Statue of Liberty Insider -- Quiz Quilt 213 Puzzle
Robert Jen
managers lured to the dark side* by insider trading. Earlier this
month, Raj Rajaratnam was forced to shutter the Galleon Group after
being accused of illegal hedge fund transactions. Drexel's Michael
Milken and Ivan Boesky, the latter serving as part of the inspiration
for Gordon Gekko's character in the movie "Wall Street", are among
many others who gained infamy after they were caught insider trading.
[No insider info here, just the rules for the weekly Quiz Quilt:
http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
[ Entertainment & Food ]
What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
[ Literature & Arts ]
What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
[ History & Government ]
What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
married Pocahontas?
[ Geography & Nature ]
What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
Romania's main agricultural products?
[ Math & Science ]
What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
telescope array as part of the SETI project?
[ Sports & Games ]
What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
* Happy Halloween! Darth Vader and one of his Stormtroopers visited
us just a couple of hours ago...
--
Robert Jen, the Trivia Why's Guy (why...@triviawhys.com)
http://triviawhys.blogspot.com -- Trivia Why's blog
Pink Pig
> What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
KAMIKAZE (banzai means a hundred thousand)
> [ History & Government ]
> What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> married Pocahontas?
ROLFE (John -- there were a lot of Johns back then, but the Rolfe one
is the one that she married)
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> Romania's main agricultural products?
SUNFLOWER (a bit of a guess, from heli- = sun-)
> [ Math & Science ]
> What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> telescope array as part of the SETI project?
ALLEN (Paul)
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
LEFLORE (Ron)
Quilt = EIFFEL (4th column downwards)
Marc Dashevsky
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
KAMIKAZE
> [ History & Government ]
> What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> married Pocahontas?
ROLFE, John
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> Romania's main agricultural products?
SUNFLOWER [guess: helia == sun]
> [ Math & Science ]
> What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> telescope array as part of the SETI project?
---E---
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
LEFLORE, Ron
Quilt answer: EIFFEL, fourth letters down. Looks like my memory of '70s
trivia is pretty good. LeFlore and Sayers came out of nowhere.
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swp
> Not far from France's gift, Wall Street has seen more than a few fund
> managers lured to the dark side* by insider trading. Earlier this
> month, Raj Rajaratnam was forced to shutter the Galleon Group after
> being accused of illegal hedge fund transactions. Drexel's Michael
> Milken and Ivan Boesky, the latter serving as part of the inspiration
> for Gordon Gekko's character in the movie "Wall Street", are among
> many others who gained infamy after they were caught insider trading.
q: why did't the skeleton cross the road?
a: he had no guts
;-)
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
leo sayer
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
kamikaze
> [ History & Government ]
> What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> married Pocahontas?
john smith (not to be confused with the stephen king character of the
same name)
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> Romania's main agricultural products?
sunflower?
> [ Math & Science ]
> What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> telescope array as part of the SETI project?
paul allen
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
ron leflore
> * Happy Halloween! Darth Vader and one of his Stormtroopers visited
> us just a couple of hours ago...
4th column up is LEFTIE, which I suppose is a reference to those left-
pondians who immigrated to the US through ellis island.
it rained here in philadelphia, so we only got about 125 kids instead
of the usual 300. so there is way too much candy left over, as my
wife was handing it out instead of me. (I just tell the kids, "here,
let me do that, my hands are much bigger than yours" as I grab a half
dozen or so full sized bars to drop in their bags. for some bizzare
reason, the kids like me for this and their parents ... well, lets
just say not so much.)
swp
Mark Brader
Robert Jen:
> What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
I have no idea.
> What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
KAMIKAZE.
> What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> married Pocahontas?
Well, it needs an F in it... ROLFE? Then 4th letter down and I'll
guess JONES for the singer, although I thought the only singer Jones
I can think of was Welsh.
> What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> Romania's main agricultural products?
Gotta be SUNFLOWER.
> What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> telescope array as part of the SETI project?
GATES?
> What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
Oh, I'll guess PHILIPS.
--
Mark Brader | "...there are lots of things that I don't remember,
Toronto | but if you ask for an example, I can't remember any."
m...@vex.net | --Michael Wares
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
SAYER, Leo
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
KAMIKAZE
> [ History & Government ]
> What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> married Pocahontas?
ROLFE
No guess for the quilt.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Russ
>Not far from France's gift, Wall Street has seen more than a few fund
>managers lured to the dark side* by insider trading. Earlier this
>month, Raj Rajaratnam was forced to shutter the Galleon Group after
>being accused of illegal hedge fund transactions. Drexel's Michael
>Milken and Ivan Boesky, the latter serving as part of the inspiration
>for Gordon Gekko's character in the movie "Wall Street", are among
>many others who gained infamy after they were caught insider trading.
>
>[No insider info here, just the rules for the weekly Quiz Quilt:
>http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
>
>
>CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
>[ Entertainment & Food ]
>What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
>Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
>
SAYER, LEO (singing in falsetto)
>[ Literature & Arts ]
>What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
>
KAMIKAZI
>[ History & Government ]
>What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
>married Pocahontas?
>
ROLFE John (even though she did save John Smith's life)
>[ Geography & Nature ]
>What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
>Romania's main agricultural products?
>
SUNFLOWER
>[ Math & Science ]
>What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
>telescope array as part of the SETI project?
>
ALLEN, Paul
>[ Sports & Games ]
>What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
>subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
>
LeFlore, Ron (starring LeVar Burton, one of his early works, along
with ROOTS!.
SAY E R
KAM I KAZI
ROL F E
SUN F LOWER
ALL E N
LEF L ORE
Quilt Quilt solution: EIFFEL (as in the tower, but also provided
the structural framework for the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France
to the US.)
Russ S.
Robert Jen
Russ <rem...@protection.com> wrote:
> >What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> >Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
> >
>
> SAYER, LEO (singing in falsetto)
Correct.
> >What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
> >
>
> KAMIKAZI
Correct (with an 'E' not an 'I' at the end).
> >What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> >married Pocahontas?
> >
>
> ROLFE John (even though she did save John Smith's life)
Correct.
> >What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> >Romania's main agricultural products?
> >
>
> SUNFLOWER
Correct.
> >What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> >telescope array as part of the SETI project?
> >
>
> ALLEN, Paul
Correct.
> >What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> >subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
> >
>
> LeFlore, Ron (starring LeVar Burton, one of his early works, along
> with ROOTS!.
Correct.
> SAY E R
> KAM I KAZI
> ROL F E
> SUN F LOWER
> ALL E N
> LEF L ORE
>
> Quilt Quilt solution: EIFFEL (as in the tower, but also provided
> the structural framework for the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France
> to the US.)
Correct (exactly!).
Ten points!
Robert Jen
<203ac94d-694a-4987...@k17g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
Joshua Kreitzer <grom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> > Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
>
> SAYER, Leo
Correct.
> > What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
>
> KAMIKAZE
Correct.
> > What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> > married Pocahontas?
>
> ROLFE
Correct.
Three points.
Robert Jen
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> EIFFEL.
Correct!
> Robert Jen:
> > What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> > Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
>
> I have no idea.
See below.
> > What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
>
> KAMIKAZE.
Correct.
> > What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> > married Pocahontas?
>
> Well, it needs an F in it... ROLFE? Then 4th letter down and I'll
> guess JONES for the singer, although I thought the only singer Jones
> I can think of was Welsh.
Correct and incorrect.
> > What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> > Romania's main agricultural products?
>
> Gotta be SUNFLOWER.
Correct.
> > What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> > telescope array as part of the SETI project?
>
> GATES?
Incorrect (but darn close).
> > What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> > subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
>
> Oh, I'll guess PHILIPS.
Incorrect.
Seven points.
Robert Jen
<9d23bbfe-4d42-41c2...@k4g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
swp <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 9:31�pm, Robert Jen <r...@rjen.com> wrote:
> > Not far from France's gift, Wall Street has seen more than a few fund
> > managers lured to the dark side* by insider trading. Earlier this
> > month, Raj Rajaratnam was forced to shutter the Galleon Group after
> > being accused of illegal hedge fund transactions. Drexel's Michael
> > Milken and Ivan Boesky, the latter serving as part of the inspiration
> > for Gordon Gekko's character in the movie "Wall Street", are among
> > many others who gained infamy after they were caught insider trading.
>
> q: why did't the skeleton cross the road?
> a: he had no guts
>
> ;-)
My sons have a whole book of these, but I was spared most of them by
luck (not so for my wife).
> > What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> > Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
>
> leo sayer
Correct.
> > What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
>
> kamikaze
Correct.
> > What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> > married Pocahontas?
>
> john smith (not to be confused with the stephen king character of the
> same name)
Incorrect.
> > What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> > Romania's main agricultural products?
>
> sunflower?
Correct!
> > What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> > telescope array as part of the SETI project?
>
> paul allen
Correct.
> > What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> > subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
>
> ron leflore
Correct.
> > * Happy Halloween! Darth Vader and one of his Stormtroopers visited
> > us just a couple of hours ago...
>
> 4th column up is LEFTIE, which I suppose is a reference to those left-
> pondians who immigrated to the US through ellis island.
Incorrect (but I love how that worked out using the most reasonable
wrong history answer).
> it rained here in philadelphia, so we only got about 125 kids instead
> of the usual 300. so there is way too much candy left over, as my
> wife was handing it out instead of me. (I just tell the kids, "here,
> let me do that, my hands are much bigger than yours" as I grab a half
> dozen or so full sized bars to drop in their bags. for some bizzare
> reason, the kids like me for this and their parents ... well, lets
> just say not so much.)
New record low here as well, but the weather was fine. I think Saturday
Halloweens mean more kids at parties instead of out on the streets.
Five points.
Robert Jen
Marc Dashevsky <use...@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote:
> > What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> > Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
> SAYERS, Leo [I'm not a big fan]
Correct (me neither).
> > What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
> KAMIKAZE
Correct.
> > What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> > married Pocahontas?
> ROLFE, John
Correct.
> > What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> > Romania's main agricultural products?
> SUNFLOWER [guess: helia == sun]
Correct.
> > What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> > subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
> LEFLORE, Ron
Correct.
> Quilt answer: EIFFEL, fourth letters down. Looks like my memory of '70s
> trivia is pretty good. LeFlore and Sayers came out of nowhere.
Correct (a 70s themed quilt would have been awesome ;-).
Nine points.
Robert Jen
<efd4880f-0ecc-4640...@v36g2000yqv.googlegroups.com>,
Pink Pig <bi...@grandcentralapartments.com> wrote:
> > What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> > Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
> SAYER (Leo)
Correct.
> > What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
> KAMIKAZE (banzai means a hundred thousand)
Correct (100,000 years, that is [I looked it up because it didn't make
sense]. The original usage was to say "May you live 100,000 years" to
the emperor!).
> > What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> > married Pocahontas?
> ROLFE (John -- there were a lot of Johns back then, but the Rolfe one
> is the one that she married)
Correct (and now Jack, which was originally a nickname for John, is the
number one first name in England. In the U.S., we'll see something
similar when Juan becomes the #1 boy's name in 2024 ;-).
> > What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> > Romania's main agricultural products?
> SUNFLOWER (a bit of a guess, from heli- = sun-)
Correct!
> > What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> > telescope array as part of the SETI project?
> ALLEN (Paul)
Correct.
> > What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> > subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
> LEFLORE (Ron)
Correct.
> Quilt = EIFFEL (4th column downwards)
Correct.
Ten points!
Ruth and Pete
"Robert Jen" <rj...@rjen.com> wrote in message
news:rjen-3877E6.2...@news.eternal-september.org...
> Not far from France's gift, Wall Street has seen more than a few fund
> managers lured to the dark side* by insider trading. Earlier this
> month, Raj Rajaratnam was forced to shutter the Galleon Group after
> being accused of illegal hedge fund transactions. Drexel's Michael
> Milken and Ivan Boesky, the latter serving as part of the inspiration
> for Gordon Gekko's character in the movie "Wall Street", are among
> many others who gained infamy after they were caught insider trading.
>
> [No insider info here, just the rules for the weekly Quiz Quilt:
> http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
>
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like
> Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
>
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
KAMIKAZE
>
> [ History & Government ]
> What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> married Pocahontas?
ROLFE
>
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> Romania's main agricultural products?
SAFFRON
>
> [ Math & Science ]
> What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> telescope array as part of the SETI project?
GATES
>
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
LEFLORE
Quilt: EIFFEL
>
>
> * Happy Halloween! Darth Vader and one of his Stormtroopers visited
> us just a couple of hours ago...
>
> --
> Robert Jen, the Trivia Why's Guy (why...@triviawhys.com)
> http://triviawhys.blogspot.com -- Trivia Why's blog
Pete
Robert Jen
"Ruth and Pete" <pag...@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> > What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
>
> KAMIKAZE
Correct.
> > What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and
> > married Pocahontas?
>
> ROLFE
Correct.
> > What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of
> > Romania's main agricultural products?
>
> SAFFRON
Incorrect.
> > What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new
> > telescope array as part of the SETI project?
>
> GATES
Incorrect.
> > What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the
> > subject of the 1978 TV movie "One in a Million"?
>
> LEFLORE
Correct.
> Quilt: EIFFEL
Correct.
Seven points.