Thursday, August 06, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 11 updates in 2 topics

"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Aug 05 02:32PM +0200

On 2015-08-05 11:17, Calvin wrote:
 
> 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?
Lisa Marie Presley
> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event?
High jump
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?
Dutchmen
> 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?
English
 
> 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?
 
Vega
 
 
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Björn
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Aug 05 03:10PM +0200

On 2015-08-05 13:08, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Calvin (334152@gmail.com) writes:
>> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
 
> That's not legal, is it?
 
Divorce between ....
 
 
 
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Björn
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 05 08:14AM -0500

"Calvin":
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which
> Hollywood legend?
 
Judy Garland.
 
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
 
Johnson.
 
Okay, I dunno, but that must've been some household!
 
> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in
> which athletics event?
 
High jump?
 
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the
> Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for
> Jakarta?
 
Batavia (7).
 
> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?
 
"Oklahoma"?
 
> 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?
 
Ruritania.
 
> 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.
 
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
 
Chaney. Lon Chaney Sr.
 
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
 
Sirius.
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Mark Brader Twas unix and the C++
Toronto Did compile and load upon the vax:
msb@vex.net All Ritchie was the Kernighan,
And Lisp ran in GNU EMACS.
--Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll)
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Aug 05 09:24AM -0500

In article <1d815c43-144c-4d14-8fe2-59f9a4803a9f@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says...
 
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend?
Judy Garland
 
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
Lisa Marie Presley
 
> 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?
Zenda
 
> 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?
European Union (I know it's not a country)
 
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
Lon Chaney
 
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
Sirius
 
 
 
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"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 05 05:48PM

Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which
> Hollywood legend?
Liza Minelli
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
Lisa Marie Presley
> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in
> which athletics event?
High Jump
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western
> Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?
Djakarta
 
> 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?
Ruritania
> 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
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
 
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
Sirius
 
Peter Smyth
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Aug 05 06:52PM +0100


> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood
> legend?
 
Lisa Minelli
 
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
 
Lisa Marie Presley
 
> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which
> athletics event?
 
High Jump
 
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western
> Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?
 
No idea
 
> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?
 
Paint Your Wagon
 
> 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?
 
Ruritania?
 
> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?
 
French?
 
> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the
> USA's 50?
 
(picks country at random) Gabon
 
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
 
Lon Chaney?
 
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
 
Sirius
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 05 06:48PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which
> Hollywood legend?
 
Judy Garland
 
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson
> and Nicholas Cage?
 
Presley
 
> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world
> record holder in which athletics event?
 
Long Jump
 
> a colonial name for Jakarta?
> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which
> Lerner and Loewe stage musical?
 
Show Boat
 
> 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?
 
Vulgaria
 
> 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
 
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
 
Buster Keaton
 
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
 
Proxima Centauri
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Aug 05 02:59PM -0400

On 2015-08-05, Calvin wrote:
 
> 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?
 
Lisa Marie Presley
 
> 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?
 
Ruritania
 
> 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?
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
 
Lon Chaney
 
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
 
Sirius
 
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swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Aug 05 03:56PM -0700

On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 5:17:36 AM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend?
 
liza minelli
 
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
 
lisa marie presley (nick cage is an elvis collector, so I assume all the others are jealous of that one)
 
> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event?
 
high jump
 
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?
 
batavia (7 letters, not 8)
 
> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?
 
paint your wagon?
 
> 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?
 
zenda?
 
> 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 (they're in the news a lot, it's 1 year from now that they will host the olympics)
 
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
 
lon chaney
 
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
 
sirius a
 
 
swp, who wants to know where the $ is
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 05 04:59AM -0700

Calvin wrote:
> 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?
 
Batavia
 
> 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?
 
Ruritania
 
> 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
 
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
 
Jim Carrey
 
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
 
Sirius
 
 
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 05 06:54PM -0700

On Monday, August 3, 2015 at 3:38:57 AM UTC+10, swp wrote:
 
> 0. "A boy's best friend is his mother."
 
Psycho, Norman Bates
 
> 1. "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
 
Name just won't come dammit.
 
> 2. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!"
 
Gone With The Wind, Rhett Butler
 
> 3. "Go ahead, make my day."
 
Dirty Harry, Harry Callaghan
 
> 4. "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody."
 
On The Waterfront
 
> 5. "I see dead people."
 
Sixth Sense
 
> 6. "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not gonna to take this anymore!"
 
Network, Howard someone???
 
> 7. "To infinity... and beyond."
 
Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear
 
> 8. "Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today."
 
> 9. "Why so serious?"
 
cheers,
calvin
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