- QFTCISG Game 10, Rounds 4,6: last art, HHOF - 3 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #279 - 3 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #514 - 1 Update
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 17 12:32PM +0100 > 2. "A Bar at the Folies Bergère" (1882). Gauguin > 3. "Christ Carrying the Cross" (1535). Vermeer > 5. Untitled (1940). Picasso > 9. "Viva la Vida Watermelons" (1954). Dali > 10. "The Beyond" (1972). Kandinsky > 11. "The Swallow's Tail" (1983). Kandinsky > 12. "Simeon with the Christ Child in the Temple" (1669). Rembrandt van Rijn > 13. "Two Dancers Resting" (1896). Vincent van Gogh |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 17 02:22PM > * Game 10, Round 4 - Art - Last Works > 2. "A Bar at the Folies Berg?re" (1882). Degas; Toulouse-Lautrec > 3. "Christ Carrying the Cross" (1535). Arcimboldo; Hans Holbein the Younger > 4. "Victory Boogie Woogie" (1944). Mondrian > 5. Untitled (1940). Giacometti > 10. "The Beyond" (1972). Rothko > 11. "The Swallow's Tail" (1983). Miro > 12. "Simeon with the Christ Child in the Temple" (1669). El Greco > 13. "Two Dancers Resting" (1896). Toulouse-Lautrec; Degas > * Game 10, Round 6 - Sports - Hockey Hall of Fame > 5. Joining the Hall this year as a builder is Jeremy Jacobs, > the owner since 1975 of which "Original Six" NHL team? Red Wings > 6. Four NHL players were admitted this year: Dave Andreychuk, > Paul Kariya, Mark Recchi, and Temmu Selanne. Which one of them > played for the Toronto Maple Leafs? Selanne; Recchi > 7. Jura Qnir Naqerlpuhx jba gur Fgnayrl Phc va 2004, ur gvrq > gur erpbeq bs cynlvat 22 frnfbaf orsber jvaavat uvf svefg gvgyr. > Sbe juvpu grnz jnf Naqerlpuhx gur pncgnva gung lrne? Avalanche > 8. Cnhy Xnevln cynlrq va 2 Bylzcvpf sbe Pnanqn naq sbe 4 AUY grnzf > bire 15 frnfbaf. Anzr *nal bar* bs gubfr 4 AUY grnzf. Maple Leafs; Blackhawks > 9. Znex Erppuv cynlrq 22 frnfbaf jvgu 7 grnzf. Anzr nal bs gur > 3 grnzf Erppuv jba n Fgnayrl Phc jvgu. Oilers; Rangers > 10. Grrzh Frynaar fpberq 684 AUY tbnyf naq urycrq Nanurvz jva gur > Fgnayrl Phc va 2007. Gur "Svaavfu Synfu" fgvyy ubyqf gur erpbeq > bs 76 tbnyf ol n ebbxvr, frg va 1992-93 jvgu juvpu Pnanqvna grnz? Canadiens; Oilers -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 18 12:52AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:K_-dnVshg8jxhcLHnZ2dnUU7- > no points. > 1. "La Gerbe" (1953). > 2. "A Bar at the Folies Bergère" (1882). Toulouse Latrec > 3. "Christ Carrying the Cross" (1535). > 4. "Victory Boogie Woogie" (1944). Mondrian > 5. Untitled (1940). Miro > 6. (Decoy) Self-portrait (1972). Picasso > 9. "Viva la Vida Watermelons" (1954). > 10. "The Beyond" (1972). > 11. "The Swallow's Tail" (1983). Dali > 12. "Simeon with the Christ Child in the Temple" (1669). Rembrandt > 13. "Two Dancers Resting" (1896). Manet > 1. Each year the Hall of Fame honors a newspaper writer and a > broadcaster for their career contributions. The broadcast > award is named for which pioneer hockey broadcaster? Hewitt > In fact Toronto was not the first choice for the site. > Which eastern Ontario city originally go the nod, but then > couldn't get the project done? Ottawa > 8-time world champion and 2-time Olympic gold medalist. > Name this Quebec native, who becomes the 5th woman player in > the Hall of Fame Wickenheiser > 5. Joining the Hall this year as a builder is Jeremy Jacobs, > the owner since 1975 of which "Original Six" NHL team? Bruins > 6. Four NHL players were admitted this year: Dave Andreychuk, > Paul Kariya, Mark Recchi, and Temmu Selanne. Which one of them > played for the Toronto Maple Leafs? Andreychuk; Recchi > 7. Jura Qnir Naqerlpuhx jba gur Fgnayrl Phc va 2004, ur gvrq > gur erpbeq bs cynlvat 22 frnfbaf orsber jvaavat uvf svefg gvgyr. > Sbe juvpu grnz jnf Naqerlpuhx gur pncgnva gung lrne? Rangers; Avalanche > 8. Cnhy Xnevln cynlrq va 2 Bylzcvpf sbe Pnanqn naq sbe 4 AUY grnzf > bire 15 frnfbaf. Anzr *nal bar* bs gubfr 4 AUY grnzf. Anaheim > 9. Znex Erppuv cynlrq 22 frnfbaf jvgu 7 grnzf. Anzr nal bs gur > 3 grnzf Erppuv jba n Fgnayrl Phc jvgu. Avalanche; Rangers > 10. Grrzh Frynaar fpberq 684 AUY tbnyf naq urycrq Nanurvz jva gur > Fgnayrl Phc va 2007. Gur "Svaavfu Synfu" fgvyy ubyqf gur erpbeq > bs 76 tbnyf ol n ebbxvr, frg va 1992-93 jvgu juvpu Pnanqvna grnz? Winnipeg Jets Pete Gayde |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jan 17 07:51PM Sorry about the delay - new job taking more time than I expected. Usual RQ rules apply, Closing 00:01 AM GMT, Sunday 21st Jan. 1. Which candidate won the third highest share of the popular vote in the 2016 US Presidential Election? 2. Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in an acting category? 3. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes? 4. Who, in 1997, became the youngest person to win a Grammy award? 5. Which gymnast was first to record a perfect 10 in an Olympic gymnastics competition? 6. Which Hollywood star also made breakthroughs in the field of radio communications, including frequency hopping and spread spectrum? 7. Who is presently Prime Minister of New Zealand? 8. The recent film "The Post" stars Meryl Streep as which newspaper owner? Tie break: The highest and lowest points of the continental United States are both in Californa. How far apart are they? |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 17 08:14PM > 1. Which candidate won the third highest share of the popular vote in the 2016 > US Presidential Election? Jill Stein > 2. Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in an > acting category? Butterfly McQueen > 3. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes? Marie Curie > 4. Who, in 1997, became the youngest person to win a Grammy award? Jewel > 5. Which gymnast was first to record a perfect 10 in an Olympic > gymnastics competition? Nadia Comaneci > 6. Which Hollywood star also made breakthroughs in the field of radio > communications, including frequency hopping and spread spectrum? Hedy Lamarr > 8. The recent film "The Post" stars Meryl Streep as which newspaper > owner? Katherine Graham > Tie break: The highest and lowest points of the continental United > States are both in Californa. How far apart are they? 200 miles -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 17 06:12PM -0600 Gareth Owen: > 2. Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in an > acting category? Poitier. > 3. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes? Marie Curie. > 4. Who, in 1997, became the youngest person to win a Grammy award? Adele? > 5. Which gymnast was first to record a perfect 10 in an Olympic > gymnastics competition? Comaneci. > 6. Which Hollywood star also made breakthroughs in the field of radio > communications, including frequency hopping and spread spectrum? Lamarr. > 8. The recent film "The Post" stars Meryl Streep as which newspaper > owner? Graham. > Tie break: The highest and lowest points of the continental United > States are both in Californa. How far apart are they? 25 miles. -- Mark Brader | "The closest I can get to describing her is to compare Toronto | the feeling one gets from picking up a ten-card suit..." msb@vex.net | --Zia Mahmood |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jan 17 07:54PM > 1 The French sandwich 'croque-monsieur' is traditionally filled with > which two foodstuffs? Fromage, jambon > 2 What is the legal term for a document that supplements, explains, > modifies or revokes a will? Codicile > 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. Sleuth > 6 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following line: "When you're > alone and life is making you lonely"? Downtown > 7 Lent traditionally lasts for how many days? 40 > 8 The main hub for the Etihad airline is located in which city? Abu Dhabi > 9 The Miller Brewing Company is headquartered in which US city? What made Milwaukee famous, Has made a loser out of me > 10 In which classic western folk song do the deer and the antelope roam? Home on the Range |
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