- Calvin's Quiz #501 - 2 Updates
- QFTCI5EP Final, Round 2: Canadiana - 2 Updates
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 31 07:02PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which British poet and MP (1751-1816) also wrote the plays "The > Rivals" and "The School for Scandal"? > 2 What connects Namib, Thar and Strzelecki? German West Africa > 3 Name any one of the three "Earth" signs, > according to traditional astrology. Pisces > 4 According to an index > invented by economist George Taylor in 1926, what happens to women's > clothing when the stock market rises? Hemlines go up > 5 Legato is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner? Flowing > 6 On TV, who > collectively were Sabrina, Kelly and Jill? Charlie's Angels > 7 Which classical > composer's 'Ode to Joy' is the anthem of the European Union? Beethoven > 8 In > part III of Gulliver's Travels, the hero visits Laputa, Balnibarbi, > Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and which real life country? Portugal > 9 The Uffizi art gallery is located in which Italian city? Florence > document begins "When, in the course of human events, it becomes > necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have > connected them with another…"? U.S. Declaration of Independence > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Aug 31 08:46PM +0100 > 1 Which British poet and MP (1751-1816) also wrote the plays "The > Rivals" and "The School for Scandal"? Sheridan > 2 What connects Namib, Thar and Strzelecki? Unacceptable in scrabble > 3 Name any one of the three "Earth" signs, according to traditional > astrology. Taurus??? > 4 According to an index invented by economist George Taylor in 1926, > what happens to women's clothing when the stock market rises? Knickers come down > 5 Legato is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner? Smoothly > 6 On TV, who collectively were Sabrina, Kelly and Jill? Charlie's Angels > 7 Which classical composer's 'Ode to Joy' is the anthem of the > European Union? Beethoven > 8 In part III of Gulliver's Travels, the hero visits Laputa, > Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and which real life country? Canada > 9 The Uffizi art gallery is located in which Italian city? Florence > 10 Which famous document begins "When, in the course of human events, > it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds > which have connected them with another…"? US Declaration of Independence |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 31 12:53PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:JYCdnWlClvSuFDrEnZ2dnUU7- > 13. What term denotes that a final ruling has been made on a legal > matter that is not subject to appeal, and translates as "the > thing has been decided"? res judicata > 14. What term translates as "a friend of the court", and refers > to a judge appointing a lawyer to assist the court process on > behalf of an unrepresented accused person or other party? amicus curiae > 15. The idea that the law does not concern itself with trifles, > or very minor things, is referred to by which term? de minimis non curat lex -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 31 07:04PM > 13. What term denotes that a final ruling has been made on a legal > matter that is not subject to appeal, and translates as "the > thing has been decided"? res ipsa loquitor > 14. What term translates as "a friend of the court", and refers > to a judge appointing a lawyer to assist the court process on > behalf of an unrepresented accused person or other party? amica curiae -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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