- Calvin's Quiz #570 - 5 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Game 5, Rounds 7-8: assassins, Jewish holidays - 3 Updates
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 26 02:35PM > 1 Which element is known as the 'King of the Elements' due to its many allotropes, extensive number of uses, and importance to life itself? carbon > 2 Who is actress Jamie Lee Curtis' famous mother? Janet Leigh > 3 Biltong is a South African delicacy usually consisting of dried... what? [Be specific] aardvark meat > 4 What, allegedly, links the alchemist Johann Georg Faust, violinist Niccol?? Paganini, and blues musician Robert Johnson? they made deals with the devil > 5 By definition, thespians engage in which activity? acting > 6 The 2013 Disney film "Frozen" is based on a fairy take by which 19th century author? Hans Christian Andersen > 7 Which alcoholic beverage represents a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet? whiskey > 9 Which city is considered the ???mother??? of all Russian cities, despite not actually being located in Russia? Kiev -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Jul 26 05:19PM +0100 On 2019-07-26 04:00:30 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 Which element is known as the 'King of the Elements' due to its many > allotropes, extensive number of uses, and importance to life itself? Carbon > 2 Who is actress Jamie Lee Curtis' famous mother? Janet Leigh > 3 Biltong is a South African delicacy usually consisting of dried... > what? [Be specific] Meat. Specifically? Wilderbeest? > 4 What, allegedly, links the alchemist Johann Georg Faust, violinist > Niccolò Paganini, and blues musician Robert Johnson? They paid the Devil > 5 By definition, thespians engage in which activity? Acting > 6 The 2013 Disney film "Frozen" is based on a fairy take by which 19th > century author? Hans Christian Andersen? > 7 Which alcoholic beverage represents a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet? Whisky > 8 What 7-letter word can refer to a citrus fruit, a snail genus, or a > Japanese province? Satsuma? > 9 Which city is considered the "mother" of all Russian cities, despite > not actually being located in Russia? St Petersburg? > 10 Which English club won the European Rugby Champions Cup in May 2019, > their third such title in four years? Saracens? -- "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 |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 26 10:23AM -0700 On 7/25/19 9:00 PM, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which element is known as the 'King of the Elements' due to its many allotropes, extensive number of uses, and importance to life itself? carbon > 2 Who is actress Jamie Lee Curtis' famous mother? > 3 Biltong is a South African delicacy usually consisting of dried... what? [Be specific] > 4 What, allegedly, links the alchemist Johann Georg Faust, violinist Niccolò Paganini, and blues musician Robert Johnson? deal with the devil > 5 By definition, thespians engage in which activity? acting > 6 The 2013 Disney film "Frozen" is based on a fairy take by which 19th century author? Hans Christian Anderson > 7 Which alcoholic beverage represents a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet? whisky > 8 What 7-letter word can refer to a citrus fruit, a snail genus, or a Japanese province? tangelo > 9 Which city is considered the "mother" of all Russian cities, despite not actually being located in Russia? Kiev -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 26 09:42PM -0500 "Calvin": > > 9 Which city is considered the "mother" of all Russian cities, despite > > not actually being located in Russia? "Joe": > St Petersburg? Florida? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Pleasant dreams!" msb@vex.net | "I'll dream of Canada." -- THE SUSPECT |
| Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Jul 27 07:52AM +0100 On 2019-07-27 02:42:24 +0000, Mark Brader said: > "Joe": >> St Petersburg? > Florida? It may not be obvious but Geography is not my strongest subject. -- "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 |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 26 01:32PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:fpqdndGvUpSlDafAnZ2dnUU7- > We tell you the assassin, the year, and something about the place; > you identify the person assassinated. > 1. Leon Czolgosz, Buffalo, New York, 1901. William McKinley > 2. Charles J. Guiteau, Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station, 1881. James Garfield > 3. Robert Ford, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1882. Jesse James > 5. Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, 1914. Franz Ferdinand > 6. James Earl Ray, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. > 7. Jack Ruby, Dallas, Texas, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald > 8. Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles, 1968. Robert Kennedy > 10. Yigal Amir, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1995. Yitzhak Rabin > intoxicated they can't tell the difference between the evil > Haman and the righteous Mordechai? The holiday is immortalized > in the movie "For Your Consideration". Purim > 2. The name for the Jewish new year literally translates as "Head > of the Year". What is the name of this fall holiday? Rosh Hashanah > 3. The 9-armed menorah is associated with which Jewish holiday? Hanukkah > 4. What phrase, literally translated as "good stars", is a Hebrew > expression of congratulations? mazel tov > 6. At a Passover seder, the plagues visited on Egypt are marked by > the spilling of wine on a plate: one drop for each of the > plagues. How many plagues were there? 10 > 7. How many books are there in the Torah? 5 > marks another new year in the Jewish calendar and these days > it is considered a day to celebrate nature. It is the new year > of what? trees > 9. What is Yom HaShoah? Holocaust Remembrance Day > in which they eat and (sometimes) sleep. The Hebrew word > for this holiday translates to "booths" or "tabernacles". > Name the holiday. Sukkot -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 26 02:39PM > * Game 5, Round 7 - History - Assassins > 1. Leon Czolgosz, Buffalo, New York, 1901. William McKinley > 2. Charles J. Guiteau, Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station, 1881. James Garfield > 3. Robert Ford, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1882. Jesse James > 4. Jack McCall, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1876. "Wild" Bill Hickock > 5. Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand > 6. James Earl Ray, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr. > 7. Jack Ruby, Dallas, Texas, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald > 8. Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles, 1968. Robert F. Kennedy > 10. Yigal Amir, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1995. Yitzhak Rabin > intoxicated they can't tell the difference between the evil > Haman and the righteous Mordechai? The holiday is immortalized > in the movie "For Your Consideration". Purim > 2. The name for the Jewish new year literally translates as "Head > of the Year". What is the name of this fall holiday? Rosh Hashanah > 3. The 9-armed menorah is associated with which Jewish holiday? Hannukah > 4. What phrase, literally translated as "good stars", is a Hebrew > expression of congratulations? mazel tov > 6. At a Passover seder, the plagues visited on Egypt are marked by > the spilling of wine on a plate: one drop for each of the > plagues. How many plagues were there? 10 > 9. What is Yom HaShoah? day to remember the Holocaust > in which they eat and (sometimes) sleep. The Hebrew word > for this holiday translates to "booths" or "tabernacles". > Name the holiday. Sukkot -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 26 05:20PM -0700 On 7/25/19 10:31 PM, Mark Brader wrote:> > We tell you the assassin, the year, and something about the place; > you identify the person assassinated. > 1. Leon Czolgosz, Buffalo, New York, 1901. William McKinley > 2. Charles J. Guiteau, Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station, 1881. James Garfield > 3. Robert Ford, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1882. Jesse James > 4. Jack McCall, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1876. Wild Bill Hickok > 5. Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, 1914. Archduke Ferdinand > 6. James Earl Ray, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. Martin Luther King Junior > 7. Jack Ruby, Dallas, Texas, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald > 8. Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles, 1968. Robert F Kennedy > 9. Patrick James Whelan, Ottawa, 1868. > 10. Yigal Amir, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1995. Yitzhak Rabin > 2. The name for the Jewish new year literally translates as "Head > of the Year". What is the name of this fall holiday? > 3. The 9-armed menorah is associated with which Jewish holiday? Hanukkah > 4. What phrase, literally translated as "good stars", is a Hebrew > expression of congratulations? mazel tov > 6. At a Passover seder, the plagues visited on Egypt are marked by > the spilling of wine on a plate: one drop for each of the > plagues. How many plagues were there? 12 > 7. How many books are there in the Torah? 5 -- Dan Tilque |
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