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| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Sep 07 06:06PM -0700 this is rotating quiz #267. today is september 7th, 2017. the winner will be the first choice to set rq 268, 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, 2017-09-13, 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: cat-5 in each case, name that hurricane. a. august 28-29 2005, new orleans louisiana b. august 23-24 1992, dade county florida c. august 16-18 1969, waveland mississippi category: magicians unambiguously name the magician(s) described d. they host the t.v. show 'fool us' e. winnipeg born illusionist, hosted 7 'world of magic' specials on tv f. he dated claudia schiffer from 1994 to 1999 category: bugs name the insect pictured g. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/eab/Graphics/adult_on_leaf.gif h. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5016184312_95717cd916_b.jpg i. https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/1-biomechanics.jpg category: sports j. what team beat the u.s. men's national team 2-0 on september 1st 2017 k. on may 28th 2017 takuma sato won the indianapolis 500. what is the name of the trophy he was awarded for that win? l. in what country is the 2019 rugby world cup going to be held? good luck! swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 07 08:24PM -0500 Stephen Perry: > the winner will be the first choice to set rq 268, in a manner of their > choosing. Well, no danger of that! > category: cat-5 > in each case, name that hurricane. > a. august 28-29 2005, new orleans louisiana Katrina. > b. august 23-24 1992, dade county florida Andrew? > c. august 16-18 1969, waveland mississippi Camille? > d. they host the t.v. show 'fool us' Penn & Teller? > g. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/eab/Graphics/adult_on_leaf.gif Oooh, shiny! I'll guess locust. > h. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5016184312_95717cd916_b.jpg Katydid? > i. https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/1-biomechanics.jpg Grasshopper. > l. in what country is the 2019 rugby world cup going to be held? Somewhere other than Yemen. -- Mark Brader | No programming language is Perfect. Perl comes very close. msb@vex.net | P! e! r! *l?* :-( Not quite "Perfect". Toronto | -- Brian Ingerson |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 07 07:52PM -0700 On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 11:06:53 AM UTC+10, swp wrote: > category: cat-5 > in each case, name that hurricane. > a. august 28-29 2005, new orleans louisiana Katrina > d. they host the t.v. show 'fool us' > e. winnipeg born illusionist, hosted 7 'world of magic' specials on tv > f. he dated claudia schiffer from 1994 to 1999 David Copperfield > category: bugs > name the insect pictured > g. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/eab/Graphics/adult_on_leaf.gif Cicada > h. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5016184312_95717cd916_b.jpg Looks a bit like one of my school teachers... > i. https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/1-biomechanics.jpg Grasshopper > category: sports > j. what team beat the u.s. men's national team 2-0 on september 1st 2017 Costa Rica > k. on may 28th 2017 takuma sato won the indianapolis 500. what is the name of the trophy he was awarded for that win? > l. in what country is the 2019 rugby world cup going to be held? Japan cheers, calvin |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 07 08:31PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 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''? Orson Welles > 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a > Thousand Faces"? Rudolph Valentino > monsters had the form of a bird with a human face? > 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 > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 07 05:11PM -0500 Mark Brader: > Oh, right, *now* I remember what country George Best Airport is in! Or not! -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Don't be silly -- send it to Canada" msb@vex.net -- British postal worker |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 07 09:18PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:yoidnTbuUJEu0jLEnZ2dnUU7- > 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 Cohn brothers > 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!" Public Enemy > 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?" Scarface > * Game Show Hosts, 1960s-80s > 7. Name the host of "Teenage Dance Party", "Gambit", "Headline > Chasers", and "Tic Tac Dough". Wink Martindale > 8. Name the host of the rigged game show "21", who returned to TV > to host "The Joker's Wild" from 1972 to 1984. Jack Barry > 9. Name the actor-turned-TV-host who fronted the original version of > "Jeopardy!" from 1964 to 1975. Art Fleming > * 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 > 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl3.jpg Parks and Recreation > * Rock Drummers > In each case, name the *drummer* shown (not the band). > 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum1.jpg John Bonham > 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum2.jpg Copeland > 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum3.jpg Pete Gayde |
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