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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 12 11:05PM -0500 Dan Tilque: > 1. American artist (painter), the "Mother of American modernism". Best > known for her close-up images of flowers. She did much of her work in > New Mexico. (1887-1986) Georgia O'Keeffe. > 2. American pool hustler. Borrowed the nickname of a fictional character > who he claimed was based on him. You only need to give that nickname, > not the person's real name. (1913-1996) Minnesota Fats was the fictional character. I thought the real person, Ralph Wanderone, was New York Fats, but that doesn't fit the alphabetical pattern, so I'll go with Minnesota Fats here. > 3. American football player. Nicknamed "Joe Cool". Quarterback for the > San Francisco 49ers, which he lead to no fewer than 4 Superbowl > victories. (1956- ) Joe Montana. > 4. American playwright. "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Cat on a Hot Tin > Roof". (1911-1983) Tennessee Williams. > Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies). Wrote lots of songs about > railroads (he was a trainhopper) as well as anti-war songs. Most famous > composition: "Moose Turd Pie". (1935-2008) Well, unless I've missed something it has to be Texas, Utah, or Vermont. I'll go with Texas Texas. > 6. British tennis player. Women's singles championships: Wibbledon in Was she a member of the Wibblies, then? :-) > 1977, the US Open in 1968, Australian Open in 1972. Won women's doubles > in 4 Grand Slam tournaments and was runner up in 6 others. (1945- ) Virginia Johnson. > "Cry Freedom" (1987), Malcolm X in "Malcolm X" (1992); Rubin "Hurricane" > Carter in "The Hurricane" (1999); William Whitaker in "Flight" (2012). > (1954- ) Denzel Washington. > Section 2. Metals in biology. Name the metal atom contained in these > biological compounds. > 8. Vitamin B12 Cobalt. > 9. Hemocyanin (hemoglobin analog in moluscs, arthropods, and Vulcans) Copper. > 10. Chlorophyll Magnesium. -- Mark Brader "Doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing." Toronto "Doing *anything* is worse than doing nothing!" msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 12 09:52PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Minnesota Fats was the fictional character. I thought the real person, > Ralph Wanderone, was New York Fats, but that doesn't fit the alphabetical > pattern, so I'll go with Minnesota Fats here. Rudolf Walderone had several nicknames, among them New York Fats. When "The Hustler" came out in 1961, Walderone claimed he was the basis of the character and started calling himself Minnesota Fats to cash in on the fame. Walter Tevis, the author of the book, denied it, but that didn't stop him. In fact, Walderone even threatened to sue Tevis and 20th Century Fox about it. I had to go with one or the other for this quiz, so I chose the better known name. -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 13 08:30AM -0500 In article <nh2u9u$fri$1@dont-email.me>, dtilque@frontier.com says... > 1. American artist (painter), the "Mother of American modernism". Best > known for her close-up images of flowers. She did much of her work in > New Mexico. (1887-1986) Georgia O'Keefe > 2. American pool hustler. Borrowed the nickname of a fictional character > who he claimed was based on him. You only need to give that nickname, > not the person's real name. (1913-1996) Minnesota Fats > 3. American football player. Nicknamed "Joe Cool". Quarterback for the > San Francisco 49ers, which he lead to no fewer than 4 Superbowl > victories. (1956- ) Joe Montana > 4. American playwright. "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Cat on a Hot Tin > Roof". (1911-1983) Tennesee Williams > Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies). Wrote lots of songs about > railroads (he was a trainhopper) as well as anti-war songs. Most famous > composition: "Moose Turd Pie". (1935-2008) Marvin Massachusetts > 6. British tennis player. Women's singles championships: Wibbledon in > 1977, the US Open in 1968, Australian Open in 1972. Won women's doubles > in 4 Grand Slam tournaments and was runner up in 6 others. (1945- ) Connie Connecticut > "Cry Freedom" (1987), Malcolm X in "Malcolm X" (1992); Rubin "Hurricane" > Carter in "The Hurricane" (1999); William Whitaker in "Flight" (2012). > (1954- ) Denzel Washington > biological compounds. > 8. Vitamin B12 > 9. Hemocyanin (hemoglobin analog in moluscs, arthropods, and Vulcans) iron > 10. Chlorophyll magnesium -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 13 02:42AM -0500 Dan Tilque: > Rudolf Walderone Well, I was close. > had several nicknames, among them New York Fats. When > "The Hustler" came out in 1961, Walderone claimed he was the basis of > the character and started calling himself Minnesota Fats to cash in... Ah. Thanks. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "For want of a bit the loop was lost..." msb@vex.net -- Steve Summit |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 15 12:55PM > * Game 10, Round 9 - Science - Lives of the Stars > 1. Stars are "born" from the accumulation of clouds of hydrogen > gas in which appropriately-nicknamed regions of space? stellar nurseries > its existence, the "young" star will be powered by the fusion > of two atoms of ordinary hydrogen into which heavier isotope > of hydrogen? deuterium > 3. "Baby" stars that aren't large enough to sustain the fusion of > ordinary hydrogen end up as which kind of star? Despite the > name, they would probably appear magenta or dark red. brown dwarf > creating heavier elements. In our sun, the primary source of > energy is the proton-proton ("p-p") reaction, which ultimately > creates atoms of which element? helium > 5. Stars somewhat larger than our sun generate most of their > energy using the CNO cycle. Besides hydrogen and <answer 4>, > what *three* other elements are involved in the CNO cycle? carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen > 6. The heaviest stable element created by ordinary stellar fusion > is this metallic element, the commonest on Earth by mass. > Name it. iron > that certain heavier elements found on Earth, such as gold, lead, > or uranium, must have originated in one of which cataclysmic > events? supernova > 8. After a Type II <answer 7>, what is left of the original star > is typically one of these objects, on the order of 10 km across, > with a mass perhaps twice that of the sun. What objects? white dwarf > guvf pnfr) pnaabg bpphcl gur fnzr dhnaghz fgngr. Gur cevapvcyr > gnxrf vgf anzr sebz gur culfvpvfg jub jba gur 1945 Culfvpf > Abory sbe cebcbfvat vg. Jub? Pauli > 10. Bhe fha vf gbb fznyy gb orpbzr n arhgeba fgne. Nsgre n ahzore > bs rkcybfvir riragf, gur fha jvyy svanyyl orpbzr bar bs juvpu > glcr bs fgne, snqvat gb oynpx bire gevyyvbaf bs lrnef? white dwarf > confirmed that the princess in question died with the > rest of her family. Name the Romanov princess who did not > actually survive. Anastasia > the subsequent scandal cost Dan Rather his job. Name the > lieutenant who was not actually criticized by Lt.Col. Killian > (or not in these memos, anyway). George W. Bush > important sources for the Atlantis legend are the works of > this man, in particular "Timaeus" and "Critias", which used > Atlantis for allegorical purposes. Name the author. Plato > it contributed to the exploration of Colombia, Venezuela, > and the Amazon River. Name this legendary city, famous > for its wealth. Cibola > in human skin, readers of this book are likely to encounter > madness and misfortune. In fact, this book was the invention > of horror author H.P. Lovecraft. Name the book. Necronomicon > of a commentary by Charles Kinbote. Ultimately, the poem > is the creation of Vladimir Nabokov, and shares its title > with the Nabokov novel in which it appears. Gave that title. Pale Fire; Ada > "punishingly intricate" board game Cones of Dunshire. > In fact, Ben is a fictional character portrayed by Adam > Scott on which television series? Parks and Recreation > E1. Before the discovery of oxygen, what was the fire-like > substance which was supposedly contained by flammable > objects and released during the process of burning? phlogiston > Experiment, what substance was proposed as the medium > through which light waves propagated? The full 2-word name > is required for full points. luminiferous aether > this imaginary heavy-metal band had non-hits such as > "Give Me Your Money", "Bitch School", and "Big Bottom". > Name the band. Spinal Tap > is documented in the movie "All You Need is Cash". On two > occasions they appeared on "Saturday Night Live" with guest > host Eric Idle. Name the band. Rutles -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 15 03:41PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8O6dnchOZ5disaXKnZ2dnUU7- > its existence, the "young" star will be powered by the fusion > of two atoms of ordinary hydrogen into which heavier isotope > of hydrogen? deuterium > 3. "Baby" stars that aren't large enough to sustain the fusion of > ordinary hydrogen end up as which kind of star? Despite the > name, they would probably appear magenta or dark red. white dwarf > creating heavier elements. In our sun, the primary source of > energy is the proton-proton ("p-p") reaction, which ultimately > creates atoms of which element? helium > 5. Stars somewhat larger than our sun generate most of their > energy using the CNO cycle. Besides hydrogen and <answer 4>, > what *three* other elements are involved in the CNO cycle? carbon, nitrogen, oxygen > 6. The heaviest stable element created by ordinary stellar fusion > is this metallic element, the commonest on Earth by mass. > Name it. iron > that certain heavier elements found on Earth, such as gold, lead, > or uranium, must have originated in one of which cataclysmic > events? supernova > 8. After a Type II <answer 7>, what is left of the original star > is typically one of these objects, on the order of 10 km across, > with a mass perhaps twice that of the sun. What objects? black hole > 10. Bhe fha vf gbb fznyy gb orpbzr n arhgeba fgne. Nsgre n ahzore > bs rkcybfvir riragf, gur fha jvyy svanyyl orpbzr bar bs juvpu > glcr bs fgne, snqvat gb oynpx bire gevyyvbaf bs lrnef? white dwarf > confirmed that the princess in question died with the > rest of her family. Name the Romanov princess who did not > actually survive. Anastasia > the subsequent scandal cost Dan Rather his job. Name the > lieutenant who was not actually criticized by Lt.Col. Killian > (or not in these memos, anyway). George W. Bush > important sources for the Atlantis legend are the works of > this man, in particular "Timaeus" and "Critias", which used > Atlantis for allegorical purposes. Name the author. Plato > it contributed to the exploration of Colombia, Venezuela, > and the Amazon River. Name this legendary city, famous > for its wealth. El Dorado > in human skin, readers of this book are likely to encounter > madness and misfortune. In fact, this book was the invention > of horror author H.P. Lovecraft. Name the book. "Necronomicon" > of a commentary by Charles Kinbote. Ultimately, the poem > is the creation of Vladimir Nabokov, and shares its title > with the Nabokov novel in which it appears. Gave that title. "Pale Fire" > E1. Before the discovery of oxygen, what was the fire-like > substance which was supposedly contained by flammable > objects and released during the process of burning? phlogiston > Experiment, what substance was proposed as the medium > through which light waves propagated? The full 2-word name > is required for full points. luminous aether > this imaginary heavy-metal band had non-hits such as > "Give Me Your Money", "Bitch School", and "Big Bottom". > Name the band. Spinal Tap > is documented in the movie "All You Need is Cash". On two > occasions they appeared on "Saturday Night Live" with guest > host Eric Idle. Name the band. The Rutles -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: May 15 07:21PM +0200 On 2016-05-15 10:02, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 9 - Science - Lives of the Stars > 1. Stars are "born" from the accumulation of clouds of hydrogen > gas in which appropriately-nicknamed regions of space? nurseries > its existence, the "young" star will be powered by the fusion > of two atoms of ordinary hydrogen into which heavier isotope > of hydrogen? Tritium; deuterium > 3. "Baby" stars that aren't large enough to sustain the fusion of > ordinary hydrogen end up as which kind of star? Despite the > name, they would probably appear magenta or dark red. red dwarf; white dwarf > creating heavier elements. In our sun, the primary source of > energy is the proton-proton ("p-p") reaction, which ultimately > creates atoms of which element? Helium > 5. Stars somewhat larger than our sun generate most of their > energy using the CNO cycle. Besides hydrogen and <answer 4>, > what *three* other elements are involved in the CNO cycle? Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen > 6. The heaviest stable element created by ordinary stellar fusion > is this metallic element, the commonest on Earth by mass. > Name it. Iron > that certain heavier elements found on Earth, such as gold, lead, > or uranium, must have originated in one of which cataclysmic > events? Super nova > 8. After a Type II <answer 7>, what is left of the original star > is typically one of these objects, on the order of 10 km across, > with a mass perhaps twice that of the sun. What objects? white dwarf;red dwarf > 10. Bhe fha vf gbb fznyy gb orpbzr n arhgeba fgne. Nsgre n ahzore > bs rkcybfvir riragf, gur fha jvyy svanyyl orpbzr bar bs juvpu > glcr bs fgne, snqvat gb oynpx bire gevyyvbaf bs lrnef? white dwarf;red dwarf > confirmed that the princess in question died with the > rest of her family. Name the Romanov princess who did not > actually survive. Anastasia > important sources for the Atlantis legend are the works of > this man, in particular "Timaeus" and "Critias", which used > Atlantis for allegorical purposes. Name the author. Platon > it contributed to the exploration of Colombia, Venezuela, > and the Amazon River. Name this legendary city, famous > for its wealth. Eldorado > series. There are three types of balls in a Quidditch game. > The most important is the Golden Snitch. Name either of > the other two types of Quidditch balls. Quaffle > E1. Before the discovery of oxygen, what was the fire-like > substance which was supposedly contained by flammable > objects and released during the process of burning? flugiston > Experiment, what substance was proposed as the medium > through which light waves propagated? The full 2-word name > is required for full points. Ether > this imaginary heavy-metal band had non-hits such as > "Give Me Your Money", "Bitch School", and "Big Bottom". > Name the band. Spinal Tap -- -- Björn |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: May 15 11:27AM -0700 On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 4:02:08 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > confirmed that the princess in question died with the > rest of her family. Name the Romanov princess who did not > actually survive. Anastasia > the subsequent scandal cost Dan Rather his job. Name the > lieutenant who was not actually criticized by Lt.Col. Killian > (or not in these memos, anyway). George W. Bush > it contributed to the exploration of Colombia, Venezuela, > and the Amazon River. Name this legendary city, famous > for its wealth. El Dorado > in human skin, readers of this book are likely to encounter > madness and misfortune. In fact, this book was the invention > of horror author H.P. Lovecraft. Name the book. Necronomicon > this imaginary heavy-metal band had non-hits such as > "Give Me Your Money", "Bitch School", and "Big Bottom". > Name the band. Spinal Tap > is documented in the movie "All You Need is Cash". On two > occasions they appeared on "Saturday Night Live" with guest > host Eric Idle. Name the band. The Rutles |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 15 10:29PM +0100 > this imaginary heavy-metal band had non-hits such as > "Give Me Your Money", "Bitch School", and "Big Bottom". > Name the band. "Gimme Some Money", not "Give Me Your Money" |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 15 03:23PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 9 - Science - Lives of the Stars > 1. Stars are "born" from the accumulation of clouds of hydrogen > gas in which appropriately-nicknamed regions of space? stellar nurseries > its existence, the "young" star will be powered by the fusion > of two atoms of ordinary hydrogen into which heavier isotope > of hydrogen? deuterium > 3. "Baby" stars that aren't large enough to sustain the fusion of > ordinary hydrogen end up as which kind of star? Despite the > name, they would probably appear magenta or dark red. brown dwarf > creating heavier elements. In our sun, the primary source of > energy is the proton-proton ("p-p") reaction, which ultimately > creates atoms of which element? helium > 5. Stars somewhat larger than our sun generate most of their > energy using the CNO cycle. Besides hydrogen and <answer 4>, > what *three* other elements are involved in the CNO cycle? carbon, nitrogen, oxygen > 6. The heaviest stable element created by ordinary stellar fusion > is this metallic element, the commonest on Earth by mass. > Name it. iron > that certain heavier elements found on Earth, such as gold, lead, > or uranium, must have originated in one of which cataclysmic > events? supernova > 8. After a Type II <answer 7>, what is left of the original star > is typically one of these objects, on the order of 10 km across, > with a mass perhaps twice that of the sun. What objects? neutron stars > guvf pnfr) pnaabg bpphcl gur fnzr dhnaghz fgngr. Gur cevapvcyr > gnxrf vgf anzr sebz gur culfvpvfg jub jba gur 1945 Culfvpf > Abory sbe cebcbfvat vg. Jub? Enrico Fermi > 10. Bhe fha vf gbb fznyy gb orpbzr n arhgeba fgne. Nsgre n ahzore > bs rkcybfvir riragf, gur fha jvyy svanyyl orpbzr bar bs juvpu > glcr bs fgne, snqvat gb oynpx bire gevyyvbaf bs lrnef? white dwarf > confirmed that the princess in question died with the > rest of her family. Name the Romanov princess who did not > actually survive. Anastasia > the subsequent scandal cost Dan Rather his job. Name the > lieutenant who was not actually criticized by Lt.Col. Killian > (or not in these memos, anyway). George W Bush (and it was never actually proven that they were forgeries. The main evidence was that they had a proportional font, but, as I understand it, IBM Selectrics of the time were capable of that. Unfortunately, the originals were destroyed, so it was impossible to prove it either way.) > important sources for the Atlantis legend are the works of > this man, in particular "Timaeus" and "Critias", which used > Atlantis for allegorical purposes. Name the author. Plato > it contributed to the exploration of Colombia, Venezuela, > and the Amazon River. Name this legendary city, famous > for its wealth. El Dorado > in human skin, readers of this book are likely to encounter > madness and misfortune. In fact, this book was the invention > of horror author H.P. Lovecraft. Name the book. Necronomicon > of a commentary by Charles Kinbote. Ultimately, the poem > is the creation of Vladimir Nabokov, and shares its title > with the Nabokov novel in which it appears. Gave that title. Lolita > "punishingly intricate" board game Cones of Dunshire. > In fact, Ben is a fictional character portrayed by Adam > Scott on which television series? The Simpsons > E1. Before the discovery of oxygen, what was the fire-like > substance which was supposedly contained by flammable > objects and released during the process of burning? phlogiston > Experiment, what substance was proposed as the medium > through which light waves propagated? The full 2-word name > is required for full points. luminiferous aether > is documented in the movie "All You Need is Cash". On two > occasions they appeared on "Saturday Night Live" with guest > host Eric Idle. Name the band. The Rutles -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 15 08:29PM -0500 Dan Tilque: > (and it was never actually proven that they were forgeries. The main > evidence was that they had a proportional font, but, as I understand it, > IBM Selectrics of the time were capable of that...) No, they weren't. They were capable of either 10 or 12 characters per inch (or some of them were), but monospaced in either case. As far as I know the only typewiter ever with a non-monospaced font was the IBM Executive, but it wasn't truly a proportional font either; it had two widths of characters, which were in the ratio 2:3. So for example an "M" was 1.5 times as wide as an "i", whereas in a real proportional font it would be considerably wider. -- Mark Brader "It flies like a truck." Toronto "Good. What is a truck?" msb@vex.net -- BUCKAROO BANZAI My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 15 09:54PM -0700 On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 6:02:08 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 9 - Science - Lives of the Stars > 1. Stars are "born" from the accumulation of clouds of hydrogen > gas in which appropriately-nicknamed regions of space? Nebula > its existence, the "young" star will be powered by the fusion > of two atoms of ordinary hydrogen into which heavier isotope > of hydrogen? Deuterium > 3. "Baby" stars that aren't large enough to sustain the fusion of > ordinary hydrogen end up as which kind of star? Despite the > name, they would probably appear magenta or dark red. White dwarfs > creating heavier elements. In our sun, the primary source of > energy is the proton-proton ("p-p") reaction, which ultimately > creates atoms of which element? Helium > 5. Stars somewhat larger than our sun generate most of their > energy using the CNO cycle. Besides hydrogen and <answer 4>, > what *three* other elements are involved in the CNO cycle? Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen presumably > 6. The heaviest stable element created by ordinary stellar fusion > is this metallic element, the commonest on Earth by mass. > Name it. Calcium, Aluminum > that certain heavier elements found on Earth, such as gold, lead, > or uranium, must have originated in one of which cataclysmic > events? Nova, Supernova > 8. After a Type II <answer 7>, what is left of the original star > is typically one of these objects, on the order of 10 km across, > with a mass perhaps twice that of the sun. What objects? Pulsar, Quasar > guvf pnfr) pnaabg bpphcl gur fnzr dhnaghz fgngr. Gur cevapvcyr > gnxrf vgf anzr sebz gur culfvpvfg jub jba gur 1945 Culfvpf > Abory sbe cebcbfvat vg. Jub? Heidegger > 10. Bhe fha vf gbb fznyy gb orpbzr n arhgeba fgne. Nsgre n ahzore > bs rkcybfvir riragf, gur fha jvyy svanyyl orpbzr bar bs juvpu > glcr bs fgne, snqvat gb oynpx bire gevyyvbaf bs lrnef? Black dwarf? > confirmed that the princess in question died with the > rest of her family. Name the Romanov princess who did not > actually survive. Anastasia > important sources for the Atlantis legend are the works of > this man, in particular "Timaeus" and "Critias", which used > Atlantis for allegorical purposes. Name the author. Aesop > it contributed to the exploration of Colombia, Venezuela, > and the Amazon River. Name this legendary city, famous > for its wealth. El Dorado > of a commentary by Charles Kinbote. Ultimately, the poem > is the creation of Vladimir Nabokov, and shares its title > with the Nabokov novel in which it appears. Gave that title. If it ain't Lolita I got nothing. > E1. Before the discovery of oxygen, what was the fire-like > substance which was supposedly contained by flammable > objects and released during the process of burning? Phlogistom > Experiment, what substance was proposed as the medium > through which light waves propagated? The full 2-word name > is required for full points. Ether > this imaginary heavy-metal band had non-hits such as > "Give Me Your Money", "Bitch School", and "Big Bottom". > Name the band. Spinal Tap > is documented in the movie "All You Need is Cash". On two > occasions they appeared on "Saturday Night Live" with guest > host Eric Idle. Name the band. Dunno cheers, calvin |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 16 02:13AM -0500 In article <8O6dnchOZ5disaXKnZ2dnUU7-KXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > its existence, the "young" star will be powered by the fusion > of two atoms of ordinary hydrogen into which heavier isotope > of hydrogen? deuterium > creating heavier elements. In our sun, the primary source of > energy is the proton-proton ("p-p") reaction, which ultimately > creates atoms of which element? helium > 5. Stars somewhat larger than our sun generate most of their > energy using the CNO cycle. Besides hydrogen and <answer 4>, > what *three* other elements are involved in the CNO cycle? carbon, nitrogen and oxygen > 6. The heaviest stable element created by ordinary stellar fusion > is this metallic element, the commonest on Earth by mass. > Name it. iron > that certain heavier elements found on Earth, such as gold, lead, > or uranium, must have originated in one of which cataclysmic > events? supernovae > 8. After a Type II <answer 7>, what is left of the original star > is typically one of these objects, on the order of 10 km across, > with a mass perhaps twice that of the sun. What objects? neutron star > this case) cannot occupy the same quantum state. The principle > takes its name from the physicist who won the 1945 Physics > Nobel for proposing it. Who? Pauli > 10. Our sun is too small to become a neutron star. After a number > of explosive events, the sun will finally become one of which > type of star, fading to black over trillions of years? white dwarf > confirmed that the princess in question died with the > rest of her family. Name the Romanov princess who did not > actually survive. Anastasia > the subsequent scandal cost Dan Rather his job. Name the > lieutenant who was not actually criticized by Lt.Col. Killian > (or not in these memos, anyway). George W. Bush > important sources for the Atlantis legend are the works of > this man, in particular "Timaeus" and "Critias", which used > Atlantis for allegorical purposes. Name the author. Pliny > it contributed to the exploration of Colombia, Venezuela, > and the Amazon River. Name this legendary city, famous > for its wealth. El Dorado > E1. Before the discovery of oxygen, what was the fire-like > substance which was supposedly contained by flammable > objects and released during the process of burning? phlogiston > Experiment, what substance was proposed as the medium > through which light waves propagated? The full 2-word name > is required for full points. ether > this imaginary heavy-metal band had non-hits such as > "Give Me Your Money", "Bitch School", and "Big Bottom". > Name the band. Spinal Tap > is documented in the movie "All You Need is Cash". On two > occasions they appeared on "Saturday Night Live" with guest > host Eric Idle. Name the band. Rutles -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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