- Calvin's Quiz #509 - 5 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #508 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 Update
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 16 02:03PM +0100 > 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"? well, i. You get it for instance by taking sqrt(-1). > 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built? Liverpool > 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'? Piotr Ilitch Tchaikowski > 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex? Prince Harry > 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods? Olympos > 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting > of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument? Cello -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 16 02:07PM +0100 >> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Path?tique'? > Beethoven Two persons has said this now, and it is somewhat close. To wit, Beethoven's 6th Symphony is the Pastorale. However, that is probably his least interesting symphony. Which you certainly cannot say about the work being asked for. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 16 02:47PM Erland Sommarskog wrote: > 6th Symphony is the Pastorale. However, that is probably his least > interesting symphony. > Which you certainly cannot say about the work being asked for. Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.8 is also known as "Pathetique". Peter Smyth |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 16 09:17AM -0600 In article <49f115c9-0219-4dbe-b3ad-e1f0a8665ef4@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"? square root of -1 > 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built? Belfast > 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester? citrus fruits > 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of "Germany"? [BOTH names please] Meg Ryan > 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'? > 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex? > 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: ?I Know Why The Caged Bird ...?? sings > 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods? Olympus > 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget? Blair Witch Project > 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument? cello -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 16 08:13PM On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:48:40 -0800, Calvin wrote: > 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"? sqrt(-1) > 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built? Belfast, Northern Ireland > 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester? Citrus > 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of > "Germany"? [BOTH names please] Meg Ryan > 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'? Ludwig Van B. > 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex? Edward > 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by > Maya Angelou: "I Know Why The Caged Bird ..."? Sings > 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods? Olympus > 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo > Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget? Blair Witch Project > 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a > piano, a violin and which other musical instrument? Cello |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 16 01:59PM +0100 >> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines? > Luzon Strait > No-one got this. https://www.britannica.com/place/Luzon-Strait It seems that people in this group have difficult to get things strait. It was equally bad with India and Sri Lanka some time back. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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