- Calvin's Quiz #515 - 2 Updates
- QFTCIBP Game 5, Rounds 9-10: Canchors, Olympic challenge - 3 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #288 - 2 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 19 10:33AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > Well I am back. Welcome back. > 1 Although most of the action takes place in Minnesota, the title of the 1996 Coen brothers film 'Fargo' refers to a city in what mid-western US state? North Dakota > 2 What is the title of the 2005 bestseller by economist Stephen Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner? > 3 Just Fontaine represented which country in football (soccer)? > 4 Which cemetery in Tucson, Arizona houses the three men who were killed during the infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral? Boot Hill > 5 What's the minimum number of notes needed to produce a chord? 1 > 6 Tim Hortons is a Canadian fast food franchise specialising in which confectionary? donuts > 7 On which river do the Victoria Falls lie? Zambezi > 8 What is the highest number on a backgammon doubling cube? 64 > 9 'Ariel's Beginning' is the sub-title of the 2008 prequel to which 1989 Disney movie? The Little Mermaid > 10 In Greek mythology, Zeus assumed the form of which creature in order to seduce Leda? swan -- Dan Tilque |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Apr 20 08:37AM +0100 > Well I am back. Thanks for all the kind wishes. I can't say it's > getting any easier just yet but at least a new normal is starting to > emerge. Life goes on. Welcome back Calvin. > 1 Although most of the action takes place in Minnesota, the title of > the 1996 Coen brothers film 'Fargo' refers to a city in what > mid-western US state? North Dakota > 2 What is the title of the 2005 bestseller by economist Stephen Levitt > and journalist Stephen Dubner? Freakonomics > 3 Just Fontaine represented which country in football (soccer)? France > 4 Which cemetery in Tucson, Arizona houses the three men who were > killed during the infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral? Boot Hill > 5 What's the minimum number of notes needed to produce a chord? 3 > 6 Tim Hortons is a Canadian fast food franchise specialising in which > confectionary? Donuts? > 7 On which river do the Victoria Falls lie? Zambese > 8 What is the highest number on a backgammon doubling cube? 32? > 9 'Ariel's Beginning' is the sub-title of the 2008 prequel to which > 1989 Disney movie? The Little Mermaid > 10 In Greek mythology, Zeus assumed the form of which creature in > order to seduce Leda? Swan |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 19 11:14AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Olympic Challenge Round > * A. Olympic Locations > A1. Where were the southernmost Winter Olympics held? Salt Lake City > A2. Where were the northernmost Summer Olympics held? Helsinki > * B. Olympic Firsts > B1. In what year were women first allowed to compete in the > Olympics? 1924 > * C. Olympic Books > C1. "The Dirtiest Race in History", by Richard Moore, was > written about which *two* Olympians? Zola Budd and Mary Decker > sport: Great Britain and France. Today the sport is followed > primarily in Australia, Great Britain and Ireland, the > Indian subcontinent, southern Africa, and the West Indies. cricket > antiquity. It is played with hard balls that most of the > time are not touched by the hand; and unlike in most sports, > men and women compete and are ranked together. jai alai -- Dan Tilque |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Apr 19 01:32PM -0700 On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 1:18:33 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > D2. What 1993 movie, co-starring John Candy, was about four > Jamaicans -- three runners and a push-cart racer -- who > form a bobsled team? Cool Runnings |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 20 02:05AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:tf2dnZtHPvGufkvHnZ2dnUU7- > Please see the 2-page handout of news and sports anchors at: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-9/anch.pdf > 1. Which photo is Lisa Laflamme, CTV National News? O; M > 2. Which photo is Roger Petersen, CITY-TV? K; J > 3. Which photo is Colin D'Mello, CTV Toronto? G; B > 4. Which photo is Dawna Friesen, national anchor for Global? L; H > 5. Which photo is Farah Nasser, Global Toronto? N; F > 6. Which photo is Michelle Dubé, CTV Toronto? E; D > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Olympic Challenge Round > * A. Olympic Locations > A1. Where were the southernmost Winter Olympics held? Sochi > A2. Where were the northernmost Summer Olympics held? Helsinki > * B. Olympic Firsts > B1. In what year were women first allowed to compete in the > Olympics? 1900; 1904 > C2. Name the *book* about two men, Harold Abrahams and Eric > Liddell, one a Jew who runs to triumph over bigotry, the > other a Scottish missionary who runs to glorify God. "Chariots of Fire" > has been nominated for a number of awards, including > three oscars for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, > and Best Editing? "I, Tonya" > D2. What 1993 movie, co-starring John Candy, was about four > Jamaicans -- three runners and a push-cart racer -- who > form a bobsled team? "Cool Runnings" > sport: Great Britain and France. Today the sport is followed > primarily in Australia, Great Britain and Ireland, the > Indian subcontinent, southern Africa, and the West Indies. cricket > antiquity. It is played with hard balls that most of the > time are not touched by the hand; and unlike in most sports, > men and women compete and are ranked together. croquet -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 19 08:49PM +0200 >> 75 points. > Dammit. I was tossing up whether to put Mandarin, Cantonese or Chinese, > but alas there is no generic term for Indian languages. Had any one asked me before I started to read up on Singapore as a preparation for a few days of holiday there on my way to a country about which you ran a quiz on last year, I would never guess Tamil. Hindu does indeed seem like a more reasonable guess. As for Chinese, I don't really see it as a generic term, at least not in a context like this - it is the same as Mandarin. Cantonese, on the other hand, is a different language. Nevermind that in written form, you will have to good knowledge to tell mother tongue of the speaker. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 19 08:54PM +0200 > And it's great to see people still coming up with original and > entertaining formats. Might one specify the number of correct answers I > wonder? Of course, I could have done that, and it would have saved me from stating rules on penalties. However, the way this idea evolved over the years (I don't get the oppurtunity to run RQs that often, so I get plenty of time to refine my ideas), is that it started with a regular plain question: "How many states in Europe were republics at the outbreak of World War I". Then by time, I thought it was more interest to ask which they were and it went on. So I decided to keep the number secret. |
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