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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 09:21PM +0200 > 9. Wayne Gretzky also began his professional career as a teenager > in the WHA. With which team? Calgary Flames > scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number. > A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on > the Moon? 17 > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 92 > B. History: VP Also-Rans > Name the person who would have become US vice-president if... > B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960. Nelson Rockefeller > B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. Ellinor Freewater OK, so that is a complete failure to dig up a name from oblivion, but I do know what it was a she, and I think the initials were E.F. A guy on my student corridor, who had been an exchange student in the US for a year, was utterly convined that Mondale's loss was due to his choice of running mate. > C. Sports: A Bloody Big Deal > C1. What player's acquisition was celeberated by the Toronto > FC soccer team with ads proclaiming it "a bloody big deal"? Lyndon Donovan? > C2. Who is the only current Toronto FC member who played in > the World Cup earlier this year? Júlio Cesar! > E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA > to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago > en route. Give its number. 90 > Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing > Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. > Give its number. 26 > F1. The Star-Phoenix. Calgary > F2. The Times-Colonist. Halifax -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com>: Oct 21 09:26PM -0400 On 10/20/2014 2:31 AM, Mark Brader wrote: > 4. Elton John was good friends with the part-owner of one of the > World Team Tennis teams, and wrote a hit song in 1975 dedicated > to her and the team. Name either the tennis great or the song. Philadelphia Freedom > 5. This franchise player for the American Basketball Association's > Virginia Squires and the New York Nets is considered one of > the great slam-dunkers of all time. Name him. Dr. J > 6. The ABA and the NBA merged in the 1976-77 season, with four > ABA teams surviving. Three of those teams have remained in > the same respective cities since then -- name any one of them. Cleveland Cavaliers > scale -- and you must answer within 10% of the correct number. > A1. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on > the Moon? 17 > A2. If you weighed 100 kg on Earth, what would you weigh on Mars? 40 > B. History: VP Also-Rans > Name the person who would have become US vice-president if... > B1. Richard Nixon had defeated John Kennedy in 1960. Harriman > B2. Walter Mondale had defeated Ronald Reagan in 1984. Geraldine Ferraro > studio they founded. > D1. Carl Laemmle. > D2. Adolph Zukor. Paramount > E1. The longest Interstate highway in the US runs from Boston MA > to Seattle WA, serving Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago > en route. Give its number. 90 > Interstate runs from Wilmington NC to Barstow CA, crossing > Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico along the way. > Give its number. 30 --Jeff |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 09:28PM +0200 > 1. [Geography] By area, what is the world's largest landlocked > country? Kazakhstan > 4. [Science] What is the scientific term that describes the > height of a water wave above the average height of the water, > or the analogous measurement for other types of waves? Amplitude > inspired a tone poem of the same title, which in the 20th > century was appropriately chosen as the theme music for the > movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". Who wrote the book? Nietschke > 8. [History] Who was Prime Minister of the UK when the country > declared war against Germany in 1939? Chamberlain -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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