- QFTCI16 Game 10, Rounds 7-8: poetry and grand slams - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #462 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 2 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 28 01:22AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide... > 3. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, > The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea... Browning > 4. I met a traveller from an antique land > Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone > Stand in the desert..." Coleridge > 6. The sea is calm tonight. > The tide is full, the moon lies fair > Upon the straits... Dover Beach > 1. In tennis the phrase Grand Slam refers to four tournaments of > the ATP tour -- that's the Association of Tennis Professionals. > Name all four. US Open, French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open > 2. ATP tournaments are played on three types of courts. Name all > three. grass, clay, artificial -- Dan Tilque |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 28 12:53PM +0200 This is a repost - the first entry went by mail by accident. The answers are the same though On 2016-10-26 00:57, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. In tennis the phrase Grand Slam refers to four tournaments of > the ATP tour -- that's the Association of Tennis Professionals. > Name all four. Wimbledon, French Open, US Open, Australian Open > 2. ATP tournaments are played on three types of courts. Name all > three. grass, hard court, clay (its rusty colored gravel) > Fynz gbheanzrag. Bar bs gur znva ernfbaf vf orpnhfr guvf Fjvff > cynlre unf jba 17 bs gur 67 gbgny Tenaq Fynz gbheanzragf qhevat > gung crevbq. Uvf 17 jvaf vf gur pheerag erpbeq. Roger Federer > Tenaq Fynz gbheanzragf fvapr 2000. Guvf cynlre vf n pynl pbheg > fcrpvnyvfg, naq 9 bs gubfr 14 jvaf jrer ng gur Serapu Bcra, > gur bayl Tenaq Fynz gbheanzrag gung hfrf pynl pbhegf. Rafael Nadal > 5. Guvf Freovna cynlre vf ba genpx gb fhecnff Ensnry Anqny va > Tenaq Fynz gbheanzrag jvaf. Ur pheeragyl unf 12, vapyhqvat > obgu gur Nhfgenyvna naq Serapu Bcraf guvf lrne. Djokovic > naq Qwbxbivp. Ur unf ybfg gb bar be gur bgure va 7 Tenaq > Fynz gbheanzrag svanyf. Ur zbfg erpragyl orng Zvybf Enbavp > [eulzrf jvgu "pbj avgpu"] ng guvf lrne'f Jvzoyrqba. Andy Murray > jvyq-pneq fcbg. Va gur svanyf ur znantrq gb orng Cngevpx Ensgre. > Uvf jva vafcverq gur 2004 zbivr "Jvzoyrqba", fgneevat Cnhy > Orggnal naq Xvefgra Qhafg. Goran Ivanisevic ? > Nzrevpna gb jva n Tenaq Fynz gbheanzrag, anzryl gur HF Bcra > va 2003. Ur qvq znxr gur svanyf bs Jvzoyrqba guerr gvzrf, > ohg ybfg nyy guerr gvzrf gb, lrf, Srqrere. Pete Sampras > 10. Gur bayl Nhfgenyvna gb jva n Tenaq Fynz gbheanzrag fvapr 2000 > vf guvf cynlre jub vf xabja sbe uvf genqrznex "onpxjneqf onfronyy > pnc" ybbx. Ur jba gur HF Bcra va 2001 naq Jvzoyrqba va 2002. And no mention of Björn Borg -- -- Björn |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 27 08:44PM -0700 On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 10:13:02 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by those living on the northside of Chicago, and detested by those on the southside? Cubs > 2 Which specific piece of music by Richard Wagner was the theme for the film "Apocalypse Now"? Ride of the Valkyries > 3 In ten pin bowling, which term denotes three consecutive strikes? Turkey > 4 Which American city is home to the NFL's Lions? Detroit > 5 Which rock band had a 1992 hit with "November Rain"? Guns N Roses > 6 Despite the Netherland's neutrality, which Dutchman (1890 – 1939) produced several fighter aircraft for Germany during WWI? Anthony Fokker > 7 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film? The Jungle Book > 8 Though he now has a wide range of interests, Donald Trump initially made his fortune in which field of business? Real Estate / Property Though it's hard to disagree with those who suggested inheritance :-) > 9 Which European capital city was known as Christiania (or Kristiania) between 1624 and 1925? Oslo > 10 The George Cross is awarded "For Gallantry". Which cross is awarded "For Valour"? Victoria Cross Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 462 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 66 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 59 Gareth Owen 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 63 Pete Gayde 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 51 Peter Smyth 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 58 Mark Brader 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 44 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 46 Chris Johnson 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 45 Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 30 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 8 8 5 8 3 8 5 7 7 7 66 73% Congratulations Stephen. I'm heading off to the Quiz Olympiad so CQ463 won't appear for 2-3 weeks. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 27 11:55PM -0500 "Calvin": > I'm heading off to the Quiz Olympiad so CQ463 won't appear for 2-3 weeks. Rotsa ruck, mate! -- Mark Brader, Toronto "No victor believes in chance." msb@vex.net -- Nietzsche (trans. Kaufmann) |
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