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Calvin
Feb 21, 2016, 7:58:23 PM2/21/16
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1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the food additive classification system?
3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west African country?
4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on which animated children's TV show?
5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and 1991?
10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect against various congenital deformities?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Feb 21, 2016, 9:42:47 PM2/21/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west African country?
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on which animated children's TV show?
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and 1991?
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect against various congenital deformities?
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Feb 21, 2016, 11:39:48 PM2/21/16
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"Calvin":
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number
> in the food additive classification system?
E.
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which
> west African country?
Ghana.
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters
> on which animated children's TV show?
"Spongebob Squarepants"?
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of
> life expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living,
> and quality of life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean
> country ranked third in the north and central America and
> Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
Barbados?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
USA.
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
Salmon.
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
Mittelstadt. (I just made that up.)
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between
> 1924 and 1991?
Leningrad.
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to
> protect against various congenital deformities?
B12?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I don't know about your brain,
m...@vex.net | but mine is really bossy." -- Laurie Anderson
>
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
> Fogarty in 1967?
The Alligator Stones. :-)
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
> Fogarty in 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number
> in the food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which
> west African country?
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters
> on which animated children's TV show?
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of
> life expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living,
> and quality of life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean
> country ranked third in the north and central America and
> Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between
> 1924 and 1991?
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to
> protect against various congenital deformities?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I don't know about your brain,
m...@vex.net | but mine is really bossy." -- Laurie Anderson
Erland Sommarskog
Feb 22, 2016, 3:17:40 AM2/22/16
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
> Fogarty in 1967?
Credence Clearwater Revival
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
> Fogarty in 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the
> food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west
> African country?
(Hey, you took that one from one my quizzes. :-)
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life
> expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of
> life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the
> north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and
> Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and
> 1991?
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect
> against various congenital deformities?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Björn Lundin
Feb 22, 2016, 10:53:17 AM2/22/16
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On 2016-02-22 01:58, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
>
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west African country?
Mali?
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on which animated children's TV show?
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
Cuba
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
USA
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
Stuttgart
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and 1991?
Leningrad
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect against various congenital deformities?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
--
--
Björn
Joe
Feb 22, 2016, 12:56:12 PM2/22/16
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On 2016-02-22 00:58:22 +0000, Calvin said:
>
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
CCR
>
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the
> food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west African country?
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on which
> animated children's TV show?
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life
> expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of
> life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the
> north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and
> Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?9
> What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and 1991?
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect against
> various congenital deformities?
>
> 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
Peter Smyth
Feb 22, 2016, 1:20:57 PM2/22/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
> Fogarty in 1967?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
> Fogarty in 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the
> food additive classification system?
E
> food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west
> African country?
Ghana
> African country?
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on
> which animated children's TV show?
Captain Pugwash
> which animated children's TV show?
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life
> expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of
> life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in
> the north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA
> and Canada?
Barbados
> expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of
> life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in
> the north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA
> and Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
USA
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
Tuna
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
Stuttgart
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and
> 1991?
Leningrad
> 1991?
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect
> against various congenital deformities?
Folic acid
> against various congenital deformities?
Peter Smyth
bbowler
Feb 22, 2016, 1:48:11 PM2/22/16
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On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 16:58:22 -0800, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
Fogarty
in
> 1967?
Credence Clearwater Revival
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
Fogarty
in
> 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the
> food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west
African
> country?
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on which
> animated children's TV show?
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life
> expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of
> life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the
> north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and
> Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and
> 1991?
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect
against
> various congenital deformities?
Pete
Feb 22, 2016, 3:31:50 PM2/22/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:15fdf5a2-3a92-4a32...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
> Fogarty in 1967?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4
> digit number in the food additive classification system?
A
> 3 Former
> UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west African country?
Ghana
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on
> which animated children's TV show?
Dora the Explorer
> 5 The UN Human Development
> Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy,
> education, standards of living, and quality of life. In its 2013 data
> set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the north and central
> America and Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
Aruba
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
United States
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
Salmon
> 8 What is the only German city that has
> four T's in its name?
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg
> known by between 1924 and 1991?
Leningrad
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended
> for pregnant women to protect against various congenital deformities?
B12
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
news:15fdf5a2-3a92-4a32...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom
> Fogarty in 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4
> digit number in the food additive classification system?
> 3 Former
> UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west African country?
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on
> which animated children's TV show?
> 5 The UN Human Development
> Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy,
> education, standards of living, and quality of life. In its 2013 data
> set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the north and central
> America and Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
> 8 What is the only German city that has
> four T's in its name?
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg
> known by between 1924 and 1991?
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended
> for pregnant women to protect against various congenital deformities?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
Marc Dashevsky
Feb 24, 2016, 11:27:07 PM2/24/16
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In article <15fdf5a2-3a92-4a32...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west African country?
Ghana
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on which animated children's TV show?
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education,
> standards of living, and quality of life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked
> third in the north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
Cuba
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
U.S.
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
salmon
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
Stuttgart (I had not noticed previously)
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and 1991?
Leningrad
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect against various congenital deformities?
folic acid
> cheers,
> calvin
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west African country?
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on which animated children's TV show?
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education,
> standards of living, and quality of life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked
> third in the north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and 1991?
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect against various congenital deformities?
> cheers,
> calvin
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Calvin
Feb 25, 2016, 8:14:52 PM2/25/16
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On Monday, February 22, 2016 at 10:58:23 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
Credence Clearwater revival
> 1 Which "swamp-rock" band was formed by brothers John and Tom Fogarty in 1967?
> 2 Which letter of the alphabet precedes a 3 or 4 digit number in the food additive classification system?
> 3 Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan hails from which west African country?
> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on which animated children's TV show?
No one got this. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1710177/
> 5 The UN Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of life. In its 2013 data set, which Caribbean country ranked third in the north and central America and Caribbean region, following the USA and Canada?
> 6 In which country is the airline company Boeing based?
> 7 Sockeye is a species of which fish?
> 8 What is the only German city that has four T's in its name?
> 9 What name was the city of St Petersburg known by between 1924 and 1991?
> 10 Which B vitamin is recommended for pregnant women to protect against various congenital deformities?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 427
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 53 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 53 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 49 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 51 Joe
1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 41 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 43 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 45 Erland S
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 36 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 39 Pete Gayde
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 5 7 0 3 9 6 7 9 4 58 64%
Congratulations Dan and Marc.
cheers,
calvin
Gareth Owen
Feb 27, 2016, 1:27:56 AM2/27/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
>> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on
>> which animated children's TV show?
>
> Octonauts
> No one got this. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1710177/
Really? We love it at our house. "Shiver me whiskers!!"
>> 4 Captain Barnacle, Kwazii and Peso are among the characters on
>> which animated children's TV show?
>
> Octonauts
> No one got this. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1710177/
Calvin
Feb 27, 2016, 6:12:49 PM2/27/16
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cheers,
calvin
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