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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 14 07:01PM -0800 1 How many separate scoring areas are there on a standard dartboard? 2 Which construction includes the sections Badaling, Juyongguan Pass, Simatai and Arrow Nock, among others? 3 The word 'salary' originally referred to a Roman soldier's allowance for the purchase of which commodity? 4 Nicknamed 'DSK', which French International Monetary Fund official was indicted on a charge of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York in 2011? The criminal charges were subsequently dropped. All 3 names required! 5 There are countless variations, but it is generally based on cabbage, radish or cucumber. Which fermented dish is the national dish of Korea? 6 What is the signature item of the English clothing manufacturer Lee Cooper? 7 Popular in Mexico, what is the bright container (often in the shape of a donkey) that children smash with sticks to reveal the sweets inside? 8 RSC Anderlecht is a top division football (soccer) club in which European country? 9 Which American city is colloquially known as 'The Big Easy'? 10 Giallo is the Italian word for which colour? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 14 10:35PM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 How many separate scoring areas are there on a standard dartboard? 82. > 2 Which construction includes the sections Badaling, Juyongguan > Pass, Simatai and Arrow Nock, among others? Great Wall of China? > 3 The word 'salary' originally referred to a Roman soldier's > allowance for the purchase of which commodity? Salt. > official was indicted on a charge of sexually assaulting a hotel > maid in New York in 2011? The criminal charges were subsequently > dropped. All 3 names required! Dominique Strauss-Kahn. > 5 There are countless variations, but it is generally based on > cabbage, radish or cucumber. Which fermented dish is the national > dish of Korea? Kimchi. > 6 What is the signature item of the English clothing manufacturer > Lee Cooper? No idea. Suits? > 7 Popular in Mexico, what is the bright container (often in the > shape of a donkey) that children smash with sticks to reveal the > sweets inside? Piñata. > 8 RSC Anderlecht is a top division football (soccer) club in > which European country? Netherlands? > 9 Which American city is colloquially known as 'The Big Easy'? New Orleans. > 10 Giallo is the Italian word for which colour? Gotta be yellow. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Abel was I ere I saw non-Abelian groups" msb@vex.net | --Roland Hutchinson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 15 08:25AM > 1 How many separate scoring areas are there on a standard dartboard? 82 > 2 Which construction includes the sections Badaling, Juyongguan > Pass, Simatai and Arrow Nock, among others? Chinese Wall > 3 The word 'salary' originally referred to a Roman soldier's > allowance for the purchase of which commodity? Salt > was indicted on a charge of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York > in 2011? The criminal charges were subsequently dropped. All 3 names > required! Dominuqe Strauss-Kahn > 5 There are countless variations, but it is generally based on > cabbage, radish or cucumber. Which fermented dish is the national dish > of Korea? Kimchi > 6 What is the signature item of the English clothing manufacturer > Lee Cooper? Jeans > 8 RSC Anderlecht is a top division football (soccer) club in which > European country? Belgium > 9 Which American city is colloquially known as 'The Big Easy'? New Orleans > 10 Giallo is the Italian word for which colour? Yellow -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 15 10:23AM +0100 On 2016-02-15 04:01, Calvin wrote: > 1 How many separate scoring areas are there on a standard dartboard? 82 > 2 Which construction includes the sections Badaling, Juyongguan Pass, Simatai and Arrow Nock, among others? > 3 The word 'salary' originally referred to a Roman soldier's allowance for the purchase of which commodity? Salt > 5 There are countless variations, but it is generally based on cabbage, radish or cucumber. Which fermented dish is the national dish of Korea? > 6 What is the signature item of the English clothing manufacturer Lee Cooper? > 7 Popular in Mexico, what is the bright container (often in the shape of a donkey) that children smash with sticks to reveal the sweets inside? Pinata > 8 RSC Anderlecht is a top division football (soccer) club in which European country? Belgium > 9 Which American city is colloquially known as 'The Big Easy'? > 10 Giallo is the Italian word for which colour? Yellow -- -- Björn |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 14 09:28PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:2fGdnZc5taxgNCLLnZ2dnUU7- > thus entered World War I. When was the state of war between the > two countries officially ended, as they exchanged ratifications > of a treaty between them "restoring friendly relations"? 1919-06-01 Pete |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 14 04:15PM -0800 On Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 8:11:09 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > thus entered World War I. When was the state of war between the > two countries officially ended, as they exchanged ratifications > of a treaty between them "restoring friendly relations"? 1919-05-05 Could have been years later for all I know. cheers, calvin |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 15 05:42AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:2fGdnZc5taxgNCLLnZ2dnUU7- > thus entered World War I. When was the state of war between the > two countries officially ended, as they exchanged ratifications > of a treaty between them "restoring friendly relations"? 1919-06-01 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 14 06:57PM -0800 On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 11:40:12 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which given name was shared by composers Rachmaninov and Prokofiev? Sergei > 2 Perry is an alcoholic drink similar to cider, made not from apples but from which fruit? Pears > 3 Which Anglo-Irish statesman [1729-1797] first said 'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.'? Edmund Burke I'm surprised no one even guessed this. There aren't that many quiz-worthy Irish statesmen. > 4 Carly Simon's 1977 hit 'Nobody Does It Better' was the theme to which James Bond movie? The Spy Who Loved Me > 5 The decompression sickness 'the bends' is caused by gas bubbles of which element? Nitrogen > 6 According to the title of a Shakespeare play, what is the collective term for a group of mistakes? A Comedy [of Errors] > 7 Oolong is a variety of which beverage? Tea > 8 The country music radio program 'The Grand Ole Opry' has been broadcast since 1925 from which American city? Nashville > 9 Including 2 micro-states, Italy shares land borders with how many countries? 6 (FRA, SUI, AUT, SVN, SNM, VAT) > 10 In 2012 the New Jersey Nets NBA team relocated to which New York borough? Brooklyn Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 425 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 60 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 60 Aren Ess 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 55 Peter Smyth 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 56 Mark Brader 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 47 Pete Gayde 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 50 Bruce Bowler 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 45 Dan Tilque 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 27 Erland S 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 Bjorn Lundin - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 8 0 4 8 7 8 7 5 7 60 67% Congratulations Marc and Aren. cheers, calvin |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 14 10:29PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:R4Gdnb_OKav3PyPLnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Which Southern Hemisphere country with a population of just over > 4 million won the very first Rugby World Cup in 1987 and also > won the most recent Rugby World Cup in 2011? New Zealand > Hemisphere country to have won. This country won in 2003 and > is hosting the current World Cup. This country also won the > 1966 World Cup in soccer. England > 3. How many players are there on the field for each team in a game > of rugby union? Hint: the number is *not* prime. 15 > Ellis Trophy, named after William Webb Ellis, who according to > legend first picked up a football and ran with it while he was > a student at which English public school? Rugby > 5. Which team at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, captained by Paul > O'Connell, is representing two different countries? Ireland > 6. Which country's rugby team is known as the Cherry Blossoms > (or the Brave Blossoms) and beat South Africa two weeks ago in > what some called the greatest Rugby World Cup upset of all time? Japan > Only 16 people of the 45 on board survived the crash, but the > survivors had to eat the dead after rations ran out. What is > the one-word title of the 1993 movie based on these events? Survival > 8. What is the one-word title of the 2009 movie starring Matt Damon > as the captain of the 1995 World Cup winning South African team, > Francois Pienaar? Invictus > Nhfgenyvn, Arj Mrnynaq, naq Fbhgu Nsevpn. Juvpu sbhegu pbhagel > wbvarq gur pbzcrgvgvba va 2012? Guvf pbhagel unf arire jba > gur Ehtol Jbeyq Phc, ohg vg unf jba gur fbppre Jbeyq Phc gjvpr. Argentina > pbzcrgvgvba. Fvk Abegurea Urzvfcurer angvbaf pbzcrgr va gur > Fvk Angvbaf pbzcrgvgvba. Sbhe bs gur pbhagevrf ner Ratynaq, > Fpbgynaq, Jnyrf, naq Verynaq. Anzr rvgure bs gur bgure gjb. France > * Game 3, Round 6 - Geography - Tallest Structures > 1. Name the structure that held the record for the tallest structure > in the world for 3,871 years. Great Pyramid of Giza > the record for the tallest structure in the world, but only for > 5 years. Even today, though, it is still the tallest structure > in the city where it is located. Eiffel tower > 3. Name the London building that, at just over 1,000 feet tall, > is currently the tallest building in Western Europe. "Glass shard" > 1930 and held the record for the tallest structure in the world > for only for a year before another one, less than a mile away, > took the record. Name the 1930 structure. Chrysler building > name the structure that is the tallest tower in the world and > the second-tallest structure of any kind in Asia: it is a > neofuturistic broadcast, restaurant, and observation tower. Shanghai tower > 6. Name the building 136 m high that is the tallest structure in > the world's smallest country (by area). St Peter's church > 7. Name the tallest structure in Taiwan. Hint: it sounds like an > introductory college course about highly-strung personalities. Taipei Tower > tallest building in Barcelona (not counting power plant > chimneys and communication towers). What is it? Its name is > almost identical in Catalan and Spanish; give either version. Nou Camp stadium > in April 2013. It is called the Kingdom Tower and it will have > a height of 1,008 m when completed in 2018. In which country > will you find this building? Dubai; Saudi Arabia Pete |
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