- Calvin's Quiz #502 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 5 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #503 - 5 Updates
- Answer to a not-so-tough Cheers question - 1 Update
| gwowen@gmail.com: Sep 13 05:22AM -0700 On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 7:03:09 AM UTC+1, Mark Brader wrote: > > Northern Ireland > > Belfast's airport is named after him > Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester) He did play his best football in Manchester (for Manchester United). As I'm sure you know, the airport near Manchester is the imaginatively named "Manchester Airport" (formerly Ringway). |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 13 02:55PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester) Gareth Owen: > He did play his best football in Manchester (for Manchester United). Ah. I must have somehow happened to hear about that. > As I'm sure you know, the airport near Manchester is the imaginatively > named "Manchester Airport"... Well, I knew it was called that the last time *I* used it, but I had to look it up to see that it was *still* called that. -- Mark Brader | "...it is happening a lot to me recently. almost Toronto | as if my beliefs are no longer strong enough msb@vex.net | to counter reality." --Stephen Perry |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 13 10:00PM +0100 >> named "Manchester Airport"... > Well, I knew it was called that the last time *I* used it, but I had to > look it up to see that it was *still* called that. I don't think the Blue half of the City would stand for it to be renamed after a Red. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 14 07:39AM >> look it up to see that it was *still* called that. > I don't think the Blue half of the City would stand for it to be renamed > after a Red. Mark does indeed have some interesting ideas about football. Players from Northern Ireland playing in Irish national team - that's an idea which also would not go well with half (roughly) of the NI population... -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 14 09:21AM Erland Sommarskog wrote: > Mark does indeed have some interesting ideas about football. Players from > Northern Ireland playing in Irish national team - that's an idea which > also would not go well with half (roughly) of the NI population... It's not quite that simple. There are many sports (notably Rugby Union and Cricket) where there is just one team representing the whole of the island of Ireland. Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 13 11:05AM >> European country? > Sweden, I presume. They may not be located in their namesake city, > though. I had to check. HQ is in Stockholm. However, the board is actually seated in Huskvarna! (Which is a twin city to the larger Jönköping on the southern end of the lake Vättern.) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 13 08:57AM -0500 In article <60b59fc5-741d-4206-8c3b-8f11557d6be8@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > I'm in New Zealand for the next two weeks so results won't be posted until early October. > 1 What links Brooklyn, Romeo and Harper? > 2 Brno is a city of around 100,000 people in which European country? Czechia > 3 Which conflict lasted from 17th July 1936 to 1st April 1939? > 4 These words from various different languages all have what identical meaning: Gehve, Qahwa, Sourj, Koohii, Kape? head > 5 Which NFL team is sometimes nicknamed "Americas Team"? Dallas Cowboys > 6 Which country has won the most Davis Cups? U.S. > 7 A piano suite by which French composer (1862-1918) includes the movement ?Clair De Lune?? Debussy > 8 In 1934 which African country became the first to compete in a football (soccer) World Cup? > 9 Diwali is an important festival in which religion? Hinduism > 10 The Husqvarna manufacturing group is headquartered in which European country? Sweden -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 13 02:59PM -0500 "Calvin": >>> 10 The Husqvarna manufacturing group is headquartered in which >>> European country? Erland Sommarskog: > I had to check. HQ is in Stockholm. However, the board is actually seated > in Huskvarna! ... Which, I see, was previously spelled like the company. -- Mark Brader | "If you need features not found in any language, Toronto | you can try your hand at creating your own. msb@vex.net | (Mind you, language design is incredibly difficult. | It is easy to create an unholy mess.)" -- Chris Torek |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 13 09:58PM +0100 > I'm in New Zealand for the next two weeks so results won't be posted > until early October. > 1 What links Brooklyn, Romeo and Harper? Children of David & Victoria Beckham > 2 Brno is a city of around 100,000 people in which European country? *rolls dice* Hungary > 3 Which conflict lasted from 17th July 1936 to 1st April 1939? Spanish Civil War > 4 These words from various different languages all have what identical > meaning: Gehve, Qahwa, Sourj, Koohii, Kape? > 5 Which NFL team is sometimes nicknamed "Americas Team"? Dallas Cowboys > 6 Which country has won the most Davis Cups? Spain? > 7 A piano suite by which French composer (1862-1918) includes the > movement 'Clair De Lune'? Debussy > 8 In 1934 which African country became the first to compete in a > football (soccer) World Cup? South Africa? > 9 Diwali is an important festival in which religion? Hinduism > 10 The Husqvarna manufacturing group is headquartered in which > European country? Iceland? |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 14 08:33AM Calvin wrote: > 1 What links Brooklyn, Romeo and Harper? David Beckham's children > 2 Brno is a city of around 100,000 people in which European country? Czech Republic > 4 These words from various different languages all have what identical > meaning: Gehve, Qahwa, Sourj, Koohii, Kape? > 5 Which NFL team is sometimes nicknamed "Americas Team"? Green Bay Packers > 6 Which country has won the most Davis Cups? USA > 7 A piano suite by which French composer (1862-1918) includes the > movement 'Clair De Lune'? Debussy > 8 In 1934 which African country became the first to compete in a > football (soccer) World Cup? Egypt > 9 Diwali is an important festival in which religion? Hinduism (and I think Sikhism as well) > 10 The Husqvarna manufacturing group is headquartered in which European > country? Peter Smyth |
| ronald.giorgio@npsd.k12.ri.us: Sep 13 12:22PM -0700 Hello, I might be 27 years too late, but the sign is now for sale on Amazon and I own one, makes a great tribute to he show. P.S. what's it like in 1990? I won't spoil the end of Cheers for you. |
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