- Calvin's Quiz #474 - 3 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #473 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 3 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 09 09:46PM -0800 7 questions only for this one. 1 Who wrote the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"? 2 Which position has been held by Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin, among others? 3 The fictional firms Wernham-Hogg and Dundler-Mifflin appear in which TV comedy program? 4 What is the most popular tourist attraction in Zambia? 5 Despite the name, Kansas City is actually located in which US state? 6 What English word has 3 double letters in a row? 7 Which mythical creatures can supposedly be recognised, when in human guise, by their long ring fingers? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 10 01:38AM -0600 Calvin: > 1 Who wrote the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"? Mitchell. > 2 Which position has been held by Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin, > among others? Haed of the IOC. > 3 The fictional firms Wernham-Hogg and Dundler-Mifflin appear in which > TV comedy program? I believe those are two different shows: "The Office" and "The Office". > 4 What is the most popular tourist attraction in Zambia? I presume that it's Victoria Falls and that this is also the most popular tourist attraction in Zimbabwe. > 5 Despite the name, Kansas City is actually located in which US state? Once again there are two of them: one in Missouri and one in Kansas. (The one in Missouri is the big one.) > 6 What English word has 3 double letters in a row? "Bookkeeper". > 7 Which mythical creatures can supposedly be recognised, when in human > guise, by their long ring fingers? Trolls? -- Mark Brader | "It doesn't have to actually *be* special, but you have Toronto | to make people think it is, and sometimes the easiest way msb@vex.net | to do that is to make it special." -- Peter Reiher |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Feb 10 08:29AM > 7 questions only for this one. > 1 Who wrote the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"? Margaret Mitchell > 2 Which position has been held by Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin, > among others? President of the IOC > 3 The fictional firms Wernham-Hogg and Dundler-Mifflin appear in which > TV comedy program? The Office > 4 What is the most popular tourist attraction in Zambia? Victoria Falls? > 5 Despite the name, Kansas City is actually located in which US > state? Missouri > 6 What English word has 3 double letters in a row? BOOKKEEPER > 7 Which mythical creatures can supposedly be recognised, when in human > guise, by their long ring fingers? Vampires |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 09 09:43PM -0800 On Monday, February 6, 2017 at 8:30:03 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which word describes the white substance between the coloured skin and flesh of an orange? Pith > 2 Name either of the countries which contested the first World Cup (soccer) match on 13 July 1930. France or Mexico > 3 Hindu is the predominant religion in 3 countries. Name any 2 of them. [2 of] India, Nepal, Mauritius > 4 Whose operatic works include "Paul Bunyan", "The Beggar's Opera" and "Billy Budd"? Benjamin Britten > 5 Herbert Sutcliffe represented which country in international cricket? England > 6 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what? Knot > 7 Which two words have been redacted from the lyrics of a 1993 George Thorogood hit? "Clean your act up and don't be a slob / Get it together like your big brother Bob / Why don't you get a haircut and get a …". Real job > 8 Which American director's films include "12 Angry Men" (1957), "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975) and "Network" (1976)? Sidney Lumet > 9 Bathsheba Everdene, Gabriel Oak and Fanny Robin are characters in which 1874 Thomas Hardy novel? Far from the Madding Crowd > 10 The site of a late 19th century gold rush, the Klondike River is a tributary of which larger North American river? Yukon Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 473 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 31 Gareth Owen 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 35 Mark Brader 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 31 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 27 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 21 Dan Blum 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 24 Don Piven 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 17 Pete Gayde 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 Erland S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 Dan Tilque - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 3 4 3 3 7 4 3 2 7 42 47% Congratulations to Gareth and Mark for the high scores on a very tough set. Still, every question was answered correctly by at least two players which is my baseline. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 10 01:35AM -0600 "Calvin": > Congratulations to Gareth and Mark for the high scores on a very tough set. Ah, that would be because you gave Gareth an extra point, and me 2 extra. I haven't checked anyone else's scores. -- Mark Brader | Plan B is: Toronto | "Try Plan A again; if this fails, try Plan B". msb@vex.net | --Michael Wares |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Feb 10 07:49AM >> Congratulations to Gareth and Mark for the high scores on a very tough set. > Ah, that would be because you gave Gareth an extra point, and me 2 extra. > I haven't checked anyone else's scores. Yeah. I got the World Cup one wrong. |
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