Tuesday, July 07, 2015

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bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jul 06 12:45PM

On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 22:09:22 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> being too disruptive. At 16, he was cast as a homeless boy on the
> sitcom "Growing Pains". As an adult, he has played Romeo, Howard
> Hughes, and J. Edgar Hoover.
 
Leonardo DeCaprio
 
> young girl in "Beaches". In real life, she has a doctorate in
> neuroscience, and now on TV she plays a dowdy neurobiologist pining
> for an oddball theoretical physicist.
 
Mayim Bialik
 
> adult, he played Barney Stinson on TV, Hedwig on Broadway,
> and a fictionalized version of himself with Harold and Kumar.
> He was the host of the 2015 Oscars.
 
Neil Patrick Harris
 
> played Wesley Crusher on "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
> He now appears occasionally as Sheldon's nemesis on "The Big Bang
> Theory".
 
Will Wheaton
 
 
> 10. This actress began her career as a Coppertone girl in a
> TV commercial. At 13, she was a teen prostitute named Iris in "Taxi
> Driver". She has won 2 Best Actress Oscars and has directed 3 films.
 
Jodi Foster
 
 
> A1. In 1942, thousands of American and Filipino POWs were
> forced to march over 60 miles by the Imperial Japanese Army.
> What was this terrible march called?
 
Bataan Death March
 
> journey to the coastal village of Dandi to collect something
> himself, in protest against a British monopoly in colonial India.
> What did Gandhi collect?
 
Salt
 
 
> B1. Coach Mike Krzyzewski holds the record for most games won
> in the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Championships,
> with 82. What university is he the coach for?
 
Duke
 
> B2. John Wooden holds the record for most appearances in the
> March Madness Final Four, with 12. What university was he the
> coach for?
 
UCLA
 
> the Lucayan archipelago. It is known primarily for tourism and
> as an offshore financial center. Its capital city is Cockburn
> Town and its motto is "Beautiful by Nature". Name the territory.
 
Turks and Caicos
 
> Cruz, is home to the University of La Laguna,
> and contains El Teide, the third-largest volcano in the world
> from its base. Name the island.
 
Tenerife
 
> D. Musical Marches
 
> D1. Who wrote the wedding march from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
> D2. Who wrote the "Pomp and Circumstance" march?
 
Elger
 
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 06 03:54PM -0700

On Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 1:09:23 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> of the Sun". As an adult, he has played an "American Psycho"
> and an "American Hustle"r, a super-skinny "Machinist", and Moses.
> His stepmother is Gloria Steinem.
 
Bale
 
> being too disruptive. At 16, he was cast as a homeless boy on
> the sitcom "Growing Pains". As an adult, he has played Romeo,
> Howard Hughes, and J. Edgar Hoover.
 
Di Caprio
 
> adult, he played Barney Stinson on TV, Hedwig on Broadway,
> and a fictionalized version of himself with Harold and Kumar.
> He was the host of the 2015 Oscars.
 
Harris
 
> in Tokyo, and an alien seductress preying on men in Scotland.
> She is the only woman to be twice named "Esquire" magazine's
> "Sexiest Woman Alive".
 
Johansson
 
> TV commercial. At 13, she was a teen prostitute named Iris
> in "Taxi Driver". She has won 2 Best Actress Oscars and has
> directed 3 films.
 
Foster
 

 
> A1. In 1942, thousands of American and Filipino POWs were
> forced to march over 60 miles by the Imperial Japanese Army.
> What was this terrible march called?
 
The Long March, The Long Trek
 
 
> B1. Coach Mike Krzyzewski holds the record for most games won
> in the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Championships,
> with 82. What university is he the coach for?
 
Duke, UCLA
 
> B2. John Wooden holds the record for most appearances in the
> March Madness Final Four, with 12. What university was he
> the coach for?
 
Duke, UCLA
 
> and as an offshore financial center. Its capital city
> is Cockburn Town and its motto is "Beautiful by Nature".
> Name the territory.
 
Cayman Islands
 
> of Santa Cruz, is home to the University of La Laguna,
> and contains El Teide, the third-largest volcano in the
> world from its base. Name the island.
 
Teneriffe
 
> D. Musical Marches
 
> D1. Who wrote the wedding march from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
 
Handel
 
> D2. Who wrote the "Pomp and Circumstance" march?
 
Elgar
 
> novel by E.L. Doctorow. It is set in the waning days of
> the Civil War, and follows this real-life figure as he
> marches his troops through the heart of the South. Who?
 
Sherman
 
 
> F. "Little Women"
 
> Who played Jo March in "Little Women", ...
 
> F1. ...the 1933 movie version?
 
Leigh, Davis
 
> F2. ...the 1949 movie version?
 
Leigh, Davis
cheers,
calvin
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