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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 05 04:21PM -0800 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'? 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people? 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the British Open golf championships? 4 Which American police television sitcom premiered in 2013 and revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature but talented NYPD detective? 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game? 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers? 7 In which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction? 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in any of six ways, including by knockout or checkmate? 9 Which creatures can almost completely evaporate from too much sun exposure? 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th June 1904? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 06 02:38AM +0100 > 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'? Luxembourg > 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people? Karl Marx > 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the > British Open golf championships? Northern Ireland > 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game? Poker > 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers? Persian > 9 Which creatures can almost completely evaporate from too much sun > exposure? lizard |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 06 04:39AM > 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'? Luxembourg > 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people? Karl Marx > 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the British Open golf championships? Northern Ireland > 4 Which American police television sitcom premiered in 2013 and revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature but talented NYPD detective? Brooklyn Nine Nine > 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game? solitaire > 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers? Persian > 7 In which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction? oxymoron > 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in any of six ways, including by knockout or checkmate? Chess Boxing > 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th June 1904? Ulysses -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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): Nov 06 04:16AM -0600 Calvin: > 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'? Luxembourg. > 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people? Marx. > 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the > British Open golf championships? But none of them has an X in it! I'll say Wales. At least it has a W. :-) > 4 Which American police television sitcom premiered in 2013 > and revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature > but talented NYPD detective? "Brooklyn Nine-Nine". > 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game? Solitaire. > 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers? Farsi. Okay, also known as Persian. > 7 In which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory > terms appear in conjunction? Oxymoron. > 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in any of six > ways, including by knockout or checkmate? Chess-boxing. > 9 Which creatures can almost completely evaporate from too > much sun exposure? Jellyfish. > 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th > June 1904? "Ulysses". -- Mark Brader | "...what the customer wants doesn't matter; Toronto | the only thing that matters is what the Marketeer msb@vex.net | thinks the customer thinks he wants -- | or can be made to think he wants." --Steve Summit |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 05 07:08AM +0100 > all of the participants over the years, you made this a lot of fun for > me. But like all good things, including Mark's rare entries contests > and the mcrib, this too must end. I would say that Dan Blum has full freedoom to overturn this ruling. Although it is try that the number of participants in the rotating quizzes has been dwindling for quite some time. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 06 04:40AM > I would say that Dan Blum has full freedoom to overturn this ruling. > Although it is try that the number of participants in the rotating quizzes > has been dwindling for quite some time. Yes. I would like to see them continue but putting a quiz together for sometimes just three or four entrants is not ideal. I won't be able to get a quiz together until early next week anyway, so maybe people can weigh in on the question in the meantime. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 05 04:19PM -0800 On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 11:25:30 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Parnassus was the sacred mountain home of the muses and which Greek god? Apollo Singleton for Dan B > 2 Michel Platini represented which country in football (soccer)? France > 3 Which American singer released the 2016 concept album 'Lemonade'? Beyonce Knowles > 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? Mountains of Kong was the expected answer, but I'll also tale Mountains of the Moon. Singleton for Mark > 6 Which city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27th May 1703? St Petersburg There's a clue n the name :-) > 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. The Cider House Rules OR Hannah and her Sisters No-one got this > 9 Which British rock band released a 1983 compilation album titled 'Strange Brew'? Cream Singleton for Pete > 10 Which is the only national capital in South America that is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean? Lima Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 542 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 15 Dan Blum 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 16 Mark Brader 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 13 Pete Gayde 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 16 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 14 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 1 3 1 4 1 4 5 0 1 2 22 44% Congratulations Dan B. cheers, calvin |
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