- Calvin's Quiz #508 - 3 Updates
- QFTCISG Game 4, Rounds 7-8: Marx Bros., eponyms - 1 Update
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 07 09:17AM -0600 In article <f6d9e3aa-da05-40ed-a578-ec43673c437c@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'? > 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country? Poland > 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines? South China Sea > 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991? Leningrad > 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's tennis titles? > 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology. Aquarius > 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure? Moses > 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini? unmanned NASA missions > 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United States? entry into World War One? Lusitania > 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team? Boston Celtics -- 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 07 06:14PM On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:45:02 -0800, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and > 'The Ambassadors (1903)'? Henry James > 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country? Poland > 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines? South China Sea and the Philippine Sea > 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991? Leningrad > 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's > tennis titles? > 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology. Aquarius > 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of > which biblical figure? Moses > 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini? Mars > 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United > States' entry into World War One? Lusitania > 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team? Celtics |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 07 07:18PM > 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and > 'The Ambassadors (1903)'? Henry James > 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country? Poland? > 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines? Strait of Taiwan > 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991? Leningrad > 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's > tennis titles? Nadal > 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology. Aquarius > 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of > which biblical figure? Moses?? > 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini? Space probes > 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United > States' entry into World War One? Lusitania > 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team? Boston Celtics |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 07 09:50AM -0600 In article <KKadnd8tR40samLEnZ2dnUU7-W_NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the > other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of > the others. Harpo, Chico, Zeppo > American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of > all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four > of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive? 12 > 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI > list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania. Duck Soup > 4. Name the other fictional country in "Duck Soup". Fredonia > in "Duck Soup". Name the comic actress who recreated the scene > together with Harpo on a 1950s TV show. She also appeared with > the brothers in their 1938 film "Room Service". Lucille Ball > (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this > actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in > 7 of their films. Margaret Dumont > 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947 > to 1961. You Bet Your Life > 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100? say the magic word > 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not > one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by > a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her. Marilyn Monroe > who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s; > in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business > in stores and in other economic transactions. boycott > destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time > later a group of laborers called themselves by this word, > which today means an opponent of technological progress. luddite > name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a > knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during > campaigning in the Crimean War. cardigan > a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question. > The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even > darker meaning. Lynch > who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later > released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights > and he therefore never received counsel. Miranda > relationships with a number of dominating women. A German > neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to > get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused. masochism > 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs > about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women, > his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him. Don Juan > The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist > thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like > a salamander. gerrymander > elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise > for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge". > What was this elephant's name? Jumbo -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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