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* QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 2-3: #2, multi-series regulars - 6 messages, 6 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/96cae38b0b242780?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 9-10 answers: sports movies, challenge round - 4
messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/100cf83d0c0814b7?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #155 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2476dbb23333d9e3?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #156 - 7 messages, 7 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/30d27f220c609198?hl=en

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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 5 Rounds 2-3: #2, multi-series regulars
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/96cae38b0b242780?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 12:32 am
From: "Peter Smyth"


"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:0LednUwjnprz09bTnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@vex.net...
>* Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
>
>Round 2 of this game is "We're #2". On each question we will name a
>city, and you must simply tell us where the world's *second-largest*
>city of that name is. In all cases we are referring to the usual
>names of the cities as written in English without accent marks,
>so if we asked for "Munich", the largest one would be in Germany.
>In all cases we are using the city-proper population, not the
>metropolitan area population, if it ever makes a difference.
>http://www.citypopulation.de is the source we used for all
>population data.
>
>So, to repeat, on each question tell us where to find the world's
>second-largest city with the name we give. You must name the
>Canadian *province*, or the US *state*, or the *country* elsewhere,
>as applicable. For example, we say London, you say Ontario.
>
>1. Manchester.
New Hampshire
>2. Toronto.
>3. San Jose.
Costa Rica
>4. Tripoli.
>5. St. Petersburg.
Florida
>6. Kansas City.
Kansas
>7. Hamilton.
New Zealand
>8. Los Angeles.
Mexico
>9. Birmingham.
Alabama
>10. Portland.
>
>
>* Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
>
>The Internet Movie Database, or IMDB, lists more than 600 actors
>and actresses who have each appeared in 60 or more episodes of
>each of 3 or more different TV series. But we're only going to
>ask you about 10 of them.
>
>In each case, we will name 3 or 4 TV series in chronological
>order of their debut, and you must name the actor or actress
>who regularly appeared in each one of those series for at least
>60 episodes of its run -- in most cases they were on the show's
>entire run. For example, if we said "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show",
>and "Here's Lucy", you would say Lucille Ball. However, the roles
>in the actual questions will *not necessarily* be leading ones.
>
>Some series will be mentioned more than once.
>
>1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat".
>
>2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".
William Shatner
>3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".
>
>4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".
>
>5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
>
>6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
>
>7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".
>
>8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".
>
>9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
> Fall Guy".
>
>10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".


Peter Smyth

== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 4:21 am
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <0LednUwjnprz09bTnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
>
> Round 2 of this game is "We're #2". On each question we will name a
> city, and you must simply tell us where the world's *second-largest*
> city of that name is. In all cases we are referring to the usual
> names of the cities as written in English without accent marks,
> so if we asked for "Munich", the largest one would be in Germany.
> In all cases we are using the city-proper population, not the
> metropolitan area population, if it ever makes a difference.
> http://www.citypopulation.de is the source we used for all
> population data.
>
> So, to repeat, on each question tell us where to find the world's
> second-largest city with the name we give. You must name the
> Canadian *province*, or the US *state*, or the *country* elsewhere,
> as applicable. For example, we say London, you say Ontario.
>
> 1. Manchester.
New Hampshire

> 2. Toronto.
> 3. San Jose.
Costa Rica

> 4. Tripoli.
Lebanon

> 5. St. Petersburg.
Florida

> 6. Kansas City.
Kansas

> 7. Hamilton.
Massachusetts

> 8. Los Angeles.
> 9. Birmingham.
Alabama

> 10. Portland.
Maine

> * Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
>
> The Internet Movie Database, or IMDB, lists more than 600 actors
> and actresses who have each appeared in 60 or more episodes of
> each of 3 or more different TV series. But we're only going to
> ask you about 10 of them.
>
> In each case, we will name 3 or 4 TV series in chronological
> order of their debut, and you must name the actor or actress
> who regularly appeared in each one of those series for at least
> 60 episodes of its run -- in most cases they were on the show's
> entire run. For example, if we said "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show",
> and "Here's Lucy", you would say Lucille Ball. However, the roles
> in the actual questions will *not necessarily* be leading ones.
>
> Some series will be mentioned more than once.
>
> 1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat".
Gavin McLeod

> 2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".
William Shatner

> 3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".
>
> 4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".
Bill Bixby

> 5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
Hirsch

> 6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
>
> 7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".
The guy who plays "Greg"

> 8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".
Michael Landon

> 9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
> Fall Guy".
Lee Majors

> 10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".
Sharon Gless

> (In case anyone wonders how there can have been over 60 episodes
> of "Burn Notice" already when it only started last year, it's
> because it didn't -- it originated on American cable TV and we're
> seeing it 3 years late.)

--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.


== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 2:19 pm
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2

> 1. Manchester.

New Hampshire

> 2. Toronto.

Italy

> 3. San Jose.

Costa Rica

> 4. Tripoli.

Libya

> 5. St. Petersburg.

Florida

> 6. Kansas City.

Kansas

> 7. Hamilton.

Minnesota; California

> 8. Los Angeles.

Mexico; Argentina

> 9. Birmingham.

Alabama

> 10. Portland.

United Kingdom; Maine


> * Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars

> 2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".

William Shatner

> 3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".

Corbin Bernsen

> 4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".

Bill Bixby

> 7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".

Jenna Elfman

> 8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".

Michael Landon

> 10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".

Tyne Daley

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."


== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 2:48 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog


Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 1. Manchester.

Alberta, Canada

> 2. Toronto.

UK

> 3. San Jose.

California; Costa Rica

> 4. Tripoli.

Illinois, USA

> 5. St. Petersburg.

Florida, USA

> 6. Kansas City.

Kansas, USA

> 7. Hamilton.

Ontario, Canada

> 8. Los Angeles.

Colombia

> 9. Birmingham.

Georgia, USA; UK

> 10. Portland.

Maine, USA


--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se


== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 4:52 pm
From: Calvin


On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:15:26 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
>
> 1. Manchester.
> 2. Toronto.

Michigan, Alaska

> 3. San Jose.

Costa Rica

> 4. Tripoli.

Egypt, Syria

> 5. St. Petersburg.

Illinois, Ohio

> 6. Kansas City.

Missouri

> 7. Hamilton.

New Zealand

> 8. Los Angeles.

Mexico

> 9. Birmingham.

Alabama

> 10. Portland.

South Sudan


> * Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
>
> The Internet Movie Database, or IMDB, lists more than 600 actors
> and actresses who have each appeared in 60 or more episodes of
> each of 3 or more different TV series. But we're only going to
> ask you about 10 of them.
>
> In each case, we will name 3 or 4 TV series in chronological
> order of their debut, and you must name the actor or actress
> who regularly appeared in each one of those series for at least
> 60 episodes of its run -- in most cases they were on the show's
> entire run. For example, if we said "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show",
> and "Here's Lucy", you would say Lucille Ball. However, the roles
> in the actual questions will *not necessarily* be leading ones.
>
> Some series will be mentioned more than once.
>
> 1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat".

Whatshisname. Murray?

> 2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".

William Shatner

> 3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".

Robert Guillaume?

> 4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".

Smith

> 5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
>
> 6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
>
> 7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".

Jenna Elfmann?

> 8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".

Michael Landon

> 9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
> Fall Guy".

Lee Majors

> 10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".

Tyne Daly?


--

cheers,
calvin


== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 11:55 pm
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - We're #2
>
> Round 2 of this game is "We're #2". On each question we will name a
> city, and you must simply tell us where the world's *second-largest*
> city of that name is. In all cases we are referring to the usual
> names of the cities as written in English without accent marks,
> so if we asked for "Munich", the largest one would be in Germany.
> In all cases we are using the city-proper population, not the
> metropolitan area population, if it ever makes a difference.
> http://www.citypopulation.de is the source we used for all
> population data.
>
> So, to repeat, on each question tell us where to find the world's
> second-largest city with the name we give. You must name the
> Canadian *province*, or the US *state*, or the *country* elsewhere,
> as applicable. For example, we say London, you say Ontario.
>
> 1. Manchester.

New Hampshire

> 2. Toronto.

Kentucky; Tennessee

> 3. San Jose.

Costa Rica

> 4. Tripoli.

Lebanon

> 5. St. Petersburg.

Florida

> 6. Kansas City.

Kansas

> 7. Hamilton.

New Zealand

> 8. Los Angeles.

Texas

> 9. Birmingham.

Alabama

> 10. Portland.

Maine

>
>
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Multi-Series Regulars
>
> The Internet Movie Database, or IMDB, lists more than 600 actors
> and actresses who have each appeared in 60 or more episodes of
> each of 3 or more different TV series. But we're only going to
> ask you about 10 of them.
>
> In each case, we will name 3 or 4 TV series in chronological
> order of their debut, and you must name the actor or actress
> who regularly appeared in each one of those series for at least
> 60 episodes of its run -- in most cases they were on the show's
> entire run. For example, if we said "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show",
> and "Here's Lucy", you would say Lucille Ball. However, the roles
> in the actual questions will *not necessarily* be leading ones.
>
> Some series will be mentioned more than once.
>
> 1. "McHale's Navy", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Love Boat".
>
> 2. "Star Trek", "T.J. Hooker", "Boston Legal".

William Shatner

>
> 3. "Benson", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Boston Legal".
>
> 4. "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",
> "The Incredible Hulk".

Bill Bixby

>
> 5. "Taxi", "Dear John", "Numb3rs" ("Numbers").
>
> 6. "Dynasty", "T.J. Hooker", "Melrose Place", "Spin City".
>
> 7. "Chicago Hope", "Dharma & Greg", "Criminal Minds".
>
> 8. "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", "Highway to Heaven".

Michael Landon

>
> 9. "The Big Valley", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The
> Fall Guy".

Lee Majors

>
> 10. "Switch", "Cagney & Lacey", "Queer as Folk", "Burn Notice".
>
> (In case anyone wonders how there can have been over 60 episodes
> of "Burn Notice" already when it only started last year, it's
> because it didn't -- it originated on American cable TV and we're
> seeing it 3 years late.)


--
Dan Tilque

Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"

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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 9-10 answers: sports movies, challenge round
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/100cf83d0c0814b7?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 7:57 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> > D2. What martial art has a name that means "empty hand"?

> Karate. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc,
> Calvin, and Peter.

I think I should have gotten 3 for this.

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."


== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 8:36 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
>>> D2. What martial art has a name that means "empty hand"?
>
>> Karate. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Pete, Marc,
>> Calvin, and Peter.

Dan Blum:
> I think I should have gotten 3 for this.

Oops, right. Sorry about that.

Revised scores, if there are now no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Mis His Sci Lit Spo Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 8 40 36 36 40 40 38 234
Dan Blum 24 8 39 22 34 32 39 31 199
Joshua Kreitzer 38 24 36 24 26 29 36 30 195
Marc Dashevsky 16 0 40 20 32 20 39 40 191
Dan Tilque 28 4 20 28 20 20 36 32 164
Rob Parker 20 0 24 8 14 22 29 23 132
"Calvin" 22 0 24 10 3 15 31 29 131
Pete Gayde 28 4 32 15 -- -- 36 8 123
Peter Smyth 28 8 20 0 12 8 32 22 122
Joachim Parsch -- -- 24 0 -- -- 24 28 76
Jeff Turner -- -- -- -- 8 4 16 24 52
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 -- -- 4 0 4 20 40

--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
"Have you ever heard [my honesty] questioned?"
"I never even heard it mentioned." -- Every Day's a Holiday

My text in this article is in the public domain.


== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 10:58 pm
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>
>> A. Field of Mars (Geography)
>
>> A1. In what national capital city would you find a park
>> whose name translates into English as "Field of Mars"?
>
> Paris. (There is also a "Field of Mars" in Rome, but it is not
> a park.)

I looked up Campus Martius on wikipedia after taking the quiz. As best I
can tell, it hasn't been park-like (i.e. open space with lots of
greenery) for at least 1800 years, probably longer.

>
>> A2. Please decode the rot13 only after you are done with
>> question A1. The Paris park in the last question was
>> the Champ-de-Mars. Adjacent to each end of this park, and
>> on the same side of the river Seine, is one of the city's
>> landmarks. In French or English, name either landmark.
>
> Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower), �cole Militaire (Military School).
> 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Pete, Marc, Jeff, Calvin, Joachim, and Rob.
> 2 for Joshua and Stephen.
>

I shouldn't get credit for this one, since my answer was "Arc de Triumphe".

--
Dan Tilque

Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"


== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 11:11 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
>>> A. Field of Mars (Geography)

>>> A1. In what national capital city would you find a park
>>> whose name translates into English as "Field of Mars"?

>> Paris. (There is also a "Field of Mars" in Rome, but it is not
>> a park.)

Dan Tilque:
> I looked up Campus Martius on wikipedia after taking the quiz.
> As best I can tell, it hasn't been park-like (i.e. open space
> with lots of greenery) for at least 1800 years, probably longer.

Yeah. This came up on a protest in the original game, so I already
had to check it out. In addition, the original version of the
question just said "what city", so I then had to accept Montreal,
which also has a Champ-de-Mars, and would've had to accept Detroit,
where the Campus Martius *is* a park, if anyone had given it and
made a protest.


>>> A2. Please decode the rot13 only after you are done with
>>> question A1. The Paris park in the last question was
>>> the Champ-de-Mars. Adjacent to each end of this park, and
>>> on the same side of the river Seine, is one of the city's
>>> landmarks. In French or English, name either landmark.

>> Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower), École Militaire (Military School).
>> 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Pete, Marc, Jeff, Calvin, Joachim, and Rob.
>> 2 for Joshua and Stephen.

> I shouldn't get credit for this one, since my answer was "Arc de Triumphe".

Urk! So it was. Sorry about that, folks.

Corrected scores, if there are *now* no further errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Mis His Sci Lit Spo Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 8 40 36 36 40 40 38 234
Dan Blum 24 8 39 22 34 32 39 31 199
Joshua Kreitzer 38 24 36 24 26 29 36 30 195
Marc Dashevsky 16 0 40 20 32 20 39 40 191
Dan Tilque 28 4 20 28 20 20 36 28 160
Rob Parker 20 0 24 8 14 22 29 23 132
"Calvin" 22 0 24 10 3 15 31 29 131
Pete Gayde 28 4 32 15 -- -- 36 8 123
Peter Smyth 28 8 20 0 12 8 32 22 122
Joachim Parsch -- -- 24 0 -- -- 24 28 76
Jeff Turner -- -- -- -- 8 4 16 24 52
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 -- -- 4 0 4 20 40

--
Mark Brader | "...what the customer wants doesn't matter;
Toronto | the only thing that matters is what the Marketeer
msb@vex.net | thinks the customer thinks he wants --
| or can be made to think he wants." --Steve Summit

My text in this article is in the public domain.

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #155 - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2476dbb23333d9e3?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 6:01 pm
From: Calvin


On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:49:45 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:

> 1 How many pieces of wood are required for a cricket wicket?

5
6/11
And they are not yet made from plastic Erland (apart from kids' sets)

> 2 Which company produces the fragrance Obsession?

Calvin Klein
8/11

> 3 What is the default font in Microsoft Word?

Calibri
1/11 - well done Erland
Arial, though similar, is not the same thing AFAIK.
And thanks to Marc for pointing out that the question should read
"typeface" or
"font face".

> 4 Who wrote the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls?

Ernest Hemingway
9/11

> 5 What is the Fremantle Doctor?

A wind / breeze
4/11

> 6 Odele and Odette are characters in which ballet?

Swan Lake
5/11

> 7 Menthol is primarily extracted from which plant?

Peppermint. Mint scored 1/2.
5/11

> 8 Kiel is a city in which European country?

Germany
7/11

> 9 Sam Phillips founded which iconic record label in 1952?

Sun Records
4/11

> 10 Which doctor is also an American soft drink?

Pepper
11/11


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 155
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
0 0 0 1 0 0 0.5 1 0 1 3.5 Dan Tilque
1 1 0 0 1 0 0.5 1 1 1 6.5 David
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 Erland S
0 1 0 1 0 0 0.5 0 0 1 3.5 Jeffrey Turner
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 Joachim Parsch
1 1 0 1 0 0 0.5 0 0 1 4.5 John Masters
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 1 1 1 0.5 1 0 1 7.5 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 Peter Smyth
1 0 0 1 1 0 0.5 1 1 1 6.5 Rob Parker
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 8 1 9 4 5 5 7 4 11 60 TOTAL
55%

Mark takes a tough one.


--

cheers,
calvin


== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Aug 18 2011 12:22 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
>> 3 What is the default font in Microsoft Word?
>
> Calibri
> 1/11 - well done Erland

Many answered Times New Roman which, as I pointed out, is correct for
Office 2003 and earlier, and you did not specify the version. Arial is
also a default font in Office 2003 for the Heading styles, so it could
be construed to be correct as well, although that would be to bend the
question a bit. But I would suggest that Times New Roman should be accepted.


--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #156
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/30d27f220c609198?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 6:04 pm
From: Calvin


1 In which north African country was fashion designer Yves St Laurent born?
2 What name is given to a district under the supervision of a bishop?
3 A Scouser hails from which English city?
4 What is the official language of Bulgaria?
5 Avalon was a hit 1982 album for which British band?
6 Who played Felix Ungar in Billy Wilder's 1968 film version of 'The Odd
Couple'?
7 What does the meteorological acronym SOI stand for?
8 What is The Big Australian?
9 Maximus Decimus Meridius was the main character of which 2000 film?
10 The Mock Turtle appears in which children's book?

--

cheers,
calvin


== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 7:33 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <op.v0dw84qeyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> 1 In which north African country was fashion designer Yves St Laurent born?
Algeria

> 2 What name is given to a district under the supervision of a bishop?
bishopric

> 3 A Scouser hails from which English city?
All I know is the Monkees did a song titled "Randy Scouse Git."

> 4 What is the official language of Bulgaria?
Bulgarian
(On a par with, "From what common animal do we get pigskin?")

> 5 Avalon was a hit 1982 album for which British band?
> 6 Who played Felix Ungar in Billy Wilder's 1968 film version of 'The Odd Couple'?
Walter Matthau

> 7 What does the meteorological acronym SOI stand for?
Sleet Or Ice; Silly Old Isobar

> 8 What is The Big Australian?
Should this be discussed in mixed company?

> 9 Maximus Decimus Meridius was the main character of which 2000 film?
Gladiator

> 10 The Mock Turtle appears in which children's book?
Alice In Wonderland

--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.


== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 8:48 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


"Calvin":
> 1 In which north African country was fashion designer Yves St Laurent born?

Algeria.

> 2 What name is given to a district under the supervision of a bishop?

See!

> 3 A Scouser hails from which English city?

Liverpool.

> 4 What is the official language of Bulgaria?

Bulgarian, I hpoe.

> 5 Avalon was a hit 1982 album for which British band?
> 6 Who played Felix Ungar in Billy Wilder's 1968 film version of 'The Odd
> Couple'?

(Unger.) Jack Lemmon.

> 7 What does the meteorological acronym SOI stand for?

Never heard of it, and I do know something about meteorology.
Um, snow or ice?

> 8 What is The Big Australian?

A roller coaster?

> 9 Maximus Decimus Meridius was the main character of which 2000 film?

Gladiator.

> 10 The Mock Turtle appears in which children's book?

"Alice in Wonderland". By which I mean a combined edition (as is
commonly seen nowadays) containing "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
and "Through the Looking Glass" in one volume, so I don't have to
guess or remember which story he was actually in.
--
Mark Brader "I cannot reply in French, but I will
Toronto type English very slowly and loudly."
msb@vex.net --Lars Eighner

My text in this article is in the public domain.


== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 10:08 pm
From: John Masters


On 2011-08-18 01:04:06 +0000, Calvin said:

> 1 In which north African country was fashion designer Yves St Laurent born?

Algeria

> 2 What name is given to a district under the supervision of a bishop?

See

> 3 A Scouser hails from which English city?

Liverpool

> 4 What is the official language of Bulgaria?

Bulgari

> 5 Avalon was a hit 1982 album for which British band?

Roxy Music

> 6 Who played Felix Ungar in Billy Wilder's 1968 film version of 'The
> Odd Couple'?

Jack Lemmon

> 7 What does the meteorological acronym SOI stand for?
> 8 What is The Big Australian?

A wave?

> 9 Maximus Decimus Meridius was the main character of which 2000 film?

Gladiator

> 10 The Mock Turtle appears in which children's book?

Alice in Wonderland

== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 17 2011 11:13 pm
From: Dan Tilque


Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 In which north African country was fashion designer Yves St Laurent
> born?

Algeria

> 2 What name is given to a district under the supervision of a bishop?

bishopric

> 3 A Scouser hails from which English city?

Liverpool

> 4 What is the official language of Bulgaria?

Bulgarian

> 5 Avalon was a hit 1982 album for which British band?
> 6 Who played Felix Ungar in Billy Wilder's 1968 film version of 'The
> Odd Couple'?
> 7 What does the meteorological acronym SOI stand for?
> 8 What is The Big Australian?
> 9 Maximus Decimus Meridius was the main character of which 2000 film?

Gladiator

> 10 The Mock Turtle appears in which children's book?

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll


--
Dan Tilque

Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"


== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Thurs, Aug 18 2011 12:25 am
From: "Peter Smyth"


"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.v0dw84qeyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>1 In which north African country was fashion designer Yves St Laurent born?
Morocco
>2 What name is given to a district under the supervision of a bishop?
Diocese
>3 A Scouser hails from which English city?
Liverpool
>4 What is the official language of Bulgaria?
Bulgarian
>5 Avalon was a hit 1982 album for which British band?
Roxy Music
>6 Who played Felix Ungar in Billy Wilder's 1968 film version of 'The Odd
>Couple'?
>7 What does the meteorological acronym SOI stand for?
snow or ice
>8 What is The Big Australian?
a TV show
>9 Maximus Decimus Meridius was the main character of which 2000 film?
Gladiator
>10 The Mock Turtle appears in which children's book?
Alice in Wonderland

Peter Smyth

== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Thurs, Aug 18 2011 12:25 am
From: Erland Sommarskog


Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 In which north African country was fashion designer Yves St
> Laurent born?

Morrocco

> 3 A Scouser hails from which English city?

Stoke-on-Trent

> 4 What is the official language of Bulgaria?

As far as they have an official language, I would expcet it to be Bulgarian

> 5 Avalon was a hit 1982 album for which British band?

Roxy Music

> 8 What is The Big Australian?

Calvin (and obviously not Klein this time!)

> 10 The Mock Turtle appears in which children's book?

Alice in Wonderland

--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se


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