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| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jun 25 05:49PM On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 20:24:53 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 In which decade was Yoko Ono born? 1940s? > 2 In which modern day-US State did the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 take place? Massachusetts > 3 Jimmy Smits and Dennis Franz co-starred in which US TV series? NYPD Blue > 4 Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are former employees of which US corporation? Enron > 5 Lever, rabbit and twist are varieties of which device? "Cork screws" > 6 Montevideo is located at the mouth of which river? Rio de La Plata > 7 On which river does the Hoover Dam stand? Colorado > 8 Russian Valentina Tereshkova become the first woman to travel in space in which decade? 1960s > 9 Sana'a is the capital city of which country? no clue > 10 Similar to egg nog, which traditional Dutch alcoholic beverage is a mixture of brandy, egg yolks & vanilla? advocaat --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 25 10:32PM +0200 > 1 In which decade was Yoko Ono born? 1930s > 2 In which modern day-US State did the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 > take place? MA > 4 Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are former employees of which US > corporation? > 6 Montevideo is located at the mouth of which river? Río de la Plata > 7 On which river does the Hoover Dam stand? Colorado > 8 Russian Valentina Tereshkova become the first woman to travel in > space in which decade? 1960s > 9 Sana'a is the capital city of which country? Yemen |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 25 05:43PM -0500 "Calvin": > > 2 In which modern day-US State did the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 > > take place? Erland Sommarskog: > MA Don't you think you should answer with the name of a state? [Posted and emailed] -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Wait, was that me? That was pretty good!" msb@vex.net | --Steve Summit |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 26 09:07AM Calvin wrote: > 1 In which decade was Yoko Ono born? 1930s > 2 In which modern day-US State did the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 take place? Oregon > 3 Jimmy Smits and Dennis Franz co-starred in which US TV series? NYPD Blue > 4 Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are former employees of which US corporation? Enron > 5 Lever, rabbit and twist are varieties of which device? > 6 Montevideo is located at the mouth of which river? Rio del Plata > 7 On which river does the Hoover Dam stand? Colorado > 8 Russian Valentina Tereshkova become the first woman to travel in space in which decade? 1960s > 9 Sana'a is the capital city of which country? Yemen > 10 Similar to egg nog, which traditional Dutch alcoholic beverage is a mixture of brandy, egg yolks & vanilla? Advocaat Peter Smyth |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 26 09:00AM Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Two states of Australia are named after the same person. > Name both of them and the capital of each one. 1 point > per state. Victoria - Brisbane Queensland - Melbourne > 2. Two capital cities in Canada are also named after that same > person. Name both of them and say what they are the capital > of. Do not use abbreviations. 1 point per city. Victoria, Alberta Victoria, Manitoba > structures sharing a common wall, originally built and operated > by different railways. They are known as the two "sides" > of the station. Name them for 1 point each. Brighton, Chatham > 6. Adjacent to this station is Victoria station on the London > Underground. Name all the Underground lines serving it, for > 1 point each to a maximum of 2. Victoria, District, Circle > For questions #5-6, most of the acceptable answers are shortened from > original names that had additional words. If you want to show off, > for fun but for no extra points, give any or all of the full names. Metropolitan District Railway (and the Metropolitan Railway provided some of the service originally) > * Military Awards > 7. Give the exact name of the highest medal for gallantry in the > British military. 1 point. Victoria Cross > 8. What text is on the medal? 1 point. For Valour > With our incomparable sense of loss. > * Herself > 11. What was Queen Victoria's first name? 1 point. Anne > 12. What did Edward Oxford do in 1840 that gets him into this quiz? > 1 point. Change his name to Queen Victoria > become a queen and empress by marriage. Identify her by name, > by who she married, and by where she was queen and empress of. > 1 point per relevant fact to a maximum of 2. Peter Smyth |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 25 02:01PM > 1. This American poet was known as reclusive and few of her nearly > 1,800 poems were published in her lifetime. She died in 1886: > "I must go in, the fog is rising." Emily Dickinson > 2. English novelist and poet, died 1855, speaking to her husband > of 9 months: "Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not > separate us, we have been so happy." Charlotte Bronte > 3. English writer, died 1817: "I want nothing but death." Jane Austen > 6. English writer noted for his facility at wordplay, logic, > and fantasy. Died 1898: "Take away these pillows, I won't > need them any longer." Charles Dodgson > * Cats > 8. Which writer's pet cat was named Jellylorum? The cat was > immortalized in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". T. S. Eliot > the subject of many drawings, some of which were published in > "The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat". It also inspired "The > Owl and the Pussycat". Edward Lear > * Pop Art > Name the artist who created each of these works of pop art. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/pop/10.jpg Keith Haring > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/pop/11.jpg Roy Liechtenstein > * Jim Carrey Art > Name the people *depicted* in each of these works by Jim Carrey. > 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/jim/13.jpg Jared Kushner > 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/jim/14.jpg Sarah Huckabee Sanders > 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/jim/15.jpg Paul Manafort -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 26 04:15AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:dZydnbaXMcdGJ63GnZ2dnUU7- > 1. This American poet was known as reclusive and few of her nearly > 1,800 poems were published in her lifetime. She died in 1886: > "I must go in, the fog is rising." Emily Dickinson > 2. English novelist and poet, died 1855, speaking to her husband > of 9 months: "Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not > separate us, we have been so happy." Elizabeth Barrett Browning (?) > 3. English writer, died 1817: "I want nothing but death." Jane Austen (?) > 6. English writer noted for his facility at wordplay, logic, > and fantasy. Died 1898: "Take away these pillows, I won't > need them any longer." Lewis Carroll > * Cats > 7. Which writer's pet cat was named Catarina? She was the > inspiration for his story "The Black Cat". Poe > 8. Which writer's pet cat was named Jellylorum? The cat was > immortalized in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Eliot > the subject of many drawings, some of which were published in > "The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat". It also inspired "The > Owl and the Pussycat". Lear > * Pop Art > Name the artist who created each of these works of pop art. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/pop/10.jpg Keith Haring > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/pop/11.jpg Roy Lichtenstein -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 25 10:28PM +0200 > The pinball question was by far the easiest. Just think of an > action/adventure movie and google the name plus the word "pinball" and > chances are it would come up. Yeah. The reason I put it in is that I wanted something that did not have the word "country" in it - there certainly was an overdose of them. It might be that it easier to find questions of this kind in this area, but it may of course reflect my interest. The likelihood I would find a suitable question in the realm of TV shows is about nil. > The hardest question was the double Head of State. I had absolutely no > idea of any answers and could not think of how to google it. Yet this question had a very well-known answer! Nevermind I did not think of it myself, but it is an obvious one to try. Then it may help how much you follow the news. You may note that two of my own names was from recent times. > As for the idea these would be good rare entries questions, I would > never put them in my contests. I have two requirements that they don't > satisfy. You may note that I never put them in a Rare Entries contest. :-) I noted that in the one Rare Entries that I did run that I got incorrect answers for the major part of the question. Partly that may be due to eagerness to find an edge case, which puts the entrant themselves of the edge. Anyway, I did say that the questions were difficult, didn't I? > each question that virtually everyone would be able to think of without > research. I figure some people don't want to or can't spend a lot of > time researching, so I make sure they can answer all questions without it. For a Rare Entries I would agree on that. > The second requirement is that there is a limited number of valid > answers, generally between 5 and 12, and I know all of those beforehand. Oh, the latter I would not care about. I found it very enlightening to learn some new trivia bits through this quiz. And, yeah, the Singapore question may require that you know it beforehand. I was quite impressed that three out of four got it. I only learnt this myself recently, as I read the history in my guide book in conjunction to by visit to Singapore in the beginning of the year. |
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