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Calvin

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Aug 5, 2015, 5:17:36 AM8/5/15
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1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend?
2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event?
4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?
5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?
6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?
7 What is the official language of Mozambique?
8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the USA's 50?
9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?


cheers,
calvin

Erland Sommarskog

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Aug 5, 2015, 7:08:16 AM8/5/15
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?

That's not legal, is it?

> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in
> which athletics event?

High jumping

> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western
> Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?

Surabaya

> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was
> originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an
> entire genre of romance and adventure stories?

Syldavia? No, that's Tintin...

> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?

Portuguese

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the
> USA's 50?

Brazil

> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
>

Sirius


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Björn Lundin

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Aug 5, 2015, 8:30:21 AM8/5/15
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On 2015-08-05 11:17, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend?
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
Lisa Marie Presley
> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event?
High jump
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?
Dutchmen
> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?
> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?
> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?
English

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the USA's 50?
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?

Vega

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>


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Björn Lundin

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Aug 5, 2015, 9:09:06 AM8/5/15
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On 2015-08-05 13:08, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
>> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
>
> That's not legal, is it?

Divorce between ....



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Mark Brader

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Aug 5, 2015, 9:14:12 AM8/5/15
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"Calvin":
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which
> Hollywood legend?

Judy Garland.

> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?

Johnson.

Okay, I dunno, but that must've been some household!

> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in
> which athletics event?

High jump?

> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the
> Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for
> Jakarta?

Batavia (7).

> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?

"Oklahoma"?

> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was
> originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its
> name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?

Ruritania.

> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?

Portuguese.

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after
> the USA's 50?

Brazil.

> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?

Chaney. Lon Chaney Sr.

> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?

Sirius.
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And Lisp ran in GNU EMACS.
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Marc Dashevsky

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Aug 5, 2015, 10:24:08 AM8/5/15
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In article <1d815c43-144c-4d14...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
>
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend?
Judy Garland

> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
Lisa Marie Presley

> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event?
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?
> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?
> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?
Zenda

> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?
Portuguese

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the USA's 50?
European Union (I know it's not a country)

> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
Lon Chaney

> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
Sirius



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Peter Smyth

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Aug 5, 2015, 1:50:08 PM8/5/15
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Calvin wrote:

> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which
> Hollywood legend?
Liza Minelli
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
Lisa Marie Presley
> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in
> which athletics event?
High Jump
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western
> Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?
Djakarta
> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage
> musical?
>
> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was
> originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to
> an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?
Ruritania
> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?
Portuguese
> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the
> USA's 50?
Brazil
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?
>
> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?
Sirius

Peter Smyth

Gareth Owen

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Aug 5, 2015, 1:52:08 PM8/5/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:

> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood
> legend?

Lisa Minelli

> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?

Lisa Marie Presley

> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which
> athletics event?

High Jump

> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western
> Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?

No idea

> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?

Paint Your Wagon

> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally
> coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire
> genre of romance and adventure stories?

Ruritania?

> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?

French?

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the
> USA's 50?

(picks country at random) Gabon

> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?

Lon Chaney?

> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?

Sirius

Pete

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Aug 5, 2015, 2:48:20 PM8/5/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1d815c43-144c-4d14...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which
> Hollywood legend?

Judy Garland

> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson
> and Nicholas Cage?

Presley

> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world
> record holder in which athletics event?

Long Jump

> 4 What eight letter word
> is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and
> a colonial name for Jakarta?
> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which
> Lerner and Loewe stage musical?

Show Boat

> 6 The name of which fictional
> central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope
> but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure
> stories?

Vulgaria

> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?

Portuguese

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the
> USA's 50?

Brazil

> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?

Buster Keaton

> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?

Proxima Centauri

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Aug 5, 2015, 3:00:03 PM8/5/15
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On 2015-08-05, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend?
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?

Lisa Marie Presley

> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event?
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?
> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?
> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?

Ruritania

> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?

Portuguese

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the USA's 50?
> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?

Lon Chaney

> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?

Sirius

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swp

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Aug 5, 2015, 6:56:38 PM8/5/15
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On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 5:17:36 AM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend?

liza minelli

> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?

lisa marie presley (nick cage is an elvis collector, so I assume all the others are jealous of that one)

> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event?

high jump

> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?

batavia (7 letters, not 8)

> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?

paint your wagon?

> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?

zenda?

> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?

portuguese

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the USA's 50?

brazil (they're in the news a lot, it's 1 year from now that they will host the olympics)

> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?

lon chaney

> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?

sirius a


swp, who wants to know where the $ is

Dan Tilque

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Aug 5, 2015, 10:15:33 PM8/5/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend?
> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?
> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event?
> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?

Batavia

> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?
> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?

Ruritania

> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?

Portuguese

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the USA's 50?

Brazil

> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?

Jim Carrey

> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?

Sirius


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Calvin

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Aug 13, 2015, 5:18:31 AM8/13/15
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On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 7:17:36 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Singer and actress Lorna Luft is the half-sister of which Hollywood legend?

Liza Minelli

> 2 Who was once married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage?

Lisa-Marie Presley
Not at the same time, of course

> 3 Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the current world record holder in which athletics event?

High jump

> 4 What eight letter word is both a boat shipwrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629 and a colonial name for Jakarta?

Batavia
And that would have 7 letters sorry

> 5 Wand'rin' Star is a song from which Lerner and Loewe stage musical?

Paint Your Wagon

> 6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?

Ruritania

> 7 What is the official language of Mozambique?

Portuguese

> 8 With 27, which country's flag contains the most stars after the USA's 50?

Brazil

> 9 What actor was called The Man of 1,000 Faces?

Lon Chaney

> 10 Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the sky?

Sirius / Alpha Canis Major

=Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 404
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 48 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 36 Gareth Owen
0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 41 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7 43 Peter Smyth
0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 30 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 33 Chris Johnson
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 28 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 28 Erland S
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 21 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 7 6 3 2 5 8 6 5 8 53 53%

Stephen takes a tough one.

cheers,
calvin

swp

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Aug 13, 2015, 7:03:32 PM8/13/15
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On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 5:18:31 AM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 7:17:36 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> > 6 The name of which fictional central European country was originally coined by author Anthony Hope but has now lent its name to an entire genre of romance and adventure stories?
>
> Ruritania

the prisoner of zenda objects, but I don't. serves me right for only half listening to the wife all these years. :-)

swp
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