Monday, October 09, 2017

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 8 updates in 3 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 08 08:17PM -0700

1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which European crown?
2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?
3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?
4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?
5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?
6  In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of succession after the vice president?
7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?
9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?
10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon?
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 08 10:20PM -0500

"Calvin":
> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which
> European crown?
 
Netherlands.
 
> 2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?
 
Andaman?
 
> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?
 
Percussion.
 
> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?
 
"Phantom of the Opera".
 
> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?
 
Xenophobia is.
 
> 6 In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of
> succession after the vice president?
 
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 
> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William
> Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
 
Pre-Raphaelites?
 
> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?
 
Rome.
 
> 9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?
 
Scotch on the Scottish. :-)
 
> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by
> Carly Simon?
 
"The Spy Who Loved Me"?
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 09 04:24AM


> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which European crown?
 
Netherlands
 
> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?
 
percussion
 
> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?
 
The Phantom of the Opera
 
> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?
 
xenophobia
 
> 6 ?In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of succession after the vice president?
 
Speaker of the House of Representatives
 
> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
 
Pre-Raphaelites
 
> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?
 
London
 
> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon?
 
The Spy Who Loved Me
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 09 07:16AM

> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which
> European crown?
 
Netherlands
 
> 2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?
 
Tamil Strait
 
> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when
> struck?
 
Percussion
 
> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?
> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?
 
Xenophobia
 
> 6  In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of
> succession after the vice president?
 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Although Alexander Haig
disagrees.)
 
> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William
> Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?
 
Rome
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 09 01:00AM -0700

Calvin wrote:
> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which European crown?
 
Netherlands
 
> 2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?
 
Ceylon Strait
 
> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?
 
percussion
 
> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?
 
Love Story
 
> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?
 
xenophobia
 
> 6 In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of succession after the vice president?
 
Speaker of the House
 
> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?
 
Rome
 
> 9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?
> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon?
 
The Spy Who Loved Me
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 08 06:41PM -0700

On Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 3:44:04 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> * Game 2, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Prime Minister Quotes
 
pass
 
 
> * Game 2, Round 3 - Geography - Famous Streets of the World
 
> 1. In what European city would you find the Unter den Linden?
 
Berlin
 
> 2. Which street in Washington DC links the White House and
> Capitol Hill?
 
Pennsylvania Avenue
 
> 3. Name the famous high-priced, très-chic shopping street in
> Beverly Hills.
 
Rodeo Drive
 
> 4. Still with high priced and très chic, in what American city
> would you drop lots of money on Worth Av.?
 
Chicago, Noston
 
> 5. In which European city would you find Varvaka St., the oldest
> street in the city, known for its churches and medieval sites?
 
Prague, Warsaw
 
> 6. Which American city has Woodward Av. as its main drag?
 
> 7. In which Asian city would you head to Orchard Rd. for shopping
> and entertainment?
 
Singapore
 
> 8. In which city would you find more than 300 shops and stores on
> Oxford St. -- a mecca for, among other things, men's fashion?
 
London
 
> 9. In which American city would you find Lombard St., called the
> crookedest street in the world?
 
San Francisco
 
> 10. Which Canadian city is famous for the intersection of
> Portage Av. and Main St.?
 
Vancouver, Winnipeg
 
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 08 10:16PM -0500

"Calvin":
> Noston
 
Is that anywhere near Bew Orleans?
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 08 08:15PM -0700

On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 11:39:21 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
Apologies for the lck of quesiton numbers, but please do NOT delete any questions when you reply.
 
> In which river was Jesus baptised?
 
Jordan
 
> Who was Nicole Kidman's co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?
 
Exam McGregor
 
> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?
 
Crab
 
> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?
 
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
 
> What is the state capital of Louisiana?
 
Baton Rouge
 
> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?   
 
John
 
> American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high school nickname?
 
Meatloaf
 
> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?
 
Michigan
 
> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?
 
Oberon
 
> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?
 
All are winds
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 504
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 70 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 67 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 63 Dan Blum
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 58 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 59 Peter Smyth
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 59 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 60 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 55 Bruce Bowler
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 49 Erland S
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 40 Pete Gayde
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 2 6 3 10 9 5 10 5 10 70 70%
 
Congratulations Stephen.
 
 
cheers,
calvin
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