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swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 08 08:23AM -0700 On Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 1:05:44 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 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 > 2. Saruman, Radagast. j r r tolkien > 3. Queen Jadis, aka the White Witch. c s lewis > 4. Sirius Black, Bellatrix Lestrange. j k rowling > 5. Belgarath, Polgara. david eddings > 6. Kvothe. pat rothfuss > 7. Glinda, Elphaba. greg maguire (not l frank baum, who left the wicked witch of the west with no actual name. greg named her after his initials for his play 'wicked' which I highly recommend) > 8. Circe. homer (originally in 'the odyssey'; much later in dc comics) > For questions #9-10, name the witch. > 9. Darren's wife on the TV show "Bewitched". First name will do. samantha > 10. The witch in the movie "The Little Mermaid". ursula (sigh. it's in the dvd player in the car, I have heard this movie a few hundred times without seeing it in the last 4 months.) > from the clue, or the measurement or property from the letter. > 1. Which letter is used to represent a universal value in physics > close to 300,000 km/s or 186,000 miles per second? c > 2. Upper-case C stands for which property in physics, measured in > farads and defined as the ability to hold electric charge? capacitance > 3. Newton teaches us that F = ma. What does the letter a stand for? acceleration > 4. Whose constant is represented by a lower-case h? (Hint: It is > a crucial value in quantum physics.) max planck (also, the h-bar) > 5. What is denoted by upper-case P and measured in watts? power > 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 > 7. What unit of resistance is rendered by an upper-case omega? ohm > 8. The Greek letter tau in lower case stands for rotational force > in mechanics. What single word is used to denote this concept? torque > 9. Which Greek letter in lower case is used to denote a high-energy > electron emitted by a radioactive nucleus? beta > 10. What concept in physics and acoustics, among others, is > represented by a lower-case f? frequency swp |
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 09 02:51AM -0700 On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 4:05:44 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > first book (if it doesn't include the series title). > 1. Ged, aka Sparrowhawk. > 2. Saruman, Radagast. Tolkein > 3. Queen Jadis, aka the White Witch. Collins? > 4. Sirius Black, Bellatrix Lestrange. Rowling > 8. Circe. > For questions #9-10, name the witch. > 9. Darren's wife on the TV show "Bewitched". First name will do. Samantha > 10. The witch in the movie "The Little Mermaid". Ursula > from the clue, or the measurement or property from the letter. > 1. Which letter is used to represent a universal value in physics > close to 300,000 km/s or 186,000 miles per second? c > 2. Upper-case C stands for which property in physics, measured in > farads and defined as the ability to hold electric charge? Capacitance > 3. Newton teaches us that F = ma. What does the letter a stand for? Acceleration > 4. Whose constant is represented by a lower-case h? (Hint: It is > a crucial value in quantum physics.) Plank's > 5. What is denoted by upper-case P and measured in watts? Power > 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? Equilibrium? > 7. What unit of resistance is rendered by an upper-case omega? Ohms > 8. The Greek letter tau in lower case stands for rotational force > in mechanics. What single word is used to denote this concept? Torque > 9. Which Greek letter in lower case is used to denote a high-energy > electron emitted by a radioactive nucleus? Alpha, beta > 10. What concept in physics and acoustics, among others, is > represented by a lower-case f? Frequency cheers, calvin |
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 09 02:47AM -0700 1 Which island group did Captain Cook name the Friendly Islands? 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? 5 Which organisation is also known by the acronym PETA? 6 Which 1961 novel by Scottish author Mauriel Spark's became a 1969 film starring Maggie Smith in the title role 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? 10 The Big Brother TV franchise began in 1997 in which European country ? cheers, calvin |
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 09 02:45AM -0700 On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 8:21:11 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: Apologies for the delay- ISP issues. > 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry? Milan[o] > 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace? Archbishop of Canterbury > 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth? Pearl Buck > 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong? Malta > 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite? Dracula > 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues? Billie Holliday > 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga? Lotus > 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules? Red > 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls? Jack or Kitty > 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa? Ethiopia Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 382 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 56 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 54 Chris Johnson 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 49 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 48 Mark Brader 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 43 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 34 David Brown 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 28 Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 25 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 25 Bjorn Lundin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 10 4 5 2 7 7 8 6 5 2 56 56% Stephen takes a tough one with perfect round. cheers, calvin |
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 08 07:52AM -0700 On Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 3:38:20 PM UTC-5, björn lundin wrote: > I hope you found it amusing. > -- > Björn thank you. I like your questions very much, they were interesting. swp |
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 08 07:57AM -0700 On Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 11:33:18 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > -- > Mark Brader, Toronto | "You keep using that word. I do not think it means > msb@vex.net | what you think it means." -- The Princess Bride ah, peer pressure. ok. I'll bow to social convention and succomb to it. swp |
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