- Calvin's Quiz #491 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 4 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #492 - 6 Updates
- QFTCI5EP Game 6, Rounds 2-3: translated titles, LA locations - 4 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 26 04:09PM -0700 On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 8:53:15 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"? The King and I > 2 The films Cool Runnings and Eddie the Eagle were both set during which Winter Olympics? [Year or city] Calgary / 1988 > 3 Fred Trueman represented which country in international cricket? England > 4 Which Danish word has been variously translated as cosiness, wellbeing, the art of intimacy, and the absence of annoyance? Hygge And note the judicious use of the Oxford comma! > 5 Which chess piece is known as a Cavalier in French? Knight > 6 Which famous author sometimes adopted the pen-name Boz? Charles Dickens > 7 Which fruit flavours Framboise liqueur? Raspberry > 8 Which major conflict ran from 1853-56? Crimean war > 9 A popular tourist attraction, the Ring of Kerry is located in which country? [Republic of] Ireland > 10 In the Tour de France, which rider wears the green jersey? The leading sprinter No-one got this. See http://www.topendsports.com/events/tour-de-france/jerseys.htm Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 491 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 45 Gareth Owen 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 40 Peter Smyth 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 46 Chris Johnson 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 40 Mark Brader 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 35 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 35 Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 36 Dan Blum 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 24 Erland S 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 28 Bruce Bowler - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 5 5 2 3 8 7 6 6 9 0 51 57% Congratulations Gareth. cheers, calvin |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jun 27 06:28AM +0100 >> 10 In the Tour de France, which rider wears the green jersey? > The leading sprinter > No-one got this. See Because it's not right. The green jersey goes to the leader of the Points competition (which is usually, but not always, the top sprinter). You get points for high finishes on stages (more points for flat stages) and in intermediate sprints, which favours people who finish at the very front on the many flat stages. As someone noted (sorry, forgot who) Peter Sagan has won it recently, and he's not an outright sprinter in the Mark Cavendish mould, but a good-enough sprinter with a talent for getting into break-aways who can hold it together in the mountains. (And a penchant for popping wheelies, honest intervies, a sequence of terrible haircuts and coming second on stages). Peter Sagan is the man. But I digress. > http://www.topendsports.com/events/tour-de-france/jerseys.htm http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2016/us/the-jerseys-of-the-tour.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Points_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 26 11:07PM -0700 On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 3:28:23 PM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote: > Because it's not right. > The green jersey goes to the leader of the Points competition (which is > usually, but not always, the top sprinter). Yes, I was just simplifying things. I would have accepted any answer that contained sprint. Points alone is not specific enough as the polka dot is also awarded on a points basis. cheers, calvin |
| gwowen@gmail.com: Jun 27 04:04AM -0700 On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 7:07:35 AM UTC+1, Calvin wrote: > Points alone is not specific enough as the polka dot is also awarded on a points basis. Sure it is (as is the FA Premier League and my local dominoes league). But the green jersey competition is *called* the Points Classification. That's the correct name of the competition for which the green jersey is awarded. It's not a description, it's the name of the competition. The person who is winning it is called the leader of the Points Classification. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 26 04:12PM -0700 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams? 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy? 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece? 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller? 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film? 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil? 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper? 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York? 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"? 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon? cheers, calvin |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jun 26 06:33PM -0700 On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 7:12:24 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams? minnesota > 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy? the forsyte saga > 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece? argo > 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller? cape fear > 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film? risky business > 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil? garri > 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper? v > 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York? prince andrew > 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"? (sittin on) the dock of the bay > 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon? revolver swp who was inspired to enter by Calvin's judicious use of the oxford comma in the previous contest |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 27 12:58AM -0500 In article <1b505cef-676b-4a60-8f24-9b63ce06e578@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams? Minnesota > 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy? > 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece? Argo > 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller? Cape Fear > 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film? Risky Business > 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil? tapioca > 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper? V > 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York? > 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"? (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay > 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon? revolver -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 27 01:31AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and > Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams? Minnesota. > 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters > from which John Galsworthy trilogy? > 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece? The Argo -- hence the football team. > 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 > psychological thriller? "Cape Fear". > 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 > Paul Brickman film? "Risky Business". > 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant > which is native to Brazil? Tapioca? > 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury > fashion house into a Russian newspaper? V. > 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York? Prince Edward? > 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be > sittin' when the evenin' comes"? "Dock of the Bay". > 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo > murder weapon? "Revolver". Or to some, "Revolverdo". :-) -- Mark Brader | Our censorship system has one inexplicable anomaly. Toronto | One of the rating codes is M for "mature", but there msb@vex.net | isn't any corresponding "I" code... --Peter Moylan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 27 06:55AM > 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and > Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams? Minnesota? (But in such case, why did you leave out the Wild?) > 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion > house into a Russian newspaper? B (alright, V for the Cyrillic-impaired) > 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder > weapon? Revolver -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 27 01:06AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams? Minnesota > 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy? > 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece? Argo > 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller? > 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film? > 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil? tapioca > 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper? s > 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York? Prince Andrew > 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"? Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding > 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon? revolver -- Dan Tilque |
| Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jun 26 01:37PM On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 22:23:33 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > is sort of the point. > 1. 1994, prison drama: "Dreams of Liberty" (Latin America), > "The Condemned" (Germany), "Life Imprisonment" (Spain). Shawshank Redemption? > (France). > 4. 1966, Western: "Two Glorious Scoundrels" (Austria), "Three Men > in Conflict" (Brazil), "The Magnificent Rogues" (United Kingdom). The Good, the Bad and the Ugly > (Brazil). > 8. 1978, musical: "Vaseline" (Mexico), "Brilliantine" (French > Canada), "Pomade" (Hungary). Grease > 10. 2000, crime comedy: "Pigs and Diamonds" (Latin America, > Germany), "Bully" (Bulgaria), "Bluff" (Hungary). > * Game 6, Round 3 - Geography - Los Angeles Movie Locations I got nothing... |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 26 04:52PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:r-idnR5wsrYosdLEnZ2dnUU7- > after all, that is sort of the point. > 1. 1994, prison drama: "Dreams of Liberty" (Latin America), > "The Condemned" (Germany), "Life Imprisonment" (Spain). Shawshank Redemption > 2. 1994, neo-noir black comedy: "Violent Times" (Latin America), > "Wastepaper" (Georgia), "Trash" (Slovenia). Pulp Fiction > (Czech Republic), "Source" (Slovenia). > 6. 2009, comedy: "What Happened Yesterday"? (Argentina), "Very > Bad Trip" (France), "If You Drink, Do Not Marry" (Brazil). Bachelor Party > 7. 1977, romantic comedy: "Two Strange Lovers" (Argentina), > "The City Neurotic" (Germany), "Neurotic Fiancée, Nervous Bride" > (Brazil). Annie Hall > 8. 1978, musical: "Vaseline" (Mexico), "Brilliantine" (French > Canada), "Pomade" (Hungary). Hairspray > 1. William Holden is a scriptwriter in this 1950 movie and is > found floating in a swimming pool in a mansion located on this > famous street. Mulholland Drive > 9. Quentin Tarantino's 1997 adaptation of Elmore Leonard's "Rum > Punch" is set in the gritty South Bay region of L.A. and stars > Pam Grier. Reservoir Dogs > Brothers back lot, was directed by Howard Hawks from a Raymond > Chandler novel. It is perhaps more shadowy and dreamlike than > plot-driven. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Pete Gayde |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 26 03:56PM -0500 In article <r-idnR5wsrYosdLEnZ2dnUU7-I3NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > after all, that is sort of the point. > 1. 1994, prison drama: "Dreams of Liberty" (Latin America), > "The Condemned" (Germany), "Life Imprisonment" (Spain). Shawwshank Redemption > 7. 1977, romantic comedy: "Two Strange Lovers" (Argentina), > "The City Neurotic" (Germany), "Neurotic Fiancée, Nervous Bride" > (Brazil). Annie Hall > 8. 1978, musical: "Vaseline" (Mexico), "Brilliantine" (French > Canada), "Pomade" (Hungary). Grease > 9. 2004, science fiction drama: "Forget Me Not!" (Austria), "Forget > About Me!" (Spain), "If You Leave Me, I Delete You" (Italy). Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind > 1. William Holden is a scriptwriter in this 1950 movie and is > found floating in a swimming pool in a mansion located on this > famous street. Sunset Boulevard > 2. Lana Turner was reputed to have been "discovered" in *which > iconic L.A. pharmacy*? Schwab's > 3. Directed by David Lynch, this 2001 surrealistic thriller is > about an amnesiac woman who seeks help finding her life with > an aspiring actress. Wild At Heart > West's bitter novel of down-and-outs in the movie world. It ends > with a horrifying scene in an apocalyptic movie premier set at > Grauman's Chinese Theater and stars Donald Sutherland. Day of the Locust > 6. Set in South Central L.A., this 1991 teen gang drama stars > Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Angela Bassett; it was directed > by John Singleton. Boyz 'N The Hood > as a deadly counterfeiter and William Peterson as the compromised > cop. It also features a terrorist attack at the Beverly Hilton > and a wrong-way car chase on the Terminal Island Freeway. To Live And Die in L.A. [really, really good film] > 9. Quentin Tarantino's 1997 adaptation of Elmore Leonard's "Rum > Punch" is set in the gritty South Bay region of L.A. and stars > Pam Grier. Jackie Brown [really, really good film] > Brothers back lot, was directed by Howard Hawks from a Raymond > Chandler novel. It is perhaps more shadowy and dreamlike than > plot-driven. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The Big Sleep -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jun 26 03:31PM -0700 On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 11:23:38 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > after all, that is sort of the point. > 1. 1994, prison drama: "Dreams of Liberty" (Latin America), > "The Condemned" (Germany), "Life Imprisonment" (Spain). "The Shawshank Redemption" > 2. 1994, neo-noir black comedy: "Violent Times" (Latin America), > "Wastepaper" (Georgia), "Trash" (Slovenia). "Pulp Fiction" > (France). > 4. 1966, Western: "Two Glorious Scoundrels" (Austria), "Three Men > in Conflict" (Brazil), "The Magnificent Rogues" (United Kingdom). "The Good The Bad and the Ugly" > 5. 2010, science fiction: "The Origin" (Latin America), "Beginning" > (Czech Republic), "Source" (Slovenia). "Avatar"? > 6. 2009, comedy: "What Happened Yesterday"? (Argentina), "Very > Bad Trip" (France), "If You Drink, Do Not Marry" (Brazil). "The Hangover" > 7. 1977, romantic comedy: "Two Strange Lovers" (Argentina), > "The City Neurotic" (Germany), "Neurotic Fiancée, Nervous Bride" > (Brazil). "Annie Hall" > 8. 1978, musical: "Vaseline" (Mexico), "Brilliantine" (French > Canada), "Pomade" (Hungary). "Grease" > 9. 2004, science fiction drama: "Forget Me Not!" (Austria), "Forget > About Me!" (Spain), "If You Leave Me, I Delete You" (Italy). "Memento" > 1. William Holden is a scriptwriter in this 1950 movie and is > found floating in a swimming pool in a mansion located on this > famous street. "Sunset Boulevard" > 3. Directed by David Lynch, this 2001 surrealistic thriller is > about an amnesiac woman who seeks help finding her life with > an aspiring actress. "Mulholland Drive" > 6. Set in South Central L.A., this 1991 teen gang drama stars > Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Angela Bassett; it was directed > by John Singleton. "Boyz N The Hood" > as a deadly counterfeiter and William Peterson as the compromised > cop. It also features a terrorist attack at the Beverly Hilton > and a wrong-way car chase on the Terminal Island Freeway. "8 Million Ways to Die"? > of this essential piece of L.A. fiction has Robert Downey, Jr., > as a whacked-out drug addict among the swimming pools of L.A., > from Bel Air to Malibu. "Less Than Zero" > 9. Quentin Tarantino's 1997 adaptation of Elmore Leonard's "Rum > Punch" is set in the gritty South Bay region of L.A. and stars > Pam Grier. "Jackie Brown" > Brothers back lot, was directed by Howard Hawks from a Raymond > Chandler novel. It is perhaps more shadowy and dreamlike than > plot-driven. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. "The Maltese Falcon" |
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