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| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 01 11:50AM Mark Brader wrote: > Ron Howard. > 4. In the original novel he was censored, but in the movie he > was framed. Roger Rabbit > 8. He was the first to tile the plane aperiodically with only > two different tiles, using a pattern with fivefold symmetry > about its center. Roger Penrose > 11. If you were married to Brigitte Bardot, wouldn't you make at > least a couple of movies starring her? > 12. Some say GOAT. Roger Federer > him as Harry Mudd. > 15. Who he? > 16. Dead, now dead. Roger Moore > 17. The fat one, who worked for the Sun-Times. Roger Ebert > 18. He held a world record for 46 days in 1954. Roger Bannister > In the appendices you may learn that her brother known as Jolly, > and her uncle known as Will, actually both had the same name. > What was it? Roger! > 22. An Iron Maiden he. Peter Smyth |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 01 01:50PM > can guess where to look for it. > 1. This American New Wave writer won multiple Hugos, including > one for "Lord of Light". Roger Zelazny > worked with him have included Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, > Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, and > Ron Howard. Roger Corman > 4. In the original novel he was censored, but in the movie he > was framed. Roger Rabbit > 6. Dallas player, MVP of the VIth event. Roger Staubach > 7. 61*. Roger Maris > 8. He was the first to tile the plane aperiodically with only > two different tiles, using a pattern with fivefold symmetry > about its center. Roger Penrose > on experiment; he worked in philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, > and math; he conceived machines that would not be practical > for centuries; but his work in optics was particularly important. Roger Bacon > 11. If you were married to Brigitte Bardot, wouldn't you make at > least a couple of movies starring her? Roger Vadim > 13. Until recently he was the only person to have run Fox "News". Roger Ailes > 15. Who he? Harold Ross Doesn't fit the theme, I know, but that's my association for "Who he?" Ross, the long-time editor of the New Yorker, used that as an editorial comment whenever a writer mentioned someone he deemed insufficiently well-known without explaining who they were. > 16. Dead, now dead. Roger Moore > 17. The fat one, who worked for the Sun-Times. Roger Ebert > 18. He held a world record for 46 days in 1954. Roger Bannister > In the appendices you may learn that her brother known as Jolly, > and her uncle known as Will, actually both had the same name. > What was it? Roger -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 01 09:23AM -0600 In article <Vsidnb3eNbqZKbLEnZ2dnUU7-L_NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > one for "Lord of Light". > 2. This executive was the other title character of Michael Moore's > first documentary. Roger Smith > worked with him have included Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, > Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, and > Ron Howard. Roger Corman > 4. In the original novel he was censored, but in the movie he > was framed. Roger Rabbit > 5. "For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly, more dearly > than the spoken word can tell." Roger Whittaker (1970s late night commercials taught me this) > 6. Dallas player, MVP of the VIth event. > 7. 61*. Roger Maris > 8. He was the first to tile the plane aperiodically with only > two different tiles, using a pattern with fivefold symmetry > about its center. Roger Penrose > for the main CBS newscast, this man moved to NBC. For about a > year their newscast was co-anchored by Tom Brokaw in New York > and him in Washington. Roger Mudd > on experiment; he worked in philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, > and math; he conceived machines that would not be practical > for centuries; but his work in optics was particularly important. Roger Bacon > 11. If you were married to Brigitte Bardot, wouldn't you make at > least a couple of movies starring her? > 12. Some say GOAT. Tom Brady! > 13. Until recently he was the only person to have run Fox "News". Roger Ailes > 15. Who he? > 16. Dead, now dead. > 17. The fat one, who worked for the Sun-Times. Roger Ebert > 18. He held a world record for 46 days in 1954. Roger Bannister -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 01 11:40PM -0700 Dan Blum wrote: > Ross, the long-time editor of the New Yorker, used that as an > editorial comment whenever a writer mentioned someone he deemed > insufficiently well-known without explaining who they were. My answer to this ("Woger") was because I thought it might be some kind of reference to the "Life of Brian" sketch. But after I posted, I realized the answer is probably Roger Daltrey. -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 01 09:05AM -0600 In article <ognobn$fkm$1@reader1.panix.com>, tool@panix.com says... > > dancers perform with swords. > Aram Khachaturian > If I had actually said "Sabre Dance," would anyone else have gotten it? Not I. I knew it was the Sabre Dance but I had no idea who composed it. -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 01 08:24PM +0200 >> Aram Khachaturian >> If I had actually said "Sabre Dance," would anyone else have gotten it? > Not I. I knew it was the Sabre Dance but I had no idea who composed it. Nor I. I did not even spot Sabre Dance, but just took some arbitrary Russian composer who might have lived at the time, as at the point I sensed a more general ex-Soviet theme. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 01 01:43PM -0500 Dan Blum: >>> dancers perform with swords. >> Aram Khachaturian >> If I had actually said "Sabre Dance," would anyone else have gotten it? Marc Dashevsky: > Not I. I knew it was the Sabre Dance but I had no idea who composed it. I also knew it was the sabre dance before I guessed the composer based on the theme. There's some chance I might have guessed Saroyan as well if I'd realized that the -ian ending common in Armenian names can also be -yan, but even with the example of Egoyan in front of me, I didn't. -- Mark Brader | It is so alpha that Jean-Luc Godard is filming there. Toronto | It is so alpha that it's 64-bit RISC from the 1990s... msb@vex.net | It's so alpha that when you turn it sideways, | it looks like an ox... -- Nick Mathewson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 01 01:38PM > > with a white mane. Both Mr. Ed and Trigger were of this > > breed. Name the breed. > Palomino. 4 for Dan Blum and Marc. Is there a reference for this Spanish royal family? I couldn't find one, although admittedly I didn't look too hard. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 01 01:40PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> with a white mane. Both Mr. Ed and Trigger were of this >>> breed. Name the breed. >> Palomino. 4 for Dan Blum and Marc. Dan Blum: > Is there a reference for this Spanish royal family? I couldn't find one... Me neither. Dictionaries agree that the name derives from a Spanish word for "dove": as the American Heritage put it, "the light coats of palominos being likened to the pale plumage of pigeons". Googling specifically for "palomino" together with "royal" or "royalty", I find that <answer A1> was particularly fond of these horses and kept a royal herd of 100 of them, but that has nothing to do with how they were named. Sorry about that. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Close your tag and give it a rest, Jason" msb@vex.net | --FoxTrot (Bill Amend) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 01 11:42AM Mark Brader wrote: > were used primarily to prevent disease, not pregnancy. > Aside from animal intestines, name any one of the materials > primarily used in Europe or Asia before 1844. Leather > What is a pessary, in this context? > 3. Name the biblical character in Genesis who practised the > withdrawal method and was slain by God as a result. Lot > 4. Many plants used in ancient Greece have been found to have > contraceptive properties. What royally named common weed is > still used for birth control in India today? Pennyroyal > 5. The invention of vulcanized rubber in 1844 paved the way for > reliable condoms. It also resulted in what other birth-control > device, in the 1880s? Cap > regime on the grounds that it was a threat to Aryan women. > But what other controversial discovery was named after > Dr. Gräfenberg in 1981? Peter Smyth |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 01 01:43PM > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana Sports - Early Toronto Blue Jays > 5. In what year did the Blue Jays' new retractable-roofed home, > SkyDome, open in the mid-season? 1997; 2007 > 2. Pessaries were a common ancient form of birth control. > Typical ingredients included honey, acacia gum, and plant matter. > What *is* a pessary, in this context? a diaphragm, more or less (vaginal plug) > 3. Name the biblical character in Genesis who practised the > withdrawal method and was slain by God as a result. Onan > 4. Many plants used in ancient Greece have been found to have > contraceptive properties. What royally named common weed is > still used for birth control in India today? Queen Anne's Lace > 5. The invention of vulcanized rubber in 1844 paved the way for > reliable condoms. It also resulted in what other birth-control > device, in the 1880s? diaphragm > of Population" became the inspiration for a group, established > in 1877, which promoted contraception and was closely tied to > the feminist movement. Name this scholar. Malthus > 7. Name the American feminist who was jailed for distributing > contraceptives in 1916 and who popularized the phrase "birth > control". Margaret Sanger > but by the time it was approved for that use, almost 500,000 > women had already used it. Within one year either way, when > was it initially approved? 1962; 1966 > gut. The first modern T-shaped IUD was developed in the 1960s, > and with some minor changes, is still in use today. What is > the main spermicidal material used in this IUD? copper > regime on the grounds that it was a threat to Aryan women. > But what *other* controversial discovery was named after > Dr. Gr?fenberg in 1981? G-spot -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 01 09:13AM -0600 In article <LPidneNGdoU54LLEnZ2dnUU7-K_NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > only if it is the only major-league team in that city. > 1. Which team did the Blue Jays face at home in their first Major > League Baseball game on 1977-04-07? New York Yankees > What *is* a pessary, in this context? > 3. Name the biblical character in Genesis who practised the > withdrawal method and was slain by God as a result. Onan > 5. The invention of vulcanized rubber in 1844 paved the way for > reliable condoms. It also resulted in what other birth-control > device, in the 1880s? diaphragm > of Population" became the inspiration for a group, established > in 1877, which promoted contraception and was closely tied to > the feminist movement. Name this scholar. Malthus > 7. Name the American feminist who was jailed for distributing > contraceptives in 1916 and who popularized the phrase "birth > control". Sanger > but by the time it was approved for that use, almost 500,000 > women had already used it. Within one year either way, when > was it initially approved? 1964 > gut. The first modern T-shaped IUD was developed in the 1960s, > and with some minor changes, is still in use today. What is > the main spermicidal material used in this IUD? copper > regime on the grounds that it was a threat to Aryan women. > But what *other* controversial discovery was named after > Dr. Gräfenberg in 1981? G spot -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jun 01 06:55PM +0100 > 1. Which team did the Blue Jays face at home in their first Major > League Baseball game on 1977-04-07? Yankees, Red Sox > designated hitter, picked up by the Jays in the 1976 expansion > draft, hit the first two home runs in Jays franchise history, > helping Toronto to a 9-5 win? Joe Carter, Gary Carter > runs in a season. After his retirement in 1982, he spent 5 years > as a coach in the Blue Jays' farm system and 2 years as a coach > for another former team, the Kansas City Royals. Who is he? Gary Carter, Joe Carter > 5. In what year did the Blue Jays' new retractable-roofed home, > SkyDome, open in the mid-season? 1987 > pitcher, who had led the Minnesota Twins to victory in the World > Series that year by pitching a complete 10-inning shutout in > Game 7 and had been named the World Series MVP? Frank Viola > batting average race -- the first time three teammates had > done so in 100 years. They were Robbie Alomar, Paul Molitor, > and who else? Gary Carter, Joe Carter > score 6 runs on hits from Paul Molitor, Tony Fernández, Rickey > Henderson, and Devon White, and take game 15-14. Who were > their opponents? Reds, Cardinals (Christ, was there anyone Rickey Henderson didn't play for?) > were used primarily to prevent disease, not pregnancy. > Aside from animal intestines, name any one of the materials > primarily used in Europe or Asia before 1844. India Rubber, Silk > 2. Pessaries were a common ancient form of birth control. > Typical ingredients included honey, acacia gum, and plant matter. > What *is* a pessary, in this context? A medicinal paste > 3. Name the biblical character in Genesis who practised the > withdrawal method and was slain by God as a result. Onan > 5. The invention of vulcanized rubber in 1844 paved the way for > reliable condoms. It also resulted in what other birth-control > device, in the 1880s? Wellington boots > of Population" became the inspiration for a group, established > in 1877, which promoted contraception and was closely tied to > the feminist movement. Name this scholar. Malthus > 7. Name the American feminist who was jailed for distributing > contraceptives in 1916 and who popularized the phrase "birth > control". Stopes > but by the time it was approved for that use, almost 500,000 > women had already used it. Within one year either way, when > was it initially approved? 1963 > gut. The first modern T-shaped IUD was developed in the 1960s, > and with some minor changes, is still in use today. What is > the main spermicidal material used in this IUD? The tears of Republicans > regime on the grounds that it was a threat to Aryan women. > But what *other* controversial discovery was named after > Dr. Gräfenberg in 1981? G spot! |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 01 08:27PM +0200 > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana Sports - Early Toronto Blue Jays Next please! > were used primarily to prevent disease, not pregnancy. > Aside from animal intestines, name any one of the materials > primarily used in Europe or Asia before 1844. paper > 3. Name the biblical character in Genesis who practised the > withdrawal method and was slain by God as a result. Onan > but by the time it was approved for that use, almost 500,000 > women had already used it. Within one year either way, when > was it initially approved? 1957 -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jun 01 06:50PM +0100 > 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the > Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km? Goa > 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the > acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface > due to gravity (to one decimal place)? 9.8 > 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town? Oberammegau (sp???) > 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in > it? New Hampshire > 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"? Gilliam > 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet? David Boon > 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers > escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being > executed by a German firing squad? Edith Cavell > 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and > "About a Boy" (1998)? Nick Hornby > 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms? Electrical Resistance > 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items? Bodies |
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