Saturday, July 30, 2016

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Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 29 01:25PM +0100

>> set RQ #226.
 
> Gareth has at least posted once since Dan posted the results, so he cannot
> give "on vacation" as his sole excuse.
 
I didn't register I'd won. And, FWIW, I got back from my vacation about
20 minutes ago. I'll post something in the next 24 hours.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 29 10:48PM +0200

> I didn't register I'd won. And, FWIW, I got back from my vacation about
> 20 minutes ago.
 
Welcome home! We appreciate your priorities in your home-coming
procedures. :-)
 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 29 04:09PM +0100


> 1 According to the Internet Movie Database (among others) which
> character from the 1999 film "The Phantom Menace" is the dumbest in
> movie history?
 
Jar Jar Binks
 
> 2 In which field event is the world record currently 74.08 metres
> (men) and 76.80 metres (women)?
 
Javelin
 
> 3 Which African country is quite literally named "Lion Mountain"?
 
Sierra Leone
 
> 4 Which of Beethoven's nine symphonies is nicknamed the "choral"?
 
(picks number at random - discarding 5) 7th??
 
> 5 The Tim Hortons fast food restaurant chain is based in which
> country?
 
Canada
 
> 6 Which Shakespeare play opens with the line "If music be the food of
> love, play on…"?
 
Twelfth Night
 
> 7 If a dish is served Florentine which vegetable will it contain?
 
Potato
 
> 8 Who rules in a plutocracy?
 
The wealthy
 
> 9 Though better known as a singer, who played the lead role in the
> 1988 film 'Buster', loosely based on the Great Train Robbery of 1963?
 
Phil Collins
 
> 10 Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Alan Wilder were members
> of which English electronic band formed in 1980?
 
Depeche Mode
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 29 07:49PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 According to the Internet Movie Database (among others) which
> character from the 1999 film "The Phantom Menace" is the dumbest in
> movie history?
 
Jar Jar Binks
 
> 2 In which field event is the world record
> currently 74.08 metres (men) and 76.80 metres (women)?
 
Hammer throw
 
> 3 Which
> African country is quite literally named "Lion Mountain"?
 
Sierra Leone
 
> 4 Which of Beethoven's nine symphonies is nicknamed the "choral"?
 
9th
 
> 5 The
> Tim Hortons fast food restaurant chain is based in which country?
 
Canada
 
> food of love, play on…"?
> 7 If a dish is served Florentine which
> vegetable will it contain?
 
Broccoli
 
> members of which English electronic band formed in 1980?
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete Gayde
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 29 07:43PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:O9CdnRBj2MiBHgTKnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 1. Canada gained a UNESCO World Heritage Site last week, so
> designated because of its collection of fossils, some in excess
> of 500,000,000 years old. In which province is it located?
 
Alberta; Yukon
 
> ["KAN-deal"] Baloch was murdered, apparently strangled by
> her own brother in a so-called honour killing because of her
> provocative online persona. In what country did this occur?
 
Pakistan
 
 
> 4. What form of payment did the three Wal-Mart stores in Thunder
> Bay stop accepting last week, with a threat from the company
> to extend the ban country-wide? Be specific.
 
Personal checks
 
> people trying to fly airplanes. Two pilots from which airline
> were arrested last week in Glasgow on suspicion of being
> intoxicated, just before their flight was set to take off?
 
Ryan Air
 
> from the US?
 
> 7. Who is the well-known writer, film director, and TV producer,
> among his other talents, who died last week at age 81?
 
Marshall
 
> did what it does.) Be specific.
 
> 10. Last week it was Hillary Clinton's turn to name a vice-
> presidential minion -- er, running mate. Who did she pick?
 
Kaine
 
 
Pete Gayde
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 29 02:42PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > * Game 4, Round 2, on podcasts, was the 3rd-hardest of the season,
> > or 2nd-hardest of the ones being posted here.

Björn Lundin:
> Meaning a really difficult one is coming up?
 
(Evil grin)
--
Mark Brader | "We know two things about unexpected events:
Toronto | One, they will happen. Two, when they do happen,
msb@vex.net | they will be unexpected." --Donald Norman
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