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Calvin
Sep 2, 2016, 12:58:29 AM9/2/16
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1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen cathedral?
2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the first atheist state?
4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term allows a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first went badly wrong?
5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals?
6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956, with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix, France in 1924?
9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
cheers,
calvin
Gareth Owen
Sep 2, 2016, 1:12:44 AM9/2/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen
> cathedral?
Monet
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen
> cathedral?
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the
> first atheist state?
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term allows a
> player a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first
> went badly wrong?
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World
> Championship gold medals?
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956, with
> Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix, France
> in 1924?
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
Marc Dashevsky
Sep 2, 2016, 2:09:10 AM9/2/16
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In article <2d326b46-c25c-4d2e...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
wood
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the first atheist state?
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term allows a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first went badly wrong?
mulligan
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals?
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956, with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix, France in 1924?
Winter Olympic Games
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
Nigeria
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
dog fighting
> cheers,
> calvin
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen cathedral?
Monet
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen cathedral?
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the first atheist state?
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term allows a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first went badly wrong?
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals?
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956, with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
The Man Who Knew Too Much
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
flags
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix, France in 1924?
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
> cheers,
> calvin
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 2, 2016, 3:07:39 AM9/2/16
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Wood
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the
> first atheist state?
Albania
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> France in 1924?
Winter olympics
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
Nigeria
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
Fox-hunting
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the
> first atheist state?
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> France in 1924?
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Björn Lundin
Sep 2, 2016, 3:18:43 AM9/2/16
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On 2016-09-02 06:58, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen cathedral?
Chagall ?
>
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen cathedral?
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
Wood
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the first atheist state?
Albania
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term allows a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first went badly wrong?
Beer-ball (I buy you a beer if you look between the finger on this one)
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals?
Armstrong
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956, with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
Flags/banners
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix, France in 1924?
Winter olympics
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
Nigeria
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
Duell by gun
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
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--
Björn
Dan Tilque
Sep 2, 2016, 4:03:36 AM9/2/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen cathedral?
Monet
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen cathedral?
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the first atheist state?
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term allows a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first went badly wrong?
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals?
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956, with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix, France in 1924?
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
--
Dan Tilque
Peter Smyth
Sep 2, 2016, 1:31:09 PM9/2/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of
> Rouen cathedral?
Manet
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of
> Rouen cathedral?
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
Wood
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the
> first atheist state?
Albania
> first atheist state?
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term allows
> a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after the
> first went badly wrong?
Mulligan
> a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after the
> first went badly wrong?
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World
> Championship gold medals?
Sir Chris Hoy
> Championship gold medals?
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956, with
> Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
North by Northwest
> Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
Flags
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> France in 1924?
Winter Olympics
> France in 1924?
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
Nigeria
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
Peter Smyth
Pete
Sep 2, 2016, 11:15:07 PM9/2/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:2d326b46-c25c-4d2e...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of
> Rouen cathedral?
Monet
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
Wood
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the
> first atheist state?
East Germany
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly
> golf), which term allows a player a second chance to perform an
> action, usually after the first went badly wrong?
Mulligan
> 5 Which British
> cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World Championship gold
> medals?
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and
> 1956, with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title
> roles?
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based
> in which country?
Nigeria
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in
> England in 1849?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:2d326b46-c25c-4d2e...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of
> Rouen cathedral?
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the
> first atheist state?
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly
> golf), which term allows a player a second chance to perform an
> action, usually after the first went badly wrong?
> 5 Which British
> cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World Championship gold
> medals?
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and
> 1956, with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title
> roles?
The Man Who Knew Too Much
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> France in 1924?
Winter Olympics
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> France in 1924?
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based
> in which country?
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in
> England in 1849?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Mark Brader
Sep 6, 2016, 1:59:23 AM9/6/16
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"Calvin":
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
Wood.
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the
> first atheist state?
Albania, I think.
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term
> allows a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after
> the first went badly wrong?
Mulligan.
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World
> Championship gold medals?
Johnson.
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956,
> with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
"The Man Who Knew Too Much".
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
Flags.
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> France in 1924?
Ski-jumping?
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
Nigeria.
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
Horse racing?
--
Mark Brader "C was developed for the programmer
Toronto (two of them, in fact)"
m...@vex.net -- Alasdair Grant
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of
> Rouen cathedral?
Monet?
> Rouen cathedral?
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the
> first atheist state?
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term
> allows a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after
> the first went badly wrong?
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World
> Championship gold medals?
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956,
> with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> France in 1924?
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
--
Mark Brader "C was developed for the programmer
Toronto (two of them, in fact)"
m...@vex.net -- Alasdair Grant
Mark Brader
Sep 6, 2016, 2:00:30 AM9/6/16
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"Calvin":
> Ski-jumping?
(After seeing other answers)
Oh, *that*. I claim that "event" was misleading.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Mark is, as usual, correct."
m...@vex.net --John Lawler
> > 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> > France in 1924?
Mark Brader:
> > France in 1924?
> Ski-jumping?
(After seeing other answers)
Oh, *that*. I claim that "event" was misleading.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Mark is, as usual, correct."
m...@vex.net --John Lawler
Calvin
Sep 7, 2016, 8:00:27 PM9/7/16
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On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 2:58:29 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen cathedral?
Claude Monet
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of Rouen cathedral?
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the first atheist state?
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term allows a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first went badly wrong?
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals?
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956, with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
The Man Who Knew Too Much
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
Flags
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix, France in 1924?
The term "event" can have several meanings in a sporting context so apologies if anyone was misled, but it certainly can't mean a particular sport.
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 455
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 36 Gareth Owen
0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 39 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 40 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 41 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 36 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 31 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 31 Bjorn Lundin
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 26 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
5 8 5 6 2 4 5 6 7 0 48 60%
Well done Gareth.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Sep 7, 2016, 8:43:07 PM9/7/16
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"Calvin":
particular sport, or since it was an Olympic year and site, the
first-ever Olympic competition in one. That's the sort of thing
I had in mind with my guess. (I'm not expecting any points, just
justifying why I answered that way.)
> > 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
>
> In retrospect this was a poor question, but we did at least get
> an entertaining array of suggestions.
Was cockfighting the intended answer?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge,
m...@vex.net | put together!" -- SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> > 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix, France in 1924?
>
> Winter Olympics
> The term "event" can have several meanings in a sporting context
> so apologies if anyone was misled, but it certainly can't mean a
> particular sport.
In this context it could mean the first-ever competition in a
>
> Winter Olympics
> The term "event" can have several meanings in a sporting context
> so apologies if anyone was misled, but it certainly can't mean a
> particular sport.
particular sport, or since it was an Olympic year and site, the
first-ever Olympic competition in one. That's the sort of thing
I had in mind with my guess. (I'm not expecting any points, just
justifying why I answered that way.)
> > 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
>
> In retrospect this was a poor question, but we did at least get
> an entertaining array of suggestions.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge,
m...@vex.net | put together!" -- SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Calvin
Sep 7, 2016, 10:38:11 PM9/7/16
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On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10:43:07 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> > > 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
> >
> > In retrospect this was a poor question, but we did at least get
> > an entertaining array of suggestions.
>
> Was cockfighting the intended answer?
Yes it was.
> > > 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
> >
> > In retrospect this was a poor question, but we did at least get
> > an entertaining array of suggestions.
>
> Was cockfighting the intended answer?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Sep 8, 2016, 2:26:13 AM9/8/16
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never heard it characterized as such.
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 8, 2016, 3:02:48 AM9/8/16
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Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> Since when is cockfighting a "royal sport"? Who called it that? I've
> never heard it characterized as such.
>
Cool down! Calvin has already confessed his sins and said it was a poor
> Since when is cockfighting a "royal sport"? Who called it that? I've
> never heard it characterized as such.
>
question. :-)
Dan Tilque
Sep 8, 2016, 5:36:53 AM9/8/16
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Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
>> Since when is cockfighting a "royal sport"? Who called it that? I've
>> never heard it characterized as such.
>>
>
> Cool down! Calvin has already confessed his sins and said it was a poor
> question. :-)
>
I wasn't upset about it. Just curious.
> Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
>> Since when is cockfighting a "royal sport"? Who called it that? I've
>> never heard it characterized as such.
>>
>
> Cool down! Calvin has already confessed his sins and said it was a poor
> question. :-)
>
--
Dan Tilque
Peter Smyth
Sep 8, 2016, 1:34:55 PM9/8/16
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Narciso T. Arong? Shame on you!
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Cockfighting_Heritage.html?id=pDYzkgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Peter Smyth
Calvin
Sep 12, 2016, 2:27:44 AM9/12/16
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cheers,
calvin
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