Friday, January 07, 2022

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 07 12:14AM

> title and preamble went in the original game, but as you will see,
> Lee certainly did not create all of these characters. Presumably
> he did draw them all, or write stories about them, at some point.)
 
Write yes, draw no. (At least for those from Marvel. I doubt Lee ever
wrote a Batman story.)
 
> whose alter ego, Steve Rogers, was a frail young man who was
> enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental
> serum in order to aid the United States war effort?
 
9
 
> 2. Which picture depicts the superhero whose alter ego, Tony Stark,
> is a businessman and owner of a multi-billion-dollar corporation?
 
5
 
> 3. Name the superhero in picture #10.
 
Flash
 
(Actually multiple Flashes and Kid Flash, but who's counting? Also a
DC hero and not ever written by Lee.)
 
> 4. Name the superhero in picture #13.
 
Daredevil
 
> 5. What is the alter ego of the superhero in picture #15?
 
Bruce Banner
 
> 6. What is the alter ego of the superhero in picture #7?
 
Peter Parker
 
> 7. What is the name of the group of superheroes in picture #2?
 
Fantastic Four
 
> 8. What is the name of the group of superheroes in picture #6?
 
X-Men
 
> 9. Name the superhero in picture #1.
 
Aquaman
 
(DC)
 
> 10. Name the superhero in picture #14.
 
Green Lantern
 
(DC)
 
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature Geography - Settings for Novels
 
> 1. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" by Mordecai Richler.
 
Montreal
 
> 2. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger.
 
New York City
 
> 3. "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane.
 
Boston
 
> 4. "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice.
 
New Orleans
 
> 5. "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
 
Chicago
 
> 6. "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan.
 
San Francisco
 
> 7. "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler.
 
Los Angeles
 
> 8. "The Rainmaker" by John Grisham.
 
Memphis; Houston
 
> 9. "Barometer Rising" by Hugh MacLennan.
 
Miami; Houston
 
> 10. "Headhunter" by Timothy Findley.
 
New York City; Seattle
 
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jan 06 04:03PM -0800

On Monday, January 3, 2022 at 2:48:22 PM UTC-5, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> 1. According to a census, this island had a population of 7.7 million
> in 1831. However, the current population is about 10 % less,
> 6.9 million. Which is the island?
 
singapore
 
> 2. The denizens of which national capital are known as Porteños?
 
argentina
 
> 3. Judit Polgár belongs to the top élite in which field?
 
chess
 
> 4. The World Championship for Juniors in which sport was slated
> to run for the better part of this week, but was cancelled last
> week after a few games due to several cases of covid-19?
 
world junior ice hockey chapionships
 
> 5. Which family situation do President of the European Commission
> Ursula von der Leyen and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have
> in common? (At least according to the official information!)
 
ex-lovers? those spicy late night trade negotiations can be very sexually charged
 
> 6. "The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters", "The Castle of Adventures"
> and "Five Go Off in a Caravan" are all titles from which author
> of children's books?
 
enid blyton
 
> 7. The Hindenburg disaster became the end of what era?
 
airship era
 
> 8. In 1960, which country was the first where a woman reached the
> office of Prime Minster through elections?
 
sri lanka (sirimavo bandaranaike)
 
> 9. If you are making a choice between Lapsang Souchong, Formosa Oolong
> and Darjeeling, what are you contemplating to buy?
 
tea
 
> 10. Which 1988 action movie takes place in the Nakatomi Plaza tower?
 
die hard
 
> 11. Richard Neville was a key figure during a troubled time in
> British history. He is often referred to by which moniker?
 
warwick the king maker
 
> 12. When someone says that this year's model is A(H3N2), what are they
> talking about?
 
bird flu
 
swp, who is double vaccinated, had the delta variant, got a booster shot 5 weeks ago and still managed to get covid again
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