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* Calvin's Quiz #177 - 4 messages, 2 authors
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* Answers to Rotating quiz #39: Is that your final question? - 1 messages, 1
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* Calvin's Quiz #178 - 6 messages, 6 authors
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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 4 ==
Date: Sat, Nov 12 2011 9:42 am
From: Russ
On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 15:59:12 -0800 (PST), Calvin <334152@gmail.com>
wrote:
>1 Which author wrote the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds?
Colleen McCullough
>2 Who played the title role in the 1968 film Funny Girl?
Barbra Streisand
>3 Nathan Detroit is the lead character in which musical?
Guys & Dolls
>4 Osama bin Laden was born in which country?
Saudi Arabia
>5 How many sides does a trapezium have?
4
>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?
Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs
>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
>
>calvin
Russ
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 3:59 pm
From: Calvin
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:59:12 +1000, Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 Which author wrote the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds?
Colleen McCullough
3/10
> 2 Who played the title role in the 1968 film Funny Girl?
Barbra Streisand
8/10
> 3 Nathan Detroit is the lead character in which musical?
Guys and Dolls
2/10
> 4 Osama bin Laden was born in which country?
Saudi Arabia
9/10
> 5 How many sides does a trapezium have?
4
9/10
> 6 What colour light should be displayed on the port side of a vessel?
Red
6/10
> 7 What is the tallest breed of dog?
Irish Wolfhound
2/10
> 8 Whistle While You Work is a song from which Disney musical?
Snow White [and the Seven Dwarfs, or even "Dwarves"]
> 9 In which 1999 movie did Robin Williams play a robot that wanted to
> be human?
Bicentennial Man
4/10
> 10 Which actor played JR Ewing in the TV series Dallas?
Larry Hagman
8/10
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 177
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 Chris Johnson
0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 Dan Tilque
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 David Brown
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 Erland S
0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 Joachim Parsch
0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 John Masters
0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 Russ
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 8 2 9 9 6 2 9 4 8 60 60%
Congratulations Russ.
--
cheers,
calvin
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 5:10 pm
From: Russ
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:59:04 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
>> 7 What is the tallest breed of dog?
>
>Irish Wolfhound
>2/10
>
Not that I am complaining, but since 2004, there have been two Great
Danes that have been crowned the tallest dogs in the world. So at
least for the last 7 years, the answer of Great Dane should get some
credit, whether or not it's 1/2, or full credit.
>
>
>Congratulations Russ.
Russ
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 9:58 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:10:53 +1000, Russ <rns2XX7@att.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:59:04 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
>
>
>>> 7 What is the tallest breed of dog?
>>
>> Irish Wolfhound
>> 2/10
>>
>
>
> Not that I am complaining, but since 2004, there have been two Great
> Danes that have been crowned the tallest dogs in the world. So at
> least for the last 7 years, the answer of Great Dane should get some
> credit, whether or not it's 1/2, or full credit.
That's not what I had intended but since it is a reasonable interpretation
of the question I'll accept Great Dane.
I'm glad I'm not feeding him :-)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 177
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 Chris Johnson
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Dan Tilque
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 David Brown
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 Erland S
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 Joachim Parsch
0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 John Masters
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Russ
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 8 2 9 9 6 10 9 4 8 68 68%
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Answers to 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 1 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 1:44 am
From: Dan Tilque
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
B: Richard Nixon
Marc D, John Masters, Calvin, Pete, David B, Joachim Parsch, and Rob
Parker got it.
>
>
> 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
B: Henry II
John Masters, Chris Johnson, Calvin, Pete, David B, and Erland got it.
>
> Bonus: this question ignores the fact that Eleanor was first married to
> a French king. Who was he?
Louis VII
John Masters got it.
>
>
> 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
A: Trees
Marc D, John Masters, David B, Erland, and Rob Parker got it.
>
>
> 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
A: Moth
Marc D, Peter Smyth, Chris Johnson, Calvin, David B, Erland, and Rob
Parker got it.
>
> 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.
Harvard University Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator (Mark II would have
been sufficient)
>
>
> 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
C: Isaac Newton
Marc D, Peter Smyth, Calvin, David B, Erland, Joachim Parsch, and Rob
Parker got it.
>
>
> 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
C: Volt
Marc D, John Masters, Peter Smyth, Chris Johnson, Calvin, Pete, David B,
Erland, Joachim Parsch, and Rob Parker (everyone) got it.
>
>
> 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
D: Xi'an
John Masters, Calvin, Pete, David B, Erland, and Joachim Parsch got it.
>
>
> 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
C: Tenzing Norgay
Marc D, John Masters, Peter Smyth, Chris Johnson, Calvin, Pete, David B,
Erland, Joachim Parsch, and Rob Parker (everyone again) got it.
>
>
> 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
D: Mao Zedong
Calvin and Pete got it.
>
>
> 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
>
B: Denmark
Peter Smyth and David B got it.
Scores:
David B 9
Calvin 8
Erland 7
John Masters 6+
Marc D 6
Pete 6
Rob Parker 6
Joachim Parsch 5
Peter Smyth 5
Chris Johnson 4
David B is the clear winner, with Calvin and Erland placing and showing.
Congratulations to you all.
So take it away David.
--
Dan Tilque
"I can't believe this. Trapped in Ryoval's basement with a sex-starved
teenage werewolf. There was nothing about this in any of my Imperial
Academy training manuals..."
-- "Labyrinth", Lois McMaster Bujold
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #178
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/7ae7b0d37852f92b?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 4:08 pm
From: Calvin
Here's a harder set just for a change.
1 Canadian / American Douglas Kirkland (b 1934) is best known for his
achievements in which field of the arts?
2 Aironi and Benneton Treviso are professional Italian club teams
competing in which sport?
3 Jeremy Irons won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of which
Danish-born British socialite in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune?
4 To determine which property of a celestial object, generally a star, is
it necessary to assume that it is 10 parsecs (approximately 32.6 light
years) from the observer?
5 The idiomatic phrase "These go to 11", meaning that something is being
exploited up to or even beyond its limits, originated in which 1984
mockumentary?
6 Which analogue television encoding system is used throughout North and
Central America, Japan and South Korea, and is the equivalent of the PAL
or SECAM formats used in other countries?
7 Parts of which island have been variously ruled by the Netherlands,
Germany, Britain and Australia among others?
8 Which American guitarist and singer (1911-1938) didn't achieve
commercial success until the 1961 release of a compilation album titled
"King of the Delta Blues Singers"?
9 What does the acronym GDH, first coined in 1972 by the King of Bhutan in
an attempt to subjectively measure the quality of his citizens' lives,
stand for?
10 From the Latin for "winged feet', what term refers to various
semi-aquatic mammals including seals, walruses and sea loins?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 5:18 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.v4wtc9ivyr33d7@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
> Here's a harder set just for a change.
>
> 1 Canadian / American Douglas Kirkland (b 1934) is best known for
> his achievements in which field of the arts?
Painting
> 2 Aironi and Benneton Treviso are professional Italian club teams
> competing in which sport?
Basketball
> 3 Jeremy Irons won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of which
> Danish-born British socialite in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune?
> 4 To determine which property of a celestial object, generally a
> star, is it necessary to assume that it is 10 parsecs (approximately
> 32.6 light years) from the observer?
> 5 The idiomatic phrase "These go to 11", meaning that something is
> being exploited up to or even beyond its limits, originated in which
> 1984 mockumentary?
This Is Spinal Tap
> 6 Which analogue television encoding system is used throughout
> North and Central America, Japan and South Korea, and is the
> equivalent of the PAL or SECAM formats used in other countries?
NTSC
> 7 Parts of which island have been variously ruled by the
> Netherlands, Germany, Britain and Australia among others?
Papua New Guinea
> 8 Which American guitarist and singer (1911-1938) didn't achieve
> commercial success until the 1961 release of a compilation album
> titled "King of the Delta Blues Singers"?
Robert Johnson
> 9 What does the acronym GDH, first coined in 1972 by the King of
> Bhutan in an attempt to subjectively measure the quality of his
> citizens' lives, stand for?
> 10 From the Latin for "winged feet', what term refers to various
> semi-aquatic mammals including seals, walruses and sea loins?
Pinnipeds
>
Pete
== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 9:25 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.v4wtc9ivyr33d7@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
>
> Here's a harder set just for a change.
>
> 1 Canadian / American Douglas Kirkland (b 1934) is best known for his achievements in which field of the arts?
> 2 Aironi and Benneton Treviso are professional Italian club teams competing in which sport?
> 3 Jeremy Irons won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of which Danish-born British socialite in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune?
Klaus von Bulow
> 4 To determine which property of a celestial object, generally a star, is it necessary to assume that it is 10 parsecs (approximately 32.6 light years) from the observer?
mass
> 5 The idiomatic phrase "These go to 11", meaning that something is being exploited up to or even beyond its limits, originated in which 1984 mockumentary?
This Is Spinal Tap
> 6 Which analogue television encoding system is used throughout North and Central America, Japan and South Korea, and is the equivalent of the PAL or SECAM formats used in other countries?
NTSC
> 7 Parts of which island have been variously ruled by the Netherlands, Germany, Britain and Australia among others?
Java
> 8 Which American guitarist and singer (1911-1938) didn't achieve commercial success until the 1961 release of a compilation album titled "King of the Delta Blues Singers"?
Robert Johnson
> 9 What does the acronym GDH, first coined in 1972 by the King of Bhutan in an attempt to subjectively measure the quality of his citizens' lives, stand for?
Gross Domestic Happiness
> 10 From the Latin for "winged feet', what term refers to various semi-aquatic mammals including seals, walruses and sea loins?
pinniped
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 11:27 pm
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"
On 2011-11-14, Calvin wrote:
>
> Here's a harder set just for a change.
>
> 1 Canadian / American Douglas Kirkland (b 1934) is best known for his
> achievements in which field of the arts?
Photography
> 2 Aironi and Benneton Treviso are professional Italian club teams
> competing in which sport?
Soccer
> 3 Jeremy Irons won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of which
> Danish-born British socialite in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune?
Claus von Bulow (in the past week I've been watching every JI movie
I could lay my hands on!)
> 4 To determine which property of a celestial object, generally a star, is
> it necessary to assume that it is 10 parsecs (approximately 32.6 light
> years) from the observer?
Magnitude
> 5 The idiomatic phrase "These go to 11", meaning that something is being
> exploited up to or even beyond its limits, originated in which 1984
> mockumentary?
This is Spinal Tap
> 6 Which analogue television encoding system is used throughout North and
> Central America, Japan and South Korea, and is the equivalent of the PAL
> or SECAM formats used in other countries?
NTSC
> 7 Parts of which island have been variously ruled by the Netherlands,
> Germany, Britain and Australia among others?
Papua New Guinea
> 8 Which American guitarist and singer (1911-1938) didn't achieve
> commercial success until the 1961 release of a compilation album titled
> "King of the Delta Blues Singers"?
Johnson
> 9 What does the acronym GDH, first coined in 1972 by the King of Bhutan in
> an attempt to subjectively measure the quality of his citizens' lives,
> stand for?
Gross domestic happiness
> 10 From the Latin for "winged feet', what term refers to various
> semi-aquatic mammals including seals, walruses and sea loins?
--
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)
== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 11:44 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Calvin wrote:
>
> Here's a harder set just for a change.
>
> 1 Canadian / American Douglas Kirkland (b 1934) is best known for his
> achievements in which field of the arts?
music
> 2 Aironi and Benneton Treviso are professional Italian club teams
> competing in which sport?
basketball
> 3 Jeremy Irons won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of which
> Danish-born British socialite in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune?
> 4 To determine which property of a celestial object, generally a
> star, is it necessary to assume that it is 10 parsecs (approximately
> 32.6 light years) from the observer?
absolute magnitude
> 5 The idiomatic phrase "These go to 11", meaning that something is
> being exploited up to or even beyond its limits, originated in which
> 1984 mockumentary?
> 6 Which analogue television encoding system is used throughout North
> and Central America, Japan and South Korea, and is the equivalent of the
> PAL or SECAM formats used in other countries?
NTSC
> 7 Parts of which island have been variously ruled by the Netherlands,
> Germany, Britain and Australia among others?
New Guinea
> 8 Which American guitarist and singer (1911-1938) didn't achieve
> commercial success until the 1961 release of a compilation album titled
> "King of the Delta Blues Singers"?
> 9 What does the acronym GDH, first coined in 1972 by the King of
> Bhutan in an attempt to subjectively measure the quality of his
> citizens' lives, stand for?
gross domestic happiness
> 10 From the Latin for "winged feet', what term refers to various
> semi-aquatic mammals including seals, walruses and sea loins?
pinniped
--
Dan Tilque
"I can't believe this. Trapped in Ryoval's basement with a sex-starved
teenage werewolf. There was nothing about this in any of my Imperial
Academy training manuals..."
-- "Labyrinth", Lois McMaster Bujold
== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Mon, Nov 14 2011 12:13 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 2 Aironi and Benneton Treviso are professional Italian club teams
> competing in which sport?
Bicycling
> 3 Jeremy Irons won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of which
> Danish-born British socialite in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune?
Karen Blixen
> 7 Parts of which island have been variously ruled by the Netherlands,
> Germany, Britain and Australia among others?
New Guinea
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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TOPIC: Toughest Brain Twister Question
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/4df23b183b25eee9?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Nov 13 2011 10:51 pm
From: divya bisht
Brain Twister Question
(Source http://hardest-puzzle.blogspot.com/2011/11/brain-twister-question.html
)
2+3=8,
3+7=27,
4+5=32,
5+8=60,
6+7=72,
7+8=??
Solve it ?
update ans at
http://hardest-puzzle.blogspot.com/2011/11/brain-twister-question.html
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