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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 27 02:55PM -0700 On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 4:10:53 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > General Post Office > > No one got this! > No, I gave the correct answer, city hall. It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 27 05:31PM -0500 "Calvin": > It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim. I did: at least one other entrant gave that answer. Here's the first hit on a search for "mileage" and "to city hall": http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-361663.html -- Mark Brader | "...'consulted' the public, using 'consulted' with Toronto | the special meaning of 'told them what I think'." msb@vex.net | --Cheryl Perkins |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Apr 27 10:41PM Calvin wrote: > It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim. > cheers, > calvin The Wikipedia article you provided lists 37 countries and only 3 of them mention using a post office to measure distances. As you did not specify a particular country, there are dozens of answers that could be considered correct. Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 28 08:44AM +0200 > "Calvin": >> It is customary to cite some evidence in support of such a claim. > I did: at least one other entrant gave that answer. Quite a few, as I recall, including your truly. (Well, I said "town hall".) Not that I claim any knowledge, but let's apply some logic: I would assume that having a point zero is a fairly old thing - quite a bit older than having a central post office. Town halls, on the other hand, have also been around for a long time. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 27 11:18PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Now she and her man who called himself Dan > Were in the next room at the hoe down > [next word] Rocky > As I throw each one of you a kiss > This is my kind of town > [next word] Chicago > 1. The artwork on the card "Orcish Settlers" is a parody of *which > 1930 regionalist painting*? Unlike in the image, the original > painting depicts a house that *isn't* on fire. American Gothic by Grant Wood > *which children's story*? The fact that they all transform > into werewolves may help indicate the fourth main character of > the story. Little Red Riding Hood > American folklore? The name of this animal refers to its status > as a hybrid that possesses the horns of an African ungulate > and the body of a lagomorph. jackalope (and the ungulate antlers usually mounted on jackrabbits to make jackalopes are those of the pronghorn, an American animal) > event where the witch Circe turns *which character's* men > into pigs? This character's 10-year journey home to Ithaca > from the Trojan War is the subject of a Greek epic. Odysseus > but it depicts *which man*, the first real-life person to appear > on a card? He won a Nobel Prize in 1921 for his discovery of > the photoelectric effect. Einstein > 6. This shows a "Magic"al depiction of a kami, a deity worshipped > in *which religion*? Shinto ?? > 8. This card, "Borrowing 100,000 Arrows", depicts an event in > "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", one of *which country's* > four classical novels? China > 9. This shows three cards that depict sites in the real world. > Name the present-day country where *any one* of them is located. Japan > 10. This shows a humorous take on "Magic: The Gathering cards". > Name *all three words* that have been censored in the names of > these cards. rock paper scissors -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 27 04:40AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments? mews > 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song? > 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer? > 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker? 3 > 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country? Portugal > 6 Where in the human body is the macula located? eye > 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory? Fred Hoyle > 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear? The Muppet Show > 9 What are the three secondary colours? magenta, cyan, yellow (although this depends on whether you mean the additive or subtractive colors. I gave the answer for the additive colors.) -- Dan Tilque |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Apr 27 03:05PM +0200 On 2016-04-27 08:00, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments? > 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song? Summer of 69 > 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer? Bernard Langer > 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker? 21 > 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country? Portugal ? -- -- Björn |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Apr 27 01:14PM On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:00:18 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a > set of residential apartments? Mews > 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan > Adams hit song? Summer of '69 > 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number > one golfer? > 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker? 22 > 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country? Greece > 6 Where in the human body is the macula located? The eye > 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big > Bang' theory? Hoyle > 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly > appear? The Muppet Show > 9 What are the three secondary colours? Cyan, Magenta, Yellow > 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of > the narrator's lost love? Lenore |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Apr 27 11:42AM -0400 On 2016-04-27, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments? mews > 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song? > 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer? Langer > 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker? 22 (21 + cue ball) > 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country? Greece > 6 Where in the human body is the macula located? Retina > 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory? Hoyle > 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear? > 9 What are the three secondary colours? Cyan, magenta, yellow > 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love? Lenore -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Apr 27 10:32PM Calvin wrote: > set of residential apartments? > 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 > Bryan Adams hit song? Summer of 69 > 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number > one golfer? Bernhard Langer > 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker? 22 > 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country? Spain > 6 Where in the human body is the macula located? Eye > 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big > Bang' theory? Fred Hoyle > 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem > regularly appear? > 9 What are the three secondary colours? Orange, Green, Purple > 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name > of the narrator's lost love? Peter Smyth |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 27 11:00PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, > or a set of residential apartments? Bloc > 3 In 1986 > who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one > golfer? Langer > 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker? 9 > 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country? Greece > 6 Where in the human body is the macula located? Eye > 'Big Bang' theory? > 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band > Electric Mayhem regularly appear? Muppet Show > is the name of the narrator's lost love? > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
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