Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 4 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 09 04:31PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 3:03:43 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> > > It is fifth according to Erland's source, though the question was written some time ago so things may have changed.
 
> > um, since when is tokyo a country?
 
> That's a typo
 
Well, 5 typos to be precise :-)
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 09 04:31PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 6:37:46 PM UTC+10, David B wrote:
> > Answers must be both accurate and specific. Almost everything is a book
> > title.
 
> I was just trying my luck :o)
 
Worth a shot :-)
 
cheers,
calvin
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 09 07:12PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 With around 1.5 million people, what is the third most populous
> city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona?
 
Valencia
 
> 2 Which astronaut was
> portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 1995 film Apollo 13?
 
Lovell
 
> 3 Who did James Earl Ray assassinate in 1968?
 
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
> 4 Which film character has been
> portrayed by both Steve Martin and Alan Arkin, among others?
 
Cyrano de Bergerac
 
> 5 What are the names of the feuding families in Romeo and Juliet?
 
Montague and Capulet
 
> 6 Which acid can build up in the muscles during strenuous
exercise?
 
Lactic
 
> 7 Which creator of Star Trek had his ashes scattered in outer
> space in 2002?
 
Roddenberry
 
> Equals (1984) and A Matter of Honour (1986)?
> 9 What is the signature ingredient of the dip tahini?
> 10 Coca-Cola was invented and first sold in which southern US
state?
 
Georgia
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 09 11:18PM +0200

>> 10 Coca-Cola was invented and first sold in which southern US state?
 
> North Carolina
 
That's Pepsi!
 
(But I really wonder what they had in Alabama...)
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jun 09 04:22PM -0700

On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 5:18:31 PM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> (But I really wonder what they had in Alabama...)
 
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
 
that would be grapico.
 
swp
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 09 07:16PM

swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 0. for 1 point each, name all of the winners of horse racing's 'triple
> crown' *as of the time of your entry*
 
> 1. what group will meet in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, next week?
 
G7
 
 
> 2. for the past 16 years, who has audited FIFA's annual financial
> reports?
 
No one
 
 
> 3. there was a ferry disaster in china this past week, with over 400
> people confirmed dead or still missing. on what river?
 
Yangtze
 
 
> 4. the Pope will attend the world meeting of families which will take
> place this coming september 22nd-27th. in what city?
 
Philadelphia
 
> dr stephen strange, master of the mystic arts and earth's sorcerer
> supreme, now wields what weapon according to the promo images?
 
> 8. today is june 6th. what happened 71 years ago today?
 
D Day
 
 
> sorry, no bruce jenner questions this time around.
 
> good luck!
 
> swp
 
Pete
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 09 06:56PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8PmdneUPDZsPvOjInZ2dnUU7-
> spokesmodel.
 
> 2. Robyn Fenty, born 1988 in Barbados. Singer, songwriter, actress,
> fashion designer, tattoo lover, abused girlfriend.
 
Rihanna
 
 
> 3. Stacy Ann Ferguson, born 1975 in California. Singer, songwriter,
> fashion designer, Black Eyed Pea.
 
Fergie
 
> descendant of Herman Melville.
 
> 6. Saul Hudson, born 1965 in London, England. Guitarist,
> songwriter, movie producer, top hat wearer.
 
Slash
 
 
> 8. Christopher Brian Bridges, born 1977 in Champaign, Illinois.
> Rapper, entrepreneur, film producer, star of Oscar-winning film
> "Crash".
 
Ludacris
 
 
> 9. Marie Lawrie, born 1948 in Scotland. Singer, actress, Eurovision
> song contest winner, star of "To Sir With Love".
 
Lulu
 
 
> 10. Paul David Hewson, born 1960 in Dublin. Singer, songwriter,
> film score composer, activist, glaucoma sufferer.
 
Bono
 
> the British Isles.
 
> 1. What is the name given to the Roman type of central heating in
> which hot air circulates under floors?
 
Radiant
 
> and stone which composed Roman mosaic floors?
 
> 3. What is the name given to the accumulation of debris and domestic
> waste products resulting from human use?
 
Detritus
 
> given to the mound itself?
 
> 10. Where was the curtain wall, as opposed to a bailey wall,
> of a Norman castle located?
 
Pete
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