Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 2 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 21 01:09PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > We name a fictional dwelling place; you name the author who
> > created it.

"Calvin":
> Nice!
 
No, that's a real place. :-)
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Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 21 08:19PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:TrudnQC5k87jsADDnZ2dnUU7-
> 3. Hill House.
> 4. Blandings Castle.
> 5. Wuthering Heights.
 
Emily Bronte
 
> 6. Villa Villakula.
 
Lemony Snicket
 
> 7. Tara.
 
Mitchell
 
> 8. Malfoy Manor.
 
Rowling
 
> 9. Bag End.
 
Tolkien
 
> 10. Pemberley.
 
Lewis
 
> | Cub | Joey | Poult
 
> 1. Alligator.
> 2. Hawk.
 
Kit
 
> 3. Koala.
 
Joey
 
> 4. Alpaca or llama.
> 5. Pigeon.
> 6. Swan.
 
Cygnet
 
> 7. Clam.
> 8. Hare.
 
Farrow
 
> 9. Cicada.
 
Pupa
 
> 10. Salmon.
 
Pete Gayde
Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Apr 21 04:34PM

On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:55:22 -0700, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Starring River Phoenix and Corey Feldman, which 1986 film
resulted in
> a reappearance in the Billboard charts for the Ben E. King hit that
> shares its title?
 
Stand By Me
 
> 2 Carly Rae Jepsen's 2011 single Call Me Maybe was an international
hit.
> 3 Which Englishman (1934-2011) is the only boxer to have received a
> knighthood?
> 4 In the 1996 sci-fi movie Independence Day which actor played the
role
> of President Thomas J. Whitmore'?
> 5 Which city has hosted the summer Olympics once, but the Olympic
> equestrian events twice?
 
Stockholm
 
> 6 What US actor (1935-2004) portrayed Jennifer Grey's father in the
1987
> film Dirty Dancing and Detective Lennie Briscoe in the TV series Law and
> Order?
> 7 99/70 approximates the value of what mathematical constant?
 
sqrt(2)
 
> 8 Beginning with the letter 'K', what slang term for a clumsy,
awkward,
> or foolish person originates from a Yiddish word for a type of wooden
> block?
 
Klutz
 
> first Australian woman to be ranked #1 in singles since which player 43
> years earlier?
> 10 In the 1954 novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding what type
of
> shell is passed around by the children that signified they are allowed
> to speak?
 
Conch
 
R. Ess <Chifan@yahoo.com>: Apr 21 12:31PM -0500

On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:55:22 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com>
wrote:
 
 
>1 Starring River Phoenix and Corey Feldman, which 1986 film resulted in a reappearance in the Billboard charts for the Ben E. King hit that shares its title?
Stand By Me
>2 Carly Rae Jepsen's 2011 single Call Me Maybe was an international hit. What is Jepsen's nationality?
Canadian
>3 Which Englishman (1934-2011) is the only boxer to have received a knighthood?
Henry Cooper
>4 In the 1996 sci-fi movie Independence Day which actor played the role of President Thomas J. Whitmore'?
Bill Pullman
>5 Which city has hosted the summer Olympics once, but the Olympic equestrian events twice?
Los Angeles ?
>6 What US actor (1935-2004) portrayed Jennifer Grey's father in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing and Detective Lennie Briscoe in the TV series Law and Order?
Jerry Orbach
>7 99/70 approximates the value of what mathematical constant?
Square root of 2 ?
>8 Beginning with the letter 'K', what slang term for a clumsy, awkward, or foolish person originates from a Yiddish word for a type of wooden block?
Klutz
>9 Following her win in the French Open, Ash Barty became for first Australian woman to be ranked #1 in singles since which player 43 years earlier?
Goolagong
>10 In the 1954 novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding what type of shell is passed around by the children that signified they are allowed to speak?
Conch shell ?
 
ArenEss
 
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