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| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Dec 15 07:31PM -0800 On Sunday, December 14, 2014 3:05:03 PM UTC-5, Dan Blum wrote: > answer which is an acrostic formed from the initial letters of > the other answers. There is also a commonality among the answers > which will probably be obvious. x marks the spot? > of the kingdom's area. The associated earldom has had a hard time > sticking - it has been created nine separate times - but has sometimes > been notable, especially in the reign of Elizabeth I. essex > types of medical imaging. It was once thought to form no compounds, but > a number are known know; one example is its trioxide which is a dangerous > explosive. xenon > separate company they were focused on hardware, specifically on high-end > imaging computers. These did not sell well and they had to change their > focus. pixar > make it necessary to give them extra authority (including military > authority). Eastern Orthodox churches use it for the deputy of a patriarch. > Eastern Rite Catholic churches use it in a somewhat complicated manner. exarch > very influential and at least two of its members - Bryan Ferry and Brian > Eno - have had major solo careers. Their highest-charting single in the US > was "Love is the Drug." roxy music > mating with a cloud shaped like Hera, producing a son who in turn > engendered the race of centaurs. Zeus sentenced him to be bound to > an always-turning fiery wheel. ixion > Agustin.) The second one didn't last long by imperial standards but > did manage over five years, and it's much better-known. Who was its > one emperor? maximillian i (or should that be "the only") > be brown and moist or grey and flaky, depending on genetics. (This > has two more or less common names in English; I will accept either > but only one fits the acrostic.) ear wax? > wrote an opera about this association. Historically, it was the > first place to try to leave the Delian League and an attack on it > by Persian supporters helped kick off the Greco-Persian wars. naxos > fluid in some joints is like this. Many inks and paints have this > property, which is helpful for applications where they need to set > quickly. What is the usual scientific term for this? thixotropy?? > 11. Acrostic experiment swp, who is really not sure about the last one but recalls something like that from a recent mudslide reported on the news. and corfu is a better place to visit if you are going to greece. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 15 08:33AM -0600 In article <132b023c-2112-4b14-aae7-7cf15a934c73@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Which 1980 novel by Umberto Eco was also a 1986 film starring Sean Connery? The Name of the Rose > 2 Name either of the two land-locked South American countries. Paraguay > 4 Nicknamed God's Architect, who was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1852? > 5 What five-letter word links Clara Bow, Linda Macartney, Terry Pratchett and Detroit? > 6 Which veteran actress was a regular in the Carry On films, Last of the Summer Wine and also plays Edina's mother in Absolutely Fabulous? Damn it, ask about Bubble. I remember Jane Horrocks' name. > 7 The 1996 film Trainspotting was set in which British city? Edinburgh > 8 At around 1,400 pages, which 1993 Vikram Seth novel is one of the longest ever published in the English language? > 9 Eddie Murphy played a character called Axel Foley in which 1985 film? Beverly Hills Cop > 10 What is the capital city of Canada? Ottawa |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 15 11:06AM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 Which 1980 novel by Umberto Eco was also a 1986 film starring Sean > Connery? "The Name of the Rose". > 2 Name either of the two land-locked South American countries. Paraguay. > 3 Which occupation specialises in equine hoof care? Blacksmith? > 4 Nicknamed God's Architect, who was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1852? Gaudi. > 5 What five-letter word links Clara Bow, Linda Macartney, Terry Pratchett > and Detroit? Wow! I love the question, but I have no idea. I'll guess "curls". > 6 Which veteran actress was a regular in the Carry On films, Last of the > Summer Wine and also plays Edina's mother in Absolutely Fabulous? Sims? > 7 The 1996 film Trainspotting was set in which British city? Glasgow. > 8 At around 1,400 pages, which 1993 Vikram Seth novel is one of the > longest ever published in the English language? "I Don't Know". > 9 Eddie Murphy played a character called Axel Foley in which 1985 film? "Beverly Hills Cop". > 10 What is the capital city of Canada? Ottawa, thank you. -- Mark Brader | (Hatpin's Razor:) "Never attribute to stupidity Toronto | that which can be adequately explained msb@vex.net | by marketing" --John Hopkin My text in this article is in the public domain. Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "Insecurity is the norm. If any ... voting machine, operating system, [or] database ... is ever built completely vulnerability-free, it'll be the first time in the history of mankind." --Bruce Schneier My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Dec 15 06:15PM Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 1980 novel by Umberto Eco was also a 1986 film starring Sean > Connery? The Hunt for Red October > 2 Name either of the two land-locked South American countries. Bolivia > 3 Which occupation specialises in equine hoof care? Farrier > 4 Nicknamed God's Architect, who was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1852? Gaudi > 5 What five-letter word links Clara Bow, Linda Macartney, Terry > Pratchett and Detroit? Wings > 6 Which veteran actress was a regular in the Carry On films, Last of > the Summer Wine and also plays Edina's mother in Absolutely Fabulous? June Whitfield > 7 The 1996 film Trainspotting was set in which British city? Glasgow > 8 At around 1,400 pages, which 1993 Vikram Seth novel is one of the > longest ever published in the English language? A Suitable Boy > 9 Eddie Murphy played a character called Axel Foley in which 1985 > film? > 10 What is the capital city of Canada? Don't we have enough Canadiana? (Ottawa) Peter Smyth |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Dec 15 06:49PM On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 02:13:00 -0800, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 1980 novel by Umberto Eco was also a 1986 film starring Sean > Connery? The Rose > 2 Name either of the two land-locked South American countries. Paraguay > 3 Which occupation specialises in equine hoof care? Farrier > 4 Nicknamed God's Architect, who was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1852? Gaudi > 5 What five-letter word links Clara Bow, Linda Macartney, Terry > Pratchett and Detroit? > 6 Which veteran actress was a regular in the Carry On films, Last of the > Summer Wine and also plays Edina's mother in Absolutely Fabulous? > 7 The 1996 film Trainspotting was set in which British city? Edinburgh > 8 At around 1,400 pages, which 1993 Vikram Seth novel is one of the > longest ever published in the English language? > 9 Eddie Murphy played a character called Axel Foley in which 1985 film? Beverly Hills Cop > 10 What is the capital city of Canada? Ottawa |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 15 08:23PM +0100 > 1 Which 1980 novel by Umberto Eco was also a 1986 film starring Sean > Connery? The Name of the Rose > 2 Name either of the two land-locked South American countries. Paraguay (always have been), Bolivia (still have not overcome beomcing one) > 3 Which occupation specialises in equine hoof care? In Swedish it's a "hovslagare", but they did not have that word in my English glossary lists when I was a kid. > 4 Nicknamed God's Architect, who was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1852? Gaudí > 7 The 1996 film Trainspotting was set in which British city? Edinborough (mainly, they were in London occasionally). > 9 Eddie Murphy played a character called Axel Foley in which 1985 > film? Swapped Roles > 10 What is the capital city of Canada? Ottawa -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 15 10:04PM +0100 On 2014-12-15 11:13, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 1980 novel by Umberto Eco was also a 1986 film starring Sean Connery? in the name of the Rose > 2 Name either of the two land-locked South American countries. Lesotho > 3 Which occupation specialises in equine hoof care? Blacksmith > 7 The 1996 film Trainspotting was set in which British city? Edinburgh > 9 Eddie Murphy played a character called Axel Foley in which 1985 film? Beverly Hills Cop > 10 What is the capital city of Canada? Ottawa -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 15 03:03PM -0600 Erland Sommarskog: > Swapped Roles In English, that'd be "Trading Places" (1983). -- Mark Brader | A computer[']s view of the world is analogous [to] Toronto | a flashlight in the dark. What they can see, they msb@vex.net | see well. What they can't see, they see not at all. | -- M. Valvo |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 15 03:54PM -0600 In article <m6n8fr$v53$1@dont-email.me>, psmyth@ukf.net says... > Gaudi > > 5 What five-letter word links Clara Bow, Linda Macartney, Terry Pratchett and Detroit? > Wings Sheesh . . . that makes Buffalo a far better clue than Detroit. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 15 11:09PM +0100 > Erland Sommarskog: >> Swapped Roles > In English, that'd be "Trading Places" (1983). Yeah, back-translating Swedish film titles back to English is a bit of a guessing game. "Trading Places" a title with some fitting ambiguity that is lost in the Swedish title. It was the wrong movie, anyway. These days, the English title is retained in many cases why it not so much of an issue. It even happens that non-English files gets an English title in Sweden. For instance, there is currently a French film playing. The original title is "Bande des filles", whereas the "Swedish" title is "Girlhood". -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Dec 15 06:36PM On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:48:34 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. Official bird: Atlantic puffin. > Official flower: purple pitcher plant. > Official animal: caribou. Newfoundland & Labrador > 3. Official flower: Pacific dogwood. > Official animal: spirit bear. > Official fish: Pacific salmon. British Columbia > 4. Official flower: lady slipper. > Official bird: blue jay. > Official motto: "parva sub ingenti" (the small under the great). PEI > 6. Official bird: rock ptarmigan. > Official animal: Canadian Eskimo dog. > Official symbol: inukshuk. Nunavut > 10. Official flower: mountain avens. > Official animal: Arctic grayling. > Official mineral: diamond. Yukon > With only 5 lakes to consider, answers may repeat. > 1. But for the Straits of Mackinac, these two Great Lakes would > be one big lake. Name them both. Michigan and Huron > Lacus on one of the solar system's major moons. It's not water but > methane, ethane, and propane. Which moon is it on? > 5. Which Great Lake sits entirely within the borders of the US? Michigan > 7. One Great Lake has suffered the most impact from > industrialization; its drainage basin includes 17 cities with > metropolitan areas of 50,000 or more. Which one? Erie > 8. As noted by Longfellow and Lightfoot, what is the Chippewayan > name for Lake Superior? Gitchigumee > play in Great Lakes history? > 10. How many crew were lost when the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald > sink in 1975? 29 |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 15 03:02PM -0600 If Bruce Bowler had posted his answers on time, he would have scored 16 on Round 4 and 20 on Round 6. -- Mark Brader | "It is, in fact, a very good rule to be especially suspicious Toronto | of work that says what you want to hear..." msb@vex.net | --Paul Krugman |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 15 07:48AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 2. His previous material was not recommended for children, but > this successful, testosterone-driven author wrote "Chitty Chitty > Bang Bang: The Magical Car" in 1964 for his son Caspar. Ian Fleming > 4. This socially-crusading author's dour reputation was belied by > his 1932 children's book about gnomes named Glogo and Bobo who > travel America in a customized car. Who wrote "The Gnomobile"? Sinclair > this celebrated author's whimsical side produced "The Happy > Prince", a collection of children's stories that included > "The Selfish Giant". G K Chesterton > Devil" from letters written to his grandson Stevie. It has > been praised as an "incongruous but delicious mixture of Irish > wit and French folklore." Joyce > and the Sea of Stories" is an allegory for modern South Asian > politics and religion. But unlike his grown-up novels, it > pissed off practically no one. Rushdie > 1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career, > but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired > by the Chicago Bulls. 23 > 2. Willie Mays also had more than one jersey number, but the > San Francisco Giants retired which one, with the same number > as chromium? 44 > Montreal Canadien (1942-60). Name *either* player. > 4. "Babe Ruth" shared this number with lithium, a soft, silvery, > light alkali metal. 3 > 5. Satchel Paige, possibly the greatest pitcher of all time as > well as the oldest, shared number 29 with what malleable, > reddish-brown, corrosion-resistant metallic *element*? copper ? > 6. Mario Lemieux shared his number (a tribute to the "Great One"), > with dysprosium, a metallic element of the rare earth group > which forms compounds that are highly magnetic. 66 > 7. Roberto Clemente wore the same number as current basketball > superstar Tim Duncan, as well as the element scandium. 58 > 8. Molybdenum, a Group 6 chemical element, shares Jackie Robinson's > uniform number, which has been retired across all major league > teams. What number? 42 > retired, with a light, silver-white metallic element that > burns with a brilliant white flame. Name *either* the number > or the element. phosphorus > 10. Beryllium shares its number with some great players, including > a legendary Boston Bruins defenseman and a Yankees first baseman > who died from the effects of a famous disease. What number? 4 -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Dec 15 06:10PM Mark Brader wrote: > 1. For her whimsical and wry 1978 children's lit debut, "Up in > the Tree", this celebrated Canadian author not only wrote and > illustrated the book, she hand-lettered the type. Munro > 2. His previous material was not recommended for children, but > this successful, testosterone-driven author wrote "Chitty Chitty > Bang Bang: The Magical Car" in 1964 for his son Caspar. Ian Fleming > this celebrated author's whimsical side produced "The Happy > Prince", a collection of children's stories that included > "The Selfish Giant". Oscar Wilde > 6. The gloomy-Gus whose most famous poem predicted the spiritual > death of humanity also gave us "Old Possum's Book of Practical > Cats". TS Eliot > Devil" from letters written to his grandson Stevie. It has > been praised as an "incongruous but delicious mixture of Irish > wit and French folklore." James Joyce > and the Sea of Stories" is an allegory for modern South Asian > politics and religion. But unlike his grown-up novels, it > pissed off practically no one. Salman Rushdie > 1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career, > but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired > by the Chicago Bulls. 23 > Montreal Canadien (1942-60). Name either player. > 4. "Babe Ruth" shared this number with lithium, a soft, silvery, > light alkali metal. 3 > 5. Satchel Paige, possibly the greatest pitcher of all time as > well as the oldest, shared number 29 with what malleable, > reddish-brown, corrosion-resistant metallic element? Copper > retired, with a light, silver-white metallic element that > burns with a brilliant white flame. Name either the number > or the element. Magnesium > 10. Beryllium shares its number with some great players, including > a legendary Boston Bruins defenseman and a Yankees first baseman > who died from the effects of a famous disease. What number? 4 Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 15 08:15PM +0100 > 1. Michael Jordan had four different jersey numbers in his career, > but the one that shares its number with vanadium was retired > by the Chicago Bulls. 23 > 2. Willie Mays also had more than one jersey number, but the > San Francisco Giants retired which one, with the same number > as chromium? 24 > 3. Fluorine, the 9th element, shares that number with several > hockey greats including a Detroit Red Wing (1946-71) and a > Montreal Canadien (1942-60). Name *either* player. Gordie Howe > 4. "Babe Ruth" shared this number with lithium, a soft, silvery, > light alkali metal. 3 > 5. Satchel Paige, possibly the greatest pitcher of all time as > well as the oldest, shared number 29 with what malleable, > reddish-brown, corrosion-resistant metallic *element*? Copper So this is what Live were alluding to with the title on their second album? > 6. Mario Lemieux shared his number (a tribute to the "Great One"), > with dysprosium, a metallic element of the rare earth group > which forms compounds that are highly magnetic. Now it is getting difficult. 59? > 7. Roberto Clemente wore the same number as current basketball > superstar Tim Duncan, as well as the element scandium. 21 > 8. Molybdenum, a Group 6 chemical element, shares Jackie Robinson's > uniform number, which has been retired across all major league > teams. What number? 42 > retired, with a light, silver-white metallic element that > burns with a brilliant white flame. Name *either* the number > or the element. Magnesium > 10. Beryllium shares its number with some great players, including > a legendary Boston Bruins defenseman and a Yankees first baseman > who died from the effects of a famous disease. What number? 4 -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 15 10:00PM +0100 On 2014-12-15 01:01, Mark Brader wrote: > Game 7, Round 7 - Literature - Kiddie-Lit by Serious Authors hmm, too difficult to me. > Game 7, Round 8 - Science and Sports - A Number by Any Other Name this on too ... -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 15 11:01AM -0600 "Calvin": > > 8 Which ship rescued many of The Titanic survivors in 1912? > [RMS] Carpathia > The SS Caifornia Californian. 11 letters. The companies operating the three ships each had a characteristic ending that they used for most or all of their ship names: -ic for White Star ships, -ia for Cunard, -ian for Leyland. In confirming this before posting, I was interested to see that one Leyland ship was called the Lesbian! Of course it was named for an island. > was in the area but rescued almost no-one Not "almost". The radio operator was asleep for the night, and was not awakened because when the Titanic's distress rockets were reported to the captain -- who did not want to move the ship by night because of the ice -- he said essentially "Well, maybe they're not distress rockets". And then when the Titanic disappeared, it was presumed to have steamed away rather than sunk. By the time the Californian and other ships reached the scene, all 700+ survivors were already aboard the Carpathia. -- Mark Brader "Outside of nearly having two head-on collisions, msb@vex.net we found driving in England to be fairly easy." Toronto -- Cher Classick My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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