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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 15 08:31PM -0800 1 The French sandwich 'croque-monsieur' is traditionally filled with which two foodstuffs? 2 What is the legal term for a document that supplements, explains, modifies or revokes a will? 3 Which planet takes approximately 165 years to orbit the sun? 4 Aibohphobia, appropriately, is the fear of what? 5 Michael Caine starred twice in which film, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1972, and by Kenneth Brannagh in 2007? He portrayed the younger man in the first film, and the older in the second. 6 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following line: "When you're alone and life is making you lonely"? 7 Lent traditionally lasts for how many days? 8 The main hub for the Etihad airline is located in which city? 9 The Miller Brewing Company is headquartered in which US city? 10 In which classic western folk song do the deer and the antelope roam? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 16 08:35AM +0100 > 1 The French sandwich 'croque-monsieur' is traditionally filled with > which two foodstuffs? Ham and mustard > 3 Which planet takes approximately 165 years to orbit the sun? Uranus > 7 Lent traditionally lasts for how many days? 40 > 8 The main hub for the Etihad airline is located in which city? Dubai > 9 The Miller Brewing Company is headquartered in which US city? Milwaukee |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 16 02:12AM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 The French sandwich 'croque-monsieur' is traditionally filled with which two foodstuffs? > 2 What is the legal term for a document that supplements, explains, modifies or revokes a will? codicil > 3 Which planet takes approximately 165 years to orbit the sun? Neptune > 4 Aibohphobia, appropriately, is the fear of what? palindromes > 5 Michael Caine starred twice in which film, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1972, and by Kenneth Brannagh in 2007? He portrayed the younger man in the first film, and the older in the second. > 6 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following line: "When you're alone and life is making you lonely"? > 7 Lent traditionally lasts for how many days? 40 > 8 The main hub for the Etihad airline is located in which city? Addis Ababa > 9 The Miller Brewing Company is headquartered in which US city? Milwaukee > 10 In which classic western folk song do the deer and the antelope roam? Home on the Range (Although they actually "play" in that song, so perhaps it's wrong.) -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 15 08:29PM -0800 On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 1:23:50 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > Happy New Year to all. > 1 According to one theory, there is a correlation between the location of the three largest pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex and three stars in which celestial constellation? Orion['s belt] > 2 What does the "T" stand for in the Disney acronym EPCOT? [ Experimental Prototype Community of] Tomorrow > 3 The Merino sheep breed originated in which European country? Spain > 4 For what purpose would one normally use Quicken computer software? Finance or similar > 5 An 1814 woodblock print by the Japanese artist Hokusai is titled 'The Dream of the xxx's wife'. Supply the missing occupation! Fishrman's It's worth googling, but NSFW > 6 Apiculture is the raising and care of which creatures? Bees > 7 Also an official language of the European Union, what is the only Semitic language that's written in the Latin alphabet in its standard form? Maltese > 8 Which rapper's albums include 'Me Against the World' (1995) and 'All Eyez on Me' (1996)? Tupac Shakur Singleton for Gareth > 9 What is the lowest layer of the earth's atmosphere? Troposphere Trumposphere was very droll thanks Mark > 10 What part of a dress might be bateau, scoop or sweetheart? Neck[line] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 513 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 51 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 49 Bruce Bowler 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 46 Mark Brader 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 38 Dan Blum 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 32 Gareth Owen 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 33 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 34 Marc Dashevsky 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 30 Peter Smyth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 19 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 4 3 8 2 8 5 1 8 7 52 58% That was a tougher than average set but Dan T smashed it. Well played sir! cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 15 03:17AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: >> rain, is known in Latin America as an "arroyo", and in the Arabic >> world as a "wadi". What other team is used in North America? > Gulch, gully, or wash. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Marc. Not sure what was the matter with 'coulee' as an answer for this one. It's in very common use in western Canada, but also the US (Grand Coulee, for example). -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 15 03:06PM -0600 Mark Brader: >>> rain, is known in Latin America as an "arroyo", and in the Arabic >>> world as a "wadi". What other team is used in North America? >> Gulch, gully, or wash. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Marc. Dan Tilque: > Not sure what was the matter with 'coulee' as an answer for this one. It has various meanings. But I guess that's not a reason to disallow it, at that. 4 for Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are now no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His Geo Lit Aud Can Ent Mis Sci Cha SEVEN Joshua Kreitzer 38 28 40 4 0 40 20 15 30 211 Dan Blum 31 24 40 8 2 36 24 24 24 203 Dan Tilque 36 32 24 8 0 24 28 24 24 192 Marc Dashevsky 28 19 16 4 0 28 16 28 28 163 Pete Gayde 28 22 16 28 11 28 16 16 20 158 Bruce Bowler 18 20 -- -- -- 16 16 12 24 106 Peter Smyth 20 12 16 12 0 8 8 16 16 100 Jason Kreitzer 24 0 12 4 0 40 0 0 8 88 Erland Sommarskog 32 16 0 14 0 -- -- 12 11 85 Gareth Owen -- -- -- -- -- 36 27 -- -- 63 "Calvin" -- -- -- -- -- 23 16 -- -- 39 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0 -- Mark Brader "Although I have not seen any mention of SoftQuad Toronto or HoTMetaL in the magazine, it is certainly msb@vex.net worth while reading." -- Selwyn Wener My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 15 03:57AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > is sufficient. > 1. He was a Roman soldier and priest. He was tortured and martyred > by the Emperor Diocletian on April 23, 303. St. Sebastian > 2. He was a Spanish knight who fought in many battles, was injured > and became a priest and theologian. He founded the Jesuit > order and died in 1556. St. Ignatius Loyala > Years' War. Captured by the Burgundians and sold to the English, > she was tried in an ecclesiastical court and condemned to death. > She was burned at the stake. Ste. Jeanne d'Arc > 4. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the > Sisters of Charity, an order she founded to work with the poor in > India. She died in 1997, and was recently canonized as a saint. Mother Teresa > mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Revelation as the protector > of Christians during the apocalypse. The fall term in English > schools bears his name. St. Michael > 6 years and trained as a priest in France, then journeyed to > Ireland as a missionary Bishop. He provided leadership as the > Christian church grew in Ireland, establishing himself in Armagh. St. Patrick > authorized him to set up a group of friars, who would refuse > all material wealth, and even corporate wealth. They later > developed into a religious order. St. Francis of Assisi > their window at night. Another legend has him saving three > unjustly condemned men from death. His day is marked in the > Roman Catholic calendar as December 6. St. Nicholas > else is known about him. He is the patron saint of wayfarers > and motorists. Medieval belief was that anyone who looked on > an image of him would suffer no harm that day. St. Christopher > He left an enormous body of written work 113 books, 200 letters > and 500 sermons. Two are still in print: "Confessions" and > "The City of God". Augustine of Hippo > province's flower is the white trillium, you would say Ontario. > Answers may repeat. > 1. Which province or territory's official flower is the wild rose? Saskatchewan > 2. Which province or territory's official flower is the purple > saxifrage? Manitoba > 3. Which province or territory's official bird is the common raven? Newfoundland and Labrador > 4. Which province or territory's official animal is the spirit bear? Nunavut > 5. Name either one of the two adjacent provinces whose official > fish is the walleye. Alberta > 6. Which province or territory's official bird is the blue jay? Ontario > 7. Which province or territory's official tree is the eastern > white pine? New Brunswick > 8. Which province or territory's official tree is the black spruce? Nova Scotia > 9. Which province or territory's official motto translates to > English as "splendor without diminishment"? Nova Scotia > 10. Which province or territory's official motto translates to > English as "I remember"? Quebec -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 15 09:19AM -0600 In article <j5udnViEvd-ukMbHnZ2dnUU7-bfNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > Years' War. Captured by the Burgundians and sold to the English, > she was tried in an ecclesiastical court and condemned to death. > She was burned at the stake. Joan D'Arc > 4. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the > Sisters of Charity, an order she founded to work with the poor in > India. She died in 1997, and was recently canonized as a saint. Mother Theresa > authorized him to set up a group of friars, who would refuse > all material wealth, and even corporate wealth. They later > developed into a religious order. Francis of Assisi > else is known about him. He is the patron saint of wayfarers > and motorists. Medieval belief was that anyone who looked on > an image of him would suffer no harm that day. Christopher -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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