Sunday, August 26, 2018

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 3 topics

Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Aug 25 08:26PM -0700

On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 1:19:39 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> "A Star is Born". Her co-star was this musician and actor,
> known for his outlaw country style and his membership in
> the country supergroup the Highwaymen. Name him.
Kris Kristofferson
> "Yentl" in 1984. Similarly, in the 90-year history of the
> Academy Awards, only one woman has won for best director,
> for the 2009 film "The Hurt Locker". Name her.
Penelope Spheeris
 
> C1. Pat Conroy wrote this 1986 novel, and then the screenplay
> for the 1991 film adaptation of it, which Streisand directed
> and starred in. Name it.
"The Prince of Tides"
> as a boy in order to study Talmudic law. It is based on
> a story by which writer, who received the 1978 Nobel Prize
> for Literature?
Isaac Bashevis Singer
> she had two dogs which were clones of her previous beloved
> dog Samantha. What was the first mammal to be cloned using
> somatic-cell nuclear transfer, or SCNT?
Sheep
> phenomenon when an attempt to hide or censor a piece of
> information has the unintended consequence of publicizing
> the information much more widely.
Streisand Effect
 
> E1. Streisand briefly dated a muchyounger tennis star after
> his win at Wimbledon in 1992. He said dating her was
> "like wearing hot lava". Who?
Andre Agassi
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 26 12:15AM -0500

If Jason Kreitzer had posted his answers on time, he would have scored
0 on Round 9 and 24 on Round 10, for a final total of 67 for the game.
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Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Aug 25 08:28PM -0700

On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 3:42:49 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> name the one we describe.
 
> 1. This standup comic, who died in 2008, was the first person to
> host SNL.
George Carlin
> 2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
> finished with the previous one. Jub jnf gur svefg *jbzna* gb
> ubfg FAY? Uvag: Fur jnf nyfb gur svefg crefba gb ubfg vg gjvpr.
Lily Tomlin?
> musical guest in the same episode, which was in 1975.
 
> 4. This woman is the oldest person to have hosted SNL, which she
> did in 2010 at age 88.
Betty White
> 5. On the other end of the scale, the youngest person to ever host
> SNL was 7 years old when she hosted in 1982. She has since
> hosted the show a five additional times. Name her.
Drew Barrymore
> people who have hosted the show at least 5 times in sketches,
> calling it "the Five-Timers Club". Who was the first member of
> the Five-Timers Club, hosting for the 5th time in 1977?
Steve Martin?
> Dunn refused to work his show, and Sinead O'Connor canceled her
> upcoming scheduled musical appearance on the show in protest.
> Name the comic.
Andrew Dice Clay
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 25 11:45AM -0500

Stephen Perry:
> 4. australia's highway 1 forms a complete loop along its borders. to
> the nearest 100 miles, what is it's length?
 
I'll be interested to see what your source is for this one, later.
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