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Calvin

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Sep 16, 2015, 5:13:36 AM9/16/15
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1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record?
2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?
3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?
4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?
5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.
6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?
7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?
8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?
9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?
10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?


cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Sep 16, 2015, 5:26:13 AM9/16/15
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"Calvin":
> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world
> freestyle record?

Johnson.

> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo
> became (and remains) the only male tennis player from
> which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon
> singles title?

Johnson. Well, it sounds Portuguese... Mozambique? Oh, wait,
you didn't say African. Um, Brazil then?

> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members
> of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

Johnson.

> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?

Virtual Packet Network, I think.

> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the
> world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend
> was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the
> site.

Myspace?

> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano
> de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?

"Roxanne"!

> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly
> a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire
> sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the
> testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?

Prairie oyster.

> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like
> contraction of muscles that help send food down the
> digestive tract?

Peristalsis.

The year we learned about that in school, this question came up
on a test and I couldn't remember the word, so I made a series
of drawings illustrating it and, as I recall, got the marks.

> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's
> Causeway?

Well, when I was there in June it was in Northern Ireland.

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?

Austrian, I think.
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Björn Lundin

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Sep 16, 2015, 6:09:24 AM9/16/15
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On 2015-09-16 11:13, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record?
A very good one ?
> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?
Argentina?
> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?
The Police
> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?
Virtual Private Network
> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.
Myspace?
> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?
Cyrano
> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?
grocest ever ?
> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?
hmm 'Glatta muskler' translates to 'slippery muscles'
I do doubt that that is the English term though.
I'm not I'm thinking of the right answer anyway.
> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?
Wales ?
> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?
Never heard of but is sounds Swedish.
I'll answer Swedish.



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Erland Sommarskog

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Sep 16, 2015, 6:15:04 AM9/16/15
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and
> remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to
> win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?

Paraguay

> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop
> group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

The Police

> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?

Virtual Private Network

> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from
> 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom
> Anderson, co-founder of the site.

MySpace

> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac
> starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?

Hunchback

> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover
> cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and
> ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?

Ouch! That may cure the hangover - but what other feeling do you get
instead?

> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?

Cornwall

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?

German


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swp

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Sep 16, 2015, 10:51:06 AM9/16/15
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On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 5:13:36 AM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record?

dawn fraser?

> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?

peru

> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

the police

> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?

virtual private network

> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.

myspace

> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?

roxanne

> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?

prairie oyster

> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?

peristalsis

> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?

northern ireland

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?

austrian

swp

Marc Dashevsky

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Sep 16, 2015, 12:18:26 PM9/16/15
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In article <fd174af4-1221-4cdc...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
>
> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record?
> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?
> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?
Police

> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?
Virtual Private Network

> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.
MySpace

> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?
Roxanne (connection with answer #3.)

> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?
> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?
peristalsis

> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?
Wales

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?
Austrian



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Gareth Owen

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Sep 16, 2015, 1:23:36 PM9/16/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:

> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle
> record?

No idea

> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and
> remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation
> to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?

Uruguay?

> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop
> group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

The Police (and they were Gordon "Sting" Sumner and Andy *Summers*, and
not related)

> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?

Virtual Private Network

> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from
> 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely
> Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.

MySpace

> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac
> starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?

Roxanne (you don't have to put on the red-light)

> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover
> cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and
> ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?

Prairie Oyster

> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction
> of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?
> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?

Northern Ireland

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?

Dutch?

Peter Smyth

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Sep 16, 2015, 1:44:08 PM9/16/15
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Calvin wrote:

> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle
> record?
Dawn Fraser
> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and
> remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation
> to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?
Argentina
> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop
> group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?
The Police (they are not brothers and are not both called Sumner)
> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?
Virtual Private Network
> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from
> 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely
> Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.
Myspace
> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac
> starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?
>
> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover
> cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt
> and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and
> eaten?
>
> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction
> of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?
Peristalsis
> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?
Northern Ireland
> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?
Swedish

Peter Smyth

Erland Sommarskog

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Sep 16, 2015, 3:38:25 PM9/16/15
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Gareth Owen (gwo...@gmail.com) writes:
> The Police (and they were Gordon "Sting" Sumner and Andy *Summers*, and
> not related)

Thanks Gareth. It seemed wrong to me as well, but I did not have the
guts to point it out.

>> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac
>> starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?
>
> Roxanne (you don't have to put on the red-light)

And for those who don't get it, there is a connection to #3 there.

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Sep 16, 2015, 4:10:03 PM9/16/15
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On 2015-09-16, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record?
> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?
> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

The Police

> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?

Virtual Private Network

> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.

Myspace

> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?

Roxanne

> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?

Prairie oyster

> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?

Peristalsis

> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?

Antrim

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?

Austrian

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David B

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Sep 17, 2015, 6:59:19 AM9/17/15
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> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle
> record?

> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and
> remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to
> win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?

> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop
> group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

Brothers? Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers and Gordon Matthew Sumner aka
Sting, where members of The Police.

> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?

Virtual Private Network.

> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from
> 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom
> Anderson, co-founder of the site.

Myspace

> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac
> starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?

Roxanne.

> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover
> cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and
> ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?

> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of
> muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?
> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?

Northern Ireland.

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?

Austrian.

--
David B
http://waterfalls.me.uk

Pete

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Sep 18, 2015, 11:14:58 PM9/18/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:fd174af4-1221-4cdc...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle
> record?

Shane Gould

> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo
> became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South
> American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?

Paraguay

> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which
> pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

The Police

> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?

Virtual Private Network

> 5 Which social networking service was
> the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first
> friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.
> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de
> Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?
> 7 What two-word
> term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting
> of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black
> pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?
> 8 In the
> human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles
> that help send food down the digestive tract?

Peristalsis

> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?

Scotland

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?

Austrian

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete

Dan Tilque

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Sep 20, 2015, 2:39:29 AM9/20/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record?
> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?

Argentina

> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?
> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?
> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.

MySpace

> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?
> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?
> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?

peristalsis

> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?

Northern Ireland

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?

Austrian

--
Dan Tilque

Calvin

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Sep 29, 2015, 5:13:45 AM9/29/15
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On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 7:13:36 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Which female Australian swimmer once held every world freestyle record?

Shane Gould
Singleton for Pete

> 2 Defeating Rod Laver in the 1959 final, Alex Olmedo became (and remains) the only male tennis player from which South American nation to win the coveted Wimbledon singles title?

Peru
Singleton for Stephen

> 3 Stewart Copeland and the Sumner brothers were members of which pop group in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

The Police
And as several posters pointed out they weren't actually brothers despite thir (almost) shared surname.

> 4 In computing, what does the acronym VPN stand for?

Virtual private Network

> 5 Which social networking service was the largest in the world from 2005 to 2008? Every new user's first friend was called Tom - namely Tom Anderson, co-founder of the site.

MySpace

> 6 What was the title of the 1987 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah?

Roxanne
cf Q3

> 7 What two-word term can refer to a cocktail (supposedly a hangover cure) consisting of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper; or the testes of a bull when cooked and eaten?

Prairie Oyster

> 8 In the human body, what name is given to the wave-like contraction of muscles that help send food down the digestive tract?

Peristalsis

> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?

Northern Island
I accepted Antrim as it is easy to read county for country (and it is correct).

> 10 What nationality was artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)?

Austrian


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 408
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 61 Stephen Perry
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 60 Chris Johnson
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 53 Gareth Owen
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 42 Mark Brader
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 48 David Brown
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 49 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 34 Pete Gayde
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 43 Peter Smyth
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 32 Dan Tilque
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 28 Bjorn Lundin
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 28 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 9 9 10 6 4 8 7 7 62 56%

Congratulations SWP.

cheers,
calvin

Erland Sommarskog

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Sep 29, 2015, 4:20:30 PM9/29/15
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
>> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?
>
> Northern Island

Isn't that more like the western island? :-)

Calvin

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Sep 29, 2015, 11:49:00 PM9/29/15
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On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 6:20:30 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> >> 9 In which country of the UK would you find the Giant's Causeway?
> >
> > Northern Island
>
> Isn't that more like the western island? :-)

Umm, yes :-)

cheers,
calvin
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