Monday, July 18, 2011

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* QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 2-3: Super Bowl, science spelling - 2 messages, 2
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* Calvin's Quiz #145 - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 2-3: Super Bowl, science spelling
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0b5e2276ea9fe901?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 10:28 pm
From: Calvin


On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:58:07 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 3, Round 2 - The Super Bowl
>
> With 6 days remaining until Super Bowl XLV, here's a round on what
> is now the NFL's annual championship. But for its earliest years,
> it was an inter-league event officially called the "AFL-NFL World
> Championship Game". Where we ask you for a team, either the city
> or the team name will do, like "Toronto" or "Maple Leafs".
>
> 1. The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, now known as
> Super Bowl I, was held in 1967. What team won?

Packers

> 2. Who won the award as the MVP (most valuable player) in
> Super Bowl I?

Namath

> 3. Super Bowl IV, in 1970, was the last one before the two
> leagues merged. Name either the AFL or the NFL team in
> that game.

Steelers, Cowboys

> 4. The next year, 1971, the game's MVP award went for the first
> time to a player on the losing side -- the Dallas Cowboys.
> Who was that?
>
> 5. Name the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who won a record
> 3 Super Bowl MVP awards, all in the 1980s.

Montana

> 6. Name the head coach who won four consecutive AFC championships
> in 1990-93, but never won the Super Bowl.

Parcell?

> 7. Name the other team, besides <answer 6>'s team, that has
> appeared in four Super Bowls but never won.

Vikings, Jets

> 8. Who was the first player to be a five-time Super Bowl winner,
> starting in 1988 with the San Francisco 49ers and ending in
> 1995 with the Dallas Cowboys?

Rice?

> 9. Name the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who was the first
> to throw for more than 300 yards in a Super Bowl game?
> That was Super Bowl XIII in 1979.
>
> 10. Who was the first Heisman-Trophy-winning quarterback to
> start in a Super Bowl? He was with the Dallas Cowboys and
> the game was Super Bowl VI, in 1972.

> * Game 3, Round 3 - Science Spelling
>
> As they said on the TV show "Âllo Âllo"... listen carefully,
> I shall say this only once. This is a spelling round, and we're
> going to use audio-round rules. That is, you can ask for a repeat
> of the clue, but not the key word, which will occur either as the
> last or the second-last word in the question. The idea is that
> you're supposed to get the answer primarily from the clue, and the
> only reason we're saying the word at all is to make sure you don't
> think of a different one, not to help you hear all the right vowels.
>
> So, in all cases, *spell that scientific word*.
>
> 1. This is a type of white blood cell that devours
> bacteria... "FAY-g'site".
>
> 2. As mentioned in the last Final, this is the process where
> a single cell divides into four cells, each with only half
> the usual number of chromosomes. It's how sperm and egg
> cells are formed, and it's called... "my-OH-siss".

Myosis

> 3. An alignment of three orbiting bodies close to a straight
> line, such as the Sun, Moon, and Earth at new moon or full
> moon, is known as a conjunction or... "SIZZ-i-jee".
>
> 4. According to paleontologists, humans evolved into their
> present form during the epoch known as the... "PLY-stuh-seen".

Pleistocene

> 5. This is the region in the outer solar system where certain
> comets were once believed to originate, and where Pluto is
> located: it's called the... "KIGH-per" belt.

Kuiper

> 6. This species of fish was known only from fossils and was
> thought to be have been extinct since the Cretaceous
> era -- until a live one turned up in a fishing net in
> 1938... "SEAL-uh-kanth".

Coelacanth

> 7. Objects moving freely on the surface of a rotating body
> seem to curve in their paths, which leads to rotating
> weather phenomena such as hurricanes. This is known as
> the... "kor-ee-OH-liss" effect.

Coriolis

> 8. An object that behaves as if it contained two simple magnets
> is said to have a... "KWOD-roo-pole" moment.

Quadruple

> 9. One of the most deadly poison gases used during World War I
> was carbonyl chloride, otherwise known as carbon oxychloride
> or... "FOSS-jeen".

Fozgene

> 10. A gas commonly burned in welding torches has the formula
> C2H2, and is known as... "uh-SET-uh-leen".

Acetylene

--

cheers,
calvin


== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 11:23 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer


On Jul 17, 10:58 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 3, Round 2 - The Super Bowl
>
> 1. The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, now known as
>    Super Bowl I, was held in 1967.  What team won?

Green Bay Packers

> 2. Who won the award as the MVP (most valuable player) in
>    Super Bowl I?

Bart Starr

> 3. Super Bowl IV, in 1970, was the last one before the two
>    leagues merged.  Name either the AFL or the NFL team in
>    that game.

Kansas City; Green Bay

> 5. Name the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who won a record
>    3 Super Bowl MVP awards, all in the 1980s.

Joe Montana

> 6. Name the head coach who won four consecutive AFC championships
>    in 1990-93, but never won the Super Bowl.

Marv Levy

> 7. Name the other team, besides <answer 6>'s team, that has
>    appeared in four Super Bowls but never won.

Minnesota Vikings

> 9. Name the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who was the first
>    to throw for more than 300 yards in a Super Bowl game?
>    That was Super Bowl XIII in 1979.

Terry Bradshaw

> 10. Who was the first Heisman-Trophy-winning quarterback to
>    start in a Super Bowl?  He was with the Dallas Cowboys and
>    the game was Super Bowl VI, in 1972.

Roger Staubach

> * Game 3, Round 3 - Science Spelling
>
> So, in all cases, *spell that scientific word*.
>
> 1. This is a type of white blood cell that devours
>    bacteria... "FAY-g'site".

phagocyte

> 2. As mentioned in the last Final, this is the process where
>    a single cell divides into four cells, each with only half
>    the usual number of chromosomes.  It's how sperm and egg
>    cells are formed, and it's called... "my-OH-siss".

meiosis

> 3. An alignment of three orbiting bodies close to a straight
>    line, such as the Sun, Moon, and Earth at new moon or full
>    moon, is known as a conjunction or... "SIZZ-i-jee".

syzygy

> 4. According to paleontologists, humans evolved into their
>    present form during the epoch known as the... "PLY-stuh-seen".

Pleistocene

> 5. This is the region in the outer solar system where certain
>    comets were once believed to originate, and where Pluto is
>    located: it's called the... "KIGH-per" belt.

Kuiper

> 6. This species of fish was known only from fossils and was
>    thought to be have been extinct since the Cretaceous
>    era -- until a live one turned up in a fishing net in
>    1938... "SEAL-uh-kanth".

coelacanth

> 7. Objects moving freely on the surface of a rotating body
>    seem to curve in their paths, which leads to rotating
>    weather phenomena such as hurricanes.  This is known as
>    the... "kor-ee-OH-liss" effect.

coriolis

> 8. An object that behaves as if it contained two simple magnets
>    is said to have a... "KWOD-roo-pole" moment.

quadrupole

> 9. One of the most deadly poison gases used during World War I
>    was carbonyl chloride, otherwise known as carbon oxychloride
>    or... "FOSS-jeen".

phosgene

> 10. A gas commonly burned in welding torches has the formula
>    C2H2, and is known as... "uh-SET-uh-leen".

acetylene

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #145
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4480dc6efd486512?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 17 2011 11:31 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer


On Jul 17, 6:33 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1       Which English singer was born Gordon Sumner?

Sting

> 2       Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah co-starred in which 1987 movie?

"Roxanne"

> 3       The disease encephalitis affects which human organ?

brain

> 4       Which international body, headquartered in Brussels, was established in  
> 1949?

NATO

> 5       Mount Sinai is located in which country?

Egypt

> 6       Who composed the Marriage of Figaro?

Mozart

> 7       What is the title of George W Bush's recent memoir?

"Decision Points"

> 8       What is America's most popular pizza topping?

pepperoni

> 9       Which actor received $4 m for his 10 minute role as Superman's father in  
> the 1978 film?

Marlon Brando

> 10      Who did James Earl Ray assassinate in 1968?

Martin Luther King Jr.

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com


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