas Lynley.
Colin Dexter
> 3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
Carter Dickson
> 4. Reg Wexford.
Ruth Rendell
> 5. Father Brown.
Peter Robinson
> 6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Dorothy Sayers
> 7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
Patricia Wentworth
> 8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
Giles Blunt
> 9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
John Dickson Carr
> 10. Jane Tennison.
Sara Paretsky
> 7. 1979-2006: Joanna Kramer, Sophie Zawistowski, Karen Silkwood,
> Karen Blixen, Aunt Josephine, Miranda Priestly.
Meryl Streep
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 9:53 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)
Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Detectives and their Creators
> 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.
John Dickson Carr; Rex Stout
> 2. Thomas Lynley.
Ian Rankin; Ngaio Marsh
> 3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
Colin Dexter; Elizabeth George
> 4. Reg Wexford.
R.D. Wingfield; Lynda La Plante
> 5. Father Brown.
G.K. Chesterton
> 6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Dorothy Sayers
> 7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
Margery Allingham
> 8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
Ruth Rendell; Patricia Wentworth
> 9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
Peter Robinson; Giles Blunt
> 10. Jane Tennison.
Patricia Wentworth
> * 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.
Bette Davis
> 2. 1940-67: Thomas Edison, Henry Jekyll, Adam Bonner, Stanley
> Banks, Judge Haywood, Matt Drayton.
Charles Laughton
> 3. 1990-99: Vivian Ward, Darby Shaw, Mary Reilly, Alice Sutton,
> Anna Scott, Maggie Carpenter.
Julia Roberts
> 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.
Meryl Streep
> 8. 1950-73: Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Father Brown,
> Professor Marcus, Colonel Nicholson, Prince Feisal, Chancellor
> and F?hrer Adolf Hitler.
Alec Guiness
> 9. 1987-2007: Ronny Cammareri, Stanley Goodspeed, Cameron Poe,
> Antonio Corelli, Donald Kaufman, Benjamin Gates.
Nicolas Cage
> 10. 1997-2007: Bud White, John Nash, Jack Aubrey, Jim Braddock,
> Ben Wade, Richie Roberts.
Russell Crowe
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 7:00 pm
From: Calvin
On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:58:27 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> 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.
Rankin
> 2. Thomas Lynley.
Dickson, Grafton
> 3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
Dickson, Grafton
> 4. Reg Wexford.
Dexter, Hill
> 5. Father Brown.
Chesterton
> 6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Wingfield, Wentworth
> 7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
Dexter, Hill
> 8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
Grafton, Hill
> 9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
Grafton, Hill
> 10. Jane Tennison.
Dexter, Hill
> * 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.
Liz Taylor
> 2. 1940-67: Thomas Edison, Henry Jekyll, Adam Bonner, Stanley
> Banks, Judge Haywood, Matt Drayton.
Grant, Stewart
> 3. 1990-99: Vivian Ward, Darby Shaw, Mary Reilly, Alice Sutton,
> Anna Scott, Maggie Carpenter.
Pfeiffer, Roberts
> 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.
Dunno, but that's a great range!
> 6. 1953-89: Princess Ann, Rima, Reggie Lampert, Nicole Bonnet
> ["Bon-NAY"], Lady Marian, Hap.
Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn
> 7. 1979-2006: Joanna Kramer, Sophie Zawistowski, Karen Silkwood,
> Karen Blixen, Aunt Josephine, Miranda Priestly.
Meryl Streep
> 8. 1950-73: Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Father Brown,
> Professor Marcus, Colonel Nicholson, Prince Feisal, Chancellor
> and Führer Adolf Hitler.
Fonda, Grant
> 9. 1987-2007: Ronny Cammareri, Stanley Goodspeed, Cameron Poe,
> Antonio Corelli, Donald Kaufman, Benjamin Gates.
Nicholas Cage
> 10. 1997-2007: Bud White, John Nash, Jack Aubrey, Jim Braddock,
> Ben Wade, Richie Roberts.
Russell Crowe
--
cheers,
calvin
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 9:03 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Jul 11, 11:58 pm, m...@vex.net (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.
>
> 1. John Rebus.
Margery Allingham; Giles Blunt
> 2. Thomas Lynley.
John Dickson Carr; Colin Dexter
> 3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
Carter Dickson; Elizabeth George
> 4. Reg Wexford.
Lynda La Plante; Henning Mankell
> 5. Father Brown.
G. K. Chesterton
> 6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Dorothy Sayers; Agatha Christie
> 7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
Agatha Christie
> 8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
Ian Rankin; Patricia Wentworth
> 9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
R.D. Wingfield; Margery Allingham
> 10. Jane Tennison.
Elizabeth George; Patricia Wentworth
> * 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.
>
> 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
> 3. 1990-99: Vivian Ward, Darby Shaw, Mary Reilly, Alice Sutton,
> Anna Scott, Maggie Carpenter.
Julia Roberts
> 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.
Paul Muni
> 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.
Meryl Streep
> 8. 1950-73: Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Father Brown,
> Professor Marcus, Colonel Nicholson, Prince Feisal, Chancellor
> and Führer Adolf Hitler.
Alec Guinness
> 9. 1987-2007: Ronny Cammareri, Stanley Goodspeed, Cameron Poe,
> Antonio Corelli, Donald Kaufman, Benjamin Gates.
Nicolas Cage
> 10. 1997-2007: Bud White, John Nash, Jack Aubrey, Jim Braddock,
> Ben Wade, Richie Roberts.
Russell Crowe
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 4,6 answers: unsportsmanlike, unlike
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 1:14 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Zinedine Zidane (header), Marco Materazzi (headee). 4 for Erland
> (the hard way),
That wasn't very hard. Why didn't they use this "either of" for the
two figure skaters instead? Then I would have been able to answer that
question.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 8:31 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Erland Sommarskog:
> That wasn't very hard. Why didn't they use this "either of" for the
> two figure skaters instead? ...
Well, which sport do more people follow, figure skating or soccer? Duh.
--
Mark Brader "A clarification is not to make oneself clear.
Toronto It is to PUT oneself IN the clear."
msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay, "Yes, Prime Minister"
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 2:50 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Well, which sport do more people follow, figure skating or soccer? Duh.
Well, which sports event is the biggest in the world after the Olympics?
Maybe figure skating draws a wider audience in Toronto than football, but
certainly not over here.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 5:45 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> > Well, which sport do more people follow, figure skating or soccer? Duh.
Erland Sommarskog:
> Well, which sports event is the biggest in the world after the Olympics?
Well, the World Series lasts 7 games...
> Maybe figure skating draws a wider audience in Toronto than football...
I doubt it. But than soccer?
Actually, I really don't know about that. Toronto has a very large
immigrant population, and some of *those* people... :-)
--
Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as
msb@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past,
Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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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: Tues, Jul 12 2011 4:04 am
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
> Dan Tilque:
>>>> ...#5 violates the theme.
>
> Mark Brader:
>>> Only if you count Y as a vowel in words like "Bay".
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> Do you pronounce a consonantal Y there?
>
> Do you pronounce a vowel Y there? (That is, like long or short I.)
> I view it as a silent consonant, like GH in "weigh".
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. M-W
has no fewer than 5 etymologies for "bay" depending on the meaning. In
all of them, the Y derives from some other vowel. In this specific case
(a body of water), the etymology is
"Middle English baye, from Anglo-French bai, perhaps from baer to be
wide open"
Looks like a vowel to me.
--
Dan Tilque
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 5:29 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Dan Tilque (dtilque@frontier.com) writes:
> 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. M-W
> has no fewer than 5 etymologies for "bay" depending on the meaning. In
> all of them, the Y derives from some other vowel. In this specific case
> (a body of water), the etymology is
>
> "Middle English baye, from Anglo-French bai, perhaps from baer to be
> wide open"
>
> Looks like a vowel to me.
Apparently Mark should have asked for the City on Flames instead.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 8:36 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
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.
"How" and "ho" are not pronounced with the same vowel sound, but for
most people this does not mean that W is a vowel in "how". (Yes, of
course W is a vowel in words like "cwm" that we copied from Welsh.)
If *you* count Y as a vowel in "Bay", fine. I won't.
--
Mark Brader "'A matter of opinion'[?] I have to say you are
Toronto right. There['s] your opinion, which is wrong,
msb@vex.net and mine, which is right." -- Gene Ward Smith
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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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: Tues, Jul 12 2011 4:53 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:47:03 +1000, swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:
> thank you to Mark Brader for emailing me the results of rotating quiz
> #21. I saw them in the newsgroup a few hours after I got the email.
> 1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal bands
> of blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?
Estonia
> 2. [botany] what university is home to the only known instance of a
> naturally-growing sequoia east of the mississippi river?
Duke?
> 3. [geography] what is the capital of new zealand?
Wellington
> 4. [science] what does a 'brannock device' measure?
Pass
> 5. [sports, current events] derek jeter got his 3000th hit on july 9th.
> what was the pitcher's name?
Pass
> 6. [entertainment] what television show that ran from 1978 to 1991 is
> being revived on the tnt network in summer 2012?
Pass
> 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."
Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer
> 8. [history] john hancock signed the declaration of independence on july
> 4th, 1776 along with 1 other person. name him.
Adams
> 9. [music] what do the letters in the name 'abba' stand for?
Acronym from the initials of the first names of the 4 band members. Benny,
Bjorn, Agnetha and the other one.
> 10. [movies] within 3, how many lines did arnold schwarzenegger have in
> the movie 'the terminator' ?
17
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #142 - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a6e4e1f726f9b5fd?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 8:27 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:01:41 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?
Detroit
12/12
> 2 Who invented the aqualung?
Jacques Cousteau (among others, but not including Jethro Tull :-)
8/12
> 3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?
Liza Minnelli
8/12
And it should be "Bowles" as Stan pointed out.
> 4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?
Inte(r)state
10/12
> 5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?
Coccyx, and I'll even accept tailbone
9/12
> 6 Which sport uses an ocky?
Darts
3/12
And it should be "oche". The questions are written to be read out, so I
don't always take as much care with spelling as I ought.
> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?
10,000
10/12
> 8 Who shot John Lennon?
Mark Chapman
9/12
> 9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?
Danny Glover
8/12
> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?
Ecuador
10/12
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 142
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 Bjorn Lundin
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 David
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Erland S
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 John Masters
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 Mark Brader
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 Rob Parker
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 Stan Brown
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
12 8 8 10 9 3 10 8 8 10 86 TOTAL
72%
Stephen returns yet Russ is absent. It's all very suspicious I tells ya.
--
cheers,
calvin
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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: Tues, Jul 12 2011 8:31 pm
From: Calvin
1 Who directed the 1972 film American Graffiti?
2 What is the capital city of Kenya?
3 In Harry Potter, from which London station does the Hogwarts Express
depart?
4 How many furlongs are in one mile?
5 Who was Britain's only Welsh prime minister?
6 What name is given to a line that connects points of equal height on a
map?
7 Mount Rushmore is located in which US state?
8 Who wrote the play A Streetcar Named Desire?
9 What is the flavouring of the Italian liqueur Sambuca?
10 Who played Queen Elizabeth I in the second series of Blackadder?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 8:46 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> 1 Who directed the 1972 film American Graffiti?
Lucas.
> 2 What is the capital city of Kenya?
Nairobi.
> 3 In Harry Potter, from which London station does the Hogwarts Express
> depart?
King's 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?
Williams.
> 9 What is the flavouring of the Italian liqueur Sambuca?
Oranges?
> 10 Who played Queen Elizabeth I in the second series of Blackadder?
Johnson?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Actor sent to jail for not finishing sentence
msb@vex.net | --Knoxville, TN, News-Sentinel, 1989-01-21
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 8:57 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vyjf2ddhyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
>
> 1 Who directed the 1972 film American Graffiti?
George Lucas
> 2 What is the capital city of Kenya?
Nairobi
> 3 In Harry Potter, from which London station does the Hogwarts Express depart?
> 4 How many furlongs are in one mile?
6
> 5 Who was Britain's only Welsh prime minister?
Richard Burton
> 6 What name is given to a line that connects points of equal height on a map?
contour
> 7 Mount Rushmore is located in which US state?
South Dakota
> 8 Who wrote the play A Streetcar Named Desire?
Tennesee Williams
> 9 What is the flavouring of the Italian liqueur Sambuca?
anise
> 10 Who played Queen Elizabeth I in the second series of Blackadder?
funny lady
--
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== 4 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
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