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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 25 12:36PM -0800 I'll be away for the next week so CQ372 won't be marked until early January. Happy New Year everyone. 1 In 1994 which cricketer became the first batsman to score 500 runs in a first-class innings? 2 Which book by Karen Blixen was also a 1985 film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford? 3 The Feyenoord soccer club is based in which Dutch city? 4 What animal is the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA? 5 Which company developed the x86 family of microchips during the late 20th century? 6 Which American-born violinist (1916-1999) became a Swiss citizen in 1970 and a British one in 1985? 7 Which was George Lazenby's only James Bond film? 8 What was the given name of Ned Kelly's younger brother and co-member of the Kelly Gang? 9 In what country was the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1799? 10 Now offering private security and crisis management services, which firm was founded as a private detective agency in Chicago in 1850? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 25 10:27PM +0100 > 1 In 1994 which cricketer became the first batsman to score 500 runs > in a first-class innings? Nisse Hult > 2 Which book by Karen Blixen was also a 1985 film starring Meryl > Streep and Robert Redford? Out of <Yawn /> Africa > 3 The Feyenoord soccer club is based in which Dutch city? Rotterdam > 4 What animal is the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA? Donkey > 5 Which company developed the x86 family of microchips during the > late 20th century? Intel > 9 In what country was the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1799? Egypt > 10 Now offering private security and crisis management services, > which firm was founded as a private detective agency in Chicago in 1850? Blackwater -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 25 11:35PM +0100 On 2014-12-25 21:36, Calvin wrote: > 2 Which book by Karen Blixen was also a 1985 film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford? My Africa > 3 The Feyenoord soccer club is based in which Dutch city? Rotterdam > 4 What animal is the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA? Elephant > 5 Which company developed the x86 family of microchips during the late 20th century? Intel > 7 Which was George Lazenby's only James Bond film? You only live twice > 9 In what country was the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1799? Egypt > 10 Now offering private security and crisis management services, which firm was founded as a private detective agency in Chicago in 1850? Pinkerton -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 25 10:00PM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 In 1994 which cricketer became the first batsman to score 500 runs in > a first-class innings? Johnson. > 2 Which book by Karen Blixen was also a 1985 film starring Meryl Streep > and Robert Redford? "Out of Africa". > 3 The Feyenoord soccer club is based in which Dutch city? Jehensoon. > 4 What animal is the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA? Donkey. > 5 Which company developed the x86 family of microchips during the late > 20th century? Intel. > 6 Which American-born violinist (1916-1999) became a Swiss citizen in > 1970 and a British one in 1985? Johnson. > 7 Which was George Lazenby's only James Bond film? "On her Majesty's Secret Service". > 8 What was the given name of Ned Kelly's younger brother and co-member > of the Kelly Gang? Johnson. > 9 In what country was the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1799? Egypt. > 10 Now offering private security and crisis management services, which > firm was founded as a private detective agency in Chicago in 1850? Pinkerton's. -- Mark Brader "All economic statistics are best seen as Toronto a peculiarly boring form of science fiction..." msb@vex.net --Paul Krugman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 25 09:51PM -0800 Calvin wrote: > I'll be away for the next week so CQ372 won't be marked until early January. Happy New Year everyone. > 1 In 1994 which cricketer became the first batsman to score 500 runs in a first-class innings? Bradman (default answer for cricketer questions) > 2 Which book by Karen Blixen was also a 1985 film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford? Sophie's Choice ? > 3 The Feyenoord soccer club is based in which Dutch city? > 4 What animal is the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA? donkey > 5 Which company developed the x86 family of microchips during the late 20th century? Intel > 6 Which American-born violinist (1916-1999) became a Swiss citizen in 1970 and a British one in 1985? > 7 Which was George Lazenby's only James Bond film? On Her Majesty's Secret Service > 8 What was the given name of Ned Kelly's younger brother and co-member of the Kelly Gang? > 9 In what country was the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1799? Egypt > 10 Now offering private security and crisis management services, which firm was founded as a private detective agency in Chicago in 1850? Pinkerton Detective Agency -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 26 01:45AM -0600 In article <4e8f9afe-441a-4275-bc30-50520014f28e@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 In 1994 which cricketer became the first batsman to score 500 runs in a first-class innings? > 2 Which book by Karen Blixen was also a 1985 film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford? Out of Africa > 3 The Feyenoord soccer club is based in which Dutch city? > 4 What animal is the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA? donkey > 5 Which company developed the x86 family of microchips during the late 20th century? Intel > 6 Which American-born violinist (1916-1999) became a Swiss citizen in 1970 and a British one in 1985? > 7 Which was George Lazenby's only James Bond film? On Her Majesty's Secret Service > 8 What was the given name of Ned Kelly's younger brother and co-member of the Kelly Gang? > 9 In what country was the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1799? Egypt > 10 Now offering private security and crisis management services, which firm was founded as a private detective agency in Chicago in 1850? Brink's |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 25 12:34PM -0800 On Monday, December 22, 2014 6:06:50 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Who composed the theme music for the 1974 film Shaft? Isaac Hayes > 2 What is Australia's fourth most populous city? Perth Brisbane is third > 3 What nationality was former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali? Egyptian > 4 William Shakespeare was born in which century? 16th (1564) > 5 Which Zimbabwean stepped down as England cricket coach following their 5-0 Ashes loss last summer? Andy Flower > 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 arguably zero as well > 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, also accepting "OK, Klahoma" from our Canadian contingent :-) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 371 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 44 Rob Parker 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 48 Marc Dashevsky 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 43 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 45 Chris Johnson 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 36 Mark Brader 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 20 Bjorn Lundin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 Erland S 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20 Pete Gayde - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 5 3 6 7 2 5 5 7 4 6 50 63% Well done Rob. cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 25 09:01PM -0800 Calvin wrote: >> 2 What is Australia's fourth most populous city? > Perth > Brisbane is third Just as a nitpick, you really should say metropolitan area instead of city for this question. The City of Perth itself has about 20,000 people. Similarly, the City of Melbourne has less than 100,000 people and the City of Sydney about 170,000. Forgot to enter this quiz. Just as well; I'd have only gotten 3 or 4 of them right. -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 25 05:46PM swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in > 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? 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. Ellison > 4. the youngest billionaire on forbes list is bobby murphy, > founder of snapchat, along with co-founder evan spiegel. how old are > they? 25 > 5. david rockefeller, sr., is the oldest billionaire on the > list. how old is he? 95 > president of chile. name him. > 7. how many of the top 20 billionaires > on forbes list made their money from 'technology'? 15 > 8. the founder of > 'virgin galactic' is richard branson. within 10, how far down the > forbes list does he rank? 40 > 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? $50 Trillion > good luck! > swp Pete |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 25 05:42PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:WaudnWg1xuyIyQfJnZ2dnUU7- > Name that municipality! > 1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher > Bay? Churchill > 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich? > 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger > municipality? London; Hamilton > changed. What is it called today? > 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in > just 15 minutes? Driving, that is. Pennsylvania > Thunder Bay. > 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916, > for obvious reasons? Kitchener > 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name > to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title > of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town. Truth or Consequences Pete |
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