Monday, May 15, 2017

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 3 topics

Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 14 11:41PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:SfCdnaX--sPVC4vEnZ2dnUU7-
> Robert Aldrich and released in 1955.
 
> 2. Robert De Niro plays a halfwit catcher with a terminal illness
> in this 1973 baseball drama.
 
Bang the Drum Slowly
 
 
> 6. This 1968 British musical adventure, co-written by Roald Dahl,
> is about a down-on-his-luck inventor who turns his jalopy into
> a flying fantasy car for his children.
 
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
 
 
> 1. Found in the Caucasus, this 18,510-foot (5,642 m) mountain
> is the highest in Russia. Ancient Greek mythology saw it as
> the place where Zeus chained Prometheus. Name it.
 
Erebus
 
 
> 2. At 2,294 miles (3,692 km) in length, what is the longest river
> in Russia? It rises in hills northwest of Moscow and empties
> into the Caspian Sea.
 
Volga
 
> deepest in the world. With a maximum depth of 5,387 feet
> (1,642 m), it contains 1/5 of the world's fresh water. What is
> its name?
 
Caspian Sea
 
> has had the second-largest international border. With a length
> of 4,254 miles (6,846 km), this Russian border is shared with
> which country?
 
China; Kazakhstan
 
> 6 others. Which of the second group -- which country that
> was not a Soviet republic, but does border Russia -- extends
> farthest west?
 
Poland
 
> natural and 16 cultural. One of the natural sites features some
> of the world's most magnificent volcanoes -- and is located on
> what Far East Russian peninsula?
 
Kamchatka
 
> this mountain range in Russia is found far to the west of
> <answer 7> and divides European Russia from Asian Russia.
> What is it?
 
Urals
 
> of <answer 8>. It briefly served as a Nazi seaplane base,
> established by U-boats. In the Cold War era, Russia tested more
> than 200 nuclear devices on the archipelago. What is it called?
 
Pete Gayde
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 15 04:23AM -0500

In article <SfCdnaX--sPVC4vEnZ2dnUU7-UHNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> 1. Ralph Meeker plays Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in this
> film-noir thriller with an apocalyptic ending, directed by
> Robert Aldrich and released in 1955.
Kiss Me Deadly
 
> 2. Robert De Niro plays a halfwit catcher with a terminal illness
> in this 1973 baseball drama.
Bang The Drum Slowly
 
> who tells stories to his cellmate, played by Raúl Juliá.
> His tales come across like old movies, but they reveal a subtle
> meaning.
Kiss Of The Spiderwoman
 
> 6. This 1968 British musical adventure, co-written by Roald Dahl,
> is about a down-on-his-luck inventor who turns his jalopy into
> a flying fantasy car for his children.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
 
 
> 2. At 2,294 miles (3,692 km) in length, what is the longest river
> in Russia? It rises in hills northwest of Moscow and empties
> into the Caspian Sea.
Volga
 
> deepest in the world. With a maximum depth of 5,387 feet
> (1,642 m), it contains 1/5 of the world's fresh water. What is
> its name?
Baikal
 
> has had the second-largest international border. With a length
> of 4,254 miles (6,846 km), this Russian border is shared with
> which country?
Kazakhstan
 
> 6 others. Which of the second group -- which country that
> was not a Soviet republic, but does border Russia -- extends
> farthest west?
Norway
 
> this mountain range in Russia is found far to the west of
> <answer 7> and divides European Russia from Asian Russia.
> What is it?
Ural
 
 
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 14 04:48PM -0700

On Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 8:22:42 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:

> called the D-lines, which have almost the same wavelength and are
> responsible for the strong yellowish color of low-pressure sodium
> lighting. What is the shorter one of these two wavelengths?
 
33 nanometres
 
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 15 04:04AM -0500

In article <IY6dnUKWVtWxGorEnZ2dnUU7-TvNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> responsible for the strong yellowish color of low-pressure sodium
> lighting. What is the shorter one of these two wavelengths?
 
> This is the last time I'll remind you: units of measure must be stated.
 
1000 nm
 
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 14 09:30PM -0700

On Friday, May 12, 2017 at 11:51:40 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> > > 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
 
> > 4 [H2SO4]
 
> Ahem.
 
Apologies, pretty unlikely that you would have missed that one.
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 485
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 66 Aren Ess
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 49 Don Piven
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 51 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 44 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 45 Dan Blum
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 46 Mark Brader
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 31 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 38 Pete Gayde
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 19 Erland S
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 14 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 8 6 2 6 8 6 9 9 6 66 66%
 
cheers,
calvin
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