Tuesday, November 27, 2018

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Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Nov 26 08:54PM

On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:32:44 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> For questions #1-4, we'll give you a number and the brand's country of
> origin: you name the brand.
 
> 1. #11 (Japan).
 
Subaru
 
> 2. #18 (United States).
 
Buick
 
> 4. #14 (Italy).
 
> For #5-10, we name the brand and you give the logo number.
 
> 5. Mitsubishi.
 
7
 
> 6. Maserati.
 
6
 
> 7. Infiniti.
 
19
 
> 8. Cadillac.
 
23
 
> 9. Peugeot.
 
1
 
 
> And if you like, decode the rot13 to see the brands of the 14 decoys and
> pick out their logos for fun, but for no points.
 
> 11. Znlonpu.
 
5
 
> 12. Pvgebra.
 
10
 
> 13. Ibyxfjntra.
 
21
 
> 14. Yrkhf.
 
17
 
> 15. Eranhyg.
 
20
 
> 16. Grfyn.
 
24
 
> 17. Nphen.
 
15
 
> 18. Gngn.
> 19. Zreprqrf.
 
2
 
> 20. Qnrjbb.
> 21. Ohtnggv.
> 22. Sreenev.
 
9
 
> 23. Znmqn.
 
12
 
> 24. Ulhaqnv.
 
16

> about whales, and one question about Wales.
 
> * A. Literature: Tales of W(h)ales
 
> A1. What is the name of Captain Ahab's ship in "Moby-Dick"?
 
Peaquod
 
 
> B1. Ron Howard directed this 2015 movie starring Chris
> Hemsworth, about the true-life events which inspired the novel
> "Moby-Dick". Name the movie.
 
Essex
 
 
> * C. Geography: Where we Find W(h)ales
 
> C1. Wales is bordered on the south by which body of water,
> which extends outward from the Severn estuary?
 
Irish Sea
 
> C2. Although many different whales spend part of their year in
> the Canadian Arctic, three species in particular are concentrated
> there as their primary habitat. Name *any one* of them.
 
Narwhal

> over the years, it is still the UK's primary producer of two
> *other* types of metal commonly used in manufacturing. Name
> *either*.
 
Tin
 
> D2. Which substance, found in the intestines of sperm whales,
> was once prized by perfume-makers?
 
Ambergris
 
> but they only begun hunting sperm whales after exhausting the
> Atlantic populations of two other species of whale. Name
> *either*.
 
Right whale
 
Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Nov 26 08:42PM

On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 20:19:17 -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
 
> 'Moonlight'.
> 5 Which American performer is known to her fans as 'The Divine Miss
> M'?
 
Bette Midler
 
> 6 In which national capital is the European Space Agency
> headquartered?
> 7 What type of animal is a mandrill?
 
Primate
 
> city?
> 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?
 
"crisply"
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