Friday, June 28, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 1 topic

Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 27 12:18PM

On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:19:14 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
> 2. (Decoy) Flemish.
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 5. Spanish.
> 6. Dutch.
 
Vermeer
 
> a round of ornithological questions, conspicuously missing the chicken's
> motivation for traversing the thoroughfare.
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
2
 
> 2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
 
Canada
 
> 3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
 
hen
 
> 4. In birds, what is a furcula better known as?
> 5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
 
Swan
 
> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
 
Swiftlet
 
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
Rooster
 
> 8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
Ostrich
 
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 27 04:30PM


> * Game 3, Round 4 - Art - The Met's Portraits
 
> 1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
 
El Greco
 
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Holbein the Younger; Vermeer
 
> 5. Spanish.
 
Goya
 
> 6. Dutch.
 
Vermeer; Holbein the Younger
 
> 8. English.
 
Constable
 
> 9. Spanish.
 
Goya
 
> 11. French.
 
Manet; Gauguin
 
> 12. French.
 
Toulouse-Lautrec
 
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - The Bird is the Word
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
3
 
> 2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
 
Canada
 
> 3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
 
layer; hen
 
> 5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
 
flamingo; blue heron
 
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
Year of the Rooster
 
> 8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
Great Horned Owl
 
> 10. In certain countries in Asia, this large sea bird was trained
> to fetch fish for its human masters. Name that bird.
 
cormorant
 
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 27 08:07PM +0200

> * Game 3, Round 4 - Art - The Met's Portraits
 
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt van Rijn
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Vermeer
 
> 11. French.
 
Gauguin
 
> 12. French.
 
Matisse
 
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - The Bird is the Word
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
4
 
> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
 
Swallow
 
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
Owl
 
> 9. What bird family is the world's largest in population and number
> of species?
 
Finchs
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 28 12:09AM -0700

On 6/26/19 10:19 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> two decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; answer
> them if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. Architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
 
El Greco
 
> 2. (Decoy) Flemish.
> 3. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> 4. Dutch.
 
Rembrandt
 
> Here's a round of ornithological questions, conspicuously missing
> the chicken's motivation for traversing the thoroughfare.
 
> 1. How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?
 
4
 
> 2. Which country is home to the most bald eagles?
 
Canada
 
> 3. What does a pullet become on her first birthday?
 
It's a surprise. Surely you've heard of a Pullet Surprise?
 
OK, serious answer: hen
 
> 4. In birds, what is a furcula better known as?
 
gizzard
 
> 5. What's North America's largest waterfowl?
 
great blue heron
 
> 6. What bird's nests do the Chinese use for bird's nest soup?
 
none
 
> 7. What Chinese year comes next after the Year of the Monkey?
 
chicken
 
> 8. What bird has the biggest *eyes*?
 
owl
 
 
> 9. What bird family is the world's largest in population and number
> of species?
 
finch
 
 
> 10. In certain countries in Asia, this large sea bird was trained
> to fetch fish for its human masters. Name that bird.
 
pelican
 
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Dan Tilque
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