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Calvin
Jul 14, 2019, 11:31:31 PM7/14/19
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1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or shaking food in hot fat?
2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song to receive such an accolade?
3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of which animal?
5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city?
6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'?
8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in relation to a parachute jump?
9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" starring Jim Carrey is set in which US city?
10 Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and Russell Brand?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Jul 15, 2019, 12:03:14 AM7/15/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or shaking food in hot fat?
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> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or shaking food in hot fat?
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the??Academy Award for Best Original Song??in 2003, the first hip-hop song to receive such an accolade?
Eminem
> 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
> 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of which animal?
> 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper??is located in which Italian city?
Milan
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
> 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'?
> 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in relation to a parachute jump?
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Mark Brader
Jul 15, 2019, 12:26:59 AM7/15/19
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"Calvin":
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy
> Award for Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song
> to receive such an accolade?
Enimem?
> 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
"Good grief!"
> 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue
> of which animal?
Lion?
> 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city?
Milan?
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
Pisces.
> 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also
> known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'?
It has a cross-shaped marking?
> 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as
> quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in
> relation to a parachute jump?
High-altitude, low opening.
> 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet
> Detective" starring Jim Carrey is set in which US city?
Miami?
> 10 Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila
> Kunis and Russell Brand?
"Friends with Benefits"?
(If I was allowed a second guess it'd be "No Strings Attached", which
had the same premise and came out about the same time. I didn't see
either one and am not sure who was in which.)
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Mark Brader | "... you're a detective, you like mysteries."
Toronto | "I hate mysteries. What I like are *solutions*."
m...@vex.net | --Barbara Paul, "The Apostrophe Thief"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to
> tossing or shaking food in hot fat?
Sautee.
> tossing or shaking food in hot fat?
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy
> Award for Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song
> to receive such an accolade?
> 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
> 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue
> of which animal?
> 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city?
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
> 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also
> known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'?
> 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as
> quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in
> relation to a parachute jump?
> 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet
> Detective" starring Jim Carrey is set in which US city?
> 10 Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila
> Kunis and Russell Brand?
(If I was allowed a second guess it'd be "No Strings Attached", which
had the same premise and came out about the same time. I didn't see
either one and am not sure who was in which.)
--
Mark Brader | "... you're a detective, you like mysteries."
Toronto | "I hate mysteries. What I like are *solutions*."
m...@vex.net | --Barbara Paul, "The Apostrophe Thief"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader
Jul 15, 2019, 12:27:41 AM7/15/19
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Dan Blum:
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Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as
m...@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past,
Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit
> it can walk across water
Oh, duh. :-(
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Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as
m...@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past,
Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 15, 2019, 5:07:49 AM7/15/19
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Torino
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
Pisces
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
Joe
Jul 15, 2019, 3:01:44 PM7/15/19
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On 2019-07-15 03:31:30 +0000, Calvin said:
>
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or
> shaking food in hot fat?
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy Award for
> Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song to receive such an
> accolade?
P Diddy?
>
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or
> shaking food in hot fat?
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy Award for
> Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song to receive such an
> accolade?
> 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
> 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of which animal?
> 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city?
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
> 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also known
> as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'?
> 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as quickly as
> possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in relation to a
> parachute jump?
> 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" starring Jim Carrey
> is set in which US city?
> 10 Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and
> Russell Brand?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
“To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.”
― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
Bruce Bowler
Jul 16, 2019, 3:49:20 PM7/16/19
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 20:31:30 -0700, Calvin wrote:
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or
> shaking food in hot fat?
Saute
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or
> shaking food in hot fat?
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy Award
for
> Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song to receive such an
> accolade?
> 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
> 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of
which
> animal?
> 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city?
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
> 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also
known as
> the 'Jesus Christ lizard'?
> 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as quickly
as
> possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in relation to a
> parachute jump?
Pete Gayde
Jul 16, 2019, 5:44:24 PM7/16/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:d17bfde3-3b17-4eca...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing
> or shaking food in hot fat?
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose
> Yourself" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003, the
> first hip-hop song to receive such an accolade?
> 3 What is Charlie
> Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
Rats
> 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of
> which animal?
> 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city?
Milan
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
Pisces
> 7 Why is the green
> basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also known as the 'Jesus
> Christ lizard'?
> 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the
> ground as quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in
> relation to a parachute jump?
> 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura:
> Pet Detective" starring Jim Carrey is set in which US city?
> 10
> Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and
> Russell Brand?
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:d17bfde3-3b17-4eca...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing
> or shaking food in hot fat?
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose
> Yourself" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003, the
> first hip-hop song to receive such an accolade?
> 3 What is Charlie
> Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
> 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of
> which animal?
> 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city?
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
> 7 Why is the green
> basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also known as the 'Jesus
> Christ lizard'?
> 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the
> ground as quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in
> relation to a parachute jump?
> 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura:
> Pet Detective" starring Jim Carrey is set in which US city?
> 10
> Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and
> Russell Brand?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Calvin
Jul 25, 2019, 11:58:45 PM7/25/19
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On Monday, July 15, 2019 at 1:31:31 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or shaking food in hot fat?
Saute
> 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or shaking food in hot fat?
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song to receive such an accolade?
> 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
> 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of which animal?
The bear is Berlin
> 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city?
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
> 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z9D9pb65SlQ/U9ym7d2UczI/AAAAAAAAGi4/Lgs1DCT7YnM/s1600/jesus+christ+lizard+running+on+water.jpg
> 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as quickly as possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in relation to a parachute jump?
Though I enjoyed Joe's suggestion: Highly accelerated landing. Ouch!
> 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" starring Jim Carrey is set in which US city?
> 10 Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and Russell Brand?
Singleton for Pete
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 569
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 24 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 24 Dan Blum
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 12 Bruce Bowler
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 11 Pete Gayde
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 Joe
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 2 3 2 5 5 2 2 2 1 27 45%
Congratulations Mark and Dan B. Another tough set, with a larger spread than normal for some reason.
cheers,
calvin
Calvin
Jul 26, 2019, 12:02:34 AM7/26/19
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On Monday, July 15, 2019 at 2:27:41 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> Dan Blum:
> > it can walk across water
>
> Oh, duh. :-(
Good grief!, surely :-)
> Dan Blum:
> > it can walk across water
>
> Oh, duh. :-(
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 26, 2019, 3:36:04 AM7/26/19
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As poor as my score might seem, it should be even poorer. I did not have
Q5 right. I said Torino which is about 150 km west of Milano.
Q5 right. I said Torino which is about 150 km west of Milano.
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