| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 18 07:22PM -0300 > 2. They called her Lady Day, as a nickname. What was this jazz > singer's stage name? Billie Holiday > second-greatest bass player of all time. He was born in > Australia, but plays for the quintessential L.A. band. > What's his nickname? Flea > 8. He was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, 1946; he died in > London, 1991. Thanks largely to his 4-octave vocal range, > his group ruled the airwaves through much of the 1970s and '80s. Freddie Mercury > 9. Virtuoso saxophonist "Bird" was a pioneer of be-bop music. > What was "Bird"'s real name? Charlie Parker |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Feb 18 11:58PM > 1. Born Alecia Beth Moore in 1979, she was recognized by Billboard > in 2009 as the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. She got her stage > name from a character in the film "Reservoir Dogs". What is it? P!nk > 2. They called her Lady Day, as a nickname. What was this jazz > singer's stage name? Billie Holiday > 3. When they produce albums together, they go by the moniker "the > Glimmer Twins". Who are the Glimmer Twins? (Two surnames, > please.) Jagger / Richards > 4. Born in Michigan in 1947. His passport says he's James Newell > Osterberg Jr. But when he gets up on stage and takes off his > shirt, the fans call him...? Iggy Pop > 5. On the attendance sheet at Birchmount Collegiate, he was Abel > Makkonen Tesfaye. But on the Billboard charts, he is.... The Weeknd > second-greatest bass player of all time. He was born in > Australia, but plays for the quintessential L.A. band. > What's his nickname? Flea > condom over the left lens of her glasses as a plug for safe sex. > Her 1990s girl group brought us the hits "No Scrubs" and > "Chasing Waterfalls". For what group did "Left-Eye" perform? TLC > 8. He was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, 1946; he died in > London, 1991. Thanks largely to his 4-octave vocal range, > his group ruled the airwaves through much of the 1970s and '80s. Freddie Mercury > 9. Virtuoso saxophonist "Bird" was a pioneer of be-bop music. > What was "Bird"'s real name? Charlie Parker > of the band Outkast till setting out in new directions as a solo > artist, actor, and fashionista. By what name is he better known? > More than one word required. Andre 3000 > ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly > and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is > affected by every twitch and grunt." Trudeau, other Trudeau > we are still a young nation, very much in the formative stages. > Our national condition is still flexible enough that we can > make almost anything we wish of our nation." Trudeau, other Trudeau > 3. Name the artist and author who said: "There are few, if any, > Canadian men that have never spelled their name in a snow bank." Trudeau, other Trudeau > 4. Name the author and journalist who said: "A Canadian is someone > who knows how to make love in a canoe." Trudeau, other Trudeau > 5. On October 13, 1970, when reporter Tim Ralfe asked Pierre > Trudeau how far he was willing to go to deal with the FLQ, > what was his 3-word answer? Trudeau, other Trudeau > 6. Which American was Pierre Trudeau referring to when he said > "I've been called worse things by better people"? Trudeau, other Trudeau > 7. "Not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary." > Name the Prime Minister who uttered this famous quote. Trudeau, other Trudeau > 8. Which BC premier was future Prime Minister Kim Campbell talking > about when she said, "Charisma without substance can be a > dangerous thing"? Trudeau, other Trudeau > 9. "Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, > I have impeccable paranoia credentials." Which Giller Prize > and Governor-General's Award winner said that? Trudeau, other Trudeau > 10. "The US is our trading partner, our neighbor, our ally, and > our friend... and sometimes we'd like to give them such a smack!" > Which comedian and TV personality said that about America? Trudeau, other Trudeau |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 18 06:05PM -0600 Gareth Owen: > Trudeau, other Trudeau I will score these answers as if they read "Trudeau, Trudeau", which necessarily scores the same as just "Trudeau". -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I can't tell from this... whether you're msb@vex.net | a wise man or a wise guy." --Ted Schuerzinger |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Feb 18 09:48PM -0800 On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 11:04:49 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Born Alecia Beth Moore in 1979, she was recognized by Billboard > in 2009 as the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. She got her stage > name from a character in the film "Reservoir Dogs". What is it? P!nk > 2. They called her Lady Day, as a nickname. What was this jazz > singer's stage name? Billie Holiday > 3. When they produce albums together, they go by the moniker "the > Glimmer Twins". Who are the Glimmer Twins? (Two surnames, > please.) Jagger and Richards > 4. Born in Michigan in 1947. His passport says he's James Newell > Osterberg Jr. But when he gets up on stage and takes off his > shirt, the fans call him...? Iggy Pop > second-greatest bass player of all time. He was born in > Australia, but plays for the quintessential L.A. band. > What's his nickname? Flea > condom over the left lens of her glasses as a plug for safe sex. > Her 1990s girl group brought us the hits "No Scrubs" and > "Chasing Waterfalls". For what group did "Left-Eye" perform? TLC > 8. He was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, 1946; he died in > London, 1991. Thanks largely to his 4-octave vocal range, > his group ruled the airwaves through much of the 1970s and '80s. Freddie Mercury > 9. Virtuoso saxophonist "Bird" was a pioneer of be-bop music. > What was "Bird"'s real name? Charlie Parker > of the band Outkast till setting out in new directions as a solo > artist, actor, and fashionista. By what name is he better known? > More than one word required. Big Boi > 9. "Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, > I have impeccable paranoia credentials." Which Giller Prize > and Governor-General's Award winner said that? Leonard Cohen |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Feb 18 01:55PM >> Which 1953 work was critic Vivian Mercier referring to? > "Waiting for Godot" (by Samuel Beckett). 4 for Peter, Calvin, > and Joshua. D'oh! |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 18 06:15PM -0600 Mark Brader: >>> 4. "He has written a play in which nothing happens, twice." >>> Which 1953 work was critic Vivian Mercier referring to? Gareth Owen: > Beckett. >> "Waiting for Godot" (by Samuel Beckett). 4 for Peter, Calvin, >> and Joshua. Gareth Owen: > D'oh! Well, there *was* a play called "Becket", with one T; it was written in French by Jean Anouilh and translated into English by Lucienne Hill. In 1964 it was adapted into a movie with Richard Burton in the title role, Peter O'Toole as King Henry II, and John Gielgud as King Louis VII of France. I saw it in first run. However, if the movie is anything to go by, something does happen in it. Possibly even more than twice. :-) -- Mark Brader | "I could be wrong." Toronto | "Have you ever said that and actually meant it?" msb@vex.net | "No." --Willie Reale, "Blue Bloods" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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