- Calvin's Quiz #447 - 5 Updates
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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 07 06:34PM -0700 1 The words klutz and bagel were absorbed into English from which other language? 2 What is the more common name for the "Cyathea dealbata", the unofficial floral emblem of New Zealand? 3 Which 1995 animated film was their first Disney movie to be based on the life of a real person? 4 In a standard tennis match what is the maximum number of consecutive set points one player might have? 5 By what name is the Dutch-speaking area in Belgium's north known? 6 What is one gross times one score? 7 "There and Back Again" is an alternative title of which 1937 fantasy novel? 8 In 2022 which city will become the first to have hosted both the summer and winter Olympic Games? 9 Which 8-letter word refers to someone who renounces their religion? 10 According to a 1794 poem by William Blake, which animal is "burning bright, In the forests of the night"? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 07 09:11PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 The words klutz and bagel were absorbed into English from > which other language? Yiddish. > 2 What is the more common name for the "Cyathea dealbata", the > unofficial floral emblem of New Zealand? Silver fern? > 3 Which 1995 animated film was their first Disney movie to be > based on the life of a real person? "Pocahontas"? > 4 In a standard tennis match what is the maximum number of > consecutive set points one player might have? > 5 By what name is the Dutch-speaking area in Belgium's north known? Oh, here we go again, which is which? I'll say Flanders. > 6 What is one gross times one score? 2,880. > 7 "There and Back Again" is an alternative title of which > 1937 fantasy novel? "The Hobbit". > 8 In 2022 which city will become the first to have hosted both > the summer and winter Olympic Games? Beijing. > 9 Which 8-letter word refers to someone who renounces their religion? Sensible. Also apostate. > 10 According to a 1794 poem by William Blake, which animal is > "burning bright, In the forests of the night"? Tyger. -- Mark Brader | "Grammar am for people who can't think for *myself*. Toronto | Understanded me?" msb@vex.net | -- Buck (Get Fuzzy: Darby Conley) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 08 06:33AM +0100 > 1 The words klutz and bagel were absorbed into English from which > other language? Yiddish > 2 What is the more common name for the "Cyathea dealbata", the > unofficial floral emblem of New Zealand? Silver fern - obviously I know this because of my deep knowledge of botany, and not because its front-and-centre on an All Blacks jersey > 3 Which 1995 animated film was their first Disney movie to be based on > the life of a real person? Pocahontas > 4 In a standard tennis match what is the maximum number of consecutive > set points one player might have? 3 > 5 By what name is the Dutch-speaking area in Belgium's north known? Flanders? > 6 What is one gross times one score? 2880 > 7 "There and Back Again" is an alternative title of which 1937 fantasy > novel? The Hobbit > 8 In 2022 which city will become the first to have hosted both the > summer and winter Olympic Games? Wild guess: Stockholm??? > 9 Which 8-letter word refers to someone who renounces their religion? Apostate > 10 According to a 1794 poem by William Blake, which animal is "burning > bright, In the forests of the night"? Tyger |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 08 10:16AM +0200 > 1 The words klutz and bagel were absorbed into English from which > other language? Yiddish > 2 What is the more common name for the "Cyathea dealbata", the > unofficial floral emblem of New Zealand? Kiwi > 3 Which 1995 animated film was their first Disney movie to be based > on the life of a real person? Hiawata > 4 In a standard tennis match what is the maximum number of > consecutive set points one player might have? 40 > 5 By what name is the Dutch-speaking area in Belgium's north known? Flanders > 8 In 2022 which city will become the first to have hosted both the > summer and winter Olympic Games? Beijing -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 08 10:23AM +0200 >> 8 In 2022 which city will become the first to have hosted both the >> summer and winter Olympic Games? > Wild guess: Stockholm??? There were indeed people who had such wild ideas. They were stopped at a fairly earily stage as the sensible politicians in the Stockholm town hall said no. But! They are at it again, contemplating a bid for 2026, and since last time, the town hall now has a different colour. The whole thing is just crazy. Most of the alpine events are planned to be in Åre which is some 750 km away. For the nordic ski events they are looking at a quarry some 25 km outside of time. I can just imagine how fun it will be down in the hole when it's raining and it's a few degrees above zero (which it may well be in beginning of February) and all the melt water runs down into it. Oh well, while they might waste some time on it, they will still not make it very far. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 07 05:51PM -0700 On Friday, July 1, 2016 at 2:25:05 PM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote: > >> past how annoying I find Phil Collins. > > And yet you knew "Invisible Touch", but not "It"! > It was a big hit single. It sure was! cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 07 05:54PM -0700 On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 12:41:14 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 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? Albert Speer > 4 Epistemophobia is the fear of what? Knowledge. I also accepted Epistems. > 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 / Transfer pricing > 7 Apart from mercury, which element is a liquid at room temperature? Bromine was the expected answer but I'll accept gallium as well as it melts around 30 degrees C. > 8 How long is each quarter of play in a standard American football match? 15 minutes, though as almost everyone pointed out it can seem a lot longer :-) > 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 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 446 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 63 Gareth Owen 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 66 Aren Ess 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 52 Chris Johnson 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 55 Marc Dashevsky 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 55 Mark Brader 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 49 Bruce Bowler 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 37 Pete Gayde 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 43 Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 44 Peter Smyth 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 28 Bjorn Lundin 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 36 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 5 7 5 10 2 10 8 5 10 68 62% Congratulations Gareth. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 07 09:08PM -0500 "Calvin": > > 4 Epistemophobia is the fear of what? > Knowledge. I also accepted Epistems. What? I thought I was just making up a word! > organisation, for example a subsidiary company selling goods to > a parent company? > Internal pricing / Transfer pricing While my luck is in, I'd like to appeal "internal tarification". http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tariffication http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tariff -- Mark Brader "Remember, this is Mark we're dealing with. Toronto Rationality and fact won't work very well." msb@vex.net -- Jeff Scott Franzman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 07 10:32PM -0700 On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 12:08:13 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > > 4 Epistemophobia is the fear of what? > > Knowledge. I also accepted Epistems. > What? I thought I was just making up a word! So did I but I checked it just in case. > While my luck is in, I'd like to appeal "internal tarification". > http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tariffication > http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tariff Your answer means much the same thing, but the question asked for a term and "internal tarification" gets only 4 hits on google, and one of those is this thread. So protest denied sorry. cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 07 01:58PM > eight directors who have won it twice. Name any one of them. > Hint: Two are Belgian and the others -- in no particular order -- > are British, American, Serbian, Austrian, Danish, and Japanese. Herzog > was 1955, and the winner that year also won the Best Picture > Oscar. Name that movie, starring Ernest Borgnine and written > by Paddy Chayefsky. Rudy > One is about George W. Bush and the war on terror; the > other followed Jacques Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso. > Name either. Fahrenheit 9/11 > -- except once. Within 1 year, name the year when it was > cancelled in solidarity with the civil unrest, student protests, > and general strikes that were taking place across most of France. 1968 > Recall his Past Lives", hail from? Recent films that *took > place* in this country include "The Impossible", "The Hangover > Part II", "Rambo", and "Only God Forgives". Vietnam > country had 3 Oscar nominations; *that* film's title is "The > Battle of..." -- this country's capital city. Now, name the > African country. Algeria > earlier Grand Prix du Festival. Within 2, and including > <answer 2>, how many of the 69 were also at least nominated > for the Oscar for Best Picture? 15; 20 > Concubine", but this was a tie. Name the other winner that year, > a female-directed movie from New Zealand starring Holly Hunter > and Harvey Keitel that was a Best Picture nominee at the Oscars. The Piano > movement, such as "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu", have to do > with the hell of bureaucracy in a post-Communist society. > Name the country. Romania > * Game 3, Round 3 - Sports - They Call it Football > 1. Juventus ["you-VENT-uss"]. 5; 8 > 2. Bayern Munich. 12; 1 > 3. Barcelona. 13; 16 > 4. Chelsea. 1; 16 > 5. Real Madrid. 9; 13 > 6. Manchester City. 3; 7 > 7. Zenit St. Petersburg. 4; 2 > 8. Dynamo Kiev. 2; 4 > 9. Paris St-Germain. 14; 10 > 10. Arsenal. 14; 8 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 07 11:37AM -0500 In article <XfKdndJfD6wSZuDKnZ2dnUU7-TXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > eight directors who have won it twice. Name any one of them. > Hint: Two are Belgian and the others -- in no particular order -- > are British, American, Serbian, Austrian, Danish, and Japanese. Akira Kuwasara > was 1955, and the winner that year also won the Best Picture > Oscar. Name that movie, starring Ernest Borgnine and written > by Paddy Chayefsky. Marty [IIRC this was a TV movie] > One is about George W. Bush and the war on terror; the > other followed Jacques Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso. > Name either. Fahrenheit 9/11 > -- except once. Within 1 year, name the year when it was > cancelled in solidarity with the civil unrest, student protests, > and general strikes that were taking place across most of France. 1968 > Sweet Hereafter" and this year for "It's Only the End of the > World" ("Juste la fin du monde"). Name either of the directors > of these films. Atom Egoyan > Concubine", but this was a tie. Name the other winner that year, > a female-directed movie from New Zealand starring Holly Hunter > and Harvey Keitel that was a Best Picture nominee at the Oscars. The Piano > movement, such as "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu", have to do > with the hell of bureaucracy in a post-Communist society. > Name the country. Romania -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 07 11:42AM -0500 In article <MPG.31e8412af839b5dc74@news.eternal-september.org>, usenet@MarcDashevsky.com says... > > Oscar. Name that movie, starring Ernest Borgnine and written > > by Paddy Chayefsky. > Marty [IIRC this was a TV movie] But Rod Steiger acted in the TV film. My mistake. -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 07 05:21PM Mark Brader wrote: > eight directors who have won it twice. Name any one of them. > Hint: Two are Belgian and the others -- in no particular order -- > are British, American, Serbian, Austrian, Danish, and Japanese. Ken Russell > One is about George W. Bush and the war on terror; the > other followed Jacques Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso. > Name either. Fahrenheit 9/11 > Recall his Past Lives", hail from? Recent films that *took > place* in this country include "The Impossible", "The Hangover > Part II", "Rambo", and "Only God Forgives". Vietnam > earlier Grand Prix du Festival. Within 2, and including > <answer 2>, how many of the 69 were also at least nominated > for the Oscar for Best Picture? 10, 15 > In each case, we will name a team and you will answer with the > corresponding row number on the table. > 1. Juventus ["you-VENT-uss"]. 5 > 2. Bayern Munich. 12 > 3. Barcelona. 15 > 4. Chelsea. 13 > 5. Real Madrid. 9 > 6. Manchester City. 11 > 7. Zenit St. Petersburg. 2 > 8. Dynamo Kiev. 4 > 9. Paris St-Germain. 7 > 10. Arsenal. 3 > So there were 6 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to identify > the remaining teams for fun, but for no points. > 11. Jbysfohet. Were they the Faeroe Island champions? By process of elimination they must be 1 > 12. Benfica. 16 > 13. Atlético Madrid. 6 > 14. PSV Eindhoven. 10 > 15. Gent. 14 > 16. Roma. 8 Peter Smyth |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 07 07:37PM +0200 On 2016-07-07 08:49, Mark Brader wrote: > eight directors who have won it twice. Name any one of them. > Hint: Two are Belgian and the others -- in no particular order -- > are British, American, Serbian, Austrian, Danish, and Japanese. Lars von Trier > was 1955, and the winner that year also won the Best Picture > Oscar. Name that movie, starring Ernest Borgnine and written > by Paddy Chayefsky. The Giant > One is about George W. Bush and the war on terror; the > other followed Jacques Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso. > Name either. Fahrenheit 9/11 > -- except once. Within 1 year, name the year when it was > cancelled in solidarity with the civil unrest, student protests, > and general strikes that were taking place across most of France. 1968 > Recall his Past Lives", hail from? Recent films that *took > place* in this country include "The Impossible", "The Hangover > Part II", "Rambo", and "Only God Forgives". USA > In each case, we will name a team and you will answer with the > corresponding row number on the table. > 1. Juventus ["you-VENT-uss"]. 5 > 2. Bayern Munich. 12 > 3. Barcelona. 15 > 4. Chelsea. 13 > 5. Real Madrid. 9 > 6. Manchester City. 11 > 7. Zenit St. Petersburg. 4;2 > 8. Dynamo Kiev. 4;2 > 9. Paris St-Germain. 7 > 10. Arsenal. 3 -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 07 01:52PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> was 1955, and the winner that year also won the Best Picture >>> Oscar. Name that movie, starring Ernest Borgnine and written >>> by Paddy Chayefsky. Marc Dashevsky: >> Marty [IIRC this was a TV movie] > But Rod Steiger acted in the TV film. My mistake. And a TV-movie would not have been eligible for an Oscar unless it also played in cinemas. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Argh! Hoist by my own canard :-) !" msb@vex.net -- Steve Summit |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 07 11:59PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > eight directors who have won it twice. Name any one of them. > Hint: Two are Belgian and the others -- in no particular order -- > are British, American, Serbian, Austrian, Danish, and Japanese. Kurosawa > was 1955, and the winner that year also won the Best Picture > Oscar. Name that movie, starring Ernest Borgnine and written > by Paddy Chayefsky. Marty > One is about George W. Bush and the war on terror; the > other followed Jacques Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso. > Name either. Fahrenheit 911 > -- except once. Within 1 year, name the year when it was > cancelled in solidarity with the civil unrest, student protests, > and general strikes that were taking place across most of France. 1975; 1978 > Recall his Past Lives", hail from? Recent films that *took > place* in this country include "The Impossible", "The Hangover > Part II", "Rambo", and "Only God Forgives". Thailand; Vietnam > country had 3 Oscar nominations; *that* film's title is "The > Battle of..." -- this country's capital city. Now, name the > African country. DR Congo > earlier Grand Prix du Festival. Within 2, and including > <answer 2>, how many of the 69 were also at least nominated > for the Oscar for Best Picture? 15; 20 > Concubine", but this was a tie. Name the other winner that year, > a female-directed movie from New Zealand starring Holly Hunter > and Harvey Keitel that was a Best Picture nominee at the Oscars. The Piano > In each case, we will name a team and you will answer with the > corresponding row number on the table. > 1. Juventus ["you-VENT-uss"]. 5 > 2. Bayern Munich. 12 > 3. Barcelona. 15 > 4. Chelsea. 13 > 5. Real Madrid. 9 > 6. Manchester City. 11 > 7. Zenit St. Petersburg. 2 > 8. Dynamo Kiev. 4 > 9. Paris St-Germain. 7 > 10. Arsenal. 3 > So there were 6 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to identify > the remaining teams for fun, but for no points. > 11. Wolfsburg. 1 > 12. Orasvpn. 16 > 13. Ngyégvpb Znqevq. 6 > 14. CFI Rvaqubira. 10 > 15. Trag. 14 > 16. Ebzn. 8 Pete Gayde |
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