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* Calvin's Quiz #176 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4c8f342f6d4e1751?hl=en
* Rotating quiz #39: Is that your final question? - 6 messages, 6 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/ef8918e1a9745039?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #177 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/452394696984bc0b?hl=en

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #176
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4c8f342f6d4e1751?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Nov 8 2011 11:54 pm
From: Pete

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in news:209feb8e-2e84-4c3e-8400-
ea1fae67fdc0@p36g2000prp.googlegroups.com:

>
> Still suffering via GG...
>
> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Billiards

> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Puzo

> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?
> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George H. W. Bush

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
> Frost?
> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?
> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

Garlic

> 9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Sam Spade

> 10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

Nautilus

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 3:48 pm
From: Calvin <334152@gmail.com>

On Nov 7, 10:49 am, Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Still suffering via GG...
>
> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Snooker
6/10

> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Mario Puzo
7/10

> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?

Bryan Adams
5/10

> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

Married 8 times but twice to Richard Burton so the answer is 7.
6/10

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George Bush Sr
7/10

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
> Frost?

David Jasen
4/10

> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?

Hard Rock Cafe
4/10

> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

Garlic
7/10

> 9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Phillip Marlowe
5/10

> 10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

[USS] Nautilus

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 176
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 David Brown
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Erland S
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 Joachim Parsch
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 John Masters
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 Russ
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 7 5 6 7 4 4 7 5 6 57 57%

Well done Russ- a great score in a tough quiz.

---
cheers,
calvin

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TOPIC: Rotating quiz #39: Is that your final question?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/ef8918e1a9745039?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 1:42 am
From: Dan Tilque

There are versions of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" found in many
countries around the world. There was actually a small article in the
local paper about a recent winner from India (see question 10). Must
have been a slow news day.

Inspired by that, I decided to look up the final questions for a number
of winners and compile them into a quiz. Sorry, there's no lifelines
available for this version.

1. The first person to win the grand prize on "Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire?" was John Carpenter, an American. His final question was

Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series 'Laugh-In'?

A: Lyndon Johnson
B: Richard Nixon
C: Jimmy Carter
D: Gerald Ford

2. The second person to win was a Briton, Judith Keppel. Her final
question was

Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?

A: Henry I
B: Henry II
C: Richard I
D: Henry V

Bonus: this question ignores the fact that Eleanor was first married to
a French king. Who was he?

3. The second Briton to win was a Welshman, David Edwards.

If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?

A: Trees
B: Flowers
C: Vegetables
D: Grain

4. The second American winner had such an easy final question that I'm
going to ignore it. (It asked what the distance between the sun and
Earth is. I expect most people in this newsgroup knew that fact by the
time they were 12.) The third was Joe Trela. His question:

What insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term
'computer bug'?

A: Moth
B: Roach
C: Fly
D: Japanese beetle

Note: There are three things wrong with this question: 1) the term "bug"
had already been in use for defects in electronic devices before this
incident; 2) it was in a rather primitive computer which did not deserve
the designation "supercomputer"; 3) the insect in question didn't short
out the computer but rather got caught between the points of a relay.

Bonus: Name the computer.

5. The fourth American winner was Bob House:

Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for him?

A: Albert Einstein
B: Neils Bohr
C: Isaac Newton
D: Enrico Fermi

6. The third British winner was Robert Brydges:

Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?

A: Pascal
B: Ohm
C: Volt
D: Hertz

7. The first Swedish winner was Per Hörberg. His question:

In what Chinese city can you see Qin Shi Huang's tomb?

A: Nanjing
B: Beijing
C: Shanghai
D: Xi'an

8. The first German winner was Eckhard Freise. His question:

With whom did Edmund Hillary first reach the top of Mount Everest in 1953?

A: Nasreddin Hodscha
B: Nursay Pimsorn
C: Tenzing Norgay
D: Abrindranath Singh

9. The first Australian winner was Rob "Coach" Fulton. His question was
way too 1960s-TV-centric for my taste, so here's the final question for
the other Australian winner, Martin Flood:

Who was never 'Time' magazine's 'Man of the Year'?

A: Adolf Hitler
B: Ayatollah Khomeini
C: Joseph Stalin
D: Mao Zedong

10. In the last few days, there was a winner from India (the fourth
winner from that country), Sushil Kumar:

Which colonial power ended its involvement in India by selling the
rights of the Nicobar Islands to the British on October 16, 1868?

A: Belgium
B: Denmark
C: France
D: Italy

--
Dan Tilque

== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 8:00 am
From: Marc Dashevsky

In article <j9dhi7$kge$1@dont-email.me>, dtilque@frontier.com says...
> There are versions of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" found in many
> countries around the world. There was actually a small article in the
> local paper about a recent winner from India (see question 10). Must
> have been a slow news day.
>
> Inspired by that, I decided to look up the final questions for a number
> of winners and compile them into a quiz. Sorry, there's no lifelines
> available for this version.
>
>
> 1. The first person to win the grand prize on "Who Wants to Be a
> Millionaire?" was John Carpenter, an American. His final question was
>
> Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series 'Laugh-In'?
B: Richard Nixon

> 2. The second person to win was a Briton, Judith Keppel. Her final
> question was
>
> Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
D: Henry V

> Bonus: this question ignores the fact that Eleanor was first married to
> a French king. Who was he?
>
> 3. The second Briton to win was a Welshman, David Edwards.
>
> If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?
A: Trees

> 4. The second American winner had such an easy final question that I'm
> going to ignore it. (It asked what the distance between the sun and
> Earth is. I expect most people in this newsgroup knew that fact by the
> time they were 12.) The third was Joe Trela. His question:
>
> What insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term
> 'computer bug'?
A: Moth

> 5. The fourth American winner was Bob House:
>
> Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for him?
C: Isaac Newton

> 6. The third British winner was Robert Brydges:
>
> Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
C: Volt

> 7. The first Swedish winner was Per Hörberg. His question:
>
> In what Chinese city can you see Qin Shi Huang's tomb?
B: Beijing

> 8. The first German winner was Eckhard Freise. His question:
>
> With whom did Edmund Hillary first reach the top of Mount Everest in 1953?
C: Tenzing Norgay

> 9. The first Australian winner was Rob "Coach" Fulton. His question was
> way too 1960s-TV-centric for my taste, so here's the final question for
> the other Australian winner, Martin Flood:
>
> Who was never 'Time' magazine's 'Man of the Year'?
A: Adolf Hitler

> 10. In the last few days, there was a winner from India (the fourth
> winner from that country), Sushil Kumar:
>
> Which colonial power ended its involvement in India by selling the
> rights of the Nicobar Islands to the British on October 16, 1868?
A: Belgium

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

== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 10:21 am
From: John Masters

On 2011-11-09 09:42:31 +0000, Dan Tilque said:

> There are versions of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" found in many
> countries around the world. There was actually a small article in the
> local paper about a recent winner from India (see question 10). Must
> have been a slow news day.
>
> Inspired by that, I decided to look up the final questions for a number
> of winners and compile them into a quiz. Sorry, there's no lifelines
> available for this version.
>
>
> 1. The first person to win the grand prize on "Who Wants to Be a
> Millionaire?" was John Carpenter, an American. His final question was
>
> Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series 'Laugh-In'?
>
> A: Lyndon Johnson
> B: Richard Nixon
> C: Jimmy Carter
> D: Gerald Ford

>
>
> 2. The second person to win was a Briton, Judith Keppel. Her final question was
>
> Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
>
> A: Henry I
> B: Henry II
> C: Richard I
> D: Henry V

>
> Bonus: this question ignores the fact that Eleanor was first married to
> a French king. Who was he?

Loiis VII

>
> 3. The second Briton to win was a Welshman, David Edwards.
>
> If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?
>
> A: Trees
> B: Flowers
> C: Vegetables
> D: Grain

>
>
> 4. The second American winner had such an easy final question that I'm
> going to ignore it. (It asked what the distance between the sun and
> Earth is. I expect most people in this newsgroup knew that fact by the
> time they were 12.) The third was Joe Trela. His question:
>
> What insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term
> 'computer bug'?
>
> A: Moth
> B: Roach
> C: Fly
> D: Japanese beetle

>
> Note: There are three things wrong with this question: 1) the term
> "bug" had already been in use for defects in electronic devices before
> this incident; 2) it was in a rather primitive computer which did not
> deserve the designation "supercomputer"; 3) the insect in question
> didn't short out the computer but rather got caught between the points
> of a relay.
>
> Bonus: Name the computer.

HAL

>
> 5. The fourth American winner was Bob House:
>
> Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for him?
>
> A: Albert Einstein
> B: Neils Bohr
> C: Isaac Newton
> D: Enrico Fermi

>
> 6. The third British winner was Robert Brydges:
>
> Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
>
> A: Pascal
> B: Ohm
> C: Volt
> D: Hertz

>
>
> 7. The first Swedish winner was Per Hörberg. His question:
>
> In what Chinese city can you see Qin Shi Huang's tomb?
>
> A: Nanjing
> B: Beijing
> C: Shanghai
> D: Xi'an

>
>
> 8. The first German winner was Eckhard Freise. His question:
>
> With whom did Edmund Hillary first reach the top of Mount Everest in 1953?
>
> A: Nasreddin Hodscha
> B: Nursay Pimsorn
> C: Tenzing Norgay
> D: Abrindranath Singh

>
>
> 9. The first Australian winner was Rob "Coach" Fulton. His question was
> way too 1960s-TV-centric for my taste, so here's the final question for
> the other Australian winner, Martin Flood:
>
> Who was never 'Time' magazine's 'Man of the Year'?
>
> A: Adolf Hitler
> B: Ayatollah Khomeini
> C: Joseph Stalin
> D: Mao Zedong

>
> 10. In the last few days, there was a winner from India (the fourth
> winner from that country), Sushil Kumar:
>
> Which colonial power ended its involvement in India by selling the
> rights of the Nicobar Islands to the British on October 16, 1868?
>
> A: Belgium
> B: Denmark
> C: France
> D: Italy

== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 1:18 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"

"Dan Tilque" wrote in message news:j9dhi7$kge$1@dont-email.me...

>Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series
>'Laugh-In'?
C: Jimmy Carter

>Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
C: Richard I

>If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?
B: Flowers

>What insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term
>'computer bug'?
A: Moth

>Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for him?
C: Isaac Newton

>Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
C: Volt

>In what Chinese city can you see Qin Shi Huang's tomb?
A: Nanjing

>With whom did Edmund Hillary first reach the top of Mount Everest in 1953?
C: Tenzing Norgay

>Who was never 'Time' magazine's 'Man of the Year'?
B: Ayatollah Khomeini

>Which colonial power ended its involvement in India by selling the rights
>of the Nicobar Islands to the British on October 16, 1868?
B: Denmark (which I only know by reading about the Indian winner recently)

The only ones I would have gambled a million for are Q5 + 8.

Peter Smyth

== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 2:21 pm
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"

On 2011-11-09, Dan Tilque wrote:
> There are versions of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" found in many
> countries around the world. There was actually a small article in the
> local paper about a recent winner from India (see question 10). Must
> have been a slow news day.
>
> Inspired by that, I decided to look up the final questions for a number
> of winners and compile them into a quiz. Sorry, there's no lifelines
> available for this version.
>
>
> 1. The first person to win the grand prize on "Who Wants to Be a
> Millionaire?" was John Carpenter, an American. His final question was
>
> Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series 'Laugh-In'?
>
> A: Lyndon Johnson
> B: Richard Nixon
> C: Jimmy Carter
> D: Gerald Ford

> 2. The second person to win was a Briton, Judith Keppel. Her final
> question was
>
> Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
>
> A: Henry I
> B: Henry II
> C: Richard I
> D: Henry V

> Bonus: this question ignores the fact that Eleanor was first married to
> a French king. Who was he?
>
>
> 3. The second Briton to win was a Welshman, David Edwards.
>
> If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?
>
> A: Trees
> B: Flowers
> C: Vegetables
> D: Grain

(The distance has apparently changed since I was 12!)

> What insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term
> 'computer bug'?
>
> A: Moth
> B: Roach
> C: Fly
> D: Japanese beetle

Univac

> 5. The fourth American winner was Bob House:
>
> Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for him?
>
> A: Albert Einstein
> B: Neils Bohr
> C: Isaac Newton
> D: Enrico Fermi

> 6. The third British winner was Robert Brydges:
>
> Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
>
> A: Pascal
> B: Ohm
> C: Volt
> D: Hertz

> 7. The first Swedish winner was Per Hörberg. His question:
>
> In what Chinese city can you see Qin Shi Huang's tomb?
>
> A: Nanjing
> B: Beijing
> C: Shanghai
> D: Xi'an

> 8. The first German winner was Eckhard Freise. His question:
>
> With whom did Edmund Hillary first reach the top of Mount Everest in 1953?
>
> A: Nasreddin Hodscha
> B: Nursay Pimsorn
> C: Tenzing Norgay
> D: Abrindranath Singh

--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com>
Author: =======================
Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)

== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 3:35 pm
From: Calvin <334152@gmail.com>

On Nov 9, 7:42 pm, Dan Tilque <dtil...@frontier.com> wrote:
> There are versions of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" found in many
> countries around the world.

Great idea!

> 1. The first person to win the grand prize on "Who Wants to Be a
> Millionaire?" was John Carpenter, an American. His final question was
>
> Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series 'Laugh-In'?
>
> A: Lyndon Johnson
> B: Richard Nixon
> C: Jimmy Carter
> D: Gerald Ford

> 2. The second person to win was a Briton, Judith Keppel. Her final
> question was
>
> Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
>
> A: Henry I
> B: Henry II
> C: Richard I
> D: Henry V

> Bonus: this question ignores the fact that Eleanor was first married to
> a French king. Who was he?

Geoffrey of Anjou?

> 3. The second Briton to win was a Welshman, David Edwards.
>
> If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?
>
> A: Trees
> B: Flowers
> C: Vegetables
> D: Grain

> 4. The second American winner had such an easy final question that
I'm
> going to ignore it. (It asked what the distance between the sun and
> Earth is. I expect most people in this newsgroup knew that fact by the
> time they were 12.) The third was Joe Trela. His question:
>
> What insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term
> 'computer bug'?
>
> A: Moth
> B: Roach
> C: Fly
> D: Japanese beetle

> Note: There are three things wrong with this question: 1) the term "bug"
> had already been in use for defects in electronic devices before this
> incident; 2) it was in a rather primitive computer which did not deserve
> the designation "supercomputer"; 3) the insect in question didn't short
> out the computer but rather got caught between the points of a relay.
>
> Bonus: Name the computer.
>
> 5. The fourth American winner was Bob House:
>
> Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for him?
>
> A: Albert Einstein
> B: Neils Bohr
> C: Isaac Newton
> D: Enrico Fermi

It's either B or C. I'll go with C.

> 6. The third British winner was Robert Brydges:
>
> Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
>
> A: Pascal
> B: Ohm
> C: Volt
> D: Hertz

> 7. The first Swedish winner was Per Hörberg. His question:
>
> In what Chinese city can you see Qin Shi Huang's tomb?
>
> A: Nanjing
> B: Beijing
> C: Shanghai
> D: Xi'an

cheers,
calvin

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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #177
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/452394696984bc0b?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 3:59 pm
From: Calvin <334152@gmail.com>

1 Which author wrote the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds?
2 Who played the title role in the 1968 film Funny Girl?
3 Nathan Detroit is the lead character in which musical?
4 Osama bin Laden was born in which country?
5 How many sides does a trapezium have?
6 What colour light should be displayed on the port side of a vessel?
7 What is the tallest breed of dog?
8 Whistle While You Work is a song from which Disney musical?
9 In which 1999 movie did Robin Williams play a robot that wanted to
be human?
10 Which actor played JR Ewing in the TV series Dallas?

cheers,
calvin

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 5:43 pm
From: Dan Tilque

Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which author wrote the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds?

Bernard?

> 2 Who played the title role in the 1968 film Funny Girl?

Barbra Streisand

> 3 Nathan Detroit is the lead character in which musical?
> 4 Osama bin Laden was born in which country?

Saudi Arabia

> 5 How many sides does a trapezium have?

> 6 What colour light should be displayed on the port side of a vessel?

green

> 7 What is the tallest breed of dog?

Great Dane

> 8 Whistle While You Work is a song from which Disney musical?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

> 9 In which 1999 movie did Robin Williams play a robot that wanted to
> be human?

Bicentennial Man

> 10 Which actor played JR Ewing in the TV series Dallas?

Larry Hagman

--
Dan Tilque

Nale: Sabine, find us a lair, somewhere we can hole up for 2 to 3 weeks.
Someplace where no one will notice a teenage schoolgirl bound and gagged.
Sabine: I'll start near the hentai bookstore and work my way out.
-- Rich Burlew, OotS#258

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Nov 9 2011 10:11 pm
From: John Masters

On 2011-11-09 23:59:12 +0000, Calvin said:

> 1 Which author wrote the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds?
> 2 Who played the title role in the 1968 film Funny Girl?

Barbara Streisand

> 3 Nathan Detroit is the lead character in which musical?
> 4 Osama bin Laden was born in which country?

USA

> 5 How many sides does a trapezium have?

> 6 What colour light should be displayed on the port side of a vessel?

Red

> 7 What is the tallest breed of dog?

Great Dane

> 8 Whistle While You Work is a song from which Disney musical?

Sleeping Beauty

> 9 In which 1999 movie did Robin Williams play a robot that wanted to
> be human?
> 10 Which actor played JR Ewing in the TV series Dallas?

Larry Hagman

>
> cheers,
> calvin

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