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* Rotating Quiz #24 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58897080666e9c5e?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #148 - 6 messages, 5 authors
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #24
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58897080666e9c5e?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 25 2011 10:32 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Pete Gayde:
> This quiz is entitled: What I did on my summer vacation.
(Grin)
> 1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm Emanuel.
Was there a Simpson?
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
> Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
> teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
I'll guess the Brewers.
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
Burj Dubai.
> 4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
L. Champlain.
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
No idea.
> 6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used today
> mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed by which
> American philanthropic family?
Rockefeller?
> 7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel Adams.
> Which other American patriot is depicted?
Nice question. I'll guess Paine.
> 8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name both
> cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
Boston, Seattle.
> 9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
Hmm, I can't think of any. The Serpent Mounds?
> 10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago as
> leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg Solti
> (KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991.
> Name the second, who still holds his post.
Johnson.
--
Mark Brader "Thus the metric system did not really catch on
Toronto in the States, unless you count the increasing
msb@vex.net popularity of the 9 mm bullet." -- Dave Barry
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 3:26 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Pete (pagrsg@wideopenwest.com) writes:
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
Tapei 101
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
Since Acadia is in Maine, I would guess it's the lake in #4. Then again, the
Cadillac was designed in Detroit
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 5:09 am
From: swp
On Monday, July 25, 2011 11:50:25 PM UTC-4, Pete wrote:
> This quiz is entitled: What I did on my summer vacation. The questions
> refer to locations we visited on a 2-week trip from our home outside
> Chicago to the East Coast. I will score the quiz on or about August 1.
>
> 1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm Emanuel.
bill thompson
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
> Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
> teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
cleveland indians
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
burj dubai
> 4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
lake champlain
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
it was called green mountain until sometime around the end of world war i, and vermont (see #4 above) is the "green mountain" state.
> 6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used today
> mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed by which
> American philanthropic family?
kennedy?
> 7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel Adams.
> Which other American patriot is depicted?
paul revere? (paul revere beer doesn't sound as appealing as samuel adams beer for some reason)
> 8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name both
> cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
boston, seattle (much like I-95 follows route-1 south, I-90 follows route-20 for most of its length)
> 9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
and here I thought they only had rollercoaster parks in ohio
> 10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago as
> leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg Solti
> (KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991.
> Name the second, who still holds his post.
no idea
swp
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #148
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/7d3d6f01e52a6f40?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 3:22 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 Britain's Steve Redgrave won Olympic gold which sport?
Javelin
> 3 Tempura cuisine originated in which country?
Japan
> 4 Who wrote the song I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Bing Crosby
> 5 Which scientific process is the reverse of evaporation?
Condensation
> 6 Moldova is a country on which continent?
Europe
> 10 Which two countries share the world's longest common land border?
US & Canada
== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 3:33 am
From: "David"
1 Britain's Steve Redgrave won Olympic gold which sport?
Rowing
2 Which sci-fi TV series was created by Gene Roddenberry?
Star trek
3 Tempura cuisine originated in which country?
Japan
4 Who wrote the song I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas?
5 Which scientific process is the reverse of evaporation?
Condensation
6 Moldova is a country on which continent?
Europe
7 Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 1957 film Bridge on the
River Kwai?
Alec Guinness
8 What is the main ingredient of dahl?
Lentils
9 The bully Flashman was a character in which 19th century novel?
10 Which two countries share the world's longest common land border?
Canada and USA
== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 6:44 am
From: Joachim Parsch
Calvin schrieb:
>
> 1 Britain's Steve Redgrave won Olympic gold which sport?
> 2 Which sci-fi TV series was created by Gene Roddenberry?
Star Trek.
> 3 Tempura cuisine originated in which country?
Spain.
> 4 Who wrote the song I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Irving Berlin.
> 5 Which scientific process is the reverse of evaporation?
Condensation.
> 6 Moldova is a country on which continent?
Europe.
> 7 Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 1957 film Bridge on the
> River Kwai?
Alec Guiness.
> 8 What is the main ingredient of dahl?
> 9 The bully Flashman was a character in which 19th century novel?
> 10 Which two countries share the world's longest common land border?
USA/Canada
Joachim
== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 7:50 am
From: Stan Brown
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:48:26 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Britain's Steve Redgrave won Olympic gold which sport?
> 2 Which sci-fi TV series was created by Gene Roddenberry?
Star Trek
> 3 Tempura cuisine originated in which country?
Japan
> 4 Who wrote the song I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Irving Berlin
> 5 Which scientific process is the reverse of evaporation?
Condensation
> 6 Moldova is a country on which continent?
Europe (just barely)
> 7 Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 1957 film Bridge on the
> River Kwai?
Alec Guinness
> 8 What is the main ingredient of dahl?
It would be lentils, I believe.
> 9 The bully Flashman was a character in which 19th century novel?
Tom Brown's Schooldays
> 10 Which two countries share the world's longest common land border?
US and Canada
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 2:37 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Stan Brown (the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm) writes:
>> 6 Moldova is a country on which continent?
>
> Europe (just barely)
Nah, there is not exactly any other continent close by.
== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 3:14 pm
From: björn lundin
On 26 Juli, 04:48, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 4 Who wrote the song I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Irving berlin
> 5 Which scientific process is the reverse of evaporation?
Condensation
> 6 Moldova is a country on which continent?
Europe
> 7 Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 1957 film Bridge on the
> River Kwai?
Alec guinnes
> 10 Which two countries share the world's longest common land border?
Usa and canada
>
--
björn lundin
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