Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 2 topics

"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 27 06:14PM

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.
Synchonised Swimming and 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?
Zambia
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
Elba
> 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?
Rum
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a
> punctuation mark?
Colon
 
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 28 03:56AM -0700

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.
 
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?
 
Playstation
 
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
 
Blofeld
 
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
 
Namibia
 
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
 
Ebla
 
> 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?
 
those are part of the Twilight series, but I can't remember the 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?
 
sake
 
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
 
colon
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 28 03:46AM -0700

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.
 
Montreal
 
> 2. Lumphini Park.
> 3. Griffith Park.
 
Los Angeles
 
> 4. Grant Park.
> 5. Tivoli Gardens.
 
Vienna
 
> 6. Tiergarten.
 
Berlin
 
> 7. Phoenix Park.
> 8. Luxembourg Gardens.
 
Paris
 
> 9. Hyde Park.
 
London
 
> 10. Stanley Park.
 
Vancouver BC
 
 
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Dan Tilque
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