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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 25 09:41PM -0700 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed. 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time? 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE? 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country? 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814? 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times? 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author? 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series? 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail? 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 25 11:58PM -0500 Calvin: > 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines > (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men > competed. I'd think they'd be synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymastics. I'll go with synchronized swimming. > 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million > sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time? Xbox? > 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE? Blofeld? > 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country? Zambia. > 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814? St. Helena, I hope. > 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times? > 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are > novels by which American fantasy author? Meyer. Without an S, except in Stephenie, and without an A anywhere. > 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which > complex TV spy series? "Alias". > 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail? Tequila? > 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a > punctuation mark? Colon. -- Mark Brader "The best you can write will be the best you are. Toronto Every sentence is the result of a long probation." msb@vex.net -- Henry David Thoreau, 1841 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Oct 26 01:17AM -0400 On 2015-10-26, Calvin wrote: > 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed. Balance beam > 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time? Play Station > 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE? Blofeld > 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country? Zambia > 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814? Elba > 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times? Ain't No Sunshine > 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author? Meyer > 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series? Alias > 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail? Rum > 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark? Colon -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 26 01:40AM -0500 In article <6f680c18-b9c4-4ed0-a987-abafaa9c087b@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed. > 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time? PlayStation 2 > 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE? Blofeld > 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country? Zambia > 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814? Elba > 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times? Ain't No Sunshine > 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author? > 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series? Alias > 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail? white rum > 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark? colon -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Oct 26 07:17AM > 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as > distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed. Rhythmic gymnastics > 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million > sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time? Playstation 2 > 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE? Blofeld > 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country? Nope > 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814? Elba > 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for > 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song > is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times? Lovely Day > 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are > novels by which American fantasy author? Twilight > 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex > TV spy series? Nope > 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail? Rum > 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a > punctuation mark? Colon |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 25 01:33PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-01, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - Famous City Parks We name the renowned park, you name the city where it is. Names shown in English may be translations. 1. Parc Güell. 2. Lumphini Park. 3. Griffith Park. 4. Grant Park. 5. Tivoli Gardens. 6. Tiergarten. 7. Phoenix Park. 8. Luxembourg Gardens. 9. Hyde Park. 10. Stanley Park. * Game 6, Round 8 - Literature - Crime Fiction In this round, we'll give you the name of the protagonist of a series of crime novels, and the first novel of the series and its date of publication. You name the author, from the handout provided: Rosemary Aubert | Tony Hillerman James Lee Burke | P.D. James Raymond Chandler | Maureen Jennings Agatha Christie | Ross Macdonald Lee Child | Henning Mankell Michael Connelly | Walter Mosely Patricia Cornwell | Jo Nesbø Robert Crais | Sara Paretsky Colin Dexter | Robert B. Parker Arthur Conan Doyle | Ian Rankin Jeffrey Deaver | Kathy Reichs Howard Engel | Ruth Rendell Janet Evanovich | Peter Robinson Erle Stanley Gardner | Georges Simenon Elizabeth George | Martin Cruz Smith Sue Grafton | Rex Stout Reginald Hill | Eric Wright 1. Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, "From Doon With Death" (1964). 2. Private investigator V.I. Warshawski, "Indemnity Only" (1982). 3. Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, "The Black Echo" (1992). 4. Detective Inspector John Rebus, "Knots and Crosses" (1987). 5. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, "One for the Money" (1994). 6. Russian police investigator Arkady Renko, "Gorky Park" (1981). 7. Louisiana police officer Dave Robicheaux, "The Neon Rain" (1987). 8. Detective William Murdoch, "Except the Dying" (1997). 9. Forensic anthropologist Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, "Déjà Dead" (1997). 10. Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector (later Commander) Adam Dalgleish, "Cover Her Face" (1962). -- Mark Brader | "I had never thought of Jesus as being msb@vex.net | a variety of grape plant, but Toronto | if you put it that way..." --Jan Sand My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 25 06:38PM Mark Brader wrote: > We name the renowned park, you name the city where it is. > Names shown in English may be translations. > 1. Parc Güell. Paris > 2. Lumphini Park. > 3. Griffith Park. Los Angeles > 4. Grant Park. > 5. Tivoli Gardens. > 6. Tiergarten. Berlin > 7. Phoenix Park. Dublin > 8. Luxembourg Gardens. > 9. Hyde Park. London > 10. Stanley Park. Liverpool > Sue Grafton | Rex Stout > Reginald Hill | Eric Wright > 1. Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, "From Doon With Death" (1964). Ruth Rendell > 2. Private investigator V.I. Warshawski, "Indemnity Only" (1982). > 3. Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, "The Black Echo" (1992). > 4. Detective Inspector John Rebus, "Knots and Crosses" (1987). Ian Rankin > (1997). > 10. Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector (later Commander) > Adam Dalgleish, "Cover Her Face" (1962). Peter Smyth |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 25 10:46PM +0100 On 2015-10-25 19:33, Mark Brader wrote: > We name the renowned park, you name the city where it is. > Names shown in English may be translations. > 1. Parc Güell. Istanbul > 2. Lumphini Park. Dehli > 3. Griffith Park. Sydney > 4. Grant Park. New York > 5. Tivoli Gardens. Copenhagen > 6. Tiergarten. Berlin > 7. Phoenix Park. Phoenix > 8. Luxembourg Gardens. Paris > 9. Hyde Park. London > 10. Stanley Park. Chicago > 2. Private investigator V.I. Warshawski, "Indemnity Only" (1982). > 3. Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, "The Black Echo" (1992). > 4. Detective Inspector John Rebus, "Knots and Crosses" (1987). Ian Rankin > (1997). > 10. Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector (later Commander) > Adam Dalgleish, "Cover Her Face" (1962). P.D. James -- -- Björn |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 25 09:49PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > We name the renowned park, you name the city where it is. > Names shown in English may be translations. > 1. Parc Güell. Paris > 2. Lumphini Park. Rome; Florence > 3. Griffith Park. Los Angeles > 4. Grant Park. Chicago > 5. Tivoli Gardens. Copenhagen > 6. Tiergarten. Berlin > 7. Phoenix Park. > 8. Luxembourg Gardens. Brussels > 9. Hyde Park. London > 10. Stanley Park. Liverpool > 4. Detective Inspector John Rebus, "Knots and Crosses" (1987). > 5. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, "One for the Money" (1994). > 6. Russian police investigator Arkady Renko, "Gorky Park" (1981). Martin Cruz Smith > (1997). > 10. Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector (later Commander) > Adam Dalgleish, "Cover Her Face" (1962). Pete |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 25 09:53PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > We name the renowned park, you name the city where it is. > Names shown in English may be translations. > 3. Griffith Park. Los Angeles > 4. Grant Park. Chicago > 5. Tivoli Gardens. Copenhagen > 6. Tiergarten. Berlin > 8. Luxembourg Gardens. Paris > 9. Hyde Park. London > of crime novels, and the first novel of the series and its date of > publication. You name the author, from the handout provided: > 1. Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, "From Doon With Death" (1964). Elizabeth George; Colin Dexter > 2. Private investigator V.I. Warshawski, "Indemnity Only" (1982). Sara Paretsky > 3. Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, "The Black Echo" (1992). Michael Connelly > 4. Detective Inspector John Rebus, "Knots and Crosses" (1987). Peter Robinson; Robert Crais > 5. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, "One for the Money" (1994). Janet Evanovich > 6. Russian police investigator Arkady Renko, "Gorky Park" (1981). Martin Cruz Smith > 7. Louisiana police officer Dave Robicheaux, "The Neon Rain" (1987). James Lee Burke > 8. Detective William Murdoch, "Except the Dying" (1997). Jeffrey Deaver; Howard Engel > 9. Forensic anthropologist Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, "Déją Dead" > (1997). Kathy Reichs > 10. Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector (later Commander) > Adam Dalgleish, "Cover Her Face" (1962). P.D. James; Ruth Rendell -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 26 02:14AM > * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - Famous City Parks > 1. Parc G?ell. Paris > 3. Griffith Park. San Francisco > 4. Grant Park. New York City > 5. Tivoli Gardens. Milan; Venice > 6. Tiergarten. Berlin; Munich > 8. Luxembourg Gardens. Paris > 9. Hyde Park. London > 10. Stanley Park. > * Game 6, Round 8 - Literature - Crime Fiction > 1. Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, "From Doon With Death" (1964). P.D. James; Ian Rankin > 2. Private investigator V.I. Warshawski, "Indemnity Only" (1982). Sara Paretsky > 3. Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, "The Black Echo" (1992). Janet Evanovich; Jo Nesbo > 4. Detective Inspector John Rebus, "Knots and Crosses" (1987). Howard Engel; Eric Wright > 5. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, "One for the Money" (1994). Patricia Cornwell; Elizabeth George > 6. Russian police investigator Arkady Renko, "Gorky Park" (1981). Martin Cruz Smith > 7. Louisiana police officer Dave Robicheaux, "The Neon Rain" (1987). Walter Mosely > 8. Detective William Murdoch, "Except the Dying" (1997). James Lee Burke; Colin Dexter > 9. Forensic anthropologist Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, "D?j? Dead" > (1997). Rosemary Aubert > 10. Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector (later Commander) > Adam Dalgleish, "Cover Her Face" (1962). Ian Rankin; Lee Child -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Oct 25 08:53PM -0700 On Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 2:33:11 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-01, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted. and for someone who stated they were playing for fun only and not points in this game I seem to be doing rather well. > * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - Famous City Parks pass > * Game 6, Round 8 - Literature - Crime Fiction pass swp |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 25 09:27PM -0700 On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 4:33:11 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > We name the renowned park, you name the city where it is. > Names shown in English may be translations. > 1. Parc Güell. Ottawa, Quebec City > 2. Lumphini Park. Vancouver, Winnipeg > 3. Griffith Park. Vancouver, Winnipeg > 4. Grant Park. Vancouver, Winnipeg > 5. Tivoli Gardens. Copenhagen > 6. Tiergarten. Berlin > 7. Phoenix Park. Dublin > 8. Luxembourg Gardens. Paris > 9. Hyde Park. London > 10. Stanley Park. Vancouver, Winnipeg > Sue Grafton | Rex Stout > Reginald Hill | Eric Wright > 1. Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, "From Doon With Death" (1964). Rendell > 2. Private investigator V.I. Warshawski, "Indemnity Only" (1982). Hill, Robinson > 3. Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, "The Black Echo" (1992). Hill, Robinson > 4. Detective Inspector John Rebus, "Knots and Crosses" (1987). Rankin > 5. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, "One for the Money" (1994). Cornwell, Jennings > 6. Russian police investigator Arkady Renko, "Gorky Park" (1981). Wright > 7. Louisiana police officer Dave Robicheaux, "The Neon Rain" (1987). Hill, Robinson > 8. Detective William Murdoch, "Except the Dying" (1997). Hill, Robinson > 9. Forensic anthropologist Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, "Déjà Dead" > (1997). Cornwell, Jennings > 10. Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector (later Commander) > Adam Dalgleish, "Cover Her Face" (1962). Hill, Robinson cheers, calvin |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 26 01:47AM -0500 In article <zKGdnbgr7837vbDLnZ2dnUU7-N-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. Parc Güell. > 2. Lumphini Park. > 3. Griffith Park. Los Angeles > 4. Grant Park. Chicago > 7. Phoenix Park. > 8. Luxembourg Gardens. > 9. Hyde Park. London -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 25 09:38PM -0700 On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 1:26:53 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Found mainly in the European Alps, what type of animal is an ibex? [Mountain] Goat > 2 Which Oscar-winning actress has been married to film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, both alas ending in divorce? Kate Winslet > 3 Which base-16 numerical system is commonly used in mathematics and computing? Leonard Cohen. Well that's what my answer sheet says. Also accepting Hex[adecimal] > 4 The fictional island of Sodor is the setting for which children's book and TV series? Thomas the Tank Engine / Thomas and Friends > 5 As his nickname suggests, businessman Warren Buffet hails form which US state? Nebraska I don't intentionally ask trick questions, but sometimes they turn out that way... > 6 In 1538, Henry VIII issued a proclamation for which Archbishop of Canterbury to be un-sainted, some 368 years after his death? Thomas Beckett > 7 Following the break-up of Sudan, what is now Africa's largest country by area? Algeria > 8 Which famous museum has branches in New York, Abu Dhabi, Berline, Bilbao and Venice? Guggenheim > 9 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style well known worldwide in 2012? Psy > 10 In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from which country? Pakistan Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 412 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 61 Pete Gayde 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 48 Gareth Owen 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 57 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 44 Mark Brader 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 41 Chris Johnson 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 41 Dan Tilque 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 41 Bruce Bowler 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 35 Marc Dashevsky 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 22 Bjorn Lundin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 34 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 9 1 10 5 6 6 3 10 5 8 63 63% Well done Pete. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 25 01:29PM -0500 Mark Brader: > * Game 6, Round 4 - Miscellanous - They're #2 > History remembers the winners and ignores the runners-up. Here > are 10 questions on 2nd-rankers, or in one case, a 3rd-ranker. This was the second-easiest round in the original game, after the current-events round. > 1. This consumer electronics company is also the second-largest > music company in the world, after Universal Music Group. > Name it. Sony Corporation. (Their music company is Sony BMG. I accepted Sony Music.) 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Calvin, Jason, Marc, Joshua, Bruce, Stephen, and Gareth. > 2. Located 8,848 m above sea level, Mount Everest is the highest > mountain on Earth. Which is the second-highest? K2, aka Godwin Austen or Qogir. 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Bruce, Stephen, and Gareth. > in cities and suburbs), Tokyo is the most populous metropolitan > area in the world, with about 38,000,000 people. Which one > comes second with 25,000,000? Delhi. I assume the report in question was this one, or another using the same data: http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/highlights/wup2014-highlights.pdf See Table II on page 26. The most popular guesses were actually #4 (named 7 times) and #3 (5 times) on the list; other cities named by entrants ranked #5, 9, 15, 17, and 28. Here are the 28 cities with more than 10,000,000 population in 2014 according to the list. Some of them have seen huge increases since 1990, which is what the last column indicates. 1. Tokyo 37,833,000 +16% 2. Delhi 24,953,000 +157% 3. Shanghai 22,991,000 +194% 4. Mexico City 20,843,000 +33% 5. São Paulo 20,831,000 +41% 6. Mumbai 20,741,000 +67% 7. Osaka 20,123,000 +9% 8. Beijing 19,520,000 +188% 9. New York 18,591,000 +16% 10. Cairo 18,419,000 +86% 11. Dhaka 16,982,000 +156% 12. Karachi 16,126,000 +126% 13. Buenos Aires 15,024,000 +43% 14. Kolkata 14,766,000 +36% 15. Istanbul 13,954,000 +113% 16. Chongqing 12,916,000 +222% 17. Rio de Janeiro 12,825,000 +32% 18. Manila 12,764,000 +60% 19. Lagos 12,614,000 +165% 20. Los Angeles 12,308,000 +13% 21. Moscow 12,063,000 +34% 22. Guangzhou 11,843,000 +286% 23. Kinshasa 11,116,000 +202% 24. Tianjin 10,860,000 +138% 25. Paris 10,764,000 +15% 26. Shenzhen 10,680,000 +1,120% 27. London 10,189,000 +27% 28. Jakarta 10,176,000 +24% > rivers is subtracted, Canada's rank drops to a lowly #4. > Name the country that is the second-largest in the world with > respect to total *land* area. China. (The US is #3 and, of course, Russia is #1.) 4 for Björn, Peter, Erland, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen. 3 for Pete and Bruce. > of second-fastest is shared by two men, one Jamaican and the > other American, who both recorded personal bests of 9.69 seconds. > Name either of these men. Yohan Blake (Jamaican), Tyson Gay (American). 4 for Erland, Calvin, Stephen, and Gareth. 2 for Peter. > 6. Meryl Streep holds the record for the most Academy Award acting > nominations with 19. Two people are tied for second place > with 12 each. Name either. Jack Nicholson, Katharine Hepburn. 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Bruce, Stiefven (the hard way), and Gareth. 3 for Calvin. > 7. On 2007-08-07 Barry Bonds hit his 756th career home run, breaking > the Major League Baseball record previously set by which player? Hank Aaron. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Bruce, Stephen, and Gareth. > they were not the first. Tragically, all five members of the > British expedition perished on the return journey. Name the > Royal Navy officer who led this ill-fated voyage. Robert Falcon Scott. 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Stephen, and Gareth. > 9. Monaco is the most densely populated country (sovereign nation) > in the world. Which nation comes second? Singapore. 4 for Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Bruce. 3 for Stephen. Vatican City was a popular guess; it's #3, just ahead of Bahrain, but only about 1/4 as dense as Singapore (which in turn, by the way, is about 1/2 to 1/3, according to different sources, as dense as Monaco). > with $62,000,000,000. Second-placed duck Flintheart Glomgold, > with a mere $51,900,000,000, edged out his famous arch-rival on > this list. Name Glomgold's miserly arch-rival, #3 on the list. Scrooge McDuck. 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Jason, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Bruce, Stephen, and Gareth. 3 for Calvin. > "Hepburn" for any question, *OR* if you gave any one-word answer > on the last question, in each case we need the complete name. > Please go back and supply it. In the original game, #6 stated *in the question* that you had to give a first and last name. I thought that was much too strong a hint, so I removed it. > 1. Based on Princess Badroulbadour from the "One Thousand and One > Nights" tale of "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp", she became > the 6th Disney princess. Name her. Princess Jasmine. 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, Jason, Joshua, and Stephen. > 2014's widely popular Frozen is expected to gain official > status with his suggested marriage to one the film's female > protagonists. Name him. Kristoff. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen. As Dan Blum noted, question 11 was helpful here -- but to know that, you needed some familiarity with the movie. > name this love interest to Belle (#3). He goes through a > remarkable transformation due to the power of love. Give his > better-known name. The Beast. 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, Jason, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, and Gareth. > self-reliance, having disguised herself as a male soldier in > order to fight in the Chinese army in place of her wounded > father. Name her. Princess Mulan. 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Pete, Jason, Marc, Joshua, Bruce, Stephen, and Gareth. > 6. (decoy) Flynn Rider, aka Eugene Fitzherbert, is the main male protagonist of "Tangled". Calvin almost got this. > status by marrying Prince Naveen, the heir apparent to the King > of Maldonia. Name this first African-American princess *or* the > movie in which she was featured. Princess Tiana, "The Princess and the Frog". 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Joshua, Stephen, and Gareth. > 8. (decoy) Princess Pocahontas. Peter and Stephen got this. > 9. This true princess is the first-born of King Fergus and Queen > Elinor. She is the first to not have a love interest. Name her > *or* the movie she is featured in. Princess Merida, "Brave". 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Joshua, Stephen, and Gareth. > 10. Rapunzel became the 10th Disney princess with the release of > this 2010 film. Name the film. "Tangled". 4 for Björn, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Joshua, Stephen, and Gareth. > Disney princess. Name this resident of Arendelle who gets > Kristoff, even though her sister gets the killer song! Let it > go, we say! Anna. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen. > 12. (decoy) Prince Charming, aka Prince Henry, from "Cinderella". > interest of the character shown in Picture #8. Though he > returned to England, he promised, "No matter what happens, > I'll always be with you, forever." Name him. John Smith. 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, Jason, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Bruce, Stephen, and Gareth. > 14. (decoy) Li Shang, from "Mulan". Stephen got this. > 15. (decoy) Prince Naveen, from "The Princess and the Frog". > princesses), this character was deemed human-like enough to be > granted the honor. Give the name of this, the first redhead > to join the ranks. Princess Ariel. Yes, she's the little mermaid, but you were asked for her name. 4 for Björn, Peter, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, Jason, Joshua, Bruce, Stephen, and Gareth. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Sci Mis Ent Stephen Perry 40 40 35 40 155 Dan Blum 4 6 24 40 74 Joshua Kreitzer 4 0 28 40 72 Bruce Bowler 28 0 31 12 71 "Calvin" -- -- 26 36 62 Gareth Owen -- -- 28 28 56 Björn Lundin 4 4 24 24 56 Pete Gayde 8 4 23 20 55 Peter Smyth -- -- 30 20 50 Jason Kreitzer 4 4 8 32 48 Dan Tilque 2 4 28 12 46 Marc Dashevsky 12 0 8 12 32 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 24 0 24 -- Mark Brader | "If one were to believe the bulk of our mail, one Toronto | would conclude that about every part of our anatomy msb@vex.net | (even those we don't possess) is the wrong size..." --LWN My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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