- Rotating Quiz 259 - 4 Updates
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| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jun 08 05:58PM -0700 this is rotating quiz #259. today is june 8th, 2017. yesterday, I lost someone. her name was Diana. she was pretty, smart, and loved music. this round is dedicated to her. the winner will be the first choice to set rq 260, in a manner of their choosing. please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one. answer slates must be posted before 9pm edt (philadelphia/toronto time) on wednesday, 2017-06-14, which gives all of you a lot of time from the time of this posting. in case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions; and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first. correct answers are worth 1 point each. have fun! category: diana in each case, unambiguously name the person described. a. the one that died in paris at the end of august in 1997 b. to the romans, diana was the goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature. name her greek equivalent. c. lead singer of the vocal group 'the supremes' d. emma peel in the 1960s tv series 'the avengers' and olenna tyrell in 'game of thrones' category: it's the singer again, unambiguously name the singer described e. died on november 24th, 1991. 4 octave vocal range. one of the greatest showmen of all time. f. the chairman of the board g. performed "the star spangled banner" at super bowl xxv at tampa stadium on january 27, 1991. they played a previously recorded version by her and didn't tell her she had a dead microphone when she sang live, ostensibly due to crowd noide h. she sang with boyz ii men on "one sweet day" category: the song from the given lyrics, name the song. (note: I am using copy & paste for these) i. Oh don't you dare look back Just keep your eyes on me I said you're holding back She said ... j. I'm burnin' through the sky yeah Two hundred degrees That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit I'm trav'ling at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic man out of you k. If you need me, let me know, gonna be around If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown Honey I'm still free l. Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing ain't nothing, but it's free. category: the band (note: I am using copy & paste for these also) from the given lyrics, name the band/artist m. We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl. n. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. o. How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind p. I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead I just need some place where I can lay my head Hey, mister, can you tell me, where a man might find a bed? He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said good luck! swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 08 08:23PM -0500 Stephen Perry: > yesterday, I lost someone. Very sorry to hear it. > a. the one that died in paris at the end of august in 1997 Diana who was Princess of Wales. > b. to the romans, diana was the goddess of the hunt, the moon, and > nature. name her greek equivalent. Artemis? > c. lead singer of the vocal group 'the supremes' Diana Ross. > d. emma peel in the 1960s tv series 'the avengers' and olenna tyrell in > 'game of thrones' Diana Rigg. > f. the chairman of the board Frank Sinatra. > Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly > Before they're forever banned > The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind Peter, Paul and Mary. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Canadian seals deal with creditors" msb@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, July 1, 1997 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 09 02:01AM > a. the one that died in paris at the end of august in 1997 Princess Diana > b. to the romans, diana was the goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature. name her greek equivalent. Artemis > c. lead singer of the vocal group 'the supremes' Diana Ross > d. emma peel in the 1960s tv series 'the avengers' and olenna tyrell in 'game of thrones' Diana Reed > f. the chairman of the board Frank Sinatra > Just keep your eyes on me > I said you're holding back > She said ... Shut Up and Dance With Me > n. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. Rush > Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly > Before they're forever banned > The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind Bob Dylan -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 09 02:17AM -0500 In article <42242bd1-2971-4883-b510-8c85e12182e2@googlegroups.com>, stephen.w.perry@gmail.com says... > category: diana > in each case, unambiguously name the person described. > a. the one that died in paris at the end of august in 1997 Princess Diana, England > b. to the romans, diana was the goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature. name her greek equivalent. Athena > c. lead singer of the vocal group 'the supremes' Diana Ross > d. emma peel in the 1960s tv series 'the avengers' and olenna tyrell in 'game of thrones' Diana Rigg > again, unambiguously name the singer described > e. died on november 24th, 1991. 4 octave vocal range. one of the greatest showmen of all time. > f. the chairman of the board Frank Sinatra > g. performed "the star spangled banner" at super bowl xxv at tampa stadium on january 27, 1991. they played a previously recorded version by her and didn't tell her she had a dead microphone when she sang live, ostensibly due to crowd noide Whitney Houston > Honey I'm still free > l. Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. > Nothing ain't nothing, but it's free. Me & Bobby McGee > Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly > Before they're forever banned > The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind Bob Dylan wrote it; Peter, Paul & Mary hit the U.S. Pop charts with it. > I just need some place where I can lay my head > Hey, mister, can you tell me, where a man might find a bed? > He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said The Band -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jun 08 04:46PM -0700 On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 10:53:24 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > I thought two of the Wilco questions were absurdly hard, but that > didn't keep Stephen Perry from scoring on them. Which he did not > even need in order to WIN THIS QUIZ. Hearty congratulations! I only thought 1 of them was really hard, because one of my sisters-in-law lives near the other one in colorado. > > than the spoken word can tell." > Roger Whittaker. (Singer; lyrics from "The Last Farewell".) > 210 for Marc and Stephen. kudos to Marc on his good taste in music > > contract; but fans of the original "Star Trek" may best remember > > him as Harry Mudd. > Roger C. Carmel. 420 for Stephen. I had no idea he was a regular on 'the nmothers-in-law' > > 15. Who he? > Roger Daltrey. (Singer and prime founder of the Who.) 420 for > Stephen. I am shocked and appalled. how can I be the only one? > > the subject of bicycle racing. Several of his books are about > > Lance Armstrong; another is "World of Cycling". > John Wilcockson. 420 for Stephen. see above comment about my wife's sister. > > members of Uncle Tupelo. Singer Jeff Tweedy has been with them > > ever since. Albums include "Blue Sky Blue" and "Star Wars". > Wilco. 210 for Gareth and Stephen. kudos to Gareth for living through those turbulent times in music and coming away with no permanent damage. > > and her uncle known as Will, actually both had the same name. > > What was it? > Wilcome Cotton. (See Appendix C.) 420 for Stephen. again, shocked by this one. > > 22. An Iron Maiden he. > Dennis Wilcock. (Read it the same way as #15.) 210 for Gareth > and Stephen. and here I see Gareth has once again shown that he is a gentleman and a scholar. > Peter Smyth 0 0 0 105 70 60 0 0 0 0 505 > "Calvin" 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 295 > And now it's over to Stephen for RQ 259. If you please, sir... and so it shall be. I will post it later tonight. stayed tuned. swp |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jun 09 05:00AM +0100 >> Wilco. 210 for Gareth and Stephen. > kudos to Gareth for living through those turbulent times in music and > coming away with no permanent damage. Wilco are great, and anyone who says otherwise can kindly step outside to settle this like gentleman. (Though I confess, I thought Farrar was the one in Uncle Tupelo who'd go on to great things). |
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