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| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 15 12:21AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 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? 1892 > 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? 1504 > 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? 1910 > 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win > its first majority in Saskatchewan? 1923 > 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? 1848 > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1975 > 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the > Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the > 20th century? 1993 > 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. ray > 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. dolphin > 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. turtle > 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 > 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. earlobe > 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. ant -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 14 10:16PM -0800 swp wrote: > 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month? armistice ending WWI was signed > 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France? 1921 > 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Thomas Paine > 3. What year was NATO formed? 1949 > 4. What treaty created the European Union? Maastricht > 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? Washington > 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long? 1 minute > 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number? 10 -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 14 09:55PM -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? Some Like it Hot > 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life? mosquito (although the blood was actually that of dinosaurs) > 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use? Eno > 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 -- Dan Tilque |
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