| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Apr 08 03:57PM On Sun, 07 Apr 2019 00:11:30 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Game 6, Round 9 - Miscellaneous > 1. Which country's name stems from the Portuguese words for > "bearded ones"? Barbados > 2. What is the two-word French cooking term for a bundle of herbs > tied together and used to flavor soups, etc.? Bouquet Garni > 3. "Rich Uncle Pennybags" -- a round-faced, mustachioed old man > in a top hat -- serves as the mascot for what board game? Monopoly > 4. The real-life trials and tribulations of isolation of Alexander > Selkirk were at least partly the inspiration for which famous novel? The Secret Life of Walter Mitty > 5. Which music style shares its name with a nymph in Greek > mythology? Pan pipes > 6. The name for which indispensable part of Indian cuisine means > "the fragrant one"? Basmati rice > Swiss hotel tycoon? > 8. Pleasant times are sometimes referted to as *what* days, from > the Greek word for "kingfisher"? Halcyon days > 9. Which western US state's name translates as "ruddy" or "red"? Colorado > 10. What tasty name did Captain Cook give to the Hawaiian Is. in > 1778? Sandwich Islands > * D. Subatomic Particles > D1. When we refer to alpha, beta, and gamma rays -- what > subatomic particle do beta rays consist of? Electrons > D2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Nycun enlf pbafvfg bs ahpyrv bs gur ngbzf > bs *juvpu ryrzrag*? Well unless I mis-read the question (entirely possible), lots of decays can produce them (radium to radon for example), but they all "look like" a helium atom. > E1. What term is used to describe a musical work similar to an > opera, only it must have a religious narrative and there are no > costumes or scenery? Oratorio > E2. Name any of the ways that an operetta is different from > an opera. They tend to be shorter > * F. Banned by the BBC > F1. Which Beatles song did the BBC ban because it was perceived > as having a drug-related theme? Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 08 12:41PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > ** Game 6, Round 9 - Miscellaneous > 1. Which country's name stems from the Portuguese words for > "bearded ones"? Mozambique > tied together and used to flavor soups, etc.? > 3. "Rich Uncle Pennybags" -- a round-faced, mustachioed old man > in a top hat -- serves as the mascot for what board game? Monopoly > 4. The real-life trials and tribulations of isolation of Alexander > Selkirk were at least partly the inspiration for which famous > novel? Robinson Crusoe > mythology? > 6. The name for which indispensable part of Indian cuisine means > "the fragrant one"? curry > 7. Which synonym for luxury and elegance is also the name of a > Swiss hotel tycoon? Ritz > 8. Pleasant times are sometimes referted to as *what* days, from > the Greek word for "kingfisher"? halcyon (some people may remember this from one of my rotating quizzes) > 9. Which western US state's name translates as "ruddy" or "red"? Colorado > 10. What tasty name did Captain Cook give to the Hawaiian Is. in > 1778? Sandwich Is. > * C. Canada/Quebec Quotations > C1. In 1967 what famous person said from the Montreal city hall, > "Vive le Québec libre" -- or "Long live free Quebec"? de Gaulle > C2. Which politician said, "I am trying to put Quebec in its > place -- and the place of Quebec is in Canada"? First and > last name required. Pierre Trudeau > * D. Subatomic Particles > D1. When we refer to alpha, beta, and gamma rays -- what > subatomic particle do beta rays consist of? electron > D2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Nycun enlf pbafvfg bs ahpyrv bs > gur ngbzf bs *juvpu ryrzrag*? helium > * F. Banned by the BBC > F1. Which Beatles song did the BBC ban because it was perceived > as having a drug-related theme? Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds -- Dan Tilque |
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