Calvin's Quiz #176

Calvin

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Nov 6, 2011, 7:49:06 PM11/6/11

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Still suffering via GG...

1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?
2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?
3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?
4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?
5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?
6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
Frost?
7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?
8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?
9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?
10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

cheers,
calvin

Marc Dashevsky

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Nov 6, 2011, 10:02:08 PM11/6/11

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In article <209feb8e-2e84-4c3e...@p36g2000prp.googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com
says...

> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?
> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Mario Puzo

> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?

Bryan Adams

> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

7

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George Herbert Walker Bush

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of Frost?
> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?
> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

garlic

> 9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Philip Marlowe

> 10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

U.S.S. Nautilus

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Nov 6, 2011, 10:36:51 PM11/6/11

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> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

snooker

> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Mario Puzo

> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?

Don Henley

> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

7 (8 marriages)

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

Dan Quayle (?)

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
> Frost?

David Jason

> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?

Hard Rock Cafe

> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

garlic

> 9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Phillip Marlowe

> 10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

USS Nautilus

Rob

John Masters

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Nov 7, 2011, 1:01:14 AM11/7/11

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On 2011-11-07 00:49:06 +0000, Calvin said:

> Still suffering via GG...
>
> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Snooker

> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Mario Puzo

> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?

Bobby Goldsboro

> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

6

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

Ford

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
> Frost?

David Jason

> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?

> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?
> 9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Marlow

Joachim Parsch

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Nov 7, 2011, 4:57:32 AM11/7/11

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Calvin schrieb:

>
> Still suffering via GG...
>
> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Snooker.

> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?
> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?

Bryan Adams.

> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

5.

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George Bush the first?

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
> Frost?
> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?

Hard Rock Cafe.

> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

Garlic.

> 9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Philip Marlowe.

> 10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

Joachim

Erland Sommarskog

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Nov 7, 2011, 6:34:44 AM11/7/11

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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Boxing

> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?

Bryan Adams

> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

7

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George Bush Sr

> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

Garlic

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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

Russ

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Nov 7, 2011, 10:18:11 AM11/7/11

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On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 16:49:06 -0800 (PST), Calvin <334...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Snooker

>2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Mario Puzo

>3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?

Bryan Adams

>4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

7 different men, with 8 marriages (Richard Burton twice)

>5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George Bush (the Elder Bush!)

>6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
>Frost?

Never heard of it!

>7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?

Hard Rock Cafe

>8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

Garlic

>9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Philip Marlowe

>10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

USS Nautilus

Russ

David B

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Nov 7, 2011, 10:43:50 AM11/7/11

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> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Snooker

> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?
> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?
> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

Seven

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
> Frost?

David Jason

> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?

Hard Rock Caf�

> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

Garlic

Dan Tilque

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Nov 8, 2011, 2:54:24 AM11/8/11

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Calvin wrote:
> Still suffering via GG...
>
> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

boxing

> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Puzo

> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?
> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

6

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George Herbert Walker Bush

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
> Frost?
> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?
> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?
> 9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Mike Hammer

> 10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

Nautilus

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Dan Tilque

Peter Smyth

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Nov 8, 2011, 2:13:08 PM11/8/11

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"Calvin" wrote in message
news:209feb8e-2e84-4c3e...@p36g2000prp.googlegroups.com...

>
>
>Still suffering via GG...
>
>1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Snooker

>2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Mario Puso

>3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?

Bryan Adams

>4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

7 (one twice)

>5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George Bush Sr

>6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
>Frost?

David Jason

>7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?
>8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?
>9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Sam Spade

>10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

Nautilus

Peter Smyth

Pete

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Nov 9, 2011, 2:54:58 AM11/9/11

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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in news:209feb8e-2e84-4c3e-8400-
ea1fae...@p36g2000prp.googlegroups.com:

>
> Still suffering via GG...
>
> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Billiards

> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Puzo

> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?
> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

6

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George H. W. Bush

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
> Frost?
> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?
> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

Garlic

> 9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Sam Spade

> 10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

Nautilus

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete

Calvin

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Nov 9, 2011, 6:48:31 PM11/9/11

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On Nov 7, 10:49 am, Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Still suffering via GG...
>
> 1 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins is a former world champion in which sport?

Snooker
6/10

> 2 Which author wrote the Godfather novels?

Mario Puzo
7/10

> 3 Who had a 1985 hit with Summer of '69?

Bryan Adams
5/10

> 4 How many men did Liz Taylor marry?

Married 8 times but twice to Richard Burton so the answer is 7.
6/10

> 5 Who was Ronald Reagan's vice-president?

George Bush Sr
7/10

> 6 Which actor played detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of
> Frost?

David Jasen
4/10

> 7 Which restaurant chain is sometimes known by the acronym HRC?

Hard Rock Cafe
4/10

> 8 What ingredient provides the main flavouring in aioli?

Garlic
7/10

> 9 Which fictional detective was created by author Raymond Chandler?

Phillip Marlowe
5/10

> 10 Launched in 1954, what was the first nuclear-powered submarine?

[USS] Nautilus

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 176
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0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 David Brown
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Erland S
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 Joachim Parsch
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 John Masters
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 Russ
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 7 5 6 7 4 4 7 5 6 57 57%

Well done Russ- a great score in a tough quiz.

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cheers,
calvin