- Calvin's Quiz #506 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 3 Updates
- QFTCISG Game 3, Rounds 7-8: last film, Japan-ese - 5 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 26 06:08PM -0700 On Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 2:21:42 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > Just the 9 in this set. > 1 Copyright of what media is represented by the graphic symbol ℗? Sound recordings Apologies to anyone who could not view the symbol > 2 Commonly used in educational circles, what does a TOEFL test measure? Test Of ENGLISH as a Foreign Language > 3 Requiring some 800,000 hours to generate all the images, what 1995 film was the first fully computer-generated full length feature film? Toy Story > 4 Which 1983 film was the sequel to "Saturday Night Fever"? Stayin' Alive > 5 Which planet takes approximately 85 years to orbit the sun? Uranus > 6 Who co-wrote the Band Aid single 'Do They Know Its Christmas' with Bob Geldof in 1984? Midge Ure > 7 Which American author wrote "Exodus" (1958) and "Trinity" (1976)? Leon Uris > 8 What is the more common term for vitamin B2? Riboflavin > 9 Which sport sometimes uses a "Fast4" format? Tennis No one got this, and I now learn it's mainly an Australian thing which explains why. See https://www.tennis.com.au/learn/ways-to-play/fast4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 506 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 23 Gareth Owen 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 24 Mark Brader 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 21 Peter Smyth 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 19 Dan Blum 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 14 Dan Tilque 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 14 Pete Gayde 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 2 5 3 3 6 2 5 3 0 0 29 46% Congratulations Gareth. That was a tough set. cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 26 06:11PM -0700 On Friday, October 27, 2017 at 11:08:49 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: I don't have access to my question database atm so CQ#507 will be a few days. cheers, calvin |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Oct 27 07:16AM +0100 >> 9 Which sport sometimes uses a "Fast4" format? > Tennis Particularly galling this, because literally a day or two before doing this quiz I'd heard a woman talking on the radio about a short-format version of Netball with fewer players, powerplays, a 3-point line and a much reduced game-time - she referred to it as "The Twenty20 of netball" And I saw that question and thought "Hey that's the netball thing I literally just heard about!" The netball variant is called Fast5 :( |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 26 05:11PM Mark Brader wrote: > 1. This two-time Oscar winner got a Razzie for her last movie role, > in the movie adaptation of "The Flintstones". She died in 2011 > at age 79. Elizabeth Taylor > 2. While he was known primarily as a silent-era comedian, his last > film role was as Erronius in "A Funny Thing Happened on the > Way to the Forum". He died in 1966 at age 70. Buster Keaton > 3. This actor's last role was "Giant". He died in 1955 age 24 > after getting in a car accident. James Dean > 4. Her last film role was "The Misfits"; she died at age 36 in 1962 > due to a drug overdose. Marilyn Monroe > 5. This comedian's last film was "Canadian Bacon". The actor died > in 1994 at age 43 of a heart attack John Candy > 6. This comedian's last film role was alongside Dan Aykroyd in > "Neighbors". He died in 1982 at age 33 from combined drug > intoxication. John Belushi > filming "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", so director > Terry Gilliam and friends of the deceased actor had to reshoot > certain scenes to make it more coherent. Name the actor. Heath Ledger > 9. His last film role was in "Network". He died in 1977 at age 60. > 10. His last role was in "The Harder They Fall". He passed away > in 1957 at age 57. John Wayne > We described the actual Japanese meaning of a Japanese word commonly > used in the English language; you give that word. > 1. Tray gardening. Bonsai > 2. Empty orchestra. > 3. Great prince or high commander. Shogun > 5. Picture letter. > 6. Human-pulled wagon. > 7. Japanese knight. Samurai > 8. Finger pressure. > 9. Divine wind. > 10. Head or chief. Shogun Peter Smyth |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Oct 26 06:23PM +0100 > 1. This two-time Oscar winner got a Razzie for her last movie role, > in the movie adaptation of "The Flintstones". She died in 2011 > at age 79. Liz Taylor > 2. While he was known primarily as a silent-era comedian, his last > film role was as Erronius in "A Funny Thing Happened on the > Way to the Forum". He died in 1966 at age 70. Buster Keaton? > 3. This actor's last role was "Giant". He died in 1955 age 24 > after getting in a car accident. James Dean > 4. Her last film role was "The Misfits"; she died at age 36 in 1962 > due to a drug overdose. Marilyn Monroe > 5. This comedian's last film was "Canadian Bacon". The actor died > in 1994 at age 43 of a heart attack John Candy > 6. This comedian's last film role was alongside Dan Aykroyd in > "Neighbors". He died in 1982 at age 33 from combined drug > intoxication. John Belushi > filming "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", so director > Terry Gilliam and friends of the deceased actor had to reshoot > certain scenes to make it more coherent. Name the actor. Heath Ledger > 8. His last role was in the third "Night at the Museum" movie, > playing president Theodore Roosevelt. He passed away at > age 63 in 2014. Robin Williams > 9. His last film role was in "Network". He died in 1977 at age 60. Peter ... something > 10. His last role was in "The Harder They Fall". He passed away > in 1957 at age 57. Humphrey Bogart > We described the actual Japanese meaning of a Japanese word commonly > used in the English language; you give that word. > 1. Tray gardening. Bonsai? > 2. Empty orchestra. Karaoke > 3. Great prince or high commander. Shogun > 4. Empty hand. Karate > 5. Picture letter. Emoji? > 6. Human-pulled wagon. Rickshaw? > 7. Japanese knight. Samurai > 8. Finger pressure. Shiatzu? > 9. Divine wind. Kamikaze > 10. Head or chief. Shogun |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 26 09:07PM +0200 > We described the actual Japanese meaning of a Japanese word commonly > used in the English language; you give that word. > 1. Tray gardening. Bento > 2. Empty orchestra. Karaoke > 3. Great prince or high commander. Shogun > 4. Empty hand. Karate > 5. Picture letter. Kanji > 7. Japanese knight. Samurai > 9. Divine wind. Kamikaze > 10. Head or chief. Shogun -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 26 11:30PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Q_2dnTTgKbKysm3EnZ2dnUU7- > 1. This two-time Oscar winner got a Razzie for her last movie role, > in the movie adaptation of "The Flintstones". She died in 2011 > at age 79. Elizabeth Taylor > 2. While he was known primarily as a silent-era comedian, his last > film role was as Erronius in "A Funny Thing Happened on the > Way to the Forum". He died in 1966 at age 70. Keaton > 3. This actor's last role was "Giant". He died in 1955 age 24 > after getting in a car accident. James Dean > 4. Her last film role was "The Misfits"; she died at age 36 in 1962 > due to a drug overdose. Marilyn Monroe > 5. This comedian's last film was "Canadian Bacon". The actor died > in 1994 at age 43 of a heart attack John Candy > 6. This comedian's last film role was alongside Dan Aykroyd in > "Neighbors". He died in 1982 at age 33 from combined drug > intoxication. John Belushi > 8. His last role was in the third "Night at the Museum" movie, > playing president Theodore Roosevelt. He passed away at > age 63 in 2014. Robin Williams > 9. His last film role was in "Network". He died in 1977 at age 60. Peter Finch > 10. His last role was in "The Harder They Fall". He passed away > in 1957 at age 57. Errol Flynn > We described the actual Japanese meaning of a Japanese word commonly > used in the English language; you give that word. > 1. Tray gardening. Bonsai > 2. Empty orchestra. > 3. Great prince or high commander. Majordomo > 4. Empty hand. Karate > 5. Picture letter. > 6. Human-pulled wagon. Rickshaw > 7. Japanese knight. Samurai > 8. Finger pressure. > 9. Divine wind. Kamikaze > 10. Head or chief. Sensei Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 26 06:34PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 4:29:08 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. This two-time Oscar winner got a Razzie for her last movie role, > in the movie adaptation of "The Flintstones". She died in 2011 > at age 79. Hepburn > 2. While he was known primarily as a silent-era comedian, his last > film role was as Erronius in "A Funny Thing Happened on the > Way to the Forum". He died in 1966 at age 70. Keaton, Chaplin > 3. This actor's last role was "Giant". He died in 1955 age 24 > after getting in a car accident. Dean > 4. Her last film role was "The Misfits"; she died at age 36 in 1962 > due to a drug overdose. Monroe > 5. This comedian's last film was "Canadian Bacon". The actor died > in 1994 at age 43 of a heart attack Candy > 6. This comedian's last film role was alongside Dan Aykroyd in > "Neighbors". He died in 1982 at age 33 from combined drug > intoxication. Belushi > filming "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", so director > Terry Gilliam and friends of the deceased actor had to reshoot > certain scenes to make it more coherent. Name the actor. Phoenix > 8. His last role was in the third "Night at the Museum" movie, > playing president Theodore Roosevelt. He passed away at > age 63 in 2014. dunno > 9. His last film role was in "Network". He died in 1977 at age 60. Finch > 10. His last role was in "The Harder They Fall". He passed away > in 1957 at age 57. Bogart > We described the actual Japanese meaning of a Japanese word commonly > used in the English language; you give that word. > 1. Tray gardening. Bonsai > 2. Empty orchestra. Karaoke > 3. Great prince or high commander. Mikado, Poobah > 4. Empty hand. Karate > 5. Picture letter. > 6. Human-pulled wagon. Rickshaw? > 7. Japanese knight. Samurai > 8. Finger pressure. name won;t come... > 9. Divine wind. Kamikaze > 10. Head or chief. Mikado, Poobah cheers, calvin |
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