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* Calvin's Quiz #177 - 6 messages, 6 authors
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* Rotating quiz #39: Is that your final question? - 6 messages, 6 authors
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* Calvin's Quiz #175 - 1 messages, 1 author
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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 6 ==
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?
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?
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
== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 12:24 am
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"
On 2011-11-09, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which author wrote the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds?
McCullogh
> 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 and 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?
green
> 7 What is the tallest breed of dog?
Irish wolfhound
> 8 Whistle While You Work is a song from which Disney musical?
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
> 9 In which 1999 movie did Robin Williams play a robot that wanted to
> be human?
The Bicentennial Man
> 10 Which actor played JR Ewing in the TV series Dallas?
--
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)
== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 2:58 am
From: "David B"
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?
Saudi Arabia
5 How many sides does a trapezium have?
Four
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 and the Seven Dwarfs
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
== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 5:26 am
From: Pete
Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in news:10f5b003-fe01-4949-ba95-
b033c35d1e9b@x28g2000prb.googlegroups.com:
> 1 Which author wrote the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds?
> 2 Who played the title role in the 1968 film Funny Girl?
Barbra Streisand
> 3 Nathan Detroit is the lead character in which musical?
Carousel
> 4 Osama bin Laden was born in which country?
Saudi Arabia
> 5 How many sides does a trapezium have?
11
> 6 What colour light should be displayed on the port side of a vessel?
Green
> 7 What is the tallest breed of dog?
Irish Wolfhound
> 8 Whistle While You Work is a song from which Disney musical?
Snow White
> 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
>
Pete
== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 11:09 pm
From: Joachim Parsch
Calvin schrieb:
>
> 1 Which author wrote the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds?
> 2 Who played the title role in the 1968 film Funny Girl?
Barbra Streisand.
> 3 Nathan Detroit is the lead character in which musical?
Dance of the Vampires.
> 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?
Snoopy (when sitting on his kennel).
> 8 Whistle While You Work is a song from which Disney musical?
Snow White and the 7 dwarfs.
> 9 In which 1999 movie did Robin Williams play a robot that wanted to
> be human?
The Bicentennial man.
> 10 Which actor played JR Ewing in the TV series Dallas?
Larry Hagman.
Joachim
== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Fri, Nov 11 2011 12:23 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (334152@gmail.com) writes:
> 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?
Grand Danois
> 8 Whistle While You Work is a song from which Disney musical?
Snowwhite
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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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: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 5:24 am
From: Pete
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com> wrote in
news:j9dhi7$kge$1@dont-email.me:
> 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
>
>
> 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
>
> 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
C
>
>
> 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
B
>
> 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.
Eniac
>
>
> 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
B
>
>
> 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
>
>
> 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
>
>
> 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
>
>
> 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
>
>
> 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
C
>
Pete
== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 6:46 am
From: "David B"
1. Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series
'Laugh-In'?
B: Richard Nixon
2. Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
B: Henry II
3. The second Briton to win was a Welshman, David Edwards.
A: Trees
4. What insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term
'computer bug'?
A: Moth
5. Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for
him?
C: Isaac Newton
6. Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
C: Volt
7. In what Chinese city can you see Qin Shi Huang's tomb?
D: Xi'an
8. With whom did Edmund Hillary first reach the top of Mount Everest in
1953?
C: Tenzing Norgay
9. Who was never 'Time' magazine's 'Man of the Year'?
A: Adolf Hitler
10. 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
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== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 12:44 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-11-09 23:35:46 +0000, Calvin said:
>
>> 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
>
>> Bonus: this question ignores the fact that Eleanor was first married to
>> a French king. Who was he?
>
> Geoffrey of Anjou?
>
Henry II's father. Married to the Empress Matilda, Henry I's daughter.
It helps that I'm currently reading She Wolves by Helen Castor about
the women who ruled England before Elizabeth I. Just finished the
second part about Eleanor and the first part was about Matilda. Great
book. She-wolves indeed.
== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 2:45 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Dan Tilque (dtilque@frontier.com) writes:
> Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series 'Laugh-
> In'?
>
C: Jimmy Carter
> Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
B: Henry II
> If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?
A: Trees
> 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?
D: Xi'an
> 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?
C: France
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 5:33 pm
From: Calvin
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:44:21 +1000, John Masters <johnmasters@me.com>
wrote:
> On 2011-11-09 23:35:46 +0000, Calvin said:
>
>>
>>> 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
>>
>>> Bonus: this question ignores the fact that Eleanor was first married to
>>> a French king. Who was he?
>> Geoffrey of Anjou?
>>
>
> Henry II's father.
That's right. Of 3 Lions fame.
> Married to the Empress Matilda, Henry I's daughter. It helps that I'm
> currently reading She Wolves by Helen Castor about the women who ruled
> England before Elizabeth I. Just finished the second part about Eleanor
> and the first part was about Matilda. Great book. She-wolves indeed.
I guess they had to be to rule in such times.
--
cheers,
calvin
== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 11:05 pm
From: Joachim Parsch
Dan Tilque schrieb:
>
> 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: Nixon.
> 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
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
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
B: Roach.
> 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
C: Newton.
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
> 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
B: Khomeini.
> 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
A: Belgium.
Joachim
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #175
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2b5fb777b4a3847c?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 10 2011 5:56 pm
From: Calvin
On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:28:31 +1000, swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, November 6, 2011 7:41:58 PM UTC-5, Calvin wrote:
>> Congratulations to Joshua, Russ and Stephen. This is the first time
>> the last two names have both done the same quiz, dashing my conspiracy
>> theory.
>
> or proving that I have a job with a different ip address than the one I
> have at home.
Egad! The conspiracy is more villainous than I had imagined.
> or that I moved and am now the proud owner of 37 Radcliff Drive in the
> lovely town of Doylestown in the keystone state.
Congratulations. I have updated its Wikipedia page, including you as a
Prominent Resident.
--
cheers,
calvin
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