- Calvin's Quiz #408 - 7 Updates
- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 3, Rounds 2-3 answers: obsolete words and mafiosi - 2 Updates
- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 3, Rounds 4,6: translated titles, state flags - 3 Updates
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 16 07:51AM -0700 On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 5:13:36 AM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record? dawn fraser? > 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title? peru > 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s? the police > 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for? virtual private network > 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site. myspace > 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah? roxanne > 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten? prairie oyster > 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract? peristalsis > 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway? northern ireland > 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)? austrian swp |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 16 11:18AM -0500 In article <fd174af4-1221-4cdc-860e-5b15e3018e65@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record? > 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title? > 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s? Police > 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for? Virtual Private Network > 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site. MySpace > 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah? Roxanne (connection with answer #3.) > 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten? > 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract? peristalsis > 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway? Wales > 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)? Austrian -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 16 06:23PM +0100 > 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle > record? No idea > 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and > remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation > to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title? Uruguay? > 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop > group in the late 1970s and early 1980s? The Police (and they were Gordon "Sting" Sumner and Andy *Summers*, and not related) > 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for? Virtual Private Network > 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from > 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely > Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site. MySpace > 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac > starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah? Roxanne (you don't have to put on the red-light) > 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover > cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and > ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten? Prairie Oyster > 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction > of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract? > 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway? Northern Ireland > 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)? Dutch? |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 16 05:42PM Calvin wrote: > 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle > record? Dawn Fraser > 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and > remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation > to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title? Argentina > 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop > group in the late 1970s and early 1980s? The Police (they are not brothers and are not both called Sumner) > 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for? Virtual Private Network > 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from > 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely > Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site. Myspace > eaten? > 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction > of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract? Peristalsis > 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway? Northern Ireland > 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)? Swedish Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 16 09:38PM +0200 > The Police (and they were Gordon "Sting" Sumner and Andy *Summers*, and > not related) Thanks Gareth. It seemed wrong to me as well, but I did not have the guts to point it out. >> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac >> starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah? > Roxanne (you don't have to put on the red-light) And for those who don't get it, there is a connection to #3 there. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Sep 16 04:02PM -0400 On 2015-09-16, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record? > 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title? > 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s? The Police > 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for? Virtual Private Network > 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site. Myspace > 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah? Roxanne > 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten? Prairie oyster > 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract? Peristalsis > 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway? Antrim > 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)? Austrian -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| "David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Sep 17 11:59AM +0100 > win the coveted Wimbledon singles title? > 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop > group in the late 1970s and early 1980s? Brothers? Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers and Gordon Matthew Sumner aka Sting, where members of The Police. > 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for? Virtual Private Network. > 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from > 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom > Anderson, co-founder of the site. Myspace > 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac > starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah? Roxanne. > 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of > muscles that help send food down the digestive tract? > 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway? Northern Ireland. > 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)? Austrian. -- David B http://waterfalls.me.uk |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 16 08:17PM Mark Brader wrote: > > decode the rot13 if you want to see their definitions and identify > > those words for fun, but for no points. > For some unaccountable :-) reason, nobody tried these. I didn't answer them because I have gelotophobia and am not an ultracrepidarian. I am certainly not philogrobolized though, as my whisky bottle is still duffifying Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 16 06:15PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > For some unaccountable :-) reason, nobody tried these. Peter Smyth: > I didn't answer them because I have gelotophobia and am not an > ultracrepidarian. I am certainly not philogrobolized though, as my > whisky bottle is still duffifying That's easy for *you* to say! -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "So *you* say." --Toddy Beamish msb@vex.net | (H.G. Wells, "The Man Who Could Work Miracles") |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 16 11:40AM -0500 In article <W7ydnRY8Qenk9GXInZ2dnUU7-SmdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > familiar with. > 1. In China, this 1997 feature starring Robert Carlyle and Tom > Wilkinson was called "Six Naked Pigs". Full Monty > 2. Also in China, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and Heather Graham > starred in a 1997 film called "His Great Device Makes Him Famous". Boogie Nights > was titled "If You Leave Me, I Delete You". > 4. In Hong Kong, audiences got to watch Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, > and Eugene Levy in the 1999 feature "American Virgin Man". American Pie > 5. In the Czech Republic, Billy Bob Thornton and Bernie Mac starred > in a 2003 feature titled "Santa is a Pervert". Bad Santa > 6. In France, a 2009 movie starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, > and Zach Galifianakis was titled "Very Bad Trip". Hangover > 7. Chinese audiences watched Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in > "Run! Run! Cloudzilla!" In 1996. Twister > 8. In Portugal, a 2013 film starring Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, > and Jennifer Lawrence was known as "American Sting". American Hustle > 9. Frances McDormand and William H. Macy were on Chinese movie > screens in 1996 in "Mysterious Death in Snowy Cream". Fargo > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3-6/flags.jpg > and give the corresponding flag number for each state: > 1. South Carolina. 8 > 2. Maryland. 14 > 3. New Mexico. 4 > 4. Missouri. > 5. Tennessee. 17; 13 > 6. Connecticut. 11 > 7. Ohio. > 8. Alaska. 2 > 9. Hawaii. 16 > 10. Arizona. 3 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 16 05:53PM Mark Brader wrote: > familiar with. > 1. In China, this 1997 feature starring Robert Carlyle and Tom > Wilkinson was called "Six Naked Pigs". The Full Monty > was titled "If You Leave Me, I Delete You". > 4. In Hong Kong, audiences got to watch Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, > and Eugene Levy in the 1999 feature "American Virgin Man". 40 Year Old Virgin > and Jennifer Lawrence was known as "American Sting". > 9. Frances McDormand and William H. Macy were on Chinese movie > screens in 1996 in "Mysterious Death in Snowy Cream". Fargo > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3-6/flags.jpg > and give the corresponding flag number for each state: > 1. South Carolina. 17 > 2. Maryland. 6 > 3. New Mexico. 4 > 4. Missouri. 1 > 5. Tennessee. 9 > 6. Connecticut. 7 > 7. Ohio. 12 > 8. Alaska. 2 > 9. Hawaii. 16 > 10. Arizona. 3 Peter Smyth |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Sep 16 09:06PM +0200 On 2015-09-15 20:54, Mark Brader wrote: > familiar with. > 2. Also in China, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and Heather Graham > starred in a 1997 film called "His Great Device Makes Him Famous". Planet of the apes ? > 5. In the Czech Republic, Billy Bob Thornton and Bernie Mac starred > in a 2003 feature titled "Santa is a Pervert". Bad Santa > 10. In Sweden, a 1996 feature starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau > was known as "Hey, Where are the Babies?" Don't know. But my favorite is still "Don't forget the camels", which is what you get from the reversed translation (of the swedish title) of The Last Remake of Beau Geste > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3-6/flags.jpg > and give the corresponding flag number for each state: > 1. South Carolina. 17 -- Björn |
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