- QFTCIMI520 Game 2, Rounds 4,6: disappearances, along the 401 - 4 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #592 - 1 Update
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Mar 17 12:30PM On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:48:31 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > told flight attendant he had a bomb in his briefcase, extorted > $200,000 ransom, parachuted to an unknown fate. His real name is > unknown, but what name is he usually used to refer to him? DB Cooper > Harold Holt swam into deep water despite a strong riptide, > and vanished, with no trace of the body ever found. Of which > *country* was he prime minister at the time? Australia > Australia. Azaria Chamberlain was a 2-month-old baby when she > vanished from a family camping trip. Her body was never found. What > did her family claim caused her death? Eaten by a dingo > navigational equipment, and the lifeboat. Neither the lifeboat nor > any of the crew were ever found. > Name the *ship*. Marie Celeste > tomorrow for an unknown destination." And sure enough, > he was never seen again. Name him. Hint: he was the author of "The > Devil's Dictionary". Ambrose Bearse > * Game 2, Round 6 - Canadiana Geography - Cities along the 401 > Given the exit numbers (which I've sorted the round in order of) and a > description, name the city or town located along the 401. hard pass. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 17 01:12PM > told flight attendant he had a bomb in his briefcase, extorted > $200,000 ransom, parachuted to an unknown fate. His real name > is unknown, but what name is he usually used to refer to him? D. B. Cooper > Harold Holt swam into deep water despite a strong riptide, > and vanished, with no trace of the body ever found. Of which > *country* was he prime minister at the time? Australia; New Zealand > The crew of this man's ship, the "Discovery", mutinied and set > him, his teenage son, and seven loyal men adrift during a voyage > in search of the Northwest Passage. Name him. Hudson; Cabot > Australia. Azaria Chamberlain was a 2-month-old baby when she > vanished from a family camping trip. Her body was never found. > What did her family claim caused her death? dingoes > the captain's papers, navigational equipment, and the lifeboat. > Neither the lifeboat nor any of the crew were ever found. > Name the *ship*. Mary Celeste > here tomorrow for an unknown destination." And sure enough, > he was never seen again. Name him. Hint: he was the author of > "The Devil's Dictionary". Ambrose Bierce > after them in preparation for Edward's forthcoming coronation. > Both boys disappeared and were never found, and their "protector" > took the throne for himself. Who was he? Richard III > manhunt, she was not found until 10 days later when she turned > up at a hotel in Yorkshire, registered under the surname of > her husband's lover, and claiming amnesia. Who was she? Agatha Christie -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Mar 17 06:05PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:BKGdndd0-oICy-3DnZ2dnUU7- > told flight attendant he had a bomb in his briefcase, extorted > $200,000 ransom, parachuted to an unknown fate. His real name > is unknown, but what name is he usually used to refer to him? D. B. Cooper > Harold Holt swam into deep water despite a strong riptide, > and vanished, with no trace of the body ever found. Of which > *country* was he prime minister at the time? Republic of Ireland; Norway > The crew of this man's ship, the "Discovery", mutinied and set > him, his teenage son, and seven loyal men adrift during a voyage > in search of the Northwest Passage. Name him. Cook; Hudson > Australia. Azaria Chamberlain was a 2-month-old baby when she > vanished from a family camping trip. Her body was never found. > What did her family claim caused her death? A dingo ate her > manhunt, she was not found until 10 days later when she turned > up at a hotel in Yorkshire, registered under the surname of > her husband's lover, and claiming amnesia. Who was she? Pete Gayde |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 18 03:12AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:BKGdndd0-oICy-3DnZ2dnUU7- > told flight attendant he had a bomb in his briefcase, extorted > $200,000 ransom, parachuted to an unknown fate. His real name > is unknown, but what name is he usually used to refer to him? D.B. Cooper > Harold Holt swam into deep water despite a strong riptide, > and vanished, with no trace of the body ever found. Of which > *country* was he prime minister at the time? Australia > The crew of this man's ship, the "Discovery", mutinied and set > him, his teenage son, and seven loyal men adrift during a voyage > in search of the Northwest Passage. Name him. Henry Hudson > Australia. Azaria Chamberlain was a 2-month-old baby when she > vanished from a family camping trip. Her body was never found. > What did her family claim caused her death? a dingo > As police began to investigate, he borrowed his mother's car > and drove to a friend's house, from which he vanished. He has > never been found. Who was he? Lord Lucan > here tomorrow for an unknown destination." And sure enough, > he was never seen again. Name him. Hint: he was the author of > "The Devil's Dictionary". Ambrose Bierce > after them in preparation for Edward's forthcoming coronation. > Both boys disappeared and were never found, and their "protector" > took the throne for himself. Who was he? Richard III > manhunt, she was not found until 10 days later when she turned > up at a hotel in Yorkshire, registered under the surname of > her husband's lover, and claiming amnesia. Who was she? Agatha Christie > * Game 2, Round 6 - Canadiana Geography - Cities along the 401 > Given the exit numbers (which I've sorted the round in order of) > and a description, name the city or town located along the 401. Sorry, I'm out. -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 17 05:48PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 For his role as the psychotic Tommy De Vito in which 1990 > gangster film did Joe Pesci receive the Best Supporting Actor Oscar? Goodfellas > 3 What is the medical term for an imperfection in the curvature of > a cornea? > 4 Which waterway re-opened in 1975 after an eight-year closure? Suez Canal > 5 Who portrayed the title character in the 2004 musical > biographical film Ray? Denzel Washington > Josh Lucas? > 8 In which game is a player most likely to utter the > French term J'adoube? Bridge > his wife to Oslo to accept the prize because he feared he would not be > readmitted to his homeland? He was elected President seven years > later! Mandela > also known as asbestos cement or AC sheet? > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
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