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Calvin

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Apr 4, 2011, 11:36:18 PM4/4/11
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1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?
2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?
3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?
4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?
5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in 1968?
6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?
7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?
8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?
9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?
10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in the
100 Years War?


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Mark Brader

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Apr 5, 2011, 12:38:16 AM4/5/11
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"Calvin":

> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

Salvation Army. Wasn't that in a recent QFTCI round?

> 2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

Goodman?

> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

Arrrgh. I'll try 2.

> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

I'll try 4.

> 5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in 1968?
> 6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

"The Art of War".

> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?
> 8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?
> 9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

Cohen.

> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in the
> 100 Years War?

Longbow. And that one's in an *upcoming* QFTCI round.
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Erland Sommarskog

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Apr 5, 2011, 3:23:37 AM4/5/11
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Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

The French Foreign Legion

> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

Four: Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia (but don't tell them!) and Albania.

> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

5

> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?

AC/DC

> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories
> in the 100 Years War?

Crossbow

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Rob Parker

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Apr 5, 2011, 3:35:59 AM4/5/11
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> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

Red Cross (?)

> 2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

no idea

> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

3 (?)

> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

4 (?)

> 5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in
> 1968?

The Commodores

> 6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

The Art of War

> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?

AC/DC

> 8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?

no idea

> 9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

Sacha Baron Cohen (not sure of spelling)

> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in the
> 100 Years War?

Longbow


Rob

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Apr 5, 2011, 3:34:15 AM4/5/11
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On 2011-04-05, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

Salvation Army

> 2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

Goodman

> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

5

> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

3

> 5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed
in 1968?

Commodores

> 6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

The Art of War

> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?
> 8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?

Ridley Scott

> 9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

Cohen

> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in the
> 100 Years War?

Longbow


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Marc Dashevsky

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Apr 5, 2011, 9:32:53 AM4/5/11
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In article <op.vtf4a...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, cal...@phlegm.com says...

> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?
League of Pyromanic Vampires

> 2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

John Goodman

> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

3

> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?
> 5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in 1968?

Commodores

> 6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

I Ching

> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?
> 8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?
> 9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

Sacha Baron Cohen

> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in the 100 Years War?

longbow

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Peter Smyth

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Apr 5, 2011, 5:55:05 PM4/5/11
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"Calvin" <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

Salvation Army


> 2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

John Goodman


> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

3


> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

6


> 5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in
> 1968?
> 6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

The Art of War


> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?

Black Sabbath


> 8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?
> 9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

Sacha Baron-Cohen


> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in
> the 100 Years War?

Longbow

Peter Smyth

Dan Tilque

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Apr 6, 2011, 8:35:41 PM4/6/11
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Calvin wrote:
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>
> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

KKK?

> 2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?
> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

4

> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

4

> 5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in
> 1968?
> 6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

Book of Five Rings

> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?
> 8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?
> 9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?
> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in
> the 100 Years War?

longbow

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Stan Brown

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Apr 6, 2011, 10:06:32 PM4/6/11
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On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:36:18 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?
> 2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

Goodman

> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

Hmm -- Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, and something that used to be
Yugoslavia? I'll say four.

> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?
> 5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in 1968?
> 6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

The Art of War

> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?
> 8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?

Scott

> 9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

Cohen

> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in the
> 100 Years War?

Longbow

(French efforts to develop an effective defense by "taunting" were
unsuccessful.)


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Pete

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Apr 6, 2011, 11:59:00 PM4/6/11
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Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vtf4a...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:

>
>
> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

Salvation Army

> 2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

John Goodman

> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

4

> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

5

> 5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed
> in 1968?

The Commodores

> 6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?
> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?

AC/DC

> 8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?
> 9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

Sasha Baron Cohen

> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories
> in the 100 Years War?

Cannon

>
>

Pete

swp

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Apr 7, 2011, 9:17:36 AM4/7/11
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On Apr 4, 11:36 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1       Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

salvation army

> 2       Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

john goodman

> 3       Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

four

> 4       Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

four?

> 5       Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in 1968?

the commodores

> 6       What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

the art of war

> 7       Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?

ac/dc

> 8       Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?

ridley scott

> 9       Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

sasha b cohen

> 10      What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in the  
> 100 Years War?

longbow

swp

Calvin

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Apr 7, 2011, 8:51:06 PM4/7/11
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On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:36:18 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:

> 1 Which organisation's war cry is "Blood and Fire"?

The Salvation Army
5/10
LOL @ pyromaniac vampires

> 2 Which actor played Roseanne's husband in the TV show Roseanne?

John Goodman
7/10

> 3 Greece shares land borders with how many countries?

4 (Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey)
5/10

> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?

3
1/10
Well done Chris

> 5 Lionel Ritchie was originally a member of which band that formed in
> 1968?

The Commodores
5/10

> 6 What is the best known work of Sun Tzu?

The Art of War
6/10

> 7 Angus Young is lead guitarist of which hard rock band?

AC/DC
4/10

> 8 Who directed the 2001 film Black Hawk Down?

Ridley Scott
3/10

> 9 Which comedian created the characters Ali G and Borat?

Sasha Baron Cohen
8/10

> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in
> the 100 Years War?

The Longbow, which at Stan pointed out had the measure of the taunt
9/10


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 114
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Chris Johnson
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Dan Tilque
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Erland S
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 Peter Smyth
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 Rob Parker
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 Stan Brown
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 swp
5 7 5 1 5 6 4 3 8 9 53 TOTAL
53%

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Chris F.A. Johnson

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Apr 8, 2011, 2:26:20 AM4/8/11
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On 2011-04-08, Calvin wrote:
...

>> 4 Ayrton Senna won how many F1 championships?
>
> 3
> 1/10
> Well done Chris

I wrote the Formula 1 round that Mark posted in January.

Erland Sommarskog

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Apr 8, 2011, 3:23:59 AM4/8/11
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Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
>> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in
>> the 100 Years War?
>
> The Longbow, which at Stan pointed out had the measure of the taunt
> 9/10
>
>
> 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Erland S

I'm bad at bows, but isn't a crossbow (my answer), something quite different
from a longbow?

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Apr 8, 2011, 3:31:15 AM4/8/11
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On 2011-04-08, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
>>> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in
>>> the 100 Years War?
>>
>> The Longbow, which at Stan pointed out had the measure of the taunt
>> 9/10
>>
>>
>> 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Erland S
>
> I'm bad at bows, but isn't a crossbow (my answer), something quite different
> from a longbow?

Yes, they are very different.

Stan Brown

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Apr 8, 2011, 11:28:22 AM4/8/11
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On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:23:59 +0000 (UTC), Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>
> Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
> >> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories in
> >> the 100 Years War?
> >
> > The Longbow, which at Stan pointed out had the measure of the taunt
> > 9/10
> >
> >
> > 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Erland S
>
> I'm bad at bows, but isn't a crossbow (my answer), something quite different
> from a longbow?

Yes, completely different. You pull the string of a longbow, and you
wind up a crossbow.

http://fourriverscharter.org/projects/Inventions/pages/europe_crossbo
ws.htm

Calvin

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Apr 10, 2011, 6:14:31 PM4/10/11
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On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:23:59 +1000, Erland Sommarskog
<esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:

> Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
>>> 10 What was the decisive weapon in most English military victories
>>> in
>>> the 100 Years War?
>>
>> The Longbow, which at Stan pointed out had the measure of the taunt
>> 9/10
>>
>>
>> 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
>> Erland S
>
> I'm bad at bows, but isn't a crossbow (my answer), something quite
> different
> from a longbow?

Indeed it is. I should have marked it incorrect, but you can keep the
"point".


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