- Calvin's Quiz #471 - 4 Updates
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| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jan 20 02:22PM On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:24:56 -0800, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which one hit wonder band released the 1983 single "The Safety Dance"? Men at Work > 3 What is ablutophobia a fear of? > 4 Which word means morning in French, but an afternoon performance in > English? Matinée > 5 Which Cambridge college, originally established in 1869 as the College > for Women, was the first to admit female undergraduate students? > 6 According to which psychiatric assessment tool might one be an INTJ or > an ESFP? Meyers Briggs (INTP) > 7 Who refused to accept the 1970 Best Actor Oscar for his role in > "Patton"? George C Scott > 8 What trait is shared by the animals in the coats of arms of Mauritius, > Romania, and Tasmania? They're extinct > 9 One of the most reproduced images in human history, who was the > subject of an iconic 1960 portrait by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda? Che > 10 The Montgolfier brothers are associated with which early form of > transport? Balloon |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 20 09:16PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which one hit wonder band released the 1983 single "The Safety > Dance"? > 2 The Daiso retail chain is headquartered in which Asian country? South Korea > 3 What is ablutophobia a fear of? Urinating > 4 Which word means morning in French, but an afternoon performance > in English? Matinee > undergraduate students? > 6 According to which psychiatric > assessment tool might one be an INTJ or an ESFP? Meyers Briggs > 7 Who refused to > accept the 1970 Best Actor Oscar for his role in "Patton"? George C. Scott > 8 What > trait is shared by the animals in the coats of arms of Mauritius, > Romania, and Tasmania? Featherless > 9 One of the most reproduced images in > human history, who was the subject of an iconic 1960 portrait by Cuban > photographer Alberto Korda? Che Guevara > 10 The Montgolfier brothers are > associated with which early form of transport? Hot air balloon > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 21 01:12AM -0600 In article <c944c012-3c2b-477b-acf8-967eb25bf516@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Which one hit wonder band released the 1983 single "The Safety Dance"? Men Without Hats > 2 The Daiso retail chain is headquartered in which Asian country? South Korea > 3 What is ablutophobia a fear of? washing > 4 Which word means morning in French, but an afternoon performance in English? matinee > 5 Which Cambridge college, originally established in 1869 as the College for Women, was the first to admit female undergraduate students? > 6 According to which psychiatric assessment tool might one be an INTJ or an ESFP? Myers Briggs > 7 Who refused to accept the 1970 Best Actor Oscar for his role in "Patton"? George C. Scott > 8 What trait is shared by the animals in the coats of arms of Mauritius, Romania, and Tasmania? > 9 One of the most reproduced images in human history, who was the subject of an iconic 1960 portrait by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda? Che Guevara > 10 The Montgolfier brothers are associated with which early form of transport? balloon -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 21 02:21AM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 Which one hit wonder band released the 1983 single "The Safety Dance"? > 2 The Daiso retail chain is headquartered in which Asian country? South Korea > 3 What is ablutophobia a fear of? > 4 Which word means morning in French, but an afternoon performance in English? matinee > 5 Which Cambridge college, originally established in 1869 as the College for Women, was the first to admit female undergraduate students? > 6 According to which psychiatric assessment tool might one be an INTJ or an ESFP? Myers-Briggs > 7 Who refused to accept the 1970 Best Actor Oscar for his role in "Patton"? George C Scott > 8 What trait is shared by the animals in the coats of arms of Mauritius, Romania, and Tasmania? > 9 One of the most reproduced images in human history, who was the subject of an iconic 1960 portrait by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda? Marilyn Monroe > 10 The Montgolfier brothers are associated with which early form of transport? hot air balloon -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 20 12:18PM -0300 > 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in > December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the > name of the project to create an atomic bomb? Manhattan > 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which > military officer was given the job of heading up the project? Oppenheimer > 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries > also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of > the project. Name either. UK > previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq > henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur > "Sng Zna" qrivpr? Plutonijm > 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test > was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location, > or else just the state, where the test took place. Nevada > Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands > to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships. > Name the specific location where those tests took place. Bikini > 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful > atomic-weapon detonation test? 1948 > 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary > warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home > country of Castile. Don Quijote > is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux > ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we > call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight. Roland |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 21 02:10AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in > December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the > name of the project to create an atomic bomb? Manhattan Project > 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which > military officer was given the job of heading up the project? Grove ?? > 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries > also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of > the project. Name either. UK > 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear > devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and > Nagasaki. Fat Man > previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq > henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur > "Sng Zna" qrivpr? plutonium > 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that > dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima? Enola Gay > 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test > was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location, > or else just the state, where the test took place. Nevada > Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands > to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships. > Name the specific location where those tests took place. Bikini Atoll > 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful > atomic-weapon detonation test? 1949 > them were not, of course, actually in English. > 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his > ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad". Ajax > 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a > close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type > of being is Polyphemus? octopus > composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship > with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of > eternal life. Name the epic. Gilgamesh > of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn > ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national > epic? Ireland > 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English > language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons. Paradise Lost > Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then > through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of > these guides. Cicero > 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man > I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan > shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero. Aeneid > is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux > ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we > call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight. Roland -- Dan Tilque |
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