- CQ #614 - 4 Updates
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 13 08:39PM +0200 On 2020-10-13, you wrote in rec.games.trivia: > 1 Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been director-general > of which organisation since 2017? WHO did you say you are talking about? :-) > 2 Which term is missing from this ordered list: velocity, > acceleration, ? , snap [aka jounce], crackle, pop? force > 3 What was the given name of the founder of the Ferrari Grand Prix > motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque? Enzo > 4 The name of the London thoroughfare Pall Mall is named for a ball > game played there during the 17th century, which was the precursor to > which genteel contemporary sport? Bowling > 5 What links the Eurovision song contest entries of Belgium (2003 & > 2008), Netherlands (2006) and Israel (2020), and no others? Sung by children > 6 Which Roman god is included in the logo for the Goodyear tyre > company? Saturn > 7 What nine-letter word is the antonym of transgender? cis-person > 9 According to the Australian standard, household fridges should be > set to what temperature (in degrees Celsius)? We'll accept one degree > either way. 4°C > 10 Who won his first major tennis title at the age of 19 by winning > the 1990 US Open? Agassi |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 13 08:45PM +0200 >> 5 What links the Eurovision song contest entries of Belgium (2003 >> & 2008), Netherlands (2006) and Israel (2020), and no others? > Scored 0? No, that is not the answer! (Or Calvin is just plain wrong.) Sweden and Norway compete about most things. One year in the first half of the seventies, Sweden sent an usually weak number to the ESC, but somehow it got two stray points. It was a severe blwo to Swedish pride next year when Norway sent a guy appearincg with braces happily singing "mil etter mil" and scored a perfect zero. >> 10 Who won his first major tennis title at the age of 19 by >> winning the 1990 US Open? > Borg? Do you want to know how many errors there were in that answer? :-) By 1990 Björn Borg had retired from tennis. And while he won Wimbledon and French Open five times each (if I recall correctly), he never won US Open. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 13 04:12PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > Scored 0? Erland Sommarskog: > No, that is not the answer! Well, I'm not surprised! I just wrote down a possible answer. > > Borg? > Do you want to know how many errors there were in that answer? :-) I already know -- one! -- Mark Brader "One might as well complain about the Sun Toronto rising in the daytime instead of at night, msb@vex.net when we need it more." -- John Lawler |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 13 07:48PM -0700 On 10/12/20 3:12 PM, Calvin wrote: > 1 Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been director-general of which organisation since 2017? WHO > 2 Which term is missing from this ordered list: velocity, acceleration, … , snap [aka jounce], crackle, pop? jerk > 3 What was the given name of the founder of the Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque? > 4 The name of the London thoroughfare Pall Mall is named for a ball game played there during the 17th century, which was the precursor to which genteel contemporary sport? croquet > 5 What links the Eurovision song contest entries of Belgium (2003 & 2008), Netherlands (2006) and Israel (2020), and no others? > 6 Which Roman god is included in the logo for the Goodyear tyre company? Mercury > 7 What nine-letter word is the antonym of transgender? cisgender > 8 Name either of the two authors who have each won the Miles Franklin Literary Award four times, the most by any author since the inception of the Award in 1957. > 9 According to the Australian standard, household fridges should be set to what temperature (in degrees Celsius)? We'll accept one degree either way. 4 > 10 Who won his first major tennis title at the age of 19 by winning the 1990 US Open? Federer -- Dan Tilque |
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