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| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Aug 07 09:07AM -0700 this is rotating quiz #227. this quiz has nothing to do with the tv show 'room 227'. the winner will be the first choice to set RQ 228, in a manner of their choosing. please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one. answer slates must be posted before 9pm edt (philadelphia/toronto time) on saturday, 2016-08-13, which gives a bit over 6 days from the time of this posting. in case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first. correct answers are worth 1 point each. Have fun! 1. in England on March 17, 1845, who patented the rubber band? 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? 5. in what state is auburn university located? 6. how many provinces does china have? 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space station 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is from toronto? 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain from one end of the U.S. to the other. what year? 11. what is the biological classification between family & species? 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? swp |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 07 04:13PM > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? Tiber > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? Stephen Hawking > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? Erie > 5. in what state is auburn university located? Alabama > 6. how many provinces does china have? 23 > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Konrad Adenauer > 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space station Skylab > 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is from toronto? Peter Jennings > 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain from one end of the U.S. to the other. what year? 1987 > 11. what is the biological classification between family & species? order > 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? Jack Nicklaus -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 07 12:24PM -0500 Stephen Perry: > the winner will be the first choice to set RQ 228, in a manner of their > choosing. Well, I don't think that's going to be me -- there are so many guesses below that I'm not going to bother putting ?'s on them. > 1. in England on March 17, 1845, who patented the rubber band? Dunlop. > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? Po. > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? Hawking. > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? Michigan. > 5. in what state is auburn university located? Texas. > 6. how many provinces does china have? 32. > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Hindenburg. > 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space station Mir. > 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is from toronto? Jennings. > 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain from one end of > the U.S. to the other. what year? 1976. > 11. what is the biological classification between family & species? Genus. > 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? Palmer. -- Mark Brader | "...the average homeowner should expect... Toronto | meteor damage every hundred million years." msb@vex.net | --Robert Nemiroff & Jerry Bonnell |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 07 08:43PM +0200 > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? Po > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? Stephen Hawkins > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? Michigan > 5. in what state is auburn university located? Georgia > 6. how many provinces does china have? 91 > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Adenauer? > 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space > station Mir > 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is from toronto? Mark Brader, isn't it? > 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain from one end of > the U.S. to the other. what year? 1994 > 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? Ballesteros -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Aug 07 08:21PM +0100 swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> writes: All but two of these are guesses > 1. in England on March 17, 1845, who patented the rubber band? Charles Rubberband > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? Don > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? Stephen Hawking > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? Huron > 5. in what state is auburn university located? Alabama > 6. how many provinces does china have? 7 > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Hindenburg > 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space > station Mir > 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is from > toronto? Dan Rather > 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain from one end of > the U.S. to the other. what year? 1978 > 11. what is the biological classification between family & species? Genus > 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? Palmer |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Aug 07 08:21PM +0100 >> choosing. > Well, I don't think that's going to be me -- there are so many guesses > below that I'm not going to bother putting ?'s on them. Yeah, that was my thinking too :) |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Aug 07 03:29PM -0400 On 2016-08-07, swp wrote: > correct answers are worth 1 point each. > Have fun! > 1. in England on March 17, 1845, who patented the rubber band? Dunlop > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? Po > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? Hawking > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? Erie > 5. in what state is auburn university located? > 6. how many provinces does china have? > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Brandt > 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space station Mir > 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is from toronto? Jennings > 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain from one end of the U.S. to the other. what year? > 11. what is the biological classification between family & species? Genus > 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? Nicklaus -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 07 08:44PM swp wrote: > correct answers are worth 1 point each. > Have fun! > 1. in England on March 17, 1845, who patented the rubber band? Dunlop > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? Danube > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? Hawking > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? Huron > 5. in what state is auburn university located? Ohio > 6. how many provinces does china have? 17 > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Brandt > 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space > station Mir > 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain > from one end of the U.S. to the other. what year? > 11. what is the biological classification between family & species? genus > 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single > year? Arnold Palmer Peter Smyth |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 07 05:22PM -0700 swp wrote: > 1. in England on March 17, 1845, who patented the rubber band? > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? the Po > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? Stephen Hawking > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? Lake Erie > 5. in what state is auburn university located? Alabama > 6. how many provinces does china have? 35 ?? > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Bismarck > 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space station Mir > 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is from toronto? Peter Jennings ?? > 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain from one end of the U.S. to the other. what year? 1986 > 11. what is the biological classification between family & species? genus > 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? Sam Snead -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 08 01:34AM swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? Michigan > 5. in what state is auburn university located? Alabama > 6. how many provinces does china have? > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Adenauer (Der Alte?) > station > 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is > from toronto? Jennings > the U.S. to the other. what year? > 11. what is the biological > classification between family & species? Genus > 12. who was the first golfer > to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? > swp Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 07 10:36PM -0700 On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 2:07:54 AM UTC+10, swp wrote: > this is rotating quiz #227. this quiz has nothing to do with the tv show 'room 227'. > 1. in England on March 17, 1845, who patented the rubber band? Dunlop > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? Tiber > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? Hawking > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? Huron > 5. in what state is auburn university located? Michigan > 6. how many provinces does china have? 22 > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Bismarck > 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space station Mia > 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is from toronto? > 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain from one end of the U.S. to the other. what year? > 11. what is the biological classification between family & species? Genus > 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? Player cheers, calvin |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Aug 08 02:58AM -0500 In article <0a2ba281-af89-4547-bb78-0594d701c358@googlegroups.com>, Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com says... > 1. in England on March 17, 1845, who patented the rubber band? > 2. what is the largest river flowing into the Adriatic Sea? > 3. who is cambridge university's lucasian professor of mathematics? Hawking > 4. which great lake is the only one with its bottom above sea level? > 5. in what state is auburn university located? Alabama > 6. how many provinces does china have? > 7. this german statesman was nicknamed 'die alte' Adenauer > 8. cosmonaut sergei krikalev spent nearly a year aboard this space station Mir > 9. what is the name of the former abc news anchorman who is from toronto? > 10. 'hands across america' tried to form a human chain from one end of the U.S. to the other. what year? > 11. what is the biological classification between family & species? genus > 12. who was the first golfer to earn more than $100,000 in a single year? Palmer -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "björn lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Aug 07 02:03PM -0700 Den lördag 6 augusti 2016 kl. 06:26:47 UTC+2 skrev Mark Brader: > 2. Where was the second atomic bomb exploded? Hiroshima, Japan ; Nagasaki, Japan > 3. The next four questions are about exploration. Who was the > leader of the second expedition to reach the South Pole? Scott; Amudsen > 4. Who led the second expedition that circumnavigated the Earth? Magellan; da Gama > 6. Who was the second man to walk on the Moon? > 7. The last four questions are about leaders. Who was the second > Prime Minister of Canada? McKenzie King > cases in the US where two relatives with the same surname have > each become president. Give the surname of the second such > pair of relatives. Bush; Roosevelt > 9. Who was the second leader of Nazi Germany? Hint: until then > he was a high-ranking naval officer. Dönitz > 10. Who was the second emperor of the Roman Empire? Hint: Julius > Caesar was never emperor. Tiberius -- Björn ( traveling so via google groups. I hope the layout is ok) |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 07 07:42PM -0700 On Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 2:26:47 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. The second section of the Toronto subway to open ran primarily > under what street? > 2. Where was the second atomic bomb exploded? Nagasaki, unless test sites are being included. > 3. The next four questions are about exploration. Who was the > leader of the second expedition to reach the South Pole? Scott, Shackleton > 4. Who led the second expedition that circumnavigated the Earth? Tasman, Cook > any pilot, if there was more than one) of the second airplane > to cross the Atlantic *nonstop*. > 6. Who was the second man to walk on the Moon? Aldrin > cases in the US where two relatives with the same surname have > each become president. Give the surname of the second such > pair of relatives. Roosevelt > 9. Who was the second leader of Nazi Germany? Hint: until then > he was a high-ranking naval officer. Donitz > 10. Who was the second emperor of the Roman Empire? Hint: Julius > Caesar was never emperor. Tiberius > 1. A farm girl who rides in a surrey with a fringe on top, in a > 1955 film; and a mom who sings with her sons and daughters, > from 1970 to 1974. Jones > in a 1941 movie; and a fatherly doctor, from 1969 to 1976. > 3. Wife of George and mother of Zuzu, in a 1946 movie; and Miss > Ellie Ewing, in 1984-85. Collins > 4. On film, a murderer observed by a photographer; on TV, a > numbingly successful lawyer. Burr, Griffith > 5. A femme fatale who lures a schnook into helping her kill her > husband, in a 1944 movie; and the head of the Barkley family > on a 19th-century California ranch, from 1965 to 1969. Stanwyck > boss. > 7. On film, a small boy with a stutter; on TV, a teenager named > Richie. Howard > 8. On film, a maid whose mistress seems to be losing her mind; > on TV, a writer whose real life comes to resemble her writing. Landsbury > And on TV, Bill Bixby's "Uncle Martin". > 10. On film, Charles Foster Kane's mother; on TV, Samantha's > mother, Endora. Moorehead cheers, calvin |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Aug 08 02:51AM -0500 In article <V_adnat_KPif-jjKnZ2dnUU7-KfNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. The second section of the Toronto subway to open ran primarily > under what street? > 2. Where was the second atomic bomb exploded? Nagasaki > 3. The next four questions are about exploration. Who was the > leader of the second expedition to reach the South Pole? > 4. Who led the second expedition that circumnavigated the Earth? Drake > any pilot, if there was more than one) of the second airplane > to cross the Atlantic *nonstop*. > 6. Who was the second man to walk on the Moon? White > cases in the US where two relatives with the same surname have > each become president. Give the surname of the second such > pair of relatives. Roosevelt > he was a high-ranking naval officer. > 10. Who was the second emperor of the Roman Empire? Hint: Julius > Caesar was never emperor. Tiberius > 1. A farm girl who rides in a surrey with a fringe on top, in a > 1955 film; and a mom who sings with her sons and daughters, > from 1970 to 1974. Shirley Jones > 2. A tenderfoot Eastern surveyor helping to build a railroad, > in a 1941 movie; and a fatherly doctor, from 1969 to 1976. Robert Young > Ellie Ewing, in 1984-85. > 4. On film, a murderer observed by a photographer; on TV, a > numbingly successful lawyer. Raymond Burr > 5. A femme fatale who lures a schnook into helping her kill her > husband, in a 1944 movie; and the head of the Barkley family > on a 19th-century California ranch, from 1965 to 1969. Barbara Stanwyck > 6. In a 1969 movie, an agent investigating a French spy ring passing > NATO secrets to the Russians; and from 1976 to 1981, an unseen > boss. John Forsythe > 7. On film, a small boy with a stutter; on TV, a teenager named > Richie. Ron Howard > 8. On film, a maid whose mistress seems to be losing her mind; > on TV, a writer whose real life comes to resemble her writing. Angela Lansbury > 9. For this one we'll give you two movie roles, both of them > singing parts: the Devil, and a sailor in the South Seas. > And on TV, Bill Bixby's "Uncle Martin". Ray Walston > 10. On film, Charles Foster Kane's mother; on TV, Samantha's > mother, Endora. Ages Moorehead -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 07 07:14PM -0700 On Friday, August 5, 2016 at 5:20:05 AM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote: > > Twelfth Night > > Singleton for Chris > I got this one. So you did. Revised scores: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 450 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 36 Gareth Owen 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 45 Mark Brader 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 39 Chris Johnson 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 39 Bjorn Lundin 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 36 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 25 Peter Smyth 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 26 Erland S 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 30 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 30 Dan Tilque 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 31 Bruce Bowler - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 7 2 7 6 10 2 7 6 1 3 51 51% Congratulations Gareth, and my apologies to Mark. cheers, calvin |
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