Sunday, November 13, 2011

rec.games.trivia - 2 new messages in 2 topics - digest

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Today's topics:

* Rotating quiz #39: Is that your final question? - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/ef8918e1a9745039?hl=en
* Calvin's Quiz #177 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/452394696984bc0b?hl=en

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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 1 ==
Date: Fri, Nov 11 2011 7:27 pm
From: "Rob Parker"

> 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?

C: Richard I

> 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?

A: Nanjing

> 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'?

B: Ayatollah 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


Rob

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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 1 ==
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

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