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| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jul 08 02:03PM On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:34:37 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 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? Is Fern specific enough? > 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? The Flemish area > 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? Beijing > 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"? Tiger Tiger |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 08 10:22AM -0500 In article <380fece1-4980-4438-95e4-007902e5b4c5@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 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? > 3 Which 1995 animated film was their first Disney movie to be based on the life of a real person? Pochahontas > 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? 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? > 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"? tiger -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 08 01:05PM -0500 "Calvin": > > 4 In a standard tennis match what is the maximum number of > > consecutive set points one player might have? Mark Brader: Arrgh, I forgot to come back to that one! Oh well, I don't understand the sport well enough to answer anyway. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Infinity is not a big number." msb@vex.net --Matt Parker |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 08 10:01PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 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? Fern > 3 Which > 1995 animated film was their first Disney movie to be based on the > life of a real person? Mulan > 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? Oslo > 9 Which 8-letter word refers to someone who > renounces their religion? Agnostic > 10 According to a 1794 poem by William > Blake, which animal is "burning bright, In the forests of the > night"? Owl > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 08 10:27PM Calvin wrote: > 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? Six > 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? Munich > 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"? Tiger Peter Smyth |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jul 08 06:25PM -0400 On 2016-07-08, Calvin wrote: > 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? 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? 1 > 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? Beijing > 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"? Tiger -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 08 09:24PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 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? fern > 3 Which 1995 animated film was their first Disney movie to be based on the life of a real person? Pocahotas > 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? 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"? tiger -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 08 09:28PM -0700 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > For the nordic ski events they are looking at a quarry > some 25 km outside of time. Won't being "outside of time" make it hard to time the events? -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 09 10:24AM +0200 >> For the nordic ski events they are looking at a quarry >> some 25 km outside of time. > Won't being "outside of time" make it hard to time the events? Ehum, that's what happens when you think of something else while typing. I meant to say 25 km outside of town. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 09 03:17AM This is Rotating Quiz 225. Entries must be posted by Friday, July 15, 2016 at 11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time). Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner gets to create the next RQ. Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question. This quiz has a theme. Most answers have a themed and an unthemed part; the themed part is worth 1 point and if that is correct and the unthemed part is also given it is also worth 1 point. Everything given must be correct. E.g., if the category was "colors" and an answer was "Betty White," "White" would score 1 and "Betty White" would score 2; "Betty" by itself would score 0 and "Betsy White" would score 0. If an answer has only a themed part, it is worth just 1 point. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored the most points on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest people got any points on). Second tiebreaker will be posting order. 1. This Canadian sportscaster has appeared on Hockey Night in Canada since the early 1980s and has occasionally been seen on ESPN. Prior to that he coached the Boston Bruins for five seasons and the Colorado Rockies for one, and before coaching he played in the AHL for many years (and in the NHL for one game). 2. France Telecom entirely renamed itself to <answer 2> in 2013, after buying the company owning the name in 2000 and gradually rebranding its services. (This is a one-part answer.) 3. This character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is sometimes taken as a self-insertion of sorts, as he is the author of the play-within-a-play that is performed at the end. 4. This American singer-songwriter has achieved her greatest success to date with her single "Criminal," which was released in 1997 when she was just 20 years old; it got her a Grammy (her only one) and is her highest-charting single. However, she has continued to publish, with her latest album having been released in 2012. 5. This American businessman started in his father's bank and became the owner not many years later (the bank was later merged and the post-merger bank is the largest custodian bank in the world). He invested heavily in industry (he financed Alcoa among other firms) and became one of the wealthiest people in the US. He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by Harding and served well into Hoover's term. He and one of his brothers established a research institute bearing the family name which later merged with a college founded by another wealthy businessman to form a major university. 6. This British computer company was founded in 1965 but is best-known for its line of microcomputers starting in 1982. In 1983 the first one using the name <answer 6> was released; this was sort of IBM PC-compatible, but had hardware differences (the use of 3.5" disks being one). This was intended for business use but it released home and portable models in 1984. In 1985 the company was renamed for the brand. (In 1990 they went back to their original name.) Mistubishi Electric bought them in the early 1990s but could not make a success out of them. A new company with the same name was formed in 2008 but dissolved in 2012. (This is a one-part answer.) 7. This American actor was known for his work with Walter Matthau and his performances for directors such as Billy Wilder and Blake Edwards. He won an Oscar for Best Actor for Save the Tiger and Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts. 8. This German electronic music group was founded in 1967 and is still active, albeit with many personnel changes. They first achieved prominence in the US due to their work on movie soundtracks, including those for Thief, Sorceror, Legend, Firestarter, and Risky Business. They more recently did the soundtrack for the game Grand Theft Auto V. 9. The second show produced by Hanna-Barbera was named for this character, who appeared in one of its segments. While the show only lasted for four seasons, it was highly influential and one of the segments was spun off into its own series, with its characters later appearing in other series and in one theatrical movie (to date). <Answer 9> has not had that kind of success but has made some additional appearances over the years. 10. This popular brand of shoe polish was developed in Australia in the early 20th century and was owned by Australian companies for many years. In 1984 it was sold to Sara Lee who in turned sold it to S. C. Johnson (also an American company) in 2011. (This is a one-part answer.) -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jul 09 02:20AM -0400 On 2016-07-09, Dan Blum wrote: > that he coached the Boston Bruins for five seasons and the Colorado > Rockies for one, and before coaching he played in the AHL for many > years (and in the NHL for one game). Don Cherry > 3. This character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is > sometimes taken as a self-insertion of sorts, as he is the author of > the play-within-a-play that is performed at the end. Peter Quince > term. He and one of his brothers established a research institute > bearing the family name which later merged with a college founded by > another wealthy businessman to form a major university. Mellon > Electric bought them in the early 1990s but could not make a success > out of them. A new company with the same name was formed in 2008 but > dissolved in 2012. (This is a one-part answer.) Acorn > his performances for directors such as Billy Wilder and Blake > Edwards. He won an Oscar for Best Actor for Save the Tiger and Best > Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts. Jack Lemmon > appearing in other series and in one theatrical movie (to > date). <Answer 9> has not had that kind of success but has made some > additional appearances over the years. Huckleberry Hound > years. In 1984 it was sold to Sara Lee who in turned sold it to > S. C. Johnson (also an American company) in 2011. (This is a one-part > answer.) Kiwi -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 09 03:01AM -0500 Dan Blum: > that he coached the Boston Bruins for five seasons and the Colorado > Rockies for one, and before coaching he played in the AHL for many > years (and in the NHL for one game). Don Cherry. > 2. France Telecom entirely renamed itself to <answer 2> in 2013, after > buying the company owning the name in 2000 and gradually rebranding > its services. (This is a one-part answer.) Orange. > she was just 20 years old; it got her a Grammy (her only one) and is > her highest-charting single. However, she has continued to publish, > with her latest album having been released in 2012. Fiona Apple? > term. He and one of his brothers established a research institute > bearing the family name which later merged with a college founded by > another wealthy businessman to form a major university. Mellon. > his performances for directors such as Billy Wilder and Blake > Edwards. He won an Oscar for Best Actor for Save the Tiger and Best > Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts. Jack Lemmon, duh. > appearing in other series and in one theatrical movie (to > date). <Answer 9> has not had that kind of success but has made some > additional appearances over the years. Huckleberry Hound. I used to watch it as a small boy! > years. In 1984 it was sold to Sara Lee who in turned sold it to > S. C. Johnson (also an American company) in 2011. (This is a one-part > answer.) Kiwi (not Kiwifruit). -- Mark Brader "Poor spelling does not prove poor knowledge, Toronto but is fatal to the argument by intimidation." msb@vex.net -- Gene Ward Smith My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 08 10:15AM -0500 In article <98udnTRjNuqZOOPKnZ2dnUU7-WXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > > 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. Yes. That was the point of my initial comment. I provided an answer even though I mistakenly thought the answer was ineligible. -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 08 09:14PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 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 -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 08 01:03PM -0500 "Calvin": > So protest denied sorry. Thanks for considering it. -- Mark Brader "Great things are not done by those Toronto who sit down and count the cost msb@vex.net of every thought and act." --Daniel Gooch |
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