| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 27 06:21AM -0700 On 3/26/23 21:36, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have""" > both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's > as before? snowboarding > records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities, > each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they? > Name either city. Seoul > 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest > ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event? > *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day. 10,000 meters > person described. > 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby > Fischer in a match in 1972. Spassky > 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of > Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen > career. Yul Brynner > from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. > 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the > age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google. Brin > charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed -- > by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River. > (Or at least, that's one version of the events.) Rasputin > work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won > the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in > his experiments. Pavlov > 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban > missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev > in 1985, when he was shunted aside. Kosygin ?? > 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this > youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered > by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name? Anastasia > people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also > named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker > Sergei Eisenstein. Potemkin -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 27 08:02PM +0200 > 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have""" > both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's > as before? Ski-jumping > 2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be > contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country > skiing. What's it called? Nordic combination > records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities, > each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they? > Name either city. Salt Lake City > 7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines > in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal. Cross-country skiing > 8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the > Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic > lists and totals. Why? Because it was a Summer Olympics. (The first Winter Olympics was in 1924.) > in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events > on the last day, but if only men's events are considered, > the description is still true. Curling > 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest > ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event? > *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day. 50 km. > * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures > 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby > Fischer in a match in 1972. Spasky > Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work. > He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture > from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. Kandinsky > 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the > age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google. Brin > charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed -- > by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River. > (Or at least, that's one version of the events.) Rasputin > work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won > the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in > his experiments. Pavlov > 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban > missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev > in 1985, when he was shunted aside. Gromyko > 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this > youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered > by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name? Anastasia > people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also > named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker > Sergei Eisenstein. Potemkin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 28 02:18AM > 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have""" > both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's > as before? ski jumping > 7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines > in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal. skeleton > * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures > 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby > Fischer in a match in 1972. Spassky > 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of > Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen > career. Yul Brynner > Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work. > He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture > from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. Kandinksy > 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the > age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google. Brin > charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed -- > by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River. > (Or at least, that's one version of the events.) Rasputin > work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won > the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in > his experiments. Pavlov > choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet > company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and > for his romances with numerous ballerinas. Balanchine > 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban > missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev > in 1985, when he was shunted aside. Gromyko > 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this > youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered > by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name? Anastasia > people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also > named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker > Sergei Eisenstein. Potemkin -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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