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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 05 02:17AM -0700 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend? 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage? 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event? 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta? 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical? 6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories? 7 What is the official language of Mozambique? 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the USA's 50? 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces? 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 05 01:08PM +0200 > 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage? That's not legal, is it? > 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in > which athletics event? High jumping > 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western > Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta? Surabaya > 6 The name of which fictional central European country was > originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an > entire genre of romance and adventure stories? Syldavia? No, that's Tintin... > 7 What is the official language of Mozambique? Portuguese > 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the > USA's 50? Brazil > 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky? Sirius -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 05 02:05AM -0700 On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 7:56:17 AM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote: > > 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 45 Gareth Owen > FWIW, I got Q5 correct and Q7 wrong. > Also, I know there's 14 lines in a sonnet, but my fingers don't believe me. :) I had you marked as 0 for Q7, but have corrected Q5 thanks. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 402 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 52 Chris Johnson 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 46 Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 40 Gareth Owen 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 44 Pete Gayde 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7 45 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 38 Peter Smyth 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 39 Dan Tilque 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 28 Erland S 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 16 Bjorn Lundin - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 5 6 4 4 9 7 8 3 6 56 62% cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 05 02:03AM -0700 On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 7:18:06 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814? Marquis de Sade > 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars? Punic [wars] That should be *BC* as Marc pointed out. > 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity? Q [score] > 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen? Pixel > 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator? Caligula > 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and soldier? Wilfred Owen > 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)? Roddy Doyle > 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course? Ground Under Repair Singleton for Pete > 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain? [2+4+8=]14 > 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle? River Plate And it's Graf *Spee* as Mark explained. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 403 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 44 Chris Johnson 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 45 Mark Brader 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 42 Peter Smyth 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 42 Gareth Owen 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 36 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 27 Pete Gayde 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 Bjorn Lundin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 2 9 5 9 8 4 4 1 3 3 48 53% Chris pips Mark in a tough one. Apologies for the errors. cheers, calvin |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Aug 04 07:17PM +0100 Reading the instructions is over-rated |
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