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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 30 09:56PM -0700 1 Which UK 'joke' political party was created by 'Screaming' Lord Such in 1980? 2 A shot of Sambuca "con la mosca" (literally "with a fly") is served with what item floating on top? 3 Which prolific artist released the hit 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player"? 4 What is the two-word name of the tests which all black cab drivers must pass in order to gain a licence to work in London? 5 Operating since at least 1727 and located in County Kildare, what is the premier horse-racing track in Ireland? 6 Students hoping to study in which discipline might sit a GAMSAT or MCAT entry test? 7 What happens to a pyrophoric substance when it is exposed to air? 8 A physician would use a scratch test to test for what? 9 Which company has produced the Barbie doll since 1959? 10 The annual 'Hackademy Awards' discourage the depiction of what human activity in movies? cheers, calvin |
| Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Jul 01 06:15AM +0100 On 2019-07-01 04:56:45 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 Which UK 'joke' political party was created by 'Screaming' Lord Such in 1980? The Monster Raving Loony Party > 2 A shot of Sambuca "con la mosca" (literally "with a fly") is served > with what item floating on top? Grape? > 3 Which prolific artist released the hit 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me I'm > Only the Piano Player"? Elton John > 4 What is the two-word name of the tests which all black cab drivers > must pass in order to gain a licence to work in London? The Knowledge > 5 Operating since at least 1727 and located in County Kildare, what is > the premier horse-racing track in Ireland? The Curragh > 6 Students hoping to study in which discipline might sit a GAMSAT or > MCAT entry test? Medicine? > 7 What happens to a pyrophoric substance when it is exposed to air? It combusts > 8 A physician would use a scratch test to test for what? Allergy > 9 Which company has produced the Barbie doll since 1959? Matel? > 10 The annual 'Hackademy Awards' discourage the depiction of what human > activity in movies? Smoking? -- "To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 01 05:46AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 3 Which > prolific artist released the hit 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only > the Piano Player"? Elton John > 6 > Students hoping to study in which discipline might sit a GAMSAT or > MCAT entry test? Medicine > 7 What happens to a pyrophoric substance when it > is exposed to air? Sets on fire > 8 A physician would use a scratch test to test for what? Allergies > 9 Which company has produced the Barbie doll since 1959? Hasbro > 10 The annual 'Hackademy Awards' discourage the depiction of what > human activity in movies? Programming > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 01 01:06AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which UK 'joke' political party was created by > 'Screaming' Lord Such in 1980? Monster Raving Loony Party. > 2 A shot of Sambuca "con la mosca" (literally "with a > fly") is served with what item floating on top? Chocolate chip? > 3 Which prolific artist released the hit 1973 album "Don't > Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player"? Elton John? > 4 What is the two-word name of the tests which all black > cab drivers must pass in order to gain a licence to work in > London? "The Knowledge". Readers might be reassured to understand that "black" refers to the cabs, not the drivers. > 5 Operating since at least 1727 and located in County > Kildare, what is the premier horse-racing track in Ireland? Johnson? > 6 Students hoping to study in which discipline might sit a > GAMSAT or MCAT entry test? Law? > 7 What happens to a pyrophoric substance when it is exposed to air? Ignition. > 8 A physician would use a scratch test to test for what? Allergies. > 9 Which company has produced the Barbie doll since 1959? Mattel. > 10 The annual 'Hackademy Awards' discourage the depiction > of what human activity in movies? Computer hacking? -- Mark Brader "I am taking what you write in the spirit in Toronto which it is intended. That's the problem." msb@vex.net -- Tony Cooper |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 01 10:06AM +0200 > 2 A shot of Sambuca ?con la mosca? (literally "with a fly") is > served with what item floating on top? A cherry > 3 Which prolific artist released the hit 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me > I'm Only the Piano Player"? Elton John > 7 What happens to a pyrophoric substance when it is exposed to air? It catches fire |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 30 09:54PM -0700 On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 1:26:34 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 In 2012 Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted for the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, died in which country some three years after his humanitarian release from a Scottish prison? Libya > 2 Why was the amusement park in Pripyat, Ukraine, which was scheduled to open on 1 May 1986, permanently closed four days earlier? Chernobyl nuclear disaster > 3 In which European language are all nouns capitalised? German > 4 Technically speaking, scissors do not cut material but function using what other technique? Shearing No-one got this > 5 What was the Collins Dictionary word of the year for 2018? It had seen a four-fold increase in use since 2013, chiefly in relation to plastics. Single-use Or this, though it is cheating a bit to call it a word. > 6 Which Shakespearean play shares its title with a 1935 ballet by Sergei Prokofiev and a 1981 hit by Dire Straits? Romeo and Juliet Singleton for Pete > 7 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number i when squared? (i.e. i^2) -1 > 8 Which four-letter exclamation is the catchphrase the Sesame Street character Sherlock Hemlock? Egad! > 9 What is the two-word Latin term for an argument that has gone on too long, literally to a sickening degree? Ad nauseum > 10 Which two words complete this quote from a poem by the British author Saki, aka Hector Hugh Munro: "The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, …"? She went [accepting he] > Answers will not appear before 1st July. For some time zones. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB 566 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 29 Mark Brader 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 29 Dan Blum 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 22 Pete Gayde 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 23 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 23 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 5 5 4 0 0 1 4 3 5 3 30 60% Congratulations Mark and Dan B. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 01 01:03AM -0500 "Calvin": > > 4 Technically speaking, scissors do not cut material but function using what other technique? > Shearing > No-one got this Isn't it a form of tearing? > Congratulations Mark and Dan B. Thanks. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "History tells us that the Boston 'T' Party was succeeded the next day by the Boston 'U' Party, where American rebels yanked all the extraneous U's out of words like 'colour' and threw them into Boston Harbour. Harbor. Whatever." --Adam Beneschan |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 30 03:19PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-06-03, 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup, 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. All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3, Round 7 - Entertainment - Drive, she Said You are what you drive, especially onscreen. Here's a round on car makes and models that entered, or were confirmed, in our consciousness via TV and movies. 1. Introduced at a car show in 1954, the Lincoln Futura was only a prototype, but it gained immortality painted in black, courtesy of a '60s TV series. By what name do we know it from the show? 2. Name Disney's series of movies about a Volkswagen with a personality and sense of self. 3. What was Doc Brown's time-travel car of choice? 4. What was James Bond's car company of choice in 12 movies? 5. This intelligent car from a popular '70s TV show was a revamped Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Name that show. 6. This 1969 Dodge Charger was known on its '70s TV series as the General Lee. Name that series. 7. A very jealous 1958 Plymouth Fury was the central character of a Stephen King novel and a subsequent movie. Name that title car. 8. The 1977 Trans Am will always be associated with a Burt Reynolds movie. Name that movie. 9. This very ugly AMC car was the official wheels of Wayne & Garth in "Wayne's World", and the vehicle in which they sang "Bohemian Rhapsody". Name that model. 10. The lead character in this '90s/'00s sitcom, set in a previous era, drove his dad's 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. Name that sitcom. * Game 3, Round 8 - Sports - Raptors: The Unlovable Years A recent poll found 3/4 of US basketball fans are rooting for the Raptors to win the NBA title over Golden State. But the team has been unpopular with players, who sometimes refused to show up on being traded here. Here's a round on the unloved Raptors, and some big names who were barely here for a cup of coffee, if at all. Where a team is asked for, answer with either city or team name, like "Toronto" or "Raptors". 1. Nicknamed Mighty Mouse, the Raptors' first ever draft pick and rookie of the year lasted 3 seasons before demanding a trade to Portland. Name him. 2. Having traded <answer 1> to Portland, the Raptors found that Kenny Anderson, the all-star player we were supposed to get, had refused to show up, and he was traded in absentia -- to what team? 3. The key player the Raptors got from <answer 2> for Anderson showed up, but played less than a year before being traded to the Denver Nuggets. He would become a 5-time NBA all-star, mostly with the Nuggets and Detroit Pistons. Name him. 4. Vince Carter ended up unhappy in Toronto and was traded to the New Jersey Nets for an eventual Hall of Fame player who -- yes -- refused to show up to play for the Raptors. His contract was bought out for $9,000,000 and he ended up playing for the Miami Heat. Name him. 5. This player had an unusual reason for wanting to leave Toronto: he felt he was being overshadowed by his cousin Vince Carter. Name this eventual all-star, who was traded to Orlando 3 years after being drafted straight out of high school. 6. Already famous in college as a member of the Michigan Wolverines "Fab Five", this player was traded from the Bulls to the Raptors in 2003 and lasted less than a season before being traded again, to the Knicks. He is also famous for coining the term "Queen Elizabeth tax hike" as a reason players shunned Toronto. 7. The player with the distinction of being the first to refuse to play in Toronto, B.J. Armstrong was the team's first pick in the expansion draft. He was traded without ever playing. Name *either* the team he came from or the team they traded him to. 8. This Houston Rockets superstar, nicknamed "The Dream", actually chose to end his career in Toronto! But he was on the injured list for most of his one season, and his big contract messed up the team's salary cap for years. So, no love lost there. Name him. 9. This early Raptors star was sent to the Knicks in 1998 after demanding a trade. He continued to bad-mouth the organization to the extent that then-coach Butch Carter filed a defamation suit against him. Name that player, who would later infamously punch Spurs coach Jeff Van Gundy in the face. 10. His name and his ethnicity are similar. This highly touted Turkish-born three-point shooter was traded to the Raptors in 2010 and was soon fined and benched for partying all night. On being traded to Phoenix, he openly bad-mouthed both Toronto and the Raptors. Who he? -- Mark Brader | "You know, you have a very transparent mind -- Toronto | which in no way implies clear thinking!" msb@vex.net | --Marshall Cahill (Bochco/Hargrove/Kibbee) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 01 02:32AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:4dqdnThRepLBhITAnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Introduced at a car show in 1954, the Lincoln Futura was only > a prototype, but it gained immortality painted in black, courtesy > of a '60s TV series. By what name do we know it from the show? the Batmobile > 2. Name Disney's series of movies about a Volkswagen with a > personality and sense of self. "Herbie" > 3. What was Doc Brown's time-travel car of choice? DeLorean > 4. What was James Bond's car company of choice in 12 movies? Aston Martin > 5. This intelligent car from a popular '70s TV show was a revamped > Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Name that show. "Knight Rider" (?) (but that was from the 1980s) > 6. This 1969 Dodge Charger was known on its '70s TV series as the > General Lee. Name that series. "The Dukes of Hazzard" > 7. A very jealous 1958 Plymouth Fury was the central character of > a Stephen King novel and a subsequent movie. Name that > title car. Christine > 8. The 1977 Trans Am will always be associated with a Burt Reynolds > movie. Name that movie. "Smokey and the Bandit" > 9. This very ugly AMC car was the official wheels of Wayne & > Garth in "Wayne's World", and the vehicle in which they sang > "Bohemian Rhapsody". Name that model. Gremlin > 10. The lead character in this '90s/'00s sitcom, set in a previous > era, drove his dad's 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. Name that > sitcom. "That 70s Show" > list for most of his one season, and his big contract messed > up the team's salary cap for years. So, no love lost there. > Name him. Hakeem Olajuwon > to the extent that then-coach Butch Carter filed a defamation > suit against him. Name that player, who would later infamously > punch Spurs coach Jeff Van Gundy in the face. Sprewell -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 01 02:55AM > 1. Introduced at a car show in 1954, the Lincoln Futura was only > a prototype, but it gained immortality painted in black, courtesy > of a '60s TV series. By what name do we know it from the show? Batmobile > 2. Name Disney's series of movies about a Volkswagen with a > personality and sense of self. Herbie the Love Bug > 3. What was Doc Brown's time-travel car of choice? DeLorean > 4. What was James Bond's car company of choice in 12 movies? Aston-Martin > 5. This intelligent car from a popular '70s TV show was a revamped > Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Name that show. Knight Rider > 6. This 1969 Dodge Charger was known on its '70s TV series as the > General Lee. Name that series. Dukes of Hazzard > 7. A very jealous 1958 Plymouth Fury was the central character of > a Stephen King novel and a subsequent movie. Name that > title car. Christine > 8. The 1977 Trans Am will always be associated with a Burt Reynolds > movie. Name that movie. Smokey and the Bandit > 9. This very ugly AMC car was the official wheels of Wayne & > Garth in "Wayne's World", and the vehicle in which they sang > "Bohemian Rhapsody". Name that model. Gremlin > 10. The lead character in this '90s/'00s sitcom, set in a previous > era, drove his dad's 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. Name that > sitcom. That '70s Show -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 30 09:33PM -0700 On Monday, July 1, 2019 at 6:19:45 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > of a '60s TV series. By what name do we know it from the show? > 2. Name Disney's series of movies about a Volkswagen with a > personality and sense of self. Herbie the Love Bug > 3. What was Doc Brown's time-travel car of choice? De Lorean > 4. What was James Bond's car company of choice in 12 movies? Aston Martin > 5. This intelligent car from a popular '70s TV show was a revamped > Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Name that show. The Rockford Files, Knight Rider > 6. This 1969 Dodge Charger was known on its '70s TV series as the > General Lee. Name that series. The Dukes of Hazzard > 7. A very jealous 1958 Plymouth Fury was the central character of > a Stephen King novel and a subsequent movie. Name that > title car. Duel > 8. The 1977 Trans Am will always be associated with a Burt Reynolds > movie. Name that movie. Smokey and the Bandit > 10. The lead character in this '90s/'00s sitcom, set in a previous > era, drove his dad's 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. Name that > sitcom. The Wonder Years > * Game 3, Round 8 - Sports - Raptors: The Unlovable Years Pass cheers, calvin |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 01 05:37AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:4dqdnThRepLBhITAnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Introduced at a car show in 1954, the Lincoln Futura was only > a prototype, but it gained immortality painted in black, courtesy > of a '60s TV series. By what name do we know it from the show? Batmobile > 2. Name Disney's series of movies about a Volkswagen with a > personality and sense of self. The Love Bug > 3. What was Doc Brown's time-travel car of choice? DeLorean > 4. What was James Bond's car company of choice in 12 movies? Astin Martin > 5. This intelligent car from a popular '70s TV show was a revamped > Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Name that show. Knight Rider > 6. This 1969 Dodge Charger was known on its '70s TV series as the > General Lee. Name that series. Dukes of Hazzard > 7. A very jealous 1958 Plymouth Fury was the central character of > a Stephen King novel and a subsequent movie. Name that > title car. Christine > 8. The 1977 Trans Am will always be associated with a Burt Reynolds > movie. Name that movie. Smokey and the Bandit > 9. This very ugly AMC car was the official wheels of Wayne & > Garth in "Wayne's World", and the vehicle in which they sang > "Bohemian Rhapsody". Name that model. Gremlin; Pacer > 10. The lead character in this '90s/'00s sitcom, set in a previous > era, drove his dad's 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. Name that > sitcom. That 70s Show > showed up, but played less than a year before being traded to > the Denver Nuggets. He would become a 5-time NBA all-star, > mostly with the Nuggets and Detroit Pistons. Name him. Chauncey Billups > -- refused to show up to play for the Raptors. His contract > was bought out for $9,000,000 and he ended up playing for the > Miami Heat. Name him. Wade > in 2003 and lasted less than a season before being traded again, > to the Knicks. He is also famous for coining the term "Queen > Elizabeth tax hike" as a reason players shunned Toronto. Juwann Howard; Jalen Rose > in the expansion draft. He was traded without ever playing. > Name *either* the team he came from or the team they traded > him to. Chicago Bulls > list for most of his one season, and his big contract messed > up the team's salary cap for years. So, no love lost there. > Name him. Olajuwon > 2010 and was soon fined and benched for partying all night. > On being traded to Phoenix, he openly bad-mouthed both Toronto > and the Raptors. Who he? Pete Gayde |
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