- Calvin's Quiz #484 - 2 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 28 12:42AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Paisley Park was both the estate and record label of > which late American singer? Jackson? > 2 Which 17th century pirate became Lieutenant Governor of > Jamaica and now lends his name to a brand of rum? Morgan. > 3 Fakes of which historical object were so common that in > the 16th century John Calvin could claim there were enough > to build an entire ship!? (Pieces of) the Christians' "true Cross". > 4 At 35 years, which astronaut holds the record for the > greatest time between space flights? Glenn. > 5 Which Russian word describes three horses harnessed > side-by-side drawing a carriage? Troika. > process of intellectual deliberation in order to > speculate, within a specifiable problem domain, about > potential consequences"? Thought experiment. > 7 Which fictional newspaper does Clark Kent work for? The "Daily Planet" (ObCanadiana: which is named after the "Toronto Star"). > 8 What does the abbreviation VJ stand for in relation to a > common construction technique? Victory over J... er, maybe not. > 9 Denis Compton represented which country in international > cricket? Got me. Canada? > in the history of warfare. The Napoleonic Wars battle of 7 > September 1812 took place near, and is named after, which > Russian village? Borodino? (That had a battle named after it, at least.) -- Mark Brader, Toronto | In the affairs of this world men are saved, msb@vex.net | not by faith, but by the want of it. --Franklin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 30 02:04AM -0500 In article <afaf5172-b38e-4159-8cd6-5d50ae069e6c@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Paisley Park was both the estate and record label of which late American singer? Prince > 2 Which 17th century pirate became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica and now lends his name to a brand of rum? Morgan > 3 Fakes of which historical object were so common that in the 16th century John Calvin could claim there were enough to build an entire ship!? Noah's ark > 4 At 35 years, which astronaut holds the record for the greatest time between space flights? John Glenn > 5 Which Russian word describes three horses harnessed side-by-side drawing a carriage? troika > 6 Common examples from science include Schrodinger's cat and Einstein's special theory of relativity. What two-word term commonly refers to the "intentional, structured process of intellectual deliberation in order to speculate, within a specifiable problem domain, about potential consequences"? > 7 Which fictional newspaper does Clark Kent work for? Daily Planet -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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