- QFTCI5GNM15 Final, Round 8: Sports & Leisure - 5 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #206: 2016 - 1 Update
| gwowen@gmail.com: Jan 07 04:07AM -0800 On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 11:56:40 PM UTC, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Final, Round 8 - Sports & Leisure > * Unusual Hobbies > 1. What is the name given to the hobby of catching fish barehanded? I've just remembered this - is it "Noodling"? |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 07 02:24PM +0100 On 2016-01-07 00:56, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Final, Round 8 - Sports & Leisure > * Unusual Hobbies > 1. What is the name given to the hobby of catching fish barehanded? Stone age fishing. Or should be. > 2. This outdoor hobby requires a GPS device. Participants hide > and/or seek out containers anywhere in the world. What is the > hobby called? Geo-caching > 7. ...the Golden Bear? > 8. ...Super Mex? > 9. ...the Great White Shark? Greg Norman > included in the Olympics. It is on the short list for inclusion > in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, though. In 2003, Forbes > magazine rated it as the #1 healthiest sport to play. Name it. Tennis ;Squash > both been Olympic events, a third version of polo has never been > included in the Olympics. It is popular in Nepal, Thailand, > Sri Lanka, and parts of India. *Which animal* is it played on? Elephant ? -- -- Björn |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jan 07 02:28PM On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:56:39 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Final, Round 8 - Sports & Leisure > * Unusual Hobbies > 1. What is the name given to the hobby of catching fish barehanded? Noodling > 2. This outdoor hobby requires a GPS device. Participants hide > and/or seek out containers anywhere in the world. What is the hobby > called? Geo-caching > more than the highest active player on the list. He played most of > this career for Oakland and was a member of Toronto's 1993 > championship team. Henderson > and over 3,000 more than the highest active player on the list. He > started his career with the New York Mets and went on to pitch for > the California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. Nolan Ryan > 6. Name the New York Yankee who set the record for the most > consecutive games with a hit when he hit in 56 straight games in > 1941. Joe DiMaggio > * Pro Golfers' Nicknames > Which golfer (or retired golfer) is nicknamed... > 7. ...the Golden Bear? Jack Nicholas > 8. ...Super Mex? > 9. ...the Great White Shark? Greg Norman? > contest (Y) in alternating rounds. A full match runs for 11 rounds: > six 4-minute rounds of X, and five 3-minute rounds of Y. Name the > hybrid sport (X-Y). Chess-boxing > included in the Olympics. It is on the short list for inclusion in > the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, though. In 2003, Forbes magazine > rated it as the #1 healthiest sport to play. Name it. Pickle ball > both been Olympic events, a third version of polo has never been > included in the Olympics. It is popular in Nepal, Thailand, > Sri Lanka, and parts of India. *Which animal* is it played on? Elephants > 14. Nicknamed the Minister of Defense, this defensive end won his > first Defensive Player of the Year award with Philadelphia in 1987, > and his second one 11 years later with the Green Bay Packers. Reggie White > 15. This Houston Texans defensive end has only been in the NFL > for 4 seasons, but he has already won two Defensive Player of the > Year awards, in 2012 and 2014. JJ Watt |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jan 07 06:17PM Mark Brader wrote: > ** Final, Round 8 - Sports & Leisure > * Unusual Hobbies > 1. What is the name given to the hobby of catching fish barehanded? Tickling > 2. This outdoor hobby requires a GPS device. Participants hide > and/or seek out containers anywhere in the world. What is the > hobby called? Geocaching > but tradition holds that it was begun by an English king who > tossed sovereigns across the Thames. Give either the common > American name or the common British name of this hobby. Skimming stones > 1,000 more than the highest active player on the list. He played > most of this career for Oakland and was a member of Toronto's > 1993 championship team. Ricky Henderson > and over 3,000 more than the highest active player on the list. > He started his career with the New York Mets and went on to pitch > for the California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. Roger Clemens > 6. Name the New York Yankee who set the record for the most > consecutive games with a hit when he hit in 56 straight games > in 1941. Pete Rose > * Pro Golfers' Nicknames > Which golfer (or retired golfer) is nicknamed... > 7. ...the Golden Bear? Jack Nicklaus > 8. ...Super Mex? Lee Trevino > 9. ...the Great White Shark? Greg Norman > contest (Y) in alternating rounds. A full match runs for > 11 rounds: six 4-minute rounds of X, and five 3-minute > rounds of Y. Name the hybrid sport (X-Y). Chess-boxing > included in the Olympics. It is on the short list for inclusion > in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, though. In 2003, Forbes > magazine rated it as the #1 healthiest sport to play. Name it. Squash > both been Olympic events, a third version of polo has never been > included in the Olympics. It is popular in Nepal, Thailand, > Sri Lanka, and parts of India. *Which animal* is it played on? Elephants > 15. This Houston Texans defensive end has only been in the NFL > for 4 seasons, but he has already won two Defensive Player of > the Year awards, in 2012 and 2014. Peter Smyth |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 07 07:08PM -0800 On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 9:56:40 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. This outdoor hobby requires a GPS device. Participants hide > and/or seek out containers anywhere in the world. What is the > hobby called? Seeking asylum? :-) > but tradition holds that it was begun by an English king who > tossed sovereigns across the Thames. Give either the common > American name or the common British name of this hobby. Shove halfpenny? > 1,000 more than the highest active player on the list. He played > most of this career for Oakland and was a member of Toronto's > 1993 championship team. Mays > and over 3,000 more than the highest active player on the list. > He started his career with the New York Mets and went on to pitch > for the California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. Ryan > 6. Name the New York Yankee who set the record for the most > consecutive games with a hit when he hit in 56 straight games > in 1941. Di Maggio > * Pro Golfers' Nicknames > Which golfer (or retired golfer) is nicknamed... > 7. ...the Golden Bear? Nicklaus > 8. ...Super Mex? Trevino > 9. ...the Great White Shark? Norman > contest (Y) in alternating rounds. A full match runs for > 11 rounds: six 4-minute rounds of X, and five 3-minute > rounds of Y. Name the hybrid sport (X-Y). Chess Boxing Win by checkmate or KO! > included in the Olympics. It is on the short list for inclusion > in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, though. In 2003, Forbes > magazine rated it as the #1 healthiest sport to play. Name it. Squash > both been Olympic events, a third version of polo has never been > included in the Olympics. It is popular in Nepal, Thailand, > Sri Lanka, and parts of India. *Which animal* is it played on? Elephant > 13. This New York Giants linebacker was Defensive Player of the > Year in 1981 and 1982. In 1986 he became only the second > defensive player to win the NFL's Most Valuable Player award. Taylor > first Defensive Player of the Year award with Philadelphia > in 1987, and his second one 11 years later with the Green > Bay Packers. White > 15. This Houston Texans defensive end has only been in the NFL > for 4 seasons, but he has already won two Defensive Player of > the Year awards, in 2012 and 2014. Johnson cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 07 06:57PM -0800 On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 2:45:09 PM UTC+10, Dan Blum wrote: > destructive: Somme and Verdun. One of the Somme offensives, the Battle > of Flers-Courcelette (September 15-22) saw the first use of what in > the war? Tanks > interest happened in 1116, so... in March Pancho Villa led a raid into > New Mexico. The US retaliated by invading Mexico with several cavalry > regiments under whose command? Pershing > 3. In February of 1816 the Teatro Argentina saw the debut of this > opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini. It was based on a play by Pierre > Beaumarchais. The Barber of Seville > it was controversial in the UK so she did not have much success, and > it fell entirely out of favor later in the century when a safer > version became widely known. Inoculation > pension which effectively made him England's first poet laureate, > although the first official poet laureate was appointed some years > later. Marlowe > England's sons. However, it was her second marriage that made her and > her family important. With her second husband, Richard <answer 6> she > had fourteen children including Elizabeth <answer 6>, Woodville. Is that the question? > 8. In 1316 Marjorie Bruce, the oldest daughter of Robert the Bruce, > died due to a fall from a horse. She was pregnant and her son > survived, eventually becoming the first king of which royal house? Stuart > 9. In 1216 Pope Honorius III gave the initial approval to the Order of > Preachers. What is the order more commonly known as? Knights Templar > ended with Edmund in control only of Wessex. Edmund died in November > and <answer 10> became king of all England (later he also became king > of Denmark and Norway). Canute cheers, calvin |
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