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Calvin
Jul 16, 2018, 1:12:34 AM7/16/18
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1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist?
2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required!
4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester?
9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series?
10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
cheers,
calvin
Pete Gayde
Jul 16, 2018, 1:25:08 AM7/16/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:765d011f-8463-4d64...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard
> charts, a record for a solo artist?
Kanye West
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
Potassium Nitrate
> 3 Which three grandchildren are
> named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All
> three required!
Vera, Chuck, and Dave
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
> 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
George Lucas
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
Kipling
> 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
> 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester?
Salford
> 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV
> series?
Happy Days
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
United States
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:765d011f-8463-4d64...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard
> charts, a record for a solo artist?
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
> 3 Which three grandchildren are
> named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All
> three required!
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
> 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
> 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
> 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester?
> 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV
> series?
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Gareth Owen
Jul 16, 2018, 1:56:36 AM7/16/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a
> record for a solo artist?
Kanye West? (I don't think Jay-Z has 14 albums, and I can't imagine
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a
> record for a solo artist?
anyone else being close)
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
> 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit
> 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required!
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
> 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
> 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
> 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester?
> 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series?
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 16, 2018, 3:59:43 AM7/16/18
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts,
> a record for a solo artist?
Ice-T
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts,
> a record for a solo artist?
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
> 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The Beatles' 1967
> hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required!
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
> 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
>
Mark Brader
Jul 16, 2018, 5:15:50 AM7/16/18
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"Calvin":
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
Potassium nitrate.
> 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The
> Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required!
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
Murphy?
> 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
Spielberg.
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
Kipling.
> 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
Johnson!!!
> 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester?
> 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series?
"Happy Days".
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
UK.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "The Dopeler effect: dumb ideas sound smarter
m...@vex.net | when they come at you in a hurry."
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard
> charts, a record for a solo artist?
Drake?
> charts, a record for a solo artist?
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
> 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The
> Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required!
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
> 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
> 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
> 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester?
> 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series?
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The Dopeler effect: dumb ideas sound smarter
m...@vex.net | when they come at you in a hurry."
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Jul 16, 2018, 9:57:27 AM7/16/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist?
Kanye West
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist?
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
> 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
> 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
> 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series?
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Peter Smyth
Jul 16, 2018, 7:56:07 PM7/16/18
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Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist?
Jay-Z
>
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist?
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
> 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required!
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
> 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
> 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
> 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester?
> 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series?
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
Dan Tilque
Jul 17, 2018, 6:54:29 PM7/17/18
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist?
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
saltpeter
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist?
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
> 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required!
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
> 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
> 7 In 1755 who definied a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
> 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester?
> 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series?
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin
Jul 20, 2018, 1:24:30 AM7/20/18
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On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 3:12:34 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist?
Jay-Z / Shawn Carter
> 1 Which rapper has had 14 Number One albums on the Billboard charts, a record for a solo artist?
Singleton to Peter S
> 2 Which substance has the chemical formula KNO3?
> 3 Which three grandchildren are named-checked in The Beatles' 1967 hit 'When I'm Sixty-Four'? All three required!
> 4 Who became the first female Irish president in 1990?
> 5 Who directed the 1973 film 'American Graffiti'?
> 6 Who wrote the 1895 poem 'If-'?
> 7 In 1755 who defined a lexicographer as a "harmless drudge"?
Samuel Johnson
> 8 MediaCityUK is located in which borough of Greater Manchester?
> 9 Arnold's restaurant regularly appeared in which classic TV series?
> 10 Which country invaded Iceland in May 1940?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 527
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 39 Gareth Owen
1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 24 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 25 Pete Gayde
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 27 Dan Blum
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 25 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18 Erland S
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 20 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 6 3 4 4 5 5 3 4 5 40 57%
Congratulations Gareth on a runaway win, though there was a fair bit of UK bias in this set.
cheers,
calvin
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