- Calvin's Quiz #587 - 2 Updates
- Quiz obsession - 1 Update
- QFTCIRS Game 9, Rounds 4,6: near-disasters and new names - 3 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #586 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 Update
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 29 06:43PM -0800 1 Which directors works include The Graduate, Silkwood, and Charlie Wilson's War? 2 In November 2019, German politician Ursula von der Leyen became the first woman to be president of which body? 3 Which sporting goods company supplies Rafael Nadal's footwear? 4 Which character did Diana Rigg portray in the television series The Avengers? 5 Which English actress and writer both stars in and wrote the comedy-drama TV series Fleabag? 6 Th "phanatic" is the mascot of which Major League Baseball team? [Nickname or city] 7 Who played the title role in the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off? 8 The Bahía de Cochinos is an inlet located on which Caribbean island? 9 Which British comedians had a double act called Derek and Clive? [BOTH surnames required] 10 What links Omaha, HORSE, stud and lowball, among others? cheers, calvin |
| Joe Masters <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Jan 30 06:27AM On 2020-01-30 02:43:03 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 Which directors works include The Graduate, Silkwood, and Charlie > Wilson's War? Nicholls > 2 In November 2019, German politician Ursula von der Leyen became the > first woman to be president of which body? IMF > 3 Which sporting goods company supplies Rafael Nadal's footwear? Nike > 4 Which character did Diana Rigg portray in the television series The Avengers? Mrs Peel > 5 Which English actress and writer both stars in and wrote the > comedy-drama TV series Fleabag? Phoebe Waller-Bridge > 6 Th "phanatic" is the mascot of which Major League Baseball team? > [Nickname or city] Dallas > 7 Who played the title role in the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris > Bueller's Day Off? John Candy > 8 The BahÃa de Cochinos is an inlet located on which Caribbean island? Haiti > 9 Which British comedians had a double act called Derek and Clive? > [BOTH surnames required] Peter Cook and Dudley Moore > 10 What links Omaha, HORSE, stud and lowball, among others? Versions of poker -- "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 |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 29 07:06PM -0800 On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 3:50:54 AM UTC+10, Joe Masters wrote: > Interesting article in today's Guardian. > https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/28/question-time-my-life-as-a-quiz-obsessive Thanks for sharing- very interesting and well written. I don't agree with all her observations but it certainly touched several chords with me! cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 29 02:53PM > nearly landed on a taxiway containing four fully-loaded > passenger planes. It came within 14 feet of hitting one of > them. At which city's airport did this incident occur? San Francisco > at 41,000 feet on 1983-07-23, due in part to confusion between > metric and Imperial fuel measurements. What nickname was the > plane then given? Gimli Glider > that could cause the building to collapse in a "once every > 16 years" storm. The building underwent secret emergency > repairs and still stands -- in what city? New York City > 4. Apollo 13 is a famous near-disaster and we've all seen the movie. > Name any *astronaut* on board Apollo 13. No, we will not accept > Tom Hanks. Lovell > agent in the Tokyo subway in 1995. Two years earlier they failed > to cause an epidemic in Tokyo despite spraying *what bacteria* > from the water tower on top of their headquarters? E. coli > air and two of *these* fell to the ground. Documents revealed > in 2013 told how close this event came to being a much bigger > disaster. What fell to the earth? nuclear weapons > bss gur fvyb naq rwrpgvat gur ahpyrne jneurnq 100 srrg njnl. > Abg gur Qnznfphf va Flevn, bs pbhefr -- va jung HF fgngr > jnf guvf? Nevada; Montana > O-59, naq ba 1962-10-27, gur fhoznevar jnf qrgrpgrq ol HF fuvcf. > Nexuvcbi jnf gur ybar ibgr ntnvafg ynhapuvat n ahpyrne fgevxr. > *Bss gur pbnfg bs juvpu pbhagel* qvq guvf rirag hasbyq? Cuba > flfgrz reebarbhfyl qrgrpgrq gur Nzrevpnaf unq ynhapurq gurvef. > Grafvbaf jrer uvtu orpnhfr, rneyvre gung zbagu, gur Fbivrgf > unq fubg qbja jung? Korean Air Lines flight 007 > 10. 80,000 crbcyr jrer rinphngrq va 1971 sebz gur Ybf Natryrf nern > orpnhfr gur Ina Abezna qnz jnf ernql gb oernpu. Jung pnhfrq > guvf arne-qvfnfgre? earthquake > 1. The name Vanessa was invented for a poem written in 1726 by > which Anglo-Irish satirist, once a dean of St. Patrick's > Cathedral in Dublin? Jonathan Swift > toward the end of the sixteenth century for the pastoral romance > "Arcadia". The inventor of this name also wrote "Astrophel > and Stella". Name him. Sidney > last plays that he wrote alone, in which Miranda lives with > her banished father. She is 3 years old when she is first > introduced. Name the play. The Tempest > daughter, although in a more minor capacity. She elopes with > Lorenzo after stealing her father's gold, which results in her > father exacting revenge upon Antonio. Name the play. The Merchant of Venice > 5. Olivia was yet another name coined by Shakespeare. In this > play she was a rich countess wooed by a duke, but is not to be > confused with the play's main character, Viola. Name the play. Twelfth Night > England by Sir Walter Scott, following one of the last Saxon > noble families in an era of Norman nobility. What is the name > of this novel? Ivanhoe > 7. This name was created for the title character in an 1887 Marie > Corelli novel, but more popularly was a character played by > Geena Davis in a 1991 road trip movie directed by Ridley Scott. Thelma > in literature, this name may predate its appearance in a 1904 > play by J.M. Barrie, but only became popular after its use in > the play. Which name? Wendy > it appeared in a novel in which Cora and Alice Munro traverse the > wilderness of New York state, eventually finding Natty Bumppo. > Name this novel. The Deerslayer; The Last of the Mohicans > 10. Claribel is often thought to be another Shakespeare name, > also from <answer 3>, but actually originated earlier in which > 1590 epic poem by Edmund Spenser? The Faerie Queene -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 29 09:06PM +0100 > system erroneously detected the Americans had launched theirs. > Tensions were high because, earlier that month, the Soviets > had shot down what? A South Korean passenger plane. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 29 06:58PM -0800 On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 3:49:26 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 4. Apollo 13 is a famous near-disaster and we've all seen the movie. > Name any *astronaut* on board Apollo 13. No, we will not accept > Tom Hanks. Lovell > O-59, naq ba 1962-10-27, gur fhoznevar jnf qrgrpgrq ol HF fuvcf. > Nexuvcbi jnf gur ybar ibgr ntnvafg ynhapuvat n ahpyrne fgevxr. > *Bss gur pbnfg bs juvpu pbhagel* qvq guvf rirag hasbyq? Cuba? > 1. The name Vanessa was invented for a poem written in 1726 by > which Anglo-Irish satirist, once a dean of St. Patrick's > Cathedral in Dublin? Swift > toward the end of the sixteenth century for the pastoral romance > "Arcadia". The inventor of this name also wrote "Astrophel > and Stella". Name him. Marlowe? > last plays that he wrote alone, in which Miranda lives with > her banished father. She is 3 years old when she is first > introduced. Name the play. The Tempest > daughter, although in a more minor capacity. She elopes with > Lorenzo after stealing her father's gold, which results in her > father exacting revenge upon Antonio. Name the play. The Merchant of Venice > 5. Olivia was yet another name coined by Shakespeare. In this > play she was a rich countess wooed by a duke, but is not to be > confused with the play's main character, Viola. Name the play. Two Gentlemen of Verona? > England by Sir Walter Scott, following one of the last Saxon > noble families in an era of Norman nobility. What is the name > of this novel? Ivanhoe > 7. This name was created for the title character in an 1887 Marie > Corelli novel, but more popularly was a character played by > Geena Davis in a 1991 road trip movie directed by Ridley Scott. Thelma > in literature, this name may predate its appearance in a 1904 > play by J.M. Barrie, but only became popular after its use in > the play. Which name? Wendy > 10. Claribel is often thought to be another Shakespeare name, > also from <answer 3>, but actually originated earlier in which > 1590 epic poem by Edmund Spenser? The Fairie Queen cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 29 06:30PM -0800 On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:52:12 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: Apologies for the delay. > 1 Also known as XR, what is the two-word name of the socio-political movement which aims to use non-violent demonstration to protest against climate change? eXtinction Rebellion > 2 What two-word term refers to an organism that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier geologic times and whose close relatives are usually extinct? Living fossil > 3 What is Elvis Presley's middle name? Aron or Aaron > 4 What was the name of the spin-off series from the rebooted 'Doctor Who' that centred on a fictional alien hunting institute based in Cardiff, Wales? Torchwood > 5 In 1949 who won the inaugural Bollingen Prize for poetry, despite being incarcerated in a Washington DC mental hospital at the time? Ezra Pound > 6 Who played the title role in the 1993 film What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Johnny Depp Singleton for Dan B > 7 Which architect's design for the New National Stadium in Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics was scrapped in 2015, with critics comparing it to a turtle and a white elephant? Zaha Hadid No one got this, but can I recommend this (the family name) to you as an all purpose guess for questions in many genres > 8 In 2008, which actress launched the natural health company and lifestyle brand named Goop? Gwyneth Paltrow > 9 British prime ministers Robert Walpole, Pitt the Elder and Lord Melbourne were all members of which political party? Whigs > 10 In 1664, New Amsterdam was renamed New York in honour of the Duke of York - who would later be crowned as which English monarch? James II Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 586 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 27 Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 29 Joe Masters 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 23 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 21 Mark Brader 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 Pete Gayde - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 3 4 5 5 2 1 0 4 3 3 30 60% Congratulations Dan B. cheers, calvin |
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