- Calvin's Quiz #573 - 5 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Game 9, Rounds 2-3: next Shakespeare, landmarks - 2 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Game 8, Rounds 7-8: Greek letters, athlete-pols - 2 Updates
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 04 04:26AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > the loss of some 72 lives? > 2 In 1972 which US rock group released > an album and hit single titled School's Out? Alice Cooper > 3 What variety of > cheese is traditionally used in the Italian dessert tiramisu? Mascarpone > 4 Named for the constellation in which it appears, which spiral galaxy > is located approximately 2.5 million light years from Earth and is the > nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way? Andromeda > 5 Bluto is the nemesis of which cartoon character? Popeye > 6 What three-word phrase link former US > president Barack Obama to children's TV character Bob the Builder? Yes we can > stand for? > 8 Which 3-hour 1990 film told the story of Civil War > veteran John J Dunbar and his encounters with a Sioux tribe? Dances With Wolves ? 9 The > Monza motor racing circuit is located in which European country? Italy > 10 A monument to which disaster is located at Fish Street Hill, > London, approximately 60 metres from Pudding Lane? London Fire > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 03 11:17PM -0700 On 9/3/19 7:51 PM, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which tower block in West London caught fire in June 2017 with the loss of some 72 lives? > 2 In 1972 which US rock group released an album and hit single titled School's Out? Rolling Stones > 3 What variety of cheese is traditionally used in the Italian dessert tiramisu? > 4 Named for the constellation in which it appears, which spiral galaxy is located approximately 2.5 million light years from Earth and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way? Andromeda Galaxy (among astronomers, more usually called M31) > 5 Bluto is the nemesis of which cartoon character? Popeye > 6 What three-word phrase link former US president Barack Obama to children's TV character Bob the Builder? > 7 What four words does the vehicular surveillance technology ANPR stand for? > 8 Which 3-hour 1990 film told the story of Civil War veteran John J Dunbar and his encounters with a Sioux tribe? Dances with Wolves > 9 The Monza motor racing circuit is located in which European country? Italy -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 04 09:22AM +0200 > 2 In 1972 which US rock group released an album and hit single > titled School's Out? Alice Cooper > 3 What variety of cheese is traditionally used in the Italian > dessert tiramisu? Mascarpone > 4 Named for the constellation in which it appears, which spiral > galaxy is located approximately 2.5 million light years from Earth and > is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way? Andromeda > 9 The Monza motor racing circuit is located in which European > country? Italy |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 04 09:25AM +0200 >> 2 In 1972 which US rock group released an album and hit single titled School's Out? > Rolling Stones msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) writss: >> 2 In 1972 which US rock group released an album and hit >> single titled School's Out? > The Who? Indeed, two prime examples of rock groups coming from USA! |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 03 11:38PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which tower block in West London caught fire in June 2017 > with the loss of some 72 lives? Grenfell Towers. > 2 In 1972 which US rock group released an album and hit > single titled School's Out? The Who? > 3 What variety of cheese is traditionally used in the > Italian dessert tiramisu? Parmesan? > spiral galaxy is located approximately 2.5 million light > years from Earth and is the nearest major galaxy to the > Milky Way? Andromeda galaxy. > 5 Bluto is the nemesis of which cartoon character? Popeye. > 6 What three-word phrase link former US president Barack > Obama to children's TV character Bob the Builder? "Yes we can"? > 7 What four words does the vehicular surveillance > technology ANPR stand for? Automatic nocturnal photo radar? > 8 Which 3-hour 1990 film told the story of Civil War > veteran John J Dunbar and his encounters with a Sioux > tribe? "Dances with Wolves"? > 9 The Monza motor racing circuit is located in which > European country? Italy? > 10 A monument to which disaster is located at Fish Street > Hill, London, approximately 60 metres from Pudding Lane? Great Fire of London. -- Mark Brader "You have a truly warped mind. Toronto I admire that in a person." msb@vex.net -- Bill Davidsen |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 08 01:29PM > And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. > This above all..." > (6 words.) To thine own self be true > Shall we their fond pageant see? > Lord!..." > (5 words.) What fools these mortals be > subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means > Warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is?..." > (8 words.) If you cut him, does he not bleed? > Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death > Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost! > (Give the reply. 9 words. Some repetition.) A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! > "And like this insubstantial pageant faded, > Leave not a rack behind..." > (9 words about consciousness.) Our little lives are but rounded with a sleep > With Ate by his side come hot from hell > Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice..." > (9 words on a canine theme.) Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of hell > 8. "Henry V": > "We few. We happy few..." > (4 words, think TV mini-series.) We band of brothers > "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. > They have their entrances and exits..." > (9 words.) And each man in his time plays many parts > * Game 9, Round 3 - Geography - World Landmarks > 1. Picture A. This ancient Greek city is now a major attraction > in Turkey. Name it. Ephesus > 2. Picture B is undoubtedly the most famous tourist attraction > in Cambodia. Name it. Angkor Wat > 3. Picture C. Name that church. Sagrada Familia > 4. Picture D is a memorial to which dead president? Abraham Lincoln > 5. Picture E. Name the city in India where you'd find the Golden > Temple. Amritsar > 6. Picture F. In which country would you find the Shwedagon Pagoda? Myanmar; Bhutan > 7. Picture G is undoubtedly the most famous tourist attraction > in Peru. Name it. Machu Picchu > 8. Picture H. Name that church. St. Peter's Basilica > 9. Picture I. In what city is this modest structure located? Agra > 10. Picture J. Name this palace in Granada, Spain. Alhambra -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 08 05:17PM -0700 On Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 2:26:09 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. > This above all..." > (6 words.) To thine own self be true > subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means > Warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is?..." > (8 words.) If you wound us, does we not bleed? > Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death > Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost! > (Give the reply. 9 words. Some repetition.) A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse > With Ate by his side come hot from hell > Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice..." > (9 words on a canine theme.) [something] Let loose the dogs of war > 8. "Henry V": > "We few. We happy few..." > (4 words, think TV mini-series.) We band of brothers > There were no decoys, and this round is sorted in order of the handout. > 1. Picture A. This ancient Greek city is now a major attraction > in Turkey. Name it. Troy > 2. Picture B is undoubtedly the most famous tourist attraction > in Cambodia. Name it. Angkor Wat > 3. Picture C. Name that church. La Familia > 4. Picture D is a memorial to which dead president? Lincoln > 5. Picture E. Name the city in India where you'd find the Golden > Temple. Varanasi? > 6. Picture F. In which country would you find the Shwedagon Pagoda? Nepal, Myanmar > 7. Picture G is undoubtedly the most famous tourist attraction > in Peru. Name it. Machu Pichu > 8. Picture H. Name that church. St Peter's Basilica > 9. Picture I. In what city is this modest structure located? Agra > 10. Picture J. Name this palace in Granada, Spain. Nope cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 02 07:56PM -0700 On 9/1/19 9:19 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. A version of a software product that is still in its development > stage, but is released for testing purposes, is referred to by > this letter. beta > 2. This letter is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, > a "packet" of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy > form of electromagnetic radiation. gamma > 3. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river > is named after this letter, because its shape resembles this > letter in upper case. delta > is used in math as a symbol for a very small quantity, and in > physics for the permittivity of a medium. Is it also used in > math to express set membership. epsilon > 5. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly > used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry. theta > the wavelength of a wave in physics. It also lends its name > to a phage (a small virus that infects only bacteria) that > inhabits the bacterium E. coli. lambda > function, named in honor of the German mathematician August > Ferdinand Möbius, who introduced it in 1931. In particle > physics it is used to denote a subatomic particle, the muon. mu > is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave. > In particle physics it is used as the symbol for any of three > kinds of neutrinos. nu > 9. The 16th letter in the Greek alphabet, it is used to denote a > key value in the equation for the circumference of a circle. pi > 10. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to > entire classes of fatty acids. omega > quarterback spent four terms in the US House of Representatives > before resigning in 2006 to run (unsuccessfully) for Governor > of Oklahoma. Steve Largent (quarterback? better check your sources) > 3. A 20-year senator from New Jersey, and onetime presidential > candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks > and is in the NBA Hall of Fame. Bill Bradley > championships and went to seven Pro Bowls. He served as a > congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's > vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election. dammit, I hate drawing a blank on a question that should be dead easy... > 10. This track-and-field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold, > at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. He was a British MP from 1992 > to 1997. He is now chair of the British Olympic Association. Sebastian Coe -- Dan Tilque |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Sep 03 01:27PM On Sun, 01 Sep 2019 23:19:04 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. A version of a software product that is still in its development > stage, but is released for testing purposes, is referred to by this > letter. beta. > 2. This letter is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, > a "packet" of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy form > of electromagnetic radiation. gamma > 3. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river > is named after this letter, because its shape resembles this letter > in upper case. delta > is used in math as a symbol for a very small quantity, and in physics > for the permittivity of a medium. Is it also used in math to express > set membership. epsilon > 5. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly > used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry. theta > the wavelength of a wave in physics. It also lends its name to a > phage (a small virus that infects only bacteria) that inhabits the > bacterium E. coli. lambda > function, named in honor of the German mathematician August Ferdinand > Möbius, who introduced it in 1931. In particle physics it is used to > denote a subatomic particle, the muon. mu > is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave. > In particle physics it is used as the symbol for any of three kinds > of neutrinos. nu > 9. The 16th letter in the Greek alphabet, it is used to denote a > key value in the equation for the circumference of a circle. pi > 10. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to > entire classes of fatty acids. omega > 3. A 20-year senator from New Jersey, and onetime presidential > candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks and > is in the NBA Hall of Fame. bradley > championships and went to seven Pro Bowls. He served as a > congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's > vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election. kemp |
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