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Calvin
Nov 15, 2017, 5:48:41 PM11/15/17
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1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: “I Know Why The Caged Bird ...”?
8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
cheers,
calvin
Peter Smyth
Nov 15, 2017, 6:29:52 PM11/15/17
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Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
The square root of -1
>
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
Belfast
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
Lemon
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
Mary Gen?
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
Beethoven
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
Prince Edward
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: “I Know Why The Caged Bird ...”?
Sings
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
Olympus
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
Blair Witch Project
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
Cello
Peter Smyth
Mark Brader
Nov 15, 2017, 6:34:25 PM11/15/17
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Calvin:
Which is the square root of -1.
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
Belfast.
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
Orange.
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram
> of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
Meg Ryan.
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
Berlioz.
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
Prince Henry. ("Harry".)
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969
> autobiography by Maya Angelou: "I Know Why The Caged Bird
> ..."?
Sings.
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
Olympus.
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and
> Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000
> times its budget?
"The Blair Witch Project".
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble
> consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical
> instrument?
Flute.
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> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
i.
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
Which is the square root of -1.
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram
> of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969
> autobiography by Maya Angelou: "I Know Why The Caged Bird
> ..."?
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and
> Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000
> times its budget?
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble
> consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical
> instrument?
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Nov 15, 2017, 7:20:35 PM11/15/17
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square root of -1
> 2 ?In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
Portsmouth
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
lemon
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Path?tique'?
Beethoven
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: ?I Know Why The Caged Bird ...??
Sings
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
Olympus
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo S?nchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
The Blair Witch Project
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
cello
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> 2 ?In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
Portsmouth
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Path?tique'?
Beethoven
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: ?I Know Why The Caged Bird ...??
Sings
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo S?nchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
The Blair Witch Project
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
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Pete Gayde
Nov 16, 2017, 12:57:49 AM11/16/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:49f115c9-0219-4dbe...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
Square root of -1
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
Belfast
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
Lemon
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of
> "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
Meg Ryan
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
Tchaikovsky
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
Andrew Lloyd Webber
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969
> autobiography by Maya Angelou: “I Know Why The Caged Bird ...”?
Sings
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient
> gods?
Olympus
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and
> Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its
> budget?
The Blair Witch Trial
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble
> consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
Cello
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:49f115c9-0219-4dbe...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of
> "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969
> autobiography by Maya Angelou: “I Know Why The Caged Bird ...”?
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient
> gods?
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and
> Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its
> budget?
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble
> consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 16, 2017, 8:03:03 AM11/16/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
well, i. You get it for instance by taking sqrt(-1).
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting
> of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
>
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Erland Sommarskog
Nov 16, 2017, 8:07:03 AM11/16/17
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Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
>> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Path?tique'?
>
> Beethoven
>
Two persons has said this now, and it is somewhat close. To wit, Beethoven's
>> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Path?tique'?
>
> Beethoven
>
6th Symphony is the Pastorale. However, that is probably his least
interesting symphony.
Which you certainly cannot say about the work being asked for.
Peter Smyth
Nov 16, 2017, 9:47:27 AM11/16/17
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Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
> >> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Path?tique'?
> >
> > Beethoven
> >
>
> Two persons has said this now, and it is somewhat close. To wit, Beethoven's
> 6th Symphony is the Pastorale. However, that is probably his least
> interesting symphony.
>
> Which you certainly cannot say about the work being asked for.
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.8 is also known as "Pathetique".
> Dan Blum (to...@panix.com) writes:
> >> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Path?tique'?
> >
> > Beethoven
> >
>
> Two persons has said this now, and it is somewhat close. To wit, Beethoven's
> 6th Symphony is the Pastorale. However, that is probably his least
> interesting symphony.
>
> Which you certainly cannot say about the work being asked for.
Peter Smyth
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 16, 2017, 10:17:30 AM11/16/17
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In article <49f115c9-0219-4dbe...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
Belfast
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
citrus fruits
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
Meg Ryan
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: ?I Know Why The Caged Bird ...??
sings
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
Olympus
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
Blair Witch Project
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
cello
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> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
square root of -1
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
sings
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
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Bruce Bowler
Nov 16, 2017, 3:13:35 PM11/16/17
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:48:40 -0800, Calvin wrote:
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
sqrt(-1)
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of
> "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography
by
> Maya Angelou: “I Know Why The Caged Bird ...”?
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo
> Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting
of a
> piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
Dan Tilque
Nov 18, 2017, 4:19:46 AM11/18/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
square root of -1
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: “I Know Why The Caged Bird ...”?
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
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Dan Tilque
Chris F.A. Johnson
Nov 18, 2017, 6:20:07 PM11/18/17
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On 2017-11-15, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
Square root of -1
>
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
> 2 ??In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
Liverpool
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Path??tique'?
Tchaikovsky
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: ???I Know Why The Caged Bird ...????
Sings
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo S??nchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
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Chris F.A. Johnson
gwo...@gmail.com
Nov 20, 2017, 6:57:51 AM11/20/17
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On Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 10:48:41 PM UTC, Calvin wrote:
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
log(-1) / pi
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: “I Know Why The Caged Bird ...”?
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
Calvin
Nov 22, 2017, 7:35:29 PM11/22/17
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On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 8:48:41 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
Square root of -1
> 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
> 2 In which city was the ill-fated Titanic built?
> 3 Which foodstuff is most commonly associated with a zester?
> 4 Which actress' first and last names together are an anagram of "Germany"? [BOTH names please]
> 5 Which composer's 6th Symphony is known as the 'Pathétique'?
> 6 Which royal is the current Earl of Wessex?
> 7 Which five-letter word completes the title of a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou: “I Know Why The Caged Bird ...”?
> 8 Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient gods?
> 9 Which 1999 psychological horror film by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez gained box office receipts worth some 4,000 times its budget?
> 10 In classical music a piano trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin and which other musical instrument?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 509
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 63 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 68 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 69 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 63 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 65 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 57 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 48 Chris Johnson
1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 53 Dan Blum
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 40 Erland S
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 44 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
9 7 8 5 4 3 9 10 9 8 72 80%
Gareth takes a tight one via the tie-breaker.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Nov 22, 2017, 7:48:04 PM11/22/17
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"Calvin":
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> 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 57 Mark Brader
Nope.
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gwo...@gmail.com
Nov 23, 2017, 10:01:08 AM11/23/17
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On Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 12:35:29 AM UTC, Calvin wrote:
> On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 8:48:41 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
>
> > 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
>
> Square root of -1
Well, sure, that's the most common of its many many definitions, and obviously what you were after but ... :)
> On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 8:48:41 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
>
> > 1 In mathematics, what is the value of the imaginary number "i"?
>
> Square root of -1
FWIW: I deliberately chose a mostly-correct answer that can be happily marked wrong as being too ambiguous for fairly-technical reasons. But for those same reasons, sqrt(-1) is *slightly* ambiguous too, just like sqrt(25) is.
TLDR: I don't want the point
Calvin
Dec 3, 2017, 7:37:37 PM12/3/17
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On Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 10:48:04 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 57 Mark Brader
>
> Nope.
How so? Looks right to me.
> "Calvin":
> > 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 57 Mark Brader
>
> Nope.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Dec 4, 2017, 4:42:44 AM12/4/17
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Mark Brader:
> > Nope.
"Calvin":
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> > Nope.
"Calvin":
> How so? Looks right to me.
Sorry, my misread. (I thought I had one point less.)
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