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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 06 07:14AM > 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine? 651 > 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America? Titicaca > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)? Northern Ireland > 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''? Nisse Hult > 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country? Jordania > 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge's Palace? Venezia > 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the > papers want to know whose shirts you wear? "Space Oddity" by David Bowie. (Recorded and released five years earlier, but I seem to recall that it reappeared on the charts.) > 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo > pastry, chopped nuts and honey? Baklava -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 06 08:05PM +0100 > 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine? Depends where I mentally insert the brackets 729-81+3 = 651 or 729-(81+3) = 645 > 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America? No idea > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)? Northern Ireland > 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''? Richard Harris? > 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand > Faces"? Lon Chaney > 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of > a bird with a human face? Harpy > 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country? Syria? > 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge's Palace? Venice > 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers > want to know whose shirts you wear? Space Oddity > 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, > chopped nuts and honey? Baklava |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 02:26PM -0500 Gareth Owen: > Depends where I mentally insert the brackets You mean "invent". -- Mark Brader | "It's not in the slightest bit harder to write Fortran Toronto | or Basic programs in C++ or Smalltalk than it is msb@vex.net | to write them in C or Pascal." -- Peter da Silva |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 06 09:57PM +0100 > Gareth Owen: >> Depends where I mentally insert the brackets > You mean "invent". Well, I can equally use pauses ... If someone asked you "what is seven minus *breath* three plus two?", don't tell me you'd think the intended answer was unambiguously six. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 04:51PM -0500 Gareth Owen: >>> Depends where I mentally insert the brackets Mark Brader: >> You mean "invent". Gareth Owen: > Well, I can equally use pauses ... Again, you mean "invent". > If someone asked you "what is seven minus *breath* three plus two?", > don't tell me you'd think the intended answer was unambiguously six. No, though I'd prefer the word "quantity" rather than a pause -- that's the usage I picked up at some point in my education. But in a contest conducted in writing, there'd have to be some indication that such a pause, bracketing, or the like was intended, and there wasn't. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "What Europe needs is a fresh, unused mind." msb@vex.net | -- Foreign Correspondent My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 06 12:05AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine? 651 > 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America? Lake Titicaca > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)? England > 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''? > 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"? > 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a bird with a human face? harpies > 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country? Jordan > 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge's Palace? Venice > 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear? Space Oddity -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 07 10:18AM Calvin wrote: > 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine? 651 > 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America? Titicaca > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)? Northern Ireland > 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''? > 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand > Faces"? Buster Keaton > 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a > bird with a human face? Harpy > 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country? Jordan > 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge's Palace? Venice > 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers > want to know whose shirts you wear? Space Oddity > 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, > chopped nuts and honey? Baklava Peter Smyth |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 06 08:28PM +0100 > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo1.jpg Coen > 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo2.jpg Lord?? > 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo3.jpg Wachkowski (sp!) > where the character's dying line is spoken. > 4. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/death1.jpg>. > James Cagney as Cody Jarrett: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" White Heat > 5. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/death2.jpg>. > Kevin Spacey as Jack Vincennes: "Rollo Tamasi." L.A. Confidential > 6. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/death3.jpg>. > Edward G. Robinson as Caesar Enrico Bandello: "Mother of mercy, > is this the end of Rico?" Little Caesar > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl1.jpg Buffy The Vampire Slayer > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl2.jpg Arrested Development > 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl3.jpg Gray's Anatomy??? > * Rock Drummers > In each case, name the *drummer* shown (not the band). > 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum1.jpg A young Neal Peart? > 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum2.jpg Larry Mullen Jr > 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum3.jpg Meg White |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 05 11:54PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > In each case, from the photograph, name the Hollywood directors. > As usual, last names are sufficient. > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo1.jpg Coen brothers -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 07 10:06AM Mark Brader wrote: > In each case, from the photograph, name the Hollywood directors. > As usual, last names are sufficient. > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo1.jpg Coen > 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo2.jpg Coen > 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo3.jpg Wachowski > * TV Characters in Pop! Vinyl > In each case, name the *TV show* whose characters are depicted. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl1.jpg Buffy the Vampire Slayer > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl2.jpg Arrested Development > 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl3.jpg Orange is the New Black > * Rock Drummers > In each case, name the drummer shown (not the band). > 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum1.jpg Keith Moon > 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum2.jpg > 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum3.jpg Peter Smyth |
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