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Calvin
Nov 12, 2017, 7:02:12 PM11/12/17
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Welcome to RQ #274. The usual caveats apply re: not cheating. You have a week or so to enter.
1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful career in which sport?
3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
4 What was the name of the short-lived heavy metal band Joel and Jon Small formed in 1969?
5 Released in 1971, what was the title of Joel's first solo album, featuring the singles "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now"?
6 These lyrics are from which 1976 single, sharing its name with the four redacted words? "There's a place in the world for the w x y z / With his working class ties and his radical plans / He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl / and he's always at home with his back to the wall. He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost / He struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross / And he likes to be known as w x y z." HINT: w is "the".
7 These lyrics are from which 1977 song, one of his best known despite never being released as a single? "A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends on your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our ...""
8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his best-selling (non-compilation) album?
9 Which 1978 album featuring the singles "My Life", "Big Shot" and "Honesty" became, in 1982, the first album to be commercially released on compact disc?
10 Which former wife designed the cover for his 1993 album "River of Dreams"?
11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song on his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
cheers,
calvin
1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful career in which sport?
3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
4 What was the name of the short-lived heavy metal band Joel and Jon Small formed in 1969?
5 Released in 1971, what was the title of Joel's first solo album, featuring the singles "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now"?
6 These lyrics are from which 1976 single, sharing its name with the four redacted words? "There's a place in the world for the w x y z / With his working class ties and his radical plans / He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl / and he's always at home with his back to the wall. He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost / He struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross / And he likes to be known as w x y z." HINT: w is "the".
7 These lyrics are from which 1977 song, one of his best known despite never being released as a single? "A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends on your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our ...""
8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his best-selling (non-compilation) album?
9 Which 1978 album featuring the singles "My Life", "Big Shot" and "Honesty" became, in 1982, the first album to be commercially released on compact disc?
10 Which former wife designed the cover for his 1993 album "River of Dreams"?
11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song on his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Nov 12, 2017, 8:28:19 PM11/12/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Welcome to RQ #274. The usual caveats apply re: not cheating. You have a week or so to enter.
> 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
New Jersey
> Welcome to RQ #274. The usual caveats apply re: not cheating. You have a week or so to enter.
> 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful career in which sport?
> 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
> 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
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Mark Brader
Nov 12, 2017, 10:05:48 PM11/12/17
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"Calvin":
> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful
> career in which sport?
>
> 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music
> rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To
> hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___
> Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
Columbia?
> 4 What was the name of the short-lived heavy metal band Joel and Jon
> Small formed in 1969?
>
> 5 Released in 1971, what was the title of Joel's first solo album,
> featuring the singles "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now"?
>
> 6 These lyrics are from which 1976 single, sharing its name with the
> four redacted words? "There's a place in the world for the w x y z /
> With his working class ties and his radical plans / He refuses to bend,
> he refuses to crawl / and he's always at home with his back to the wall.
> He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost / He struggles and
> bleeds as he hangs on the cross / And he likes to be known as w x y z."
> HINT: w is "the".
In that case I suspect you have an extra "the" in the first lyric line.
No answer, anyway.
> 7 These lyrics are from which 1977 song, one of his best known despite
> never being released as a single? "A bottle of red, a bottle of white /
> It all depends on your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In
> our ...""
>
> 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, spent
> six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his best-selling
> (non-compilation) album?
>
> 9 Which 1978 album featuring the singles "My Life", "Big Shot" and
> "Honesty" became, in 1982, the first album to be commercially released
> on compact disc?
>
> 10 Which former wife designed the cover for his 1993 album "River of Dreams"?
Brinkley?
> 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
3?
> 12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song on
> his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
Storm?
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> 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
If it was a state in 1949, I have one chance in 48... Pennsylvania?
> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful
> career in which sport?
>
> 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music
> rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To
> hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___
> Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
> 4 What was the name of the short-lived heavy metal band Joel and Jon
> Small formed in 1969?
>
> 5 Released in 1971, what was the title of Joel's first solo album,
> featuring the singles "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now"?
>
> 6 These lyrics are from which 1976 single, sharing its name with the
> four redacted words? "There's a place in the world for the w x y z /
> With his working class ties and his radical plans / He refuses to bend,
> he refuses to crawl / and he's always at home with his back to the wall.
> He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost / He struggles and
> bleeds as he hangs on the cross / And he likes to be known as w x y z."
> HINT: w is "the".
No answer, anyway.
> 7 These lyrics are from which 1977 song, one of his best known despite
> never being released as a single? "A bottle of red, a bottle of white /
> It all depends on your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In
> our ...""
>
> 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, spent
> six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his best-selling
> (non-compilation) album?
>
> 9 Which 1978 album featuring the singles "My Life", "Big Shot" and
> "Honesty" became, in 1982, the first album to be commercially released
> on compact disc?
>
> 10 Which former wife designed the cover for his 1993 album "River of Dreams"?
> 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
> 12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song on
> his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
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Marc Dashevsky
Nov 13, 2017, 4:38:18 PM11/13/17
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In article <aa2b5020-14f4-45d3...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful career in which sport?
baseball
> 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
Columbia
> 4 What was the name of the short-lived heavy metal band Joel and Jon Small formed in 1969?
>
> 5 Released in 1971, what was the title of Joel's first solo album, featuring the singles "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now"?
>
> 6 These lyrics are from which 1976 single, sharing its name with the four redacted words? "There's a place in the world for the w x y z / With his working class ties and his radical plans / He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl / and he's always at home with his back to the wall. He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost / He struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross / And he likes to be known as w x y z." HINT: w is "the".
>
> 7 These lyrics are from which 1977 song, one of his best known despite never being released as a single? "A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends on your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our ...""
>
> 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his best-selling (non-compilation) album?
>
> 9 Which 1978 album featuring the singles "My Life", "Big Shot" and "Honesty" became, in 1982, the first album to be commercially released on compact disc?
>
> 10 Which former wife designed the cover for his 1993 album "River of Dreams"?
Christy Brinkley
>
> 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
3
> 12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song on his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
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> Welcome to RQ #274. The usual caveats apply re: not cheating. You have a week or so to enter.
>
> 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
New York
> Welcome to RQ #274. The usual caveats apply re: not cheating. You have a week or so to enter.
>
> 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful career in which sport?
> 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
> 4 What was the name of the short-lived heavy metal band Joel and Jon Small formed in 1969?
>
> 5 Released in 1971, what was the title of Joel's first solo album, featuring the singles "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now"?
>
> 6 These lyrics are from which 1976 single, sharing its name with the four redacted words? "There's a place in the world for the w x y z / With his working class ties and his radical plans / He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl / and he's always at home with his back to the wall. He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost / He struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross / And he likes to be known as w x y z." HINT: w is "the".
>
> 7 These lyrics are from which 1977 song, one of his best known despite never being released as a single? "A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends on your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our ...""
>
> 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his best-selling (non-compilation) album?
>
> 9 Which 1978 album featuring the singles "My Life", "Big Shot" and "Honesty" became, in 1982, the first album to be commercially released on compact disc?
>
> 10 Which former wife designed the cover for his 1993 album "River of Dreams"?
>
> 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
> 12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song on his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
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Erland Sommarskog
Nov 13, 2017, 5:09:07 PM11/13/17
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California
> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately
> successful career in which sport?
Basketball
> 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in
> music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly
> said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to
> ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
Atlantic
> 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough,
> spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his
> best-selling (non-compilation) album?
Glass Houses (which is the only Billy Joel album I have, mainly for
personal reasons).
> 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
>
Four
> 12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song
> on his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
>
Sheila
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> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately
> successful career in which sport?
> 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in
> music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly
> said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to
> ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
> 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough,
> spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his
> best-selling (non-compilation) album?
personal reasons).
> 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
>
> 12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song
> on his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
>
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Dan Tilque
Nov 18, 2017, 5:01:51 AM11/18/17
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Calvin wrote:
> Welcome to RQ #274. The usual caveats apply re: not cheating. You have a week or so to enter.
>
> 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
>
> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful career in which sport?
baseball
> Welcome to RQ #274. The usual caveats apply re: not cheating. You have a week or so to enter.
>
> 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
>
> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful career in which sport?
>
> 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
>
> 4 What was the name of the short-lived heavy metal band Joel and Jon Small formed in 1969?
>
> 5 Released in 1971, what was the title of Joel's first solo album, featuring the singles "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now"?
>
> 6 These lyrics are from which 1976 single, sharing its name with the four redacted words? "There's a place in the world for the w x y z / With his working class ties and his radical plans / He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl / and he's always at home with his back to the wall. He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost / He struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross / And he likes to be known as w x y z." HINT: w is "the".
>
> 7 These lyrics are from which 1977 song, one of his best known despite never being released as a single? "A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends on your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our ...""
>
> 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his best-selling (non-compilation) album?
>
> 9 Which 1978 album featuring the singles "My Life", "Big Shot" and "Honesty" became, in 1982, the first album to be commercially released on compact disc?
>
> 10 Which former wife designed the cover for his 1993 album "River of Dreams"?
>
> 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
>
> 12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song on his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
Dan Tilque
Calvin
Nov 21, 2017, 6:09:32 PM11/21/17
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On Monday, November 13, 2017 at 10:02:12 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> Welcome to RQ #274.
Well this one didn't really capture the public's imagination.
> Welcome to RQ #274.
> 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state?
> 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful career in which sport?
> 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks?
> 4 What was the name of the short-lived heavy metal band Joel and Jon Small formed in 1969?
> 5 Released in 1971, what was the title of Joel's first solo album, featuring the singles "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now"?
> 6 These lyrics are from which 1976 single, sharing its name with the four redacted words? "There's a place in the world for the w x y z / With his working class ties and his radical plans / He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl / and he's always at home with his back to the wall. He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost / He struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross / And he likes to be known as w x y z." HINT: w is "the".
> 7 These lyrics are from which 1977 song, one of his best known despite never being released as a single? "A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends on your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our ...""
> 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his best-selling (non-compilation) album?
> 9 Which 1978 album featuring the singles "My Life", "Big Shot" and "Honesty" became, in 1982, the first album to be commercially released on compact disc?
> 10 Which former wife designed the cover for his 1993 album "River of Dreams"?
> 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married?
> 12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song on his 1989 album "Storm Front"?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 TOTAL TB RQ274
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Dan Tilque
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 Mark Brader
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Erland S
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Dan Blum
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1 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 20%
Marc is the clear winner- congratulations sir. RQ275 is all yours.
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 21, 2017, 6:15:57 PM11/21/17
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Thanks, Calvin. I got #2 wrong but a score of 3 still has me winning.
If there are other score changes that affect the outcome, speak up.
Otherwise I'll post a quiz on Friday.
In article <6910a5dc-04e2-443e...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
If there are other score changes that affect the outcome, speak up.
Otherwise I'll post a quiz on Friday.
In article <6910a5dc-04e2-443e...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 27, 2017, 4:34:05 AM11/27/17
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In article <MPG.347e6fa...@news.eternal-september.org>, use...@MarcDashevsky.com says...
>
> Thanks, Calvin. I got #2 wrong but a score of 3 still has me winning.
> If there are other score changes that affect the outcome, speak up.
> Otherwise I'll post a quiz on Friday.
Sorry all -- revised date: Monday evening
> Thanks, Calvin. I got #2 wrong but a score of 3 still has me winning.
> If there are other score changes that affect the outcome, speak up.
> Otherwise I'll post a quiz on Friday.
Erland Sommarskog
Dec 5, 2017, 5:08:24 PM12/5/17
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Marc Dashevsky (use...@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
>> Thanks, Calvin. I got #2 wrong but a score of 3 still has me winning.
>> If there are other score changes that affect the outcome, speak up.
>> Otherwise I'll post a quiz on Friday.
>
> Sorry all -- revised date: Monday evening
>
Any update on which Monday? :-)
>> Thanks, Calvin. I got #2 wrong but a score of 3 still has me winning.
>> If there are other score changes that affect the outcome, speak up.
>> Otherwise I'll post a quiz on Friday.
>
> Sorry all -- revised date: Monday evening
>
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