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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 24 06:38PM -0700 1 In the NBA and NBL, teams are (in most cases) required to attempt a basket within how many seconds of gaining possession? 2 Which future US President had the misfortune to lose both his wife and his mother on the same day, 14 February 1884? 3 Now in its 30th season, The Simpsons has surpassed which western drama for the most episodes of a prime-time, scripted TV series? 4 Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as Lemmy, founded which British rock band? 5 The Lass That Loved a Sailor is the alternative title of which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? 6 With over 65 billion messages sent per day, what is the world's most used, smart phone based, instant messaging service? 7 Which word, derived from the Greek antonym for chaos, means an orderly, harmonious and systematic universe? 8 Which traditional Japanese seasoning is produced by fermenting soybeans with salt and koji? 9 Which creature shares its name with the hollow in the top face of a brick which holds mortar? 10 Which former world heavyweight champion is perhaps better known these days for his eponymous kitchen grills? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 24 08:49PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 In the NBA and NBL, teams are (in most cases) required to > attempt a basket within how many seconds of gaining possession? 24. What's an NBL? I read it momentarily as NHL and was surprised when I got to "basket"! > 2 Which future US President had the misfortune to lose both his > wife and his mother on the same day, 14 February 1884? Wilson? > 3 Now in its 30th season, The Simpsons has surpassed which western > drama for the most episodes of a prime-time, scripted TV series? "Gunsmoke". > 4 Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as Lemmy, founded which > British rock band? I'll go with the Bay City Rollers, because I liked "Love Actually". > 5 The Lass That Loved a Sailor is the alternative title of which > Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? "The Pirates of Penzance". > 6 With over 65 billion messages sent per day, what is the world's > most used, smart phone based, instant messaging service? SMS. > 7 Which word, derived from the Greek antonym for chaos, means an > orderly, harmonious and systematic universe? Ethos? > by fermenting soybeans with salt and koji? > 9 Which creature shares its name with the hollow in the top face > of a brick which holds mortar? Scallop? > 10 Which former world heavyweight champion is perhaps better known > these days for his eponymous kitchen grills? Also for naming all his sons after himself. Foreman. -- Mark Brader, Toronto Attenton to dteail; thats' the secreg. msb@vex.net --Robin Bignall |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 25 01:23AM -0700 On 4/24/20 6:38 PM, Calvin wrote: > 1 In the NBA and NBL, teams are (in most cases) required to attempt a basket within how many seconds of gaining possession? 24 > 2 Which future US President had the misfortune to lose both his wife and his mother on the same day, 14 February 1884? Theodore Roosevelt > 3 Now in its 30th season, The Simpsons has surpassed which western drama for the most episodes of a prime-time, scripted TV series? Gunsmoke > 4 Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as Lemmy, founded which British rock band? > 5 The Lass That Loved a Sailor is the alternative title of which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? Pirates of Penzance > 6 With over 65 billion messages sent per day, what is the world's most used, smart phone based, instant messaging service? > 7 Which word, derived from the Greek antonym for chaos, means an orderly, harmonious and systematic universe? > 8 Which traditional Japanese seasoning is produced by fermenting soybeans with salt and koji? soy sauce > 9 Which creature shares its name with the hollow in the top face of a brick which holds mortar? > 10 Which former world heavyweight champion is perhaps better known these days for his eponymous kitchen grills? Foreman -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 25 11:05AM +0200 > 1 In the NBA and NBL, teams are (in most cases) required to attempt > a basket within how many seconds of gaining possession? 15? > 2 Which future US President had the misfortune to lose both his wife > and his mother on the same day, 14 February 1884? Theodor Roosevelt > 3 Now in its 30th season, The Simpsons has surpassed which western > drama for the most episodes of a prime-time, scripted TV series? The Cartwritght Brothers > 4 Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as Lemmy, founded which British > rock band? Motörhead > 6 With over 65 billion messages sent per day, what is the world's > most used, smart phone based, instant messaging service? > 8 Which traditional Japanese seasoning is produced > by fermenting soybeans with salt and koji? Wasabi > 10 Which former world heavyweight champion is perhaps better known > these days for his eponymous kitchen grills? Morton |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 24 06:36PM -0700 On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 2:55:22 PM UTC+10, 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. What is Jepsen's nationality? Canadian > 3 Which Englishman (1934-2011) is the only boxer to have received a knighthood? Sir 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? 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? 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? Evonne Goolagong / Cawley > 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 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 596 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 47 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 42 Aren Ess 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 40 Mark Brader 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 31 Dan Blum 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 28 Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 29 Bruce Bowler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19 Pete Gayde 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 5 4 2 4 5 4 5 7 4 7 47 59% Congratulations Stephen. The average score is within the usual range but the standard deviation is not! cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 24 08:43PM -0500 "Calvin": > The average score is within the usual range but the standard deviation is not! Indeed. Well done indeed! -- Mark Brader, Toronto | This is Programming as a True Art Form, where style msb@vex.net | is more important than correctness... --Pontus Hedman |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 24 11:40AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > Cockrell -> no such meaning in modern English that I can find Joshua Kreitzer: > While it's not the contemporary spelling, the Oxford English Dictionary > indicates that this was a formerly used spelling of "cockerel" meaning a > young male chicken. I found that, of course; that's why I said "modern English". > 1653, which is, technically, in the Modern English era. But I did not say "Modern". So there. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Police Stop Slaying Suspect Look-alikes" msb@vex.net | --Yakima, WA, Herald-Republic, 2001-08-26 |
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