Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 21 03:53AM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> toenails. Please see the 2-page handout at:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-9/ungu/lates.pdf
 
> 1. No gnus would be bad news. Which picture shows a wildebeest?
 
L
 
> 2. An alpaca?
 
E
 
> 3. A Barbary sheep?
 
C
 
> 4. A mouflon?
 
K
 
> 5. An oryx?
 
A
 
> 6. An okapi?
 
D
 
> 9. S (qrpbl)
> 10. U.
> 11. W -- gjb jbeqf.
 
water buffalo
 
> Europe in the 1800s, now grows in ditches, canals, and
> marshes, and degrades wetlands by choking out native species
> that provide animal and bird habitat. Name it.
 
purple loosestrife
 
> on May 2, 1982, when British submarine HMS Conqueror sank a
> World War II vintage cruiser of the Argentine Navy, resulting
> in the death of 323 crew members. Name the Argentine ship.
 
Belgrano
 
 
> F2. Two days later, Argentine forces responded by sending
> an Exocet missile into a British destroyer, with the loss
> of 20 lives. Name the British ship.
 
HMS Sheffield
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Feb 21 03:48PM

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:02:41 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Please see the 2-page handout at:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-9/ungu/lates.pdf
 
> 1. No gnus would be bad news. Which picture shows a wildebeest?
 
L
 
> 2. An alpaca?
 
E
 
> 3. A Barbary sheep?
 
I
 
> 4. A mouflon?
 
C
 
> 5. An oryx?
 
G
 
> 6. An okapi?
 
D
 
> one word except as noted.
 
> 7. A (decoy)
> 8. B (decoy)
 
Llama
 
> 9. F (decoy)
> 10. H.
 
Tapir
 
> 11. J -- two words.
 
Water Buffalo
 
> 14. N (decoy)
> 15. O.
> 16. P.
 
Warthog
 
> Europe in the 1800s, now grows in ditches, canals, and marshes,
> and degrades wetlands by choking out native species that provide
> animal and bird habitat. Name it.
 
purple loosestrife
 
 
> * B. Canadiana: Tall Buildings
 
> B1. Name the building which is currently the record-holder for
> tallest residential building in Canada, at 78 stories.
 
CN tower
 
> can't act!" The insulted actress then tried to punch him. Their
> feud grew, and he refused to return in the sequel to reprise his
> role as Bosley. Name either him or her.
 
Bill Murray and Lucy Liu
 
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 22 05:15AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Q7adnaRW8swcGzfFnZ2dnUU7-
> see my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - When You Hear Hoofbeats... Think
Ungulates
> toenails. Please see the 2-page handout at:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-9/ungu/lates.pdf
 
> 1. No gnus would be bad news. Which picture shows a wildebeest?
 
L
 
> 2. An alpaca?
 
M
 
> 3. A Barbary sheep?
 
E; K
 
> 4. A mouflon?
> 5. An oryx?
 
G; O
 
> 6. An okapi?
 
N; D
 
> are one word except as noted.
 
> 7. N (qrpbl)
> 8. O (qrpbl)
 
Llama
 
> 9. S (qrpbl)
> 10. U.
 
Capybara
 
> 11. W -- gjb jbeqf.
 
Water buffalo
 
> 12. X (qrpbl -- gjb jbeqf)
> 13. Z (qrpbl)
 
Llama
 
> 14. A (qrpbl)
> 15. B.
 
Ibex
 
> 16. C.
 
Warthog
 
> Be fully exact.
 
> * C. Sports: Halo
 
> The military sci-fi first-person-shooter video-game franchise, that
is.
 
> F2. Two days later, Argentine forces responded by sending
> an Exocet missile into a British destroyer, with the loss
> of 20 lives. Name the British ship.
 
Pete Gayde
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 22 05:05AM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport?
 
Tennis
 
> 2 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human
> body?
> 3 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written?
 
German
 
> 4 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846?
 
Uranus
 
> 6
> "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated
> film?
 
Jungle Book
 
> 7 What is the capital city of Bali?
> 8 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which
> Beethoven symphony?
 
9th
 
> 9 What sport appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
 
Golf
 
> 10 Which British university is often known by the
> acronym KCL?
 
King's College London
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete Gayde
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Feb 21 07:57PM

>> the race... Almost all competitors are in the saddle 22+ hours a day.
 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/sports/cycling/in-cycling-race-across-america-sleep-is-shunned.html
 
> Thanks. Obviously, I had no idea it was that sort of race.
 
I knew it was that sort of race, and was still out by two and a half days...
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 21 09:33AM -0600

In article <bKadnSaom8KtpTbFnZ2dnUU7-U3NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> 1. Of all the countries in the world, this small one in Asia has
> the longest name where, as it is spelled in English, vowels
> and consonants alternate for the entire name.
lebanon
 
> 2. Two principal types of metamorphic rock are formed from granite.
> One is schist. The other tends to be more boldly striped;
> what's it called?
gneiss
 
> 3. Hillary Clinton seems to have bumped into a glass one after all.
ceiling
 
> definition you use) for "vaccination". Looking at the word's
> etymology, you might think it involves an injection into the
> eye; but, thankfully, it doesn't.
innoculation
 
> 5. This was the title of the ancient Egyptian monarchs.
pharaoh

> situation such as a disability.
 
> 7. Fill in the blank: in this sentence there are five _____ of
> the upper or lower case letter O.
occurences
 
> 8. This may refer to a model or statue of something or someone,
> specifically one that's considerably smaller than the real thing.
miniature
 
> Bible, but not in some other versions; and, more generally,
> it refers to "facts" that may be well known but are, let's say,
> dubious at best.
apocryphal
 
> 10. An oil company takes its name from this word, the opposite of
> the traditional geographic term Oriental.
Occidental
 
> 11. Give the quilt answer.
nope
 
 
1. l e b a n o n
2. g n e i s s
3. c e i l i n g
4. i n n o c u l a t i o n
5. p h a r a o h
6.
7. o c c u r e n c e s
8. m i n i a t u r e
9. a p o c r y p h a l
10. o c c i d e n t a l
 
 
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Feb 21 06:01PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. Of all the countries in the world, this small one in Asia has
> the longest name where, as it is spelled in English, vowels
> and consonants alternate for the entire name.
LEBANON
> 2. Two principal types of metamorphic rock are formed from granite.
> One is schist. The other tends to be more boldly striped;
> what's it called?
BASALT
> 3. Hillary Clinton seems to have bumped into a glass one after all.
CEILING
> definition you use) for "vaccination". Looking at the word's
> etymology, you might think it involves an injection into the
> eye; but, thankfully, it doesn't.
IMMUNIZATION
> 5. This was the title of the ancient Egyptian monarchs.
PHARAOH
> situation such as a disability.
 
> 7. Fill in the blank: in this sentence there are five _____ of
> the upper or lower case letter O.
OCCURRENCES
> 8. This may refer to a model or statue of something or someone,
> specifically one that's considerably smaller than the real thing.
MINIATURE
> Bible, but not in some other versions; and, more generally,
> it refers to "facts" that may be well known but are, let's say,
> dubious at best.
APOCRYPHA
> 10. An oil company takes its name from this word, the opposite of
> the traditional geographic term Oriental.
 
> 11. Give the quilt answer.
 
 
Peter Smyth
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