| Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Apr 25 01:24PM On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:49:16 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > survived but was paralyzed from the waist down. At the time he was a > US state governor and was on the presidential campaign trail. Name > him. George Wallace > was scheduled to give a speech. Although the bullet lodged in his > chest, he refused to go to the hospital and delivered his 90-minute > speech anyway. Who was that former president? Teddy Roosevelt > relatively unscathed in a portable-rocket attack on his life. His > five bodyguards, all killed, weren't so lucky. Who was the former > Chilean president? Pinochet > 7. Would-be assassins can use all sorts of weapons. In April > 2009, a man tried to kill the then queen of the Netherlands with an > automobile. She survived. What was the queen's name? Beatrix > In each case, identify the Caribbean *country or dependency* > that the city is the capital of. > 1. Basseterre. (With no hyphen.) St Kitts and Nevis > 2. Charlotte-Amelie. US Virgin Islands > 4. Kingstown. (With a W.) > 5. Castries. > 6. Bridgetown. Barbados > 7. Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago > 8. Oranjestad. Aruba |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 25 08:34PM +0200 > and survived but was paralyzed from the waist down. At the > time he was a US state governor and was on the presidential > campaign trail. Name him. George Wallace > he was scheduled to give a speech. Although the bullet lodged > in his chest, he refused to go to the hospital and delivered > his 90-minute speech anyway. Who was that former president? Teddy Roosevelt > Chile was relatively unscathed in a portable-rocket attack on > his life. His five bodyguards, all killed, weren't so lucky. > Who was the former Chilean president? Augosto Pinochet > prime minister of Great Britain by shelling the PM's residence > at 10 Downing Street with a mortar. They didn't succeed. > Who was the prime minister? Margaret Thatcher; John Major > 7. Would-be assassins can use all sorts of weapons. In April > 2009, a man tried to kill the then queen of the Netherlands > with an automobile. She survived. What was the queen's name? Beatrix > 9. This Russian tsar emancipated the serfs in his country, but > revolutionaries kept trying to kill him at least five times. > The sixth attempt, in 1881, proved successful. Who was the tsar? Alexander III > 10. In 1960 this South African prime minister -- and architect > of apartheid -- was shot in the cheek and ear by an assassin > but survived. 6 years later, though, he wasn't so lucky. Jan Smuts (You can tell that a guy with a last name like must really be a dirty person. At least you can tell if you are Swedish where "smuts" means "dirt".) > * Game 1, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Cities of Caribbean Islands > 1. Basseterre. (With no hyphen.) Martinique > 2. Charlotte-Amelie. Martinique > 3. George Town. I would say Guyana, but that is not really the Caribbean... > 4. Kingstown. (With a W.) Jamiaca > 5. Castries. Martinique > 7. Port of Spain. Dominican Republic > 8. Oranjestad. Sint Martin -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 25 01:07PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. In 1978 a white-supremacist serial killer came very close to > killing this magazine publisher, who ended up being paralyzed > from the waist down. Who was the publisher? Flint > and survived but was paralyzed from the waist down. At the > time he was a US state governor and was on the presidential > campaign trail. Name him. Wallace > he was scheduled to give a speech. Although the bullet lodged > in his chest, he refused to go to the hospital and delivered > his 90-minute speech anyway. Who was that former president? Theodore Roosevelt > Chile was relatively unscathed in a portable-rocket attack on > his life. His five bodyguards, all killed, weren't so lucky. > Who was the former Chilean president? Allende > prime minister of Great Britain by shelling the PM's residence > at 10 Downing Street with a mortar. They didn't succeed. > Who was the prime minister? Major > 7. Would-be assassins can use all sorts of weapons. In April > 2009, a man tried to kill the then queen of the Netherlands > with an automobile. She survived. What was the queen's name? Beatrice > 9. This Russian tsar emancipated the serfs in his country, but > revolutionaries kept trying to kill him at least five times. > The sixth attempt, in 1881, proved successful. Who was the tsar? Nicholas I > 1. Basseterre. (With no hyphen.) > 2. Charlotte-Amelie. > 3. George Town. Grenada > 5. Castries. > 6. Bridgetown. > 7. Port of Spain. Trinidad & Tobago > 8. Oranjestad. Aruba > 9. Road Town. > 10. St. John's. British Virgin Islands -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 25 04:25PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > (You can tell that a guy with a last name like must really be a dirty > person. At least you can tell if you are Swedish where "smuts" means > "dirt".) Similarly in English: http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=smut -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Beware the Calends of April also." msb@vex.net -- Peter Neumann |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 25 05:03PM -0700 On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:49:22 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. In 1978 a white-supremacist serial killer came very close to > killing this magazine publisher, who ended up being paralyzed > from the waist down. Who was the publisher? Larry Flynt > he was scheduled to give a speech. Although the bullet lodged > in his chest, he refused to go to the hospital and delivered > his 90-minute speech anyway. Who was that former president? Teddy Roosevelt > Chile was relatively unscathed in a portable-rocket attack on > his life. His five bodyguards, all killed, weren't so lucky. > Who was the former Chilean president? Pinochet > prime minister of Great Britain by shelling the PM's residence > at 10 Downing Street with a mortar. They didn't succeed. > Who was the prime minister? Thatcher, Major > 7. Would-be assassins can use all sorts of weapons. In April > 2009, a man tried to kill the then queen of the Netherlands > with an automobile. She survived. What was the queen's name? Beatrix > 9. This Russian tsar emancipated the serfs in his country, but > revolutionaries kept trying to kill him at least five times. > The sixth attempt, in 1881, proved successful. Who was the tsar? Alexander II > 10. In 1960 this South African prime minister -- and architect > of apartheid -- was shot in the cheek and ear by an assassin > but survived. 6 years later, though, he wasn't so lucky. Botha > In each case, identify the Caribbean *country or dependency* > that the city is the capital of. > 1. Basseterre. (With no hyphen.) Guadeloupe, Martinique > 2. Charlotte-Amelie. Guadeloupe, Martinique > 3. George Town. Guyana > 4. Kingstown. (With a W.) Grenada? Tempted to answer Jamwaica > 5. Castries. Guadeloupe, Martinique > 6. Bridgetown. Barbados > 7. Port of Spain. Trinidad & Tobago > 8. Oranjestad. Aruba, Curacao > 9. Road Town. Guadeloupe, Martinique > 10. St. John's. Antigua Guess which ones are cricket-playing nations :-) cheers, calvin |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 26 01:53AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:-8mdnfhxVJGBNmPFnZ2dnUU7- > 1. In 1978 a white-supremacist serial killer came very close to > killing this magazine publisher, who ended up being paralyzed > from the waist down. Who was the publisher? Larry Flynt > and survived but was paralyzed from the waist down. At the > time he was a US state governor and was on the presidential > campaign trail. Name him. George Wallace > he was scheduled to give a speech. Although the bullet lodged > in his chest, he refused to go to the hospital and delivered > his 90-minute speech anyway. Who was that former president? Theodore Roosevelt > Chile was relatively unscathed in a portable-rocket attack on > his life. His five bodyguards, all killed, weren't so lucky. > Who was the former Chilean president? Pinochet > prime minister of Great Britain by shelling the PM's residence > at 10 Downing Street with a mortar. They didn't succeed. > Who was the prime minister? John Major > 7. Would-be assassins can use all sorts of weapons. In April > 2009, a man tried to kill the then queen of the Netherlands > with an automobile. She survived. What was the queen's name? Beatrix > harzcyblrq oevpxynlre sverq frireny thafubgf ng uvf gbhevat pne. > Ohg nabgure cbyvgvpvna, gur gura znlbe bs Puvpntb, jnf xvyyrq. > Anzr *uvz*. Cermak > In each case, identify the Caribbean *country or dependency* > that the city is the capital of. > 1. Basseterre. (With no hyphen.) St. Lucia > 2. Charlotte-Amelie. U.S. Virgin Islands > 3. George Town. St. Vincent and the Grenadines > 4. Kingstown. (With a W.) Antigua and Barbuda; St. Vincent and the Grenadines > 5. Castries. St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines > 6. Bridgetown. Barbados > 7. Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago > 8. Oranjestad. Aruba > 9. Road Town. British Virgin Islands > 10. St. John's. Antigua and Barbuda; St. Vincent and the Grenadines > Fbzr cynprf unir fvzvyne anzrf gb fbzr bs gur nobir. Gel gurfr > rkgen dhrfgvbaf vs lbh yvxr sbe sha, ohg sbe ab cbvagf: > 11. Onffr-Greer. (Jvgu n ulcura.) Ab xvqqvat, V qvqa'g rira xabj gurer jrer gjb cynprf jvgu gubfr gjb anzrf. > 12. Xvatfgba. (Jvgu ab J.) Jamaica > 13. Fg. Wbua'f -- ohg *abg* gur bar va gur Pnevoorna. Gur vfynaq > va guvf dhrfgvba vf arvgure n pbhagel abe n qrcraqrapl gbqnl, > nygubhtu vg unf orra obgu ng qvssrerag gvzrf va gur cnfg. Newfoundland and Labrador -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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