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Calvin

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Sep 11, 2019, 2:23:05 AM9/11/19
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1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?
2 Which portmanteau sociological term refers to people in casual or contract employment, generally living just above poverty but without predictability or security?
3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?
4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?
5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?
6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?
7 Which sports drink was developed at the University of Florida? Appropriately its name incorporates the nickname of that university's football team.
8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?
9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?
10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?


cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Sep 11, 2019, 4:17:53 AM9/11/19
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"Calvin":
> 1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?

Kahlo.

> 2 Which portmanteau sociological term refers to people in casual
> or contract employment, generally living just above poverty but
> without predictability or security?

> 3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?

Quickly.

> 4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?

U2?

> 5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?

Pakistan?

> 6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?

None. :-)

I'll try three of a kind.

> 7 Which sports drink was developed at the University of Florida?
> Appropriately its name incorporates the nickname of that
> university's football team.

Gatorade.

> 8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the
> final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?

Netherlands.

> 9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?

Histamine.

> 10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?

Temple.

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Dan Blum

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Sep 11, 2019, 8:45:00 AM9/11/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?

Frida Kahlo

> 3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?

briskly

> 4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?

U2

> 6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?

full house

> 7 Which sports drink was developed at the University of Florida? Appropriately its name incorporates the nickname of that university's football team.

Gatorade

> 8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?

Netherlands

> 9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?

histamine

> 10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?

Shirley Temple

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Dan Tilque

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Sep 11, 2019, 12:29:47 PM9/11/19
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On 9/10/19 11:23 PM, Calvin wrote:
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> 1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?
> 2 Which portmanteau sociological term refers to people in casual or contract employment, generally living just above poverty but without predictability or security?
> 3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?
> 4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?

U2

> 5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?
> 6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?
> 7 Which sports drink was developed at the University of Florida? Appropriately its name incorporates the nickname of that university's football team.

Gatorade

> 8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?

Netherlands

> 9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?

histamines

> 10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?

--
Dan Tilque

Joe

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Sep 11, 2019, 12:34:21 PM9/11/19
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On 2019-09-11 06:23:04 +0000, Calvin said:

> 1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?

Frida Kahlo

> 2 Which portmanteau sociological term refers to people in casual or
> contract employment, generally living just above poverty but without
> predictability or security?
> 3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?

Quickly

> 4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?

U2

> 5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?

India

> 6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?

Full House

> 7 Which sports drink was developed at the University of Florida?
> Appropriately its name incorporates the nickname of that university's
> football team.

Red Bull

> 8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the final of
> the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?

Sweden

> 9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?

Adrenaline

> 10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?

Bette Davis

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin


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Bruce Bowler

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Sep 11, 2019, 2:48:55 PM9/11/19
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 23:23:04 -0700, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?

Freida Calo (I hope spelling doesn't count :-)

> 2 Which portmanteau sociological term refers to people in casual or
> contract employment, generally living just above poverty but without
> predictability or security?
> 3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?

fast

> 4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?

U2

> 5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?
> 6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?

Full house

> 7 Which sports drink was developed at the University of Florida?
> Appropriately its name incorporates the nickname of that university's
> football team.

Gatoraid

> 8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the
final of
> the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?
> 9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?

histamine

> 10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?

Shirley Temple

Erland Sommarskog

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Sep 11, 2019, 2:58:57 PM9/11/19
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?

Up-tempo

> 4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?

U2

> 5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?

Pakistan

> 8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the final
> of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?

Netherlands

> 9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?

Histamine

> 10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?
>

Greta Garbo

Pete Gayde

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Sep 12, 2019, 9:04:58 PM9/12/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1ee704c9-78d2-4c5d...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?

Frida Kahlo

> 2 Which portmanteau sociological term refers to people in casual
> or contract employment, generally living just above poverty but
> without predictability or security?

Gig economy

> 3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?

Fast

> 4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?

U2

> 5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?

Pakistan

> 6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?

Full House

> 7 Which sports drink was developed at the
> University of Florida? Appropriately its name incorporates the
> nickname of that university's football team.

Gatorade

> 8 Which European
> country did the United States beat 2-0 in the final of the 2019 FIFA
> Women's World Cup?

Netherlands

> 9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?

Epinepherine

> 10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?

Shirley Temple

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete Gayde

Calvin

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Sep 17, 2019, 10:00:44 PM9/17/19
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On Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 4:23:05 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?

Frida Kahlo

> 2 Which portmanteau sociological term refers to people in casual or contract employment, generally living just above poverty but without predictability or security?

Precariat
No-one got this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precariat

> 3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?

Lively [or similar]

> 4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?

U2

> 5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?

India
Singleton for Joe

> 6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?

Full House

> 7 Which sports drink was developed at the University of Florida? Appropriately its name incorporates the nickname of that university's football team.

Gatordae

> 8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?

Netherlands

> 9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?

Histamines

> 10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?

Shirley Temple


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 574
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 42 Dan Blum
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 7 36 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 37 Bruce Bowler
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 38 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 29 Joe
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 23 Dan Tilque
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 24 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
5 0 6 7 1 4 5 5 6 4 43 61%


Congratulations Dan B!

cheers,
calvin

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