- Rotating quiz #240 - 1 Update
- QFTCI16 Final, Round 9: Arts & Literature - 2 Updates
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 22 02:07AM -0600 In article <rg94gd-f8d.ln1@cfajohnson.ca>, cfajohnson@cfaj.ca says... > 1. A brood (as of pheasants) > 2. A city on the east coast of Scotland, once known for fishing, but > now for oil, sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Don and the ? Dee > 3. A member of the order Hymenoptera. bee > 4. A river that rises in Somerset and flows south to the English Channel Wye > 5. A support for a ball tee > 6. In printing, 1/6 of an inch pica > 7. Star of the 1955 movie, "The Court Jester" Kaye > 8. A river that rises in Wales and joins the River Severn at Chepstow Wye > 9. The first chief justice of SCOTUS Jay > 10. The jurisdiction of a bishop. see > 11. What The Seekers knew they would never find another of you > 12. This typically though not exclusively Canadian word ends a > sentence, turning it into a question. eh > 13. To form a line queue > 14. Turn to the off side gee > 15. Feminine suffix -enne -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 21 06:40PM > A1. Whose novels feature the word "alethiometer"? Asimov, EE Doc Smith > A2. Whose novels feature the word "ansible"? le Guin > A3. Whose novels gave us the word "cyberspace"? William Gibson > * B. Zooey > B1. Name J.D. Salinger's 1961 book in which he combined a > previously published short story and novella. Franny & Zooey > protagonist in the novels -- the two have the same job > but somewhat different personalities. First or last name > is okay. Nope > * C. Famous Photos > C1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/photo/c1.jpg > During which war was this photo taken? Spanish Civil > C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/photo/c2.jpg > What is the nationality of the girl in this photo? Vietnam, Korean > C3. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/photo/c3.jpg > At which competition was this photo taken? 1968 Summer Olympic Games > D1. Which 1933 book described Orwell's experiences living > on the margins of society in the years after he resigned > his police commission? Down and Out in Paris and London > success with that genre until "Animal Farm", and later > "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Name any one of his four earlier > novels. Keep The Aspidistra Flying > kill a certain animal against his will, simply because it > was expected of him by those he was policing. What kind > of animal? Mongooes > E1. The Château d'If turns up in the movie "The French > Connection", but before that, which fictional character > was imprisoned there in a 1845 novel? The Count of Monte Cristo, The Scarley Pimpernel > E2. Which Charles Dickens character grows up in Marshalsea > Debtor's Prison, in an 1857 novel named after her? > Her surname is enough. Lorna Doone > E3. Who is sent to H.M. Prison Holloway while being tried for > murder in Dorothy Sayers's 1930 novel "Strong Poison"? Lord Peter Wimsey > suggested reading orders: one linear that stops before the > book is finished, and another that covers the whole thing > but jumps back and forth between chapters. Name it. Nope. > F2. A 1989 novel by Laura Esquivel is about a young woman, > her family's designated cook, who literally pours her > emotions into the dishes she prepares. Name it. Chocolat (yeah, I know it ain't - but its bloody something like that) > F3. Name the acclaimed 1981 novella about a murder that > apparently everyone in a small Colombian town knows is > going to happen, except the intended victim. Love In The Time of Cholera, 100 Years of Solitude |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 21 09:31PM +0100 On 2016-11-20 05:10, Mark Brader wrote: > * C. Famous Photos > C1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/photo/c1.jpg > During which war was this photo taken? World War I > C2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/photo/c2.jpg > What is the nationality of the girl in this photo? Indian (from India) > C3. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/photo/c3.jpg > At which competition was this photo taken? Olympic Games 1968 in Mexico City > E1. The Château d'If turns up in the movie "The French > Connection", but before that, which fictional character > was imprisoned there in a 1845 novel? Count of Monte Christo -- -- Björn |
| You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an email to rec.games.trivia+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. |
No comments:
Post a Comment