Calvin's Quiz #144
Calvin
1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
between 1953 and 1956?
5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
called Lurcio?
9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
10 What is cryogenics the study of?
--
cheers,
calvin
Stan Brown
>
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
$200
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C Clarke
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
> between 1953 and 1956?
Pope Pius XII
(One of these days that will actually be the right answer. :-)
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada. (Since you used the singular, I guess you don't want "and
US" for the bit that goes past Alaska.)
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Tennessee Williams
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
> called Lurcio?
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
A mammal, specifically a whale
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Very cold things, such as a mother-in-law's kiss.
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Shikata ga nai...
Marc Dashevsky
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
Ghostbusters
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C. Clarke
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests between 1953 and 1956?
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
coloratura soprano
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Arthur Miller
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave called Lurcio?
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
cetacean
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
cold
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Mark Brader
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
In authentic (Atlantic City) Parker Brothers Monopoly, $200. Your
country may vary.
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
"Ghostbusters"?
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Clarke.
(At one point it was planned that the movie screenplay would be by
Kubrick and Clarke and the novel by Clarke and Kubrick, but Clarke
ended up getting sole credit for the novel. On the other hand, he
didn't have it released simultaneously with the movie as originally
intended, but some time later, so it gave the impression of being a
novelization.)
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
> between 1953 and 1956?
Johnson!
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
According to Canada, Canada. According to the US, no country.
Of course, if you get close enough to the respective sections of
coast you might pass undisputedly through both the US and Canada.
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano.
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Miller.
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
> called Lurcio?
I didn't know there was a TV version, but it's got to be "A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum". That's Howerd, by the way.
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
A cetacean with one long tusk.
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Extreme cold.
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
John Masters
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
Ł200
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C Clarke
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
> between 1953 and 1956?
Richie Benaud
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Arthur Miller
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
> called Lurcio?
Up Pompeii
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
Whale
robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker
200 (pounds, in the version we had when I was a kid)
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
Ghostbusters
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C Clarke
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
> between 1953 and 1956?
Richie Benaud
[I don't think that's correct; I think he was a little later. But he's the
only bowler I can recall as captain.]
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Arthur Miller
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
> called Lurcio?
Up Pompeii
[and I think it's Howerd - it was an appalling bad show; I hate to admit
that I used to watch it]
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
Whale
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Very low temperatures, and the behaviour of materials at those temperatures
Rob
Dan Tilque
>
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
$200
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C Clarke
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
> between 1953 and 1956?
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada (although most, if not all, of it is in international waters)
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
alto
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Tennessee Williams
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a
> slave called Lurcio?
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
whale
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
cold temperatures
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
4000 SEK
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C Clarcke
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Eugene T-something
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
David
£200 in the UK
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
Ghost
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C Clark
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie
> Howard playing a slave called Lurcio?
Up Pompeii
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
A Whale
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Anything at a very low temperature
Stan Brown
> > 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
>
> Tennessee Williams
>
Gack! What was I thinking?
Mark Brader
> > Tennessee Williams
>
> Gack! What was I thinking?
"Playwrights whose names contain the word 'ill' as a substring"?
--
Mark Brader, "It is impossible. Solution follows..."
Toronto, m...@vex.net -- Richard Heathfield
swp
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
$200
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
ghost busters
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
arthur c clarke (I really do miss him)
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
> between 1953 and 1956?
mark brader
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
canada
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
alto soprano
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
arthur miller
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
> called Lurcio?
a funny thing happened on the way to the forum
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
cetacean with a long forward protruding tusk
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
freezing things in the hopes of thawing them out at a later date in a preserved (unchanged) form
eeehnpprrstwy
Erland Sommarskog
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:11:23 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
>> > 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
>>
>> Tennessee Williams
>>
>
> Gack! What was I thinking?
remember the exact name. Arthur Miller? Should I've heard of him?
Stan Brown
>
> Stan Brown (the_sta...@fastmail.fm) writes:
> > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:11:23 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
> >> > 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
> >>
> >> Tennessee Williams
> >>
> >
> > Gack! What was I thinking?
>
> Don't feel too bad. That was the guy I had in mind, although I did not
> remember the exact name. Arthur Miller? Should I've heard of him?
In the US, Miller's /The Crucible/ and /Death of a Salesman/ are part
of the curriculum in almost every high school. Or at least, they
were when I went to school. I don't know how famous Miller is
abroad, but in the US there's really no excuse for the mistake I
made.
John Masters
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:09:18 +0200, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>>
>> Stan Brown (the_sta...@fastmail.fm) writes:
>>> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:11:23 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
>>>>> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
>>>>
>>>> Tennessee Williams
>>>>
>>>
>>> Gack! What was I thinking?
>>
>> Don't feel too bad. That was the guy I had in mind, although I did not
>> remember the exact name. Arthur Miller? Should I've heard of him?
>
> In the US, Miller's /The Crucible/ and /Death of a Salesman/ are part
> of the curriculum in almost every high school. Or at least, they
> were when I went to school. I don't know how famous Miller is
> abroad, but in the US there's really no excuse for the mistake I
> made.
And in the UK, anyone who had studied Eng. Lit. would know him even if
he hadn't married Marilyn Monroe.
Jeffrey Turner
>
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
> between 1953 and 1956?
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
> called Lurcio?
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
--Jeff
Peter Smyth
news:op.vymu4...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>
>1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
>2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
>3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
>4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
>between 1953 and 1956?
>5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
>6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
>7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
>8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
>called Lurcio?
>9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
>10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Peter Smyth
Pete
news:op.vymu4...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
$200
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
Ghostbusters
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Clarke
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17
> Tests between 1953 and 1956?
Bradman
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Miller
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a
> slave called Lurcio?
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
Whale
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Preserving tissue by freezing it
>
Pete
Calvin
> 1 How much does a player receive for passing Go in Monopoly?
200 dollars / pounds / shekels. I also accepted 4000 Swedish Kroner- I
couldn't confirm it anywhere but assume Erland knows what he is talking
about.
11/11
> 2 Ray Parker Jr had a hit with the theme song to which 1984 movie?
Ghostbusters
5/11
> 3 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Arthur C Clarke
11/11
> 4 Which off-spinner captained the Australian cricket team in 17 Tests
> between 1953 and 1956?
Ian Johnson!
1/11- nice work Mark
This was a *very* difficult question which I just included for a laugh to
see who would guess Johnson. Richie Benaud was a good try given by several
posters.
> 5 The north-west passage is located in which country?
Canada
11/1
I'm not buying into territorial disputes...
> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
Soprano
10/11
> 7 Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Arthur Miller
7/11
Strange that two people answered Tennessee Williams.
> 8 Which 1970s British TV comedy starred Frankie Howard playing a slave
> called Lurcio?
Up Pompeii
3/11
A spin off from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. It is
indeed "Howerd".
> 9 What type of creature is a narwhal?
Whale / Cetacean
10/11
> 10 What is cryogenics the study of?
Very low temperatures.
8.5/11
I scored "cold" as 1/2 only.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 144
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 David
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Erland S
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 Jeffrey Turner
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 John Masters
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0.5 7.5 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Rob Parker
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 Stan Brown
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
11 5 11 1 11 10 7 3 10 8.5 77.5 TOTAL
70%
Well done Mark and Rob.
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cheers,
calvin
David
Soprano
10/11
I think Alto Soprano is incorrect, I think that's the second highest.
I fairly sure that Coloratura Soprano is also incorrect as that's just a
style of singing.
D
Calvin
>> 6 Which is the highest female singing voice?
>
> Soprano
> 10/11
>
> I think Alto Soprano is incorrect, I think that's the second highest.
I accepted anything that contained the word Soprano.
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cheers,
calvin