| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 31 04:17AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > 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. > And this was the hardest round in the original game. Now that the season is over, I can reveal that it was also the second-hardest round in the entire season. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "No flames were used in the creation of msb@vex.net | this message." -- Ray Depew My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 31 04:20AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > on car makes and models that entered, or were confirmed, in our > > consciousness via TV and movies. > This was the easiest round in the original game. And tied for fifth-easiest in the entire season. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Neither a follower nor a leader be." msb@vex.net --Steve Summit (after Shakespeare) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 31 04:19AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > This round is based on the book "25 Days that Changed Toronto" > > from "Spacing" magazine. > And it was the easiest round in the original game -- so there. Also the fourth-easiest in the entire season. -- Mark Brader | Presumably those who don't know whether two gods Toronto | exist should properly be termed "diagnostics". msb@vex.net | --Richard Heathfield My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 30 11:44AM > * Game 9 (2019-07-22), Round 1 - Current Events > 6. Thanks to Facebook, more than 1,000,000 people have RSVPed to > do *what* at 3 am PST on September 20? storm Area 51 > 8. Name the American rapper who who's being held in jail in Sweden > pending an assault investigation and who President Trump has > vowed to free on behalf of his friend Kanye West. A$AP Rocky > has joined the ranks of bad-haired world leaders. Unlike the US, > there is no rule against requiring birth in Britain. Where was > he born? Be more specific than just the country. The question is misnegated. > de France, Egan Bernal had effectively won the whole race, > with only a processional final stage to go. He's the first > person from *what country* to win it? Switzerland; Austria -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 30 12:45PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:1qOdnV--ZKGzIqLAnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 9 (2019-07-22), Round 1 - Current Events > 6. Thanks to Facebook, more than 1,000,000 people have RSVPed to > do *what* at 3 am PST on September 20? invade Area 51 > 8. Name the American rapper who who's being held in jail in Sweden > pending an assault investigation and who President Trump has > vowed to free on behalf of his friend Kanye West. A$AP Rocky > 9. President Trump named the son of a late US Supreme Court judge > to be his new Labor Secretary. Name that secretary. Scalia > has joined the ranks of bad-haired world leaders. Unlike the US, > there is no rule against requiring birth in Britain. Where was > he born? Be more specific than just the country. New York > de France, Egan Bernal had effectively won the whole race, > with only a processional final stage to go. He's the first > person from *what country* to win it? Colombia -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jul 30 02:19PM On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:53:18 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 9 (2019-07-22), Round 1 - Current Events > 6. Thanks to Facebook, more than 1,000,000 people have RSVPed to > do *what* at 3 am PST on September 20? Storm "Area 51" > 9. President Trump named the son of a late US Supreme Court judge > to be his new Labor Secretary. Name that secretary. Gene Scalia > has joined the ranks of bad-haired world leaders. Unlike the US, > there is no rule against requiring birth in Britain. Where was he > born? Be more specific than just the country. New York > de France, Egan Bernal had effectively won the whole race, > with only a processional final stage to go. He's the first person > from *what country* to win it? Columbia > 10. Toronto city workers digging along Bloor St. discovered a > granite boulder more than 1,000,000,000 years old. The Annex > Business Improvement Area (BIA) is planning to do *what* with it? Turn it into gravel (which I sincerely hope is wrong) |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 30 07:56AM -0700 On 7/29/19 8:53 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > Give either his previous number or his new number. > 6. Thanks to Facebook, more than 1,000,000 people have RSVPed to > do *what* at 3 am PST on September 20? invade area-51 > 8. Name the American rapper who who's being held in jail in Sweden > pending an assault investigation and who President Trump has > vowed to free on behalf of his friend Kanye West. A$AP Rocky -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 31 12:31AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:1qOdnV--ZKGzIqLAnZ2dnUU7- > died this week. Name him. > 4. Which country won the World Cup of Cricket for the first time > in 40 years an upsetting New Zealand? England > Leafs next season. But he's made an offer to fans who bought > his old merch to update the number out of his own pocket. > Give either his previous number or his new number. 24; 14 > 6. Thanks to Facebook, more than 1,000,000 people have RSVPed to > do *what* at 3 am PST on September 20? Breaking into Area 51 > 7. Warren Appleby, a Toronto special-effects technician, died from > an explosion while testing an effect for a superhero show that's > filmed in Toronto. Name that show. Stranger Things > 8. Name the American rapper who who's being held in jail in Sweden > pending an assault investigation and who President Trump has > vowed to free on behalf of his friend Kanye West. A$AP Rocky > 9. President Trump named the son of a late US Supreme Court judge > to be his new Labor Secretary. Name that secretary. Scalia > * Game 10 (2019-07-29), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. The late Roy Halladay was posthumously inducted into the Baseball > Hall of Fame. Which team was he inducted as a member of? Philadelphia Phillies > has joined the ranks of bad-haired world leaders. Unlike the US, > there is no rule against requiring birth in Britain. Where was > he born? Be more specific than just the country. Moscow, Russia > 5. The food corporation Restaurant Brands International announced > plans to open 1,500 restaurants of which of its franchises > in China? Burger King; McDonalds > drug bust this week were two airline employees who worked out > of Toronto Pearson International Airport. *Which airline* did > they work for? American Airlines; Air India > de France, Egan Bernal had effectively won the whole race, > with only a processional final stage to go. He's the first > person from *what country* to win it? Colombia > 10. Toronto city workers digging along Bloor St. discovered a > granite boulder more than 1,000,000,000 years old. The Annex > Business Improvement Area (BIA) is planning to do *what* with it? Use it as part of the foundation of a new building Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 30 08:05AM -0700 On 7/28/19 9:53 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > Here's a round on Australasia -- a catch-all term, first coined in > the 18th Century, for Australia and the island countries around it. > 1. Which country's capital is Port Moresby? Papua New Guinea > 2. Which country is composed chiefly of North Island, South Island, > and Stewart Island? New Zealand > 3. The Indian Ocean borders Australia. Name *either* of the two > seas that also border Australia. Tasman Sea > 4. How many states are in Australia? 6 > 5. Name *any one* of the three principal exports of the island > nation of Vanuatu. > 6. Where does Australia rank among nations by area? 7th > 7. Within 10,000 years, how long ago did the first aborigines > arrive in Australia? 60,000 years ago > 8. What maritime-minded name is given to the geographic region > comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia? Oceania > 9. This island nation, near both the equator and the International > Date Line, is composed of 1,156 individual islands and islets. > Its capital is Majuro. Name it. Kiribati > 10. What are the colors of the Australian flag? red white blue > a posthumous pardon from Queen Elizabeth II over his > prosecution and chemical castration for "gross indecency". > He died in 1954, possibly by suicide. Who? Turing > over time. Indeed she was married three times to men, > but spent the end of her life romantically involved with > fellow anthropologist Rhoda Metraux. Who? Margaret Mead > * F. Historical Homophobia > F1. Name the mafia-owned inn in New York that gave its name to > a series of trans- and drag-led riots in June 1969. Stonewall -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 30 05:05PM -0700 On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 3:19:51 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > > seas that also border Australia. > Coral, Tasman > Arafura too I suspect And the Timor Sea as well! cheers, calvin |
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