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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 05:33PM -0700 1 In a classic line from the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film 'North By Northwest', Cary Grant's character Roger Thornhill claims that he supports a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives, and several what? 2 Whose signature songs included 'Mimi', 'Valentine', and 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls'? 3 According to Greek mythology ambrosia was the food of the gods; but what was their drink? 4 In a much-viewed YouTube skit, a monologue from comedian Eddie Izzard is played out by Lego characters situated in the canteen of which iconic fictional movie location? 5 What was the title of Steve Martin's 1987 film version of 'Cyrano de Bergerac'? 6 What is the major component of a nosegay? 7 The name of which iconic jukebox manufacturer is, in some countries, a genericised name for a jukebox itself? 8 What is the common name of the building that is the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly? 9 Which variable opening determines how much light passes through the lens of a camera? 10 Piranhas are native to which continent? cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 03 12:42AM > 1 In a classic line from the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film 'North By Northwest', Cary Grant's character Roger Thornhill claims that he supports a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives, and several what? bartenders > 2 Whose signature songs included 'Mimi', 'Valentine', and 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls'? Maurice Chevalier > 3 According to Greek mythology ambrosia was the food of the gods; but what was their drink? nectar > 4 In a much-viewed YouTube skit, a monologue from comedian Eddie Izzard is played out by Lego characters situated in the canteen of which iconic fictional movie location? Death Star > 5 What was the title of Steve Martin's 1987 film version of 'Cyrano de Bergerac'? Roxanne > 6 What is the major component of a nosegay? flowers > 9 Which variable opening determines how much light passes through the lens of a camera? aperture > 10 Piranhas are native to which continent? South America -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 08:47PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 In a classic line from the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film 'North By > Northwest', Cary Grant's character Roger Thornhill claims that he > supports a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives, and several what? Dogs? This guess reminds me of one of the Republicans being interviewed by the "Washington Post" in "All the President's Men" -- I'm allowed to look this up, so it was Ken Clawson, deputy communications director for the Nixon White House. Apparently he visited a female reporter and, in her apartment, told her something newsworthy. Later he and editor Bed Bradlee have the following exchange: | Please, listen, now, if you're going to refer to that alleged | conversation with Sally Aiken, you can't print that it took place | in her apartment. I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat. | | Ben Bradlee: A wife and a family and a dog and a cat. Right, | Ken, right, yeah. Uh, Ken, I don't want to print that you were | in Sally's apartment... | | Ken Clawson: Thank God. | | Ben Bradlee: I just want to know what you said, in Sally's | apartment. > 2 Whose signature songs included 'Mimi', 'Valentine', and 'Thank > Heaven for Little Girls'? Chevalier. > 3 According to Greek mythology ambrosia was the food of the gods; > but what was their drink? Nectar. > 4 In a much-viewed YouTube skit, a monologue from comedian Eddie > Izzard is played out by Lego characters situated in the canteen > of which iconic fictional movie location? Death Star? > 5 What was the title of Steve Martin's 1987 film version of > 'Cyrano de Bergerac'? "Roxanne". > 6 What is the major component of a nosegay? Flowers. > 7 The name of which iconic jukebox manufacturer is, in some > countries, a genericised name for a jukebox itself? Bally? > 8 What is the common name of the building that is the seat of the > Northern Ireland Assembly? "Dail". > 9 Which variable opening determines how much light passes through > the lens of a camera? Aperture. (The device that makes it vary is the iris.) > 10 Piranhas are native to which continent? South America. Which can keep them, thank you. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "If we gave people a choice, there would be chaos." msb@vex.net | -- Dick McDonald My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 08:48PM -0500 Dan Blum: > bartenders Arrgh, of course it was. -- Mark Brader | "The job of an engineer is to build systems that Toronto | people can trust. By this criterion, there msb@vex.net | exist few software engineers." --John Shore |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 03 05:38AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 In a classic line from the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film 'North By > Northwest', Cary Grant's character Roger Thornhill claims that he > supports a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives, and several what? Bartenders > 2 > Whose signature songs included 'Mimi', 'Valentine', and 'Thank Heaven > for Little Girls'? Maurice Chevalier > 5 What was the title of Steve Martin's 1987 film > version of 'Cyrano de Bergerac'? > 6 What is the major component of a nosegay? Flowers > Ireland Assembly? > 9 Which variable opening determines how much > light passes through the lens of a camera? Aperture > 10 Piranhas are native to which continent? South America > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 03 12:58PM +0200 > 8 What is the common name of the building that is the seat of the > Northern Ireland Assembly? Sturmont > 9 Which variable opening determines how much light passes through > the lens of a camera? Aperture > 10 Piranhas are native to which continent? South America |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 05:30PM -0700 On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 12:42:19 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: Apologies for the delay, but where is everyone??? > 1 What term refers to the practice of snugly wrapping an infant with blankets or other cloths? Swaddlng > 2 Reducing extreme poverty and universal primary education are among the eight goals of which United Nations blueprint? Correct answers will contain three words, including 'goals'. Millennium Development Goals http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/about/en/ No-one got this. > 3 Which piece of sporting equipment can be found on the moon? Golf balls. I accepted club as well. > 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)? Morgan Spurlock https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1041597/ No-one got this either. > 5 Which body of water separates Greenland and Iceland? Denmark Strait > 6 Who composed the 1886 music suite 'The Carnival of the Animals'? Camille Saint Seans > 7 What is the French word for Germany? Allemagne > 8 In which sport could one compete for the 'Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy'? Ice Hockey > 9 In which India city is the Sikhs' Golden Temple? Amritsar > 10 In an 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story, what type of creature is 'The Speckled Band'? A snake [or similar] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 537 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 23 Mark Brader 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 21 Pete Gayde 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 17 Dan Tilque 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 12 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 3 0 4 0 2 2 4 4 2 2 23 58% Congratulations Mark. cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 05:31PM -0700 On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 7:23:19 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > No, there is a piece of fabric (a bell cord) but the snake is the > > speckled band. > So it is. There is no such creature of course. cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 05:31PM -0700 On Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 7:19:05 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > Shepard didn't bring a complete club. He hit the ball with a club head > > attached to the end of a rock sampling device... > Hmm. Does that conform with the rules of golf? I suspect he grounded his club in a hazard too. cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 03 12:40AM > Morgan Spurlock > https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1041597/ > No-one got this either. I answered "Spurlock," but you don't seem to have seen my answers. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 08:37PM -0500 "Calvin": > > 8 In which sport could one compete for the 'Air Canada Silver > > Broom Trophy'? > Ice Hockey Funny how nobody said that, but everybody (whose entry you didn't miss) got credit for it. This explains why I never heard of the thing: http://curlinghistory.blogspot.com/2009/03/silver-broom-has-home.html http://curlinghistory.blogspot.com/2009/05/silver-broom-update.html -- Mark Brader "...there are other means of persuasion msb@vex.net besides killing and threatening to kill." Toronto --Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 07:31PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 10:30:44 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 12:42:19 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: Updated to include Dan B's answers. > > 4 Which US filmmaker's works include 'Super Size Me' (2004) and 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' (2008)? > Morgan Spurlock He got this one. > > 7 What is the French word for Germany? > Allemagne I have not allowed Allemande sorry. Normally a one letter difference would be acceptable, but not where it results in a different word. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 537 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 29 Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 24 Dan Blum 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 27 Pete Gayde 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 20 Dan Tilque 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 14 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 0 5 1 2 3 4 5 3 3 30 60% cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 03 04:29AM > > > 7 What is the French word for Germany? > > Allemagne > I have not allowed Allemande sorry. Normally a one letter difference would be acceptable, but not where it results in a different word. I agree, I knew the correct answer but didn't think of it and what I said was definitely wrong. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 11:52PM -0500 "Calvin": >> Allemagne > I have not allowed Allemande sorry. Normally a one letter difference > would be acceptable, but not where it results in a different word. Also, that's a 2-letter difference. Now, the Silver Broom? (Doesn't change the scores.) -- Mark Brader | "I noted with some interest that Fahrenheit was Toronto | also used in the weather forecast, but there the msb@vex.net | gas marks were missing." -- Ivan A. Derzhanski |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 05:38PM -0700 On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10:30:54 AM UTC+10, Don Piven wrote: > 2) Golfer Tiger Woods recently won the PGA's "The Tour Championship" by > two strokes over Billy Horschel. Woods last won a PGA Tour event in > what year? 2010 > 3) In the 2018 Emmy Awards, which network received the most awards? CBS > Airplane, recently passed away. Of the seven people performing on the > Airplane's first release, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off", how many are > still living? 4 > 6) Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers recently achieved a rare > and notable feat in baseball -- twice in the space of three weeks! -- > and did this both times against the Cincinnati Reds. What did he do? Pitched a no hitter? > 11) The United States Senate consists of 100 members who serve six-year > terms and are elected in three "classes", one class every two years. > How many Senate seats are up for election in 2018? 34 > being sued by one of the swimmers who rescued a group of Thai children > caught in a flooded cave; and he racked up more notoriety when he was > seen doing what on a live webcast with Joe Rogan? Smoking a joint > the first release of OS X, each release has had a one- or two-word > nickname. Which is the only nickname which does NOT identify a large > cat or a California landform? cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 02 05:23PM -0700 On Saturday, September 29, 2018 at 6:11:45 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > But as Mark pointed out I had goofed on the dates, and I thought that > you were coming one day earlier than you were. As it happens, it was not > really an option for me to wait one more day No problem. > I don't know about this, but given the development in pole vault, I would > not relly expect so. But if the old record was more than 20 years old, > that's one more point for Calvin. 10 years according to Wikipedia. I don't know about other countries, but an Australian record is the best time recorded *anywhere in the world* by an Australian citizen; an Australian All Comers record is the best time recorded *in Australia* by anyone. cheers, Christian |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 01 11:08PM +0200 >> and the 8th-largest in the world? > Patagonian. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Pete, > and Calvin. Several entrants answered "Patagonia" which technically is incorrect, since Patagonia refers to the entire area between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic below some limit, there does not really seem to steadfast definition, at least not on the Chilean side. The west side is very wet, but the largest area, the one between the Andes and the Atlantic is indeed dry. However, I suspect that when most people hear "Patagonia" they think of wild mountains, glaciers and temperated rain forest. For me personally, when I hear of Patagonia, I do indeed think of that steppe, which just has a spell on me with its monotony. And, well it's on only monotone it terms of vegetation. It is not a flat plain, but there are minor mountain ranges and gorges. I like to clarify that I am not questioning Mark's ruling. It would be unreasonable to rule a question wrong because of a missing -n. (And "steppe", since the question actually said desert.) On the other hand: >> where it's located. > Namib. (Namibia.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Bruce, Pete, > and Calvin. 2 for Erland. No, this cannot be right. The question asked for the name of the desert, which I did not know. (I had never heard of it.) So, please no points for me. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 02 08:56PM +0200 >> Several entrants answered "Patagonia" which technically is incorrect... > You forgot the preamble to the round, which I added precisely to cover > this sort of thing. Yeah, but I like to talk about Patagonia anyway. :-) |
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