- Calvin's Quiz #575 - 5 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Game 9, Rounds 9-10: shot here, "this date" - 1 Update
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 18 08:53PM +0200 > 2 There are countless variations, but what specific ingredient is > always present in the Spanish dish paella? Rice > 4 A news photographer named Paparazzo, the eponym of the word > paparazzi, appeared in which 1960 Federico Fellini film? La dolce vita > 5 Ali Bhutto and his daughter Benazir are former Prime Ministers of > which country? Pakistan > 8 Which US President was assassinated in Ford's Theatre, Washington > D.C.? Abraham Lincoln > 10 Which 1970s British television series starred Tony Curtis and > Roger Moore as Danny Wilde and Brett Sinclair respectively? In Sweden it was called "Snobbar som jobbar". I will have to admit that I did not pay attention to the English title. |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Sep 18 07:15PM On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 19:03:16 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 What literary character had an affair with Daisy Buchanan? Gatsby > 2 There are countless variations, but what specific ingredient is always > present in the Spanish dish paella? Rice > 5 Ali Bhutto and his daughter Benazir are former Prime Ministers of > which country? Pakistan > 6 The 1963 movie A Shot in the Dark was the second in which film > franchise established by Blake Edwards? Pink Panther > 7 Robin Williams and Gene Hackman co-starred in the 1996 re-make of a > 1978 Franco-Italian comedy. Name either film. La Cage Au Folles; the Bird Cage > 8 Which US President was assassinated in Ford's Theatre, Washington > D.C.? Abraham Lincoln |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 18 07:26PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 What literary character had an affair with Daisy Buchanan? Gatsby > 2 There are countless variations, but what specific ingredient is > always present in the Spanish dish paella? Rice > 3 A popular internet > meme features the celebrity pet Tardar Sauce. What is the creature's > (and the meme's) more common name? Grumpy Cat > Federico Fellini film? > 5 Ali Bhutto and his daughter Benazir are > former Prime Ministers of which country? Pakistan > 6 The 1963 movie A Shot > in the Dark was the second in which film franchise established by > Blake Edwards? Pink Panther > 1996 re-make of a 1978 Franco-Italian comedy. Name either film. > 8 Which US President was assassinated in Ford's Theatre, Washington > D.C.? Lincoln > respectively? > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 18 04:21PM -0700 On 9/17/19 7:03 PM, Calvin wrote: > 3 A popular internet meme features the celebrity pet Tardar Sauce. What is the creature's (and the meme's) more common name? > 4 A news photographer named Paparazzo, the eponym of the word paparazzi, appeared in which 1960 Federico Fellini film? > 5 Ali Bhutto and his daughter Benazir are former Prime Ministers of which country? Pakistan > 6 The 1963 movie A Shot in the Dark was the second in which film franchise established by Blake Edwards? The Pink Pather > 7 Robin Williams and Gene Hackman co-starred in the 1996 re-make of a 1978 Franco-Italian comedy. Name either film. > 8 Which US President was assassinated in Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C.? Lincoln -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 18 06:42PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > In Sweden it was called "Snobbar som jobbar". I will have to admit > that I did not pay attention to the English title. For what it's worth, according to the IMDB, the English title of "Snobbar som jobbar" was "The Persuaders!" -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Show that 17x17 = 289. Generalise this result." msb@vex.net | -- Carl E. Linderholm |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 18 07:44PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:7rednUpqvMzqBR3AnZ2dnUU7- > release date and describe the movie, and you name it. > 1. 2002: An Oscar-winning American crime comedy-drama musical > starring Richard Gere and Catherine Zeta Jones. Chicago > 2. 2007: A musical romantic comedy starring John Travolta, based > on a 2002 Broadway musical, which was based in turn on a 1988 > John Waters movie. Hairspray > is about a widowed, 37-year-old, Italian-American woman who > falls in love with her fiance's estranged, hot-tempered younger > brother. Moonstruck > 5. 2017: An Oscar-winning science-fiction romance written and > directed by Guillermo del Toro. The Shape of Water > acting as a nanny for 5 children. > 7. 1984: This police movie starring Steve Guttenberg and Kim > Cattrall would spawn 6 sequels. Police Story > 9. 1997: A drama starring Robin Williams and Matt Damon, which tells > the story of a South Boston janitor who is an unrecognized > genius. Good Will Hunting > and Independence Day on July 26, the latter to commemorate > the rejection in 1581 of the rule of King Philip II. > Name that country. Portugal > A2. On 1865-07-26, Wellington was declared the capital of > New Zealand. What city was the previous capital? Auckland; Napier > wrote an editorial titled "Who Breaks a Butterfly on > a Wheel?" The line is from Alexander Pope, but what was > the *subject* of the editorial? Death of Brian Jones > uvf 1967 neerfg. Lrnef yngre, ba ure nyohz Oebxra Ratyvfu, > gur pnhfgvp fbat Jul'q Lbh Qb Vg? jnf haqrefgbbq gb or > qverpgrq ng uvz sbe orvat n onq oblsevraq. Anzr ure. Marianne Faithful > * C. "Honest Ed" Mirvish (born 1914-07-24) > C1. Every year from 1987 until the store's demolition, Honest > Ed's had a Christmas season giveaway of 10,000 what? Toasters > C2. In 1993, Ed and his theatrically-minded son David opened > the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto's King St. theater > district. What mega-musical opened the joint? Cats; Phantom of the Opera > D1. On 1983-07-24, a game-winning home run was wiped away in > what was known as "the pine tar incident". Name the player > who was accused of doctoring his bat. George Brett > striking out more than 100 batters -- and he then extended > it to 24 seasons in 1993, for a new unbeatable record. > Name him. Nolan Ryan > E1. On 2013-07-24, a high-speed train in Europe approached an > 80 km/h curve at 190 km/h, and the resulting derailment > killed 78 people. In which country did this disaster occur? Spain > E2. On 2005-07-26, a natural disaster occurred in Mumbai, > eventually killing more than 5,000 people. What was it? Tsunami > F2. This author, born on 1894-07-26, wrote more than 50 books. > One of them, "The Doors of Perception", inspired the name > of the band the Doors. Name him. Jack London Pete Gayde |
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