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| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 25 06:47PM -0700 Ignore the post this is a followup to. My news software told me the first post failed, but apparently it did not. -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 25 06:44PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 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? Barnard > 4 Who composed the 1812 overture? Tchaikovsky > 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'? Stephen 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? equator > 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? > 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge? Prince William -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 25 03:05PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 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? Barnard > 4 Who composed the 1812 overture? Tchaikovsky > 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'? Stephen 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? equator > 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport? swimming > 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film franchise? > 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge? Prince William -- Dan Tilque |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Oct 25 06:46PM On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:39:42 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 What does the business abbreviation "R & D" stand for? Research and Development > 2 Which human organ is an otoscope designed to investigate? The ear > 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him? Copernicus? > 4 Who composed the 1812 overture? Tchaikovsky > 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi > horror comedy 'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story > 'Trucks'? Steven King > 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? The equator? > 8 Babe Didrikson Zaharias won three Olympic medals in which sport? track and field > 9 Which character does Johnny Depp portray in the 'Pirates of the > Caribbean' film franchise? Captain Jack Sparrow > 10 Which royal is the current Duke of Cambridge? William |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Oct 25 08:01PM On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:46:36 +0000, Bruce Bowler wrote: >> 3 Who is the only individual to have TWO galaxies named after him? > Copernicus? When scoring this question, don't forget about Holmberg and Maffei when handing out points for Magellan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_galaxies_named_after_people) |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 24 01:32PM +0200 > 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.) Jakarta is on the coast, and Libreville is almost. (Google maps tells me that it's on the end of an estuary.) But you are right, your success with Portuguese may be limited in some of these countries, although Indonesia once was under Portuguese control, I believe. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 24 02:05PM > 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? Tschaikovsky > 5 Which prolific writer's only directorial credit is the 1986 sci-fi horror??comedy??'Maximum Overdrive', based on his own short story 'Trucks'? Stephen King > 6 Which amine was traditionally a component of tonic water, giving it a bitter flavour? quinine > 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? Captain Jack Sparrow -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| 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 |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 26 02:14AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:QO-dnd58s-oyz0zGnZ2dnUU7- > Abbotsford Park in Willowdale to Zooview Park in Scarborough. > We'll give you an address and a description; in each case, you > just have to name the park. No answers here. > composed of delegations from the nobility, the clergy, and the > rest of the French population. It was the first time this body > had been convened since 1626. What was it called? Estates General > arneol nguyrgvp snpvyvgl naq fjber na bngu "abg gb frcnengr, > naq gb ernffrzoyr jurarire pvephzfgnaprf erdhver". Jung jnf > guvf bngu pnyyrq? Tennis Court Oath > 4. Two members of the <answer 2> enumerated a list of civil rights, > which remain in force as part of France's constitution today. > What was this document called? Declaration of the Rights of Man; Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen > count of Mirabeau; by Thomas Jefferson; and by which third man, > a French aristocrat who had served in the American forces during > the Revolutionary War? Lafayette > 7. Brumaire, pluviôse, germinal, and thermidor are all examples > of what? months of the Revolutionary calendar > 8. Georges Danton founded this committee, which executed him for > being lenient towards the enemies of the Revolution. After that, > it was commanded by Robespierre. What committee? Committee on Public Safety > the greatest honor France can bestow upon any of its citizens: > later internees include Victor Hugo, Marie and Pierre Curie, > Louis Braille, and Antoine de St-Exupéry. What is its name now? Pantheon -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 25 01:47PM > composed of delegations from the nobility, the clergy, and the > rest of the French population. It was the first time this body > had been convened since 1626. What was it called? Estates General > gur Rfgngrf-Trareny naq jvgu gurve bja ynpx bs cbjre, qrpynerq > gurzfryirf gb or n cbyvgvpnyyl rzcbjrerq obql vaqrcraqrag bs > gur Xvat. Jung jnf guvf svefg eribyhgvvbanel obql pnyyrq? Directory > count of Mirabeau; by Thomas Jefferson; and by which third man, > a French aristocrat who had served in the American forces during > the Revolutionary War? Lafayette > Amis de la Constitution) was the most influential political > organization during the Revolution. By which other name were > they were better known? Jacobins > 7. Brumaire, pluvi?se, germinal, and thermidor are all examples > of what? names of months in the Revolutionary calendar > 8. Georges Danton founded this committee, which executed him for > being lenient towards the enemies of the Revolution. After that, > it was commanded by Robespierre. What committee? Comite de Salut Public > prominent people remaining from the <answer 6>, on July 28, 1794. > Which centrist political faction, whose strength was found in > the non-noble upper classes, then took power? Girodins; Crapauds > the greatest honor France can bestow upon any of its citizens: > later internees include Victor Hugo, Marie and Pierre Curie, > Louis Braille, and Antoine de St-Exup?ry. What is its name now? Pantheon -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 26 06:22PM +0200 > * Game 8, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Parks Eh, no. > composed of delegations from the nobility, the clergy, and the > rest of the French population. It was the first time this body > had been convened since 1626. What was it called? National assembly > gur Rfgngrf-Trareny naq jvgu gurve bja ynpx bs cbjre, qrpynerq > gurzfryirf gb or n cbyvgvpnyyl rzcbjrerq obql vaqrcraqrag bs > gur Xvat. Jung jnf guvf svefg eribyhgvvbanel obql pnyyrq? National assembly > the greatest honor France can bestow upon any of its citizens: > later internees include Victor Hugo, Marie and Pierre Curie, > Louis Braille, and Antoine de St-Exupéry. What is its name now? Saint Suplice |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 25 11:22PM +0200 >> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches > There are the guys that concluded that Swedes are a boring people, > which was very loudly illustrated - with what? A man with a loud pneumatic drilling maching boring a hole the street. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 31 07:55AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 Parnassus was the sacred mountain home of the muses and which Greek god? Apollo > 2 Michel Platini represented which country in football (soccer)? > 3 Which American singer released the 2016 concept album 'Lemonade'? > 4 Who presented the popular 1980s TV documentary 'Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'? Carl Sagan > 5 Which non-existent mountain range apparently traversed Africa according to maps from 1798 through to the late 1880s? > 6 Which city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27th May 1703? St Petersburg > 7 In 1954 which internal organ was the first to be successfully transplanted between humans? kidney > 8 Michael Caine has won two Best Supporting Actor Oscars- name either film. > 9 Which British rock band released a 1983 compilation album titled 'Strange Brew'? > 10 Which is the only national capital in South America that is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean? Santiago, Chile -- Dan Tilque |
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