Tuesday, April 19, 2016

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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 18 06:09PM -0700

1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
 
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 18 08:17PM -0700

Calvin wrote:
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
 
Burton-upon-Trent
 
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
 
Egypt
 
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the official distance of a location from that city?
 
city hall
 
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
 
Barry Goldwater
 
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
 
rock paper scissors
 
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which humanitarian organization?
 
Red Cross
 
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
 
Belarus ??
 
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
 
5
 
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
 
Joseph Conrad
 
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but without any commitment to action?
 
white
 
 
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Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 18 11:58PM -0500

"Calvin":
> 1 Trent Bridge cricket ground is located in which English city?
 
Nottingham, I suppose. (I was born there.)
 
> 2 Lake Nasser is predominantly located in which African country?
 
Egypt.
 
> 3 Traditionally, which city landmark is used to measure the
> official distance of a location from that city?
 
City Hall.
 
> 4 Which 1964 US Presidential election candidate used the
> campaign slogan "vote for AuH20"?
 
Goldwater.
 
> 5 "Bunny, carrot, gun" is an alternate version of which classic game?
 
Rock-paper-scissors.
 
> 6 In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American arm of which
> humanitarian organization?
 
Red Cross.
 
> 7 Grigor Dimitrov is the only male player from which European
> country to have won an ATP singles tennis tournament?
 
Belarus?
 
> 8 How many dice are used in a standard game of Yahtzee?
 
5.
 
> 9 In 1907, who became the first British writer to win the
> Nobel Prize for Literature?
 
Kipling?
 
> 10 What colour is traditionally assigned to a government
> paper listing policy proposals for debate and discussion but
> without any commitment to action?
 
Green.
--
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 19 03:40AM


> 1. Give the manufacturer for 1 point and the model name for 3.
 
Boeing Starliner
 
> 3. Give its common name in English.
 
aster
 
> 4. Who is this? 1 point each, up to a maximum of 3, for the first
> and last names of the character and the actress; 1 point for
> the title of the 1951 movie.
 
A Star is Born
 
> 5. What is it?
 
astrolabe
 
> 6. What title has been blanked out?
 
Stern
 
> system, the other to a type of hypocycloid curve. Give either
> word for 3 points, or both (in the order indicated) for 4.
> Exact spelling required.
 
asteroid, asteroil
 
> her friends would use in conversation will do for 1 point;
> for the full 2 points give either a longer form of this name
> or else her original first and last name before she was a Borg.)
 
Seven of Nine
 
> 9. What invertebrate sea creature commonly has 5 arms? Give its
> common name in English.
 
starfish
 
 
> "'People'? I ain't 'people'! I am a shimmering, glowing..."
 
> (There are 10 more words, and you need to get most of them right
> for the full 4 points, but the next word alone is worth 1 point.)
 
star
 
> investigations led to the charges is now a president himself
> -- president and chancellor of Baylor University. Who is he?
> 1 point for the first name, 3 for the surname.
 
Kenneth Starr
 
> what real-life newspaper? Give either its present name or its
> name at the time. 1 point for the city, 3 points for the rest
> of the name.
 
Chicago Sun-Times
 
> Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, whose
> ideas were featured in the story. Name the movie for 3 points
> and the professor for 1.
 
Interstellar
 
> simulate the appearance that it has widespread popular support.
> For example, they might post messages on computerized media
> using many different false identities.
 
astroturfing
 
> 15. The Jetsons' dog.
 
Astro
 
> 16. Catastrophe.
 
disaster
 
> 17. *
 
asterisk
 
> 18. (Tiebreaker.) Explain in complete detail the etymology behind
> answer #14.
 
Widespread popular support is often called "grassroots" support.
Astroturf is a brand of artificial grass used in stadiums which many
people dislike. It is therefore applied to attempts to fake support
to convey the artificial nature of the support and the distate felt
for it.
 
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Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 18 04:24PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
 
> 1. This American actor was born in 1959 and starred as Batman in
> "Batman Forever", as Jim Morrison in "The Doors", and as Doc
> Holliday in "Tombstone".
 
Christian Bale
 
 
> 2. This actor born in 1954 has starred in movies such as "Rush
> Hour", "Shanghai Knights", and "Around the World in 80 Days".
 
Jackie Chan
 
> single "The Beautiful People".
 
> 4. This singer was born Vincent Furnier in 1948 and released his
> first solo album "Welcome to My Nightmare" in 1975.
 
Alice Cooper
 
> "The Third Man" and "Oliver!"
 
> 6. This actor-director was born in 1956 and has directed movies
> such as "The Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto".
 
Mel Gibson
 
 
> 7. This Canadian-American actor lived 1926-2010 and starred in
> movies such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Airplane!"
 
Leslie Nielsen
 
 
> 8. This American musician played guitar in Fleetwood Mac, and
> wrote and performed "Holiday Road", the theme song to the movie
> "National Lampoon's Vacation".
 
Lindsay Buckingham
 
 
> 9. This American actor and comedian has done impressions of
> George Bush Sr. on "Saturday Night Live", and starred as Garth in
> "Wayne's World".
 
Dana Carvey
 
> "Saturday Night Live" before he moved to "30 Rock", and last year
> was involved in a fatal motor vehicle incident. Fortunately,
> he survived.
 
Tracy Morgan
 
> so formed.
 
> 1. Element #92, change the last 3 letters to US, make the name of
> a planet.
 
Uranus
 
 
> 2. Element #22, change the last 2 letters to C, make the name of
> the 1997 movie that won the Best Picture Oscar.
 
Titanic
 
> number #86.
 
> 5. Squeezed in between those is element #87. Change the last 3
> letters to E, make the name of a country.
 
France
 
> this game already. (Hope you were listening.)
 
> 8. Element #18, change the last letter to S, make the nickname of
> one of Toronto's professional sports teams.
 
Argon
 
 
> 9. Element #33, change the last 2 letters to AL, make the name of
> a Premier League soccer team.
 
Arsenal
 
 
> 10. Element #79, change the last letter to F, make the name of a
> sport played by approximately 5,000,000 Canadians last year.
 
Pete Gayde
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 19 02:30AM


> 1. This American actor was born in 1959 and starred as Batman in
> "Batman Forever", as Jim Morrison in "The Doors", and as Doc
> Holliday in "Tombstone".
 
Val Kilmer
 
> 2. This actor born in 1954 has starred in movies such as "Rush
> Hour", "Shanghai Knights", and "Around the World in 80 Days".
 
Jackie Chan
 
> 4. This singer was born Vincent Furnier in 1948 and released his
> first solo album "Welcome to My Nightmare" in 1975.
 
Alice Cooper
 
> 6. This actor-director was born in 1956 and has directed movies
> such as "The Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto".
 
Mel Gibson
 
> 7. This Canadian-American actor lived 1926-2010 and starred in
> movies such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Airplane!"
 
Leslie Nielsen
 
> 8. This American musician played guitar in Fleetwood Mac, and
> wrote and performed "Holiday Road", the theme song to the movie
> "National Lampoon's Vacation".
 
Lindsey Buckingham
 
> 9. This American actor and comedian has done impressions of
> George Bush Sr. on "Saturday Night Live", and starred as Garth in
> "Wayne's World".
 
Dana Carvey
 
> "Saturday Night Live" before he moved to "30 Rock", and last year
> was involved in a fatal motor vehicle incident. Fortunately,
> he survived.
 
Tracy Jordan
 
> * Game 8, Round 8 - Science - Replacing Letters of Elements
 
> 1. Element #92, change the last 3 letters to US, make the name of
> a planet.
 
uranium
 
> 2. Element #22, change the last 2 letters to C, make the name of
> the 1997 movie that won the Best Picture Oscar.
 
titanium
 
> 3. Element #8, remove the last 4 letters, make the name of an
> animal.
 
oxygen
 
> 4. Element #88, change the last 3 letters to ON, make element
> number #86.
 
radium
 
> 5. Squeezed in between those is element #87. Change the last 3
> letters to E, make the name of a country.
 
francium
 
> 6. Element #5, change the last 2 letters to AT, make the name of
> a fictional journalist.
 
boron
 
> 8. Element #18, change the last letter to S, make the nickname of
> one of Toronto's professional sports teams.
 
argon
 
> 9. Element #33, change the last 2 letters to AL, make the name of
> a Premier League soccer team.
 
arsenic
 
> 10. Element #79, change the last letter to F, make the name of a
> sport played by approximately 5,000,000 Canadians last year.
 
gold
 
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 18 06:06PM -0700

On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 8:54:49 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which fashion faux pas does the acronym VPL stand for?
 
Visible Panty Line
 
> 2 How long does each half of a standard field hockey match last?
 
35 minutes
 
> 3 Who has won a record 4 Best Actress Oscars?
 
Katherine Hepburn
 
> 4 What is the given name of Frodo Baggins' uncle?
 
Bilbo
 
> 5 Which British band has had Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins as lead singers?
 
Genesis
 
> 6 In bingo, which number is nicknamed 'two little ducks'?
 
22
 
> 7 Artist Marc Chegal was born in what is now Belarus in 1887, but died in 1985 in which European country?
 
France
And it's "Chagall" as several posters pointed out.
 
> 8 From which plant is linseed oil obtained?
 
Flax
 
> 9 Who played the title role in the 1996 film "Independence Day"?
 
I guess that was meant to read "lead role" sinc ethe expected answer was Will Smith. Apologies, and a point for everyone.
 
> 10 In which Asian nation is the capital city, quite literally, the City of Islam?
 
Pakistan
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 435
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 66 Aren Ess
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 74 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 74 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 74 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 66 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 68 Chris Johnson
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 53 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 42 Dan Tilque
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 36 Bruce Bowler
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 38 Erland S
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 38 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 1 7 8 10 8 8 7 11 9 75 68%
 
 
Congratulations Aren.
 
cheers,
calvin
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