Thursday, September 29, 2016

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"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Sep 28 03:36PM +0200

On 2016-09-27 22:13, Mark Brader wrote:
> was employed as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1930s and 1940s,
> receiving credits on movies such as "The Big Sleep" and "To
> Have and Have Not".
 
Raymond Chandler ?
 
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 28 12:49PM -0500

In article <WridnTXy3IVgT3fKnZ2dnUU7-LPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> 1. This 7'6"-tall player's 8-season career in the NBA with the
> Houston Rockets is said to have sparked increased interest in
> the sport in his home country of China.
Yao Ming
 
> He won the NBA championship in 2011 and the MVP award in 2007.
> His entire NBA career, 18 seasons so far, has been with the
> Dallas Mavericks.
Dirk Nowitzki
 
> Lakers in 2009 and '10. That's two more than his younger
> brother, named Marc, has managed so far in his career with the
> Memphis Grizzlies. Give their surname.
Gasol
 
> international play but won 4 NBA championship titles with the
> San Antonio Spurs. He is also known in entertainment news
> circles as the ex-husband of Eva Longoria.
Tony Parker
 
 
> 2. Prior to <answer 1>, Canada's only claim to a Nobel in Literature
> was this Canadian-born American novelist of works such as
> "Herzog", "Humboldt's Gift", and "Henderson the Rain King".
Saul Bellow
 
> was employed as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1930s and 1940s,
> receiving credits on movies such as "The Big Sleep" and "To
> Have and Have Not".
Raymond Chandler
 
 
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Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 29 02:25AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:WridnTXy3IVgT3fKnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 1. This 7'6"-tall player's 8-season career in the NBA with the
> Houston Rockets is said to have sparked increased interest in
> the sport in his home country of China.
 
Yao Ming
 
> He won the NBA championship in 2011 and the MVP award in 2007.
> His entire NBA career, 18 seasons so far, has been with the
> Dallas Mavericks.
 
Nowitzki
 
> Lakers in 2009 and '10. That's two more than his younger
> brother, named Marc, has managed so far in his career with the
> Memphis Grizzlies. Give their surname.
 
Gasol
 
> international play but won 4 NBA championship titles with the
> San Antonio Spurs. He is also known in entertainment news
> circles as the ex-husband of Eva Longoria.
 
Parker
 
> He was an integral part of the 2004 Argentinian Olympic team
> that won gold by beating the USA in the semifinals and Italy
> in the finals.
 
Ginoboli
 
> EuroLeague and won two Olympic silver medals before coming to
> the NBA and winning 3 NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls,
> where he often played the role of the "sixth man".
 
Kukoc
 
 
> 9. The only person so far to win both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar
> is this Irish dramatist. He won the Oscar in 1938 for adapting
> his own play.
 
Joyce
 
> was employed as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1930s and 1940s,
> receiving credits on movies such as "The Big Sleep" and "To
> Have and Have Not".
 
Hammett
 
 
Pete Gayde
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 28 12:31PM -0500

In article <nZqdnQBDHoSr1HfKnZ2dnUU7-N_NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> imprisonment in which country?
 
> 10. Which company's smartphones are named in a recall order by
> the US Consumer Product Safety Commission?
Samsung
 
> * Game 2 (2016-09-26), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Donald Trump's oldest son caused an uproar on social media this
> week by comparing Syrian refugees to which fruit-flavored candy?
Skittles
 
> in these parts since 2010. Which visitor was here to help
> provide views of the Blue Jays game and the world hockey
> celebrations?
Goodyear blimp
 
 
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