- Kebab's Quiz #2 - 3 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Final, Rounds 9-10: history, challenge - 2 Updates
| Joe <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Oct 14 07:46PM +0100 On 2019-10-14 09:16:29 +0000, K3BAB87 said: > Didnt get chance to get a quiz out on Friday - apologies. > Good luck with this one - remember no cheating :) > 1 Milo Minderbinder is a character from which novel? Catch 22 > 2 Duran Duran performed the theme to which James Bond film? Thunderball (was that even a Bond film?) > 3 What kind of tool is a Tomahawk? An axe. Also a missile which is a tool used to kill people. > 4 What was Prince's surname? Harry? > 5 The Durand line is the border between which two countries? Belgium and Holland? (stick around and you will find that my worst subject is Geography) > 6 What does the Latin word Credo translate as? Belief > 7 The French national anthem is named for which city? Marseilles > 8 Nephrology is the study of diseases of what organ? The brain > 9 In rugby union, what position would a number four generally play? Scrum half? > 10 Stereoscopy is a technique used historically in what field? Film? > 11 In which country are the Copan Ruins? Greece? > 12 Which founding member played drums and provided vocals for The Eagles? > 13 In sitcom The Good Life, who is married to Jerry? Margot > 14 Who wrote and sang 'Blue Suede Shoes'? Cark Perkins > 15 Who succeeded David Steel as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party? Vince Cable? -- "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>: Oct 14 12:50PM -0700 On 10/14/19 2:16 AM, K3BAB87 wrote: > Didnt get chance to get a quiz out on Friday - apologies. > Good luck with this one - remember no cheating :) > 1 Milo Minderbinder is a character from which novel? Catch 22 > 2 Duran Duran performed the theme to which James Bond film? > 3 What kind of tool is a Tomahawk? hatchet (or a cruise missile... do those count as tools?) > 4 What was Prince's surname? > 5 The Durand line is the border between which two countries? > 6 What does the Latin word Credo translate as? I believe > 7 The French national anthem is named for which city? Marseilles > 8 Nephrology is the study of diseases of what organ? liver > 9 In rugby union, what position would a number four generally play? > 10 Stereoscopy is a technique used historically in what field? photography > 11 In which country are the Copan Ruins? Honduras > 12 Which founding member played drums and provided vocals for The Eagles? > 13 In sitcom The Good Life, who is married to Jerry? > 14 Who wrote and sang 'Blue Suede Shoes'? Elvis -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 14 10:37PM -0500 Donna Creighton: > 1 Milo Minderbinder is a character from which novel? "Catch-22". > 2 Duran Duran performed the theme to which James Bond film? "The Living Daylights"? > 3 What kind of tool is a Tomahawk? Saw? > 4 What was Prince's surname? Nelson. > 6 What does the Latin word Credo translate as? "I believe". > 7 The French national anthem is named for which city? Marseille (sometimes called Marseilles in English). > 8 Nephrology is the study of diseases of what organ? Kidney. > 10 Stereoscopy is a technique used historically in what field? Imaging. > 12 Which founding member played drums and provided vocals for The Eagles? Johnson? > 13 In sitcom The Good Life, who is married to Jerry? Johnson? > 14 Who wrote and sang 'Blue Suede Shoes'? Presley. > 15 Who succeeded David Steel as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party? Johnson? -- Mark Brader | "This was followed by a vocal response which Toronto | would now be reserved for kicking a ball in a net." msb@vex.net | --Derrick Beckett |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Oct 14 05:57PM On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:13:56 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 7. July 21, 1861; August 29-30, 1862. The North called them the > First and Second Battle of Bull Run. What did the South call them > the first and second battle of? Manassas > 8. April 6-7, 1862. The Northerners called it Pittsburg Landing. > What did the South call it? Shiloh > 9. September 17, 1862. The South called it the Battle of > Sharpsburg. What did the Northerners call it? Antietam > horse isn't enough, King Richard. We need to know about three. > 10. Bucephalus lived from 355 to 326 BC and was one of the most > famous war horses that ever lived. Who did this horse belong to? Alexandre the great > 11. Rocinante was the mount of a fictional Spanish nobleman. > Name this literary character. Don Quixote > 12. Traveller lived from 1857 to 1871, and is considered the most > famous horse of the US Civil War. Whose horse was he? Robert E Lee > A1. This Mexican peninsula is famous for gray whales breeding > site offshore. It's also where James Cameron created the world's > largest "water tank studio" for Titanic. Name it. Baja California > of electromagnetism? > B3. Resistance to an electric current is measured in ohms. > Conversely, what is the unit of conductivity? Mho > F1. This Washington Redskin star quarterback's career ended > when his leg was broken in two places by a tackle, live on > "Monday Night Football". Name him. Theisman > F3. Perhaps this one, at least, will fit the category title. > How did tennis player Monica Seles sustain an injury during a > quarter-final match in Hamburg, Germany in 1993? She was stabbed by a fan > points. > G1. We all know that the Dutch build dikes, but what is the > term for low-lying reclaimed land that lies within the dikes? Polder > prequel "Endeavour". Who? > G3. Canadian grocery chain Sobey's announced they are phasing > something out by February 2020. What? plastic bags |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 14 11:23PM +0200 >> female prime minister -- and then the first female president -- >> of which Western Hemisphere nation? > Norway, Sweden I guess that if you live in Australia, already Europe is so damn far in the westerly direction, that it counts as the Western Hemisphere. But in fact, this is the Central Hemisphere. :-) |
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