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- Calvin's Quiz #579 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 08 05:29AM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 Which country that won three football (soccer) World Cups > no longer exists? USSR? > 2 Bruce Springsteen's album The Ghost of Tom Joad > references the main character of what classic novel? "The Grapes of Wrath". > 3 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: But > in this ever-changing world in which we live in? "Johnson". > 4 Which American saxophonist (1942-2011) was a member of > Bruce Springsteen's E Street band? Johnson. > 5 Which 2012 US comedy film features four rival a cappella > groups: The Barden Bellas, The Treblemakers, The High Notes > and the BU Harmonics? "High School Musical"? > 6 The non-profit NCAA regulates a variety of sports for > which American bodies? Universities and colleges. > 7 The Fianna Fáil party dominated the 20th century > political life of which country? Ireland. > 8 Generally considered the best female chess player of all > time, Judit Polgár hails from what European country? Hungary? > 9 Which Italian (1858-1924) composed the operas Madame > Butterfly and La Boheme? Puccini? > 10 Which song was a hit for its writer Dolly Parton in both > 1974 and 1982, and also for Whitney Houston in 1992? "I Will Always Love You". -- Mark Brader | "The only physical constants that can be measured Toronto | are the ones in universes that contain physicists." msb@vex.net | --Peter Moylan |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 08 01:26PM > 1 Which country that won three football (soccer) World Cups no longer exists? West Germany > 2 Bruce Springsteen???s album The Ghost of Tom Joad references the main character of what classic novel? The Grapes of Wrath > 3 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: But in this ever-changing world in which we live in? Live and Let Die > 4 Which American saxophonist (1942-2011) was a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street band? Clarence Clemons > 5 Which 2012 US comedy film features four rival a cappella groups: The Barden Bellas, The Treblemakers, The High Notes and the BU Harmonics? Pitch Perfect > 6 The non-profit NCAA regulates a variety of sports for which American bodies? colleges and universities > 7 The Fianna F??il party dominated the 20th century political life of which country? Ireland > 8 Generally considered the best female chess player of all time, Judit Polg??r hails from what European country? Hungary > 9 Which Italian (1858-1924) composed the operas Madame Butterfly and La Boheme? Vivaldi > 10 Which song was a hit for its writer Dolly Parton in both 1974 and 1982, and also for Whitney Houston in 1992? I Will Always Love You -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 08 03:25PM +0100 > 1 Which country that won three football (soccer) World Cups no > longer exists? There is no such country. I suppose you have Bundesrepublik Deutschland in mind, which was called West Germany. That name is no longer used, but it is only the name that is not used any more. The country still exists. > 7 The Fianna Fáil party dominated the 20th century political life of > which country? Ireland > 8 Generally considered the best female chess player of all time, > Judit Polgár hails from what European country? Hungary > 9 Which Italian (1858-1924) composed the operas Madame Butterfly and > La Boheme? Verdi |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 08 04:49PM -0800 On 11/7/19 3:35 PM, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which country that won three football (soccer) World Cups no longer exists? West Germany > 2 Bruce Springsteen's album The Ghost of Tom Joad references the main character of what classic novel? The Grapes of Wrath > 3 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: But in this ever-changing world in which we live in? Live or Let Die > 4 Which American saxophonist (1942-2011) was a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street band? > 5 Which 2012 US comedy film features four rival a cappella groups: The Barden Bellas, The Treblemakers, The High Notes and the BU Harmonics? > 6 The non-profit NCAA regulates a variety of sports for which American bodies? colleges and universities > 7 The Fianna Fáil party dominated the 20th century political life of which country? Ireland > 8 Generally considered the best female chess player of all time, Judit Polgár hails from what European country? Hungary > 9 Which Italian (1858-1924) composed the operas Madame Butterfly and La Boheme? > 10 Which song was a hit for its writer Dolly Parton in both 1974 and 1982, and also for Whitney Houston in 1992? Coal Miner's Daughter -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 08 11:41PM -0600 Erland Sommarskog: > There is no such country. I suppose you have Bundesrepublik Deutschland > in mind, which was called West Germany. That name is no longer used, but > it is only the name that is not used any more. The country still exists. I agree. (But that's not why I didn't answer it; I didn't know the sports facts, and guessed wrong.) -- Mark Brader | "You're not entitled to a trial." msb@vex.net | "Anybody's entitled to a trial, damn you!" Toronto | "That is absolutely true. But you see, you are NOT anybody..." -- John Brunner, "The Shockwave Rider" |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 08 10:34AM -0800 On 11/6/19 7:22 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 2, Round 9 - Sports - Boxers' Nicknames > 1. Which boxer has been known as "the Louisville Lip"? Muhammad Ali > he was forced to eat to get down to 400 pounds to enter an > amateur boxing competition. He also kind of looks like one. > What was his nickname? Cauliflower > 4. This boxer won Olympic gold at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics > when he was 19, earning him the nickname "the Golden Boy > of Boxing". Name him. Sugar Ray Leonard > Somers was born in 1946 in California. She's best known > for her roles as Chrissy Snow and Carol Foster Lambert. > What's her first name? Suzanne > C1. For November, consider *this country*, home to the Rose > City of Petra (a UNESCO World Heritage site) and the Cave > Bar (the world's oldest bar). Jordan > by General John Hood's Confederate forces for the 1864-07-22 > battle to neutralize an important supply and rail center > for the Confederacy. Battle of Atlanta > and 10,300 soldiers dead. The battle ended in something > of a stalemate, but Lee's northern invasion was stopped, > so to that extent it was a win for the Union. Battle of Antietam -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 08 05:25AM -0600 "Calvin": > > 5 In a 12 team sports league, how many games must be scheduled > > for each team to play each other team both at home and away? > 132 22 for each team, 132 in total, as I said. The question was ambiguous three ways (two of which give the same answer). Everybody should get 1 point [except me, who should get 2 :-)]. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "...ordinarily, a 65-pound alligator in an apartment msb@vex.net | would be news." --James Barron, New York Times |
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