Wednesday, January 11, 2017

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Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 10 06:26PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> Happy New Year to all!
 
> 1 Who did Pat Cash defeat in the 1987 Wimbledon men's singles
> final?
 
Lendl
 
> 2 After water, what is the world's most consumed beverage?
 
Tea
 
> 3 What, collectively, are Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, Swam and Hajj?
 
Pillars of Islam
 
> referred to two items, a commodity and a form of entertainment, which
> were routinely provided free to the populace as a form of appeasement.
> Name either item.
 
Bread and circuses
 
> 5 Released in 1981, which rock band's Greatest
> Hits is the best-selling album of all time in the UK, having sold over
> 6 million copies there?
 
Queen
 
> 6 Who played Soviet agent Anya Amasova in
> the 1977 James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me"?
 
Bach
 
> 7 The word "stymie" originated in which sport?
 
Golf
 
> 8 According to probability
> theory, it is more than 50% likely that among a random group of 23 or
> more people, two will share the same what?
 
Birthday
 
> 9 Who was the producer
> of the TV series "Starsky & Hutch" and "Beverly Hills 91210"?
 
Spelling
 
> program, or a giraffe?
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete Gayde
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jan 10 06:34PM


> Happy New Year to all!
 
> 1 Who did Pat Cash defeat in the 1987 Wimbledon men's singles final?
 
Ivan Lendl?
 
> 2 After water, what is the world's most consumed beverage?
 
Tea?
 
> 3 What, collectively, are Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, Swam and Hajj?
 
Pillars of Islam
 
> to two items, a commodity and a form of entertainment, which were
> routinely provided free to the populace as a form of appeasement. Name
> either item.
 
Circuses
 
> 5 Released in 1981, which rock band's Greatest Hits is the
> best-selling album of all time in the UK, having sold over 6 million
> copies there?
 
I assume its the Queen one with the black background and red & white
writing. Who doesn't own that? [0]
 
> 6 Who played Soviet agent Anya Amasova in the 1977 James Bond film
> "The Spy Who Loved Me"?
 
No idea
 
> 7 The word "stymie" originated in which sport?
 
Billiards?
 
> 8 According to probability theory, it is more than 50% likely that
> among a random group of 23 or more people, two will share the same
> what?
 
Birthday
 
> 9 Who was the producer of the TV series "Starsky & Hutch" and "Beverly
> Hills 91210"?
 
Aaron Spelling. Didn't we have this question recently?
 
> 10 What seven-letter word can refer to a casual shopper, a computer
> program, or a giraffe?
 
Browser
 
[0] Me, I don't own that. I imagine Mark Brader doesn't, either.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 10 08:34PM -0300

> [0] Me, I don't own that. I imagine Mark Brader doesn't, either.
 
Nor do I. I didn't even know the answer.
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