Friday, March 13, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 3 topics

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 12 10:54PM +0100

> 1. a male neck feature plus my favorite dessert with a scoop of ice
> cream on top
 
Adam's apple pie
 
> 2. macedonian conqueror meets the largest island in europe
 
Alexander the Great Britain
 
> 4. march madness game with a popular dress style once known as
> farthingale
 
Basket ball flower
 
> 5. a singularity swallows an ace in golf
 
Black hole in one
 
> 6. leaping from a bridge tied to a giant rubber band with an expression
> of great happiness
 
Bungee jump for joy
 
 
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 13 12:50AM -0700

swp wrote:
> the usual rules of conduct and posting apply. the winner of RQ 173 will be the first choice to set RQ 174, in whatever manner they prefer. answer slates must be posted by noon philadelphia time (zone -4) on tuesday, 2015-03-17; that gives you over 6 days from the time of posting.
 
> each question is worth 2 points, 1 point for each half of the answer. the answers are alphabetical, but not intentionally.
 
> 1. a male neck feature plus my favorite dessert with a scoop of ice cream on top
 
Adam's apple pie a la mode
 
> 2. macedonian conqueror meets the largest island in europe
 
Alexander the Great Britain
 
> 3. tyra banks' reality tv series with a hobby kit in HO scale
> 4. march madness game with a popular dress style once known as farthingale
 
basketball room gown
 
> 5. a singularity swallows an ace in golf
 
black hole in one
 
> 6. leaping from a bridge tied to a giant rubber band with an expression of great happiness
 
bungi jumping for joy
 
> 7. a common phone feature melded with a 1995 movie
> 8. u.s. agency charged with protecting america's natural resources and a type of feng sui consultant
> 9. a foreigner studying abroad and an inexperienced automobile operator
 
exchange student driver
 
> 10. alternate title for 'The Village of Stepanchikovo' (by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1859) with a genealogy staple
> 11. sign in shop window with a steve mcqueen tv series from 1958-1961
 
help wanted: dead or alive
 
 
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Dan Tilque
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 12 05:06AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 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?
 
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 29'2½" on 1968-10-18 in Mexico City?
 
long jump
 
 
> 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.
 
9.75 s
 
> 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?
 
Joe Louis
 
 
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Dan Tilque
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Mar 12 01:05PM +0100

On 2015-03-12 01:05, Calvin wrote:
 
> I'll try to find a one point penalty somewhere :-)
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
I volunteer to keep my 3 points :-)
 
 
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Björn
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