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| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 10 10:38PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Da6dnbc18LtUExfEnZ2dnUU7- > was a sensation off-Broadway but couldn't deliver its earlier > excitement when it moved to Broadway. Name either the title > of the musical or that president. Andrew Jackson > for Best Play. One of his works that won a Best Play Tony was > "Death of a Salesman". What was the other? Hint: It concerns > evil doings in Salem, Massachusetts. The Crucible > by Samuel Beckett, John Lennon, Sam Shepard, Jules Feiffer, > and Edna O'Brien, among others, it also featured a great deal > of nudity. What was it called? Oh, Calcutta > 1993 movie starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. What is > the title of this last play and movie? It might actually be > a stage hit, unlike the three first-mentioned adaptations. Groundhog Day > the talents of the early 20th-century ragtime and jazz pioneer > pianist who composed "King Porter Stomp", "Wolverine Blues", and > "Black Bottom Stomp." Name either the musical or its subject. Scott Joplin > dunk by Lorenzo Charles. The team it beat was dubbed Phi > Slamma Jamma and featured NBA Hall of Famers Clyde Drexler > and Akeem Olajuwon. Name the losing college. UNLV > another huge upset, beating Georgetown and future NBA > star Patrick Ewing. The winning team was coached by he > charismatic Rollie Massimino. Name the winning school. Villanova > * B. History: [When the] Saints [Go Marching In] > According to Catholics, who is the patron saint of... > B1. ...travelers? St Christopher > B2. ...lost articles and missing persons? St Anthony of Padua > Ancona is the capital of the Italian region of Marche ["MARK-eh"]. > Here are two questions about the capitals of other regions of Italy. > D1. What northern Italian city is the capital of Lombardy? Milan > D2. What city is the capital of Sicily? Palermo > E1. Which archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 km off the > coast of Ecuador, is home to the northernmost penguin > colonies? Galapagos > E2. Which tallest and heaviest species of penguin is endemic > to Antarctica and is the only penguin species to breed in > the Antarctic winter? Emperor > F1. Fredric March won his first Academy Award when he starred > in the 1931 film adaptation of which Robert Louis Stevenson > novella? Treasure Island > co-starred with Myrna Loy in which film about three US > servicemen readjusting to life after returning from the > Second World War? Best Years of Our Lives Pete Gayde |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 11 01:38AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Da6dnbc18LtUExfEnZ2dnUU7- > In 2006 another Canadian production -- a parody of 1920s musicals > -- was the toast of Broadway and won five Tony Awards. What is > its title? "The Drowsy Chaperone" > was a sensation off-Broadway but couldn't deliver its earlier > excitement when it moved to Broadway. Name either the title > of the musical or that president. Andrew Jackson > for Best Play. One of his works that won a Best Play Tony was > "Death of a Salesman". What was the other? Hint: It concerns > evil doings in Salem, Massachusetts. "The Crucible" > Named Desire". What is the title of the play that he won his > other Pulitzer for? Hint: Its characters include Margaret > (better known as Maggie), her husband Brick, and Big Daddy. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" > by Samuel Beckett, John Lennon, Sam Shepard, Jules Feiffer, > and Edna O'Brien, among others, it also featured a great deal > of nudity. What was it called? "Oh! Calcutta!" > 1993 movie starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. What is > the title of this last play and movie? It might actually be > a stage hit, unlike the three first-mentioned adaptations. "Groundhog Day" (I'm wondering why the question writer considered this an inappropriate subject for a musical) > title ever of any production on the Great White Way -- an amazing > 26 words! Give the full title if you like, but it's better > known by a much-shortened 2-word title, and that will suffice. "Marat/Sade" > the talents of the early 20th-century ragtime and jazz pioneer > pianist who composed "King Porter Stomp", "Wolverine Blues", and > "Black Bottom Stomp." Name either the musical or its subject. "Jelly's Last Jam" > 2007, the most any non-musical play has ever won. Its Czech-born > British author has had many other Broadway and West End > successes. Who is he? Stoppard > "The Producers" was also tied for most nominations -- 15 -- > with "Billy Elliot". Lee Hall wrote the book and lyrics for > "Billy Elliot". Who wrote its music? Elton John (Is there an error in the question? It says that "The Producers" won 16 Tonys but had only 15 nominations.) > dunk by Lorenzo Charles. The team it beat was dubbed Phi > Slamma Jamma and featured NBA Hall of Famers Clyde Drexler > and Akeem Olajuwon. Name the losing college. Houston > another huge upset, beating Georgetown and future NBA > star Patrick Ewing. The winning team was coached by he > charismatic Rollie Massimino. Name the winning school. Villanova > * B. History: [When the] Saints [Go Marching In] > According to Catholics, who is the patron saint of... > B1. ...travelers? St. Joseph > B2. ...lost articles and missing persons? St. Joseph; St. Jude > * C. Literature: March Hare ("Alice's Adventures in Wonderland") > C2. When Alice plays croquet, what is she given to use as > a mallet? pelican > Ancona is the capital of the Italian region of Marche ["MARK-eh"]. > Here are two questions about the capitals of other regions of Italy. > D1. What northern Italian city is the capital of Lombardy? Milan > D2. What city is the capital of Sicily? Palermo > E1. Which archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 km off the > coast of Ecuador, is home to the northernmost penguin > colonies? Galapagos Islands > E2. Which tallest and heaviest species of penguin is endemic > to Antarctica and is the only penguin species to breed in > the Antarctic winter? Emperor penguin > F1. Fredric March won his first Academy Award when he starred > in the 1931 film adaptation of which Robert Louis Stevenson > novella? "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" > co-starred with Myrna Loy in which film about three US > servicemen readjusting to life after returning from the > Second World War? "The Best Years of Our Lives" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 10 05:48PM -0500 Welcome to Rotating Quiz #264. I'd like to thank Dan Tilque for running RQ 263 and Don Piven for declining to do this one, leaving you all stuck with one of mine. The winner of this contest, in turn, will be the first choice to set RQ 265. This one is a visual round. See http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/rq/264.jpg and simply tell me what each image shows (or refers to). However, there is an overall theme, and only answers fitting that theme will be accepted. (In two cases it's uncertain, or there's conflicting information, as to whether they do truly fit the theme or not. Don't worry about that; just assume they do.) As usual, please answer only from your own knowledge and post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single posting. Please use a style like this: 1. Copper 2. Gold 3. Charlemagne You have 6 days to enter from the time of posting -- that is until about 6:48 pm Toronto time (zone -4) on Wednesday, 2017-08-16. Each question will be worth the same number of points; that number will be the smallest number that allows scoring in integers. The points in each question will be *divided equally* between all entrants who get it right. For example, say there are 4 entrants. Then each question will be worth 12 points, and if you are the only one to answer it correctly, you get all 12. In this case if 2 people answer correctly, they each get 6 points; if 3 do, they each get 4; and if all 4 get it, that's 3 points each. This should give you a strong incentive to answer the questions that nobody else can. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be the entrant who answered the *fewest* questions correctly to reach the tie score, and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first. Have fun. -- Mark Brader | "... there is no such word as 'impossible' in Toronto | my dictionary. In fact, everything between msb@vex.net | 'herring' and 'marmalade' appears to be missing." | -- Dirk Gently (Douglas Adams) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 11 12:30AM 1. Anaconda 2. Lyon 3. Spider 4. Osprey 5. Tiger 6. Vulpes 8. Seal 10. Wolverine -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 10 04:36AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 Which legendary character of English folklore is a more dangerous man than the Sheriff of Nottingham? A hired assassin who tries to kill Robin Hood, he is also a rival for Maid Marion's love. > 2 In which sport can misconduct see a player receive a yellow, red or green card? > 3 The city of Malaga is located in which European country? Spain > 4 Who directed "Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) and "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)? > 5 The Eightfold Path and the Four Noble Truths are important concepts in which religion? Buddhism > 6 In the Tour de France, which rider wears the polka dot jersey? king of the mountains > 7 In which US city was the 1987 Brian de Palma film 'The Untouchables' set? Chicago > 8 Which Chilean General overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973? Pinochet -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 10 05:01PM Calvin wrote: > Hood, he is also a rival for Maid Marion's love. > 2 In which sport can misconduct see a player receive a yellow, red or > green card? Hockey > 3 The city of Malaga is located in which European country? Spain > 4 Who directed "Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) and "Lawrence of > Arabia" (1962)? David someone > 5 The Eightfold Path and the Four Noble Truths are important concepts > in which religion? Buddhism > 6 In the Tour de France, which rider wears the polka dot jersey? The leader of the King of the Mountains competition (and not the best climber, who will probably be far more concerned with trying to win the yellow jersey) > 7 In which US city was the 1987 Brian de Palma film 'The Untouchables' > set? > 8 Which Chilean General overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973? Pinochet > recorded it? > 10 Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music for "Evita", but who wrote the > lyrics? Tim Rice Peter Smyth |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 10 10:54PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > tries to kill Robin Hood, he is also a rival for Maid Marion's love. > 2 In which sport can misconduct see a player receive a yellow, red > or green card? Rugby > 3 The city of Malaga is located in which European country? Spain > 4 Who directed "Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) and > "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)? Lean > 5 The Eightfold Path and the Four > Noble Truths are important concepts in which religion? Buddhism > 6 In the > Tour de France, which rider wears the polka dot jersey? Best in the mountains > 7 In which > US city was the 1987 Brian de Palma film 'The Untouchables' set? Chicago > 8 Which Chilean General overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973? Pinochet > it? > 10 Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music for "Evita", but who > wrote the lyrics? Tim Rice > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Aug 10 06:07AM -0500 On 8/9/17 18:36, Dan Tilque wrote: > RQ #263 is over and Don Piven is the winner! Congratulations. I didn't think the local carpet-bombing would be that productive! I'm going to be mostly offline for the next week or so (vacationing in an area with no useful cellular coverage and where broadband means an all-ladies bluegrass group) :-), so I would like to pass RQ #264 over to runner-up Mark Brader. Don |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 10 05:33PM -0500 Don Piven: > I'm going to be mostly offline for the next week or so (vacationing in > an area with no useful cellular coverage and where broadband means an > all-ladies bluegrass group) :-) ... You could have posted something and scored it when you came back... oh well. > so I would like to pass RQ #264 over to runner-up Mark Brader. Oh! I wasn't expecting to win, once my great idea about Springs was disqualified. Okay, you asked for it here's one I was thinking about... -- Mark Brader, Toronto "There are no new ideas, only new msb@vex.net mouths to speak them." -- Linda Burman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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