- Calvin's Quiz #555 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 Update
- QFTCICR19 Game 3, Rounds 2-3: Super Bowl, previous monarch - 4 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 19 08:50PM -0800 On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 3:50:52 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which English county team has won the county cricket championships most often? Yorkshire > 2 What is the more common term for the medical condition hypotension? Low blood pressure > 3 Adele in 2015 and Lionel Ritchie in 1984 had hits with unrelated songs that shared which one-word title? Hello Singleton for Mark > 4 What name is given to art of trimming shrubs and trees into clearly defined shapes? Topiary > 5 What British city is nicknamed 'Auld Reekie'? Edinburgh Singleton for Mark > 6 Ruud Gullit represented which country in football (soccer)? Netherlands > 7 On 28 September 2018, a shallow earthquake struck Minahassa Peninsula, part of which Indonesian island? Sulawesi [aka Celebes] > 8 Which politician co-authored the 2004 book 'Judo: History, Theory, Practice'? Vladimir Putin No-one got this > 9 Which American rapper recorded the 2013 album "Magna Carta Holy Grail"? Jay Z / Shawn Carter Or this > 10 What was the name of Yuri Gagarin's space capsule in which he orbited the Earth in 1961? Vostok [1] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 555 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 Mark Brader 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 13 Dan Blum 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 8 Erland S 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 Pete Gayde - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 0 2 1 3 1 3 2 0 0 3 15 38% Well that was a brutal set which no doubt explains the low participation rate. Congratulations Mark. I've run out of questions so you will have to wait until my next real life event takes place in late March. I will then recycle them here. cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 19 09:05PM +0100 > * Game 3, Round 2 - Sports - Super Bowl Records > 4. One team holds the record for losses in *consecutive* Super > Bowl games, namely 4. Name them. Green Bay Packers > * Game 3, Round 3 - History - The Preceding Monarch > 1. Netherlands: William-Alexander in 2013, preceded by who in 1980? Beatrix > 2. Norway: Harald V in 1991, preceded by who in 1957? Haakon VII > 3. UK: Elizabeth II in 1952, preceded by who in 1936? George VI > 4. Russia: Nicholas II in 1894, preceded by who in 1881? Alexander III > 5. Sweden: Carl XVI Gustav in 1973, preceded by who in 1950? Gustav VI Adolf > 6. Denmark: Margrethe II in 1972, preceded by who in 1947? Fredrik IX > 7. Belgium: Phillipe in 2013, preceded by who in 1993? Albert III > 8. Monaco: Albert II in 2005, preceded by who in 1949? Rainier > 9. Pre-Napoleonic France, according to the royalists: Louis XVII > in 1795, preceded by who in 1774? Louis XVI > hands twice. We'll give you a break on this: name *either one* > of his two most recent predecessors, one in 1871 and the other > in 1888 about 3 months before him. Wilhelm I |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 19 10:40PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:EvudnUJ3EYqc5_fBnZ2dnUU7- > the Super Bowl on the winning side, then after being traded or > otherwise changing teams, did the same thing the following year > with his new team. Name *any one* of the four. Edelman > 2. The longest span between Super Bowl wins for a player is > 12 seasons. Name him or the team he played for. Pittsburgh Steelers > 3. Two teams share the record for the most *losses* in the Super > Bowl game, namely 5 games. Name *either one*. Dallas Cowboys > 4. One team holds the record for losses in *consecutive* Super > Bowl games, namely 4. Name them. Buffalo Bills > previous question. Gurer ner gjb grnzf gung unir znqr gur Fhcre > Objy sbhe gvzrf naq ybfg *nyy sbhe* gvzrf. Bar vf Ohssnyb, > jub qvq vg va pbafrphgvir lrnef. Anzr gur bgure. Minnesota Vikings > successive occasions when they made it into the game? That is, > over some time period they won 5 times and the other years they > did not reach the Super Bowl at all. Pittsburgh Steelers > 7. In 2018 Tom Brady set a new record for the most passing yards > in a Super Bowl game, but his team lost anyway. Within 25 yards, > what was that record? 450; 399 > (I'll write SQBs) in the Super Bowl. The youngest SQB to win > the game was 23 years and 340 days old. That was in 2006. > What's his name? Rothlisberger > at 40 years 185 days. Now as of 2019 he is also the *oldest > winning* SQB at 41 years 184 days. Who was the previous holder > of that last record? Earl Morrall > points scored in the Super Bowl, at 48, scored over four Super > Bowls. He played these games with the San Francisco 49ers and > which other team? Raiders > 1. Netherlands: William-Alexander in 2013, preceded by who in 1980? > 2. Norway: Harald V in 1991, preceded by who in 1957? > 3. UK: Elizabeth II in 1952, preceded by who in 1936? George VI > 4. Russia: Nicholas II in 1894, preceded by who in 1881? Alexander II; Alexander III > 6. Denmark: Margrethe II in 1972, preceded by who in 1947? > 7. Belgium: Phillipe in 2013, preceded by who in 1993? > 8. Monaco: Albert II in 2005, preceded by who in 1949? Rainier > hands twice. We'll give you a break on this: name *either one* > of his two most recent predecessors, one in 1871 and the other > in 1888 about 3 months before him. Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 19 03:27PM -0800 On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 7:25:27 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > the Super Bowl on the winning side, then after being traded or > otherwise changing teams, did the same thing the following year > with his new team. Name *any one* of the four. Taylor, Manning > 2. The longest span between Super Bowl wins for a player is > 12 seasons. Name him or the team he played for. Packers, Steelers > 3. Two teams share the record for the most *losses* in the Super > Bowl game, namely 5 games. Name *either one*. Broncos > 4. One team holds the record for losses in *consecutive* Super > Bowl games, namely 4. Name them. Bills > previous question. Gurer ner gjb grnzf gung unir znqr gur Fhcre > Objy sbhe gvzrf naq ybfg *nyy sbhe* gvzrf. Bar vf Ohssnyb, > jub qvq vg va pbafrphgvir lrnef. Anzr gur bgure. Vikings, Chiefs > successive occasions when they made it into the game? That is, > over some time period they won 5 times and the other years they > did not reach the Super Bowl at all. 49ers > 7. In 2018 Tom Brady set a new record for the most passing yards > in a Super Bowl game, but his team lost anyway. Within 25 yards, > what was that record? 240, 290 > at 40 years 185 days. Now as of 2019 he is also the *oldest > winning* SQB at 41 years 184 days. Who was the previous holder > of that last record? Favre, Montana > which other team? > * Game 3, Round 3 - History - The Preceding Monarch > 1. Netherlands: William-Alexander in 2013, preceded by who in 1980? Beatrice > 2. Norway: Harald V in 1991, preceded by who in 1957? > 3. UK: Elizabeth II in 1952, preceded by who in 1936? George VI > 4. Russia: Nicholas II in 1894, preceded by who in 1881? Alexander III > 5. Sweden: Carl XVI Gustav in 1973, preceded by who in 1950? > 6. Denmark: Margrethe II in 1972, preceded by who in 1947? Christian X, Christian XI > 7. Belgium: Phillipe in 2013, preceded by who in 1993? Or is that Beatrice? > 8. Monaco: Albert II in 2005, preceded by who in 1949? Ranier > 9. Pre-Napoleonic France, according to the royalists: Louis XVII > in 1795, preceded by who in 1774? Louis XVI > hands twice. We'll give you a break on this: name *either one* > of his two most recent predecessors, one in 1871 and the other > in 1888 about 3 months before him. Wilhelm I cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 19 07:57PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > with his new team. Name *any one* of the four. > 2. The longest span between Super Bowl wins for a player is > 12 seasons. Name him or the team he played for. Green Bay Packers > 3. Two teams share the record for the most *losses* in the Super > Bowl game, namely 5 games. Name *either one*. Oakland Raiders > 4. One team holds the record for losses in *consecutive* Super > Bowl games, namely 4. Name them. Buffalo Bills > previous question. Gurer ner gjb grnzf gung unir znqr gur Fhcre > Objy sbhe gvzrf naq ybfg *nyy sbhe* gvzrf. Bar vf Ohssnyb, > jub qvq vg va pbafrphgvir lrnef. Anzr gur bgure. Minnesota Vikings > successive occasions when they made it into the game? That is, > over some time period they won 5 times and the other years they > did not reach the Super Bowl at all. San Francisco 49ers > at 40 years 185 days. Now as of 2019 he is also the *oldest > winning* SQB at 41 years 184 days. Who was the previous holder > of that last record? Brett Favre > points scored in the Super Bowl, at 48, scored over four Super > Bowls. He played these games with the San Francisco 49ers and > which other team? Seattle Seahawks > For example, if we said "UK: George III in 1760, preceded by who > in 1727?" you would say "George II". > 1. Netherlands: William-Alexander in 2013, preceded by who in 1980? Beatrix > 2. Norway: Harald V in 1991, preceded by who in 1957? > 3. UK: Elizabeth II in 1952, preceded by who in 1936? George VI > 4. Russia: Nicholas II in 1894, preceded by who in 1881? Alexander III > 6. Denmark: Margrethe II in 1972, preceded by who in 1947? > 7. Belgium: Phillipe in 2013, preceded by who in 1993? > 8. Monaco: Albert II in 2005, preceded by who in 1949? Rainier > 9. Pre-Napoleonic France, according to the royalists: Louis XVII > in 1795, preceded by who in 1774? Louis XVI > hands twice. We'll give you a break on this: name *either one* > of his two most recent predecessors, one in 1871 and the other > in 1888 about 3 months before him. Wilhelm I -- Dan Tilque |
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