| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Mar 25 07:26PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded? > The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't > Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen. 1891 > us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won. > (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team > that played under that name in the 1920s.) New York Rangers > league in 1987.) > 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in > leading roles? Katherine Hepburn > 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars, > counting only actual statuettes? Walt Disney > 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from > the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it? Hugo > 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given > a writer's first name. What is this name? Erle > about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work > he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its > traditional name by doing so? Fermat's Last Theorem > "The Electric Horseman" (1979) > "It Could Happen to You" (1994) > "The Lady Eve" (1941) Carradine; Bridges > "Sliver" (1993) > and of course we couldn't resist using > "The Usual Suspects" (1995) Baldwin; Carradine > * B. Ras Tafari Terms > B1. What is "the holy piby"? Addis Ababa > B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the > rot13 for this one: Jung vf "jvfqbzjrrq"? Marijuana > * C. Apple > C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name. > Name *either one*. Steve Jobs > C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all > time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during > the Super Bowl in 1984? Wenders > * E. Art by Any Other Name > E1. What is the more common name of the painting called > "La Gioconda"? Mona Lisa > E2. What is the more common name of the painting called > "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"? Whistler's Mother Pete Gayde |
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