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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 08 08:57PM -0700 1 Which 2003 movie's subtitle was 'Rise of the Machines'? 2 Which Australian singer/songwriter has a backing group called the Bad Seeds? 3 Which Austrian composer (1732-1809) is recognised as the 'Father of the Symphony'? 4 Which continent lies in the northern, southern, eastern and western Hemispheres? 5 Which corpulent, orchid-loving private eye was created by Rex Stout? 6 Which creature is most likely to make a sibilant noise? 7 Which German Admiral offered his country's unconditional surrender on the 7th May 1945? 8 Which individual (b. 1941) has been awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature, a Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Légion d'Honneur, as well as one (or more) Grammies, Oscars and Golden Globe? 9 Which movie was released in France under the title 'La Guerre des Etoiles'? 10 Which NFL team lost four consecutive Superbowls from 1990-1993? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 09 01:32AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which 2003 movie's subtitle was 'Rise of the Machines'? "Terminator 3". > 2 Which Australian singer/songwriter has a backing group > called the Bad Seeds? Calvin. > 3 Which Austrian composer (1732-1809) is recognised as the > 'Father of the Symphony'? Schubert? > 4 Which continent lies in the northern, southern, eastern and > western Hemispheres? Africa. > 5 Which corpulent, orchid-loving private eye was created by Rex Stout? Wolfe. > 6 Which creature is most likely to make a sibilant noise? Snake. > 7 Which German Admiral offered his country's unconditional > surrender on the 7th May 1945? Dönitz. > Literature, a Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of > Freedom, the Légion d'Honneur, as well as one (or more) > Grammies, Oscars and Golden Globe? Dylan? > 9 Which movie was released in France under the title 'La > Guerre des Etoiles'? "Star Wars". > 10 Which NFL team lost four consecutive Superbowls from 1990-1993? Buffalo Bills. -- Mark Brader | Many "business-oriented" packagings of these Toronto | [UNIXes] ... omit the games section. Those msb@vex.net | responsible will doubtless be reincarnated | as worker insects of some sort. -- "J. E. Lapin" |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 09 01:38AM -0500 "Calvin": > > 4 Which continent lies in the northern, southern, eastern and > > western Hemispheres? Mark Brader: > Africa. 4A Which *country* lies in the northern, southern, eastern and western hemisphere? Overseas dependencies do not count. -- Mark Brader | "...'consulted' the public, using 'consulted' with Toronto | the special meaning of 'told them what I think'." msb@vex.net | --Cheryl Perkins |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 09 10:17AM +0200 > 1 Which 2003 movie's subtitle was 'Rise of the Machines'? Matrix II > 3 Which Austrian composer (1732-1809) is recognised as the 'Father > of the Symphony'? Hadyn > 4 Which continent lies in the northern, southern, eastern and > western Hemispheres? Africa > 6 Which creature is most likely to make a sibilant noise? Snake > 7 Which German Admiral offered his country's unconditional surrender > on the 7th May 1945? Dönitz > Literature, a Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the > Légion d'Honneur, as well as one (or more) Grammies, Oscars and Golden > Globe? Bob Dylan > 9 Which movie was released in France under the title 'La Guerre des > Etoiles'? Star Wars > 10 Which NFL team lost four consecutive Superbowls from 1990-1993? Green Bay Packers |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 09 10:19AM +0200 > 4A Which *country* lies in the northern, southern, eastern and > western hemisphere? Overseas dependencies do not count. Algeria. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 08 08:55PM -0700 On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 2:16:08 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 The HBO series 'Boardwalk Empire' was set in the 1920s in which US city? Atlantic City > 2 The Khaled Hosseini novels 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' are primarily set in which Asian country? Afghanistan > 3 The last line of which 1933 film is: "Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast"? King Kong > 4 The stylised rabbit featured in the famous Playboy logo wears which specific item of clothing? Bow Tie > 5 The TV shows 'Glee' and 'Freaks and Geeks' are both set at high schools named after which ill-fated U.S. president? William McKinley > 6 The Vedas are sacred texts in what religion? Hinduism > 7 The Winter War [1939 - 1940] was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and which other country? Finland > 8 There are two sub-orders of whale, toothed and which other? Baleen I accepted bard, the Swedish translation > 9 What is the common name of the marine creatures which belong to the genus hippocampus? Sea Horses > 10 What was the pre-1998 name of the Indian city now known as Mumbai? Bombay Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 525 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 55 Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 47 Gareth Owen 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 48 Pete Gayde 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 51 Dan Tilque 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 45 Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 38 Bruce Bowler 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 27 Erland S 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 28 Peter Smyth - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 7 2 6 6 2 7 6 6 5 8 55 69% Congratulations to Dan B for the clear round and the win. cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 08 05:50PM -0700 Reminder: you still have about a full day to enter this quiz. I added the clarifications within this version of the quiz. Dan Tilque wrote: -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 09 02:21AM > 1. What are the 5 largest countries? (by area, not population) Russia Canada USA China Kazakhstan > 2. What are the 5 longest rivers in the world? Amazon Nile Mississippi Volga Yangtze > 3. What are the 5 largest islands in the world? (not Australia) Greenland New Guinea Borneo Java Madagascar > 4. What are the 5 largest planets in the solar system? Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Earth > 5. What are the 5 nearest star systems to the sun? (not brown dwarfs) Alpha Centauri Barnard's Star Wolf 359 Sirius > 6. What are the 5 largest first level administrative subdivisions of the > various countries? (by area, not population) Alaska Western Australia Quebec Ontario Tibet -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 08 08:47PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 8:36:03 AM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote: > 1. What are the 5 largest countries? (by area, not population) Rusia Canada China USA Brazil > 2. What are the 5 longest rivers in the world? Nile Yanghtze Volga Amazon Irrawaddy > 3. What are the 5 largest islands in the world? (not Australia) Greenland New Guinea Borneo Madagascar Sumatra > 4. What are the 5 largest planets in the solar system? Jupiter Saturn Neptune Uranus Earth > 5. What are the 5 nearest star systems to the sun? (not brown dwarfs) Alpha Centauri Proxima Centauri Barnand's Star Sirius Canopus > 6. What are the 5 largest first level administrative subdivisions of the > various countries? (by area, not population) Western Australia Siberia Yukon Northwest Territories Tibet cheers, calvin |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 08 09:16PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:tcmdnS0FgvSMzN3GnZ2dnUU7- > rolling the plane so that some of the lift acts sideways. > What is the name for these parts of the wing, on a conventional > airplane? Ailerons > 9. What is the name for the angle formed between the wing or > fuselage itself and its relative motion through the air? Flight plane > 13. Tocopherols, tocotrienols. > 14. Retinol. > 15. Phylloquinone, menaquinones. Pete Gayde |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 09 02:17AM > ** Final, Round 8 - Science > * More Keyboard Pairs > 1. "%". 5 > 2. "/". | > 3. ">". { > * Vaguely Diseasey > 4. Barry Marshall ingested Helicobacter pylori to prove that it > caused certain diseases. Name either disease. gastric ulcers > 6. Treponema pallidum causes which sexually transmitted infection? gonorrhea; syphillis > 7. In aviation, what is the term for the speed beyond which a > takeoff can no longer be safely aborted? Once a plane reaches > this speed, it can no longer stop before the end of the runway. critical speed > rolling the plane so that some of the lift acts sideways. > What is the name for these parts of the wing, on a conventional > airplane? flaps > 9. What is the name for the angle formed between the wing or > fuselage itself and its relative motion through the air? angle of attack > 10. The three bones in the middle ear are the hammer, anvil, > and stirrup -- or if you prefer, the malleus, incus, and stapes. > But by what one-word name are they *collectively* known? vestibular process > 12. The typical frequency range of human hearing is from 20 Hz > to about 20,000 Hz -- which is how many octaves? (To the > nearest whole number.) 10 > * Vitamins > 13. Tocopherols, tocotrienols. D > 14. Retinol. A > 15. Phylloquinone, menaquinones. E; B6 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 09 02:09AM > ** Final, Round 7 - Entertainment > * James Bond Settings > 1. Florida and the fictional country Isthmus. The Man With the Golden Gun > 2. Siberia, Hamburg, Vietnam, South China Sea. The World is Not Enough > 3. Miami Beach, Switzerland, Fort Knox. Goldfinger > 4. This Rat Pack actor was a nominated for 3 Oscars (and won one > of them) for Best Actor. Died 1957: "I should never have > switched from scotch to martinis." Joey Bishop > 5. This American actor developed a routine as a wisecracking > hustler with an ever-present cigar. Died 1977: "Die, my dear? > Why, that's the last thing I'll do!" W. C. Fields > Her famed rivalry with actor Bette Davis is portrayed in the > FX television series "Feud". Died 1977: "Dammit! Don't you > dare ask God to help me!" Joan Crawford > with human emotions who is created by Umataro Tenma after the > death of his son. The original name of the series translates as > "Mighty Atom". Astro Boy > a wish-granting creature. You might have also seen a related > later and more violent series, under the same name with the > additional suffix of "Z". Dragonball > him the ability to kill most adversaries through the use of > the human body's secret vital points. This often results in > an exceptionally violent and gory death. One Note Death Punch > * Movie Sequel Subtitles > 14. "Star Trek III: ..." (1984). The Search for Spock -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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