Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 3 topics

rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com

Google Groups

Topic digest
View all topics

• Calvin's Quiz #591 - 3 Updates
• Calvin's Quiz #590 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 Update
• QFTCIMI520 Final, Rounds 1-2: 21st c. prizes, angel movies - 2 Updates

Calvin's Quiz #591

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 03 07:16PM -0800 1 In 1990 John McEnroe was disqualified from which Grand Slam for misconduct? 2 Which American singer-songwriter co-wrote and sang the theme song from the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies? 3 Who is the Roman god of fire, metalworking, and the forge? 4 Which Hawaiian (b. 1970) was World Surf League champion in 2000? 5 According to folklore, what part of the body of a rabbit or hare can be carried as a good luck charm? 6 What is the only country to have territorial claims (as opposed to just research stations) in both the Arctic and Antarctica? 7 Which late actor voices the closing monologue in the Michael Jackson hit Thriller? 8 Which fictional detective lives in the village of St Mary Mead? 9 What is the English meaning of the Italian word baci? 10 Denali (aka Mount McKinley) is located in which US state?   cheers, calvin

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 03 09:45PM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 In 1990 John McEnroe was disqualified from which Grand Slam > for misconduct?   Wimbledon?   > 2 Which American singer-songwriter co-wrote and sang the theme > song from the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies?   Carey?   > 3 Who is the Roman god of fire, metalworking, and the forge?   Vulcan.   > 4 Which Hawaiian (b. 1970) was World Surf League champion in 2000?   Johnson.   > 5 According to folklore, what part of the body of a rabbit or > hare can be carried as a good luck charm?   Foot.   > 6 What is the only country to have territorial claims (as > opposed to just research stations) in both the Arctic and > Antarctica?   Norway?   > 7 Which late actor voices the closing monologue in the Michael > Jackson hit Thriller?   Burton?   > 8 Which fictional detective lives in the village of St Mary Mead?   Marple.   > 9 What is the English meaning of the Italian word baci?   Rods?   > 10 Denali (aka Mount McKinley) is located in which US state?   Alaska. -- Mark Brader "Outside of nearly having two head-on collisions, msb@vex.net we found driving in England to be fairly easy." Toronto -- Cher Classick   My text in this article is in the public domain.

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 04 05:12AM > 3 Who is the Roman god of fire, metalworking, and the forge?   Vulcan   > 5 According to folklore, what part of the body of a rabbit or hare can be carried as a good luck charm?   foot   > 6 What is the only country to have territorial claims (as opposed to just research stations) in both the Arctic and Antarctica?   Russia   > 7 Which late actor voices the closing monologue in the Michael Jackson hit Thriller?   Vincent Price   > 8 Which fictional detective lives in the village of St Mary Mead?   Miss Marple   > 10 Denali (aka Mount McKinley) is located in which US state?   Alaska   -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Back to top

Calvin's Quiz #590 - ANSWERS & SCORES

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 03 07:13PM -0800 On Monday, February 24, 2020 at 12:18:52 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:   > 1 In 1962, who became the first woman to own and run a major television studio in the USA?   Lucille Ball   > 2 Which city is home to Rynek Glowny, the largest medieval town square in Europe, and is served by John Paul II International Airport?   Krakow   > 3 Kenny Dalglish represented which country in football (soccer)?   Scotland   > 4 The highest active volcano in Europe at over 3,000 metres tall, Mount Etna is situated on which Italian island?   Sicily   > 5 The official colours of which American university located near South Bend, Indiana are Madonna Blue and Papal Gold?   Notre Dame   > 6 Which author penned the 1930s novels Of Mice and Men and East Of Eden?   John Steinbeck   > 7 The 1990-91 Gulf War was precipitated by Iraq's invasion of which country?   Kuwait   > 8 Edward, the Black Prince, considered one of the finest commanders of the Hundred Years War, was the son of which king of England?   Edward III   > 9 The Sorento and Sportage models are produced by which car manufacturer?   Kia   > 10 Which cycling event requires a derny?   Keiren No-one got this. The derny is the pacer motorbike used in this [originally] Japanese track cycling event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keirin     Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 590 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 40 Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 38 Pete Gayde 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 34 Mark Brader 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 28 Joe Masters 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 29 Dan Tilque 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 21 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 4 5 6 4 5 6 2 4 0 40 67%   Congratulations Dan B.   cheers, calvin

Back to top

QFTCIMI520 Final, Rounds 1-2: 21st c. prizes, angel movies

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 03 05:09PM -0600 Hmm, that's twice in a row I got the Subject line wrong. These questions were of course from Game 1 of the season, not the Final, which hasn't even happened yet. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "Fast, cheap, good: choose any two."

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 03 04:49PM -0800 On Monday, March 2, 2020 at 3:30:57 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:   > in each case.   > 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings". > 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".   Cormac McCarthy   > 7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".   > 8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the > Bodies".   Hilary Mantel   > 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin", > "The Testaments".   Margaret Atwood   > quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel. > By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been > cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.   Heaven Can Wait     > 10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises > billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as > he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.     cheers, calvin

Back to top

You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an email to rec.games.trivia+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.