Calvin's Quiz #123
Calvin
1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for which
rock band?
2 What shape is the human cochlea?
3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part of
the UK?
4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn Monroe
famously reply?
6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway Danny
Rose?
7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark 1931
tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
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calvin
Rob Parker
> rock band?
Queen
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
Spiral
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part of
> the UK?
Ireland
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
John Lennon
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn Monroe
> famously reply?
Nothing (?)
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway Danny
> Rose?
no idea
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
Chihuahua
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark 1931
> tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
Mouse (?)
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
Swedish
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Monica Seles
Rob
Marc Dashevsky
>
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for which rock band?
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
spiral
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part of the UK?
Wales
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
Ringo
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn Monroe famously reply?
"Which one?"
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway Danny Rose?
Mia Farrow
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
Chihuahua
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark 1931 tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
mouse
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
Albanian
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Monica Seles
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Erland Sommarskog
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for
> which rock band?
Queen
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
Elliptic
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part
> of the UK?
Cornwall
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
John Lennon
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn
> Monroe famously reply?
Her skin
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway Danny
> Rose?
Catherine Hepburn
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
Chihuahua
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark 1931
> tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
Beetle
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
I can ensure you that both Per and Marie are still Swedish. And they
released an album just recently.
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Monica Seles
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Erland Sommarskog
>> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part of
>> the UK?
>
> Ireland
Bruce Bowler
typed:
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for
> which rock band?
Queen
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
It's a spiral
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part
> of the UK?
Northern Ireland
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
Lennon
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn
> Monroe famously reply?
OMG!
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway
> Danny Rose?
Mia Farrow?
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
Chihuahua
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark
> 1931 tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
Mr Gosling, and thus was born the "Dark and Stormy"
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
Swedish
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Monica Seles
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Bruce
John Masters
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for
> which rock band?
Queen
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
Hammer shaped
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part of the UK?
Northern Ireland
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
John Lennon
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn
> Monroe famously reply?
Nothing?
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway Danny Rose?
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
Chiuahaua (Sorry about the spelling)
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark 1931
> tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
Cockroach
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
German
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Graf?
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(Terry Pratchett)
Chris F.A. Johnson
>
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for which
> rock band?
Queen
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
Spiral
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part of
> the UK?
Northern Ireland
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn Monroe
> famously reply?
Nothing
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway Danny
> Rose?
Mia Farrow
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
Chihuahua
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark 1931
> tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
Mouse
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Seles
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> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for which
> rock band?
queen
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
spiral
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part of
> the UK?
northern ireland
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
john lennon
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn Monroe
> famously reply?
nothing (although I'm not sure after which wedding)
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway Danny
> Rose?
mia farrow
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
chihuahua
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark 1931
> tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
mouse?
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
they're still swedish
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
steffi graf?
swp
Pete
news:op.vu1c3...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums
> for which rock band?
Queen
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
Spiral like a Nautilus
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which
> part of the UK?
Scotland
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
John Lennon
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn
> Monroe famously reply?
Nothing
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway
> Danny Rose?
Keaton
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
Chihuahua
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark
> 1931 tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
Cricket
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
German
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Seles
>
Pete
Dan Tilque
>
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for
> which rock band?
Queen
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
tube?
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part
> of the UK?
Wales
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
Ringo?
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn
> Monroe famously reply?
perfume
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway
> Danny Rose?
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
chihuahua
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark
> 1931 tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
mouse
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
German
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Steffi Graf
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Dan Tilque
Calvin
>
> 1 A Night at the Opera and A Day at the races were 1970s albums for
> which rock band?
Queen
8/9
> 2 What shape is the human cochlea?
Spiral
6/9
> 3 The Giant's Causeway is a popular tourist attraction in which part of
> the UK?
Co. Antrim / Northern Ireland
4/9
And I'm certainly not accepting Ireland :-)
> 4 Which Beatle was featured in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy?
John
6/9
> 5 When asked what she wore on her wedding night, what did Marilyn Monroe
> famously reply?
Chanel Number 5. I'll score half points for Dan's "perfume".
0.5/9
> 6 Which actress starred in the Purple Rose of Cairo and Broadway Danny
> Rose?
Mia Farrow
4/9
> 7 Which breed of dog is also a Mexican state?
Chihuahua
9/9
> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark 1931
> tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
Slug / snail
0/9
LOL @ cricket :-) No lawyers here clearly but his is one of the most
famous cases of all time so worth knowing even for the layman. Disclaimer
- IANAL.
> 9 What nationality were the 1990s pop duo Roxette?
Swedish
4/9
And they still are!
> 10 Which tennis player was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?
Monica Seles
7/9
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 123
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 Chris Johnson
1 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0 0 1 3.5 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 Erland S
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 John Masters
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 swp
8 6 4 6 0.5 4 9 0 4 7 48.5 TOTAL
54%
Well done Bruce!
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cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
>> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark
>> 1931 tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
>
> Slug / snail
> 0/9
> LOL @ cricket :-)
Isn't cricket a creature?
> No lawyers here clearly but his is one of the most
> famous cases of all time so worth knowing even for the layman. Disclaimer
Most famous in Australia? For us ignorant, what the fuss about?
Calvin
<esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
>>> 8 What creature was found in a ginger beer bottle in the landmark
>>> 1931 tort law case of Donoghue v Stevenson?
>>
>> Slug / snail
>> 0/9
>> LOL @ cricket :-)
>
> Isn't cricket a creature?
Yes indeed. The humour is in finding a new way to make "cricket" a default
answer.
>> No lawyers here clearly but his is one of the most
>> famous cases of all time so worth knowing even for the layman.
>> Disclaimer
>
> Most famous in Australia? For us ignorant, what the fuss about?
It was a British case concerning the legal concept of negligence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoghue_v_Stevenson
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cheers,
calvin