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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 14 08:31PM -0700 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or shaking food in hot fat? 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song to receive such an accolade? 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay? 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of which animal? 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city? 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes? 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'? 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in relation to a parachute jump? 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" starring Jim Carrey is set in which US city? 10 Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and Russell Brand? cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 15 04:03AM > 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or shaking food in hot fat? salte > 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the??Academy Award for Best Original Song??in 2003, the first hip-hop song to receive such an accolade? Eminem > 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay? Good grief > 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of which animal? lion > 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper??is located in which Italian city? Milan > 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes? Pisces > 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'? it can walk across water > 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in relation to a parachute jump? high altitude low opening -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 14 11:26PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to > tossing or shaking food in hot fat? Sautee. > 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy > Award for Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song > to receive such an accolade? Enimem? > 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay? "Good grief!" > 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue > of which animal? Lion? > 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city? Milan? > 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes? Pisces. > 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also > known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'? It has a cross-shaped marking? > 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as > quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in > relation to a parachute jump? High-altitude, low opening. > 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet > Detective" starring Jim Carrey is set in which US city? Miami? > 10 Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila > Kunis and Russell Brand? "Friends with Benefits"? (If I was allowed a second guess it'd be "No Strings Attached", which had the same premise and came out about the same time. I didn't see either one and am not sure who was in which.) -- Mark Brader | "... you're a detective, you like mysteries." Toronto | "I hate mysteries. What I like are *solutions*." msb@vex.net | --Barbara Paul, "The Apostrophe Thief" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 14 11:27PM -0500 Dan Blum: > it can walk across water Oh, duh. :-( -- Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as msb@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past, Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 15 11:07AM +0200 > 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city? Torino > 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes? Pisces |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 14 08:28PM -0700 On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 1:09:18 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 The outermost metallic layer of a Compact Disc usually consists of which metal? Aluminium > 2 What word is variously an Irish sports TV network, the Catalan word for 70, and the birth name of the mythological figure Cú Chulainn? Setanta Singleton for Pete > 3 Which foreign country has twice hosted the tennis tournament now known as the Australian Open? New Zealand > 4 This weapon lends its name to a type of woman's shoe with a slender, tapered high heel? Stiletto > 5 Which American poet's parody of the laws of thermodynamics states that (1) You can't win, (2) You can't break even, and (3) You can't get out of the game? Allen Ginsberg No one go this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginsberg%27s_theorem > 6 Which is the only country in mainland Europe that shares the same time zone as the UK and Ireland? Portugal > 7 In what chronological order was Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Three Colors" trilogy released? All we need is the three colours, in their correct order. Blue, White, Red > 8 'Walking in Memphis' was a 1991 hit for which American folk musician? Marc Cohn or this > 9 What is the most common name of the professional basketball team that ended a 2,495-game losing streak with a one-point win over their arch rivals in 1971? Harlem Globetrotters > 10 Twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid are members of which British musical group? The Proclaimers or this Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 568 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 31 Pete Gayde 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 32 Bruce Bowler 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 27 Joe 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 30 Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 30 Dan Tilque 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 18 Dan Blum 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 19 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 6 1 6 6 0 7 2 0 5 0 33 47% Pete takes a tough set. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 14 11:23PM -0500 "Calvin": > > team that ended a 2,495-game losing streak with a one-point win over > > their arch rivals in 1971? > Harlem Globetrotters No, you asked for the *other* team. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I will take your word for it: this is very amusing." msb@vex.net | --"Suddenly Human", ST:TNG, Phillips/Whelpley/Taylor |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 14 07:09PM -0700 On Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 11:34:21 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > uses, and not by roads; directions are shown to the nearest 1/16 > of a circle, e.g. N or NNE.) > 1. A city 633 km NW of Moscow; a city 27 km SW of Tampa. St Petersburg > of Toronto. > 3. The capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur; a city > 415 km NW of the Bolivian capital of Sucre. Santa Cruz, La Paz > 4. A city 43 km from Dover; the city across the border from > St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Which Dover would that be then? > 5. A city 713 km NE of Melbourne; a city 314 km ENE of Halifax. Sydney > 6. A city 391 km NNW of Lyon; a city 152 km NE of Dallas Paris > 7. Ruins of a city, 22 km south of Cairo; a city 316 km WSW of > Nashville. Memphis > 8. A city 51 km NNW of Edinburgh that's home to St. Johnstone FC; > a state capital 3,291 km W of Sydney. Perth > 9. A city 98 km ENE of Atlanta; a city 306 km SSE of Thessaloniki. Athens > Portuguese. Portugal laid claim to it in the 15th century. > A2. Two archipelagos in the Atlantic are Portuguese autonomous > territories. Name either one. Azores? > ignore the period of about 60 years when it was part of > Spain, then its borders have not changed since which year -- > within 100? 1139 > B2. The first king of Portugal, Alfonzo I (1139-85) was descended > from which Capetian dynasty, most associated with France? Burgundy, Orleans > C1. The soccer ("football") franchise Sporting CP, commonly > referred to as just "Sporting", is based in which Portuguese > city? Lisbon > Portuguese machete de braga, which was introduced > by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century. > What instrument? Ukulele > E1. This psychosurgical procedure won its originator Antonio > Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. > It's now a byword for medical barbarism. What is it? Lobotomy > E2. What type of wine originating in the Minho region of Portugal > is made by fermenting young grapes with the wine being > released 3-6 months after the grapes are harvested? Port cheers, calvin |
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