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- QFTCIUA Game 1, Rounds 9-10: states, nickname challenge - 4 Updates
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| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Sep 27 09:33AM +1000 > * Game 1, Round 9 - Geography - The State I'm In > 1. Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Hubei. China > 2. Batman, Hakkari, Samsun, Van. South Korea > 3. Cordoba, Formosa, Rio Negro, Santa Fe. Argentina > 4. Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Parana, Rio Grande do Norte. Brazil; Paraguay > 5. Borno, Edo, Gombe, Jigawa. Japan > 6. Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier > Province), Punjab, Sindh. India; Pakistan > 7. Assam, Kerala, Nagaland, Sikkim. India; Nepal > 8. Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Schaffhausen, Zug. Switzerland > 9. Andalucia, Extremadura, Illes Baleares (Balearic Islands), > Murcia. Spain > 10. Chiapas, Colima, Hidalgo, Sonora. Mexico > * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Nicknames and Pseudonyms > A1. Robert Leroy Parker was one half of a famous duo in the > Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. What's he better known as? Butch Cassidy [fortunately, I don't share the same middle name] > A2. Born William Henry McCarty Jr. in New York City, this > famous outlaw took part in the Lincoln County War and died > when he was 21. What was his infamous nickname? Billy the Kid > B1. Albanian-born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu lived and worked the > majority of her life in India caring for the poor. She was > beatified in 2003. What's she better known as? Mother Teresa > Renaissance. He normally signed his paintings with his > full birth name in Greek letters; but what other name is > he now known by? El Greco > D1. Don Diego de la Vega is a character created by Johnson > McCulley and first serialized in a work called "The Curse > of Capistrano". What was his secret identity? Zorro > Baroness Orczy set during the Reign of Terror at the > beginning of the French Revolution. What was his secret > identity? The Scarlet Pimpernel > He is a 3-time World Cup winner and in 2000 shared the > FIFA Player of the Century prize with Diego Maradona. > How is he known worldwide? Pele Rob |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 26 11:46PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > We'll name some states, provinces, or other political subdivisions. > You name the country. > 1. Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Hubei. China > 2. Batman, Hakkari, Samsun, Van. Turkey > 3. Cordoba, Formosa, Rio Negro, Santa Fe. Argentina > 4. Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Parana, Rio Grande do Norte. Brazil > 6. Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier > Province), Punjab, Sindh. Pakistan > 7. Assam, Kerala, Nagaland, Sikkim. India > 8. Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Schaffhausen, Zug. Switzerland > 9. Andalucia, Extremadura, Illes Baleares (Balearic Islands), > Murcia. Spain > 10. Chiapas, Colima, Hidalgo, Sonora. Mexico > A. History - American Western Outlaws > A1. Robert Leroy Parker was one half of a famous duo in the > Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. What's he better known as? The Sundance Kid > A2. Born William Henry McCarty Jr. in New York City, this > famous outlaw took part in the Lincoln County War and died > when he was 21. What was his infamous nickname? Billy the Kid > B1. Albanian-born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu lived and worked the > majority of her life in India caring for the poor. She was > beatified in 2003. What's she better known as? Mother Teresa > in Italy. Although never ordained as a priest, he founded > the Franciscan religious order and was proclaimed a saint > by Pope Gregory IX. What is he known as today? Francis of Assisi > Renaissance. He normally signed his paintings with his > full birth name in Greek letters; but what other name is > he now known by? El Greco > D1. Don Diego de la Vega is a character created by Johnson > McCulley and first serialized in a work called "The Curse > of Capistrano". What was his secret identity? Zorro > Baroness Orczy set during the Reign of Terror at the > beginning of the French Revolution. What was his secret > identity? The Scarlet Pimpernel > He is a 3-time World Cup winner and in 2000 shared the > FIFA Player of the Century prize with Diego Maradona. > How is he known worldwide? Pele > E2. Garik Kimovich Weinstein is a Russian chess grandmaster, > a former world chess champion, a writer and political > activist. How is he known worldwide? Garry Kasparov > and built a cosmetics empire in the US. At the peak of her > career she was one of the wealthiest women in the world. > What name was she known by for business purposes? Elizabeth Arden -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com>: Sep 27 12:19AM -0400 On 9/25/2014 4:28 AM, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Hubei. > 2. Batman, Hakkari, Samsun, Van. > 3. Cordoba, Formosa, Rio Negro, Santa Fe. Philippines > 4. Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Parana, Rio Grande do Norte. Mexico > 5. Borno, Edo, Gombe, Jigawa. > 6. Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier > Province), Punjab, Sindh. Pakistan > 7. Assam, Kerala, Nagaland, Sikkim. India > 8. Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Schaffhausen, Zug. Germany > 9. Andalucia, Extremadura, Illes Baleares (Balearic Islands), > Murcia. Spain > B1. Albanian-born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu lived and worked the > majority of her life in India caring for the poor. She was > beatified in 2003. What's she better known as? Mother Teresa > Renaissance. He normally signed his paintings with his > full birth name in Greek letters; but what other name is > he now known by? El Greco > D1. Don Diego de la Vega is a character created by Johnson > McCulley and first serialized in a work called "The Curse > of Capistrano". What was his secret identity? Zorro > He is a 3-time World Cup winner and in 2000 shared the > FIFA Player of the Century prize with Diego Maradona. > How is he known worldwide? Pele > E2. Garik Kimovich Weinstein is a Russian chess grandmaster, > a former world chess champion, a writer and political > activist. How is he known worldwide? Kasparov > and built a cosmetics empire in the US. At the peak of her > career she was one of the wealthiest women in the world. > What name was she known by for business purposes? Mary Kay --Jeff |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 27 01:48AM -0500 Mark Brader: >> A1. Robert Leroy Parker was one half of a famous duo in the >> Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. What's he better known as? Rob Parker: > [fortunately, I don't share the same middle name] And now you see why Americans so often refer to criminals or alleged criminals by full name even when the people themselves went by some other form. -- Mark Brader "I used to own a mind like a steel trap. Toronto Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it msb@vex.net wouldn't have rusted like this." --Greg Goss My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 27 01:45AM -0500 I've had my attention called to an error by email. Mark Brader: > > name also includes the name of the company that owns them... and > > produces a popular food product. What company is that? > Nippon Ham. (Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.) 4 for Joshua. Correction: 4 for Joshua and Jason. Scores, if there are *now* no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Sci His Lit Can Lit Spo FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 24 14 28 19 40 16 111 Marc Dashevsky 32 31 8 8 35 12 110 Dan Blum 32 27 8 8 40 7 107 Rob Parker 28 16 23 0 32 0 99 Bruce Bowler 28 8 12 4 40 7 88 Peter Smyth 16 23 12 4 20 0 71 Dan Tilque 32 24 4 0 -- -- 60 Jeff Turner -- -- 0 0 40 16 56 Björn Lundin 8 28 0 4 0 0 40 Pete Gayde 19 14 -- -- -- -- 33 Jason Kreitzer 12 0 0 4 12 4 32 Erland Sommarskog 7 23 -- -- -- -- 30 "Calvin" 21 3 -- -- -- -- 24 -- Mark Brader | "... [A]toms and universes are the same. All the Toronto | world is recursive, and that's why we never msb@vex.net | know where to begin." -- Charles Goldfarb My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com>: Sep 26 01:53PM -0400 On 2014-09-25, jtassoff@gmail.com wrote: ... > I just stumbled across this post. Word games & puzzles are a family favorite, and my family has come up with two examples of quadruple homophones over the course of time: > metal, mettle, medal, meddle For most people, I think, you have two pairs of homophones; mettle is not pronounced 'meddle'. -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
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