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Calvin
Nov 5, 2018, 7:21:28 PM11/5/18
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1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people?
3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the British Open golf championships?
4 Which American police television sitcom premiered in 2013 and revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature but talented NYPD detective?
5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game?
6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers?
7 In which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction?
8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in any of six ways, including by knockout or checkmate?
9 Which creatures can almost completely evaporate from too much sun exposure?
10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th June 1904?
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 5, 2018, 8:38:59 PM11/5/18
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
Luxembourg
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
> 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people?
> 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the
> British Open golf championships?
> 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game?
> 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers?
> 9 Which creatures can almost completely evaporate from too much sun
> exposure?
Dan Blum
Nov 5, 2018, 11:39:03 PM11/5/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
Luxembourg
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
> 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people?
> 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the British Open golf championships?
> 4 Which American police television sitcom premiered in 2013 and revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature but talented NYPD detective?
> 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game?
> 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers?
> 7 In which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction?
> 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in any of six ways, including by knockout or checkmate?
> 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th June 1904?
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Mark Brader
Nov 6, 2018, 5:17:02 AM11/6/18
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Calvin:
> 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people?
Marx.
> 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the
> British Open golf championships?
But none of them has an X in it!
I'll say Wales. At least it has a W. :-)
> 4 Which American police television sitcom premiered in 2013
> and revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature
> but talented NYPD detective?
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine".
> 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game?
Solitaire.
> 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers?
Farsi. Okay, also known as Persian.
> 7 In which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory
> terms appear in conjunction?
Oxymoron.
> 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in any of six
> ways, including by knockout or checkmate?
Chess-boxing.
> 9 Which creatures can almost completely evaporate from too
> much sun exposure?
Jellyfish.
> 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th
> June 1904?
"Ulysses".
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Mark Brader | "...what the customer wants doesn't matter;
Toronto | the only thing that matters is what the Marketeer
m...@vex.net | thinks the customer thinks he wants --
| or can be made to think he wants." --Steve Summit
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
Luxembourg.
> 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people?
> 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the
> British Open golf championships?
I'll say Wales. At least it has a W. :-)
> 4 Which American police television sitcom premiered in 2013
> and revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature
> but talented NYPD detective?
> 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game?
> 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers?
> 7 In which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory
> terms appear in conjunction?
> 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in any of six
> ways, including by knockout or checkmate?
> 9 Which creatures can almost completely evaporate from too
> much sun exposure?
> 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th
> June 1904?
--
Mark Brader | "...what the customer wants doesn't matter;
Toronto | the only thing that matters is what the Marketeer
m...@vex.net | thinks the customer thinks he wants --
| or can be made to think he wants." --Steve Summit
Dan Tilque
Nov 6, 2018, 12:14:34 PM11/6/18
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
Luxembourg
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
> 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people?
> 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the British Open golf championships?
> 4 Which American police television sitcom premiered in 2013 and revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature but talented NYPD detective?
> 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game?
> 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers?
> 7 In which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction?
> 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in any of six ways, including by knockout or checkmate?
> 9 Which creatures can almost completely evaporate from too much sun exposure?
> 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th June 1904?
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Dan Tilque
Pete Gayde
Nov 8, 2018, 3:18:44 PM11/8/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:4f1f2e44-e4ce-45aa...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter
> 'x'?
Luxembourg
> 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the
> people?
Marx
> 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted
> the British Open golf championships?
Wales
> 4 Which American police
> television sitcom premiered in 2013 and revolves around Jake Peralta
> (Andy Samberg), an immature but talented NYPD detective?
> 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game?
Solitaire
> 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers?
Persian
> 7 In
> which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory terms appear in
> conjunction?
> 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in
> any of six ways, including by knockout or checkmate?
> 9 Which
> creatures can almost completely evaporate from too much sun exposure?
> 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th June
> 1904?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:4f1f2e44-e4ce-45aa...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter
> 'x'?
> 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the
> people?
> 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted
> the British Open golf championships?
> 4 Which American police
> television sitcom premiered in 2013 and revolves around Jake Peralta
> (Andy Samberg), an immature but talented NYPD detective?
> 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game?
> 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers?
> 7 In
> which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory terms appear in
> conjunction?
> 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in
> any of six ways, including by knockout or checkmate?
> 9 Which
> creatures can almost completely evaporate from too much sun exposure?
> 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th June
> 1904?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Calvin
Nov 15, 2018, 11:58:48 PM11/15/18
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On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 10:21:28 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
Luxembourg
> 1 What is the only European country name that contains the letter 'x'?
> 2 Who, in 1844, claimed that religion was the opiate of the people?
> 3 Which is the only country in the UK never to have hosted the British Open golf championships?
> 4 Which American police television sitcom premiered in 2013 and revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature but talented NYPD detective?
> 5 FreeCell, Klondike and Spider are varieties of which card game?
> 6 Which language is known as Farsi to its native speakers?
> 7 In which figure of speech do two apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction?
> 8 In which sport can a competitor claim victory in any of six ways, including by knockout or checkmate?
> 9 Which creatures can almost completely evaporate from too much sun exposure?
> 10 Which novel's action all takes place in a single day, 16th June 1904?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 543
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 34 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 29 Dan Blum
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 30 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 22 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 15 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
5 5 3 2 4 5 3 2 2 3 34 68%
Congratulations to Mark on the clear round.
cheers,
calvin
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