- Calvin's Quiz #523 - 1 Update
- QFTCIBP Game 10, Rounds 9-10: old insults, challenge - 1 Update
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 21 07:12PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which famous writer did Danny Kaye portray in a 1952 biopic? Hans Christian Andersen > 2 In which country are the palace and gardens of Schönbrunn? Austria > 3 Who or what does a philogynist like or admire? Books > 4 According to a 1974 Barry Manilow hit, who "came and > gave…without taking?�€ Mandy > 5 What, according to the proverb, is always twenty-twenty? Hindsight > 6 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I is > considered to be the reincarnation of Christ by which religious / > cultural movement? Rastafarianism > 7 Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude, Justice, > Prudence and Temperance are collectively known as the Seven what? Virtues > 8 How many Tour de France wins did Lance Armstrong have taken > away from him? 7 > 9 In an Olympic medley race, which swimming stroke is usually > the slowest? Breaststroke > 10 In Roman numerals, what is DCCCXC + CMXLIX? MDCCCXXXIX > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 21 06:41PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:QfqdnaoAN6RZHrXGnZ2dnUU7- > | Mollisher | Wandought > 1. A toothless beggar. (Derived from the name of a stock character > in medieval theatrical farces.) Mumblecrust; Smellfungus > 2. Someone who's clumsy and heavy of foot. Flibbertigibbet; Stampcrab > 3. In Victorian England, the lover of a villain or gangster. Mollisher; Mafflard > 4. An adulterer. Foozle; Stampcrab > | Hedge-creeper | Whiffle-whaffle > 5. Noted in 1594 as a term for a lazy slacker. Literally somebody > who seems to spend all day in bed. Lully-triggers; Arsy yarsey > 6. In the late 19th century, it applied to an amateur or part-time > prostitute. Hedge-creeper; Dolly-mop > 7. A married man that keeps a mistress, whom he visits only at > night, for fear of discovery. Hedge-creeper > 8. Someone who turns up uninvited at a meal or party and expects > to be fed. Loiter-sack > 9. An 1800s term for a prostitute who worked in the countryside. Dolly-mop; Hedge-creeper > 10. Someone who not only talks a lot, but who seems to constantly > swear. Muck-spout > * A. Corporate Headquarters > In each case, in what city does the company have its headquarters? > A1. Proctor & Gamble. Cincinnati > A2. General Electric. Poughkipsee > B1. One of the headlining shows this year is a Meredith Willson > musical about a fraudulent salesman who comes to River City. > Name that musical. Music Man > B2. This summer's headlining Shakespeare production casts Martha > Henry in the lead role, which is traditionally given to > a man. In what play? Hamlet > not take it herself. So who did? He's prominently featured > in the foreground, of course, his head a little bigger than > everyone else's. George Clooney > He's seen to the viewer's right, partially blocking > Angelina Jolie. Give the surname he shares with his more > famous sister. Lawrence; Streep > E1. In 1985, what Washington DC quarterback's career ended > with a compound fracture of the tibia suffered from a tackle > by Lawrence Taylor? Joe Theismann > F2. Ontario Power Generation has only one wind turbine generating > electricity. It is located on the same site as another, > larger generating station. What other station? Pete Gayde |
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