Friday, December 21, 2018

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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 20 05:27PM -0800

On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 9:13:46 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which Spanish artist painted 'The 3rd of May' (1808)?
 
Francisco de Goya
 
> 2 What thick, close-fitting double-breasted jacket is popular with sailors?
 
Reefer or Peacoat
 
> 3 What is the name of a large, two-handed Scottish sword? It was also the nickname of the defunct Scottish team in NFL Europe.
 
Claymore
 
> 4 Which 2014 Wes Anderson film set in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the Wars won four Oscars, though not Best Picture?
 
Grand Budapest Hotel
 
> 5 The Man in the Yellow Hat owns which children's book and TV title character?
 
Curious George
 
> 6 What piece of office equipment is Pixar film studio's mascot, Luxo Jr.?
 
[Desk] Lamp
 
> 7 It is now more broadly applied in business, but which two-word term originally referred to a manufacturing improvement process in which 99.99966% of products were expected to be free of defects?
 
Six Sigma
 
> 8 Which country held a referendum on 30th September 2018 concerning EU and NATO membership?
 
North/FYRO Macedonia
 
> 9 Fondant is a variety of which foodstuff?
 
Icing (or similar)
 
> 10 By what collective name are Balthasar, Melchior and Caspar (or Gaspar) better known?
 
3 Wise Man / Maji
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 548
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 35 Dan Blum
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 28 Bruce Bowler
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 29 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 23 Mark Brader
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 14 Erland S
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 19 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 4 5 4 2 4 4 1 3 6 36 60%
 
Congratulations Dan B. CQ is now on summer recess and will return mid-January. Merry Christmas all.
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 20 05:30PM -0800

On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 2:59:54 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> > 1 Which Spanish artist painted 'The 3rd of May' (1808)?
 
> Well, I only know two pre-20th-century Spanish artists... I'll try
> El Greco.
 
This puts me in mind of the US Grant story. He was tone deaf and apparently knew only two tunes - one of them was 'Yankee Doodle', and the other wasn't.
 
cheers,
calvin
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