Wednesday, March 11, 2015

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"David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Mar 11 11:10AM

"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:<mdfnif$ukl$1@dont-email.me>...
> congratulations to David as well
 
> The competition is now closed.
> I hope you found it amusing.
 
Apologies, I've not been around for the last few days.
 
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David
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 10 11:56PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> you can *either* give the series title *or* the title of the
> first book (if it doesn't include the series title).
 
> 1. Ged, aka Sparrowhawk.
 
Ursula K. LeGuin, "Earthsea". 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Stephen.
 
> 2. Saruman, Radagast.
 
J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Lord of the Rings". 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete,
Peter, Björn, Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Calvin.
 
> 3. Queen Jadis, aka the White Witch.
 
C.S. Lewis, "Narnia" series; first book published, "The Lion,
the Witch, and the Wardrobe"; first by internal chronology, "The
Magician's Nephew". 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter, Björn, Dan Blum,
Joshua, and Stephen.
 
> 4. Sirius Black, Bellatrix Lestrange.
 
J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter". 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter, Björn,
Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Calvin.
 
> 5. Belgarath, Polgara.
 
David Eddings, "The Belgariad", "Pawn of Prophecy". 4 for Peter,
Dan Blum, and Stephen. 3 for Dan Tilque.
 
> 6. Kvothe.
 
Patrick Rothfuss, "Kingkiller Chronicle", "The Name of the Wind".
4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.
 
> 7. Glinda, Elphaba.
 
Gregory Maguire, "Wicked". We will also generously accept L. Frank
Baum, "Oz", "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", or the title used later
for some editions, "The Wizard of Oz". 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete,
Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Bruce.
 
In Baum's series no name is given for the Wicked Witch of the West.
Maguire named her Elphaba after Baum's initials.
 
> 8. Circe.
 
Homer, the "Odyssey". (Also accepting the "Iliad", arguably the first
book in the series.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen.
 
> For questions #9-10, name the witch.
 
> 9. Darren's wife on the TV show "Bewitched". First name will do.
 
Samantha Stephens. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Joshua, Marc, Stephen,
Calvin, and Bruce.
 
> 10. The witch in the movie "The Little Mermaid".
 
Ursula. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua, Stephen, and Calvin.
 
 
 
> There are a lot of characters in this round. Letters from the
> Latin and Greek alphabets are common in physics. Give the letter
> from the clue, or the measurement or property from the letter.
 
This was the easiest round in the original game.
 
> 1. Which letter is used to represent a universal value in physics
> close to 300,000 km/s or 186,000 miles per second?
 
(Lower case) c. 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter, Björn,
Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Stephen, Calvin, Erland, and Bruce.
 
The speed of light in a vacuum, of course.
 
> 2. Upper-case C stands for which property in physics, measured in
> farads and defined as the ability to hold electric charge?
 
Capacitance. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen,
Calvin, Erland, and Bruce.
 
> 3. Newton teaches us that F = ma. What does the letter a stand for?
 
Acceleration. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter, Björn, Dan Blum,
Joshua, Marc, Stephen, Calvin, and Erland.
 
Force equals mass times acceleration.
 
> 4. Whose constant is represented by a lower-case h? (Hint: It is
> a crucial value in quantum physics.)
 
Planck. 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Björn, Joshua, Marc, Stephen,
Calvin, Erland, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
> 5. What is denoted by upper-case P and measured in watts?
 
Power. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter, Björn, Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen,
Calvin, and Bruce.
 
> 6. The Greek letter eta, in lower case, is used for which property
> that is considered to be highly desirable in engineering and
> economics alike?
 
Efficiency. 4 for Björn, Marc, and Stephen.
 
> 7. What unit of resistance is rendered by an upper-case omega?
 
Ohm. 4 for everyone.
 
> 8. The Greek letter tau in lower case stands for rotational force
> in mechanics. What single word is used to denote this concept?
 
Torque. 4 for Dan Tilque, Björn, Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Stephen,
Calvin, and Bruce.
 
> 9. Which Greek letter in lower case is used to denote a high-energy
> electron emitted by a radioactive nucleus?
 
Beta (particle). 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Marc, Stephen, and Erland.
2 for Dan Blum and Calvin.
 
> 10. What concept in physics and acoustics, among others, is
> represented by a lower-case f?
 
Frequency. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter, Björn, Dan Blum, Joshua,
Stephen, Calvin, Erland, and Bruce.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Sci
Stephen Perry 40 40 80
Dan Blum 36 33 69
Dan Tilque 31 36 67
Peter Smyth 20 32 52
Joshua Kreitzer 28 24 52
"Calvin" 16 34 50
Marc Dashevsky 16 32 48
Pete Gayde 24 24 48
Björn Lundin 12 32 44
Bruce Bowler 8 28 36
Erland Sommarskog 0 28 28
 
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Toronto | "Ah, but if less is more, then just think how much
msb@vex.net | more more would be." -- Frasier (David Lloyd)
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 11 12:01AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-19,
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 MI5, 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 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 2, Round 4 - Canadiana - Before and After
 
We'll describe two famous Canadians. The last name of the first
person is the first name of the second person -- or sounds like it.
You give the *combined name* formed by overlapping the two.
 
For example, if we said, "Chest-thumping Quebec songstress meets
Leafs captain", you'd answer by combining Celine Dion and Dion
Phaneuf to make "Celine Dion Phaneuf".
 
If the shared name isn't spelled the same way, either spelling
will do.
 
1. Schuster's comedy partner meets the Great One.
 
2. Doug McKenzie meets the Leader of the Opposition.
 
3. "The Diviners" meets "The Book of Negroes".
 
4. Naomi Klein's father-in-law meets Sector Sarajevo commander.
 
5. Little Big Man Oscar nominee meets heavyweight boxer.
 
6. CBC's Scottish-born "greatest Canadian" meets German-born
"Generation X" author.
 
7. Adorable Francophone Governor-General meets Le Gros Bill.
 
8. Figure-skating sweetheart of the 1940's meets "A Boy at the
Leafs' Camp".
 
9. Wrongly convicted Mi'kmaq meets "global village" academic.
 
10. 16-time Grammy winner meets "He shoots, he scores!"
 
 
* Game 2, Round 6 - Sports - By the Numbers
 
By their numbers ye shall know them.
 
1. Which Boston Red Sox left-hander finished the 1916 baseball
season with 23 wins, 12 losses, and a 1.75 ERA?
 
2. Who, in 1944-45, was the first NHL hockey player to score
50 goals in 50 games?
 
3. Which New York Islander, not as aggressive as his name might
suggest, became the second player to score 50-in-50 in 1980-81?
 
4. In what event did Bob Beamon set an apparently unbeatable mark
of 29'2½" on 1968-10-18 in Mexico City?
 
5. The most notorious "record" in Canadian history was set by
Ben Johnson in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. What was his
short-lived world record time for the 100 m? Give it exactly.
 
6. In 1941, Joe di Maggio lead the majors in RBIs with 125.
That same season, he set the as-yet-unbroken record for longest
hitting streak. Exactly how many consecutive games did he
hit in?
 
7. Which heavyweight boxing champion -- the only heavyweight
champion to remain undefeated during his entire professional
career -- retired with a record of 49-0 in 1956?
 
8. On 2011-10-16, Fauja Singh finished the Toronto Waterfront
Marathon in 8 hours 11 minutes 6 seconds. Why was this
apparently unremarkable time in fact quite noteworthy?
Be fully specific.
 
9. Which Englishman holds the interesting record of most Formula 1
wins -- 16 -- by a driver *who never won a World Championship*?
 
10. The longstanding NFL rushing record of 16,726 yards fell on Oct.
2002-10-07. Name either the Chicago Bear who held the record or
the Dallas Cowboy who broke it.
 
--
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msb@vex.net | bounced. -- Darlene Richards
 
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 11 12:30AM -0500

In article <4MKdnRfB6rCMUWLJnZ2dnUU7-aOdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> By their numbers ye shall know them.
 
> 1. Which Boston Red Sox left-hander finished the 1916 baseball
> season with 23 wins, 12 losses, and a 1.75 ERA?
Babe Ruth
 
> suggest, became the second player to score 50-in-50 in 1980-81?
 
> 4. In what event did Bob Beamon set an apparently unbeatable mark
> of 29'2?" on 1968-10-18 in Mexico City?
long jump
 
> That same season, he set the as-yet-unbroken record for longest
> hitting streak. Exactly how many consecutive games did he
> hit in?
56
 
> 7. Which heavyweight boxing champion -- the only heavyweight
> champion to remain undefeated during his entire professional
> career -- retired with a record of 49-0 in 1956?
Rocky Marciano
 
 
> 10. The longstanding NFL rushing record of 16,726 yards fell on Oct.
> 2002-10-07. Name either the Chicago Bear who held the record or
> the Dallas Cowboy who broke it.
Walter Payton
 
 
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 11 06:48AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:4MKdnRfB6rCMUWLJnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Canadiana - Before and After
 
> 6. CBC's Scottish-born "greatest Canadian" meets German-born
> "Generation X" author.
 
Tommy Douglas Coupland

> * Game 2, Round 6 - Sports - By the Numbers
 
> 1. Which Boston Red Sox left-hander finished the 1916 baseball
> season with 23 wins, 12 losses, and a 1.75 ERA?
 
Babe Ruth
 
> 4. In what event did Bob Beamon set an apparently unbeatable mark
> of 29'2½" on 1968-10-18 in Mexico City?
 
long jump

> That same season, he set the as-yet-unbroken record for longest
> hitting streak. Exactly how many consecutive games did he
> hit in?
 
56

> 7. Which heavyweight boxing champion -- the only heavyweight
> champion to remain undefeated during his entire professional
> career -- retired with a record of 49-0 in 1956?
 
Rocky Marciano
 
> 10. The longstanding NFL rushing record of 16,726 yards fell on Oct.
> 2002-10-07. Name either the Chicago Bear who held the record or
> the Dallas Cowboy who broke it.
 
Emmitt Smith
 
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"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Mar 11 09:38AM +0100

On 2015-03-11 05:56, Mark Brader wrote:
 
>> 5. What is denoted by upper-case P and measured in watts?
 
> Power. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Peter, Björn, Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen,
> Calvin, and Bruce.
 
I noted that Erland answered 'Effect'.
As a remark I'd say that this is then a case of
not-so-international-as-one-migth-think-physics again.
 
Effect is energy used per time unit just as Power.
Over here (at least I was) we are taught to use the
term effect instead of Power
 
<http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effekt>
(yes in swedish but the two first sentences are enough)
 
--
Björn
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Mar 11 09:43AM +0100

On 2015-03-11 06:01, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 4. In what event did Bob Beamon set an apparently unbeatable mark
> of 29'2½" on 1968-10-18 in Mexico City?
 
That must be his 8.90 m jump in the Olympic Games
 
 
 
> 5. The most notorious "record" in Canadian history was set by
> Ben Johnson in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. What was his
> short-lived world record time for the 100 m? Give it exactly.
 
10.68 ?
I was in Canada during this. He was after the fact then referred as
the Jamaican man...
 
 
 
 
 
--
--
Björn
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 11 10:29AM


> Effect is energy used per time unit just as Power.
> Over here (at least I was) we are taught to use the
> term effect instead of Power

Well, in Swedish "effekt" is indeed the name of the property, but that does
not mean that "effect" is a correct word for the same thing in English. Just
because the same word appears in two languages, does not always imply that
they have the same meaning. The classic example is "semester" which means
something completely different in Swedish than it does in other languages.
(It means "vacation".)
 
When I look at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effect, I see
nothing that speaks of phyiscal entities.
 
Occasionally I have gotten away with using a Swedish term, but then I
have usually pointed it out as one. And in this case I did not even
answer with a Swedish word. So I have no objection with Mark's ruling.
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 10 06:33AM -0700

On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 1:06:38 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> as in negative news -- wry, twisted, unsavory, and all Canadian.
 
> 1. Why is the College de Maisonneuve in Montreal suddenly of urgent
> interest to the RCMP?
 
half a dozen students were recruited by syrian jihadists
 
> 2. This convicted pathological killer has been given permission
> to take day passes to the city of Winnipeg -- provided that he
> continues to take his medications!
 
vince li?
 
> 3. Name the main intersection in Toronto near which a shooting in
> McDonald's left two dead.
 
danforth and ... coxwell?
 
> 4. What will certain Canadian veterans now have to demonstrate
> to Veterans' Affairs every 3 years, instead of annually as at
> present?
 
proof of disability?
 
> of Canadian beef after the reemergence of Bovine Spongiform
> Encephalopathy at the same Alberta farm that had a previous
> case in 2010.
 
united states
 
> 6. The Ontario Securities Commission has just banned which man
> from being a director of any public or private company issuing
> securities in Ontario?
 
mark brader
 
> sex-education curriculum in the Legislature, but attracted
> scorn for his parting remark. What else did he think should
> not be taught in Ontario schools?
 
evolution
 
> 8. Seeking a rise in stipend from $15,000 to $23,000 per year,
> teaching assistants at which Ontario university have gone
> on strike?
 
university of toronto?
 
> Queen St. W. store at a marked-down price of $40. What was it?
 
 
 
> 10. The court case involving Rania el-Alloul came to an abrupt
> end in Montreal last week. Why?
 
she refused to remove her habib, so the judge refused to hear her testimony
 
 
> * Game 8 (2015-03-09), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. The head of the Canadian Armed Forces has announced that he
> wants to leave his job this fall. Who is he?
 
lawson
 
> 2. After months of silence, the federal government has made a
> cash and medical care offer to the approximately 95 survivors
> of thalidomide. How much is the cash offer to each person?
 
not enough
 
> "They Left Us Everything", about the effort made by a group of
> siblings to declutter, clean, and sell the family home after
> the death of their mother?
 
johnson
 
> 4. Name the intrepid movie pilot who in real life crash-landed his
> small World War II vintage plane, emerging with only flesh
> wounds after a rapid descent on a golf course.
 
harrison ford
 
> golfer, who quipped, "I didn't need a 3-iron for the rest of the
> round, so I thought, why not?" In fact, he threw it 50 yards
> into a lake where he had just deposited his ball.
 
rory mcilroy
 
> the Jackets if you guys can get him!" Either name the player
> or the team that brought him home. (Any unambiguous form of
> the team name is acceptable.)
 
minnesota wild
 
> Toronto school to build a 59-foot-high dome inside its track.
> This ends a lengthy, seven-sided dispute that went to the
> Ontario Municipal Board. Name the school.
 
university of toronto
 
> 8. What spacecraft has slipped into orbit around Ceres, where
> it will remain to take reconnaissance photographs over the
> next 16 months?
 
dawn
 
> for violating section 17 of the European Social Charter. France
> has already announced that it will NOT comply with the Court of
> Europe's ruling. What is it that France refused to criminalize?
 
spanking children
 
> 10. Alexandra Morra has been charged with revealing a "lilsecrett"
> online. She has been charged with committing an offense in
> what specific location?
 
windsor public library
 
 
swp
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 10 02:31PM


> 4. What will certain Canadian veterans now have to demonstrate
> to Veterans' Affairs every 3 years, instead of annually as at
> present?
 
that they are disabled
 
> of Canadian beef after the reemergence of Bovine Spongiform
> Encephalopathy at the same Alberta farm that had a previous
> case in 2010.
 
USA; Japan
 
> 8. Seeking a rise in stipend from $15,000 to $23,000 per year,
> teaching assistants at which Ontario university have gone
> on strike?
 
University of Waterloo
 
 
> 2. After months of silence, the federal government has made a
> cash and medical care offer to the approximately 95 survivors
> of thalidomide. How much is the cash offer to each person?
 
$50,000; $25,000
 
> 4. Name the intrepid movie pilot who in real life crash-landed his
> small World War II vintage plane, emerging with only flesh
> wounds after a rapid descent on a golf course.
 
Harrison Ford
 
> golfer, who quipped, "I didn't need a 3-iron for the rest of the
> round, so I thought, why not?" In fact, he threw it 50 yards
> into a lake where he had just deposited his ball.
 
Tiger Woods
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Mar 10 06:06PM

Mark Brader wrote:

 
> 4. What will certain Canadian veterans now have to demonstrate
> to Veterans' Affairs every 3 years, instead of annually as at
> present?
They are disabled
 
> 4. Name the intrepid movie pilot who in real life crash-landed his
> small World War II vintage plane, emerging with only flesh
> wounds after a rapid descent on a golf course.
Harrison Ford
> golfer, who quipped, "I didn't need a 3-iron for the rest of the
> round, so I thought, why not?" In fact, he threw it 50 yards
> into a lake where he had just deposited his ball.
Rory McIlroy
> for violating section 17 of the European Social Charter. France
> has already announced that it will NOT comply with the Court of
> Europe's ruling. What is it that France refused to criminalize?
Smacking
> 10. Alexandra Morra has been charged with revealing a "lilsecrett"
> online. She has been charged with committing an offense in
> what specific location?
 
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 10 10:30PM +0100

> of Canadian beef after the reemergence of Bovine Spongiform
> Encephalopathy at the same Alberta farm that had a previous
> case in 2010.
 
Russia. They never miss the occassion.

> 6. The Ontario Securities Commission has just banned which man
> from being a director of any public or private company issuing
> securities in Ontario?
 
Rob Ford

 
> 4. Name the intrepid movie pilot who in real life crash-landed his
> small World War II vintage plane, emerging with only flesh
> wounds after a rapid descent on a golf course.
 
Harrison Ford

> golfer, who quipped, "I didn't need a 3-iron for the rest of the
> round, so I thought, why not?" In fact, he threw it 50 yards
> into a lake where he had just deposited his ball.
 
Tiger Woods

> for violating section 17 of the European Social Charter. France
> has already announced that it will NOT comply with the Court of
> Europe's ruling. What is it that France refused to criminalize?
 
Spanking of children


 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 11 02:17AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> golfer, who quipped, "I didn't need a 3-iron for the rest of the
> round, so I thought, why not?" In fact, he threw it 50 yards
> into a lake where he had just deposited his ball.
 
Rory McIlroy
 
 
> 8. What spacecraft has slipped into orbit around Ceres, where
> it will reamin to take reconnaissance photogrphs over the
> next 16 months?
 
Dawn
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Mar 05 11:00PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> team name from the above list. For example, if we said the Habs,
> you would say the Montreal Canadiens.
 
> 1. Baggies.
West Bromwich Albion
> 2. Magpies.
Newcastle United
> 3. Gunners.
Arsenal
> 4. Saints.
Southampton
> 5. Toffees.
Everton
> 6. Clarets.
Burnley
> 7. Foxes.
Leicester
> 8. Tigers.
Hull
> 9. Potters.
Stoke
> 10. Eagles.
Crystal Palace
> has the coldest-ever Canadian wind-chill reading of -64.0°.
> In the spring, though, it sees almost 100 more hours of
> sun than the second-place city.
Yellowknife
> A2. On 1947-02-03, the coldest-ever Canadian temperature was
> recorded in Snag, Yukon. Within 3°, how cold was it?
-51C, -45C
 
> B2. This 1963 novel by John le Carré portrayed Western espionage
> methods as morally inconsistent with Western democracy and
> values. It ends dramatically on the Berlin Wall. Name it.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
> fast in an Antarctic ice floe. 10 months later, on
> 1915-11-21, the ship finally slipped below the surface.
> Name this ill-fated ship.
Endeavour
> for a brief cranial pain or headache commonly associated
> with the quick consumption of cold beverages or foods such
> as ice cream or ice pops?
Brain freeze
> F2. What is the name for the superficial ulcers of the skin
> that occur when a predisposed individual is repeatedly
> exposed to cold temperatures?
 
 
Peter Smyth
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 05 07:03PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> > > Rosamund Pike?
 
> > That's a real person but she's an actress. Not sure why the name came
> > into my mind...

Dan Blum:
> She was just in a popular movie (Gone Girl).
 
I haven't seen it. I've seen her in two movies, from 2002 and 2009,
but didn't remember her name; in particular, I didn't realize that
she -- or indeed *anyone* named Rosamund -- was currently alive,
let alone young and attractive.
 
> > > Andrew Pyke.
 
> > Aaargh. It's Magnus Pyke, isn't it...
 
(I meant to add that I guessed I got "Andrew" from Andrew *Wyke* in the
movie "Sleuth".)
 
> It isn't Magnus Pyke, if that makes you feel any better.
 
Oh. Well, thanks. Now I hope it is Andrew after all. We'll see!
--
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Toronto | Take it. -- You're welcome. -- No extra charge."
msb@vex.net | -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
 
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 10 04:59AM -0700

Calvin wrote:
> 2 Who played the role of President Bartlett in the award-winning US TV drama The West Wing?
> 3 Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Nick McCarthy and Paul Thomson are members of which indy rock band?
> 4 Tony Manero was the lead character in which 1977 film?
 
Saturday Night Fever
 
> 5 Which organisation is also known by the acronym PETA?
 
People for the Ethical Treament of Animals
 
> 7 In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to let them play in what manner?
> 8 The annual awards of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) are named after which Welsh composer and actor?
> 9 Russia, Turkey, Britain and France were the belligerents in which 19th century war?
 
Crimean War
 
> 10 The Big Brother TV franchise began in 1997 in which European country ?
 
UK (only it started in 1984 and the country had been renamed to Airstrip
One)
 
--
Dan Tilque
 
PS I have a bet with myself that Calvin will not get the joke in my last
answer.
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