Saturday, January 14, 2017

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"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jan 13 11:08AM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> The second-shortest was fought by Israel in 1967 against
> Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. What was the duration of
> that war?
Six Days
> the 1960s. The treaty was signed in Havana by President
> Juan Manuel Santos and rebel leader Rodrigo Londono,
> a.k.a. "Timochenko". Name the country.
Colombia
 
> * C. Long & Short Oscar Winners
 
> C1. What is the longest film to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Ben Hur
 
> * D. Long & Short Literature
 
> D1. At 4,024 lines and nearly 30,000 words, what is Shakespeare's
> longest play?
Hamlet
> D2. At two words, it is the shortest verse in the English Bible.
> What are the two words?
Jesus wept.
> All-Star game, he was born in Aruba. Name him.
 
> E2. Five shortstops have been recognized as World Series MVP.
> Name any of them.
Alex Rodriguez
> longest currently living terrestrial animal at 182.
> He's lived since 1882 at the official residence of the
> Governor of St. Helena. What kind of animal is Jonathan?
Giant Tortoise
 
Peter Smyth
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 12 04:58PM -0600

In article <uaKdnQ3Jh9W5f-rFnZ2dnUU7-VXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> Name them.
 
> A1. Legendary 6'7" British blues singer. Elton John and Rod
> Stewart both got their starts in 1960s bands led by him.
Long John Baldry
 
> A2. American sax player, born 1933, member of Miles Davis
> Quintet, founder of Weather Report; collaborator with Joni
> Mitchell, Steely Dan, and many others.
Wayne Shorter
 
> The second-shortest was fought by Israel in 1967 against
> Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. What was the duration of
> that war?
6 days
 
> the 1960s. The treaty was signed in Havana by President
> Juan Manuel Santos and rebel leader Rodrigo Londono,
> a.k.a. "Timochenko". Name the country.
Colombia
 
> * C. Long & Short Oscar Winners
 
> C1. What is the longest film to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Lawrence of Arabia
 
> longest play?
 
> D2. At two words, it is the shortest verse in the English Bible.
> What are the two words?
Me God.
 
> All-Star game, he was born in Aruba. Name him.
 
> E2. Five shortstops have been recognized as World Series MVP.
> Name *any* of them.
Derek Jeter
 
> * F. Science: Long Lives
 
> F1. The oldest recorded fish, Hanako, died in Japan in 1977 at
> the age of 226. What kind of fish was she?
carp
 
> longest currently living terrestrial animal at 182.
> He's lived since 1882 at the official residence of the
> Governor of St. Helena. What kind of animal is Jonathan?
tortoise
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 12 10:46PM -0300

> A2. American sax player, born 1933, member of Miles Davis
> Quintet, founder of Weather Report; collaborator with Joni
> Mitchell, Steely Dan, and many others.
 
Wayne Shorter

> The second-shortest was fought by Israel in 1967 against
> Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. What was the duration of
> that war?
 
Six days

> the 1960s. The treaty was signed in Havana by President
> Juan Manuel Santos and rebel leader Rodrigo Londono,
> a.k.a. "Timochenko". Name the country.
 
Colombia

> C1. What is the longest film to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
 
Out of Africa (Well, probably not, but I do remember that I found it
looooong]

> longest currently living terrestrial animal at 182.
> He's lived since 1882 at the official residence of the
> Governor of St. Helena. What kind of animal is Jonathan?
 
Turtle
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 12 07:19PM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> The second-shortest was fought by Israel in 1967 against
> Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. What was the duration of
> that war?
 
6 days
 
> the 1960s. The treaty was signed in Havana by President
> Juan Manuel Santos and rebel leader Rodrigo Londono,
> a.k.a. "Timochenko". Name the country.
 
Peru
 
 
> * C. Long & Short Oscar Winners
 
> C1. What is the longest film to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
 
Lawrence of Arabia
 
 
> * D. Long & Short Literature
 
> D1. At 4,024 lines and nearly 30,000 words, what is Shakespeare's
> longest play?
 
Hamlet
 
 
> D2. At two words, it is the shortest verse in the English Bible.
> What are the two words?
 
Jesus wept.
 
 
> * F. Science: Long Lives
 
> F1. The oldest recorded fish, Hanako, died in Japan in 1977 at
> the age of 226. What kind of fish was she?
 
sturgeon
 
> longest currently living terrestrial animal at 182.
> He's lived since 1882 at the official residence of the
> Governor of St. Helena. What kind of animal is Jonathan?
 
turtle
 
 
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Dan Tilque
Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Jan 13 01:06PM -0600

On 1/12/17 14:08, Mark Brader wrote:
> with the music of Bach, but she has also recorded Scarlatti,
> Liszt, Fauré, and Debussy. A Companion of the Order of Canada,
> she currently lives in London, England.
 
Glenn Gould.
 
 
> Name them.
 
> A1. Legendary 6'7" British blues singer. Elton John and Rod
> Stewart both got their starts in 1960s bands led by him.
 
Long John Baldry.
 
> A2. American sax player, born 1933, member of Miles Davis
> Quintet, founder of Weather Report; collaborator with Joni
> Mitchell, Steely Dan, and many others.
 
Wayne Shorter.
 
> The second-shortest was fought by Israel in 1967 against
> Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. What was the duration of
> that war?
 
Six days.
 
> the 1960s. The treaty was signed in Havana by President
> Juan Manuel Santos and rebel leader Rodrigo Londono,
> a.k.a. "Timochenko". Name the country.
 
Colombia.
 
> longest play?
 
> D2. At two words, it is the shortest verse in the English Bible.
> What are the two words?
 
"Jesus wept."
 
 
> * F. Science: Long Lives
 
> F1. The oldest recorded fish, Hanako, died in Japan in 1977 at
> the age of 226. What kind of fish was she?
 
Goldfish, koi.
 
> longest currently living terrestrial animal at 182.
> He's lived since 1882 at the official residence of the
> Governor of St. Helena. What kind of animal is Jonathan?
 
Tortoise.
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 14 04:03AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:uaKdnQ3Jh9W5f-rFnZ2dnUU7-
> with the music of Bach, but she has also recorded Scarlatti,
> Liszt, Fauré, and Debussy. A Companion of the Order of Canada,
> she currently lives in London, England.
 
Argerich
 
> 41 different roles in a 36-year career at the Metropolitan Opera.
> Among her many film appearances: Violetta in Zeffirelli's
> "La Traviata".
 
Horne; Forrester
 
 
> 3. Who wrote the *music* for "O Canada"?
 
> 4. Who is music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra?
 
Oundjian
 
 
> 5. This American-born violinist has been a Canadian citizen
> since 1988. From 1981 to 2014 she was musical director of the
> Toronto-based Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
 
Jeanne Lammon
 
> Scotch by absorption". He wrote more than half a dozen operas
> and hundreds of pieces of choral music for St. Mary Magdalene
> church in Toronto.
 
Stanford
 
> "Evenstar" on the soundtrack of "Lord of the Rings: the Two
> Towers". Her numerous opera roles include Cleopatra in the
> Canadian Opera Company's production of Handel's "Julius Caesar".
 
Bayrakdarian
 
> most frequently in Wagnerian roles. He has performed at the
> closing ceremonies of two Winter Olympics, and currently works
> as a CBC Radio host.
 
Lakes
 
 
> 10. At Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, more people ask the way to his grave
> than to any other. A few bars of Bach are engraved on his
> marker.
 
Gould
 
 
> Name them.
 
> A1. Legendary 6'7" British blues singer. Elton John and Rod
> Stewart both got their starts in 1960s bands led by him.
 
John Mayall
 
 
> A2. American sax player, born 1933, member of Miles Davis
> Quintet, founder of Weather Report; collaborator with Joni
> Mitchell, Steely Dan, and many others.
 
Shorter
 
> The second-shortest was fought by Israel in 1967 against
> Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. What was the duration of
> that war?
 
6 days
 
> the 1960s. The treaty was signed in Havana by President
> Juan Manuel Santos and rebel leader Rodrigo Londono,
> a.k.a. "Timochenko". Name the country.
 
Colombia; Venezuela
 
 
> * C. Long & Short Oscar Winners
 
> C1. What is the longest film to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
 
Ben Hur; How the West Was Won
 
 
> * D. Long & Short Literature
 
> D1. At 4,024 lines and nearly 30,000 words, what is Shakespeare's
> longest play?
 
King Lear; Macbeth
 
 
> D2. At two words, it is the shortest verse in the English Bible.
> What are the two words?
 
Jesus Wept
 
 
> * E. Shortstops
 
> E1. The starting shortstop for the American League in the 2016
> All-Star game, he was born in Aruba. Name him.
 
Boegarts
 
 
> E2. Five shortstops have been recognized as World Series MVP.
> Name *any* of them.
 
Alan Trammell
 
> longest currently living terrestrial animal at 182.
> He's lived since 1882 at the official residence of the
> Governor of St. Helena. What kind of animal is Jonathan?
 
Tortoise
 
 
Pete Gayde
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