Saturday, June 13, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 3 topics

Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 12 12:24PM

On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:35:59 -0700, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 More than 80% of mesothelioma cases are caused by exposure to
which
> substance?
 
Asbestos
 
> 2 In 2019, an internet meme developed after a young fan mistakenly
> replaced the surname of Australian motor racing driver Daniel Riccardo
> with which fruit?
 
Avocado
 
> 3 Who portrayed Moses in the 1956 epic The Ten Commandments?
 
Charlton Heston
 
> 4 Following the coronavirus outbreak, in February 2020 which cruise
ship
> was quarantined off Yokohama, Japan for two weeks?
> 5 The English names of which TWO elements contain the letter X?
 
oxygen, xenon
 
> 6 According to the Bible, who said "Noli me tangere" ("touch me
not")
> upon recognising Jesus after his resurrection?
 
Well in my bible, Jesus it to Mary Magdalene
 
> 7 Released in June 1964, which Beatles' album includes the tracks
And I
> Love Her and Can't Buy Me Love?
 
A Hard Days Night
 
> 8 A Question of Upbringing, A Buyer's Market, and The Soldier's Art
are
> among the 12 volumes of which cycle of novels?
> 9 Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for the musical West Side
Story. Who
> composed the music?
 
Leonard Bernstein
 
> 10 What word can sensibly precede DNA, energy, matter, and web?
 
Dark
 
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 12 08:11PM +0200

> 4 Following the coronavirus outbreak, in February 2020 which cruise
> ship was quarantined off Yokohama, Japan for two weeks?
 
Diamond Princess
 
> 5 The English names of which TWO elements contain the letter X?
 
Xenon and oxygen
 
> 6 According to the Bible, who said "Noli me tangere" ("touch me
> not") upon recognising Jesus after his resurrection?
 
Maria Magdalene
 
> 7 Released in June 1964, which Beatles' album includes the tracks
> And I Love Her and Can't Buy Me Love?
 
Rubber Soul
 
> 9 Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for the musical West Side Story.
> Who composed the music?
 
Bernstein
 
> 10 What word can sensibly precede DNA, energy, matter, and web?
 
Nuclear
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 12 08:15PM +0200

>> 7 Released in June 1964, which Beatles' album includes the
>> tracks And I Love Her and Can't Buy Me Love?
 
> White album?
 
Nope. But chance has it that right now that album is playing in my
speakers.
 
(And I don't I think I got the question right myself. For the early
Beatles material I have let it suffice with the Red 1962-66 compilation, and
I have no earlier album than "Revolver".)
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 12 07:11PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 More than 80% of mesothelioma cases are caused by exposure to
> which substance?
 
Asbestos
 
> 2 In 2019, an internet meme developed after a
> young fan mistakenly replaced the surname of Australian motor racing
> driver Daniel Riccardo with which fruit?
 
Avocado
 
> 3 Who portrayed Moses in the 1956 epic The Ten Commandments?
 
Charlton Heston
 
> outbreak, in February 2020 which cruise ship was quarantined off
> Yokohama, Japan for two weeks?
> 5 The English names of which TWO elements contain the letter X?
 
Oxygen and
 
> 6 According to the Bible, who said
> "Noli me tangere" ("touch me not") upon recognising Jesus after his
> resurrection?
 
Mary Magdalene
 
> 7 Released in June 1964, which Beatles' album
> includes the tracks And I Love Her and Can't Buy Me Love?
 
A Hard Days Night
 
> 9 Stephen Sondheim
> wrote the lyrics for the musical West Side Story. Who composed the
> music?
 
Leonard Bernstein
 
> 10 What word can sensibly precede DNA, energy, matter, and web?
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 12 05:41PM -0700

On 6/11/20 4:35 PM, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 More than 80% of mesothelioma cases are caused by exposure to which substance?
 
asbestos
 
> 2 In 2019, an internet meme developed after a young fan mistakenly replaced the surname of Australian motor racing driver Daniel Riccardo with which fruit?
> 3 Who portrayed Moses in the 1956 epic The Ten Commandments?
 
Charlton Heston
 
> 4 Following the coronavirus outbreak, in February 2020 which cruise ship was quarantined off Yokohama, Japan for two weeks?
 
Diamond Princess
 
> 5 The English names of which TWO elements contain the letter X?
 
xenon, oxygen
 
> 6 According to the Bible, who said "Noli me tangere" ("touch me not") upon recognising Jesus after his resurrection?
 
Peter
 
> 8 A Question of Upbringing, A Buyer's Market, and The Soldier's Art are among the 12 volumes of which cycle of novels?
> 9 Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for the musical West Side Story. Who composed the music?
> 10 What word can sensibly precede DNA, energy, matter, and web?
 
dark
 
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 12 05:06PM -0700

On 6/10/20 9:10 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 21. Excluding the original 13, name any two states that were
> admitted to the USA the same year as each other.
 
Montana, Washington
 
> Toronto """is""" housed in what building?
 
> 23. What is the game where you might make a "ko threat", and where
> the way you capture something is to remove its last "liberty"?
 
go
 
> to reveal how it ends -- if you don't want to know, we'll
> give you a moment to leave the room now... Okay, what was
> the trick that made the novel controversial among mystery fans?
 
the butler did it
 
 
> 26. Which group had the highest-selling CD in Canada in 2005?
 
> 27. What large US city was named, indirectly, after an ancient
> Roman dictator?
 
Cincinnati
 
> of the hip joint?
 
> 32. Who was the """last""" hitter to achieve Major League Baseball's
> Triple Crown?
 
Mark Mcgwire
 
 
> 33. How was the Crab Nebula formed? (Be sufficiently specific.)
 
supernova remnant
 
> and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that
> struggled against the darkness" are the opening words of what
> novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton?
 
Paul Clifford
 
> referred to on the cover as "the last good year", but this
> was changed when the book appeared in paperback. Who *wrote*
> the book?
 
Hunter S Thompson
 
 
> 40. The royal cubit, or meh nesut, was used as a measurement by
> the Egyptians when building the pyramids. Give the size of
> a royal cubit in centimeters, within 3 cm.
 
20 cm
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 12 08:04PM +0200

> On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 8:43:23 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
>> 1 In cricket, a bowler's performance is typically described in
relation to four measures- overs bowled, maiden overs (from which no runs
were scored), runs conceded and wickets taken. Due to the rarity of maiden
overs in the Twenty20 format, that measure is typically replaced by what
other?
 
> Dot [balls]
> No one got this
 
Did you expect anything else with this crowd?
 
There is a song by the Squeeze(*) that very well summarises my opinion
on your cricket questions. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to
figure out which.
 
 
(*) Oh, since Calvin is from Australia, I should clarify that I don't mean
the quite awful Aussie band with that name, but the more well-known band
by Clifford/Tilbrook.
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