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| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Nov 16 09:16AM +1100 > * Game 5, Round 9 - Sports - Teams > 5. Saracens would play Harlequins in the top league of what English > professional sport? Rugby Union > 6. In this sport, a final score might be reported as "Collingwood, > 16.12 (108) defeated St. Kilda, 7.10 (52)". What sport? Football - the real one, Australian Rules, not that strange game with a round ball! > 7. In the English Premier League, Liverpool FC isn't the only team > playing in the city of Liverpool. Name the other one. Everton > 8. Also in the English Premier League, what major city does Aston > Villa FC call home? Birmingham > has been handed out, usually on Oscar Eve. Name that award, > which has seen worst actresses Halle Berry and Sandra > Bullock accept their trophies in person. Raspberries > on a botanical mission to Tahiti. The mission: to bring > a plant to the West Indies in hopes of introducing it as > food for slaves. What plant? Breadfruit > tuber and caused one of the great human tragedies of the > 19th century, and sowed the seeds of prolonged unrest in > the British Isles. By what name do we know this crisis? Potato famine > "girasole", the Italian word for sunflower. This root > vegetable can be used in stir-frying in place of water > chestnuts. Name it. Jerusalem artichoke > D1. Andy Warhol famously designed the still-life print that > adorns the cover of the debut album by the Velvet > Underground. What did he depict? a banana > She tossed it up into the sun-dusted air, and caught it -- > it made a cupped polished plop. Humbert Humbert intercepted > the apple." Vladimir Nabokov > to change the name of rapeseed oil to one that incorporated > the name of the country and did not contain "rape". > What did rapeseed oil become known as? Canola oil > F1. This presidential candidate famously dealt his campaign > a setback when he suggested that struggling farmers in Iowa > diversify by growing Belgian endives. Name him. Dan Quayle (? - seems the sort of gaffe he'd make, but I don't think he was a presidential candidate) > I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother > made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States > and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli." George Bush Snr. Rob |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 15 07:04PM -0600 Rob Parker: > Football - the real one, Australian Rules... I will score this as two answers. (Naaah, not really.) -- Mark Brader | "I thought it was a big joke. Toronto | Dr. Brader is known for joking around a lot." msb@vex.net | --Matthew McKnight |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 16 01:51AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > The first 4 questions are about US universities famous for their > basketball or football teams. In each case name the university. > 1. This Durham NC university's teams are nicknamed the Blue Devils. Duke University > 2. This Spokane WA university, whose teams play as the Bulldogs, > is named for a Jesuit saint. Gonzaga University > 3. This PAC-12 school's teams are the Trojans and a famous alumnus > is O.J. Simpson. University of Southern California > 4. South Bend IN is home to which perennial power? University of Notre Dame > Now some questions from overseas: > 5. Saracens would play Harlequins in the top league of what English > professional sport? darts > 6. In this sport, a final score might be reported as "Collingwood, > 16.12 (108) defeated St. Kilda, 7.10 (52)". What sport? cricket > 7. In the English Premier League, Liverpool FC isn't the only team > playing in the city of Liverpool. Name the other one. Liverpool City; Liverpool United > 8. Also in the English Premier League, what major city does Aston > Villa FC call home? London > 9. The National Basketball Association has 4 teams whose official > name doesn't end in S. Two are in Florida -- the Magic and > the Heat. Name *either of the other two*. Utah Jazz > 10. The National Hockey League has 3 teams whose official nickname > doesn't end in S. Again, one is in Florida -- the Lightning -- > so please name *either of the other two*. Colorado Avalanche > has been handed out, usually on Oscar Eve. Name that award, > which has seen worst actresses Halle Berry and Sandra > Bullock accept their trophies in person. Raspberries > opens with the discovery by homicide detectives that the > victim of a grisly murder is covered, not in blood, but in > tomato juice. It spawned three sequels. Name it. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes > on a botanical mission to Tahiti. The mission: to bring > a plant to the West Indies in hopes of introducing it as > food for slaves. What plant? breadfruit > tuber and caused one of the great human tragedies of the > 19th century, and sowed the seeds of prolonged unrest in > the British Isles. By what name do we know this crisis? Irish Potato Famine > "girasole", the Italian word for sunflower. This root > vegetable can be used in stir-frying in place of water > chestnuts. Name it. Jerusalem artichoke > D1. Andy Warhol famously designed the still-life print that > adorns the cover of the debut album by the Velvet > Underground. What did he depict? tomato soup can > She tossed it up into the sun-dusted air, and caught it -- > it made a cupped polished plop. Humbert Humbert intercepted > the apple." Nabokov > to change the name of rapeseed oil to one that incorporated > the name of the country and did not contain "rape". > What did rapeseed oil become known as? canola > I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother > made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States > and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli." George H W Bush -- Dan Tilque |
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