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* Calvin's Quiz #137 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 10: Challenge Round - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/29e2cfcb681e1d6e?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #20 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/8ec153a03be167a8?hl=en
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #137
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c606aa5c605ff9c7?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 15 2011 12:20 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vw1tk3goyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>1 Which Russian city is at the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railway?
Vladivostok
>2 What is Sally Ride's claim to fame?
>3 Australian silver coins are actually 75% comprised of which metal?
Nickel
>4 What medium is generally used in the art of topiary?
Hedges
>5 Tommy Emmanuel is best known for his achievements in which field of the
>arts?
>6 What meteorological is caused by elevated levels of hydrogen ions in the
>atmosphere?
Lightning
>7 Sissy Spacek portrayed Loretta Lynn in which 1980 film?
>8 Who wrote the novels The Firm and The Pelican Brief?
John Grisham
>9 How many cantons make up Switzerland?
>10 In which country is Mt. Kilimanjaro?
Kenya
Peter Smyth
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 15 2011 1:22 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-06-14 05:55:12 +0100, John Masters said:
> On 2011-06-14 05:32:53 +0100, Calvin said:
>
>> 1 Which Russian city is at the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railway?
>
> Irkutsk
>
>> 10 In which country is Mt. Kilimanjaro?
>
> Japan
You'd never guess that I was crap at geography at school, would you?
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 15 2011 3:58 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vw1tk3goyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 Which Russian city is at the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian
> Railway?
Vladivostok
> 2 What is Sally Ride's claim to fame?
First US woman in space
> 3 Australian silver coins are actually 75% comprised of which
> metal?
Nickel
> 4 What medium is generally used in the art of topiary?
Shrubbery (Ni!)
> 5 Tommy Emmanuel is best known for his achievements in which field
> of the arts?
> 6 What meteorological is caused by elevated levels of hydrogen
> ions in the atmosphere?
Smog
> 7 Sissy Spacek portrayed Loretta Lynn in which 1980 film?
Coalminer's Daughter
> 8 Who wrote the novels The Firm and The Pelican Brief?
Grisham
> 9 How many cantons make up Switzerland?
16
> 10 In which country is Mt. Kilimanjaro?
Kenya
>
Pete
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 10: Challenge Round
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/29e2cfcb681e1d6e?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 15 2011 1:49 am
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Toronto Bars You Didn't Know Were Bars
>
> This triple was taken from the more humorous than useful "VICE Guide
> to Eating, Drinking, Shopping and some Other Stuff in Toronto".
> In each case, name the bar.
>
> A1. With the exception of frying up a piece of the CN Tower
> and washing it down with a glass of Don River, it's
> impossible to find a meal that is "more Toronto" than
> a peameal bacon sandwich at the St. Lawrence Market.
> This bar looks like the kind of place that John Candy
> might've frequented while working on SCTV and his
> then-impending heart attack.
>
> A2. Some secret bars remain undiscovered for good reason.
> Just try not to feel debilitating empathy for these
> people. Actually, we're not sure why you'd drink here.
> Maybe you're at Union Station and you want to get wasted,
> but you're scared of outside?
>
> A3. Jimmy Buffet owns a bar in Key West called Parrot Heads,
> but you can recreate the experience on Yonge St.
> Their "best margarita in the city" claim is dubious,
> but who gives a crap? Margaritas are for girls who like
> to play "Sex and the City".
>
>
> B. Influenced by Kurosawa
>
> All questions deal with movies that are remakes of, or influenced
> by, films of acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
>
> B1. What 1996 movie, directed by Walter Hill and starring
> Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, and Christopher Walken,
> is considered to be a remake of Kurosawa's 1961 film
> "Yojimbo"?
>
> B2. In making his 1977 blockbuster "Star Wars", a.k.a. "Star
> Wars Episode IV: A New Hope", director George Lucas has
> acknowledged being influenced by what 1958 Kurosawa film,
> in which two greedy peasants escort a princess, a general,
> and gold across enemy lines?
>
> B3. Name the 1964 western, directed by Martin Ritt and
> starring Paul Newman, Claire Bloom, Laurence Harvey,
> Edward G. Robinson, and William Shatner, that is a remake
> of Kurosawa's 1950 classic "Rashomon".
>
>
> C. Imaginary Places
>
> C1. What attraction is found on Isla Nubar, off the west
> coast of Costa Rica?
Jurassic Park
>
> C2. Name the European kingdom reached by train from Dresden
> and whose capital is Strelsau. It is featured in the
> novels "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "The Seven-per-cent
> Solution".
Ruritania
>
> C3. Name the kingdom on the coast of Asia where Kublai Khan
> ordered a stately pleasure dome to be built.
Xanadu
>
>
> D. Miscellaneous Johnsons
>
> D1. FBI agents Big Johnson and Little Johnson were featured
> in what 1988 action movie?
>
> D2. This Johnson coached the University of Wisconsin-Madison
> to three NCAA men's hockey titles and later guided
> the Pittsburgh Penguins to a Stanley Cup championship.
> What is his nickname?
>
> D3. Name the 18th-century Johnson whose works include
> "Dictionary of the English Language" and an annotated
> edition of Shakespeare's plays.
Samuel Johnson
>
>
> E. The Madden Curse
>
> Sorry, but you have made the cover of John Madden's NFL video game.
> In all cases given the name of the player whose career was either
> never the same, or suffered a major setback, after appearing on
> the cover of Madden.
>
> E1. After appearing on the cover of Madden 2002, this former
> Minnesota Vikings quarterback threw 23 interceptions and
> broke the record for most fumbles in a single season
> while leading the Vikings to a 5-11 record. Then he
> blew out both knees in 2005 and 2006. Name him.
>
> E2. This running back was also the NFL's reigning MVP when he
> appeared on the cover of Madden 2007. The following
> season he missed 6 games because of a foot injury and had
> his worst season statistically since his rookie year.
> Two years later, he was effectively done in the NFL,
> although he has yet to officially retire.
>
> E3. After appearing on the cover of Madden 2004 this
> quarterback broke his leg during pre-season and missed
> 11 games. He later served 23 months in federal prison
> and has only recently gotten his career back on track.
Michael Vick
>
>
> F. Ontario Premiers
>
> F1. A Sault Ste. Marie lawyer, this one-term premier
> enfranchised women, enacted prohibition, established
> a department of labour, and authorized construction of
> the Queenston hydroelectric plant, the largest in the
> world when it opened in 1921. Name him.
>
> F2. Ontario's longest-serving premier so far, he held the
> office from 1872 to 1896. Name him.
>
> F3. This premier was known as "Old Man Ontario". Name him.
>
--
Dan Tilque
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 15 2011 1:14 pm
From: Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:l9Sdna_
4WKv_pmvQnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@vex.net:
> Well, here we are at the end of the September-December 2010 season.
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe,
> and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
>
>
> * Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Toronto Bars You Didn't Know Were Bars
>
> This triple was taken from the more humorous than useful "VICE Guide
> to Eating, Drinking, Shopping and some Other Stuff in Toronto".
> In each case, name the bar.
>
> A1. With the exception of frying up a piece of the CN Tower
> and washing it down with a glass of Don River, it's
> impossible to find a meal that is "more Toronto" than
> a peameal bacon sandwich at the St. Lawrence Market.
> This bar looks like the kind of place that John Candy
> might've frequented while working on SCTV and his
> then-impending heart attack.
>
> A2. Some secret bars remain undiscovered for good reason.
> Just try not to feel debilitating empathy for these
> people. Actually, we're not sure why you'd drink here.
> Maybe you're at Union Station and you want to get wasted,
> but you're scared of outside?
>
> A3. Jimmy Buffet owns a bar in Key West called Parrot Heads,
> but you can recreate the experience on Yonge St.
> Their "best margarita in the city" claim is dubious,
> but who gives a crap? Margaritas are for girls who like
> to play "Sex and the City".
>
>
> B. Influenced by Kurosawa
>
> All questions deal with movies that are remakes of, or influenced
> by, films of acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
>
> B1. What 1996 movie, directed by Walter Hill and starring
> Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, and Christopher Walken,
> is considered to be a remake of Kurosawa's 1961 film
> "Yojimbo"?
>
> B2. In making his 1977 blockbuster "Star Wars", a.k.a. "Star
> Wars Episode IV: A New Hope", director George Lucas has
> acknowledged being influenced by what 1958 Kurosawa film,
> in which two greedy peasants escort a princess, a general,
> and gold across enemy lines?
Koyanisqaatsqi
>
> B3. Name the 1964 western, directed by Martin Ritt and
> starring Paul Newman, Claire Bloom, Laurence Harvey,
> Edward G. Robinson, and William Shatner, that is a remake
> of Kurosawa's 1950 classic "Rashomon".
>
>
> C. Imaginary Places
>
> C1. What attraction is found on Isla Nubar, off the west
> coast of Costa Rica?
Jurassic Park
>
> C2. Name the European kingdom reached by train from Dresden
> and whose capital is Strelsau. It is featured in the
> novels "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "The Seven-per-cent
> Solution".
>
> C3. Name the kingdom on the coast of Asia where Kublai Khan
> ordered a stately pleasure dome to be built.
Xanadu
>
>
> D. Miscellaneous Johnsons
>
> D1. FBI agents Big Johnson and Little Johnson were featured
> in what 1988 action movie?
Men In Black
>
> D2. This Johnson coached the University of Wisconsin-Madison
> to three NCAA men's hockey titles and later guided
> the Pittsburgh Penguins to a Stanley Cup championship.
> What is his nickname?
Bob
>
> D3. Name the 18th-century Johnson whose works include
> "Dictionary of the English Language" and an annotated
> edition of Shakespeare's plays.
>
>
> E. The Madden Curse
>
> Sorry, but you have made the cover of John Madden's NFL video game.
> In all cases given the name of the player whose career was either
> never the same, or suffered a major setback, after appearing on
> the cover of Madden.
>
> E1. After appearing on the cover of Madden 2002, this former
> Minnesota Vikings quarterback threw 23 interceptions and
> broke the record for most fumbles in a single season
> while leading the Vikings to a 5-11 record. Then he
> blew out both knees in 2005 and 2006. Name him.
Culpepper
>
> E2. This running back was also the NFL's reigning MVP when he
> appeared on the cover of Madden 2007. The following
> season he missed 6 games because of a foot injury and had
> his worst season statistically since his rookie year.
> Two years later, he was effectively done in the NFL,
> although he has yet to officially retire.
>
> E3. After appearing on the cover of Madden 2004 this
> quarterback broke his leg during pre-season and missed
> 11 games. He later served 23 months in federal prison
> and has only recently gotten his career back on track.
Vick
>
>
> F. Ontario Premiers
>
> F1. A Sault Ste. Marie lawyer, this one-term premier
> enfranchised women, enacted prohibition, established
> a department of labour, and authorized construction of
> the Queenston hydroelectric plant, the largest in the
> world when it opened in 1921. Name him.
>
> F2. Ontario's longest-serving premier so far, he held the
> office from 1872 to 1896. Name him.
Kitchener
>
> F3. This premier was known as "Old Man Ontario". Name him.
>
Pete
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #20
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/8ec153a03be167a8?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 15 2011 2:02 am
From: Dan Tilque
swp wrote:
> this is rotating quiz dos equis, also known as the beer round.
>
> please post your answers in a followup, based only on your own knowledge. for my convenience please quote the questions (or at least the ones you're answering) and place your answer below each one. the winner will be invited to run rotating quiz #21. the contest closes in approximately 5 days, which is father's day in many civilized places and a few that are no longer so.
>
> 1. What is the name of the actor featured as "the most interesting man in the world" in dos equis beer commercials?
> 2. other than water, what is the only drink more popular than beer worldwide?
cola (Pepsi, Coke, etc)
> 3. true or false: the code of hammurabi included laws regulating beer.
true
> 4. in beer terminology, what does the acronym 'ipa' stand for?
India pale ale
> 5. where was beer first developed? (hint: it wasn't egypt, they imported it)
Sumeria
> 6. what is the oldest food-quality regulation still in use in the 21st century?
German beer ingredients restriction (IIRC it can only have water,
barley, hops, and yeast)
> 7. why are hops used in the making of beer?
flavor
> 8. who is famous for having said, "surely beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."?
> 9. who starred in _young einstein_, a ficitonal tale about albert einstein, the son of an apple farmer in tasmania in the early 1900s, who splits a beer atom with a chisel in order to add bubbles to beer, discovers the theory of relativity and travels to Sydney to patent it.
> 10. give one of the other eight words used in german speaking regions for a beer mug, excepting 'bierkrug'
stein
--
Dan Tilque
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 15 2011 6:57 am
From: "David"
1. What is the name of the actor featured as "the most interesting man in
the world" in dos equis beer commercials?
José
2. other than water, what is the only drink more popular than beer
worldwide?
Tea
3. true or false: the code of hammurabi included laws regulating beer.
True
4. in beer terminology, what does the acronym 'ipa' stand for?
India Pale Ale
5. where was beer first developed? (hint: it wasn't egypt, they imported it)
China
7. why are hops used in the making of beer?
Taste
8. who is famous for having said, "surely beer is proof that God loves us
and wants us to be happy."?
Charlie Chaplin
10. give one of the other eight words used in german speaking regions for a
beer mug, excepting 'bierkrug'
Stein
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jun 15 2011 3:58 pm
From: Pete
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
news:26a8ac7e-785b-48d4-8a51-5db7c16e6c98
@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.
com:
> this is rotating quiz dos equis, also known as the beer round.
>
> please post your answers in a followup, based only on your own
> knowledge. for my convenience please quote the questions (or at least
> the ones you're answering) and place your answer below each one. the
> winner will be invited to run rotating quiz #21. the contest closes
> in approximately 5 days, which is father's day in many civilized
> places and a few that are no longer so.
>
> 1. What is the name of the actor featured as "the most interesting man
> in the world" in dos equis beer commercials?
> 2. other than water, what is the only drink more popular than beer
> worldwide?
Tea
> 3. true or false: the code of hammurabi included laws regulating beer.
True
> 4. in beer terminology, what does the acronym 'ipa' stand for?
India Pale Ale
> 5. where was beer first developed? (hint: it wasn't egypt, they
> imported it)
Sumeria
> 6. what is the oldest food-quality regulation still in use in the 21st
> century?
Rheinheitsgebot
> 7. why are hops used in the making of beer?
As a preservative
> 8. who is famous for having said, "surely beer is proof that God loves
> us and wants us to be happy."?
Benjamin Franklin
> 9. who starred in _young einstein_, a ficitonal tale about albert
> einstein, the son of an apple farmer in tasmania in the early 1900s,
> who splits a beer atom with a chisel in order to add bubbles to beer,
> discovers the theory of relativity and travels to Sydney to patent it.
> 10. give one of the other eight words used in german speaking regions
> for a beer mug, excepting 'bierkrug'
Stein
>
> swp
Pete
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