| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 30 03:57PM > 1. During the play of this game you might hear the phrase "Corner > on corn!" The game was inspired by the US Corn Exchange and > was first sold by Parker Brothers in 1904. Pit > 2. This game was introduced in 1963: among other objects, the > playing mechanism includes a rickety staircase, a hanging boot, > and a bathtub. Mouse Trap > or the movement of a spinner. Some versions have illustrations > that teach morality lessons: good children are rewarded and > misbehaving ones suffer a fall. Chutes & Ladders > 4. The playing pieces in a """current""" US version of this game > include a box of McDonald's french fries, a cup of Starbucks > coffee, a Toyota Prius, a cell phone, and a laptop. Monopoly > 5. The board for this game, originally published in the UK by > Waddington's in 1948, includes four secret passages. Clue > 6. This game was first manufactured by Parker Brothers in 1955, > and was devised by a sociologist. Players attempt to maximize > their fame, happiness, and/or money. Careers > 7. This game was first manufactured by Milton Bradley in 1965. > You may run up against a broken heart, writer's cramp, and > butterflies in the stomach. Operation > 8. This game for young children was first published by Milton > Bradley in 1949. Be careful: you might find yourself trapped > in Molasses Swamp. Candyland > 9. This game dates from the 1860s (yes, really). Players can > graduate from college, get a job, buy a house, and retire. The Game of Life The modern version of this is very different from the 19th-century one. I wouldn't call them the same game. > 10. In this French card game, you can run out of gas or have a > flat tire. Mille Bornes > the Orient Express", "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", and > "Curtain". *What country* was he from, before he moved > to England? Belgium > Crack'd from Side to Side", "A Murder is Announced", > "Sleeping Murder", and "4.50 from Paddington" (also known > as "Murder She Said"). *What village* did she live in? St. Mary Mead > a regular role on the TV series "Doctor Who"? *Note*: > You may either give the originally correct answer or the > current one, but you must say which one you are giving. current: 13 > B2. Name *any one of the first four* actors to play the Doctor, > i.e. those on the show from 1963 through early 1981. Pertwee > * C. Canadian Bays > C1. Chaleur Bay lies off the coast of what *two* provinces > or territories? New Brunswick and Nova Scotia > * E. Ologies > E1. What word ending in -ology means the study of reptiles? herpetology > E2. What word ending in -ology means the study of flags? vexillology > * F. Pilots named Yeager > F1. Chuck Yeager was the first pilot to fly faster than sound. > Within 2, what year was that? 1956 > F2. Jeana Yeager -- no relation to Chuck -- set *what record* > for a nonstop flight together with Dick Rutan in a specially > built plane in December 1986? Exact description required. first nonstop flight around the world in a human-powered plane -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 31 01:11AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:P8GdnfuIV4YkktbCnZ2dnUU7- > 2. This game was introduced in 1963: among other objects, the > playing mechanism includes a rickety staircase, a hanging boot, > and a bathtub. Mouse Trap > coffee, a Toyota Prius, a cell phone, and a laptop. > 5. The board for this game, originally published in the UK by > Waddington's in 1948, includes four secret passages. Clue > 8. This game for young children was first published by Milton > Bradley in 1949. Be careful: you might find yourself trapped > in Molasses Swamp. Candyland > 9. This game dates from the 1860s (yes, really). Players can > graduate from college, get a job, buy a house, and retire. Game of Life > 10. In this French card game, you can run out of gas or have a > flat tire. Milles Borne > the Orient Express", "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", and > "Curtain". *What country* was he from, before he moved > to England? Belgium > a regular role on the TV series "Doctor Who"? *Note*: > You may either give the originally correct answer or the > current one, but you must say which one you are giving. 12 (Current number, not counting the War Doctor or the "8th" doctor in the movie) > B2. Name *any one of the first four* actors to play the Doctor, > i.e. those on the show from 1963 through early 1981. William Hartnell > * C. Canadian Bays > C1. Chaleur Bay lies off the coast of what *two* provinces > or territories? Yukon Territory and Nunaavut > asked the team to give the player the honor of wearing his > retired number. Name the star who would wear #6 for the > rest of his career. Baun; Henderson > * E. Ologies > E1. What word ending in -ology means the study of reptiles? Herpetology > * F. Pilots named Yeager > F1. Chuck Yeager was the first pilot to fly faster than sound. > Within 2, what year was that? 1948 > F2. Jeana Yeager -- no relation to Chuck -- set *what record* > for a nonstop flight together with Dick Rutan in a specially > built plane in December 1986? Exact description required. Around the world without landing along the way Pete Gayde |
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