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| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 08 11:41AM > 4 This weapon lends its name to a type of woman's shoe with a slender, tapered high heel? stiletto > 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 Kie??lowski???s "Three Colors" trilogy released? All we need is the three colours, in their correct order. Red, Blue, White > 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? Washington Generals -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 08 05:19PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 The outermost metallic layer of a Compact Disc usually consists > of which metal? Aluminum > 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 > 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? Frost > 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. Red, Green, Blue > 8 'Walking in Memphis' was > a 1991 hit for which American folk musician? Bob Dylan > 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? Washington Generals > 10 Twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid are members of > which British musical group? Oasis > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 08 02:37PM -0700 On 7/7/19 8:09 PM, 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? > 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? > 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. red, green, blue (that's the order of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, so I figure it must be the same :) ) > 8 'Walking in Memphis' was a 1991 hit for which American folk musician? > 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? Washington Generals -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 09 12:41AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 The outermost metallic layer of a Compact Disc usually consists > of which metal? Aluminum. Or aluminium. One of those. > Chulainn? > 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? Huh, I'm familiar with that paraphrase, but didn't know it had a known author. I don't know of Tom Lehrer writing poetry either, but he seems the most likely, so I'll try him. > 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 Kie[015B]lowski's "Three > Colors" trilogy released? All we need is the three colours, in > their correct order. Red, White, Blue: > 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? Washington Generals. > 10 Twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid are members of which > British musical group? Coldplay? -- Mark Brader | "After that, he spent a long time just reading netnews. msb@vex.net | Sorry, I mean of course that he was debugging his Toronto | terminal emulation code..." --Lars Wirzenius My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 09 12:32AM -0500 I missed #2. Any other errors? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." msb@vex.net | --Franklin Roosevelt |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 08 04:44PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8oednYH0RKmvrbzAnZ2dnUU7- > took place in the 20th century, and you have a one-year leeway on > each one. Answers may repeat. > 1. When was the St. Lawrence Seaway opened? 1933; 1936 > 2. When did Nunavut become Canada's newest territory? 2000; 2003 > 3. When were the Dionne quintuplets born? 1945; 1948 > 4. Within a year, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her accession > to the throne? 24; 27 > 5. When did Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope" take place? 1974; 1977 > 6. When was the federal election voting age lowered from 21 to 18? > (The law change, not the first election under it.) 1994; 1997 > 7. When did the UK Privy Council decide the case of Edwards > v. Canada (Attorney General), ruling that Canadian women are > legally "persons"? 1920; 1923 > 8. When did PEI's Catherine Callbeck become the first woman to > win a general election for a provincial premiership? 1995; 1998 > 9. When did the federal government cancel the development of the > Avro Arrow fighter plane? 1950; 1953 > 10. When did Alec Guinness inaugurate the Stratford Festival with > his performance as Richard III? 1951; 1954 > 2. The 1979 hostage thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick > Thorp took place in a Los Angeles office tower and was made into > a 1988 movie that spawned four sequels. Name the first movie. Die Hard > Mills and again in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan -- was taken from a > German novel titled "Lottie and Lisa" ("Das doppelte Lottchen"). > The same title was used for both movies. Parent Trap > in 2011. Each movie had an Arctic or Antarctic setting, and > the short version of each movie's title was the same. Give that > short title. Them > 5. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford's 1979 novel "The > Short-Timers" was made into what classic 1987 war movie? Platoon > 7. In 1968, Ted Hughes wrote a modern fairy tale called "The Iron > Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights". Name the animated > movie it became 31 years later. Iron Giant > 8. Rosalind Wiseman's book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" was made into > what 2004 Lindsay Lohan film? Mean irls > 9. Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil!" was made into which Daniel > Day-Lewis movie? There Will Be Blood > 10. Vikas Swarup's 2005 novel "Q & A" became this Best Picture > Oscar-winning movie. Pete Gayde |
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