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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 10 06:15PM -0700 1 The Strait of Magellan primarily runs through which country? 2 Michael Keaton played the title role in which Oscar-winning 2014 film? 3 Who starred Roger Vadim's 1956 film 'And God Created Woman'? 4 Which nation's police force is known as the Garda Síochána? 5 Which gas makes up over 70% of natural gas? 6 Which author's novels included 'Hollywood Wives' (1983) and 'Poor Little Bitch Girl' (2009)? 7 Which term describes a plant crossed from different species? 8 Who starred in 'Dial M For Murder', 'Rear Window' and 'High Society'? 9 According to the Bible, who lived to age of 969? 10 A person with the surname Singh is most likely to be a follower of which faith? cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 11 01:25AM > 1 The Strait of Magellan primarily runs through which country? Philippines > 2 Michael Keaton played the title role in which Oscar-winning 2014 film? Birdman > 3 Who starred Roger Vadim's 1956 film 'And God Created Woman'? Brigitte Bardot > 4 Which nation's police force is known as the Garda S??och??na? Ireland > 5 Which gas makes up over 70% of natural gas? methane > 6 Which author's novels included 'Hollywood Wives' (1983) and 'Poor Little Bitch Girl' (2009)? Jackie Collins > 7 Which term describes a plant crossed from different species? hybrid > 8 Who starred in 'Dial M For Murder', 'Rear Window' and 'High Society'? Jimmy Stewart > 9 According to the Bible, who lived to age of 969? Methuselah > 10 A person with the surname Singh is most likely to be a follower of which faith? Sikhism -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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): May 10 09:37PM -0500 Calvin: > 1 The Strait of Magellan primarily runs through which country? Argentina. > 2 Michael Keaton played the title role in which Oscar-winning > 2014 film? "The Dark Knight"? > 3 Who starred Roger Vadim's 1956 film 'And God Created Woman'? Bardot. > 4 Which nation's police force is known as the Garda Síochána? Ireland. > 5 Which gas makes up over 70% of natural gas? Methane. > 6 Which author's novels included 'Hollywood Wives' (1983) and > 'Poor Little Bitch Girl' (2009)? Collins? > 7 Which term describes a plant crossed from different species? Hybrid. > 8 Who starred in 'Dial M For Murder', 'Rear Window' and 'High Society'? Grace Kelly. > 9 According to the Bible, who lived to age of 969? Methuselah. (They probably meant to say "months".) > 10 A person with the surname Singh is most likely to be a > follower of which faith? Sikhism. -- Mark Brader | "Countries with strong economic ties tend Toronto | not to fight each other" msb@vex.net | "$54.40 or fight" --Michael Wares |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 10 08:42PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 The Strait of Magellan primarily runs through which country? Chile > 2 Michael Keaton played the title role in which Oscar-winning 2014 film? > 3 Who starred Roger Vadim's 1956 film 'And God Created Woman'? > 4 Which nation's police force is known as the Garda Síochána? Italy > 5 Which gas makes up over 70% of natural gas? methane > 6 Which author's novels included 'Hollywood Wives' (1983) and 'Poor Little Bitch Girl' (2009)? > 7 Which term describes a plant crossed from different species? hybrid > 8 Who starred in 'Dial M For Murder', 'Rear Window' and 'High Society'? James Stewart > 9 According to the Bible, who lived to age of 969? Methuselah > 10 A person with the surname Singh is most likely to be a follower of which faith? Sikhism -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 11 10:05AM +0200 > 1 The Strait of Magellan primarily runs through which country? Actually more or less entirely in Chile. > 4 Which nation's police force is known as the Garda Síochána? Ireland > 5 Which gas makes up over 70% of natural gas? Methane > 7 Which term describes a plant crossed from different species? Hybride > 9 According to the Bible, who lived to age of 969? Methusalem > 10 A person with the surname Singh is most likely to be a follower > of which faith? Sikh |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 10 07:31PM +0100 > questions. But not always. I do have "OK Computer", but I did not > recognized any titles from it. > Then again, I find that album incredibly boring. I like side 1, as they used to call it. Side 2 is mostly tedious until "No Surprises" Just noticed, all the songs in the question are on side one. I guess I'm not the only one who doesn't flip it all too often. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 10 06:31PM -0700 On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 12:56:08 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > title*. > 1. "Bullet the Blue Sky"; "With or Without You"; > "Where the Streets Have No Name". The Joshua Tree > 2. "Time"; "Us and Them"; "Money". > 3. "You Oughta Know"; "Hand in My Pocket"; "Ironic". Jagged Little Pill > 5. "Working Day and Night"; "Rock With You"; > "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough". > 6. "Welcome to the Jungle"; "Paradise City"; "Sweet Child o' Mine". Appetite for Destruction > 7. "With A Little Help from My Friends"; > "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; "A Day In the Life". Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Rubber Soul > 8. "Sloop John B"; "God Only Knows"; "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Pet Sounds > 9. "Just The Way You Are"; "Scenes from An Italian Restaurant"; > "Only the Good Die Young". The Stranger > 10. "You Can Call Me Al"; "The Boy in the Bubble"; > "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes". Gracelands > the current fortress built in the 15th century, this is one of > the oldest and best-preserved walled cities in Eastern Europe. > It is known as the birthplace of its country. Hungary, Ukraine > by ramparts. Sometimes called "Little Marrakesh", the city's > famous red-mud walls hide a lively souq and market scene with > views of the snowy High Atlas Mountains beyond. Morocco > just under 300. According to tradition it was here that in > 60 AD the Apostle St. Paul is said to have lived after being > shipwrecked on the Islands. Malta > 9. [I] According to UNESCO, the 32-foot-high brick walls protect > the inner town of the old Khiva oasis, the last resting-place > of caravans before crossing the desert to Iran. Iraq, Kazakhstan > thanks to the restoration campaign of one of the founders of > the modern science of conservation, and is designated as a > UNESCO Heritage Site. Czech Republic cheers, calvin |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 10 01:32PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Zr6dnanXHNVgFW_HnZ2dnUU7- > given in the indicated source as if they were exact, so the areas given > in one unit will not be exactly equal to those in another. Of course > I do not expect this issue to matter in practice.) 0.7 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 10 06:18PM -0700 On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 3:30:36 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > JOSHUA KREITZER wins! Ta-daah! Congrats. Thanks for running it Mark - good fun. cheers, calvin |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: May 10 06:26PM -0700 On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 1:37:06 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 10. According to census.gov as of when this contest began, the > *land area* of Kentucky in km² is how many times that of > Virginia? 94.456789% swp, because whole numbers are boring |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: May 10 06:26PM -0700 On Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 9:18:55 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > > JOSHUA KREITZER wins! Ta-daah! > Congrats. > Thanks for running it Mark - good fun. so say we all |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 10 06:09PM -0700 On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 5:24:25 AM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote: > >> role in July 2017. > > Coach of India > It was so hard not to include the word "Sandpaper" in this answer :) Sandpapergate :-) cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 10 06:13PM -0700 On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:05:17 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 'World Without End' is the 2007 sequel to which author's best-selling 1989 novel 'Pillars of the Earth'? Ken Follett > 2 Arguably the most scrutinised job in world cricket, which role's previous incumbents include New Zealander John Wright, Australian Greg Chappell and South African Gary Kirsten? Ravi Shastri took over the role in July 2017. India national team coach > 3 In which sport might one commit a travel violation? Basketball > 4 Which English actor (b. 1938) had the lead role in the 1970s TV drama 'I, Claudius'? Derek Jacobi > 5 Which rapper played Mama Morton in the 2002 film Chicago? Queen Latifah > 6 Also used as an adjective, which nine-letter noun refers to the space on either side of a large fireplace? Inglenook singleton for Joe > 7 Which British actress (b. 1989) has had roles in 'Downton Abbey', 'Cinderella', and portrayed Countess Natasha Rostova in the BBC's 2016 version of 'War and Peace'? Lily James singleton for Pete > 8 What name is given to a close-fitting necklace such as those commonly worn by Paris Hilton? Choker > 9 The 1929 stock market crash occurred in what month of the year? October > 10 Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers were members of which British new wave group? The Police Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 518 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 34 Joe 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 35 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 37 Dan Blum 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 31 Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 24 Pete Gayde 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 26 Gareth Owen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 Dan Tilque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 11 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 2 7 6 5 1 1 4 5 6 41 51% Another tough one. Congratulations Joe. cheers, calvin |
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