Saturday, October 30, 2021

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 1 topic

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 29 09:52PM +0200


> We ask about airport names from around the world.
 
> 3. The airport in New Orleans """is""" named after one of their
> favourite musical sons. Who?
 
Louis Armstrong

> 5. Few airports are named after sports heroes. George Best may
> be known for his years with Manchester United, but in what city
> """can""" you find the George Best City Airport?
 
Belfast

> 7. <answer 3> is not the only musician to have an airport named
> for him. In what city """can""" you find Antonio Carlos Jobim
> International Airport?
 
Rio de Janeiro

> 8. In which city """can""" you find W.A. Mozart Airport?
 
Salzburg

> supports this revolutionary hero, and so his name """appears"""
> on the airport -- until, perhaps the next election. In what city
> """can""" you find this airport?
 
Managua
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Oct 29 03:38PM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
> Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. In 1982, Brian Paisley
> of the Chinook Theatre brought the concept to Canada for the
> first Canadian fringe festival -- in which western city?
 
Vancouver; Edmonton
 
 
> We ask about airport names from around the world.
 
> 1. The airport in Springfield, Illinois, """is""" named after what
> former president who practiced law there?
 
Lincoln
 
 
> 2. The airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan, """is""" named after
> what former president who spent his formative years there?
 
Ford
 
 
> 3. The airport in New Orleans """is""" named after one of their
> favourite musical sons. Who?
 
Armstrong
 
 
> 4. The airport in Lyon was renamed in 2000 to honor what local
> aviator-writer?
 
Garros
 
 
> 5. Few airports are named after sports heroes. George Best may
> be known for his years with Manchester United, but in what city
> """can""" you find the George Best City Airport?
 
Belfast
 
 
> 6. Hollywood celebrities have also been honored. In Burbank,
> California, the airport adopted what comedian's name in 2003,
> the 100th anniversary of his birth?
 
Jack Benny; George Burns
 
 
> 7. <answer 3> is not the only musician to have an airport named
> for him. In what city """can""" you find Antonio Carlos Jobim
> International Airport?
 
Rio de Janeiro; Sao Paolo
 
 
> 8. In which city """can""" you find W.A. Mozart Airport?
 
Salzburg
 
> supports this revolutionary hero, and so his name """appears"""
> on the airport -- until, perhaps the next election. In what city
> """can""" you find this airport?
 
Santiago; San Salvador
 
 
> 10. The Quebec City International Airport changed its name in 1993
> to honor what "quiet revolutionary" premier?
 
Chretien
 
 
Pete Gayde
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 29 06:11PM -0700

On Friday, October 29, 2021 at 12:27:03 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Drabinsky. The impresario was forced out of his company through
> the efforts of his American investors. Name the company, which
> staged such successes as "Showboat" and "Sunset Boulevard".
 
Livent

> movie. The stage show was a hit in Toronto featuring Chita
> Rivera and Brent Carver in lead roles. It later moved to New
> York and received 7 Tony awards. Name the show.
 
"Kiss of the Spider Woman"
 
 
> We ask about airport names from around the world.
 
> 1. The airport in Springfield, Illinois, """is""" named after what
> former president who practiced law there?
 
Lincoln

> 2. The airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan, """is""" named after
> what former president who spent his formative years there?
 
Ford
 
> 3. The airport in New Orleans """is""" named after one of their
> favourite musical sons. Who?
 
Armstrong
 
> 4. The airport in Lyon was renamed in 2000 to honor what local
> aviator-writer?
 
Saint-Exupery
 
> 5. Few airports are named after sports heroes. George Best may
> be known for his years with Manchester United, but in what city
> """can""" you find the George Best City Airport?
 
Belfast
 
> 6. Hollywood celebrities have also been honored. In Burbank,
> California, the airport adopted what comedian's name in 2003,
> the 100th anniversary of his birth?
 
Hope
 
> 7. <answer 3> is not the only musician to have an airport named
> for him. In what city """can""" you find Antonio Carlos Jobim
> International Airport?
 
Rio de Janeiro
 
> 8. In which city """can""" you find W.A. Mozart Airport?
 
Vienna; Salzburg
 
> supports this revolutionary hero, and so his name """appears"""
> on the airport -- until, perhaps the next election. In what city
> """can""" you find this airport?
 
Managua
 
> 10. The Quebec City International Airport changed its name in 1993
> to honor what "quiet revolutionary" premier?
 
Borassa (?)
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 30 02:45AM -0700

On 10/28/21 10:26 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. In 1982, Brian Paisley
> of the Chinook Theatre brought the concept to Canada for the
> first Canadian fringe festival -- in which western city?
 
Edmonton
 
 
> We ask about airport names from around the world.
 
> 1. The airport in Springfield, Illinois, """is""" named after what
> former president who practiced law there?
 
Lincoln
 
 
> 2. The airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan, """is""" named after
> what former president who spent his formative years there?
 
Ford
 
 
> 6. Hollywood celebrities have also been honored. In Burbank,
> California, the airport adopted what comedian's name in 2003,
> the 100th anniversary of his birth?
 
Carson
 
> for him. In what city """can""" you find Antonio Carlos Jobim
> International Airport?
 
> 8. In which city """can""" you find W.A. Mozart Airport?
 
Salzburg
 
> supports this revolutionary hero, and so his name """appears"""
> on the airport -- until, perhaps the next election. In what city
> """can""" you find this airport?
 
Aaargh! It's the capital of Nicaragua, but I'm drawing a total blank on
its name.
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
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