- Rotating Quiz 182 - 4 Updates
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: May 19 03:55PM -0700 On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 1:46:19 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > This is Rotating Quiz #182. ... > the relevant thematic element does not form part of the answer. > What that happens, *please identify the thematic element* if you > can (in addition to giving the answer). noted > * Literature > 1. This is part of the title page of the first book edition of > what novel? dombey and son (no idea where the double letter is in the full title) > Since the novel appeared, there have been efforts to restore > his historical reputation. Give the title (which has been > deleted from the illustration). the daughter of time > 3. A well-known TV series of the 1960s had its ultimate origin in > this cartoon that appeared in the "New Yorker" in 1938. > Name the cartoonist. charles addams > 4. Name the artist whose signature has been deleted from this > 1917 poster. flagg > 5. Soon after this picture was taken, this admiral suffered a > career-ending debacle when over 2,000 men under his command > were killed in a surprise attack. Name him. husband kimmel > that the people he had devoted the last years of his life to > had been suffering from. In 2009 the Roman Catholic church > declared him a saint. Who was he? father damien (double letter in his name must be in a non-english language) > or someone set up as a target for criticism. In its modern > form seen here, the game still enjoys some popularity in one > part of England. Name the game. aunt sally > 8. This is a marriage -- maybe a royal marriage, depending on > what's trump. Name the game. pinochle (I tried spelling it 'pinnocle' but google insists that is incorrect) > * Geography > 9. This waterfall is on the coast (or, depending on how you look > at it, it's about 40 miles from the coast) of what country? hawaii > 10. Give the relevant *nickname* of the country that this map > shows part of. russia > * Entertainment > 11. Name the TV series. the good wife (that's christine baranski next to him, and it fits the pattern) > 12. Name the movie. the blues brothers (one of the greatest movies of all time) swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 19 06:24PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > 8. This is a marriage -- maybe a royal marriage, depending on > > what's trump. Name the game. Stephen Perry: > pinochle (I tried spelling it 'pinnocle' but google insists that is incorrect) You are disqualified. -- Mark Brader | "This man must be very ignorant, for he answers Toronto | every question he is asked." -- Voltaire msb@vex.net | "'I resemble that remark!'" -- Steve Summit |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: May 19 08:35PM -0700 On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 7:24:29 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Mark Brader | "This man must be very ignorant, for he answers > Toronto | every question he is asked." -- Voltaire > msb@vex.net | "'I resemble that remark!'" -- Steve Summit how is the built-in spellcheck function of google chrome grounds for my disqualification? it underlines incorrectly spelled words with a red squiggle and offers to correct if you right-click it. swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 20 02:17AM -0500 Mark Brader: >>>> 8. This is a marriage -- maybe a royal marriage, depending on >>>> what's trump. Name the game. Stephen Perry: >>> pinochle (I tried spelling it 'pinnocle' but google insists that is >>> incorrect) Mark Brader: >> You are disqualified. Stephen Perry: > how is the built-in spellcheck function of google chrome grounds for my > disqualification? You believed that the spelling was significant and yet took computer advice on the correct spelling. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Common sense isn't any more common on Usenet msb@vex.net | than it is anywhere else." --Henry Spencer |
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