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Calvin

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Oct 8, 2017, 11:17:32 PM10/8/17
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1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which European crown?
2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?
3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?
4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?
5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?
6  In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of succession after the vice president?
7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?
9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?
10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon?

cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Oct 8, 2017, 11:20:45 PM10/8/17
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"Calvin":
> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which
> European crown?

Netherlands.

> 2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?

Andaman?

> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?

Percussion.

> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?

"Phantom of the Opera".

> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?

Xenophobia is.

> 6 In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of
> succession after the vice president?

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William
> Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?

Pre-Raphaelites?

> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?

Rome.

> 9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?

Scotch on the Scottish. :-)

> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by
> Carly Simon?

"The Spy Who Loved Me"?
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Toronto | it feels like the classic irresistible force, but I am
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Dan Blum

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Oct 9, 2017, 12:24:46 AM10/9/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which European crown?

Netherlands

> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?

percussion

> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?

The Phantom of the Opera

> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?

xenophobia

> 6 ?In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of succession after the vice president?

Speaker of the House of Representatives

> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?

Pre-Raphaelites

> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?

London

> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon?

The Spy Who Loved Me

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Erland Sommarskog

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Oct 9, 2017, 3:16:37 AM10/9/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which
> European crown?

Netherlands

> 2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?

Tamil Strait

> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when
> struck?

Percussion

> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?
> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?

Xenophobia

> 6  In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of
> succession after the vice president?

Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Although Alexander Haig
disagrees.)

> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William
> Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?

Rome

> 9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?
> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly
> Simon?


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

Dan Tilque

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Oct 9, 2017, 4:00:21 AM10/9/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which European crown?

Netherlands

> 2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?

Ceylon Strait

> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?

percussion

> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?

Love Story

> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?

xenophobia

> 6 In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of succession after the vice president?

Speaker of the House

> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?

Rome

> 9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?
> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon?

The Spy Who Loved Me


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Dan Tilque

Peter Smyth

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Oct 9, 2017, 10:50:29 AM10/9/17
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Calvin wrote:

>
> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which
> European crown?
Netherlands

> 2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?
> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?
Percussion

> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?
Phantom of the Opera

> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?
Xenophobia

> 6  In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of
> succession after the vice president?
Speaker of the House of Representatives

> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William
> Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960
> in which city?
Rome

> 9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?
> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly
> Simon?
Octopussy

Peter Smyth

Pete Gayde

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Oct 12, 2017, 1:54:48 PM10/12/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:fef4c651-4b29-40d5...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which
> European crown?

Netherlands

> 2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?
> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when
> struck?

Percussion

> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?

Phantom of the Opera

> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?

Xenophobia

> 6  In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of
> succession after the vice president?

Speaker of the House of Representatives

> 7 Which group was founded in
> 1848 by the English painters William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais
> and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?

Rome

> 9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?
> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does
> It Better" by Carly Simon?

Moonraker

>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete Gayde

Calvin

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Oct 19, 2017, 12:18:58 AM10/19/17
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On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 1:17:32 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 The Prince of Orange is the title carried by the heir to which European crown?

Netherlands

> 2 Which straits separate Sri Lanka from India?

Palk strait
No-one got this

> 3 What term describes musical instruments that produce sound when struck?

Percussion

> 4 "Love Never Dies" is the sequel to which other musical?

Phantom of the Opera

> 5 What phobia an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners?

Xenophobia

> 6  In the United States, who is next in the presidential line of succession after the vice president?

Speaker of the House of Representative

> 7 Which group was founded in 1848 by the English painters William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?

Pre-Raphaelite [brotherhood]
Pre meaning post in this context of course

> 8 The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city?

Rome

> 9 Whisky and Drambuie combine to form which cocktail?

Rusty Nail
No-one got this

> 10 Which 1977 Bond film's theme was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon?

The Spy Who Loved Me


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 505
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 38 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 33 Dan Blum
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 32 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 33 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 33 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 29 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 0 6 4 6 6 2 5 0 3 38 63%

Congratulations Mark.

cheers,
calvin

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