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Calvin
Nov 13, 2015, 12:58:18 AM11/13/15
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1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
3 What is the study of fossils called?
4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name?
10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
cheers,
calvin
2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
3 What is the study of fossils called?
4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name?
10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Nov 13, 2015, 1:37:47 AM11/13/15
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Calvin:
Well, you asked.
More specifically, Ireland.
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the
> phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937)
> take place?
New Jersey.
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
Paleontology.
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and
> "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
Chicago, mostly.
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar
> winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The
> Artist" in 2011?
"The Apartment".
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised
> creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
In the movie, it was a mosquito that had been trapped in amber and
therefore *not* fossilized. I imagine the book was the same.
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
Boz.
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to
> great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly
> known by what other name?
0.
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and
> Warrington Wolves?
Rugby?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | There is no step function between "safe" and "unsafe".
m...@vex.net | -- Jeff Janes
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising
> took place in which country?
The UK.
> took place in which country?
Well, you asked.
More specifically, Ireland.
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the
> phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937)
> take place?
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and
> "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar
> winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The
> Artist" in 2011?
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised
> creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
therefore *not* fossilized. I imagine the book was the same.
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to
> great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly
> known by what other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and
> Warrington Wolves?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | There is no step function between "safe" and "unsafe".
m...@vex.net | -- Jeff Janes
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 13, 2015, 8:16:30 AM11/13/15
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
> place in which country?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
> place in which country?
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph
> (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick
> as a Brick" (1972)?
their albums had some folk influences, but far from all.)
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and
> Warrington Wolves?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 13, 2015, 9:44:08 AM11/13/15
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In article <bd1f1a34-b32c-404b...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
New Jersey
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
paleontology
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
Jethro Tull
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
Chicago
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
Some Like It Hot
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
mosquito
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
Boz
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name?
zero
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
full-contact calligraphy
> cheers,
> calvin
>
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
Ireland
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
> cheers,
> calvin
bbowler
Nov 13, 2015, 10:49:54 AM11/13/15
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:58:17 -0800, Calvin wrote:
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
place
> in which country?
Ireland
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
place
> in which country?
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph
(1877)
> and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick
as
> a Brick" (1972)?
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar
winner to
> be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is
> used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great
> effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what
> other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and
> Warrington Wolves?
Gareth Owen
Nov 13, 2015, 11:49:32 AM11/13/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
> place in which country?
Ireland. (Well, Britain, technically - that kind of being the point)
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
> place in which country?
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph
> (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick
> as a Brick" (1972)?
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner
> to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is
> used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great
> effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by
> what other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and
> Warrington Wolves?
Peter Smyth
Nov 13, 2015, 1:56:55 PM11/13/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
> place in which country?
Ireland
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
> place in which country?
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph
> (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick
> as a Brick" (1972)?
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
>
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar
> winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in
2011?
>
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature
> is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
>
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great
> effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by
> what other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and
> Warrington Wolves?
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque
Nov 15, 2015, 12:57:07 AM11/15/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
Ireland
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
--
Dan Tilque
Björn Lundin
Nov 15, 2015, 7:52:39 AM11/15/15
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On 2015-11-13 06:58, Calvin wrote:
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
Ireland
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
New York
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
fossiology
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
Jethro Tull
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
Chicago
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
Mosquito
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
Rugby
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
--
--
Björn
Pete
Nov 16, 2015, 10:17:38 AM11/16/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:bd1f1a34-b32c-404b...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
> place in which country?
Ireland
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison
> invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship
> disaster (1937) take place?
New Jersey
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
Paleontology
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and
> "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
Jethro Tull
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
Chicago
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the
> last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and
> white until "The Artist" in 2011?
Some Like It Hot
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`,
> blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to
> life?
Mosquito
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
Boz
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to
> great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known
> by what other name?
Zero
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the
> Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
American Football
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
news:bd1f1a34-b32c-404b...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took
> place in which country?
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison
> invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship
> disaster (1937) take place?
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and
> "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the
> last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and
> white until "The Artist" in 2011?
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`,
> blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to
> life?
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to
> great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known
> by what other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the
> Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
Calvin
Nov 23, 2015, 9:35:10 PM11/23/15
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On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 3:58:18 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
Ireland
> 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country?
"present day country" would have been better wording.
> 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place?
> 3 What is the study of fossils called?
> 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)?
> 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set?
> 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011?
> 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
> 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
> 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name?
> 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves?
Both words were required
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 416
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 46 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 48 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 49 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 49 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 49 Bruce Bowler
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 55 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 33 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 26 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
9 5 9 8 7 1 7 5 6 3 60 67%
Mark's singleton on Q6 gives him a narrow TB win ahead of the pack on 8.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Nov 24, 2015, 1:19:51 AM11/24/15
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"Calvin":
for it. :-)
For those who don't want to look back to my answer-slate posting,
the movie was "The Apartment".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I conducted a Usenet poll ... on this subject ...
m...@vex.net | Laura is single. By a 2-1 margin." --Ken Perlow
> Mark's singleton on Q6 gives him a narrow TB win ahead of the pack on 8.
No doubt everyone else was impaired by the absence of a correct answer
for it. :-)
For those who don't want to look back to my answer-slate posting,
the movie was "The Apartment".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I conducted a Usenet poll ... on this subject ...
m...@vex.net | Laura is single. By a 2-1 margin." --Ken Perlow
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