Monday, August 10, 2020

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kathyberken@gmail.com: Aug 09 11:44AM -0700

On Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 3:58:52 PM UTC-6, swp wrote:
> http://www.qwyzzle3.com/
 
> good puzzling, and leave a hint or 2 here if you feel so inclined.
 
> swp
 
Not looking to leave a hint. I am looking FOR a hint! Question 88, Hashiwokaken game. The solution appears to be only half of a question? Which famous composer? But then what? thanks for any help.
swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Aug 09 09:43AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:35:04 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
 
noted
 
> those, sometimes any one, sometimes a specific one. But in all
> cases, if you give all three parts correctly, you score a 2-point
> bonus for a possible 6 on each question.*
 
challenge accepted
 
> made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two*
> of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular
> score.
 
humphrey bogart as sam spade in the maltese falcon
 
> been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
> which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
> the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
 
marlon brando as terry malloy in on the waterfront
 
> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
> character, or the movie.
 
mae west as lady lou in she done him wrong
 
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
> movie.
 
james cagney as cody jarrett in white heat
 
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
> bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
 
sidney poitier as virgil tibbs in in the heat of the night
 
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
 
clint eastwood as 'dirty' harry callahan in sudden impact
 
> ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
> for the regular score.
 
greta garbo as madam grusinskaya in grand hotel
 
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
> score.
 
anthony perkins as norman bates in psycho
 
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
> one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
 
groucho marx as jeffrey spaulding in animal crackers
 
> is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
> Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
 
peter finch as howard beale in network
 
 
 
> And here we go:
 
> * A. World Capital
 
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
 
krona
 
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
 
shekel
 
> of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor-
> General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto
> """bears""" his 8-letter name.
 
lord dufferin
 
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
> bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
 
lord aberdeen
 
> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
> He was also notable for siring more children than any
> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
 
15
 
> her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
> facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
> testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
 
sally hemings
 
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
 
carlo ponzi
 
> in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to
> prevent a civil war. An early election was then called
> and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country.
 
albania
 
> a child in 1929. He painted Canadian troops at the Juno
> Beach landing and later taught at Mt. Allison University.
> His name is Alex what?
 
colville
 
> "Green Cap", "Red Coat", and "Ada in a Pillbox Hat".
> Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has a museum wing
> devoted to his paintings. His name """is""" Alex what?
 
katz
 
> wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
> beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
> seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
 
zerg ; h & r block
 
> *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
> who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
> are also occupations.
 
astronauts gordon cooper and scott carpenter
 
> Mark Brader, Toronto "There are no new ideas, only new
> msb@vex.net mouths to speak them." -- Linda Burman
 
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
 
swp, who has been traveling
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