- Calvin's Quiz #545 - 3 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #544 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 Update
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 22 08:19PM -0800 1 An NFL coach can challenge a referee's decision by tossing what colour flag onto the field? 2 Which (soccer) World Cup was notable for the noise made by vuvuzelas? [Year or Country] 3 Serb Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 in which city? 4 In the 89th Academy Awards held in February 2017, which movie was mistakenly announced as the Best Picture winner? The actual winner was 'Moonlight'. 5 Which American performer is known to her fans as 'The Divine Miss M'? 6 In which national capital is the European Space Agency headquartered? 7 What type of animal is a mandrill? 8 Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in which south coast English city? 9 'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory' are the first six words of which 1861 poem, later a song? 10 Staccato is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 22 10:35PM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 An NFL coach can challenge a referee's decision by tossing > what colour flag onto the field? Yellow? That's what it is in the CFL, at least. > 2 Which (soccer) World Cup was notable for the noise made by > vuvuzelas? [Year or Country] South Africa. > 3 Serb Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in > 1914 in which city? Sarajevo. > 4 In the 89th Academy Awards held in February 2017, which movie > was mistakenly announced as the Best Picture winner? The > actual winner was 'Moonlight'. "La La Land". > 5 Which American performer is known to her fans as 'The Divine Miss M'? Midler. > 6 In which national capital is the European Space Agency headquartered? Brussels? > 7 What type of animal is a mandrill? Ape? > 8 Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in which south coast English city? Brighton? > 9 'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory' are the first six words of > which 1861 poem, later a song? "Battle Hymn of the Republic"? > 10 Staccato is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner? With the notes kept brief and distinctly separated. -- Mark Brader | "...where did they get the sunlight in such a hurry? I know msb@vex.net | it can be delivered in about eight minutes, but there must Toronto | be lots of paperwork involved." -- Michael Wares My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 22 11:58PM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 An NFL coach can challenge a referee's decision by tossing what colour flag onto the field? red > 2 Which (soccer) World Cup was notable for the noise made by vuvuzelas? [Year or Country] South Africa > 3 Serb Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 in which city? Sarajevo > 4 In the 89th Academy Awards held in February 2017, which movie was mistakenly announced as the Best Picture winner? The actual winner was 'Moonlight'. > 5 Which American performer is known to her fans as 'The Divine Miss M'? > 6 In which national capital is the European Space Agency headquartered? Rome > 7 What type of animal is a mandrill? monkey > 8 Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in which south coast English city? Southampton > 9 'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory' are the first six words of which 1861 poem, later a song? Battle Hymn of the Republic > 10 Staccato is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner? in short bursts -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 22 08:16PM -0800 On Friday, November 16, 2018 at 3:00:42 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 A kibbutz is a communal farm or settlement in which country? Israel > 2 The sobriquet is less apt following its civil war, but which city was once commonly known as 'The Paris of the Middle East'? Beirut > 3 Which American singer, songwriter and civil rights activist (1933-2003) was dubbed the 'High Priestess of Soul'? Nina Simone No-one got this > 4 Major League Baseball first retired a jersey in 1939. It was the number 4 worn by which New York Yankees legend? Lou Gehrig > 5 Which colourful vehicle gave Natalie Cole a hit in 1988? Pink Cadillac > 6 Which American city is sometimes known as NOLA? New Orleans [Louisiana] > 7 In May 2016 who filed for divorce from Johnny Depp after 15 months of marriage? Amber Heard No-one got this either > 8 'Riders of the Purple Sage' (1912) was the best-selling book of which prolific American novelist? Zane Grey > 9 Florence is the capital city of which Italian region? Tuscany > 10 By definition, a PTZ camera has what three functionalities? Pan, tilt and zoom Singleton for Mark Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 544 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 21 Pete Gayde 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 22 Mark Brader 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 23 Dan Blum 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 20 Dan Tilque 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 14 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 5 5 0 2 2 4 0 3 4 1 26 52% That was a tough set. Congratulations Pete on the narrowest of victories. cheers, calvin |
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