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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 08 07:28PM +0200 > out, it's still not obvious whether the league will attempt to > resume play under such conditions. So there's no guessing when > the current season will resume. What? You haven't gone virtual like anyone else? Thanks for keeping the questions going here in r.g.t at least. There are all chances of embarrassments to answer a question wrong this time, what I had right the first time (and it was not just a blind guess). |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 08 02:22PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > What? You haven't gone virtual like anyone else? Pfffffft. > Thanks for keeping the questions going here in r.g.t at least. There > are all chances of embarrassments to answer a question wrong this time, > what I had right the first time (and it was not just a blind guess). That's the spirit! -- Mark Brader | "Canadians do not exclaim. The exclamation point is Toronto | removed from our word-processing programs at the border msb@vex.net | and sold back to the Americans for scrap." --Matthew Hart |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 08 01:54PM > 1. What is a lusophone? someone who speaks Portuguese > 3. This actor was born Krishna Bhanji, the son of an Indian father > and a half-Jewish mother. By what name """is""" he better > known? Ben Kingsley > 4. What is the name for a formal papal decree to which a > traditionally a metal seal was appended, a practice > followed today only on the most solemn occasions? bull > 5. Name the Italian verse form used by Dante, and also by Shelley > in "Ode to the West Wind": it consists of a series of three-line > stanzas followed by a final couplet. terza rima > of course, answer with a Roman numeral. *Note*: for this > question you must give the answer that was correct when this > game was originally played. XL > 9. What is the Apgar scale used for? assessing the health of a newborn infant > he'd arrived in, and said it wasn't a very interesting number; > but Ramanujan disagreed. *Either* tell us the number, *or* > what Ramanujan said was so interesting about it. 1729 > """recent""" revival of "Doctor Who". *Note*: Now you can > name anyone who has had a regular role as the Doctor since > the show was revived. Peter Capaldi > ballet who moved to the US and started a cosmetics firm that > was closely associated with Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s? > The firm """is now""" owned by Procter and Gamble. Max Factor > 18. What was Norman Mailer's first novel, published in 1948? In the Jungle > 19. What US secretary of state was responsible for the Alaska > Purchase? Seward > some have had other shapes. Name all the denominations that > at one time or another have not been circular. You must > give the exact list; any partial answer is wrong. nickel -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Jun 08 07:36PM +0200 > * the Lions, the Tigers, and the Cats; > * the Eagles, the Hawks, the Crows, the Swans, and the Magpies; > * the Bombers, the Dockers, and the Power. Baseball > 7. What """is the movie""" that Atom Egoyan won the Grand Jury > Prize at Cannes for? "Ararat" > he'd arrived in, and said it wasn't a very interesting number; > but Ramanujan disagreed. *Either* tell us the number, *or* > what Ramanujan said was so interesting about it. The lowest four-digt number that is the sum of two cubes |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 08 12:40PM On Thu, 04 Jun 2020 15:43:22 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 In cricket, a bowler's performance is typically described in relation > overs in the Twenty20 format, that measure is typically replaced by what > other? > 2 In the Toy Story movie franchise, what name is inexpertly handwritten > on the sole of Woody's right boot? Andy > 3 In relation to the stock exchange, what three words does the acronym > ETF most commonly stand for? Exchange Traded Fund > 4 Which native American name is traditionally used by skydivers as they > leap from an aircraft? Geronimo > 5 What was the maiden name of the Duchess of Cambridge? Middleton > 6 Which absurdist Irish writer, best known for his 1959 play Waiting for > Godot, won the 1969 Nobel prize for literature? > 7 Which city is the official seat of the EU parliament? The Hague > 8 Which actress was Mrs. Alec Baldwin from 1993 to 2002? > 9 In the field of education, what four disciplines does the acronym STEM > refer to? Science, Technology, Engineering, Math |
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