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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 09 08:12AM -0600 Mark Brader: > > 8. In women's tennis, she still holds the record for most career > > Grand Slam singles wins, despite doing it from 1960 to 1973. "Calvin": > "despite"? "Still", despite over 40 years having passed. -- Mark Brader "Clearly, neither Mark Brader nor Toronto Steve Summit read the whole book..." msb@vex.net -- Greg Black |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 09 10:32AM -0600 In article <N7ydnT5zz53LuUrJnZ2dnUU7-XmdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. If you're a Richmond Flying Squirrels fan, your rivals include > fauna like Fisher Cats, Rock Cats, Sea Dogs, SeaWolves, and > even RubberDucks. baseball > 2. This league's oldest franchises are the Hershey Bears and > the Rochester Americans. It's the "American <answer> League." hockey > 3. The New York Cosmos currently play in a minor league with the > same name as a defunct major league. It's the "North American > <answer> League". soccer > named accurately. The state of Alabama is home to two members > that are fierce rivals: the University of Alabama and which > other school? Auburn > * All-Time Greats > 7. Who holds the NFL record for career rushing yards, achieved > 1990-2004, mainly with the Dallas Cowboys? Emmitt Smith > 8. In women's tennis, she still holds the record for most career > Grand Slam singles wins, despite doing it from 1960 to 1973. Margaret Court > * Championship Teams > 10. The New York Yankees have won the World Series most often, > 27 times, but which franchise is next with 11 World Series wins? St. Louis Cardinals > 11. The Montreal Canadiens have won the most Stanley Cups, 24, > but which NHL franchise has won the second-most, 13? Chicago Blackhawks; Detroit Red Wings > 12. The NBA Championship is relatively young, awarded since 1946. > Incredibly, two teams have won almost half of the time -- > 33 out of 67. Name *both* of them. Boston Celtics & Los Angeles Lakers > 13. These retired tennis players have been a couple since 2001. > He's an 8-time Grand Slam champion and 1996 Olympic gold > medalist. She won 22 Grand Slam singles titles. Name *both*. Andre Agassiz and Steffie Graf > 14. Olympic downhill gold medalist and World Cup champion Lindsey > Vonn has been dating this well-known athlete since March 2013, > after his marriage fell apart very publicly in 2010. Who is he? Tiger Woods? > 15. This tennis star was engaged to Jimmy Connors and married to > Greg Norman, although they divorced in 2009. Name her. Chrissie Evert -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Feb 09 05:58PM -0800 On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 3:54:48 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > even RubberDucks. > 2. This league's oldest franchises are the Hershey Bears and > the Rochester Americans. It's the "American <answer> League." Hockey > 3. The New York Cosmos currently play in a minor league with the > same name as a defunct major league. It's the "North American > <answer> League". Soccer > 5. The Pacific-12 Conference has 12 full members, but only 8 are > in states bordering the Pacific Ocean. Name *any one* of the > 4 universities from landlocked states. Colorado? > named accurately. The state of Alabama is home to two members > that are fierce rivals: the University of Alabama and which > other school? Auburn > 12. The NBA Championship is relatively young, awarded since 1946. > Incredibly, two teams have won almost half of the time -- > 33 out of 67. Name *both* of them. Boston Celtics and L.A. Lakers? > 14. Olympic downhill gold medalist and World Cup champion Lindsey > Vonn has been dating this well-known athlete since March 2013, > after his marriage fell apart very publicly in 2010. Who is he? Tiger Woods |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 09 10:39AM -0600 In article <mb9pie$bdp$1@dont-email.me>, dtilque@frontier.com says... > 1.a United States: most US states have legal same-sex marriage, but most > do so by judicial fiat. How many have actual legislation allowing it? (3 > pts for exact answer; 1 pt within 2) 10 > 1.b Rest of the World: How many other countries have such laws? (3 pts > for exact answer; 1 pt within 2) 10 > does just medical marijuana. The law must allow for the purchase and > possession (and often taxation) of marijuana by most adults without > special permission. (1 point per polity) Colorado Washington (state) Alaska Netherlands -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 09 09:45PM +0100 > 1.a United States: most US states have legal same-sex marriage, but most > do so by judicial fiat. How many have actual legislation allowing it? (3 > pts for exact answer; 1 pt within 2) I believe that the total number is 32, but of quite of few of these involve Italian cars, as I understand. Hm, 20? > 1.b Rest of the World: How many other countries have such laws? (3 pts > for exact answer; 1 pt within 2) 12 > does just medical marijuana. The law must allow for the purchase and > possession (and often taxation) of marijuana by most adults without > special permission. (1 point per polity) Uruguay, Oregon, Colorado, Washingon state. > 3.a What polity is the latest to approve physician-assisted suicide? (2 > pts) Belgium > 3.b Name three other polities with physician-assisted suicide. (1 pt each) Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium > 4. Vote by mail: What polities have complete vote-by-mail? That is, all > eligible voters get their ballot in the mail and may return them by mail > or drop them off at designated locations. (1 pt per polity) Your question is not extremely clear. In Sweden we use to have this concept of "poströsta". What it meant that you could go to the post office and cast your vote there in advance. With the demise of the postal offices, you can still do advance voting in designated places, but these mobile offices can be everywhere. For instance, they one in the ground floor of the office building where I spend my days. The vote is sent - by mail, I presume - to voting district where I belong and counting on the voting night. (And if I change my mind, I can go my voting district and change my vote on election day.) To complicate things even further, we don't get any ballot in the mail, we get a voting card. Some of the political parties may distribute their ballots, although likely by direct advertising than mail. So I am not sure Sweden counts. If Sweden counts, I would expect that there are a whole bunch of countries with similar system: Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France etc. I know that India does not have such a system, and Greece did not have advance or distant voting in their recent elections. On the other hand, if you mean that I take my ballot, put in an envelop and drop it off in any letterbox myself - then I don't have a clue. I can suggest Latvia and Lithuania as my desperate guesses. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Feb 09 01:03PM > I'm withdrawing from this round because I inadvertently saw another > entrant's > answer. Moi assui. -- David |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 09 08:14AM -0600 David B.: > Moi assui. When you assui, you make an ass out of U and I? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "... pure English is de rigueur" msb@vex.net -- Guardian Weekly |
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