| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Oct 16 12:19PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > full phrase is required. > 1. Two companies """in the Fortune 500 list""" have names where the > letter X appears twice. One is Xerox. Name the other. Exxon > Its name has multiple spellings, but one was made famous in a > 1797 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. What was that version > of its name? Xanadu > accused Iran, Iraq, and North Korea of helping terrorism and > seeking nuclear weapons. What phrase did he subsequently apply > to this group of countries? Axis of Evil > 6. First settled in 1786, this city was the first capital of > Tennessee. It also hosted the 1982 World's Fair. Name the city. Knoxville > Julius, Milton, and Herbert. These brothers enjoyed success > in vaudeville, Broadway, and motion pictures from the early > 1900s to 1950. What was their family name? Marx > until 2000, and disbanded in 2001. Name this band. > 10. This character was the aunt to Draco Malfoy in the Harry > Potter series. Name her. Bellatrix LeStrange > in Chicago, when the South Side gang led by Al Capone > murdered several members of the North Side Irish gang led > by Bugs Moran? 1932; 1933 > with, ah, interesting names. > C1. In what province would you find towns named Come by Chance, > Dildo, and Heart's Delight? Saskatchewan; Manitoba > professional tennis players. > D1. Andre Agassi """has been""" married to which tennis player > since 2001? Graf > about it, he shouldn't!" > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq > "Nyyra" sbe nal dhrfgvba, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur svefg anzr. Pete Gayde |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Oct 16 12:24PM -0500 I hit "send" too soon. Here are all of my answers (if you'll accept them). Pete Pete Gayde wrote: >> full phrase is required. >> 1. Two companies """in the Fortune 500 list""" have names where the >> letter X appears twice. One is Xerox. Name the other. Exxon >> sometimes said to have magical powers, and its owner is >> associated with the rightful sovereignty of England. What its >> the English name? Excalibur >> Its name has multiple spellings, but one was made famous in a >> 1797 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. What was that version >> of its name? Xanadu >> accused Iran, Iraq, and North Korea of helping terrorism and >> seeking nuclear weapons. What phrase did he subsequently apply >> to this group of countries? Axis of Evil >> 6. First settled in 1786, this city was the first capital of >> Tennessee. It also hosted the 1982 World's Fair. Name the city. Knoxville >> Julius, Milton, and Herbert. These brothers enjoyed success >> in vaudeville, Broadway, and motion pictures from the early >> 1900s to 1950. What was their family name? Marx >> during which the British Empire became the largest empire of >> all time. What phrase was used to describe this period of >> peace due to British hegemony? Pax Brittania >> until 2000, and disbanded in 2001. Name this band. >> 10. This character was the aunt to Draco Malfoy in the Harry >> Potter series. Name her. Bellatrix LeStrange >> in Chicago, when the South Side gang led by Al Capone >> murdered several members of the North Side Irish gang led >> by Bugs Moran? 1932; 1933 >> A2. In what year, within 2, did Thomas Watson Sr. rename his >> company from CTR to IBM? 1902; 1905 >> B2. Who is the author of the "Twilight" vampire romance series, >> which includes the novels "Twilight", "New Moon", "Eclipse", >> and "Breaking Dawn"? Meyer >> with, ah, interesting names. >> C1. In what province would you find towns named Come by Chance, >> Dildo, and Heart's Delight? Saskatchewan; Manitoba >> C2. In what province would you find towns named Fertile, Old >> Wives, and Poor Man? Saskatchewan; Manitoba >> professional tennis players. >> D1. Andre Agassi """has been""" married to which tennis player >> since 2001? Graf >> D2. Chris Evert """has been""" married and divorced three times. >> Who did she marry in 2008, and divorce in 2009 after only >> 18 months? Greg Norman >> attack. Its stars include Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr, >> and it's best known for their kissing scene on the beach. >> What is its title? From Here to Eternity |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 16 10:11PM Pete Gayde: > I hit "send" too soon. Here are all of my answers (if you'll accept them). OK. -- Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as msb@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past, Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 16 08:50PM -0700 On 10/15/22 14:36, Mark Brader wrote: > full phrase is required. > 1. Two companies """in the Fortune 500 list""" have names where the > letter X appears twice. One is Xerox. Name the other. ExxonMobil > 2. Microsoft created their own version of UNIX, intended for use > on microcomputers. They didn't have the right to call it UNIX, > so they gave it their own name. What was that? Xenix > Its name has multiple spellings, but one was made famous in a > 1797 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. What was that version > of its name? Xanadu > accused Iran, Iraq, and North Korea of helping terrorism and > seeking nuclear weapons. What phrase did he subsequently apply > to this group of countries? Axis of Evil > 6. First settled in 1786, this city was the first capital of > Tennessee. It also hosted the 1982 World's Fair. Name the city. Knoxville > Julius, Milton, and Herbert. These brothers enjoyed success > in vaudeville, Broadway, and motion pictures from the early > 1900s to 1950. What was their family name? Marx > during which the British Empire became the largest empire of > all time. What phrase was used to describe this period of > peace due to British hegemony? Pax Britannica > in Chicago, when the South Side gang led by Al Capone > murdered several members of the North Side Irish gang led > by Bugs Moran? 1929 > with, ah, interesting names. > C1. In what province would you find towns named Come by Chance, > Dildo, and Heart's Delight? Newfoundland and Labrador > C2. In what province would you find towns named Fertile, Old > Wives, and Poor Man? Alberta > attack. Its stars include Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr, > and it's best known for their kissing scene on the beach. > What is its title? South Pacific -- Dan Tilque |
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