Calvin's Quiz #119
Calvin
1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
Ledger?
3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000 people?
6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on
it?
9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make the
1st move?
10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
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cheers,
calvin
Chris F.A. Johnson
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> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Chelsea Clinton
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger?
The Joker
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Tchaikovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000 people?
Bhopal
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
Lie detector
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Basic Instinct
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on it?
Billiards
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make the 1st move?
Knight
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
Judith Durham
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Mark Brader
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Johnson.
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
The Joker.
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Tchaikovsky.
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana.
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000 people?
"Spill" is usually used for liquids, not airborne poisons.
Anyway, Bhopal.
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
Lie detector.
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Disclosure.
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on
> it?
Billiards. The specific game of that name.
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make the
> 1st move?
Knight.
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
Johnson.
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Erland Sommarskog
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Mrs Mezvinsky, whoever that is.
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Piotr Tchakovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000
> people?
Bhopal
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black
> spots on it?
It does not sound like cricket, but given who is asking I assume that
is the answer.
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may
> make the 1st move?
The horse
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Mark Brader
> > 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
> Mrs Mezvinsky, whoever that is.
Oh yeah? How do you know he's not asking for the priest, magistrate,
or other officiant?
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "I wish to God these calculations had been
m...@vex.net | executed by steam!" -- Charles Babbage, 1821
swp
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
chelsea clinton (unless you really wanted rabbi james ponet)
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
the joker
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
tchaikovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000 people?
none. but there was a chemical cloud that year that killed about the
same number...
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
lie detector (unless you work for the u.s. government and have a
security clearance, in which case the answer is "a poly")
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
um .. no. she uncrossed her legs in this one. best left in the dust
bin of history I think.
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on
> it?
billiards
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make the
> 1st move?
knight (aka horsey)
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
judy durham (?)
swp
Peter Smyth
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> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Chelsea Clinton
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
The Joker
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Bach
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000
> people?
Bhopal
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
Lie Detector
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Basic Instinct
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots
> on it?
Billiards
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make
> the 1st move?
Knight
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
Judith Durham
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque
>
>
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Madonna
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
Norman Bates
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Tchaikovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000
> people?
Bopal
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
lie detector test
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots
> on it?
snooker
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make
> the 1st move?
knights
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
>
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Marc Dashevsky
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger?
The Joker
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Tchaicovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000 people?
Bhopal
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
lie detector
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Basic Instinct
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on it?
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make the 1st move?
knight
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
I should know this
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Rob Parker
no idea
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
no idea
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Tsaichovsky
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000
> people?
Bopal
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
Lie detector
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Disclosure (?)
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on
> it?
Billiards
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make the
> 1st move?
Knight
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
Judith Durham (another gimme - thanks Calvin)
Rob
Calvin
> 1 Who married Marc Mezvinksy in July 2010?
Chelsea Clinton
4/8
> 2 Which character has been portrayed by both Jack Nicholson and Heath
> Ledger?
The Joker (Batman films)
5/8
> 3 Who composed the 1812 Overture?
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
7/8
> 4 New Orleans is located in which US state?
Louisiana
8/8
> 5 In which Indian city did a 1984 industrial spill kill over 10,000
> people?
Bhopal
8/8
Technically not a spill, but happily no-one was was misled.
> 6 What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
Lie Detector
7/8
> 7 Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-starred in which 1992 movie?
Basic Instinct
3/8
> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on
> it?
Billiards
5/8
I like the way "cricket" and "Johnson" are becoming default answers :-)
> 9 Apart from a pawn, what is the only other chess piece that may make
> the 1st move?
Knight
8/8
Accepting horsey, springer, elephant, etc
> 10 Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
Judith Durham
4/8
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 119
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Chris Johnson
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 Dan Tilque
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Erland S
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Peter Smyth
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 swp
4 5 7 8 8 7 3 5 8 4 59 TOTAL
74%
Clear round gives this one to Chris.
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cheers,
calvin
Chris F.A. Johnson
>> 8 What game would you be playing if your cue ball had two black spots on
>> it?
>
> Billiards
> 5/8
> I like the way "cricket" and "Johnson" are becoming default answers :-)
I think that started in the pub quiz league in which Mark B. and I
play.
My son Michael started using it instead of Smith, which had been
the default. Of course, the one time he didn't use it was when
asked for the Rock's real name. :(
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 119
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Chris Johnson
> 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 Dan Tilque
> 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Erland S
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 Marc Dashevsky
> 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 Mark Brader
> 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Peter Smyth
> 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 Rob Parker
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 swp
> 4 5 7 8 8 7 3 5 8 4 59 TOTAL
> 74%
>
> Clear round gives this one to Chris.
Two were lucky guesses (Chelsea and Basic Instinct)!
Stan Brown
> On 2011-04-20, Calvin wrote:
> >
> > Billiards
> > 5/8
> > I like the way "cricket" and "Johnson" are becoming default answers :-)
>
> I think that started in the pub quiz league in which Mark B. and I
> play.
>
> My son Michael started using it instead of Smith, which had been
> the default. Of course, the one time he didn't use it was when
> asked for the Rock's real name. :(
In the game Trivial Pursuit, I started using Pope Pius XII as my
default answer. My sister picked up on the habit -- except, alas,
when answering a question about the Vatican in World War II.
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