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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 30 12:19PM -0800 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country? 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale? 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968? 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain? 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket? 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch? 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest French-speaking city in the world? 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha? 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located? 10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 30 10:03PM +0100 > 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European > country? Switzerland > 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 > Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale? J.S. Bach > 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968? Amstrad > 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, > Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain? Ang Lee > 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in > Test Cricket? Nisse Hult > 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch? Cherry > 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second > largest French-speaking city in the world? Montréal > 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located? Berlin -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 30 07:26PM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country? Switzerland. > 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale? I'll guess Mozart. > 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968? Johnson. > 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain? Lee. > 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket? Johnson. > 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch? Cherry. > 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest French-speaking city in the world? I suppose you want Montreal. > 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha? Don Quixote. > 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located? Berlin. > 10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom? "Lawrence of Arabia". -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "If you wish so, we write your consummations msb@vex.net | on your bill." --Swiss hotel services handbook My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jan 30 10:22PM -0500 On 2015-01-30, Calvin wrote: > 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country? Switzerland > 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale? Bach > 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968? Sugar > 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain? Ang Lee > 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket? > 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch? Cherry > 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest French-speaking city in the world? Montreal (metropolitan area) > 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha? Don Quixote > 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located? Berlin -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 30 12:25PM -0800 On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 3:16:43 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by > their real name. What names were they respectively better known by? > 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung. Ho Chi Minh > 2. Saloth Sar. Pol Pot, Idi Amin > 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. Stalin > 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon... > who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that > is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time." Patrick > next two. Gur frpbaq cngeba fnvag bs Verynaq znl or gur > crefbavsvpngvba bs n cntna Prygvp qrvgl. Guvf fnvag'f flzoby > vf n qvfgvapgvir pebff gung vf jbira sebz ehfurf be fgenj. Setanta? > 6. Guvf anivtngbe fnvag'f yrtraq gryyf bs n wbhearl jvgu pbzcnavbaf > gb frireny vfynaqf va gur Ngynagvp Bprna, yrnqvat gb zbqrea > zlguf gung ur qvfpbirerq Nzrevpn. Christopher? > 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine > sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898. > What war ensued? Spanish-American War > 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy > pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him. Powers > 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932. > 12. The National Prohibition Act, passed in 1919 and repealed > in 1933. Volstead > into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera". > 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che > Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born? Argentina cheers, calvin |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Jan 30 06:03PM -0800 On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 12:16:43 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung. > 2. Saloth Sar. > 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. 3.Joseph Stalin > by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the > pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS > Maddox incident; give its other name. Gulf of Tonkin > 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine > sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898. > What war ensued? The Spanish-American War > of the relevant law. > 10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport > of females for immoral purposes. The Mann Act > 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932. Lindbergh > into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera". > 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che > Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born? Bolivia? |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 30 02:54PM This is Rotating Quiz 168. Entries must be posted by Friday, February 6th, 2015 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. For this quiz I have again sacrificed originality to expediency, so this may seem somewhat familiar. The scoring will also seem familiar when it happens. 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. This man is probably best-known today as an explorer of the American West. However, he also served in the military in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War, commanding the Department of the West early in the latter. He was involved in controversy in both cases. He was also one of the first two senators elected from California and was the first Republican candidate for president. 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe. 3. This British possession in the Caribbean used to be a desination for tourists and, after George Martin established a recording studio there, musicians. However, in 1989 Hurricane Hugo destroyed the studio and lots of other things. Then in 1995 a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones) turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and little-visited "exclusion zone." 4. This US state is one of just four that used to be sovereign nations, and the only one of those that fits the theme. It used to be the state that had the highest percentage of its population living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is far behind at 51.28%). 5. This US television network only operated from 1946-56, so it is not well-known today, but they had some popular and influential programs including Cavalcade of Stars (The Honeymooners started as a series of sketches there), Captain Video and His Video Rangers, The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows starring an Asian American and an African American woman. 6. One of the main characters in Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses. He has been portrayed by John Malkovich and Colin Firth, among others. 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva. 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz. 9. Jazz festivals are usually pretty peaceful. Rock festivals are sometimes less so, particularly this infamous 1969 event at which one person was killed, several others died in accidents, and a lot of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot there. 10. The de facto (and in the 19th century de jure) capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia for much of its history was Turin. Turin is of course not on Sardinia, but in this northwestern region of Italy, which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily). -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 30 05:41PM +0100 > controversy in both cases. He was also one of the first two > senators elected from California and was the first Republican > candidate for president. Stonemont > 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features > prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Amontillado (Thanks, Alan Parsons!) > a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones) > turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and > little-visited "exclusion zone." Montserrat > living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close > second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is > far behind at 51.28%). Vermont > The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and > The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows > starring an Asian American and an African American woman. The Full Monty > 6. One of the main characters in Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses. > He has been portrayed by John Malkovich and Colin Firth, among > others. Valmont > 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by > me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival > in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva. Montreux > 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival > is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz. Montréal > of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which > covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot > there. Monterrery > which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region > is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise > earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily). Piemonte -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 30 01:30PM -0600 Dan Blum: > controversy in both cases. He was also one of the first two > senators elected from California and was the first Republican > candidate for president. Fremont? > 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features > prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Amontillado (I think, but that sounds Spanish). > living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close > second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is > far behind at 51.28%). Vermont. Counting California to get to four is dubious. > The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and > The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows > starring an Asian American and an African American woman. Dumont. > 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by > me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival > in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva. Montreux. > 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival > is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz. New Orleans, I suppose. > which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region > is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise > earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily). Piedmont. -- Mark Brader | "Oh, sure, you can make anything sound sleazy if you, Toronto | you know, tell it exactly the way it happened." msb@vex.net | -- Bruce Rasmussen: "Anything But Love" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 30 08:22PM > > 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features > > prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe. > Amontillado (I think, but that sounds Spanish). Indeed, it is Spanish. > > far behind at 51.28%). > Vermont. > Counting California to get to four is dubious. True; I wouldn't have if California were the answer. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 30 11:03PM +0100 By the way, great theme, Dan! Took me a while to spot it, despite it was right before my eyes. I had a great chuckle when I figured it out! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 30 10:30PM > By the way, great theme, Dan! Took me a while to spot it, despite it > was right before my eyes. I had a great chuckle when I figured it out! Tbanks! -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Jan 30 11:46PM Dan Blum wrote: > a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones) > turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and > little-visited "exclusion zone." Montserrat > living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close > second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is > far behind at 51.28%). Montana > 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by > me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival > in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva. Montreux > 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival > is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz. Montreal > of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which > covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot > there. Altamont > which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region > is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise > earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily). Piedmont Peter Smyth |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 30 12:18PM -0800 On Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 6:35:32 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which is the most populous country in Africa? Nigeria > 2 Which actress has regularly appeared in both Jonathon Creek and Men Behaving Badly? Caroline Quentin > 3 Who was the only non-British member of Monty Python? Terry Gilliam As several posters pointed out, he is now a naturalised British citizen > 4 The TV series The Sopranos was mostly set in which US state? New Jersey > 5 Which African capital city was known as Salisbury during the colonial era? Harare > 6 The Eurostar terminates at which Paris railway station? Gare du Nord > 7 Which major European power declared war on Germany in 1943? Italy > 8 The pineapple is indigenous to which continent? South America > 9 What do the initials of the film company MGM stand for? Metro Goldwyn Mayer > 10 Norwegian band A-ha sang the theme song for which 1987 James Bond film? The Living daylights There is no Bond film titled "Take On Me" :-) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 377 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 61 Peter Smyth 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 48 Rob Parker 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 50 Chris Johnson 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 50 Bjorn Lundin 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 51 Mark Brader 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 40 David Brown 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 45 Marc Dashevsky 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 45 Dan Tilque 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 47 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 41 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 9 3 7 6 7 7 8 5 10 4 66 66% Congratulations Peter. cheers, calvin |
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