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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 18 07:20PM -0800 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"? 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups? 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified? 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for eggs? 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet? 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of planetary motion? 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"? 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed records have been set? 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan? 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 18 09:27PM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited > with coining the term "kinetic energy"? Huh, I would've guessed that was older. Let's see, Maxwell? > 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 > football (soccer) World Cups? Italy? > 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside > the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified? Calvary? > 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name > for eggs? Clutch. Tricky, considering that they've been obsolete since the automatic transmission was developed. > 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet? > 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered > for his three laws of planetary motion? Kepler. > 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The > Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"? Ludlum. > 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many > land speed records have been set? Utah. > 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan? Nihon, also rendered as Nippon. > 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally? American football. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "How many killers do we know who'd use a semicolon?" msb@vex.net --Delia Peabody (Nora Roberts as J.D. Robb) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 18 11:00PM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"? William Thomson, Lord Kelvin > 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups? > 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified? Golgotha (also known as Calvary) > 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for eggs? clutch > 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet? 12 ?? > 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of planetary motion? Kepler > 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"? > 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed records have been set? Utah > 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan? Nippon > 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally? American Football -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 19 08:27AM > 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with > coining the term "kinetic energy"? Joule > 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football > (soccer) World Cups? The Netherlands > 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the > walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified? Golgata > 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet? 8 > 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for > his three laws of planetary motion? Kepler > 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land > speed records have been set? Utah > 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan? Nippon > 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally? Basketball -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Dec 19 10:47AM Calvin wrote: > 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with > coining the term "kinetic energy"? Watt > 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football > (soccer) World Cups? Netherlands > 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the > walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified? Calvary > 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for > eggs? Clutch > 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet? Five > 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for > his three laws of planetary motion? Kepler > 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne > Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"? Ludlum > 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land > speed records have been set? New Mexico > 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan? > 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally? American Football Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 19 04:39AM -0600 We are now on the 24th day since RQ #240 closed, and it's been almost 10 days since the moderator, Chris Johnson, explained that he'd been ill and still wasn't feeling entirely better. I emailed him on Friday and haven't heard back. I previously tabulated: > * And Marc could rise to 12 if "-enne" is accepted for #15, or if > there is a river Wye in England that meets the criteria of #4, > or to 13 if both of thiese apply. On the grounds that "-ee" (as in "fiancee") is closer to being a feminine suffix in English than "-elle" is, I nominate Gareth Owen to run RQ 241, if he's prepared to do it. I actually do have an RQ ready to post, if needed, but I don't think it'll be one that people will like, so I'm reluctant to offer it directly after this long time lag. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "If it's on TV, it has to be true! msb@vex.net (I read that on the Internet.)" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 18 07:18PM -0800 On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 12:08:16 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which actor portrayed lawyer Tom Hagen in the Godfather films? Robert Duvall > 2 Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker comprised which rock group? Cream > 3 Which word can refer to either a fruit or calcium oxide (CaO)? Lime > 4 Which car manufacturer's logo features three diamonds? Mitsubishi It is on fact Japanese for "three diamonds" as Mark pointed out. > 5 The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people whose empire centred on the city of Hattusa located in which modern-day country? Turkey > 6 What is the most widely spoken language in Switzerland? German, or at least the Swiss take on it > 7 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: "Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right"? Stuck in the Middle with You > 8 What was the title of American relationship counsellor John Gray's 1992 best-seller? Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Dan's suggestion "49 Shades of Gray" was very droll indeed! > 9 Founded in 1876 in Baltimore and named after its benefactor, which US university is often known by the acronym JHU? John Hopkins University > 10 Idi Amin died in 2003 in which Middle-East country? Saudi Arabia Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 467 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 65 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 60 Aren Ess 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 53 Gareth Owen 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 55 Chris Johnson 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 48 Mark Brader 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 49 Dan Tilque 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 49 Peter Smyth 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 37 Pete Gayde 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 27 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 3 7 7 8 5 7 7 7 8 6 65 72% Congratulations Marc on a clear round. cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 18 07:21PM -0800 On Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 8:13:09 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > Marc Dashevsky: > > German; French > What language is that? Just clarifying that you can put as many answers as you like but I will only consider the first one. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 18 09:22PM -0600 "Calvin": > John Hopkins University With one S in each word, dammit. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth" msb@vex.net | --Washington Post, June 24, 2002 |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 18 08:19PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:uOWdnYGQlaMSVMnFnZ2dnUU7- > Simon Gruber (brother of the villainous Hans Gruber, who was > played by Alan Rickman in the original film). Name the franchise > or the specific movie. Die Hard > 8. In 1998, Irons played a musketeer alongside John Malkovich, > Gérard Depardieu, and Gabriel Byrne in the movie "The Man in > the Iron Mask". What was his character's name? Athos; Porthos > 10. Irons has also done voice work in animated movies. He provided > the voice of the villainous brother Scar in a 1994 Disney movie. > Name the film. Lion King > A1. Really a great big rapids, the greatest waterfall by > volume is Inga Falls, of which Livingstone Falls is the > most famous part. On which river can you find them? Zambezi; Congo > A2. There is no standard way to measure waterfall height, but > most experts agree that Angel Falls is the tallest in > the world. In which country can you find it? Venezuela > B1. Who was "Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, > with hideous ruin and combustion down, to bottomless > perdition"? Icarus > B2. Which literary character seemed to have met his doom by > being cast off a cliff into Reichenbach Falls, but was > later revived by the author due to public pressure? Sherlock Holmes > * C. History of Falls > C1. Name William Shirer's 1960 best-selling historical work > about Germany. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich > Earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its > orbit around the Sun, but is tilted -- by how much, plus > or minus 1½°? 5 degrees; 8 degrees > F2. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, TV viewers in North > America could see Yugoslavian Vinko Bogotaj ["BO-ga-tie"] > fall horrifically every week. What show were they watching? ABC Wide World of Sports Pete Gayde |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Dec 18 09:13PM > 1. The role that brought Irons fame was that of Charles Ryder, > in a 1981 British television adaptation of an Evelyn Waugh novel. > Name the novel. Brideshead Revisited > 2. Also in 1981, he had his first major role in a film, based on > the John Fowles novel of the same title, opposite Meryl Streep. > Give that title. The French Lieutenant's Woman > the TV series "The Borgias", playing the role of patriarch > Rodrigo Borgia. By what title is Rodrigo Borgia better known > in history? Pope *mumble* the *juneteenth* > where Irons plays a dual role as identical-twin gynecologists > -- one of them with a penchant for using bizarre gynecological > instruments. Dead Ringers > 5. Irons played the Spanish Jesuit priest Father Gabriel opposite > Robert De Niro in *which film* set in 18th-century South America? Mosquito Coast > Simon Gruber (brother of the villainous Hans Gruber, who was > played by Alan Rickman in the original film). Name the franchise > or the specific movie. Die Hard (franchise) > 7. Irons is one of only 22 actors to win the so-called "Triple > Crown of Acting" -- an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony. Name *any* > of the works he won for. (Just the title will do.) Reversal of Fortune > 8. In 1998, Irons played a musketeer alongside John Malkovich, > Gérard Depardieu, and Gabriel Byrne in the movie "The Man in > the Iron Mask". What was his character's name? Athos, Aramis > is that the music is about to stop, and we're going to be left > holding the biggest bag of odorous excrement ever assembled in > the history of capitalism." Name the film. Margin Call > 10. Irons has also done voice work in animated movies. He provided > the voice of the villainous brother Scar in a 1994 Disney movie. > Name the film. The Lion King > A1. Really a great big rapids, the greatest waterfall by > volume is Inga Falls, of which Livingstone Falls is the > most famous part. On which river can you find them? Zambese, Congo > A2. There is no standard way to measure waterfall height, but > most experts agree that Angel Falls is the tallest in > the world. In which country can you find it? Venezuela > B1. Who was "Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, > with hideous ruin and combustion down, to bottomless > perdition"? Lucifer > B2. Which literary character seemed to have met his doom by > being cast off a cliff into Reichenbach Falls, but was > later revived by the author due to public pressure? Sherlock Holmes > * C. History of Falls > C1. Name William Shirer's 1960 best-selling historical work > about Germany. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich > C2. Name Edward Gibbon's historical masterpiece, published in > the late 18th century. The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire > * D. Fall TV and Movies > D1. Fall TV: Who plays DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC Drama > "The Fall", set in Northern Ireland? Gillian Anderson? > D2. Fall Movie: Who plays the patriarch of the Ludlow clan in > the 1994 epic drama "Legends of the Fall"? Anthony Hopkins > Earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its > orbit around the Sun, but is tilted -- by how much, plus > or minus 1½°? 22 degrees > E2. At which point of the compass does the Sun set on the evening > of the fall equinox, as seen from every point on the globe? West > runner Zola Budd may or may not have caused an American > runner to fall during the women's 3,000 m event. Name the > American runner. Mary Decker > F2. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, TV viewers in North > America could see Yugoslavian Vinko Bogotaj ["BO-ga-tie"] > fall horrifically every week. What show were they watching? Wide World of Sports ("The agony of defeat!") |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Dec 18 09:26PM >> 5. Irons played the Spanish Jesuit priest Father Gabriel opposite >> Robert De Niro in *which film* set in 18th-century South America? > Mosquito Coast Ahhh ... bollocks. I always get The Mosquito Coast and The Mission muddled up. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 18 07:06PM -0800 On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 3:13:57 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. The role that brought Irons fame was that of Charles Ryder, > in a 1981 British television adaptation of an Evelyn Waugh novel. > Name the novel. Brideshead Revisited > 2. Also in 1981, he had his first major role in a film, based on > the John Fowles novel of the same title, opposite Meryl Streep. > Give that title. Silkwood? > the TV series "The Borgias", playing the role of patriarch > Rodrigo Borgia. By what title is Rodrigo Borgia better known > in history? Pope Pius XII > Simon Gruber (brother of the villainous Hans Gruber, who was > played by Alan Rickman in the original film). Name the franchise > or the specific movie. Diehard > 7. Irons is one of only 22 actors to win the so-called "Triple > Crown of Acting" -- an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony. Name *any* > of the works he won for. (Just the title will do.) Reversal of Fortune > 8. In 1998, Irons played a musketeer alongside John Malkovich, > Gérard Depardieu, and Gabriel Byrne in the movie "The Man in > the Iron Mask". What was his character's name? D'Artagnan > 10. Irons has also done voice work in animated movies. He provided > the voice of the villainous brother Scar in a 1994 Disney movie. > Name the film. The Lion King > A1. Really a great big rapids, the greatest waterfall by > volume is Inga Falls, of which Livingstone Falls is the > most famous part. On which river can you find them? Zambezi, Oranga > A2. There is no standard way to measure waterfall height, but > most experts agree that Angel Falls is the tallest in > the world. In which country can you find it? Venezuela, Colombia > B2. Which literary character seemed to have met his doom by > being cast off a cliff into Reichenbach Falls, but was > later revived by the author due to public pressure? Sherlock Holmes > * C. History of Falls > C1. Name William Shirer's 1960 best-selling historical work > about Germany. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich > C2. Name Edward Gibbon's historical masterpiece, published in > the late 18th century. The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire > "The Fall", set in Northern Ireland? > D2. Fall Movie: Who plays the patriarch of the Ludlow clan in > the 1994 epic drama "Legends of the Fall"? Hopkins > Earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its > orbit around the Sun, but is tilted -- by how much, plus > or minus 1½°? 23 > E2. At which point of the compass does the Sun set on the evening > of the fall equinox, as seen from every point on the globe? West > runner Zola Budd may or may not have caused an American > runner to fall during the women's 3,000 m event. Name the > American runner. Decker > F2. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, TV viewers in North > America could see Yugoslavian Vinko Bogotaj ["BO-ga-tie"] > fall horrifically every week. What show were they watching? Nope cheers, calvin |
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