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Calvin
Apr 23, 2019, 7:27:03 PM4/23/19
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1 Which instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra?
2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open tennis tournament has used 2008?
3 In fashion, accordion, box, cartridge and honeycomb are varieties of what?
4 Which Irish satirist's works include "The Rivals" (1775), and "The School for Scandal" (1777)?
5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World', Dodge City is located in which US state?
6 Which 2015 Pixar film features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness?
7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
8 What rate of GST is charged in New Zealand?
9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on 4th April 1968?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Apr 23, 2019, 8:04:07 PM4/23/19
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Calvin:
> 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open
> tennis tournament has used 2008?
Green?
> 3 In fashion, accordion, box, cartridge and honeycomb are
> varieties of what?
Hat?
> 4 Which Irish satirist's works include "The Rivals" (1775), and
> "The School for Scandal" (1777)?
Sheridan.
> 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World', Dodge City is
> located in which US state?
Kansas.
> 6 Which 2015 Pixar film features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness?
> 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
Sunday.
> 8 What rate of GST is charged in New Zealand?
20%?
> 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
Calgary.
> 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on 4th
> April 1968?
Slain Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
[Apparently this is the shortest form of his name. :-)]
--
Mark Brader | "Design an idiot-proof system, and the universe
Toronto | will spontaneously evolve a higher grade of idiot
m...@vex.net | that is able to circumvent it."
> 1 Which instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra?
Violin.
> 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open
> tennis tournament has used 2008?
> 3 In fashion, accordion, box, cartridge and honeycomb are
> varieties of what?
> 4 Which Irish satirist's works include "The Rivals" (1775), and
> "The School for Scandal" (1777)?
> 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World', Dodge City is
> located in which US state?
> 6 Which 2015 Pixar film features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness?
> 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
> 8 What rate of GST is charged in New Zealand?
> 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
> 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on 4th
> April 1968?
[Apparently this is the shortest form of his name. :-)]
--
Mark Brader | "Design an idiot-proof system, and the universe
Toronto | will spontaneously evolve a higher grade of idiot
m...@vex.net | that is able to circumvent it."
Dan Blum
Apr 23, 2019, 9:13:57 PM4/23/19
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violin
> 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open tennis tournament has used 2008?
grey
> 3 In fashion, accordion, box, cartridge and honeycomb are varieties of what?
skirts
> 4 Which Irish satirist's works include "The Rivals" (1775), and "The School for Scandal" (1777)?
Sheridan
> 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World', Dodge City is located in which US state?
Kansas
> 6 Which 2015 Pixar film features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness?
Inside Out
> 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
Monday
> 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
Calgary
> 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on 4th April 1968?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
> 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open tennis tournament has used 2008?
> 3 In fashion, accordion, box, cartridge and honeycomb are varieties of what?
> 4 Which Irish satirist's works include "The Rivals" (1775), and "The School for Scandal" (1777)?
> 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World', Dodge City is located in which US state?
> 6 Which 2015 Pixar film features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness?
> 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
> 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
> 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on 4th April 1968?
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_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 24, 2019, 3:27:51 AM4/24/19
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First violin
> 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open
> tennis tournament has used 2008?
Blue?
> 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World', Dodge City is located
> in which US state?
Texas
> 6 Which 2015 Pixar film features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and
> Sadness?
Madagascar
> 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
Saturday
> 8 What rate of GST is charged in New Zealand?
I've been to New Zealand, but did they charge me any GST? In that
case I don't recall the rate. (And what is GST? It is the same thing
as 1080, is it?)
> 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
Calgary
> 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on 4th
> April 1968?
>
Martin Luther King Jr
> 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open
> tennis tournament has used 2008?
> 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World', Dodge City is located
> in which US state?
> 6 Which 2015 Pixar film features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and
> Sadness?
> 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
> 8 What rate of GST is charged in New Zealand?
case I don't recall the rate. (And what is GST? It is the same thing
as 1080, is it?)
> 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
> 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on 4th
> April 1968?
>
Pete Gayde
Apr 26, 2019, 11:58:53 PM4/26/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:e865c43f-cbf2-4772...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra?
Violin
> 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open
> tennis tournament has used 2008?
Green
> 3 In fashion, accordion, box,
> cartridge and honeycomb are varieties of what?
Hats
> 4 Which Irish
> satirist's works include "The Rivals" (1775), and "The School for
> Scandal" (1777)?
Swift
> 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World',
> Dodge City is located in which US state?
Kansas
> 6 Which 2015 Pixar film
> features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness?
> 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
Sunday
> 8 What rate of GST is charged in New Zealand?
10 percent
> 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
Calgary
> 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on
> 4th April 1968?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
news:e865c43f-cbf2-4772...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra?
> 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open
> tennis tournament has used 2008?
> 3 In fashion, accordion, box,
> cartridge and honeycomb are varieties of what?
> 4 Which Irish
> satirist's works include "The Rivals" (1775), and "The School for
> Scandal" (1777)?
> 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World',
> Dodge City is located in which US state?
> 6 Which 2015 Pixar film
> features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness?
> 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
> 8 What rate of GST is charged in New Zealand?
> 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
> 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on
> 4th April 1968?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Calvin
May 1, 2019, 12:29:42 AM5/1/19
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On Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 9:27:03 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra?
[First] Violin
> 1 Which instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra?
> 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open tennis tournament has used 2008?
Singleton for Erland
> 3 In fashion, accordion, box, cartridge and honeycomb are varieties of what?
Singleton for Dan
> 4 Which Irish satirist's works include "The Rivals" (1775), and "The School for Scandal" (1777)?
> 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World', Dodge City is located in which US state?
> 6 Which 2015 Pixar film features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness?
> 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week?
> 8 What rate of GST is charged in New Zealand?
> 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo?
> 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on 4th April 1968?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 560
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 20 Dan Blum
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 19 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 19 Mark Brader
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 13 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
4 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 4 4 23 58%
Congratulations Dan B.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
May 1, 2019, 1:03:35 AM5/1/19
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"Calvin":
for it, please.
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Mark Brader | "I mean, you know, that... that's *possible*,
Toronto | if you want to use *logical thinking*..."
m...@vex.net | --Jesse Travis (Chriss Abbott, "Diagnosis: Murder")
> 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 19 Mark Brader
When one of my wild guesses is correct, I'd like to have the point
for it, please.
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Mark Brader | "I mean, you know, that... that's *possible*,
Toronto | if you want to use *logical thinking*..."
m...@vex.net | --Jesse Travis (Chriss Abbott, "Diagnosis: Murder")
Calvin
May 1, 2019, 1:34:48 AM5/1/19
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On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 3:03:35 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 19 Mark Brader
>
> When one of my wild guesses is correct, I'd like to have the point
> for it, please.
My bad. NZ's GST is 15% (not 20% as I misquoted) but I marked the entries correctly.
> "Calvin":
> > 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 19 Mark Brader
>
> When one of my wild guesses is correct, I'd like to have the point
> for it, please.
https://www.classic.ird.govt.nz/gst/gst-registering/gst-about/
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
May 1, 2019, 3:20:19 AM5/1/19
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Mark Brader:
> > When one of my wild guesses is correct, I'd like to have the point
> > for it, please.
"Calvin":
> > When one of my wild guesses is correct, I'd like to have the point
> > for it, please.
> My bad. NZ's GST is 15% (not 20% as I misquoted) but I marked the
> entries correctly.
Oh.
> entries correctly.
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Mark Brader, Toronto "There is no Planet B."
m...@vex.net -- Emmanuel Macron
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