- RQ215: this ... is ... jeopardy! - 10 Updates
- QFTCIBSI Game 6, Rounds 9-10: EuroLit, Johnson - 2 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 27 11:15PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: >> 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address > There isn't one. The Prime Minister of the UK lives at 10 Downing St., > London, doesn't he? Since you're being nitpicky about it, 10 Downing St. is actually the address of the First Lord of the Treasury. It happens that that's always the PM, but if they ever decided to give the titles to two different people, the PM would have to find somewhere else to live. -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 27 11:28PM -0700 Peter Smyth wrote: > swp wrote: >> 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address > 11 Downing Street (not 10!) Nope. The Second Lord of the Treasury, who is also Chancellor of the Exchequer, lives at 11 Downing. -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Mar 28 12:19PM Dan Tilque wrote: > > 11 Downing Street (not 10!) > Nope. The Second Lord of the Treasury, who is also Chancellor of the > Exchequer, lives at 11 Downing. Traditionally that was the case, but currently David Cameron lives at 11 Downing Street (with Chancellor George Osborne at 10) as 11 is larger and Cameron has a larger family. Peter Smyth |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 28 08:30AM -0500 In article <726e0fb7-3375-498e-a49c-18587d4a3aca@googlegroups.com>, Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com says... > Correct answers are worth 1 point each. > Have fun! > 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles? Paul and John > 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in ghent, belgium. dogs > 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg & andorra euro > 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address 10 Downing Street > 5. feathered friend who lives at 123 1/2 sesame street Big Bird > 6. boxer whose life was portrayed in "somebody up there likes me" > 7. patti page hit that is the official song of a southern state Tennesee Waltz > 8. poe's tale of torture in a spanish castle The Cask of Amontillado > 9. found in rye bread, these seeds are also the flavoring of kummel liqueur caraway > 10. breeches cut full above the knee that are used for horseback riding jodhpurs > 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god Saturday > 12. helping to found it in 1957, martin luther king, jr. headed this civil rights group until his death > 13. clyde barrow's female crime partner (first and last name, please) Bonnie -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 28 02:04PM -0500 Stephen Perry: >>> 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address Mark Brader: >> There isn't one. The Prime Minister of the UK lives at 10 Downing St., >> London, doesn't he? Dan Tilque: > address of the First Lord of the Treasury. It happens that that's always > the PM, but if they ever decided to give the titles to two different > people, the PM would have to find somewhere else to live. In the same spirit... So what? He's asking where Cameron lives, not where some future PM who is not First Lord etc. might live. -- Mark Brader ...the scariest words of the afternoon: Toronto "Hey, don't worry, I've read all about msb@vex.net doing this sort of thing!" -- Vernor Vinge My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 28 02:15PM -0500 Peter Smyth: > Traditionally that was the case, but currently David Cameron lives at > 11 Downing Street (with Chancellor George Osborne at 10) as 11 is > larger and Cameron has a larger family. Oh my! If that is the case, I stand corrected as to my nitpick a few minutes ago, and agree that 10 Downing St. should be scored as wrong. -- Mark Brader | The only trouble was, no despot had the resources to plan msb@vex.net | every detail in his society's behavior. Not even planet- Toronto | wrecker bombs had as dire a reputation for eliminating | civilizations. --Vernor Vinge, "A Deepness in the Sky" |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 28 02:15PM -0500 Mark Brader: > In the same spirit... So what? He's asking where Cameron lives... But see the other subthread. -- Mark Brader | "I could be wrong." Toronto | "Have you ever said that and actually meant it?" msb@vex.net | "No." --Willie Reale, "Blue Bloods" |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 28 11:03PM +0200 > Oh my! If that is the case, I stand corrected as to my nitpick a few > minutes ago, and agree that 10 Downing St. should be scored as wrong. One of these question where you ask yourself "Did the quizmaster know"? Well, I walked in to the trap myself. I did not even see the incorrect use of England. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 28 03:50PM -0700 On Monday, March 28, 2016 at 4:12:04 AM UTC+10, swp wrote: > 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles? Paul and Ringo > 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in ghent, belgium. What are police dogs? > 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg & andorra What is the euro? > 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street address What is 10 Downing St? > 5. feathered friend who lives at 123 1/2 sesame street Who is Big Bird? > 6. boxer whose life was portrayed in "somebody up there likes me" Who is Rocky Gattalari? > 7. patti page hit that is the official song of a southern state What is Georgia on my mind? > 8. poe's tale of torture in a spanish castle What is the Rue Morgue? > 9. found in rye bread, these seeds are also the flavoring of kummel liqueur What is cummin? > 10. breeches cut full above the knee that are used for horseback riding What are jodhpurs? > 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god What is Saturday? > 12. helping to found it in 1957, martin luther king, jr. headed this civil rights group until his death > 13. clyde barrow's female crime partner (first and last name, please) Who was Bonnie Parker? > 14. hollandaise seasoned with chervil, shallots & tarragon becomes this sauce named for region of southwestern france What is Lyonnaise? > 15. jimmy durante would yell it to bring a song to a grinding & funny halt cheers, calvin |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Mar 28 04:23PM -0700 On Monday, March 28, 2016 at 5:03:34 PM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > use of England. > -- > Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se yes, he knew. no, he didn't mean for this to be tricky. maybe he should have asked for it in the form of a question after all. swp |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Mar 28 09:35PM +0200 On 2016-03-27 04:20, Mark Brader wrote: > living through World War II in the body of a child. The book > is named for Oskar's prized possession, which has to be replaced > several times over the course of the novel. Name the novel. Die Blechtrommel > Italy in 1957 for publication. He won the 1958 Nobel Prize for > Literature, but was unable to leave his country to accept it. > Name the author. Solchenitzyn? > was adapted (loosely) into a 1988 movie starring Jeremy Irons, > Juliette Binoche, and Lena Olin. Name either the Czech author > or that novel. hmm, Varats olidliga lätthet. Must translate to something like: The unbearable ease of being ? > drug test for cocaine -- as well as his association with > Paulina Gretzky, his fiancee and mother to his son Tatum. > Name the Johnson! Don Johnson (or was that Miami vice ) > who took over lead singer duties of AC/DC from Bon Scott, > following Scott's untimely death in 1980. Which Johnson > is it? Brian Johnson > D1. Andrew Johnson, the 17th American President, served between > two other more famous presidents, who were hugely significant > figures in the US Civil War. Name *both* of these two men. ? and Abraham Lincoln > at the 1988 Summer Olympics. This record lasted all of > 3 days, until Johnson was disqualified over steroid use. > What city hosted this infamous race? Seoul, South Korea > In 2012, the FDA approved Sirturo (bedaquiline) -- the > first new medicine in the previous 40 years to fight *what > infectious disease*? Malaria ? -- -- Björn |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 28 03:44PM -0700 On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 12:20:01 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > "The Guermantes Way", "Sodom & Gomorrah", "The Prisoner", "The > Fugitive", and "Time Regained". These are the 7 volumes of > which early 20th century novel, one of the longest ever written? Remembrance of Times Past > Italy in 1957 for publication. He won the 1958 Nobel Prize for > Literature, but was unable to leave his country to accept it. > Name the author. Remarque > character, a flamboyant older man. The 1964 movie adaptation > received 7 Academy Award nominations, including one for Anthony > Quinn as the title character. Name the novel. Zorba the Greek > drug test for cocaine -- as well as his association with > Paulina Gretzky, his fiancee and mother to his son Tatum. > Name the Johnson! Zac Johnson > biggest are the 2007 Masters and, most recently, the 2015 > British Open title that he won in a 3-way playoff. Who is > this Johnson? Zac Johnson > who took over lead singer duties of AC/DC from Bon Scott, > following Scott's untimely death in 1980. Which Johnson > is it? Brian Johnson > is perhaps even more famous as the subject of a biography > by James Boswell that is widely considered the greatest > English-language biography ever. Name this Johnson. Samuel Johnson > D1. Andrew Johnson, the 17th American President, served between > two other more famous presidents, who were hugely significant > figures in the US Civil War. Name *both* of these two men. Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant > at the 1988 Summer Olympics. This record lasted all of > 3 days, until Johnson was disqualified over steroid use. > What city hosted this infamous race? Seoul > In 2012, the FDA approved Sirturo (bedaquiline) -- the > first new medicine in the previous 40 years to fight *what > infectious disease*? Measles, Mumps > 31,000,000 bottles of Tylenol capsules after 7 individuals > in the Chicago area died following ingesting pills that > had been laced with *what toxic substance*? Arsenic, Cyanide cheers, calvin johnson |
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