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- QFTCI16 Game 6, Rounds 4-6: love laments, mountaineering - 3 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 23 10:53PM -0700 1 What name is given to a written character (such as $ or 7 or &) that represents a word or phrase? 2 Which "sport" is the subject of the 2009 film "Whip It" starring Drew Barrymore? 3 Who French writer's (1802-85) works include "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"? 4 Which American singer, the Queen of Disco, died in May 2012? 5 The aria "Nessun Dorma" is from which 1924 Puccini opera? 6 Chris Martin is the lead singer of which British band? 7 With a population somewhere between 1 and 2 million, Aleppo is the largest city in which country? 8 Who took over as German Fuhrer in April 1945 following Hitler's death? 9 Walter Gropius founded which influential art, design and architecture school? 10 The sport of polo was first played on which continent? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 24 08:59AM > 4 Which American singer, the Queen of Disco, died in May 2012? Donna Summer > 5 The aria "Nessun Dorma" is from which 1924 Puccini opera? > 6 Chris Martin is the lead singer of which British band? Three music questions in a row - Mark will go mad! > 7 With a population somewhere between 1 and 2 million, Aleppo is the > largest city in which country? Syria. Alas, the population has dwindled seriously the last few years for very bad reasons. > 8 Who took over as German Fuhrer in April 1945 following Hitler's > death? Adolf Dönitz > 10 The sport of polo was first played on which continent? Asia -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 23 10:50PM -0700 On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 11:08:03 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Despite being only 26.6 seconds in length it is probably the most scrutinised piece of film of all time. What did Abraham Zapruder famously record? JFK assassination > 2 Which (fictional) race of extra-terrestrial mutants hails from the planet Skaro? Daleks > 3 Which 1983 musical romantic comedy did Barbra Streisand direct, co-write, co- produce and star in? Yentl > 4 Marlee Matlin won a best actress Oscar for her role in which 1986 film? Children of a Lesser God > 5 Which American newspaper is sometimes known as the "old gray lady"? New York Times > 6 In what modern day country is Mount Ararat located? Turkey > 7 Which mathematical symbol was invented by Robert Record in the mid-16th century? Equals / = > 8 Which six-letter word can mean a cross between a beagle and a pug, or a baby echidna or platypus? Puggly > 9 A hoplite was a soldier in which ancient civilisation? Greek > 10 What is the three-word title of the 1957 book by Vance Packard which demystified the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising? The Hidden Persuaders Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 453 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 44 Stephen Perry 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 47 Chris Johnson 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 47 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 41 Gareth Owen 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 36 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 32 Dan Tilque 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 27 Marc Dashevsky 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 14 Peter Smyth 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 8 4 5 6 7 6 6 2 5 2 51 57% Congratulations Stephen who just pips Chris. It's a very unusual score distribution for some reason. cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 23 08:41PM +0200 > * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Mountaineering > 5. What technique or action is involved in a glissade ["gliss-AD" > or "gliss-AID"]? Sliding > 9. Within one year, in what year did Tenzing Norgay and Edmund > Hillary make the first recorded ascent to the summit of Everest? 1953 -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Aug 23 11:02PM +0200 On 2016-08-22 01:46, Mark Brader wrote: > 6. Married to a doctor who doesn't fulfill her dreams of romance > and luxury, abandoned by her lover, our heroine takes arsenic. > Which protagonist of an 1856 novel are we talking about? Lady Chatterley > the history of the sport. > 9. Within one year, in what year did Tenzing Norgay and Edmund > Hillary make the first recorded ascent to the summit of Everest? 1951 -- -- Björn |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Aug 23 08:08PM -0700 On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 7:46:41 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > that was later named after him? It is not, as was thought > at the time, the tallest mountain in the Rockies, but it is > 13,745 feet or almost 4,200 m high. Pike? |
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