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| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 13 02:04PM > * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15 > 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser > Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire? 1900 > 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King > of Spain? 1806 > 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal > to the Magna Carta. 1215 > 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island > of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 1498 > 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for > vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber? 1870 > 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion > administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys? 1840; 1875 > 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win > its first majority in Saskatchewan? 1950; 1960 > 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus > establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the > United States and British North America west of the Rockies? 1850; 1870 > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1969 > 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the > Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the > 20th century? 1995 > 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive > shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h > (70 mph). Name it. stickleback > 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over > 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance > at its front. Name the fish. swordfish > 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? kudzu; bamboo > 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than > 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph). sloth > 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious > for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average > walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal. tortoise > 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s > (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land. > Name it. slug; snail > 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor > and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly > slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature. urchin > 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout > life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it. > Be sufficiently specific. ear hair; nose hair > 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000 > times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in > 0.6 microseconds. What creature? jellyfish > the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph) > are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects. > Name either one. ants -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 13 09:35AM -0500 In article <_cWdnRvWR4BIx9jLnZ2dnUU7-VednZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > You just give the year, within the margin indicated. > 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser > Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire? 1902 > of Spain? > 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal > to the Magna Carta. 1111 > 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island > of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 1498 > 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for > vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber? 1855 > 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion > administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys? 1755 > 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus > establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the > United States and British North America west of the Rockies? 1855 > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1971 > 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the > Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the > 20th century? 1990 > 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over > 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance > at its front. Name the fish. swordfish > 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? bamboo > 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than > 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph). sloth > 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious > for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average > walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal. tortoise > 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s > (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land. > Name it. slug > 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor > and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly > slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature. anemone > 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout > life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it. > Be sufficiently specific. cuticle > 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000 > times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in > 0.6 microseconds. What creature? stingray > the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph) > are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects. > Name either one. insects is a class -- did they mean order? |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 13 03:36PM On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:36:53 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > of Spain? > 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal > to the Magna Carta. 1630 > 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island > of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 1492 > 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for > vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber? 1895 > States and British North America west of the Rockies? > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1967 > 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive > shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h (70 mph). > Name it. Sailfish > 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over > 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance at > its front. Name the fish. Swordfish > 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? Bamboo > 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than > 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph). Sloth > 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious > for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average walking > speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal. Tortoise > 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s > (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land. > Name it. slug > 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor > and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly slow > speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature. Anemone > 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout > life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it. > Be sufficiently specific. toenails > 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000 > times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in 0.6 > microseconds. What creature? jellyfish > the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph) > are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects. > Name either one. ants |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 13 10:20PM +0100 > You just give the year, within the margin indicated. > 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser > Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire? 1890 > 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King > of Spain? 1808 > 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal > to the Magna Carta. 1215 > 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island > of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 1505 > 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for > vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber? 1890 > 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion > administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys? 1930 > 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win > its first majority in Saskatchewan? 1975 > 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus > establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the > United States and British North America west of the Rockies? 1856 > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1978 > 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the > Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the > 20th century? 1916 > 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive > shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h > (70 mph). Name it. Shark > 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over > 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance > at its front. Name the fish. Shark > 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? Bamboo > 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious > for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average > walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal. Rhinocerus > 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s > (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land. > Name it. Snail -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 13 08:02PM swp wrote: > 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the > 11th month? End of First World War > man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the > timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." > 3. What year was NATO formed? 1950 > 4. What treaty created the European Union? Treaty of Rome > 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first > purpose built ... what? Aircraft Carrier > 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What > state? Oregon > 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day > is how long? Two Minutes > 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. > What was its number? 7 > 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the > death of who? Yasser Arafat > 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game? Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 13 02:16PM +0100 > 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took > place in which country? United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland > 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph > (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place? Virginia > 3 What is the study of fossils called? Palentolgy > 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick > as a Brick" (1972)? Jethro Tull (Not sure that I would classify them as folk rock. Some of their albums had some folk influences, but far from all.) > 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set? New York > 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use? BIC > 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and > Warrington Wolves? Since you are asking, I assume it's cricket. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 13 09:43AM -0500 In article <bd1f1a34-b32c-404b-909a-86b5521e6ac3@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country? Ireland > 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place? New Jersey > 3 What is the study of fossils called? paleontology > 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)? Jethro Tull > 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set? Chicago > 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011? Some Like It Hot > 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life? mosquito > 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use? Boz > 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name? zero > 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves? full-contact calligraphy |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 13 03:49PM On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:58:17 -0800, Calvin wrote: > 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place > in which country? Ireland > 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) > and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place? New Jersey > 3 What is the study of fossils called? Paleontology > 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as > a Brick" (1972)? Jethro Tull > 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set? Chicago > 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to > be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011? The Apartment > 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is > used to bring dinosaurs back to life? mosquitoes > 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use? Boz > 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great > effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what > other name? Zero > 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and > Warrington Wolves? Cricket |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 13 04:49PM > 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took > place in which country? Ireland. (Well, Britain, technically - that kind of being the point) > 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph > (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place? California > 3 What is the study of fossils called? Palaeontology > 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick > as a Brick" (1972)? Jethro Tull > 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set? Chicahgo > 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner > to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011? The Apartment > 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is > used to bring dinosaurs back to life? Mosquito > 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use? Boz > 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great > effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by > what other name? Zero > 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and > Warrington Wolves? Rugby League |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 13 06:54PM Calvin wrote: > 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took > place in which country? Ireland > 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph > (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place? New York > 3 What is the study of fossils called? Paleontology > 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick > as a Brick" (1972)? Jethro Tull > 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set? > 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar > winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011? > 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature > is used to bring dinosaurs back to life? > 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use? Bod > 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great > effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by > what other name? Kamikaze > 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and > Warrington Wolves? Rugby League Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 13 02:14PM +0100 > That's using the everyday definition of mushroom as a vegetable, it is > technically a fungi s several posters pointed out. That must be an everyday thing in Australia only. When my mummy insisted that I should eat my vegetables, she certainly did not mean mushrooms of any sorts. Mushrooms were simply mushrooms (well "svamp" in Swedish). -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Nov 13 01:48PM "Erland Sommarskog" wrote in message news:XnsA55190CFC107CYazorman@127.0.0.1... > that I should eat my vegetables, she certainly did not mean mushrooms of > any > sorts. Mushrooms were simply mushrooms (well "svamp" in Swedish). Indeed, they're not even vegetable matter, let alone vegetables. -- David B http://waterfalls.me.uk |
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