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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 28 10:44PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>>> 3. Which NFL team's logo includes flames? >>> Tennessee Titans. 4 for Dan and Stephen. "Calvin": >> Protest! I contend that the Miami Dolphins logo also contains flames. >> http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/150/Miami_Dolphins/ That is the correct logo for the team, and there are no flames in it. Stephen Perry: > good catch. Not. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "UNIX ... the essential partner for msb@vex.net | eyespot or rynchosporium control in barley." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 28 10:45PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> 8. Which major-league baseball team's logo includes a bird that's >>> perched on a baseball-related object? >> St. Louis Cardinals. 4 for Peter and Dan. 2 for Calvin. Dan Tilque: > It should be noted that the Cardinals uniforms have not one, but two > birds perched on the bat. Note way, but if there there are two birds perched on the bat, then it still meets the decription in the question. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "The problem is that tax lawyers are msb@vex.net | amazingly creative." -- David Sherman |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 28 10:47PM -0700 On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 1:44:14 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > >> Protest! I contend that the Miami Dolphins logo also contains flames. > >> http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/150/Miami_Dolphins/ > That is the correct logo for the team, and there are no flames in it. What are they then? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 29 10:27AM +0200 >> >> http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/150/Miami_Dolphins/ >> That is the correct logo for the team, and there are no flames in it. > What are they then? Looking at the current logo, the word that comes into my mind is "flares". I guess that one should look at the historic logos to understand better what it's meant to be. I will have to confess, though, I am not able to make out what they are supposed to me - but flames, no. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 29 03:46AM -0500 "Calvin": >>>>> Protest! I contend that the Miami Dolphins logo also contains flames. >>>>> http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/150/Miami_Dolphins/ Mark Brader: >>> That is the correct logo for the team, and there are no flames in it. "Calvin": >> What are they then? What, you mean the rays from the Sun? Erland Sommarskog: > Looking at the current logo, the word that comes into my mind is "flares". If they were something physical, they'd be prominences. But they aren't. -- Mark Brader | "I'm a little worried about the bug-eater", she said. Toronto | "We're embedded in bugs, have you noticed?" msb@vex.net | -- Niven, "The Integral Trees" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 28 08:33PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 2 Which 1986 Stephen King novel features a shape shifting entity that preys on young children in the form of a clown? > 3 Which architect went on to become Hitler's Minister of Armaments and War Production? > 4 Epistemophobia is the fear of what? knowledge > 5 What is the better-known name of "La fête nationale du 14 juillet"? Bastille Day > 6 Which two-word term refers to the setting of charges for goods and services sold between entities within an organisation, for example a subsidiary company selling goods to a parent company? > 7 Apart from mercury, which element is a liquid at room temperature? bromine > 8 How long is each quarter of play in a standard American football match? 15 minutes > 9 Marion Cotillard won as Oscar in 2008 for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in which film? > 10 Which children's toy is a cylinder with mirrors containing loose, coloured objects such as beads, pebbles or pieces of glass? kaleidoscope -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 28 10:36PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 "Invisible Touch" was a 1986 hit for which British band? Name a British band... Yardbirds. > 2 Which 1986 Stephen King novel features a shape shifting > entity that preys on young children in the form of a clown? "The Entity"? > 3 Which architect went on to become Hitler's Minister of > Armaments and War Production? Speer. > 4 Epistemophobia is the fear of what? Epistems. :-) > 5 What is the better-known name of "La fête nationale du 14 juillet"? Bastille Day. > goods and services sold between entities within an > organisation, for example a subsidiary company selling goods to > a parent company? Internal tarification? > 7 Apart from mercury, which element is a liquid at room temperature? Bromine. Maybe also gallium, depending on how you define room temp. > 8 How long is each quarter of play in a standard American > football match? 15 minutes playing time. 90 minutes with the commercials, or at least it seems like it. :-) > 9 Marion Cotillard won as Oscar in 2008 for her portrayal of > Edith Piaf in which film? Arrrgh, I should know this. "La Vie en Rose"? > 10 Which children's toy is a cylinder with mirrors containing > loose, coloured objects such as beads, pebbles or pieces of > glass? Kaleidoscope. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "These Millennia are like buses." msb@vex.net --Arwel Parry My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jun 29 07:12AM +0100 > 1 "Invisible Touch" was a 1986 hit for which British band? Genesis > 2 Which 1986 Stephen King novel features a shape shifting entity that > preys on young children in the form of a clown? It > 3 Which architect went on to become Hitler's Minister of Armaments and > War Production? Speer > 4 Epistemophobia is the fear of what? Letters? > 5 What is the better-known name of "La fête nationale du 14 > juillet"? Bastille Day > 6 Which two-word term refers to the setting of charges for goods and > services sold between entities within an organisation, for example a > subsidiary company selling goods to a parent company? Internal pricing??? > 7 Apart from mercury, which element is a liquid at room > temperature? Bromine > 8 How long is each quarter of play in a standard American football > match? On the clock? 15 minutes. In reality *WAY* longer than that. > 9 Marion Cotillard won as Oscar in 2008 for her portrayal of Edith > Piaf in which film? La Vie En Rose > 10 Which children's toy is a cylinder with mirrors containing loose, > coloured objects such as beads, pebbles or pieces of glass? Kaleidoscope |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 29 09:52AM +0200 > 1 "Invisible Touch" was a 1986 hit for which British band? Genesis > 5 What is the better-known name of "La fête nationale du 14 juillet"? Bastille Day > 7 Apart from mercury, which element is a liquid at room temperature? Bromine And on a hot day when the air-conditioning is not working, also Gallium if memory serves. > 8 How long is each quarter of play in a standard American football > match? Forever > 10 Which children's toy is a cylinder with mirrors containing loose, > coloured objects such as beads, pebbles or pieces of glass? Kaledeioscope -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 29 09:53AM +0200 >> 1 "Invisible Touch" was a 1986 hit for which British band? > Name a British band... Yardbirds. Off by two decades! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jun 29 07:07AM +0100 >> in an amusing way. > I assumed you were just having a laugh. If there is a protest then > please confirm. I was just having a laugh. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 28 08:10PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > (22 pounds) of *what* buried in a bog? The find, which > surprisingly enough is reportedly not unique, has been estimated > to be around 2,000 years old. amber > confirmed, that the NHL would add a franchise in *what city*, > which currently represents the largest North American market > without a major-league sports team? Las Vegas > father, as it was turning violent -- a propane tank was thrown > into a campfire at one point. *What topic of discussion* > led to this heated fracas? Whether the Earth is flat > for the first time in 52 years, and a ceasefire agreement was > signed to end (officially, at least) a conflict that had also > lasted 52 years. In what country did this armistice take place? Laos > Hot Docs Cinema? > 8. Corey Lewandowski lost his job last Monday. What had he been > doing prior to this summary dismissal? Donald Trump's campaign manager > 9. It wasn't John Bradley, it was Harold Schultz after all. > "After all" in this case means 61 years after the event in > question. What Second World War event are we referring to? celebratory kiss (and I'd expect it was 71 years, since it was WWII) -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 21 02:21PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> Hint: none of them are east of the city. >> Jersey City, Newark, Yonkers. 4 for Stephen, Joshua (the hard way), >> Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. Peter Smyth: > By what criteria is Newark adjacent to New York City? It's not; I was mistaken about its boundaries. Sorry about that. > Jersey City is debatable too but at least that has a water border with NYC. A river border, in fact. -- Mark Brader | "One of the lessons of history is that nothing Toronto | is often a good thing to do and always a clever msb@vex.net | thing to say." -- Will Durant My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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