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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 15 02:29PM -0700 1 Which human organ is affected by Meniere's disease? 2 What was the capital city of Uganda from 1893 until 1962? 3 Which African capital city was once known as Leopoldville? 4 Which river flows over the Victoria Falls? 5 What do devotees of the Atkins Diet avoid? 6 Which film studio was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, DW Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford? 7 The peacock is the national bird of which Asian country? 8 Which Swiss town is home to the Olympic Museum? 9 Which South African author won the Booker prize in 1983 and 1999? 10 The Petronas Towers are located in which city? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 15 11:53PM +0100 > 1 Which human organ is affected by Meniere's disease? Skeleton > 2 What was the capital city of Uganda from 1893 until 1962? Kampala (well, that is not likely to be correct, given that it is the current capital, but I know of other cities in Uganda on the top of my head.) > 3 Which African capital city was once known as Leopoldville? Kinshasa > 4 Which river flows over the Victoria Falls? Zambesi > 5 What do devotees of the Atkins Diet avoid? Carbon hydrates > 7 The peacock is the national bird of which Asian country? Sri Lanka > 8 Which Swiss town is home to the Olympic Museum? Lausanne > 10 The Petronas Towers are located in which city? Kuala Lumpur -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Mar 15 08:09PM -0400 On 2015-03-15, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which human organ is affected by Meniere's disease? Ear > 2 What was the capital city of Uganda from 1893 until 1962? Kampala > 3 Which African capital city was once known as Leopoldville? Kinshasa > 4 Which river flows over the Victoria Falls? Zambezi > 5 What do devotees of the Atkins Diet avoid? Common sense. Fat > 6 Which film studio was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, DW Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford? United Artists > 7 The peacock is the national bird of which Asian country? Iran > 8 Which Swiss town is home to the Olympic Museum? Geneva > 9 Which South African author won the Booker prize in 1983 and 1999? Coetzee > 10 The Petronas Towers are located in which city? Kuala Lumpur -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 16 02:18AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which human organ is affected by Meniere's disease? > 2 What was the capital city of Uganda from 1893 until 1962? Entebbe > 3 Which African capital city was once known as Leopoldville? Kinshasa > 4 Which river flows over the Victoria Falls? Congo > 5 What do devotees of the Atkins Diet avoid? Carbohydrates > 6 Which film studio was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, DW > Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford? United Artists > 7 The peacock is the national bird of which Asian country? Iran > 8 Which Swiss town is home to the Olympic Museum? Lausanne > 9 Which South African author won the Booker prize in 1983 and 1999? > 10 The Petronas Towers are located in which city? Kuala Lumpur > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 15 10:17PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which human organ is affected by Meniere's disease? Ear. > 2 What was the capital city of Uganda from 1893 until 1962? Entebbe? > 3 Which African capital city was once known as Leopoldville? Kinshasa. > 4 Which river flows over the Victoria Falls? Zambezi. > 5 What do devotees of the Atkins Diet avoid? Carbohydrates. > 6 Which film studio was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, DW Griffith, > Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford? United Artists. > 7 The peacock is the national bird of which Asian country? Iran. > 8 Which Swiss town is home to the Olympic Museum? St. Moritz? > 9 Which South African author won the Booker prize in 1983 and 1999? Gordimer? > 10 The Petronas Towers are located in which city? Kuala Lumpur. -- Mark Brader | "Europe contains a great many cathedrals, which were Toronto | caused by the Middle Ages, which means they are very old, msb@vex.net | so you have to take color slide photographs of them." | -- Dave Barry My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 16 01:09AM -0500 In article <d2339d0d-0b0e-4f57-8a1c-72efb1780bad@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Which human organ is affected by Meniere's disease? inner ear > 2 What was the capital city of Uganda from 1893 until 1962? > 3 Which African capital city was once known as Leopoldville? > 4 Which river flows over the Victoria Falls? Zambezi > 5 What do devotees of the Atkins Diet avoid? carbohydrates > 6 Which film studio was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, DW Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford? United Artists > 7 The peacock is the national bird of which Asian country? Thailand > 8 Which Swiss town is home to the Olympic Museum? > 9 Which South African author won the Booker prize in 1983 and 1999? > 10 The Petronas Towers are located in which city? Singapore -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 16 02:54AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 Which human organ is affected by Meniere's disease? > 2 What was the capital city of Uganda from 1893 until 1962? Ujiji > 3 Which African capital city was once known as Leopoldville? Brazzaville (or possibly Kinshasa, or more likely both, since they're right across the river from each other) > 4 Which river flows over the Victoria Falls? Zambezi > 5 What do devotees of the Atkins Diet avoid? common sense > 6 Which film studio was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, DW Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford? United Artists > 7 The peacock is the national bird of which Asian country? Iran > 8 Which Swiss town is home to the Olympic Museum? Bern > 9 Which South African author won the Booker prize in 1983 and 1999? > 10 The Petronas Towers are located in which city? Kuala Lampur -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 15 02:25PM -0700 On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 10:00:49 PM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote: > > 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) Airstrip One was the name for Great Britain in Orwell's novel. Or is there more to it than that? cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 15 02:27PM -0700 On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 7:47:16 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which island group did Captain Cook name the Friendly Islands? Tonga > 2 Who played the role of President Bartlett in the award-winning US TV drama The West Wing? Martin Sheen > 3 Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Nick McCarthy and Paul Thomson are members of which indy rock band? Franz Ferdinand > 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 Treatment of Animals / Eating Tasty Animals :-) > 6 Which 1961 novel by Scottish author Mauriel Spark's became a 1969 film starring Maggie Smith in the title role The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie > 7 In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to let them play in what manner? Barefoot > 8 The annual awards of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) are named after which Welsh composer and actor? Ivor Novello Singleton for Chris > 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 ? Netherlands Boy do they have a lot to answer for! Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 383 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 29 Chris Johnson 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 33 Mark Brader 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 25 Peter Smyth 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 23 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 24 Pete Gayde 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 14 Bjorn Lundin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 17 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 19 Bruce Bowler 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 10 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 0 7 0 5 7 4 5 1 5 2 36 40% Congratulations Chris! cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 16 02:34AM -0700 Calvin wrote: >> UK (only it started in 1984 and the country had been renamed to Airstrip >> One) > Airstrip One was the name for Great Britain in Orwell's novel. Or is there more to it than that? The term "Big Brother" (as in "Big Brother is Watching You") comes from that book. The show took the name because the people in the house were under constant surveillance. -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 15 02:33PM -0700 On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 3:13:54 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Two Charlie Chaplin films, released in 1931 and 1936, are both > now universally recognized as masterpieces, but neither received > a Best Picture nomination. Name either. The Great Dictator > wrote her name on their ballots anyway -- so many that write-in > votes were banned the following year when she won an Oscar for > her work in the movie "Dangerous". Who? Pickford, De Havilland > as Best Picture. Neither the lead actor, James Stewart, nor > the director, who also worked together on three other movies > during their careers, were nominated. Name the film. Vertigo > study of a neighborhood on the brink, even though some critics > suggested that Lee was encouraging race riots. Name the movie. > * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Martin Luther King Jr. Pass cheers, calvin |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 16 02:13AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:p_idnb2BqLIMXp7InZ2dnUU7- > 1. Two Charlie Chaplin films, released in 1931 and 1936, are both > now universally recognized as masterpieces, but neither received > a Best Picture nomination. Name either. The Great Dictator > wrote her name on their ballots anyway -- so many that write-in > votes were banned the following year when she won an Oscar for > her work in the movie "Dangerous". Who? Bette Davis > 3. In 1942, Oscar ignored Orson Welles's brilliant follow-up to > Citizen Kane, perhaps due to Hollywood's fear of William Randolph > Hearst and his acolytes. Name the snubbed movie. The Magnificent Ambersons > as Best Picture. Neither the lead actor, James Stewart, nor > the director, who also worked together on three other movies > during their careers, were nominated. Name the film. Vertigo; Rear Window > this director's being snubbed. He had been nominated for each > of his previous 4 films: a satirical black comedy, a sci-fi > classic, an exploration of violence, and a gorgeous period drama. Kubrick > relations was ignored. It was also a humane, funny character > study of a neighborhood on the brink, even though some critics > suggested that Lee was encouraging race riots. Name the movie. Do the Right Thing > * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Martin Luther King Jr. > In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a round on the man himself. > 1. In what subject did he earn his doctorate? Divinity > bus seat to a white passenger. King's role in the civil rights > campaign that followed transformed him into a national figure. > Name the campaign. Montgomery bus boycott > 3. Who provided the written directive empowering the FBI to begin > tapping King's telephone in 1963? J Edgar Hoover > 4. In 1959 King travelled abroad to meet with the family of which > deceased world leader? Gandhi > 5. In 1963 King was arrested and jailed for his role in a campaign > against racial segregation and economic injustice in a Southern > city, and wrote a famous "letter from jail". Name the city. Mobile > 6. On 1963-08-28, King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" > speech -- at what gathering? Civil Rights march in Washington, DC > movement to the northern US by organizing marches and protests > in Chicago. When King and his allies returned to the South, > who did they leave in charge of their organization? Jesse Jackson > 8. What was King's wife's maiden name? Scott > 9. What President signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr. Day > a federal holiday? Clinton; George H.W. Bush > 10. On what date in 1968 was King assassinated, as per the U2 song > "Pride"? April 18; April 19 Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 16 02:12AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Two Charlie Chaplin films, released in 1931 and 1936, are both > now universally recognized as masterpieces, but neither received > a Best Picture nomination. Name either. The Dictator > relations was ignored. It was also a humane, funny character > study of a neighborhood on the brink, even though some critics > suggested that Lee was encouraging race riots. Name the movie. Do the Right Thing > * Game 2, Round 8 - History - Martin Luther King Jr. > In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a round on the man himself. > 1. In what subject did he earn his doctorate? theology > Name the campaign. > 3. Who provided the written directive empowering the FBI to begin > tapping King's telephone in 1963? Kennedy > 5. In 1963 King was arrested and jailed for his role in a campaign > against racial segregation and economic injustice in a Southern > city, and wrote a famous "letter from jail". Name the city. Selma > movement to the northern US by organizing marches and protests > in Chicago. When King and his allies returned to the South, > who did they leave in charge of their organization? Jesse Jackson > 8. What was King's wife's maiden name? > 9. What President signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr. Day > a federal holiday? Reagan -- Dan Tilque |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 15 04:14PM -0700 On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 10:44:57 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > Is that the perfect quiz then? > cheers, > calvin yes swp |
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