- Rotating Quiz #176 - 1 Update
- QFTCIMI515 Game 4, Rounds 4,6: bad relationships, half-time - 1 Update
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 05 06:17PM Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com> wrote in news:mfo3r6$agu$1@dont- email.me: > 1. Give the next item in this list: > water, sun, rock, beryl, borax > It's possible you solved the puzzle, but still don't know the next item. > If that's the case, then you can get one point for which Wikipedia > subject you'd look at to find the answer. > Then a few astronomy questions. Note: ly = light year; proper motion is > the motion of a star across the sky, perpendicular to our line of sight. > 2. A couple years ago, Kevin Luhman, an astronomer at Penn State, > discovered the closest known brown dwarf to the sun. Actually, two brown > 16? (2 points if within .5 ly, 1 point if within 1 ly) > 3. About 100 years ago, someone discovered a star that has the highest > proper motion of any star. It's the second closest system to the Sun and > 4. Also a couple years ago, someone discovered a fairly nearby star > (about 20 ly away) that has an unusually low proper motion for a star > that close. Someone else did some research and calculations, the results > of which were that the star had passed the Sun some 70,000 years ago at > after its discoverer. What is its name? > Miscellany: > 5. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was the first person to declare their 2016 > candidacy for US President. But he wasn't actually born in the US. Where > was he born? (Give the city name for full credit; state/province or > country will get partial credit.) Canada > 6. There've been two other presidential candidates in prior years that > were not born in a US state. One was candidate about 50-60 years ago. He > was born in a territory before it became a state. The other was a > candidate in fairly recent years and was born in the Panama Canal Zone. > Both represented the same state in the US Senate. Name them for one > point each. George Romney and John McCain > e. Wayne Gretzky > f. Pamela Anderson > g. Arnold Schwarzenegger Naturalized US citizens > 8. And speaking of Guy Lombardo, he was most famous for being conductor > of the Royal Canadians and playing Auld Lang Syne on New Years Eve. But > he was also a top-level competitor in a sport. Which sport? Curling > 9. There've been two monarchs whose images have been on US coins. One > was on one of the first commemoratives, a quarter dollar minted for the > Columbian Exposition in 1893. The other was a much more recent coinage, > also a quarter. Name them for one point each. Ferdinand > 10. What spin-off TV show has a name that's an anagram of the show > spun-off from? The spin-off aired from 2006 to 2011. The other show is a > long-running SF show still in production. One point for naming it if you > don't know the other answer. Torchwood > Have fun. Pete |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 05 06:09PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:VYqdnUl8UYuelb3InZ2dnUU7-c- > "sexual napalm", and held a press conference when he broke up > with Jennifer Aniston. He cheated on Katy Perry, who found > texts to another woman on his phone. Who is he? John Mayer > 3. Record producer Mutt Lange cheated on his country-singer wife > with her best friend. She has since married her now-ex-best- > friend's now-ex-husband. Who is the country singer? Tanya Tucker; Shania Twain > to journalist Maria Shriver, had fathered a son with another > woman during his marriage. *What relationship* did this other > woman have to the Schwarzenegger-Shriver family? Housekeeper > 6. This actress spoiled her fairy-tale romance with "Twilight" > co-star Robert Pattinson when she was photographed snuggling with > her married "Snow White and the Huntsman" director. Who is she? Kristen Thomas > She says: "If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song > about you, and you are not going to like it." Who is this > vengeful star? Jessica Simpson > 8. This British comic, and political rabble-rouser, told wife Katy > Perry about his plans to divorce her via text message. Name him. Brand > charges of cheating investors, money-laundering, and exaggerating > his ties to the Vatican for personal gain. This ended his > romance with what Oscar-winning Hollywood actress? Hathaway > rock band headlined? > 3. In 2004, Janet Jackson suffered a notorious "wardrobe > malfunction". Who was she singing with when this happened? Justin Timberlake > 7. In 2013, the headline performer reunited with her bandmates > during the delayed half-time show. Her famous husband did not > make an appearance. Name her. Debbie Harry > 8. A veteran band headlined the half-time show at Super Bowl XL > in 2006. Introducing one classic song, the lead singer quipped, > "Here's one we could have done at Super Bowl I." Name the band. Rolling Stones > about the singer who overshadowed them before the game even > started, by giving what is widely regarded as one of the > best-ever renditions of the national anthem. Name that singer. Whitney Houston Pete |
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