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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 10 02:09PM -0700 1 What ingredient is added to gin to make a pink gin cocktail? 2 In communications, what does the acronym VOIP stand for? 3 Bill Ranic and Kendra Todd are among the past winners of which American reality TV show? 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? 5 What creatures live in a formicary? 6 In humans, the two lower chambers of the heart share what name? 7 What four-letter word can mean a cut of meat, to exchange something of value with a pawnbroker, or the tarsal joint of a horse? 8 The last bayonet charge by Australian forces took place during which conflict? 9 Which male fragrance by Estee Lauder shares its name with one of the Three Musketeers? 10 In humans, bile is produced by the liver and then stored in which organ? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 10 11:15PM +0200 > 1 What ingredient is added to gin to make a pink gin cocktail? A drop of tomato juice > 2 In communications, what does the acronym VOIP stand for? Voice over IP > 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? Notre-Dame > 5 What creatures live in a formicary? Ants -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 10 05:02PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 What ingredient is added to gin to make a pink gin cocktail? Raspberry juice? > 2 In communications, what does the acronym VOIP stand for? Very Superior Old Pal--- no, wait. Voice Over Internet Protocol. > 3 Bill Ranic and Kendra Todd are among the past winners of which American reality TV show? "Dancing with the Stars"? > 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? Notre Dame. > 5 What creatures live in a formicary? Ants. > 6 In humans, the two lower chambers of the heart share what name? Ventricle. > 7 What four-letter word can mean a cut of meat, to exchange something of value with a pawnbroker, or the tarsal joint of a horse? Hock. That took me a minute! > 8 The last bayonet charge by Australian forces took place during which conflict? WW1? > 9 Which male fragrance by Estee Lauder shares its name with one of the Three Musketeers? Aramis. > 10 In humans, bile is produced by the liver and then stored in which organ? Gall bladder. -- Mark Brader | "The problem with waiting for a 'smoking gun' is Toronto | that it means the gun has already been fired." msb@vex.net | --Michael Chance My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 10 05:04PM -0500 "Calvin": > > 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? Mark Brader: > Notre Dame. At least, it's the most famous. I think Sainte-Chappelle is on the same island, and maybe also the Conciergerie. -- Mark Brader | "Opening a monitor case is not for the inexperienced Toronto | or the faint of heart, unless you need msb@vex.net | defibrillation." -- Kevin D. Swan |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: May 10 11:49PM -0400 On 2015-05-10, Calvin wrote: > 1 What ingredient is added to gin to make a pink gin cocktail? Angostura bitters > 2 In communications, what does the acronym VOIP stand for? Voice Over Internet Protocol > 3 Bill Ranic and Kendra Todd are among the past winners of which American reality TV show? > 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? Notre Dame Cathedral > 5 What creatures live in a formicary? Ants > 6 In humans, the two lower chambers of the heart share what name? Auricle > 7 What four-letter word can mean a cut of meat, to exchange something of value with a pawnbroker, or the tarsal joint of a horse? Hock > 8 The last bayonet charge by Australian forces took place during which conflict? Gallipoli > 9 Which male fragrance by Estee Lauder shares its name with one of the Three Musketeers? Aramis > 10 In humans, bile is produced by the liver and then stored in which organ? spleen -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: May 11 05:37AM +0100 On 2015-05-10 21:09:52 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 What ingredient is added to gin to make a pink gin cocktail? Angostura bitters > 2 In communications, what does the acronym VOIP stand for? Voice Over Internet Protocol > 3 Bill Ranic and Kendra Todd are among the past winners of which > American reality TV show? Americas Got Talent > 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? Cathedral of Notre Dame > 5 What creatures live in a formicary? Ants > 6 In humans, the two lower chambers of the heart share what name? Ventrical > 7 What four-letter word can mean a cut of meat, to exchange something > of value with a pawnbroker, or the tarsal joint of a horse? Hock > 8 The last bayonet charge by Australian forces took place during which > conflict? Gallipolli > 9 Which male fragrance by Estee Lauder shares its name with one of the > Three Musketeers? Athos > 10 In humans, bile is produced by the liver and then stored in which organ? Kidney -- "To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 11 01:04AM -0500 In article <e259b6c4-d811-47fc-a276-fb66b0ec01ff@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 What ingredient is added to gin to make a pink gin cocktail? > 2 In communications, what does the acronym VOIP stand for? Voice Over Internet Protocol > 3 Bill Ranic and Kendra Todd are among the past winners of which American reality TV show? Survivor > 4 Which famous landmark is located on Ile de la cite in Paris? > 5 What creatures live in a formicary? ants > 6 In humans, the two lower chambers of the heart share what name? ventricle > 7 What four-letter word can mean a cut of meat, to exchange something of value with a pawnbroker, or the tarsal joint of a horse? hock > 8 The last bayonet charge by Australian forces took place during which conflict? WWI > 9 Which male fragrance by Estee Lauder shares its name with one of the Three Musketeers? Aramis > 10 In humans, bile is produced by the liver and then stored in which organ? gall bladder -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 10 02:03PM -0700 On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 6:17:19 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Who wrote the 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude? Gabriel García Márquez > 2 Which African country was the scene of the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s? Kenya > 3 Which university did Prince William and Kate Middleton both attend? St Andrews Singleton to Peter > 4 Who in Greek mythology was the first woman on earth? Pandora > 5 Who wrote the epic fantasy novels in the Games of Thrones saga? George RR Martin > 6 In 1851 Leon Foucault's pendulum was used to definitively prove what theory, at least 2,000 years after it was first proposed? The earth rotates > 7 Which river passes through Montreal and Quebec City? St Lawrence > 8 What colour is Art and Literature in Trivial Pursuit? Brown > 9 Which Australian mammal is also known as the Ornithorhynchus anatinus? Platypus > 10 What farm animals feature on the cover of The Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds? Goats http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71nFZNXN5ML._SL1300_.jpg Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 391 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 43 Mark Brader 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 43 Joe 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 36 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 36 Peter Smyth 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 30 Rob Parker 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 25 Bjorn Lundin 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 27 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 15 Erland S 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 16 Pete Gayde - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 3 6 1 4 7 6 9 3 5 3 47 52% Joe and Mark tie in a tough one. cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 10 01:54PM -0700 On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 5:19:25 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > England and Scotland. It was a decisive English victory over > the invading Scots, who lost their commander King James IV, > the flower of Scottish chivalry. Name the *field* of battle. Flodden Field > slaughtered when their ruler Atahualpa refused to accept > Christianity. Name the *conquistador* who led the Spanish > army in this battle. Cortez > 4. In 1415, the English armies led by King Henry V used the longbow > to defeat the much larger French armies in the most famous > battle of the Hundred Years War. Agincourt > in this battle, which marked the last time that two crowned > kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland faced each other on > the battlefield. Boyne > he was met and defeated by US forces led by Admiral Nimitz. > This defeat effectively ended Japanese expansion across the > Pacific. Midway > followers. The word describing them has continued in use to > the present day, but is now applied to any gathering of evil > magicians. Coven > 5. One of most efficacious ways to confront Christianity was to > recite the Pater Noster backwards. What word familiar to stage > magicians appears to derive from to this activity? Abracadabra > 6. Name the New England town where witch fever burst out in the > late 17th century. Salem > as well. One of the earliest recorded is named in the Bible -- > and was echoed in the TV show "Bewitched". What was she called > in the Bible? (Description and place name needed.) Samantha of Somwehere > 8. One of the great witches found in literature has the charming > name of Gagool the Old. In what 19th-century H. Rider Haggard > classic does she appear? King Solomon's Mines > about on its four chicken legs. Name her. > 10. This wood -- Hamamelis virginiana -- was regularly used for > divining purposes in North America. What is its everyday name? Birch cheers, calvin |
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