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Calvin
Sep 29, 2015, 5:16:06 AM9/29/15
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1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
3 What is the capital city of Otago?
4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries?
6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
cheers,
calvin
2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
3 What is the capital city of Otago?
4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries?
6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 29, 2015, 6:39:46 AM9/29/15
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with
> an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was
> executed for treason following World War II?
Quisling
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with
> an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was
> executed for treason following World War II?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of
> five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled
> by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be
> headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque
Sep 29, 2015, 7:22:16 AM9/29/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
Quisling
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries?
(Southern Cross is technically an incorrect answer here, although I'll
be very surprised if Calvin does not have it as his answer. The official
name of the constellation is Crux, Latin for "cross".)
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Sep 29, 2015, 9:19:35 AM9/29/15
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"Calvin":
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice,
> firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
McCullers. ("Name an Australian author".)
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
Dunedin?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to
> the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and
> "Matilda" (1988)?
Dahl.
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national
> flags of five independent countries?
Crux?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
Angola?
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis
> players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
Johnson & Johnson.
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
"The Tempest"?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
54.
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain
> encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last
> to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los
> Angeles?
Paramount.
--
Mark Brader "They're trying to invent a new crime:
Toronto interference with a business model."
m...@vex.net --Bruce Schneier
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who
> collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which
> Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason
> following World War II?
Quisling. Vidkun Quisling, I believe.
> collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which
> Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason
> following World War II?
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice,
> firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to
> the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and
> "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national
> flags of five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis
> players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain
> encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last
> to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los
> Angeles?
--
Mark Brader "They're trying to invent a new crime:
Toronto interference with a business model."
m...@vex.net --Bruce Schneier
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader
Sep 29, 2015, 9:25:31 AM9/29/15
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Dan Tilque:
> (Southern Cross is technically an incorrect answer here...
http://www.iau.org/public/themes/constellations/
and you have to go all the way down to the footnotes to see that where
they show an "English name", it only means "the popular name in English".
Who knew? :-)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "... pure English is de rigueur"
m...@vex.net -- Guardian Weekly
> (Southern Cross is technically an incorrect answer here...
> The official name of the constellation is Crux, Latin for "cross".)
Huh. Tricky. This seems a sufficiently official source:
http://www.iau.org/public/themes/constellations/
and you have to go all the way down to the footnotes to see that where
they show an "English name", it only means "the popular name in English".
Who knew? :-)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "... pure English is de rigueur"
m...@vex.net -- Guardian Weekly
David B
Sep 29, 2015, 10:01:14 AM9/29/15
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8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
The Tempest.
9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22
stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the
Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
--
David B
http://waterfalls.me.uk
Gareth Owen
Sep 29, 2015, 2:43:33 PM9/29/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an
> enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was
> executed for treason following World War II?
Quisling (Vygard?)
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an
> enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was
> executed for treason following World War II?
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in
> 1988 and again in 2001?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the
> Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of
> five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the
> mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by
> 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be
> headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
Björn Lundin
Sep 29, 2015, 4:46:17 PM9/29/15
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On 2015-09-29 11:16, Calvin wrote:
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
Vidkun Quisling
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries?
The cross
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
Angola
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
6*3*3=54
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
--
--
Björn
Peter Smyth
Sep 29, 2015, 6:28:33 PM9/29/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with
> an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was
> executed for treason following World War II?
>
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in
> 1988 and again in 2001?
>
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
Christchurch
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with
> an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was
> executed for treason following World War II?
>
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in
> 1988 and again in 2001?
>
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the
> Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
Roald Dahl
> Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of
> five independent countries?
Southern Cross
> five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
Angola
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won
> the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
Hingis/Paes
> the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
The Tempest
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
54 (6 sides x 9 squares)
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled
> by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be
> headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
Universal
> by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be
> headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
Peter Smyth
Marc Dashevsky
Sep 30, 2015, 5:51:06 AM9/30/15
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In article <7647ab2a-3192-4ac4...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
Roald Dahl
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries?
Southern Cross
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
Angola
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
The Tempest
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
54
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
Paramount
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
Quisling
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Chris F.A. Johnson
Sep 30, 2015, 4:30:03 PM9/30/15
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On 2015-09-29, Calvin wrote:
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
Quisling
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Pete
Oct 1, 2015, 5:07:51 PM10/1/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:7647ab2a-3192-4ac4...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates
> with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was
> executed for treason following World War II?
Quisling
> 2 Which Australia
> author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in
> 2001?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
Dunedin
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the
> Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
Roald Dahl
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of
> five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
Angola
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two
> tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
The Tempest
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
54
> 10 Its logo consisting of
> a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major
> film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood
> district of Los Angeles?
Paramount
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
news:7647ab2a-3192-4ac4...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates
> with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was
> executed for treason following World War II?
> 2 Which Australia
> author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in
> 2001?
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the
> Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of
> five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two
> tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
> 10 Its logo consisting of
> a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major
> film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood
> district of Los Angeles?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
Calvin
Oct 8, 2015, 1:04:46 AM10/8/15
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On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 7:16:06 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
Vidkun QUISLING
> 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II?
> 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001?
Singleton to Chris
> 3 What is the capital city of Otago?
> 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)?
> 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries?
> 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country?
> 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open?
Singleton to Peter S
> 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea?
> 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube?
> 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 409
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 49 Chris Johnson
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 57 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 57 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 47 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 48 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 49 Bjorn Lundin
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 44 Peter Smyth
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 33 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 24 Erland S
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 22 David Brown
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 1 4 7 8 8 1 8 9 9 63 63%
Chris takes the win courtesy of the tiebreaker.
cheers,
calvin
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