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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 27 06:10PM -0700 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human body? 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket? 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012? 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for? 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn't live here anymore? 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno? 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs? 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta? 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the Chicago Police Department? cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 28 01:29AM > 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket? South Africa > 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012? Psy > 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for? first-person shooter > 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn???t live here anymore? Alice > 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno? just to watch him die > 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs? 3 -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 27 09:55PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide > structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein > in the human body? Collagen. > 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket? Australia? > 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012? Psy. > 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for? Frames per second. > 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who > doesn't live here anymore? Alice. > 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the > narrator shoot a man in Reno? Just to watch him die. > 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs? 3. Unless it's 4. But I'll go with 3. > 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta? 3 syllables in a first name ending in O, and 2 syllables in a 5-letter surname ending in a vowel. And maybe they all play soccer? > 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA > European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia > 2-1 in the final England? > 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to > the Chicago Police Department? "Due South" (for reasons that don't need explaining now). -- Mark Brader "That's what progress is for. Progress Toronto is for creating new forms of aggravation." msb@vex.net -- Keith Jackson |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 28 07:16AM +0100 > 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to > connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human > body? Keratin? > 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket? England (and his brother did too) > 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012? Psy (sp?) > 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand > for? First Person Shooter > 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn't > live here anymore? Alice > 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator > shoot a man in Reno? "just to watch him die" > 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs? 3 > 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta? Presidents of the EU > 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA > European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 > in the final 1968?? > 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the > Chicago Police Department? Due South |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 28 09:37AM Calvin wrote: > 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human body? Collagen > 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket? England > 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012? Psy > 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for? Frames Per Second > 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn't live here anymore? > 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno? > 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs? 3 > 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta? Italian Prime Ministers > 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final France > 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the Chicago Police Department? Due South Peter Smyth |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 27 05:09PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:V4qdnUsX_-F1bZXGnZ2dnUU7- > 1. What product, used for short- and long-range telecommunications, > consists of glass components bundled together in a flexible > sheath? Fiber optic cable > 4. What type of narrow-necked laboratory glassware, typically > conical or spherical, and used to hold reagents or samples, > has variations known as Florence, Schlenk, and Erlenmeyer? Flask > 5. What type of laboratory glassware is used to culture living > cells? Petri dish > 26 mm wide and about 1 mm thick, used to hold samples for > close and precisely movable examination in optical microscopes, > the kind you may have used in a high-school biology class? Pipette > glass? Given their large surveillance area, they are commonly > used as a safety feature on cars, at intersections of building > hallways and on automated banking machines. Fisheye > cause the glass, when broken, to crumble into small granular > chunks instead of splintering into jagged shards. The granular > chunks are less likely to cause injury. Automobile windshield glass > glass with a mercury-tin amalgam, obtaining near-perfect and > undistorted reflection. Name the city which became the center > of this manufacturing process. Venice; Meissen > A1. Which city is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal? > The city is widely regarded as the "cultural capital" > of India, and is also nicknamed the "City of Joy". Jaipur > A2. Which city is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra? > It is also the most populous city in India with an estimated > population of 12,400,000 in the city proper as of 2011. New Delhi > * B. Gandhi > B1. In what year was Mohandas, or Mahatma, Gandhi assassinated > by a Hindu nationalist? 1947; 1948 > B2. In what year did Gandhi famously lead Indians in challenging > the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km Salt March to > Dandi? 1931; 1932 > be an irreverent depiction of Muhammad? In 1989 a fatwa > ordering Rushdie's execution was proclaimed by Ayatollah > Khomeini because of this novel. The Satanic Verses > captain is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to ever > play the game? He is the highest run-scorer of all time > in International cricket. Tendulkar > traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected > light changes wavelength. This effect and the resulting > type of scattering are both named for him. Pete Gayde |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: May 27 02:37PM -0700 On Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 1:30:21 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. What product, used for short- and long-range telecommunications, > consists of glass components bundled together in a flexible > sheath? Fiber Optics > 4. What type of narrow-necked laboratory glassware, typically > conical or spherical, and used to hold reagents or samples, > has variations known as Florence, Schlenk, and Erlenmeyer? Beakers > 5. What type of laboratory glassware is used to culture living > cells? Petri dish > * B. Gandhi > B1. In what year was Mohandas, or Mahatma, Gandhi assassinated > by a Hindu nationalist? 1948 > B2. In what year did Gandhi famously lead Indians in challenging > the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km Salt March to > Dandi? 1920? > be an irreverent depiction of Muhammad? In 1989 a fatwa > ordering Rushdie's execution was proclaimed by Ayatollah > Khomeini because of this novel. "The Satanic Verses" |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 27 06:24PM -0700 On Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 3:30:21 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. What product, used for short- and long-range telecommunications, > consists of glass components bundled together in a flexible > sheath? Fibre optic cable > 2. What type of glass is usually made from a combination of two > or more types of glass, one hard and one soft? The softer layer > makes the glass more elastic, so it can flex instead of shatter. Touch screens > 3. In medical X-ray facilities, technicians view the patient > through a glass screen that has been embedded with what > substance? Lead > 4. What type of narrow-necked laboratory glassware, typically > conical or spherical, and used to hold reagents or samples, > has variations known as Florence, Schlenk, and Erlenmeyer? Pipette > 5. What type of laboratory glassware is used to culture living > cells? Pyrex > is known for being lightweight, corrosion-resistant and a good > insulator, making it popular in the construction industry? > Its form also becomes stronger as the glass ages. Pyrex > 26 mm wide and about 1 mm thick, used to hold samples for > close and precisely movable examination in optical microscopes, > the kind you may have used in a high-school biology class? Plate > glass? Given their large surveillance area, they are commonly > used as a safety feature on cars, at intersections of building > hallways and on automated banking machines. Convex, concave > cause the glass, when broken, to crumble into small granular > chunks instead of splintering into jagged shards. The granular > chunks are less likely to cause injury. Safety glass Didn't realise there was more than one type > glass with a mercury-tin amalgam, obtaining near-perfect and > undistorted reflection. Name the city which became the center > of this manufacturing process. Dunno. > A1. Which city is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal? > The city is widely regarded as the "cultural capital" > of India, and is also nicknamed the "City of Joy". Kolkata > A2. Which city is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra? > It is also the most populous city in India with an estimated > population of 12,400,000 in the city proper as of 2011. Mumbai > British India? It is considered an example of postcolonial, > postmodern, and magical-realist literature, and it won the > Booker Prize in 1981. Midnight's Children > be an irreverent depiction of Muhammad? In 1989 a fatwa > ordering Rushdie's execution was proclaimed by Ayatollah > Khomeini because of this novel. The Satanic Verses > one of the best doubles and mixed doubles players of all > time? He has won 8 doubles and 10 mixed doubles Grand Slam > titles, and is the oldest man to have won a Grand Slam title. Paes > captain is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to ever > play the game? He is the highest run-scorer of all time > in International cricket. Tendulkar > contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, > infinite series, and continued fractions? The 2015 film > "The Man Who Knew Infinity" was based on his life. Chandrasekhar > traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected > light changes wavelength. This effect and the resulting > type of scattering are both named for him. Chandrasekhar cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 27 06:07PM -0700 On Monday, May 21, 2018 at 1:14:57 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Who wrote the 1951 sci-fi novel 'The Day of the Triffids'? John Wyndham > 2 How many Wimbledon singles titles did Martina Navratilova win? 9 > 3 What is the better-known name of 'La fête nationale du 14 juillet'? Bastille Day > 4 Which American politician released a 2009 memoir titled 'Going Rogue'? Sarah Palin > 5 What connects farfalle, capellini and fusilli? [all are varieties of] Pasta > 6 Which group of organic compound and vital nutrients is classified as 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 12? B Vitamins > 7 What is the collective name for Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La La and Po? The Teletubbies > 8 The educational acronym LOTE stands for Languages, followed by which three words? Other Than English Singleton for Dan T. I thought this was reasonably widely known but perhaps it is an Australian term? > 9 In which country is Farsi the official language? Iran > 10 What creatures live in a formicary? Ants Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 520 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 49 Dan Tilque 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 52 Aren Ess 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 53 Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 53 Dan Blum 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 47 Peter Smyth 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 50 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 50 Bruce Bowler 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 24 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 3 2 8 5 8 7 7 1 8 7 56 70% Congratulations Dan T! cheers, calvin |
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