- Calvin's Quiz #402 - 5 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #401 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 2 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 18 03:43PM -0700 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got You Under My Skin? 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League football team does the main character support? 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European country? 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? 10 Well, I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load; I've got seven women on my mind is the first line of which 1972 hit song? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 18 05:50PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which > European country? France. > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14. > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night > and Day and I Got You Under My Skin? Porter. > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who > marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her > Majesty's Secret Service? Rigg. > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English > Premier League football team does the main character > support? Arsenal? *The* film, indeed. Don't you know that they remade it after figuring out that the title could only :-) refer to baseball? > 6 What are the administrative divisions of > Switzerland called? Cantons. > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from > which European country? Spain. > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif > represented his country? Bridge. > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides > an elephant? Mahout. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "UNIX make moving not pain msb@vex.net | but almost pleasure." -- "Housewife", 1941 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jul 18 07:19PM -0400 On 2015-07-18, Calvin wrote: > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? Germany > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got You Under My Skin? Cole Porter > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? Diana Rigg > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League football team does the main character support? Manchester United > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? Cantons > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European country? Spain > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? Bridge > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? Mahout > 10 Well, I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load; I've got seven women on my mind is the first line of which 1972 hit song? Take It Easy -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 19 01:19AM -0500 In article <ad6cfb4d-4771-48d5-a14d-41aefe57ad39@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? Germany > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got You Under My Skin? Cole Porter > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League football team does the main character support? > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? cantons > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European country? Spain > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? contract bridge > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? jockey > 10 Well, I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load; I've got seven women on my mind is the first line of which 1972 hit song? Take It Easy -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 19 10:38AM +0200 > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? France > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? Six > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League > football team does the main character support? Arsenal > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? Cantons > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European > country? Spain > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? Bridge -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 18 03:40PM -0700 On Monday, July 13, 2015 at 7:45:40 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Name either of the two books of the Old Testament which are named after women? Ruth or Esther > 2 What is the name of the stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange? Nikkei > 3 In Norse mythology where do the souls of heroes killed in battle go? Valhalla I've accepted Erland's answer of Midgard, but I'm hardly an expert in such matters. > 4 What is the opposite of nocturnal? Diurnal > 5 The Lascaux caves in south-western France are famous for their Palaeolithic cave paintings of which animals? Horses / Oxen / Deer > 6 Who is currently serving a life sentence for the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968? Sirhan Sirhan > 7 Which character did William Shatner portray in the TV series Boston Legal? Denny Crane! > 8 In the Pink Panther films, what exactly was the Pink Panther? Diamond / Jewel > 9 Which city, a former Scottish capital, is located midway between Edinburgh and Glasgow and known as the Gateway to the Highlands? Stirling > 10 What is the only country in the world that has just one vowel in its name? [excluding Y] Chad was the expected answer but the question is poorly worded so I'm accepting Cyprus, Egypt and Kyrgyzstan. Apologies. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 401 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 81 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 75 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 75 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 78 Chris Johnson 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 78 Bruce Bowler 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 72 Dan Tilque 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 62 David Brown 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 55 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 56 Pete Gayde 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 49 Erland S 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 26 Bjorn Lundin - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 9 9 11 10 9 7 3 7 6 10 81 74% Congratulations Stephen on the clear round. cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 19 10:34AM +0200 > Valhalla > I've accepted Erland's answer of Midgard, but I'm hardly an expert in such > matters. Nor am I. I had no clue and just took a name from the appropriate mythology. I should certainly not have that point. (And I think Björn explicitly called out my error.) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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