Calvin's Quiz #122
Calvin
1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down
(when written in capitals)?
4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
Explorer?
5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
8 What is gravlax?
9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
soccer WC?
10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
nation?
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cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky
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>
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Marseilles
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down (when written in capitals)?
HOOH (I can't wait to see what you think is a correct answer to this question.)
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the Explorer?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
philospher's stone
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
Lithuania
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 8 What is gravlax?
cold-cured salmon
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 soccer WC?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth nation?
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swp
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
lyon
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down
> (when written in capitals)?
noon (what does the location you are in while writing have to do with
it?)
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
boots
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
the philosopher's stone
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
latvia
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
hong kong
> 8 What is gravlax?
a typo (from eating too much salmon with mustard/dill sauce)
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
> soccer WC?
maradona?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
> nation?
the bahamas?
swp
Jeffrey Turner
>
>
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside
> down (when written in capitals)?
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
> 8 What is gravlax?
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
> soccer WC?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
> nation?
--Jeff
--
Money to get power;
Power to protect money.
--Medici family motto
Stan Brown
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> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
Hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Lyon
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down
> (when written in capitals)?
NOON
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
Curious George?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
Philosopher's stone
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 8 What is gravlax?
Salmon marinated in a special way
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
> soccer WC?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
> nation?
Bermuda
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
Erland Sommarskog
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
Ice hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Paris
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside
> down (when written in capitals)?
NOON
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
Sounds like you're thinking of Lativ'a, although there is only one white
stripe.
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hongkong
> 8 What is gravlax?
Raw salmon that has been prepared in a certain way - gravad as we would
say in Swedish.
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the
> 1986 soccer WC?
Diego Maradona
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Rob Parker
Ice Hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Paris
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down
> (when written in capitals)?
NOON
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
no idea
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
Phlogiston
[Almost certainly wrong - it was the "anti-oxygen" in combustion, but it's
all I can think of at the moment.]
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
no-eyed deer
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hong Kong (?)
> 8 What is gravlax?
Cured (uncooked) fish
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
> soccer WC?
Maradona
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
> nation?
Not Australia
Rob
Chris F.A. Johnson
>
>
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
Ice hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Lyon
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down
> (when written in capitals)?
NOON
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
Philosopher's stone
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
> 8 What is gravlax?
Scandinavian appetizer
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
> soccer WC?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
> nation?
Bahamas
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com>
Author: =======================
Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
John Masters
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Marseilles
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside
> down (when written in capitals)?
BOOB
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the Explorer?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
Philosopher's Stone
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 8 What is gravlax?
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the
> 1986 soccer WC?
Maradonna
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth nation?
--
A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An
American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?
(Terry Pratchett)
Dan Tilque
>
>
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
ice hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Marseilles
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside
> down (when written in capitals)?
NOON
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
philosopher's stone (except in America where it's the sorcerer's stone)
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
Latvia?
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 8 What is gravlax?
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the
> 1986 soccer WC?
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which
> Commonwealth nation?
Bahamas
--
Dan Tilque
Peter Smyth
news:op.vuxk7...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
Ice Hockey
>2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Lyon
>3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down
>(when written in capitals)?
NOON
>4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
>Explorer?
>5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
>6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
Latvia
>7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Singapore
>8 What is gravlax?
>9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
>soccer WC?
Maradona
>10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
>nation?
Bahamas
Pete
news:op.vuxk7...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
Ice Hockey
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol
Strasbourg
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back &
> upside down (when written in capitals)?
NOON
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora
> the Explorer?
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into
> gold?
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white
> stripes?
Serbia
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 8 What is gravlax?
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in
> the 1986 soccer WC?
Maradona
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which
> Commonwealth nation?
Bahamas
>
>
Pete
Calvin
> 1 In which sport is the Stanley Cup contested?
[Ice] Hockey
10/11
> 2 In which French city is the headquarters of Interpol?
Lyon
4/11
> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside
> down (when written in capitals)?
NOON
9/11
BOOB was a nice try. And Stephen couldn't even give this one in caps :-)
> 4 Which monkey is the best friend of children's TV character Dora the
> Explorer?
Boots
1/11
> 5 Which mythical substance was believed to turn base metals into gold?
Philosopher's Stone
7/11
LOL @ Sorcerer's Stone :-)
> 6 Which European country's flag consists of maroon and white stripes?
Latvia
4/11
> 7 Victoria Harbour is located adjacent to which Asian city?
Hong Kong
8/11
> 8 What is gravlax?
A Scandinavian fish dish
5.5/11
> 9 Who scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986
> soccer WC?
Diego Maradona
6/11
> 10 After abdicating, Edward VIII became governor of which Commonwealth
> nation?
The Bahamas
5/11
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 122
1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0.5 0 1 5.5 Chris Johnson
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 Erland S
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jeffrey Turner
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 John Masters
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 Rob Parker
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 Stan Brown
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 swp
10 4 9 1 7 4 8 5.5 6 5 59.5 TOTAL
54%
11 starters is good going for a tough quiz thanks. An outstanding effort
from Stephen sweeps the field.
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cheers,
calvin
John Masters
> On Wed, 04 May 2011 10:34:42 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
>
>
>> 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside
>> down (when written in capitals)?
>
> NOON
> 9/11
> BOOB was a nice try. And Stephen couldn't even give this one in caps :-)
> Try writing NOON upside down and you will see that the N's are wrong.
--
I once absent-mindedly ordered Three Mile Island dressing in a
restaurant and, with great presence of mind, they brought Thousand
Island Dressing and a bottle of chili sauce.
(Terry Pratchett)
John Masters
On 2011-05-06 18:20:03 +0100, John Masters said:
On 2011-05-06 02:26:47 +0100, Calvin said:
On Wed, 04 May 2011 10:34:42 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside down (when written in capitals)?
NOON
9/11
BOOB was a nice try. And Stephen couldn't even give this one in caps :-)
Try writing NOON upside down and you will see that the N's are wrong.
Here's an example - ᴎooᴎ
--
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
(Terry Pratchett)
Erland Sommarskog
>> Try writing NOON upside down and you will see that the N's are wrong.
still read NOON.
But If I do a vertical flip in my picture-processing program, the N
do indeed change to Cyrillic Is. But that wasn't really the question.
John Masters
> John Masters (johnm...@me.com) writes:
>>> Try writing NOON upside down and you will see that the N's are wrong.
>
> I wrote NOON on a piece of paper, and then I rotated that paper. It
> still read NOON.
>
> But If I do a vertical flip in my picture-processing program, the N
> do indeed change to Cyrillic Is. But that wasn't really the question.
It very much depends through which axis you invert it. Through the
vertical axis and yes, it still reads the same but turn it upside down
through the horizontal axis then no.
Stan Brown
> > 3 Which 4 letter English word reads the same forwards, back & upside
> > down (when written in capitals)?
>
> NOON
> 9/11
> BOOB was a nice try. And Stephen couldn't even give this one in caps :-)
>
I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, because I answered NOON,
but now we should perhaps note that an upside-down N is not an N. An
N rotated 180 degrees is still an N, but that's not what I think of
as "upside down".