- QFTCI16 Game 2, Rounds 7-8: PMs, no thanks - 3 Updates
- Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 354 (GOLQ354) - 1 Update
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 02 05:07PM +0200 On 2016-07-01 11:09, Mark Brader wrote: > I wrote one of these rounds. > * Game 2, Round 7 - Canadiana History - Prime Ministers > Another simple one. If you are Canadian that is. I do recognize number 6 and 11 and I think they are Justin Trudeau and Brian Mulroney. The other ones - no idea > in 1958 when the Soviet Union threatened that he wouldn't > be allowed to reenter the country if he went to Stockholm to > receive the award. Who was he? Sakharov ; Solzhenitsyn > 10. What honor has been declined by all of the following: > David Bowie, Francis Crick, Michael Faraday, Albert Finney, > T.E. Lawrence, Henry Moore, and George Bernard Shaw? British nighthood -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 02 01:03PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > Another simple one. Björn Lundin: > If you are Canadian that is. I said simple, not easy. The instructions were simple. -- Mark Brader | Those who mourn for "USENET like it was" should Toronto | remember the original design estimates of maximum msb@vex.net | traffic volume: 2 articles/day. --Steven Bellovin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 03 01:32AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-7/pms.jpg > 1. Robert Borden. > 2. Joe Clark. 16 > 3. Lester Pearson. 24 > 4. Mackenzie Bowell. > 5. Alexander Mackenzie. 14 > 6. Richard B. Bennett. > 7. Charles Tupper. > 8. William Lyon Mackenzie King. 5 > 1. In 1971 Marlon Brando declined the Academy Award for Best Actor > in "The Godfather" and sent a representative to give a speech in > his place. What issue was he protesting with this action? treatment of American Indians > 2. Who declined the Best Actor Oscar the previous year -- the > first person ever to decline an Academy Award? George C Scott > 3. Turning down an Oscar is one thing, but in 1657 this man declined > the British crown when it was offered to him! Name him. Oliver Cromwell > in 1958 when the Soviet Union threatened that he wouldn't > be allowed to reenter the country if he went to Stockholm to > receive the award. Who was he? Solzhenitsyn > 8. This man was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, jointly > with Henry Kissinger, but refused to accept it -- simply because > Vietnam was not yet, in fact, at peace! Name him. Le Duc Toe -- Dan Tilque |
| The GOLQ Institute <list@golq.org>: Jul 02 11:10PM -0700 GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #354 (GOLQ354) Welcome to GOLQ354, which contains no special themes, Many were big hits, with a few stumpers. One song is a tribute song. Enjoy! -- Tom Pillion <golq354@golq.org> ============================================================================ Blindly searching for lyrics on the Internet is not in the spirit of the GOLQs, and we disapprove of this practice. Entries are due by 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) on Sunday, July 31, 2016. E-mail early, because you can't be sure of how long it will take for your message to reach GOLQ World Headquarters. DO NOT POST your answers to any newsgroups, discussion forums, etc. E-mail your entry to <golq354@golq.org>. By using this address, you will be able to determine whether your entry has been received by viewing the GOLQ entry log at <http://golq.org/cgi-bin/golqentry.cgi>. Use this address only for GOLQ354-related mail. After the quiz is over, mail to this address will be discarded without being read. The web site for the Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz is at <http://golq.org>. There you will find: - the GOLQ rules <http://golq.org/rules.html> - instructions for subscribing to the GOLQ mailing list - the current quiz <http://golq.org/current.html> - an archive of past quizzes and results <http://golq.org/archive.html> ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #354 Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969 Due 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) on Sunday, July 31, 2016. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When life was so tender And dreams were kept beside your pillow #01) Because I love you (Yes I love you) I'll always love you so #02) I'm gettin' bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip #03) Got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard to see #04) More than the meadow so green and still More than the mulberries on the hill More than the buds on the May apple tree #05) I hurried through 'cause I knew it was you When I saw your dog waggin' his tail Honey, why didn't you let me know by mail You been gone so long #06) The night is long Forget your foolish pride Nothing's wrong Now you're beside me again #07) I teased at life As if it were a foolish game The way the evening breeze May tease a candle flame #08) The future's not ours to see #09) The guilty undertaker sighs The lonesome organ grinder cries The silver saxophones say I should refuse you #10) I wonder when bluebirds are mating Will you come back again? #11) You are the one that I need and you say you'll be true I want to believe you are mine #12) Once in a while in my mind I go bummin' Goin' to nowhere with no worry of time Runnin' along chasin' after a train Hummin' a song in the sun and the rain #13) We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse White lightning's still the biggest thrill of all #14) The only sound that you will hear Is when I whisper in your ear "I love you forever and ever" #15) Well I love you, gal And I want you #16) If you ever Ah, if you ever need a friend I'll be yours until the end #17) I would say what's on my mind But the words are hard to find But I'm gonna try to tell her anyway #18) When my love comes tumbling down #19) Well, she got him on the sofa Where he'd gone to take a snooze And I hope he went to heaven 'Cause he wasn't wearing shoes #20) A rapture in blue With the world far away And your lips close to mine #21) I don't want to walk without you Walking right by my side It hurts me to see you talking To any other guy #22) And kneel and say an "Ave" over me #23) So if some guy should ask you If some night you're free Wave him away with the wave of your arms #24) Let, won't you let me hear Won't you let me hear you whisper That you love That you love You love me, too #25) ------------ Tie-Breakers ------------ Don't talk about her She does the best she can Don't talk about her Don't talk about her She just lost her man #T1) Always out having fun (Having so much fun) With your heart on the run (Always on the run) Baby, come to me (Come, come, come to me) You and I were meant to be #T2) ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please fill in the following information (append at the end of each line): Name(s) = E-mail address = Age(s) [will be published if provided] = Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers = ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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