- QFTCIBP Game 6, Rounds 2-3: train books, Ottawa - 2 Updates
- Rotating Quiz 290 - 1 Update
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 21 09:04AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > existence of Santa Claus, is awakened in the night by the sound > of a train. To his astonishment, he finds the train is waiting > for him. Polar Express > 1. What park lies north and east of the Rideau Canal where the > canal enters the Ottawa River? > 2. What the Governor General's official residence in Ottawa named? Stornoway > the National Arts Centre, Confederation Park -- and a hotel > named after the same person as the street? Hint: The hotel's > name begins with "Lord". Durham -- Dan Tilque |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Apr 21 06:48PM -0700 On Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 12:59:02 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule > Poirot must identify the murderer -- in case he or she decides > to strike again. "Murder on the Orient Express" > commit "murder for each other". One man has an unfaithful wife > and wants to be with his lover. The other man has a wealthy > father who refuses to give him money. "Strangers on a Train" > to lure Bond out of London. It works: he rushes to Istanbul > in order to help her defect to Britain. Bond wants to take her > to Britain by plane, but Tatiana insists on the Orient Express. "From Russia With Love" > possessions. He manages to board a railway engine manned by > a sympathetic driver, which is then pursued by a special train > loaded with policemen, detectives, and prison warders. "The Wind in the Willows"? |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Apr 21 08:51PM Joe wrote: > So, to RQ290 which has a theme somewhat related to RQ289. Usual rules and I'll mark this on Saturday 28 April. > 1. Name this building. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/zcqkf3v54jp0fd2/Q1.jpeg?dl=0 Windsor Castle > Hint: you will probably see a lot more of it next month. > 2. Freiberger, Suffolk Punch and Lokai are breeds of which animal? Pig > 3. Of whom did Edward Gibbon write "The more scandalous charges were suppressed; [Answer] was accused only of piracy, rape, sodomy, murder and incest."? Caligula > 4. Which singer was born Farrokh Bulsara in 1946. Freddie Mercury > 5. Which well known author published several books under the pseudonym Richard Bachman? One of these, Thinner (1984) sold 28,000 copies on the first run. When Bachman's real name was revealed it sold ten times as many. Stephen King > 6. Name the android portrayed by Lance Henriksen in the film Aliens. > 7. Which French actor/singer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for The Love Parade and again in 1930 for The Big Pond? > 8. What card game is played with a deck of 57 cards comprising four suits (red, yellow, green and black) of 14 cards each, numbered 1 to 14 plus a [Answer] card? It was designed for those cultures, e.g. Puritan or Mennonite, who consider a regular deck of cards sinful. Uno > 9. Which administrative region of Italy has Milan as its capital? Lombardy > 10. What is the theme? Peter Smyth |
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