- QFTCIUA19 Game 9, Rounds 7-8: bikinis and sports - 2 Updates
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 15 02:15PM +0200 > * Game 9, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - The Bikini > 2. Who performed the 1960 novelty song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie > Yellow Polkadot Bikini"? Lill-Babs Hey, they did not ask for the original performance. Lill-Babs recorded the Swedish version. > 4. Within 10 percentage points, and according to the Yorkshire Post, > what percentage of bikinis never touch the water? 35 > 7. What invention by DuPont revolutionized bikini design in > the 1960s? Polyester > 8. Bikinis are regularly worn by participants in which Olympic > sport? Beach volleyball > 9. The mankini is a variant on a slingkini where straps extend > from the bikini bottom to cover the chest. The mankini was > popularized in 2006 in which film? Kurat > * Game 9, Round 8 - Sports - Miscellaneous Sports and Leisure > 1. In golf, what is an albatross? Three under par on a hole with par five or higher. > 2. Le Fédération Internationale de Peche Sportive Mouche is > the international body for tournaments in what popular outdoor > recreational sport? Casting > 3. Which competitive sport takes place in a venue called a "salle" > on an area called a "piste"? Alpine skiing > 4. What is the best hand in a game of standard poker? Royal Straight Flush > 5. Which card game takes its name from the Spanish word for basket? Canasta > 6. Which tile game derives its name from the Chinese word for > sparrow? Mah-John > 9. How many blank tiles are there in a game of Scrabble? Three > 10. How many players compete on an official beach volleyball team? Two |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 15 04:05PM -0700 On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 8:35:27 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. The designer of the modern bikini was Frenchman Louis Reard > in 1946. He was not a fashion designer by training. What was > he before he took over his mother's lingerie shop? Civil engineer, Mechanical engineer > Yellow Polkadot Bikini"? > 3. Who is famous for wearing a fur bikini in the movie "One Million > Years B.C."? Welch > 4. Within 10 percentage points, and according to the Yorkshire Post, > what percentage of bikinis never touch the water? 68, 99 > 5. Which actress was famous for the "James Bond bikini" -- one of > the most famous bikinis in history -- a white one that she wore > in "Dr. No"? Andress > 6. The bikini had caught on by the 1960s, and the "Beach Party" > movies helped make it a pop-culture symbol. Name the Disney > star who was the leading lady in many of these films. Field > 7. What invention by DuPont revolutionized bikini design in > the 1960s? Dacron? > 8. Bikinis are regularly worn by participants in which Olympic > sport? Beach Volleyball > 9. The mankini is a variant on a slingkini where straps extend > from the bikini bottom to cover the chest. The mankini was > popularized in 2006 in which film? Borat > 10. Finally, on a related note, name the eccentric millionaire > who designed Jane Russell's iconic bra in the movie "The Outlaw". Hughes > * Game 9, Round 8 - Sports - Miscellaneous Sports and Leisure > 1. In golf, what is an albatross? 3 under par on a hole > recreational sport? > 3. Which competitive sport takes place in a venue called a "salle" > on an area called a "piste"? Fencing > 4. What is the best hand in a game of standard poker? Royal flush > 5. Which card game takes its name from the Spanish word for basket? Canasta > 6. Which tile game derives its name from the Chinese word for > sparrow? Mahjong presumably > 7. "A Walk in the Woods" is a best-selling book by Bill Bryson > about a hiking adventure on which popular hiking route? > 8. If you are a toxophilite, what sport is your passion? Archery > 9. How many blank tiles are there in a game of Scrabble? Two > 10. How many players compete on an official beach volleyball team? 2 cheers, calvin |
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