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| "Rob Parker" <robpparker@NOSPAM.optusnet.com.au.FOR.ME>: Jan 09 12:39PM +1100 "Rob Parker" wrote in message news:1bqdnVnmJoapZDjJnZ2dnUVZ5oKdnZ2d@giganews.com... > 1. Alexander the Great 323 BC > 2. The Bard of Avon 1616 > 3. The Venerable Bede 735 > 4. Catherine the Great 1796 > 5. Eric the Red c. 1003 Since this date is not known exactly, I've allowed a margin of 10 years for this answer > 6. Ivan the Terrible 1584 > 7. The Maid of Orleans 1431 > 8. Chairman Mao 1976 > 9. Scott of the Antarctic 1912 > 10. William the Conqueror 1087 Scores (hopefully with no errors): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Calvin 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 Dan B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 Mark B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 Marc D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Erland S 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 Pete 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 6 Dan T 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 Dan Blum and Erland tied with a score of 7, resolved in Dan's favour by the earlier posting. Congratulations Dan! Over to you for RQ #166. Thanks to all for playing. Rob |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 09 03:49AM > Dan Blum and Erland tied with a score of 7, resolved in Dan's favour by the > earlier posting. Congratulations Dan! Over to you for RQ #166. Thanks, I think. -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 09 08:28AM >> 3. The Venerable Bede Now that the quiz is over, maybe you can tell us who the hell this person is? > Dan Blum and Erland tied with a score of 7, resolved in Dan's favour by > the earlier posting. Congratulations Dan! Over to you for RQ #166. Drat! My brainmelt with Jeanne D'Arc was really costly! I'm looking forward to Dan's next quiz. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 09 04:07AM -0600 Rob Parker: >>> 3. The Venerable Bede Erland Sommarskog: > Now that the quiz is over, maybe you can tell us who the hell this person > is? Maybe you could google it? I get these as the first 4 hits: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede Bede - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bede also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth ... [2] http://www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/history/bede The Venerable Bede - Durham World Heritage Site Who Was the Venerable Bede? The Venerable Bede - also known as St. Bede - is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars. He lived and ... [3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bede_st.shtml BBC - History - The Venerable Bede Read the biography of the Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian - the Venerable Bede. Find out the year he died. [4] http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02384a.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Venerable Bede - New Advent Historian and Doctor of the Church, born 672 or 673; died 735. In the last chapter of his great work on the "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" Bede has ... -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Mark is probably right about something, msb@vex.net | but I forget what" -- Rayan Zachariassen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 08 02:55PM -0800 1 London's Trafalgar Square contains four statues of which creature? 2 According to a running joke in both The Economist and The Simpsons, which south-east Asian country is perpetually at a crossroads? 3 What is the capital city of Jamaica? 4 Which pop guitarist is known as Slowhand? 5 In which European country is the city of Santander located? 6 What is the main ingredient of guacamole? 7 Name any three of the four EU countries that drive on the left hand side of the road. 8 The Kirin Brewery is based in which Asian country? 9 Which country joined the G7 in 1998, making it the G8? 10 In which Olympic cycling event is a motorised bicycle called a derny used? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 08 05:30PM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 London's Trafalgar Square contains four statues of which creature? Lion. > 2 According to a running joke in both The Economist and The Simpsons, > which south-east Asian country is perpetually at a crossroads? Vietnam? > 3 What is the capital city of Jamaica? Kingston. > 4 Which pop guitarist is known as Slowhand? Clapton. > 5 In which European country is the city of Santander located? Portugal? > 6 What is the main ingredient of guacamole? Avocado? > 7 Name any three of the four EU countries that drive on the left hand > side of the road. Ireland, Malta, UK. And the other is Cyprus? > 8 The Kirin Brewery is based in which Asian country? Japan? > 9 Which country joined the G7 in 1998, making it the G8? Canada? > 10 In which Olympic cycling event is a motorised bicycle called a derny > used? Dernycycling. :-) -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Sex on trains, of course." msb@vex.net -- Clive Feather My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Jan 09 03:08PM +1100 > 1 London's Trafalgar Square contains four statues of which creature? lion > 2 According to a running joke in both The Economist and The Simpsons, > which south-east Asian country is perpetually at a crossroads? Singapore (?) > 3 What is the capital city of Jamaica? Kingston > 4 Which pop guitarist is known as Slowhand? Eric Clapton > 5 In which European country is the city of Santander located? Spain (?) > 6 What is the main ingredient of guacamole? avocado > 7 Name any three of the four EU countries that drive on the left hand side > of the road. UK, Ireland, Malta > 8 The Kirin Brewery is based in which Asian country? Thailand (?) > 9 Which country joined the G7 in 1998, making it the G8? Russia > 10 In which Olympic cycling event is a motorised bicycle called a derny > used? kirren (unsure of spelling) Rob |
| MarcDashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 08 11:22PM -0500 In article <f0fe4370-26ff-4e72-a39d-a70257c72c0b@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 London's Trafalgar Square contains four statues of which creature? horse > 2 According to a running joke in both The Economist and The Simpsons, which south-east Asian country is perpetually at a crossroads? Indonesia > 3 What is the capital city of Jamaica? Kingston > 4 Which pop guitarist is known as Slowhand? Eric Clapton > 5 In which European country is the city of Santander located? Spain > 6 What is the main ingredient of guacamole? avocado > 7 Name any three of the four EU countries that drive on the left hand side of the road. Ireland > 8 The Kirin Brewery is based in which Asian country? Japan > 9 Which country joined the G7 in 1998, making it the G8? China -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 09 08:24AM > 1 London's Trafalgar Square contains four statues of which creature? Lions. And one captain. > 2 According to a running joke in both The Economist and The > Simpsons, which south-east Asian country is perpetually at a > crossroads? Indonesia > 3 What is the capital city of Jamaica? Kingston > 4 Which pop guitarist is known as Slowhand? Eric Clapton > 5 In which European country is the city of Santander located? Spain, in the province of Calabria. > 6 What is the main ingredient of guacamole? Avacado > 7 Name any three of the four EU countries that drive on the left > hand side of the road. UK, Ireland, Malta and Cyprus. > 8 The Kirin Brewery is based in which Asian country? Thailand > 9 Which country joined the G7 in 1998, making it the G8? Russia. Kicked out last year, though. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Jan 09 09:10AM 1 London's Trafalgar Square contains four statues of which creature? Lions. 2 According to a running joke in both The Economist and The Simpsons, which south-east Asian country is perpetually at a crossroads? Vietnam? 3 What is the capital city of Jamaica? Kingston. 4 Which pop guitarist is known as Slowhand? Clapton. 5 In which European country is the city of Santander located? Switzerland. 6 What is the main ingredient of guacamole? Avocado. 7 Name any three of the four EU countries that drive on the left hand side of the road. UK, Ireland, Malta. 8 The Kirin Brewery is based in which Asian country? China? 9 Which country joined the G7 in 1998, making it the G8? Russia. 10 In which Olympic cycling event is a motorised bicycle called a derny used? Keirin. -- David |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 08 02:54PM -0800 On Friday, January 2, 2015 at 1:37:36 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > Listed below are the date of death, a brief description and the age of various famous individuals who passed away in 2014. Try to identify them. Well these were harder than I had intended so more clues would have been a good idea sorry. i have marked very leniently, accepting first name or nicknames only. > 2-Feb American actor 46 Philip Seymour Hoffman > 17-Mar American fashion designer and model 49 L'Wren Scott > 7-Apr British writer and model 25 Peaches Geldof > 10-Apr British novelist 68 Sue Townsend > 17-Apr Colombian novelist and journalist 87 Gabriel García Márquez > 31-May British aristocrat and author 91 Baroness Soames [daughter of Churchill] > 27-Jun American R&B singer 70 Bobby Womack > 12-Jul Soviet politician 86 Eduard Shevardnadze > 12-Sep Irish politician 88 Ian Paisley Now I appreciate that "Irish" may have thrown some people, but it ws a better clue than "British". > 4-Oct Haitian politician 63 Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 373 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 12 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 13 Rob Parker 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 8 Peter Smyth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Pete Gayde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Erland S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Bjorn Lundin - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 16 27% Well done Marc! cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 08 12:02PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 3. "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. > Film versions directed by Paul Verhoeven and Len Wiseman in > 1990 and 2012 respectively. Total Recall > 4. John D. MacDonald's "The Executioners." Film versions starred > Gregory Peck and Nick Nolte, in 1962 and 1991 respectively. > 5. "Red Alert" by Peter George. Stanley Kubrick film, 1962. Dr Strangelove > 6. "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. 1979 movie. Apocalypse Now > 7. "The Body" by Stephen King. 1986 movie. > 8. "Shoeless Joe" by W.P. Kinsella. 1989 movie. Eight Men Out > 9. "Wiseguys" by Nicholas Pileggi. 1990 movie directed by Scorsese. > 10. "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorpe. 1988 movie starred > Bruce Willis. Die Hard > 4. "Republic of Doyle" -- Canadian city. > 5. "Flashpoint" -- Canadian city. > 6. "I Love Lucy" -- US city. New York > 7. "Queer as Folk", the US version -- US city. San Francisco > 8. "Frasier" -- US city. Seattle > 9. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" -- US city. Minneapolis > 10. "Dragnet". Los Angeles -- Dan Tilque |
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