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Calvin
Nov 16, 2011, 8:43:01 PM11/16/11
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1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
3 How many square metres in one hectare?
4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
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cheers,
calvin
Rob Parker
Nov 16, 2011, 10:11:10 PM11/16/11
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> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
William Dampier
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
Rob
Pete
Nov 17, 2011, 12:18:48 AM11/17/11
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Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in
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> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in
> 1699?
Bluebeard
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
Nicole Kidman
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
10000
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
Netherlands
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
101 Dalmatians
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
Bonnie Prince Charlie
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
Pitch
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis
> scale?
11
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
Blue
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
Venice
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Pete
news:op.v42hp...@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
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> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in
> 1699?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis
> scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
>
>
Pete
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 17, 2011, 1:08:56 AM11/17/11
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In article <op.v42hp...@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, cal...@phlegm.com says...
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
100
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
The Netherlands
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
101 Dalmations
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
egg yolk
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
Venice
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> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
Nicole Kidman
> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
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Mark Brader
Nov 17, 2011, 1:39:42 AM11/17/11
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"Calvin":
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
The first one I know of is Kidman.
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
10,000.
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
Denmark.
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
101 Dalmatians.
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
Macbeth?
(If I got this right, it's only because I saw it mentioned on sporcle.com
a few hours ago that he was an 11th-century king. Until then I always
assumed he was fictional!)
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
Some egg product?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
5?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
Piccadilly.
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
Venice, I think.
--
Mark Brader There are people on that train!
Toronto Sure, they're Canadians, but they're still people!
m...@vex.net -- Paul Gross, "Due South"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
I probably heard this, but I forget.
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
(If I got this right, it's only because I saw it mentioned on sporcle.com
a few hours ago that he was an 11th-century king. Until then I always
assumed he was fictional!)
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
--
Mark Brader There are people on that train!
Toronto Sure, they're Canadians, but they're still people!
m...@vex.net -- Paul Gross, "Due South"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joachim Parsch
Nov 17, 2011, 1:58:41 AM11/17/11
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Calvin schrieb:
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> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
Francis Drake.
> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
Joachim
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 17, 2011, 3:30:47 AM11/17/11
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10000
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
The Netherlands
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
Showwhite
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
Macbeth
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
Egg
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
7
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
Hammersmith & Odeon
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
Rome
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque
Nov 17, 2011, 4:54:49 AM11/17/11
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Calvin wrote:
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> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
100
>
> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
--
Dan Tilque
"I can't believe this. Trapped in Ryoval's basement with a sex-starved
teenage werewolf. There was nothing about this in any of my Imperial
Academy training manuals..."
-- "Labyrinth", Lois McMaster Bujold
David B
Nov 17, 2011, 5:24:05 AM11/17/11
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> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
James Cook?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
swp
Nov 17, 2011, 11:02:18 PM11/17/11
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On Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:43:01 PM UTC-5, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
dampier
> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
swp
Russ
Nov 18, 2011, 10:19:31 AM11/18/11
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:43:01 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
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>1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
Prolly either Edward Teach or William Dampier. Teach (aka Blackbeard)
>
>1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
may have been a little young to have been a captain in 1699, so I'll
go with Dampier.
>2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
>3 How many square metres in one hectare?
>4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
>5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
>6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
>7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
>8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
>9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
>10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
Russ
Jeffrey Turner
Nov 18, 2011, 10:35:26 AM11/18/11
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On 11/16/2011 8:43 PM, Calvin wrote:
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> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
The Netherlands
>
> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
101 Dalmatians
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
Macbeth
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
5
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
Metropolitan?
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
Rangoon
--Jeff
Peter Smyth
Nov 20, 2011, 11:38:05 AM11/20/11
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"Calvin" wrote in message
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Peter Smyth
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>
>
>1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
Kidd
>
>1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
>2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
Kidman
>3 How many square metres in one hectare?
10000
>4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
Denmark
>5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
101 Dalmatians
>6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
Malcolm
>7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
>8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
I'm not sure what scale you are referring to, but I'll say Red.
>8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
>9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
Piccadilly
>10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
Venice
Peter Smyth
Calvin
Nov 20, 2011, 6:06:14 PM11/20/11
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> 1 Which English buccaneer landed off the West Australian coast in 1699?
William Dampier
3/12
> 2 Who was Tom Cruise' first wife?
3/12
> 3 How many square metres in one hectare?
9/12
> 4 Which country traditionally produces Heineken beer?
10/12
> 5 Cruella De Vil is a character in which novel and movie?
11/12
> 6 Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 until his murder in 1057?
5/12
Yes, he really existed!
> 7 What is mixed with water in the tempera style of painting?
8/12
> 8 What is the maximum rating on the International atomic crisis scale?
3/12
> 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
8/12
> 10 The Bridge of Sighs is located in which city?
9/12
Right next to the Boulevard of Broken Dreams according to Dan :-)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 179
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Russ
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 Stephen Perry
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 Rob Parker
0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 David Brown
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 Mark Brader
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 Joachim Parsch
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Peter Smyth
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Pete Gayde
0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Erland S
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Jeffrey Turner
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 3 9 10 11 5 8 3 8 9 69 58%
Congratulations Russ.
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cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Nov 20, 2011, 6:45:15 PM11/20/11
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"Calvin":
(see http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Bad news disturbs his game; so does good; so
m...@vex.net | also does the absence of news. --Stephen Leacock
> > 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
>
> Piccadilly. I'll also accept "Blue"
Hmph. In that case you should have insisted on "dark blue"! <grin>
>
> Piccadilly. I'll also accept "Blue"
(see http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Bad news disturbs his game; so does good; so
m...@vex.net | also does the absence of news. --Stephen Leacock
David B
Nov 21, 2011, 4:47:54 AM11/21/11
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"Calvin" wrote in message
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> > 9 Heathrow airport lies on which tube line?
>
> Piccadilly. I'll also accept "Blue"
> 8/12
The underground lines in London are never called by their colours.
>
> Piccadilly. I'll also accept "Blue"
> 8/12
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