Calvin's Quiz #131
Calvin
1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
9 On which date did WW One officially end?
10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
Story'?
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cheers,
calvin
Chris F.A. Johnson
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> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
Transom
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Willow
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
De Lorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
21
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
1911-11-11
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
Sharks and Jets
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Mark Brader
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
Lintel.
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Ash. And if not, it ought to be. :-)
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada.
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
Hmm. Osaka?
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
DeLorean.
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42.
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
I'll guess Olivia Newton-John.
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria.
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
If you're talking about the armistice, that was 1918-11-11. If you
actually mean what you said, the date of the Versailles Treaty, I'm
not sure: it was something like 1919-06-20, and that's my guess.
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
Jets and Mods?
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Rob Parker
lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
willow
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese
> city?
Nagoya (?)
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
Chrysler
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
Arrrrgh - I know this!!!
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
11-11-1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
Jets & Sharks
Rob
Marc Dashevsky
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> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
ash, spruce
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
Kyoto
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
Delorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
November 11, 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side Story'?
Sharka and Jets
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John Masters
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
Lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Willow
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
Yokohama
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
DeLorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
21
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
Pamela Stevenson
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
Nov 11 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side Story'?
Jets and Hawks
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restaurant and, with great presence of mind, they brought Thousand
Island Dressing and a bottle of chili sauce.
(Terry Pratchett)
David
A lintel.
2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Willow.
3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
DeLorian. (sp?)
6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42.
7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
Pamela Stevenson.
8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria.
9 On which date did WW One officially end?
1918.
Dan Tilque
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>
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
ash
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese
> city?
Osaka
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
Delorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
11 Nov 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West
> Side Story'?
Jets and Sharks
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Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Oak
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese
> city?
Osaka
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
1918-11-11
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Bruce Bowler
typed:
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
Lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Ash?
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese
city?
Osaka?
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
Delorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42 (21 on each die)
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
Billy who?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
Story'?
Sharks and Jets
Bruce
Stan Brown
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> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
Lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Ash?
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
Kyoto
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
De Lorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
It never did. There was an armistice on 1918-11-11, but the actual
peace treaties were not signed by all belligerents nor ratified by
all that signed.
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
Sharks and Jets
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http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
Stan Brown
> If you're talking about the armistice, that was 1918-11-11. If you
> actually mean what you said, the date of the Versailles Treaty, I'm
> not sure: it was something like 1919-06-20, and that's my guess.
But that was with Germany alone. The Treaty of Trianon was with
Hungary (or Austria?), and there was a separate treaty with the Porte
as well.
I stand by my answer that wwI never actually ended, legally.
Peter Smyth
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>1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
>2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
>3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
>4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
>5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
>6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
>7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
>8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
>9 On which date did WW One officially end?
>10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
>Story'?
>
Peter Smyth
Mark Brader
>> If you're talking about the armistice, that was 1918-11-11. If you
>> actually mean what you said, the date of the Versailles Treaty, I'm
>> not sure: it was something like 1919-06-20, and that's my guess.
Stan Brown:
> But that was with Germany alone.
And the US didn't ratify it and remained at war until about 1923, too.
But my take is that after the treaty, there weren't enough countries
still participating to call it a world war any more.
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m...@vex.net | failure, depending on your needs." --Norman Diamond
Mark Brader
>> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Peter Smyth:
> Willow
So *that's* where Whomping Willows come from! :-)
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Mark Brader | "People tend to assume that things they don't know
Toronto | about are either safe or dangerous or useless,
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swp
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
lintel
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
willow
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
yokohama
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
delorian
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
50 (assuming you mean 'normal' dice with six sides and pips that
indicate the number for that side facing up, such as are used when
playing craps in a casino. see my last rare entries contest results
for how many variants there are)(oh, and I assumed you meant 2 of
those objects when you said 'pair')
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
pam stevenson?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
11 november 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
jets and sharks
swp
Pete
news:op.vv31w...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or
> door?
Header
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Ash
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other
> Japanese city?
Osaka
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film
> Back to the Future?
DeLorean
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
November 18, 1918
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West
> Side Story'?
Sharks and Jets
>
>
Pete
Jeffrey Turner
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>
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese city?
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
--Jeff
--
It is very easy for rich people to preach
the virtues of self-reliance to the poor.
--Winston Churchill
Stan Brown
>
> Mark Brader:
> >> If you're talking about the armistice, that was 1918-11-11. If you
> >> actually mean what you said, the date of the Versailles Treaty, I'm
> >> not sure: it was something like 1919-06-20, and that's my guess.
>
> Stan Brown:
> > But that was with Germany alone.
>
> And the US didn't ratify it and remained at war until about 1923, too.
> But my take is that after the treaty, there weren't enough countries
> still participating to call it a world war any more.
I take your point, but the question asked on which date the war
_officially_ ended.
Mark Brader
>>>> If you're talking about the armistice, that was 1918-11-11. If you
>>>> actually mean what you said, the date of the Versailles Treaty, I'm
>>>> not sure: it was something like 1919-06-20, and that's my guess.
Stan Brown:
>>> But that was with Germany alone.
Mark Brader:
>> And the US didn't ratify it and remained at war until about 1923, too.
>> But my take is that after the treaty, there weren't enough countries
>> still participating to call it a world war any more.
Stan Brown:
> I take your point, but the question asked on which date the war
> _officially_ ended.
And, I say, the world war officially ended when the treaty was signed and
not enough countries were involved for it to be a world war. The actual
date was 1919-06-28, by the way.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "I shot a query into the net.
m...@vex.net | I haven't got an answer yet..." --Ed Nather
Calvin
> 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
Lintel
10/14
I don't believe a transom can appear over a window so am not accepting it,
but those who gave that answer should feel free to provide evidence to the
contrary.
> 2 What wood are cricket bats traditionally made from?
Willow
6/14
> 3 Nova Scotia is a province in which country?
Canada
13/14
> 4 The original bullet train connected Tokyo with which other Japanese
> city?
Osaka
9/14
> 5 Which make of car is featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future?
De Lorean
12/14
> 6 How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
42
11/14
I don't (intentionally) ask trick questions Stephen.
> 7 Which Australian married Billy Connolly in 1989?
Pamela Stephenson
4/14
> 8 In which country is the city of Salzburg located?
Austria
14/14
There's one in Germany too but with a population of about 200 can't be
considered a city.
> 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
11 Nov 1918
10/14
Probably should have avoided the word "officially"...
> 10 What were the names of the two rival gangs in the musical 'West Side
> Story'?
Sharks and Jets
10/14
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 131
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Bruce Bowler
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 Chris Johnson
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Dan Tilque
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 David
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 Erland S
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0.5 7.5 John Masters
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0.5 6.5 Mark Brader
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 Rob Parker
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Stan Brown
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 6 13 9 12 11 4 14 10 10 99 TOTAL
71%
14 players is a new record (thanks everyone) and congratulations to Peter
S.
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cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
> > 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
>
> 11 Nov 1918
> 10/14
> Probably should have avoided the word "officially"...
Hey, don't I get credit for giving the date of the Armistice?
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "The three dots '...' here suppress a lot of detail
m...@vex.net | -- maybe I should have used four dots." -- Knuth
Calvin
> "Calvin":
>> > 9 On which date did WW One officially end?
>>
>> 11 Nov 1918
>> 10/14
>> Probably should have avoided the word "officially"...
>
> Hey, don't I get credit for giving the date of the Armistice?
Mark gets a gold star :-)
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cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky
> On Fri, 27 May 2011 08:54:01 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
>
> > 1 What is the name given to the beam placed above a window or door?
>
> Lintel
> 10/14
> I don't believe a transom can appear over a window so am not accepting it,
> but those who gave that answer should feel free to provide evidence to the
> contrary.
From Wikipedia:
Transom (architectural), a bar of wood or stone across the top of a door
or window, also a fixed window over a door or another window
Merriam-Webster (m-w.com) considers lintel and transom to be synonyms.
Calvin
I've had a look at several dictionaries (see below) and I'm not going to
allow transom. I agree the words are synonyms in some cases, but the key
point of difference remains: a transom is never *above* a window.
Transom
* a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight
above it.
* a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally.
* A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a
window above it.
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sorry,
calvin