Monday, October 24, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 3 topics

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 23 10:28PM -0700

Reminder: this quiz ends tomorrow evening.
 
Dan Tilque wrote:
 
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Dan Tilque
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Oct 23 12:38PM +0100

>> and some other information. You tell us the street name after
>> the intersection.
 
> Forget it Jake. It's Chinatown!
 
Well played.
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Oct 23 11:52AM -0700

On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 7:18:11 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything.
> Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle." Give the continuation --
> the next two sentences.
"You know how to whistle, don't you? Just put your lips together and blow."
> 2. 1942: "Major Strasser has been shot." Give the continuation.
 
> 3. 1941, spoken while picking up a black statuette: "Heavy.
> What is it?" Give the reply.
"It's the stuff that dreams are made of."
> 4. 1979, two people talking: "You smell that?" -- "What?" --
> "Napalm, boy. Nothing else in the world smells like that."
> Give the sentence that continues the last line.
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory."
> 5. 1992, two people talking: "You want answers?" -- "I think I'm
> entitled to them." -- "You want answers?" -- "I want the truth!"
> Give the reply to the last line.
"You can't handle the truth."
 
> 7. 1933: "What does it matter? The airplanes got him." Give the
> reply. It's two sentences long, but the second one is the one
> that will count.
"Oh no it wasn't the airplanes. Twas beauty killed the beast."
 
> 9. 1976: "I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want
> you to get up right now, and go to the window, open it, and
> stick your head out and yell: ..." Yell what?
"I'm as mad as Hell and I'm not going to take it anymore"
> 10. 1967: "Virgil. Funny name for a nigger boy from Philadelphia.
> What do they call you up there?" Give the reply.
"They call me MISTER Tibbs."
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 23 02:21PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> You tell us the street name after the intersection.
 
Dan Tilque:
>> Forget it Jake. It's Chinatown!
 
No, Dundas and Spadina both continue after crossing each other.
Of course, there *are* the *other* Chinatowns... oh dear! :-)

Gareth Owen:
> Well played.
 
Seriously now: Hear, hear.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Yet Another Wonderful Novelty -- YAWN!"
msb@vex.net -- Liam Quin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 23 04:38PM -0700

On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 9:18:11 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything.
> Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle." Give the continuation --
> the next two sentences.
 
I'm ready for my close up???
 
> 2. 1942: "Major Strasser has been shot." Give the continuation.
 
This could be the start of a beautiful friendship.
 
 
> 4. 1979, two people talking: "You smell that?" -- "What?" --
> "Napalm, boy. Nothing else in the world smells like that."
> Give the sentence that continues the last line.
 
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
 
> 5. 1992, two people talking: "You want answers?" -- "I think I'm
> entitled to them." -- "You want answers?" -- "I want the truth!"
> Give the reply to the last line.
 
You can't handle the truth
 
> 6. 1939: "Home. I'll go home. And I'll think of some way to get
> him back." Give the continuation.
 
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

> 7. 1933: "What does it matter? The airplanes got him." Give the
> reply. It's two sentences long, but the second one is the one
> that will count.
 
'Twas beauty killed beast.
 
> 8. 1972, two people talking: "And in a month from now, this
> Hollywood big shot's going to give you what you want." --
> "It's too late; they start shooting in a week." Give the reply.
 
I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

> 9. 1976: "I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want
> you to get up right now, and go to the window, open it, and
> stick your head out and yell: ..." Yell what?
 
I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.
 
> 10. 1967: "Virgil. Funny name for a nigger boy from Philadelphia.
> What do they call you up there?" Give the reply.
 
They call me Mr Tibbs
 
> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Streets, Continued
 
Pass
 
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 23 10:03PM -0500

In article <CM2dnW-u3-Jw15bFnZ2dnUU7-N3NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything.
> Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle." Give the continuation --
> the next two sentences.
You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips
together and blow.
 
> 2. 1942: "Major Strasser has been shot." Give the continuation.
Round up the usual suspects
 
> 3. 1941, spoken while picking up a black statuette: "Heavy.
> What is it?" Give the reply.
The stuff that dreams are made of
 
> 4. 1979, two people talking: "You smell that?" -- "What?" --
> "Napalm, boy. Nothing else in the world smells like that."
> Give the sentence that continues the last line.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning
 
> 5. 1992, two people talking: "You want answers?" -- "I think I'm
> entitled to them." -- "You want answers?" -- "I want the truth!"
> Give the reply to the last line.
You can't handle the truth
 
> 6. 1939: "Home. I'll go home. And I'll think of some way to get
> him back." Give the continuation.
After all, tomorrow is another day
 
> 7. 1933: "What does it matter? The airplanes got him." Give the
> reply. It's two sentences long, but the second one is the one
> that will count.
It was beauty killed the beast
 
> 8. 1972, two people talking: "And in a month from now, this
> Hollywood big shot's going to give you what you want." --
> "It's too late; they start shooting in a week." Give the reply.
I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse
 
> 9. 1976: "I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want
> you to get up right now, and go to the window, open it, and
> stick your head out and yell: ..." Yell what?
I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore
 
> 10. 1967: "Virgil. Funny name for a nigger boy from Philadelphia.
> What do they call you up there?" Give the reply.
They call me Mr. Tibbs
 
 
 
 
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 23 04:30PM -0700

On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 5:24:31 PM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> > Erland also got this.
 
> Seems like Calvin had a displacement error in the score table. He had a 1
> for me for #7 which I didn't even try. So my total score is correct.
 
Here are the corrected results, though the overall scores have not changed.
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 461
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 62 Bruce Bowler
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 59 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 59 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 53 Chris Johnson
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 56 Gareth Owen
0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 51 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 51 Pete Gayde
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 40 Peter Smyth
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 28 Bjorn Lundin
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 29 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
0 10 3 5 8 9 8 10 3 6 62 62%
 
cheers,
calvin
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