Tuesday, January 26, 2016

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 26 03:20AM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-21,
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
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 1, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
 
For each of these questions, the answer is one of the 26 words
that form the modern-day NATO phonetic alphabet.
 
1. What country is the 7th-largest in the world by land area?
 
2. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with
Narcissus?
 
3. The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 won
the award because he discovered the what?
 
4. Which Canadian province extends the furthest north?
 
5. Annika Sorenstam, Bobby Jones, and Fuzzy Zoeller (pronounced
"Zeller") are famous names in which sport?
 
6. What month is the wettest month of the year, on average,
in Vancouver?
 
7. In US television, to find shows like "The Real Housewives of
Miami" and "Top Chef", you would tune to what?
 
8. With 8,700,000 people in the city proper, what is the
third-largest city in the Americas by population (behind
São Paulo and Mexico City)?
 
9. What is the first name of the current head coach of the Toronto
Maple Leafs?
 
10. Named after the man who allegedly invented it in 1914, what
dance is similar in look to a waltz, but is in 4/4 time rather
than 3/4?
 
 
* Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Diamonds
 
A. Historical Diamonds
 
A1. In 1958, jeweler Harry Winston gave the Hope Diamond to an
American institution, which has hosted it in the National
Museum of Natural History since that time. Name the
*institution* that currently owns the Hope Diamond.
 
A2. The De Beers group, a leading player in the diamond mining
industry, was founded in 1888 by a British businessman who
is perhaps best-known today for a financial award given to
foreign students pursing post-graduate studies at Oxford.
Name that businessman.
 
B. Geographical Diamonds
 
B1. Kimberlite, a rock that is a common source for finding
diamonds, is named for a city east of the confluence of the
Vaal and Orange rivers. In which *country* would you find
this particular city of Kimberley?
 
B2. The Argyle mine, the largest diamond producer in the world,
is located in another region named Kimberley in an Australian
state. *Name this state*, the largest in Australia, with
its capital at Perth.
 
C. Leisurely Diamonds
 
C1. In the standard American edition of Monopoly, a diamond
ring is depicted on the Luxury Tax space, which lies between
the two most valuable properties in the game. Name *both*
of these properties.
 
C2. Diamond and Pearl are the designations for the titles in
the "fourth generation" of a series of video games by
Nintendo. The series revolves around Ash Ketchum's quest
to capture the namesake creatures and challenge gym leaders.
Name this *series* of video games.
 
D. Entertaining Diamonds
 
D1. In December 2012, a singer urged listeners to "shine bright
like a diamond" in her song "Diamonds", which spent 3 weeks
atop the Billboard Hot 100. *Name this singer*, who also
had a very troubled relationship with singer Chris Brown.
 
D2. While the Beatles never reached #1 with their song "Lucy
in the Sky with Diamonds" to #1, this other British singer
did take his cover of it to #1 for 2 weeks in January
1975, topping the #4 performance of his previous single
"The Bitch is Back". Name *him*.
 
E. Scientific Diamonds
 
E1. As the hardest substance on Earth, diamonds are designated
as a 10 on a scale of mineral hardness named for a German
geologist; corundum, which includes sapphires and rubies,
rates a 9. Name that scale.
 
E2. Most kimberlite is believed to originate in this layer
of the Earth, which contains the D'' sublayer and has the
Mohorovicic discontinuity as its upper boundary. Name this
layer of the Earth.
 
F. Authoring Diamonds
 
F1. Rachel Verinder loses the title diamond in the 1868 novel
"The Moonstone", considered to be the first English detective
novel ever written. Name the *author* of "The Moonstone",
who also wrote about Walter Hartwright's encounter with
the title figure in "The Woman in White".
 
F2. Percy Washington's father attempts to use the title object
to bribe God to spare his life in this author's short story
"The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Name this *author*, who
may be better known for a novel where Myrtle Wilson is run
over by a car belonging to the title resident of West Egg.
 
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Toronto it would be because I said something profound."
msb@vex.net -- Chris Volpe
 
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bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jan 25 01:56PM

On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:24:55 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-08-18
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Canadiana History - Canadian Murders
 
Nope

> (pronounced "Kaiser Soh-zay") all along! Which 1995 movie?
 
> 2. Ah, Rosebud was the name of his childhood sled! Which 1941
> movie?
 
Citizen Kane
 
> 3. The business owner himself dressed up as his deceased mother
> when he killed Marion Crane and a private detective called Arbogast.
> Which 1960 movie?
 
Psycho
 
> murdered that woman. Which 2010 movie?
 
> 6. Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father? Get out of here!
> Which 1980 movie?
 
The Empire Strikes Back
 
> 7. Hey, that's the Statue of Liberty. It was Earth all along...
> You maniacs! God damn you all to hell! Which 1968 movie?
 
Planet of the Apes
 
 
> 9. Dr. Malcolm Crowe is a child psychiatrist working with Cole
> Sear, a child who can see dead people. Unknown to Dr. Crowe, Dr.
> Crowe himself is dead. Which 1999 movie?
 
Sixth Sense
 
> boy called Jason drowned there and two counselors were murdered. The
> camp is reopening -- and people are getting killed.
> Jason didn't actually drown! Which 1980 movie?
 
Friday the 13th
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 25 11:35PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:lvidnUW2we_KVT_LnZ2dnUU7-
> (cebabhaprq "Xnvfre Fbu-mnl") nyy nybat! Juvpu 1995 zbivr?
 
> 2. Nu, Ebfrohq jnf gur anzr bs uvf puvyqubbq fyrq! Juvpu 1941
> zbivr?
 
Citizen Kane
 
 
> 3. Gur ohfvarff bjare uvzfrys qerffrq hc nf uvf qrprnfrq zbgure
> jura ur xvyyrq Znevba Penar naq n cevingr qrgrpgvir pnyyrq
> Neobtnfg. Juvpu 1960 zbivr?
 
Psycho
 
> zheqrerq gung jbzna. Juvpu 2010 zbivr?
 
> 6. Qnegu Inqre vf Yhxr Fxljnyxre'f sngure? Trg bhg bs urer!
> Juvpu 1980 zbivr?
 
The Empire Strikes Back
 
 
> 7. Url, gung'f gur Fgnghr bs Yvoregl. Vg jnf Rnegu nyy nybat...
> Lbh znavnpf! Tbq qnza lbh nyy gb uryy! Juvpu 1968 zbivr?
 
Planet of the Apes
 
 
> 9. Qe. Znypbyz Pebjr vf n puvyq cflpuvngevfg jbexvat jvgu Pbyr
> Frne, n puvyq jub pna frr qrnq crbcyr. Haxabja gb Qe. Pebjr,
> Qe. Pebjr uvzfrys vf qrnq. Juvpu 1999 zbivr?
 
Sixth Sense
 
> obl pnyyrq Wnfba qebjarq gurer naq gjb pbhafrybef jrer zheqrerq.
> Gur pnzc vf erbcravat -- naq crbcyr ner trggvat xvyyrq.
> Wnfba qvqa'g npghnyyl qebja! Juvpu 1980 zbivr?
 
Nightmare on Elm Street
 
 
Pete
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 26 01:21AM -0600

In article <lvidnUW2we_KVT_LnZ2dnUU7-dWdnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> Movies sometimes end with a plot twist. Here are ten spoilers
> of now-well-known twists for you -- you name the movies. Note:
> if a movie is part of a series, the series title is NOT sufficient.
 
1. Verbal Kint was just making up the story. He was Kayzer Soze
(pronounced "Kaiser Soh-zay") all along! Which 1995 movie?
The Usual Suspects
 
2. Ah, Rosebud was the name of his childhood sled! Which 1941
movie?
Citizen Kane
 
3. The business owner himself dressed up as his deceased mother
when he killed Marion Crane and a private detective called
Arbogast. Which 1960 movie?
Psycho
 
4. The unnamed narrator is suffering from dissociative identity
disorder. He and soap salesman Tyler Durden are the same person.
Which 1999 movie?
Fight Club
 
5. Detective Teddy Daniels goes to a hospital for the criminally
insane to find a missing woman who drowned her children --
no, actually Daniels is himself the criminally insane man who
murdered that woman. Which 2010 movie?
Shelter Island
 
6. Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father? Get out of here!
Which 1980 movie?
The Empire Strikes Back
 
7. Hey, that's the Statue of Liberty. It was Earth all along...
You maniacs! God damn you all to hell! Which 1968 movie?
The Planet Of The Apes
 
8. Aaron Stamper is acquitted of murdering an archbishop, but
his shy, nervous, childlike persona was just an act. Turns
out there was no Aaron, only Roy. Which 1996 movie?
 
9. Dr. Malcolm Crowe is a child psychiatrist working with Cole
Sear, a child who can see dead people. Unknown to Dr. Crowe,
Dr. Crowe himself is dead. Which 1999 movie?
The Sixth Sense
 
10. Camp Crystal Lake has been closed for 20 years after a young
boy called Jason drowned there and two counselors were murdered.
The camp is reopening -- and people are getting killed.
Jason didn't actually drown! Which 1980 movie?
Friday The 13th
 
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 26 03:16AM -0600

Mark Brader:
> a 10-year-old girl who was walking past his house on
> Bloor St. in 2003. Name the victim; *either* her first
> name or last name will do.
 
Holly Jones.
 
> 2. What was the name of the 12-year-old shoeshine boy, the son
> of impoverished Portuguese immigrants, whose sexual assault
> and murder shocked Toronto in August 1977?
 
Emanuel Jaques.
 
> 3. Valery Fabrikant was an associate professor of mechanical
> engineering who shot and killed four colleagues in 1992 --
> at which university?
 
Concordia University, Montreal.
 
> 4. Denis Lortie is a former Canadian Forces corporal who killed
> three government employees when he attacked which building
> in 1984?
 
National Assembly (i.e. provincial legislature) of Quebec.
 
> 5. Marc Lepine murdered 14 women and wounded 18 other people when
> he attacked which school in 1989?
 
École Polytechnique, associated with the University of Montreal.
I'm accepting either name or a combination in either language.
4 for Joshua -- making the round count for everyone.
 
> 6. Grace Marks was a Canadian maid who was controversially convicted
> of murdering her employer in 1843. In 1996, Margaret Atwood
> published a novel based on the case. What was the title?
 
"Alias Grace".
 
> 7. What is the name of the former colonel in the Canadian Forces
> who was arrested on murder charges while in command of the
> country's largest and busiest military air base, CFB Trenton?
 
David Russell Williams.
 
> was convicted in 1974 of arranging the murder of his wife.
> It resulted in the longest trial in Canadian history.
> What is his name?
 
Peter Demeter.
 
> of the former pornographic actor and model who killed and
> dismembered Lin Jun in 2012, then mailed limbs to elementary
> schools and federal political party offices?
 
Luka Rocco Magnotta.
 
> 10. A now-demolished house at 57 Bayview St., Port Dalhousie, was
> the scene of gruesome murders by Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.
> Port Dalhousie is part of which Canadian city?
 
St. Catharines.
 
 
> You can pick out the dates from the rot13 to decide whether you'd
> rather skip the round. Sorry, no bonus points if you can guess
> the titles *without* decoding the rot13.)
 
By way of further protection, the questions and answers will appear
-- this time in plain text, *not* rot13'd -- below the table of
scores and 50 lines of space.
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
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Gareth Owen 36 24 40 32 0 35 143
Joshua Kreitzer 36 28 40 22 4 35 139
Marc Dashevsky 32 32 36 8 0 35 135
Dan Blum 32 32 36 11 0 35 135
Peter Smyth 16 24 32 40 0 12 112
Dan Tilque 24 23 40 8 0 23 110
Bruce Bowler 0 36 40 0 0 23 99
Pete Gayde 19 12 32 28 0 19 98
"Calvin" 24 8 0 37 0 27 96
Jason Kreitzer 28 8 24 0 0 32 92
Erland Sommarskog 8 16 32 24 0 4 80
Björn Lundin 16 15 24 8 0 20 75
 
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> 1. Verbal Kint was just making up the story. He was Kayzer Soze
> (pronounced "Kaiser Soh-zay") all along! Which 1995 movie?
 
"The Usual Suspects". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque,
Gareth, Jason, Calvin, and Marc.
 
> 2. Ah, Rosebud was the name of his childhood sled! Which 1941
> movie?
 
"Citizen Kane". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Tilque,
Gareth, Jason, Calvin, Bruce, Pete, and Marc.
 
> 3. The business owner himself dressed up as his deceased mother
> when he killed Marion Crane and a private detective called
> Arbogast. Which 1960 movie?
 
"Psycho". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Björn, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Jason,
Calvin, Bruce, Pete, and Marc.
 
> 4. The unnamed narrator is suffering from dissociative identity
> disorder. He and soap salesman Tyler Durden are the same person.
> Which 1999 movie?
 
"Fight Club". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Gareth, Jason, Calvin,
and Marc.
 
> insane to find a missing woman who drowned her children --
> no, actually Daniels is himself the criminally insane man who
> murdered that woman. Which 2010 movie?
 
"Shutter Island". 4 for Dan Blum, Gareth, and Marc.
 
> 6. Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father? Get out of here!
> Which 1980 movie?
 
"Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back". 4 for Björn
and Jason. 3 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Calvin,
Bruce, Pete, and Marc.
 
> 7. Hey, that's the Statue of Liberty. It was Earth all along...
> You maniacs! God damn you all to hell! Which 1968 movie?
 
"Planet of the Apes". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Björn, Dan Tilque,
Gareth, Jason, Calvin, Bruce, Pete, and Marc.
 
> 8. Aaron Stamper is acquitted of murdering an archbishop, but
> his shy, nervous, childlike persona was just an act. Turns
> out there was no Aaron, only Roy. Which 1996 movie?
 
"Primal Fear". 4 for Joshua.
 
> 9. Dr. Malcolm Crowe is a child psychiatrist working with Cole
> Sear, a child who can see dead people. Unknown to Dr. Crowe,
> Dr. Crowe himself is dead. Which 1999 movie?
 
"The Sixth Sense". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Björn, Peter, Dan Tilque,
Gareth, Jason, Calvin, Bruce, Pete, and Marc.
 
> boy called Jason drowned there and two counselors were murdered.
> The camp is reopening -- and people are getting killed.
> Jason didn't actually drown! Which 1980 movie?
 
"Friday the 13th". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Björn, Gareth, Jason,
Bruce, and Marc.
 
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Toronto find this out; but thought is irksome and
msb@vex.net three minutes is a long time." --A.E. Housman
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 26 01:50AM -0600

In article <95ab131f-32a8-44f2-b6fc-1129f4852046@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says...
> - - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
> 5 7 6 2 6 1 6 3 1 7 44 63%
 
> Congratulations Marc.
 
I believe I'm tied for first with Mark and Pete. I answered "ricin" for Q2.
I was thinking of sarin, but I wrote ricin.
 
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 06:06AM -0600

"Calvin":
> 1 Which chess piece captures in a different direction
> to that in which it otherwise moves?
 
Pawn.
 
> 2 Following the split of Sudan, what is now the largest
> African country by area?
 
Algeria?
 
> 3 In mathematics, which terms describes a positive
> integer that is equal to the sum of all its proper
> positive divisors?
 
Perfect number.
 
> 4 Peggy' is a common diminutive of which female given name?
 
Margaret'.
 
> 5 Which British author (1903-1966) was, from 1929 to
> 1930, married to a woman with the same given name as him?
 
Waugh?
 
> 6 In 2006, Naypyidaw became the capital city of which
> south-east Asian country?
 
Myanmar.
 
> 7 Along with his backing band 'The Range', who released
> the hit 1986 bluegrass album 'The Way It Is'?
 
Johnson.
 
> 8 Created in 1991, which annual awards for scientific
> research recognise achievements that 'first make people
> laugh, and then make them think'?
 
IgNobel Prizes.
 
> 9 Which language has the most native speakers in the EU?
 
German.
 
> 10 Which Irish swimmer won three gold medals at the
> 1996 Atlanta Olympics before being banned for tampering
> with a urine sample?
 
Johnson.
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msb@vex.net | --"Suddenly Human", ST:TNG, Phillips/Whelpley/Taylor
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 25 06:39PM +0100

On 2016-01-25 05:46, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which chess piece captures in a different direction to that in which it otherwise moves?
The Pawn
> 2 Following the split of Sudan, what is now the largest African country by area?
Kongo-Kinshasa
> 3 In mathematics, which terms describes a positive integer that is equal to the sum of all its proper positive divisors?
Friendly number
> 4 Peggy' is a common diminutive of which female given name?
> 5 Which British author (1903-1966) was, from 1929 to 1930, married to a woman with the same given name as him?
> 6 In 2006, Naypyidaw became the capital city of which south-east Asian country?
Burma
> 7 Along with his backing band 'The Range', who released the hit 1986 bluegrass album 'The Way It Is'?
> 8 Created in 1991, which annual awards for scientific research recognise achievements that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think'?
> 9 Which language has the most native speakers in the EU?
German
 
--
--
Björn
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jan 25 06:32PM

Calvin wrote:
 
 
> 1 Which chess piece captures in a different direction to that in
> which it otherwise moves?
Pawn
> 2 Following the split of Sudan, what is now the largest African
> country by area?
DR Congo
> 3 In mathematics, which terms describes a positive integer that is
> equal to the sum of all its proper positive divisors?
Perfect number
> 4 Peggy' is a common diminutive of which female given name?
Margaret
> to a woman with the same given name as him?
 
> 6 In 2006, Naypyidaw became the capital city of which south-east
> Asian country?
Burma / Myanmar
> 7 Along with his backing band 'The Range', who released the hit 1986
> bluegrass album 'The Way It Is'?
Garth Brooks
> 8 Created in 1991, which annual awards for scientific research
> recognise achievements that 'first make people laugh, and then make
> them think'?
Ignobel
> 9 Which language has the most native speakers in the EU?
German
> 10 Which Irish swimmer won three gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta
> Olympics before being banned for tampering with a urine sample?
Michelle Smith
 
Peter Smyth
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jan 25 01:47PM -0500

On 2016-01-25, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which chess piece captures in a different direction to that in which it otherwise moves?
 
Pawn
 
> 2 Following the split of Sudan, what is now the largest African country by area?
 
Sudan
 
> 3 In mathematics, which terms describes a positive integer that is equal to the sum of all its proper positive divisors?
 
Perfect number
 
> 4 Peggy' is a common diminutive of which female given name?
 
Margaret
 
> 5 Which British author (1903-1966) was, from 1929 to 1930, married to a woman with the same given name as him?
 
Evelyn Waugh
 
> 6 In 2006, Naypyidaw became the capital city of which south-east Asian country?
 
Myanmar
 
> 7 Along with his backing band 'The Range', who released the hit 1986 bluegrass album 'The Way It Is'?
> 8 Created in 1991, which annual awards for scientific research recognise achievements that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think'?
 
Ig Nobel prize
 
> 9 Which language has the most native speakers in the EU?
 
French
 
 
--
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bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jan 25 08:18PM

On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:46:04 -0800, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which chess piece captures in a different direction to that in
which
> it otherwise moves?
 
Pawn
 
> 2 Following the split of Sudan, what is now the largest African
country
> by area?
> 3 In mathematics, which terms describes a positive integer that is
equal
> to the sum of all its proper positive divisors?
 
Perfect
 
> 4 Peggy' is a common diminutive of which female given name?
 
Margaret
 
> 5 Which British author (1903-1966) was, from 1929 to 1930, married
to a
> woman with the same given name as him?
> 6 In 2006, Naypyidaw became the capital city of which south-east
Asian
> country?
> 7 Along with his backing band 'The Range', who released the hit 1986
> bluegrass album 'The Way It Is'?
 
Bruce Hornsby
 
> 8 Created in 1991, which annual awards for scientific research
recognise
> achievements that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think'?
 
The IgNobel Prize
 
> 9 Which language has the most native speakers in the EU?
 
German
 
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jan 25 08:18PM


> 1 Which chess piece captures in a different direction to that in which
> it otherwise moves?
 
Pawn
 
> 2 Following the split of Sudan, what is now the largest African
> country by area?
 
Nigeria?
 
> 3 In mathematics, which terms describes a positive integer that is
> equal to the sum of all its proper positive divisors?
 
Perfect
 
> 4 Peggy' is a common diminutive of which female given name?
 
Margaret
 
> 5 Which British author (1903-1966) was, from 1929 to 1930, married to
> a woman with the same given name as him?
 
Evelyn Waugh?
 
> 6 In 2006, Naypyidaw became the capital city of which south-east Asian
> country?
 
Nope
 
> 7 Along with his backing band 'The Range', who released the hit 1986
> bluegrass album 'The Way It Is'?
 
Bruce Hornsby
 
> 8 Created in 1991, which annual awards for scientific research
> recognise achievements that 'first make people laugh, and then make
> them think'?
 
Ignobel Prizes?
 
> 9 Which language has the most native speakers in the EU?
 
French??
 
> 10 Which Irish swimmer won three gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta
> Olympics before being banned for tampering with a urine sample?
 
Michelle Bruin???
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 25 11:25PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 Which chess piece captures in a different direction to that in
> which it otherwise moves?
 
Pawn
 
> 2 Following the split of Sudan, what is
> now the largest African country by area?
 
Algeria
 
> terms describes a positive integer that is equal to the sum of all its
> proper positive divisors?
> 4 Peggy' is a common diminutive of which female given name?
 
Elizabeth
 
> 5 Which British author (1903-1966) was, from
> 1929 to 1930, married to a woman with the same given name as him?
 
Evelyn Waugh
 
> 6 In 2006, Naypyidaw became the capital city of which south-east
> Asian country?
 
Myanmar
 
> 7 Along with his backing band 'The Range', who released
> the hit 1986 bluegrass album 'The Way It Is'?
 
Bruce Hornsby
 
> which annual awards for scientific research recognise achievements
> that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think'?
> 9 Which language has the most native speakers in the EU?
 
French
 
> being banned for tampering with a urine sample?
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 26 01:34AM -0600

In article <f4f9590c-948b-4857-9414-f718aa03e254@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says...
 
> 1 Which chess piece captures in a different direction to that in which it otherwise moves?
pawn
 
> 2 Following the split of Sudan, what is now the largest African country by area?
Nigeria
 
> 3 In mathematics, which terms describes a positive integer that is equal to the sum of all its proper positive divisors?
perfect number
 
> 4 Peggy' is a common diminutive of which female given name?
Margaret
 
> 5 Which British author (1903-1966) was, from 1929 to 1930, married to a woman with the same given name as him?
Evelyn Waugh
 
> 6 In 2006, Naypyidaw became the capital city of which south-east Asian country?
Burma
 
> 7 Along with his backing band 'The Range', who released the hit 1986 bluegrass album 'The Way It Is'?
> 8 Created in 1991, which annual awards for scientific research recognise achievements that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think'?
Ig Noble Prizes
 
> 9 Which language has the most native speakers in the EU?
German
 
 
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