- Calvin's Quiz #541 - 3 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #540 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 2 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 23 10:39PM -0700 1 What does the business abbreviation "R & D" stand for? 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate? 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him? 4 Who composed the 1812 overture? 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'? 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour? 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia, among others? 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport? 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film franchise? 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 24 09:16AM +0200 > 1 What does the business abbreviation ?R & D? stand for? Research and Development > 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate? Ear > 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him? Magellan > 4 Who composed the 1812 overture? Tchaikovsky > 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving > it a bitter flavour? Quinine - is that how it's spelled in English? > 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia, > among others? Crossed by the equator. > 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge? Prince Harry |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 24 03:35AM -0500 Calvin: > 1 What does the business abbreviation "R & D" stand for? Research and Development. > 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate? Ear. > 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him? Magellan. Although that answer only works if you don't count having an astronomical catalog designation as being named after the person that the catalog is named after. > 4 Who composed the 1812 overture? Tchaikovsky, among other spellings. > 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 > sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own > short story 'Trucks'? King? > 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, > giving it a bitter flavour? Quinine. > 7 What links the nations of Gabon, Kenya, Indonesia and > Colombia, among others? None of them are Portuguese-speaking. :-) Um, are they all countries that have a seacoast but the capital is inland? (Seems weak if so -- there are way too many others.) > 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport? Tennis? > 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of > the Caribbean' film franchise? Sparrow. > 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge? Prince Henry. -- Mark Brader "... Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan Toronto are Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan, msb@vex.net and I am not." -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 23 10:38PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 9:32:12 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 What is the name of Dick Dastardly's canine sidekick? Mutley > 2 Which 2016 film spin-off directed by Gareth Edwards, though not part of the main Star Wars series, is set one week before 'A New Hope'? Rogue One > 3 What links Brazil, Angola and Cape Verde? Former Portuguese colonies / Portuguese speaking > 4 How many ribs do most humans have? 24 No-one got this! > 5 Individual portions of soy sauce are traditionally packaged in small containers resembling which creature? Fish Is this an Australian thing? https://www.techly.com.au/2016/08/12/techly-explains-whats-deal-little-soy-sauce-fish-comes-takeaway-sushi/ > 6 Which contemporary author's saga sees the heroine Bella Swan choosing between Edward Cullen and Jacob Black? Stephenie Meyer [Twilight saga] > 7 Alan Knott represented which country in international cricket? England > 8 Control+V is the computer keyboard shortcut for which operation? Paste > 9 Name any one of the Air signs according to traditional astrology. Gemini, Libra or Aquarius Singleton for Mark > 10 According to author Jonathan Swift, it was a bold man who first ate which seafood item? An oyster Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 540 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 23 Mark Brader 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7 24 Dan Blum 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 18 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14 Dan Tilque 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 2 3 5 0 0 3 2 5 1 4 25 50% That was a tough set. Congratulations Mark. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 24 03:27AM -0500 "Calvin": > > 4 How many ribs do most humans have? > 24 > No-one got this! At least I remembered to count both sides! > > 9 Name any one of the Air signs according to traditional astrology. > Gemini, Libra or Aquarius > Singleton for Mark Lucky guess! -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Not looking like Pascal is not msb@vex.net a language deficiency!" -- Doug Gwyn |
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