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- Rotating Quiz #164: the billion dollar question - 3 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #163 RESULTS - 1 Update
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| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 22 12:22PM +0100 On 2014-12-22 09:06, Calvin wrote: > 2 What is Australia's fourth most populous city? Perth > 3 What nationality was former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali? Egyptian > 4 William Shakespeare was born in which century? 15th > 6 What word describes an angle of greater than 180 degrees? dull (as unsharp) > 8 What is the only digit to be spelt the same way in French and English? zero > 9 What colour is the liqueur Galliano? yellow -- -- Björn |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 22 06:08AM -0600 In article <161eb0fd-cb39-4a39-b04e-b2ee6d1bbe18@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Who composed the theme music for the 1974 film Shaft? Isaac Hayes > 2 What is Australia's fourth most populous city? Perth > 3 What nationality was former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali? Egyptian > 4 William Shakespeare was born in which century? 16th > 5 Which Zimbabwean stepped down as England cricket coach following their 5-0 Ashes loss last summer? > 6 What word describes an angle of greater than 180 degrees? reflex > 7 Which island was awarded the George Cross during WWII? Malta > 8 What is the only digit to be spelt the same way in French and English? six (and zero, if one ignores accents) > 9 What colour is the liqueur Galliano? yellow > 10 Oh, What a Beautiful Morning! is a song from which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical first performed in 1943? Oklahoma! |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 22 03:53PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Who composed the theme music for the 1974 film Shaft? Mayfield > 2 What is Australia's fourth most populous city? Brisbane > 3 What nationality was former UN Secretary-General Boutros > Boutros-Ghali? Pakistani > 4 William Shakespeare was born in which century? 16th > 5 Which Zimbabwean stepped down as England cricket coach following > their 5-0 Ashes loss last summer? > 6 What word describes an angle of greater than 180 degrees? Oblique > 7 Which island was awarded the George Cross during WWII? Singapore > 8 What is the only digit to be spelt the same > way in French and English? Six > 9 What colour is the liqueur Galliano? Blue > 10 Oh, What a Beautiful Morning! is a song from which Rodgers and > Hammerstein musical first performed in 1943? Oklahoma > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Dec 22 02:34PM -0500 On 2014-12-22, Calvin wrote: > 1 Who composed the theme music for the 1974 film Shaft? Isaac Hayes > 2 What is Australia's fourth most populous city? Brisbane > 3 What nationality was former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali? Egyptian > 4 William Shakespeare was born in which century? 16th > 5 Which Zimbabwean stepped down as England cricket coach following their 5-0 Ashes loss last summer? > 6 What word describes an angle of greater than 180 degrees? Reflex > 7 Which island was awarded the George Cross during WWII? Malta > 8 What is the only digit to be spelt the same way in French and English? Six > 9 What colour is the liqueur Galliano? Yellow > 10 Oh, What a Beautiful Morning! is a song from which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical first performed in 1943? Oklahoma -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Dec 22 07:45PM -0800 This is Rotating Quiz 164. Entries must be posted by Sunday, December 28th, 2014 at 10 PM (Eastern Standard Time). Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner gets to create the next RQ. Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question. All answers are as of 9pm EST on 22 dec 2014. Scoring is 2 points for answers 1-10 or 1 point for an answer I deem to be sufficiently close (spelling errors and the like). All questions and answers are in u.s. dollars. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored the most points on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest people got any points on). Second tiebreaker will be posting order. 1. who is the world's richest man according to forbes magazine? 2. tied at #6 on forbes list are 2 brothers who are (in)famous for their extracurricular political activities. what is their family name? 3. at #5 on the forbes list is the founder of oracle. name him. 4. the youngest billionaire on forbes list is bobby murphy, founder of snapchat, along with co-founder evan spiegel. how old are they? 5. david rockefeller, sr., is the oldest billionaire on the list. how old is he? 6. the only world leader on the list is the president of chile. name him. 7. how many of the top 20 billionaires on forbes list made their money from 'technology'? 8. the founder of 'virgin galactic' is richard branson. within 10, how far down the forbes list does he rank? 9. theo albrecht jr made his money from aldi and trader joes. What nation is he from? 10. the world's billionaires have an aggregate net worth of .. how much? good luck! swp |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 23 04:10AM > 1. who is the world's richest man according to forbes magazine? Warren Buffett > 2. tied at #6 on forbes list are 2 brothers who are (in)famous for their extracurricular political activities. what is their family name? Koch > 3. at #5 on the forbes list is the founder of oracle. name him. Larry Ellison > 4. the youngest billionaire on forbes list is bobby murphy, founder of snapchat, along with co-founder evan spiegel. how old are they? 27 > 5. david rockefeller, sr., is the oldest billionaire on the list. how old is he? 93 > 7. how many of the top 20 billionaires on forbes list made their money from 'technology'? 5 > 8. the founder of 'virgin galactic' is richard branson. within 10, how far down the forbes list does he rank? 22 > 9. theo albrecht jr made his money from aldi and trader joes. What nation is he from? Germany > 10. the world's billionaires have an aggregate net worth of .. how much? 500 billion dollars -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 22 11:34PM -0600 In article <e583acd8-111f-49bf-8b76-d8a57518cb0d@googlegroups.com>, Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com says... > 1. who is the world's richest man according to forbes magazine? Bill Gates > 2. tied at #6 on forbes list are 2 brothers who are (in)famous for their extracurricular political activities. what is their family name? Koch > 3. at #5 on the forbes list is the founder of oracle. name him. Larry Ellison > 4. the youngest billionaire on forbes list is bobby murphy, founder of snapchat, along with co-founder evan spiegel. how old are they? 27 > 5. david rockefeller, sr., is the oldest billionaire on the list. how old is he? 77 > 6. the only world leader on the list is the president of chile. name him. > 7. how many of the top 20 billionaires on forbes list made their money from 'technology'? 7 > 8. the founder of 'virgin galactic' is richard branson. within 10, how far down the forbes list does he rank? 37 > 9. theo albrecht jr made his money from aldi and trader joes. What nation is he from? Switzerland > 10. the world's billionaires have an aggregate net worth of .. how much? 2,777 billion |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Dec 22 08:54AM -0800 On Monday, December 22, 2014 1:35:18 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > -- > Mark Brader, Toronto The uucp stings you!--More-- > msb@vex.net Your purse feels lighter. thank you. I'll post another round tonight after work. the billion dollar question is ... swp |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Dec 22 02:11PM On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 21:47:40 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2014-09-15 > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > * Game 8, Round 2 - History - Czarist/Communist Russia Nyet! > humor value. > 1. In picture A, who is this pop crooner, most popular in the > 1960s and 1970s? B.J. Thomas > 2. In picture B, who is B.J.'s sidekick in this 1979-81 comedy > series? (Give the name as it appears in the title.) The Bear > problems. Name him. > 5. Picture E. Name this *character* from a long-running 1970s > sitcom. B.J. Hunnicutt > 8. In picture H, the "J." in "B.J." is not the middle initial. > We ran out of amusing ones. Bon Jovi would've been nice here, but > you get this guy instead. Give his *first and last name*. Billy Joel > in World War I and later lent his name to a popular and stylish line > of battle tanks. His nickname was "Black Jack", so they probably > called him "B.J." behind his back. Name him. Pershing |
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