- Calvin's Quiz #377 - 1 Update
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- QFTCIMI515 Current Events 1-2 answers - 2 Updates
| "David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Jan 26 10:34AM 1 Which is the most populous country in Africa? South Africa? 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. 4 The TV series The Sopranos was mostly set in which US state? New York? 5 Which African capital city was known as Salisbury during the colonial era? 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 Goldwin Mayer? 10 Norwegian band A-ha sang the theme song for which 1987 James Bond film? Take on me? -- David |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 12:31PM -0600 Mark Brader: > here's a 60th anniversary round on the birth of rock'n'roll. > 1. Who scandalized the world by marrying Myra Gale Brown on > 1957-12-12? Jerry Lee Lewis. She was his 13-year-old cousin. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Pete, Bruce, Calvin, Rob, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Which host had Elvis sing "Hound Dog" *to* a hound dog on his > network variety show? Steve Allen. 4 for Marc and Joshua. > 3. Three big rock'n'rollers died tragically on 1959-02-02 in a > plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa. Two of them eventually inspired > a popular movies about their lives, but which one did not? The Big Bopper (aka J.P. Richardson). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Bruce, Calvin, Peter, Rob (the hard way), Stephen, and Dan Tilque. Gary Busey, as mentioned on "Jeopardy!" a few days after the original game was played, starred in "The Buddy Holly Story" (1978); Ritchie Valens has been the subject of several movies, notably "La Bamba" (1987) starring Lou Diamond Phillips. > 4. Which music legend said in 1957 that "rock'n'roll is phony > and false, and sung, written, and played for the most part by > cretinous goons"? (Yeah, but what's your point?) Frank Sinatra. 4 for Marc, Erland, Joshua, Jason, Peter, Rob, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 5. In 1956, which voluminous sitcom star said of Elvis, "He can't > last, I tell you flatly, he can't last"? Jackie Gleason. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 6. What was the name of the Memphis-based label run by Sam Phillips > that recorded Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy > Orbison? Sun Records. 4 for Marc, Erland, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Calvin, Rob, and Stephen. > 7. Which subsequent abusive husband had a pre-marriage '50s hit with > "Rocket 88"? Ike Turner. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Björn, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Calvin, Peter, and Stephen. > 8. The music died again in April, 1960, when this rock'n'roller > of "Summertime Blues" fame died in a car crash in Bath, England. > Name him. Eddie Cochran. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Rob, and Stephen. > 9. From which US city did "American Bandstand" originate? Philadelphia. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Bruce, and Stephen. > 10. What then-shocking 1955 movie (starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow, > and Sidney Poitier) launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"? "The Blackboard Jungle". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Bruce, and Stephen. > Sam Goldwyn | Groucho Marx | Henny Youngman > Henry Kissinger | Jackie Mason | > Ernie Kovacs | Golda Meir | Apparently there was at least one ringer on that list: Ernie Kovacs wasn't Jewish. Marc Dashevsky spotted the error while racking up a perfect round for himself. > 1. "My father never lived to see his dream come true of an > all-Yiddish-speaking Canada." (Stand-up comic, actor, director, > writer for the Smothers Brothers among other shows.) David Steinberg. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Pete, and Stephen. 3 for Calvin. > 2. "I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have > no holidays." (Comedian and violinist, known for his > one-liners.) Henny Youngman. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Peter and Rob. > God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters. > By the time I was 5, I knew I was that one." (Comic, prolific > writer, director of zany cinema comedies, producer.) Mel Brooks. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Pete, Calvin, Peter, Rob, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are going to be > goyim even if you are Jewish." (Stand-up comedian, social > critic, and satirist.) Lenny Bruce. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Jason, Bruce, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Rob. > us 40 years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place > in the Middle East that has no oil!" (Fourth Prime Minister > of Israel.) Golda Meir. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Calvin, Peter, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 6. "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me." > (British political leader.) Benjamin Disraeli. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Bruce, Calvin, Peter, Rob, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 7. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want > to achieve immortality through not dying." (Neurotic comedian, > writer, prolific filmmaker.) Woody Allen. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Björn, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Bruce, Calvin, Peter, Rob, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 8. "Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live > in an institution?" (Comedian, film and television star, > known for his quick and acerbic wit.) Groucho Marx. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Pete, Bruce, Peter, Rob, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 9. "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well > done." (Innovative and absurdist early TV comedian.) Ernie Kovacs. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Pete, and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. > 10. "A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when > he comes to it." (Pianist, composer, author, comedian, and > actor on radio and early TV.) Oscar Levant. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Jason, Pete, and Stephen. 2 for Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Can Art Sci Ent Mis FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 26 19 38 20 40 40 144 Marc Dashevsky 24 8 36 20 40 40 140 Dan Blum 27 7 36 33 16 39 135 Bruce Bowler 26 16 32 31 16 16 105 Rob Parker 19 9 33 28 20 21 102 Dan Tilque 20 12 20 27 16 28 95 "Calvin" -- -- 40 8 16 21 85 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 36 40 76 Jason Kreitzer 8 0 0 8 32 24 72 Pete Gayde -- -- -- -- 32 36 68 Erland Sommarskog 12 12 20 24 12 12 68 Peter Smyth -- -- 3 23 12 22 60 Björn Lundin 8 4 20 12 4 4 44 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I don't _want_ people using Linux for ideological msb@vex.net | reasons. I think ideology sucks." -- Torvalds My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 12:35PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-24, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 10, Round 9 - Sports & Entertainment - What I Really Want to Do is Act Many's the athlete who tried and failed to pad their resume with an acting career -- we're looking at you, Joe Namath and Shaquille O'Neal. But others were more successful. In each case, name that athlete-turned-actor. 1. The star of shows like "St. Elsewhere" and "NCIS", he was a starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, leading his team to a 17-5 record over two seasons. 2. This Best Actor Oscar nominee for "The Last King of Scotland" attended USC on a football scholarship and, fittingly enough, played a high school football player in his movie debut "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". 3. He's the patriarch of a family of duck hunters on TV, but he was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech in the mid-'60s, and was replaced after graduation by a guy named Terry Bradshaw. Name that duck hunter. (As usual, the surname is sufficient.) 4. His dad, Rocky Johnson, was a Canadian pro wrestler and, before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders. He recently played Hercules on screen. 5. Eventually he followed Aunt Rosemary and Uncle José Ferrer into showbiz, but only after flaming out in minor-league baseball with the Cincinnati Reds organization. Name this dreamy Oscar-winning leading man. 6. His shows include "Married... with Children" and "Modern Family". His athletic career included a football college scholarship and an ill-fated invitation to the Pittsburgh Steelers' training camp in 1969. 7. The artist sometimes known as Apollo Creed played 8 games for the Oakland Raiders and 18 games for the BC Lions. 8. Before becoming a movie star, he was a star running back for Florida State, and actually got to play football again with his starring turn in the movie "The Longest Yard". 9. In 1973, he became the first player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing", "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and "The Naked Gun 33 1/3". 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV. Name him. * Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - US Thanksgiving This week is US Thanksgiving, so here is a round in appreciation of our neighbors to the south. A. Entertainment: American Music A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music". It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it. A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues? B. History: Pre-"Cheers" Massachusetts B1. Little known fact: the legendary "First Thanksgiving" at Plymouth had nearly twice as many native guests as Pilgrims. Since the natives are less famous, you can name *either* their tribe, *or* their chief (who gave the settlers food the previous winter), *or* the bilingual native who taught them New World fishing and agriculture. B2. The "shot heard round the world" to start the American Revolution happened in a running skirmish on 1775-04-19, in two towns that still argue about which one it took place in. So name *both* towns. C. Science: American Know-How C1. From Franklin through Tesla and Edison, famous American inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain? C2. Eli Whitney's cotton gin and Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper were revolutionary agricultural innovations, but which inventor's *literally* groundbreaking steel plow helped open the prairies to farming? D. Literature: Great American Novels D1. John Updike's most famous work is a series of novels about a middle-class American everyman with an unusual nickname. What nickname? D2. Name Philip Roth's novel, winner of a 1998 Pulitzer Prize, that describes the life of the fictional Seymour "Swede" Levov. E. Geography: This Land is Your Land E1. Yellowstone National Park is often called the first national park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park located? E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is located in two states; name *either*. F. Sports: National Pastimes F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans to *participate* in? F2. In terms of the number of Americans identifying themselves as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport? It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes ahead of hockey. -- Mark Brader "Great things are not done by those Toronto who sit down and count the cost msb@vex.net of every thought and act." --Daniel Gooch My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 25 08:18PM +0100 > inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking > 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous > Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain? Transistor > park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses > S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park > located? Wyoming > E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located > closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains > National Park is located in two states; name *either*. North Carolina and Tennesee > F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans > to *participate* in? Baseball? > as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport? > It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes > ahead of hockey. Football, real football, that is. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 25 10:55PM +0100 On 2015-01-25 19:35, Mark Brader wrote: > His athletic career included a football college scholarship and > an ill-fated invitation to the Pittsburgh Steelers' training > camp in 1969. Ed O'Neill > yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing", > "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and > "The Naked Gun 33 1/3". Leslie Nelson > their tribe, *or* their chief (who gave the settlers food > the previous winter), *or* the bilingual native who taught > them New World fishing and agriculture. Pocahontas > inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking > 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous > Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain? The transistor > reaper were revolutionary agricultural innovations, but > which inventor's *literally* groundbreaking steel plow > helped open the prairies to farming? John Deere > park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses > S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park > located? Utah > E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located > closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains > National Park is located in two states; name *either*. West Virginia > F. Sports: National Pastimes > F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans > to *participate* in? soccer (most likely not though) > as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport? > It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes > ahead of hockey. soccer (most likely not here either) -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 04:48PM -0600 Sorry, I inadvertently posted this in same thread as Rounds 7-8. Here it is again. Feel free to respond in either thread. These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-24, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days (from the time of the original posting about 4 hours before this one). All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 10, Round 9 - Sports & Entertainment - What I Really Want to Do is Act Many's the athlete who tried and failed to pad their resume with an acting career -- we're looking at you, Joe Namath and Shaquille O'Neal. But others were more successful. In each case, name that athlete-turned-actor. 1. The star of shows like "St. Elsewhere" and "NCIS", he was a starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, leading his team to a 17-5 record over two seasons. 2. This Best Actor Oscar nominee for "The Last King of Scotland" attended USC on a football scholarship and, fittingly enough, played a high school football player in his movie debut "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". 3. He's the patriarch of a family of duck hunters on TV, but he was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech in the mid-'60s, and was replaced after graduation by a guy named Terry Bradshaw. Name that duck hunter. (As usual, the surname is sufficient.) 4. His dad, Rocky Johnson, was a Canadian pro wrestler and, before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders. He recently played Hercules on screen. 5. Eventually he followed Aunt Rosemary and Uncle José Ferrer into showbiz, but only after flaming out in minor-league baseball with the Cincinnati Reds organization. Name this dreamy Oscar-winning leading man. 6. His shows include "Married... with Children" and "Modern Family". His athletic career included a football college scholarship and an ill-fated invitation to the Pittsburgh Steelers' training camp in 1969. 7. The artist sometimes known as Apollo Creed played 8 games for the Oakland Raiders and 18 games for the BC Lions. 8. Before becoming a movie star, he was a star running back for Florida State, and actually got to play football again with his starring turn in the movie "The Longest Yard". 9. In 1973, he became the first player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing", "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and "The Naked Gun 33 1/3". 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV. Name him. * Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - US Thanksgiving This week is US Thanksgiving, so here is a round in appreciation of our neighbors to the south. A. Entertainment: American Music A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music". It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it. A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues? B. History: Pre-"Cheers" Massachusetts B1. Little known fact: the legendary "First Thanksgiving" at Plymouth had nearly twice as many native guests as Pilgrims. Since the natives are less famous, you can name *either* their tribe, *or* their chief (who gave the settlers food the previous winter), *or* the bilingual native who taught them New World fishing and agriculture. B2. The "shot heard round the world" to start the American Revolution happened in a running skirmish on 1775-04-19, in two towns that still argue about which one it took place in. So name *both* towns. C. Science: American Know-How C1. From Franklin through Tesla and Edison, famous American inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain? C2. Eli Whitney's cotton gin and Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper were revolutionary agricultural innovations, but which inventor's *literally* groundbreaking steel plow helped open the prairies to farming? D. Literature: Great American Novels D1. John Updike's most famous work is a series of novels about a middle-class American everyman with an unusual nickname. What nickname? D2. Name Philip Roth's novel, winner of a 1998 Pulitzer Prize, that describes the life of the fictional Seymour "Swede" Levov. E. Geography: This Land is Your Land E1. Yellowstone National Park is often called the first national park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park located? E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is located in two states; name *either*. F. Sports: National Pastimes F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans to *participate* in? F2. In terms of the number of Americans identifying themselves as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport? It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes ahead of hockey. -- Mark Brader "Great things are not done by those Toronto who sit down and count the cost msb@vex.net of every thought and act." --Daniel Gooch My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 25 02:49PM -0800 On Monday, January 26, 2015 at 4:35:42 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > attended USC on a football scholarship and, fittingly enough, > played a high school football player in his movie debut "Fast > Times at Ridgemont High". Whittaker > before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for > the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders. > He recently played Hercules on screen. Dwayne Johnson > yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing", > "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and > "The Naked Gun 33 1/3". Simpson > 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship > title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV. > Name him. Norris > A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music". > It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one > of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it. The Grand Ol' Opry > A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to > music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were > seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues? Cajun, Southern > their tribe, *or* their chief (who gave the settlers food > the previous winter), *or* the bilingual native who taught > them New World fishing and agriculture. Algonquin > inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking > 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous > Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain? Mobile phone, colour TV > D1. John Updike's most famous work is a series of novels about > a middle-class American everyman with an unusual nickname. > What nickname? Run Rabbit Run > park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses > S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park > located? Wyoming > E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located > closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains > National Park is located in two states; name *either*. Virginia, West Virginia > F. Sports: National Pastimes > F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans > to *participate* in? Bowling, golf Not trivia then? > as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport? > It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes > ahead of hockey. Motor sport, wrestling cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 26 01:52AM > 1. The star of shows like "St. Elsewhere" and "NCIS", he was > a starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, > leading his team to a 17-5 record over two seasons. Mark Harmon > attended USC on a football scholarship and, fittingly enough, > played a high school football player in his movie debut "Fast > Times at Ridgemont High". Forrest Whitaker > was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech in the mid-'60s, > and was replaced after graduation by a guy named Terry Bradshaw. > Name that duck hunter. (As usual, the surname is sufficient.) Robertson > before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for > the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders. > He recently played Hercules on screen. Dwayne Johnson > showbiz, but only after flaming out in minor-league baseball with > the Cincinnati Reds organization. Name this dreamy Oscar-winning > leading man. George Clooney > 7. The artist sometimes known as Apollo Creed played 8 games for > the Oakland Raiders and 18 games for the BC Lions. Mr. T > 8. Before becoming a movie star, he was a star running back for > Florida State, and actually got to play football again with > his starring turn in the movie "The Longest Yard". Burt Reynolds > yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing", > "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and > "The Naked Gun 33 1/3". OJ Simpson > 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship > title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV. > Name him. Chuck Norris > A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music". > It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one > of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it. Grand Old Opry > A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to > music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were > seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues? Delta > their tribe, *or* their chief (who gave the settlers food > the previous winter), *or* the bilingual native who taught > them New World fishing and agriculture. Sebaoh > Revolution happened in a running skirmish on 1775-04-19, in > two towns that still argue about which one it took place in. > So name *both* towns. Lexington and Concord > inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking > 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous > Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain? transistor > reaper were revolutionary agricultural innovations, but > which inventor's *literally* groundbreaking steel plow > helped open the prairies to farming? Deere > D1. John Updike's most famous work is a series of novels about > a middle-class American everyman with an unusual nickname. > What nickname? Rabbit > park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses > S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park > located? Wyoming > E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located > closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains > National Park is located in two states; name *either*. Tennessee > F. Sports: National Pastimes > F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans > to *participate* in? softball; basketball > as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport? > It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes > ahead of hockey. automobile racing -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 26 02:28AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > 1. The star of shows like "St. Elsewhere" and "NCIS", he was > a starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, > leading his team to a 17-5 record over two seasons. Mark Harmon > attended USC on a football scholarship and, fittingly enough, > played a high school football player in his movie debut "Fast > Times at Ridgemont High". Forest Whitaker > was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech in the mid-'60s, > and was replaced after graduation by a guy named Terry Bradshaw. > Name that duck hunter. (As usual, the surname is sufficient.) Richardson > before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for > the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders. > He recently played Hercules on screen. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson > showbiz, but only after flaming out in minor-league baseball with > the Cincinnati Reds organization. Name this dreamy Oscar-winning > leading man. George Clooney > His athletic career included a football college scholarship and > an ill-fated invitation to the Pittsburgh Steelers' training > camp in 1969. Ed O'Neill > 8. Before becoming a movie star, he was a star running back for > Florida State, and actually got to play football again with > his starring turn in the movie "The Longest Yard". Burt Reynolds > yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing", > "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and > "The Naked Gun 33 1/3". O.J. Simpson > 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship > title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV. > Name him. Chuck Norris > A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music". > It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one > of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it. Grand Ole Opry > A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to > music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were > seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues? Delta blues > their tribe, *or* their chief (who gave the settlers food > the previous winter), *or* the bilingual native who taught > them New World fishing and agriculture. Squanto > Revolution happened in a running skirmish on 1775-04-19, in > two towns that still argue about which one it took place in. > So name *both* towns. Lexington, Concord > inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking > 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous > Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain? transistor > D1. John Updike's most famous work is a series of novels about > a middle-class American everyman with an unusual nickname. > What nickname? Rabbit > D2. Name Philip Roth's novel, winner of a 1998 Pulitzer Prize, > that describes the life of the fictional Seymour "Swede" > Levov. "The Plot Against America" > park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses > S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park > located? Wyoming > E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located > closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains > National Park is located in two states; name *either*. North Carolina -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Jan 25 07:11PM -0800 On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 1:35:42 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. The star of shows like "St. Elsewhere" and "NCIS", he was > a starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, > leading his team to a 17-5 record over two seasons. Mark Harmon > attended USC on a football scholarship and, fittingly enough, > played a high school football player in his movie debut "Fast > Times at Ridgemont High". Forrest Whitaker > before following in pop's footsteps, he played football for > the Miami Hurricanes and briefly for Calgary Stampeders. > He recently played Hercules on screen. "IF YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING..." > camp in 1969. > 7. The artist sometimes known as Apollo Creed played 8 games for > the Oakland Raiders and 18 games for the BC Lions. Carl Weathers > 8. Before becoming a movie star, he was a star running back for > Florida State, and actually got to play football again with > his starring turn in the movie "The Longest Yard". Burt Reynolds > yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing", > "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and > "The Naked Gun 33 1/3". OJ Simpson > 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship > title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV. > Name him. Chuck Norris. Insert favorite joke here. > A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music". > It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one > of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it. Grand Ole Opry > A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to > music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were > seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues? Delta Blues > D1. John Updike's most famous work is a series of novels about > a middle-class American everyman with an unusual nickname. > What nickname? Rabbit > park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses > S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park > located? Wyoming > E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located > closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains > National Park is located in two states; name *either*. Tennessee > as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport? > It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes > ahead of hockey. Soccer |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 09:45PM -0600 Jason Kreitzer: > "IF YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING..." WHAT? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "We did not try to keep writing until msb@vex.net | things got full." --Dennis Ritchie |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 12:27PM -0600 Erland Sommarskog: > advice you to keep this in mind when you talk with people with a background > in different languages, or who have a knowledge of linguistics, as your > usage conflicts with the regular technical usage. Of course, but we aren't talking about linguistics technical usage here. -- 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 |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 25 08:12PM +0100 >> background in different languages, or who have a knowledge of >> linguistics, as your usage conflicts with the regular technical usage. > Of course, but we aren't talking about linguistics technical usage here. Well I am, obviously. But, true, a name is a name, and you can call something "long A" event when it's not. And if a lot of people adhere to that usage, well, that is how language is defined. And this certainly not the only example of when the terminology among people in general conflicts with those have knowledge in a certain field. For instance, most people would consider "20th century" to be the period 1900-1999, regardless of that some people think this is wrong because it would make the first century to have 99 years. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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